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. CHAPTER III.
"Why do you not write a story after
the orthodox plan, in which there (
shall be mo Illustration of perWet happi-ih-ms
in tbe marriage relatiou ?"
This question, I know, is asked by
my reader, as he turns with a Huge of j
annoyance to chapter third of thin every
day tale, lured, in spite of himielf, to
pursue while yet abusing it.
Because, niy gentle frieud, were 1
to attempt it, you would not peruse my
cogitations beyond the second chapter.
The lives of the few who are so happily
married that they suiter from no jars or
discord in assimilating to a perfect con
jugal union, are calm and trauqult as a
Hummer's lake, surrounded by low, un
broken plain, unrelieved by frowning
mountains, daubing torrents, or tower
ing trees. There is nothing to say of
them have that they are happy.
I remember a now aged relative who,
in my childhood's days, would some-
1 1 mes get merry through deep flotations
f apple-jack. At such times he was
the delight of the children, for he was
always ready to tell them a story. Hat
sometimes, when our ears were attuned,
and our bra ios on tbe alert fur some
thing unusual, he would oblige us by
the "happy story of Johu McGlory."
And that was all there was of it. Hap
pi nes tells its own story. I believe in
the b.timate sacred utility of every
thing. Even unhappiness baa its usee;
for it is through it that we learn to
bridge tbe torrents of ignorance, scale
th mountains of prejudice, and fell tbe
ton-Ms of opposition.
So, good reader, if you have intro
duced yourselves to these columns in
the belief or expectation that you were
only to watch a matrimonial bark afloat
on a summer lake in a perfect calm, or
moored at ease under tbe ice of au over
rating bank, where there was nothing
t.ut happiness for tbe author to expati
ate upon, you are doomed to disap
iKiintineuL But I know yon will not,
n that account, refuse to follow my
heroines for there are two of tham
through the checkered and eventful
course marked out for them by the fin-
gT of inevitable fate.
Tbe sleeping-room of the sisters, Lillie
and Grace, was directly over tbe com
bined sitting-room aud cltamber
signed to their guests.
"Grace, I hate you!' exclaimed
Lillie, aer eyes flashing flue, and her
face otherwise bard and expressionless
as a stone.
"Io you ?" answered Grace, w bo was 1
too happy to care for a taunt that
might, at another time, have provoked
ati equally wicked reply.
"Yea, I do."
"Why?"
The sisters stood eying each other
with aa attitude and air that only a
Raphael might commit to canvas,
l'en of Milne onuM never da H justice.
"I hate you because yoN nave stolen
my lover."
"Stolen your lover, Indeed ! Didn't
yon pomade bim oat In the lane,
under the trees, so you might have your
talk oat without disturbing Alonzo and
me?"
"And so she doesn't know it,"
thought Lillie, her fancies flashing like
lightniug.
know. I'll go on, accepting the ad
vances of John Aodera, and I'll marry
him and deceive them to the end."
By this time Grace was snugly in her
lied and wholly oblivious of her sister's
presence.
"Is-wm Jsaaeil lucky," said Alonzo
Snowdea to hie companion in tbe room
below, 'tbat yon happened along when
I did. Bat for you, it would have been
absolutely awkward for me to transfer
my allegiance so suddenly from Miss
Kinerson to her pretty sister."
"And so you feel that you have used
me aa a sort of foot-mat," replied John
Anders, bitterly.
"I rather feel that you've used your
self to good advantage, both for your
sake and my own," was tbe quick re
tort. "How ?
poor fellow, who had never before ex
perienced the divine emotion, ami
whose recently created hopes for jierfeet
happiness had Mnhleuly leen broken
into a ehaos of eoufuseri imaglulnge,
tossed uneasily upon his primitive
oouch until the wee, small hours of the
morning.
With tbe dawn the Maters were
awake aud stirring. Not that they had
aiept mtieli, for oue was too happy, and
the other too miserable to.iiermit tiie
drowsy god to approach her. Bat sheep
and cows being, or at least supposed to
be, incapable of experiencing the tender
entiments the keep humanity Mil
half the time upon tbe rack of torture,
and tbe other half in the Keventh
heaven of felicity, have nothing to
think of at night but sleep, and no love
affairs to make them either happy or
miserable. It was Grace's every morn
ing duty to turn the sheep away to pas
ture before tbe sun was up, and Little's
to milk tbe cows and set them free upon
the oe ai mou by breakfast time.
The night bad beeu very clear and
still, aud the heavy dew was like a rain
upon the tall grass and weeds through
which tiie sisters waded in finishing up
their work, till, wiieu they were ready
to return to the house, they were both
as wet to the waist as though they bad
been swimming.
"For Iteaven's .sake, let's get iuto our
room and change our clothing before
we meet our coniany," said Grace,
seizing her pails, and starting at a half
trot through tbe yard leading from tbe
cow-quarters.
"I dou't care bow I look," redied
Lillie, mechanically seizing a pail and
as mechanically hurrying toward her ;
chamber, In spite of ber expressed care-
tessuess at to personal aparance.
What makes you hate me ?" asked
Grace, suddenly.
"Because you're beautiful."
"And I love you for the same reason,"
was Grace's wise reply.
A stranger, to have viewed these
beau lie- then, wonld have thought, bad
he overheard their compliments upon
each other's loveliness, that each was
drawing largely upon her imagination
for ber facts. Tbey were not only wet
and bedraggled, but dirty. Their
hands ami faces were alike begrimed
with the work of the hour, and their
limp sun-bonnets, which hung slouch -
ily over their faces, were anything
fresh and eleau. But there h many a
beautiful diamond lying hidden away
within the rough outer coating with
wbleh untoward circumstance has en
crusted it, and so it was with Lillie and
Grace.
It so happened that the very calamity
the sisters were struggling to avoid
was encountered on the threshold.
Alonzo Knowdeii, with his dainty
toilet more Jsfefolly prepared than on
the previous evening, opened the door,
and suddenly met the slouched snn
booiiets and barn-yard odor. Jobn An
ders was close behind bim, aud as un
wittingly encountered tbe same ob
stacle to a romautic attachment. But,
unlike his companion, he was accus
tomed to tbe farm, and hail good sense
enough to understand that the laborer
Ami yet, like all worthy young men, or
men who have not been spoiled by flat
tery, he very modestly, and lerhaps
justly, estimated bis own iiowers. But
be had a temper, and my readers win
agree with me that It was forely tried.
"I'd knock you down If I didn't get
away from yon, urn! I wouldn't demean
myself before the eood iwople we nave
oome to visit, even for tbe gratification
it would afford me to soil or rip your
scented broadcloth !" Aud John An
ders turned abruptly about aud pro
ceeded rapidly toward the house.
Alonzo Hnowdeu looked after him
with a prolonged whistle.
'I have the advantage of him, at ally
rate, aud I'll see that I keep it," he
said, mentally. "But, after ail, it
wouldn't be worth tbe trouble only for
tbe old Captain's ducats. The girls,
either of 'em, are well enough In their
way; but they're counlryAed and outre,
and that old dowager's perfectly hor
rid. But, aside from the ducal, there's
Grace, my affianced, who's a stunner,
aud no mistake." Aud tbe fair Alonzo
smiled audibly.
Grace bad dofted ber wet and muddy
apparel, aud was iu the yard and at the
well, luggiug with all ber strength at
the heavy wiudlass, when John Anders
returned from his wordy encounter with
Ills successful rival.
"Shall I not assist you ?" he asked,
blaming himself, even as he spoke, for
having offered to assist the affianced
bride of tbe one mail whom lie bad
learned to despise,
"You are very kind," said Grace,
blushing.
Am I ?"
Honest Johu Anders threw a rapid,
earnest glauce at ber in response, and
theu, rememberlug himself, turned as
abruptly from her presence as lie bad
just turned from ber affianced husband.
My reader will marvel at Uie consum
mation of a matrimonial engagement
upon such short acquaintance as had .
been enjoyed by tbe parties eonreroeu,
but he must remember that I write of a
new country, aud a new and couipira-
tively chaotic style of social customs. I
OUR EUROPEAN C0RRE8P0NDUE0E.
i.kttm Ni'aaaa rive.
thi: PABis KXPosrrioN.
Probably no more difficult task can
be assigned than to require a descrip
tion of tbe Paris Exposition in oue brief
letter. Tbe difficulty will lie apparent
from tbe fact'that the catalogue simply
of the art detriments of three promi
nent nations alone I a volume of several
hundred ges. A simple enumeration
of tbe articles exhibited by all nations
in all departments would fill many vol
umes the size of Welter's Unabridged.
Oue cannot examine all the exhibits
witn any iiogree of thorotigtioe. in !
than six months, and in :i single letter
only a general account enn be expected
and impressinus given rather than de
scriptions. We enter the principal gateway from
the Place du Troeailem through the
graud Troradero llself, the finest build
ing on the grounds. It consists of a
large circular structure with wings fac
ing and curving toward tbe main build
ing ou the opposite side of the river
Seine. This building, which Is substan
tially made of stooe ami brick, is In
tended to be permanent, and lielougs to
the city or Paris. It ha n large con
cert hall In the center, flauked with
loug open colonnades. The long rooms
in the wings will probably lie used for
art galleries. The central building has
a high tower ascended by au elevator,
from which there is a Hue view of the
grounds and entire elty. From the up
per balcony of the Trocadero you look
over the great artificial waterfall which
flows from thetecond story of thebuild
iug, and over the basin and fountain be
yond, aud see a broad walk leading
across a wide bridge up to the center of
the great exposition building, a quarter
of a mile away. Ou both tides of the
river aud on each fide of this broad
walk aie beaulifully-luid-out grounds,
with choice flowers, fountains, shrub
and lawn. Dolled through this npeu
space are mauy buildings, some used for
re-Uturauts, the others for the minor
displays by Egypt, China, Japan, Tunis,
Did I confine my cogitation-, to the con- , Algiers, .Morrocco. i srs.a u ow.er
i lions, jii me restaurants iowo in pi to
in tbe style of the country which they
sideraliou of things that ought to be,
I should deal very sparingly in things
that aie. There can lie but oue thing
worse, or more hazardous than an en
gagement upon short acquaintance, and
that iaa marriage upou tbe same coudi
tions. I believe that, of all tbe couples
that marry, even with all the pre
cautions that wisdom and prude nee can
devise, nine-tenths of them are sure, at
least in thought, to rue the bargain be
fore the end of the flret year. And cer
taiuly those who rush headlong Into
such relatious are running infinitely
greater risks than wise legislation or
well-regulated custom should tolerate.
Tbe quartette met again at the break
fast table. Grace was all smiles anil
good nature, while IJIlie was pale, pre
occupied ami silent.
Alonzo was all tongue ami loquacity,
and John was taciturnity pereouified.
Mrs. Emerson bustled about the low,
black, smoky kitchen, frying eggs aud
bacon, ooiniueutiug upon her cooking,
and naming like a porpoise. Her
in any field must adapt bis dress to his i strong, womanly Intuition assured her
surroundings.
"Good-mornlnr, ray graceful lilies of
the valley," said Mr. Suowden, gal
lautly. The sisters bowed and hurried on.
The two men strolled together through
the yard and down tiie lane.
Alonzo was the first to speak.
"Didn't I say a handsome thing,
Jobn?"
Mr. Anders curled lib Hp scornfully.
"I should say you're making very
free on short acquaintance," was bis
curt reply.
"It's all in the family," retorted
Very well; she shall never I Alonzo.
"If Miss Grace could have noted, as I
did, tbe upward eurviug of tbe Boowden
nose, ami the side look of saueysareasm
with wbleh you alluded to her elmrms
as you addressed her, she would hardly
have appreciated yonr compliment,
sir."
"Perhaps, Mr. Anderx, you would
like a situation as instructor general.
What would be your lowest price for
teaching me-manners ?"
"Couldn't be hired to undertake It.
There isn't enough of the raw material
iu you tn make the effort worth tbe
wliile."
"Which I construe into an insult,
John Anders."
"All right, Mr. Suowden."
"What do you mean now T"
"Just what I say."
I Jraioue, are you . ' Anil .Ylullfco
"Then are none so blind as tbey who Snowdeu, who certainly had good cause
will not see. There's no ,n to M at w,, ,inw(lf aiMj ,t mH
ar .und tbe bnsb, old boy. That--, not ' with the rest of mankind, Indulged lit a
my style, rm in love with Grace Em- complacent smile aud self-satlsfled
erson, ana engageu io ner already. ; strut that was peculiarly
Iliene- lues loryou, oy jnoiiiinj .
"Did sbe say she loved you ?"
There was pain in tbe voice of Johu
Anilers now, aud a choking in his
throat that well nigh rendered his
words inaudible.
"Sty she loved me ? Of course she
did ! Do you suppose a girl like that,
whose beauty would grace tiie court of
an emperor, would marry any man If
sbe didu'l love him ?"
John Anders did not knoww be was
wisely silent.
Alono, who was used to being in
exaperatiug
to a disappointed rival.
"If y had anv brain In uv.L. ,.r
I'd batter Vm out of your skull with
my open baud." he ai.l l.tn,u.
"It seems I've got ahead of you,
brains or no brain.," wa, u,e uU.U
joinder.
"A puppy eau always make more
noise than a mastiff," snfd Anders.
"And a bigger fool of himself," re
torted Suowden.
John Anders felt
self-huuiiiiatioii
that the visits of the strangers meant
matrimony; ami, obtuse as Mr. Snow
deu thought her, site was more tbau a
match for him iu both wit and wisdom,
despite her lack of culture or refine
ment, " 'Pears to me you haven't much of a
constitution, Mr. Snowdeu. Seems as
If you couldn't stomach eggs fried
hard,' she aaid, in a sort of motherly
way; though behind her kindly voice
the girls could discern a dense degree of
lurking sarcasm, which was as incom
prehensible to her flippnut visitor as
though be had been deaf and blind Irani
babyhood.
"Why do you think so, Mrs. Emer
son ?" ami tbe young gentleman
smiled blandly.
"JSekaae Pve always beam that folks
of delicateconstltutionshad weak stom
achs; and eggs is strong victuals,
specially when they ain't soft. The
Captain, that's my husband, he says he
can take the measure of any man's
stomach by tile quality of bis muscle.
He says a man with a flabby muscle,
like j'ourn 'pears to be, ort to live on
mush and arrer root, and take rhubarb
ami jalap reg'lar."
Lillle's face llu&hed scarlet, Grace's
eyes flashed angrily, Alonzo giggled un
comfortably, ami John enjoyed tiie gen
eral discomfiture.
'I nercetve that you're an excellent
judge of human nature, Mrs. Emerson,"
said the latter, after au awkward pause.
"Pears like I ort to be," and the
good woman's face lit up with a gleam
of pleasure, "for I've dealt pretty faith
fully with the artieleioruign omu nj
year. now. Not that I'm ih older than
represent, aud in the little shops cheap
trinkets from foreign countries are sold.
Here the dark-eyed and swarthy buc
caneer front Tunis, with the stem of a
water-pipe Iu bis- mouth and a small j
arsenal hanging to bis person, inveigles
the unwary into buying some worth lew
steel or shell oruauieut at ten times Its
real value, and neir by the incessant
clatter of barbaric music invites you to
some saloon where African or Asiatic
drinks are served iu all their native Has
tiness. Here the French government
has buildings iu which are displayed
the results of its investigations of the
ravages of noxious Insects, IU forest
culture and its meteorological ilepart-
ment. Tbe French society for prevent
ing -iruelty to animals also make a
small exhibit.
Across the river on each side of tbe
broad walk are alo many small bnild-
iugs representing tbe interests of -horticulture,
photography, navigation, etc.
One conspicuous object of special Inter
est to Americans is gigantic bronze
head of tbe figure of liberty, which the
French are sendiug as a present to
America to be set tip In Kew York har
bor. Most of my readers will remem
ber tbe huge hand of the same figure
which was at the Philadelphia Exposi
tion. At the left is a large building
filled with fruits ami flowers, but I will
not tax yonr credulity-by attempting to
tell the size of the orange?, citrous,
grapes and peacbes fqpm Soreulo on the
bay of Naples. To an American, from
the Northern Sates rticularly, the
fruit is simply wonderful. Au utmost
interminable aunex is lilted with a
varied exhibit of French agricultural
products and machinery. I was sur
prised to II ml the great amount of intri
cate agricultural machinery, like reap
ers and mowers, steam thrashing-ma
chines', and portable engines for farm
work, wbieli Is in this department.
Near this is novelty, a long building de
voted entirely to a display of oyster cul
ture. Twenty, or more long tanks
through which the water Is constantly
passing are tilled with oysters of all
aces and conditions. In many of the
tanks there arc also fish aud sea mil
mats, whose strange forms and brilliant
colors are source of unending delight.
Au eager crowd always surrounds the
tanks containing tlmse harlequins of
tbe ocean, the hermit crab-, whose tin
couth antics aie watched with tbe
greatest interest.
The main exposition building is di
vided iuto Ave part, attached to a com
mon halt iu froutnnd rear. These parts
are each mauy huudred feet In length
.nd tmrether oover many acres of
ground. The central one, which is sep
forty. People have to have some age to i arteJ frol the others by a walk of
love for Grace Emernm was as pure
iove, ana quite as useu to Detug out, ami rresii as it wus uestiueu, in spite of i spirited re Tid y
was soon lu a tranquil uieep. utJoliu, Himself, to ue strong auu umiunng. ITo be eoouiiueu
em before they can study such things
i to any purpose. I'm not older tnau
Methuselah, and I begun early."
"Mrs. Emerson," said Mr. Suowden,
suddenly arising from his ehair.atid ac
eosting her with au assurance that was
! sublimely impudent, "what Ho you
tliluk or me for a soii-lu-iuw i
The good oul blushed ami stam
mered. Lillie and Graee were uou-
n iu.inr.,1 ... illus,ed. Johu Anders was disgusted,
a painful sense of I ,.iv i-l ! to wind
His newly awakened stockin' yarn, but you'd hardly answer
wear lite wool 'twas made ol irom
me uuuk of a flehllnir buek." was tbe
tweuty feel on each side, is devoted eti-
itn.lv to the art department. To the
right of this as you euter from the front
are the geuerul departments of all na
tions except France. Beyond is, to the
right, machinery of all nations except
Frauce, and beyond this a large num
ber of detached buildings belonging to
various nations, and generally devoted
to special displays. On the left of the
art department, and occupying space
Moual to that ued by the other nations
u tiw. dlHiiluv of the French. Baok of
this immense system of buildings Is a
largo numlier of detached structure
used for various purpo-os.
The plan of breaking the large build
ing up Into long, separate sections leaves
no point from which such a grand view
can be obtained as through the central
aisle of the main building at Philadel
phia. Owing to this vastness, the ex
position does not Impress itself upon
one at llrst sight as it did at Philadel
phia, and it Is only when you have
tired yourself out three or four days in
walking through the sections that you
begin to have a realizing sense of how
large the display really Is. The arrange
ment of the present exposition, how
is much more effective than the
long narrow aisles and cross sections' of
the Vienna exjiosltion of 1S73.
Time permits mention of the exhibits
of separate nations only in a general way.
It Is expected as a matter of course that
the nation iu whose country the exposi
tion is held, will on the whole excel any
other, and to this France has not proved
an exception, for while in quantity her
exhibit nearly equals that of the rest of
the whole world, in quality of many
tilings sbe is not inferior to the best.
This is particularly true of all the forms
of manufactured silk aud of the prac
tical application of art to manufactured
articles ol every kind. Taste seems to
come natural to a Frenchman, anil
everything to which he pots bis hands
shows it. Tbe Gobelin tapestry and
Sevres porcelain ware In the French de
partment are unequaled. England ex
eels Iu machinery, particularly that
used in the manufacture of cotton.
Elkington & Co.'s art jewelry and plate
are the finest in this exposition, us they
were at Philadelphia, and Minton's
china is eertalnly but little inferior to
that of Sevres. Germany is conspicu
ously absent, having no representation
at all, as cordial relations have never
existed between France and Germany
since tbe last war. lielglum makes a
creditable display of heavy machinery
and rolling .slock for railways, while as
a matter of course the laces of Brussels
are unequaled. Her schools make a
very good exhibit, particularly in draw
ing. Since the Philadelphia exposition,
Switzerland has felt that her watch bus
iness has been in u critical condition,
and she has this time made an unusu
ally fine display, carrying oil the high
est honors. Sbe has on exhibition a
very complicated piece of machinery for
embroidering, which admits a roll of
eloth fifteen feet wide and works it Into
any desired pattern. A steam road
wagon which came from Switzerland
over tbe ordinary road, n distance of
.160 mile!, in seven day, attracts con
siderable attention. The limitless dis
play of Swiss carved wood which has
haunted every exposition for tbe last
twenty years is on hand this time in
full force. Italy sends beautiful glass
ware from Salviati ami Venice, mosaics
from Florence and Home, coral from
Naples, ami-some fine cabinets of ebony
inlaid with ivory. As usual, the Italian
department is one vast bazar for the sale
of jewelry.
Tbe Chinese and Japanese exhibit
about the same things as at Vienna and
Philadelphia, curious silks, Ivory ami
carved wood-work, vases and lacquer
work. TheChtnesehaveoueortwoof the
same carved boils with open work pil
lar and cauonies which they sent to
Philadelphia. A beautiful shawl made
for the marriage of tiie Emperor, and
valued at 5.000. is much admired. Tbe
body is of the finest and heaviest silk,
with a large animal, which looks like a
cross between a doukey aud a peacock,
worked iu the center In rich-colored silk
and gold thread. The Japanese dress
like Europeans, but the Chinese wear
their own costume, which consists of
wooden shoes, wide breeches, a long,
loose frock reaching below the knees, a
cue braided out with black ribbon so as
to reaoli nearly to the ground, while the
whole is topped out with a wash-bowl
straw hat with a small red plume fast
ened to the crown. Uusilu makes a
good display of gold cloth from the
east, jewelry and art plates from Mos
cow, iron, leather, fur and velvet robes",
and of course of malachite. A single
vase of this material, eight feet high is
valued at $10.jJ00, and a pair somewhat
smaller at $13,000. Denmark bus au
iugenius type writer which does not oc
cupy a space of more than nine cubic
inches, and which can be set ou one's
writing desk, used ami removed. The
Argentine Kepubllcseuds leather, Slam
weapons aud gold cloth, and nearly all
the small countries of Europe and
America have something to represent
them. Even the little liepubllc of San
Marino, the smallest independent gov
ernment iu tbe world, with a territory
of only 21 square miles, is represented
by a few pictures and minerals.
But how about the display of the
United States, my readers are probably
asking. Wliile the quantity of our ma
terial Is nothing to what we hud at
Philadelphia, our part of the exposition
Is, as a whole, creditable to us. Our ma
ohiusry is good, ami our reapers and
mowers among the best. In scales,
locks, fire-arms, pump, chemicals, or
gans, books, ami many other things our
exhibit is good. Tiffany & Co. show
the Bryant vase, and Hue, artistic table
ware. They nave maue saies io tue ;
Prince of Wales and to parties from
Japan. The most interesting thing tbey
display istheir reproductions of the gold
I treasures aud ornaments found by Gen-
eral Di Ceanola iu thelsland of Cyprus.
Every dent which unskilled workman
ship, time, and neglect have Impressed
upon the originals is faithfully repro
duced here. The General has written a
letter stating that the work is so well
done that he can hardly tell tlieuriginal
from theeopies. The collection is sold
tn the Berlin Museum for the sum of
$6,000.
In the art department the French
make the largest display and the Ital
ians next, the Freueh running largely
to paintings, the Italians to statuary.
As to the respective merits of the two,
criticism is so largely a matter of opin
ion, that it Is difficult If not impossible
to reach a correct sMiulaal jn. Paowa
ally, I have never been au admirer of
the French school of tainting and do
not love too well the modern Italian,
but I do admire the laiutings of the
English artists, ami particularly Laud
seer's animal. Austria, Kimsia, Den
mark, Sweden and Norway are fairly
represented. None of the celebrated
pictures from the great galleries of Eu
rope have been brought to the exposi
tion, aud so those who expected to see
a wonderful collection of tbe beat paint
ings In tbe world, are sadly disappoiubsl.
American art, which is yet but iu its
Infancy, Is poorly represented. .Not only
is the siwce allotted us scantily filled,
but our best artists are not represented,
and none of our best known paiutings
are on exhibition. There are half a
dozen collections in New York City
which are filler. Indeed, 1 suppose
there is the smallest possible'eucourage-
ment for American artists to send pic
tures to Europe hoping for a market, as
It would be alnio-it as great a lolly as
sending coals to Newcastle. As was to
be expected, the art department, while
Icrhups no larger, is considerably bet
ter limn ours at rniiaueipnia. As a
whole, our exhibit Is such a decided im
provement on the one we made at
Vienna, that we have every reason to
be proud of it.
Not tbe least interesting and instruct
ive part of tbe exposition is to see the
people from all Kirts of the world, of all
complexions and costumes, walking
about the buildiugi and studying tbe
miniature world in which tbey are.
Nothing can more effectually take
the conceit out of one, whether lie be
an American vIh thiukshis country is
the greatest iu the world iu all respects,
or a South Sea Islander who (rides him
self on lite superiority, than to see Iiow
much other nations have accomplished.
When we see the vast amount of money
and labor whieh has beeu expended ou
tbe world's exposition, and think that
it seems to be necessary that each one
should be better tbun any oue before,
we can but wonder what we shall see
in twenty-live years more, if we should
lie so fortunate as to attend a world's
exposition theu. And wliile our imag
ination is trying to construct the beau
tiful palace whiuh shall bold tbe expo
sition of the future, and to wander amid
the probable treasures which it will
contain, we walk down to the river,
take a steamer for tbe Place de Concorde,
and turn our back upon the great expo
sition oflSTS.
O. R. BURCHARD.
A Journal fortho People.
Uevoterf to the laleresteof HaaaaaMp. - -Independent
In Polities and KeUgfOB
tllve to all Live Issues, and Tbecoagfr
Radleal I n Oppos i n e I Kxposl ngt he'W'ronc s
ot the Masses. , '
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Correspondents writing over assumed slam
tares mast make known their names Io the
Editor, or no attention will be clvto to their
eommnnlrallon.
OUR 'WASnTNGTOlT LETTER.
A Stkaxok Phenomenon. Mani
toba Lake, which lies northwest of Fort
Garry, ami has given a title to the prov
idence formed out of the Bed Iiiver re
slon. derives its name from a small
island, from which, In the stillness of
the night, issues a "mysterious noise.'
Ou no account will the Ojibways ap
nroacli or laud ou this island, supposing
It to be the home of the Manitoba the
"siteaking God." The cause of this eu
riou.i sound is the beating of the waves
ou the "shingle," or large pebbles lin
ing the shores. Along tbe northern
coast of the Island there is a loug, low
ehlt of fine-grained, compnet limestone,
which, under the stroke of tbe hammer,
clinks like steel. The waves beating uu
the shore at the foot of the cliff, cause
the fallen fragments to rub against each
other, and to give out a sound re
sembling the chimes of distant church
liells. The phenomenon occurs when
the gales blow from the north, and
then, as tbe winds subside, low, wailiug
sounds, like whisiiering voice-, are
heard iu the air. Travelers assert that
the effect is very Impressive, aud they
have been awakened at night under the
Impression that they were listening to
church bells.
To Make Ykast with Potatoes.
For those who live far from the shops,
this receipt may sometimes be found to
stand Instead, iu ease of deficiency.
Boil mealey potatoes, peel them, mash
them very smooth, aud put them to
as mueh hot water as will make them
the consistence of yeast, no thicker.
Add for every pound of potatoes, two
ounces very coarse sugar or molasses,
aud wliile tbe mixture is warm, stir iu
two snooufuls of yeast. Keep it warm
until it rises well. It may be used In
tweiity-four hours. One pound of pota
toes will make nearly a quart ol yeast
A district attorney, who was cross-
examining a doctor on a criminal trial,
exclaimed, ietulantly, "A doctor should
be able to give his opinions without
mistake"." "He is as well able as a
lawyer," retorted the doctor. "A doc
tor's mistakes are buried six feet under
the ground," said the lawyer. "And
a lawyer's are sometimes hung six
feet alMive it," responded the doctor.
Jlost women, when ironing, move
their irons too rapidly over the cloth.
A slower motion does Uie work equally
as well, and saves very much of the fa
tigue attending thla operation. Try it.
ladies, ami our word for It, you will find
an improvement.
'"'tor o tii. North wasr :
ihe morbid appetite of the American
citizens who delight iu liebofctlitr
things odiomsean be gratified by con
templating a specimen of the species
man down on the sacej boll Yjr
ginia. He is one of those creatures
whom it would be a pity to kill, yet ,w
one ever discovered what use he is to
society, unless it may be as an exaropl
of repalsivcness. By some abnormal
freak of nature, or more properly, per
hapri, by the suceesefal operations of
tbe fillhiueso of polities, this fellow was
boosted into the clerkship of Fanqoier
A Co., where it liaipeBed that the wills
contained iu a glass ease, had been on'
exhibition many years up to some
fifteen years ago, when this clerk came
iuto office. Being poor, ambitious and
unscrupulous, he cotieeived tbe Men of
copyrighting tiie treasure-relies, and
thus aggrandize to Iiimeelf their sole
benefits. He afterward nubliehed a,
trashy book of them, but avoided giv
ing an exaet copy. It was it failure.
in 187G he apidied to the benevokint
Corcoran for a loan of oue ttiouiand
dollars to aid him iu printing a new
oook io be sold t t hu r.ui....t-i
YVU.VU UCCff,
which was made with the view or secur
ing a general distribution of copies of
the wills. This book again was a fail
ure, and served no purpose save to call
the attention of a New York printing
company to the relies, who ottered him
twenty thousand dollars for tbe privi
lege oi iKing one photographic copy of
them, with a view to producing exact
similes upon faded yellow-tinted paper,
tbus preserving tbe appearance or tbe
original for universal sale at a nominal
cost. It was refused. Au appeal was
made to the Librarian of Congress re
cently, who ruled that the clerk's right
could not be disturbed under the copy
right law. And thus it occurs that, ere
long, unless something is done, there
will not lie a copy extant, as the origi
nals are fast crumbling to dost.
When iMildic officers get envious, or
miffed at each other, and, in conse
quence, kick up rows about it, of coarse
the Niblic are bound to be amused.
Geueral Terry ehanrea Tnriian- Pvuu.
miseioner Hoyt with having reflected
upon the morality of the soldiers: sta
tioned at Standing Rock Agency, upon
whieh he (Terry) instituted an Investl-
gatinu, ami claims to Imis immfiii.
charges unsubstantiated. He there
upon, in official correspondence, de
manded the proof. The Commissioner
ignored the whole matter, which riled
tip the General, and he at once made
the matter public, submitting the dis
approving evidence endorsed by Gener
als Sherman and Sheridan, tiie former
of whom Uses caustic language, reflect
ing upon Mr. Indian Commissioner as
an officious boy "who never saw an In
dian." Mr. Hoyt replies, denying hav
ing made any such charges, gives a
trivial conversation as the only possible
foundation of auy such a construction,
and adds that his bureau docs not afford
that elegant leisure, at the command of
army officers in time of peace, to mis
construe harmless speeches made iu
private, and incident conversation,
um which to trump up unnecessary
trouble, tending to disturb public har
mony. There will no doubt be morV
fusiiade letters, after which all partie
concerned are to become heartily
ashamed of themselves, ami tbe matter
go peacefully to sleep.
Tbe descendants of the illustrious
Washington, when under public notice,
are not always in tiie honor and glory
of his great name. Thus does the great
grand niece, Mrs. Funny Washington
Freueh, call for patriotic sympathy.
Born iu Virginia, brought np and edu
cated at the family mausion, she en
joyed the honor and benefits of heritage
until her marriage in early womanhood
to a Virginia divine, with whom sbe
lived u few happy years. After his
death, pecuniary circumstances com
pelled her to accept u government elerk-
hip, which she held until unjust
charges of sympathy for the Southern
Confederacy caused her discharge by
Secretary Boutwell. Iu 1870 she mar
ried Mr. French, then and until recently
holding a position iu tbe naval branch
of Hie New York Custom-house. His
discharge was a great pecuniary em
barrassment, resulting ill the wife open
ing a boarding-house. In this, how
ever, fickle fortune was against her, until
now we hear of her household goods un
der attachment for rent arrearage. She
Is a lady of line personal appearance, re
markably well preserved, dark Imii,
deep, expressive eyes, and high culture
and refinement. Her distressing situa
tion has been made known to the Pres
ident, who, it is thought, will have ber
or her husband reinstated In some gov
ernment position.
Tbe yellow fever, whose fearful ravages
in the South have become a national
calamity, daily send its thrill of terror
through this city. The. levity of tbe
sensational editors, whieh at first
styled the dread plage "Yellow Jack,"
"Bronze John" ami "Saffron Monster,"
have all given way before tho fearful
march of death and suffering to tbe
at.
solemnity of tl magnitude auu ""
"When is a man a coward 7" asked a
teacher of mental philosophy. "When
be runs away from a cow," answered a
pupu.
Washington,
FVkiX.
D. C A BR' . 187S-
au tt-amra. whn.
IV was .f'rr r",; watermelons, said
when cauguu ,.w,,.i.-'
tliat bo was in ia"' t"