PERSONS AND EVENTS.
it is suggosicu oy i nc ai. uoma i u-
JKxpattk that Gen. Tom Brady's book
-will bo untitled "Lapsus Ponn.v; or,
JIow I Escaped tho Pen."
At last accounts Minister S. S. Cox
ivns registered at tho Coutiuont.il hotel
m Paris, and was enjoying himself liko
big boy just out of school.
Srntir Don Ai.nniiTO BtAXCiti, father
of Sonor Don Alberto G. Bianchl. tho
noted Moxlcan journalist, died in tho
City of Mexico on the '-'I'd of last
anonth.
Tiro cousins of ex-premier Gladstone
-reside in this country. They are Wil
fred atul David Gladstone, and live at
While Springs, O., whore liicy pursue
ilic occupation of millers.
Ax autograph letter of Goorgo Wash
ington was sold at administrator's sale
in tho city of Washington a day or two
ago for 817. The purchaser was a
.dealer in relics and autograph maun
jscriptrt. Among tho new members who took
scats at tho opening of tho Mexican
congress on tho lGth of September was
iScnor Arroyo D'Anda, the Mexican
journalist who accompanied the oxeur
Kioii of Mexican editors to this country
two rears ago.
Mr. tViMiAM Wahhkn, the veteran
actor, who made his first appearance
llnrlmi fnvl' vmiva !crn t f ri'n until 1 V
jii iiutuii iui j V. ..I ... - . - J
ecn on the streets of that city, exhibits (
unabated vitality, and is full ot Mignt
remarks. Ho exercises much in the
open air, and praoticos with tho hoalth
lift in addition. Ho visits tho theaters
frequently.
A Wauhinoton correspondent recalls
Uio fact that when Mr. P. E. Spiuuor
was treasurer ho used to honor some ol
tho proltiest young ludy clerks in liia
ollico by having their fcaturos g'.vcn to
omo of tlio goddesses that grace the
currency. But, it is haid, the head ol
Martha Washington, which adorns the
now 81 certificates, and an idealicd
"head of Dolly Madison are tho only ac
credited portraits of distinguished wo
men that can bo discovered.
Dn. Animcaub Fioi?i:itA. tho presi
dent of tho Braz linn foh am bur of depu
ties, intends to leave for New York in
tho tirst packet after tho closing of tho
nhamhors. for tho amel oration of his
state of health, and to soo how a coun
try can bo great and prosperous with
out monarchy and slavery institutions
which ho, as an ardent conservative
and slave-owner, considers prov dunthil
Institutions. Like Lincoln, tho noble
deputy of tho province of Uio Jane ro
is anything but a dude in physiognomy.
M8. Katk S ru a a in; lias left t ho
capital anil is now living quietly in Nuw
York. Mr. Conkling and she raroly
moot, and when thoy do it is as frionds
only all thoy over wore. Tho gunshot
incident of Canonohut has passed al
most outiroly out of her mind, and oc
casions no other emotions when referr
ed to than would the frenzied act of any
other wan crazed w til drink and uu
Tousonablo rage. When hor father's
remains have boon transferred to tho
Spring Grovo cemetery at Cincinnati,
whioh will bo in a very short t mo, she
vrd! return to Foiitainubleaii, where hor
children now are, and dovoto the rest
ot hor life to them. She s not rielt as
reported, but lias onoiight tosupp'.y her
necessary wants, and when she sails
again will bid this country a long if not
eternal farowoll.
' Junms Jamcs It. Luw.ow, a noted
Tonnsylvanla jurist, who died sonio
'time ago. loft a singularly short will.
Jt covered but half a page of foolscap,
and Is In tin handwriting of the dece
dent. Ho wrote: "1 roijuost myexi
outers to Inour at my funeral no ex
pense not absolutely required. My
estate Is small, and my wife and chil
dren ought to have every dollar for
their support. Lot no false pride die
lato ostentatious display, for after the
roul departs from tho body it matters
Jlttlo what bucomos of that body, so
that it is decently buried. God will
protect tho dust, and on the resurrec
tion day gather all together and recon
struct It according to his sovereign
rile" Ho then devisos lis entire estate
to Ids wife, Honrlutta E. Ludlow, and
appoints hur guardinn of their chil
dren and oxocutrix.
' Two prominent Gorman lausioians
dlod recently within a few days of each
otliur tlio viol nist Hubert ll.es and
tho composer Julius MolchorU Hies,
who attained tho ago of 85. received
Ids first musical instruct on from his
father and became) subsequently a pupil
of Spohr and llaiipliniuii. In IS'.' I lie
was appointed orchestral louder of the
Konigstadtisuhos thoatorof Berlin, and
in tho fo! low ng yetr K was promoted
to a fo lion m tun ttyal opera-house,
whoru ha R jcaeu "concert
onolutor." Iw was in grei demand
ad a musical instvftittr, and his quartet
evenings woro In formor years ouo of
tho iiiiiscal features 91 Boilin. His
throe sous, two of whom live in Lon
don, aro llkowlso woll-kiiown inusi
oiiuia. Julius Molohort, who died on
ih 12th of SuptomWr Ifrfllatiburg. at
tie ago of 76, was very popular as a
oaai poser of
tongs ana oorcuesirai
.3dec
MANITOU'S CAVERNS.
Snbtcrrnnonn "IViiIIch lloncntlt tlio
ToworliiR lcn! r the Hocklca
Cuvos Hint MyntcrlotiH Hones
I'onlonicos tn tlio HockH.
Manil.ou is the most delightful spot
to bo found in tho Hockics. writes a
correspondent of The riihtrfrJphia
Times, a little village of hotels ami
boarding-houses, arranged along :
canyon that leads up into the great
range bringing one to Pike's peak, and
after that over a maze of peaks and
ranges interminable in their extent and
varioty. Dowil the center of the vil
lage Hows fhe Pountaiiic-qui-Boiiille. in
tho spring formed by the melting snows
of tho Hocklos and added to by
the wealth of springs cds, iron,
and others that are the boast of Moni
tou. Hero, environed by tho great
mountains is the former eottairo of
Grace Greenwood: over yonder the re
mains of "Br.arhurst," where Thomas
Moran's picture of the "Mountain of
the Holy Cross" was exhibited to visit
ors, while not tar away is tho cottage
where "H. II." did much of her work,
and her last resting-place on old Choy
enno mountain may lie seen from tho
canyon.
'I lie attractions of Manitou are not a
few. Five thousand people hare al
ready ascended Piko's peak this season.
It can lie done in a day, and gives one
an elevation of something liko four
teen thousand feet; or imagine another
Mount Washington piled on top of tlio
prcsont one and a hill two hundred feet
high on that and you have it. Hun
dreds of square miles, in fact an un
limited view of the country, is obtain
ed. Tho sunriso and tho grave of Maj.
O'Brien's daughter are tho attractions,
not to speak of tho pleasure of wading
through a snowbank in August.
O'Brien's daughter is supposed to
rest under a monument or stone, upon
which is inscribed: "Sacred to tho
memory of the daughter of Maj.
O'Brien, who was killed by mountain
mis." etc. Nino nersonsout of ton be
lieve this yarn, and much sympathy is
expressed by tho louder-hearted who
are victims of a Rocky mountain joker
of no mean ordor of merit; the moun
tain rats, as woll as tiio daughter, area
myth. Besides tho peak there are va
rious canyons to visit, the Garden of
Gcds, described in a former paper, and
finally tho caves that abound in all tho
natural regalia that nature generally
provides in such cases. There aro two
distinct eaves, both having features
equally interesting, and I should judgo
from tho rock formation that much of
the adjacent country is undermined
with similar ones.
What is called the grand cavern or
cavorns is about one-and-a-half miles
from Manitou, directly up tho Uto p.ass
a road worn and cut out of the rock,
that winds up into tho Rockies, over
which tho Utcs were accustomed to
pass in tlio old t mes of thirty years
ago. In prospecting among tlio ledges
about a thousand foot above the pass
tho present owuor, (5. W. Snider, dis
covered a small opening, and by work
ing at it noon found himself in tho
largo hall that is tlio comin ncemont of
a fior os of rooms and tunnels that now
constitute one of tho wonders of the
country.
A liltlo tent has boon pttchud at tho
entrance and a lino carriage road made,
winding up to within a fow steps of it,
and hero Mr. Snider collects a dollar,
providos each visitor w th a lamp and
the party with two guides. Standing
at the entrance one doubts which is the
most attractive the cave or tlio v ow,
the latter bo ng from this point particu
larly duo. Pike's peak is d reetly op
posite, while all about cluster other
summits of more or less grandeur, and
tho fact that the cave is about eight
thousand feet up on tlio brow of a
mountain adds much to tlio interest.
Tho cavo is s.niilar in its fetruoturo
and formation to Mammoth, Luray,
and Howes', though on a much smaller
scalo. The stalactites are, however,
much finor than those of Howe' cave.
Tho Manitou caverns, moreover, are
dryer ami particularly adapted for ner
vous peoplo, there being uo cxtromelv
dangerous places. Tho route called
Canopy avenue is first taken, and as
tlio twenty or th'rty visitors lilo into tho
hole, each boarlng a lamp, tho ladle?
covered with waterproofs, one could
well Imnsiiio them monks going through
somo mvstto rite. The rollo-huiitiiig
American was a Dutch woman in tills
case, and not a stalactite within reach
but was wronched in tho cause of roltcs.
Tlio choice bpeclmons, howovor, woro
all protected by wire cages.
The first one of these that appeared
looked like the cago of some annual in
the Zoo and one of the ladies asked
what it was. "That's a stalactite," re
plied tho gu do. "It won't got out, will
it?" questioned tho lady, falling back,
already a littlo nervous with the wiord
ness of the place. "No, ma'am, it w 11
not,' ropliod the long-sullorlng attend
ant. All alonjr tho oath numerous stalac
tites and stalagmites woro seen, but per
fectly tamo ami harmuss, couliuetl by
tho wire netting, and safe from tho
hands of vaudall. On the right woru a
lot of bones, also protected by wire,
taid to bo thoso of a bear, but they woro
fox and wildcat bone:, and probably
thos'i of somo other small animal that
had crawled into tho cavo to die. If
Mr. Snidar had the euerirv and enter
prho that characterizes (ho real Yankee
ihowman ho would get a hum:fi ske.o-
ton. manacle it with rusty chains and
fasten it to tlio wall. This would bo a
stroke of genius.
Prom lilts interesting walk wc enter
Stalactite hpll, where many strange
forms have been molded by nature.
Hero is a deer's head, seemingly in
white marble, tho antlters almost per
fect; brids, trees, human faces, and n
hundred and one fanciful shape
worthy of attention. Passing on, the
rotunda is reached, where some line
stalactites reach down to the floor,
forming pillars. Near here is a large
room, about sixty feet high, called,
very appropriately, the opera-house,
having a parquet and two tiers of gal
leries all around. Further along is a
natural organ, or a set of chimes.
This is by far the best in the country,
and in this respect the Manitou cavern
is ahead of all others. Tho chimes are
a set of btalaclite formations connected
Willi the wall, forming a scries of thin,
upright slabs, placed .idc by side, and
that, when struck with a stick, give out
metallic bell-like notes; and with a lit
tlo practice tho entire scale can be
sounded and tuneful chimes rung.
In the opera-house aro many curious
shapes resembling statuary, ami human
forms appear attached to tho walls.
From here wc pass to tho churn-room,
where a scries of stalactites anil stal
agmites form a perfect churn, tiie newly-churned
butter represented in the
stone by its side. Beyond hero is a
natural bridge, reached by stairways,
and leading to Guadaloupo dome and
the grand pipo organ just described.
Every cavo has a postollico, and a
rock that has been shivered in some
way bristlo with the cards of visitors
from every part of tho country. Re
turning to the vestibule a narrow path
called the Denver and Bio Grande nar
row-gauge is taken, which leads down
to a deep incline, far below the former
rooms to tho fair bridal chamber where
tho elk's head, man on horsoback,
Rocky mountain sheep, etc., aro strik
ingly sculptured in the rocks. The
temperature of the cavo is about 51 de
grees, the same tile year round.
One can casuallvexaiuino the cave in
and hour, though to see all tlio cham
bers several would bo required, and alto
gether gives the novico a very good idea
of the chemical workshops under
ground, and tlio forming, and reform
ing and disintegration that is continu
ally going on. The eave of the winds
is not far from the Grand caverns, in
Williams' canyon, and is equally
worthy a visit. Tho 1001113, though
smaller, arc ornamented with a greater
variety of formations, which are larger,
and in many instances more attractive
than those in the cavo of Uto pass.
A Critio Weeping.
JolVrcy had this reputation of a se
vere critic, yd lie insisted that his na
tural foible was to admire and to bo
pleased too easily. But one often
finds in the severest of critics, when ho
comes to know him, the best-natured
and most all'oci onate of men. Jeffrey
could "cut up" an author's book, and,
when occasion opened, serve him with
his purse and influence.
When ho journeyed from Edinburgh
to London, to take his seat, in parlia
ment, lie took with him, besides his
wife and daughter, "Poor Poll," a gnu,
wise parrot t, and "Witch," a little
dog. llif. friends bantered hint on his
carrying in tho carriage a soft traveling-basket
for the dog and a largo cage
for the bird.
One day, a ladv. wlio-o intimacy in
the family gave her tho freedom of the
house, opened tho library-door to see
if Jeffrey was there. She .-aw him sit
ting in a chair with h s head on the
table, sobbing as a child. She was
about to retire, thinking she had not
boon seen, when Jeffrey, beckoning her
to a seat, said:
"Don't go. my frond; I shall be all
right again in a in mite."
"1 had no idea that you had heard
bail news, or I would not have come
iu. Is anv one dead?" said tho lady?
"Yes, indeed. I'm a great gooo to
have given away so, but 1 could not
help it. You'll bo sorry to hear thai
little Xclly. Bo.'s littlo At My. is dead. '
JelVrey had just then received tho
last number out of the "Old Curiosity
Shop." and had been overcome by tho
pathetic description of J.itllc Sell's
poath. hxehantje-
Amoricnns Abroad.
American ladies make their way into
society more oasilv In Loudon than
they do iu Paris. How it is done 1
have already explained. Tho London
eiulw, however, are more exclusive than
tlw diawing-rooms, and Iho feei ng
nruvails among American visitors to
our cap tol that they have been shabbily
treated in thjs respect. The husbands
and brothers of some of tlio be'les
Americitnies of the season complain
that while the women have been favor
ed, the men have received the cold
shouldor in the club band. By the laws
of somo of our olubs the numbor of
honorary mombiM's Is restr etod whereas
it is tho general rule in tlio clubi in all
tho principal cities of tins Unitod States
that tho club is always free to add to
the honorary members, and tho Ameri
can newspapers aro sujgoitiiig repri
sals. V sltors from tin other side of
thu Atlantic have incroasod abundantly
during tho last two or thro 1 ) ears to
Hiioli an extent, indiwd, that it surprises
mo that somebody has not already
started a first-rate American club iu our
metropolis. -- hi Truth.
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