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THE OUTftTBETCHSD HANK
N CH.VKIKS T. lMNt;iv-N.
to oiva nn not rn -mr?iioKarraponnoajft..*,n?
BKrAKVsST ? THK BKt.tiAlt lUPHS ASP IMI
HvM> (iRi.ANS?lill' st. Nt HMi'MiU* OMAl
A Wolfe ron tar r.vrrrss..
AU the palMonl BOBBMBBMBI M lH a*- 1 have tte,.),,
aide ti- reid thom, sav thal one MM md i_i*?e
ir.onev to be.^.tr*-. that il i? wronc BB Wt et
That u ssKonraant bUbmsb ami pnWw self-help.
That a bo.gar isa Mister and a Might upon the
Kxlv politic. All such writer*, from Joivmv Pani
ham down, neem to thiuk that a man _ve* Bbeni
with loaves of bread \n one p* k?t amt w llb aUCM
of meat in another, always ptcpamd ti* Nod lhe
hungry adult*, ami paflatblj with bottles t?f nnlk to
assuage the tlmst of the BCggfaBS, bal".!* Put if
one has nothing rise BS give, be ought not tobe
hardly dealt with if he gives money. M I
lie does noi give much, which I, lor one. u*. Ihe
present state nf my liii.uuc*-. am not linell IC de.
1 am lats that I ought to envy BB my BBBBSa *
great Monkerai ticket* for soup, to ts" furaiehed
lon presentation of the ticket' bl BBSB8 imuUiUicu
withagiv.it boiler and a leno Betti On BBOMM
spectabio diitviors. Put how do I know thal Ibo
poor old man whose BSBTOWS I 1'ilv UkSB BSnpl?
that he may not have a prout.hoe .against PStagoe
of all kinds?--that Ins Masing may not BB tn
muttuti chili's and a ITS vent fri. andean T I remem?
ber the proverb that beggan shnuld nut he
choosers, but then it wasn't the beggars who Beads
the pa Beth it was the emull -rt.aide householder
dlspeSM?g h's straps from the area door. Opeto*
lant growler over vour breakfast, complaining thai
the toast is humed, that tin* c;ikcs ate heavy, that
the lea is weak, that BhBOggS aro ancient, that the
chop is tough, that the lah has leon tint long an
exile from Its native WUhKSl Lani! ami BBB haVC
been ransacked to keep your appetite la working
order. The cook was be*M_inj_ ami bollmi nnd
baking for you while you were still ladulgiaglB
your last forty winks. Years may haVB elapsed
since yon were ahaolataly and unmistakably han*
grv. How would you like to breakfast upon the
cold and miscellaneous donations af the basosBBnl f
? fragments of tish, of llesh. af fowl, with geological
cubes and parallelograms and polvneemof remain*
der biscuit : and with amorphous relics ot half
eaten potatoes, and. poured o'er all. a gray and
melancholy waste of yesterday's gravy !
A snug aud prosperous man bas no patience with
mendicity. Ile han succeeded, and he docs not seo
Why anybody else should fail. Ho does not com?
prehend that If every ono had possessed his own
cleverness in getting on ho might not himself have
got on so rapidly. As fur the palo faned babies.
carried in the anus ot their Whining and beseeching
mothers, will the snarliest of tho Grradgrlnds be
good enough to tell nie how such little ones are to
blame for the woo and want Into which they were
horn f Tlnv may be dirty, but surely they arc in?
nocent. They may bo borrowed for the begging
business; but are they any the less hungry for
that I Your soul may be tillea with righteous rage
because the grimier never has his organ tuned, hut
If you have even a morsel of flesh in your obdurate
heart, can yoi. help pitying the thin-legged little
girl who carries about tho tin can In quest, so often
fruitless, of pennies T She at least was not the
originator of tbe wheezing, grunting and squealing
abomination. 1 have given her many a piece of
copper when it would have been refreshing to my
BOBd could I have seen tho grinder himself break?
ing stones in some penitentiary of specially
severe discipline. Lately I have obecrvod a par?
ticularly elaborate appeal to the parental emotions
?thc ttorge which wo have, I suppose, though wo
are not Ornate Thean w-as B combination of cradle
and organ. The little creature dozed at one end ;
tho mnahiBl works wero al the other; while tho
crank was elaborately plied by tho hand ot a
liideou. obi woman whom Donner would have been
pleased to paint. Foor childi I wonder what it
thought of" Captain Jinka, of tho Hores Marines." of
tbo grund ana from ? Favorita," and of tho Strauss
waltzes, which lt must have heard over and over
again, as it oi<ened its eyes ami wailed a little, nnd
then weut to sloop again. The groans and the
squeals of that inharmonious and bedeviled box
were all its lullaby. All day long it WM wheeled
from door to aoor. Ihe summer sun beat down
upon its face and prematurely browned it; thc
sharp east wina weut by and left lt peaked and
palo; it never played.it was never petted, it bari
no tovs; and when night came it was disrobed upon
no soft lap. it waa tucked up in no luxurious crib,
but sleeping as well as bad air and unmentionable
bites would let it; it was naxt morning .laced in
the machine again to be carted about and again to
listen to ? Captain Jinks." Doubtless it ls dead by
this time, and I. for one, um glad of it.
There is nothing moro melancholy than tho pro?
pensity of the human race to get into scrapes indi?
vidually and collectively. This, 1 taney, is ono
reason why people sometimes beg lu decent rai?
ment, suggesting that yesterday was a better day
with them, as to-morrow may also Int. Visitors
coming to thi* great roaring Bedlam of ours get
stranded and can neither go nor stay. The other
night, just as tho gas was lighted, a mun well
enough dressed, uskod mo for a bit of money to help
him to get hume. He held by tho hand a pretty
little girl whoso young wistful eyes pleaded more
effectually than her father's video. Ho told no
long and lamentable story, no often rehearsed ro?
mance of misfortune and shipwreck, no tale like
those which are an amalgam of many lies and little
truth. All he said was that he wanted "to go
homo"; and as 1 thought lt a good place to go t>,
aud did not soo why ho should riot go there if ho
wanted to ; as 1 was, moreover, perfectly sure that
tho railways and steamboats would not {tako him
for mulling; and as his wife might be Walting
anxiously lor bim, and tho brothers and sisters
wondering what had bocomo of tho child, I did
make.a small contribution toward the rOBBtabllah
ment of the vagrant's domestic felicity. For so
doing I shall he declared an ass by the sagacious;
but if they eal stand their ow.i rockv-heartedness,
J can stand their michal epithets Fur 1 thought
of my own little girl and her mother; of how long
it sits since I had seen them, and of how long it
might be before I should seo them again. Tho man
lu.iy luive been an impostor, but my insignificant
alms were gun ni ne, I take it. 1 defy any moralist
to demonstrate the contrary, and should ho do so,
then I would defy him to do it over again. I take
the responsibility ot encouraging paunonsiu. If 1
did wrong I glory in it, and it is my linn intention
oiioiisioiiiiily to sin in the same wav again.
Hut tlioie is one mendicant who plies in our
neighborhood, with whom 1 am well acquainted.
Ile has haunted the street fer several years. Ho
dresses wall enough and iiresents the appearance of
n veteran clerk comfortably til. He waylays
tiie passer-by *, conies suddenly upon his victim
round a corner, aud mumbles ti petition lo peen
mary consolation which is hardly inti lligihlo. His
countenance aad demeanor an* of a mi ions not to
say rel)g)ous cast. He is just the person to be token
np by home Christian association, and furnished
with food and a new overcoat. Tho excellent
donors would not discover their mistake until they
found lum work. Then, my word for it, they
would spe nothing more of him. What has hap?
pened to hun, or rathur, what he would have us
think bas hain.oneal to bim, 1 never eould de
liiiiUly timi out. His elocutionary education has
been neglected, or he ls purposely incoherent. But
his desiri) is sufticlenlly definite. He wunts ninney,
which he never gets from me. He dots from other
people however; for only the other day hs carno
rapidly out from his corner upon an unsophis?
ticated youth, just asa spider comes ont of his
den upon a Dy. It is impossible to describe tbe
indignation tvith winch I saw thc young mun be?
stow a piece of silver upon thisvtterau humbug.
My duty uiidoubtealy was to go across the street
and expose the che a tc ry ; but I long ago found out
that one gets along much more comfortably in this
world if he has tho prudence to mimi his own I lil?
li ess. So I contented myself with shaking my fist
(morally) at the twopenny highwayman, and re
Jleoted, not without loy, that he would certainly he
locked up in ? the good tlmo coming."
Marvellous are tho resources of the Impecunious.
Juoxhatistiblu is thc supply of brass which, by some
nlchemisticul mystery, ls transmuted Into copper
fatokei. ot even a nobler molal thou either, How I
n*-b tbal \ c.wihl tw** the- msn'wbo ctlh-,1 st let
1'dtiinf.s tho other night, anti mt ea med mt
romsnkuid tbsl tie wss . enuc. Md aub liter
tho fiawklt a. ku.twlitl.ett ina! be bad Ms. lhe
oner ol m\ acpi.tn I tn.e i who puunUt ilet'ti.-d
hal he tad 'int whew to Itt h"? h. td. ?'I"' BB
lianna! upon Nannine mBrcytihttittoe i'"?i be
talked i I with a veils))) MMMMll ot the MMM
.typing monet In h" po-k.t lt PS bnd led Nh.
ai.ilt'Ns I shtUlltl ceiUluU h lxo,..!:c,l Ul'.-ilblU) lo
Mic*-, mt ptntonnd Banns or nu nbUrttsa Mo
BnndBB] ".ino and catling fe lhe duoil.'it lo*
niasMlnal to lr] >t"' Bapsttioenti nnd bo bm
coded lo a (United ivtcnl IM tCatoB bo eouM not
to il tani bnt aie there liol Ibousaudsot names
? thc director*) t l? mi wrath l prayed that his
?e-,1 list n'v'il aalght be bard and comfortless,
iud that lu bis perturbed dreams ho might soo the
jheaf ot hbj gi,uni tun! her.
ItoWCVCr, lot M not bo too severe upon thoso who
,s_.otcu though it would be better for them nut
e recent*. Wo BM all perpetually begging BOOnO*
hing of each other?assistance, encouragement,
idvice, loans of little or of much. Om wants aro so
nany ptOlBBMBgalBSl seliishiutt in others, ns tiny
hould be against BT-llBhnOM in our ow n i hunieters.
leggarv comes in a great incinuuo td Incapacity.
BlinOM Mny ba congenital; umi if there he lm
neb things as good fortune Bf ill fortune, how
nive tbe words lapsed into such e-umuon linet
loath eoenee and earrieeot ths bread wiaaer, et
iitcinperanio may steal the strength frogs bia ann
nd tba pity and tove on! of bb* heart] the tit ism
mies ot production nun Wider il iMpOBBlbhl tn
blain employment) lhere may be diaoonrago*
lent [which opena ihe door br despnlr, while tove
Ilea ont si Um window, wini kanwal Who
.nowst Rangal barta Um withed as well as the
ut nous, and cold bite** tin* alnaef sswcll aaths
Bini, Tbe dishonest and designing may cheat us
ul of our Shillings : thai woe oms, 1 hoy are his,
nd harp baan alnvsato thousands; but no beggar
MWOVCr ahnrp can cheat BB on! nf the honest eom
' la eon cy Which follows even the attempts to he kind
nd helpful.
THE MUSIC OF LEAVES.
A BCOIXnwB ."ONO.
From Tht London World.
The chestnuts droop low bv tho nver,
And shady are Ankerwycke trees;
The dragon-flice flash ann they qnirot
To somnolent bumming of bees !
Hut lure is a spot of the past time?
I'm many a mile from the Weir?
I'll rest and think over the hist Dine
I ventured to meditate here.
0, chestnuts are shady, aad golden are sheaves,
And sweet is the exquisite music of leaves!
I pause iu this quaint little harbor,
Quito Od! of tin* swirl of the st ri",tm t
Witta leaves overhead like tm arbor.
I smoke, and 1 ponder, and dream.
The bank, with its rongh broken edges,
Kxists as in days now remote ;
There's still the faint savor (if Badges
A*id lilies fresh eiushod by the boat.
0, breezes am soft, and thc dreamer receives
The rarest refrain tram thc music of haves 1
A brown-eyed and trustful young maiden
Then steered this Identical -sk itl.
Her lap with forge!-me nuts laden.
I now am forgotten ; but if T?
No matter 11 soe the sweet glory
Of love in those fathomless eyes ;
I tell her an often-told story?
They sparkle with light mid surprise !
O. rivers an- rapiil. and .Syrens were thieves,
Their music v. as naught to tbe music of leaves !
Ah, Sweet, do von ever remember
lhe si ream and its musical flow I
The story 1 told in Bentomber,
Tlie song of the leaves long ago I
Our love was a beautiful brief song,
As sweet as your voice and your eyes t
Bal trail as a lyrical leaf-song,
Inspired by the short summer siglis !
O. summer is short, ami the sculler still grieves.
His sorrow is echoed in music of leaves !
J. AsilBY-ljlTIiriT.
A\BLIND MAN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF FAMOUS
A Ul HORS.
From Tht Indianupolii Jou mal.
? I believe you were a London publisher!"
? Yes; my eyes were good tben, and I was in ths
thick of the trade. I wm tho confidential clerk ol
('hallinan *t Hull, when they beanie Diekeus's
publishers, and afterward I sot np for myself."
" Did yon see much of Dickens F'
"Not very much. Ho seldom came to tho offlce
except to draw his money, and he usually over?
drew. Ho inclined to dress rather ' loud,' and lt
was natural enough that his head was turned for
a time by his extraordinary success, lt was
something more than forty yoma ago; it was in
lHim-'a? ami '38 that ho wm a frequent visitor al
Chapman ?)_ Hall's.''
"I was a member of tho celebrated Museum
Club," he continued after a short pause; "it wan
tho precursor of tho now still more famous (Savage
Club, composed almost wholly of authors and pub?
lishers, Inside of tho Museum Club w as another
?tho Zodiac Clul?of which there Welt always
fourteen members, ono for each of ten signs of the
zodiac, and two each for the other two?I'lsoes and
Gemini. I belonged to this, ulsc, and Douglas
Jerrold, Leigh Hunt, Ceorge Henry Lewes, Francis
Mahony ("father Prout"), Landseer, B?Cieady,
john Leech, and others, were members.
* Lac li member was named after some sign in
tho zodiac and there was a tine ol ono penny for
address,tm a man by any but his zodiacal name.
Douglas Jerrold, I remember, waa 'Scorpio*'
Moriarty, nn Irish writer, was ' Tiiittiis;' and Dr.
Erasmus Wilson, a sort of later Kit (North, amt
author ot standard works on ski)) diseases?was
'Cancer.' I leuioinber a joke of Leigh Hunt's nt
dinner one day. Lewes was carving a young pig, I
think?and Int said to lather Piont: ' \V bat uart
will you havel' 'My favorite .part?von Know
what it is,' said Father Piont. Lowes was non?
plussed for a moment, but Hunt exclaimed: 'Give
linn the I'ope's eye-lie's al ways trying to get tho
Tope's r ye :' Von know the Pope's BTB ia tue deli.
cate little gland in the pig's thigh, lather Proofs
relation to the Catholic Church gare point to
Hunt's suggestion, which was greeted with front
laughter, rather Prout was a character. Ile both?
ered poor Tum Mooro sadly, taking ono of his finest
s.mes ,-ui.l translating it into Greek, and tuen nub
listiing thom, side by side, ami charging Moore with
plagiarism."
" What hort of man was Leigh Hunt T"
* Cheerful?always ebeerfu! and hopeful, though
ho had al hard tame of it. About 1*10 he was
lined ?500 and Imprisoned for two years fur
sneaking of George, the Prince Regent, ne a' fal
Adonis of lilly,'timi there tire not many men who
could biive borne the Infliction moro serenely,
He obtained the pension of ?1200 from tbe Crown
from George's niece. Queen Victoria, when he was
a member of the Zodiac club. He wm the original
of Dickens's ' Skiinpob*,' yon know.''
"Hu' Dil kins could hardly have thought un?
kindly of him," I suggested, " for the very year
before be wrote 'Bleak House' he took tho lead
in a rios of unprecedented entertainmente fur
Leigh Hunt's benefit, Dickens, Douglas Jerrold,
Cruikshank. Mark Lemon, Lewes, and others going
over the kingdom uh acompanyof strollinc actors to
raina mom v for the Impoverished author."
?*i). ao," said Mr. Addoy, "Dickens certainly
would noi a tah to hann or offend Leigh Hunt, inti
thc latter's lumpy -go-lucky disposition undoubtedly
suggested the ox t ravaguiit shiftlessness and sonny
ga,iiiio ot Bklmpole, nota ithstandlng."
"What sm i ol looking maa wm Jerrold f
? He was a little mun, about live loot high, long
hair, prominent cheek hence. B keon eye, and liis
lorin a little bent, and he looked up at you with a
comical wag ol his head. I know him tory well,
He was really kind-hearted and annpathetie, bul
be wm eo fond of fun and so sarcastic in his method
that he sometimes Indulged his wita! tbs expenae
of other people's feelings. Not many got ahead of
hun. His publlahere, Bradbury tV Evana, who, he
thought, had treated hun rather shabbily, (ave
him it couple of suckling pigs, which ho took out
to his suburban cutt age, and mit in a pen. He
n tined them?one Bradbury ana tim other Evana.
A couple ol months after that, his publishers name
out ami dined with him. After duiner be took
them ont and showed tin tn his tugs, and said : '1
have named thea after von, gentlemen. Tiny aro
growing wonderfully, and 1 believe if 1 keep thea
tint toil grow the nraateet hogs la Europa, aad J
do not forget the donors!'
" Jerrold's [conversation Snorkled [with epigrams,
and 1 never knew a man ie laugh so heartily at
his own jokes, if you heard Douglas Jerrold roar?
ing with delight and ;hohliug his sides, you linine
dintely Inferred thnl he had saul soinetliing. His
laugh was unaffected, and very contagious. Like
al! literary MOB, he wa* .never naif paul. Ho told
mo that for his great comedy ot' lilack-eyed Susan '
which still holds possession of the stage,he received
lust what Milton did for 1'aiadise Lost *. _., and
Ibo publisher .made $15.OOO Irom it the Iii st .your.
'or tbe 'Caudle Lectures' aud other things in
Pum-h, he was better paid."
" Do you remember any other good stories of Jer?
rold t" 1 asked.
" One thing happened in my presence," he said,
M which teemed to,me very ,funnv at the time, hut
baa appeared a little rude ever since. At the club
he waa Introduced by Albert .Smith, 1 believe, to
W. L. Leitch, editor of The Oueen. ' Leech. Leech,'
aaid Jerrold,' any relation to John Leech I' '-No
relation,', explained the other; 'our names aro
?palled quite differently.' ' 0, yes,' said Jerrold,
with a naudltv !winkle,' I remember i you aro the
gentleman who has tho Scotvh pecuiuru* iff lils
name.' Leltch's introducer waa horrified, bnt i
don't thinh they gol any aatisfactlon,
it,, b ilnf sf laI'luvimui* BBMSnBt
vereaaat i ible "ne lenae I te*.aha
i M| ti-. I , ilii))?,
m i, tea i'Ii 1.1..1. berti na
ne,'I mat Un. t ni I-..*i I and HOM some,
M..- ii.en ,-i n it ? Kinta I
Mt lu itil'i III lu i ie U,
i i ito.| iii.M ni J MWhOHBBSBB.
? Hanworth Dixon waa a aasMbsr af our club.
t.i,- .inmiii al wara called bia (behind his back)
ii ip ..m. Hlaon.' , _ .?
?? lb,I uni BVM nu'i'l Wordsworth or lingers T
?* I never MW Wordsworth." said Mr. Addey.
"He was un old nilli aad he lived ont at the
lakes. Koger* I have Keen, driving er walking
through London, for ne was a great gad abont, bnt
hr u as a tt ealthy bunker, ami fha literary wa hi of
I.oiu'.oa kiu-w little Ol Iiim. Kit Nurdi was in Heot
inii.i. I bare mel Lard Bulwer one* or twice but 1
dui not know lum well. Thackeray oeed to drop in
at our bonce occasionallr. I lanomba thai once
Chapman said lo hun: 'Thackeray, what nie you
going to do to night I A lol of our fellows BTB ?>?
mg tu iiiiio ut un huiise, umi | nish you'd eoae.'
Thackeray stood and thought a minute, and then
sahl: ' Tbaak yon, it u a strong temptation. Mut I
bute tui.i ay uhi mothal I will hike hoi to the
opera, and I ran'! hem io diaappolnl her. Count
moiti neal Uaw.1 I laius iii.it reply ta ? key in
Thaeaera.i 'a rharaotoi.
"Charles Kctnhlo, the iii'lor, was ono whom I ne
.-.iso.11 iii\ m..i in Mutely ito wm very deaf, and
I remember (bat oitoc aomahody naked hun a qua
Hun In a an .ll room about a tti lt known apeaker,
inst as a gt nth tuan began In ??int' All un
ronacloua ol Hu* music Kcnble spoke up
loud enough In be heiiitl by e\ irvboil.V, tuul
kiuI I le's mi arrant humbug! Nobody ought to
listen tn bim !' Kaplans! ions fol lou cd. I ntiee at
landed what alghl properly be called a star nar
forma ure of" I ho Merrj VVivm of Windsor,' Mmk
1 .lunn is inCtiiii. John linster as Ferd, George
Henri Lewes as the Wc llb panton, and Dickens
anti Jerrold si Slender sud shall,ur. ibo huhes
tt ere profeaalonals. You can imagine that the per*
fol ma ii. e tt as tu. ul all i active.
" I remember well two things that Jerrold fre?
quently repeated. One wm that line nf i.try
'The .sea that moalie!li for tin* rr?t that BBTW
i innes.'anl the other was, 'Thole's always ana*
shine somoa bore In the world.'"
DH HESS'S FAILURE AS AN EDITOR.
From The Xattnn.
Thc Daily Netti eomnMnced Ita exietenoe In tho
yi*ar i^iii. [ta early career illustrates in h mtv
remarkable way tbe fad that ii journalism fails
short ot being literature, yd on the other hand
literature is not alway, a sufficient equipment fur
journal.sm. Literature ls a gift, journalism is a
business. The iii Kt Bditor of theDaily'Newe, aa la
very well known, was Mr. Charles Dicken*. His
name confers a distinction on tho paper whicii will
always attach to it, bul probably bo one eva ax*
isted who was less Qualified for the work of ionr*
nallam. Dickene was almost entirely without pol?
itical knowledge or nowa of ai ti. ulai.'reasoning
ou political iiilair.s. Thackeray roaarked of lum
t.ti.e Unit "bis genius was stupendous ami his
ignorance was luiiat iilous." He was little versed
in ipoiitit s, iiinl whs iaoajtable of learning moro
of thea tbun he gathered during his few years' ex?
perience of tbe House of Commons as a reporter for
The Momma Chronicle. He had OM of those
minda, apparently, willoh ls without proper recep?
tivity for lin ts timi ideas of a certain oilier. From
his early manhood, and at a tune when he, hail
siiinelv passed boyhood, his literary snecea
opened to bim tbe hlgbeel society, so far as
he chose to enter it. Hut be inver learned tm*
ordinary conventional distinction!, which, worth*
lobs tis tiny ure in themselves, ire yet signs of a
knnw ledge or ignorance Urina behind them. Ii one
nf His cai ln-s| lintels ho speaks indifferently of thc
profligate young nobleman who Agnreela its pages
as Lord Frederii it Verisopbl ami as Curd Ven
aopht. He might, with a blunder no more absurd,
speak of Bari John RubmII or of Sir reel, or Sir
Dilke, iii uno of bis latest novels be maka a Lord
DecimneBarnacle s peer, though the title of lord
borne before ii Christian name ian belong only- |o
thu younga son of a dake a a marquis, to whoa
it is allowed not by law nut only by social courtcay
and usage. In fact, tho Cord Hobs and the v'ir
Browns of Georgs Band ami Eugene Boe. nndthc
Ti m-Jim-Jacks of Victor Hugo, do nut display an
ignorance creator, though to English and American
e_\t-sit ia smre glaring, than that whleh marka the
pointe ni which Dickens touches upon Eugliab
pnlitb's and society.
For a mao thus disqualified by want of early
training and bv inoapiicity of later learning To un?
dertake the editorship of a political junina! was as
if lan ojibwiiy Iiulnui Vluuilil volunteer to conduct
a Londoner from Tottenham Court Hoot to Lud?
gate Hill. Mr. Dickens, in his editor dun of tho
paper, surrounded himself arith mon most of whoa,
if they dui not share his genius, wen yet scarcely
capable of auppljrlna the defect of his ignorance.
Tho Into [Mr. .Mirk Lemon was his sub-editor, and
on the whole tho staff of the paper in thoa dara
coMlatcdof tbs eomlo and cockney wrltereof rac
period. Mr. Dickens ami nts coadjutors rather
Clayed at editing thu newspaper than actually
edited il. Tin- 1 !n:tlriiul element was, ns tho
readers of his letters and of Mr. Forster's biography
of him know, stronger lu Dickens than anything
else Ile seana, if the einreestou may bo Med, to
have stage-managed bia Ilia. Even in Ita inost.thriil
ing ami pathetic incidents, tbe thought seems to
have been eonatant of the "get-up 'of the action
and by-play, reouired tran him as in tho part fa
which fortune had o;ist him. The Doily Nock offlce
in his days was conducted anch as a newepapa
offlce miglit be depicted on tbe stage. There was
the Joviality aad reckleeenea and Bohemianism
w hieh it ta customary to attribute .lo tho journal?
istic character. Ii was blended, according to tradi?
tion, with a kind Ol tawdry lim ry and display, the
uso uf overdressed servants und of salvors for tho
conveyance of loiters ami bbbbsbs*m in tho fashion
somewhat of a stage drawing-room. Mr. Dickene a
editorsnip of tho papa lasted only lor a few mont hs.
Ho was 'succeeded ;iu ,it by bis friend and biogra?
pher, Mr. John Powter, who affected tobo ma
certain souse bis patron and adviser, bot who WM
ieal.v h's butt. The biographer ol Coldsmith and
of the statesmen of lhe Commontvealtn, Mr.
Forster's Know lodge was greata canape of the
politics of the time ol the Stuarts, of the great Re
nellion, and of the groat Revolution than ot thnl
patt of the nineteenth century in which ho hap?
pened to Hto. Hut he had had What Dickens
lacked, newspaper experience.
A SAM ELI. CHIS EsE STORY.
Frrim " Strait{/r .Siorirs greene Quintet Sliulio."
At Ch'aiig-ch'ing lhere lived a Buddhiat monk
of exceptional virtue and purity of conduct, who.
though ova eighty yean ol age. was still hale
and beatty. On day he fell down and could not
move, ami when the other prieeta rnahd to help lum
np, tliey found he was already gone. The obi
monk was himself unconscious of neath, nnd bis
soul BOW away to the borders of the province of
I lillian. Now it chain-oil that the scion of an old
Honan family had gone onl that very day with
-niue ton ur a do/en i ni lo wt is to anal the hare wita
falcons ; bnt, bia hers.- having run awav with him,
ii? fell oil ami was killed. Just ut Hutt moment
the soul of the priest rame bj. and entered into thc
'.indy, which thereupon gradually recovered eoa
aciousneaa, Tho savants crowned round to ask
him bow lu* felt, wliti, opalina his eyes widely,
be cried on! : " How did 1 gel here 1" They ga
slited bim tc rise and led hun to thc house, when
all his ladles i iiiin- to see him, tuul iuqaire bow be
did. In great anasoment be enid: "I am a Budd?
hist monai how came I hither?'' Tho servants
thought be was wa dering, and tried to recall him
by pulling his tats: a- tor himself hi could make
nothing ol it. and. closing his cree, refrained fruin
saying anything further. For food he would only
eat rice, i ot using all wino and meit, and ho a vi'ii hal
lin* society of his wifes. After some dOVS he felt
inclined for a stroll, at which nil his family were
delighted; bnt no soona had he got outside umi
stopped fur a little rest than be was besieged by
servants lugging him to take their BCCOUUta as
USUal. However, he pleaded kllnoa mid want nf
Strength* and no mote was saul. Ho thia) took oc?
casion to :i-k if they knew tho riiatrictnf fJh'ang
? liing, ami, on being anewered in the affirmative,
(?vpn ssed his intention of going thither for it trip,
as he felt dull amt had nothing particular tu itu,
bidding thom at thc same time h.uk niter ins attain
at linnie. They tiled to dissuade lum fruin this on
the ground of his having but recently linen fruin a
"uk bed; but be paid ne heed to their remon
Btraneee. and on the very next day set nut. Arriv?
ing in the Cli'ang-isblng district, he found every?
thing Min bancell, and, without being put to the
lillilialtl Ol asking his road, made his wtiy stiuight
to the monastery. His forma diociplea received
him with every token of reaped as an honored vis?
itor, aiul, in reply tnhls qneetion as to where thu
old muiik w:i.s, they informed him that their worthy
teacher had been dead for sumo time, < >n asking to
lie shown his grave, tiny led linn to a spot where
there was a solitary mound BOMB turee feet high,
over wbioh the gras* waaOOl Mt green. Not one
of them knew- hie mon ree ta visiting the place : umi
by and by he ordered his horse, saying to tho dis?
ciples : "Your muster was a virtuous monk ; euro
fulty preserve whatcva relics of him you may have,
and keep them from injury." Tiny all promised to
flo this, ami bethell sot od on his Way linnie.
When ha arrived lhere, ho fell luton listless state
iiinl tonk no Interest in his family allans, Ho anch
sn, that alter a DBW months lie ran away ami gent
straight to his former hume al tho monastery, tell?
ing tin" disciples that ho was their old master.
This they refused to believe, ami laughed among
themselves at his pretensions; but he told them the
whole story, and recalled many Incidents of his
previous life BBMn| thanh UntUni last they */ore
convinced. Ho then occupied his old bed, ami wont
through tho saiiW daily routine as before, paying no
attention to Um repeated entreaties of his fannly,
who eame with carriages and horses to beg him to
return.
Abouts year subsequently his wife sent one of
tho servant*) with splendid preaeuta of gold and silk,
all of which be refuse,l with the exception of a
single linen robe. And whenever tar of his old
friends passed this monastery they always went to
pay him their respects, finding him quiet, dignified
,_d pure. He waa then burely thirty, though ho
had been a b.'.'uk of more than eighty yeas of age.
HOME [NTERESTa
ni:: iiMUT SUPPLY iH-'.ri.ixiv.;.
llt'lllH AM> ri.I'Ms i.l ?Al'IK.A'I'-il (iP.APl'
AIUMIAM ANI> KINK?CH A MIK HUI IM AND DOW
TO I'lil'I'AIM' HUM -HAIfltDAYH PMOM I.N HU.
MAHKKIH.
Tho Markets Still keepon lh?*ir suiiiiiier face, but
in ic ts a ai do lino nf an roma rirtni a Tho iu?
?uiiis pen li has lunched tho sore and yolloWOtOgS
ivlifti lin* dry, almiisl dusty little analogy lor the
mandle delight of a tow a seks ago is ihrown away
n disgust j why they arc hopi la market lan qom
linn. His doubtful ti any ara sole Plana, too,
ne Batting shrivelled ami "hi; they, hOWOVBC*. BTB
mar inn.eil,nml ar.'selling lion *f'l to $3 BM BBSkot;
c ima- Im largs plnaMnrs si iii to ho fun nd al de fruit
linns iii lower llroiid way aiol al t BB dealers uptown ;
hey bring, nf emnse, fanny prices, ll, 1 mid ri cents
tpiree.
Peats uro very abundant and BXOBOdtnglj BlM
this lull. .'ino lim tletls aro selling frou, fl BO to
r'A pi<r backet and sell generally fran 29 to IO eenta
Mrdocsn, Pears ara picked green, a jud before
ho ripening stsgs; In this .\.iy i bey come to pei ha?
lton ami nu* kepi longer than whi n le fi on the trees.
Hi uno d'Anjuu, Bairn Diel,and Beurre Clairgeau
toll limn lo In "Jo ennis pei quart. (trapes BTB
(specially fina and tho crop la largo, Concordeare
I couts per i>i>ii i) ? 1 ami I Ha iv aros soil from 7 to VI
cuts; Uno i 'a ia u has ai o 38 couts pi ir lu ix, contain?
ing abont 2*g pounda, or 12 cents per pound. Tho
California grapa rn maillot, am tbs lluaoat and
r/okay] they eal rac 40 mom porpoand.
Crenbeirtasnie in full supply, nud aro said to bs
remarkably tine, ami, nnle - there is a trust soon to
?luise rot in Hu* boan, eni'ihitn-los will be very much
i-heaper this year tluiii l.'isf. liieyare sailing now
for 10eenta per quart, lhe host way tn prepare
thia dainty relish tor moat ami game is to add one
teacupful! Of water to a quart Ol cranberries, and
put tin- iii eyer the lire. After Cooking ten minutes
mash ami add I WO heaping cup'uls of BUgM : conk
about ten minutes longer, stirring often. Pour
thom into a howl or moimi, and when cold they can
be removed as a ]el|y.
lhere w.is a very lull vegetable market Saturday
morning. Oreen pena, eepcciBllv full in pod, wen
selling for 60 cents per pock ; Lima bourn SO e 'ills ;
Breen corn 18 cents pr donen; eabbaga S to 6
cents per head ; bet ts _fi cents DM peck j egg-plan I
n to io (-tints antaeci orator-pianl 10 cents t.or
huneii; cucumber pickles 25 to ."ii cents pa hun?
dred ; celery 10 cents; lettuce It to B cents per h. a I;
stringsbeans "JO coats par peck ; tomsloos 20 ants ;
ooIbm50coats; turnips 20 ante; pumpkins .ito
lu oeiits each; potatOM 25 to 30 cents per
peck. Apples an* Belling generally a Uti ie
ehenper than potatoes this fall ; sn ne aweet
notntoos aro 40 to 50 cents per peck.
Kine largi' spotless canltflowi rs ar.* tti** mle, soiling
fruin 20 Ul 40 cents. I here is considerable skill re
ijnired in cooking properly thia delicate vegetable.
lu the Int place it should novor bc boiled in an iron
pot, but in a Porcelain kettle or tin sam:, pan. With
thu precaution, and it it is served the moment it is
eooked, thc result will bo a anow-wbtte Bower,
beautiful to BM and delicious to taste. A in.' ad?
dition lo the inevitable white sauce fur eauhllower
is grated PnnnCBM cheese.
ibst butter is 40 nuts uptown, and 38 In the
maikets | dairy butter 80 cents per pound; cheap
ordinary butter ranges irom *_'s eilis upward.
Clieose n Iii cents per pound; K'i.itn cbee ta aw
i**l 10apiece, Kgga tte 29 coutan dosso,and fruin
'jo to 'at> cents for lim- haakoi egan.
Cut aiigar is 11 eents per pouuil ; granulated K>'_
couts ; powdered sugar t in* same; Ii_rht brown sumir
8MOM. and dark Hi-, eents nor pnund.
Tho best Mucha COfleC selfs fm- A7i MOta per pound
downtown | tM uptown dealers, however, charge
IO cents fur it; Java is 90 and '15 tents; Km _u
cents.
((ulong toa is 70 cents per pound j Imperial, 10
couts; Vining Hyson, io Bents,and English break*
faa 50 cents per ponnd.
lhere is a tine run of poultry In the markets, the
prices nf wbieb aro pretiy mindi the tame aa those
quoted bat week. Chickens 20 to SO ???- ri ta per
pound; capon pullets 20 eents; ducks 20 couta)
turkeys 'JO to 32 cont-) porpouml; mongrel ducks
25eenta,and aongnl goose _io cents per pound;
fowls ai'* irs cents; to_i duck an $1 pa pair; wood*
dink the saino: milliards *j<l 20 poi pair; pigeons
are .-oiling ai #_ 26 pWdOMOi sinai! buds 7," cents,
ami ned binls .fi 20 pa dooen. Extra flue targe
tings HO cents jut dozen. English snipe and plover
are alltos al "fliper donea; partridga and wood?
cock fl 25 js r pair.
1 In re has boon a large, eatoh of tish during the
past wcuk. Prices were, consequently, very easy
Saturday morning Blosflah. iu great Quantities,
0 eenta per pound ; mackerel, 10 coate; weakfish,
IO conto ; white perch, 15 cents i Spanish mackerel,
Mil to 00 eents, according to size; halibut, IM cents;
green turtle. 15 cents; salmon, refrigerated, 115
couts; ktngfiab,20cento| blackfish, 12*_ cents;
flounders, IO cents ; sea bass is 10 cents per pound ;
scallops, fl 00 per gallon ; soft clams, 40 to 80
eenta pa hundred; lobsters, io cents per pound.
Tho freshwater Han sn i Whitefish, id 10 cents per
pound; pickerel. l'J't. eenta; salmon trout* 10 ants;
eiecoec, 10 cents; roil snapper, 1M cents; pompano.
70ceata; whitebait, 75 cents; bard crans, 02 no
per huudred ; soft crabs, $1 50 per dozen,
Me.ni-".
Veni-ii-ellisi.niD.
Fish Croquettes with Pasley sadBrowa bread and butter.
Keast Turkey, oyster stutllng.
rotati.es 4 lu crone, licet*, Celery.
Ciiounoiir aux Tmnntoes.
Lettuce?Mar oaaalee.
Cheese, waers.
Apple Tart. Leeson Jelly with custard.
(ira pcs.
Cottee.
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
Fish CwiQUK. rms.?Take any kind of cold cooked
fish, mince it very finely ur potted it iu a nmrtar,
moistening with B little cream it you have it. Heal
an egg lurid, mix with B little milk and Hour into a
smooth cream I mix np thc pounded fish with thia.
seasoning it to taste with pepper, salt, finely chopped
parsley, nnd a MW Umps ol lemon tuite, make
Willi the banda toto pear-shaped croquettes, dip into
ecg and bread crumbs and fry brown in bot lard.
Garnish with parsley and serve witti brown bread
alieed, the slices buttered, ptcsaad together, ami cut
Into narrow strips.
Oretan Bronana.?Hake your Bluffing ol bread
eramba, suire, summer -suv >ry, pepper, salt uud a
little .bopped pork and celery, Chop finely and
fry iu butta some onion ami add to tho stuning
Which should bo well iitnaliramutod, mul bound
with ooo egg beaton. This stoning is better if the
pork is omitted and tho bread-crumbe aro tirst
mixed np with tue best fresh butter. Stale onad
finely crumbled With the hands and mixed with
butter makaetofllng bo much anperiorto snaked
and ann oe Bcd bread that it seems iDiuthor thing
altogetha. Tho clammy Bluffing ol the arerage
Hibernian cook ta a Hung which cannot be eaten ;
the Staffing in ado witta i: nun bs ami I nit tor as above,
ai,tl seasoned to the Judicious taste before it is put
into tho bird is a thing whleh may be rich and un
wnoleeome, but aadndly delicious. For orator
atufflng add oysters cut in halves or quarters to
the llb'ive.
( iiatii.n'K M\ Tomitobs.?Pick out ull the
insn haves from a cauliflower, amt cut ntl the
stalk close; lay it in salle.1 water tor nu hour; thou
put it stalk upwards into a sane, pan I ? ll of boiling
Water. With salt and a puce of butter ; tal it boil
(not too fast) (ill done. Take it up carefully, and
put it on a sieve lo drain. Mtx a pinch of Hour and
a piece of butler in a saucepan; add a bottle of
French tomatosanon nod poppa and snit to taste.
Mix well, and when the sauce is quito hot stir into
lt tho yolk ol an egg beaten up with a little cold
water and Strained. Tour thu sauce on a dish, und
place tho c.iiul itlo wcr iu tho nm I,ile.
Mayonnaise BaOCtt.?The secret of a good sauce
ls to barn tho materials well chilled before begin?
ning, iiinl to add the oil very slowly. To attain tho
lits; (nit the eggs and nil in a cnol place fur suv.-ral
iiiin- s before yon need than. The second is managed
by tightly corking tho ml buttle, having fust cut a
little groove in the cork, thus allowing univ a small
stream ol Ml to BSBBPS ut a time. Ingredients:
'lhe yolk of one raw egg, one pint of olive oil, vin?
egar or lemon june, pepper and aalttotastoi Put
the egg in a soup plate lin very hot weather uso
a hot-water plato, subslltuting iee witter for tho hot
waler), add a saltspoon ot salt, stir a little with a
silver fork j then eOMIBOOCC anding drop by drop
tho oil, stirling tho while ; continue this till all the
oil is used. After the sauce is once fairly atarted
tho oil can bo added rather moro rapidly; but great
caro must bo taken always to stir tbe same way.
umi thoroughly incorporate each instalment of oil
before adding Mon. If tho suiice gmus mo titi, k
and stringy add a very little vinegar, otherwise du
not add tho rioogat und pepper (red) till tho last.
If it should nunile, begin again with another yolk
of egg and another plato. As soon as tho new sauce
ls well started stop lidding oil, and add the curdled
Buuoe by degrees till it is all used. For chicken usr
it plaiu; hut for lobster, shrimp or crab add |
little iscench mustard.
HUMAN EmiTUEM 0NZTBE CLYDE.
From Ths F.xaminer.
Children-are paddling on tho beach or nwlmmins
Insight. Thero aro seaside loungers nu the swart!
above, tourists in wild and wonderful array, pro
claiming their consciousness that they ure on tbt
hurders of ,the Hob hoy country by strange piara!
anrt .turtling .bonnets; ladies. In .a formidable do
veiopiueut of Glasgow fashion-the Tam o'Shautci
hat; ami haro-legged nurSN independent as Ameri?
can "helps." The Hyman who takes you duwi
Hlnolalr-st. would hardly touch lils hat to you foi
a continent, and he culls his vehicle a" machine,'
aud lm rather resents being Svend aaxpeuce foi
himself. Tho women lack tho grace and airiness ol
English and Frenchwomen, and they describe theil
ailments with a plainness of sp, .vb that ls rathol
startling to the mealy mouthed Southron. Ir tin
presence of their lords uud masters, in este or E
peere, they baie somewhat tho air ot gentee
squaws. Tho woman who drinks wine they cai
out * iii. Mian who is drunk with whiskey th?y am
small bai in In. Then .the suyerfiue gentilities o.
Bngliah watering plans aro >uriously absent. A
mnn may stroll down (In* pier, to soo the'Arran boat
arrive, m i lom ooanaolonahin with his bootmaker.
Thu loir to the entire townie!, nay, to half Dum?
bal tonehirr*} comos in t wiro a week to carouse with
small lani.ors aiul tradeafolh at the principal hotel.
OENERAL VAN VLEI I Al HOME.
from The Washinriton Itepiiblit).
iiiin) is hardly a ama, woman or child in
Washington who dues not know Oeneral Van
Vinti, at, braal by si?ht. His appearance is not
eaaili forgotten, for it .is without doab! tba most
striking ol any iii town. Who. nm??? accing it, can
ever forget 1 hat wealth of flowing hair, as tine as
silk and ms white its snowflakes T Who can forgpt
bia whiskers, matching aa they do that wonderful
head cf hair f whooan lorant that jolly red face,
that kindly eye, that pleasant smile! Who. bear?
ing it. eau forget that loud, hearty laugh that is
with him always f . . . (bun ral Van Flatt ia
_nw sixty "int years nhl, but he is as halo ami
ni arty 11 inns, men an at forty, and bi stir a lively
and full ot fun us a cadet. His Brat communion
was Iii tho artillery. Hu served fwc years in fha
Florida Wat :iiul WM in several lights. Ilev-as
abo two years in the ItCXiesn War He was la
several storming putties, ami commanded a battery
at Vira (ru/, bnt it whs nut, in buttle that he was
to distinguish bimmil. His bravery was cnn
apicnous, nut lm was found to poSBBM qualities that
fitted liiiii tm ("uiartermaster, and ho was ordered
to join troops to protect overland emigration to
Oregon long before tho gold fora broke out in
California. While at Fort Laramie, In 184B. he
was the Editor Of Vic Chun Wal' r Journal' a journal
unique in Ita way. It waa a sheet about 28 by 20
iii'-lt* s, and contained poetry, ski-:, hes, travesties,
ste., nml was certainly a creditable production.
Tho work w.-is all done with a pea, and the beading
was ;i mai vol of skill and beauty, lt also con*
t lined piel uris Unstinting the jokes and "drives"
oi' ? ime ol the officers at tbs poet, Tho penmanship
was exceedingly fine and thc drawings won goad.
This uart of tbe paper was the work of . private sol
dier. Kadi edition consisted of only ons copy of tho
papa, lins \t as handed round among the omeenaanj
sent l mm mio post to another. I If Journal was issued
irbeneva ibo nu ney ran short and Ibo ollie. rs had
nothing ela tu do. Qeneral Van Vtoit bas all these
papen now, and they foim an interesting feature in
ins beautiful library. Chm* Water was the name
Of a creek in tin* vicinity of tito fort.
General Van Vleit's readenee in this city is in
a locality conspicuous for its distinguished mon.
Adjoining his boure to tho aouth is tho readenee of
General Sherman, while Senator Blaine adjoin* him
nu the north. In abc came block an thc honan oi
Fernando Wood ami ex-GoTernor Thoma fiwaaa,
of Mayland. Tho house is on Flftocnth-ct.be
tween ll and I, and ie mach like ita a ates, lt is
of brick ami brown stone, four stories high, with
iron balconies on tin- second and third floors, lt
wis porchaaed by General Van Vleit fran tin* heirs
of tin- late Senator Buckingham, nf Connecticut,
It is large and commodious, and handsomely tiu
ished inside. . . .
The babita nf (lenora! Van Vleit an decidedly
democratic. Tho nhl veteran han neither tune unV
toate for parado ur show With un independent
ortune, larger, it is said, than that of any officer
lu tho Anny, lie is vet a most sim ph: man ill his
habits. lie doa not drive fast burses or costly
equipages. He would as boco be aeon in a uuarter
masters wagon rain his wife's handsome carriage.
In this reaped he is liku nearly all gnat soldiers.
(.rant. Sherman and Sheridan do not caro for
parade. If they aro in a burri they want te ride,
u not iln'. ko afoot, Grant, Sherman and Van
Vleit are |he closest ol' personal friends, uud
they will all take their toddy without hypocrisy.
When General Gnat was a "plebe" ut Weat
Point, General Van Vleit ran Brat captain of tbe
corps of cadets. General Grant baa often said
iincc thal at the tune be was uncertain in his
own mind as to who was tho greater mau, Napoleon
Ol Van Vleit. _________________
G HS HR A I. HEAN I's Alli lt E lo JAPAN.
From thr.lan,tn ''hage Slunbun.
We have been told that on the visit last year of
General Grant, the ex-Preaident of the United
states of America, the officiate composing thc
Cabinet Baked thc General, on the oeeaetou of tho
ciiii itaitnnont given in his honor, if it waa bis
?minion that a constitutional monarchy was titted
to mr country or not, aud that his reidy was as
folio wa:
" ETCH if I had not been asked tho question that
has ju tt been put t<> ino, I had Intended to oiler
your Excellencies adria on this tory subject. I
hive heard that there an sumo people in ymir
country who are now urging the establishment of
a constitutional monarchy: it is a form o* govern?
ment that may bear dangerous fruit even in coun?
tries where tbe intellectual condition has boon
greatly improved, ami 1 would recommend you to
give the nial br your most careful cnusidcraiion and
not to go about it at once.' His interrogators then
thanked the General fur bis adria and bare taken
it ,is a role for guidance. This is a very current
rumor, but we ourselves believe il to DC utterly
void nf foundation ami sot alloat by snine ignorant
individuals. Our Cabinet may hare treated Goa*
oral (.rant as a distinguished guest, but il. is nut
likely that they would bare qnationed bun about
the private attain of Gorernment; nod. mi tho
other hand. General Grant should have objected to
anawa any such questions, saying : " I am ben as
Bforeign guest only, and have nothing to do with
thc plicate allairs of the (b.vernuient.'' . . .
lhere is no reason why mir Cabinet should pay at?
tention te itnv opiniene expressed by fnreign visit?
ors, and we therefore dismiss tho whole story as
au idle fabrication.
?'BLACK BOD" IN TER BOURE OF
COMMONS.
London Triter to The. Cardiff Timee.
While Mr. Baxter is overhauiiuu the useless
forms ami ceremonies of Parliament, he should not
omit that which clings around tho bestowal by
commission of the Koyal Assent on Hills that have
paaaedboth Boona. It would be ditlicult to con?
ceive anything mon ridiculous or grotesque than
this performance, Which is always seen at its
fullest bloom at the ti mo of the Prorogation. Of
course, it is not only then thai, it takes niau'.
Toward tbe end of the session the business of tho
House of Commons is frequently interrupted, by
tho appearance tit Hlack Bod, with summons to
the Conimone to proceed to tho other House to
hoar tho Commission read. Whatever bnsinOM
may bo in progress it must hereupon instantly
case. The .Speaker lenves the ohair, and mem
bois may d'need nut billow him, ;is they please.
Uut the Mace ami the Sor_e.aut-at-Aniis must
gu, ami till those and tho Speaker toturn no busi?
ness eau bo transacted. I remember ono tuuo hist
aeeeion when Mr. Gladatoue was making au import*
ant speccb, and was just iu tho midst of an eloquent
passage, tbe three raps were heard at the door, the
doorkeeper came forward nud in stentorian voice
announced "Black lind!" Mr. Gladstone, amid
a titter from the Conservatives, delighted at hts
being checked in whatever way, resumed his seat
with bbbotana yet uutiuished.
On Taeeday nothing mon important than a uotioe
of matoo that Mr. biurit WBB atxuit to uive was inst
tn tho world by tbe untimely antral of Black
lind. Ho was due nt two valoak, and as thal
boor approached there was feverish anxiety on the
part ot members desiring to make tho most of this
last opportunity of advertising themselves.
A few minutes alter 2 then was a movement at
the Ba Whleh announced that the end was very
near. Tho Sergeant-ut-Arm* left the chair and
walked toward toe door, Aeroa tho lobby tho lean
Uguie of Hiaok Hod could be aeon advancing. As
he issued fruin the corridor the door of the House ol
(lanmau was shut in ins moa, wbaroapoa he rapped
three Miana caps. A little wicket In tho gate was
opened bv tho Serireant-at-Arms, who asked, " Who
is there T1' Tba response qiuckly caine hack " Black
Hod," at which tho .Sergeant-at-Anns exhibited a
due BJBOOnl of surprise, ordered the door to ho un?
bolted, and Black Bod entered, lt was then that tho
doorkeepa walked lu with rapid stop, and standing
below tho Bar announced "Black Hod" with sten?
torian cry. Amid a aolcMU aliena Black Rod ad?
vanced toward tho table, carefully counting his
steps, and bowing low us oath third of tm* distal.te
was aeeonjplishi'd.
Galera! Kindly., tho present holder of the Impor?
tant office, is a wonderful old mau. He was boru
three years before tho century, and with his four
boom and three makes Mr. Gladstone seem Quite a
youth, and Lord Beaconsfield no mon than middle
aged. Ho is tall, aa straight as the blackrod ho
carries, and very little stouter. Dressed iu aombre
black, tho Court being Inst now in mourning, bo
realised with singular fidelity one'e Borton of Dun
('uixito out of armor. Ho is paiulully impressed
with the solemnity of bis office, and performs its
duties with a pathetic solicitude that sometimes
makes the House lauirh. When, three years ago, he
waa appointed totheofBcc,thcdifBottltyezperienoed
by him In milking diginllod retreat WM a matter fm
nilli li good-natured merriment, lt is m. easy thing
forunoldgentlemauof eighty to walk backwards the
full length of tho House of Commons under tho
critical glance ot some three or four huudr.d hillari
ini.1 gentlemen. At tirst General Kiiollya was so
UM rous that he was In great danger nf landing ou
tho cross benches or lu the chair of the Bargaaat-ttt
Aruis. When bv fearfully peeping over his shoulder
bo at length piloted himself out, tho House always
rewarkod him with a hearty cheer.
lie ls moro successful now lu making this strategic
movement to the rear. Possibly he has spout some
of bis declining days In practising what time the
House of ('mullions was lu IT fl OM. Just when be
had gut over thin difficulty ii ficsbone beset him.
JSlr George Bowyer discovered that tbe General Bad
tullen into the habitude of "requiring" thy
Bfcsanes of houorablo flBOMBsn in the House of
Lords, instead of "desiring the lavor." which that
?rent light of the Constitution, who recently repre?
sented Wexford, held to be the correct formula.
At tho close of laat session he brought tho matter
baton the notice of tho House, anti poor Geueral
Knollys, who is enid to go to bed for twenty-four
hours after having performed the duties of Bluok
Umi, sn gr.iat is the stiam up...i him, was faced by
this fresh difficulty, After a consultation with high
authorities l| waa decided that be should say
' desire," and thus was averted (only temporarily
wo know from Lord Beaconsfield) that conflict be?
tween the Upper unit Iiower House which will some
day shake tbe Empire to Its cern re.
Black Uud, h i-i tug made bia three obeiaauccs ou
ndvnncine to the table, and having in sepulchral
voice, desired tho attendance of thia honorably
llnuso to hour rend tbo CoBMueetoa bv whic , , ,r.
lain noble Lords wu empowered to give tm, |_.,y_i
Assent to bills aiui to prorogue Paliameut, retired
burk want aaid breathlea silooa, thrice bowing
te lae Chair, and centering deferentially io show
his back only when he had crossed thu har. I hen
the iSergfiini-at Anni came for wa ni. abo making
thrice obeisance, and laking up ibo mace, shouldered
lt. Fae .Speaker loaf na Ins chair, Mased down thu
?cor of the Boneo, .ll the membere nang and
erunding banbended. Ministers, of whom then
were many present, including the PlanlOI. fall in
behind, nnd, ne tbi head of the precenatou Moree,
eui, new ?eabeia. eatror to see anything that a aa
to benaan, crowded In and half ran half walked
across.lin* iobbv along ihe corridor toto the fiona
Ol duds, (in occasions like this lhere ta always a
good neal of hons play among uianunuiteii ie.is
..tins. At the opening of the beaten ol 1876,
Lord Beaconsfield, then Mr. Disraeli, ami leader of
the House of Commons, waa knocked down la the
corrida by a nish ol member*. When ia Au. nt
Of the saiin- year ho mads bimsslf a BCM, ll wan
playfully said that he mid taken lins mci >s ol pta*
venting ii repetition ot the ai -ci.lent.
A VIEW OS HIE FRENCH COAST.
From I'tmrh.
Talk about tani tune!?
( onie to this -ninny ellBBC?
Life is a lowing rhyme?
Pleaaaal its cadence!
Eephyn are blowing fkee
Over the suuuaer sea,
Spi'tllklllig lie.'icioiislv
Merry MeraaaMsafl I
Despite the torrid heat.
Tot letta an- (|inte complete ;
Whit<! are rbe little f-*et,
F:iir are tho tresses:
Maidens hen swim cr sink,
Clari in hine arni?1 think
Momo are ia mauve or pink?
(Jay are the dresses!
If you know Ktre'at,
ion will know M'airit la ?
Oh. snell a strong napa !?
Era out boating
You'll know Ins bahia top,
? Toto and Lolalou,
All Ibo long tnoitung thrmigh
Hiving ami limiting.
Ob what a merry crew !
Freeh from tho water blue,
Kosy au l baaghiag too?
Haring and dripping!
Look at each Barry mite.
Held up a dizzy h' ight,
Laughing fran aban- delight-**
PaarlsM ot slipping!
He had a figure grant)?
Note, ns ho takes his stand,
I'i i - d upon either hand,
Mei rv young mer-|)etflt
Drop them ! You strong papa,
.swini back to Btretat I
Here comes their dc ir M mirna,
Sei'kin. forcer pets!
AN ISCIDLN T OF HIE REBELLION.
From The October Californian.
A battery of the First Artillery halted ono night
during toe Sereu Days Fight, m a little (loaring.
The men lay down, iinhitohi lg their horses, but
loavingthom in haman. Hie first sergeant, mut au
honored officer of tbe Third Artillery, told me ho
got up and walked toward one side of tin elearti.g.
Ho wis halted, and turned back Dy a sentinel, do?
ing toward the other side, ho waa nguiu challenged.
" Who culms thar f
The voice struck him. Ho replied, "Friend;"
and said, " What regiment is that f"
I he answer came, " Seventh Alabama.''
" What regiment is that on the otha "ide P*
" Fifth Georgia," replied tbe sentinel. " What
battery ls that t"
Here was a situation. The fcn_cant natually
didn't know ttie name Of a battery in tho reba
anny. Hesitation would have been fatal. Hy a
lucky inspiration he replied, " One of Stuart's bat?
teries." knowing that Jeb Stuart tuinmaniled tiuir
cavalry
'* Ob," said the other, " then you _ a boss bat?
tery r , ..
*' Yes." aaid C-. " Good nii.li*."
He immediately awoke the Captain, who rather
angrily said, " \N har the dace is the matter nowt"
" Kxcuso mo, Captain," said the sergeant. " but
we're cam|>ed between a Georgia and an Alabama
rnslMSBl
It if needless to say the Captain got up. Home*
were hitched in quietly, and tue battery with.I ? \
from between the sleeping regiments, who never
knew of the prize that was wirhm their grasp.
CORRUPTING IMT.CE\CE OF HIE ll Esl'ON
ORIENTAL ART.
From The Lon dim Telegraph.
One of the most patent and obvious fads, m the
recent revival of decorative tastes among the Eng
Iinji people, is tin* powerful Influent a "! Eastern art
upon our whole system of ornamental dosiga. In?
deed, this is but the continuation of all art his?
tory; for whence Janna Gothic architecture itself.
with its delicate traceries, its rich diaper patMfBB,
its grotesque forms and fancies, if not originally
from tho Fast f Bat, putting all awl history BaitM.
and looking at things simply Mtbey are, wei an uol
fail to perceive that all our decoration is referable,
much of it immediately, most of it palpal.ly. to
Asiatic sources. Fven that which BSSBM ta ham
strayed furthest fran Orientalisen, ia BMdsrn
Europe?tba Ittmalaniifni and .its prolific bram ina
of later luxurious Ingenuity and intensely mun?
cial grace?does not CI tend be. omi those Inuits
whence tho clow may be traced backward. The
interest then, m any good collation of true
Oriental types cannot bat be great ami general.
Owen Jones was the fust tun her. acknowledged
by tbo present ago, in tho Behool that coonecta
English domestic ornament with thoa tradi?
tionary, almost instinctive, principles which ha io
governed all decorative industries in Arabia.
Persia, Hindustan, aud ** Far Cathay." Hie work,
fooriy recompensed, will never osaa to bear fruit.
'lisburn, like a spoilt child. that spatia in turn all
it handles, took up. grew tired of, ami throw down,
the various but cognate styles of rich amt compara
tively inexpensive ornament familiarized by Owen
Jones. Many toys of Mate have ?'gafi the Bot li a
of Fashion aime that tiree: but nora will the in?
fluence of tho uiosi Indefatigable, tbe tonal self
seeking, ot decorative artist* bc fm _ot i,-u. I'm
some years the Japanese tone lias prevailed : and a
very good tone too. Tbe ru go will du-out, a.* a
raga ; bat tba quaint, quietly gay. buailj ?!? xi. mus,
ami, in an eminent degree, rccouciliag qualities ot
JapaacM crt have taken so strong a hold an (ho
true discernment of Englishmen, that such boons
aro not likely to take llicht and disappear ia Ott!
titno or in that of our children's cnildreu.
The yet lingering, but threatened, and alraadr
obscured iiinl waning chitrui nf all Oriental bandi
crafts lies In tho simple fact that oti-rytliui. ia
hand-nude. - It reanlta thnl all Bbtacta, fran tho
Mun hine cups, which two the same now ai nt t lui
days of Pliny, a the rarest handicraft <>f thc Jew
elhi. the iailo-ciirvor. tho nictal-amrker. the potter,
or the weaver, down to the ebeapefll toj a r-artbi n
vessel, is, iu a greata or loss degree, a work ol art.
That thia canna laal forever that it cannot last
rory tong?that it is in inmediate coora et de?
struction through the " eiifoiiravoiueiit " whit bl*
being hold out by European i ollccton sud diUtt,i?ti
to tho Asi.tte- workman is bb certain aa anything
sealed with theeeai of fate Not long ayn un ! :
lish decoratire artist was conducting a puny of
Aaiatie gentlemen, wbcther Indian, Persiaa, a Jap*
anea matton not, through the steamfs ta .s,,f
the Ninth ul England. The nperntton winch struck
them most hhs tho quick, smooth. ;in,| eton nilling
ol bras, or copper ; ami they arranged on the spot
for purchasing averal mat hui's that would de
tins wmk : "i.'i," said thor, " two -thuds nt the
oust of pertain ornamental resale, wrought af
copper, is in th* hammering ont ot the Metal lain
sheets." Their guido, a man of taste, shudder* .1 si
this; for he know full well that the lu ant y of t li.>??
vessels was mainly due.Io the \ery lint of their
being sn hnnunered ont i and Ihe neil unproreroent
to the nilling process will bo the im-i-hauii al stnk
ing off of .my liuini'i'i' "i Mises ?? io order."
Ererybody who enters an Eogliehgrorer'aBhop'
or looks in at the artadowof aa M Oriental sar'
hoiisi'." is familia with tann ci inn little Mkl
cups, covered with bamboo basket work, w hu h ii
getting coarser nnd coarser ns the .bun.ind I IBM
tho power of supply, but which isyetsoliiieth.it
if you were to Boa any l.umpoan Baaki 1 tu.tk.-t B
thousand pounds ho eould BO moro produce the
MMe Hung than ho could build a thrush's BM*.
Wall, the labor by which thousands ot this.' i upi
an cor end every nenin ta now aery ehean: bat,
unfortunately, tho Ainorioiui, English, and Kn mil
merchants have decreed that it shill beekeeper,
aad yet connan*; and ultimately then* will boan
Boto tot lt, bul uiaehinory nnist do the work il it
will, lt N not enough that a pretty and aailioabta
fan costs no moro thou a penny : it must Bs BBBde
to cost aomew hat loss than a halltiouuy to yield lhe
grocer a Bloat, and to enable lum lc undersell an?
other grocer in tho same art-loving neighborhood.
Meanwhile, instead of beuetictally familiarizing
forms of characteristic art. the rival dealers aro
doiug their worst to degrade ami vulgarize them.
FAREWELL, RENOWN I
Farewell, Renown I loo fleeting flower
That grows a year to last an houri
Prue of the race's dust and heat,
Too often trodden under feet?
Why should I court your " bal rou dower " t
? ay,?had I Dryden's angry power,
be thews of Ibu?the wind of Gower,
Not less my voice would still repeat
"Farewell, Renown!"
Farewell! Became the Muses' bower
li filled with rival brows that lower;
1 localise, howe'er bl* pipe bo sweet.
Tbe bard that " pays " must please the street!
Lb'.t most-because the grapes are sour,
Fanni eil, .ieuowul AVBll-N V u??.:_,