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LONDON SOCIETY.
is.
CO-.YET.SA"1 Ii N AND THK I.IFFEI.F.XT STYLES
OF Dil ."J.I'I.NT lT.UlODS.
frsrav mr aaotn .r OOBBBBMBM xt or tub tbibi'xe.J
London. August 1.
Among many charlies in thc social life of Lon
don, noti" pSfhegl lt more striking than tho chance
ih Ihe fashion ol talk, 'ihe note of to-day is not
tho note ol twenty gean ago, or of the j*.nero!ion
which preceded. Th. lit* mare, the Mocraphloal
literature, the reminiscences, of tho Inst lilly years
nre full of the renown of urea! talkers. Macaulay
may he taken ns a type of _______ Ht was the sti
periof of nil In his own style, but the sl\ la v..is ,?,,?
which prv\ ailed, nnd it is fair to iadffS it l>v Ms
la si. ixaiiiiile or exponent. N*> lani'.', on the whole,
is ei.ual to Ina in his own manner. 'Hie world has
had every lilians of judging nf it nnd of him. Sir
Qeetgs Trev, ivan's biography el his unele has
made hint a familiar Ignis and n granter favorite
with the world t'..ari he was 'nefore these records of
his private Ute hud he* n made public No biogra?
pher could well have more of that permitted pre?
possession in favor of his .subj,rt, than the brill?
iant nephew of his brilliant unele hail, lie ha*,
however, done Ins hero-worshipping with SOBS-OB*
grate literary shill. He does not shock Ma teador:
lie attracts him ; the most indi'Ie rent reader cannot
help grntpaUuze erith the hero. Vet I bBaglBS h \v
people have laid down the book without n vngu.
wonder whether Macaulay was renlly nn n*rrr*oable
mun in souictv; whether this marvellous conver?
ts;, tinn?marvellous it really was?was nally con?
versation.
I bate asked n number of persons who knew Ma?
caulay well; who met him often, who made patt el
tho avorld he lived in. who sat. with bim nt Bible;
who listened to him. whither his Immenac repute
tiid) v.-us deserved, and whether he would now be
thought a good talker. I quote nobody, pg1 I sum
i,p tha general ranee of all the answers in one
phrase.*?hg would be thought a hore. Whether
that i** a reflection on Macaulay or on the society
of to-day is nu open iiupRiion. but, the opinion can?
not I*' fur wrei'!'.' " Macaulay," sai'l a loller
whf.se conversation ranged over three generations,
" di*l not tall., he lectured. Ile chose hil subject,
it nin'ie.od little what, and he di Hu red n discourse
on it; poured oul masses <>f fa its, of argumenten ol
historical lilti-tfation. Il" waa not witty, be had
no humor, hg was not n critic, as he himself oon*
f< Med, he was devoid of imaginative or poetic fac?
ulty. Bat be hurl Uta most prodigious memory
??\tr pooaceaed by _ bataan being, and on tins he
drew, without stint and without and.*1 lVoplo in
theos days listened to him, hil authority was estab?
lished, Ins audit nee decile, nobody interrupted,
ooBtrorernf waa out oftheaucaBoa " Now.*' con?
tinued the witness. " no dinner tallie would stand
it; he would be stopped, contradicted, his long
Stories veined; no monopoly or monopolist is r,,!
??ratiii. If you wanted to k?OW alu ut Qui ea Anne
yon could go home and read a cyclopedia."
Thi*. is perhaps overstated; tlie jiict.ire is over?
drawn. Macaulay is made as much too bia* h M
Trevelyan has made him too white, lin it is trna
in subatanee ami it will give you a potion nf iii
change in thc (ashton i-f talk which, as I b* iran bj
rajriag baa raally takta i>lace. Everything now
i- r ..'li and go Topics are treated lightly, and
above all briefly: il you want io preach a lennon
you musi get into a pulpit or a newspaper; preach
ll nt table rou cannot. The nutocrat who held
.way over thc company and forced them to listen,
has vanished. Perhaps it is the democratic ten?
dency of the age which has driven him out of tho
Sold, or out. of the tl ra'.vi n j-r*'i .tn : at any rato. ho in
gone and nobody wunts him back, lou may tell
n story, but you must, in Hayward's phrase, cut it
to the bone. The ornamental elaboration, thc
tricking out your talc with showy tu^-s?purpureis
pawnis?th ? leisurely prolongation of the narrative
once practised, can be pioctised no more. If you
do uot cut it short you will be cut into, and before
you arc half way through nnother man will havo
began and finished his, and your audience will have
gouc over to the enemy. Worse si ill, if you per
?:st. you may for once have your way. but it will be
for once only, your host makes th*' appalling un?
cover)' that you are impossible, and he asks you not
again,?neither he nor any of the comiany. No
reputation ls so universal as that ol the bore; no
other cnminal is so shin.ned by his fellow men.
It is this rapidity, this lightness ol sound, which
maki? it so difficult lor the provincial or the for?
eigner to catch the note of modern Moiety in Lon?
don. S'ldom does either sin cecil at once. Of the
provincial I will soy nothing he shall be left un?
sung. Hut tho transient visitor has painful ex?
periences at time., because he insist- on bringing
with him to London the manner- and custom.
which he has found avail in his native land.
Women make few mistakes; their preternatural
quiekne-s of perception, their instantaneous in
light into the real condition of things perfectly new
to them, their lutuitious, are so many extra &enscs
and safeguards. It is the male foreigner whose
tact cannot always be depended ou to carry him
safely over the social reefs and shoals whieh sur?
round him in the sea he has never navigated bi torfe
He comes, let us say. from Central Africa; the
Tongo is his home. He is a cultivated, an aeootn
phsiied man; but not uuite what is here ander
itooil Ip.v u man of the world. He betanga, in fact,
to that same past feneraiion which had so heavy
n hand or such a ceniirs tot getting to tho bot!om
of a subject; and sorii'tu-ms slaying there. He is
asked ta an evening party. He goi^s correctly at?
tired, ond bent on eonauest. He is not content with
the silent bow. or thc word or two of commonplace
greet.nc to Irs hostess whioh here are thought sul
lieieiit. He comes to a dead halt at, the top of the
ita.reuse; sets forth in elegant language ins pleas?
ure at seeing her, his pleasure at being naked, the
pleneure he rXPOOtS fr**m geting so many pleasant
people, his pleasure at lan ina qaltO Unexprcti Hy
found the English so civil to the tribes ol Cen;ral
Airi'a. Luna before be has finished, the utera
ure of guests arriving behind hist has carried him
un imo the Hiddle of the drawing-room, and the
fomplim* nt which hs began to his hostess is
_uuiplei.il in ths ?ar of u stranaer.
Hrs friend introduces him to the stranger; a
tvon.au of the woild. ami of the London world
tihe receives him precisely lus sh*' teOelVCS innc
tsBtha ot her neauaintanoea E-erhaps she eves
?hakes banda with him. sccina thai be rxpect
it, then, alter two or three ol those vapid sen
Udics v.lii*h do duty for conversation m sui 1
t crush, nuns to a new-comer. Our fri*ml lr. n
the Congo thinks she does not care for OonveiSB.
tion. and, if hs be fc.nsitivc. that she dow um
?uro for him. Again bs is introduced,--presented,
I may kay between dashes, la only used herr fm
introductions to royalties?BBd again Un Englisi
indy, young or old, does her best to I* ? civil t<
lum, but her civilities, too. are of th*' same Beet
mg kind. It dees not occur to bet Ihat tin
lurk cousin from over the sea expeete r*? cv hangi
opinions with Iur on the Irish Question, or t*
'.tract a full account of her visors OB the OORT
lotion of tessa She also turns away, and alt*
?ne or two more such experiences he announce
ladly that hs ia not u saoO-M in London society
Ile has no! caught the noti?that la all Th
very wound, whom hs tht'iiaht rude to hun tool
ilia nu a. ure, made all nllowanora lor hil mute
gaaiBtaaes with oe steans ne< warily now to him
iked h,m. and bel ore 1 hey slept sent him mc
note* to ask him lo lunch next day, or, mor
probably, next wuk.
Ile is puzzled, bat pleased, and nooeptg an*
goes. What does he lind? Hs is welcome
cordially but without hun i ii thea bs aaythin
which English women dialilte more than soothe]
it is making s teas. Tbeg <i*> not mah over
new B-QBBinttBftt or our au old one; it i_ th
avoidance of lus. and gush and gloppy SOfflplJ
minta whioh has gained them s teputation tc
coldness of manner. Tbs OO-dasSB ol manner i
?Imphclty of manner; that nnd Bathing els*', an
!t is himplicity of nat mir which dictates ths sm
pie manner. Lundi may mean a patty ol tweat
;H'ople. but whether twenty or two. then ll ri
ceremony. The ladlee walk into tbs dlnlni
room bf themselves, thS men ItTBgglS after, ni
5nd their way to such scats as buit them, 'ih
Valk is as easy as if you were hitting aliout
ire; or more so. If the lunch ia a small om
he talk ripples about the table; if large, you
mr* 1,1 Bths your chance with the two fellow
reaturcs nex{ yon; men or women, ns shf?aot,
ou ur Superior Btantsgy may batt determined.
fal even to these or 1*> either of these will the
I'.isiii from th- Conto have a chance to expound
ns tuitions on the correlations of forces, unless
I*' san do it in half a dozen phrases, lie may
ia\e to cany them hack nguiu hi thc tropics
inexpounded; al no ontrrtninui.nt. of a purely
" i: 1 Und will he lind hearers for thee valuable
iowa If he has anything to say, people will
ictir it with interest, on one condition; that
t be said in th" manner of the society amid windi
ie moves for the time being. Society does not
abject t"> serious topics, or even to thc serious
Heat-neat of Diem, what it objects to is pedantry,
-ngtcnS-On. dulness; to that which is heavy as
'.islmanish, d from that which is serious. It has
preferences and strong preferences; but it will
endure much. What it will not endure is the
I'.rtiiessor who brings into its presence the _olem
oiiics of tl:- liedure-room, or the man who arrives
with a mission.
I mentioned democracy and I shall hnve to
mention it aaain. I refer to it ut this point in
order to ad.l nn anecdote which lins no relation
to what has cone Wfore. but which 1 fear may
net into print otherwise if I hold it over too
long.
I; is an English lady of high position who tells
the story. Dining ont the other night, she saw
in the hall as she went in. a .ervant who for 8
Isng iii'"' i" """lier days had been buller to thc
late Lady Waldegrave, whom she had often
visited. She spoke to him: nn net in no way
remarkable antoni people between whom and their
servants there is margin enough. At dinner there
were ortolans BBd this lady's neighbor ashed
whether she cared for them. " Oh, yes." MM titled
she, " I am fond of nil delicacies. I would din"
if I could like Nero on nightingale tongues.** As sh*
finished thc ort'iLin rind the B ntence she became
aware that Lady Waldegrave*! butler was lean?
ing over in that, ___*PC0tfn1 attitude proper to
the Uritish servant handing a dish, and he mur?
mured: "I beg pardon, my lady, but Cicero
says it was Vitellius."'
I have rep. atcd this little anecdote to a number
of persons who have had large opportunities of
observing the manners and customs of th.* Brits
Ish butler. They one and nil refuse to believe
it. " If it had been in France it might be pos?
sible, in England, never." Such is the comment
of more than one expert. Yet it did happen and
the .ctptic must say with Tertullian, Certum
est nuia Impossibile est The explanation of this
gentleman's classical learning is simple. Ile is
supposed lo have occupied his leisure?for he
retired upon a pension?in thc lxrusal of the
(?assies in Engliah versions; the sometimes KSpOO
t.iiil*- bur generally wooden translations supplied
to the public under the name of tho late Mr.
liol.*), 'ihe uraa-ing thing is, no! that he should
have known about Cicero nnd Vililiius. but Ihat
he shonld have so fur departed from the cast-iron
etiquette of English service as t'i say anything
while on duty that duty did not require.
_ G. W. S.
OE THE CA VE ASE ROCKS.
AMONG FINES AND I'l'Mi'S.
Care Ann. Auk in.-There were never more, drlcht
fully .oft rocks than thoi? of which, tl,ls cranlte cat
so Justly boasts. They slope down to the water, after
tho fushlon of terraces, smooth and pleasant ro walk
over, anti muda expressly to be sat upon. They al?
way! furnish a comfortable hack to rest against and a
footstool If desired, so that no acute .ensatlont as of
sltiliijr. upon a idrlscr fence detract from a full Ottley
mont of tho ocean view. OB toward] Halibut Point
may be seen a large boulder, so perfectly balanced tt,at
with a slight i'reasu.? lt can he rocked hack and forth.
The yoong people have a way of perciilnj <>n lu top.
whllo thc;- et,- ;- tho BUUWt ?)SI the motion it the same
liino; In this v.._ hilling two hirds with one stone.
ll'-ro ls a glorious combination el woods an.l rocfci,
country roads and sea hench, (ino has only te ero5s
the Itreel to pail from a morning upon the rock* to au
afternoon in tbe woods, inexhaustible woode, too, net?
worked willi paths and fascinating cart-roads la every
direction. Strolling along tonio shady p?rh, through
wood., you suddenly emeroo into aa epoalng
whet*, thc pathway ls blocked by the familiar granite
ruck*. A Bccoi.i! glaiiee ikOWl a largo, donated quarry,
"hail a few ttexn atora would havo allowed you to
descend with surprising rapidity, You look over the
edge of a precipice of perhaps loo feet, and
seo tbat the old Quarry ls filled with wat'-r,
which is aomettmei over thhty test deep,
? I," Ann. however, has not d.ried quarries only.
Then arc plenty of them In all directions which Blt
? ilcaliy wuih'd, and yon can drive only a abort
distance npon any of tho woody loads before the
penetrating .ound of stone breaking greets the ear.
Everywhere the great derricks ri*, shove the tree.,
aral pl'>'S of granite pavlBg*Stoaes are h"aped up mar
the road. 1 here aro two sires of paving stones, " tho
largo OOM," Mid a Mono-breaker, " fur NeW-Tork, thc
email aaas far Bostoa" My New York nam penlan
looked at mo with a smile, but I only murmured, -** So
you go In for quantity, even In paving stones.*' Ile.
got even, however, by asking thc man If the Posion
paving itonet were any tauter quality of granito.
Every t:a-;\" teems to have a quarry of his own, and a
continual Mond (pf blasting introduces a bind <*f Fourth
of July atmosphere Into the sea beaten quiet. There
i- a brno gnu Ite quarry at Roekport, which ta ? ? di
under the roadway and allows tho passer-by fhe
satisfaction of crossing upon this fine storm bridge.
which is limply n huge arah hewn out of ono great
tilocli of granite. Out from Boekpori ls building au
b mn nte stu;,.- breakwater, avhirh in the furn? li to
give the inhabitants a line harbor, a thing they are
muck In need of. From Ihe lop of pigeon, lilli, if it
is a eleni day, the coast ol New Hampshire can St
plainly seen, ami the Hotel Wentworth tooms up dis?
tinctly, with the lil? <A Shoals In tho dtoteaea
Stol far from Pigeon uni i- a delightful resting plano
known as "Cathedral Woods," tbs pines rising like
haautlful columns lg uenaund itatellaaaa "Pump '
h.i ni un Important. Iva.ure of thil place,
lae visitor can hardly walk for five minutes la any
direction without coming upon a rustic lummei*
house containing tbe characrerlstic '?pump." Tte
wafer generally holds a good deal of sulphur, and thl
dl-terenl springs vary lu taste and mineral quality
tho latte:' usually belag aanonnead by an laacrtptioi
lunueunBng tba pump. The "intelligent raaMeats'
drive about with a Utile book beside their whip nt _ it
to which is attached the Indiipensahle drtoklag-oay
sign boards ben aro as abundant as wild rowi
I inver saw a greater profusion of both. Tho sign
heards are everywhere, larg- and tm posing; lu fact
ikey aro niue!: more Important than the itreel
themselves, it in driving you chance npon a sign
board winch announces " Hay View Avenue," and tklnl
lo drive therein, you will lo apt to discover tba
?? Ha> Mew Av* nm," ls a grassy mail, which passe
hot ween two collages, and MOB alter ei.tls abruptly
leaving you without either bay ol' view. If yo
have, been indiscreet enough te drive down wit,
a wagon Which dOM not ''cut under." your eal
ires is to unharness ihe bono, atui lift the wag..
round.
ii is is a place In which to be Independent, to wea
old chu hes, to go lo bcd emly, and lo live out t
dooii, forgetting that formality exists. lt ha
however, Ita moment! al wild dissipation Pratee*
Voa Jules ari.,anice, thal he ? ill In ?ilte of I,
nnenrpaaeed abUtty ami latmanaa reputatloa as ti,
? living elocutionist favor thi good-for-notblt
lents with a law choice wleotloaa, which ai
.a with tba mosi exquisite t-isie h. bring ipeciaU
adapted te tbe lateOlgsaes af tho Uateaara.
a sa attrai tlon never fails to draw to tbs taren
hotel parlor an ai Ibl liMtB ami,ci.cr. The doon ai
wlndowi ara * lose i to keep tba wena air from g*'itn
out, and they *i" lt with a meerai which u only a.
preached hy Mr. Von Jonei'i dalttray al "yarawoi
brothel Watkins," "Tha Chariot Pace" from "Bi
Bur," *" Barbara Frietcbli " and ol many other lalootio
winch he dom 00,11 ?! | US ti CC lo. before lllOJipllig breu!
ie? imo a chair, iwallowlng a glan *?f waler mihi ga
lng into ipaee, ? .a hal areal
Into which the vlctimi would willingly *h*>i> tn*
it < ping liirth? tortur
I needn't mention tbe baseball gamea, which a
!!.,? nt si - ,|,ni. i ot .ni in*' enjoyment, ol even rai
rn,-r resort. The poorer tbe ground the granta ll
enthusiasm ls. Ever, mau nu eaoh nine * , ?
bli opinion audlbl] with regard l* the < ? ?. i.-i t mot
mc ul* ol nil ile- men on braes. 1??* huhes ft um ti
M northeast corner" maka unlsvorabk critlcBait i
the personal appearance ol the nine from the --s*,ui
we t corner" loud enough lor the ladles Iron tl
locality t" hear ll ali The gentleman who h
l.ii.dij cm.-ti.it ii i.i be "umpire" ragietg nen bs si
n, .iipp| all iciui"i contentedly to a cold supp*
glorying in a tienrn of ai lo 47.
.1. 1*1. O' I P Acid I'lil'*;,Ililli
MAKT.. DIM* IOU8 LEMONADE.
A IMipoianfpil ai led lo a Klan* nf I,ul ur cold Wller ii
iwos- ned to the untr, will be fuunl refreshing iud i
vtgenaaB
UNDER VOLCANIC ASHES.
H"M)T.i:t)s of livf.s BMUfriD oft BI an
BttUirTIOW.
Tobie, Janan. July I'.'..
News of aa awful and ____-_ttS ratastroDhe
has ]uii been raaotted. la Ibe giotlass el Tuba*
Ullina, near the city of Vekamaata, about 160 Btltoi
north of Toi.io. n teriiiie sad stosl oatamlBrai raaptlon
nt tba apparently extinct Manila! ian volcano ha. tabes
piara, i. -niling In the burial under volcanic mud and
rocks and ssbSS of a lagJOS of ah'"1' .evenly SI S squire
miles, and causing more or less damage r.n.l gatSStetlon
Wilbla an area extending over mom Ilia" OTB s*]uare
m.I.te. ll was on July LY Tho morning wis mi
Banally hoi and mu ry. At this sc..s'>n of tbe ?e_
peasant*: Bate Ibo adjacent roglons frequent for Hie
pnrpora of health anti nerratlea tin- lime ?ouataIa
beatle! of r.vase aad IB fine* hm spriest tridtb ara,
besides a few weatboi beaten and pertly decompose!
Morleeeeui roch* erapptag our on tiie turfara, ths
only Indication- of Hie volcanic character of a moun?
tain that ha- been quiescent for BbOBl a thousand
.ind Hie rii,|p-r of whleh had Inn M-Bd up lung
ago by th" slow prueattOI of minirt*. Then WM ii"
ground for apprehension of any kind, ami a few earth
quake shocks, felt two or three days previous to thc*
eruption. preseM(..,1 alM nothing unusual or abnormal.
?artbqmaba shocks ai,tl seismic tremor, are common
throughout Japan, gO_M ot the people wis* qul-tly
enjoying the hot baths on the slope, ul tli- mountains.
ml.ivs conversed with tho visitor, that had c-.no from
a distance, while a majority Were Kin? on their BUM,
talking, smoking, dreaming, '?o_lng. Bleeping, nh!
Bondel san presented bB usual appearaaee, ?nl nairne
herself, dreamy and drowsy, seemed shoal tu fall
imo Bamber.
.nddenly, a few minute, past eight o'clock,
a low rumbling was heard Uko tlie
sound of distant thunder, actually be?
lieved to he such by some; but before there was time
for an Interchange of word., tim earth was boated
up and began to tremble violently, tim ground un?
dulating like water shaken In a bowl, fra? tli" raab
of nanda san ther. thea shot up Into Ihe air, as
though discharged from Hi" cannon's mouth and
accompanied by a nelse as of a hundred thunderstorm!
combined, a huge mas* uf red volcanic mini, mixed
with fire and ruck, and sulphur and smoke, carrying
with lt thc very peak of tho mount a n, Mid hiding
for a time Ihe bread ami brilliant canopy of beaten,
ami then, In Its fall, covering ihe gr.-cn Math below
with a bluleh-graf w.ndlr.g sheet of volcanic mad,
heavy rocks, hot water, binning sulphur, nd hot sand
and glowing ashes of a bluish ItOfc Andra thlt
varying in thickness fro-n sever tu twenty teat, wen
li dden OOO men, women, and chlldr-n. dead at once
(pr writhing In the last agonies. Among these there
were no less that IM vlslton to Hie hot iprtnp who
thus teaed a horrible death ,n plaee of tbe expected
cure from sickness md dtaeaaa Within a lala! circle,
described by a radlaa ot llvo miles arnuad Hie mount?
ain, few people wore able to e-c.ipe unhurt, hut even
beyond that d.bianco persona vere killed or Injured.
itt'iisp- black sarahs euatlaaad to baee from die aper?
ture through WblOh tie' nibtomaean forces had found
vent, ami black clouds soon covered th" sky far and
wide, while consiinlly reclining earthquake shocks
li.creased the fright of the trombl ng fugitives. A\ ho?
oter could fled at once in every direction, away from
th. smoking cranr lome, stark naked and a-hy
pale, ian at thc top ol their s;iped over the glowing
c ndcra; women fainted aral fell from sheer exhaustion
and terror; a few, erased hy fright or Injured by
fi:; ng beams arni itones, hopj *d '?-.- cr -pt away Uko
so many animals set at large "I" Increase H.,' horrors
of Hie scene, pine tree-, tall and stately and centuries
i,ld. weis* toni fi,un Hie ground atil thrown upward,
while sulphurous Barnes biased forth between their
crackling runts, presenting to ibo wild and excited
Imagination of th** people the ipeetaele ol we rd
looking snakes, hissing and writhing In the unearthly
glare of the nh\sinai Uri*.
At 10 o'clock Hie scene had reached Its climax, but
eruption! and earthquake ikoekl did ii"t cease tint 1 d
o'clock in thc afternoon. Tho landscape then p?
sented a plteoui aspect, within a distance of live mries
around tba mountain trees ai,il sInnis a- well a*
all the lea and rice plants?the entire crop of tba
year-hat! been de troyed. Forty-four houses were
found burled to a depth of twenty feet, and many
h.oi.- vero eoterad tu a lesi depth. Btrange I
few or rn* .null Itonct wert teund among Hi' debris:
heavy rocks seem to have been numerous, ons ol
thora ts saul to meeson invent] righi teni in length
The village of Iwase seems to hate raftered most, then
foaaa and Bleats. Titre.* hamlet! near the larier
place were rulered completely. Not a sail WM
? av..-!. At Ulbara if *'!f. the ria er NBgBM WM bl
up by teDIng debris, ani !,?, the milden rise Ol I B
bnnk, 400 IMI i..-h aral sp-vp-.-.i! mil-s long, BOOM
the river's course, obstructing tho How ol .ts ware?.
Unless Hie Imprisoned rifer is promptly liberated
tho entire region win lie goaded, ami a lake termed
wher.) once lim* rlee-foMs stood. A' Inawwhlra
ai,ti in its neighborhood tim pe,,pie. though not in
tUngcr, Mcaped, ai ila- ti en uf the eruption, with
all their furniture, _? though a military Invulon bad
taken place. The people Mata that the nolie a;
ie ard there was appalling, rest nibil og the slmultaneoni
urge of thousand- **f cannon. As a nutter ol
fact, the lesser peak nf Baadal-saB ha; been blown
oft by Hie terrille explosion of thc subterranean .
BBd vapors, (in Hie l'.ith of July this ls the lat. sf
new? -another erupBon took pteee without, however,
doing any datnago. Hy lt two MW crate? were
termed. Huck taraba eeaBaaea to raeend fiom ira
srann tala
The 8)irvlvors of Hie catastrophe were so Baaed
and bewildered hy the sadden disaster that tad faller
upon them thar most of tli-tn wen" Unable tu gi?
any eoberoat-.aeeoaal *,f thole escape. (??!?? mai
was, by r!,e fii**r iboek, pitched be Hong um of hil
house, and. lerrtbed by t!.!- ludiien eviction, lu
ran al once tor his Hfe_.,and never i.w whal hm.
really btsnened until after bli arrival in Inawaxhlro
Other! hart similar experiences; lu tact, nobody wa
likely, Hilder . up ii circumstances, io Inquire Into whi
n.us nie metier. Thin fur- 476 bodies have i, .1
recovered, 'l!"- dlimal recorrti ipeaA of fracture*
? hulls, of broteO limbs. Of faces ami bodies !.,M it,
beyond recognition, ot bodice literally eui Into nalvei
or quarters, or Into -till smaller pieces, ot bodlei
actually parboiled hy the iee i hi ng water ilia t ,
upon tint unsuspecting vletlms tu' tim eruption
bodies wero found suspended from the trees Iii
a 'ijeii they bad fallen wheo descending from the ai,
Barrowlng detalli then aie many, bm one ca
an! dismal ci.-di, mu t *iitli,'. ' a mother with he
child lied io her butt Bumbled onward, in hui bun
lintier a storm of gio"ma uhrs, burning clnderi bid
telling roc lu a large i-*'.' hoi stone sT'-mii t ;
child, and bespatterad Hi*- mother with bl.!.
mn, however, harming her. Uoldlng test, wu
a desperate green, the rod burden on her bMk, ifa
mother mccceden In ?a<lilng \Valiauiat..u, lui an)
find tint her child was dead.
'Ihe gralga druic lo lifo and property ls nut vi
exactly known, but lt ls appalling. The Bmpero
n* unco contributed three thousand yen for Hie ni..
of tim iu Hering people, ami dispatched a
commissioner tu He' adlleied region. Tljaunii 'I'
promo) Initiative of Captain Brinkley, of u**rhe Japs
Mail.-' money tobe forwarded i" the distressed dUtri*
ls now being rapidly collected among Har forelg
residents hera ?'md la yokohama The ternacuii
press ls alio doing Its duty in this direction 'ii,
police and local authorities a- Wakamatsu iur. ?? ahead
luann itepa to provide for thc destitute, some *
whom h-vu ia very truth saved ia* !.,::_ bul ti,"
naked Hie.
AR FARLY LOfR FOR 8LADQHTRR.
eonsH pranks, merman hy ambition- to e>
IT.A IK A IlldlllKll.
" I do not Ihink I was naturally cruel." said
gentleman to an old crony, speaking of his boybooi
"in fact I have fainted ai Hie sight of suffering, yt
when i wm - lad about elgin yean old. i wit nea*
h.o kiding of ioma cows in Um ilaughter-bouM hu,
of my grandfather's barn on tbe oil faun. 'ii
sight fill* *1 lue With hm rm- a; Brat, hut ll soon cai
way lo a feeling of laeotnaUoa and I was Ulled wll
an ambition lo emulate the Itolid but'lip'r who ?
coolly cut the throat! of hB vie tims, i rememb*
1 had to feetl tlie _*_B, and as the] i '.I'd BbOUl
IbOtr UOUgh, gnulling their cont-nt over skim ml
and corn. I revolted Iii my mind tartOUl plans 1
which I Bight confer upon at ICM) OM ol tln.ni ll
honor of a martyr*! death.
"Hie tragBdy, wbereia tho pig and myself were
be tha principal adan, accepted my whola though
for nearly a week, at the end of who i, ? i
luetaatly gave ap tbs Mae el racriBelng my Mei
ih. pig and taned my etteeUoa to imaUer aam
.Not ter tram Hie house va* an old rustle arbor, ai
lins 1 BXOd ilupu as Hie tetait .-nil*) <if my o;s-r
lions. .**? '''iiin2 a Ld-2" spool i fastened ll on ?,
uta shout four l.'fi fn.;n ii..- ground, then t rigg,
? arindlaM in tho rants suaaor, about u fool f;.,
th" iioui on the appaalB timm, aad driving , :,
wini a ring in it andra tba tpool, stet wh. ii i nae
,i Bib im*' with a noora lu it wita one oin! hsteo
tn the win'Ila--, aad lu",- slaughter hou.e wm coi
plOtO. 1 go Into thu detntl to ihOW how much I h
though! and Bugled, lu a Childish Way, niiuii i
Subject.
a few days I spent all my tine pt,.
t!,n old arbor and tastefully ai ranging a Maali grui
yard for Hu* expected 'honored guests.' y\. j.ls( ,
i,I pm un.Hy came that 1 was walting for. A nelghl,
hui tana kilter.- WbS MSl lo l)\-3 about tho ja
and bometltne, would wandrr Into lin' VOOSa, Wht
I teaed them one morning and picked out tbs large
Tho kitten died hard, much ti my lurprlw*. for I h
iroceeded In Its execution In fhe lame way tho butcher
uni with Hie row. After I wits convlnc-.i th" kitten
km really dead, I held a funeral and wept tears of
renulne MROW, and after Its funeral lu the cemetery
itaited B- ht Marah of more victims. During tho
i.xt month two mon* Ultterii). ono puppy, a largo
mmbei ol atleo ami aaa rit wen d tpaaad el and
planted.' Tin' ra* WM Wtcetdlntly savnge ami blt
ne '.ii the Bngor, although i haudled him tenderig and
.s itlt <?ni". , - __,
-Aliout this Hine I found a volume of fairy tal**s
n the cam! and read li witt a ci eat deal ol telenet,
? ne sttTiy especially produced ali Impression. || was
lboit a prince and prinoera and teed! with Jewels
n their h als. Blom this story I loneetved Ott Idea
if felting rich by collecting tb. precious stone*: con
I m i lu tho Marts ol toads, ami bo furnished my
?daughter bouM with B chopping bloch ami a hatchet
:.iip| proceeded t" Invobilgaie. flul though I never
r,,t|Mri any lowell mi grandfather bund m<* in the
aol of looking for them and ibe conseuuoneea wen
IO unpleasant thal I WM convlnoed the builneai did
not pay, and ra relumed lo my friends, the pign,
wild wera hunting in the womta tor Moras. Wet
a long time I f*'lf a sneaking iori of regard fur my
? i. and even now think Hie cherries ol ths
tree afterward planted there tho sweetest and best
. boB term."
A DAY AT CLUE! 0A 81 LE.
HOW MK. CARNT. .IF.'S QUZ_-T-I ARE AMHSKD.
Cluny Castle, Klngnssle, July 27.
Mr. nialne hM bad B t hCCiy and care?
free visit at Cluny. This, eslate which ls
now Mr. Andrew Carnegie** summer residence,
contains eleven thousand acres, and I* ritaatod In 1?
verm- ? shire, In BM of the mo.-t romantic ngtOM *-f
scotland. Thc castle staii'ls upon an elevation nine
hundred feet abets tbs level of tho soa, and lt was the
horns af tba sndenl Clunj Bacphenon, the former
ebie! of tba renowned I lan-Chattnn. I! la sunaaadsd
by a towering raaf! of mountain- and overlooks a let?
ti]! valley through which runs the beautiful Uiver
spry. The valley assumes Ihe shape of a hors* shoe.
In ihe MBBe of which the high binti gralWtS, and la
fiiii.t uf tba c.stl" apOB tho erl_e ol Hie bluf ls planted
a Bas-staff team tha top el wbleh werne fhe Bteee and
-1 |pi -. iur miles In either dlrcctluii ol tba curve can
| ,.n tba ino-.1 beautiful Hag Ol all nations. A -ig
Diflesn! tee! la senneettoa aitk tbe unfurling of the
Ila;; ls Hint the son of-law of the present Cl?Og, an olll
ecr of blSh rank In tbe British Navy, prebcntcd lt to
Mr. Carnegie.
Tho OMtlo ls built cf granite and the hallway con?
tains many trophic ol war and of the chase. Among
Ibe tolmer may be ieee hanging upon tho side wall
iwords, one ol which wm used In Hie American
Revolution by tho (Mer Cluny Bacphenon, ai-o
guns, plltotl, dirks ar.d cunt, of mall. The target
tor a.ii worn by Prince Charlie at he Hattie o|
' n; Ibe "black cheater," which, lt has been
banded down hy tradition, had fallen fmm Ihe heavens
during Hie battle between Hie clans of Macphersons
ond Davk-MM! the eetebratod Peedan Bubb, which
always tUired the valor ol the ciao Mrapberson In
battle; the worid-temed charmed sword worn In the
" lilacli Watch," of which lt was said that no leader
carrying lt was ever killed In battle; these are some
of the Interesting relics ol war found within the walls
ol Cluny i astlo.
Among the trophies of tha chase aro the heads ot
deer, aid specimen! ol all kinds of game found In
early li'ii'-i anions Hie Highland!. Bare, toe, arc
many eurioiltlee of historical value?an autograph
letter from Prince Charlie; the et,iur* ol the _2d High?
landers, carried al Waterloo, also the colon carried
iu the Crimea ard In the Indian mutiny. Tin* candle*
si,el. and snuff-mull used by the elder Cliny Bra?
il ar,- among the antiquities. This brose candle?
stick, w.? mod by bim lor nine yean while hiding
among - In Hie Highlands. The Hscpbi
were allies of Prince Charita and Cluny Macpherson
was obliged to hldo away In the mountain tosti
with Lochiel. Then were only f,.ur trusted friend!
? i knowledge ol ids whereabouts; ids wife even
wm hep! In Ignorance of his hiding place.
A reward of a thousand guineas arni a regiment was
offered to any chief who would praduoe Cluny Mm
;!, i .un, dead nr alive. After biding In fhe caves for
arne years ha Bed to France, and died at Dunkirk In
;-,.:,. The clan luis 0MB s'eadlly represented by his
l n ?? present Cluny MMphenun lia;
command .if a Highland regiment.
ih -,- days In tha Highlands a? full of enjoyment
.nd un guests Wtn ever more hospitably cut* dallied.
bend la by tM music of ihe bag ini>e; it
i rii" Highland custom tor the piparto play under the
windows of the sleeping household and thus bioom Hu*
Inmates ol Ibo Castle This way of calling the giusto,
Instead ol by vii*** contentions! Midden knock at thc
door, is a u'iel eomforl lo tli" round sleeper, who is
thus gradually awakened from a Highland sleep. At
B o'clock breaktesl ed, and tho twenty guests
march Into the dining-hall, with tha pij>er piping a
bcottlih ii : il tba head af th*} procession. Alter the
mornlng meei all urambie In the drawing-room, and
?ai ni thc tu.rn Mundi (ram tha top ol tba corah ami the
tout In hand appear) al the door. The ribbons an heh)
by a famous Scotch driver, Qm ree Burton, who hes re?
cently i the teal of driving a four in I an i
from I.un,inn to Cluny, a diatomic of over 700 nnii-s, in
11 ip *? wp'e! .. i it- losing - > much a* oven i ihoo Raddle
ind ? are alan al tha door, ra that ail
. In lu a morning'! ride. A Bfteen-mllc jaunt u
p,ii ci,'y tn ide tu *oa,o lo h, and all alight Ir to ' he OOMh
to bait tha bonn and prepan lunch Tho fishermen
of tba party east th-ir tiles until lunch is served. Tbe
other day Mr. Blaine from i boa! era! th** By tor Ihe
first time, and he aad Mr. Cara . '? I In catching
In ball an hour a fine strli _ of hilt, trout. Om of tM
ii".-I expert fishermen at i lu ny i- Georgi \v. jenkins, oi
Morristown, M. J., who with Mr. BlalM and Mr. <'.-,.i
-Mcrec'i daily in bringing home enough ttoul te
tbe larj" f.unilv With Bob for brea!.fast, lunch
and dlme'r. Win,tn an hour Hu* ot!,er day thirty
eight fina trout wen caught in one of the many " burns"
a bw hundred feet Bom Hie c.- tlc. After tench ls
toned and tM horns rested Hie horn blowi as tho sig?
nal thal the four-ln hand la nady tn itari ter Hu* home?
ward run. On tba way home yesterday the h,,rn
lounded al tM fa uni.- t ladas ol Ardverifcta, tM real
? ii ace ol Mr John Ramsden, the gates wen thrown open
and the four-in-hand carried n< occupants up to tM
o ? iu accept au invitation to te i from Slr John. Tte
e ! um n," h..lg" tu tM bouse is two miles, ami a
mina) romantic and delightful drive along ihe shore of
Loeb Loggan could mi he imagined. ThB i ito I
bounded by ha -hs, which afford the best protection tec
? deer forest, because tl e deer cannot he driven Into a
neighboring estate. After the ISth ol Auguat Ard
j vcrtkta has been ranted to Lord Burton t*> stalk deer
over, for which amusem mt a rental ol 815,000 is paid.
upon Hu condition thai tM tenant ran only shoot
eighty sings. Thu would make Lord Burton pay nearlj
-_*?" for the privilege of shooting one itag Lord
Button was Arthur lins;, the brewer of llass*. sh), and
can afluiil lt.
Al "r a smart drive of fourteen miles Cluny ls
p-acled and all hurry t'p lot _ for their New Vork
mall, which li brough) from Klngussle by dur mail
coach running daily fiann thal plaee acron country
io Pori William, a distance of forty three miles. This
? ' the i.. -i b am,ru! drives Imaginable aad
tourist! ean'l do better than pian to take lt, a-, im
rowh ?? run twelve mltai an hun- aral on lime, with
f.p'ir rhangea between im iuh points. At raven the
guests sa embie iii the larg.- drawing mom umi the
piper again leada Ihe i.resslon Into the dining haft.
Aiier dinner Mr, Walter Damned) gooi and Bili tM
room with very different itralm thura which
Wagner gave to tho world. Thus the day ends and
all go !?? mal In tM a*-'.irance ol a nigh! "f unbroken
sleep. With a thermometer ol 40 r., snow in full
view, and Bleeping under four woollen blanks tt wnh
m. moaqultoM to molest, slumber is certain.
The bein!!"., of Cluny aro many, the Howe? arc
now Iii lull bloom, tho lawns ino a rich green, tra*
barns about tM castle supply t.nilling mu-lc, the
in.-!.laud peaka an tipped with snow, tM River Bpoy
winds gracefully al iii" toot ol the terrace, and c."
valley a* bi as the eye can reach extends In ua
broken fields "f rich verdun. Hera, away from th.
of tbe locomotive and oul ol IM mrab **f tu'
iph, perfect roil and enjoymeal an to be bund,
and tho bracing ali of. IM mountaiM, hundred! "I
ire the s*-a lovel, suppltai mom t<> thora In
March ol health.
i b household at cluny has Included Mr. and Mrs.
Blaine, the Bl ? BlalM, U it nudge [Oat] Hamilton),
Mr. and Mis. Hauy Phipps, Jr., of Plttebttrg' tht
Rev, Dr. Raton, Mr. Waiter Damrosch, Hr. ami Mn.
1'rederic * Dennis, al] ol Bau York; Br. George v.
Jenkins, of Morristown, lt. J.; Mr. ami Mrs. Lander
ol Dumferniline; Mr. and Mr-* King. Br. and Mrs,
Lau and Ulai Walla. ??, ol Orange, arni Miss I ram li
Un, ol bt Louis. They *ae? au ikenod on Ibe Ininti,
ol July bj the Bring ni cannon al daybreak; rh*
sr,,, and it ri pe* weio displayed ami there won tuc
wini., lu i:.o evening.
i h a ji vlsi 1.1: i ta W* OF BURMA Y.
i i nu 'iM i'm Lng Dtegateh.
i heard m iv.p. Ut iii glrtt the otbet day wo un
eoniclouslj I ll ii -11._ ed twa VlOWl of this (sunda)
gueation. Ono of thom tab ber gay cit) borne to ita]
over -linday with the family of a country pm sun
when iM irani iioine she remarked: "MercyI th*
lt's am alu I. bin- PreshyterlBM tboy wouldn't taki
rt pm out of the pincushion on r*uu*lay I"
ii.i" i- wai ih- daughter or nut same parson
Tho? had boen numerous buigUnes around tia
rouutry, and th*- child bad i??n m frightened by thea*
-poi thal ba had scarcely lop. any ail week
Ob Buaday night aln-r rapper tbe child came to he
mother and sahl: " .Mamma, pley,o pm me ta bad BOW
I'm so glad I can get some sleep to-nlslit. for tht
burglar*) won't como on bunday."
THE WAGNER FESTIVAL.
HAILI MfSrCIANS ANI) MUSIC LOVERS AT
WAHNFR1KD VILLA.
lt. ELSON CHATS WITH FRAU WAGNEH, FTtAU
MATERNA, HERR RICHTER AND M. LAM
OUREUX ? WAI;NKR'S FIRST OPERA
REVIVED AT MUNICH.
Munich. July If.
Aladdin'- palace did not. risc up more suddenly
mn did Hayreuth from its normal letht-fj into
fe and action daring tba first/ do..B of tho fes- j
tal naturally somo of tba result* were not j
Begotten plsaeaatti hostelries* Brade for fifty
tests were stretched into containing (iv hundred.
ead nt tho restaurants wns n MSB** commodity,
nd happy wns thc man who at feeding-time got
soli*l inip cn the co.it-tnils of n. wniter. Sui!,
ie novelty of seeing princes and kiipellmeistc?
'niggling for a gi.ins of hoer nnd a sandwich
ade up in some decree for the discomfort. l"~y
?iith was i. veritable republic In winch rnnk no
niger noanted for anything. 'Angeriiinnti's" ls lin?
aine of the favorite ft .hering ['lao ? of the arti-ts,
nd there, (lorin* festival days one may lind Wag?
er and l>eer discussed -.vii 11 enthusiasm until tiie
;ir 1 v morning hours. To IllBStH-to : when I can.e
here on the second night of the feast, every noolt
nd corner of thc pince seemed full, yet tbs bBB>
ss gave me a friendly signal to wait, nnd in a
SW moments .. plank was laid on two beer kegs,
o servo as a table, ami another plank similarly
djustcd did oflice as a seat. Qpott that seat
hero were placed Alexander, Prince of Iles-C,
ne of thc most musical of potcn
ates; Edward Lass-n, the gnat Weimar kapcll
aeistor; Hans Richter, probably tho greatest
King conductor, und your correspondent. Almost
ll of the artist* of the festival were (bete,
nd those who were not, soon came in. A wild
hout announced the arrival of Frau Mnterna,
vho had made such a success In the part, ol
Sundry." Oddly enough, tbe name of the
lOSttSS was also Kundry, and at, thc door of tho
nu thc greata " Kundry" was met by the lesser,
md quailed a loaming beaker thai was banded to
mr to the health of tho company. " Grass Gott!
ieber Herr I-ison," said thc singer as she espied
ne, ?' nfs geln allcs in Amerikn ."* Ami we were
mon in hearty conversation about, the success of
he festival. Hut another " Hoohl" is heard, an*l
l*rr Friedrichs. who won such a triumph ag
' Heckmesser,n appenrs, a))*l receives his oration
sith becoming modesty. A little knot of Boa*
lonians is soon aft-*T found ia s side room, and
Mes.rs. Ger-icke. Kneisel, Foote, Sveoenski, Whit?
ing, Johns, Fue'ten, Hubbard BBd myself arc soon
forming a kneipe, which in America, would mean
that we were going straight to the " demnition
bowwows," but hero signifies only that we are
becoming aeoli-ttated. Br-end-by, Mr. Otto
Floersheim and Mr Mlchaelis, of New-Tork, join
the set, and it. continues to enlarge until an houi
in rho morning which shall be nameless.
In the morning Mr. Kneisel and I set out to visit
Herr Richter. Ilk number In thc EU.bard Wag?
ner Srra.sse was 277 1-8. I did not know inri
how many tractions a house could bs divided
hut after finding 277 l-l", 1-4. la, 1-fl, and 1-7
I felt that the city must have been founded bj
some great mathematician who treated to eaforei
an arithmetical problem on everybody searchinr
for a residence. Herr Richter was out, when w*
called, but I made sure that I ihould find him a
Madame Wagner's reception in thc evening, ant
therefore did nut search for him in thc park when
lm bad gone for a promenade. At noon I aga ii
met the Prince of Hesse, rind, although rio
furn),illy present.*.l (such is the democracy of art'
WS entered into a oomperlson of note- about th
fest.ii al. Prinee Alexander is one of the best-in
formed Wagnerian! even in thia stronghold. Il
told rne tint the great march of the umist, minger
had been discovered to be almoet identical wit
a inarch nf tin* fifteenth century, and that th
moat rigid study of '* Die Meistersinger'' 0nl
led him to wonder mop' arni more at thc fldelit;
with which every detail of mediaeval life ha.
been followed. He inquired after Mr. Waite
Damroach and thc success of his Wagner lecturei
ami showed _reat Interest in rhe spread of th
BOUSS in America, inst, as Madame Wagner ha
di ia' two days before.
HOW li*th* of stuffy dignity BBd pomp tliet
wa* in the lipper cir* les of the Bayreuth gathering
!t eras only the bourgeoisie who tried to Inflat
themselves and carry as much of a title as ti
law and the alphabet would allow. The wife <
tn assistant *ib notary would not abate one j*
or little of iu'C grandeur, whatever dukes or princt
might do, If I were to write out tbe titi*
of some of thara as given in the ?? Fremdenblatt,
I should cause your typos to die of brain-feve
And now the evening came, and with lt tl
great reception. Madame Wagner emerged fro
retirement and was to give ? party at Wahnfrie
the great villa in which Wagner's later yea
were spent). On jumping Into f" cab, I wi
not in the least astonished to fin*! that the dlit
did not know where this famous place was.
had become accustomed to stranger Jehns fm
Nuremberg, and cams 1*1 expect that after e
gaging lin* Ham I was to guide tlie driver
his destination, and this I accordingly did. N
span looked rich enough fur mc to obtain a rain
from the guards nt the door, and a little atfonti,
from thc butler, who soon ushered me imo t
presence. Ths rooms were crowded, but befo
greeting tbs hurst, ss in the library 1 took
look of curiosity at the music-room nnd .crept io
room. The former was a magnificent, very hit
?tedded room, in th,* centre of which st, , ,i
grand plano of American make, and at thc side
lrrr-*' organ. In the reception-room were .prc
out a large number of silver wreaths which h
boon sent, to Wagner from various admire
Entering the library. I found Madame Wegner l
centre of a group of distinguished guests wh.
she was receiving with a courtesy unite natui
to tbs daughter of Liszt Sh" looked very nob
even though her personal bereavements of t
past live years have left tlnir mark as sh" Bte
there, tall, slim and lithe, clothed In black, im
blink lace *>n her graj hair. If I were s faahl
reporter, I could give you some aceouni of t
toilettes which were round about, but I am iur
cent, of thc knowledge of Bounces, bodices, s
trimmings, and can only say tl
many beautiful ladies and distiiiffuishcd-looki
nun were present. Ma.lame Wagner was vi
OOU-tSOUS to my salutation*, anni even accorded i
a few moments especial conversation, Baking i
how tbs festival Impressed me in comparison
these of former yeats, and Inquiring after yegin
American friends.
A*, my fiieiids and acquaintances began to i
pear, the feast became delightful enough. 1
first I must needs *' put my foot in lt" in the rn
Innocent manner possible. I bad been ch,uti
pleasantly with a rather grave-looking porsuna
ami, to beep tbe conversation geing; began to cu
gin Herr Fr* cinch's performance ol" Beckmesei
Tbe party of the second part dil aol rebe t
quite so vehemently aseterybodj eira in Bayrci
had d.ne, and I prepared to withdraw, asking h
however, if he took un active parr in the teeth
"Ye..." Ninl ho, rather gloomily; "my name
Kurrara! I ass to play 'Beek-asarar1 day utter
morrow!" I had chosen just the one party
tim' whole room to whom Herr Friedrich's pinn
wets b bitter potion I But I found relief li
curlier Of the i.tn where a little knot of Am.
cans had gathered. Mis j. __ Gardner, Mes
Foote, Johns, Hubbard, and a few others rai
ranted tbs United Buttes la thal oosmopoli
gat bernie. Polyglot it was alga, l"*>r ai Baal
different htngnsgaa were being spoken within iii
\Ullls.
Herr Van Dyek, the handsome tenor who
played the part of " Parsifal," began talkmI
nm kn french, and to my astonishment proved ]
hs -scarcely knew any German at all, even w
acting thc hero of the mote exalted Qersaaa an
He told .,?* thai thee Lmi i,e,u som,* eemmon
???""* ***.'' *Mr- BtBB-s-B and *?-?.>- , '
tutye* of -injinu in the New-York M .ra bu
had come to laugh* Dp came Frau Mau
then with her hearty salutation- and bogan
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hopes to we our shores again soon. Sure enough I,
I knew Herr Richter would be herc! There he
p-tnnds, brusque, hearty, inelegant, bnt sincere J
a form from which the waist has long since dis?
appeared, a huge tawny beard, a heavy shock ot
blonde hair, a typical Gorman. He was as straight.
forward in his conversation as in his looks. Wnea
I told lim tl.at we needed him in America he -hud*
dcred and -ak.', " No' till the ocean is abolished: ?
Like Vcidi, he has a mortal dread of Neptune nnd
mal de mc- DA. now another chnracf r comes on
the, scene. It ls a short, fut, god-humored, gray.
1, siMcfiicled man, who beckons me to tig
dowg BBd char a bit, and eat ari ice, apart frons
thc throng. It is M. Lamourcut, the musical
hc.-o of i'uris, the man who ran Into actual 'langer
for (he gabs of giving performance* of '*Loh'n
glia" in France. I speak to him of this and tSf
pti s my udmirution roundly. He m^kes a dep?
recating gesture but sr.js: "Yes; there would
have been actual danger, possibly a veritable riot,
had I given another performance." I ask him if
he will try it au.iin, at: I Le Mys very emphatically :
" Yes; I shall gita many id chest ral numbers from
Wagner's works this BS8BSBV C'est drole! tho
French do not get SBtageU at that It seem I that
Wagner on'y ber;.mus rfaiglfaws when given io
co.*fun -. At for mc, I mike musii, not |M?***_?*>
and I do not think VTnfMS should enter into poli?
ties nt nil.''
M. Lnmotireux returned my complimea's with
compound interest. He has thc French sift of
flattery, and he unblushingly praised my French,
which is of a quality to make thc inhabitants of
Paris _hcd tears, nnd bogan -peaking of Am??rle__
with rapture. " I want to ko the?- BBSS time.
It is very audacious of me, considering what greal
musicians you possess, but I am fond of trawl,
and I must yet see your great country."1
Then the music bo.?,*,. I cannot describe that
pan of the evening, H<rr s*"batdemantel sang
Schubert's " f*el mir Gecm-st,"* in rims' excellent
style, giving each Stropbs a different ??.:):-n.
ami mod- rating bis great baritone i.*'.-ff eily to tho
room. T?sb M_is Fritsaeh. of the Carlsruhe opera
House sang a Liszt number. Then Herr Stanen
kagen, tlie beet of the younger pi.ini-.rs, playcl a
selection, and then Frau Maf*rna obliterated all
thal hail gone before by singing thc linale of " Dia
Gottetdmnmerung" as I have never near*! it ne*
fore. She was Inspired by the surroundings, and
Herr Mot ri himself was at flu.- mano, while Frau
Ceslma Wagner turned tbe lenten It tn slitting
crown to that glorious evening, ami non after this
the company began to rjlspsias. many of them re?
turning to more plebeian |Ofg at Angemann's,
where thc seance lasted till *' o'cloek tlie nexS
morning.
I had, however, still another Wagnerian pil?
grimage to make, and an early train br ought me
OB 8 dir-mal. dusty ride to Munich, where Wag?
ner's lust opera, " Die Feen,"' was being resur*
rt ct.tl. Ile- Opera House m Munich is very large,
but plain, and not comparable to the fine edifices
at Frankfort. Vienna and IVsth. Hit the vat*
formaness are better than in thone enies, whichl
have contented themseltes with paying more at?
tention lo ihe frame than to the picture. OJ
in '* Dis Feen"' one does not s sk for W.i.
ii':.an theories ile* opera was modelled on tho
Au harlan anti Belliniaa pita, and has tanas ia
good number. Tin re USS many touch's of Webes
and M"/art there also, and one feels In? >'>win_j
continually us old musical Boqiialntanora pass in
review. Tbs libretto is tbe msst absolute, lneifa
blc anti awful tins::, s ,..,.,' at tlur best for th*.
plot of a ballet, it is a compound of '* Lurline. ?
"Iolanthe" and "Thc Magic Flute," and fairlea
ami huniiin warriors mindle in tim nm*.t a aeon*
strained marni r *.?: is tar better, end
much of ii ls worthy of being rescued from
oblivion. There are melodious arias, sven cavati*
nea, and some fine, even it imt original concerted
effects, if tl." lulu uh us plot could lie worked
over, all would bc well; a-* it la, th- miuagvm_ns
Iry to float, the opera on tin- nail.! princ pie, by*
grand spectacular eiTeefs Fairies are <?, :.t. . .
ttoating on or off the stage i n a cloud, whieh ie
not a.s souifortable aa a Broadway horse-car; tba
?eene suddenly changes from a palace to ?> burn,
mg pia and back agata, and other Martling trent*
formations an* constantly ooourring. A fairy h-.%*
married a mortal, and t-vo children are born ta
the nappy pair. In ths trials which come uyoti
them these children are tossed around la
-.: manner that males " Norm i's-' youngsters
happy ni comparison. By tbe aid af hi-afle-v
tion and a friendly wizard the husband tlnallB
becomes a fairy himself, and the results **f thii
mesalliance are ended in a fairy scene ol
luti'ly dazzling splendor; the beal of us kind that
I have ever icen. Tin* second ai t i* the sttt ng* it*
and containa more than one Bash of Wag .
genius, the impreaaive chorus of welooeoe t*) tbe
iiinl ihe striking and original li.-rire nt
the orchestral accompaniment being cup tinily mn
ticoablt. The playful scone between the King's
squire and his mistress ls light, pretty and m*'l*>*
di.ms. and the chorus al iii appearance of thu
children aforesaid ls a-* rmi.'fal as anything in
thc opera. The whole work utterly refutes th?o
Ignorant critics who have maintained thar Wag-.
iut could not write melody. Vet the very i> >o
.sing!.- number of the <>i?*r i is the prayer of fha
I.!** act, a Quintctt* and chorus, entirely mn-cms
panied, arhleh I recommend for concert perform**
atlee by some of youi large tocal dubs, if they*
em gel the score, ITiere ls even s " mad -scene**'
In tiri* opera, with i very tender seoond uart ami
B D ?t tunefu' oboe sol I.
In short* then, tbe opera I. to be ranked,
musically, as a very agreeable, not especially
original, work, which, If it bad a bearabl- plot,
v., lld he occasionally heard on its own merita.
illy, it. ^rr.'.tT attraction at preeent is the
curiosity of ti." puhlie to hear the beginnings of the
great matter. The boura was cr iwded fiom pit t.>
nome, and it wns only with the greatest dirticulty
thal I obtained i seat ar all Bo you see that
the Wagner fever is n t confined to H* trent li
alone. I have bow been through ir from first to
la*! stages, and only hope that I have been able
to inoculate The TRinUBE'B readers wtth some
of the rsiime enthusiastic disease. L. C. E.
WRECKER RY THE RUZZARD.
Tin: tims man* BOCBB8 Tiir. toss or thk bi-j
vdick.
Everybody -or Merty everybody?will remember
tbe little man wllh the big vole* who used to do day
duty at tho t liitham Square ,'atlon of the Elevated
Railroad, when the Second and Tii.rd ave. imes
mine, arid iraiiis divert,". f(ll- tba City Hall and Boutb
Party. Wltb tba axtepUoa or t;.-t at the City Hali,
ns - tattara) is atora Browned than any other in tbe
(Elevated system. Tba little man'i rotee ?a- a phe.
in,rn nil one, n teemed to eosse item tbs depths j
ll touaded liked -'am thunder. Bang were the speen*
larion; con.iain/ tbe quality of Ml lim.-, lt WSS
popularij s i??,se,i thal Ikey aver,* Used wltb sheet
imo ?,r rapper. Baceedlagly proud ?f bia tis vt,ice wss
lids liiiin man. It wa- all the more noticeable Because
tba other platform BUM wa- a Mg fellow with a Uulo
voice. Poi geera me little Mlew wat at bis | ?*?
Story day, and SbOVO tbs BBtlS Sf Begetting or ap
praarhlag tnlai lu* could t*- beaid ibentlag out:
"?'Hy Ball Tiain; wuk bete for -n>':'!i Ferry nain*
over the brtdga fur Third ave. tra!:,.-- ami ?. on. In
lils humble way ne rendered rshtsMs *erv|ce fa tho
company, sloe* i! ? btBl nd li* luis u i' |. eu seen at hts
usual post, anti men with Inferior totocs hav,- rime
I.is work, a raportst mia bim tbe other Bag at the
tortj teeead-at. its toe el tbs Beeond-ate. Una Bal
Whoa be opened his nionth li wa* .* 'deni that what
hail once beea Blt piMe and glory ha.l departed. HIS
Voice bad Ibiaak to -Strely an onltnary compass.
"What's beet.m.. ,,f n? asbad tia* reporter. Ha
knew si om** wiia* ?? 11** rafaraed to.
"Ob, si.,-' hs BBM sadly tun wita a touch of prfde,
'lt wcicn'i wt,ra out; no ledied. slr, lt would a*
lasted f,,r years yet lt li \| a* gol fair play, an* I
wouldn't _,' ;is 1,. , I ,,.'is of a train of cns sag wh'?,
1 don't car** how shaky Ui" wad -Sight be: no. slr.
no k'Bilmata buaineai would a' mada ir go Wk on
nu-, it amie th* bhssard weal km-ked lt oul bad
luck io li. \,,i se*'. ? r, my rebel Bevel came that
nay au* i had io *i,i double duty. Aa' when i opened
ina mouth 10 huller Ihe bowling wind an' MOW at/
i*-'1 "<l get la an' drive th- word, righi inside o' m<?
again an' 1 had to pul on double steam io gel Vin ,uiu
I think i'.l a come oul ali right, though, If I'd bsd
In stand only OBS watch, but dom' double duty Wtth
it. ar, apoa' them ragin' element! clean kni ? ked it
?
' Will lt ever ron*** bask '
" i'm afraid apt. sir, though th*- doe tess a? a
t.ym' to coa\ li beek Pul I can md you om. thin*
Hr," ho added, lil. Byra lighting np wno ? gleam (.{
pride, "ll.o company 'll never I i a mau lo shout
lor 'cm Uko 1 did au' fm- tu long -
THE Troops ARM LILL Ol' sreu UBS.
From The Oil mtv BMSSSfi
a *? nu..aid"' rapreatatatite wltaeeaed a novel _____m
In a country stets yesterday where a farmer ___? tti___iJ
refused to but hts wife _ calico dress beeaura__
couldn't BlToni the expense, bm before he l-.fi , k?
stow invested half a dollar lu Cigars for htL_ r
Our Judgment UgOO such a man |a that he sh. a h\_
kieki-d to death by wooden logged warnes ra\\t\tSX
to death lu the ktraeu ut _,_*__ m *