St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 2

Mollis ffiuutarirSff, lSSH A3IBKE, TIIE ALGEIUNE. A3IEtI AX SSOI1. heart i.s ail of Eimlis i nslij His trousers ail of Ki k-i-ev Ile always rows the i-h stroki Aud yJt he came troui North New BY JOSEPH rCLIT7.FR. TfceOnlY Evening Paper St. Louia 1 (Entered at the Foat-Offlce at St.

nul. a eoad elui mil malUr.J A ruby 6et of the same pattern and of the same articles was only valued at. 2 OK). The turquoise set was considered of value to the amount of The mo-t elegant single ornament which Mile. Ambre has in her collection is an exquisite necklace, or as her better half -termed it.

"la This article is composed of twenty diamonds of unusual size, and is valued at The dress worn bv this prima elonna in the opera of "La Traviata" was also seeD. It is of pure white satiu with long train. The satin has embroidered on its surface with mother of pearl a larre number cf camelias. The garment cost some It is in the latter opera that displays her finest jewelry and dresses, although as Aida a fair s-jpply of the ornaments are worn. lists.

This announcement, it should be observed, comes in a day or two behind the published accounts of the banquet tendered to Mr. Conkling and wife by Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, of Rhode Island and "Washington City. In overhauling the rules of the House the other dav, a very important question arose. The second rule prescribes the duties of the House Cbaplaiu, and requires him to take oil oath to faithfully vaad earnestly discharge his duty.

A member from Maryland raised tbe point that it was undignified to require a chaplain to swear to pray faithfully, earnestly and to the best of his ability. Parson De I Matyr finally cut off debate by declaring that ministers should not be trusted any more than other men. The House saw the point and the rule requiring the Chaplain to take an oath was left intact. This is eminently proper. Without the solemnity of an oath a Chaplain might occasionally do a little lobbying iu his morning prayer, or he might grow indifferent and neglect to pray to the best of his know ledge and ability.

The low er branch of Congress needs all the prayer that it can get, and it needs it of the very best quality. In order to prevent a Chaplain from misrepresenting the true condition of things in tbat body, he should be required to take an oath on the first of each month. these sort of chairs in the ante-room, only ft was some larger aud covered with leather. He went over and sot in it, and it just titled him to a l-y ty. I could see him sort of melt into it, you know, lie couldn't hear what was going ou very plain, and putty soon I see him get up, still a-squat-tiu' in the chair, but turniu' of it over ou his back kind of.

And then, lookin' like a blessed old turkle, he bega.i to maneuver at the stoveT Misfortnitly, when he rose to come, he only brung away the sittin' part of the chair, leaviu' the legs back in the corner, and thar he was a stoopin forward anduiakin' short steps, because he didn't want to make no noise nor distract nobody: and thar was that leather hull a stickiu' to him like it had growed thar, with an Insane looking pivot spike pointin' downwards at an angle of about 4S. 1 took in the whole sitiwation, I des laid low, you know. He got wellforward, near the stove, right in the middle of all them lawyers and staff orlicers, anet then he began to set down easy-like, not wishin' to attract auy attention. "Well, sir, he began reaching for the floor with that ar' pivot spike, and 1 never see sich a time. He looked kind of astonished when he began to descend, but astonished aiu't no name for the way he looked when that six-inch piece of iron hit bottom and he began to go over backward.

You jest ought to have been there, that's all. It was by all odds the most complicated tumble I ever see. Well, the next thing of course was toexplainto the. old gentleman how the thing happened; for he got up blazin' mad; he's clear grit, you know, and he cuine within an ace of pasting Kritton A. Hill one iu the mouth, under the impression that he had, as the Major put it.

'eloeended to a dirty, low, mtau, contemptible It wasn't until we had taken him over to where the legs still set that tigured the thing out; whereupon he begged Hill's par-doufor, as he said, 'attributing to a piactieal joke what was really a dispensation of Providence. I'OSI'JIASrKK HAYS. ITe docks his horse flowing tai'a. I'e drives an Kngiish tml, win, His beard is like Prince of His eyeglass like the L.rl of Mattou's. scarf Is Oxford And cut-awav ids Knsr'i-h coat i-.

An-a wh-n he speaks, oli, i 0 The diflicultj in his throat He cab. Ids cousins dresses "frocks And ri uDon au English nag To hounds although Uv English fox la started from a puddiag bag. J. Edmunds-Jones be writes bis name; And yet if you'll believe me, Was known as "Jim" Jones h-n came Soine years, ago from North New Jers-y. I Nellie Coue iu Scribner's Magazine, John Sherman's Gtireau.

rWashinjtlou Cor. of New York Sun. In the holidays, while John Sherman was in New York, a "meeting of Republicans who were ppoed to the third term was held in the Custom-house. Thirty gentlemen were pres. ent, and a plan of opposition to the Graiit movement was agreed upon.

In pursuance of the programme then arranged, a bead-quarters will be opened soon in Xew York city and a systematic campaign begun. The immediate object is to div ide, if pos-ible, the New York delegation to the Republican Xational Convention. Money in consi 'erahle sums has been contributed, and documents already prepared will be printed and circulated in all the Northern States. Xew York wiil be literally covered with them. l'tij, movement is independent of the young Kr-publican scratcber.

who yet maiiitain th organization, and are making themselves felt against the third term conspiracy. The effect of the letters from Profs. Seelye, Cbadhourne, James Freeman Clark, and others of Massachusetts, is noticeable here. It has given greaf encouragement to the opponents of tho third term among Republicans, and au old and well-known Republican of New York left here last night very much enentirsged to begin the organization of the anti-Grant movement ia Xew York. In the meantime the Southern States are not being neglected.

Jobu Suer-mau's canvass there is systematic and intelligent, aud hs friends report ittering success. The (irant boomers are charging that Sherman is emntoying special agents of tbe Treasury in this i'bey say that several men who have been appointed recently as special agents are traveling in the South organizing Sherman clubs under the. guise of Grand Army of the Republie posts. They phow a circular with John Sherman's likeness at the top, which they say one of these spec-id agents uses in thin business. A ISIood-Polsonesl Surgeon.

I From tlie hia Times. 1 Dr. William Keim, a well-known physician, is just recovering from a serious accident. The other day he was engaged in a case amputation at the Homoeopathic tollee Hospital. The patient was suffering frou' caries of the bone at the knee joint, at whic i point the hrnb had been previously amputated.

As the bones decayed a second opf-ra-tion was The next day Dr. Keim was irmed at a sudde.i pain in Lis right hand, which had become greatly inflamed. He then remembered that a few days previously he had scratched his right hand with a corkscrew attached to a pocketknife. He became alarpied, and, making a Ciirefu! examination, found that he was suffering from blood poisoning. He grew worse, nnd other physicians were called.

His arm an i hand were swollen to nearly four times their natural size, and the pjtn na most agonizing. The only way in in-h con 1.1 gain the slightest relief was by holuig nishandin ice-cold water, which he did for three, days and nights, slep was impossible, although heav doses of morphine ami chloral were administered. It was thought that the arm would have to be amputated, but poweifid acids finally got control of the poisen. Tke Doctor will probably loose his however. Oeatli of Prof.

Oe Mi.llc. iror.to IH-patch to Trllmne. The of Prof. James De Miile, of College, which occurred this morning, was a shock to his many friends here. He was at his post at tbe college up to Friday last, and his illness was not considered until to-day.

Prof. De Mille was a native of Xew Brunswick, many e-ars ag! decided to make Nova Scotia his homeland married a daughter of the Rev. John About fourteen years ago he went to Halifax assumed the positicn of Professor of History aud Rhetoric in Daihou-ie College, and took up his residence in the city, lietorethis hi Lad written many small works, but wn scarcely known to the world as a literary man. Then "Helen's Household." a novel founded on the history of ancient Rome, was placed before tiie Ameriesui public, and at once stamped its author as a man of genius of n-1 common order. This was followed by hi 'Dodge Club," in Harper's Magazine-, ov his own name, and he took his stand ani'iiig the ino-t popular writers of the day.

lio leaves a widow, three sons and a daughter. A Gay Old Deceiver. rTi.T.u Sj-cCial to Cincinnati Coinmerciid.t List week, one of the sons of Kit Winter, an old gentleman seventy vears of to the Probate Judge to have a guardian appointed for him, for fear he would squander bis property tu a woman whom he had fallen in love with and was about to marry. Thj was appointed, the next dav a marriage license was i-sued and the old man tm-k unto himself a better half. liut It seems that the old fellow had been paying atteot iuii to snot her woman previous to this, named Xatiev Fitzgerald, and yesterday she filed an ai-pii-eaiion for a suit of breach (t promise on ihe old man's part, layiug her damages at OF INTEREST TO LADIES.

has sent in bis bill to his client. The bill Mr. Vanderbilt is called upon to pay amounts to J250.00O. It is made up In items and each particular servie-e is specified. Mr.

Vanderbilt has refused to pay it. and it Is said that Mr. Clinton ha given tbe milliouare just one week to mke up his mind. James Kussell Lowell, our new Minister to England, is sometimes called the most Knalisli of American poets, and there are people who say tbat ho is cold, ltut he baa written ono or two poems which, being quoted before audiences, have drawn tears. Lowell is said to he one of the boys.

and. although he is a dapper chap who parts his hair in the middle.be likes a cigar, a drink and a lively story after a fasliion. He doesn't care a cent tor formalities'. rianche, the celebrated dramatic author, is still gay, lively aud loud of society, though in his Hghty-tbird year. In 1834 he was appointed House Croix Pursuivant, and figures at tbe head of the Queen's processions at royal weddings, etc.

lie be." an aa a dramatist when only twenty-two years old. Purin? the next fifteen years he wrote seventy-six pteees, and has since added 100 to tue list. He wrote "The Brigand," in which the late Mr. Wal-lack, ith the song, "Gentle Zitclla," made such a hit at Drury Lane aud at his theater in Xew York. Ample Justification.

From the Louisville ConrU-r-lournal. Hcnioerats who quarreled with us because we refused to go in witii the Fusion rascality in Maine may read in to day' telegram tho re-a-son why. It was evident from the lirst that liareelon was old that his party was a lot of political deed-beats, and Ihat. bad as Jim UlHine and his tmecaneeis are, lione-t uieo could not afford to y.o in with tlie ritl-raft of fools and knaves who made up the opposition. The is as we predicted, a total victc ry tor the Itepublicans.

Central Iistrut. I From the Philadelphia Tiine. It is evident that tbe great Hemocr.it ie partv hasn't any to much confidence in its average It -presentaiive in onress, and mniibfr are r-ceivintf hole lascf-fnl of letters asking tl e.Hto kei-p out ot poliii'-al question, at lcjist until th election is over witii-- If -ecm to be n.iuer.sio.xl tlitt 'Congress has abuudant facilities lor putting its foot in it. Embryo! i OmgresHtneii From the New York Sun. Tn raid on a house on Monday nisiht tilt v- i 'ht fiiiiiiliiers were captured, it is a pity their rctti nartis sre not ascertained and published.

1c would contiture a li.st tium which both political parties miht desiro lo in ike some selections ligressmen at the next vh'vtion. Lost hi'vnml It rtim the Ciin luii. iii 1 ii.ics. I T' note's of preparation for the Greenback National Convention are nuticcubly Ir.c'.l and i'ii-tinet. It seem-to br gi tu-Uer-tood unions the- hat people that tin ir p.utv i i i a decayed and hoi e-s condition nevond the power ot a boom t.

iive, however va-t. A 1'olntu. FroMi the The t. Louis Tim-s a new tc prc-u'eutiai candidate, I. en.

VV. Ii nvr, ot Ohio, and devote- a cm tn i to setting forth hisuieiits. i I 'oho ado, was named lor him, but this hardly ia-nro him a boom. Iligtlly 1 IK 111 rum tile iu uiujli l.azette. I A joint reoiuti.va iniroduced in the Kent ueky Legislature e-lrdav, ii'akiii'; ti drawing rt UeHdly capon a Penitentiary fl-1en-e.

There was n.tl,:ii4 in the lesoditlon 1 eewiiii-ien ii-ij; an eiilargeinent ed the trim -try. The 4.erni:n From the AtKnit Conkiing i getting really d-metie. earned bis family to Washington ttie old man Li nek seems to be still iu search eda situation. Not an 1 From the (tnoiiiuati 'iuiiu 1 1. 1 Mr.

illalue's in the Pac-itie is owimj to liis po-ltiou on the Chinese iu -tiou. Hot Hint piestion is not an i-Kne in national iKllltlCS. A l'rayerfnl Jtiery. From the Koi-s f'itv The Lord hath given atid th I.erd rath taken uwaj olessed be the nsiaa the I.ora. 'i nere ws a Fusion purty.

Witert tnat party now rrnLic oimmox. A Ihffiise of tlie ifonler. Sr. lauis. January 'J'.

To the Editor of the Post-1 Cnder the liead "Screaming Fire laddies" and over the su-natuio ot Comauche" you yesterday puliH.ihed an article whiuh undoubtedly emanates trom the brain of some rkeumatic old That the tire engines thcuiselvts scare some hordes and als senne people we alt know, but wc alo know that that Can not be helped. Hut as for the "yelling' (hallooing more properly) of the men scal ing horses so as to h- ir hearts todron into their heels." like "Comanche" prfibably does when he sees an engine coming, we do not believe. On toe contrary, the hah looing tit tlm nien serves to give Ledcti ians an1 vehicles a chance to get our of the wav aud clear the tliormsblare. We thinS: lijuiielie'' and suc-U otiiers ho aie uiualdiitly tiadin; fauit with this or that custom chronic nuisances, a-id the sooner they attend totneirowu business it they have u'nv and lei Chief c.v!oii, ho is the luoper judge, de-t rmiiie matters, the better Now, Mr. Editor, please pnbiish't'iis and ooligo TWO 1T1ZI N-.

COL. STAIlKjOF YKLLYILLK. He fells of a Providential Dispensation Which lieiell -Viajor Cozzens. Col. dared Stark, of the town oT ellyille, Arkansas, called at the Post-Disp vi of-flee this morning, to see the gentleman who had written up his adventure witb.Itulge the other day.

when he put three dollars in escrow with the Judge and left, the Court, evidently intending to make the towu howl. "I don't object to the newspapers printing things of that sort," he said. "As Dan lliee public men are public property and have got to stand that kind of thing, but I don't propose to be advertised as a tramp, you know, and I meau to have a circus with that young feller. Wharishe?" Tbe city editor explained that the article iu question hail beeu written by a party who was workiog on a trial, au.d who had left tbe town. "Well." said the Colonel, good-huiiioredlv, don't want no trouble with nobodv if 1 can help it.

ywit know, but yeu can see for veuirself that these clothes don't answer to tbat inventory." The Colonel eertainlv was well dressed in a neat, dark-colored suit, which still had creases in the legs and back. "This aiu't playing it fair on you lojs, though, he added, couM.ieutiou.sly. "1 have just had a remittance froui my man at Veilv iile, and I've sort of clothed up, you know. "Well, dil you go on a circular, as per schedule, queried one of the bovs. "Oh, shucks, no! When 1 gnf back to niv room I found a letter from saying that Henry's boy was a rlrl, after all, and you Know a feller couldn't honestly get drunk over a Kill, now could He appealed to the city editor, who absented to his sentiment blushinglv.

"Xo." he vvrntou, "1 thought tbe matter over, and weut back for the V.i." He swung arouud in the revolving chair which he happened to occupy, two or three times, whistling softly to himself, and singled tbe telegraph editor out of the gang. And with his glistening eve, like another ancient mariner, he said, chairs i great conveniences; aren't they? You set yourself soaud toil lift yourself so. and then you go around like a Meed factotum teetotum I mean facia all parts of the compass. Hut these chairs ts on't do to fool with neither, and don't you forget it. You know Maj.

Cozzens? Fat. partly old geatlenia.il, you know? Miss Phoebe's pa? Well, sir.l saw that od gentleman one day Hut I'll begin at the begin-uln' and tell you ail about it. There was some depositions being taken at Ilritton A. Hill's ouice. and there was quite a crowd of people there.

Old Judge Clover was one, anil Chester Krum and a lot of them, and thev was all gathered about in the front oft ice. Wall, the old Major oomea in and sizes tip tbe crowd, and tMtea nobody is likely to offer him a seat, so he kind of stood around awhile and listened, and bimeby he J-picd one of Life of a Lady Now Domiciled in St. Louis The Vagaries of a Frirria Donna Her Curious Career. The tdngular career of Mine, la Comtesse d' Amboise et de Beauplan, know in operatic circles as Mile. Ainbre, has never been written and probably never will be.

This lady, who is one of the bright stars in the Mapleson constellation, to be at once astronomical, complimentary and plagiaristie, and whose singing in fAida" will be remembered by the citizens of St. Louis, has a career behind her as checquered as her future seems open and fortunate. In the first place she displayeel originality in selecting her birth-place. Nobodv but Ainbre herself would think of being born in Algiers, and vet it was in the proviuce of Oran, and in the role ot daughter of a Frenchman and a half Arab woman, tbat I he first entered upon the stage of life. Her sife iu Algiers was full of mouotony and destitute of incident or color.

She sang to little groups of vvauderiiig Arabs, tinkled her zither in the shadow of ancient mosques, and was, take her for all in all, quite as unimportant a person as one eouid wish to see, until she suddenly achievetl success at the Hague. The stories about her childhood's happy, happy hours are as divergent as only such stories can be. and the Freacd papers from which her biographies are drawn unite in very few statements concerning her. One true history runs that she first loved a young diplomate, whom she abandoned to throw herseif into the arms of the great Khedive Ismail, but that, growing tired ef him alo. she started to return to her first love, coming to France like another Evangeline, too late to find her friend, who was at the time in Russia.

She then entered the Marseilles coneir ittiry and from i hence made her debut at the Hague. Yet another story of her life is that she studied music under Vaigailicr aud the tenor Hoger, made her real debut in Hrussels as the ijuecn. in the "Pre aux lercs," and from there traveled to Xaney, Geneva and il'iuen, and thence to the Hague. All of the talcs thai are told have one certain termination, and tbat is the Hague, and the account that she was pieked ill- at ltouen by M. Target, who brought her with him to ahe Dutch capital, is no exception to the general ruu of her manifold biographies.

At the Hague she sprang into the widet notoriety aud the lierce light which upon a throne has illuminated "this fascinating lady since she first sang the national anthem of Holland to an enraptured audience of which one was roval. Wil.iam the present head of the bouse of Orange, and by the traee. of Go.l and two or thieis recent treaties King of Holland, appears t-i be what in America would le called a masher. is not a baml-some man, nor vet a good man, but he has an income which enables turn to indulge in AN OCCASIONAL IA1 VV AC ANCF, and he chose, according to the uncontradicted accounts published all over the world, to indulge in Mile. Ainbre.

so called, it is said, as "a delicate reference to tie saf-fionlike hnc of her complexion. The reigning favorite at the time was a young American lady upon hom bis Netherlandish Majesty hadjwitn specious geu-erositv been showering a whole L.agfuil of title deeds to property in West Virginia, which he tnougbt perfectly worthless, but which proved subseque ntly to be of immense value. The fair Yaiikee refused to disgorge her spoil when petroleum was discovered upon the land, and, thoroughly disgu-Utl with such black ingratitude, his Orange Majety tiuned for con-olation to Mile. Ainbre, who speedily became, by royal letters patent, Comtesse d'" Amloise and owner ef a magnificent villa, at which His Serenity was a frequent visitor. These were the halcyon days of the lady ho will sing Aidi on Saturday afternoon.

isking in the sunlight of royal fv or, she recalled, as well as these sort of things will fit into nineteenth century life, the happv davs of Antouv and Cleopatn or of Charles ii. and his court. Her villa was tilled full of heirlooms of the House of range, and the whole kingdom ransacked for dainties and treasures for the lady vv horn the King was pleased to honor. This sort of thing never la-ts, however. lift her it was the damp, atrocious weather of the low ooumries of which this gay bird of paradise tired, or whether she became disgusted at her mean aud fog-sodden, if royal, master, will, in all probability, never be known, but she certainty packed up her traps one gloomy day and bade fareweil to tbe land of canards, canaux, canaille, and appeared suddenly iu Paris.

One story is malicious enough to say that her depaiture was by invitatiou. and the reason for the aforesaid invit ation, if the Figaro Is to be believed, was the following romantic incident: The King ordered photograph of the Countess of Amboise 'a villa, and a friend ef hers, who happened to be present, at the timp, not thinking that he was iu the field of the camera, looked out tf the window watching the process, and his. features were very fai'hfully delineated in the picture as to his Majesty. Of course thf re was a circus, the illa wa- sobl and the royal masher went back to his American, while the Madaniu burst upon Paris, with the full glory of her conquest ail about her. Her success was not a great one, though the critics were in raptures o- her pretty bust and FAlI.TIK.Ss ANKI.K, while they were willing to aiiow that her teeth were tine and her eloquent.

In Paris It i said she figured in two law suit. in one of vv l.i the father of her present, husband, the Count ele Iicauplan, who is Lne iu St. Louis with her. tried to have his son locked up a a lunatic for niarrv the singer. The Count is a wealthy young man, a line looking fel-hw, ho appears to be thoroughly infatuated wit ti bis taleuted wife.

In the second case, Madame de Vojsjn suer1 her for elim-ages on a contract which had been given to write the prima donna's life. Since then her life has been, a matter about which no dipute is longer possible, she has for tbe list year sung with success in many towns and in many countries. The singular, indefinable charm which she carries with her outside any question of beauty or art has made her hosts of friends wherever her adv enturous lot bus lecu cast. She is still very young, and she will maintain for years to come her position upou the operatic stage. She is already wealtbv, and ban made and spent fortunes with an ease which would make the simple financiers of tbe pork corner stare.

Mile. Ainbre is domiciled with her husband at tbe St. James, mid M. Ie Comte de lieau-pian lolls around the house attired eu uegbge, rigged up iu an old coat with tbe legion of honor show ing through the button hole. He Is an affable, neiy ius gentleman, and seems to think his lady quite worth all the litigation aud trouble she has caused hiui.

The Prima Donna's Mile. Anibre has the reputation of posss-ing some of the most costly jewelry worn on tbiss'de of the Atlantic. A representative called on Mile. Ambre and her husband yesterday at the St. James Hotel.

In response to his eiuestion concerning the jewelry possession appertaining to and belonging to the fair aud musical Ambre, a goodly cumber of pearls, turquoisse, sapphires, rubies and other precious stones vyce displayed for his admiration ana inspection. Among the articles exhibited was a beautiful necklace of pure white pearls with a diamond pendant valued at The next object that attracted his attention was a bracelet or corouet composed entirelr of diamonds. These stones were arranged in circles about a central stone, and a bracelet included seven of these circular clusters. This was valued at A comb of the ancient large pattern was next Inspected. The top vvn.s studded with esgnteeu diamond, and the cost of tbe article was said to be Another necklace of unique design wa next examined.

This was composed of pearl Pf r-shaped pendants of the same. The gold liuki constituting the chain were plentifully supplied with diamond-, that gave to the ornament a beautiful and attractive appearance. This necklace also cost Two earrings, with diamond pendants, were taken up. Their cost was j.OeW. Two bracelets of three pearls aud one diamond each were valued at 000.

A sapphire set of earrings, broche and ring with diamond oroaanenUUou was estimated to be worth t.OW. TERMS OF TUE 1A1LY. On year, postage paid tlx month One month delivered by crrier) the. week (delivered by rarrier) 00 4 50 3 20 ASCSESE5TS THIS aYKMS-S. OLYMPIC THEATER Italian Opera.

GKAND OPERA-HOUSE Mitchell. POPE'S THEATEIt-Bandmnn. THEATRE COHQt'E-Vrty Performance. A liceme The present size of the rosT Dispatch is only tcmporary-mnte inev'tatle by the late fire, -which destroyed our press and machinery. Every effort and energy will be used, howev er, to perfect arrangements at the earliest possible moment, which will enable us to return to the old and rcgnlar size of right yait ery day.

The Oklahoma bill has been crushed in the House, but Senator Vest i keeping it beautifully alive at his end of the Capitol. r.ts.MARCK proposes to obtain from the Tope a complete list of tbo grievances which the Church holds against the iron government of (Jermany. After that he may propose some modifications of existing laws. Bisncip Ryan's opinion that there should be no St. Patrick parade St.

Louis this yeai and his suggestion tbat the money Usually squandered in this sort of nonsense should be wit to the starving people of Ireland ought to settlo the business. Hon. Fp.ei. IIassauukk, editor of the treat German organ of Ohio, the Cincinnati will depart for Europe in March. Sir.

Jlassaurek makes it a point to go to Europe on the eve of a Presidential nomination of late years. Why is this thus? i HAN'T shows up welt among the negroes of the South, but Judge Mukey says that the white Republicans who manipulate convention are all or Sherman. Conover presumes Hat Florida will a solid Grant delegation to Chicago. It must be borne in mind that Couoier holds a little Treasury appointment under Sherman. A ouoWLKU in one of tbe morning papers fays that the Mapleson opera is a humbug because the management charges a ticket f'r old operas which all lover of inu-ie hav beard.

The growler wants something new. If new operas were announced, the growler would swear that inasmuch as they were new and untried, they couldn't possibly, bo worth More than 7" cents. Hois the Champion Infidel, lectured to the lost tribes of the bloodstained cilyed Chicago last night on the life of Torn Paine. The sum ot va- toi-t by this means to be employed in erecting a public monument to Paine in one of the squares of the modern Sodom. Colonel Hob in his lecture touched with great delicacy the infidelity of Pji'iic, but runic out troug on "Wtatriotistn and public services.

It is, perhaps, as a patriot and not as a lecturing infidel that Colonel Ingersoll will prefer to be roitulwred after life's til tit fever is over and the gate-money is all in. Sr. Lot is is about the only city in the land where ex-Fuiou soldiers arc found exercising themselves in behalf of the bill introduced in Congress by the inflationist and demagogue, Weaver, to pay Federal soldiers the difference between greenbacks and gold during their term of service. When the boys remember bow they were robbed by quartermasters and skinned bv sutlers they doubtless feel Jike being revenged, but they should bear in mind that their pit riot ism saved the Union and that the greed which favors tbe Weaver bill now would destroy it. Vast petitions are being rolled into Congress now in behalf of this measure which have lists of forged names attached to them as long as a flag-staff.

Dou Cameron presented a lot of them iu the Senate the other day and expressed the opinion that every signature was a forgery. This is a mtemptible piece of business. Slt'KKTAKY SeuiTKz yesterday decapitated Mr. A. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in a very summary niiiiner.

It has been known for some time that llayt was doomed. Whether rightfully or wrongfully, he has been blamed for all the knavery, incompetency and rascality in the Indian branch of the Interior Department. He went into ollice as the harbinger of a better and purer era in public life. He was one of Mr. Schurz most valuable civil serv ice reformers.

It may be that he has been made a but wo are hot prepared to believe it. The universal testimony around Washington is that Hayt is a ineaa man. The belie is very genera! that his incompetency and knavery' combined are responsible for neatly all cur Indian troubles. If IUyt Las been vicariously sacrificed lie will robably have something to fay about Mr. Schurz, now that he is walkiug out of Washington, like St.

with his head uuder his arm. Mr. Xokhhoff, the veracious Washing-ten correspondent of the Xew York 7AiJ, reiterates the story, upon the authority of a prominent Philadelphia Republican, that before the meeting of the Pennsylvania Re-pubiican Convention next week the name of titant will be peremptorily withdrawn from th Presidential coutest. Ou the Hreugth of this a Washington tpecial to th.i Cincinnati th.it in tbe event that Crant's name is withdrawn Senator Conkling will be a candidate fortbe nomination, and hU friends in New York will see that he secure the delegation from that State, if poysiMc. Mr.

Colliding will not allow- himself to be considered a caudidate as long ai Gen. Crant is spoken of.btit in case tbe letter which is said to have been wiitten by the (icneral to a friend in Philadelphia, declining to be a candidate, Is produced, Mr. Conk-ling' friends will commence an active canvass for him. The Senator i himself an earnest and active advocate of C.en. (irant'a nomination, and believes It to be the vvhevt course that culd be pursued by the liepublican parr ty but in case Gen.

Grant forbids his ricud to keep him before tbe public as a candidate, Mr- Coukliug ill not decline to enter tbe AMUSEMENTS. Grand Italian Opera. Flotow's "Marta" was the programme last evening at the Olympic, aud the reputation of the Mapleson Company for its ensemble was fully sustained. The chorus and orchestra were as worthy of praise as ever. Brignoli, who essayed Liouetlo, was a surprise and treat for all concerned.

His splendid manipulation and artistic use of his well-worn voie-e were simply superb, and bis skill in avoiding the rocks that might shipwreck him was wonderful. He gained several deserved encores. Del Puente, as Flunketto, was in fine voice and sang aud acted most splendidly. Of Cary as Xancy, we can oulv say that she was Cary, and that is praise sufficient. The new prima donna, Mile.

Alwina Valeria, whofmade her first Ikw to a St. Louis public, created a most favorable impression. She is not a great singer; her voice is neither of large volume nor of extensive compass, but the organ is sweet and synipathe'b', and her musical' abilities were shown in every phase. Her medium tones are of beautiful timbre; the higher tones lack vigor, an-i the lower tones sound worn and weak. There is not hi us stirring in Mile.

Tal'eii-i's performance, but while her method is geod aud her execution, with the exception of the trill, very fair, her ae ing is spirited and not con-v 1 1 1 i a 1 To ii ii ci a i La iii ri oo with the following cast: Kdgardo Kr.rieo Aston. I I.nH.-i Signor Ciinpaniiii Si-rnpr ciiilas-t Signer Monti Mi. II Lsiatl M.l;. Marie Murimon To-morrow matinee "Aida" ill be repeated. Notes.

The business at the Theatre Comique this week is good and increasing Eight 1 v. The Clipper uariette is applauded liberally at every ap iearane. At Pope's to-night for his benefit, Mr. llindmaim will appear as Hainl t. Tomorrow matinee last appearance of Haml-mann ia English, "The Lady of Maggie Mitchell will appear at the Grand Opera-house to-night in "The Pearl of supported by Mr.

Win. Harris and specially selected company. To-morrow aiaiim-e "Fauchoii. Th MeCullough Dramatic Club v.iii give a performance at Pone's oa Saturday evening for the benefit of the Street Hoys' 1 1 Sine The laughable travesty of "Hamlet Itevauipid" is announced. The performance vviil be quite a society event.

Theodore Tilt on will deliverhis famous lecture "Heart's Ed.se" on Sunday evening at the Grand Opera-house. In Chicago persons listened to this, lecture. 31r. Tiltou is a line lecturer, and the mere announcement of his coming vviil draw a largo audience. Operettas.

Alwina Valeria is a IJnltiniore girl. Maggie Mitchell drew a larger audience than "Marta." Mr. Mrs. Charles Mapleson were at the opera la-t evening. I.t'st night the attraction at the opera was two Amcri-au prima donnas.

Campanie.i is said to give Col. Mapleson mire trouble than all the othc- male artists of ihe company put together. Mile. Marinion and Campautui leave te-morrow evening for Ciiiciunaii, where thev sing on Monday evening. The remainder of the company take a special tratu ou Sunday night after the concert.

Another ground complaint against the Mapleson opera is that- three dollars is too high a price to pay for the; privilege of witnessing a performance. Well, if you want a $2 or a s-1 o') opera, with ail orchestra of sixteen and a chorus of twentv and neith well drilled S'2 is enough to pay. if you want grand opera with pcifect e. liable and niise cu scene, with the best male artists, and not an opera with one stir, vou can't get it for less thaa s.J. Tn Xew York the subscription price was and the single nights here it is t.

Grind opera is given nowhere at a cheaper price. We will wager that if auy impresario brings over Patli or Xtls.son he will raise ihe tickets to so. Let there be mtt hod injyour uiadarss, messieurs les critiques. Coriplatnt.s are now rife in ttft English and German papers that the poor patro" of the Mapleson troupe is caused by the oldaess. of the repertoire.

Whi'e there'may be a of truth therein that doss not account for the fact. It is certainly to be regretted that "Diuorab," "Star of the North" and other works vcre not given, but it is nevertheless a fsct that the operas are the best attended. For example, "The Daughter of the on Wednesday, bad the poorest house of ihe week, and yet that was the only novelty offered; it has not been civen in St. Louis in its entirely for nearly a score of years. Again the stra-kosch company Puritani," which had noi been heard here for a number ot years, and it was by long odd the best performance Strakoscb gave, and yet he had the smallest audience "of the season.

How do you account for that, messieurs 1j-s critiques? COMIESSED TE LEG II. VMS. Secretary Schuj-z removed from oflice Indian Commissioner Hayt, Thursday. The Republican State Convention of Virginia, for tiie election of delegites to the National Convention, will be held April 21. The Sanders House, Plattsmouth, together with several either business buildings iu the vieinitv, burned Thursday Loss; It is rumored in New York that a Russian transport vesse with troops aboard has been lost iu the Caspian Sea and mot if not all the soldiers perished.

A man named Xeal, a merchant jn Coleman county, Texas, while on his way to S. Louis to purchase goods, was met bv two robbers, near Comanche, and robbed of Col. Xelson Trussler, United States Pros-ecutiug Attorney, at Indianoplis, fell dead in the Grand nera-house at that city, Thursday evening. The of his death was heart disease. Robert O.

lngersoll lectured on 'Thomas Paine, His Life and Servieres to His Country," at Thursday evening. The tiroceeds of the lecture, which are to be applied lo a monument to Paine, were atout. l.ooo. Minnie Jlorton. Minnie Mortou was raked In by the cfiicicnt police at the mystic hour of a.m.

to-day for having in her possession two coats for hich she failed to account satisfactorily. Just where this important an est as made does not appear, but tbe culprit was carried to tbe Central Station, where she now langui-bes. IT can almost bs assertel that St. Jacobs O.I works wonders. Shortly before the Xew lear, when I vi-ltetj my family in Mitchell, I ton ml my son K'lwttrd.

a lad little more than ten years old, very sick. He suffered ith Ufer.u-inatt.-m. and so terribly that he was perfectly stiff in his limbs, could not ro-jsibiy walk, and bad to be carried Irom nlnee to place. At once I sent for some St. Jacobs Oil, used it accord -Ing to directions, and iu a few day could see evidence ot considerable improvement.

tne tenth of this month I again vi-ited my lam-ily and was astonished to fiud hi-n ell and hearty. He ouce mote has fresh color in hi face aal can go to school again. Whenever the old trouble threatens to-return, relief Immediately securtd by tbe use of the celebrated St. Jacobs Oil. From sheer Joy over this result I can not wlthnold recouimeudiug m.

Jacobs Oil to so flerinj humanity as a true benefactor. CnvBtrs McTznoitr. Office ot the Voiksrreuna. Ceruian paper ol Stratford, Ben TJiti kkw okth, the green cheese member of Congress from oue of the Cincinnati districts, has struck upon a plan of advertising himself which beats garden seeds all hollow. Recently he saw in tbe newpauers the account of the heroic conduct of a small boy at Columbus, Indiana, ho saved the life of a drowning neighbor boy.

It. It. sat down and wrote the young hero a gushing, silly-billy, sloppy, namby-pamby, goody-goody letter, containing all sorts of noble sentiments and good advice, and winding up with a request for the young man to open up correspondence, and containing a to send him for one year some weekly periodical full of nice stories about good boys and Sunday-school scholars. "Your noble bearing." Ben, "iu behalf of a neighbor boy has won you a friend, who, though a stranger to you, will cheerfully do what he can to aid you in attaining to excellence in life." of course this letter is publi-hed in the Cincinnati papers, and now all the venerable, bald-beaded fathers iu the First District are snving "How good! How noble!" I'pon thi.s letter alone liuttcrworth wil he returned to Congress without the use of a solitary garden seed or a Pub. 1 KXT I jl A Whether liraul will be nominated or not will be practically decided next Wednesday 1 l-irri-liiir l-i If the Pepublicau Convention of that State, in spite of every effort of the Cameron machine, refuses to send a Grant dele gallon to Chicago, but elects a majority of Fdaiue delegates, Grant's third term possibilities are virtually as much at an end as iu 1S7, when it WTs that a similar Hrpublican State Convention of IVurisj Ivauia with its anti-third term platform called forth Cranl's' famous letter in which, so to speak, he declined the third term.

The whole scheme of a third term originated with, was pushed and promoted by, and depended upon the success of the Cameron machine of Pennsylvania. Xew York and Pennsylvania send l-s votes to the Xational Convention. Two men Conkling and Cameron control these two delegations absolutely, it was thought. l'hese lS votes, toeetber with tbe "solid South," would have alone secured Grant's nomination. The Pennsylvania convention was called by Cameron so early for no other purpose than to give Grant a grand boom, liut as it now appears most likely, the dele gation vviil not only not be instructed for Grant, but have a controlling majority of ae tive, avowed and uneompromisiDg Klainc men.

This, with the great strength that lilaine Las in the extreme Xorth and XorthwcM, will not only dispose of Grant, but make lilaine agaiu as formid able as iu when even against the most unparalleled opposition he came within a hair's breadth of obtaining the llcpublican nomination. lilaine seems to-day to be the coining man of the Kepublicans. (iraut is out of the race as soon as tbe collapse in Pennsylvania becomes a tixed fact. Sherman will have little strength outside of Ohio, Massachusetts aud some Southern carpet-bag delegations, mid no chance whatever of obtaining the nomination. From a partisan standpoint, it is very much to be regretted that Grant will not be nominated.

His defeat at the polls would have been overwhelming. Still Iil tine, with his black record of veuality, and his identity with all corporations, monopolies, protected aud priv ileged classes, would be so conspicuously a representative of the money power and tne corrupting interests that seek to control tbe Government that his election by the people is hardly possible if the Democrats act with any wisdom at ail. lilaine nomination will, in the end, prove to be a better thmi for the Democrats than the rERSOXAL. W. II.

anderbilt Rives emi Oe men considerably more i 27-, toe entire American army. Mr. Clurkson X. Potter and his eldest daughter sailed last Tuesday for Europe on the Cuuard steamship Gallia. The force of habit is strong on a man's breath.

Pan nice always bites a elovo after taking a glass of Heltier with boon companions who haw not own converted. From the unerring inaccuracy ith which Majors IStiike and IIettt-sv fired at each other near New Orleans Wednesday, it is evident that their proper sphere is the Chicago Archery Club. P.en Iloau, a notorious sambler and keeper ot dance-lioiiMc-a, has Neu con veiled, and is now lioiding a revival meeting- at Oil City. As lout; as the lamp nolds out to burn the vilest sinner may turn over a new leaf. Senator-elect of Louisiana, can serve out his present term in the House of liepreKentatives, pet elected and aerve out another full term before he takes bis seat lathe Senate.

Hope deterred may make Sir. liibsoa Uk. Ixml Napier of MatfdaJ id shortly attain the age ot seventy. Kepoi has it that he is to be abowed to rtiuaia uu the active list as Governor ot Gibraltar uutil October, 1SS2, aid that on returning finally to England be ill receive a field Uirlial' baton. Henry L.

Clinton, the principal counsel for W. II. Vanderbilt in the Vanderbilt will case. Ills Opinion of Sfhiirz He Would Not Accept the Indian oiniiiissioner-stilp. The report published this morning that Secretary Schurz had lciuovetl Indian Commissioner Hayt prompted an interview with Iistniasier Sam Hays upon the subject.

Mr. Hays met the reporter with a knowing smile which seemed to say. "You are welcome; I know what you want. The object of the isit va briefly explained, and to the Postmaster tins question vv: put: "Have you any objection, to saying what foundation there? is for the report tnat you ha been offered the place of Iudiau "1 hay never been offered ti position. The subject lri never been referred lo me, iu that cotnieotiou, by any one in control of its affaiis." "You tvre on e'onlidenti illy friendly terms with Secret.

irv Schurz. are you not;" "Oh, 1 suppose he friendly towards nn as I do lowaiiN him. 1 do not agree with s-mie of I. is view, nor he wiMi of mine, i regard as both honest and aide, though sometimes mistaken like the of u. His political eiieiiii's freely accord lii'-'i this com 'To-irak of him some! imt-s being mi-taken, to vv ut do joii "Well, nov; tbat is a verybnud question, but I nny it iu part by saving that he has theories with regard to the civil service vvbic'i in tiie future M.iv indeed lilllst be realized, but Wb'ch CUlllot be successfully appiie-d jut yet.

hey must be heartily and aggressively, not merely senii-meulaifv, sustained by public sentiment. In assuming an ultra position on that or any other question a man is shorn of the influence h' might otherwise have in right direction. "Don't you think the Administration has -e iticouMstcul at times iu civii service NT ll, you know of anybody, saint or sinner, that has not en in theory or pi actioe. Of eouie the Administration has beeu coii-i-teiit ut times. Au old saint once said that nobodv ever got to heaven except by a zig-zag course.

I tin jroppriil drift of this administration has been iu the right direction. I am sure there has never beeu so little interference in active politics on the part of Federal ollicials. Mr. llav confessed that the Indian Depai tmeut had its weakness and there was much room for reformation. "Hut," inquired the reporter, "do you expect to take part in the needed ref "If you refer lo my appointment a Indian Commissioner I positively gie you a negative-answer.

I have no reason for "believing the pos iii ill be tendere ine, and if it was I should e-eitaiuly tleeliue How Henry Ilrowu Freed His Mind. Ttie Uev. I on Gale, a colored geutleuian who is pastor of a llin-k that feed- upon the green pasture's along the levee, came up this morning before Judge with a pitiful story of indigni'y and wrong. He had been "pasted in the mouth by a low Town sieamhofit nigga'i. wid de name of Iirovvu Henry Iirown, sail." hat have Volt got to say for yourself ueried ni Honor sternly.

"Well," said Henry, standing unc.is.ily and turning his hat round and round iu Lis hands, sec dish yar gen'ini'n, was a pl.tiiii die vviiii a creen young niggali from Fivin Village that he was a-skinuiu" and a-scalpin scandalous, to" iK'tin I was upon a skid pile and vvatchin' th preacher a-goin' for the countryman, till binieby the rooster bet tive chips a.id turned tip a "-iv, and the passim he kivered them and threw an ace, nnd claimed the chips. In to '-e the kid kicked, but the passu o. wouldn't gi'm his liM-ics, and so I dis up and freed my mind to tlat onerv cuss (Ur, in de co'se ol" which I etiught him one in de jaw and dat's d-j tiod's truf, vo' lionnah." "T.venly dollars, Henry, my bov. This thing of our puititig yourself in the place of the Constitution of the Cuind and the laws of I lie Male of have to be slopped. Iliuixr IVqie's Theater Saturday night.

J1U1I aids. The lirst game of billiards of the sc ries to be played in this city between Scliacferaml Daly against Sexton and Gallagher took place last evening at St. George's Hall. The game of points was wou by the lirst named in fourteen inning, their adversaries' score standing ITS. During the game Schaefer made a ruu of 410 poiuts, making some fine shots and eliciting the hearty applause of tbe audience assembled to itness the contest.

The audience attracted by the entertainment vv Urge in uumbers, aud included a number of ladies. 1 his evening two game will played, the first UH points, chaiupiou'a game, and the second 1 points, cushion caroms. Schaefer and Oallagher p'ay together against Sexton aud Daly. At the conclusion of the game, a uuuiber fancy shots will be made. The ad-niion is fifty cents.

A bite from a rattlesnake is sometimes not more dangerous than a severe Cough or Cold. A weil merited reputation baa Ur. Hull's Cough Syrup, and this remedy is sold by all di ugUis. Price 2 5 cents. The Work of Watering Cart About half past niue o'clock yeslei day-morning Henry Ueiehman attempted to jump upon a passing sprinkling wagon, on Manchester Iload near Grand avenue, but missed bH step and fell beneath the wheel, one of them pasin over his stomach and afterward over his right leg, breaking it.

Oilieer Weig-man at once took charge of the wounded man, whom he put in a wagon and took to his father's house, 110 Hankin avenue. Dr. Creiner pronounces bis condition very precarious. II wit i Itev amped Pope's Theater Satur-t'ay niht. "Mr.

MarchbanV. Mrs. Marcbbank left last night for Jefferson City, where she will seo the (iorernor in behalf of her husband, now doing good service to the State at the city rock-pile for his connection with the unfortunate Mrs. March. A number of gentlemen about the Four Courts have given her letters to Col.

U. M. Yost, the Governor's private secretary, and she will preaa her suit by every means in her power to secure tbe release ot her huband. IUwLrT luvamrcd X'ope'a. Theater Saturday night.

Light tan is the newest shade in ladies' kit gloves. Iridescent or rainbow beads entirely cover the crown of some bonnets. Pearl beads abound on white lace and embroidered silk baud for dress garniture. Turtjuoises set in red gold are favoriio stones for rings, bracelets, pendants ami IL like. Match-safe, paper-knives and book-racks carved from box ood are pretty and inexpensive.

The bow and arrow is a very graceful model of the popular lace pin. A large diamond is sometimes set in the middle of the pin. Trailing sprays of white pond lilies resting on dark green elo.sy leaves furnish a beautiful artificial adornment for evening toilets. Mrs. Julia Atzeroth, of Florida, is officially said to be the person who ha successfully grown coffee in the open air iu this country.

Large purp" violets and half-blrow blu-h roses, edged with graceful sj rays of smtlax, form a pleasing combination for rouud hand bouquets. French crape abounding in charming landscapes and groups of figures in hriiliat.t French colorings, is a very attractive material for screens. Fichus mmirnir? consist of hite muii centers edged on both sides with verv fine pleatiugs of cxepe lisse and secured in front by a black ribbon bow. A blue satin cover for a hisk broom, eru-bi liished with the owner's monogram embroidered in colored silk, is one of the new device. iu fancy articles.

Richter is credited with saving that women marked irregular noses signify fsr more talent "than with men, and except In the case a few beauty must alwavs sacrific" something to A Dresden china wall-pocket is composed in the waiiuUiio: of three fans; oue -iuy tloed and wiin handle pointing uowrd form the back, tbe other wo, ovi -rhjpi. ca other, tbe front and lde. Hie dove, in various shade of goKt, is favorite design jn jnwelrv. Properly mounted and bearing a diamond 1 ranch, it funu an ornament for the hair, or. with a single diamond susendej from it bill, lecoine a beautiful car-drop.

A prettv embroidery pattern for the is-utT of a cushion or table-cover of pink or blue trk is in imitation of a pointed L'Ui-Lue. -The Cround vviM'k is of giay or lead color sod decoration a vine aud flower. A h-indoiii initial or uiouograiu tills tLe vviin.n tie-" Ir youdo not wawt gray hair, use Hall' Vegetable tsicitian Uair Keuew rr, whivn win not stain the sktue evil lneu..