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THE GALVESTON DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28,1381. STATE ITEMS moil VARIOUS POINTS. Lore from Lovelady. TO Tire LOVEI-ADY, December cotton sea- iron at this place has virtually closed. Shipments to date, 2300 bales--which is scarcely a third of a crop.

Farmers and merchants, liOTvever, nre not discouraged, and are making active preparations for the ensuing The young people here aro having a merry time. Lost night a most enjoyable social wait held at the residence of J. P. Green, and Mr. Green and bis estimable consort proved them- to be the beat of To-night a grand boll is being held in'the Knightn of Honor hall, aud several other social entertainments are on the tapis.

Mr. G. V. iangum will shortly sever his connection with the firm of Nolms Mciicer to enter one of the best medical institutes in the country. Hies Laurie Stable, an accomplished young lady from Crestline, in vlaitlug her hro- tbtr, E.

S. Stable, agent of the International and Great Northern railway at this place. A large number of our 'citizens are preparing to attend tho Now Orleans exposition, A majority of them will go In February, and will go from New Orleans to Washington, to attend the inauguration. The ITnlu Suffering. rSPECIAX.

TO TUB NEW3.1 CUEHO, December Grain ball, last was one of rare success, although the was on imped lent. Caere's fairest ladies and most valant gents did honor tojiheir townsman by turning out en masse in beauty and splendor. Two or three crop failures in succession may and do affect the business of the town, aud, in fact, all others, from the smallest hamlet to the greatest metropolis; but when it comes to petting up anything in the way of pleasure Cuero is not to be surpassed, business or no business. It is not for the mighty dollr alone Cnero people live. The weather for the post week has been disagreeable in the extreme.

It is raining- at present with oold northerly winds. Stock are suffering some and dying in some localities whero grass and water have- been scarce. Caairovllle. TO THI CASTBOVXLLB, December removal of the county seat to Hondo city is being agitated. A petition to the county judge to order the election already has many signers.

Hondo city being near the center of the county, it "will require but a bare majority to remove it, and spirited contest will likely ea- sue if brought to a vote. Marshal Gosling treated his many friends here to a Christmas egg-nog, which was highly enjoyed by all present. If the president elect adopts tbe liberal policy of nutkiug appointments with the object of securing competent officers, and not of rewarding zealous politicians, Gcsling's chances forreappolntment are good, for his great and widespead popularity with men of all parties vouchsafes his strict integrity and non-partisan discharge of duty. XiulLng, rSFKGXAVTO THB NEWS.) LiTJKO, December in was unusually quiet. There was a flue Christmas-tree at the Baptist church, and the little folks of the Methodist church were at the residence of C.

B. Collins, where a nice supper was spread, which the little ones enjoyed The weather has bea cold and disagreeable, keeping many indoors, and preventing a largo attendance at the different places of amusement. Invitations are out for the ninth anniversary ball to be given by Luling Hook and Ladder company No. 1. The coruaiittee of arrangements, E'dloff, Finfcelstein, Robinson.

and determined to tfcie this the grandest affair of the season. Trede is dull, with no prospect in tbe near future for improvement. Staermau. TO THB Nrws. I FHKBM.AN, December fell lost nighc and froze as it fell.

This morning the ground TVBS covered "with a thick coating of ice, rendering travel dangerous. Seveial accidents are chronicled, but none serious. la the evening the weather raodeiated and now mud and slush prevail. Judge Maltbie, from some unknown cause, failed to put in an appearance to-day to dis- of tbe motion for a new trial in the Lewis Wilson outrage case. It will probably be disposed of Monday.

Jentm ilufiiiiRH. TO THJC NEWS.I December A. Sharpej for some time post agent of tbe Missouri pacific railway company, hss resigned ou account of the ill bealth of his to tho repret his many friend hereabout. W. S.

Center, formerly apent for the same company at Dodge, succeeds Mr. Bhurpe here. Christmas day passed quietly and mostly at bonae, owing to the extreme ly severe weather. An intertttinnjent given in the evening at toe scbooi-bouee was largely attended and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by ail present. which be has performed his duties.

The Christmas tree ceremonies were very impress-' ively opened with prayer and and were closed by the tripping of the "light fantastic. 1 WASHINGTON ZVOTE8. Lot hlDg Out for a Filibustering Expedition. "WASHINGTON, December secretary of the treasury received a communication from the collector of customs at New Orleans, Baying lie bad been informed by the Spanish consul that one Gomoz recently left the city for some point on the gulf coast with tbe view, fit is believed, of getting out a filibustering expedition to Cuba, to be conveyed by the iichoonerPbooDix. The collector says he has notified collectors of gulf ports with a view of intercepting the proposed expedition.

The fiecrttary ot state cos been furnished a copy of tho letter. The Appropriation BUI. December Chandler has in preparatiDn a circular to the heads of bureaus instructing them in the matter of fiscal responsibility of the department nfter Slst Jnstent, beyond which date the current appropriations for the naval service will not extend. If Congress acts at once upon reassembling no embarrassments will result from the failure to make appropriations iu advance. If there should be a daad lock of considerable length, -the navy continue to serve for various useful, purposes, though It will be at Inconvenience, and the pay of the navy will go 02.

Contracts may be entered into for the continuance of work which nas already -begun under lormer appropriations, and supolies may be for al) those purposes the- department will merely give certificates instead of and sailors, officers or contractors -will become creditors of the government. In cases cf emergency tha da- jmrtment may accept the service of Individuals or private vessels, but can not hire or contract for such services. The prospect for an early reconciliation of the differences between the House and Senate is not good. Incidental expressions by members of the house committee indicate Jfaat their purpose is not to confer -with the Senate upon either of the three, emended Hand all has sent Secretary Chandler a copy of the thirty-one days bm as amended by the Senate so as to providb for sir mouths, with a letter asking If the amount therein provided will be sufficient for the department during the remainder of the fiscal year. There can be llttlo doubt that tha secretary will declare the amounts named for some bureaus as ii'BDfuclent, which fact may ba used in justification of the position of the House in refusing as enfc to the Senate amendments.

Should tbe point ba made that the amounts proposed ere too low, the senate committee will meet it by showing that the disputed measure in tho house- bill was prepared last session upon the basts of tha estimate, and was only objected to because the Senate, by its amendments, had ma3e the appropriation tod The senators will, moreover, urge that they are not wedded to the amounts of either pending bills, but are willing to ad just them in con- Thechief point now raade.oa part of the Senate is that the passage of appropriation bills not.based upon recent estimates is on evil, which can be justified only by much graver emergencies than arsw exist. Tho of tho JLata Minister Rodney. "WASHINGTON, December secretary of state received a communication from Thos. borne, United States minister afc Buenoa Ajres, concerning the removal of the remains of Augustus Ctt'snr Rodney, United States minister, who died in that city in 1834. Mr.

Onborne says that while iu process of removing the bodits of the dead from the old Protestant cemetery at Ay res to tbe new one the xemafns were found, and he took charjre of and' has them deposited in a vault in the cemetery pending iheir future interment. After couoselinfr with Bofcer and the most prominent American citizens of Buenos Ayres, 1 thought best to purchase a lot in tho nw cemetery aud remove tbe handsome monument donated by tho Argentine government at the time of his death ard place it over the remains. Internal llcvrnue "WASHINGTON, collections of internal revenue during tbe first five uioutj of the fiscal year were as follows: On spirits, tobacco, fermented liquors, miscellaneous sources, $141,263. Total, 547,323,190, against 1.317,- 92i collected during the same period of tlie previous fiscal a desrease of Tfcere was a decrease of $3,542,939 on spirits, on tobacco and $199,170 on miscella- ceous articles. The only increase was on fermented liquors, which, amounted to The aggregate receipts for the mouth of November were less than the same month last year.

Cblncie "WASHINGTON, secretary of the treasury sent'a telegram to the collector of customs at San Francisco in reference to Chinese immigrants. The following Is a copy: Section article 84, applies only to Chinese merchants coming for the first time to tbe United States. Chinese merchants, former residents of the United States, may be admitted, en any satisfactory proof of such, facts by ceitificate or otherwise. IVews from' Corcn. WASHINGTON, December secretary of Ihe navy to-day received a'cable message from Rear Admiral Davis, commanding tbe Asiatic station, dated Nagasaki, December 23, scyinp: Trenton returned to Nagasaki to reach the brain before a year more.

There was only one case of a similar kind mentioned in tbe books. Will Attend the padloatloit Cerenaonlen. FBEDRIOXBBTTRG, December Fredrlcksburg lodge, Hasouic fraternity, will attend dedication of monument at the national capital. Waahiugtxm was a member of this lodge. OUR 0EAEVOLBNT UNCLES, TO NEWS.I December Rov.

E. C. Gfllenwaters, one of i our aldermen, was buried to-day. Christmas passed pleasantly. No disturbances have been reported.

The poor were remembered better then ever before. Dr. M. K. Patterson, ouo of our beat citizens, is lying at the point of death witd.

pneumonia, He can not live, it is said, till morning. MllBHO. TO Tar NKW? MILAXO, December 27. Owing to depression of business, Christmas was unusually dulL A prominent store was headquarcers for the cbi drea admiring the large stock of Christmas prestnts. It was learned with regret to-day that Mr.

J. B. Le Texas express agent, has tendered his resignation, and is fully determined to seek other from Coreaj where admiral left affairs 1'cracmi are Bupponed to FjH.eco DIailu VltMlnu. fCblcaRO- You newspaper men make, a great mistake in writitig.ns up," said a clerk In one of the Clark street pawnshops to theHerold reporter. "You treat us all alike, while iu fact every pawnbroker has different experiences to relate.

In calling us money-sharks, for. instance, you overlook the fact tbat ot the business ot tbat particular doss is done real estate and mortgage men, who advertise thai they have stuns from $15 to $3000 to loan on collaterals of almostany kind. They pay no license, but they skin their customers alive, while we can only take what the law allows us, and are compelled to give up goods which prove to hove been stolen without any consideration. Of -course, we have occasional chances of taking advantage of a customer, it we would risk a good Deputation and a Meady business for a momentary big haul. Foi- instance, a halt-tipsy fellow cornea in wlih a $100 watch and wants only a spree.

He is not particular to get a ticket, or even refuses it, thus himself ot every bit of evidence tbatt "he -did business with OB. He finishes bia 'carouse, and in nine cases out of ten be does remember where he left his watch. Ho go from shop to ehop aud Inquire -where bit left tbat article, having perhaps no't the fointotit recotluction of the locality. can not swear to thdjideuticy of the pawnbroker; be has no evidence of the transaction, and if we mean to cheatihim we have tbe amplest opportunity. In another case, a valuable article is left Cor but, small consideration, a.

ticket is given and a. correct entry xnede. The thirty days limit mentioned en the ticket expires vrithoat ti renewal: of tbe pledge. On tbe thirtty-flrst or thirty-second day tbe customer comes to, "What Is he going to do it if we tell him that.the pledge having become due, we cold it for just the money auddtiterest Invest eel? He has no claim on us under tbe law. Of coarse; a decent pawnbroker will give that man bis pledge upon the payment of the additional interest.

There aro similar complications of which no decent dealer would take advantage, but still papers, coatinue to hold us all up to public scorn because there ore some pawnbrokers who act like. SHjlocics. Are there not many merchants whp. drive I Bargains as enarp as tbat Venetian moneylender, and would it be right to stigmatize merchants as a class on tbat Money is but a marketable commodity nowadays. Those who want in on our terms are welcome to it, and.those who do not want to accept onr terms have no right'to growl.

you never say a good -word about the risks we run." "Biskst" ejaculated tha reporter. "I thought that your rules were of such an irou- clad order that you could not lose a cent" "That is the general impression, 1 was tbe reply, "but it is not correct. There are plen-, ty of crooks who work' ibe pawnshops. Tne collusion gome is on old one, but it is still very il'ectivej, provided the perpetrators ara not inoTintous, or to the police. There are two in the game---one who owns the articles, mostly very valuable ones, and tbe other wbo soaks them.

The careful bargain made, perhaps several hundred dollars tire advanced, and a day or two later the owner comes around witb a detective, proves ownership so completely that" there is no way out of it, aud we bave to give up tho goods without charge. It is tine, this game cau be played.but once in the eauie time and place by the same parties, but it pays them well enough to travel around the couuiry in great. s.tyle. There ia rarely a week that one or tbe other of ua is Ly these sharpers." 1 hen yon mean to say that tho are special objects'for a ctirtuiu clai of crocks? asked tbe reporter. "Decidedly so.

-Quito recently traveled through the larger cities with a of gold-dust to dispose of. Ho ha-i tlie uuaiLi- tfikable of a miaer, -knew the dictionary of slang poivailing in. the mining and had a very story to tell of being, on a pleasure 'trip, hiving a big jamboree, and of having spent all available cash. The was sub-, jected ttj tbe most explicit tests, and proved to be all right, but the question ol 1 the price came up the alleged miner. kicked.

He would finally place. tlie bag back intb bU pocket and walk to the door as. if to leave. Then he would return, throw tbe bag on the counter with an oath, telling the 'pawnbrokers to shell out the cash, and leave as be got It is needless to say that the bag thrown on the counter was to all oat- ward appearance like that shown at first, bat it contained brass flings instead of gold dust. Of course, if tho pawnbroker attempted to make a second test the bag with the genuine gold would be substituted by.

some clever trick. Jf that wos.itnpossible tho game was up, and if nothing was gained by the swindler be did not lose anything. However, be.took in quite a number of pawa- broters, and must bave realized handsomely en bis act. The gold brick swindle, by which Lesser Was taken in somo years ago, 27. Xho Methodist and Baptist Sabbath schools had fine Christmas treat last night, but owing to the extreme cold weather the attendance was Email.

Considerable excitement prevails in town, Fiiperiiiduwd by the Christmas dram. Business is lively and the weather very cold. Mmrlin. rSpiciAL TO Tax ITews-l MARLJS, December Christmas passed off quietly. Tho dance the hospitable residence of Mr.

L. B. ton was well attended Ifct night. St-vera! of our boys attended the leap-year ar.d masquerade hall at Calrert last night. ISPECUJ.

TO Tat NKWR.I "WEATEEKFORD, December 27. A social dance was given by Mr. Jesae Hittson, last evening. A pleasant tune is reported by those in attendance. Ihe weather has -moderated to some extent.

quiet, and leports that the Japanese are the foreigners immurcd in country. Authorized to Begin "WASHINGTON, December 37, The comptroller ot currency has authorized the Union. National bank of Chicago, to begin business. Its capital is il.OOO.OOO. BI7811VB88 TROUBLES.

Attachment Run at Dallaa. TO THE Nsws.1 DAXXAS, December An attachment was run in the District Conrt to-day by Betterton, Jxrine wholesale liquor dealers, against T. H. llcDnffin of Kills, for $2301. for Attachment Entered.

ISPKCTAI, TO THB DALLAS, In the County Court: a suit for attachment in the sum of $200 was entered by Schneider Davis against T. W. Tncner, of Kaufman. A Bridge-building firm Amilgu. BT.

LOTOS. December 27. Henry B. Hopkins bridge-builders, made an assignment today. Assets estimated at liabilities unknown.

The firm is composed of Henry 8. Hopkins, Wflliain and William F. Hopkins. yon know The Weatber at Whitney, TO THE WIJITKET, December weather has been very cold; sleeting, Kuowiog; and raining. How At 'Bmory.

iBPECIAL TO THK NEWIJ.3 EMORY, Deceml-er SZ--Chriatnias here has passed quietly to far. Neither Bros nor fights occurred and only ft lew casts of drunfc and down." The efficient sheriff luis giardBd the people nnd the people's interest, aud deaerres much credit, it is stated, for the manner ia Brldge-bntliiera ST. LOTJisi December Henry S. Hopkins bridge-buildera, 'made an assignment to-day. Their assets are estimated at 388,000: liabilities unknown.

The ffrm wai composed of Henry S. Hopkins, William HcColley and Wm. F. Hopkins. Opdyke Hcbedulefl.

NEW YORK, December 87. The schedules of Messrs. Opdyke filed by William Peet, assignee, show debts of nominal assets, actual assets, (236,000. A. Remarkable Cue of Btood-foiionlng.

NEW YORK, December 27. Dr. George H. Atkinson, one 'of the- leading physicians of Brooklyn, is lying at the point of.death. The diseaEO from which 'he is suffering, and from irhich there is not the slightest hope of recovery, is blood-poisoning, contracted while attending a private patient in August last.

Tbe patient was the victim of aniufe'ctious disease, and a painful operation became necessary. Ether was administered, and while 'the patient -was undeir the knife be scratched tbe first joint ol the middle finger of the doctor's right hand with his nails, dra-wing blood. The wound at first was apparently insigniiicant, but toward the ond of Kovem'ber the doctor began to suffer greatly. Two weeks ago rignt side became his miad began to wander; and next, day only the leffr hattd could be moved. -Since then he has been under tbe constant care of half a dozen of the most distinguished doctors of the country.

Dr. Fierce' said last night that the patient's pulse reached 160 and the end was not far off. The case is considered to be the most remarkale that ever came to the knowledge of the attending physicians, as poison is not expected Tbat trick will bear a description, because it comes to light still in various parts of the world, and the details have likely.escapad.tha memory of', the general reader. The clever swindle has all the chances ofr.being* successful -with a certain class of dealors, because it involves a speculation upon It requires at least two operators. Mostly cbree.of them are engaged in the execution it.

They make a careful survey of tbe in the town where they operate, aid, having found the proper man, they' oegin.to study thoroughly his manipulations and also the interior, arrangements of the place. The small vial containing the nitric acid for the tests is a special subject of their attention, because it is iiec- essary for 'the successful workings of the scheme tp secure an, exact counterpart of it TTbat being the negotiations opahed with the pawnbroker. a rule, he is told tbe, cold brick, to of is -the 'product -of a great stage rob.pery in the. West, the gold captured haying be'en melted. The greatest secrecy is enjoined, request.

is naturally complied with- bv the who expects to realizo handsomely 'on the At. the final interview the business" is managed so adroitly that eVeu the ia -hoodwinked. Every time he makes a frat on borings from the spurious gold Jbrick-a vial containing water is substituted for that in which the scid is. Should the pawnbroker evtace a desire to. test tbe strength of bis-acid, as he is very apt to do when abouC.to^nter.upon so large a speculation, and especially with people who profess to have, come by their pro- pei-ty dishonestly, then the acid bottle must D3 restored, and for a like reason it would never do to meddle with acid.

In the Lessir Friedbers: case this, operation of changing the vials -was gone through and every time with such- consummate skill that the wily pawnbroker knew not that he ha.d been swindled until after he had paid 450CO for a lump of brass whose alloy was of. 'such a nature as to make it complotely- resemble gold. If. Friedberg had known ho to make a scientific test by calculating. displacement of water 'made by r-'the metal and compare it.

with the. displacement made by genuine gold he could not -have been victimized. But pawnbrokers 'do usually hoest of the possession of scientific knowledge. gold brick swindle originated ouithe. outskirts of civilization.

thieves akin to them, planned, it to deceive tbose who were willing to, -if- not in the habit of, up. stage and train and' in return tbefe'for sharing in the'ir plunder." It rapidly traveled east, and afterhaving been successfully worked in ne.irly everyjjity-or town of importance from tbe Golden Gate to Baltimore, it took a trio on an ocean steamer, a wealthy captain being the mark in this instance, and is now being successfully worked -in and on'tbe continent. -One of "the.gold-bricfc workers --was Chicagoan, the son of a in the -was Imown'to his companions by. iio other name than Watts." His early- religious trailing he never forget; ho matter how wide of and narrow ath" he might and it was is haMt of sfngbog over the hymns of Dr. Wait's, taught him in childhood, that gave him i he sobriquet.

Another worker of the racket" is a' well-known one-armed sporting man of this city, who formerly ranked as-a confidence man. He, or rather of h's friends, owed a grudge to a former captain of police in. New Orleans. The wos known to have love for gold, arid tbay concluded to get even with him by selling him a brick." They did so, bus were caught be. foro they CQula -leave town, and were force I to buy themselves out of jail.

There was ul- ways this charm about the gold brick swindle: It could not be worked honest people, 1C was only some avaricious fallow who was ready and willing to make money by stolen property, -whom it possible to catch. And even thieves delight to plunder snch people; Plaint of tbe A crocodile sot by the river Nile As grumpy as grumpy could bo; he picked fm teetli with a common file He poured out his trouble tome: Oh "why, oh why, can't tlie tourists lioli Let a poor reptile be; But keep pegging away with long-range guns At an innocent chap like xne; Tbat never harmed a Hvfnsr man, Who could nuickly gat awy, And is a moral when forced to be, Throughout the livelong day; oslts nothing but peace anclrest, And a darlc brown buby or 1 find them easier to digest Than missionary, don't the kind fibey send us to Egypt here Are gklno.v aTjd.rtry anrfthln; Ilore bones than meat, Ufcsa desert steer, And tough and dry their tsldn. Thev send them 'round by seas, And season tbeua there for a whH-b; So that the sun-bakes out of 'em all the grease Before they get to the rWe. And cms Is why.l weep bitter tears. And weep them morning and night; For I frankly confess I have my.foars That we are not being treated quite right By the foreign missions In distant lands, Who supply tills prog to us, They might Feud them fresh, at first hands Then I wouldn't raise such a fuss.

Suchwas'the plaint of the crocodile. Just as he made it unto "While be sat by the.hankaof tln river Nile, And I prudently stayed In a jtlee. HOW ACTOito MEMORIZE. Ttielr and Dlttntlvantagai Compared with Opera.BCDgeTa. York Memory, tbe faculty by which ideas are re- in the main reliance of the actors, and the cultivation and use of this faculty by thenxis, to say the least, very sin- gnlar.

The singer in tbe opera, who also depends on memory, has the advantage of tbe actor; for instance, if Adelftba in her rendering of Violetta in La Traviata; should (and the very best arMsts are liable to it) omit a few the tenor fail to roach the high eosily, or the chorus get out of one wave of Sig. Arditi's baton and the ijault is hidden from the audience. Not so dramatic performer. He has to speak- plain Euglish, and there are no bars of music- or anything to bide his imperfections, except he nas the voice of the prompter, whicb iu the of casts only makes his imperteBtions still more prominent. It Is, therefore, interesting to note the different methods' actors adopt to study and retain their Hues.

No man can toll you more about the vagaries '-f memprv-than a. member of tbe sock and buskin. In the first place, there are what are called "quick- or women wbo meicorize a pnrt very quickly--but the very quick study, as a not if 'be has studied -a part very quickly aati played it--if be is called upon ito repeat the same part after au iuterval of a'few- pr.evt'n weeks. He has to resfcudy it as though it was nn entirely new rolo, Tb.en comes tha slow study "--those who have labor at it i-arefully and patiently, wora by word, lineby lii.e, before they can utter the words "crip- pinply on the tongue," but it: is a singular fact: that the "slow study" is, as a rule, the bast actor. The quick study is too sure; ho can gabble out the words with ease; ia short, he: is parrot-like.

Salvini, the great Italian trafl-a- nian, once said ''that nothing so spoiled a dramatic entertainment than 'when the actors appeared to anticipate the dialogue on the is exactly what the "quick study" does. The Blow one is nervous. To memorize the words of bis part has been hard work; with him there is an effort to retain them, and this very effort gives him ore and he acts his character with an impulse, which is, after very essence of the.histrionic art. To commit to memory a long part--say, for instance; Hamlet, and which, next to lago, is tbe longest in the legitimate dxatua--is no easy task. A man playing that character bss" to recall to mind thousands of words --not only-what.

he has tc'say hiaiself, but tbe cues given to'btrn by others, independent of bearing in mind his own advice to the players," of "suitinjj the action to the. the word to tbe action," and tbe special observance tbat follows. actors.have of committing their lines to will keep in close locking himself in a room to study; another will study his part anywhere and at any time, and it is not by any means, an uncommon oc- a Thespian to ijse memorizing his lines while he is talking to a Tae late Charles Thorne used to boast of the fact oC having studied-some of best pirts while walking along tbe There, is a general impression that. Shakespeare duUcult.to CQznzuit to litt.ia duster than many other authors, for there is amusical rhythm in his language thatis easily fixed upon the recollection. Among comparatively modern authors Bulwer is far more difficulfto memorize, but is no dramactic writer whose works are so hard to memorize as those of his blank- beautiful as it is, is so cramped that old and experienced, actors dread to study, it.

Actors by the constant use of tbe memory, accomplishe'd some strange feats. Some-- twenty years agoiUr. John Hyder, in England, undertook to memorize the copy newspaperand. it in and he reciting -the. part from beginning The of The Gome ol 1 Speculation was from the.

and procnced at the theater.in. London in four days. Mr. Charles liathews, who played 4he leading part, Affable Hawk, and who is on ttage throughout four long- acts -without -hardly any committed the acter periectly to-memory, in twenty-four, hours, or, to make use of his own words af the first night: whole dose and don't think I spilled a When the curtain rose on the first production of Fizarro the last act.of the drama was not and Brinsley Sheridan wrote off Sfth act in the green-room, call-boy takine it from -aim and then distributing the different aotors as tbe fi.rat four, acts were being to studied by them as best they could. exer- thinking, powers by members of professionis at and it proves bow that organ, can be trained and be happens, at that an actor is.called--upon a part at -a very short notice, -and chara'cter he is 'totally' unacquainted ignorhnt of the very.sense of itself.

Not long of this city, an actor was to the.thea- ter.at half past.7-at: night the place of a.brother-professional.who was He knew nothing of the piece and had never seen.it, for it was a hew one from-London. arrived at tbe theater a few minutes only before the play would begin, and he bad appear in.one of the leading roles. His only opportunity to commit the language to memory was during the intervals-he was off the stage. "Yet'that; night Le wa3 what' is professionally known as dead-letter knows.tnat the memory will at times be treacherous, and no man feels this more keenly, than the actor. To be stondiDpr-before a vast crowd of are waiting to'hear nlm say something and' that something to desert- him is indeed painful; Some actors can fealce the word quick-Jy from-a A sign--a motion--from him will set them right, but: there are other old actors to whom little-use, and it is.no infreq'uent'occurrence for them to words or.

substitute language of their own until tbey remember the words of the MISS SCAMPER. How DldymiiH Doild MarrlBd nn Halvesy. Dunn EnElltih In Harper's None nt Uie Rnppnquali sulphur springs knew who Miss Scamper was and few cared to 'know. Slic camo with -aa old gentleman, who registered the pair (is S. nnd.

granddaughter, New York city. They, had no servant's with them. The old man wore a suit of rather rusty hlack, aud his trunk, an antique leathern con- Lore the letters S. S. in.

brass- headed nails. The young woman's trunk slio had but one-- was large enough, and of modern make, but i.t was apparently not filled, since she had shown but three dresses all the three weeks she had remained. Oue of these, oi' rich material, she wore of-evcnings; the other two, of some washable 'material, were worn alternately in daytime. She had no jewelry bo- yond a plain gold brooch. Oue oi: the eligible young men there, said that "the Scamper has aud two work-day suits," for which his neighbor should have kicked him, but didn't.

The eligible, young man looking for an eligible 'mate in the per son of 'Miss Bplsover; the great the society paper had said was coming to the Enppaquah'; though, as she badn't come, the Brown's young man of I lie society paper labored- under a delusion. The matcli-nmking dowagers did. not fear this modest, pretty and well-cultivated- young youth who were also Miss Bolsover, much woman, for tbe 'gilded laying wait for Mis more gilded, did not danclG in her train. 3ndeed, the had no train. Her business was to look after her poor old grandfather, who wos not in good health, nnd with whom the seemed to ngree.

Didymus Dodd, who had scraped an acquaintaneed mtU old Scamper, as the fellows irreverently him, seemed to be her admirer; but Didy mus was nobody. He was- well-made, handsome and of good.address; but lie was only nn upper clerk in a Philadelphia insurance company. To be sure, he would be superintendent after January, vice Hig- gins, retired and superannuated, and would diaw a salary of $5000 a yenr. But no one knew tbat, and die possible good fortune to poor Miss Scamper; and bad thej- know $5000 (i yenr no great matter. So tbe Held left to 31iss Scamper aud" wcl come.

Didyrnus only began paying attentions to Miss-Scamper out of courlesy, and because no one clso did; but tbo more lie saw of ber Uie inore be liked her, and it ended in. his being badly hit. As lie and sne were tlie only peopleattbe old-fashioned resort--the other visitors counting their dollars well up in the hundred thousands-- tbe mutter attracted attention, and by way of getting both out of the way of mar- ringeable sons aud daughters, scheming mothers lent tbe affair all lite quiet encouragement possible. And this passed jntp a more active nature from two little iuci- dcuts that occurred about leu days before the end of the two months vacation of Didymus, -There was Sirs. DC Kyse at the springs, who was well known as 'au amateur vocalist of merit, And whose voice, though little reedy in the upper notes, had been trained to well as (o make worth hearing.

One evening when a few were in the parlors her friends, besought her to favor them, and so on, und she "expressed readiness, but there happened.to be uo accompanist. Miss Scamper; who was chatting near by with Didyimis, looked up, and quietly said: "Perhaps I can serve j'ou that w.iv,Mfs. DeJsyse." Can you play at sight, Itliss Scamper?" inquired Mrs. De JSTyse. if oiamper nodded asseut nnd seated herself nt the piano-forte, nnd accompanied the voice with such good judgment tliut the singer was delighted.

I wish could carry you about with me, my dear," she said. J3ut do you noising? You surch- must." A little." Urged by nil around, Miss Scamper, to her, own accompaniment, sang au ana from II Her voice proved to be a ricli soprano, of register, clear as a silver bell and admirably cultivated. There wai; a moment's pause when sire had doue, as though not to lose a note, and tlicu a of applause. Here was a sensation. Everybody talked of her method, and tiie gilded youth were in; raptures.

The mammas conferred and concluded IhatMiss Scamper was a member of some church choir or attached to some English -opera troupe; who knew? But thej wero civil. There was a party going over to Colonel Parsifall's place, next dav. Would she go? assented. Didymus said to her in voice: It is ft. riding party, Scamper.

I know the best horse in! tbe livery stable here, aud if you will permit me, I'll secure 'it for you." To -wliicli replied in the some tone: "Thaukyou, Mr. Dodd; you are very kind; but i have one at comma ad already. Get that for yourself." Somewhat rebuffed, Didymus colored, but she added, "Mine shall, uot disgrace you," "was a distinct intimation tbat she expected him as escort. The spirits of Didymus rose from zero to blood-heat. Tho-next morning, as the' riders were ready to start, a groom, known to be one of Colonel Parsifall's rode up leading a magnificent blooded bay horse equipped with a side-saddle.

As they were ndmiriug the animal Miss Scamper, iu a neat riding- rtiade her appearance. The groom Didymus, not a little astonished, put forth his Land, and the lady vaulted to the back of the horee with easy grace. The Cavalcade set but, Miss Scamper and Didyynus! together; and being better mounted'than the others; were; soon at tlie head of'the column. About a mile'from the springs there was bar; in the way. A.

lofty-. tree hud been blown down during the night, and lad fiilltn across the road, the trunk well up on nccount.bf the w'ido roots. Some one had already-cleared a wav by letting fences on but Miss Scamper -not go She X'aoed the horse went over, and then trotted on. Didymus 'faced it too. His brute rgot over, but half stumbled.

Didymus was-country-bred, had ridden horses to niill bare-backed, aud was a half centaur when a boy; so he brought his Jiorse up. Miss Scamper smiled approvingly. Everybody admired the ease aud grace with which Scamper managed her hxirse, and -Didymus. more than anybody. arrived at their destination the party dispersed in the 'house and over the grounds.

They found old Scamper there. had gone over in ni carry- nil. Almout was the property of (Colonel Almontj'niid was for sale, with its fine blooded stock of cattle, its furniture, its library and everything iu the house and around.it... and his family were in Europe, to stay there while -he! educateinis-sons Heidelberg. So-'he offered the -whole--a bouse, that cost alj'i offices of all'-' kinds, and green-houses, order, aud over 1200 acres of-land high state of cullivatioii-- a said in iis letter, "a mere song." So but as it was set to the tune of 5300,000 there were few COU'K render the music.

Tbey all admired the place. TJjc who WIJB there, ou the Didy'mus, to whom lit iJiowecl. and explained everything. Dijiymus wa imiuieu at thin, ami whispered to Mir, Scamper, "lie has picked out tJie onb three who would ccrtuinly not. liny Miss Scamper, by tho twinkle in ln-r i-yc'S evidently nppreciiiled the fun of i i i i a (ion.

Then ihe agent seized old nnd dragged him nil to at the ijlo-idc' hursos imiioricd cnitle, leaving' Oidy luus-! nd girl together. How do you like place, Mr. Jl.aildV inquired she." "Like it, Jliss Scamper! Why, garden of Kdeii; that is, ii would be nu i ine if I had it with an Eve in The youag ludy Piniled nnd like country life then. Mr. Dodil?" rcplii-d JJidyinus.

"1 in tho country until 1 I was n-i and bred there, 1 have i i i yet, but for the death of both I went to the city in have done verj' well for the last seven and have put. a little 3jy; but to i place like this is like wishiugfort.be "The country is the placi: to live tlie cily to work iu," said Miss Scaiiijier seiitcniiousiy, "To live in, I grant j'ou, ii'you liavc th means--a good farm nnd money to work it Otherwise you toil harder in "the than in town, with less comfort ami Then they discoursed on rural a marvelous unity ol' uu'll the -venerable Scamper anti the agent got linck which was at the" time the whole parly each with a 7 furnished Ly the dcner from the green-houses, was reaiiy fo; a return to the springs. There were yet two days of the yoinii. man's vacation left, when he determined place his fate at Mis? Scamper's dispo.s:i! the firtt opportunity. The chance camt that very night.

That'evening a number wen Heated on the veranda enjoying 1)10 moon light. Miss Scamper Fat apart from tin rest Iienvy shadow her gr.nid father. The old gentleman rose wliui Dodd came, and left." Miss Scamper m-idc room for Didyrnus at her and lliu tw began to talk of the day's doings. "By-lhe-by," said liidymus, "have yoi henid that Almonl has been sslld? "Yes." "Aud to the great heiress, Miss BoN'iver I wonder if she will kcej) old maid's iml there Miss Scainjier laughed low, i laugh. "I presume lie will," she iid unless she has a chance to marry.

tiial a sad accident al mill to-day The man had a wife and fivi I -went oveii to see how they wer --to see if the3 were in pressing need, know; but that part is right, Tliia wbo must be Maying r-oim-wiiuri near, had been thore, and provided Iheir wants. I suppose, as she has 'bniight Aimoait, she means to play tiful liere, which is the bctlur ioi Mick3' and bis iamily." 1 believe, Mr. Dodd." said the "tliat you play llu- part of Lord Umr.r.il u' sometimes. e.S])ecittliy if ome poor left with four children should yo; liow did you know?" he "A little "Uii'ii told me so," shu i.iii! You uot only jiaitl (irant's rc-n: in: got her eldest'boy employment, fairly ran awaj- to avoid her was'full of your 1 "But she did noi kumv ny n.imc," Didymus. But dou'i you remember veiled lady sat iborc the last lim- ci.mi.-? That was 1.

I was hi Piiihiuv-; on a visit, and looked up Mrs. Oirant. had a servant in our bofovj mnrricd. She toiii of her and how a stranger had her. I l.i.-kei' at.

you we'll, aud when you came horo knew you iu nn instant." Didymus felt his heart flutter. Now the time; but his torque refused its LMlice. After a little pause MiVs Scamjjer suiii. 1 have had a very pleasant time hero, and an; almost sorry that I leave to-morrow." "To-morrow!" cried Didymus, in desperation, seizing her hand, which noi wilhdrawn. "Oh, 15ulh--Miss Scamper-you must have seen--'' Here he stopped, but the lingers of she lady lightened a little iu his grasp.

fricndij' cloud over the moou, anu the roces? crew darker. "1 Kiith, darling," he mur mured, and drew her unresistingly him. The people on the veranda were too in conversation to hear a faint sound in ulc atllie scaling of a compact between twc foolish young people. But oiu'C it was all tongue of Didymus was fiiirli unloosened, and he went, ou building his-- their--joint scheme of life. He toUf her the money he had laid away, and tbe big salary iu prospect, aud the cozy little sub urbaii cottage on Sclmylkill, i i acre of.

ground, that he would be able buy. there is room for grauvlfa'-lior tc ive with, us," he said. Tlint might- not suit linn, Didymus," she though it is aud fu! of you. He wotfid prefer his own I house in 3Sfew York." "His largerliouso! eried "3 thought he was poor." Poor! Silas Scamper poor! Why, has a two-third interest in the great banking-house of New York. Paris and he figures out.

the Co. He has his own house, and a gre' many more of them." Didymus, in spite of his acccptaiu- a gulf yawning somehow. This beg your pardon, Miss Scamper," lit said, but 1 somehow--" "-DiftyrnuS; you believed him poor. Tint why do you call me Miss Scamper? hy not -Ruth? which is sweeter--from you. And then my name is uot Scamper at all." "Not Scamper, Ruth 1 Are you uot Mr.

Scamper's Oh, yes, bis only grand-daughter, and all the near kin he has. But my molhei was his only daughter--we are both orphans, Didyrnus--and of course I take my lather's name. I hope you won't buy cottage, since you like Almont; for 1 am delivered by carrier to any part of Houston at $1 per month in advance. Leave your order at the brannh office. 42 Main struck Appeals Tor Aid.

the Atlauu-i A philanthropist of this city has recently been visiting among the respectable pojr, and here is.his report of an interview with a veritable child of nature: Ever been to school?" I asked, "2STaw, and do' waut to," he rcplieu. "Cau you read?" "Naw." "How old are you?" "Do' no'. Maw says was born time." LITTLE JOKKR is hpp.t Br Coking Tobiivo. Inn practice of guosMug on. tho oC bcp, prevails in eastern Pennpyvjinia nnd on Long Island, bas been moro tba'a ally indulged in tbis Pme LitbOBrapbinj; a spacialty.

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