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Tuba budget, yai My 8prUS Weddlnar In the stern Metrojwus. f.v other Battere Cemaeeted aatrlwi BrMt f.r fJ hb Tat t. Kw VouK. ADrll21.lW2. are setting married at an appalling rate.

uy end wives to-morrow I That tbs way of It since Easter Sunday, fcablonable paetors, organist and reaping a harvest. I know a 'fallow Lu that be would marry 1 the quietest mT Uatuw a salary of a week, eooldnt afford any costly extras. Is m.wSs of the aaroa mind. A plain ceremony in UtHe Church, Around the' Corner jd do for her. Well, yea; of would tike to.

beer a little frofa the orgsn to march In and out by. H.thaufht be would get oat of the Job at 111 trifling expense. But not much did Jie. before the wedding he got a printed from Louie Bergo, the organist, stat-TJTin cool black letters that the: price itriking the organ-keys aboot fifteen -iniitea That practically fixed the no for the Rev. Dr.

Hepworth. for the Lnm man reasoned that the actoal tying of knot was worth at leant a third more than to, music; eh1 u0 Uled n0 th sexton at or half the organist. There be bad, yon far ih ihnivh arvleewin nthar SOV F-J hie entire ealary Tor two weeks, ana week went In carriage hire. He la off on tonr now. "We can't tell Jo in long we'll be gone," ha aald alrUy.

"but eome back when we're Urea traveling. Ibtppeo to know that he bad exactly 200 ho lie began to get married. Be will get Una of travel sooner than he expected very paclnooner. bich wDMXoa 4 occurring every day. however, In which fk Question of expenee is never conaiaerea, I witnessed one the other day for which the krtiM slons cost S1O0.00U.

That la to aay, her kind of the bridegroom's property will unounl to that sum, without which -she would bave dreamed of becoming hie. How olknowt By a short and easy process of HMoalng. He wss sixty -five, griuled, ogly nd physically repellent. She was twenty, dtinty. tolerably preuy and exquisite In per- bo.

It la clear to every body, except the man himself i and possibly to hint too), that yqung dris do not boose old.meo for hoabanda on law there is an ulterior object. Quite enongh ,1 a struggle la required In a girl to anrrender btrself for life to the man she lores, whsa it comae to a man from vtujse contact she. Instinctively recoils veil, bar scruplea most beN overcome. In inn particular case, sbe was not only poor, tut bad luxurious Who shall say that the was wicked in Belling herself to ofd Money boodle? of the drees she wore a tbe wedding! It waa white aatln, trimmed slita deep flounces of real point lace, and the mm was a marvel of embossing' and em- Tbe veil, of point lace, waa fea- loooed with a tremendous diamond pin, ai ait blazed in aumerooa other plaeea with itvtls. As tbe pair stood at the altar, she with ber white clothes and amooth arms, and It with his black suit and wrinkled face, I nmlaot help likening tbem to a dove and a crow who were ere ally But be will ul ber to the finest of nests, and that's what liit was cooing for.

TBX world or ASH IOW JidlTldlng Its attention between the BUmer- weddings and the dry-goods openings. don't know bow it lain but here la Sew York these exhlbitlona are quite elaborate, sumptuous and Imposing. The dis-playa tbia spring are remarkable (tor the trtiitle quality of the gooda of American auufaetore. The American lawns a own In colors and designs as French aa Urate from Franca. Tbe texture la also lm proved, being softer, smoother and lighter sl(bt than Tbe percales of Kio- Britlc make are as well finished as English or French prints.

The ground la pure white. udou it are tiny figures In one. or two contrasting oolofs, a xra, apart as. trowels, bottles, wineglasses, saucers, pipes and bunches uf cigars are scattered about in tbe most Irregularly reenlar style. All torts of articles, not excepting playing-cards, are represented In miniature.

Some day a minister's daughter- la going to inad vertently array herself in Jacks of dubs, and tnen tnere'U be a theological row. Tbi (uudi are peculiarly suitable for small chil dren's wear, tor bedroom gowns, morning doom wear, and soma women are using thsin lor aibt-f owns. Thus I found a friend abed vnh little green toada all over ber. When I called ber attention to the fact she said lll'(b:" and changed the gown for one figured with bits of cuplds. Ko doubt abeslept better.

some ot ins broehe veilings show large sun- Sowers, passion-flowers and magnolia bios. Km la raw silk eflecta, thrown np on the aur- fact in the style of the stuffs India woven by band-looms, the silk threads being cat by tbe veaver on the wrong effect la that ot a hand-embroidered, seml-dlapbanous fab ric Speaainn of that reminds me of a Tattooed woxax now on exhibition In a museum -here. She looks embroidered. She la a humbug, I am old, tbe colore not being pricked Into ber tin. but merely stained oo the surface.

Her arms to tbe shoulders, her neck to the bosom. nut Iter legs to the knees are pretty well eov "4 with hieroglyphics and grotesque figures la briicbt bqes. I took a glance at her from a distance at first, to see if she was shock "it; but found that she was no worse than ctrussi In tights, on whoauwCare by good age permitted to gaxe with placidity. Hhe a bare, to be sure, where the burlesquer is tsvsred with stockings; but, whlla tbe latter ten simulate Been, ber lea were in effect csvered by color. 1 bave no defenaa to make for her sharaelesraess.

of course. I am simply xiuug now sbe looked. She was young and noderately her figure being good. ts wore a no-sleeved low-bod Iced dress. skirt of which reached to ber saees.

She Is described by. tbe lecturer as a ureek, usable to Understand English. That Wievss her' of the necessity of answering tutstlons. If yon bave ever seen Conatentlnua, the genuine tattooed man exhibited by Bar-asm and other showmen throughout the sountry.you Will remember that He bear tbe tiosest examination by women wltn equa-s'mlty, particularly If they are young, and ea invites tbem to touch him but If a man Wea to test tbe tattooing by rough handling kleka up a dreadfal rumpus. Ton may Uunkltstraage.

but it is a fact, that the tattooed woman is Just the other way. -She re-wna with Interest every scornful glance her own sex, sad bears tbelr exam In a-font uneasily: but a man maw tr tn vnh a lbs eolor. and not excite her ire. Returning a more substantial and decorous style of areas tbaa paint TBI MOST XtBOAJCT KATXSXAIA "own at the openings of tbe week, outside Hlk departments, are the whlu ami roidered batiste, albatroa eloth and veillag toba The embrolderles-oa them are oottoa, "ikaoesandlaoe The designs are fvsla ef art needlework, revivlag tae old riortnune cut work and early VeneUan Iaee 1 tUrne- Entering Uie exhibition parlors here costumes and robes are displayed, all beautiful fabrics are found made np StOwhat are called aonfeetlone. eomblnlns- verai materials la the most exquisite color.

(s aad trimmed with the am broideries and or the Next to a piomre gallery siure reOnlag -aad edaeatlag exhibition "Ld not be eonoelved. for all thee dresses, tae textures thai compose them, are the of the highest arusUe talent that can played lath various handicrafts that to make "sp the wardrobe effeeta of Period. Ho deft' and artiaUe have tiicaa dress-makers become that at of the. largt openings, where bun- 'ds of imported and home-made dresses vrre exhibited. It waa necessary to label those by he grra, so that the Is! tors should sscrtbe the credit to foreign manufactar-n the notable dresses at this same Beaia was of whlu grenadine, ylth tbe "te ot the staff bordered by satin atrtpes.

i ored underskirt Jiad a aide-plaited rbee all reaad- the bottom, bordered T7 striaes. Above this fell a long over-laid la sids plaits all round, bordered Tibs satin stripes. -There was no looping ot skirt. The plana fall in straight lines 7 ins waist to the bordsr. aad were tacked "nderneath with concealed aU tehee to six Inches of the The corsage a round waist with aorplioe -gathered forming a laee-edged flehu.

decorated ane auie with a big bouquet. The belt was US' white moire belt ribbon trouca "t5 a a r- pr r-. -t-- CO -4 1 which tbs sash draperies were drawn at the back. The sleeves were shirred and paHad. i A HAg' r.

TTas examining that costuide," and saying to a "I hope this wont be put on by an ngly woman. It is srethrtlo, don't 'you and ought to be worn by si delicate, eta real girl." Maes! be knows about it, if he doea happen to hit on the remarked to a sales girl. i 1 Si -Oh. he knows all about It," she whispered; "toe designed and made that dreaaV It waa so. lie was one of tbe many men dress-makers of tbs! metropolis." Another dress of ri is creation waa a trained' robe of brocada, with a' finish of double "xank and tinted satin.

The bask 'drapery cooslstesl of sh irt points of brocada, edged witb. eep falls of real 8oanlsb laea. The sides were formed of aatln in wide plaiting, with katbered tabs of brocade above. There were- decorations- ot epanisn iaee, and on tlie lower part of tbe right alde.waa a elaater of cream. pink and cardinal roses.

The brocade oorsaga had, a pointed eolUr Of Borosn and seed pearls, aatln beads and Spanish lace.wlth a fisv- leli of rosea. A bright and pretty evening toilet from the same masculine hands bad tile lower edge, of the skirt roads' in side plat tlopa of satin, witb, flowers of aream silk grenadine, embroiderled in flowers of natural colors. Tbe back was plain grensdtne, gracefully while the front' bad another em broidered floonoe above the. lower one. Em broidery-edged panlera -were secured in front by at butterfly formed ot tbe oriental ambroid ery and loops of rouse and pink satin ribbon.

The pointed corsage bad finish In double rows of embroldery which also garnished tbe neck and. sleeves. I bave been- snockgp twick 1 This areek-tbe first time by a creature who Is braxenly exhibiting herself la upper Broadway every She wears a glove- fitting blue Jersey bodice, reaching very low on ber bipa; aad tben comes a skirt so tight and narrow that there la no' sign of a plait or gather in It, It Is considered that the average faabiouable skirt Is only two yards and a bait round the bottom, giving chance for a clear stride of only about four feet, yon can understand bow -close ber legs are bound when I say that the circumference la her case la not more ban a yard and a half. Of course, she baa to step and equally, of course. ber knee-action la perfectly vis ible.

Sbe attracts all tbe attention she could posslbryV erar. and more contempt than aha probably People gase at bar aa they would at a. wild beast. My other shock waa received at tha Union Square Theater, on the opening night' of 'Far From Ae Mudding The dead body ot a pot soned girl waa brought on the stage. I fully expected to see a bat horrible, corpse when they removed the cloth.

But. my aver sion was brief. Tha remains were those of pretty Kettia whose face waa all tha nicer for the whitening. When the curtain was lifted for an encore, lot there was the corpse sitting bolt juprlgbt. She herself like a flash, but not quick enough to forestall the laughter." Clara Bnxxx.

OLIVE LOGAN. The BertiliaTxlt Marriage. Awpestrasiee ef the BrWesrrestw TtosJ Power ef LovaFrwel Bwrsaawya Hal- im Trip te Frawee fasltra NaveiUea Uhe Tkaeitera sued Eleewbera. coaaaarowsaarcB rmm airaumca. LonDox, April 1882.

Speaking of marrlaia, SAXAH BkaHHADT Told me only a short time ago that aha would never marry until ber eon "gave ber sv tons-band. This is not kind of present Which sons are much in tbe habit of bestowing upon tbelr parents, but Barak said her boy wss so keenly alive to all mntters connected with her happiness that aba thouant be was rather on tha lookout, and Would let ber know when-' ever an eligible party bove in sight. "And what about tbJa- eport of yonr marrying Angelo?" I asked. tar Just tben there was' a rumor rthar. she, was go? ink to marry mr -at bets- her "Ernanl.

-Armand." -Maurice de 8axe." "All tbexa in that rumor 1s," she replied, aa her dainty brougham in whlcn' we aftt whirled past tbe greenery Hyde Park on its way to Uay ety Theair, that ee paasra fareom sf tret anwmreMz-ftemot. Bat- msrry.Ulmt Pio, no. no, never. If I wished to marry, there Umyfrlend fiSOXOKS CLAIKtSr, Yon know, the I bad soma- ot bis pictures tttt -in America' -wttU me be' bas been asking me for years past to marry him. SUI 1 MWIJI Mwnr nit irmrai i.

af Lllasa Ska 43raMl with mine. By-sna-oy, wnen we ooin xeet we are thoroughly well placed for life, then wo can marry." And to thlnk.tbatall these nice oalonlationa have vanished befbra tbe witch ery of winning face, the charm ot a fascln atlng manner -atonalear D'Amala, Sarah's new-made husband. IS kn exceptionally en dowea man tn respect to an agreeable Ha has been lodging in, Bemera street for some weeks pssr, and even among the for eigners of distinguished appearance, who make that sireet their head-quarters while in London, tae baa been remarked for his ex ceptlosal good looks. Young, tool Only twenty-eight. Sarah must be at least thlrty-flve.

beet friend In tba matter baa i MAOBICa MATXa, r. The manager of r'renoh plays at tha Oayety Theater, and London representative of: the French dramatic SUlhors. Jie is a widower of about forty, and a man of elegance aad culti vation himself. Sarah accepted his hospitality durina ber weddlna night. Mr.

Mayer bas several daughters living with Observe how unfailingly Sarah Bernhardt respects the social conventionalities. -Ah; if it war not But tnteresUng as is any toplo relating to this strana-ely-a-lfted vorataH- must leave comment on a xi! in i-. THIS IATXST XCAFAa Of hers to spesk. of things more immediately She came, ahe.was married, ahs bas denaried." If I knew any thing, more about tbe matter than I do would tall it, but. aa I do nob why.

here's to other themes. Colonel Burnaby has pubiUhed av small pamphlet about his balloon Tai iro -Which la very attractive reading; to those who have a taste for. the perils of aerial naviga tion. It appear the gallant Fred baa rid. den in balloons oitener teas -ne aw Khiva that ia, more than nee.

-Reader of that interesting horseback, ride will remem ber how graphically the dashing author describes tUe various posl tlons in which fate and la own hardihood, brought Mlmln Asia Minor, and 'those who now peruse his account, of bis aerial voyage will again recog nise the am apt felicity for picturesque writing. Colonel Burnaby thus raphlcally; dascrlbas bis start: trr- tn a natxooH. -I cleared' the chimney by aome twenty It waa' a lovely morning. With the ouantlty of rising power in tbe balloon, ot lnx to the loss of ballaaw I rose rapidly. 31 aneroid narometer, which had been tested a few days xoetriooa by N'egretU and Zassbra, marked i500 feet.

View was superb. The fields and country became gradually dwarfed In tba distance. A magnificent stratum of white cloada limited tbe view tn a north ern direction. I luasy, wayy vi on behind 'the, ather, extended in a horasshoa form, and unUsd, as it were, Folkestone -1 PovarV Ascending above tbla aerial debris looked down upoa a pUeof gray nebulooa mauer. Tae eon shia-tng on from time to time detached portiowa of tba Boating They away to various Tpointt of the compass-now like tnrreted aaatlea, ten cimea larger than tha old keep below an, they seemed to float toward Channel, then Uka (oe bergs of tbe Polar Sees they took, a different direction, thus showing that the wind that, day was by no means uniform, and that It was not at all certain that the same breeae would continue blowing which waa rapidly carrying nae be tweea the castle and the pier." i Booa after thU tha balloon began a process of taming a eircilag, common in certain states of tha wind, but not particularly con duclve to progress.

Then it was moving rap-Idly at about four thousand -feet -elevation toward the Frenoh aoast; then'. It Blackened. At 11:13 Boulogne was nesr. The balloon bad then risen to five thousand five hundred feet, when suddenly, while continuing in tbe dlree-ttoo of France, the voyager, felt a cracking sen-ation" In the ears: 'tns exprieace gataed In previous ascents, I well kneW what this signified. The balloon waa falling rapidly.

1 looked at my aneroid, it only marked four thousand feet. I had fallen an thousand fife hundred feet In a wery- few minutes, and on tearing soma plaeea of paper frocS off a bundle of newapa-per sbeett that Mr. Wright had thoughtfuUy placed in the' car. and thrpwlrtg ibetn over- boardV instead -of their disappearing below tbe balloon, they flew over It and fluttered In tha air above. This was a clear proof of tbe extreme rapidity of i.

the descent. The balloon had bow what sailors would term way ar heri be necessary to expend, a amount of ballast to check the fall, or I should be unpleasantly -close to tba waters The fact waa that the. oalloou bad entered a cold and damp layer Of air tba gas bad become condensed. Tbe Aerostat, instead of beloa quite full, aa it bad -bean a few mlnntes previous, was now seemingly oue-ienth, or all tha lower portion of her, On looking again at my ba rometer I found I was within nine band red feet af the Channel. Over went ana baa; of baliaxt- There waa srb effect whatever; and paper thrown out appeared to ascend rapidly into higher regions.

Another bag, and then andther. The downward velocity Of tha balloon was now distinctly diminished; and after Scattering about, twenty pounds more sand our. of a fourth sack into tbe sea the aerostat began to Uka an upward turn. It waa time. I was then only five hundred feet from the water." Colonel Fred Is tha And a craat lion at evening parti Me is just tha kind of looking man you would fancy would do something out of the humdrum order of events.

He looks as wo may suppose Charles or Harry Lorrequer looked. or would bare looked had they bean real Individuals, aa they were tbe next thing to It- true drawings ot a familiar type ol British guardsman. funreyon of public entertainment are, as usual, racking tbelr brains for i 7 aoMKTHlKO ros bastx. As novel as any thing will be the Penny Ex. blblUon at Alexandra Palace.

I had a peep at the private view, and I waatruly astonished see tbe great numbers of hot only ornamental but useful srtioles which may be bought tor a The', toys hlch may ba purchased at' that low outlay are of almost countless variety, and many of. tbem arc pretty enough for even tbe most faatldloua infant to amuse himself with. Many useful implements for the bouse and the garden are also sold for a penny each photographs and printed matter. Including the pictorial, books so dear So children, also various bright little serials, like tba Penny Illustrated, xorm component and striking parts of the show. It should not ba forgotten that the English penny In reality Uro cents, so that if any American amateur be; moved to tbe collecting of a penny show he may base purchases on tbe two-cent grade.

i it- THBATHXCAt A-KWOOKCaalBStTa For the Easter holidays are not numerous. A new piece called Tae rtorswaw will be brottgbt out at the Court Theater in Sloan Square; and at the old Olympic on WycU street, wa shall see a drama by Robert Buchanan' called Thi Shadma of the SworO. The Albambra, In Lei cester 8quare. bas in preparation Booeieanlt's Babil and (Jou, or tht Itl Regalia, which will be magnifleently mounted and provided with music selected from favorite composers. Marie Rose is going on an extended, tour of the provinces as star of a concert The recent opera -fusion seems to have left the pretty French wife of Henry Mapleeon out la the cold lyrically KISS VON SCHOMBKSQ.

OF PHrLADBLPSIA, Who has Just wadded Colonel Hughes Hsllctt, will take up her residence in that long and rather lugubrioua-looklng street, the Crom well road, which extends for a long distance beyond tbe South Kensington. Sir Sydney Waterlow, who baa Just married Miss Hamilton, of California, Is being mercilessly chaffed wherever ha pnta In an appearance in bis various capacities of M. Alderman and wbat-aou. It la all.ln good part, of course, but atili It must ba rather trying to be puncned la the ribs fifty times a day-, and asked witb a grin: "HOW'S LADT WATXKLOW?" I am fold the great Watertow Printing Works In Flnsbory Square are besieged about tbe pavement by beggars, young and old, who rush after aay -elderly individual emerging therefrom who appears tOjbe of a suitable age to answer tbelr ideas of tbe proprietor, and shrill cries, rand pw'a Lady Waterlow, Sir Chuck as a. penny In honor of yer marriage.

Come, bow; -do the andaomat" Ours Loo ax TRAGEDY A TENE31ENT. Haw Half of New York Lives, and How One Waraaa Dlad. JUasisiow'a Twawtyssta- Ws ririH it reels ta ba ntnbaeel A Realistic at aial 9mm Hare Inaanity aaa far a Jnry. i jossxaroaaawca or rmm awaoraaau Xxw YoKXC April ZUUBt. More thaa half of all the people In tbla city live la tenement-houses.

-Not in tba kind which have of lata become fashionable French fiata, but the out-and-out tenements, four to a floor and six stories in a pile. Square after eqnare on the great East Side is filled with structures, each roof covering enough humanity to make a goodly En gland The houses are monotonously alike, belnn brick, with ornamental Iron lln tela and Bills, though some of tha fronts brown' stoned Alongside ceutral hallway In each story are four seta of apartments two with windows on tba street and two with win- dowson' tha A tenement commonly consists of a parlor, a kitchen and two bed all small, and only parlor lighted -from the open air. rentals, range from $4 a month In squalor and wretcbedneee to 930 tn cleanli ness and comfort. Even In tba worst of tbem there la no such utter disregard of health aud decency as formerly abounded. We have an efficient Board of Health, backed by law and public arid certain wholesome rules are enforced upon landlords and tenanta.

Cellars are no. longer need aa dwellings, dan eeroosly weak buildings are vacated, fire escapes are demanded, and In other ways the Uvea of tha poor are defended against them eelves. Howsver, official care doee not yet pay the rant nor provide things to eat, and misery la on every hr.nd, though cleaner than it used to be. aad contlnuoes work, Is tha. only means of excluding it from tha tenement, and a very small amount of bad luck or bed con duct brings it back.

I tio single family can-Illustrate thaaharae- terlatlca of tenement-house life, because peo ple wno happen to oa poor are as varied in qualify as those who bsppen to be rich. It hi wranc tb attribute faulta to the former as a body. In one tenement the Bible lsaiwaye on the table, and often while next door a whisky -bottle la in tba same place aad condi tion. Therefor, I must not ba understood as presenting John and Mary LeDnoo, of Ko. 4M East Tenth street, aa talc representatives of tha Eaat tenement class.

But they will do for an exhibit of that common phase of wedded wretchedness in wnlcb a bad, laxy, drunken husband la joined to good, Indus-trtduv sober wife. There Js an enormous amount of that la tna tenements. Tha Lenaons bad rear tenement' on tha fifth story. The furniture was old and worn. far it had been in use since year ot that marriage certificate, tasnginc in a fly-specked frame over the mantel 187.

The floors were bare; the ornaments few and eaeap, and- tbe evidences of poverty unmistakable. But there waa no untidiness in tha barren rooms, and little Joe, the only child, looked well led. Although vthe misery of the Lennons stopped abort of hunger. It was only -kept baek by ao ema.ll a thing ae alary Ltnnoas needle. Sbe did not aU ten; aU ten, stitch It by Tom Hood's woman of tha shirt.

Jt wss set In a sawing and made Isa st Itches at tba rsTfte of five faandred a minute, i Nevertheless, her time and strength were all applied ta- aaaklar Pie a living out of tba clot She made clothing, for a merchant tailor. What did John Lennon do? "He lounged and drank tn tba salooos of tba neighborhood. He did: not work. a' day in a whole year. He was a tailor by trade, and.

when Mary took him for a husband, owned a pros perous shop." It Is remembered that immediately after their marriage, when she under- took to help- htm at the work, be took It out ot.ber hands, kissed ber happy face, and de clared himself the able and wlllinr mi porter of the household. Ten years had not passed when we Bad her the 'worker and he the Idler. The eans? Wife-beating I That is the most despicable crime of tbe tenements, and the most com mon. The women endure it with surprising fortitude and patience. It a wife, In a mo ment af resentment, bas bsr husband arrested for whipplna bar.

aha aulekly aniieeels hat hurts and goes to Court with a plea for1 hlS Mary Lennou did ao. Even when ha struck her, hsnd with' a'knlfe she stuck a piaster over the wound, said it aburaa and went oa feeding; tbe laxy, drunken brofa. John Lennon went home at eleven o'clock last Tnesday olgtst. Ilia wife had for a day refused -to tin him 'a cent for liquor. De-; prtved of tbe usual atilrittlant to good humor, ba wss morose and spitef uf.

Mary1 was ft her sewing-machined Her working boors always lastedJate tba nighu'Sbe saw that he was anlleu. and said nothing. 'M 1 Hello, ui a you," waai bis g7oeUng. Sb made nav reply. He cuffed her.

BtUI she was silent. Then be threw off his coat and boots, and went to bed with hia trousers on. a The women worked 4 oWWlMlianVitia put a keg of gunpowder under and blow It to atoms? Well, little Joe was on the; Same conch. Besides, some wives cant cease loving their husbands. ahe was one of that sort; 6ha had never lost- bop that bs would reform and be kind to her again.

The clock atrnekv one. Mary heard. and was aboot to pot away bar work, when Joba got oat of bed. He pot on hrs eoat and boots. are going out early." aha "Mind your own business," he "If yon.

don't do better," aha wlU leave rao. A That remark astonished him. Ha had never before heard her say. such a thing, He put down the glass of water which be had began to drink, stoaad ather with wide-open eyes, and said, "Is that ao?" Incredulously. iJi He drew a knife from hia pocket, opened IK and sprang furiously upon "I've told you I'd.

out to plaosa," ha cried, "and now I'll do lia was too frightened to ntter a sound. It waa little Joe whose yells of "Murder!" roused tha tenants throughout the house and drew tbem in a flock to the room. John struck tht knife into hia wife, as aha couched on the floor. The blade went out and in. over anjdover again; now la her breast, bow in ber shoulder, now in her belly.

The weapon was sharp, having been ground that day. and every stab penetrated four inohea. Twenty times waa it plunged into tha poor Woman a body. I A polfeeman haarl little Joe's 4rtee, and ran upthe ataire. justes he reached the room' t)e mnrderer seised.

Ms wile by the hair, pulled back her bead and aavigely cut ber-throat. Khe fen in a bloodied by tbe twenty-one wounds. "I meant to kill bar." bald John the of ficer. "Hera Is tha knife." I've cut ay thumb "tr tr- Ha ahowM a little slit he had accidentally made-In hia hand. That was mora to him than aU tba cutting of his wife tnat lie had 1 Mary ILannon did not die at onea.

phe lived ten o'clock Wednesday morning long enough to tell how ane had been stabbed, and bow it felt.1 She 'waa taken by the police to Bollevue Hospital. I was curioosoa tbe sub ject oi tbe sensation ea oaed by staba, and want to tha Hospital to ge -in format Ion from poor Mary. She waa dylnr when I got there, and it was too lata for rqa to see her alive. But ana had talked to Surgeon Bull on that very subjjot aad ha gave ana her words from "Itdldnt seem to me at I waa being stabbed." aba said, "not till after he'd cut maa good many times. It fait at first Uka blows or slape; and then there was a kind af numb- But when I saw the blood dripping from John's knife I realised, what he waa doing to me.

After that every cut was tried to scream every time tba knife went into me, but couldn't make (t seemed aa if tbe blade waa about a foot long. and waa a full minute cutting Ita way In. I was sensible all through it, and waa wonder ing whether I would die. But toy worst tbonght waa a dread of the next stab; p. It awful.

Doctor, Just awful 1 How could John do It? Do yon think ho was insane? "And do yon think Lennon waa 1 asked Dr. BuU. ml. guess he was upset jy lack of hia alcohol." waa reply; "but I cant give aa opinion, as I haven't examined him." The murderer said to tba police, softer being put In aosll "She's got no mora ttrsnshe de-served. She has been good to lately could n't do enough for me fed na'a oa beef-suat siron jteajgndsvery thins all the while she waatrylngr -4a klil.ma with slew, Saab talk indicated a disturbed brain, or a feigning of course but It will te torn Jury to say whether ha waa' Insane or merely erased by drink.

Tha law of tbia State holds tha latter to be no excuse fbf crime, and If John Lennon was only maddened by alcohol ha will go to the gallqws. Cosassal. i iSj Tbef Meetina- Yeaierelay 9le Clerk P'Eltet! aa Yet-Mta Apstltaauata. fer st Paatitaay The County Commissioners met. in regular session yeaterday.

All the members present. The weekly to I50i SO, was'spproved, and ordered l' A targe number' of "bids for county undsr thirty -six different specifications, were opened and referred to the Engineer. The awards will bemade next Monday. Tba bids for-Olenway avenue, Monnt Airy roaa and the Court-bouse -ale valors ware referred to tba Sol lei lor examination, -and the awards continued until next Wednesday, i On motion of Mr. Harrell ahe Board proceeded 'to nominate and ao into the election ot a Clark.

Mr. arret 1 nomluated Alex. Henderson. The ballot resulted aa follows: nay: Harrell. yea; Hook Ins, blank.

Colonel Hill then nominated J. C. Smith, and Mr. Hopkins nominated Richard Roe. On the second and third ballots each Commissioner voted for ute candidate, cm motion oi Mr.

Hopkins- tba election waa nosteoaed until next Wednesday, Mr. HJil voting in tba nega tive. Requisitions fotOstatlonery were approved and referred to the Board of Control. A claim of Lloyd H. Brown's belrs, anoaat-lag to gMOdaiHagea.

for lands taken for opening tbeConkling Road in tSyeamore Town ship: also Loomis Forge and Bridge Works ot U5S, balance due for iron superstructure over cauai at arm age. were apnrovea, A petition asking for a change of the grade of the Comarao road, near Allendale, at a coat or si7i ao. waa rererrea to uie JKnglneer and Commaaeloner Hopkins. A' petition was received from citizens of Wlntaa Plaaa asking thatOeo. W.Bboll, John K.

Froome and Wm. W. Inots be appointed Trustee of the Town Hall. The matter was referred to tbe County. Solicitor.

A protest was received from Morgentbaler A uunntnenam, tnroogrr tneir atsorneya, Messrs. Gross A Peck, protesting against tbe actum of the Commissioners In' rescinding the contract wttn tnem tor tne collection oi omitted taxes. The power of the Commissioners to take any sueb action Is emphatically dented. They claim the eon tract was takrlv made, and had tbe appraval of tba Ieaitature, and ask that tne juomrcusiaatn recoauuoe tuelr aeiloai. The communication stated that had been paid Into the County Treasury through the enorta of tha firm, rnd that numerous unsettled eases involving large auma ware still Dendine.

Mr. Hopkins offered a resolution stating that tne rescinding or tna contract witu Mess re. Morgentbaler A- Cunningham by the Commis sioners on April Zlal waa not intended to prevent tbem from proceeding with the eolleo- tioa of tbe omitted taxes or praeecatlon of tbe easee wnion are pena ing sua not neon orougnt to a conclusion. On motion of Mr. Hllr.

the-matter-waa re ferred to tbe County Solicitor, ta make port oa. tbe matter neat Wed sad sjr t- a ise Iseatra sf Mrs. XasMiy Pwttff, tata Clrawd-. aawtsier Miaalsi Jgaw i In January last tha Kwaotann contained aa account -of tba enyatertoa -disappearance of May young -girl fifteen years of age. who waa living with' her adopted father.

M. A. Rosa, at the corner of John and 'Ellsa- bethtreeta. Tiieirl went out one afternoon and baa never been beard of since, although every iion-has heea put forth and much money has been expended tq.dlscover ber whera- abouisw A lew dayes? after May left her iiouae ai rs. ltoss.

wno ta a sister or tbe missing girl: consorted a clairvoyant. too -ww1 tofu-'tnas tue- jsbdi taoy nasi been eeuteed away by a gambler and taken to I hicaao. TheMUheriUee of. that City failed to find any clew. and the Door girl has been given up for lost.

But the moat touching part 1 of this sad story remains to be told. The olI grandmother of May, Mrs. Nancy Pettlt.wbnee very existenee vl centered in ber granddaughter, died on Friday from grief and de soalr at tbe ansence or ber-loved one. For over three months she grieved night mad day. lia.v niter day ber suspeosa became more unburn bie, her grief at the sad disappointment more Intense.

At length hr devoted grands' daughter. Mra. M. A. Rim, could nolnncer wiUMitand tae old lady's entreetlea, and deter1 mined logo to Chicago and make a eearcn.

Tbe old grand mother waa told that they were daily expected A teiegTHia waa sent: "May can not be found. The poor old mother beard tha crushing roeesace, aod, witu a shiver, sank, uark uuconscious. Reviving for si atme, site would call out in pleading terms: "Mamie, come to your grandma once more before ahe die. Mrs. Rose was about to leave for Put-In-Bay, where the old lady resided, to give her the details of ber long and frottleM search, but a raeemae rarrie, "Your gmudmotiier Is dead," and Mrs.

Boss was relieved ot a sail, no pi ens-ant duty as the bearer of evil tidings. Tbe foster-father of the mlsning girl's sister will despairingly continue the search on ill the disgrace, death-or safety at May Sertrand ta brouaht tn liaht. gatil: a A lUxtuTw Eeef, T.T'JI'.nsry and Politic-. Ala, st aatel Beaae Katbter Ca ItOSkS Vwwei "issisifi Wasaslarhfls. Irrrw susd) the OrtarlstaUi "coawsaroaaeatcw or -xara sntoctstam.

A Ktv Yoasu April 1. 188S. To-day paid thirty cents a poand tor porter-house beefsteak, higher by five cents than I have ever paid, at a plain butcher's. Tbe batcher made aa apology, and. aald that he had no control over sack an outrageous price.

At the same time old mutton was eighteen cents a pound. The people around the butcher's shop looked blue and in dismast, and thought I sniffed in the air a retribution for soraeof these speculators In corn, who bave made the, price of beet exclusive. History will not ba wary apologetic tor aay body who might be nhalned by the victim of the prices ba tuuvmade In tha naeiawailie ot Ufa. It la related that when Marie Antoinette was told that tbe people were dying for want of bread aba exclaimed: "Graclooa God! give tbem cakes." The tatterdemalions who starved with Jim' Keene at their head several years ago to corner grain and corn are not unobserved poor people are paying, over twenty cents a pound tor comarMHS steak, and people ot the middle class, tba moat dangerous class la tba world when their rights are-Invaded, are paying front twenty-eight to thirty cents a poand. I peeped into Del anoa loo's yesterday on Jower Broadway, aad waa introduced there to a gentleman with a Tory strange-looking nose, knobblsh and raw, yet with a sensible address, aa Mr.

Eastman, tbe author of tbe system or exporting beef to Europe. I asked him how long- tba of exporting beef had been, going on. "I began It over six years ago," said be. "What Is the aggregate ot tha export at present?" j. "Wall, about nine thousand beevsa a week, or aboot five hundred thousand a year.

But ii la very short at preeent. on account of beef being higher in America than' in England. Wa are not sending now," aald Mr. EastmaQrf "over forty-five hundred beeves, and of those I seed about twenty-five hundred." la beef higher hare tbaa la England r' i "Welt, corn was a little abort las year, and became a- eubjeet of and not enough cattle ware fed during tba winter, therefore, because what 'cornea to New York and is exported Is corn-fed. When, corn gets high, there la a temptation to turn tha cattle oat to or to sell them.

-Tbess grass cat. tie do not market wall in tba Far Eaat." WelV said I. "what ta the prospect for corn next year?" "From what I said'- Mr. Eastman, "they are putting in unusual crops of corn, stimulated by the high prioea, aad when corn gets to be normal la. prioe aad procfuction best will aome down agaia.

Wehawa plenty of beef in tbia ba aaidV "but it Just happened between short oora and speculative corn this year that tha beeves became thin in aldl: "Don you lose great deal of beef by not finding a market for it in England "Oh. no," aald he; "when began the bust seas a good deal of the beef decayed before we could sell it. Bat now we do not lose one quarter of beef in all our ahlpmenta. Tba English people have become accustomed to our beef, aad thay pick It up "Will there be any Improvements made, Mr. ICaatman, in eending beef abroad? do not think there will be amy Improve, ment to speak ot In tbe way of keeping It cold and preserving 1C Tba refrigerating system now In use Is so perfect that none of the beef spoils before it finds tbe ultimate customer, and that, Is aboot good, a teas as' you ean apply.

There may be changes tec the better In the method of shipping it that Is. in tbe character of ship that aarriea It over to insure more cheapness." Talking to-day to. Mr. Duane, a wholesale maaerfaoturer and Jobber in millinery, plumes, flowers, Ac, be said to me: "The dry goods business la remarkably dull. April ought to be a "very energetic month' in the but It is short for some reason." "Is not the reason," aald-1, "over-o rod i Yes," said: ha, "I expect that has something to do with It.

In fast, it has a great deal to do with It." aald I. "what makes the over-production? la It the tariff?" "No doubt that basjelso its influence," aald Mr. Duune, rather guardedly. "The fact, is, we can produce goods ao much faster In this coon try than in any other country tn the world that wa very soon make a glut. loan take six of girls upstairs." be said, "and they will tura out more work than any ten girls that work in Paris.

It ht the same through business generally. American machinery and the dexterity and knowledge of the operatives soon neutralise the foreign competition." I bad a little talk with Mr. Armstrong, a Cleveland editor and politician, and hia friend. Mr. Riley, of Newark, to-day.

Armstrong waa talking to Smith Weed whan I tint saw hi and fighting rather shy of Riley. Armstrongremarked before Weed left, that TUden was tbe booming quantity in Ohio for the next He then Introduced me to Riley with aome standard Democratic reference to the Garfield campaign, in wbiob I waa accused of having baa a large hand. I told Mr. Riley that I waa but a politician for either party, not having had any traditions: my father once andertaking to attend a meeting for General Harrison, and being abused la a newspaper of tbe oppposite persuasion for It, to that degree that as a clergyman he waa afraid to vote for the rest of his life, and left me unaffected by any last wards, vie we, mottoea. revenges or anything ot that sort.

I told Mr. Riley. Mr. Armstrong looking blandly on, that-, when I waa a very young man I went lecturing through tbe West and saw a great many of tbs country audiences, numbering from two to four hun dred, and their sympathy, desire to know. love of learning.

So. ao affected me that I had never got tbem out of my mind since, and labored under the delusion when I wrote any thing that I was not writing It for the editor, or for tbe man that wanted an office down in this or that county, but for those' plain people, sitting- with folded hands 'waiting to be laformed by a man who had been Having thus, as It were, poured soda Into the whisky and imparted a contagious flavor ta tha conversa tion. I inquired bow Ohio stood for the bloody campaigns yet before her. aald one or the other of these twin. Demo crats.

"Ohio going Denaocratie aa sure yon live tbla next fall. The Republicans have aiwailed- the liberty of the people on the ques tion of temperance. The Pond bill waa a monstrous egwrsssioa. Foster stands back aad says that be la going to stand by tbe moral convictions of tha party. Bo.

of eoaree, wa are going to carry the State. In the mean time tba Republicans have It. They have set ft np so that oat of the twenty- one Congressman they, are to get fifteen aad wenroTevewlx." said 1, "which -a nay old Dei erstte friends with whom I have fought and died ao many times, la going to be elected? Frank Hard haa got a sere, thing next Ume trans, tbe Toledo Dtetrles. Converse is going to be elected also, i Bea Le Fivre baa a sure 1. 7 Who la Ohio for tor the next President?" I autd.

"Well, said Armstrong, I think, -ta the Cleveland part of the country Hancock will ran as well of batter than any Democrat. His coming out to Garfield's funeral gave hiss every gooJ status ssnong our old Puritaaa" alid not Oard old." aaletsl. "nave.aatroag hold oa public eeatlment ia Ohio?" i "Yea, eald Armstrong. -He elected Cnartey Foster the last time. -There was enough die-affectlea in.

the. Republican party to have bsatea Foster, on aowaai of ale waat of dig-' nltyof behavior, bad It net been forayaav patny with Garfield." "Haw de the Republicans feel toward this Admlaistratloar- "i "Very "Who la going to be tbe beneficiary of a Democratic victory, provided tbe next Legislature la "WelUaa things look, at present. Ueorge Pendletoa trill be returned again, although it la possible that who haa many friends, may aome forward." I asked Mr. Armstrong bow many copies of the Exqvxbxb went- to Cleveland, and ha thought tbera Were not over one hundred aad fifty, "Well." said Mr. Riley, -there are two hundred that ga to Newark alone, where I live." 'That." aald Armatroug, ls because tha Ecibxbv reaches Newark earlier in the Mr.

Bilay, "the Eaavxaxa taken tn oar part of the country without much regard to party: lines. Alter the Oar-field campaign it walked right np Into olrcn-lation with us." Sr' Tha big bulla have let go ot Wall street, aome aay lag they bava sold out masses of stocks oa tbe public, others intimating that tha investigations into Jadga Weadbrooau Hamilton Ward as aL, signify a breeae. Aay way. stocks are down, and tha pa bile, even tha gambling public has been disgusted with the artifices and backing and filling played upon them. Paaaiun Into New street jester-day, I waa astonish ml at the a aa berot persona assembled there listening to tba roar la the Stock Exebaogend swapping Beasatiooe and canard.

Looking over the groap I recognised 'bare and there aome distinguished name or face. Boms man once Industrious, honefnl, useful again another, with the remnant of a fortune, betting it away against tha stocked carde af tha big operators. Among those pa sweat I reoogaUsett a- saaa ol rathe dlatiagaiahed figure, somewhat grey of balm, whom I had oftea sees talking with tha lata Daniel Drew. I had been unable to place this aad supposed that ha might be a klmuaaa, possibly a son-in-law. of Mr.

Drew. I said so him when he mentioned me by ri "I aaw yoa frequently with Mr. Drew." "Ota, yea," said he. was doing the best I could in those days to get soma points out of that old scoundrel so that 1 could make ap a part of what he had lost lo me." "Yon do not think Mr. Jjrew waa a highly eoaeelentloua aaaa.tbeaf Here the Sue-appearing mah opened hia rather languid eyes, and said: "Why.

be waa tha moat unconscionable old villain tha Lord ever allowed to li ve." 7Ht waa not a saaa of, aaach cultivation," I tmggsated. ii "Cultivation! oonldnt spell hU own name In pen aod Ink. One time In the brokers' firm to which na behmaed they gave him the word to act tba safe By boots. Old Drew eat It at boots, and the next day, ba not being down town, they had' to burst the aafe open. When Mr.

Draw came down they aald Mr. Drew, you gave as. the greatest distress yesterday. What did yoo set tne combination by set It by said Drew. "No, air we tried it on boots, and It.

wouldn't open. How do yon spell boots asked one ot hia partners. said the old man, I spell it b-B-t-e-a, of course. Drew die worth any thing?" waa making money pretty fast aboot the tisue he died, but be eould net bold any thing ta bis own name. He waa a eold-blooded scoundrel," continued tbe man of one Idea.

My father was one of tha successors of Rob ert Kaltofi tn the steamboat business, and Dan Drew cams on tba Hudson River with his op position. My father wanted to pnt the fare down to nothing, aad feed tbe pass angers, aad give tbem cigars, but be waa overrated, and Drew broke up the original steamboat com pany and its successor, and planted hia para site eompaay On their ruins." "Waa ha not a religious man "That waa all hypocrisy, said tha Wall- street gentleman. "I nave bean at hia home. np tbe River, and have gone to church with him in the morning, and he would come hack saying Hilary to my soul! "Happy, happy day! Glory to my aouir Then the old scoundrel would gat np tba next morning pre pared to He and steal through a whole week. "Did you ever have aay personal dealings with him I asked, "to fix your views about "Oh, yes.

I waa a sort of boy of his, a kind of tnvenlle pet. One day ha asked me to go to Delmon loo's and have dinner with him, and hie dinner consisted of an order for one. There being two mutton-chops, ba' took one and Ithe That waa- tha way ha ate when he had to pay hia owa food bill, living on theppor elufT and set Ling np colossal Jobs. Ho then wanted me to sell him one thousand shares of Erie. It was at tbe Ume that there was a great contest for the Erie property.

He told me to sell it for 13, but to get rid of it at as low a price as 187. I had to sell is for 1S7. The eld man, repudiated tbe contract, threw me on tha- brokers, and finally managed by squatting and bagging to get rid of hia stock at ovar 240. -On another occasion, years afterward. I haa Learned a point on Lake Shore, and wens Into bis office and asked him to bny me a thousand ahares.

He looked at me a minute and gave tbe order. I gave away the point and tbey began to buv alt around the street, and' the first thing wa knew, that stock jreva way, aad I wa out 3700. -1 found that' old had set the trap for na all. and I aald to him. 'Mr.

Drew, you oughtn't to have dona- that to me, considering that I waa brought up to regard you aa my father. "Mr aohV said be, -you lay low now; let me get away with these outer fellows, and I will make It up to He never made np one cent to me. Ha had not the least conscience. After ahe had failed he would ait by me In the 8t James Hotel, with hia eyes all. full, of tears, saying; oasis, I ought to have made you rich.

I wronged you. He spenthis whole life scheming to get rich, cheating hia body of good victuals. Religion waa his recreation. After one of his bis rakes, when ha had "carried eom bastion and death to people, be Would softly murmur over, -Glory to my soul happy day "Was Vanderbllt any, better than Daniel Drew?" i vi: "Not a bit better. Drew was afraid of Van" derbilt, and rather looked opto him.

Vender. bllt rather liked Drew because he would toady. One day Vanderbllt was looking ont of tbe front window of an office on. Wall street, and he said to Drew: 1X you see that young man by. that lamp-post across, tba 'Yea, Commodore, who.

he's he? That is my eon said Vandsrbilt; -now, Mr. Draw, if yon will take him down to the Battery and tie a rope around his' neck and a atone to tbe and ot the rope and throw him overboard and sink him well so that I shall never see him again. will give you 'Why Commodore, eald old Drew, 'what a man yon he's; what a man yon Vanderbllt hated every child "be bad." continued my informant- "He put BUI Vanderbllt. oa an old farm on Btaten Island, where he could hardly, make a living, designing to keep him there for Ufa. and.

BUI used to go to a tavern in the neighborhood and play a little game ot poker, and bad to mortgage tha farm for SU.0UO to pay bis debts. He bad several children bora there, and one day tha mortgage was foreclosed and execution waa to be dona next day. A man named Thorn went to Vatiderbllt.and aald, 'Yonr son. la to be pnt out to-morrow morning. "All right, said Vanderbllt, 'that what I want him to said the man, 'bis Utile children will bave nothing to eaC 1 don't care, any thing about aald Vanderbllt, 'he la a sucker, and repudiate him.

Well. eald tba man, Ht will be -public scandal that yoa bava allowed your grandchildren to starve. Tbla rather affected Vender, bllt, and aald, 'You go send my son here, 'be is afraid to aald tha man. 'yon abuse' hint so when he does comb. to see you.

Tben yoa come with him. said the Commodore. Ha finally paid the mortgage. At a later period a gentleman said to Vander bllt: Commodore, do yoa ever think what yoa' are going to do wltn your money 1 Yoa have kicked ont Cornelias, and your son George --la end Bill is the oaiy boy yon have left. It is ao- place for nlaa on Btaten Island.

Bring him np aad give bias a That waa the beginning of William VaaderbUt. Me sent hia eld wife to tbe Lo natle Asylum because aha fed ber son Cor nelias, -who. BOtwtthatandteg Me flta. -waa a man of snore ability tbaa That boy waa kicked out ef the bone only been nae be had these fits, aad waa therefore repulsive, to. his father.

Consequently; he 'had- so VsVirrow money to get a living, aad that habit once be gan, elung to him. Vanderbllt waa cruet to all his children, and to hie. wire also. The beginning of his fortune was his wife, who kept an eaUag-booee at, New Brunswick, where he ran a steamer and saved every penny, her two daughters waiting oa tbe table. One day Vanderbllt said to her: I believe I could get rich If conjd have another steam boat and run it It wUl cost Els did not know how much tba old woman had.

aad sbe had. been afraid So tell him. Bha went and drew out of the Bavlnga Bank the money she and' her girls bad put there, and let him have it, aod there began hia career. He had no gratitude to her, and while she was ill ha wee letting a woman at a clairvoyant's near by hia house, with whom be need to go riding, and the had hardly been dead when tbe other woman's effeeta, bag aad baggsge, were moved into tbe bouse. "Well," said I to tbia Sew-atreet man, are not making the attainment of wealth very respectable.

It seems to -Why. air," said the flue-looking man. "If would ba tha beat that could happen for this country if yon would put' half a ton of dynamite under that Stock Exchange and blow Hand all Us satellites Into a thouaand pieces. Selfishness. Ignorance and cruelty mark tha aaecessf ul men around that lnstlta-Vioa." su XEaaaUfd ictrci3 Ecrritly titilatsi 4 Tae Tarrthle Teasreasaee Iaflleted I pen ratae.

Dsswarateel Lower TTaei JtatUateal Baely rwat ts tbe Blwer ml Will Mats. Ymm- Paw early Far Tbla XTjr aatel By. When the criminal acta, which tor years have atalaed the annals of Mexico, ahall bava i been ebroaicled. there will be aoo in those criminal annals which for pore Satanic saa- llgnity and diabolical purpose to- excel gtoo-- trr-IMa traradv anactad on tha OUttkiTt Of the-city of Puebld, atexieo, some moclhs BO. Some few years ago cllgnor Parma, an edu cated and tboroagh gentleman, opened she Acacia Theater witn many aa veraiiies i tend with.

For a long-whUa fickle fortonn did not deign to smile upon him. Kerioualy eontempialinwthe closing of his theater determined to mase one last enwu Ihnn.n si. simriis flnanelallv was aocoBB- -f filiahed it was done so at the eaorince ia ife. The dramaUc star who secured SI gnor Parras hie fortaae and misfortune waa i He Juliette Topaae, a. really handsome woman.

bet aa nnacrupuloua Cend whose em hi tioa knew no bonniia, and who, to gsin her pose, stopped at nothing, no matter bow diabolical its consummation might be. Hhe was en almost every occasion aecom panted by ber confidante, as she termed him. but wbo lo re- altty waa her lover. Thla man. whoee name waa Bxixo, was of an nn prepossessing appear- -ance, and one who at first Sight was calculated to inspire the beholder with let rust and die- aust com id periormancw vm Yearns night last at the Acacia Theater bad concluded, and at twelve o'clock precisely tht earrlase ot the imperious beauty.

Mile Topaae drew pat the door, teignor Parras on thu--occaalon accompanied her to her apartment; But the fair star bad. mucn to ner cnagnu, found him af very different traveling comranr ton fram what she had entici Dated. In vain ahe flshed her lovely eye upon ale as he sat opposite to ber in tbe carriage. In vain be em ilea now pniiiaai-aw iwfr-wn, tehed upoa blm. In vaia she murmured languidly how fatigued she felt.

Even tbem. Signer Parras did not ofler to support her. To aa hsr advances he remained courteously but COOt-t-V BKPBia-ANT. His actions only made ber more determined never to relax her efforts until she had thawed the lee aroernd hia -heart, which sbe vowed mnst melt nnder the fire of ber beauty. On tbe morning ol May una last eigaor iinn.ii.nil.

ran hia bell and ordered bis stage manager to him in hisprivateotfles, "Waa M'lle ToDaxe informed there won id be a call tbia mornlna?" "Yea. atr," responded toe stage- manager, emphatically. "Beetdee tbe general tvotioe ia the hall. I told ber myself eleven o'clock." "It is now bait-past," remaraea oignor (-ar quietly. I ou caa win an miumc longer, and If tha lady lsnot here lo that Unit yoa will commence without her." At twelve o'clock.

the carriage ot M'Ue Toposa dashed up to the stage duor, and tha great starshortly afterward made ber aopear- anee on toe siag, muiaui. jb hci -beauty, looking aa bewltchlncly fresh aod lovelr as the mornlna Itself. Without conde scending to apologise lor being an hour after time, or even to acknowledge the greet lags of tbe company beyond a haughty Inclination ot tha heed, she advanoed with imperial dig- nlty toward the prom pt-taoie. ana seawa herself la the first arm-ebalr sbe came to. "I'm afraid we're rather iaie," aaiu tne lover, Roxo, "Only an hour," aryiy repuea oipror rrn.

Roxo felt himself extinguished completely. But not so the imperious Jnlletta. wbo turned her eyee IndlguanUy on tbe speaker. -Her egregrinns pride and took fire at enoe. Should she walk aeuoeraiety our.

the theater or throw np Ber engagement-? Sbe could not do the latter, aa aba was bound for a couple of months. For once in ber life Jnlletta found herself IK A DtUtSIBIA. i Aeeordtngly bavlng no one for the moment to vent ber spleen on except Roxo, aba taraea upon that individual and aald: "1 see no cause for an apology. Yon will have the goodness, sir, la tbs future to leave me to make my own apologies. Eleven -o'clock ia too early for any call, and had I been consulted, snouio nave aaiu ao.

as iwr the ladiee and gentlemen whose valuable time I have trespassed on 'I ean rel leve your eonaoienee oo that pota Mademoiselle." said Manager Parras tn a tone half laughingly and half sarcastically. "Yoa have not pressed on any one's time-at Ereaent. since bavin, waitea tor you osii aa our after the allotted Ume, gave directions to eosamenee without you." The indignant Jnlletta- started ap almost ax hast st tnia audacious assertion and glanced i around ilka aa angry tigress. -Prompter," ana cried, -Dring my "The prompter is not here, Mademolsella, said Ute stage manager, -bat here ia your part, which I bave-eut so far aa we bava gone at present." 4- A. -ha tndka he held tbe MS.

toward the star, who snatched It Impetuously hia hand. "how dare yen erase a line, sir. without my order?" ahe demanded "I acted nader orders." retained tne di rector quietly. hoee oroersT Mademoiselle! It was again tbe -voice of the manager-that spoke, and -agaia the 'Incensed beauty-ao-. knowledged lu influence.

nitetta xopaia, enamored aa ane was, naot aufflclent discernment to comprehend that the manager bad a perfect right to issue sueb orders aa he chose, and notwithstanding the fact she waa tba secret or tae Heaver's suooees, there was a point beyond which she felt sbe dare not step. Hsr naturaLtaetsuggestedthst the only course she eould possibly pursue just tben wss to give up the contest, and this she did. But sbe affixed a atern aad bitter clause -to her temporary submission, ia these uttered mentally to the manager: "1. win make yon pay aeariy tor wis oy- on tne evening 01 toe zviu 01 last uiy, iwo farm laborers were passing along the banks ot tba River At varado. when they found Tata mini Boor or A maw Floating a short distance from tbe beach.

Upon examination it waa discovered thst tba -body waa horribly mutilated by stab-wounds, anv one of which waa sufficient to cause in stant death, and, tn addition, the face end Banal were entirely ourneu oeyoou reooeBi-tlon by vitriol. Tbe man waa evidently of tbe hle-her class of society, but tbe Coroner's in quest was unable to throw any light on the mystery, ana tne metier grauusuiy uieu ui oa public recollection. About this time Stxnof Parras mysteriously disappeared from fats borne. one morning lasi Bcptemoer a man Hurriedly enterea the office of tbe Chief of Police fef the City of Mexico and asked eo see that official. Hie request waa arsBtedraod shortly afterward the two, accompanied by two de- tectivea, lef ttbeoffiea aod.

enteriag aeoacb. XKOVB HAriPtT AWAT. Their destination was a nrettv eottaae la the suburbs of the City of Mexico. Entering tbe bouse cautiously, tbey found themselves tn a ladya dressing-room, where, reclining upon a sola, tn a oose, was tne oeauuiui. aa'iie Topexe.

The intrnders bad hardly crossed the threshold when tbe Spaniab beauty spranK to ber fees, and. for aa lnetant flashing her eyes upon Roxo, pierced blm with a look mil almost iroae tne Diooa in nisweins. "Ofneer -eucn i lodge yoa to oe from your Tnll.tt. A 1, I.I "since yoa are accompanied by that dreg of humanity," as ahe pointed toward can divine your mission. As a lady, I demand oertala eoartesiee at year bauds." ou are accusea 01 terrible crime, meae- -raolselle.

and It is left to me only to do. my doty," said the Chief, quietly. "A desire to arrange soma papers ana enecta before I depart, promising not to detain you many minutes." ne tnen coouy oegan aie np some irina. eta preparatory to taking tbem with ber. -Daring all tbia time sbe waa engaged In don- ning a heavy pair of rid in g-a loves.

Enuring a small apartmeat adjoining the room, ahe almost immediately reappeared. Before aay one eould design her Intention she KCtHIOUrON BOIQ, exclaiming: "You curl yoo. bave gained, yqsir revenge, and now I will erown triumphs." A terrible scream was all that broke the silence, and tbe unfortunate man rolled apoa the floor in the moat Intenaeagony. Thaiafu- riated Juliette had plunged asponee saturated with the oil of vitriol into the man's face, and held it there natll stfragged away by the) officers. While temporary relief waa being given to -Roxo Juliette startled tha throng by saying: "Gentlemen, yoa will not tna pleasure of taking me from this villa alive.

Yoa will -find on a dressing-case In yonder apartment a vial wnlcheootamed laudanum. My.system. contains it at present." -Aad as she spoke a death spasm snook her beautiful frame. A mutuant tsu-r she -fell a corpse Into the arms of eoe of the efBcera. Roxo waa, indeed, pitiable Not only were his eyea totally destroyed, but bla -Iaee, neck and bands were terribly dutfirured.

In his confession to the authorities be re- counted many Incident In Ahe life ot Jnlletta 1 -Topaz, each of which seemed to vie with tbe -otuer in Malawi maltantty for the aecom-pllshmentof her By a decoy letter she Induced Signor Parras to visit her villa at Urluba. Ha bed barely entered ber -door when be was felled Insensible by the sbe fiend. After hacklnabi body with innnmer-eoie etee-wounue, sue coolly waabed ber vie-, tims face, neck aad hands with oil of and placing tnem in a ruo oox nsa tnem thrown into the river Alverado. where they were afterward found by the farm laborers. Deslroe for -new doaaestie fields she sabee-qoeatly repodlated Roxo for a oew rallenv.

Rexo.Ja revenge for hieaatsli ess' ssrfldr.os- tenained to puniab ber. bat sue foiled blm ta -the aod, and lef blm a sorrow I ul example of a diabolical woman's revenge. Five TTeea ttollara re tae Tbe ease of William O'Connor, by bla next friend, against August uchen melsrar, to recover fDOO damages for injuries received, la aowla the beads of the" Jury la Jadga Ear- -mona room. Tha aeeldent waa alleged to have occurred by the tearing down of defend-ant's building at Syeamorv and Abigail' oa July 17. 188a" The QCannor boy, who is but eight years MiTwas paoalog pis' house when be wss knocked down a and another brick, which leil the building, cut oat tbe led a eye.

It Is iraed the iniurv waa ea oed by the Bat- aegUs-uce of the deiead- Gbo. Mnxn, who waa arrested last Thurs-dsy by- Detsetivea Granaan and Wean for sTtaallng lead pipe from 771 Walnut street, received a -thirty-day aei.tae i the i uiic Court yesterday. J. Ta greatest arpetUer, atoBtaeh, hlsoa and Uvar tacraata aa earth-Han Uturs, i i I 'i 0 fl il i.