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THE TIMES PHILADELPHIA. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1882. 7 BOGUS BRANDY FROM ABROAD. TIIE CHESS BOARD. SEA BOGS AND BUSHES The Plants That Grow and the Insects That Fly Upon the New Jersey Shore.

THE CONSERVATOIRE Curious Features of the Annual Distribution of frizes to the Favored Students. STOCKS AND BONDS. A Pull Brokers' Market, Weak In the Morn ine aud Firm at the Close. The market yesterday was dull and without any special feature of interest. In a feeble sort of way prices were weak in the morning and iu an equally feebly way were strong towards the closo.

But neither the softness of the morning hours nor the hardening tendency in the after noon had any significance or importance. Tho room traders had speculation to themselves, and the changes in quotations mean nothiug more than their efforts to secure small profits. Everybody expected an unfavorable bank statement and the bears thought there were shekels to be niado by selling the market, hence the weakness of the morning. When the bank statement was published its effect was fouud to have been discounted, and those who had been sellers in the morning were purchasers for cover iu the late trade. This, with the execution of some small orders by the commission houses, gave the market an appearance of strength, and the closing prices were about the best of the day, but there was not snap or life in trade.

The long hoped for reaction appears to have come, but speculators generally do not manifest a consuming desire to get in at the reduced figures, and the commission houses generally aro doing very little business. The money market continues to absorb a good deal of attention and fears of a stringency are industriously cultivated by the bears. Money was a littlo more active here, but very easy in New York, where the ruling rate was four percent. Tho total sales at the board amounted to 21,201 shares, against shares on Friday. AMONG TIIE CHURCHES.

Christ Church, Portsmouth, X. hag a new chime of nine bells, weighing 40,000 pounds. The American Board of Foreign Missions wants $100,000 this month, in order to close its fiscal year satisfactorily. Fourteen years is the age at which children ought to be presented for confirmation, according to Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts. There is a steady falling off in candidates for the ministry in the Presbyterian Chnrch, both North and South.

The decline is from nine to eleven per cent. At the close of Moody's meetings in Glasgow a conference of one thousand reformed drunkards was held. Some thrilling experiences weie told. The Interior says that people are apt to absorb more malaria than spirituality at crowded camp meetings and more typhoid fever tliun permanent religious fervor. A green ribbon army, composed of members of Roman Catholic temperance societies throughout Great Britain, lifts just been formed.

The new organization closely follows the methods of the blue ribbon workers and chums to bear no ill will to the Protestant gospel temperance movement. The rumors concerning the possible coming to this city of the Rev. It. R. Meredith.

D. ot Boston, seem to be without foundation in fact. Tremont Temple in Boston hits been engaged for his Saturday afternoon Bible class, which will hold its first session on the second of September. This famous Bible class fills the immense hall. Speaking of the question of faith cures," prayer cures" and all that sort of modern marvels, the Inn'jregationalM says: "The age of miracles is gone by.

It is a former dispensation. We of the nineteenth century are not to honor the Master or serve our generation after that fashion. The foolishness even of saints worketh not the righteousness of God." Evangelist Barnes labored for over a month premier 3ccessit was given Btlle. Royer and second acccssits to Miles. Valet te and Brandos.

In most of these canes the spectators disagreed with the jury. The result, so far as the professors, all of whom are socirtaires of tho Come ic Francaise, were concerned was as follows M. Got, two second prizes, one premier and two second acccssits M. Delamiay, two second prizes, one premier and one second accessit M. Maubant, two second prizes, one premier and two second accessits; M.

Worms, one first prize, two premier and one second accessits. KISSING GOES BY FAVOR. I have asserted that no where does kissing go by favor more than at the Conservatoire. This fact was painfully apparent the day of the concours for violin playing the jury very properly awarded the first prize to a young man whom Frofessor Dancla has turned out a finished artist. After however, the fiddle jury went wrong and a lot of deaf aud dumb men would have decided equally well.

In this class was a young American girl, Miss Nellie Carpenter, who plays finely. Everybody and by that I mean not only her acquaintances, but the spectators present thought she would receive a second prize, and she certainly ought to have had at least an accessit, but she got nothing. She lias been studying hard for three years at the Conservatoire and with the result just mentioned. I cannot explain this action of the jury except on the supposition that the child's dress drove them out of their senses. Nellie's mother will persist in putting ridiculously short skirts on her talented daughter.

In the same class was a daughter of 11. Le Tourneux, the courteous postmaster in the'bauk of Drcxel, Ilarjcs in the Boulevard llaussmann. Mile. Lc Tourneux, who is a conscientious and earnest student, felt keenly tho slight put upon her friend Nollie. As for herself, she expected nothing this yftir; but she is working for a prizo in 1S S3, and if all goes Weill believe she will get it.

Her brother is now in the same class, and both are also excellent piano players. Monsieur Lc Tourneux, speaking of the violin concours, had nothing whatever to say against the jury on account of his daughter's non success, lint he expressed his indignation over what he called the lack of attention paid to tho young American girl. But then Nellie's influence was limited, and that may account for her unexpected failure. I have not attempted to mention all the concours, simply referring to the more interesting ones. It is said the Minister of Fine Arts of ihc late Cabinet was thinking about introducing some reforms.

M. Proust was some years ago a member of the Budget Commission and lib attention was drawn to the abuses at the Conservatoire. He wished to see them reformed and when he came into power ho began to think about doing something of the kind. However, the Cabinet of which he was a was unset day before yesterday and unless ho is put in tho new Cabinet he will be no longer powerful. There is a proposal pending in the Chamber for the appropriation of twelve to fourteen millions of francs for the construction of a new conservatoire.

This bill meets with considerable opposition on the ground that it is needless to expend so much money on an institution which produces such insignificant results. But, say the friends of the scheme, tho reason that the Conservatoire produces such insignificant results is because the quarters that it now occupies aro too small and because tho admissions that it is accordingly restricted to aro distributed to tho applicants recommended by the Ministers, Senators, OjKiUng. Highest. Lowest. Bid.

Sales. P. Western 21 21 21 21 XMH P. Western 25 25 25 10 Catawissa 1st pref. 05 55 8 Hun.

B. Top 27 27 27 106 Lehigh Navigation 43V. tS'i 4i's J4 2(10 Northern Pacific com. flOJi W'A Mi'.) Northern Pacific pref. Ki 92 934 6202 Northern Central 50 50'4 50)4 200 Pennsylvania Hi i24 62 C2 1664 Reading )'4 SOJi 30 2160 St.

Paul Duluth 33 33 33 1 United Cos. K. 189 189 189 10 Fire Association 305 305 305 6 Far. Mech. 133 133 3 Ins.

Co. of N. A 31 31 31 53 Peoples' p. a n4 9ij KONDS. 81,000 Reading lstm.

6s 2,000 Beading gen. m. 6s, coup Heading scrip Heading coua. 7s, coup l.ifio iluniingdou and Broad Top cons. 4,000 Wil.

Balto. ts 3,000 1 ehign Valley cons. m. Cs, reg 4,000 Lehigh Vallev 1st m. tis, reg 1,000 Schuylkill Nav.

(io, 1907 1,000 Schuylkill Nav. (is, 1007 1,000 Penna. A N. Y. Canal 120 9f' loo 9VJ 121 90 I 'l 'l The annual meeting oi tho St.

Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Haihvay Company was held in St. Paul on Friday. The report showed a surplus in the net revenue for the last fiscal year, alter paving the fixed charges and dividends on stock, of fciso.000. The directors recommended that in the future dividends on stock should be paid quarterly. The following were elected directors for the ensuing vear: Ceorge Stephen, Donald A.Smith, James Hill, R.

11. Angus, John H. Kennedy, 1). Willis Jamesand It. B.

(ialusha. A Chicago dispatch says Tho Chicago, Darlington and Qtiiney Railroad announces the following reduced rates to lowu points, to go intoelVeet September 1 Iowa City, S6.S0 Ciriuneil, ss.SO; lies Moines, Sio.l.); Criswold, Oskaloosa, Pactlio Junction, jSl 1. 10 (iiuaha, $1 1.90, and others. A corresponding reduction will be made to all points. All the points named compete with the Rock Island Railroad and war may result.

Tiie receipts from internal revenue wereS and from customs The receipts of national bank notes for redemption for the week, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, are as follows issi. lfts 2. New York SSil.000 Biistou 131,000 1S VJJO rliiliuhdphia 97,0110 Miscellaneous 452,000 Total 51,052.000 The New York weekly bank statement shows tho following changes: Iionus, increase Si I90.2O0 Specie, decrease 1,066, sihi Legal tenders, decrease Deposits, decrease lsiijuo Circulation, decrease Reserve, decrease 1,9 15,175 The banks now bold excessoi the legal requirements. The t'nited States Treasurer now holds in United States bonds to secure national bank circulation, United States bonds held by the Treasurer to secure public moneys in national bank depositories, United Stales bonds deposited to secure circulation during the week, United States bonds to secure circulation withdrawn during week, S71 1,000. National bank notes out outstanding, currency, gold notes, fM The lawful money on deposit in the Treasury to day for the redemption of notes of banks reducing circulatioii is t2 failed banks, bunks in liquidation, 90, making a total fund of JS9.I51, 3u0.lt).

The statement or the business of the HulIMo, Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company tor the month ending July 31, 1SS2, as compared with the same month in IStil, shows Total Total Net. Gross Rec'pts. Expenses. Profits. July, 1SS2 $12,1115 July, 1SS1 56,737 41,023 15,711 Increase Decrease S25.9S6 827,231 SI .245 Seven months, Seven mouths, $112,111 Increase in net profits, 136 per cent.

GOYERNMKXT BONDS, Bid. Asked. Bid. AA ed. IT.

S. ex. 6s 101 101 1 V. a. ex.

Os ui liir 2 U. S. tijs, 1 1 3 1 1132 U. S. l'iS, UV, 114 U.

S. 4s 119 llo'i XI 8. Our.fis,'!l5.i:i0 V. H. Cur.6s,'96.l;;o U.

S. Cur.6s,'97.130 V. S. Cur.6s,'!is.l:io U. S.

Cur.6s,'99.l30 MINING ANNEX STOCK EXCHANGE. The Latest Items of Interest for Lovers of the Game. The projected match for the clies3 chaui pioiuhip, so far as the American side of it is concerned, lias come to a head, Mr. James Mason having deflnitoly challenged Stelnitz to play for iOO a side. It is now iu order for Mr.

Steinitz to put up or shut up. rROGBftSS OF AMKUK'AX cflKSS. The progress of Amerimn chess receives another illustration In the newest ilraitatm, just out. Ttienum ber opens with a problem by nr. H.

Whitner and proceeds with ail illustrated four mover, an historic sketch, poetry, an Americun chess story, end play and a miscellany of games ami analyses. Following these cornea a detailed account of Kaiser's mighty labors in the problem field and further on we meet this curio by U. T. Hobertson Wiutk at 5, Rot B7, Bat(i B8, Bat KKt7, Pawns at Kt 6 and 4. Black nt Kt su.

at sq, at II Pawns at i 2 and 2. The question is, supposing this position to have occurred iu actual play, how can white, ltuving the move, demonstrate mate in two moves The number winds up with a porlrait of Boron Kohsch aud some Vienna guinea. NEWMAN'S NEW OAUK. Showing how Mr. Charles Newman, the rising chess atniete, ocomphsned a mate White Newman.

Black The Other Man. 1. to 4. 2. Pto B4.

3. Kt to 3. 4. 4. 6.

P. 6. P. 7. Kt to 3.

8. PtoQ 4. 9. to 4. 10.

Castles. 1 1. Kt to 4. 1 3. 4 to Ci 3.

13. to Kt 5. 14. P. 15.

It B. Pto 4. rir. to 3. Pi P.

Qx P. home. It to 3. Kt to It 3. Unties.

to Kt 5. KloK sq. to 2. II IS. to a.

White announced mate in six moves. "A VKllY NICE CATCH, ISN'T IT?" A well known composer, rmirtent within a hundred miles of thb place, composed the following cud aine problem, with the condition "white to ploy and mate in rive moves." WiirTE at It sq, at 4, at Kt 4, Kt at 4, Pawn at Kt U. Black at It so. at a Kt Pawn at Kt 2. Tile problem was duly published in aneiithborinff chess column, accompanied with Hultorin notice of the ingenious combination which brought about the mate tmrl which the author ebaracleii.ed us very delicate nm nteuvre which would be found by but few." To some choice friends, however, he nave a pnvatedispluy ot the solution, movhig as follows 1.

Rto Bfi ch. Bin. B. to It S. moves.

3. Uto K7eh. BtoKt s.1. 4. Kilo 11(1.

PxKtmust. 5. uiate! A few weeks after this a brother chess sharp came to the city and, liicetinK the coiiiMser, said "IVIr. that Ls a very nice live mover oi yours that appeared recently. I hud considerable trouble wilh it, e.siieciully ai there was a second solution which almost did it.

To slwiw you that I have thoroughly mastered the problem 1 will give you my unulysis, whiWi is 1. It lo 4. lo 3 best. 2. Kt to Kt 0.

to Kt sq, 3. to 3. moves. 4. checks.

to Kt 6. Kt to 7 mate." "Why, my friend," rejoined the composer, hastily, you can't do it by know what you are about to suv." inlernilited the other von mean lo ll me that I cannot mute by to ch. I am fully aware of iow, uiiu iiiereiu consists tue nue pouu oi your promem. I saw that after. 1.

It to 15 8 ch. BtoKtaq. 2. to S. r.lack would ploy to 3, attacking the white rook and thus defeat tiie mate, and 1 bat therefore toQ 4 is the only way to solve the problem, and I roiutrutulnte you on the very line point which you have vims introduced." The composer gazed feebly at the position for some time ami finally niamiged to ejaculute It is a very nice catch, isn't it A VliTKr.AN'K GOLDEN WKOPINO.

On Wednesday, Aflirust 30, Hie veteran chess master. August Krueger, will celebrate Ids golden wedding. Mr. Krueger lain been known for many years, iu both the Old World and the JS'ew, as a skillful solver and imlcfat bjable player, and he is among the expert contributors to this department. As a fltlhnr remembrancer to the forthcoming extraordinary event we present to Mr.

und Mrs. K. the foitowina problem in lil'iv moves: Whitu at Bail, Pawns at Kt 7, 4, QB5, i 2, 4, '2 and Kt S. Black at ti It 2, Paw as at i IX 4, 2, 5, 0, 4, B5, fl nnd Kt 3. Wuile to play und male in (illy moves.

a oklvcatk touch. The next point in the chees compass shows nn environment of nine men and four portraying a very delicate touch by the well known Leprettel: No. 2(14. Black. yr''b W' ww 'jfff mm kM yss's's.

mmi 'Ms. 'tor. Hi v. y'y, vv'n WW', li ill 2 wm mm WM mm wm mm 4 vh M'4 mm wW wM, M'A WA wm wm, 0m mm 'ay. 'jyM WlUTK.

White to play and mute in two moves. WASTKIt MOVliS. to 4 moves in No. 2(2. Kt to Kt 5 is met by to 3.

Solved by Abbott, Ampbi, Americus, Alpha, S. It. Barrett, Henry ('. Brown, llnbilli, O. Kakiiis, Jacob Klson, Klmer, K.

Henderson, J. A. Kaiser. August h'riuxer, M. N'cill, A.

Janies liob eris, ssalilh, 11. istotit, II. Wells, J. Young, IJurbin, (J. 1).

P. Ilamillon, Zeke. No. 203 yields to to Kt 8 ch. Replies from S.

R. Barrett, Klson, J. A. Kaiser. August Krueger, James ltoberts, Sulllh, H.

Wells, J. Young, II. C. Brown, Dunn Brown. A T.ITTLK TIInEKU.

A beautiful little tbreer planned by the master hand of Dr. Conrad Buyer, with four men against lour, winds up the good chess things of the day, No. 20.3 1 Whitk at 0, ti at sq, Kt at 0, Kt at at 5, Pawns at It 3, 4 and 4. White to play uud mute in three moves. A Woninii Dies from Fright.

From the Baltimore American. Sirs. Eliza J. Hardy, wife of Mr. George E.

W. Hardy, and daughter of Mr. Joshua Kcgcster, died at liculuh, Baltimore county, the country residence of her father, yesterday morning, iu her 3sth year. Last week two tramps called nt the residence after dusk and asked for aid. Sirs.

Hardy was alone at the time and did not see them at first, but when she turned her face and saw them hula few feet a way from her, with their unkempt hair, unshaven faces und ragged clothing, she was greatly frightened, and the shock to her nerves was such that she fainted, "evcral members of her family soon came to her as sistance and she was conveyed to her bed. She grew weaker dav by day and lingered until yesterday. Sho was not physically strong, and the fearful shock to her mental system undoubtedly caused her almost sudden deatlt. Mrs. ISillv the Kid's l.omantic Career.

From the 1st. I.ouis Post Dispatch, Nellie l'ickett, a native of Lafayette county, Mo died on the loth nt Fort Sumner, N. at the age of 21. Few as her years were she had seen a good deal of wild life. Nellie married Tom l'ickett and went with him to New Mexico, nller they had lived a year in Texas.

They both joined the band ot Hilly the Kid," and she, being a splendid horsewoman, a crack shot and both vivacious and pretty, is said to have ruled the gani; with MYy. After l'ickett was killed she became tiie wife oi Hawdry, the second in command, nnd when he was killed she found a third aflinity in "Billy the Kid." Many stories are told of her exploits, whether ucting as a spy in female attire or charging at tho head of the band dressed in the buckskin male attire of the plains. Itemciiibercu Pictures. From a Letter of C'arlyle's. Sly expedition into Sussex grows ever the pieasanter to look back upon.

It was transacted, as most of my journeys are, in a strange, preternatural humor, the fruit of sleeplessness, excitability and nerves all torn to pieces so Unit the whole world looks to one, like what it luirlly is, a sixctral vision, proscenium to Hades, nnd hardly dilforing in quality from Unit! Months utter, this and the other clear. living tiguro, clear, beautiful scene, dawns out on you iu quiet visibility of fact, all the lovelier for such environment. klield, Cucklicld, Hiiyfleld, Mareslield all those fields and strange, blue green, sunny, shady places are henceforth portion of my privato picture gallery. Tombstones Seized for Tax. From the Washington Star.

Assisttuit License Inspector Raff, of the District of Columbia, who has commenced the enforcement of the payment of personal tux, has entered upon his duties with a determination to show partiality to none, and he seems to hnve an eye to business. His tirst distraint was off a horse and wagon, and evidently hen he took it in charge he was looking to his next levy, which happened to be tombstones. This was made this morning at tho corner of New York avenue and hlevenlh street. A Snake With Two Tlcarts. From tho Wilmington News.

A little boy nt Union Corner, JUL, raptured the other day a small snake with two heads, perfectly formed, with two eyes in each head. The boy's father has it in alcohol ou exhibition iu his wheelwright shop. ISucl on Great llrains. From tho Atlanta Constitution, Deni. the time the able Tariff Commission gets through with the champagne of the monopolists it won't know jute from jelly fish.

Arnbi'n View of I Iio Great Steal. From the Cincinnati Fnquiror. Being more or less pressed for Binds, it must make Arab! sick at heart when ho contemplates the river aud harbor bill. Gold Needed to Outweigh Votes. From the Chicago Times, Tnd.

Sir. llubboU's committee will need all tho money it can raise by fair means or foul. AVhy the Angels Weep. From the Chicago Times, Ind. The Star route thieves are almost certain to escape unpunished.

Nothing but Wind. From the Cincinnati Commercial, Ken. The wind work of the lawyers iu the Star route cases seems Inexhaustible. WM wm Hi IU Some tight Thrown I'pon the Sort of Stuff that Fools American Consumers. From the Report of Consul Gibbons, at La Hoc belle.

Not a week passes but shipments of brandy are made, delivered in cask, all expenses paid, for less than the genuine article costs here, at La Eochcllo, France. Merchants now deliber ately make brandy of any year required or of any duality. The mention of 1849 or 1S7G, for instance, in an invoice or on the label of a bottle may be regarded with perfect assurance as having no further meaning than that the article in question is presumed to have the taste er color of the brandy produced in the year mentioned. The same remark may be made in reference to the popular designations "Cognac," "Fine Old Cognac," and especially "Fine Champagne." The greater part of the brandy of to day is prepared from alcohol obtained from grain, potatoes or beets. Coincident with the failure of the white wino was the appearance of large quantities of alcohol in the ports of the Cha rente, the most of it coming from Germany.

This importation increases from year to year and is to day forty six per cent, greater than in 130. Whoever will take the trouble to look may see barrels of this German alcohol piled up in the storehouses of the merchants. A simple process of reduction and admixture of drugs, a little pure brandy or the dregs of wine to give the brandy taste and the color of the "wood," ordinarily suffice, with the brand of cognac, to create a beverage which finds a ready salo in foreign countries. It is becoming the custom to sell this brandy in twelve bottle cases, marked with one, two or three stars, according to the presumed quality of tho article, thus avoiding any compromising mention of year of production or region of origin. Some merchants, or rather manufacturers, after properly mixing the ingredients, pass the wholo through the still.

Others import the small raisins from the Fust and obtain a beverage called brandy from their juice, at least one such establishment being in operation at Cognac. THE HISTORICAL, DRAMA. A Writer Who Thinks We Ave Yet to See American Lilo on the Stage. From the Atlantic Monthly. A great drama is not to be had for the ordering any more than a great work of art of any kind, but the chances for it are increased by the gradual recovery of the stage to wider relations.

The hope of good drama does not lie in the repetition of old plays it is not a dead power its life is in the present, and thero can be no real vitality in the drama in auy country unless it takes root iu the soil. The drama is still a foreign thing with us foreign from our traditional tastes and foreign in its appointments. To my thinking tho chance for greater things lies through historic scenes rather than through social contrasts. It is significant that Tennyson, an Englishman through aud through, expressed his political feeling in "Queen Mary." It was not a success, because people aro not yet accustomed to go to the theatre as they read tho newspaper, and Tennyson shares iu the disadvantage of taking up the drama as somothiug loreign from English literary culture. His assumption of archaic forms of speech was an indication of his effort to bring his play iuto relation with the older English theatre; it suffered from its excess of antiquarianisin.

But Tennyson's failure points toward a change, and it is not impossible that in America, where prejudice sits more lightly on its throne, we may witness an increased consciousness of national being through the presentation of history in dramatic form, as well as through other forms of literary art, which have hitherto been more familiar to us. There has been gathering a delightful moss of legend and romance to cover the stony facts of our history. It may well bo that tho reader of Hawthorne and Irving will yet have the pleasure of seeing the historic life of America epitomized on the stage iu dramatic action. Marit and I. A NOItsE IOYL.

Marit at the brook side sitting, rosy, dimpled, merry eyed, Saw her lovely visage trembling in the mirror of the tide, While between her pretty teeth a golden coil of hair she held bike a shining snake it quivered iu the tide, and shrunk and swelled. And she dipped her dainty fingers defty in the chilly brook Scarce she minded how her image with the ripples curved and shook Stooping witli a tiny shudder, dashed tho water in her face O'er her brow and cheeks the dew drops glistening rolled and fell apace. Breathless sat safely hidden in the tree top denso ami green For a maid is ne'er so sweet as when she thinks herself unseen And I saw her with a scarlet ribbon tie her braid of hair, And I swore a silent oath I ne'er had seen a thing more lair. Now. if you will never breathe it, I will tell you something queer Only step a 1 i lie nearer let me whisper In your ear: If you think it was the first lime that in this seuueu tereddell I beheld the little Marit well, 'tis scarcely fair to tell.

There within my leafy bower sat happy us a king, And two anxious wrens were flitting round about mo twittering, While 1 gazed at Marit's image framed iu heaven's eternal blue, While the clouds were drifting past it and the birds across it tlew. But anon the smile that hovered in the water stole away, Though tho sunshine through the birch leaves flung of light its shimmering spray, And a breath came lloatiug upward as if some one gently sighed, And at just the self same moment sighed the imago in the tide. Then I heard a mournful whisper: "0, thou poor, thou pretty face, Without gold what will avail thee, bloom of beauty, youth and grace? For iv maid who has no dower" and her curly head she shook It was little Marit speaking to her image in the brook. More I heard not, lor the whisper in a shivering sigh expired, And the image in the water looked so sad and sweet and tired. Full of love ami full of pity, down I stooped her plaint to hear: I could almost touch the ringlets curling archly round her ear.

Nearer, still a little nearer, forth I crept along the bough. Tremblingly her lips were moving, and a cloud rose on her brow, Precious darling," thought grieve not that thou hast no lover found" Crash the branch went, aud, bewildered, down I tumbled on the ground. Up then sprang the little Marit with aery of wild And she gazed as if she dreaded I had come to do her harm. Swift she darted through the bushes, andwithstupid wonder muto Stood 1 staring blankly after ere I started in pursuit. Aud a merry chase I gave her through the underbrush uud copse; Over fallen trunks and boulders on she fled with skips and hops, Glancing sharply o'er her shoulder when she heard my footsteps sound, Dashing on with reckless terror like a deer before tho hound.

Hot with zeal I broke my pathway whoro the clustered boughs were dense, For I wanted to assure her I Intended no offense And at last, exhausted, fell she ou the greousward quivering, Sobbing, panting, pleading, weeping, like a wild, unreasoning thing. "Marit," said stooping down, "I hardly tee why you should cry: There is scarce iu all the parish such a harmless lad as I And you know I always liked you" hero my voice was suit and low. No, indeed," she sobbed, in answer" no, indeed, I do not know." But mcthought that in her voice there was a touch of petulance; Through the glistening tears I caught a little shy and furtive glance. Growing bolder then, I clasped her dainty hand full tenderly, Though it mads a mock exertion, struggling faintly to be free. "Little Marit." said gently, "tell me what has grieved you so, For 1 heard you sighing sorely at the brook a while ago." "Oh, she said, her sobs subduing, with an air demure and meek "Oh, it was that naughty kitten he had scratched me on the cheek.

Nothing worse?" I answered, gayly, while I strove her alance toeaich. "Let me look; my kiss is healing, kitten's scratch?" May I euro the Audi kissed the burning blushes on her cheeks in heedless glee, Though the murks oi Pussy's scratches were invisible to me. "0 thou poor, thou pretty darling," cried frantic wilh delight, While she gazed upon me smiling, yet with eyes that tears made bright, Let thy beauty be thy dower, and be nilue to have and hold For a face as sweet as thou hast needs, in soothe, no frame of gold." lljutmar II. Boyescn in Hurler's. Railroad Intki.i.iokncr.

Mr. Pettit, the new superintendent of the New Jersey Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, ha dona a good thine for passengers who mav possibly be smashed or otherwise injured while traveling on that greni nignway. lie nas oruereu a supply oi nut, bandages and liniment to be kept oil cuelv locomotive, ready for sudden emergency. Perry havis' Pain Killer is the very liniment needed in railroad disasters. It is so sure and speedy in its operation that no locomotive ought lo be without il.Mncr.

ATLANTIC CITY MOSQUITOES A Naturalist's Observations in the Midst of Sand, Heat and Flies. The much abused New Jersey mosquito has at least one merit. He goes to work noiselessly and methodically, without any of that fuss with which some mosquitoes herald their approach. You are punctured before you are aware, bled before you have time to get angry, and are at least thankful that you are spared the insulting song of his noisy namesake. We walk into the thicket of low shrubs that fringes the beach south of Atlantic City; aud are at once surrounded and almost covered by a swaim of these little pests.

They rush fiercely at face, hands and neck they hide our clothes beneath a mass of gauzy wings; they make life indeed a struggle, for, while we keep a good lookout for plants, we have also to keep up a perpetual waving aud flapping of a bunch of twigs that we have gathered for the purpose. Would that some good Saiut Antonio would preach to these insects, as of yore to horses and pigs, and convert them to Sabbatarianism, so that at least they might desist from stinging for ono day in the week and allow the Sabbath breaking bather, pedestrian or collector to go his way peace. The most abundant shrub in this low thicket is the bay berry or wax myrtle fSlyrica cerifera), with its small evergreen leaves and its twigs beset with bunches of little round creon berries. Tho foliage has an aromatic smell, though not so strong so pleasant as that of its relative, the so called sweet tern. 1 he names wax mvrtle and bay berry are well given, the first referring to tne white waxy substance that incrusts the small nuts the second, probably, to its seashore habitat.

It is the last shrub to yield the ground, or rather the sand, to Neptune's moist influences. for it keeps possession of tho tons of the sand dunes, between which, at spring tides and in storms, the waves roll in with thoir wreckage of scallops, clams, oysters, razor shells, sea snails and great bnsycons. On these rounded sand heaps it grows low, not over two feet in height. but farther back, iu the sheltered hollow sacred to mosquitoes, it altaius tho level of the head and, mingled with junipers, vines, sumac, holly and a few other shrubs, forms a low, taugled thicket. THE JUNIPER TRUE, HEIGH HO The juniper is the only plant approaching the dimensions of a tree that can be found growing wild along this portion of the coast.

At the pre sent season this juniper, or, as it i3 commonly called, red cedar, is thickly covered with little round purple berries which berries, by the by, aro the proof that the littlo trcc.is a juniper, and not a cedar. Pines, firs, larclfes, cedars, cypresses, arbor vit junipers and yews, all belong to tho great family of Coniferae, or cono beariug tree. Tho true cedar bears its seeds in cones as evident as those of pines or firs. How is it then that this red cedar belies its family name by bearing a berry? Simply because the scales, which in pines, lirs, cedars and larches are numerous and of a woody texture, are in the juniper genus few in number, fleshy in texture aud join together to form a small round berry like fruit, with from ono to three seeds. Tiie arbor vita and the cypress show an approach in the direction of tho juniper, for the first has a few oblong woody scales containing two seeds, while the second forms a globular woody fruit by the union of several shield shaped scales.

This plant, with leaves armed around their edges with long spines, is ilex opaca, the American holly. Here it is a dwarf four or five feet high, but in more favored spots it reaches twenty or thirty feet. It is very much like the Euro peau holly, the tree, the red berries of which are in every Anglo Saxon mind associated with Christmas, but its berries are of a less intense red. Several members of tho holly genus occur in this country, but this is the only one with prickly leaves, and some, as ilex vertieillata, the black alder or winter berry, differ still more iu bearing leaves that are deciduous, that is, fall ott' in autumn. Tho black alder is abundant in swampy places in Euirmonnt l'ark, and can bo known from plants of other families by its sessile clusters of flowers, with from four to six sepals and four to six petals.

By these characters, as well as by four to six stamens and stigmas and ovulesin about tho same number, tho holly genus (ilex) may be known. All the parts of the flower are in fours or sixes, instead of in 'fives, as is more usual with exogenous plants. CREATURES IN TIIE SAND. Hut the mosquitoes are too much for us. Botanizing under such conditions cannot bo called pleasure, so after we have packed away for future reference examples of a score or more of herbs and shrubs, we turn seaward and walk along tho edge of the retreating tide, examining tho scanty flotsam and jotsain thrown up by the summer wavelet.

"The sea water pond is gradually becoming smaller by evaporation, for the ocean rarely, if ever, obtaiu3 access to it. As a consequence of this want of change of water the free oxygen in tho pond has become exhausted, aud many of thecreatures within it are dying. Along tho margins lie dead shells, nassa whelks, little donaces that havo perished iu the struggle for breath, and long razor shells that have come to the surface to seek air and have fallen prone on the sand, killed by the summer sun. Every hero and there we come upon a swimming crab that can no longer swim and is scarcely able to crawl, though it can upon occasion find strength enough to use its nippers with such effect as to bring blood, as we find to our cost. He is a pretty crab, yellow, with black spots, and with a body that is roundish in outline, tho front edgo of tho cava pace cut info several teeth.

Wo search for a perfect specimen of tho larger and broader bodied swimming crab, with a long lateral spine, that is in repute as an article of food, but can find only brokou ones. True, we get a living one, but he is minus one of his front nippers or pincers, and when we lay hold of him, in a fit of petulance he deliberately throws off the other, making himself perfectly useless as an example of crab development. We let him go and with his broad oar like fifth pair of feet he feebly paddles himself into the f'eeper parts of the pond. SELF RESTORATIVE POWERS. A singular power is that possessed by the Crustacea of throwing off a limb at will to free themselves from thraldom, to get rid of a wounded member, or even from sheer fright.

It seems a great loss, that of one of the powerful hand like nippers with which they hold their prey and defend themselves when attacked, but it is not so great as it looks, for the limb will grow again. The defective crab retires to a biding place and in a short time, if no new accident happen, a new limb grows in tho place of the old. Far higher creatures thau the Crustacea, tho scaly lizards, can throw off a portion of themselves, aud reproduce it. A lizard in a tight place throws of its tail and a new tail in time replaces it, but the new tail is not a perfect one it is stumpy, and cartilage takes the place of bone in the new vertebras within it. Not so with tho crab.

His new limb, time being given for growth, is a perfect reproduction of the old ono, with an external skeleton as hard and a power of nipping as great. The Crustacea aro tho insects of the sea, but their superior relatives, the insects of tho land, mis called bugs" by the vulgar, have no such self restorative power. Their shorter, more active, and, on the whole, probably moro intelligent lifo is materially affected by the loss of a limb. Perhaps it is well for us that it is so, since, even under present conditions, they can do so much to make us miserable. THE GREEN FLY.

Here, right on the edgo of tho waves, is a pest that excels the mosquito in evil arts. It is a great green gad fly, with big gogglo oyes, insinuating ways and extraordinary powers of penetration. Light sunviuer clothing is no defense against him aud ho is too artful a dodger to bo struck by human hands. But even on tho Jersey shoro there are insects which do not annoy poor human mortals. Decidedly the most abundant living thing in the month of July is a pretty predaceous beello with white wing cases adorned with zigzag bars of black.

It swarms like flies upon the window pane of a grocery store, now running swiftly along the sand, now taking wing with an alacrity and gracefulness very different from tho lumber ing flight of the majority of tho beetle tribo. It takes some chasing to catch one, unprovided as we arc with a net for the purpose, but the feat is acccomplished at last, and we have a tiger beetle in our phial of alcohol. Tho tiger beetles, or Oi ciudolidaj, may bo readily distinguished from other beetles by their large eyes, comparatively slender forms and quick motions. They are the elite of the carnivorous beetles, tho felidre of tho coleoptera, and the popular name of tigor beetlo is well chosen. Most of them arc as lovely in color as they aro graceful in form, nnd oven the plainest are curiously striped aud dotted.

Where the Cranks Do Congregate. From the Washington Post, Tem. Ill one respect cranks are like death they love a shining mark. The Tarltf Commission is now the great national attraction for this numerous class of citizens. Their theories are as novel and interesting us the ieave to priut speocbes of rural SCANDALS OF THE CONCOURS The Createst Musical and Dramatic School in the World, Yet Not Quite Perfect.

Special Correspondence of Tub Tim to. Pa BIS, July 31. For a fortnight past the annual concours at the Conservatoire have hecu going on almost daily. I never find these examinations cither very remarkable or interesting, and yet one must attend them if for no other reason than to assist the audience in kicking up a row with a jury, which docs not often make such mistakes as to give prizes to the right pupils. If there is any place on earth where kissing goes by favor it is at the Paris Conservatory, and during these conconrs there is not a day passes but wlieu the jury award has been roundly denounced by both press and public.

At the concours in opera comique last week the dissatisfaction of the public produced a manifestation that ma.Ho mo think of Common Council meetings out in Chicago. One of the pupils, a Mademoiselle Pierron, had performed the role of Virginie in Lc Caid," with such a display of knowledge of the stage and such an irresistible brio that we, the public, gavo lier the first prize in advance of tho jury uud, of course, expected that that great body would also do so uuaniinously. The jury, however, only awarded her a second prize. When Mr. Ambruiso Thomas, the always dignified chairman of this jury, announced the otlicial decision the wholo audience protested, roundly hissed, shouted, shook their fists towards the stage and altogether behaved quite as lively as apolitical ward caucus in Philadelphia or an eviction matinee crowd iu old Ireland.

On another occasion the jury decided that there was no one good enough for the first prize and awarded tho second prize to each of three young ladies. The audience hooted this decision aud loudly cried out that the first named of the three ought to have had the first prize. Thereupon 51. Ainbroisc Thomas stood up and said I am pained to hear such remarks from some of those present. You who are making this disturbance forget that, by shouting out tho name of Mademoiselle X.

you are insulting tho other two." A burst of applause greeted this speech, and in the hurry of events the opposition lost sight of the real point they were trying to make. Their cries of shame were not intended as insults towards the other two girls, and they might very properly have replied to Mr. Am broise Thomas iu these words "Pardon, Monsieur; we say nothing against the other two young ladies. Tho jury has given them a second prize, and no doubt they doservo it. What we say is that Mile.

X. should have had tho first prize. If there is any insult in these remarks, then, sir, that insult is aimed at yourself and the gentlemen of the jury." The award of the jury, however ridiculous it maybe, is never reversed by these hisses and Lootings, aud yet it is undeniable, tliat the judgment passed by the jury is not always based on the acting of the pupil. This concours I am speaking now of opera comique was instituted in order to enable the pupils to manifest their scenic abilities and thus to facilitate the managers of theatres in securing artistes whose experience if simply confined to the proficiency demount rated in the singing concours would he far from sufficient. The jury deviate from this programme with a coolness aud ease'that ought to be checked in some way.

the cur.r.K CU'M. These public concours embrace both singing and acting for the operatic stage, acting in both tragedy aud comedy, playing on the piano, violin, violoncello, flutes, clarionets, horns, trombones, cornets, etc. The exam i nut ions began with fhe concovrs du chant and ended day before yesterday with the concours tf opera. There was nothing in the concours du chant this year to muko me grow enthusiastic on the. subject of tho vocal instruction that is given at tho Paris Conservatoire.

It is true that tho various classes furnished some pupils gifted with real voices with such voices as tho singe exacts but I am not going to rejoice, too loudly until 1 see what they will come to hereafter. Iu other words, I am not so sure hut that instead of having been developed, some of these voices have been restricted, for the greatest dc foets.of the, professors of the Conservatoire is that they do not take sufficiently into account the age of the pupilsconfidcd totheireare. And yet what could be more elementary? fur no lad or hiss of seventeen or twenty years can have the lung power of those of twenty five and thirty years of age. Still they all sing the same the result too often is that the voice which messieurs les professeurs have taken in a condition of promise weakens and cracks aud suddenly some day, when he or she is on the stage, it will break iu the throat of the singer. But to como back to the concours du chant, which was divided into two days, the first for the male and tho second for the female voices.

There is nothing interesting to say about the morccaux selected for the contestants. They are always the same, frequently stupid, and some times very poor music. Tho result of the first day was No first prize; a second prize to M. Jouhannet, who saug somewhat coldly the air of the "Bal Masque," and threo or four acccssits to as many pupils. On the second day a score and more of young women, "defects of nature," as Milton pronounced them, passed beforo the jury, which, with Ambroisc Thomas at its head, was reinforced by the presence of JIadames Carvalho and Viardot.

The former is tho wifo of tho manager of the Opera C'omiquo and is sixty if she is a day." She sings well, but not so well as her pretty little American rival, Mario Van Zandt, of whom she is quite jealous. The first prizo was unanimously awarded to Mile. Luciire, who sang with sureness and authority an air from the second act of The Huguenots." But she is by no means a perfect artiste tho physique is defective and the vocalization shows a little too much of the effect of study. There were three second prizes given and several acccssits, and lam bound to say very few of them were deserved. Among those who "got left" was a Miss Hall, an American, who gained a first accczsit last year.

In the concours d'opera she proved no better, and the critics cut her up dreadfully. THE DRAMATIC COMPETITION. The little theatre of the Conservatoire presented a brilliant appearance the day of the concours dc tnujedic el dc comedic. Tho jury was composed of MM. Ambroise Thomas, Alexandre Dumas, Cainille Doucet, Emile Perriu, manager of the Theatre Francaise; do la Kounat, manager of the Odeon Theatre; Barbier, Ed.

Thierry, Febvre and Doschapellos. In the hall I noticed Messieurs Francois Coppee, Coquelin, Mouuct liarotta, Tholer, Reichembcrg, Jeanne Samary, Legault, Blanche Mouthy, Marcelle Julien, Massin, Nancy Martel, Jeanne Bernhardt, Linn Faulkner, Dnparc aud Heps; also Frau Miss Lucy Couch, Senorita Mauri aud Mrs. Beard, of tho foreign element. The concours for tragedy commenced at tea o'clock aud resulted as follows Males No first nor second'prizes awarded. The first accessit to M.

Hattier, aged twenty years, pupil of M. Worms. He attacked the role of Triboulet in tho "Koi s'Amuse," talked a good deal through his noso and played tho deuce generally with the part. Second accessit to M. Reygers, twenty three year3 old, a pupil of M.

Maubaut. He played Kuy Bias and that most horribly. Females No first prize. Second prize to Mile. Cnristio Martel, 16 years of age.

This young lady is a daughter of M. Martel, of the Comedio Francaise, and is a pupil of M. Got, the eminent actor. She was very good iu the touching rolo of Marie Stuart, but she will soon tear her tender and pretty throat to pieces in such heavy parts. 'Phis same lady made a try for a prizo in comedy in the afternoon and failed most signally.

Premier accessit: Mile. Lefubvro, 25 years of age. and a pupil of Maubaut. A young lady whom I have heard on several occasions, Mile. Barthclemi, and who, in mv opinion, has a great deal of tragic talent, was "black balled." The contest in comedy was much more satisfactory.

There were 22 concurrents, 12 young mon and 10 young women, in it. It was M. Dudes, the second prize of iast year, who gained the first prize. Ho was, however, a sad failure in tragedy. The second prizo was given toMM.

Darnel and Samary. The latter is 17 years of age and is a brother of Jeanne bo witching soubrette of the Comedio Francaise. Premier acccssits were, bestowed on MM. Hattier and Lambert. The latter is thoson of Albert Lambert, of the Odeon Theatre, and is a pupil of M.

Delamiay. Second acccssits went to MM. Mayer and Ruef. There waS no first prizo given in comedy to the women? Second prizes were taken by Miles. Muller, Bruck nnd Petit.

The audience noisily protested that Mile. Muller was entitled to a first prize. Mile. Bruck is paid to be a niece of Sara Bernhardt. If this is true, then I ean complimcut Mnie.

Datnala on having so handsome and talented a relative. Mile. Petit played tho rolo of the Dvcheste de Septmonts in Dumas' "Ktrangere," the same part. that. Jeanno Bernhardt played to her sister Sara's Mrs.

Chuison. when in America. A i trying to convert the. sinners of Dayton, Ohio, but at last came lo the conclusion that they are a hard lot. So he has gone to Indianapolis, where he expects better luck.

The Boy Preacher" was nt Indianapolis not very long and made many converts. Vet it is supposed thai there are still some of the unconverted in that city on whom Barnes may try the virtue of his uuointing oil. The Primitive Methodists of Great Britain reported at tiieir recent conference a membership of an increase of 6,017, with which they are pleased. But their four theological colleges turn out more trained oung men than the conference can employ, and q'uite a number of qualified young ministers have been sent back to business lor a year to await openings for ministerial works. Two of the colleges have 'been closed for a year on this account.

A religious paper makesa timely suggestion to home musicians: "There is one thing for you who sing or who play upon pianos, cornets, to consider in this season of open windows and that is whether the public within a half mile's radius will be annoyed by your noise. It you are not a true master of your art vou would do well to shut your window." This is so good that it ought lo be universally ndipted. Iiou'l think that because Daniel prayed Willi hfc windows open toward Jerusalem you must open sash, blinds, shutters and worry an unwilling neighborhood with your noise. Oalhie Established Church, which is attended by the Queen when in Scotland, it would seem, is not distinguished for the liberality of its members, the whole contributions to the mission and oilier schemes of the church amounting last year to $100 and the total income to This is not surprising, for the members would hardly do such an impolite thing as to give against their Queen. That good lady's income is believed to be quite substantial and there appears no good reason why she should not handsomely supplement the liberality of the members, must of whom are persons of very humble means.

The Tehurus in India may be considered the most wonderfully receptive of any people to whom the gospel has been preached by missionaries. The entire number of Tolugus is a little. less thau lfi.OoO, ooo. if this number 11,610,000 were living, iu 1X70, in the presidency ot Madras. There are iu the Nizam's dominions.

'1 he remainder live iu Hie central provinces north of these dominions in Mysore and in foreign regions like Borneo, Mauritius, whither they have emigrated from India. There are eleven missionary societies luboringamongtiicm and moiv than lii'ty English and American maie missionaries engaged in the work. Some of the dwellers along the African coasts are so heterodox as to worship the shark. They consider the stomach of this voracious creature the road to heaven. Three or four times a year they row out and offer the shark poultry and goats to satisfy his appetite.

This is not all a child is once a year sacritieed to the monster, which has been specially liittviietl for tli is occasion from its birth to the age i.f ten. On lie festival day the unfortunate litile victim is bound lo a post on a sandy point at low water as (lie title rises the sharks arrive. The child may shriek and the mother may weep, bin it is id no avail; even its own parent thinks that (lie horrible sacrifice will ensure her child's entry into the laud of everlasting bliss. The Baptists in Sweden were recently reported to be iu great trouble, owing to the interference of the government with them in administering the rite of baptism. Hut Mr.

Arnold, of the Evangelical Alliance, who has lately been on a visit to reports remarkable progress among tiie 1'Snntist churches. They number now about members, and one place ot worship at Stockholm alone is reguhiily attended by persons, and there are several other, such churches. A great re vival has taken place during I no past vear, a specially encouraging feature of which is the addition of numerous members through the Sunday schools. The leaders of the churches speak also more hopefully of liil.ll puiwoil ill uuiou lo uiu lOt CLilUICUl UliU IIS toleration oi their urumances. Somebody makes a good suggestion as to the ventilation of churches, which seems so siuiple'that almost any sexton might arrange it.

"Provide for each window on each side of the church a light boara, live or six inch' wide, half an inch thick aud the length to be the same as the width of the window, 'lobe neat and tasteful these boards should oe painted with the color of the sash or uindow cusing. Set one of the boards in each window, edge wise on me sin, against ine snsn, anil lasten it in this position. When ventilation is needed, raise the lower sash on the windward side of the nttdience room, nearly to the upper edge of the board, admitting the air through live vacant spuce between tho upper and lower sash, and on the opposite side of the room iower the upper sash eight or ten inches for the escape of the bad air." The fourth annual day of prayer for the railroad men of the Lehigh Valley will be observed to day. The committee, of which Andrew Boss is chairman, says "We invite you to join us iu this concert of prayer, and ask you to cail the intention ot your congregation to the day thus set apart, and that you request them to offer iu their families, and in tiieir private devotions, prayers for the outpouring of spun upou tin engngeu upon me roans oi the Valley; fur officials, train, shop, track aud depot men, telegraph operators, mail agents, express messengers and all connected with the roads. Wo further request that the sermons and discourses on that dm havo reference to those men, and that special efforts be made to secure the attendance of railroad men at the public services of that day also, that praise uud thanksgiving be rendered to (Jod tor His blessings ou railroad work." A very pleasant bit of history in regard to church steeples is the pulling down sf the wooden spire of ('race Church, at Broadway and Tenth streets, New York.

The spire was, painted in such admirable imitation of alone that most people supposed it to be genuine. Yet it was only a cheap sham, liable to rot, to tumble down or to catch tiro and carry destruction around the neighborhood. The church is one of the wealthy ones of New York and can afford to do very much what it pleases iu making improvements. In this connoclion it seems strange that such a church should have had to borrow another piece of property for it in order to erect spire of real stone A debt of Sm.Oiii) for such a purpose is almost as objectionable as the old wooden spire. There is so much wealth in Grace Church that it is greatly to be regretted that a collection was not taken np for a snire fund.

The money could have been raised in a few hours. It is a pity that a church thus situated should set other and poorer churches the example of running in debt in this manner and to such a largo extent merely for a matter of luxury. A pleasant little joke about a fish hawk and a minister's dinner was some time ago started at Spring Lake, X. J. After many emendations aud alterations it has appeared in the following form in one of the most reliable religious papers of New York: "We give, as we find it reported In a New Jersey journal, the strange manner in which a clergyman's dinner was recently provided for him.

It is staled that in sea coast village in thai State a clergyman lives who has a large family, but whose means are extremely small. The family were one day lately in sore strait, having no meat for dinner nor means of purchasing any. The clergyman's wife and daughters were iu the back yard consulting about the preparation of a meal of vegetables, when a large fish fell into the yard, apparently from the sky, for no one could havo thrown it there. It seemed to come so appropriately as to be a special providence, nnd wnsin any case lliankfullv accepted. An explanation of the affair was given afterward bv some one who witnessed it.

A large fish hawk had been seen to swoop down to the sea and rise with a lanre lish in its beak. Tho hawk rose with difficulty, for the lish was heavy and wriggled violently. At last a vigorous twist freed the fish, which fell to the ground, happily at a point where it was very acceptable. The journal relating the iucidctit slates that its truth is vouched fur by several trustworthy people." If this fish story meanders around much longer through the columns of tiie religious press it will probably put the pastor and his family on the brink of starvation, with the fish hawk opportunely bring in him blucfish as the ravens brought meat to Elijah by the Brook C'herith. A curious bit of ecclesiastical strategy is going on among some of the brethren of the Southern Presbyterian Church, tho object of which is to trip up the movement for tho union of the Northern and Southern branches of the Church.

A "secret circular" has been sent to many of the ministers asking them to obtain signatures to it aud for the present to withhold it from publicity. But somehow or other it has found its way to tho light and its publication is already defeating the purposes of its authors. The circular is intended to get a large number of ministers committed in advance of the Presbytcrial meetings and to bring the pressure ot their combined influence upon the Presbyteries to Induce them to overture the next General Assembly to violate tho agreement touching the exchange of delegates with tiie Northern Assembly. After culling up the past so as to arouse the passions of the render it oilers this paragraph for signature: "It Is the opinion of all whose names here appear that our 1'resbyteries, at their full meetings, exercising tiieir clear constitutional right to review tho proceedings of their Commissioners, should declare their dissatisfaction with the basis of fraternal relations adopted at Atlanta, and should overture the lxington Assembly to instruct the delegates appointed at Atlanta to decline entering the Northern Assembly uutil it shall comply with tho concurrent resolution retracting mutually all offensive imputations." The good brethren having tho charge of engineering such a business as this ought to have gone in person to tho ministers and others who were to be consulted. Sending such documents by mail before fully knowing the views of the men to whom they are Mid is risky business.

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Ameiican Cons 02 .02 .02 .02 2oo Argent 20 .20 .19 .20 twtt Couipromi.se 'AIM .40 .41) 1100 Dauntless 05 .05 .05 .05 5tm) Del 10 .10 .10 .10 100 Denver 32' .31 2500 Governor Croup 16 .16 .10 .16 COO tlrand Union 09 .09 .09 .00 5500 (iirilld 40 .40 600 Golden Age Group .01 .01 .01 .01 5000 Iowa Gulch is .18 .18 King llulliun 02 .02 .02 .02 sooo I.edwrCons 03 .03 .03 .03 l.W) Mt. Lincoln 03 .0.1 .03 lono Magnolia U9 ,10 .09 .10 2000 Orion prof. 110 ,30 .2 5 .25 Pcnn Brecli ,9 loo Rura Avis Ex 12 .13 .11 .11 sun Tombstone 1.10 1.10 1.07J4 1.07' 700 Deputies, musicians, actors, actresses, professors and journalists. This is the truth of the matter. The professors say that there aro often two hundred or more applicants for admission as pupils.

Now, as it is impossible to admit them all and as the examinations have to be conducted in a single day. failing to pick out those who are really the'most meritorious, they have to base their selections on those who are backed by the strongest influence. Of course the result of this system is that the Conservatoire is too often crowded with inferior talent, the intelligent and gifted applicants being compelled to go into private schools or to give up their ambitious hopes. As it will be impossible to do away with tho power of influence it will be much simpler to enlarge the Conservatoire, so that all the talented young persons and kept women" who desire to cuter as pupils may be able to do so. THE FL'Tl'HE OP TIIE PUPILS.

It has been said that the pupils of the Conservatoire do not sf udyafterthey get in because they have the prospect of starving one day or other, and much pity has been expended on tho lot of the women, who, after they leave the place, have, for want of being able to find paid engagements, to choose between the charcoal pan and prostitution. Those who say this know very little about the Conservatoire. In tho first place, these annual concours are attended by clouds of directors from Paris, tho provinces and abroad, who are only too anxious to engage such pupils as they may think worth having. To say, then, that a pupil who has talent will starve on leaving the piace is to say what is not true. What is more remarkable, however, is that this accusation of not studying is not brought against the violin and piano classes, the pupils of which have in reality but little to expect after they are through with their studies.

It is in the classes of singing and acting that the studies are neglected, and the reason is a simple one. It is because three fourths of the young women in these classes have lovers. I ain but stating the truth and this is tho real secret ot the whole affair. A great many of these lovers are wealthy fellows, who send their mistresses to tho doors of the Conservatoire in a private coupe and dressed in silks and diamonds. Others may not have protectors rich enough to furnish theiu with a carriage, but the fine clothes are not wanting.

These fast girls will not study, of course not and I have myself seen M. Worms seize his hat and rush from the class room completely disgusted with the stupidity and inattention of his 'pupils. As to those young women not finding a paying engagement when they leave tho Conservatoire, I could cite many who are far from being brilliant who occupy splendid positions in the professions; and not a single pupil who ever showed any talent can ho mentioned who is not now occupying a good engagement. Another complaint made against tho present organization of the Conservatoire is that the di reeteurs of the subvontioncd theatres have the right to take for three years such of the pupils as may please them on very low terms. But it must bo remembered that the State has given to these pupils the means of succeeding in their profession it has instructed them and formed them and has charged tlioni nothing for having done so.

In return tho Slate exacts a sacrifice of the first three years of their career. Iu the private schools they are very much more exacting. True tho pupils are obliged to sign a contract by which they bind themselves to pay over to their instructor from one third to one half of their salaries during three to five years, and with a minimum sum fixed in favor of the instructors. The State, ou tho other hand, says to the pupil You will give me three years of your career, during which you will receive as compensation not much more than will meet the wants of daily life, and you will make your debut in your profession on our loading stages, at the Opera or at the Opera Comique if you are a singer, and at the Francaise or the Odeon if you are an actor. But if it should happen that the directeursof these theatres do not want you, then you arc free from all engagement towards us." In practice, however, when a pupil has been engaged in a subvciitioned theatre and shows anv talents his or her salary is always increased at the end of the first year, for if tho directeur wishes to retain tho pupil after the expiration of the three years he invariably does so by a new contract, made long in advance.

If the pupil does not come np to what was expected the directeur of the State Theatre will always allow him or her to leave before the end of tho three years for any other engagement he or sho may desire to accept. The Paris Conservatoire under different management would be a grand institution. I doubt if tho timo will ever come when the kept women" will he shut out, but even with this terrible shame about it thero are many good things which might be said in its favor. It has lasted a long time and will continue for a long time to come. The first thing of the kind established here was the School of Declamation, founded by Lekaiu and Previilo about 17fi0.

Then came the School of Singing, established at the Opera in and which Louis XVI. started for the purpose of perfecting tho different talents of those who havo a desire to serve the King in opera." The first public performance at the new Conservatoire took place tho l.Hth April, ITWfl, when the pupils played Roland." The ISth June of the same year a class in dramatic declamation was added to the school and Talma, who made his debut at tho Comedio Francaise in 1787, was the first tragedian to leavo this class. But tho Conservatoire of Music, properly speaking, was founded by Bernard a captain in tho Guard Nationale. This was in 179:3. The Commune of Paris declared this school free to all comers in 17(13, aud it was given tho namo of the Institut National de Mtisiqiio, and Captain Sarret te was appointed itadirfttreur.

TbeUlsifof August, the Convention Rationale passed a supplementary law organizing tho Conservatoire as it now stands. In 171)7 the personnel of the place consisted of 1 directeur, 1 secretary, 125 professors and fiOO pupils of both sexes. The famous hymn, Chant du Depart," was written in 17SI4. Sarrette composed tho words and Me hul wrote the music ou the corner of the mantelpiece in the Conservatoire building. It was executed for the first time by tho orchestra aud chorns of the Conservatoire.

J. h. We know whereof we affirm when we depart from our usual practice and recommend Hunt's Remedy as a sure cure for all kidney diseases. Adv. THE NEW YORK MARKET.

Until near the close the New York market was very dull. In the late trade some activity occurred and there was a small advance all along the line, closing prices for the general list showing an improvement of i to 1 per cent. The following shows the range of the principal stocks: V)tning. nign. Lovvsl.

iihi. Central Tacific 93 CaniKid Southern 64 93" 65 93 X(i 117 'J a SS Denver and Kin Grande fill's Deluwure and Hudson 117( Lack. West 116 Erie Lake Shore lll'i Louisville and Nashville Wi 61 J17 117 as; 111 Michigan Central 99 Missouri Pacific 106 Northwest com 115 N. Y. Central 136 N.

J. Central 79U Northern l'aeilie com SfBs Northern l'aeilie 92 Ontario and 26 Pacific Mail 43 Reading 60'2' St. Paul. 1231 4 Texas Pacific 51U Union Pacific 115 Wabash Itti' i 99 107 140V4 1ST. 79 50 S6 26 44U 61? 123 o2 Jl17a ih'S S92 tW 99ljS 1 HI 410,4 123 61 115 86', 135 79 50 93' 11 '4 61'4 hiv, uou 36 Wabash pref.

6I YVitMli.m l'lihm 691 Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Opening. Highrst. Lowed. Ch.ihti.

Wheat, September. Wheat, October Wheat. Year Corn, September Corn, October Corn. November Cuts, Cats, October Oats, Year Pork, September Purk. October Lard, September La id, October 99'd m4 9S1 ft 97 i 97 3i' 01 90'a 77'' 3li' S3 35 1 4 Bl'rV? 21.37 21.17:5 12.30 12.JO 21.15 21.

Ml 5 i Sltiittiieni.ii. S0752 bushels. 1123141 bushels. 1376U0 buslieis. ISOSK barrels.

330379 pounds. 12.14 i'ltts. 71757 1I5T9I 96175 Wheat Corn Outs Pork Lurd l.ako engagements: 112,000 bushels. Wheat, 40,000 bushels; (torn. The Philadelphia Marlipts.

SatiiiiiiiW, August 19. Cotton is nt for middling; uplands, but the demand is light. Flour and Chain. Our usual report of these markets is omitted to day, the Commercial Gxchaugo having adjourned from the close of business yesterday until Monday It order to allow the members lo participate In an excursion to Coney Island, Whisky is thin at nt SI. 19 for Western.

"Wingless Voyagers of the Air. From the'Moott Valley News. During the Thursday evening number or good slxed fish rained down iu the mild, near Ike Hamilton's, Scott Valley, and could be seen there yesterday. One active follow, about fouriurhes sni'vived'tho nielli and Has picked up nnd put into a wn of water, where he showed up its lively as ever, 'l ive fish were of tho "cliul. variety and' varied iu size from two to four inches iu lenutii.

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