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?- ? ? - ? ? The Beaufort Tribune. p VOL. II.?NO. 49. BEAUFORT, S, C., OCTOBER 25, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM. If Yon Love Mo, Tell Me So. If von love me, tell mo so, Wait not till the summer glow Fades in autumu's oli&ngefal light Ambor e -?u la :r>d purple night; Wait not ti 1 t!io winter hcnre Heap w.ti. snow drift all the flowers, Till the tide of life runs low? If you love mc, tell me so. If yon lovo D.e, tell me so, While the river's dreamy flow Holds t'.io lovo enchanted honrs Stooped in musio, crowned with flowers ; Ero tho summer's dreamy days Fado in mystio, purple haze? Ere is hushed the musio flow? If you love me, tell me so. If you love me, tell mo so, Lot mo hear the sweet words low, Let mo, in life's morning fair, Feel your kisses on my hair, Whilo in womanhood's first bloom, Ere shall come dark days of gloom ; In t':o first frts'i morning glow? If you love mo, toll me eo. Louise Lenormand's Prophecy - ROMANCE OF HISTORY. On of December, 1804, i ?U\J1, .. n., ii. a ioug gray over .- out, ii . n . i! .:?><?rstep8 of a largi marble building u L' ri-\ Ttio muii rang the' bf.il, and a tall elend' r Inuuctt.) >}.i u< the door t' liiin. j.j ? I Lor, despite the re sistance sL olloied v? his umbiac.c. "tsirol sii-i " s' . os-laimed, icotoat ingly." " Ob, don't ca?. uo so, beauty,' no repiieu, still keep / L'a ?ruis arouni lier. "You shall ten me tuj f again to-day." The handsome brnnettc In ngtigei' h rs ill from hi* arms. H. . < n vnce assumed a somber air. "Sire," sue said, gravely, "do . ask me to do that any more." " Why not?" " N ipoloou Bonaparte," she said, al most solemnly, "I have bad news foi yon." " Bnl news for me, lionise? Yon ar< joking. Who can harm me? Am I not all-powerful?" "Oh, yes, now?now I" " An I nil it is in store for mo?" " Sire, do you want to hear it ?" "I do." She led him into her boudoir. Then sho took from her desk a pack of cnri ous oards. She laid four of them on. the table. " These cards," sho said, " signify i name." " What name ?" he asked. " B?L?U?C?H?E?R." " Blucher 1 Who is he?" " He is a Prussian general." " I never heard of him." She pnt four morexsards on the table. " This Gen. Blucher, sir, will bring about your ruin." XT 1 I 1 1-i- l ' ' ? at upunjujj uur?l llitu latlguior. ' A Prussian general should be able to ruiu me, lionise ? Yon are mistaken, my beauty." " Ab, sire, no ! I love, 1 revero you I' " I know it." She pprouched him with a tender, though sad glance. " Then let me warn you. Before nit I see a held of battlo, on which Gen. Bluoker will rout your troops, and then " ? She hesitated. "And then?" asked Napoleon, smilingly. "Then you will be transported to an island in mid ocean." The emperor laughed uproariously. " What has got into you, Louise? ' he asked, merrily. "A Prussian gem ral will rout my troops, and then bring about my transportation to un inland in mid-ocean ? 1 never heard suoh non sense. The Prussian army will be anui kilated by my veterans; it has nothing but blockheads for generals, and I "? " You, sire," she said, " are the greatest man that ever lived, but yon know my supernatural powers." "Ah I" interrupted Napoleon, "nc one can frighten me with Prussia. Yes, if you had bilked about Austria, Russia or England '? "Ans ria and Rus-<ia," she said, grave ly, "your majesty will bring to the verge of ruin next year." " Is that true, Louise ?" oried the emperor, joyfully. " Perfectly true, your majesty." He cmbracod her fervently. " If thlt is true. Lonise vnnr nl V* t % prophecy will fall bo tho grouud. What will Prussia do alone cg&inst me ?" Sho shook her head gloomily. " The cards say to the oontrary, siro," she rejoined. Napoleou laugh il again at her. It is a well known tact that, like all Oorsieaus, ho was very superstitions, and the wonderful predictions of the charming fortune teller, Louise Lenormand, which had proved true in every respeot, had made a deep impression upon him. Her beauty had caused him to fall in lone with her, and she, like most of thy beautiful women of tho French capital at that time, had only been too glad to receive his homage. He left her with the namo of Blnohei flrm'y impro sed upon his mind. Hi* wonderful memory never forgot anything which concerned him personally. Two years elapsed. The emperor of the French had artfully managed tocauso the foolish King Frederick William HI. of Prussia, and his equally foolish advisers, to declare war against him. Everybody knows tho disastrous consequences of this rash act of folly. The terrible battles of Jena and Auer- t stedt were fought. Almost in a single day the Prussian army was routed, and the humiliating defeat at Rossbach was more than avenged. Only Blucher's division, which had periormed prodigies of valor in the great battle, made an orderly retreat in a northwesterly direction. But tho French corpB under Marshal Viotor, flushed with victory, pursued him with the utmost vigor. Tho Prussian soldiers were half starved and utterly exhausted when they reached the ancient city of Lubeok. There, after a brief struggle, destitute of ammunition and provisions, they wero compelled to surrender. Blueher and most of his officers broko their swords rather than give them up to their hated adversaries. The vanquished general was treated in an almost barbarous manner. Haviug refused to givo his parole to tho effect that he would never again bear arms against the emperor of the French, he was confined in a dungeon in the basement of the city hall. Four days after Marshal Victor received from the Emperor Napoleon the following laconic letter: " Cauce Blueher to make an attempt to escape. Then havo him court-martialed and shot. N." Gen. Blueher, who was then already 1 sixty-four years old, was smoking his pipe gloomily in his oell. Suddenly a s haudsome young woman stepped in. Now the grim old Prussian general was > anything but a hater of women. His > enemies asserted that he fell in love * with every pretty face he saw, ami when his fair youDg visitor entered his cell " his faoe brightenedjat once. He rose politely from his stool and offered it to ^er. "Fair lady," he said, in his most 1 ? i toons manner, " what brings you to j r\is dismal place?" 1 She answered him in French, telling him that she was the daughter of Masillon, the celebrated pulpit orator of Ber lin, and that she bad risked her life in order to free him from captivity. Her bearing toward the grim old sol " dier was so seductive that he fell an easy r victim to her charms. " We must flee from here to-night," ) she whispered to him, as he held her in ^ his arms. 441 am ready," he replied. 44But how am I to get out of this infernal hole?" 441 will be here again at setting in of dusk," she said. 441 have procured keys for every oell hero and a French uniform K .for you." 44A French uniform!" he exclaimed, ' in dismay. 441 shall not don a French uniform. Never I never !" 1 44 But, general, is it not better for you to do that than languish here any more ?" she asked, fondling his gray mustache. 44 Yes, my darling," he replied, "and, besides, it will only l>e for a few hours ? von't it ?" 44 Only for a few minutes, general. As soon as our carriage is out of the city > yon may throw off the nuiform of the hati <1 invaders," she replied. Hlid lelt him after a fervenf embrace, 8 > ami a few minntes later the keeper of > the jail, u white headed German, with an honest, open face, entered Blncher'B cell. Jin bowed respeotfnlly before the i grim old warrior, and then said : " General, may I ask you one ques> tionf" ; " Why not, my friend!" " General, I don't like to speak about it, and I hope you will not communicate to any one what I am going to tell you." " What an idea f I never betray my 1 fri? nds 1" " General, lot me oak you, then, do yen kn- -w the?the woman that came to | see you to day ? ' ' "No. 8he said her name was Miule' lino Musillon, the daughter of the Rev. 1 Dr. Masillon, of Berlin. Is she not what she pretends to be ?" The old keeper shook his head. I "General," he replied, "her true name is Adele Broisson. She is a bad 1 woman?she is Marshal Victor's mis1 tress." Blocker sprung to his feet. ' " What does the fraud she has practiced on me meant" he exclaimed, t " I do not know, general, but I saw the marshal himseif help her into his carriage after she had left your oell." a x no general man sou too old keeper, 1 who went ont. t He became very thoughtful. c At setting in of dark, true to her ' promise, the fascinating oreature entered ? Blncher's cell again. 1 " Everything is in roadinoss," she 8 ' said. " Is it, Mile. Broisson ?" he asked, 4 , dryly. ? 11 Yes ; make haste?the carriage ig t waiting for ns. But why do you call J mo Broi3sonf" t L " Bt canse I know you. Get out of ? horn ! I don't know what you are bent F 1 upon, but I know that it is mischief you t are nutting on foot. Begone !" a She bit her lips, and hurried from the 4 i cell. t Next day a French general fell into f i the hands of a Prussian regiment. v 1 lyncher was exchanged for him. I 1 Nine jrears later the prophecy of d 1 imiise lienormand, the great Parisiau r fortune teller, proved true. i . , . t When the first newspaper was started g iu Japan the editor asked a Japanese gentleman if he wished to have the t paper sent regularly. " No, I thank o you ; I have a oopy," he replied. The li 1 gentleman of the old school had no idea t i that a newspaper oontained fresh matter with every iRsue. a ROMANCE IN NAPLES. 8<" kn llrlrma Abducted and Hknt up In un iU| Aayluoa far Lunatics. m< A correspondent at Rome writes: Miss 7? ferniori, still in her teens, has lost her m< ather, and lives with her mother in 8aorno. She is beantifnl, clever, and ao- he lomplished, and inherits 120,000 due- 08 its, or about half a million lire. Her 813 nother is completely under the power '?' >f the family physician, Dr. Cosimati, wt ?ho posos as protector of the widow and *h >rphan. Eligible offers of marriage ore nade to Miss Vemieri, but are skillfully U3 itaved off by the doctor and his dupe, ha ho mother, their object being to enjoy he administration of the young lady's neaus, of which the mother was simply ?h ho depositary, and of which the pros- mj >ective son-in-law would become abso- D1 ate master. At last Miss Vemieri at- hj ained hor majority, and her guardians *h mtioipated her intentions of matrimony re jy proposing to her as her fiancee her *h irst consi . This young gentleman re- I8' tided in Naples, and thither the mother, ] lauguror ana iauiny doctor repaired to mange the nuptials. Tho youth, howiver, found no favcr in tho oyes of Miss STernieri, who, on the contrary, became lesperately enamored of a young odvo- ^ sate whom she met under the roof of an c" innt in Naples. Her passion was recip oeated, and the mother's opposition m nade the daughter ODly more resolute *1) n her determination to marry the young ?n idvacate. So doctor and mother to- m {ether changed their tactics. One morn- *ei ng Madame Vernicri saii to her daugli- P1 or: "Are you really determined to ltB narry him." "Yes." "Then, as I sau't bear to sco you unhappy, I give se nyoonsent." Tho young lady fell on mi ler mother's neck, nnd wept with joy, ill, gently disengaging herself, Madame *? iTernieri said: " Now, as yonr lovorand w." lis family live at Naples, it is better hat we should go there to tlx tho day of m' narriago, and ?get your trousseau eady." They started accordingly, and nn ook apartments at tho Hotel Fiori, aP lear the Fiortiui theater, intending to nn ake a house iu the conutry for the en- e uiug summer, tho marriage having *9 >eeu arranged for the end of autumn. L'hey had been only two days iu tho lotel when Dr. Oosimati came in with a Jignor Miragiia, whom he represented is a cousin of his, and as desirous of uiuuug luiiii v ermeri s acquaintance. Sa Che visit teemed oue of pure courtesy, all Che young lady chatted pleasantly a ? nongh on current topics with the new an .oilier till ho took his leave, and she St bought no more about him. Forty- yc light hours afterward, the doctor pro- w* Hj.sed a drive into the country, at. which Fi ho ladies wero delighted, and nil three be vere soon in a carriage bowling along ci< ho Via del Camp. th Miss Vorniori asked many questions th is to tho pal isai and villas they passed, in ill they approached a grand edifice gr vhose niAgnillcent site awoke her admi- wt ation. Whoso was it t The doctor as th f suddenly struck by an idea, ordered he ho driver to stop. " Here," he said, A ' is precisely what you want, a eountry ue esideuco till tho close of November, foi Chis palace is divided iuto suites of pr ipartments. Come in and let us sec how stc 'on like them." They alightod and eu- kn ered, and tho doctor asked for Madame ha ^lourens. An iron gate was then open- wl ;d, admitting to a courtyard, from which wu hey mounted two flights of stairs, and on lieu they were ushered into a drawing- wt oom where they were politely reoeived ga >y that lady. Dr. Oosimati then inti- Di uatod that Miss Vernieri wished to take br partments for the summer in tho pa- Je azzo, and would like to bo shown aa hrongh the various suites. Madame pa ?louren3 was only too delighted, and of- ex ered her arm to tho young lady, who fol nechanically took it. Then tho mother m< aid, languidly : *' Yon can go alone, my ve loar, and mako your choice, which is 1 inre to satisfy me. I am tired, and will B1 vait here with tho doctor till yon come st< lack." Madame Flourens and Miss ?tir Vernieri then moved off, and the mo- an nont the door closed behind them the Sti notlier and doctor slipped stealthily th (ironoli fi nriontn noorano 1 i1? 0 I fs??uwvj tUB WS itaircasc, aud'.were soon in tho courtyard. on tleanwbile Mi:<s Veruieri was making stt lie tour of the apartments, and it wan do lot long before Miss Yernieri learned cri hat she had beeu left in an asylum for U> unatioa. hr After her discovery, Miss Vernieri a ? isked Madame Floureus, the lady super- jui ntondent, how she oould have consented o become an instrument in such a base lonspiracy. Tho lady smiled sadly. 4 Figlia mia ! were I to believe all , hose who say they have been brought lere as the victims of a conspiracy, I hould have few patients on my hands!" 4 But," remonstrated Miss Vernieri, 4 what legal proof have you that I am a It subject for an asylum ?" 41 The dooor who came here with you," replied * dadame Flourens, 44 applied to me for ? J ue admission of a patient. I told him ?. te must first have a certificate of the atient's modnens, signed by the direc- ^ or of the establishment, who is the first lienint iu Naples, Dr. Miraglia. ' Ah," broke in Miss Vornieri, to whom P his name was a revelation, " the per- , * idious plotters t That consin of his, ^ rliom Dr. Cosimati presented to me, was )r. Miraglia, then f. Bat how oould the ,. loctor certify my lunacy ? I talk atioually enough. Oh 1 the monsters I" ' ' J Hglia mia!" behold my justifies- ? ion," and Madamo Flourens prodnced he oertifloate of the alienist, Dr. Miraglia, the director of the asylum. Thereupon Miss Vornieri addressed tei lernelf to tho task of devising her extri- fni ation from tho Flonrens asylum. Vigi- " ant ly watched, she yet suoceeded in get- nil ing a letter conveyed to her lover, and on le went straight to work to rescue her hi nd bring her persecutors to justice, th He got the procurator of the king nil forthwith to the asylum aninstru g judge and a notary. . These gent 3n obtained immediate aooess to t ung lady, and examined her, with t rat painstaking minnteness, putti lestions of every kind, laying traps 1 r, and taking down her answers. S me out of the ordeal triumphant d tho result was the immediate ore r her release, and criminal proceediu re at onco taken against Dr. Oosima o widow Vornieri, and Dr. Miragl a sooner set at liberty, than Miss V< eri fled to the aunt at whoso houso s id met her fioncee. Their marria ok place immediately. Meanwhile the conspirators, whe ?ject it had been to prevent t arriage, and to invalidate Miss Y< eri's right to the control of her fortu r making her out mad, wore put up* eir trial at Balerno. They had i ady taken legal steps to compl< eir nefarious design, when tho you; Jy's release upset "everything, a; mod them from appellants into r ndaut.s. Tho section of accusation ( e Italian phraso goes) acquitted t other as tho dupe of Cosima iraglin was admitted to have act th bona fides, and he, too, was c ired guiltless beforo the law. T ictor was fully convicted. The pub mister demanded, as his sentenc r? o years' imprisonment?a year f cu day during which his victim w imured iu the asylnrn, and that Re nco was pronounced by the jndgi r. Cosimati appealed, and tho term iprisonment was reduced to ono yet ot content with this remission of t utence, tho doctor?alwayB, bo it i irked, enjoying provisional liboit nt is, not imprisoned at all?appli the court of cassation ; but his pi is rejected. Then ho solicited t ng's mercy ; but Signor Vigliani, In inister of justice, refused him tb >o. Tho eighteenth of March can] <1, with it, tho Left to power. T peal to the king's mercy was reuewo d his majesty was advised t> grant ntenco was commuted to iuterneme a prescribed locality from May ivember. Fun that Ended in Death. The persistency of Jennie Bonnett, n Francisco, iu wearing malo attii tot making her whim for several yet iivcrsion for herself and her acquaii ces, has ended in her dreadful deal 10 wus born in Paris, twenty-sov nrs ago, and h' r father and moth >vo actors. The family went to S ancisco in 1852, and Mr. Bonne iug able to speak English with sul mt accuracy, was omployed durii e next dozen years or so iu the poor caters. Alter that ho was employi u mercantile establishment. Jem ew up about as she would, and h tys wero wild. One of hi r fancies w o wearing of malo attire, and she wo r hair short to assist in the disguis companion 01 ners wan JHiauclie Jb au, and a few days ago they were o r a ride, and something occnrring event their return to the city th ipped at a hotel, the landlord of whe iew Jennie and her whims. Blanc d an accepted lover, William l)ene\ lorn she was engaged to marry. 1 is a Frenchman, and extremely jei s. Once he saw hor with Jennie, w ib nnknown to him, and whom he 1 rded as an interloping yonng ma Linevo at that time upbraided Blanct it she did not undeceive him us nnie's identity. It is believed that ] w or in soino way learned of her i rture from the city, and was furious cited by her apparent fickleness. J l:owed them, and watched their moi snta until the terrible end of tho s niuro. The room in which Jennie a anche were to sleep was in tho ill )rv, adjoining a balcony. Thoy : ed late. Blanche got into bad fir d Jennie was preparing to do i iddenly, without previous warnii. ere was a gun flash and a report at t ndow, and a heavy charge of bucks! ter??<l Jennie's side, killing her : intly. Blanche ran screaming to t or, nrousing the household with 1 it s. The /tightened landlord hesitat go to the balcony, and before seed his conrago sufficiently to ma i< arch the mnrderer had escaped, ry gave a verdict against Denevo. A Curious Apple Tree There is growing in Pochuck, N. . apple tree which bears both sweet a nr apples. Not only this, but sw< d sour apples grow on the same liml d some of the apples Are both sw< d sour. Oiio am pick au apple a id it intensely soar, then pick unotl >m next to it and find it exceeding eet; still another can bo picked fr< e same limb and it will be both sw< d sour?one half sweet, the ott ar. Over a quarter of a century iif o William Babb, now deceased, in < rimenting, took a bud from an ap] ?e which bore greenings and anotli >m a tree which bore sweet appl< itting thorn in half, he placed the so d sweet halves together, and, buddi era to the treo, the above has been t mlt. Somiof the apples are cntir< pen in color, while others have a y i?i<?h cast. Good farming?"Sambo, is yon mi p a good farmer ?" " Oh, yos, flrst-n rmer?ho makes two crops in ono yeai How i? that, Sambo!" "Why, ho sc his liny in the full, and makes mon co ; then in the spring he sells t den of tho cattlo that die for want e hay, aud makes money twice." to Eccentricities of Genius. A C irk manager tells how he engaged ,f~ Geo. Francis Train to spout in ilia ,0 theater. After the engagement had been duly heralded, the opening night . & came. Says the manager : ,or The night eame! The street was I ? blooked with people. The house was y full to overflowing, and I was informed II by the call boy that, althongh it was ?8 ten minutes to eight, and tbe music bad . ? been * rung in," Mr. Train had not put ia- in an appearance. 9r" Hero was a dilemma! I knew the man too well to hope. I hastened to a hotel, 2? and found him seated, slippers and gown, reading a paper. "Mr. Train," !so I cried, " do you know what time it is ? lie tlieater- is jammed with people, and 9r" the music is already "? uo " Never get excited," interrupted he ; "take things quietly. I have decided a not to speak to-night." Tbo coolness of his reply angered me, Q2 and I said: I "Yon shall go to the theater if I carry , you there." I then rushed around the .tlfl corner to tbo theater, and ordered the 7.0 brass band from tbo balcony to the hotel at once. ed ,< There's one condition," said Train, |f" meeting me at the door of his room, be < 1t _;n ? ?? " I. u^ -ui uutwu x win auwuiptuij jvu. lie << There's no condition, sir," I angrily r?? replied. " I have ordered the band or here, and yon must follow them, or 119 prove your superiority in strength over u~ mine." >Hf Apparently in a delighted mood at the of joke, he followed mo "to the hotel en|r* trauoe, followed by the band playing "The Rogue's March." At eight o'olook :e' precisely he walked upon the stage, J' leisurely removed a handsome light e" overcoat and a pair of gorgeous kids, ea and >:mid thunders of applause bowed to the immense assembly before him. its Two years ago," said ho, beginning iat in that oratorical manner as few, having Je? once heard, can ever forget, " when I 110 came here, you desired to crown mo 5J. kii-g of Ireland, but yon made another lfc* stupid blunder! You placed a twentytwo inch crown upon me, when you to ku"w my head measured twenty-four." His discourse was one of his noted mc urges, jumping, as the Cork Herald. termed it, " from Halifax to Jerusalem, and returning by way of Hong Keng." of His voice was in perfect tune, and his re, wonderful gestures were carrying his irs hearers by storm, when a voice from the it- gallery sung out: "How about that :h. case ye have against the English governen meet for damages, George?" TJ 1...J A,, ai.A n ? i._ j icr Jiin in.iucu iu uia huu jlu u vuiuw aii of ihuuder shouted : tt, " rwouly-four hours after I'm Presi[fi dent oi the United States, I'll collect g thai hnndred thousand pounds, or I'll er bang the British minister to a lamppost ed iu front of the White House !"' lie The next minute I saw Mr. Train er walked off the Rtage by two polioemen, as and only by the. moat strenuous effort >re did I get the house paoilled and the io. speaker released, iu He Went and Married. to oy Joseph Hammersohmiut, of Brooklyn, >m N. Y., who recently spent seven hours ho at the bungholo of a cask of precious -o, wine to prevent the escape of the liquor, qe was mairhd. Hammerschmidt's custom al- ha been, when a cask of wine arrived ho from Germany, to shut himself in his re- cellar with bis favorite dog and a bunch in of hologua sausage and cheese, and ie, spend the day bottling the wine. On to this bottling day he refused to allow he any oue to remain iu the house except le. him iclf. His housekeeper spread his dy lunch in the cellar, put his dog there, de too, and wont away. When Hammerze Schmidt went bolow he found the dog ul- was eating his lunch. He angrily took hold of the animal, tied one endof arope lid to its neck and the other to the spigot ret of the cask, and raised a club to beat re. him. Tbo dog jumped the full length Bt, of the rope, and took the spigot with to. him. The wine spurted out in a stream, ,g, and Hummerschmidt, dropping the be club, ran to the bunghole, clapped bis lut han l over it, and soon stopped the flow. in. Ho then begun to cry for help, but as be uo ono was in the house to heed him, ,er the echoes of hi3 voice died inside of ed the cellar. For seven hours he railed be tor help, and held back the wine. At .be length, late in the afternoon, his cries A weio heard, and he was relieved when he was well nigh exhansted. The dog and the spigot were going around the cellar together out of the man's reach. Hammcruchmidt made up his mind to j run no more risks, and offered himself *? to a widow, who aocented him. uu " _____ set t)s( A Born Trader. . et ff j16 Chinaman is such a born trader that he has been known to attempt to take the advantage of the missionary :?y who sells him portions of the Bible. A 5n? o 'lporteur writes from China: You offer ?e* Matthew for ten cash. A man buys and ier turns to go. No man should beoome a S?? missionary to the Heathen Chinee who cannot count ten. You count, and find 5le eight cash. Yon call after the man and l0r repeat the price that you have repeated t?F* tifty times?mayhap it is all you oan reur peat. He looks dazed. You hand back the money with an emphatic " don't 'i want!" With tho air of .? bankrupt he at 3y length produces one more cash. You el" again kindly but firmly illustrate, on your fingers or otherwise, the theoretical distinction between nine and ten. as- Ho overwhelms you with violent demonite strations that he has not another cash in r." the Morld. You repeat. Ho repeats, dls At last, with a smile that is " childlike iey and bland," he calmly extracts the other .lie cas i from his car, where it has been all of the while, as everybody but yovt knew, takes his book and departs. Kot All a Bed of Flowers. Managers of theaters, sajs the Sun, in an article on the subject, tell me that it's rare event when a lady calls to ask an humble place, and whon she does, it requires no over quick eye to detect the printed oopy of Borneo and Juliet she carries in her hand half oovered by her veil. Injudicious friend? and hired teaohentinflate the little head with inordinate self-esteem, and ruin the girl before she makes her first step forward. And if teachers cannot make an artist, still less can friends. Every year some woman is puffed in the press, heralded in "sooiety," and swung about the circle of amateurdom as an artist and a genius. Occasionally a manager is hired to give her an opportunity, but usually her backers secure a matinee at a theater. The play is oast, the debutante in the leading part, of oourae. The house is packed with friends. The cui'tain rolls np. All is expectancy. On she comes ; $1,000 in flowers are thrown to her. The play proceeds. Dresses costing $760 to $1,600 are exhibited, act after aot. The debutante is called before the curtain. A grand dinner follows?and that's all. Why! Because the cool headed manager sees that bad reading, faulty elocution, awkward gestures, and inordinate conceit can be cured or eradicated only by long experience on the stage in minor parts by a patient, willing, ambitious member-of a stock company, whereas the gorgeous creature who has dazzled her friends, believes herself above criticism, and far beyond the necessity of the stage training. That ends her. Girls oome here from the interior to study for the stage. It costs them : For board per week $8 For waebing, eto 2 For threo loeeons 16 For car faro and inoid6ntals 8 Total $28 Perhaps $25 can be made to oover all expenses, but if so the pupil must live on wind pudiling. After she has had three months' schooling, she begins to seek a position. The theaters are overstocked already. The streets are lined with real actors, who can get no employment. She goes to the manager's offi e day after day?her board still running on. After a few weeks' trial she seeks " inflaenoe "?and nine times in ten "influence " condemns her with the manager. Let ne suppose, however, that she succeeds. What does she get f Mr. Daly told me that he was overrun with people who want to play for nothing. To some debutantes he pays $7 a week, some 810, and if they snow merit, ho gives toward the ofose of the season as high as $15 a week. Bnt no Julias, nary a Juliet, not a sign of a Constance?nothing but walkee on and walkee off for the sake of practice and familiarization with the stage. On the whole, is it not a discouraging outlook for the sighing Bomeos and the emotional Juliets ? The best and greatest of them are restless, unhappy, and full of a thousand disappointments we know little of, and the inoonspiouous lend lives of self-denial, privation, and physical discomfort. A Servant of the Saltan. Signor Donizetti, a nephew of the famous composer and pianist to the late unfortunate sultan, Abdul Aziz, describes his experience thus : Ton are summoned at eight o'clock in the morning to play for three hours. You must be in full uniform ; you wait for seven hours in a elegant gallery, where yon are forbidden to sit down. From time to timo they come to tell you what is occurring in his majesty's apartment. " His highness is going to ariae." The moment you hear this you must prostrate yourself. " His highness is going to the bath." Again you prostrate yourself. "His highness is dressing." You prostrate yourself lower than ever. And so the intelligence oontinuee, until you are wearied beyond enduranoe and the sultan is nnaiij reauy. xnen an immense grand piano is brought in without its legs, for the floor of the gallery is a precious mosaic of the rarest woods, and must not bear the weight of a piano oven. The immense instrument is laid on the backs of five wretched Turks, suitably placed on their hands and knees. "But," say you, "I cannot play on a live-Turk piano." Suppose you complain that the instrument is not level, they oaretnlly put a cushion under the knees of the smallest Turk and tell you to proceed, without suspecting the sentiment of humanity that has occasioned the delay. The saltan appears, and, after all manner of prostrations, you ask for a chair. There is none ; no one ever sits in the presenoe of the sultan. Yon protest yon cannot play aniess yon sit, and the saltan finally orders a chair to be produoed. Yon play for an hour or so, and, after the sultan has watohed the effeot on his followers until he is weary, he rudely thrusts you side and takes your place. The eunuchs and the rort awake and appland his discords with raptnrons exclamations, and, after he has amused himself thns until he is satisfied of the superiority of his musio over yours, you are dismissed. A piiaouk Stricken City.?Savannah suffers from jallow fever as if it were the plague A member of a relief assooiation thus describes their work: We are feeding 15,000 persons and nursing about 7,000. The supplies of provisions and money sent us have enabled us to meet immediate wants, but we shall need all the aid you oan give us until frost oomes, to keep people from , absolutely rotting in their houses or on the streets.