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ia ill's rii i «r_ W*t • ri* W *>r • AB*i 9ado tiv n Tb# We r lh : “ u* 4tb! «1 tr m» death Ik! tE *n 1 It* . UK uiijr th»t • tr tt Ut<‘ f « *»f lecture tl* «ritt t/>*k I — Our Dead Presidents. Brief Record R . of . Their rp, • Deaths, n (k nnC . the Scenes at Their Funeral?. ! •• .j p in lot ii loart a G. i a (it Wa.Ji ugtoii died at Mount Venn n, ■ f lofl .iniiiatory quinsy, Dec 14, K'i'.l His (v.flin was of lead, in edoM-d in a mahogany shell, with ortia fnente insoila d, “ S"r<)r nil juslh-itnn" And “i.in in /hit," and a silver plate, on which w engraved : “(b ral Oeorpe Washington, departed 1799 this life on tin J h ot J).'cerntier, ,Et. 63.” Then an OM-oit isuiiiM w-d of eavsl ry me l i -at ry , with a baud of music ; next w.i led the General’s lion e, with Inn sad' !e, lirid) • and pistols; then ssafic tim body, on a bier, with Col s. Bimiiiih, Runssfc Payne, pall-1 Gilpin, Mnr •tollei mul Ilittle as »ear«rs; the Freemason* loliowed, bearing the great¬ er and Hie lesser lights, When and the citizens closed the processiou. pro¬ cession moved, minute-guns anchor the were Potomac, tired from a vessel a I in On approaching the family vault the c* valry door, halted, tJi • infantry opened marched ranks to the halted, and faced inward ; the clergy and the Ma teoms brothers preceded the remains to bo vault and tlie funeral services wore unformed. The infantry then fired gree volley, and eleven pieces of artil Jt-Presidi itj near by paid and General the last tribute of the to tlie lit army. Washington had directed iu his will “that a new family vault should be ibuilt al Mount Vernon at the bait of wdiut ia culled the vineyard iudosure.” Tliis request was not •sompliod with un¬ til 1831, when a new tomb was erected, of brick, arched, and with a stone panel over the door, inscribed: “I am the teeurreetion and the life. He that be lieveth in me. though ho were dead, yet •hall he live.” A brick wall, twelve feet high, surrounds the vault, with an iron grate opening in front of tlie vault door, flanked with pilasters and surmounted by u cornice. Over the gateway tnclosure is in¬ scribed: “ Within this rest tlie remains of Gen. George Washing¬ ton.” In 1837 a Philadelphia marble worker was permitted to furnish a sar¬ cophagus, cut from Pennsylvania mar¬ ble, with u cover of Italian uiarnle, on which the arms of the Fluted States were cut in relief. The leaden coffin containing the remains of tlie illustrious her* was placed '<> thin sarcophagus, and tli/f remnants of the mahogany shell were di iriliuted among those present. The Isslv el Martha, tlie wife of Wnsli ingt > i, is incased ill another smvojilm gus, and limy occupy thr right and left miles of the entiauo* to the tomb and are visitile tbrimgli the iron gateway, Ccmgress proposed at one removed time to have tlm Wardungt.iu's remains to orypt pr. pared for them ........... the ro tanda of I lie Oapitol, bultlie Legislature of Virginia protested. John Adams died at Quincy July 4 , 1826, of old age, having lived al most ninety-olio years. An immense soneonr o of oacorted people attended his h» 'onernl and remains (jo their listing plage beneath the Uni tarian Clrureh. Boon afterward, when the society was about to erect a alone jvirtieo received to its church, jiermisshm John Quincy Ad «uuh to Construct a vault beneath it. and to erect a mi mu went within the building at the side of thepuipit. The remains of John Adams uiul ins wife were placed in the vault m •ureoplmgiof stone, and the ni.mum mt which Ikhuks long and fulsome msci i» turn, was surmounted w.tli a bust of the dao^stul PreKidont hy Horatio (trtHJU ongh. Thomas Jefferson died at Vlor.ti Hello, his Virginia houmtre.ul, ot a complication of diseases tb 4,1 attendant Vi*,!! 1826, 1 ,;" the t-amo “Be. day on which « John ° A.I •ms expired, ft was his wish that liis interment should be private, mid neeord ingly time no public notiee His was lowly given of ls.rue the of his funeral. w as on u bit r dow n the mouutaiu nd by his alaves, and followed by his relatives, to the family burial ground, where his wife rejHweil. t)n arriving at the grave it was bore found had that a concourse of his neigh uas, milled, although the rain poured of tin in Epise torrents, pul and church the burial read. sen A ire was . nnunmieiit was ereete.l in accordance with a drawing found among his papers, with an ii ription in which he styled himself “ Author of thr iteelaration of American Iudcpendeuce, Freedom the Statute of Virguya ther of the for Umvereitv Hetigieus of \ >rguu^ and Fa- lhs C"'Uiyuent was grndnatty <‘»rn.st away bv ivlie bm tere until but htt e ot it le rttemod. nn.1 V mgress last year made an •ppropi .i» tor.-iiloe.' it. 1 he marble aln i winch mare.si the grave ot Ire fuiriri itee^has'i 5 Cdaust ueguvnai * 1 JannVVfadiMU. dual “Montpelier.” at liis rural I in - at the base of the Alto gheuv mounte ns 1>7 mile* southwest from Washington at the advanced sge of 87 veai s on the 23il ot June, 1836. lie had a 1 rge funeral, and he was in torrid ins mate b ; ml ground on the estate, with naught but tradition to ■aurk t! s|nit. After refs ate i unsue cessfnl efforts to raise, of by suliscription, • sum for the erection a monument, mmto geiitecmea ot Orange county cel iK>rtrd iTW m 1837. It w • with some difficulty Uiat the exact location of the grave was identified, but in digging tor a Kmn.iiVe fouudauou tlie coffin was found. It was of black walnut, iu jsr fret v>r i rvation. and the interior was nearly amid*whie.h tilled with a skull sjvciee and ot few moss, of were the a ihe larger and harder bones. James Monroe. Revolutionary soldier, K nator, Secretary ot hta*e d a poor roan, at the i in-law, 1 istcifletT in city of New York, III G*-| 73 w as an i .i M<*r Hi , a?i«l I the vauft I Hi ,*> •i. li, l<>theS'ateof Virgmii !, ippropnanon ot ski to .1 - fra- «• <s,«, - Of removing t w re maias of the illns nous \ ivi.ua.i to Hollywood Cemetery near I.ic.unond, atid for Hit* er**e!i'»u of a monuui' iit over them. Some of the Sew York merchants. cliarunred a steams, on wtiica the r> - mains were taken to Richmond, escorted by the Seventh regiment, then com mat.(led by Col. Lefferts. The military visitors were received with great hospi taiity, although marred the enjoyment by the of the occasion was accidental drowning of Private Hamilton, a grand cm, ^ it l remeintier right, ot tne great iVA h , T The on)y monument erected over the grave when I was last at Holly wood, two years since, was an iron affair, which TMembled a mammoth fly-pro te< tor over an exaggerated roli of butter. John Quincy Adams was stricken with paralysis at his jaist in the House of Itotircsentativeson the 21st of February. i HIM, anil was tenderly carried into the there room of is Mr. Speaker nmral Winthrop, tablet, erected where now a at the instance of Hon. Samuel Hooper, which b urs the following inscription, written of by Charles Sumner. There is a bust the illustrious deceased, and be ueath it is inscribe,d; “John Quincy Adams, who, after fifty years of public service, the last sixteen in yonder hall, was summoned hence, to die in this room, 23d February, 1848.” Funeral services were performed over the re mains of Mr. Adams at the Capitol, ami they were then escorted to Quincy by a committee fttute of one Representative from everv and Territory, which was hospitably after the funeral. entertained The in remains f anetui of Han Mr. Adams and his wife were placed in the same vault where he had deposited the remains of his parents, anil a similar mural monument to that which lie had erected iu theUnitarian Church in honor of his father was creeled for him by his on!v surviving son. C. F. Adams. Andrew Jackson died at the Hermit¬ age, his estate near Nashville, Tenm.of consumption and dropsy, on the 8th ot June, 1845, aged 78. His death-lad was surrounded by his relatives and slaves, and two days afterward lie was laid in the grave by the side of his wife, of whom he had said, not long before he died, “ Heaven will be no heaven to mo it I do not meet my wife there.” It was estimated that 3,000 |>ersons were pres¬ ent. and joined in singing the favorite psslm ot the deceased, commencing, “ Why should we start and fear to die?” His sepulcher, built by himself, is a small temple of gray stone, with eight oolumns supporting a heavy dome. Within arc the graves of Gen. Jackson and his wife—-his inscribed with the dates of Ids birth anil death, and hers eomiMisiriiin. bearing along, Funeral eulogistic epitaph of his (Ten honors were paid to Jackson’s memory in every city and large town in the country, consist¬ ing tiirv usually escort of lUn a procession oration. with a nidi an Martin Van Huron died of disease* in¬ cident to old age at his estate, “ Linden wnld,” N. Y., in about the ten miles froijmjjiderhook, his 81st year of age. His remains were brought to Kinderliook, the funeral services were performed in tlie Reformed Dutch Church there which lie had attended, and they were outskirts tln-n takwi of to the the village rural cemetery' oil the fur interment, The village firemen escorted the hearse, which was followed hy the pall-bearers; then came his three sons—John, Smith and Abraham Van Huron—In the re apectable deceased carriage which had been used by the then when ho was President, and came the other relatives, citizens and a few strangers. There were line! services at tlie open grave and after the benediction the multitude slowly William dispersed m-ated the Henry of Harrison March, was inaug on 4th 1841 and died on the 4th of April following of fiaviug pneumonia, with literally congestion of the liver been worried to death by offieesekers and politicians; aged m 'Hie funeral services of the Episeo c*huu*h wore performed over the re mains in the East room of the White House, and they were then escorted to ilie Congressional burial ground by a large civic and military procession, two miles ill length. A few weeks later they were removwl to the family vault at North Bernl, on the hank of the Ohio river, a few miles Inflow Cincinnati, When 1 last saw if, from thw deck of « steamer on which I w as going to Louis neglected ville, the tomb had a dilapidated uiul John upptarauee. Tvler died on the 17th of Jium arv, 1862. in the 73d year of his age, at Richmond, Va,, wliere lie hint gone to take Ins seat as a Representative from Virginia in fhe first Congress of the Confederate Stat -s. After the funeral services, w hich were attended liy nil the h ading rebel officials, his remains were interred in Hollywood Cemetery, where his resting place was unmarked when I last saw it Mrs Tvler is living j Mnu , s Knox Polk dual alamt tbrre alter l>xptra[1<)11 lus lwal . dontml t<>nu at lus ilome 11<VIV Xasli Nllu , iv mi . He was interred with Ma ^ honor „ |Vsbyteriau clergyman | ,., mdlu . tl , „ u , reUj , U)(IS serviced, and ) ds remains n-jssie ts'iicath a handsome monument erected by Ire widow fwho is , still living) m tlu* front an'epitaph vardot herrt'&i- 1 deuce, ami b aring which closes bv saving that the beauty of ' irtue was lllusti ted u» his life the ex eellcuoe ot Cluistiamty was exemplified m his death." , /.senary 4th March, lay'or 1819, was and inaugurated Vin the of was iu his usual robust health when he attended the 4th-of July exercises the following year at the Washington monument, and. after having lava exjniscd nearly two hours to a heat of unusual intensity, lunclicd heartily on milk and eueum hers. That nigiit he was taken ill, and. on the eveumg of July 9, 1830, he breatind his last, agml 66. The funeral performed service of the Episcopal church East was over his remains iu the ixhbu v>f the White House. Among the mourners were CoL Taylor, his brother, Dr. Wood, Col. Bliss and Ool Jefferson Davis, his sons-in-law ; the Senate and House of and Representatives, Uie the foreign Ministers leading officials, civil, military and naval. The remains w^r then ml taken to the Congressional Inna 1 .•ro on a catafalque drawn by etglr rses and escorted by a larg force , ’ilars and volunteers com by Gen. Winfield Scott’ 1 he the deceased hea’ree "Old Wliitey,” the was led behind the ’long and attendant procession was *. , !)at t ,. ( . i( ., r the White H.-nsc tth „, tlie ,.^ ort had , a mile and a half diMant. SuWquentiy me remains were removed to a small f<j rn i! v i.nrrinrr \ -s* t 'J,. '* r x ,, ll< , \ ^ lajVir, , fe i> ’ c-' ,, ... jf* 00 matter to find the Lnirf f* l..w ‘ ‘ r Wln ***7 d , ’ ’ to * a “ small ™ ! inch ™ “'ur nre la £ *>*>°®* l * » com«i j*** ®,,“ , hillside, with an ii K i,'i, j i * A "u:a,i ih-ji™ ?**" ‘ o’i ’ *q° v, Nov v ’ 21 1781: i~m . dlftd Jnlv Tnl* J 18j0 ' • - - ’ ___ from^ltog 'hi this slab wa‘s prevented i A • . •. .. - lft 4 , ”^. , K!lt“ ,tato, -f W T*r of naralvsis^^ th^l^I'Tr * stroke k Vt rV on he ' f lebra p a 7. iMT Gather! t 1 5 it n? 1 T . * ” j fm tL ® q S i h ° f r M «7h Allowing , in the ...Hi yar of los age. On the 12m of March lm remains, ,n a rosewood k. t, w.th hetvy silver trimmings were remove;' to bt Paul s Ejas«.,» Cutlie HlV.i '' 7 1U Btat< -' lntl18 ves tihiile, tilmle, with with a a military military guard guard of of honor. honor. At 2.3 i in tlie afternoon, his family hav ing entered the cathedral, the casket was borne in by six sergeants of the United States artillery, headed by Rev. Dr. Shelton, the venerable rector and life-long friend of the deceased. The services, with the aid of a full choir, then were very formed, impressive. A procession was escorted hy a brigade ol national guards and two comjianies of United Staten artillery. The hearse wa* decorated with uational flags, and was followed by a long line of carriages con¬ taining bill-bearers, mourners, tinbljc officials ami citizens, to Forest teat' - . Cemetery, where, alter the final services of the Episcopal piaoop church, the remains were deposited in the family lot. A handsome monument lias since lieen erected. Franklin Pierce, left lonely and deso¬ late hy the death of liis children, his wife and his friend Hawthorne, and hy the secession of many of his political friends, died rather unexpectedly at the house of Mr. Williams, wliere he board¬ ed, at Concord, rv. ll., on tne stu oi October, 1869, aged Monday, 65. He was buried on the following Oct. 11, when bis remains were removed iu the morning, under escort, to the State /louse, wnere tney lay in state during the day in a coffin covered with black cloth with silver trimmings. At 1 o’clock the remains were removed to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, of which the deceased wns a member, followed hy na¬ tional, State and city officials, members of the bar and citizens. Tlie rites of the Episcopal church were performed by Rev. lira. Eamee, Coit, Edson and Lambert. The funeral procession left the church at 2 o’clock, and deposited tli#remains iu tfceii- hut tlgi Miuot Cemetery, where he rests by the side of his wife and two sons 1>e ip ath a monument appropriately in seribi d. James Buchanan died at “ Wbertland,” hiH rural home, near Lancaster, Pa.,’ of pleuro pneumonia, June 1, 186$, aged 77. His funeral was. as he had request¬ ed, without jiorap or display, fhe lumso and surrounding grounds were filled with personal friends, political ad¬ mirers and townspeople, who stood dur¬ ing the long service conducted by Rev. Dr. Nevin, President of the Franklin and Marshall College, a distinguished Presbyterian divine. The remains were eXuosed to viow iu the wide hall of the house, in n white satin snrona ana a plain coffin. They were escorted hy a long procession, in carriages and on foot, to Woodland Hill Cemetery, south of Lancaster, overlooking a curve of the Conestoga. A monument has since been eree ed over the grave, composed of a massive block of Italian marble, weighing tion, over by seven himself tons. before Tlie inscrip¬ written his death, simply birth gives and his death. name and the dates of his Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, iu Ford’s Theater ut vvnsuiiigton, on the evening of April 14 1865, and taken to the house of Mr. Peterson, on the opposite side of the street, y here lie died at twenty minutes past 7 o'clock the next moiling. After an autopsy had been made the remains were taken to the White House where they were embalmed. The funeral servi res lilth were pertormeit on Weanesnay, tne of April, in the East room of the White House, where a catafalque had been erected, beneath which was the coffin, covered with black cloth with silver ornaments and fringe. The Judges °f the Supreme Court, many Senators and Representatives, the diplomatic corps, and mnuv civil, military and naval officers, anil the representatives of leading journals were assigned standing places The on temporary raised platforms. luner&l services were conducted bv l)r. Hall of the Episcopal Church, who read the liturgy from the book ot common offered prayer, Bishop Sinijison, who prayer; R-v. Dr. Gurley, who funeral sermon ; and closed b Y » benediction by Rev. Dr. Gray, Chaplain of the Senate. A funeral pro evasion was then formed escorted by two regiments ot the Veteran Reserve Cmps. two regiments of enyaliy a bat terv ot artillery, and a Iwttahon of marines, followed by a large body at officers on foot, and by upward of 1,000 luouuted officers. Ah of these bodies of men w. re war veterans, and they (iresentml a fine apiwarauce. Next came the attending Clergymen, the physicians and the pall-bearers, and then the funeral ear, draw n hy six gray horses. and followed bv tlie favorite saddle-torse of the deceased, led by a groom. Ther came carriages, four aiireret, containing prominent officers, and followed by State associations, organizations of Jiff, rent aimis trom uie 8 on tie rn C-ties, and eitfeens. It is estimate,! that there were 18,000 persons in the procession, which was an hour ond a half passing any give:, joint, On reaching placed in the Capitol the revaius were the center of there - which *>■ <irap«l in mourning, where they remained tinder a guard of honor anti) the next morning. Mr. Lincoln’s remains, with those of his sen, were es corted to a car, and taken to Springfield, 111-, by the way of Baltimore, Haxris ' ,nr "> Phfl ad rlp nia, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Ii.dian s li°“ s 331(1 Chicago. stopping long enough at each place to permit impos demonstrations of respect The fi naI “dernaeut took place at Oai Ridge Cemetery and on Thursday, the 4th day of May, been an erected imposing therm monument has since who at Andrew Johnson, was the time » l “ itol States ***«*• >>*™g been elected alter he left the Presidential 0 i,air, was stricken with paralysis on the • Ssfith of July, Mrs. 1875, Brown, at the Carter house of his j-mghter, and he died in themorn- county, Tenn., there on ing of the 31st, in the 67th year of his , „ e , Eds dying request, “Letinylnxlv he shrouded in the Hag of the nation anil my head pillowed on the constitution of -- mv country,” •• was complied with, and .„,i “* fum:ral V* witLo “ t ^ d “ pla -T ° f ueaiat; ouucu the uic icud rerro as, u», and uuu fhree imeo iL»Lso”t?e wla?fELtTSn“ «emed see followed the remains of tln-ir cs lender. 1 Hey were interred with ^ ^ uenue west of the town of Greenvnle-a spot selected by himself-commanding an extended -new of the surrounding country. The snrroundtng mountains, which had stood sentinels 9 f his home, ^‘SeJo^noon^unmetendmK rooiiumeat erected over 0 7;“J77La., ms grave. The tragic death of Jamesi A. Garfield J —who was shot hy the assassin Guiteau at a railroad depot in Washington on the 21 day of July, 1881, and died fresh on the 19th of Septemlier—is too in the mind of the average reader to require a recapitulation of the circumstances at this time. Where Pearls are Found. They are found from Texas to Ohio. St. Clair County, Ill., and Rutherford County, Tenn., are good places for them, but the largest ever found on the con¬ tinent was near Salem, N. J., a number of years ago. It was about an inch across d it sold in Paris for $2,000. Most of them are very small and sell in lots for small sums, but one large one pays for the time. Along the Ohio river all the boatmen and fishermen are in the busi¬ ness, flats especially boys. They wade along the and scoop up the uuios with their bauds, while others have regular arrangements for hauling them up by the quantity. The best are perfectly round and white, with rich orient. The next shape is the pear. Some are per¬ fect all but one side, and this can be con¬ cealed in the setting. Small pearls for use in onyx need not be perfect, as they are half hidden in the setting, so the imperfect ones have a valve as well. The best pearls the round ones, are those found in the mau tie of the animal. You see, tlie pearl, either iu fresh or salt water, is merely the result of the animal’s attempt to pro¬ tect itself. The great naturalist Li mucus thought he had dis overed a plan to cause jiearls to grow, which was to imitate the par¬ asites already mentioned. The pearl nm. seih >',-»• taken fnj£n the water and the shells bored, then placed back and left for four or five years. Tlie Swedish government paid him i?1,800 for the itlea, hut it did not prove a success. The Chinese have done well with the pearl oyster. beds when They the sprinkle sand over the oysters or mussels are open, and also put little imaci esin the shells Flint soon become coated with a pearly luster. These can be seen at the Central l’ark Museum. In Japan a similar plan is adopted with the unio hyria. would It be hard t> deceive a dealer, but spurious pearls are made so skill¬ fully that For it is extremely difficult to tell them. years a bogus pear! maun factory tle was carried ou at Mtirauo, a lit¬ town near Venice. Tlie forms were made of glass, while the iridescence or orient was produced by quicksilver ; but they were chiefly used as beads for the the peasantry. business, Finally, the French took up and noticing the richness of fishes’ scales, they used them to jiro duco the luster, and with great success. The dace and tlie roach were the fishes used. In Italy the smelt is taken from the Tiber, and its scales yield an ex tremly rich secretion or mucus that can be uved for the purpose ; hut to the eye accustomed to the real pearl these imi¬ tations are so much dross, and I can hardly better express the difference than to say that the spurious ones seem dead and devoid of the blush and sparkle that is the beauty of the real pearl, The latter needs no artistic adornment to set it off. Held iu the hand ami subjected to the closet scrutiny it appears the best. Too Much University. Little Sunday Johnny Fizzletop was sent to the school ou Austin avenue last Sunday for the first time. The teacher naked pleasantly : “ Who made you little boy?” “Why, Johnny, don’t you know that yet?” asked opening his eyes in amazement at tne teacher's ignor¬ ance. “O, yes, I know, but I wanted to see '* ''."w''n'Ti i*",,, i-,, ,, i, ,, T lively refused to impart any more in formation. — Texas Siftings. “Is the Ingindi,” says M. Lenez, in a recent communication to the Freueh Geographical Society, “ a region of sand dunes very difficult to cross, I ob¬ served a phenomenon which was as rare as it was interesting—resonant or musi¬ cal sand. All at once one hears in the desert, issuing from a sand dune, a pro¬ longed, smothered sound quite like the noise of a trumpet. It last for some seconds, and then stops, to resume it self in another direction. The plienom enon renders the traveler anxious. I suppose it proceeds another from the burning the friction agniust one of hot grains of quartz, which are simple laid one over the other aud are always in motion ” The great Junius said he never knew a rogue who was not unhappy. Of course no-t. It is the rogues who are not known who are the happy ones. There's plenty in this country.— Stea bcnrille Herald. UOrvMP FOR THE LADIES. HOW Just SVEF. Sn, AS. | | ! Cm *% c O! 1 bow pit eweet of *ii it estber— j Cp the eiuaD roared the fere. ; . : -* ; itii a g.z -f< fr-Ld defrint 0,0! b. jw eweet it w**: She a? winsome in b^rbeantr. ‘, 0*1 it was! I A? , hi led in modest duty— A'.tb 0,0! how sweet it w»s! j »tituid M>rt of hae e. j And a Lettiog heart be placed One long at m ar»«nnd !er waifit— : o. o: bo w «wcet it v»: —//atci-/.’sr. rad rr WA-. Softit crept the oi l loan nigh, 0, OI bow Bind he vu, Atger flaebieg in bia eye— O, 0! how mad be ww. Slowly drawing back ona foot. He e’evated that galoot Fp the chimney ’moegst the soot— 0, O! how mad he wae. Then oh how that girl did sigh; O, O! how cad she was : Declared vehemently ahe'd die, O. 0! how tad the wa*. Then tenderly §he waa ied Ey her luanuua up ctaira to bed Where hot tear* alone she abed, ..i.u n. A lady correspondent at Saratoga ia I met wal a girl at Saratoga who tedd ««e that she trying to fatten heweK for bridal. The afeancsd husband was ^ ardent admirer of plumpness, and she was rather thiu. The'amount of oatmeal and cream she consumed was marvelous, alld she lolk . (1 ^ al! dav loMg /” re ’. {lUiin „ to danee even for f „ ar f ork . ing off kind an ounce of flesh. A mouth of that of treatment increased her weight nine pounds, but it didn’t im prove her appearance, to my mind, be cause she had a fat, porky look in her face, and her skin became bad from in digestion. The wiser system commonly adopted by affianced wives is a plain lonTZ g i L ° f i“ eM ^.“ d n 8t regular iU, hours of sleep. These brace her npin health, and an improved appearance is the consequence. A w<»uan'H xs it. A woman’s adn^ is generally worth na -mg so if you are in any trouble, tel jour mother or your wu.e or your sister will flash all about it. Be darkness. assured that Women fight upon your are too commonly judged verdant in all but purely womanish affairs. No philo sophical students of the sex thus judge them. Their intuitions or insight are most subtle, and if they can not see a eat in the meal there is no oat there. 1 advise a man to keep none of h s affairs from his wife. Many a home has been saved and many a fortune retrieved by a man’s confidence in his wife. Woman is far more a seer and a prophet than man, if she be given a fair chance. As a general rule the wives confide the mi nutest of their plans and thoughts to their husbands. Why not reciprocate, if but for the pleasure of meeting confi dence with confidence ? The men who succeed best in life are those who make confidantes of their wives. Homo Famous urcwnes. In the spring of 1793, alter the execu¬ tion of Louis XVI., wiiich took place on Jan. 21, 1793, and waa followed by that of Marie Antoinette on Oct 16, of the same year, it was decreed by order of the court that thff funiturq and all else that remained in the palace of the Tuil eries was to be sold. The sale lasted six months, and had it not been stopped, would have lasted six months longer. At this sale, Pierre do la Rivierre, of Normandy, Minister drosses of Foreigu belonging Affairs, purchased Marie three to Queen Antoinette. These became the property oi his sou, who removed to San Domingo, from which place he fled during the last insurrection to Phila¬ delphia. Uie three dresses purchased at this sale were blue, purple, and the present one, old-gold color, all of them em¬ broidered. They descended to his daughter, Mine. Remie Mignot, of Charleston, S. 0., the granddaughter of Pierre de la Riviere, who afterward married M. Rutjes, of Charleston. From her the gold-colored dress descended to one of her daughters, Miss Rutjes, uow Mrs. Churchill, from whom it was pur¬ chased by Mme. Demorest iu 1879. This interesting souvenir is pale-yellow satin, tlie color mellowed by age to an old-gold tint, garlands richly embroidered of in bouquets and flowers in natural colors, which to a remarkable degree retain their original brilliancy. The genuineness of this dress is beyond question, and can be fully substan¬ tiated. The blue dress became the property ot a daughter ot Mme. Nliguo* wno and married and removed to Holland, was made into a suit of furniture now in the possessi m of her husband, at Eind¬ hoven, Holland, near the frontier of Belgium. having been The purjile dress, after in the possession of a sister of Mme. Mignot, returned to her after her sister’s death, and was burned in the great fire in Charleston in 1861. - - Demorest's Monthly Magazine. IBc Wat* Duvoled. It was liis vacation, and they were seated under the branches of a great apple tree, contented with each other’s society ana silently communing with found nature. its His arm had inadvertently “H-f* way about her slender form, “ r—r * 3 *} restm «'P lace n P° n hw man! ?' P added shoulder. They were dreaming of the happy should days to come, when together they walk over tlie varied pathway of life, when she suddenly null turned wlnsjierea her melt¬ ing eyes upon nun auu : “Will you always lie so contented with mv soeietv. VHv Adolphus, ? ” and she His name was called him Addy for short. ] “Always, darling,” he murmured, aud the pressure about her form in¬ creased. “ You will never, never grow fired of , , c on ?f an ^ re “T 1 v m >' sld , ®' „„ ‘- said. Constantly, i Angy, he L Her * Remember, Addv clear, , we are to be to 8 c ^. will < rj 3<,r 11 lifetime. of You are ? sure you not weair mv presence “Sure, he whispered fervently, her as lie brushed a button from dress. “Angy, I will be always at your feet, Always close to your sweet form to guard .protect mv treasure from the dan an d. trials of this wicked, had wor ld,” and he look. J -'times of love j n j 0 her blue eyes. “You will never, never desert me for another woman; yon will keep firm in vonr love, and remain faithful until death calls one or the other of us to a 1 >ett r world ? ” she asked, switching a large fly from her ear. “Nothing that folks might side?” siy will ever tempt you to desert my •‘Nothing, nothing, Angv.” he said. “The w hole world might nse up against von but love. it would Oceans find me still separate steadfast in mv may as, we may he parted for years, hat neither time nor space shall influence my devo tion. I’m yours till death,” he said passionately, as he grabbed a large bee¬ tle that was slowly making till death, its w av up his leg. “ Yes, yours my pearl “Here, beyon- let up,” she said suddenly, edging awav from him ; “I don’t know about that.* You are altogether too con¬ stant. I never could stand so much devotion. I'm not one of those girls vho enjoy having a men knocking around under tool ad the hrue. slie »nd Pm afraid vou won t do, and lett him a crushed reed, broken by the willfulness of woman. UiM> ronlts and , Vlario. . Celia Logan writes of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts as follows to the Cincin¬ nati Times: “ I remember perfectly bow Miss ijoutts looKea ana actea wnen sne lol lowed the glorious singer and Apollo Mann to this country. She was not even then a young woman, nor was she even handsome. She looked from 30 to 34 wars of age. Her features were thick and irregular, her complexion muddy and of thi ek texture. She was of medi un) height and most exouisitelv molded, having especially line rounded, sloping shoulders, over which she invariably wore a truly regal camel s-hair shawl, She vas always dressed plainly in a dark or cashmere dress, and ever^ night that Mario sang, Mi68 Coutts sat in the stage-box entirely alone. She unaSSmmg ud tne reverse of striking, that opera-goers of ( j iat dav took little notice of her beyond an surmi3e M to who the lone iadv ^ the box was, for it was before the*era of the matinees and ladies going J a £ d b , the cartain8 ti le whole expression per . ’ f ormanoe throughwith ^ a rapt ‘ ^ on her f ^ y fhe we re en . chauU;d by tones of the heavenly tenor, me performance over, sne would stand a few moments as if waiting the recall, and as Mario would near the stage-box she would bend on him a look full of admiration, which he returned, while Grisi’s black eyes flashed fire on them both. Then Miss Coutts would glide “ To away those to behind her carriage, the those scenes in days his romantic story was wellknown— the ties that kept Mario chained to Grisi, even when he had wearied of her and would honors gladly become have exchanged the husband his of lyric the to rich Englishwoman who had come so iar not to lose one note of that Heaven given voice. Apart from his divine gift «ong, Mario was one of the handsom est men ever born, although he was a trifle undersized.Grisi, too, was a per¬ fect typo his of a lovely Italian, midnight, eyes and hair like dark as and in person beautifully formed, although at this time she was stout and somewhat passe. Although the friendly the trio were seem¬ ingly on most footing, Miss Coutts’ admiration for the great singer being supposed to be merely that which she such might feel for any wonderful artist, as she has lately shown for Irving, the actor, said Grisi the was terribly nothing jealous, and it was at time but the fear of losing Mario altogether caused her to put a restraint upon herself. I remember, however, one night there had been a domestic scene between the singers, and Grisi came to the theater in a state of pent-up fury. The opera was “Norma.” Grisi and Mario were in splendid outdo voice, and seemed length as if trying to each other At Grisi re proacnes Uer betrayer, stretching loitlr her arm to its fullest extent she pointed directly lady to the box in which the lone sat, and thundered forth : ‘ Thou yet shall feel the anguish which has broken this heart! ’ Mario turned lus back on Grisi, and Miss Coutts drew further behind the curtain. The words being in Italian were not generally iiu derotood by the audience, but the ver¬ dict was that a more splendid piece of acting had never before been given by any lyric axtist.” Trauslated hy the Queen. A good story reaches us from Belgium, the truth of which is guaranteed. A hanking house at Venders received a let¬ ter from a bank at Buda-Pesth. The recipients knew that it related to a mat¬ ter of the greatest importance; but un¬ fortunately, they eould not master the contents of the missive, as it was written iu the Hungarian language, and there was not a soul at Venders who understood that tongue. Accordingly one of the partners took find a journey to Brussels, ex¬ pecting to everything he dissapointed wanted at the capital, blit only to be —nobody at the banks could read Hun¬ garian. There was, however, still tlie Austro-Hungarian Embassy, whether the banker betook himself, to learn that there was an attache who spoke Hungar¬ ian, but he had gone to Biarritz for some sea-bathing. Almost in despair, the hero of the story called upon the Burgomaster, with whom he was ac¬ quainted, and related his troubles. After some thought his worship, striking his forehead, exclaimed : “After all some¬ times our most foolish ideas prove the best.” With this enigmatical observa¬ tion he asked for the letter. “ This is an affair involving some millions, and I shall be happy to pay a handsome douceur to the translator who has en¬ abled me to get at the meaning of the let¬ ter iu time to conclude the affair.” “I take you at your word,” replied the Burgomaster. “ Give me 10,000f. for the jioor of Brussels, for the translator is none other than the Queen. She has experienced knowledge lively satisfaction of in employ¬ ing her the Hungarian language to oblige her subjects. ” The Queen of the Belgians is a daughter of the Archduke Joseph, whose beneficent rule of Hungary is still remembered by the people, and she wets born in the Capitol city during her father’s palatine. —Manchester Examiner. The relatives of William Cullen Bry¬ ant have placed a monument on the spot in Cummington, this Mass., inscription: where he was bom, bearing “Birth¬ place of Bryant, Nov, 3, 1794.”