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The season' was .'...u iiM.- t,i :i clns'.'. and rn business was llt':i) '! V C(lli,'!lifi"!' 1, when l:itu one afternoon, uliilc .walking, for a change, from one. 'i nii"?it t ' v i i to another, I foiiii'l that 1. i::,!!.!.-?. iay way. Accordingly, at the " i".;hT !i;rl'i!:'.t ion I came to 1 knocked; but (lie people in that part of the country retire c.itlv, as several appeals met with no i-cjiiihsc I walked on. - I'ihI'T these depressing-circumstances I v,u i:iiU,ral:illy inelitating on the respe-.:t-i,';u!:-.i!-titi.!!s i walking all nighj ami .-.;.: :!:; ii the sxromul, for the-nights were a 'wx e-ihl, when I reache.l a house of .i.it , ili'i'iTeiit appearance from any of "iiie 'eihers: it was larger,, had snme:preten-s.i.'ii-.s to t:..-;e. and .-tood some distance back a !!:';;r avdea. Ciilili: ; to mind several - instances in iii.it !u ' jitter continued disappointments, i vH-.-im-.- liad met with its reward, I ! o : s i ;..,.! k el' J-;-! ilu' g.'dc, waiKfd up the loct path, ,,.f-ki-d i;-e:it!y at the door, as ;i kind a le to more forcible appeals. ;.so however, was'iiecessaiy, for the door x i'1-!: .'.Ay -'opened., and, before I s;-.:k.- a singer was.Jaid on my lips, i lie !oni- w-.-ts sa'it, aim si jjeiiue voice sam, ,"W. v:- pir.-kly.-to led. there's ji good hi.:v: there's a light in your room." 1 was ah,. nr to .expostulate, "but, being .'craiu ehe.h'-d. 1 silently followed my ..guide up stairs: -anil when she in a playful iiKjiner pushed me into tlie-rooni and shut -:lic door I olfi-red no resistance. i'y tie-' light of a candle burning jm the ' drawers I c.uild see that the room possess v U a conifoi-u-ihle bed, throwing 'myself up ' ea ;!:! li i hegan to ruminate on the mys- 'i' . :o!i.: ( iiViiiastauces in which I had played : j-idjeiih.iis : part. 1 was .at first inclined ?' g,oi!t and rouse the house; but, reflect- ''tU-it 1 was very tired, and had abed which 1 i;:iir::t-lsi'.ry n, iking a disturbance, and l'hig isiilTrrfv-J'V a strong desire to go wirir the tido aud;see the end- of so strange aa'a-lveni'iire, I fast-enx-d ptlie door, undress- ait tlie lieiit, jrot into bod, and leu abaest. jis soli.ui as in v head touched till pillow. When I .awoke, the next morning it was seine thue' before I could reeolle'ct wlicre I wis: and when at last 1 remembered the rhcuMsbm.-es of the previous night, any re . iwvtroiis were not of the most agreeable eliararter. 1 was at first inclined to get "it .f ihe bed-room window; but, finding en heperti.m that this would entail a drop "fahoist Jilteen feet into a water tub, I a haji.iujied the idea, jumped into bed again ;i-,nl tiiejl to hit upon some better plan. 1 was roused from my meditations by a i.'v at the door, and a pleasant voice out si ie saving, "Are you up, Charlie dear'?- ha :.a is down." . -.i-iiaille. dear," I repeated in ama'.e ' '-How does she know my name - is she so lovinff What on earth ii K' T Jiil .111 . iK'l'e V;: no heln for it, however; so 1 . got im 'ufbed, dressed, opened the door, ..w.n duyn stairs, and here was the pies ; '.'"'a-vvhat should I do now? Two doors (le on my riht hand; two on my left,- tie" trout door stood before me wlnen "-leahi I open? 3fy first thought was de '"h''lly in favor of the front door, but -n I considered that 1 might be seen 1 it i,iei:di( red that several windows fa- d ihe front pa-den and pictured to my !,,d'the liiuiiiliation of being brought back, :'s it were, to explain any suspicious, con ub the idea was not so promising. . y- -Hesitatiiiq- thus, 1 heard the same voice ' U:udiad suminoned mc before call: "We .'."' hi this rHm, Charlie." So, screwing "P my -courage, I opened the door and en t('i" 'l a small but pleasant and most taste ,ulLv famished room: fit, a table in the cen- yof which a party were seated at break It consisted," first! v, of a young lady, w;'" sat at the he;il of the table, and pre sided over-jv pot of steaming coffee. In her J tlionght I recognized the nymph that had s'veu im. admittance on the previous night, '"id to her.jiseribod- the. voico which4 had .s'ven jue.so much surprise. On one side Jt a sor.K'what elderly gentleman, probab ! Jy lic-r hither, and on the other side a lady j "i the same age, whom I judged to be his Wlt'; at the foot of tfie table stood a va i:'Ant Vair, which, hi my mind, I appropri ; J11 to my own tfSe; congratulating myself ! lli;it 1 as evidently known, though tiuite m the dark as to how and when we became acquainted, f : . . Meanwhile, the faces which, when I en erel appeared calm and satisfied, had as ' UnH'd somewhat different expressions,- All three looked at me with surprise depicted on their countenances, as if expecting some 1-ianauon oi my appearance amongst them. i Feeling that an explanation was rather duo to me, I returned their look of won der with interest, but said not a word; so the old folks left off looking at me, and turned their attention toward the daughter, who held doKra her head, blushed deeply and seemed strongly inclined to cry. . " ' Restraining herself, if, indeed, she had contemplated such a course, she composed her features, but still kept her eves bent down and said not a word, while her fath er thus addressed me - "Good morning, sir." "Good morning, sir," said I. "I don't know, sir," he resumed to what we arc indebted for the pleasure of your company so early in the day." "You are indebted for that pleasure, sir," said I with sonic indignation, "to your own kindness in affording me a bed last niaht. ior w incli x oesr to thank von. It my presence here is unwished for, as it appears to be, I -shall, be glad to relieve you " "Stop a bit!" interrupted the old gentle man. "I gave you no bed! Who arc you? And what in the world is the man tjilking about?" he continued, looking around and addressing his family, i The voting latlv had again turned ex- tremely red, and ' seemed about to attempt to speak, but apparently could not muster up courage, so 1 was obliged to break the silence. - "I assure you, sir, that I am as much in the ihuk as you can be as to the circum stances that have brought mo here this morning," I said; "this much, however, I know, and it may throw some light Upon the question. Last night I lost my way, and, after three or four ineffectual attempts to obtain some direction, I applied here, and almost before I could rap, the door was opened by ji lady as far as I could judge by a young lady. 1 laid stress on the word "young," and looked stejidfastly at the fair superintend ent of the coffee, who kept her eyes bent on the ground, and industriously twisted one of the butfons. which ornamented her dress. "I was about to enquire my way," I con tinued, "but was checked, and told to be quiet. I was then conducted to the room where I have spent the night. That is all I know, except that I was called by my christian name, Charles, and by the same mime told to enter this room. My only de sire now is to proceed -on my journey." "Nay, my good fellow," returned the old gentleman, "if what you say be true, you are welcome' enough for that matter; but what I want to know is how such carry -ings-on as these take place without my knowing, lung the bell for Sarah." "Sanih had nothing to do with it, fath er," said the young lady, speaking for the first time; "J alone am to blame. My brother' Charles had some scheme on hand with Frank lulesmere yesterda, but, as he expected that it would keep him rather late, he was afraid you would forbid his going; -so. he wanted me .to promise to sit up and watch for him and let him in quietly, and thus voir, would never know. Of course it was very wrong, but at last I consented. So, hearing a knock a little before eleven, I opened the door, and con gratulating myself that he had got in ear ly, let- in one whom I 'supposed to be Char be, but must have been this gentleman, and and I'm very sorry and " here she broke down, and hurriedly left the room. "Bless my life!" ejaculated the old gen tleman; "was there ever such a pair of chil dren? They'll drive rue mail between them! Sit down, sir, sit down. Do, my dear, iro and look for Clara, and bring her in. Upon ray word, sir, this is a queer af-. fair. Sit down, sir, sit down' Thus he rattled on, while I in vain at tempted to decline his invitation; but he would' hear of no refusal, and his wife and daughter, entering at the moment, added their requests to his. This was enough. 1 sat down. My host and hostess turnedj out to be the most eheerry, pleasant old cpuple in the world; their daughter the most lovely and fascinating of womankind; their coffee the stroi gest and most agreeable I ever tasted; their bread and butter the thinnest slices ever laid, and I always blessed with the capacity for making myself at home was the-happiest and most delighted of men. r il-v,i r-.ubolv. while Mr. 1 oster for Mint was mv host's name- amused hira- l.v- M-ittv sallies at his daughters dis comfiture, and sipped my coffee sedately, while his wife expressed Ikt anxiety about "poor Charlie." Only when, to stop her father's sarcasms, Clara got up, and putting her arms around his neck, .gave.-, him a l.ra, tv kiss, was I at all disturbed in mmu, and then, like Byron, I could have wished for a "forty-parson power," not, indeed, as he did, to chant the praise of hypocrisy, but to lecture that fair delinquent in the similar restraint But where, all this time, was "poor Char lie," who, it turned out, was a youtn oi a- lwuit nineteen? ' The amusement of that gentleman and 1,;, fvtpn.l turned out to be ot susn a iasci natin" nature that it was almost midnight Wnr,. Pither of them thought ot the time; when thev did so, Charlie was in great dis tress. It was too late to go home that nigm, f. b Lnd five miles to walk, and every body would be in bed; while, if he stopped out all night without permission, he would incur a paternal lecture. At last lie hit upon, as he thought, a capital device; he would sleep with Frank Ellesmere, but n-t-inir nnrlv in the morning, he would reach his home" as soon as the household were nn: the servanls would let mm miue uac way; he would put on his slippers and his blouse coat, and, walking into the room as the familv sat at breakfast, pretend he hail ' TTTTT-T? QP A "V TTTT V ifi i 0"7l just turned out of bed. This plan he carried out with such suc cess that he entered the room just as we were discussing his whereabouts. He seemed rather suijbrised at my presence, though he did notjake any remark about it, but addressing hhrsister asked why she had not called him. "Called yoa, Charlie!" ejaculated that young lady; "how could I call you when I did not know where you wereF Charlie replied to this by a series of winks and grimaces, intended to convey to his sister the need of caution, saying" as he did so with most admirably feigned sur prise, Xot know where I was? Why, where should I be but in bed?" Here Mr. Foster commenced what rrom- ised to be a very edifying lecture to his son, on his various shortcomings; but he had hardly uttered a sentence when he was much amused at the idea of that son's surprise when he learnt the true state of affairs, that he'burst into a fit of laughter, which we all mined, and it was some time before any of us could recover our gravity sufficiently to enable us to explain o me disconinted Charlie the cause ot our lerriment. He, probably consoling him self with the philosophical reflection that our amusement was saving htm a lecture, bore it all with great fortitude, and after satisfying his appetite, which his unenvia ble position did not at all seem to impair, joined in the general conversation. naving proceeded thus tar with ray sto , I draw my chair close to the cheerful fire, and read" what I have written. As I cad the door opens and my wife enters the room. Laving her hand noon mv shoul- tier, she scans the pages, and ascertaining what their contents are, commences such a ilenunciation of mv fooolishness that even' - as she stopped her father's tongue the first iay tuat we met, i am obliged to put a top to hers -and so conclude her lecture and my story. Sixgle Mex of Genius, Beauty and Immense Foktune. It is a rather singu lar fact that so many of the editors of New A jivl.- i-nf,T fi ri llT1117 ,1 f L-. if"! fP 1 . r .li 1 iiwy lh y cui; iiviur in it siitii; UJ uuiaa UJ1- dom. Bennett, the immensely rich editor and proprietor of the New York Herald, is lough he will soon be forty, lleid the editor of the Tribune is a solitary bachelor, though he is some where about forty. Marble, the editor of the .Yorld.-s a solitary widower of forty; and. Ids most brilliant staff writer, Hurl- burt, is a solitary bachelor, though under fifty. Buudy, the editor of the Mail, is a solitary bachelor, though over forty. Coiigdom, of the Tribune, is a solitary widower 'of over fifty, and, in fact, on the daily press alone 1 could certainly name, a score of leading men who are .about iorty and wifeless, - Of the ejlitbrs named, Bennett is the wealthiest .ami most athletic; lleid " js the ablest and most skilful; Marble Is the handsomest and calmest, and Hurlburt is the most thoroughly-polished man of the world. I must warn young or middle-aged maidens looking forward to matrimonial bliss to avoid these bachelor editors, be cause I presume such a warning will send scores of these maidens in pursuit of them. I wonder that some or them do not find wives among the intellectual ladies who write for their papers, or try to write for them. Such unions might be expected to provide very brainy successors to the pres ent editors in the natural order. Cincin nati Commercial. The -Matrimonial Changes. The chances of females being married before the age of twenty years are as one to five of all the probabilities that they will ever m:ury. At the ag-e of twenty years one fifth of all their chances are gone. At twenty-five a little over two-thirds", and at thirty nearly six-sevenths of all their prob abilities are lost. After passing the age of forty a female has a veryi slight chance of ever being married, over twenty-nine thirtieths of all their chances being lost. - At thcage of twenty the chances of males being married are scarcely at all lessened. At twenty-five there arc still three-fifths of their chances remaining. From this period on they diminish, but in a smaller propor tion than with females. ThikuMpia Board of Health. T ' . Claude and Pauline. The enter prising young Briton who has captured our President's daughter is not a man of wealth. On the contrary, he is barely well-to-do. In this matter I speak by the card, my information coming direct from Mrs. Grant. His father,' Edward Sartoris, has a small estate in Southampton, and is somewhat interested in a Sheffield manu factory. Algernon originally came to this country with an idea of serving the Sheffield house as a traveling salesman. He had comparatively little education and no pro fession. It has been reported that he was a civil engineer, but this is untrue. If he ever studied engineering at all it was only for a short time, and entirely too little to acquire a knowledge of the science. The death of his elder brother made" him heir to his father's estate, but as Mr. Sartoris, Sr., still lives, it can do him no good for the present. All the income he has is such as his father allows him, and may be cut off at any moment. He is al so sadly deficient in morals, his chief pleas ure being apparently the society of jovial fellows over a glass of good wine. Unless he mends, it will be a "sorry alliance for Miss Nellie. The honso in England, also, which has been the subject of many glowing descrip tions, is nothing but a neat little cottage on the elder Sartoris's groWds. It is by no means an elegant building and can only be maintained as' Sartoris, Sr., per mits. Nevertheless, I am told by people who know the family,' that Algernon Charles Frederick's mother is a splendid woman, and that she will make it very pleasant for Nellie, Thackeeay cor Female- Societt. It is better for you to pass an evening once or twice a week in a lady's drawing room; even though the conversation is slow, "and you know the girl's song by heart, than in a club, a tavern, or in the pit of a theatre. All amusements of youth, to which virtuous women are not admitted, rely on it, are deletorious in their nature. All men who avoid female society have dull perceptions and are stupid, or have gross tastes and revolt against what is pure. Your club swaggerers, who are suck ing the butts of billiard cues all night, call female society insipid. Poetry is uninspiring to a yokel; beauty has no charms for a blind man; music, does not please a poor beast who does not know one tune from another; but as a pure epicure is hardly ever tired, of water, sancey and brown bread and butter, I protest I can sit for a w hole night talking with a well regulated, kindly woman about' her girl Fannie or boy Frank, and like the even ing's entertainment. One -.of the great benefits a man derives from woman's society, is that he is bound to bo respect ful to her. The habit is of great good to your moral men, --depend upon it. Our education makes of us the most eminently selfish men in the world. We fight for our selves, we yawn for ourselves, we 'light our pipesj and we say we won't go out, we prefer ourselves and our ease; and the greatest good that comes to man from wo man's society is that he has to think of some-body to whom he is bound to be constantly attentive and respectful. A MOXSTIIOUS ltlllXOCEROS. On Wednesday the largest black rhinoceros ever exhibited in the world was added to. the collection of wild beasts in Barn urn's Hippodrome, in New York city. This enormous mountain of Uesh weighs 9,-500 pounds. This is 2,200 pounds more than the largest rhinoceros in the Zoological Gardens in Loudon. His body is encased in a heavy leather-like hide, which over laps at the joints, making folds nearly two inches thick. II is legs arc short and stumpy, and his tail resembles the black snakes used by treamsters in the Western country. His head is covered with the same thick hide which envelops his body,' and upon his forehead and about his eyes and ears it is piled up like plates. The animal had a large, sharp -horn, which projected from his snout just above his nostrils, but the monster's head was chain ed down, and, in spite of his angry snorts and endeavors to get away, this horn was sawed off close to his snout. A cage up on wheels was made on purpose for the rhinoceros' accommodation. It is heavily barred with steel upon the sides and front. His head is chained to a stout beam, and a heavy oak plank prevents his backing. There is barely room for the rhinoceros to stand and lie in. If he was given more space his immense strength would enable him to break from all restraint, and the havoc he would make if loose may be imagined but cannot be estimated. His immense weight may be realized from the fact that when the cage containing him was drawn into the Hippodrome the wheels crushed through tho concrete floor ing in many places to the depth of t wo to three inches. A Berlin Beauty and her Opera Garb. The Countess Seidlcwitz is a cel ebrated Court beaut7 and is a lady of hon or to the Princess Carl (a sister of the Empress). She sat just next to mc, as only the partition of the box was between us, and she. was the most beautiful woman I saw perfectly imperial, in fact white and magnificent as a lily. Her features were perfectly regular, and she had a proudly cut mouth and dazzling little teeth. Then her arms, neck1 and shape were exquisite. She wore the severest kind of dress, and one that only such real beauty could have borne. It was a white silk, with an unusual long tr ain, of course, and without overskirt, simply caught up in a great puff behind. The waist was made with a small basque, but very low, and with very short sleeves. Round the neck was a white bugle fringe, and then there were two or three rows of this same fringe iu front,, graduating to the waist, smaller and smaller, and g-oing round the basque. All the front breadth of the skirt was laid in folds of sat hi, in groups of three, and on the edge of every third row was the fringe again, graduating wider and wider toward the bottom. In her hair she wore a wreath of -white verbenas, or snow-balls, and green leaves. Her sole ornament was a magnificent diamond lock et and ear-rings of some curious e'esign, the locket depending from a very fine gold chain, which challenged all observers to notice the faultlcssness of her neck. One sly bit of coquetry was visible in two nat ural flowers, lilies-of-tbe-valley, with their leaves, which she had stuck in her corsago so that thev should rest against her neck and show that they were n& whiter than her skin. Yon see there wer& --no folds anywhere, j The whole dress hung in long lines and showed the contour of the figure, nothing but these fringes, which gleamed and waved with every motion, to relieve it not even a bit of black velvet anywhere, for the lace round the neck was drawn through with a white silk- thread. ' There was another lady in the same box whose dress was very beautiful, too, though she herself was not. It was a green silk with a irreen tulle overdress, puffed, and with ears of silver wheat scattered-over it. The tunic was silver crape, the bottom : cut in scallops and trimmed with silver wheat. A wisp of silver wheat was Knotted round her neck for a necklace, and a perfect sheaf of it in her hair. It was an exquisite dress. Correspondence Toledo Made. Avoid minutely , examining what other people do, or what will become of them: but look on them with an eye good, sim ple, sweet, affectionate, A HISTORIC HOUSE. Some Reminiscences of the Great Sickles Tragedy ia Washington. In speaking of the interest which attach es to many houses in Washington, Henry Watterson, writing1 to the Louisville Courier-Journal, says : "One house in par ticular is marked by its many horrors. I allude to what is known as the Seward Mansion, as that statesman occupied it during the eight years of his official con nectiou with the State Department, and where the attempt upon his life was made. Previous to that time it was the Club-house. The most notable event con nected with it, except the attempt of the assassination of Mr. Seward, was the one so widely known under tho name of the Key-Sickles assassination. Barton Key was a member of the Club, and used the upper story as a signal station to . TELEGRAPH HIS LADY LOVE on the other Iside of the square. The trees were not grown up then; tho houses were in full view, land by means of opera glass es, the two wicked people could corres pond' with each other. When Sickles' friend held Barton Key. in conversation un til Sickles should come up, it was upon in formation given by Mrs. Sickles, under terror of her husband, that Barton Key could be found at the Club at that hour. When the uuhappy man thrust his hand into his breast-pocket he brought out an opera-glass instead of a pistol. Whatever the provocation may have beqn. the scene of the murder was most pitiable. The poor fellow tried to get refuge behind the tree, crying'out that he was unarmed, and begging for his life. The streets were full of people, returning that Sunday morning from church, and it was as if beings of another and "darker world had suddenly appeared among us to fight out their deadly animosities. When a man dies on the stage he does the thing in a picturesque manner, but when a man is shot to death on the streets he KICKS AND STRUGGLES LIKE AN ANIMAL under the circumstances. The struggle was verv brief with Barton Kev, and a gentleman told me who witnessed the transaction that at first people fled in ev ery direction, and then, as Sickles walked coolly away, there was a rush to the spot where the murdered ra:m lay in the gutter, doubled ui) as if he had fallen from some light. The tree behind which the doomed man sought shelter has been actually (although a large tree) cut to pieces . by relic- seekers. By the by, the appearance ot the Boueieaults here, a year ago, being their first return since the Key-Sickles tragedy, revives a story current at the time of the transaction. TIIE ROFCICAULTS AND SICKLES were very intimate. During the winter of the Key affair the Boueieaults appeared iii Baltimore to fill an engagement there. On tho afternoon of their arrival thev went to Barnuin's Hotel- and engaged rooms, it was promised them mat alter the performance a plcasanter apartment should be given them. This, however, was not done, and at 11 o'clock at night the disgusted actors left Barman's hotel and went to the Eutaw house. Mrs. Boncieault retired to her room and Dion went below in search of supper. When ho returned he said, "My dear, Dan Sick les and his wife are in the house; I saw their names upon the register, and have sent our cards to their room." Mrs. Boucicault expressed great surprise at this, saying that the Sickles must have known that they (the Boueieaults) were playing in Baltimore, and it wa3 singular treatment, considering their intimacy, that the Sickles had not hunted them up. Al ter a time the servant returned with the card, saying, that Mr. Sickles would see them in the morning.. In the morning the Boueieaults got down to breakfast about 10 o cIock. to find that their friends, the Sickles, had left upon the early train for -W ashiiigton. "Well!" exclaimed Mrs. Boucicault, "that is strange conduct, and I intend to find out what it means. After the Baltimore engagements .the? Boueieaults came to Washington and cal led upon their distinguished friends. Mr. and Mrs. Sickles were in the room with several acquaintances. Mrs. Boucicault told the story of the Eutaw House, and wanted to know ot Mrs. Sickles what she meant by acting in that manner. MRS. S. STARED AT" HER, in open-eyed wonder, and as soon as she could gam her breath, said: 'V have not been in Baltimore this winter, and I never was in the Eutaw House." Suddenly she turned with her face lit up as if an idea had struck her, and, going to Mr. Sickles, shook her little finger in his face saying, "Now, Dan, what have yon been about!" Daniel blushed np to tho roots of his hair, but said nothing. Interest 03? Friendship. In 1850 a young man named Osborn, who had re cently arrived at the mines irom the .bast and penniless and friendless, was taken sick. He told his condition to a fellow adventurer named Hitchcock, who was a little better off, and the latter promised to "see him through." The promise was kept, and when, after two months of illness, Os born arose from his bed, his friend handed him $250 to bear his expenses and to pro cure tools, saying, "If ever yoa get able you can pay me back, but don t . worry r yourself and miure your health m trying to raise the money too quick. (Jne year and a half from that time Osborn sent nitchcock $1,250, jwith the following note: -"I'll pay interest cjn friendship," His, labor proved remunerative, and by 1873 he was worth 8350,000. While in "San Francisco he met and recognized his old friend. When they parted, after sev- eral days' Hitchcock a s iunction that it vi 6 be ned un til he was on thcrars?"There Jditchcock found that it contained a deed for one sixth of a rich silver mine, with a small note containing the words: 'Interest sold hia on in- friendship." Hitchcock terest for $80,000. lias In Indianapolis the other day V a three and -a. half year old child climbed through an attic window, and walked along the ledge of the roof, thirty-two feet from the ground, the whole length of the house, and there stood unconcerned and enjoying the prospect. - She wa3 seen by the maid-of-all-work, who pleasantly called out : "Come down, I've got something for you." "All vite," cried tho little one, and she re traced her steps and disappeared through the attic window in safety. That girl de serves a liberal dowry. Correspondence. FOR THE GAZETTE. NOTES OF TRAVEL IX EUROPE. NO. X. LOXDOX. Messrs. Editors: The first day I pent in London was the Sabbath, and I was awakened early in the morning by the chiming of the church bells. And it w:as most charming to hear them playing pieces of sacred music in perfect accord, which could be heard all over the citv. The mu sic of the bells of St. Paul's and Bow Bells is especially fine, filling the quiet Sabbath air with perfect harmony, for London is a christian city, and shuts up and goes to church on Sunday. I rode to tho "Tabernacle" to hear that celebrated divine, the lie v. Chas. II. Spur- geon. iiie Aauernacio is an immense building, holding 20,000 people, and it was crowded; such a sea" of faces I never saw before. . It contains three galleries, and its accoustic construction is such that the lowest tone of the voice can be heard in every part of the building. Strangers are admitted bv tickets, which designate the gallery and the number of seat they are to occupT. " Mr Spurgeon is a stout thick -set man, with a round, smooth face and florid complexion. His sermon was from John I., 39i and was a plain, practi cal discourse. He speaks very earnestly anif sxmiewhat rapidly, with considerable ot the Lnglish brogue; he has none of the Beecher sensation stde, but his "gems" of thought and original ideas flowed easily and gracefully. He is very popular, and it is often difficult to secure a seat. In the afternoon I attended service at St. Paul's, which, next to St. Peter's in Borne, is the largest church in the world. After service I visited its galleries and dome, and ascended to the top of the stee ple, which is 400 feet high; but, owing to the fog and smoke, the view of the city was very nnpertect. 1 he ground-plan ot St. Pauls is that of a Latin cross: the style is two-fold Composite and Corinthian; it is built of Portland stone, and covers near ly two acres of ground. The west front and the semi-circle porticos on the north and south are beautiful. The outer dome is of wood, cavercd with lead, while, the inner dome is" composed of brick, and rests, upon eight arches; the ball is six feet in diameter, and weighs more than 5,000 lbs., while the cross weighs 3,360. Ihe ascent to the ball is by 610 steps, and although large enough for a half dozen men to sit in, it does n5t appear larger than a cocoa nut, when viewed from the earth. In one of the tower's-is. the great bell that is only tolled when some member of the Eoyal Family dies; it is ten teet in diameter, and weighs over eleven thousand pounds, the clapper weighing one hundred and eighty pounds. Ihe 'whispering gallery" is the orraiool in'inciitir in tlit-a r.l nrfli it. ia r.ir- cnlar and 90 feet across, yet the lightest whisper is heard from one end to the oth er with surprising clearness, I tried it of ten, and it is wonderful. There are a great many monuments in St. Paul's, and among others, I saw those of Lords Nelson and Cornwallis, and Gen. Packenham, who fell at New Orleans, and the beautiful monu ment of Sir John Moore, the hero of Cor- unna. The magnificent sarcophagus, of the Duke oi YY ellington is one of the most conspicuous objects to be seen in this ca thedral. To visit tho different galleries, dome, &e., of this church costs the visitor about one dollar. St. Paul's is so closely surrounded by stores and other buildings that it does not show to advantage; it is situated right in the centre of the street, like our market-house, and vehicles and pedestrians pass on either- side. Some of the handsomest stores in London a'ro situ ated light at tho door of St. Paul's. Tho shop and store keepers of London crowd more into their windows, and make a greater display in front of their doors than those of any city I ever visited, and if a man has only a hundred dollars worth in his shop he will put seventy-five dollars worth of it ia his window. I found the hotels of London excellent, but rather expensive. The office-books are all kept and the business all managed by women, and at no hotel was I ever able to find the proprietor. The "Laugham," the "Charing Cross," and "Morley's" are the principal hotels patronized by Americans in the West End. They are all first-class, and convenient to aU places of business and amusement. The great "Charing Cross" : Depot is situated beneath the ho tel of that name, and guests can buy their tickets and take their seats in . the cars without leaving cover of tho hotel. It is the only hotel in the citv in which I saw an clevatorj and it was about as clumsily ILIA hrprtss. lw 'aliTk The TliamT; wide, and a dark ii i . . .i . . uic biejiuieis mat run on i' i. . . t i i m ' o and down to any nation, x nave Deeuyip it a dozen times; and I never saw one that was. fit for ladies to. ride on. . They are small, black and dirty, with hard, wooden benches for seats, no cabin or conveniences whatever, entirely uncovered, and about aa comfortable to ride on as one of our flats on the Cape Fear. If the sun ever does shine, which is seldom,' or if it rains, which is often, you have to take it all,-: the only protection being your umbrella. They run somewhat like omnibuses on the street, leaving the station on the river every five minutes. They are managed, like every thing else, with a great deal of care: if tho boat is only a foot from the wharf, you aro not allowed to jump off or on until it is se cured and the engine stopped. - ' '"- Tourist , FOB TUB GAZETTE, v Reminiscences of a Sojourn of Many Tears In the Various Kingdoms and Empires of Europe, ; NO. XXV. .. . Messes. Editohs: The manufactories in Berlin are numerous and various, to-wit: cassimeres, shawls, cloths, linens, calicoes, ribbons, carpets, hosiery and silks. In the United States incorporated companies con sume any amount of capital in - buildings., while in Europe factories turning out tho same amount of ivork occupy much smaller and less' costly buildings. There are, it is said, some 350 lace-makers, 75 dye-houses; there are manufactories of bronze, porce lain, gold and silver ware, of feathers and. flowers; but it is no use to specify any further, as almost everything that is mado in other countries is made iu Berlin. But as regards competing with England for du rability, and with France and Italy for style and good taste, is another thing. For instance, her iron will not compare with that of Sweden, nor' her steel with tho English cast-steel and the English blister; her cloths and cassimeres have a clumsy, thick and spongy appearance, and Will not compare with English cloths for durabili ty, or French cloths for beauty of finish; silks will not compare with those of Italy and France, cither for text,nre or lustre; ev ery one knows that the Brussels and French laces are always sought after, and tho Brussels, Oriental and French carpets ro alwaj-s sought by the 'connoisseurs' and tho rich; and, as regards Irish linen, that is far superior to German linen; and so, also, does the Prussian -porcelain fall far short, wlien ' compared with the Saxon -and Bohemian porcelain for beauty of style and coloring, and transparency of material and beauty of coloring. Besides the great number and variety of its manufactories Berlin -has a considerable commerce. The Botanical garden will not comnaro favorably with those of other countries; but the collection of situffed birds, I presume, is the finest in the world: there are hundreds of each specimen,! from a humming bird to . a vulture. I'o sav there are thousand of specimens would be saving nothing. They are placed in Mass cases about 12 feet lnVh.T leet long, ana 4 leet broad, having shelves ontuibove tho other. These cases ire placed in ftong rows, with aisles be tween them. 1 will try -to give you,": in some future number, however, a description of the European aviaries and bird markets, which to me -were; very interesting. Our valet tie place obtained for us, from the war department, a permit to visit tho arniWy, a large, fine building of the Doric order of architecture. Here we '- were shown all the arts of war; all the various inventions, and all the improvements on those inventions; all the guns, cannon, side arms, flags, and all other trophies- taken on the field ot battle at various times. Here I was particularly pleased with tho courtesy of those who showed ns around. Among the inventions I noticed those of Colt and other Americans, as well as Am erican improvements. I would advise any American whose tastes may lead him in that way, if he wishefe a rich treat, not to : fail to visit tho armory; I will guarantee ! he-will say it is the richest collection he lias ever seen: Berlin has the finest chime of ;bells that I have ever heard in any countr7, except Austria. I think they be long to the Church of St. Nicholas. V Tho city has many charitable ' institutions, am ongst which are the orphan asylum, called Frederic, having ; some 1,200 inmates; a very largo hospital called La Charite, which at times contains as many as G,000 patients; tho Royal Hospital of Invalids, which receives patients by the thousand, and, strange to say, of both sexes, all ages, and all conditions of society. It wonhf re quire too much space for me to enumerate the vast number of institutions. I have on-" ly spoken of the very largest.1 Of course we would not expect" to see -any lack of facilities for the cultivation of tho fine arts. Here, as in Paris and Mu nich, every inducement is held out to "tho1 stndent to remain at home," and to induce all strangers to visit tho city and pursuo their studies." ' The Academy of Fine Arts is one of the very ibest. The Gallery of Fine Arts is very full, having some 2,000 pictures; lesides there are various collect ions throughout the citythe fine collect-: ion at the Royal Palace, and any number -' of private schools by most excellent mas-' ters. In such a city, where one can liver and spend his whole time surrounded by productions from the first masters, his evfc' becomes schooled to the art, and he has nothing to damp his ardor. The most of tho better class of Germans, although they may not be able to paint aro fine judges of works of merit. ! When will the United States ever arrive to such a degree of per fectionf We are as crude as we well can be. ''Ah-bicnlnmfreiTons pi us tard. ; 1 r ; . YOYAGEUIl. .
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