Indianapolis Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1885 — Page 2

THE IMUANAPOLIS DAILY SEKTIKEI SUNDAY MORNING EKIMIUARY 8 1885.

nATnmojiAL-oaiTn-gARaET. An Elaborat Wedding at Cincinnati. Tha mmrrfeKc of lila Lena Mannet, ycacttt daughter of Mr. and Urs. Otto llanset, of Cincinnati, and Mr. Austin M. Snltb, cf Iodianipolis, wu celebrated on a gigantic icale in the former city at Eureka Hall ltst Wednesday evening. This event fcas caused no little itlr in society circles of both cities. Thebride is beautiful end accomplished and a great favorite at her home. Mr. Smith is the only ton cf the late William ßmlth. He is popular, has a large aequa'ntacce and is possessed cf many good and sterling qualities. The arrangements were of the moat elaborate description; each detail vm successfully carried out, making it In all regards an unqualified success. Thera were some 2S0 invited guests present, a iarire number of whoai were relatives of ch family. Besides the large number of CJtclnnatians in attendance, mtnr quests were pretent from Inlinapo'i, Chi ctgo and LonirviUe. Ilrilliant dreeing was one cf the principal feature of the occasion. The par.ors, dancing-hall and tinm room were lathbly decorated, the bride and Kroom p'edainjr, their vows under a canopy of Mowers and festooning vine?, on the front cf which was the blended Initials "ö. M," in pink and white caraation. and a butterfly cf roses was suspended from the celling cf the canopy. A great variety of plants, vines and flosrers were placed in different parts ot the hall, the most noticeable

being massed ou tne platform occupied by the orchsstra. Taa bride, a pronounced and beautiful blonde, wore a handsome dress of heavy ottoman; the ileeves and bodice were incrusted with eed pearls. The train and front were loaded with old point lace, as was also the brfice, which fastened with a diamond brooch. Her Howrrs were orange blossoms brought from the South. Bhe was attended by Miss Halle Smith, of Indianapolis, slater of the groom, ia canary satin, garnished with hum rum; birds and ostrich tips cf a deeper abide. iJis Mary Mahlhaucen, of Cincinnati, in pink brccade and velvet; MisiMitilda Floto, of Chicago, in pale-blue brocage with white Jace garlands of pink roses. The groomsmen were Mr. Parry Wright, Mr. Will Bharpe, Mr. en Nichols, all of Indianapolis. The supper that followed the ceremony was one of the most elaborate and complete that wealth an 1 liberality could furish. The tables were hsarily and eiffctlvely decorated with (lowers, pyramids of fruit, nougats, etc., and included all the modern appointments of a feast It was a few mlnutei after 0 o'clock when the giaits. Jed by the bride and groom, and attendant i, riled Into the dininz hall, and when the last of the ten courses was finished it was past midnight To add to the How of soul and tallies of wit, aside from the Roman punches, champagne and ambrosias of the menu, the rarest old wine, oily and rich with ae, alio added to thy merry outgivings of the company. Sapper over, the guests repaired to the dancing hall, and spent the remainder of the night paying homage to the god Terpsichore. Tee preaents, which were many and costly, amounted to more than 10,000 money value, and were displayed to relatives and friends at the family residence the succeeding day. They consisted of statuary in bronze, diamonds, solid silver service, royal Worcester vases, mahogany furniture, plate glass mirrors in profusion, statuary In gold bronze and brass, beautiful articles in cutglass, three French clocks, paintings, ets. The bride's father gave her a $5,000 check adroitly concealed in a candied orange. The bride and groom started for Florida and New Orleans the evening following the wedding. AMUSEMENTS. LOTTA AT TUE GRANU. The first three nights of next week that bright and charming comedienne, Miss Lotta, fresh from her recent European triumphs, will hold the boards at the Grand Opera House, producing her new and auo -cessful comedy, "Mam'zelle Nitonche," on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and Fred Marsden's three act comedy drama, "Musette," on Wednesday evening. There will be no WeJnesday matinee. The prices are Ii cents and $1 for reserved seats and '25 and '0 cents admission. The advance sale has been very larga, and the engagement promises to be the red-letter event of tin season. "Mam'zelle Nitonche" is an English adaptation cf a French vaudeville of the same title, written for Mine. Judic by MM. MeilhiC and Millaud. Lotta made her first appearance in this piece at the Opera Comique, London, oa the 12th of last May, playing to crowded houees. On her return to New York she opened at Daly's Theater, September 15. Its interest centres In Mile. Denlse de Fla7igny, a vivacious and mischievously inclined youg pupil of the convent school at I'ontarcy. Denlse, who is afterward known by the soubriquet of "Niton che" accidentally discovers that Celeetiu, the organist of the convent, has written an opera bouile which is soon to be produced at the Tontarcy Theater. Ehe learns the music of the opera, and annoys the author by singing selections from It at most opportune times. The organist, whose name In the convent ia Celestin, takes ths name of Floridor at the theater. Floridor has fron the favor of the theater's prima donna, Corinna, and as a result ha3 gained the enmity of Major DeGibas, who is her admirer. The Major is a brother of the lady superior of the convent, and informs him that one of his brother o facers, Count de Champlatreux, is soon to be married to Denis, (Lotta). When the yoang lady Is ordered home to prepare for her marriage, she is placed under the charge of Celestin, but she pursuades him tint to take her to the theater to witness the initial pro ducticn of his opera. The prima donna becomes jealous of Denise and refuses to sing her role, and Denise, nnder the name Mam'zelle Nitonche is made to take the leading part and wins a great triumph for herself and the opera. Alfter the performance she attends a supper given by the officers of the garrison, and the Count Champlatreux falls in love with her, not knowing that she ia the lady destined to be his finance. The sudden return of the angry Major causes "Nitonche'' and Floridor to conceal their identity by putting on military clothes and masquerading as ne recruits. They conclude a number of escapes by knocking the Major down and escaping. The doughty officer pursues thera to the convent, where the young Count Champlatreox is not disappointed to rind that his betrothed and the singer are the fame person, and as a matter of course, ad ends happy. HARTLEY CAMruELls "wnrTK SLAX'K." Thursday, Friday and Siturday evenings rest and Saturday matinee the attraction at the Grand Opera Hons will bs ths beautiful romantic drama "The White Slave' by Hartley Campbell, Ei.. author of "My Tartner," "Galley Slave, -Siberia," "Separation, etc The cast is a large and strong one, practically the same as last season. The piecs is brimful of action, the characters well drawn, and some of them original types in their way; the story itself is full of huR.an interest, and the comedy and pathos are so closely Inter iroven as to bring smiles and tears almost at the same moment. The whole plot turns on the fortunes or misfortunes of "LlsaV the supposed daughter of 'Nance," a quadroon, but really the !lleUtsnata child of the daughter ot "Nance's" owner. "Judge Hardin." The judge, informed cf ths fxct. jest tafora his death imrosea an oath on "Nance" to keep the secret p)z t? Lzzzx cl ths femily name, and gives

the girl her freedom papers just before ha dits. These, however, are found invalid aod Lisa" Is sold to aslavedealer mrasd J.asy." It is on her flight from the laser's brutality her attempted rescue by her old lover, "Clr Crlttcn," her attempted capture on the Mistiest ppl steamboat and her adventures on a floating spar arter the wreck and on an Island la the river, that the remaining acts depend It will be seen that the incidents are excit ing and absorbing enough to give ample op-, rorlnnlty for fine picturesque and mechanical effect!, and these have been taken advantage of. THE I'IME MfSCCM. The Monarch Museum entertained more people during the pat t week than all the other places of amusement in the cityin fact, it was packed day and nteht, all the time, and the wonder was: Where all the peop'e came from! This was the result ot having strong attractions and letting th people know it or. In other words, good management. Owing to the wonderful sensation created by the 'TamIoo Clock," Manager Sackctt has decided to retain it for another week, and it will aaln be on exhibition In curiosity ball for the next six days. Those who have not seea this marvelous piece of mechanism, should not misi this opportunity. The White Moors, ft girl and Eice Midgets have aho been reengaged for tbis derartment, in couLection with the nnmerous new attractions The principal feature of the week, however, will bs those remark ibletpecimens of humanity, theMau F.sa" and "Water aeen," who eat, sleep, drink, write and sew under water. There is a beautiful legend about these people, who are in reality direct descendant of the raythicil mermaid trite, but time and upac forbid its narration In this connection. The re

turn of the favorite child artist Master F rankle Jones, in a new specialty, will also be hailed with delight, and the sams my be said of little Klla Lewis, "the lofiut Patti," who will again warble her aweateit songs. The other attractions areSg. uiorasl and his troupe of trained anary birds: the cle-rfr Carroll, the Yankee- ventrii -qaist: the three Belmont and the creat Muscat Di'e. This unquestionably will make the strou;it oiil ot tue reason, and we bhall expect to se the Mateom packed to sulfocation at ev.h Piformance. The admission to all Is oily ten ceuts. 0 M M ORE'S 7.00. During the past week a succession of bU beans have assembled at the Z jo, and the food show has well merited tieir attendance. Harry Arnlar's "Counterfeit" seems to suit the popular taste, and the olio has been one of unusual excellence. The coming week the comedy ele-neut will predominate, it being the initial production of Joseph A. Ilurgoss' "very, very, very fanny" comedy in two acts, entitled "A Banker's Luck," In which Mr. Barges will receive the support ot the stock company. The olio programme Is in evident hands, being interperted by such people as Ward and lite, Irish comedians, Mile. Adele, (Jaeen ot the tlack wire, Bomalo Brothers, world's gymnasts, Lieut. Allen, premier gymnast. Ada Trice, serio-comic vocalisr, O'Brien and Bedding, the famous funny sketch artists, eta, making a show that would bs hard to excel. tjak svliv'j "eons er artccis" at f.suu'ifr. The rattling, roaring comedy, "The Corner Grocery." will be given at English's again the last three nights of this week, and those who have laughed at the genial character of "Daddy Nolan" as presented by Dan Sully and at the never-ending tricks and pranks oi his young hopaful, "Jimmy," will sorely want to laugh at them again, while those who have never yet seen the comedy have a rare treat in store. "The Corner Grocery" is a better comedy than its name would indicate. While it has all the movement, go and vim of such farce-comedies of "Bunch of Keys," "Bag Biby," and others of that llz, it has aho an interesting plot, a tender love story ami the portrait of an Irish character that the New York critics conceded to be one of the best bits of acting on the stage. This is Mr. Sally's "IUdJy Nolan." The comedy has been one of tha genuine successes of the season. It has been played in the het of theaters, snch as McVicker's in Chici i, Bldwell's in New Orleans, ilavlin's in Cincinnati, and everywhere it is welcome to them. It will bein a twelve weeks' engagement in Xfttc York- C.itv l- nril nr wr?ll then go to an Francisco direct. Ths en- ! gagenient begins Thursday evening, and induces a novelty in the shape of a valentine acatineo Saturday afternoon, when every lady and child in attendance will bo ilven a handsome valentine. r.OTEö. The Abbott Opera Company will appear at the Grand in Maren. Dan Sully's "Grocery" and Uenry Irving drew the biggest houses in Chicago week before lest. Charles lloyt's "Kag Bsby" Company plays a return engasnjent at the Grand 0,era Home in March. Jcjeph Arthur's new farcical comedy, "A Cold Day When We Get Left," will be seen at the Grand Opera Ilouse at an early day. Tog infant prima donna, little Klla Lewis, will be at the Dime Museum all this week, opening tomorrow afternoon. She is a great favorite here. The valentines to be given to the patrons of English's next Saturday afternoon are ou exhibit! n in the show windows of Taioott's wood and willow ware store. The attractions at the Grand Opera Ilouse next week will be Maennerchor Society in "The Begsar Student," the ilrst three nights, and Nat Goodwin in ,4Confusion" and "Those Bells" the last three nights. The great Inter-Ocean Circus, Mr. John B. Dorris, proprietor, now wintering here at the Exposition building, are making extensive improvements before opening their season here in April. Mr. Dorris has in his employ 'JO or 100 Indianapolis men and will expend about $10,000 here in this city, overhauling his cages, wagons, chariots, etc. The wellknown firm of Frank Fertig & Sons are superintending the work, and the street parade will be one of the finest ever 89m in this city, showing what Indianapolis tilent and skill can do. SAVED 1SV A BHiWL.

The Perilous Bide and Remarkable Escape of Sirs. Hodge. LicthSeM (Conn.) Euqulrcr.l Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hodge were crossing a bridga on Jack's brook about G p. m., en Vhe 1-th inst. It was very dark. Mrs. Hodgs oy tome misstep fell off into the stream. She stood upon her feet for a brief minute only, when the strong current swept her out into the mill-pond and over the dam and the ragged ledges of rocks which from the dam in part, ani down the stream through the rapids and over the falls, some twenty-five or thirty rods from the bridge. Here the fall in the stream becomes much less violent nsd Mrs. Hodge was carried into a clump of bnshes. Shs caught hold of them and climbed up the bank, and got some distance toward home before she could make her screams for help heard. Neighbors were cut in the darkness expecting that she was in ths dam and looking for her. But, to the surprise of everyone, at last her voice was heard below. She was alive and able to help herself, and yet her strength was nesrly exhausted. ' The bank where she crept np was probably one hundred feet lower than the bridge from which she fell. The dam is partly made of a ledge of ragged rocks. The bed and the banks of the stream down this rapid fall are all rocks, and it Is miraculous that she escaped without a smashed head or body or a bone broken, though she suffered many bruises whie performing her perilous voyage. She went down twice, out had her head covered with her shawl when the accident occurred, and this shawl she held fas to her month and note to keen out the water. No doubt that saved hex UIa a - r . S3 p i II

TUE SEAL, Interesting Study or Animal.

An a Useful The Home f the Fur Hel How They Lire, What Thty Ear, ntil .111 About Thm. Wa.-üismon, Feb. 5. The story of a sal6kin sack. What more fitting subject for the most wintry month of winter? And how many, or rather how iev, people there re In this country, which now produces seal fur, who know anything in detail about this business, which supplies the fashionable world with that ever fashionable article. There is a popular but a highly mistaken notion that the fur seal is becoming rapidly extinct, and that the days cf sealskin sacks are a thlnvr soon to be in the past. Perhaps tbe wish is father to the thought, for the thought Is as far from correct as are about three-fourths of the popular ide.ij ab)nt sealskins and teal culture gpnerally. A lengthy report, given to the publia as part of the census repoit, gives to the world the fret accurate Information that it has ever Lad on this subject. It is a curious fact that the fur seal has been huuted and tUa iurd indiscriminately for a century. L'n e hss been known to the reading or scientific world about its habits or even its afmrbhce. It is a fact equally curious that wihi nr purchthe of Alaska was made, In K;7, nothing was known apparent! v of the existence within tbe limits covered by ths parhs. of the only fur seal ' rookeries ' in the world. And yet by the cloe of the rrent 'ecaCe, when the lease of the comptny In r barge of them shall bavo expired, the will have- torned Into the Treasury as rental for thtse "rookeries" about the amount of uionev that all of Alaska cot u-i, le.winc upon tin seal rookeries as many a? valnablo 'esls as when they made the leie, and gty icg uh onr Alaska free of cost. SlffilliifeS VS'.lv 1 The cenfeus report upon this interesting tubject was made by Mr. H. W. Elliott, after . several trips to our seal gardens, the "Fryulloy IsUn.l.V in the very heart of Behrings Sea. He begins by saying that these little islands, mere dots in the sea. are the only spots in the entire Northern Hemisphere fitted by the natural surroundings for the home of the far seal. There are, he fays, numerons ilacfsin the Sjuthern Herni?phere where the fur seul thrived a half century or a century ajo, notably iiloog the western coast of Patagonia, and in the vicinity of the Cane of Good Hope, and nwong the islands in the vicinity ot New Zealand. Tbere they exttvl in jrrit numbers, but were ruthies3!y slaughtered, by millions and hundred of millions, by the i!?ets of seal hunting vessal? who slaughtered them indiscriminately and drove them jiirly out of existence. So that there are practically none left in all Antarctic Hemisphere now, where there are thousands of n'mc the quantities of breeding grounds that there are in the Northern Hemisphäre, where tkey now exist. Ther are, all told, only four little island In the entire Northern Hemisphere of quality ot climate and uarroundings to make them the home of the far seal. Two of these, St. (ieorjra and St. Paul, are In the heart of Behring Se. aod re included in the limits of our Alaska purchase. Tbe ether two are tbe Cornn ander Islands, lying 7X) miles west of these, in the dominions ot the Czar. Happily for ns our two islands are much more popular with the seals than tlnss of the Czar, :md may be counted the only fur seal prounds of any importance In the world. And yet the largest of thtse, St. Faul, i3 but hbont thirteen miles long and six miles wide, while the other is n little over half this size. They are mere sand banks t W '-. ' V V C' , - V V ..' i formed about some volcanic upheavals, ith a very little vegetable life. The warmer stream of water Hawing up from the south in summer makes a dense fog here all tbe summer months, and in this the fur-st-als thrive. They come swimming in from the ocean, which lies south of these islands, about the months of May and June. They seem to have spent the winter in the watsr, In which they swim and eat and sleep with entire ease, much greater Indeed than they remain on land. Indeed, they eat nothing cn land. Fish is their entire fbod, and these tney devour as soon as caught, in the water. Their sole purpose of coining on shore seems lo have reference solely to their young. Ths fur seals, exclusive of their Infants, are divided into three classes the old males, who are heads of polygamous families; the young males, termed "bachelors'' by the native, whom seem to be gentlemen of elegant leisure, but who suCer for It in the end, as will be eeen further on, and the females. The old male?, the heads of the polygamaus families to bi, come In first from the ss.a about May 1, posting themselves upsn the recks, each preempting a spot of ground, say tix or eight feet square. Then they sit and watch day after day for the coming of the females, eating nothing, and never leaving their posts from the time of comincr on shore about May 1 to August 1, eating abwlutslv nothing in all that time, and crawling bick into the water at the end of the family season absolutely skeletons. They lie on the rocks after taking their pv titiors, waiting tor the females to come in, which occurs a week or two later. As they come up the old males try each to coax as many as possible into his bailiwick, the one to whose location the gentle and graceful animal comes rudely eelzing her by the neck and yankirjg her onto his preemption. Thea he begins looking for another, and bafore he knows it some fellow adjoining has stolen his btide from him. Then a terrific fiht occurs, in which the males bite and gash each ether terribly, and almost pull the would-be tride in pieces snatching her about from one holding" to another. Meantime others come in, and the fight thus goes on for days and weeks until each of the old polygamlsts has supplied himself with from three or four to twenty wives. These ambitious heads ot families axe always ts much as six or eight years old. The vounger males, from three to sis yean Qd, they do sot perout to laud

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anything to do with family stairs. Tney aie, therefore, fcrced to tiock bv themseUes in another section r.ot faraway. All that tkey do in tne meantime is to rambls about the island, in or oat cf the water as they may choo. and have a good time generally. Tnee are the ,,Lachelor.M as they are knon, and it is they who furnish tbe seal f ütn c ioafcs of c jtircerce. The population of the harems soon Kearly doubles by the appearance of as mny lillie fat tarsinj 'pot as there arr fensU. The little feKow are as frisky as ruppifs. and grow as rap'dly on their itet of rich milk, the motberi dividing their time tetween the care of their babies and swimming elf shore in fearch of fiih. The I spaa slay at home, taking care of the baVes f o lorg as the little rascals do not auderoiT tbe pot claimed as a home by them, but becoming utterly indiffernt to their interests the moment they tet oil" this soot. Tbis occupies the time from M7 to Augut. wten the pups begin to learn tu sim, and by October they :tre able to go to ?ea for the Jcng wim and tloat of th ' winter. Mealtime, the natives, under the direction of the bal Fur Company's a.'ent :'.nd the control of th Govern rner.t officials, are b.isy with the ''bscbflorV the you2 ina'tn whis? apes run from two to tit, irid wrn an t-u-bllog abnnt the island in prent hrdi. " The Alaska Seal Fur .Company, by Its outran made ia 170, has tbe sole rlht to Jtill f :r feal on theffl islands. They are by this contract to kill no mora ttiaa luo.üo. in a ear, a use no firearms or anything likely to frighten awsy these valuable and gentle animals, and for esch one killed must pay into the Treasury S'2 GO, and besides this a yearly pivmeat of rö,WU: also, fifty-live centa per gallon ou all tbe &f al oil sold by the company, furnish1K also the -l')0 inhabitants of tMe islands - Vit dried talmon, sixty cords of hrewood, Hi,d sutlicitnt ta!t and barrels with which to rnre all the tenl meat they rray want to rat. 'ircse natives are hired by thtj company to kill and ikin the seala nt forty cents each. At the bpason when the fur i at it tm Jtii e and Julyparties ot men run quietly thrccph the great herds of "inrhHors." cutting oil from the main body a hundre-t or twp, which tbey drive quietly and slowly to tLe Lilling proundt, tBking care that they do itit betuuto otcihetltI Ai.u tht) far thuj injmed. Iho best onejof tho a;M( two. three and four years are selected. Then the killtrs, armed with tlubi ma3e for the purj oe in Cot-'recticnt, enter upon their work, killing the poor, g-nila and defenseless ani n als with a sinwle blow upon the very thin tkullcf fach. Then the etius are quickly end deftly removed, partially cure I and irpde ready for shipment to 1'ogland for dressing and dyeirg, for It must not b supposed that tho fur fcil is the erfi, rich brown creature in nature that Lis tk'n h after it Lecomts the cloak of ashicnab'e life. Far from it. In nature he is a pert of muddy grayish color, covered to appesrucces with stiif over-hair holding about tho same relation to tiie fur that the feather of a duck do to the down. Even the fur itself, beneath the hair or bristles, is a sort of dirty gray in color, ana only takes its beautifnl appearance alter it has pas?ed through the hands of the dresssr aud dyer in London, who first remove all th coarso hairs and then carefully dye the fur the required th-ide. They are t iken to London for this rtirpOM, because the art is more thoroughly urdfrstood there. It is in tho quality of the skins when taken, the successful or unsuccessful treatment cf them at the various stages of manipulation, and their consequent ability to retain tbeir color and smoothness with wear that their value dspend3. It takees three cf the seal skins to make a full-sized cloak 71 V and boa. If they are of tbe proper ag9 when taken, and are carefully aud conscientiously prepared, they will wear six or tijcht years without losing their luster and perfect appearance. These are. of course, the hiebest priced fecqnes, running up to if.'.oo apiece in co--t. The two and tiiree year old plts are considered the very bst. Tnpy arc of uniform thickness of fur in all parta, tne and eruooth. The yearlings ara too light in weight; thcte beyond the age 01 three or four hare very heavy and rather still fur in the portion a covering tbe neck und fboulders, uhich continues to grow atiHer and more uneven as the age increase?, nntil at the f tovn they are utterly worthies. It is a mistaken idea that th fur teals are bt-ing rapidly exterminated. l'udsr the crefcl protection of the Government there are tut KXH'CO killed on the TrybUov Islands, their almost only home now ontldeof the ta its If. where they are seldom if ever ' killed. It is estimated that there are in all about S.OKVXiO of fur seals Inhabiting thes-J tuo islands In the summer season, returning each year. Their yeariv increase by births is estimated at l,0O;.(X0,"and as but 100,00) n year are permitted killed, it is easy to see that the deaths from natural cau?es ought not to be sufficient, added to those killed, to at all reduce tbe number. Iudeed it would seem that they onht to increase rather than decrease, though in the lifteen 3 ears Eince the study of their habits bej:au there seems to have beer, little change in the number. Personally th fur seal is a very mild mannered, inotfensive sort of creature, with full, intellecent speaking eye, graceful outHues and movements, acute psreeption and intelligence; weight in the females seventyfive pounds, in the male3 from soventv-tive to .".00 pounds according to a.e. They will not live in captivity, tbe animals shown in prdensor traveling exhibitions being sealions, a different animal, with many of the general features of the fur eeal but none of its for. The illustrations accompanying the letter show the ßgure of the fur seal at the a?e at which he is most valuable for facou?s, Lis countenance at full maturity and the countenance of the "native" who kills and skins him for v forty cents. On the most fashionable street in Washington, in one of the mo3t costly and elegantly furnished houses of the cityl livi cne of its very wealthiest women, Mrs. H. M. Hutchinson, whose late husband or.mIfd and perfected the Alaska Saal Fat Company. ftlatori'a lSeaatlful Danghter, Washington Letter.) The Italian Minister, Baroa Fava, wa? the envy of his colleagues when he came into tl e White Ilouse parlors with the Marchese del Griilo, Kisdorfs beautiful daughter, on bi9 arm. The Donna Dlanca, 83 her motaer calN her, is a tlender, eracef ul woman, and is a blonde of ths rarest Italian type. 6he baa gclden-brown hair, worn in classic waves and a knot, deep blue eyes, and features that retlect the finer beauties oi her mother's countenance Her profile is Ristori's, but softened and eplritaalizsd, and the ha3 gent!e, graceful ways aud the sweetest of Italian voices. Ehe w&3 constiutly scrronnded and paid the greatest attentions, and the white-haired Minister showed ths great pride he felt in his fair countrywoman. The onna Bianca spoke all the languages but Japanese and Kassian during the evening, and changed from English to Spanish, French, German or Italian at a second's notice. Her mother not being able to be present, and the Karon ess Fava bein? out of the country, her brother the Marquis del Griilo, bad to play chaperone and continental propriety for the Donna Bianca, and he followed Baron Fava and his chanre I cieeelj during the whole eveai&s

CHICAGO LETTISH.

Our Usual HutJ get from the Lake City. t ti uxflnr 8eiit!nl la Chtr hc The I'rncreM of th tlreat CllyWomat' Exrbange Other Matters. C': o, Feb. Some tell us that everyif:r.g good has eome attendant evil or is object to unjust conclusions. Ce that as it msy, sometimes cne'.s pride is wounded or ont's pleasure in teeing their pen-talk is r.arred by tbe attempt of the kind printer to ue a better vcrd than the one in copy, or t ne that, undoubtedly in their estimation, more fuily expresses tha sentiment, but results in a total eclipse of the writer's rr eining undr the full glare of the printer's it.k. Kmtaare cdious. I never stop to look them tP, and want no tne tlo to, but do you Inow that my knowledge of history got so iiiuddled up in that last letter that I thought 'tr.Rs KO years ao uuw, atd said "th.U all territory northwest of the "Mo River was called tbe I'nittd States," when it was only "cfded to the United States?1' I am clad of cue thirjg, jt9, of many; but tae most prominent now is the pride that every liberal ttiindf d man and woman feels in the pjlioy bo bravely sustained by tiie Sunday S.?jninel. It is becoming a power among the lowers, felt ac I confessed by its peers. Vonr correspondent has been in newspsp?r ci'dei 1 1-is week, and in listening to a discuion upon the merits of leading Western jonrmis, heard an editor say, whose opinion is ncrth something, that 'the r3enintl wiione or the rrxst interesting psoers of the Middle Witt." A lealirg lawyer ssid thst there W83 rot "eo ccod a psrVr in all ChiMj:o," and this city needed just such liberality ti-was thfreln inculc:u ?d, and ammtrtiis LolicfPble and instructive fest arts o! Its v.i-ccs wa that of its ab'y-mace?ed WOM N's J)EI'i:TMrNT. I know I am writing cotmuendingly of t!i3 luytr to its very face, but I want to bocausn it is a tangible illustration of the cjr.juality of mtn and women in journaiijtn ss elsewhere. In fact, there is not a leading paper in this city but what gleams with the il ouphts and work of woman, und even Then not accredited, it ?tand3 there just the ibiue averting its individuality. The fev pnpersund magsztnes openly published by Chicago women show but a 8i:i3ll part of their labors in this direction, aud following the mechanical details ot the printer6 art down to the poor "devil," all along the line, one fii:d3 the cirl or woman who is crowding some man or boy out of an occupation designed for him, a9 a man told rne yesterday. Most everybody says a great deal about the rr.oor.iss of ciiicaco, acd we somehow think of it as the result of u.MSCUÜne energy and enterprise. Bat wl ere would have been the grand results we tee about us if there bad been no women in it e advancing line of frontier civilization? Mf ti were not alone in braving the daner and enduring the toil iuciJent to its earlier years. The men Kicsie, Rush, llayne, Wells and other uldtinier9 would not to day be memorized as the founders of the city if they had had no partner In a life interest in a home. No one tells xne about the lives of these early worctn, and yet in tracing them we find that in the city's earlier years women aided in the details of business and began to assume tbe fcupervision of the same when the mantle fell from the manly shoulders. Property emi land was fcousht by women. The schools were largely taught by them. The first churches and Sabbath-schools were organized through their instrumentality. As one paFses down or through tbe Jong streets wherein the great scores and receivmc houses stand, one naturally desires to look inside. If you do. you will be surprised to rind so iuauy lady clerks and bookkeepers. Thickly tcattered all over-th city are ! weiten proprietors and heads of xirnn. All ; branches of mercantile interests are owned, st.'penniendsii ana represented by v.'cmea. In thf great places woa:en are Chsbiere, clerks and operatives. 1f' mailing tie partnient3 of !,nh vci'oleFale unci retail basinets tind tbem urjlicent and busy. In pl ;irmacy and chemistry even wo:i:en hold tlieir positions. tltre they are eneravers, lithorapher-f and pbotCjirapbf j-. There are huudred. of lady artit5. of all grades and kinds, who ply their o cupaticn within our linäts, from tlie phot( graphic colore in rater paints to the really ttautiful limner of lirst cla'ss work and tine oil psintir in fccenic arul natural desias. Then th? thousand and one who are dabbling in th various bruDcheb of etching, drawing. Velvet, plate, china and glass painting ai- hltnot too numrrous totnentin. Tnere are n vreat many artists ensased in fancy and art needlework who find it a lucrative calling: and among the places whero one sees snch handiwork displayed in .. THE WOMAN S EXCHANGE, cn Wabash avenue. This Is purely a benevolent institution, and was originally and is K:ttainea by women, While it a'rlords a mart through which the genteelly poor weman, or the young or old who have It en accustomed to better daj, can tell tbeir handiwork, still it is not felt-supporting. Its fundamental purpo3s w3 to provide employment to women who must do scmethinj; to support themselves and tho&e dependent on them, but who are so situated that they can not fill any of the steady situations aftordsd by the stores and manufactories. If any kind of work is neatly done, it t in be placed in the exchange, and the price, when sold, is paid to tbe depositor, with 10 per cent, of the proceeds deducted by the exchange for its comminion. The depositor, however, pays 1 a year for tbe privilege of using the exchange as a medium of trade. In conversation with the manager it seems that a mistaken idea has gone abroad as regards their resources. A great many women have applied to them this winter for help, luppesiug that they were in condition to aid materially, which they desire to do, and would had the3 the means. But a3 extensive as the work of the past year has been, and in view of its patronage, etill it is and mnst be supported by contributions, and this is done by women of means largely. The department of cooked pood3 affords aid to quite a large number, and the disbursements from this department alone were nearly f-sOX) )at year. Tbere is a lunch room connected with it, and sometimes it is necessary to ) employ twelve women and girls to run the ! department, which affords waees sullicient I for their support. They me told there were more expert cooks among tne ladies than those who could furnish work and bs able to materially prot by it. Let me tell you about 0XE WOMAN'S EXi'EP.lKSvE, who had never known what want wa3 nntil within a few years. She thought she would try the Exchange, and made some bread and presented it for sale. It was such a libel on good bread-making that its acceptance wes impossible. The lady was terribly disappointed, and showed it so plainly that her circumstances were inquired into, and it was fcand that she needed immediate assistance, but was proud and unwilling to accept of charily. A woman who is connected with the Exchange, omcially, took upon herself the task of teaching the willing but ignorant would-be bread maker the secret of the snowy loaf. Her pupil was apt and eager to learn, aud the woman-mind and ever deft bands soon solved the mystery of the leaven, and molded the yeatly mass into beautiful and wholesome loaves of bread, and pets from the Exchange now twenty cents a loaf, and often the demand is greater than she can Ü1L Ladle find A medium lu this, way to secure

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rrd?rs for dfrrratir.ff chica. plntim; rnenn card and to on, thronch etery brarjch of il rlsis t f ok. I ein ewinc is furn'abed. and !at year a er tvole-rt )ady endowed a der artment with a furd cf 1Ci) fcrthe purpose of furnishing :tt- n est ut-fkilled with work, su that none r.Mi te icrned aay. Inmtipation into tbe surronndines and lime-life of rnany who ar bmrjt4 by tbe KxcLarge has ifcojrn them t j of an intfl1 pent thd worthy claw who were born to iMticd Icicrr and dtl'cstely reared, and ftbo knew leps how and what to do unit r poor circumstances than those who are fccrmtomed to wr. There are lady as well as gntlerin mcdiste here, and euch a n. ultiform of improved inventions pertaiuiin lo the apparel for both men and women, ti nt if du-8 reform means anything surely ir eudlss variety of stay, straps, supports

Md h pith gariuents must bring about the fcitntly needed cfcarge. No vornan Deed to be homely if to be rreMty mt.tns the removal of the horrid lr-ck!e or ihe brown that comes from the Kns cf tbe sucsh'ne, or th Plerchh that Is 1 erne on ihe irjfiutesimaliy sooty air, barsi?e there sie oeantiüers innumerable. bch nr.e-nf which supplies wnmtn witi the rrtde which will renew the youiu aud beauty. ANOTHER INNOVATION : women inventors, and her one finds ii Hty a ot Wiho has ffcnrt t a pntnt un eenjething. I uet a lady thin we-fc ho hair. vented and is the patentee of a clothes uriciler hich dispense t ne dimrnla hpray by foot-power Instead of the old bandst akp, and is a decided imorovemeut on the ei-'nicg process cf Wah LtB. t'p a d down the bulletin ou th 'lm cf entrances to business an 1 ct'ee. blocks one rcaas so manr Mary's and Sarah's and Marie's with the title of ' Dr.'' and M. I), preiixed and af. l'Af d. and we Und that our lady physicians Bt'd dentists arc dejcrredly sharing the palronce of the public with their brother doetore, nr.d in rercarch and analvsis are not bthird. I was in Di. Hattie E. I.aivrenc-'s o:lic tl. otter afternoon and vt itnevy i fveral ihntal operations, one of whicn wis refiownirg and re-making of a den'al uimttr, thus avoiding th rain and horror of extraction, greatly to the dlu'ht of a tvo hundred pound ruan. Easily hq1 dcltly the lady's srcall, Ptronc tiriKers nerfcrmrd the neceasary manipulations. It is suited that women are not a success as ct-sts. The lady In question h&j earned for herttlf the reputation of being the e't'lil cf other practitioners in Chicago. Women's brairs are said to be of such a quality thtt precludes tbe possibility of their becoming tnccfsfnJ lawyers. But here they are, and tcrue day I will tell yon whether er no the Chicago womeu representa lives ot the legal profession fall below tte it.aculine standard. We think not home of the most ellicient law reporters are women. In the City Court house tnere are forty women employed in the oilicia! departments, and are psidby theamouit ot writing done, their wages averaging individoaliy from ? to iflä per week. Lillian M. IScribner has the supervision of the fclio department, who told me thst the ladies employed were dependent upon their own exertions, tome of them having families to support, and who carried on ths details ot housekeeping besides the regular routine of clerical labor. There were but three lady salaried oSicers, each receiving $1,000 per year. L. Mat Wkhelei:. WASHINGTON. Iill of e;Mtp From the National Cniltal Lnke Poland, Professor I'luher, lieerher, Ktc. Wamiikntd.:, Feo. 5. I went on Thursday to the Senate, and found few people in the galleries. I think there were not more tiiau eight or ten members in their seats, and these were lounging about very much a3 if they were at home. Borne Senator was delivering an elaborately prepared speech in rather a sing-song way, as if weil aware that nobody was listening to him. I was much astonished at this until some one told me that the speech would be printed, aud that it was fcr home ccn9tifliption. But even then I didn't feci exactly right about it. An Address on an important subject ouht to be delivered in a manner worthy of it, ani it penes to me a man rather lowers himself who pets np and races through a good speech. Ye of course, he can not become much enthmed when he is addressing empty seiti. 1 rem the Senate I went into the Supreme Court Boom, which was the Senate Chamber of forty years ago, and the localities where Clay, Webster. Calhoun and Benton used to tit ere pointed out to me. Around the wall, cn Lrt fcet3, are the bsa's of all the Chief Jns-tices. I expected to be much awed by the grandeur and dirai'y of everythine, but really I have seldom been more an: used; for on a slightly raised platform with a railing round it sat eight old judges (the Chief Justice being absent), all whitehaired, nearly all fat, one sound aslesp, and all koking very much as if they didu't care "whetbtr school Kept or not," while some young ;lawyer, talking very loud and very fast, was making a plea before them. The ccurt adjourned at I o'clock, and the funny old judgesiu their :fnny long cape. rose and marched in Indian tile to the robing rooru. In passing from the Supreme Court rocm to the Rouse of Representatives I was introduced to the famous so well known by his blue coat and bras buttons and 6now-white hair. He sa handsome old gentleman of very agreeable manruers. The public will long remembgr him as the Chairman of the Credit Mobilier CaXLittee, whose report caused such sorrow to Eundry members of Congress, but which ha trud to explain away in lbO for the sake of hi? party friends. Oa reaching the House, I found it more inte resting than the two places jnst before uhited. The galleries were well filled with Intelligent people, and the ladies' gallery wa3 quite brilliant. Many members were absent, particularly cn the Republican tide but there seemed to be a majority present, and there W8S au air ot life and activity about the proceedings. 1 bad the pleasure of hearing Mr. Hoi man speak, and he certainly does honor to the State from which he comes. I want to say just here that I have been gTeatly pleased several times of late to hear the Hoosiers very highly praised, and particularly have I hard the women mentionel as beikg uncommonly bright This reminds m; that a few years ao I heard au old lady from the "burnt district'' of Indiana tell about a visit she made to Washington tbcrtly after the war. She attended a Methodist Sunday-school aud wj.-3 asked to say a few wards to the children. On her consenting to do bo the minister announced that they wouid new listen to a lady who had come "all the way from tne Wilis cf Indiana." The loyal Hoosier then arcse, and insteid of epc-iklng cu a religicus topic, as she had intended, she made a sharp little address, in which th e endeavored to show that the people in Indiana were net really savage, but quita as well informed as the people cf Wash ington; But things have greatly changed tince then. On Tuesday night I heard lecture on 'The Battles of the BeTolution." He is a very pleasant speaker, though it was hard to tell what bis style really was, as he was closely confined to his manuscript. He advanced what was to xne a new idea about Washington as a General, stating that the thing that he was most remarkable for was his audacity and daring, while I had alwavs had the impression that he was extremely cautious, ftof eieor Tiske dealt very harshly

Ith ticrertl Lrm krandlcc biro a tr!-if, mi cbnryiD on;e of the ru t terrttf $ d sMm cf tU pr tohiifelh'h ambition. Wrtrerty fc-.cLt I heard i:-b'f ot lb 7L 1.f(5-ri -! the Common V,op." lie :.U in which Im pok was nit T.r"y tiled, lie nf nilr two hoar, snd aitboogh his talk was a little desultory, it stss rrsemrjrent H fems in perfect 1 ealtb, will no sign vt decay abiat hitu. spj his voice is bs clear ar.d fu'l-toaed f I me tre, as it ever was. Us mad suie capita: itlr.ts in favorof wcn.an euflra-a wüiri ver, wre I ot applauded as thf y shyuhi Pave ben. Hi.- hardwt hits w r at thn rlt-rpy i 1 the Id tbeoli?y. if in ar t that tbe Wde stem of e?a; cn,. tianity oul i I "plowed under iJ-o t -iat ro tde could ever reach it" His wit fiarxWd throughont the Jctnr a d w tn.'y eqralled by his invective. Me i wcitdeiful old ruaa and has much work vet tc do. 1bre is rniich talk here aSout Leland Sfapford. ho has ju-l bn elected U thm I'Lttfd SfßttsSrDete from t'Alirornla. It is k l.tavy blow at the anti-monopoly mnrei! f r.t in that Stute, und eenn ttranely oat t f jcdiit with tbe tendency of nubile op.ni u ht tLi-tiir.e. He nas elf rte 1 by rumr. Hs I rcbabiv contnbut.-d frvrral hundred ibnv et.d dol'srs to the I'fpubÜcan cttnaiRn fnrd cd lat year, an.l n now rerrli V. hut i to briiue f democratic corrr.tn nt alien a fe inillionaifci ar th prcU al iut-r and owprs ot th poj 1.. Hit I am t:Mrc i,h:ir, and thi, I nliee, is i.ot in order in lb: Sunday beulinel. M'lirrjj itiiinin win:.r.

T t.r ! lit kt . llTi.Hrly Kulolbftliellall !&. tttiirp, Mntlttg I puud luiru - Cum StrArij. i i Ul to t: e ntliul. ii! (., Fvb. T.-Ou '(1L:ijp dnrlnj t!ie rwk ji:t t'oM-.t hIkiUm, r usui, bein the tftur ofiMcp sii'l ;'uciust;.as la It tare becu rujlt i; 1 tetv. I'ruti Imvc, M-emlüiily. te!ilt-J tu wmm tmtatiK? kt.trt. but bull' and',,bcr lt' ait rt ly I 11 control, an 1 tbe u!k of tr.; tin i:-. n six r lOv" CiOrdui? lo which. 1v ws ni)) rrpo't at tbe tine. nllKeutbn ttui tie bis oiKtH'.or oi vk, tnd cvi rjrhijr I t.s Mtthct Ii'k MCliO!.'. At the opciiiUR w ben the gtou'-.d MH-i ro i.-red with -now mi 1 trokrr vtrc inakliK itdidioc-of a million nd a ralilIon ai d a l.au h.ci(vi- In tho vl-Ible upfly, aod tot-ody i i tntc t wi:;irs l bay njlht:ii Kt ny rrl. te covered M .liort" Hucm ant tut "Ivvz." KciiiMs wtre larger, fAri.ncrk' dcllfcrim on tb- Incrviae. rolllcr rt'prtc-t to hare Jocn1 Uit'li burinj; ;ricfc nl tlie rrovrit of iia'ptr lliii:. (iuoutintu easivi ot. Utnt itoubicd tils lolJlnss. Tbe "-teretary' it ; rtof vinMo nuply tliil uot ome nn to exiev latlous. tte li.( rih-Mj for the wtt t Wiujr, oaiy a mi ovtr 22 Kx bushels Tlii;. iia the o!t wtathtr, civcil to Miiiy the iiinrsct. T!u-u enmo a wtneml thaw, chuhd; ta- now to il u m ojK-ar ril bringing In rtiorts irom Knnn au 1 Mi-oourt mat the wluKr wheat fiolda were uotbing but i-le ron1. Iho Weither Kurta btrebal U bh?.Hid fit; Myins, an i viJ-lonn ot lev aud rained f'!o9 j ut tbe -sbortV' i:i a little ranic dirx-tly. Tho war runor, too. vMch ias oulK" ha t cu prayiTi for, tbt y bt with a ren Ketiwv. All tbistcut t rier? jailliiir. au.l the fetilug waü rampant. Country lamb!," wbo never tine in exicpi ou a rising market, wired their commlwuioamtn their buyicg orders On the top of tbe buhe Kent nid out, 8nd It tin holding hieb filled the demands of the crowi an 1 out f.ldt rs, but it was done so j'iletly and through ao many brokers tüat not hall a doin beyond tuoe itiieicntd Knew anything atxmt it umli tlie tbir.j ras all over. Afur tbe girun had been ratttred. howevor. It btnu io dawn on the boya that ibe aupport whlca tlie market had Lad was cone, and when Jiavter. Armour'a favorite biokei, began dror-lnc his rtutl the hltuatiou didn't Iook baltaa bulilxh. 1 h-wcittitr was (tili chilly, though a few Cttw of $uow came pailiug down occasionally, but advice from tho tt aud f-outhwtot 8aM that tlie (Uorle of crop Cainnse was rr.au uifu. lured by loas" la thwo maikcts to help themselves onL t'able were feircu. but there was a buii-te ou that ttiy were only the reflection of our own markru. Tue war ncwsalfco, which 1 olden bad wished fortotRrly the more they tbousbt of It, didn't two to bo of ruur h confluence in t;,e wheat situation afu r all. 'then, too, they Ik-smii Ourinsr ou the next visible auj'ply. aud otinates of the incr a,e l i that were any thluc bat eneourainz. a rush was made to iefl out. Lot nobody appeared to want tbe wluat, ei-d the crowd was lorccd to unload on fcueh other, aud prieea went down, rultus aiumny to ttu cho. home believe that Kent and bis fo -lowtie have asaiu sone btiort," aud will work tor aCfcline; butuow. tu bertofnre, the opinion of the btt f i erators Is that Quick tra!cr will t? the wlnueia in thl murkt t fr fone tlae, aud thiit pcohiost u di&iarjce nd bat little chance. Piieek." raid riauu'l, "will lx, likely to iamp about iretty lively, golrs i:r on cron n-fcixa and '.oancii on-.etbiini elae, with heavy iocuiaior ,ElliE!;, both ways." torn followed wheat, but within a narrow lirciL The jr nclpal iLtluen e t& been receipt. Tfc&o are Jarger, t ut the hhir pin? demand Las it I t rae, and uotiody car to be "bbort' yet, altl n,li railroad oüiein'.a .y there isaflond of. Ciein in the cuntry only waiting car roou to eorie forward. Provision hlone Lave stoo-1 ut Crmly, ant a'fwiytut ftewdily advan e 1 inntiteof a Ujbt tr(!eai;d :l.e wtnants of sarroundias jits. 1 he cotaing lu are lew aud poor, an 1 the toys thiak thty liave tKl reon vo lHtlicTe Artiour is under ntx pora aiil:i. There li no market, tov.ever. which Is no cay of inaulpulatlou a tbat of T'rovMxi, ud taauy i-ueivative dealer re Bdvifiiifc Uir friend to let them alont, and, a bore Hi, nei bctRUght "horL" bhe's a Hoaton t.lrl. IHrooklyn Iligl! A Io5-.ton girl is going to marry l'rofeseer KdmurjiJs;. one of tbe men who devised zone t-tardard time. The marriage may be a hei py one if rome endih p.iracrraphist ricfn't rush in with the remark that the professror is anxious to call h?r his zone. "Tor terms of government let fooU contest." For ordinary life, it is enough !e kcow that Dr. Hull's Cough ßyrup curei coughs and colds. WM. B. BURFORD, lank Books. Printer, Stationer, LITHOGRAPHER. Legal Blanks of All Kinds Kopt in Stock. I1MDIAXA3?OIjIO, mm IHON IPS FITTINGS, 6-Hinz Aceur for Nau-jaal T-.i be Worti Co, Globe VUvok, gt-r florin, Enein Irlmminrs l'IHE lONi.8, tUirtiW. Vl-iKi. TAl's. fcbcka and Lies, Wrenclii. Ku.4Ata Tri: Tumi. Sink. IlOäE HKLTINfi, BAiJBiTr iiKTALi, (125-roand Eoia). Uorr, Wiping Waste, white ani colored (lQO-pou&d. bales), an3 til other lupplies cse4 la coanctlon with ö TEA it, WATKK ar.(S OAJ?, In JOU OT RETAIL LOTi Do a realar tteaa Cttius bu&li.eai. Zitlnate aud contract ta heat Mlila, aopa. Triorem and Lcnber Iry Uontca, with live or exoaust iloa.-a. Hpe cut to order by steaa power. mm & ffli ka VTl Sal 77 8. C3J1

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