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Show Her AMERICAN Report ; of the GIRL. French servatory of National Con- Music. A reporter for The Chicago Tribune interviewed Miss Laura Moore, the opera singer with the following result: ‘How many American girls enter the Conservatory?” **More every year. Many girls prefer @ German course, and insist Munich. But the on National going to Conserva- tory of France has an immense prestige. All the best singers in the country have passed through it. Its prizes are more sought after than the fichest operatic positions. Its diplomas give you the entry of all musical bodies. Its president ts Ambroise Themas, composer of ‘Mignon’ and ‘Hamlet.’ Its jury comprises the names of Delibes, Massenet and Guiraud, who are all professors in the Conservatory. To have come victoriously frem its tuition is almost to insure the success of your musical career.” ‘*‘Is the opera bound to take a girl who wins the first prize?” : ‘*No; but the competition at which the prize is won is public. The managers of the Grand opera are among the audience. They get an excclient chance to hear what you can do.” ‘And if they take you?” ‘You are bound to them ata yearly salary of $1,000. This is the rate fixed by the government. It is small, but then you have had ail your schooling for nothing.” ‘Flow did you win your first prize?” “*M. Bartot, my teacher, made me sing and hgures conturm to any of tiie recognized staudards of physical perfection. But they are loved, they are honored, they are deferred te. While not eliciting. the admiration of every passer by, they have acquired through the force, sweetness or originality of their character the appreciation of these whose apprecaution confers honor and happiness, and, consequently, accorded will knew what you can do with songs that are easy. O, the bitter tears I shed over the mad scene. But I mastered it. The prize was awarded to me unanimously.” “Had it any pecuniary value?” *“No. only the diploma. But how many girls would give their eyes for that diploma? Besides, the education, which costs many American parents so much, had come to me for nothing. I had merely gone to the Conservatory, had my voice tried, sung been admitted. my prize.” ‘“\Would Two you one song, and years later advise other 1 won American girls to try to follow your example?” ‘Why not? [ama western girl. My parents arc dead. I had nobody to pay for my education. I settled down in Paris, knowing that ] hed to succeed; and when a western girl knows (at she has to succecd she generally succccds.” “Can auybedy enter the Conserva- tory?” “Any girl gifted with a good voice. It is a wonderful institution which Opens its doors, riot to its own people only, but to all the world. I, an American girl, owe everything to its fostering care. Uow can I feel otherwise than grateful?” At the Wrong same louse without being aware of the fact, until they accidentally met in the street, and inquired each other’s address. This author also relates the story of an amusing nistake: A gentleman called upon a lady with whom he was well acquainted. On reaching the house, he ascended the stairs, but, not having counted fh tered the apartment in the the to the simply A flights, story en- above that of the lady. beautiful Model Verdict. man charged An Alabama in an as the with steal- ing a calf made the following statement: ‘Twas always teached to be honest an’ most always have been, but when I seed that calf l caved. I never wanted.a calf so bad in all my life, an’ you all know that when a man wanis a calf he wants steve stold owned the slouch. we the slouch “titution. the c:.!f, Lut as the feller that animal is considerable of a agree to clear Steve an’ make pay the costs.”— Atlanta Con. him.” The jury returned the following verdict: “We, this jury, air satistied that >~<—~<ip—>>< - THE of Imperial Life of Re yar Ao te meng ENO TSE RE yee Sar the gentleman found himself in the pres- ence of a stranger, who seemed as amazed as he.was. **Madame,” said he, ‘tis not .this the apartinent of M. ——?” ‘-No; that ison the floor below.” “Then, madame, I have to throw my- self at your feet for this intrusion. Thinking myself in the apartment of Mnie. , | have been eating freely of your refreshments, and can now only offer the humblest of apologies. I am M. de ——.” His name was well known in Parisian society, but the lady was Lut half convineed. and as she followed him to the door, kept one eye on her plate, and the other on him. He afterward met her in the apartment hearty below, and laugh over their Far Above they had a mutual surprise. — Youth’s Companion. Beauty. the truly appreciative would nature. Now, are these women, blessed as many of the:.: are with devoted husbands, chee:...: homes, cultivated society. and leisure ior the exercise of any speci:! talent ful women? no. are indeed, they may possess, beauti- With one or two exceptions* more positively than plain, if a few of feature them only is considered, while from the rest I can single out but two or three whose faces for eagerly while a number government. While ia —— Another Account of another horrible murder comes from England. On Saturday last the mutilated remains of a boy were found in an outhotse at Bradford. His legs and arms were chopped off in a rough manner and tied to his body. | His ears were cutoff wounds the in- United iu the Pekin Gazette Friday, November 9, 1888: ceeded to his exalted reverently suc- inheritance, and increasing day by day in maturity, it is becoming that he should select a virtu- ous consort to assist in the tion or’s the Let, administra- of the palace, to control the Emperofficial household, and to en.:ourage Emperor himselfin upright conduct. therefore, Yeh Ho Na La, a daugh- ter of Deputy Lieutenant General Knei Hai Ang, whom we have selected for her dignfied and virtuous character, become the Emperor’s consort.” A special further edict of the same date says: “Let Ta Ta La, aged 15 years, Chang Hsy, formerly the board, become vice daughter of president of formerly vice president of the board, become imperial concubine of the second rank. Respect this.” It is understood the Emperor is between 15 and 14 years of age. THE in the chest. if he knew BLIGHT were two The heart ON IRELAND. anything of his He denied any.knowledge A bloody sack and knife fitting the wounds in the boy’s chest have been found in the prisoner’s lodgings, and he has been remanded for trial. Pin Money for New Year'’s. A daring and successful robbery oc‘curred in the money order department of the Indianapolis postoffice at half past twelve on Monday. Johnson, the chief of the money order division, was persuaded to go out to the side walk to seea manin a buggy. While he was out another man entered the office and filled his pockets with greenbacks the amount of about $2,500. to ~<thie. i A Battle With Oyster Thieves. Information desperate has fight been received between the of a police on the sloop “Julia Hamilton” and the fleet of illegal dredgers that took place last Thursday afternoon in the fishing bay on the Dorchester County coast. Captain Tyler of the “Julia Hamilton” discovered the pirates at work in the morn- Landlordism is Responsible Misery, for the Prevailing Atarecent session of the American Economic Association Professor Thompson of the University of Pennsylvania read a paper on the “Condition of the Irish People.” He said the products of Ireland in a yea. were sufficient to feed landlords used and by the productive pay for Irish since everything there manufacturing the country. Irish to are no industries in The estimates placed the rental spent by the absent land- lords at one-third of the whole production. The desire of the Irish peasant is to become a landlord himself. Lord Dufferin tells of one piece of land which ing, and orderedthem away. They were enveloped in a dense fog, and apparently sailed off, but returned, and in theafternoon Captain Tyler attacked them. The battle continued several hours, over 600 shots being fired from the police boat and a great many from the boats of the oyster thieves. An unknown dredger was shot through the arm and the boats were badly riddled with bullets, though no serious damage was done. Friday morning the State forces were strengthened by the arrival: of “the steamer “Governor McLane” and five dredging schooners were towed into Cambridge. escaped. captured and Their captains : the cause of her must be sought in <i ee The Situation in Dakota. A vote has been taken by a Deadwood, Dakota, paper on the question of single or double Statehood and it is shown that a little more than five-sixths of these lawyer, a document which stated that by the death of a near relative he inherits one-third of $100,000. Vanderveen is an old man over 60. Hesays: “I am thankful I am saved from a pauper’s grave. I was rich once myself, and owe my downfall to the wine cup. again!” I will never drink The World THE Pope has sent arich gift to each The answers the various parts injuring many Last Saturday a mob at Greeley,Colorado, took W. D. French who murdered Harry Woodbury, from jail and lynched him. scared up, and har- McAvuirre, of California, and Jackson, the colored champion of Australia, More than 2000 poor Washington children were given a sumptuous Christmas dinner by the Children’s Christmas Clubs of Washington. Tue U.S. consul at San Domingo has been dismissed in disgrace, it is claimed JOSEPH SoLomon, New York, in laces and linen goods shot his wife Dora and killed himself with the same revolver, on the sidewalk near his home _ this evening. Two Italian engineer because of a failure to account for money coming into his possession. Tre American a jobber officers in dis- has at Ivangorod. ‘The plans of Russian fortresses were found in their possession. his friendly Pope. Two Christmas English greeting to the war ships, Swiftswre and been in Historical session at Association Washington, where a number of valuable historical papers were read. Charles Kendall Adams, president of Cornell University, is the president for the coming year. Tue guise asstone masons have been arrested cruiser Charleston, the govern- ment vessel now building in San Francisco, will be ready for its trial trip in five or six weeks. It isthe first vessel of the new navy constructed on the Pacific Coast. Ir 1s bel-eved that the new navy yard will be located at, Seattle, Washington Territory, on Puget’s Sound. The commission appointed to locate it have left Carolina, have been ordered to Samoa. Washington for the Pacific Coast. The ships are under sealed orders, and it THE sister of Lord Dunallarey was is not known what their precise mission killed recently while hunting in County fats Tipperary,Ireland. Her horse stumbled, Iris said that John L. Sullivan will threw her from the saddle, and with her not fight the colored champion, Jackson, foot caught in the stirrup, she was ifthe latter challenges him. It is a dragged to death. principle with John L. not to fight colTHE new dynamite cruiser Vesuvius ored people. made a trial trip last Friday in which it The Old Colony line steamer, Bristol, exceeded the rate of speed required by plying between New York and Falls contract. Saturday morning it made River, Mass., burned on ing, at Newport, R.I. escaped. Loss, $30,000. Sunday afternoon Sunday All morn- another trial, during which one of the air-pump levers broke. Heavier ones passengers will be put in and another trial made. John Cochran, a small Pittsburg boy, went intoa sewer with a lighted match to hunt for a natural gas leak. An explosion followed which fatally burnt him. THERE is a probability of the Norwich, Connecticut, National Bank going out of existence. It was founded in 1796. Since 1880 the bank has lost heavily, THe neighbors of a man in a little town in western Nebraska, whipped him most of it through the defalcation of its cashier a few years ago. If the bank goes under the loss to Norwich will reach severely for beating $700,000. his wife. He sworn out a warrant and all the inhabitants of the town have arrested. has male been Tse Hungarians are asking a_ vote of credit to establish a flotilla, the government regarding this necessary in view of the fact that Roumania has formed such A BLoopy battle between the whites and blacks is reported as having taken place at Tackett’s Mills, Stafford County, a flotilla, and Russia will be able, when the navigation of the Danube has been Christmas cussion. the Eve, during a political disTwenty pople are reported dangerously injured. PirrrRo Dinarvo, the Italian brigand who murdered Marquis Landuzzi, the crime. |. During summer the performance Night’s Dream at of A Midthe Berlin regulated, to send draught war ships up. river. SaTuRDAY last was Gladstone’s seventy-seventh birthday, and notwithstanding his absence on the continent, scores of letters and congratulations were sent. to Hawarden. Most of the messages express the wish for an early triumph of Home Rule. -- = +: « sd Lday oe pe Me a 4 THE Clyde steamer “Osema” has sailed from New York for the West Indies. In her cargo were several cases of Reming- ton and Winchester rifles nearly dozen gatling guns. and The a irons were shot three opera house Saturday evening, Princess consigned to mythical persons at Cape Adalbert of Bavaria was seized with a Hayti, and are supposed to be for the use violent attack of hysteria, and had to of the insurgerts at that port. be removed. It is believed she is inTue Herald-Democrat, Leadville, in der is revealed. The dagger scene is sane. its review of the output for the year of weak. The Referee condemns with A mob recently marched through the 1888, estimates the total to be $11,830,205. scarcely any qualification Irving’s con- streets of Belgrade to the Austrian Con- The output, should it be valued upon ception of “Macbeth.” It says: -sul’s and shouted “Down with Austria!” the lead and silver quotations of 1872 “It is assuredly wrong to portray him and smashed the windows. They then -would be greater than at any other time ' at the outset as pale and haggard, and visited the residences occupied by the save one in the history of the camp. steeped in crime. Here and there the Austrians and made similar demonstra- touches of genius demand recognition. The presentment was well thought but cannot commend itself to of, the A CxHicaGo policeman tions. @ Delegates from all counties in Wash- tistic in the highest sense. Sullivan’s music was well worthy of the gifted composer. States. and agent of N. F. Fairbank, Chicago, has . defaulted with some thousands of the firm’s money. A man has been sent out to inspect the situation. Southern Dakota and the voters are of all occupations and politicalfaith. This vote is believed to be a fair representa- from soldiers THE manifesto issued by the new French revolutionary group declares the sole remedy for Boulangerism' and rad: icalism is the commune. tion and are of division and sixteen others. Cathedrals. and new, but consistent, alluring aud ar- admission as two received favor A SHELL burst in the powder magazine at Messina, Sicily, last week, killing had a prize fight in San Francisco on | Friday last, at which McAuliffe, in the During the year 383,595 immigrants twenty-fourth round, was knocked comlanded at Castle Garden. an increase of pletely out. 1977 over the previous year. CuHaRLEsS F’, Mere, the San Francisco of the Irish of in in rowing to relate—they both escaped! ington Territory meet at Ellensburg January 30th to frame a State constitu- are A sHooKk of earthquake was felt Hampshire, England, last week. Only two foxes were Over. thoughtful students of Shakespeare. Miss Terry’s embodiment was startling answering Bricut, who has been ill, is now improving. A Fox hunt in Ohio the other day was participated in by 400 men and boys. a= venerable and philanthropic nobleman, Irving and Miss Terry. was lately arrested at Stanford, CoanectiThe play “Macbeth” . was produced at eut. The affair created a greatsensation the Lyceum Theatre, London, before a at the time. He will be taken to Italy brilliant audience. A large number of where he will suffer the penalty of his was let andsub-leteleventimes. Eleven critics were present. Minister Phelps, landlords were all piled on top of the Earl Londerborough, Sir Frederick poor fellow digging potatoes at the Leighton and many other notables witbottom, and each and all were making a nessed the performance. The first scene profit out of him. ‘My inference,” said was majestic and gloomy. Irving was Prof. Thompson, “is that Ireland needs picturesque, and Miss Terry was interestno special land laws, and has had more ing, but unequal to her role. She was harm than benefit, from the two already at her vest in the scene in which the murenacted, and that economical miseries other quarters.” a substantial present on Christmas. He received from Theodore N. Melvin, a The Vienna correspondent of the Times says that for the first time in years the Emperor of Austria has sent — hE Wanted second consort of the first rank, and let Ta Ta La, aged 13, also Hsy, andthere last seen was in the prisoner’s company, and when he was missed the milkman of him. JouN Christmas Sermon. dispatch to Tribune.| Wri. a pauper in the King’s York, Almshouse, received Horror. and charged with being the last person who saw the boy alive. The boy, when in China. published having a few towns are es- pecially anxious to secure the plum all are united in their efforts to bring settlers into the to-soon-be-State. was asked “The Emperor of Dakota towns are looking after their fences and generally. brushing. up in the hope that they may become the seat of whereabouts. call happy. for which fact I thank God, as it has helped me to take, on the whole, a hopeful view of life as well asof human watehed the Empress In my life 1 have known many women well. Among them isa fair majority of what to look after the prizes to be secured when the two new States are introduced. Every move at the National capitol 1s milkman has been arrested on suspicion tie found the table set for a lunch, showittg that company was expected. just twice the number that live on the With a liberty which his relations with island. Nearly every vessel that leaves the family warranti«. |.c helped himself ‘the coast is loaded with products. Even to bonbons art€ruit. Hearing a lady’s voice calling frem her chamber, and in famine years these products must be exported to pay the rents to absent apologizing for not coming out immediately, he replied, ‘*Do not disturb yourself, madam; | will wait.” The lady cfOnce entered the room, and anxiety the people have already begun States at Pekin of the following edict of Dowager, considerable of having committed the crime. The accused milkman, whose name is Barratt, was taken before the magistrate The department of State has been formed by the minister with and entrails were torn. The remains were wrapped in a rough covering. A HEATHEN .CHINEE. A Picture awaiting the outcome stab + The World's News daughter of Chang Door. In Paris, several families often live under one roof, and each occupies its own ‘‘flat” or apartments. The duke and the laborer, saint and vagabond, the good and the bad may live in the same house, and yet neither of them know his neighbor. The author of ‘*Parisian Lights” _ says that two friends lived a year in the pass placid shining of the sunbeam is to the phencizcrcl blaze of an evanescent flame. —Anna hetharine ureen in Philadelphia Times. the hardest thing he could find.” “What was that?” ‘‘Ophelia’s mad scene in *Hamlct.’ He said: ‘If you can sing what is difficult the jury. their days atmos)!:cre of peace and good will whick isas far above the delirious admiration tion of the public sentiment on the A matter which daily grows stronger. It is [Chronicle believed -division and admission are Vanderveen, simply questions ‘of time and_ while. County, New en AN) WEEKLY. ee WESTERN ‘THE memorialize Congress for the speedy admission of Washington Territory. The sentiment of the people is unanimously in favor of admission. was times by a drunken brickmaker who bore a grudge against him, and who happened along at a moment when. the officer was making an arrest. After be- ing fatally wounded the policeman gave chase to his assailant and brought himés to the earth with two bullets through his body. = OB) , |
