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TWO CITIES. BY RE\'. is. MILLER IIAGERMAN. Side by side rise the two great cities, Afar on the traveller‘s sight ; One, black with the dust of labor, Une solemnly still and white. Apart, and yet. together, They are reached in adying breath, But. a river flows between them, And the river’s name is - death. Apart, and yel together, Together, and yet apart, As the child may dieut midnight, On the mother's living heart. So close come the two great cities, With only the river between ; And the grass in the one is trampled. But the grass in the other is green. The hills with uncovered foreheads, Like the disciples meet, While ever the II living wzitni' ls washing their hallowed feet, And out on the glassy ocean, The sailsin the golden gloom Seem to me moving shadows of the white eninarhled tomb. Anon, from the but and the palace, Anon, from early till late, They come, rich and poor together, Asking alms at the beautiful ga c, And ncvcrhad life a nuerdon Sn welcom: to all to give, In the land where tlieliving are dying, As the land where the dc iii In 1y live, U silent city of refuge On the way to the city o’erhend I The gleam of the marble milestones Tells the distvnee we are f1 om the dead. Full of feet, but a city untroddcn, Full of hands, but a city unbiiilt, Full of strangers who know not even That their life-cup lies there spilt. They know not the tomb from the palace, They drcim not. they ever have died ; God be thanked they never will know it Till they live on the other side 5 From the doors that death shut coldly On the face of their last lone woe; Thcv came to thy gladcs for shelter Who had nowhere else to go. â€"â€"-‘oâ€"<.>â€"~«>â€" Our Paris Letter. [FROM OUR REGULAR CORRSEI‘ONDENT.] Piqued perhaps at the rcmonstrance of the Spanish students having come to show them how to keep masquerach green, the Parisians made an Herculean effort to come out strong and very jolly in the buffoon line, on Thursday lastâ€"mid-Ient. A little non- sense now and then is pardonable. Did not David dance before the ark, and Solomon find a refuge from the cares of state, by dearly loving the lasses. Then the masses are content with possessing the Republic,and having served seven years apprenticeship to political miseries, an emancipation fete was not behind the age. From the earliest ages of washing household linen in the Seine, the honorable guild of laundresses, or Blanchis- causes, have had a half holiday in mid-lent, even before the Church Councils allowed sin- ful stomachs to indulge for twenty-four hours in fat things, the better to sustain the trials of mortification. All laundries at cock-crow on Mid-Lent day, select their several “ queens,” request her to put on all her wardrobe glories; they place her in a chair, then put her on a table in the work room, dance round her, and drink her health, About two o’clock carriages draw 11p, and the whole strength of the establishment, dressed more or less in fancy costumes, take their seats, and with trumpet, horns, and drums, promenade 'the Boulevards, and ex- change royal visits. In the evening state dinners succeed, and then the guild ball. Now never were the preparations to be merry and wise so numerous and so varied as those made to enjoy last Thursday. But the rain came down wickedly, and broke up the cavalcades. A Parisian would go to San Stefano to see a mask, or a man in jupons, or a baby with a griined moustache, so there was a very respectable crowd collected along the Boulevards, forgetful of the rain, and with a “ Sister-Anne-do-you-see-anything- coming ” expression of features that. would provoke a smile even in Heraclitus himself. The employees of the Central Markets went to much expense to organize a cavalcade of the Gueux, but their Gaulish king and queen had to pass their day to a great extent in a tavern, cracking jokes and “ smiling around” to courtiers and subjects. The American circus made a very remarkable hippie dis- play ; it beat a Lord Mayor’s procession hol- low, or a. royal pageantry before Parisians laughed such out of their country, Despite all drawbacks not aface of a willow pattern was to be encountered. In the suburbs the cavalcades were numerous and really attrac- tive, and the bands played ‘Tzhe Marseillaz'se sufficiently to drive the Royalists to commit the happy dcspatch. Those distinguished foreigners now within our walls, the Chi- nese, Anmamites, etc., must have been re- minded of home; the Japanese especially, whose fancy costumes are quite the mode this carnival. The Senate has barked back to its old love *liatrcd of the Republic ; for a time good- natured peoplefiattered themselves the Upper House was on the road to redemption ; but its recent vote, rejected by twenty-two of a majoritywsupposing the votes to have been accurately counted. which is not over certain till after a certain lapse of timeâ€"the minis- terial bill to pardon the press misdemeanors, or at least so judged, by ardent liberal edi- tors in defending themselves and the consti- tution from the provocations and violences of the de Broglie ministry last year. The Senate thus identifies itself with the pro- gramme of the moral order Cabinet, and which provoked the indignation of every civilized countryâ€"not exempting Russia. During the dc Broglie reign of the White Terror, his judges discovered over 2,000 misdemeanors, or rather self-defences; there remain still on the rolls 136 cases to be tried; there are 300 editors to undergo imprisonment, in addition to their paying 280,000 francs penalties. So much for one’s defending himself when struck. In the dis- cussion an Under Secretary of State avowed that the ex-Minister for the Interior for- warded defamations against Republican can- didatesâ€"for the conspiracy was toforce the general electionsâ€"to be published in the monarchical journals, and authorized only these to be sold. Public opinion is incensed at the conduct of the re-actionists in the Senate, which injures not the Republican but themselves, and that the partial elec- tions in January will reform. In the mean- time the Cabinet will have to recommend the Marshal to exercise the right of pardon individually. The Senate will have another occasion to enter into hostility with the nation. Abus- ing even its platonic right to deal with the budget, it has declined to vote a reduction made by the Deputies in the estimates for paying clerical seminaries not recognised by law,but adding the sum to similar establish- ‘nients of alegal standing. The point invol- ves the recognition of the Jesuits by law, which they do not enjoy. The Deputies re- ject the amendment; of the Ultramontane Senators, the Government approves of the step, andi’fthe patricians decline to sub- mit the Whole budget is rejected, and France will only be voted the estimates iluring the current year, by monthly drib- cts. The Hotel des Invalides is an asylum destined for military pensioners who pre- fer, however, to live with their families,and so expend their pensions. The establish- ment was built to contain 6,000 inmates, not 400 reside there; the Commission cut down the estimates by 50,000 francs for administering the dwindled institution, and the Minister of \Var, a. member of the Re- publican Cabinet, accuses the Republican Chamber of Deputies of reflecting on the army, after they have raised the pay of the officers and men. There is something wrong here. At Cambrai an ecclesiastic Writes, that the legislators are sinister humbugs,and the parish priest of St. Léonards, in a sermon just delivered, calls the deputies imbeciles, and their acts’lso much “filth.” The crack Lenten padrefioj Notre Dame in this city, a few Sundays ago, preached up Henri V. and ran down univer- sal suffrage. Beyond question the forbear- ance of the republicans and their grand de- sire to secure peace at home, are construed as fear. Those who so conclude, commit a lamentsble error, and which may in the end cost them dear. There is not an hotel or boarding-house in Paris but is being painted or whitewashed ; these charges, along with the to be expected ris in the price of all comestibles, will have to be defrayed by welcome visitors, as extras. A new system is being inaugurated, that of running up shanties to board and lodge the contractors and their caravans from all parts of the world. There is no fear of prices being schiin as to produce 3. Vienna scare. The ino- ment strangers do not put in an appearance to be flcceed, prices will fall as quickly as the Funds at bad news. Ministers complain that the extra subsidies voted them by the Chamber, are insufficient to enable them to give two dinner parties of 60 covers each, per week: every guest is contracted to be stuffed, at the time-honoured price of 25in per stomach. Exhibitors are as busy as nailers fitting up and occupying their space, and resemble, for the moment, emigrants who have taken possession of their grant of land in a back country. Judging from ap~ pearances, much glass will be employed in- stead of wood or fancy railings, to mark off separations and to erect stalls. "tussia is so busy Christianizing the Bulgarians that she apparently forgets she is an official exhibi- tor. The Americans, who were last, are so going ahead as to promise to be first ; while the section is in process of construction, ex- hibitors are settling down on their chalked off spaces, as if they came from Batignolles, instead of from California and Montana. Good news for thirsty souls : free fountains will be erected throughout the grounds, and in parts of the buildings ; the city, to meet the demand, is adding 100 more to those already erected, and M. Davy of the Me- teorological Department, has predicted, that during the coming summer, the Seine will exceed its average volume of water. Though the Eastern Question cannot: be darker, while it is considered certain by the French England means fight it is not the less the belief of many that Russia will not accept the challenge, even aided by the neuâ€" trality of the Austrian courtâ€"not the na- tion, which cannot shake off the remembrance of what it owes to Russia in 1848, though conveniently forgotten in 1854. In fact, there is a good deal of Italy in the politics of Austria, in leaning towards the strongest side. It is well-known that the famous will of Peter the Great is apocryphal. This does not the less prevent the Russians from be- lieving in it as gospel, and they cannot be blamed, seeing so many of its clauses realized, and the remainder in a fair way of becoming so. The eleventh article of the testament is a “ tract for the times ;” it sets forth, “ we ought to gain the house of Aus- tria in order to expel the Turks from Europe, and neutralize her jealousy on the subject of the possession of Constantinople. by impli- cating her in a war with other European powers, or, better, offer her a portion of our conquests, which we can seize later at a suitable moment.” General Ignatiefi‘h ulti- matum will find no opposition at Vienna. The French journals congratulate England on taking her stand to defend the rights of Europe. Better late than never I Two chef: of departments of the Lyons railway have been convicted of forgery, to the extent of 60,000fr. ; the trial revealed much confusion in the company’s plan of keeping accounts. But the extraordinary point is, that one of the sentenced had been imprisoned for robbery in 1850, a defect of character that did not prevent his nomina- tion to a very important post in the first railway company of France. It would not be flat blasphemy to remark, such “ minor morals” are neglected in this country. An excellent institution exists for preventing a family fortune from being squandered. Vthn the scion or parent will not take a friendly hint t5 reform, the nearest relative applies that he be placed under a consez'l de filmilleâ€"a sort of collective tutorship he thus becomes a minor, and is disqualified from exercising any legal power. In course of time, if from being a sinner he gravitates to be a saint, he can be restored. A young gentleman, recently married, and rcpresant- ing two important families, paid no attention to his mother’s threat to place him under a conseil de famille : in presence of her refusal not to protect him by a temporary disgrace, he drew a pistol from his pocket and shot himself dead. French ladies are not at all p'eased at Mlle. Rothschild introducing the fishion of dispensing with bridesmaids ; renounce jew- ellery in the bridal toilette but stop there. Here at; all events, the best way of a lady catching a husband, or bringing up a suitor to make 11p his mind is just when she acts in the capacity of a bride’s-maid. It is the mood when “Barkis’ is willin ;” the juste milieu. The Queen of Spain has sufficient diamonds in the Bank of France, to make many a Spanish bondholder happy for years. She is about selling the gems, having no further need of them, and being a little in want of money. Since her reconciliation with Don Carlos, the most unnatural of coa- litions, both French and Spanish society put her (ex-Majesty into Coventry. On the chim- ney-piece of her bed-room, enshrined in a casket, lies the golden rose presented to her by the late Pope. It is an official certificate of her purity. A post-office clerk has just been married, and in addition promoted, for his wit. He made the acquaintance of a young lady by attaching the stamps on her letters, and other acts of official politeness ; he proposed, was accepted ; he demanded a month’s holi- day, “to be cured of an affection, caught in the discharge of his duties.” An Abbe de Broglie, relative of the unpop- ular duke of that name, solicited Napoleon I. when in Piedmont, to accord him some privileges to form a sect of his own : “ I on- ly know,” said Napoleon, “ two religious in France, Catholics and Protestants, and there is not sufficient religion in the country to make a third.” Advertisements frequently appear in the French journals from persons desiring to adopt children; the want has been met by the opening of an office where babies to be disposed of can be’ registered and photo- graphed, and applicants’ wishes thus met. The manager of the Italian theatre is no annoyed with demands to listen to ladies and gentlemen with matchless voices that he has printed a reply, requesting them to forward a stereotyed phonograph of their veice. The Emperor of Russia has 43 titles ; among the crowd is that of “ Prince of Bul- garia. Two tipplcrs in a tavern to landlady : “A bottle of wine, if you please.” “Make it three, and save the dame trouble,” added his gallant comrade. “ \Vhere is the Faculty of letters?” asked a provincial of policeman : “ In the rue Y.Y. Rousseau,” (the General Post-office), gravely replied the bobby, with a bow. PARIS, March 30, 1878. W -M___ _. A Judge Answered. William \Vatson, a youth, stood at the bar of the general sessions, convicted of theft. “ \thre have I seen you before ‘2” Judge Gildersleeve asked, thoughtfully, “ Your face is certainly familiar to me.” “ I don’t know, your honor,” Watson re- plied. “ Where have you seen Inc before,” his honor persisted. ‘- I don’t know, I am sure, your honor,” Watson protested. “ ‘Vherc were you last employed? I am confident that I have seen your face bc~ fore,” Judge Gildersleeve continued, with the air of having comered the prisoner at last. “ In the Crystal Palace Saloon, your ho- nor,” Watson answered, and the spectators laughed. J udgc Gildersleeve did not pursue his in- quiries further. He sentenced \Vatson to State Prison for three years. â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€".4-.â€"-â€"â€" SOME editor says that the destiny of the world often hangs on the smallest trifles. A little miff between Charles Bonaparte and his love Letitia might have broken off a marriage which gave birth to Napoleon and and the Battle of Waterloo; to which the Chicago Advertiser saysâ€"“ Yes, that is the fact. Suppose a. ‘little miff’ had taken place between Adam and Eve! \Vhat then ‘3" 7 New York Fashions. CLINoINo MANTLE, APRON OFER-SKIR’I‘ WITH TAns‘ AT THE BACK, AND DEMI-THAINED FAN SKIRT. There is an elegant Parisian costume tasteful and simple style, admired for the graceful mantle that accompanies it. This mantle is the favorite shape found among the best importations of French gar- ments, and is so small, so easily made, and requires so little material that it cannot fail to please not only those who like stylish things, but those with economical tastes as well. The greatest novelties in such gar- ments are the black satin mantles trimmed with lace and headed ornaments; for mid- summer there are also new mantles made of single strands of sewing silk tied in square meshes, with a jet bead caught in each mesh. The most popular wraps, however, are of black India cainel’s~liair with long fleece, or of richly repped black silk, or else Sicilian- ne, or, better still, the new repped silk fa- bric called bangoline, which is entirelywith- out dressing, yet soft and light. In this cos- tume the mantle is made of the dress matc- rialâ€"olive silkâ€"and this is customary even in the plainest wool costumes. The custom is to trim the seam down the middle of the back, to border the edge, and to put a good deal of trimming around the neck ; the fronts are buttoned as far down as the waist; two long ends of ribbon are placed at the throat, to be tied in a long-looped bow with ends, and, if liked, a similar bow is at the waist. Black cashmere mantles for plain use are made in this way, and also for ladies in mourning. Beige-colored camel's-hair is preferred to grey for dressy wraps. Straight galloon with or without beads is preferred to vine passementerie. The whalebone and grass fringes are fluffy, and look richer and fuller on these wraps than the smooth sew- ing silk fringe. Knife-pleating of silk is also used for woollen mantles. The rainbow and beige-colored beads are considered more sty- lish than black jet, but they are very expen- sive, and will probably be transient fashions. The favorite trimming, however, is French lace in thread patterns, laid in knife-pleat- ings, and put on in two, or three, or even four lapping rows. The quality sold at 30 cents a yard, and nearly three inches wide is most used. Spanish blonde lace is put on in the same way, or else it is merely gathered. Loops and ends of inch- wide black ribbon, either satin or gros grain, are set amid the lace pleats. To use as little lace as possible, yet Inake a pretty trimming, three or four knife-pleats are laid, then a plain space is left the width of the cluster of pleats ; in this plain space is placed an up- right loop of the ribbon with two ends, each cut in forks like a trident; two-eighths of a yard of ribbon are needed for each looped piece. Two rows of pleated lace stand up- ward around the neck, and two or three are turned downward; wide passementerie or else loops of ribbon separate the rows that are turned in different directions. PARISIAN NOVELTIES IN DRESS. The modistes who return late from Paris, and display their goods after the furnishing stores have had their openings, usually have novelties to suggest. In a large importa- tion of French dresses, most of which are from \Vorth’s, we find evidences of the changes of style by Madame Emmeline Raymond, and also of the materials noted by her, many of them being made to special order in the Lyons factories. For instance, here are the first of the panicr dres~.cs that it is said \Vorth is reviving; there are the flowing trains; here are the dresses without over- skirts ; here the postilion basques; there wide flounces are suggested in place of the present narrow border flounce, and, best of all, here are short dresses with round skirts that do not touch the floor, and made up With the grace and chic of a Paris modiste. As for new materials, here are the spotted silks and satins, such as white satin with polka spots of silk for bridal dresses, or pale beige colors for other toilettes, or a simple blue Chambery gingham with white polka dots; these rival the brocades, which now are of very small figures, and show many colors. Then there is a revival of softly twilled foulards, pale rose, cream, or pink, to be made a la Watteau, with great paniers on the hips, and trimmed with white Malines lace; and there are paint-ed foulards show- ing the loveliest combinations of olive and pale blue dashes with gold and Jacqueminot red. The embroidered satin for scarfs and for the straight front breadths of rich dress- es of plain gros grain comes in pink, beige, black, or olive grounds, wrought with roses, ilies, and forget-me-nots, and scalloped on each edge. A special novelty is the Nabob melangc an open woven silk gauze in stripes of quaintest colors, for over dresses ; blue, green, red, and gold stripes prevail in one, while another is grey, crimson, yellow, and myrtle green, or else pale blue with old gold, red, and olive. Quaiutei‘ still is strip- ed India silk in the colors of Indian shawls, made up as an over-dress, with the beautiful old fashioned surplice waist crossed on the bosom, belted with myrtle green velvet,and worn over a pleated-skirt of the palest blue silk, which is oddly edged with tiny pleat- ing of myrtle green velvet; this dress, like the pauicr foulard dresses, is meant for Newport or Saratoga. The bourette gauzes are very handsome, with bayadere stripes in India colors separated by narrower stripes of thin silk, either pale blue, cream, or green that is nearly black. Beige beads in gradu- ated shades are the novelty for trimming black silk dresses. Shot goods of mixed silk and wool, speckled or dusted over, are used fer combination dresses; changeable blue and gold, or else beige and green, or blue and olive, are very handsome. For plain short suits are the finest beiges and camel’s-hair; for morning, in the summer, are zephyr ginghams in pink and blue cross- bars, or else solid blue Chamberys with the mandarin yellow vest softened by a. covering of the modern point lace or Honiton which ladies make of braid; or else with polka dots on blue, and borders of white and blue stripes; or, prettiest of all, the beige-color- ed linens trimmed with embroideries in the rich Roman colors. The newest black trim- Ining lace is grenadine lace with open dc- signs embroidered on thinnest grenadine. TIIE MANNER OF MAKING. To return to the manner of making. There are entirely different styles for difl‘er- ent toilettes, and the modistes say there is a marked preference for plaincr dresses than have lately been worn, with a tendency to- ward fuller skirts. For instance, rich dresses for the house, for dinners, for carriage and receptions have almost invariath basque waists, with a skirt that has no overskirt, is very flat in front and on the sides, and has a flowing train of three or perhaps four breadths ; this train is very simply bordered with one wide-pleated flounce, or with three narrower pleatings, while the front breadth is trimmed straight down the middle with flat galloon, beaded gimp, flat lace, or a lace jabot, and the side gores lap slightly on the front, as if it were a petticoat inclosed by them, or else these sides have panels of dif- ferent-colored silk, or of trimmings in hori- zontal rows. The basque is of the plainest design possible, and is quite short for these dresses, though the longer cuirass is pre- ferred for plain costumes. The neck is ei- ther cut out; square, or else it is high, and a white silk square is laid on, draped with white lisse, and edged with beaded galloon, either pearl, beige, rainbow, or jet. The front of the basque is sharply pointed, the sides shorten almost to the waist line, and the back ends in slight loops of the silk dou- bled and piped with satin. Worth is not willing to abandon the long scams from the shoulders that produce a slender appear- ance; he uses them quite as frequently as he does the short side bodies beginning in the armhole. The coat or the elbow sleeves have oftcner cuffs of lace than flowing frills, and are most usually trimmed down the top of the arms with the material used in the square neck. The edge of the basque is fin- ished with one, two, or three satin pipings, and the very high English collar, with its broadly turned over points, is lined with sa- tin, and has also two or three pipings. The trimming of the basque is confined to the square front. or else it is a fichu of lisse, of lace, or of brocaded grenadine draped round the shoulders, or perhaps only in front, from the neck down on the bosom, perhaps beside the square neck. The front breadth is often of different: color and material from the basque and train. Thus a beige silk with polka satin dots of the same shade has the front of peach-blossom silk, with the front breadth trimmed straight down with two wide rows of Roman passementerie, and a border of the same on the bottom; the postilion basque is square in the neck, and the whole is trimmed with thickly clustered narrow loops of the beige-color lined with peachblossom silk. In some such dresses the flowing train has the middle breadth of the color of the front breadth. Another dress in contrasts has lemon-colored brocade in the front breadths with lavender satin for the waist and flowing train; the beaded trimming straight down the front is of pearls and gold. B LAL‘K CASHMERE. Black cashmere is made up in princesse polonaiscs, with panels of silk on the side, barred with gold braid 011 the new shaded rainbow braids. Stylishly plain black cash- mere over-dresses have the basque front, apron, and princesse back, and for the only trimming a triple piping of black satin on the edge of the basque, wrists, apron,and on the high English collar. For sue a dress the buttons are bullet-shaped and chrochcted. For grander dresses the buttons are very large and flat, and beads, or colored pearl, in metal, such as oxidized silver with guilt figures in Japanese designs, or perhaps studded with nail heads; some glittering brass buttons are used, but very sparingly. WORTH'S SHORT SUITS. \Vorth makes a half-long princesse polon- aise with a kill: skirt for short suits. The skirt is not a genuine kilt, but is trimmed far above the edge of the polonaise with pleats broader than the kilt pleats used here, and each pleat is ornamented on the bottom with a band of bias silk about three inches deep, and cut off slanting across the top. This skirt has a. narrow front gore, side gore, and a straight back breadth, with a drawing string to hold back the fulness; the kill:- pleating begins at this drawing string. The front of the polonaise is plain (without wrinkles) ; square panel pockets are on the side; the back is long and slender, with slight draping or else pleats; fringe is on the sides, and the waist may have a vest of silk laid on and bordered with trimming, or else it may be belted from the side seams. This very neat design is made up in beige- colorcd wool, with darker brown silk for trimming, or else in navy blue barcge de Luz, with white and blue stripes for orna- merit. William M. Tweed. So \Vm. M. Tweed has at last been set free from all the gaols and gaolers of earth. “ Paid the debt of nature,” some would say. \Vill any add, “ taken his notes to the bank to get gold?” Perhaps Inost who knew his history would scarcely venture so far, though the old reprobate himself, in his own strange bewildered fashion, tried at the last to set- tle up his accounts with Heaven, and was exceedingly anxious to show that after all that had come and gone there was a fair balance which ought to be placed to his credit in the Upper Chancery. Tweed’s was a mean, base life, as much so as it is easy to imagine any one to have led. He was not without ability of a certain kind and, unrestrained as he was by the faintest ghost of a. conscience. he could so well play the role of knave, sneak, hypocrite, and humbug, with a dash of the patriot and a large infu- sion of the “practical politician,” to such good purpose as to make himself as a ward politician, and by and by as Tammany Boss, simply irresistible. That such aman should ever have become the municipal autocrat of New York city, and very nearly irresponsi- ble ruler of New York State, is a fact which must always be humiliating to every New Yorker who has any sense of decency left. The excuse for themâ€"~that they were all bent on making money, and that it was cheaper to be cheated than to watch the cheaters, is the best, perhaps the only one, that can be urged. The misery is that in a great many instances they not only allowed themselves to be cheated and robbed, but showed themselves very ready to go shares in the plunder of other people. Tweed and his associates if they had kept to their pro- ptl‘ employment would have been bar-ten- ders in the lower part of the city, or have kept an oyster stand in some convenient market-place. But they saw people extra- ordinarily careless. Thcy could not help re~ marking that respectable persons shunned municipal affairs as if the very name was a degradation, and that plunder was easy and abundant to the moderately cunning, and the wholly unscrupulous. It is too much to ex- pect that everybody will pass through gold lying scattered round without stoopng to pick some of it up. Tweed and his associ- ates had no such notions as this would im- ply, and so they gathered gold even as Jo- seph gathered grainâ€"by handfuls, and had they been only moderate in their stealing, would in all likelihood have got off with their plunder. But their predatory in- stincts were strong, and they had no idea of a “modest competency,” so they stole on till the flood of popular indignation ros e and swept them all away. Yet, after all, how much is New York improved by the change? It has got a. new " Boss.” A new set of ward politicians pull the strings, and direct the puppets. Is the city after all much better? Is the rage for plunder in any sensible degree abated ‘3 We rather think not. Men are still as anxious as ever to secure that for which they have not labor ed, and to make life one jollification and tri- umph. They still rather admire the cool impudence of the “Boss,” both in prison, and out of it, and what mul- titudes would run all risks if they could only for a season touch Tweed’s gold, even though they were tolerably certain they would meet Tweed’s doom I “ They’d risk it.” Daresay they would. The accursed love of gold has taken such possession of the most of human hearts that they are ready to risk all, health, credit, 3. good name, and a quiet conscience, in order to secure what is so much regarded as the highest good. Tweed stole but he did not hoard. He scattered his money, or rather the stolen money, lavishly, and that was the reason why he thought he had put it all right with Heaven, and brought the Almighty to con- done the matter as one who had actually consented to compound a felony. Let us not judge him harshly. He has passed before a bar the sentence pronounced by which will be in accordance with righteousness. The Divine goodness is not to be limited. Even thisâ€"one of the champion thieves of the cen» turyâ€"may be a saved man. If so, it; is amar- vel of mercy and is well calculated to create the impression that none need despair. It is, notwithstanding, an unsavoury subject. Yet how many everywhere are doing much the same thing,tricking their neighbours out of land or gold, and excusing themselves on the plea that they were notto think of others in making a bargain : sufficient if they could manage to think for themselves. Tweed has added a. new word to the English language. In his halcyon days, no doubt, multitudes looked at him with wonder and admiration. But the party coloured convict at Ludlow street gaol was quite a different person, and to be treated after a very different fashion. In his case successful villany was very short-lived. The way, in his case, of trans- gressors was peculiarly hard. It may be a matter of painful interest and devout speculation to wonder whether or not such a man has stood enfranchised and forgiven in the presence of God, but every respect- able pcrson will be rather pleased than otherwise that he continued to wear the motley till he finally put off his clay tabernacle. L.._-oâ€".-.o-â€" Miss BIIonA BROUGHTON, the authoress, lives mostly in the beautiful valley of Clwyd, Wales, whence was doubtless derived her love of scenery and power of describing it. She is about thirty years of age, and is de- scribed as spiritual in expression, with a light, quick, impatient manner ; a good fig- l ure, of about; the average height. A FEMALE gate-keeper, on a. national pike, has been removed for passing her I sweetheart free. She never toll’d her love. General. A \VYTHEVILLE, Va., dentist is said to extract teeth painlessly, simply by pressing on the patient’s temples during the opera- tion. Mr. ALFRED TENNYSON received the sum of three hundred guineas for his poem of “ The Revenge,” publishcd_in the Nineteenth Century. THERE are still upwards of 280,000 people on Government relief in India, either eni- ployed on public works or being fed in camps and hospitals, and the prospects of any speedy decline of distress are getting remote as the season advances. Practically the effects of the famine will press on the Government resources for at least another year. \Vith regard to the area of existing distress in southern India, certain parts of the Mysore State are undoubtedly the worst of all. Porn LEO XIII. has sanctioned a plan for the conversion of Central Africa, which was prepared by Cardinal Fronchi while Prefect of the Propaganda. The missionary work has been entrusted to a congregation estab- lished some ten years ago by M. Lavigere at Algiers. Twelve missionaries have already left for Zanzibar, and it is expected that they will be able to move into the interior during the present month. The missionaries have been instructed in the use of scientific instruments. Garcin, the Communist, just condemned to death as a ringleader in the assassination of Generals Thomas and Lecomte, continues to maintain his firm attitude; he occupies the cell where Roussel, the ex-Ministcr of \Var I30 the Commune, was lodged before his execution. There is no doubt as to Garein’s guilt and worthlessness. But his conviction is not the less awkward for ministers, and prejudicial to the amnesty question. The majority of opinion inclines to the belief, that justice will be allowed to take its course. IN GEN UI'I‘Y WELL EMPLOYED A Canaman IIIdiistry Which is Not Decliningâ€"The Modern Cricket of the Hearth. Every contrivance for the lightening of the housewife’s toil is a contribution to the general comfort of the home, and ultimately to the good of society. The husband’s content and the homestead’s quiet are ensured more and more by every abridgement of the wife’s labors. And considering 110w Varied are the cares, obnoxious the tasks, and respon» sible the duties of “the queen of the hive,” every new device for lessen- ing the burdensomencss of her Work should be hailed with pleasure, even without regard to any gain but hers. Among the many fruits of inventive energy the Sewing Machine can fairly claim first rank. Hood, were he alive, would, in consequence of this grand mechanical cont-rivance, wonder how he ever came to write his “ Song of the Shirt,” and those who bless the invention are legion. Like all good things, however, it has been found imâ€" provable, experience discovering defects and ingenuity disposing of them as they became apparent. Among Canadian industries the manufacture of this i11- valuable instrument is one of the most interesting, and many of the most im- portant modifications have originated here. Indeed it is scarcely possible to conceive of an advance in point of smoothness and easiness of working, in compactness and simplicity, in sub- stantiality and beauty of workmanship than the Wanzer F, the latest, best and most popular of the machines con- structed by this firm, whose reputation as manufacturers of this machine is world-wide. We would recommend its introduc- tion into every house where its cheerful voice has not yet been heard. The cricket 0n the hearth is a poetic tradi- tion, but the VVanzer F is a substitute which every home should have. While we hear so much about the decline of Canadian industries, and the folly of Canada aspiring to pie-eminence as a manufacturing country, it is cheering to know that in this line we take the lead, and that Messrs R. M. VVanzer «It 00., while defying the world’s competi- tion as regards their work, can keep in Constant occupation a perfect host of employees, and profitably maintain agencies in every'part of the habitable globe. - «.>â€"«>â€"â€" _ Toronto “ Fashion Courier.” The spring issue is now ready, and will be mailed to subscribers at once. Those that have not yet subscribed can do so by send- ing thirty-five cents, and will receive the jour- nal one year and choice of pattern from Do- mestic Catalogue to the value of twenty-five cents, so any one requiring information in reference to fashion should not be without it. The spring catalogue of domestic fashion are ready and will be mailed to any address on receipt of stamp. }I. W. HUTTON & C0., Yonge St., Toronto. ...»P..__._ Business Items. THE only men who have a right to talk of their extraction.â€"Dentists. “ To be or not to be, that’s the question whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, &c,” were the words of the noble bard. Those who go to “ Cooper’s ” for “ Shirts ” never suffer from a misfit. 109 Yonge St., Toronto. No person has ever used Hagyard's Pcctoral Balsam without feeling immediate relief from coughs, colds, and hoarseness, yet there are a great many poor suf» fering, sceptical persons going about our streets with a suspicious cough, and the voice of consumption coin- iug from their lungs, that will not try it. For sale by all dealers, at 250. per bottle. By sending the size of neck, chest, and length of arm, I will send half-a-dozen of the best shirts in the Dominion for $7.00, equal to those usually sold at $2 each, or a sample-of quality for $1.25. A. White, (55 King St. West, Toronto. By sending a P. 0. order we send these free. VVIIAT a people we are I We eat hastily, live fast, overwork our brains, strain our physical energies, and then, too frequently. resort to medicines that unnervc and prostrate the system. The great remedy required is Victoria Hypophosphites, as it supplies the brain and blood with the required nourishment, feeds the nerve power with its true elements, and strengthens and invigorates‘ the entire system. For sale by all dealers. LATEST improved Chemical fire apparatus and all kinds of fire department supplies to be had of the Fire Extinguisher Manufac- turing Co., 82 and 84 King St., East, To- ronto. W. Morrison, Sec. Masonic and Odeellows Lodges who are about furnishing will do well to get estimates from the Oshawa Cabinet Company, No. 97 Yonge-st. Special designs can be obtained from them, and their prices are very reasonable. The elegant and costly furni- niturc of the Masonic Grand Lodge Rooms in Hamil~ ton is from their factory at Oshawa Church and School furniture also receive particular attention, a complete assortment of this class of furniture hav- ing been recently added to their stock. “GUDESAKE, man,” said a housewife to an honest dairyman, “what’s this ye’er doin’ till your milk 1100 '3 The last I get frae there was about a third at water.” “There ye’re wrang, Mrs. M’Laren,” re- turned the man ; “ it maun has been some ither body’s milk ye got last time; mine’s aye half an’ half.” MANY of the miseries of modern womanhood might be prevented by the judicious use of VICTORIA Bucnu AND UVA URSI. It is an infallible remedy for those many serious complaints which have their origin in derangement of the kidneys, and for all affections of the bladder and urinary organs. Bright’s disease, diabetes, etc., are always relieved and often cured by the remedy. For sale by all dealers. CANADA PERMANENT LOAN AND SAVINGS COMPANY, TORONTO. ESTABLI S H Paid up Capital - - - , Total Assets - - - - 1855. $2,000,000. $6,000,000. E D A.D., Money Advanced on Real Estate situate in Ontario, repayahle on the Sinking Fund System which Is the easiest, surest, and cheapest plan ever devised for providing for the payment of Liabilities. It in the Plan adopted by Governments and by Municipalities, as well as by prosperous and progressive Landâ€" (I\\' I] ers - Loans may be obtained for any term desired up to twenty years. The Instalmcnts required to repay a Loan of $1,000 are as foliows :â€" _ ___,._ . I 1 ,__-,,_ ,_,,_.,,,,,,Vlr,,_§_YeaES 7,}:‘33’5 l_ 10 YPM'S 15 Years I 20Years I Half Yearly A 124.80 A 90.20 ; A 75.20 A 59,60 3; 5240 Yearly 253.30 I 195.40 152.40 120.40 105.70 I These TristalineIIts, payable at the end of debt, principal and interest. each year or half-year, wipe out the entire The Company also purchase Mortgages and Municipal Debentures. For Circulars and all further information apply to the Company’s Appraisers, or to ‘ J. HERBERT MASON. MANAGER, TORONTO. THE ORIGINAL 99 CENT STORE!” Has just opened at 61 KING-ST. WEST, opp. “ MAIL ” Office \Vith the most wonderful variety of goods ever brought together, at ONE-HALF THE USUAL PRICES ’J'hrowin},y before the masses Goods at prices which must at once perplex, astonish, and confound. Goods sold at from 1 to 99 Cents. FOR 49 CENTS YOU CAN BUY 1 O l Umbrella, (5 Linen Towels, 8 Pairs Ladies’ Hose, 2 “ Gents‘ 7} Hose, 3 “ lcnts’ British .1- Hose, 16 Ladies’ Hennned Handk’s, 12 Gents' IIemnch Iiandk's, 1,728 Agate Buttons, 5 Dozen Best Pencils, 1 Fine Pocket Knife, 1 Meerschaum Pipe, 5 Boxes Collars, ’ 10 Glass Goblets, 24 Papers Pins, 12 Best Plates, 1 Pair Heavy Duck Overalls, 10 Packs Best Envelopes, 1 Glass Pitcher, Summer Underwear, 2’10. ; Gents' Linen Collars, 100. : for Se, Sec (400., die, and 20,000 other articles Goods received daily from Importers, Manufacturers, han sold at in other stores. Ge Goods Delivered. 99 CENT Lacrosse. Now that the season for the play of our National lame is coiningr on, it becomes the duty of Players, Clubs and Patrons to be on the outlook for the Best of everything connected with the Game. The sub- scriber, who employs no travellers, takes this means only of communicating with Clubs and Players, and asks of them if they desire to get the Best Quality or the BL’NI Value, in Laerosses, Lacrosse Balls, Shoes, Ili‘clz', Clock Cord or anything pertaining to the game to either call and get or write for prices, and avail yourselves of the privilege of selecting from the larg- est, and certainly most complete stock of Lacrosse maâ€" terial in Canada. Ass =eiation 1flll0S~~laf0st~10 cents each. I Lacrosse, and How to Play it ~30 cents each. Ad- dress, ' Marshall’s Games Depot, 47 King,r St. West, Toronto. The cheapest and the best. Something new. M. J. IIYNES Ev BE). l 1 Victoria St., Toronto. SILK DIREtN'lS, 1 toiiur xmg ant ‘N V 1 < r b It Ii. Db Yonge Sts. My stock of Seed Grain comprises all the nowast and standard varieties. Aildresss W ILL I AM RENNIE, (Seedsman) ’l‘oroviito. v ST UMP F :tiiimr‘g I get Farris MAC HINE worth‘s Patent, the best 1111 the market, Jonn Whitfield, 146 Front St., East, ’ ‘oronto. RIBHEST rare and curious. 1301'20â€"250. 271 SixtliSl., NY. W 11 Victoria St., Toronto. . â€" "IIIIIIi V I M' 'l' & BIO'! Plaster and Cement cast- works, centre flowers, C'ITIIICCS, trusses, etc. 25 Styles of Cards. 100. or 15 Cnromos, Shells of the Ocean. 250. with name. J. B. BUSTED, Nassau, N. Y. GILT wleéw Latest Patterns. Beautiful I)?» signs. P. PATEHSON db Son, 26 I _ ,,,,, L A ,Kll'g Sir-Pas“ T9911“? A, ‘ Hal and Bonnet stands, Mad» tle stands, etc., etc. Toronto Wire Works, 116 King street west. W. H. lilCE. O a week at home. Outfit, worth $5, 7 54 » rec. C.D. Pike & Co.,Agusta,Me. w _[L WWII/spend thi'ecrwccks digging ' a well? Star Auger will bore it In half dwerrCIHuJ and see us. 68 Mary St, Hamilton. ’l‘rangparent Scene Cards. “Nonbhy Scenes,” something ‘ Welsh Bros. & Oo., Linen Wiiidowighafijb‘pring Roll- ers. &c.. for Stores, at R. H. Smith 85 00., 22 Wellington St. West. Toronto. muons AND Miimo'u'PITATEs, WHoLESALE L and Retail. Send for price list,Ii.J.l\I.-\.’I"I'IIEWS BROS.,93 Yonge St, Toronto. PE'I‘ERR.LA.\IB,CO SUPERPHOSPHATE Toronto._ W ATSUN & II \GGAIC'I‘vâ€"B \RRIS’I‘ERS, ATTORâ€" neys, Solicitors in Chancery, Nita, office 30 Adelaide Street East, Toronto Ont. OLD Good as new. 40 per cent. less. Recut F I L E s by T. GRAHAM, 777777 3:) Shcrbournc Street, Toronto. GOLD YEAST LAND PLASTER to sell our Rubber Printing Stamps. Circulars free. Address 0. C. STEW- A It’l‘ & (Eligilézlfing \‘I’csILTcrppto: ONTARIO BAKING- POW- DE R. Best in the market. Take no other. \VI LLPURCHASE T HAT splendid property in village of Port Sydney, 103 acres. Buildings suitable for store or Ifotcl. Boat daily. \Vhart‘ adjoining property. Apâ€" ply to D. IIOGABOAM. Port Sydney I’. 0. Send for circular. “'i‘iiii BEEN“ Factory, 39 Front Street, Toronto. ’I‘. L. BUCKLEE, Manager. Allrkhids. Send for price list. E. TERRY, 25 George St. . Toronto. $150 HALIB U R’I‘ON coUNTYTM‘ Farm lots in Dysart and other townships. Town lots in lIaliburton, to which village the Vic toria Railway will, it is expected, be open for traffic on or before lst October next. Apply to G. J. BLOMFIELD. Manager Canadian Land and Emigration 00., 5 Frontâ€"street East. Toronto RoyalflanadianllustumeDepot I am ready to furnish all kinds of costumes, masks, calciumlights, all color fires, in fact everything re- quired for amateur and private theatricals. Tableaux vivunts, masquerade bulls, exhibitions. 810. J. It. GILDEI’tSLEEVE, Propl‘leto“, 104 King St \' e or um), H. 'l‘lIOltNEll, ' I) ENTIST. Nitrous oxide gas, for painless extraction of teeth. 29 King Street East. Residence, 183 Church Street Toronto. ONTARIO BRICK MACHINE, SELF-ACTING. CHEAPEST AND BEST. Three First Prize; and Diploma 011 Brick and Tile Miehines at Provincial Exhibition, Hamilton, 1870. Send for descriptive Circular to JOSEPH CLOSE & SON. WOODSTOCK. ONT. “ NE W Pope Leo XIII. $2.50 per Dozen Pope Pius IX. 25 per Dozen. Illustrated mottocs $1.75 per Dozen, all framed. Oil Chromcs, different subjects, $2.25 per linmlred. Auenls coming money. Samples of each by mail, 25 cents. Celebrated 0dd~ fellows chromo, 10 x 26, $1.50; Pope Pius, 24 x 30, S]. A. II. DIXON, Wholesaledcalerin Chromos, Mir- rors, ll ouldings, 106 King St. West, Toronto. 'wéxomi‘oiv. Each Plug of the “Myrtle Navy Tobacco ” IS STAMPED ’1‘ & B ' o I, IN GILT LETTERS. I‘Es’None Other is Genuine. Hamilton, March 11, 1878. uires Best Note Paper, I Large Mirror, rosewood frame, 1 Set Silver~plt'd Tea Spoons, 1 Set Knives and Forks, . 12 Bars Toilet Soap, 1 Carver and Fork, l 1 Glass Tea Setill pieces, 1 Set Cups and Saucers, 1 Large Lamp Burner and ch’y. 16 Lamp Chimneys, 1 Comb and Brush, 1 Walnut Bracket, 10 Yards Crash, 1 Table Cloth, 1 Dozen Best Blacking, 1 Cheviot Shirt, 1 Pair Vases, 1 Spittoon, 1 Set 6 Table Mats, 1 Carpet Mat, 1 Bird Cage. Ladics’jczillari, 5c. I ; 3 Ruches for 5c. ; 2 papers pins ranging in price from 1 To 99 CENT . Auctions, and Bankrupt Sales, 3 All orders from the country promptly attended to. orge E. Plummer, STORE, 01 KING-ST. w., TORONTO. and guaranteed less $8! First-Class Saddle and Bridle, . eomp‘ete; Price, only $8. Single Buggy Harness, xo plate, 9510. Single Buggy Harness, Oreide lined. $12. Sin8‘19 Buggy Harness, Nickel Sil- ver-plate, Box-loop, Patent Leather Saddle; first~class in every reap-cot. Only $15. Same retails in this city for twice the money. On receipt of price we will send goods by Express to any address. Send for price list, Rogers Manufacturing 00., TORONTO. Removed to 52 Church-street. cured promptly and P f L efi'ectually by usin the MEDICAL FILE REM DY. Price $1. Free by mail to any part of the Dominion. H UGH MILLER (B CO. , Toronto. ‘1. RUIT FARM FOR SALE IN. THE GARDEN 01" Canada. 30 acres in the Village of Beamsvillc, 15 acres in young orchard two years out, and one. acre around house with all descriptions of small fruit, flowers and shrubs. Al-oa very handsome Village lotâ€"half an acre. Good buildings and plenty of water'beautifullv ornamented with trees and shrubs and all descriptions of fruit. Also a double Gothic Brick building, finished for two families, lg'itarlyvull between. City style. Address JOHN C. Impurity. The result of serious indiscretions which cannot be more particularly specified in the columns of a public journal can be immediately relieved and ultimately cured by the use of the only effectual preparation, the Julep lodim'. This remedy produced by the most careful manipulation of valuable pharmaceutical pro- ducts, has never been known to fail in all scrofulous and other diseases of a confidential nature. Price $1, per bottle. or 6 for $5. For sale by all respectable druggists and by J. O. WOOD, 7 Rossin House Block, IMPOITR’OTANT F A R M E B S. If you require good serviceable implements get COLLARD’S FLEXIBLE IRON HARROW’S, CULTI- VATORs‘ and IRON COMBINED HORSE HOES. These implements are extensively used and have given and continue to give general satisfaction. For strength efficiency and durability they cannot be surpassed. The Ilarrows can be made to cut any width of ground and any size of iron required. Many object to them because they are too heavy, This they need not do as I am new manufacturing barrows suitable for any soil, from 100 lbs. in weight and less up to any weight they may want. The bar- row teeth are allstecl pointed. Circulars sent free on application. Agents wanted. GEO. GILLIES, Manufacturer, Gananoque, Ontario. CENTENNIAL M EDALS I ST. UATIIARINES SAW WORKS AWARDED THE «3' ONLY GOLD MEDAL ‘8. For Saws at Philadelphia; ALSO AN INTER/VA TIONAL MEDAL Fully establishing the well-known reputation of our goods. We manufacture all kinds of Saws at prices equally asluw as the same quality of goods am he produced by any other manufacturer. Patronize home production, and keep you! money in the country. R. H. SMITH & 00., Successors to J. Flam. St. Catharines. 450 Large (unounis in the aggregate are lost every year by Farmers alone, as well as families generat- ty, in not having a correct and reliable weighing scale. 330 MINIONTSTANDARD :5 O A: [J MANUFACTURED BY GURNEY 81. WARE. HAMILTON, CANADA Have gained an almost worldâ€"wide reputation to their perfection in every respect and great dumbII it . ' 30110 hundred different styles and sizes to choose from. An illustrated price list free on application. GURIIEY 86 WARE, Hamilton, Ont.