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SECOND PART.
PITTSBTJRG, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1891. n
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
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PAGES 9 TO 12.
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OF STEEL
"Will Connect the Three
lericas in Commercial
Intercourse.
WOBK OF SUBTEYOBS.
n Park Being Transformed
)m a Swanip to a Paradise
2E CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.
eaders Ask Too Much awl Succeed
in Getting 'othin''.
KETA1TIXEIS AT LAST EROKEX
EESrOXDEN'CE 01' THE DISPATCH.
GO, May 22. General Thomas O.
a former Chicagoan, who held the
United States Minister to the Ar-
Kepublic during the admiiristra
f Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Ar
il who lias since been identified with
unerican railway enterprises, is in
trying to interest capitalists in the
teriean Bailroad. General Osborn
is no visionary scheme. The South
mst-ay they are anxious to have it
through, the Governments in the
States vieing with each other in
rality of their concessions and
fland, and he firmly believes that
"will be a reality within the next
ars.
rate down the Amazon Valley has
rood as abandoned by the engineers
of its swamps its impenetrable for
its treacherous bog,and instead the
I probably run from Mexico along
"coast through the Isthmus of Pan-
Conie Through South America.
it will swing in a southwesterly di
and round the source of the Ama-
Etrikiug tlie high plateau it will
roHsh Lima, Peru, the northwest
f Bolivia, skirt Lake Titieaca and
ugh Sucre, the western capital of
-. Thence it will extend to Buenos
lJ continue soutli along the Atlan-
foutli American Governments are
ig to contribute money to carry out
rae, but their land grants are phe
lyrich. On the strength of these
ey will lme to be furnished by pri
dividuals. One grant is of every
J league through Paraguay, there
vcr 7,000 acres in each league, eov
u forest wood. General Thompson
he road, when built, is sure to pay.
crve as a medium of exehau'ge for
.taerican manufactures, which now
rath America by way of European
id South American hardwoods and
- which reach this country by this
imd-about way.
gi 'ss of the World's Fair Work,
."orld's Fair people have bestirred
ves and preparations for the big
going rapidly forward. The lower
ackson Park, w here the bulk of the
are to be located, is the scene of
tivity. Tliat is the one that in the
Mem of Chicago has not been
A. Up to the present it has been
i stretch of w ild prairie, w ith roads
ugh, along which a carriage could
uVlown to the lake shore: and pic
unds with dancing platforms and
teds as shelter from the rain, laid
-e and there, but a large part
was swampy and wet, witli
re attractive" vegetation than
ras. Now a foiee of from 500 to
a is at work there ith plows and
A narrow gauge railroad has
;oa down there in sections, so that
kid at short notice in any re
iitwtion, ami over this the soil is re
u trains of dump cars drawn by
tke lake shore is a group of queer
structures, half tents and half
, which have been thrown up for
minoilat urn of those men w ho do not
nines in Chicago They arc built
ough to accommodate 40 men each,
nks arranged around the four walls
fc, like the berths in a limited
bHt nut quite o luxurious in their
scriptlnn or the Tent -Shanties,
canvas walls are reinforced with
walls, anil the interstices arc filled
aw, and still further to keep out the
ie breeze a stove is found in each
m which the smoke curls lazily out
ft rusty piece of stovepipe protrud
mgh the canvas roof. In the center
rroup of tents is a big stretch of can
cli serves for a boarding tent, and in
"lioarding boss" is lord and king.
me s'de is another row of tents, in
ue horses and mules are kept.
dace is fast changing its character,
trains have taken off the surface
Hie space lor the Goernment build
been made level, and is about readv
Guilders. The lagoon, which look
interesting in the paper plans, are
raped out, and a long, low mound of
-ita a Jisrrow-imuge railroad running
te topof it,will before longbe known
ded island. It is broadening out
uming better shape every day under
tbined influence tl the railroad dump
e mules and the Italian grandees,
j noblemen and Irish kings who
the same.
itor stepped up to one of these men
er day and remarked:
had a stiike dowu here a short time
'n't you?"
," was he reply, "we did, but it did
, and now the bosses are having it
r own way. We get Si ."JO a day and
n hours. " The strike was for 51 75 a
I 'ight hours.
or Le.idrrs Oterrearh ThemseHes.
jnen asked too much and got noth
ery day 40 or 50 men came here after
Tliev are taken on, some of them.
x stay a few days and then go an ay.
live down lcfe worse than a hog.
no comfort in it, and the work is
jd. I'm going to quit mvscll'ina
two."
cheuie of a minimum rate of wages,
is being agitated by unions, finds
aivor among Chicago people. The
f ion is that the directors of the Pair
.infracts shall insert a clause requir
coutrarturs to pay at least a certain
d rate l wages "for each kind of
The intention is to avoid disputes
secure the rights of the men against
ate competition. The matter has
t advnucid l-ond the committee
irogress of the Pittsburg carpenters'
s viewed with great interest here,
ght-hour day and the increase of
having beeu won here, the local
are deepl; interested to have the
on at all points, because they under
erfectly well that a failure in Pitts
ens that eventuallv they will hare
wu fight to wage again.
4riet enforcement of the liquor li
iws in Pennsylvania has induced a
umber of Pittsburg men to come to
j, and one familiar with Pittsburg
BOND
people runs across well-known faces at every
turn.
Pittsbnrgers Thick In Chicago.
Over on Lake street Louis Marks, who
used to hold forth at Tunnel street and
Wylie avenue, Pittsburg, has opened a. place
which runs all night, and accommodates the
fair sex as well as the bovs.
"What a difference there is between this
place and Pittsburg," lie said the other day.
"There you wouldn't dare to let a woman
mc into vour saloon. Here it's all right.
Th're you wouldn't dare to sell a bottle of
pop on Sunday: here we io uusiness on
Sunday the same as the rest of the week.
They're entirely too straight-laced back
there."
The incoming Republican Mayor, by the
way, has begun a policy w ith referenccto
saloons which is the very opposite to that
which prevails at Pittstiurg. Henceforth
every applicant for license whose character
for peace and order is vouched for by the
Police Department, gets his license, no
matter whether his saloon is in the residence
district or not. Mayor Washburne takes
the positioii that he has no discretion in the
matter, and hence that all raaionstranccs
will be unavailing. In this respect he
differs from his .Democratic predecessor,
who, on being satisfied that a proposedsaloon
in a residence district would oe a nuisance,
refused the license. Sooner or later Mr.
Washburue's course is bound to create a
great uproar among the most orderly ele
ment of the community.
Plenty of Coke in Prospect,
The coke famine from which the manu
facturers of Chicago have beeu suffering for
the last few weeks is about to end. To-day
the first shipment of Conncllsville coke
came in. That is, the first shipment for this
general market, for the Illinois Steel Com
pany, which is a large stockholder in Con
ncllsville coke works, has beeu recemng
small shipments right along ever since the
first resumption of work.
The inconvenience caused by the lack of
fuel has been considerable. The Calumet
furnaces in South Chicago have been obliged
to shut down, but business was dull any
how, and the loss has not been great from
their idleness. The Illinois Steel Com
pany has been running a part of its furnaces
right along, drawing on the large supply of
coke which it always earries and filling it
up from w hat shipments it has been able to
obtain. Numerous smaller establishments
have been obliged to resort to West Vir
ginia for coke, and some of the Pocahontas
coke from Southwestern Virginia has come
in, but not enough to cut anv figure.
Whether the West Virginia coke wojkcrs
will be able to hold on to the new patrons
they have obtained during the strike, re
mains to be seen. The opinions of coke men
on that point vary considerably. If the
broker with whom you happen to be talk
ing is interested in West Virginia coke, he
will say that that article has made great and
permanent gains. Froin a Connellsville man
the very opposite statement will be ob
tained. James W. Ellsworth, who deals
more largely in Connellsville coke, per
haps, than any other broker, said this after
noon that the strike could have no perma
nent effect on its hold on the Chicago mar
ket. Wlut Slight Have Happened.
"West Virginia coke has been resorted to
onlv as a makeshift. It would be different
if the workmen had succeeded. If the cost
of producing Connellsville coke had been
increased by an increase in miners' wages
aud an eight-hour day, it would,be doubtful
whether it could now its own in tins mar
ket against the competition of West Vir
ginia coke.
"I was in Pittsburg last Thursday, and
the outlook then was very encouraging.
On that day they had (dripped 300 cars to
points west of Pittsburg, most of which
came to this market. A. shipment of coke
has come to Chicago to-day, the first for the
general market since the strike began. The
shipments will keep on increasing grad
ually until things will be as they were be-
VlTsrt til I cf5Lo "
fore the strike.
The price of Connellsville coke is 5 per
ton to furnacemen, and 54 00 to dealers.
"WTLKIL7S resnme of recent e ents that
will find a place in history is a feature of
THE DISPATCH eiery Sunday. It is ln
strnctU e and entertaining.
B0TJND TO SEE THE HANGING.
Spectators Kesort to Mob Tiolenco to Wit
ness the Execution.
Broken- Bow, Neb., May 22. Albert
Havenstine, murderer of William Ashley
and Hiram Boten, was hanged at 1:30
o'clock this afternoon. When the trap was
sprung, Havenstine's body shot down six
feet. There was a snap and a groan, and
the body fell to the ground. The rope had
broken. Havenstine, half conscious, was at
once picked up hv the Sheriff aud Iris depu
ties and brought back on the gallows. The
rope was doubled and the trap again sprung.
This time his neck was broken and death
was apparently painless.
Fully 5,000"people had gathered from the
surrounding country, but" in order to wit
ness the hanging were obliged to resort to
mob violence. A stockade 16 feet high had
been erected around the gallows just outside
the jail. The crowd made a dash at the
frail structure, and in a twinkling it was
completely torn down, exposing the gallows
to view. "As soon as this was accomplished
the crowd became orderly, and Sheriff
Jones conducted the prisoner from the jail.
He was accompanied by Father Haley and
retaiued his composure to the last.
ANOTHER TINE PROGRAMME
Prepared for Those "Who Attend tiio Tree
Organ Recitals at Carnegie Hall.
At the fifty-third free organ recital in
Carnegie Hall to-day the soprano soloist
will be Miss Mittie Weeden, soprano of the
"Brimstone" Church choir. The follow iug
programme has been prepared by Organist
Wales;
Russian March Scotson Clark
Intormezzo E. Jlej cr-IIclinuntl
Sweet and Low Uambv
Minuet Joelly
Potpourri, "Daughter of tlio Itegiinent,"..
Donizetti
Overture, "La JIacareua" F. IJehr
Vocal, "Fiddle and J'' Mrs. Goodevo
Operatic waltzes (medley)
GizelU Schottlsch K. Corrra,
Serenata Jloslcowski
1001 Xights' Waltzes Strauss
Vocal, "Love's Proving" F. Jxihr
Overture, ''Tancredi'' Kos-ini
Imperial March Wallenhau.pt
HELD FOR A COURT TRIAL.
Why John I'. Allen IVas Xot Discharged by
Alderman Ic3Iasters.
The case of T. C. Pitcairn versus John F.
Allen for the alleged larceny of certain
written instruments containing the testi
monv in the divorce proceedings of Merri-
man versus Mcrriman, was up for a hearing
before Alderman McMasters yesterday. The
only w itnesses examined were Daniel ijuyder
ami Mrs. Merriman.
Snyder testified that he was with Allen
in Pftcairn's office and saw Allen take the
papers referred to. Mrs. Merriman, in her
testimonj, said Allen, had told her that he
had the testimony in Iris possession. Alder
man McMasters, on the strength of this
testimony, held Allen for trial at court.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT L ALLEGHENY.
A Young .Man Drites a Pin in His teg
"While Brusliln" His Clothes.
Michael Halloran, 18 years old, residing
at 373 Rebecca street, Allegheny, met with
a peculiar accident yesterday afternoon
While engaged iu brushing his clothing the
brush struck n piu that was stickiug iu his
trousers and the piu was driven into his leg
clear to the head.
Efforts to get the pin out proved ain,
and the young man was removed to the
Allegheny General Hospital in the patrol
wagon.
SMALL IMPROVEMENT
Koted by Bradstreet and- Dun in the
Commercial Situation.
IROXIS SOW IN BETTER DE3IA2JD.
A Probable Cessation of Gold Exports Gives
Cause for Hope.
WI5D0W GLASS TEADE AT PITTSBURG
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Xew York, May 22. There is no evi
dence of a general or marked improvement
in sales of staple merchandise this week.
Special telegrams to J?rKfcrfred',covering
nearly all of the more important centers of
trade, leave no doubt that business gener
ally has gone forward about as reported for
several weeks past, quietly, with disappoint
ing results in some regions, only fairly
satisfactory returns in others, and perhaps
relatively the best reports from the North
western spring-wheat country, where high
prices for farm products have enabled in
terior storekeepers to remit promptly and
stimulated trade generally. Late rains have
done the growing crops much good, render
ing thej expected heavy harvest of cereals
more probable. This is the most favorable
feature of the week.
The Iron and Coal Trade.
Crude iron is in somew hat better demand
at St. Louis, Cincinnati and Philadelphia,
but not enough to strengthen prices. Barbed
wire and nails are weaker. Anthracite coal
is not quite so active, and is weaker. Lum
ber generally is quiet, labor and building
trades troubles continniug to have a notice
able effect. Whisky is active at Cincin
nati, but 2c lower, and cotton aud hides
are dull and heary. Sugar.at last accounts,
is ytc lower at San Francisco, and tin plates
have declined there on heavy importations.
Live stock are lower on restricted demand,
aud provisions are fairly steady.
Bank clearings at 58 cities for the week
ended May 21 amount to Sl.131,871,417, a
decrease from this week last year of 19.5 per
cent At 57 cities, Xew York's total ex
cluded, a decrease of 9 pet cent is shown.
The heavy decline, as compared with this
week last vear, is due to a decrease at New
York of 5229,300,000, at Boston of 832,900,
000, and at Philadelphia of 514,000,000.
Business failures in the United States
number 200 against 1SG last week and 186
tliis week last year. The total from Jan
uary 1 to date is 4,815 against 4,627 last
year.
The Present Financial Situation,
Gold shipments have not made money
tight at New York, though loans on time
are restricted. The inflow of funds from
the interior continues. Sales of bills against
the 57,000,000 gold exported this week have
lowered the exchange to a point which will
prevent further shipments, unless the Bank
of Eugland continues to offer a positive pre
mium for specie. Later advices indicate
that the Bank of Englaud has reduced its
premium for gold.
This is reflected in the speculative share
market, which is strong and improving,
w ith a fair amount of foreign buying of
stocKs. The rams, tne crop prospects ana
the hopefulness in railroad circles also have
a bullish influence on speculation.
Net railway earnings for March show
great irregularity aud onlv a small gain over
last year, a season w hen large gains wero
numerous. The Southern Pacific and coal
roads make relatively the best showings,
while the Southwestern trunk lines and
Granger roads show the heavier decreases.
For three months the Eastern roads show a
large loss in net, owing to increased oper
ating expenses.
A Statement of Railroad Earnings,
The net earnings of 120 roads for March
aggregate 15,402,304, a gain of nine-tenths
of 1 per cent, while gross earnings increased
five-tenths of 1 percent. For the quarter
the earnings of 143 companies aggregated
52,518,3S3, a gain of nearly42 per pent over
the quarter last year, which in turn increased
11 per cent as couipaied with three months
of 1889.
Wheat advanced 3 cents during the week
on the reports of retardation of the new
crop and heary export demand, though sub
sequent rains tend to produce weakness.
The Atlantic coast has been exporting more
heavily than for mouths past, notably New
York and Montreal. Pacific coast ship
ments are slackening, and new crop wheat
there will be a fortnight late. Exports (in
cluding flour as wheat) are heavv this week.
equaling 2,499,744 bushels, against 2,373,994
bushels this week a year ago, and two-thirds
as much in each of the like weeks in 1889
and 1888. From July 1 to date, 47 weeks,
the United States (exclusive of Montreal)
have exported 87,998,498 bushels of wheat
(and flour), against 97,429,000 bushels in a
like share of 1889-90 and 78,515,080 bushels
in 188S-89.
Wheat in England and America.
The Scerlolmi and Braihtrctl combined total
of stocks of wheat in farmers' hands, United
States and England, and available supplies
in the United States and Europe, and
stocks afloat for Europe, equal 150,000,000
bushels, against 184,000,000 bushels May 1,
1MV), aud 157,000,000 bushels May 1, 1889.
Drygoods are selling very slowlv at
Boston, but are moving freely at New York.
Favorable weather has enlarged the re-sorting
demand for cotton and wool drcssgoods.
Western and nearby buyers are taking most
treeiy. -ine southern aemauu is slow, as
are collections.
Wool is weak, and Ohio and Michigan
fleeces arc lower, as arc also low grade Aus
tralians. A preference for Australian wool
is forcing dealers in fine domestics to shade
prices.
Toronto advices report no improvement
in general trade, with the fruit business very
active and collections poor. Dispatches
from Montreal report trade quiet, with a
moderate sortiug-up demand in drygoods
and hardware. The Dominion reports 45
business failures this week, against 30 last
w eek, and 28 this week last year. The total
number from January 1 to date is 852,
against 7C8 last year.
15. G. Dun & Co.'s Version.
It. G. Dun & Co. say: The continued
outgo of gold has a depiessing influence.
The fall in the prices of all commodities has
been about 2.8 per cent in tw o w ceks. The
local money market is fairly supplied at
moderate rates, as other listern and West
ern markets are, almost without exception,
but at a few Southern points monev is close
or tight, and much caution in extending
credits prevails. The Treasury has paid out
during the week but 5600,000 more than it
lias taken in, of ordinary currency, but has
also put out 5200,000 more of fractional sil
ver. At most places trade seems healthy.
and there is not more than the usual com
plaint about collections.
The iron business is rather weakened at
Pittsburg by the prospect of increased sup
plies, and is very dull at Cleveland, but
somewhat more demand is seen at New
York and Philadelphia for various forms of
manufactured iron. Steel rails do not share
the improvement and are flat; nor is struc
tural iron active, on account of the arrest of
building, but there is more demand for
plates and bar, which hasbeensold forl 65
and now commands 1 72.
Coal, "Wool and Drjgoods.
The coal business is still threatened
by production far beyond the agreement,
atia prices do not seem to warrant the ad
vance proposed for June 1. The woolen
industry is waiting, without anv improve
ment in goods to justify the demand
for higher prices on new wool, -though
there is cheering activity in flannels. At
Boston trade in leather was improving un-
til the Davis failure was ' announced, but
was then checked, though it is not believed
that prices or credits will be affected beyond
a few days. Hides are dull, with some con
cessions, and the boot and shoe trade is
generally dull. At Thiladelphia collec
tions are very bad in groceries.
Pittsburg notes that railroad orders are
held back waiting for crop results, and
while window glass does well, flint glass has
slack business. At Cleveland drygoods,
groceries, hardware and shoes improve
fairly, but machinery, lumber, iron ore and
clotHingare dull. At Cincinnati the tobacco
trade is brisk, but the carriage trade is not
quite up to last year's. Detroit notes good
prospects, but the margins are close.
At the Western Metropolis.
At Chicago drygoods sales exceed last
year's considerably, as do rates of clothing,
and there are very fair country orders for
shoes. Wool receipts gain over last year 50
per cent, corn 33 per cent, and dressed beef,
cheese, butter and hides gain, but in cured
meats thcreis a decline of 50 per cent, and
lard, flour and barley are off 33 per cent.
Crop reports at Chicago are very satis
factory, and the same is true at St. Paul,
Omaha, and many other points where the
recent rains have made wonderful improve
ment. Indeed, oue rain was probably
worth some hundreds of millions to the
country, for extensive droughts seemed
near. Trade at Western cities is quiet but
very hopeful. At the Soutli also crop re
ports are highly satisfactory, and trade is
only fair, or even sluggish now. In general
it may. lie said that the crop outlook has
rarely been brighter than it is now, and this
gives" the strongest reason for hope that any
present depression in trade will be tem
porary, BLAINE'S BOLD STAND.
SOME IXSIDE HISTORY OF THE I-ATE
DISPUTE WITH ITALY.
Tho Secretary Refuses to Be Dictated to by
Any Foreign Goi eminent No Orders
From Italy Allowed Rudini Invited to
Do as Ho Pleases.
New York, May 22. A copy of the
Italian green book, sent by Baron Fava to
Prof. Allesandro Oldrini, has reached here.
It gives the history of the diplomatic dis
pute between the United States and Italy,
including the documents submitted to the
Italian Parliament by Marquis Rudini.
These documents cover the period from
the lynching in the parish prison up to
March 28, when Baron Fava left Washing
ton for Rome. Consul Corte's dispatch from
New Orleans to Rudini, informing him of
the lynching, appears at the opening of tho
book. Next comes a dispatch from Fava
to the Italian Government, confirming the
facts and asking that a protest be sent to the
United States Government. Then follow
Rudini's replies, one to Corte, advising him
to apply to the local authorities for redress
and protection, and the other to Fava in
structing him to enter a formal protest.
In an interview with Baron Fara, which
is also spread upon the pages of the book,
Secretary BLiiue says the United States
will not receive orders from any. foreign
government, and that he will stand by 'the
Constitution. Baron Fava replied that
neither his government nor any other coun
try would lie convinced that the internal
laws of the United States were an obstacle
in the way of justice. Mr. Blaine reiterated
that he could not fhange the Constitution,
and the Baron replied that, such being the
case, he was sorryto be obliged to tell him
that the moment had come for Italy to
affirm the inutility of its representative iu
Washington.
Baron Fava then nroduced the dispatch
from Premier Rudini recalling him, which
Mr. Blaine read, and then said eagerly:
"All right, aud we will recall our repre
sentative from ltome." Baron Fava cx
Sressed the hope that this would not be
one, aud Mr. Blaine said he would speak
to the President and reply to the Baron
before dinner.
Baron Fava cabled his government that
Mr. Blaine not having replied as promised,
he called on him again, and Mr. Blaine
complained that he was being hurried in a
manner contrary to diplomatic usages. "I
do not recognize the right of any govern
ment," he continued, "to tell the United
States what it should do. We have never
received orders from any foieigu power,
and we will not begin now. Please inform
Marquis di Rudini that the Federal Gov
ernment cannot give the assurance which he
requires, and that it is a matter of total in
difference to me what persons in Italy may
think of our institutions. I cannot change
them, still less violate them. You assure
me that four Italian subjects have been
massacred, but I have my doubts on that
point. Still, I do not contest their nation
ality, but while I ask for time, you want
an official declaration on the spot. Well, I
will not do anything of the kind, and you
may uo as j-ou please.
BESSIE BRAMItLE has como to the con
clusion that Jfapoleon was a mighty mean
man in tho homo circle. Incidents of Ills
private life make up her letter for THE
DISPATCH to-morrow.
SANITARY MEASURES NEEDED.
Tho Ruins of the Seicnth StreetFire Getting
TVorse Every Day.
No. 3 Engine Company was busy yester
day pumping the water from the cellars of
the burned buildings on Seventh street.
The firemen did not at all like the job, as
the smell from the putrefying bacon, etc.,
was very strong.
When Superintendent Baker, of the
Board of Health, stated that there was no
smell from the buildiugs he must have been
speaking from hearsay, for yesterday after
noon a corps ot men were ousv removing
some of the debris, and as they laid bare the
animal matter a stench arose from the piles
of refuse which would have done credit to a
bone factory in point of strength, but that it
was more harmful. The residents are loud
in protest against the nuisance, and they
declare that sanitary measures should he at
once taken.
ALL the news of Europe in Bright Cable
Letters in THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Didn't Live Long at the Farm.
Santio Marchio, an inmate of the City
Poor Farm, died at that institution yester
day morning of consumption. He was sent
to the Farm only 24 hours previous to his
death. He came from Italy, has been in
Pittsburg during the past 3 years and has
a wife and family residing in Italy, to whom
he has been sending all his earnings. Owing
to this he was penniless when taken sick,
and through efforts of friends he was ad
mitted to the Farm. He lived at 22 Tunnel
street.
Throe Sports Taken Unawares.
Charles Kennedy, "William Centre and Al.
Price, a trio of young men, attended the ball
game at Exposition Park yesterday after
noon, and when the rainstorm came up they
retired back of the grand stand and pro
ceeded to amuse themselves in a quiet game
of "craps." Superintendent Muthand De
tective Glenn happened to espy the festive
sports and sent tlicm to the lockup in the
patrol wagon.
Delusions ofa. Demented Man.
John Bryan was arrested for refusing to
pay his fare on a West End street car. Ho
was sent to jail for five days yesterday
morning by Alderman Succop, bjit the
Warden refused to receive him, as he showed
evidences of insanity. He claimed that
heaven would be located at lock No. 3, on the
Monongahela river, and made several other
astonishing assertions. i "
LIFE OF JEMY Lffl).
Extracts From the Memoir of 'the
World's Greatest Singer. '
HOW HER GIFT WAS DETECTED.
Wlien Found Out She Took Refuge Under
tlie Piano, and Was
DRAGGED FORTII BY HER GRANDMOTHER
The memoir of Jenny Lind, just issued
in England, will be read with avidity
wherever
music is
loved.
From ex
tracts i n
t h e PaU
2Tall Bud
get the fol
lowing is
taken:
It was the
g r a ,n d -moth
cr
who was
the first to
detect the
"Croclius, my first dear old singing ., Y
master.'' gifts of the
child; and this detection left a profound
impression on the child herself, as if she,
too, then first made a discovery of what was
in her. The story formed her earliest dis
tinct memory. Coming up from the coun
try to the town, she was struck by the music
of the military bugles that daily passed
through the street; and one day, when sho
fancied herself alone in the house, she crept
to the piano on which her half-sister used to
practice her music, and, with one finger,
strummed out for herself the fanfare which
she had caught from the soldiers. But the
grandmother was at hand, and hearing the
music, called out the name of the half sis
ter, whom she supposed it to bo; and little
Jenny, in terror at being found out, hid
under the square piano; she was so
small that she fitted in perfectly;
and the grandmother, getting no answer to
her calls, came in to look, and presently
discovered her, and dragged her out, anil
was astonished and said: "Child, was that
you?" And Jenny, in tears at her crime,
confessed; but her grandmother looked at
her deeply and in silence, and when the
mother came back she told her, aud said:
"Mark my words, that child will bring you
help." And after that the neighbors used
to be called in to hear her play. As she
told the story in later years she would re
produce most vividly tlie frightened look
of the child creeping away to liide, and the
significant look of the wonderstruck grand
mother as she took in that it was in 1 ;cd the
tiny creature of 3 years old who had played
tne tune, fane never lorgot the historic fan
fare. Composer and Cantatrlce Fidgety.
Passing over her education at the Gov
ernment expense, and her mother's dislike
to the stage a distaste to be felt later on
by Jenny Lind herself, as everyone knows
we come to the explanation of her dra
matic power. She took speaking parts, it
appears, while still quite young, showing
"in her acting a quick perception, a fire and
feeling, far beyond her years." It is need
less to loilow the artist s budding career
step by .sten let us see what Herr JoseDh-
9bu wrote m'liis diary (Berlin, 1845):
Meyerbeer was altogether enchanted with
Jenny's singing, and embraced her at tho
end of the leheursal. January 4: Kchearsed
again in tho morning. I drove back with
Meyerbcerand Jenny. Ibegged themaestro
that I, too, might bonllowedto express my
thanks for his beautiful opera, and ho an-
wered mo in a very gracious manner. IIo
Is a most polite man; something of thb
courtier; something of tho man of genius;
something of the man of tho world, and has,
in addition, something fidgety about his
whole being. Before reproducing tho opora
with Jenny Lind he called upon her, to tho
best of my beliof, at least a hundred
times, to consult about this, that,
or the other. Ho alters inces
santly, curtails hero, dovetails there,
and thus, by his eagerness and anxiety, pre
vents the spontaneous giowth of tho work,
and imparts a lragmentury character to its
beauty. .. .Jenny was extremely successful
in her debut as Vielka. Her swinging was
beautiful, her acting lull of genius, lito and
fire. Tho applause was spontaneous and en
thusiastic. Her nervousness, which had
kept her practicing tho whole afternoon and
again before the beginning of the opera, was
not noticed by anyone; neither did it pre
vent her eithor from singing or acting her
very best. Tho public was enchanted, and
Meyerbeer happy .... Wheio tho moving
principle is the nobility of art .... the public
sees this, and is astonished and fascinated.
How sho will be missed when she is gone!
Tho Poet Dunn as Bogie.
Of the really great Alfred Bunn, the
famous poet and lessee of Drury Laue,
Mdlle. Lind, through some complex events
wnicn are related at length in the book,
had quite a horror. Ignorant of what tribu
lation she was laying in store
for herself, Jenny Lind, in a
thoughtless moment, signed a contract
Jenny Lind on the Stage.
to appear in London under Mr. Bunn's
auspices. The worry of the controversy
which followed her attempt to cancel the
contract induced a serious illness. The Lon
don engagement" continued to be a nightmare
for many months. Mr. Bunn threatened
the songstress with all kinds of legal pains
and penalties. Mrs. Grote was employed as
intermediary; but still the songstress' dread
01 tne great man went on growing, -fi-v si,
after many heart-searchings, and after Men
delssohn and Mr. Chorlcy had laid their
lieads together, with a view of persuasion,
Jenny Lind agreed to visit London but
under the management of Mr. Lumlcy, of
Her Majesty's Theater, not of Mr. Bunn, of
DrurvLane. Thus painfully was the way
pavod for one of the mostsolid artistic
triumphs associated with Jenny Lind's
name her appearance with overwhelming
success at Her Majesty's.
The excitement of the public on Tuesday,
the 4th of May, 1847, exceeded anything
that had ever been witnessed by the oldest
frequenter of Her Majesty's Theater. From
an early hour in the afternoon the colonnade
in the Haymarket was thronged by a crowd
of ladies "and gentlemen in evening dress,
waiting patiently to secure good places in
the pit, which was in thoc davs a much fre
quented part of the house. The file of car
nages seemed interminable. When the doors
were opened at 7:30 the crush was terrific.
Ladies yee fairly carried off their feet and
pressed against the barriers with a force
whibh neither they nor their protectors had
power to resist. In a few minutes the house
was completely filled. Neither in the pit,
nor even in the 3-shilling gallery, could
standingroombefoundat any price for the
disappointed applicants who continued to
besiege the doors, and many of those who
had succeeded in effecting an entrance were
wedged into corners from which the stage
was invisible. Queen Victoria was one of
the, most enthusiastic auditors.
Her Last Opera Uarnum's Engagement.
It would be too gigantic a task to record
here the succession of trinmnhs in oDera
.which followed that first night of wild en
thusiasm. Let us pass on, then, to the
singer's last appearance in opera:
With what feelings did Mile. Lind see tho
curtain descend for the last time on the
thrilling scene in "Roberto il Diavolo," in
which, us she herself narrated in after vears,
she "stood at the man's right hand, and tho
fiend at his left, and all she conld think of
was how to save him?" Thattholast
round of applause, the last wild shout from
pit and stalls and gallery and boxes was ab
solutely nothing to her, we know well
enough. It could not hut be. less than noth
ing. She was too well accustomed to it all.
Tho stage had really beenherschool
room over sinco she was 10 years old, and its
ceaseless round of monotonous linrd work
was as prosaic as tho routine of the school
room to a jaded governess.
Her retirement from the operatic stage
was succeeded by a triumphant series of
concert appearances, which have now be
come matter of history the last, by the
way, being so lately as 1883, at Malvern,
and, fittingly enough, on behalf of a char
ity. The following passage is now invested
with a melancholy interest, which it did
not possess at the time it was written:
Wo must credit Mr. Bamum with being
tho first to take tho trne measure of the ca
pabilities for proper pleasure which the me
chanical advances of tho age had opened
out; and more than that, with having had
tho courago tomakon tremendous vcntuio
on the strength of his own calculations of
what had become feasible. The American
tour of Jenny Lind was one of tho very
earliest manifestations pf this modern char
acteristic. And, moi oo er, it signalized tho
extension of scale which tho Immense size
of the United States would Introduce into
tho imagination of Europe,
Tho Bible and the Sunset.
We may well conclude our glimpses of
Mdme. Goldschmidt by the following ex
tract, than which, even though to many per
sons it may seem to indicate a tinge of the
morbid, is undoubtedly pretty and thorough
ly characteristic: '
Once an English friend found her sitting
on tho sands, with a Lutheran Bible open on
her knee, and looking out into tho glory of a
sunset that was shining over the waters.
They talked, and the talk drew near to tho
inevitable question. "Oh, Mdme. Gold
schmidt, how was it that j-ou over camo to
abandon the stage, at the very height of
your success?" "When, every day," wastho
quiet answer, "it made one think less of
this" (laying a linger on tho Bible) "and
nothing at all of that" (pointing out to the
sunset) "what else could I do?" The answer
is obviously dramatic, not literal. She was
interpreting tho inner oxperienco which, for
her, justified tho original step, and which
made It impossible to regret it.
DR. NEWTON'S ANSWER,
HE
REPLIES TO HIS ACCUSERS
ASKLXG FOB AN LVQUHCY.
Br
A Vigorous Letter Sent to Bishop Potter
Defining His Position Tho Evils Tliat
Pall on tho Church From. Heresy Trials
A Firm Stand Taken.
Nkw Vobk, May 22. Tlie Bev. Dr. E.
Heber Newton has sent a letter to Bishop
Potter in which, after referring to reports
sent abroad respecting his religious utter
ances and to the petition for an investiga
tion sent the Bishop by a number of Epis
copal ministers, he asks the Bishop for a
speedy trial, so that' he may vindicate him
self. -Among other things Dr. Newton
says:
Having defined my interpretation of our
great creed tp my o u people as clearly as I
could three years ago, and thoo utterances
having passed unchallenged at the time by
my fellow Presbi tors, I had honed that
quieter days weie opening, w herein I should
bo freofortho constructivo work to clear
the way in my on n ministry. Wresting my
words of three years past from their con
text, and reading into them that which they
do not contain, I am mado so heinous a her
etic that any means aro deemed justifiable
to crowd mo out of the Church w hich I have
served with mv best energies for a quarter
of a century. I feel sure that beforo a com
petent body a body of men intellectually
capable of understanding their own creeds,
with enough of tho judicial mind to enter
sentence on the evidence submitted 1 can
amply justify my loyalty to the Xiceno
Creed, and thus vindicate my intellectual
and moral integrity.
I am quite aware of the ungenerous taunt
to which 1 lay myself open in preferring
this request a taunt so lamiliar to mo in
the days gone by. Tlie facts of the past will
bear mo out in the assertion that, while
never dreading an ecclesiastical trial, I have
never courted one; but, on tho contrary,
have done nil in my power consistent with
self-respect to avoid such a scandal; hear
ing much that has been very trying in order
to keep the peace. If I thus acted eight
years ago, when an acquittal was a foregone
conclusion, nothing having been oven im
puted to mo contradictory of anynfflrma
tion of the two great creeds which aio our
only authorities, candid men should now
hold mo free f l om the suspicion of seeking
the paiohalo of a nineteenth century martyr-
uom.
I am not blind to the dangers of such ac
tion as that which I Join with my accusers
in asking yon seriously to consider. As it
seems to me, however, thero may he even
worse evils for a constitutional cliuich than
a heresy trial. Ono of these more serious
evils appears to mo to be tho freo lesortto
extralegal means in older to workup tho
religious rancor under which a Tresbyter is
impeached, tried and condemned without a
lieai ing beforo judge or j ui.
When such lawlessness prevails, mavrt
not he well to lead it on into tlio legal action
in which alono can tho Church do saved
from tho reproach of an ecclesiastical lynch
ing. Otherwise, w hat is to be expected, save
that we shall suffer from that most eruol of
all despotisms, tho tyranny of public opin
ion, under which tho clergy will be terror
ized, honest thought bo banned, sincere ut
terances bo silenced, and an cm of mental
con ardice and moral hypocrisy open upon
us in our Church, which has hitherto re
joiced in the libel ty ot law.
BIRS. GItntriVOOD, the woman whose
heroism at the disaster at Slanipur has as
tonished the ciiilizcd world, will descrlho
her cxperienco during tho terrible battle in
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAE FOE EKIE.
A Special Train on tho Pittsburg and Lake
Erlo Bond to Convey Them.
The members of the Grand Lodge of
Knights Templar and several eommanderics
from this city will leave on Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock for Erie to attend the
seventeenth annual conclave of the Grand
Lodge. They will go via the l'Htfburg and
Lake Erie ilailroad on a train especially
fitted out for the occasion.
Why Not,
Get tlie best for your money. If we do not
show it, won't ask your patronage. Our
line of baby carriages, bicycles, tricycles,
velocipedes, balls, bats, croquet, hammocks,
tenuis racquets, tennis sets, lawn swings,
boys' wagons, trunks, traveling bags, etc.,
is the largest shown in the city. Our prices
unequaled and seldom met.
tts James W. Gkove, Fifth avenue.
Saloonkkei-eks soon discover the bene
fit to their trade when they handle such
first-class beer as the Iron City Brewing
Company's. Telephone 118(5.
Hms-DKEDS of rolls oil cloth from 20c per.
yard to the best grades, at Wclty's, 120
Federal street, (io, 07, .09 and 71 Parkway.
ITS
Imported Gowns
Will be sold on Monday and Tuesday, May
2.)aiid2G, at just half "price to close out
spring stock. Ladks' Suit Pakloii,
D 2D Fifth avenue.
A Night at the Grand Chartreuse,
La vio d'un bon Chartrenx doi&etro
Uiio oraison presquo continnelle.
Tlie above is the legend that is painted on
the door of every cell occupied by a monk
of the silent Order of Carthusians. To pray
always for those who never pray; to pray
for those who have done you wrong; to pray
for those who sin every hour of their lives;
to pray for all sorts and conditions pf "men,
no matter what their color, no matter what
their creed; to pray that God will remove
doubt and skepticism from the world, and
open all human eyes to the. way of faith and
salvation. Such is the chief duty of the
Chartreux That the lives of these men is a
continual prayer would seem to be an un
doubted fact; but they are more than that
they are lives of silence, that must
not be broken, save under ex
ceptional circumstances. Time has
been when they were surrounded
by their families, their friends, when
perhaps they had ambitions like other men,
hopes like other men, and, it may be, have
given their love to women. But then some
thing lias happened to cliangc the current of
their lives, the course of their thought: the
mundane world has become distasteful, and
with heavy hearts and weary feet they have
sought the lonely monastery, and, having
once entered, thedoor has closed upon them
forever. Henceforth the horizon of their
world is the monastery wall; and the only
sounds thev will hear save the wind when it
howls, or the thunder when it rolls, are the
eternal tolling of the bell, and the wail and
chant of the monotonous prayers. It is
difficult to understand how men, young,
rich, well-favored, can seclude themselves
in this busy and wonderful age; and re
nouncing all the pleasures and gaiety of
the world, take upoirSthemselvcs solemn
vows of chastity andjsilence, which, once
taken, are devoutly ikepC To God and
God's service they dedicate themselves; and
though on the earth, they are scarcely of it.
They live, but for them it is the beginning
of eternity; the passion and fret of the world
will never more disturb themz and their one
longing is to change tho finite for the in
finite. It is surely no ordinary faith that
impels men to
Enter Into a Liting Death
of this kind, nor is it fanaticism, but a de
votion too deep for words, too mysterious
for ordinary comprehensions tq grasp. One
must go back to "the eleventh century for
the beginning of the history of this strange
order. It was founded by St.
Bruno, of Cologne, who. imposed
upon his votaries "Solitude," "Si
lence" and "Fasting." For above
800 years the Carthusians have been true to
their saint, and wherever they have estab
lished themselves they have lived their
lives of silence, knowing nothing of the se
ductive and tender influence of women, or
the love and sweetness of children; dying,
when their time came, without a pang of
regret at leaving the world, and with noth
ing to perpetuate their memories, save a
tiny wooden cross, on which a number is
painted. But in half a dozen years or so
the cross rots away and is never renewed,
and tlie dead brother is referred to no more.
Tlie lonely convent of the Grande Char
treuse is as old as the order, although it has
undergone considerable change. It is now
a great building, occupying a considerable
extent of ground, but "originally it must
have been a single small house. It stands
in a defile, jn a region of utter loneliness.
Gradually it lias grown and expanded, and
in order to protect it against the attacks of
thieves and marauders, It is surrounded by
a massive wall that is loopholed and em
brasured. For what purpose h is difficult
to say, for thesemonks wonld never take
human life, not even to save their own. So
far, however, as I have been able to learn
there is no record of the convent having
been seriously attacked during any period
of its history. But in the Involution of
1792 the monks were cruelly expelled, and
their most valuable library was destroyed.
They separated in little groups, and found
refuge in holy houses of their order in dif
ferent parts of Europe, until the restoration
oflSlo that memorable year when they
reunited aud returned to their beloved mon
astery amid the solitude of the eternal
mountains.
Mid Scenes of Savago Grandeur.
La Grande Chartreuse is situated amid
scenes of savage grandeur, 3,800 feet above
the sea, at the foot of the Mont Grand Som.
which reaches a height of 0,008 feet, and
commands a view of surpassing magnificence.
It is-iu the Department of Isere, France;
and eight hours' journey from Grenoble,
which is the capital of tlie Department and
famous for its gloves. The nearest railway
station is a five hours' journey away, and
there is no other human habitation within
many miles of the convent. The approaches
are by wild and rugged gorges," through
which excellent roads have of late years
been made, but formerly these gorges might
have been held by a handful of men against
a host. In the winter the roads are blocked
with snow, aud between the lonely convent
and the outer world there is little com
munication. In summer the pine woods
look solemn and dark; and the ravines are
filled with the music of falling waters.
There is a strange absence of bird melody,
and the wind sighs among the pines, and
moans arouud the rocks. And yet the
region is one of entrancing beauty, and full
of a dreamy repose that makes its influence
felt.
To this lonely convent I traveled one
day in the late autumn, when the falling
leaves spoke sadly of departed summer
glories, and the shrill blasts that came down
the glens were messengers from the regions
of ice and snow. I had gone by train to
Voiron, between Bives and Grenoble, and
thence had tramped through the beautiful
gorges ot urosey lor nve hours. The
afternoon had been sullen, and bitterly
cold, and the sliadcs of night were fast fall
ing as, weary and hungry, I rang the great
bell at the convent gate, and begged for
hospitality. A tall, cowled monk received
me; but uttered no word. He merely made
a sign forme to follow him, and, closing the
gate and shooting the massive bolts, he led
the way across a court, where Lwas met by
another monk, who was allowed to break
Tho Itigld Vow of Silence
so far that he could inquire of strangers
w hat their business was. He asked me if I
desired food and rest, and on my answering
in the affirmative he led me to a third and
silent brother, aud by him I was conducted
to a cell with whitewashed walls. It con
tained a small bed of unpaiuted pine wood,
aud a tiny tabic, on which was an iron
basin and a jug of water. A
crucifix hung on the wall, and
beneath it was a prie-dieu. The
cell was somewhat suggestive of a prison,
and vet I am not sure that there was as
much comfort to be found in it as a prison
cell affords in these humanitarian times.
Everything about the Grande Chartreuse
is of fa'partan-like simplicity. There the
body is mortified for the soul's sake, and
nothing that could pander in the least de
gree to luxurious tastes is allowed.
As I was to learn afterward, even
such barren comfort as is afforded by this
"Visitor's Cell" is unknown in the cells oc
cupied by" the monks.
When "Iliad somewhat freshened myself
up bv a wash, I went into the corridor
where" my attendant was waiting, and, fol
low ing liim in obedience to a sign he made,
I traversed a long, lofty, cold passage, with
bare walls aud floor. At the end of the
passace there was carved in the stone the
Latiifin-'cription. stat crux dum volvitur
orbis. Passing through an arched doorw ay
w e reached the refectory. The great hall or
supper room was cold, "barren and dismal.
Everything looked ghostly and dim in the
feeble light shed by two small swinging
lamps, that seemed rather to emphasize the
gloom than dispel it. Comfort there was
nonf in this echoing chamber, with itrf
whitewashed walls and shadowy recesses,
from which I half expected to see the spirit
forms "of dead monks glide. Taking my
seat af a small, bare table, a silent brother
placed before me a bowl of thin vegetable
soup, in which some chopped eggs floated.
Fish followed, then an omelette, and
the whole was washed down with a bot
tle of excellent red wine. It was a
frugal repast, but an epicurean spread
as compared with the dietary scale
of the monks themselves. Meat of every
kind is rigorously interdicted, that is, the
flesh of annuals in any form. Each brother
Only Gets Two Menls a Day.
They consist of hot water flavored with
egg; vegetables cooked in oil; while the
only drink allowed is cold water. The
monks .do not cat together except
on Sundays and religious fete days,
when they all sup in the refectory.
On other days every man has Iris meals'
alone, in the solitude of his cell, and but a
brief time is allowed him, for it is con
sidered sinful toc spend more time in eating
and drinking than is absolutely necessary to
swallow down so much food as will hold
body and soul together. That men may
keep themselves healthy, even on such
meager diet as that I have mentioned, ia
proved by the monks of the Grande Char
treuse, for. they enjoy excellent health, and
generally live to a green old age. Even
the weak and delicate grow strong and
hardy under the severe discipline. The
rasping friction of the nervous system,
which annually slays its tens of thousand
in the outer world,"is unknown here. All
is calm and peaceful, and tile austerity of
the life led is compensated for by the abid
ing and hopeful faith. It is a brief prepara
tion for an eternal life of nnsullied joy in a
world where man's sin is known no mora.
Surely nothing else but such a faith could
sustain mortal beings under an ordeal so
trying.
This strange community of Carthusians 13
divided into categories of "Fathers" and
"Brothers." The former wear robes of
white wool, cinctured with a girdle of white
leather. Their heads and faces are closely
shaven, and the head is generally envel
oped in a cowl, which is attached to the
robe. They are all ordained priests, and it
is to them the rule of silence, solitude and
fasting,more particularly applies. The fastimr
is represented bv the daily bill of fare I
have given, and ft never varies all the year
round, except on Fridays and certain ilaji
in Lent, when, poor as it i, it is still
further reduced. The solitude consists of
Blany Hours Spent in Praj er
in the loneliness of the cell, and the silence
imposed is only broken by monosyllabic
answers to questions addressed to
them. Sustained conversation is a
fault, and would be severely pun
ished. Aspirants for the Fatherhood
have to submit to a most trying naA-itiate,
which lasts for five full years. Alter that
they are ordained, and from that moment
they renounce the world, with all its lur
ing temptations and its sin. Their lives
henceforth must be strictly holy in accord
ance with the tenets of their religion.
The Brothers are the manual laborers, tho
hewers of wood and drawers of water. They
do everything that is required in the way
of domestic service. They wear sandals on
their bare feet, and their bodies arc clothed
in a long, loose, brown robe, fastened at the
waist by a rope girdle. On both
branches of the order the same severe
regime is compulsory, but on Fridays the
Brothers only get a morsal of black "bread
and a cup of cold water. The attention to
spiritual duties is all-absorbing, and uudes
no circumstances must it be relaxed. Matins
commence in the chapel at 12 o'clock at
night, and continue until about 2 o'clock.
After a short rest, the divine service is re
sumed at 0 o'clock. But all the monks do
not attend the matins at one time. AVliile
some sleep others pray. And it is doubtful
if among the religious orders of the world
anything more solemn and impressive than
this midnight service could be found.
To witness it was my chief aim in going to
the convent, and so I left my cell after a
short sleep, and proceeded to the chapel aa
tho deep-toned bell struck 12 with sonorous
sounds that rolled in ghostly echoes along:
the lofty corridors. The passage through
which I made my way was a vast one, and a
solitary lamp mefleetually struggled to
illumine the darkness. I groped along
until I reached a door that swung
silently open to my touch. Then I stood
within the chapel, where all was silent, and
a Cimmerian gloom reigned. Far in the
depths of the darkness was a glimmering,
star-like lamp over the altar, but its beams,
feeble and straggling, revealed nothing, it
only accentuated the pitchy blackness all
around. The feeble lanterns of the monks,
one to every third stall, were invisible from
my position. Everything was suggestive of
a tomb far dowm in the bowels of the earth
the silence, the cold, the damp earthy
smell that filled one's nostrils, all seemed
to indicate decaying mortality. Suddenly,
with startling abruptness, a single voice
broke into
A Plaintive, monotonous Chant.
Then others took up the cadence
with a moaning wail that gradually died
away until there was unbroken silence
again. There was something strange and
weird in this performance, for the impene
trable darkness, the star-like lamp, the wail
ing voices of unseen figures, seemed alto
gether unnatural. It begot iu me a shudder
that I could not repress, for the moaning;
and wailing appeared to be associated
with death rather than life. There was
nothing in the whole ceremony indicatives
of joy or hope, but rather their converse
sadness and despair. Throughout those
weary hours the wailing chant and the
silence alternated. I wanted to go away,bu6
could not. Some strange fascination kept
me there, and I recalled some of the won
derfnl descriptive scenes in Dante which
were irresistibly suggested. My imagina
tion was wrought on to such an extent that
I pictured vast gloomy space as filled with
unquiet spirits condemned to torture; and
the lamp as typical of the one ray of hope
that told them that after a long period of
penance they should pass from the gloom of
woe to the lightness and joy of eternal
day, when their angnish should cease for
ever and rest be found. At lost, to my
great relief, I saw the beams of a new mom
steal in at the chapel windows. The bowed
forms of the cowled monks were faintly
di-cerniblc, kneeling before the altar, where
still burned the watch-lamp. One by one
they rose and flitted away like shadows; no
sound came from their footfalls, no rustle
from their garments. Warmly clad though
I was, I
Shivered With the Cold,
aud was cramped with the position .
I had maintained for' hours; for
I had been fearful of moving
lest any harsh, grating noise should break
in upon that solemn and impressive silence.
When all had gone I too went, and made
my way back to the cell, where I tried to
snatch a few hours sleep, but it was all in
vain, for cry mind seemed as if it had been
upset by a strange aud terrible dream.
Although I have had a wide and varied ex
perience of men and manners in all parts of
the world, I never witnessed such a strange
scene before as I witnessed that night.' It
was like, a nightmare picture, a poem
evolved from a distorted imagination. I
say a poem because it had the elements of
poetry in it, butdt was the poetry of in
effable human sadness.
Truly it is singular that men can so
strengthen their faith, so enwrap themselves,
as it were, in a gloomy creed, that they are
willing to deny themselves every pleasure
in life, to shut themselves off from all that
is joyous and beautiful in the world, in
order to submit to an endless sorrowing
for human sins; a sorrowing tliat finds es-
Jtrcssion every hour of their lonely, sad
Icued lives. For from sunset to sunrise,
and sunrise to sunset again, they art
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