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1C THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : ' SUNDAY , AI'RTL Id , 1805. EASTER GREETING. We greet you this Easter with the lowest prices on record The grandest display of Spring Merchandise House hold Furnishing of every description. The most carefully selected Furniture and Carpets.for style and intrinsic value ever placed before a discriminating public. Every Item on tills page represents a Bargain , BRUSSELS and INGRAIN CARPETS JAPANESE and CHINESE MATTING Choice of nil our Body Brussels 87c Good White China Mattings , worth 23c , now | Qc 7Gc Tapestry Brussels , now 48c Figured China Matting : , worth 22u , now | 4c 7Cc Wool Ingrain Carpets 48c Fine Fancy Matting1 , worth 4Gc , now 28c OOc Ingrain Carpets 38C Napier Matting , worth 05c , now. . * . 38c Old Fashioned Bag Cnrpot 2OC Co Co door Mats , worth 60o , now 25c Good Linoleum , worth GOc , now 48c Japanese BURS , 21x30 , worth 5Oc , now 25 c Oil Clot'i 18 C Japanese Kugs , 0x0 , worth $15.00 , now 1O.OO \Vo have oOO square Mitred Hugs , assorted patterns "Wo have 500 square Mitrotl It'iirs , assorted pat terns , Moquots , Dnnslos and Velvets , thu o arc terns , Moqnots , Brussels and Velvets , these uro worth & 2.00 < ! ( iuli ; price this week , $1.00 each. worth $2.00 ouch ; price- this week , $1.00 each white A carload Iron of b.iJ.s onamolaJ , Crockery , Glassware and Lamps. t.-linimd Oat1 iirlejj uro lOO-ulccuDlnnor drco- 50 percent , cheaper rnlril lliuul i world $ ID , than last year nnd nro IOWJP than Crfeo (111 ( ; ) others. l.OC'O Tunilik'i" , new outturn 2c LOO odd plates new imttt'tM IOC 2dO odd Innips. new puttm us 2 'o iiiiKliiK Lumps SI.75 'JYn-plrcii Tollcl Hct S2-75 Tnx'ivu-pleco Tollut Sut S4.G8 \A11 these goods nro very handsomely 7 pound feather pillows , best decorated and worth double the price quality tick , prlco this woolc , per pnlr , ANYTHING YOU SEE Worth double the 1 Advertised by us you may bo of it.Vo sure Dotting never price. J | > ABed advertise a tiling1 unless wo have a lot of it on hand. quartered Teapot , I'Hco oak , finely carved , worth 3Cc any\vhere$7oo our price this week only Bed , French Mit-l rortop $3.45 A Great Bargain With arms , 11.00 more. RECOLLECTIONS OF LINCOLN How Abraham Lincoln Invaded Joseph Medill's ' Sanctum in 1855. GREATSPEECH THAT WAS NEVER REPORTED Xhfi Voternn Killlor KocotintsSomo Interest ing ItcmlnlBcences The llaillcul AntiSlavery - Slavery r > peuch and Its Consequence * A Cliur.icturlntlc Sketch. . . f ( Copyilght , ISO ! ) I CHICAGO , April 10. ( Special Correspond- 4cnce. ) About noon ot a spring day In 1853 the olllco of the Chicago Tribune was Invaded by a singular apparition. The editorial es tablishment consisted at that time ot a sin gle , long room on the third floor of the "Evans BlocU , " a building called after Dr. Evans , who also gave his name to the now famous town of Evanstown. U stood on , a part ot the ground now covered by the skyscraping - scraping Ashland block , and from the edi torial windows "the force" looked out upon the quagmire called Clark street , wherein , as a frequent diversion from their labors , they might see a hapless wagon sunk hub deep In the mud , over which the driver , facetious In misfortune , had set the legend : I NO BOTTOM HERE. The "force" was grouped about a sin gle , long table In the center of the room , the cditor-ln-chlet end the at - - at ono , proofreader the other , and In the Interval the reporters , minor editors , and "specials" there were not many , nor were the lines dividing their ranks nnd duties very sharply drown. To them entejed , on thte day In question , ft Very tall , angular man of dark complexion and hollow cheeks , somewhat stooped at the shoulders , llo stood half u head above six feet In height. His legs were absurdly long and thin and ho had enormous feet and hands. His head , also abnormal In Its length , was heavily thatched with a shock ut rum pled dark hair , and under the shaggy eye brows wa a pair of deep-set eyes , whose keen but merry twinkle went a long v.iy inward redeeming the absurd figure from utter comi cality. The visitor carried In one hand a carpH bag about three feet long nnd BO deep that , tall as ho was , It barely cleared the Hoor. U teemed to be packed with all Us owner's portable belongings , flo glanced along the table to the editor's chair and In a drawling , high-keyed voice asked the young man who occupied that throne : "Can you tell me when I can &ee Mr. Ray ? " Dr. Ray was then the senior editor of the Tribune. He was not In. "Well , " continued the visitor , itlll ad dressing the young man at the top ot the table , "may I ask you If you are the now editor from Cleveland McUlll or Medlll or something ? " "I am Mfdlll , the new editor , " the young man answered. "Well , I guess you'll do Just 93 well. " The new editor asked , and with a degree ot formalism quite foreign to the Chlcagoan of tort/ years ago ( for the manner of ths visitor had been decidedly brusque ) : "Please tell me whom 1 have the pleasure ot ad- dreislng. " "Well , " ( this drawling expletive for the t'a'rd ' time ) , "well , down on the Sangamon river they used to call me 'Abraham Lin coln. ' Now they generally call me 'Old Abe , ' though I ain't 10 very old , cither , " "Old Abo" was already a nnm to conjure with In Illinois. The "new editor from Oalo" directly gave to III vikltor a ie > t and engaged him In conversation of lively Interest to both. But first there was business to be done. BECAME Mil. MEDILL'S SUBSCRIBER. "I'm In a hurry , " the hero of the Sanga mon river began , "but I came up to sub scribe for your paper. I'can't get It regu larly down our way , so I borrow It from n neighbor. But sometimes ho lends It before I get around. Now I want to pay for six months ahead , " and he pulled from the cavernous pockets of his "Jeans" a pocketbook - book , untied the strap , and counted out four $1 bills. Mr. Medlll took the money ( there was no beastly pride In those days to sep arate the great editor from the counting room ) and wrote n receipt on a sheet of "copy" paper. This document Mr. Lincoln thrust Into his pocket , remarking as he did so. "I like your paper ; I didn't like It before you boys took hold of It , It was too much of a Know Nothing sheet. " Then ho plunged into conversation. But the young editor observed that his new ac quaintance had a sharper faculty for asking questions than for answering them. Under his careless exterior ho maintained an Im pregnable reserve. He Inquired of Mr. Medlll about all the leading politicians In Ohio , whom ho seemed to know with a degree of accuracy surprising In those early days , when with few railroads and fewer telegraphs Ohio was further from Illinois than California Is now. How uero Gtddlnga and Chase , Car ter and Wade ? Before ho arose In go ho eald : "Well , I guess I'm sonicthl'if , of a Seward whig my self. " This meetlns aaa the beginning of an ac quaintance wlit-'h lasted , with Increasing In timacy , untM Lincoln's death , and Involved not a few ! , ioden'ts In his life hitherto un recorded. A * U > ' - ; irst regular republican state crn- iiUon held In Illinois , at Bloomlngton , In May , 185G , Mr. Medill assisted In the double capacity of delegate and reporter Jor the Tribune. The convention Is chiefly note worthy as the occasion on which Mr. Lincoln delivered the most eloquent speech of his life. Such at least Is the testimony of the few living persons who heard It. Mr. Media's story ot the conversation and the ( speech have an especial Interest , In view of his pro fessional relations to the speaker. UNRUPORTKD SPEECH OF LINCOLN'S. "After a full ticket had been nomla-Jted , " ho says , "there was a season ot speechmaking - making , and all the talk was ot 'bleeding Kansas. ' Among the speakers was On en 'Lovejoy. After he had finished a cry went up for Lincoln , and presently at the back of the church , In which the convention was he-Id , up rose my gaunt , angular frlcnJ , locking exactly as he did when 1 first taw him In the Tribune office a year before. He r.init- for ward with a glrafto-IIke swing ( ho never walked straight like other men ) and stood In front of the pulpit. But after he had spoken a few sentences the delegates -homed ti him to get up Into the pulpit. Ha did to , and there finished his Demcsthenlan ipped ) . "It Is one of the regrets of my life that this speech of Lincoln's was not preserved. It was easily his most radical , and It was the first ot the series of events which made him president. I have often -tried to reproduce It from memory. Once , at the re-quest ct the late Thorndyke Rice of the North American Review , I attempted to reduce my recollec tions to paper for that magazine , but the more I tried the more MeOllllan and the less Llncolnlan th9 speech became. So I had to give It up. "I will tell you how the speech came to be lost. Lincoln ( after he had mounted the pul pit ) began something like thli : " 'Gentlemen ot the convention : I am not here as a delegate ; I have no credentials and might be called an Interloper. But you have Riven me a "call" to speak , uni , like a Mstho- illat minister , I have responded. A few of us got together In my office at Springfield yester day and elected ourselves as sympathetic vis itors to this convention. We have no repub lican party organized In Springfield at this time , but we have a few republicans. I tore- see 'rouble ahead that will grow out of this uncalled-for repeal ct tbe Mlstouri couiprcralis This handsome Bedroom Suit , this week. . . . $14.50 ( Kltlicr with .quaroor bovcl mirror , antique oak flnUh ami ftillsl/o 'I piece's ) Two-pioca Bedroom Suits $8.25 Hardwood Bedsteads ( .45. Our Terms are Liberal CASH OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. $10 00 worth. . $1.00 down , $1.00 wjci , $4.00 month $20 00 worth. . $2.00 down , $1.00 week , $4 00 niontb $30.00 worth $1.50 wjck , $5.00 month $50.00 worth.- $2.00vaek \ , $7.00 month $76.00 worth $2.50 wjck , $8 00 month $100.00 worth $2.50 week , $ 0,00 month $200.00 worth $4 00 wcclt , $15.00 month { STSPECIAL TEUMS FOR LAHOK AMOUNTS. COURTEOUS TREATMENT , NO MISREPRESENTATION , SATISFACTION GUARANTEED , BED ROCK PRICES , JUST CLAIMS ALLOWED , COMPLAINTS HEEDED , NO INTEREST CHARGED. that will tax the wisest and most patriotic men to keep American citizens from imbiu- ! ng their hands In their brothers' blood. ' "Then , for I can remember his exact words no further , he drew a picture of slavery and It3 baneful effects on this country If ex tended , and delivered the most terrible In vective upon that Institution , It seemed to me , that ever fell from the lips of man. I remember lie said at the close something like this : 'Como what will , you may count on Abraham Lincoln to stay with you to the bitter end on the side of free soil and the rights of free men/ . "But I do not pretend to remember more. When the speech was finished I found myself standing at the top of the reporters' table , shouting and yelling like one possessed. Every ono else present was wrought up to the same condition , "At length I bethought mo of my notes for the Tribune. I had none. In my excite ment I had quite forgotten my duties as re porter. I turned to my fellow reporters. They were In the same fix and for the same reason. The speech was not reported and never can be reproduced from memory. "Hut I learned one lesson from this mis adventure. There were but two good news paper shorthand reporters in Illinois at that time. I went back to Chicago and chartered ono of them for the Tribune when ho might be needed. Ho was 'Bob1 Hilt , slnca better known as Hon. Robert R. Httt , congressman from Illinois and long chairman of the com- mltte on foreign affairs. " KEEN AND SHREWD POLITICIAN. During the senatorial campaign of 1858 , which engaged Mr. Lincoln's activity before he became an avowed candidate for the presi dency , Mr. Medlll met him often on political business. When he went to Springfield he dined several times at the Lincoln house and partook of the fare provided by Sirs. Lin coln's hands. Even at this early time Mr. Medlll forraod the opinion , which his subse quent experience only confirmed , that Mr. Lincoln was of all the"practical politicians" of his day the keenest and shrewdest. In organizing a party , securing the doubtful votes by presenting the Issues rightly before them , and la all the details of "practical" work of a campaign Lincoln had no equal among republicans In Illinois In those days. To send qulnlno to a farmer sick with the prevailing Illness of the frontier , "fever 'n ague , " was said to bo one of his favor ite devices. He had a master hand at circulars. He sometimes addressed them , "To my friends , " signed "A. Lincoln. " At other times ho wrote the addresses and circulars which' were signed by the central committee. It was In this campaign of 1858 that Mr. Lincoln delivered In the representatives' hall at Springfield that famous speech famous for Us radicalism calling for the ultimate extinction of slavery as a thing in Itself "radically wrong. " Such sentiments were far In advance of the public sentiment of that time , oven In the radical northern states , and Mr. Lincoln was considered by not a few of his friends to have committed political harl kart by this speech. But , knowing Mr. Lincoln as he did , Mr. Medlll felt assured that tbe speech was no dllhyramblc out burst of sentiment , that a deliberate motive lay behind. It was not , however , until years thereafter , when Mr. Lincoln was president , that , opportunity offered to confirm this surprise. For , with all his bonhomie nnd apparent openness , Mr. Lincoln was a most secretive man even to his close friends , But , visiting at the white house In the course of the civil war , Mr. Medlll found the presi dent In a mood which seemed favorable to confidence , and squarely put to him the ques tion : "Why did you deliver that very radical speech at the state house In the spring of 1858 ? " With what seemed like affected surprise Mr. Lincoln exclaimed , " 0 ! " Tlnn , lapsing Into reserve , he put the counter question : "What do you think was the reason ? " Getting no answer , he saw fit to lay aside his reserve , and made this characteristic explanation' "Well , alter you fellows bad got me Into that position of standard-bearer I concluded to take a stand that reflected the real heart felt thoughts of our party on that terrible slavery question. It was ground we could afford to be beaten on In the preliminary battle with slavery. So I concluded to say something that would muko everybody think. " And he did. "He then , " says Mr. Medlll , "made the Issue on which he was after ward elected. He went deeper into the heart ot the great Issue than even Seward ventured. " Those who remember this Springfield speech may also recall how much use Doug las made of It In the campaign of ISuS to alarm the conservatives and warn them against the "reckless demagogue , " his op ponent , who would emancipate the slaves. And in his reply to these attacks Mr. Lin coln illustrated another phase of his char acter by bis artful defense of the speech , until , as repeated and explained by him self on the stump , it appeared to the most cautious voter as the inevitable outcome of the question from the very nature of things. NEWTON MACMILLAN. IMPORTANCE OP ONE VOTB. CongplcuaiiR I'nrt It Played In the 1'ollilcn History of the Country. On the question of the constitutionality of the entire Income tax the supreme court was evenly divided , four members being on each side. If Justice Jackson had been In his place , says the Globe-Democrat , the court would have decided ono way or the other on the general question , and from what Is known of Jackson's opinions as a strict con- structlonlst it is reasonable- assume that ho would have token the negative side and the law would have been annulled. The im portance of the figure 1 Is very consplcously shown In this circumstance. Oftentimes the result of a presidential election has hinged on the vote of a single state. For example , New York turned the tcale In 1844 , 181S , 1880 , 1884 and ISSS.'iIf Colorado , which the democrats hud expected to carry , had re mained In the territorial etage a year longer the democrats would liavo elected the presi dent In 187C. Suppose Just onej of those seventy-three electors who declared SOT both Jefferson anil Burr in 1801 had cvaBt for somebody else the vote hs gave to Jefferson ! There would have bcgn no tlo In that event , the house of rep resentatives would not have been called upon to make the choice and Burr would have been elected. The thought of the narrowness of the margin by uhieh the country was saved from the Infliction of having Burr In the presidency grvnraicttllly feeling to Amer icans even today. Onrf vote tranferred from the nineteen negatives.to the thirty-five af firmatives In the presidential Impeachment case of 1808 would havot given the latter the constitutional two-third * required for con- vlctloi. and Johnson nvtiuld have been re moved. One electoral uvote out of the total of 369 , if changed from the republican to the democratic column in the disputed count of 1877 , would have defeated Hayes and made Tllden president. Facts like these show that the popular estimates of the first of the numerals neeJ readjustment. Wo have mentioned the case of Hayes , who had Just that margin In the electoral count. His title to the presiJency. however , was as good as that of Monroe , who got all the electoral votes cast except one , or 3 that of Washington , who got every vote. Mr.rcus Morton , chosen In 1839 by a majority ot only a single vote in a total poll of over 100,000 , was Juet as fully and as truly gov ernor of Massachusetts during his term as Grover Cleveland , with his plurality ot 192- SH gained In 1882 , was governor of New- York during 1883 and 1884. The tariff of 1840 , an act which has filled a more con spicuous place In political discussion than any ether measure In Its field , possibly excepting the Merrill tariff of ISfil , was taved by the .casting vote of Vice President Dallas. In many crises the pretence or absence of thin needed one vote lias made or marrei the fortunes ot ( talesmen , policies or parties. ANDYTOYEDWITIIHOONSIHNE A Stiff Bracer Provokes a Bed Pace and a Wierd Harangue. SCENE IN THE SENATE IN 186 Kffgs anil I.cgcniU Glnas Distinc tions In Schools Tim Nutal Hero of tlio ltc\olntlou tilriinlugs from ttio Magazines. Noah Brooks tells the following story in his personal reminiscences of Lincoln In the April number of the Century : All eyes were turned to the main entrance , where , precisely on the stroke of 12 , appeared Andrew Johnson , vice president-elect , arm In arm with Hannibal llamlln , whoso term of office was now expiring. They took seats together on the dais ot the presiding onicer , and Hamlln made a brief and sensible speech , and Andrew Johnson , whose face was extraor dinary red , was presented to take the cath. It Is needless to say here that the unfortunate gentleman , who had been very 111. was not altogether sober at this most Important mo ment of his life. In order to strengthen him self for the physical and mental ordeal through which ho was about to pass ho had taken , a stiff drink ot whisky In the room of the vlco president , and the warmth of the senate chamber , with possibly other physical conditions , had sent the nery liquor to his brain. He was evidently Intoxicated. As he went on with his speech he turned upon the cabinet officers and addressed them as "Mr. Stanton , " "Mr. Seward , " etc. , with out the oHlclal handles to their names. For getting Mr. Welles' name , he said , "and you , too , Mr. " then leaning over to Colonel Forney , ho said , "What Is the name of the secretary of the navy ? " and then continued as though nothing had happened. Once In a while , from the reporters' gallery. I could ob serve Hamlln nudging Johnson from behind , reminding him that the hour for the Inau guration ceremony had passed. The speaker kept on , although President Lincoln sat before him , patiently waiting for his extraordinary harangue to be over. The study of the faces below was Interest- Ing. Seward was as bland and serene as a summer day ; Stanton appeared to bo petri fied ; Welles' face was usually void of any ex pression ; Speed sat with his eyes closed ; Den- nlson was red and white by turns. Among the union senators Henry Wilson's face was Hushed ; Sunnier wore a saturnine and sarcas tic smile ; and most of the others turned and twitted In their senatorial chairs as If In long-drawn agony. Of the supreme bench Judge Neleon only was apparently moved , hU lower Jaw being dropped clean down In blank horror. Chase \\aa marble , adamant , granite In Immobility until Johnson turned his back upon the senate to take the oath , when he ex changed glances with Nelson , who then cloied up his mouth. When Johnson had repeated Inaudlbly the oath of oltlce , his hand upon the book , he turned and took the bible In his hand and facing the audience said , with a loud , the atrical voice and gesture : "I kiss this book In the face of my nation of the United States. " PAUL JONES' FAMOUS ANSWER. Miss Molly Elliot Seawell has a sketch of "Paul Jones" In the Century for April. She quotes a portion of Jones' own account of the battle between the Bon Hommc Richard and the Serapls : "I directed the fire of one of the three Can non against the ina'nmast With double headed Shot While the other two Were exceedingly well served with grape and CanuUter shot to \Vooclcn\vare and Tinware. "Quick Meal" Stoves 2-qiiartIco Cronm Krrcrcr . . . . 11,18 l/pITuo PotsRood ones 10I I llutti'r Siidvs.It1 | : Tin lliii | | I i urn. .V j Kirn Hi-uteri ' THAT'S thrill ) II rushus. 7o I Watur I'oolurs. ; i7c Teuliuttlus 31c | Stuiunurs . . . . NO MATTER WHAT OTHEHS AHVK11TISB G \SOLINK STOVES FOU Ol'llS AUK Our window display l.OWEU. this week will interest every man , woman and Corner Chairs child in Omaha. Don't fail to see it. You will regret it if \ you do , Curtains and Shades. I/.ico CurtiiliK , per pair . " > c HoiivyChunlllt ! , pur pnlr One Good Chonlllo Curtains , per IKilr . II.OJ t&OO Liico Cuti talus , salu prlco . 1.30 year Tlie finest anil lies ! In tlio woilil tank , cnn never l nk or fin 11 this Culilnet HHIIKI' oflVis ago UH c < iininctiip 8. occupying but llt'lc iiH'in. In nppcurnnco IB brtmtiful , us the jnpnnnliiRuf us handsome body Is set on" to mix intiiKO by the hnmlBome nicUcl nnJ "i * ti Huntings , llc'lnw the tank carriage would me dlnU which slion wheth er the burnerB nro clo nl or open. The Innk on nil be sold for $15 tinjril'K M12A1. " Btmis or this clnFB Ims the mcilt that today we will sell It r-innot bo mini unties temnril from the stove it for $7.50. It is a SU11 n hnntiRf imnllier Is that Hie ili'l'- ' beauty and worth double plnK Kasollne of from Hie the tnnk n the You cannot afford burneru cnn price. lip nei'ii ford to pay high prices when \nl\es when you can get them so cheap of me us. Silence tlio Enemio's musquetry anil clear her Decks which was at last effected , the Enemy Were , as I have since understood , on tlio Instant of Calling for quarter , When the cowatdlco or treachery of three of my under officers induced them to call to the Enemy , the English Comodore asked mo If I demanded quarter , and I having answered him In the must determined negative , they renewed the battle with redoubled fury. " What Paul Jones calls a "most determined negative" was the celebrated answer that will ever mark him as one of the bravest of the brave. The two ships lying head and stern , enveloped In smoke as they repeatedly caught ( Ire from each other , and neither one In position to flro an effective shot , a sudden and awful silence ensued. Presently a call conic from the Scrapls : "Have you struck ? " to which Paul Jones answered , "I have not yet begun to fight ! " EASTKIl , ITS KGGS AND LEGENDS. As Eas'cr ' represents a new birth Into the best life of all , says a writer in the Chau- tuuquan. It is easily seen how the pigin idea that the egg was the beginning of nil kinds of life should become purified In the minds of the Chrlsilans , and accepted as the typical offering of good \\lshes and emblematic of pleasant hopes , between believers of the glad Easter day. The egg In some form or other has been the unquestioned typo of the new life from the very dawn of the Christian era. In Ktissla as early as 1383 , eggs colored red , typifying the blood of Christ shed as an atonement for our sins , were the most treas ured of exchanges at Easter. Every believer went abroad at this season with his pockets well supplied with Easter CESS , as the society man of today attends to his n ell-filled card casn. When two Russians met for the first time during the Easter holidays. If they had not met on the day Itself , the belated Easter compliments were passed , first by tolemnly shaking hands In silence ; then tlio elder ( or the younger , if he out-ranked the elder ) would say : "Tho Lord Is risen , " and his companion would reply , "It is true ; " then they kissed each other and ceremoniously drew from their respective pockets the Easter emblem , and exchanged eggs. The Chinese claim that the world was formed of the two parts of an enormous egg. From the yolk of the egg stepped forth the human being whom call ' , they I'oon-koo- Wong ; ho then v.'aved his hand and the uppr half of his late castle , the egg fclicll , went upward and became the concave heavens of blue , the lower half fell reversed , making the convex earth , and the white albumen be came the seas. The Syrians believed also that the godii from whom they claimed descent were hatched from mysteriously laid eggs. Hence wo Infer that our present custom of offering the Easter egg emblem has the heathen leg ends for Its origin ; in fact , all our most precious fettlvals come down from similar sources , but purltled with the light of Chris tianity. CLASS DISTINCTIONS IN SCHOOLS. The private schools In our cities , says Robert Grant In Scrlbner'n , are eagerly pa tronized by that not Inconsiderable class of parents who hope or Imagine tint the social position of their children Is to bo established by association with the children of Influen tial people. Falsehood , meanness and un worthy ambitions are quite as dangerous to character when the little man who sug gests them lias no patches on his breeches us when he has , and unfortunately thcra are no outward signs on the moral nature , Ilko holes In trousers , to serve as danger signals to our darlings. Then again , thee of ui who occupy comfortable houses In desirable local ities will generally find on Investigation that the average of the class of children which attend the public school In such a district U much superior to what paternal or maternal fancy has painted. In such a district the children of the Ignorant emigrant data arc not to bo found In large numbers. The pupils consist mainly of the rank and tile of the native American pipulatlcn , whoie tendencies and capacities for good have always been , and continue to be , the batlu of our strength us a people , r.oulsc Imcun uuinoy I.T llir cr'x. I'IIS ' ii.uje Jj.Uj.1 : J uuull : O Storms ! farewell , Tho" at my sill your dagxuratt tAumflni pluy Lawless nnd loud tomorrow as today , , To me they sound tnoro small ' , Than a young fay's footfall ; Soft nnd far-sunken , forty fathoms low In long ngo , And winnowed Into silence on that wind Which takes wurs like a dust , nnd leave * but Love behind. Hither Doth climb Fpllclty to me. And bank me In with turf nnd marjoram Huch as bees lip , or the new-weaneU lamb. I With tusseled burberry rplnes , liluetH , and columbine's. One Ktosbeak , too , 'mid apple buds n guest With bud-red breaht , Is singing , pinging ! All the hells that rage Flout less than April fog below our lurmit- agf. ' , MARHIACHil EXTKA.OBDINAHY : A Novel llrotnn Cmtoin with Jinny Flo. tur < iilo Fcutilrra. The peasants of Brittany and their quaint dress and customs have long furnished rich material for the artists and writers who Hock ; thither In summer , sayj the New York Woild. It Is In the winter , however , wncn the painters and frivolous Parisians have Illtled , homeward that a unique ceremony takes place in the picturesque commune of Plot'gastcl. ' Since time , Immemorial It has been the custom thcro not to marry during Advent , and so , early In January , each year thcro is a day set apart for the nholcsalo wedding of those who have succeeded In ar- rai.glng their affairs of the heart during the holy Beat-on , The number of couples united on these occasions Is generally above a score- , ' ' ' but the record was broken this year when forty-tlx were married in u single day. Thcro Is no better example of the proverbial thrlftlness of the Bretons than this custom. The families of the young people comblnu and secure from the Innkctpcra a consider able abatement In the cobt of the eatable and drinkables , which are consumed In largo quantities after the ceremony. A great num ber of people from neighboring towns are always present nt this annual knotting1 , whtcli Is made exceedingly attractive by the picturesque costumes ot the partlc pants , The imiUcna wear white caps , from which stream long , bright-colored ribbons. Their dresses are trimmed with gold fringe or yellow satin , and they wear light-green or greenish yellow aprons. About the waUt Is bound a gold-fringed sash of blue silk. The men wear short trousers of brown cloth , round ) Jackets of varying shades of blue , worsted belts of the sama color , green vests and black huts , ornamented with white and blue rltbons , The religious ceremony Is preceded by thft civil one at the Malrie , or town hall. At thli. In order to conform with the French law , It Is necessary to read to each couple that lengthy portion of the coda which relates to. i marriage. The strain upon the voice of M. Nicole , tlio mayor , was to great at the last occasion that ho was compelled to devot two cntlr : forenoons to the forty-six couples. After the ceremony at the church the newly wedded pairs , observing nn ancient euttoni , proceed In a body to a shrine or great antiquity outside the village , after which they tcattcr among the wine shops ot the town , where feasts have been prepared for them and their guests , This year tha * - accommodations were Insufllclcnt , and many , rfto In tents. The fetes which follow tha weddings last a week and arc marked by a vast consumption of food and drink , the singing of Breton tongs , and general mirth and Jollity , For generations none of the Inhabitants liavo ever married outside of Plougastel , for j. he or she who seeks a mate In the world beyond - , " yond the narrow bounds of the commune ! condemned to perpetual and complete cv > tracUm. .