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f \ PRESS AND PRESIDENT, Ihe Amerioati N- w the Renult. . (New York Herald-L>m.> Hnneny and oouimou decency have triumphed. Ooveruor Clevt laud is choaeu the utxt President of the l"i ued Stater. <N. Y. Post-Hep , The great fact which stand* out in al the eleotioo return* ig that the tudt |>udt MI Republicans have saved the oouutry Irom the dingrtceof Hlame'H eltction. N. Y. Oraph'c-Iua i The people of thii oouutry yesterday vin dioated the political system uuder which they live against the greatest danger it has encountered since ita inauguration. liioalon Globe lud > MaasachuHetts did nobly. In reducing the majority of four yearn ago from lo. to the pitiable Blaiue plurality of tbib jear the Old Bay Ktate very handsomely net the seal of ooudemuatiou upou the trickster, Blaine. ' Albany Argua - Deui < Let the obligation* to the free Heputli cans be here and now and everywhere aud always acknowledged. Neither political party. a* a party, La gained or oould gain tbii election. The independent reinforce menu held the balance of power. They warded it to Cleveland, because bu clto- tion wan an iniuranoe against a reversal or a suspension of the reforms on which the virtue and culture of Americans are reached. (Chicago Trtbuue Kep. With defeat staring them in the face neither Mr. Blame noi bin party oan te reproached with justice, lUaine did not tack the nomination this year. lie waa the choice of the masses of his party, represented more intimately aud accurately in the Chicago Convention than in any previous National Convention ever held in the country. He baa make a brilliant campaign, which baa added lustre to bu fame as a statesman. (HcxU'D POM lu.i We mean Ben. Butler, the man of " crooked ways aud distorted mind." Yes- terday be appeared in bis favoite roll of the " Traitor aud Fraud," and mad what we suppose bis Republican frieudawill call a success, lie prevented Massachusetts frtin giving its eltctoral vote to Cleveland and Ueudrick* ; but It wss a narrow squeak for him. lie has carted the hatred of thousands of men who stood by him last year and the \ car before, not one of whom would ever again vot for him. \:i'uy Art;u- i The victory in New York for Cleveland carries lexsous to rash aud passionate tuon. which n ilt-cuon may be relied on to im- preas on their minds. It give* auswer to vile aud venal men wbicb tb contempt of the human race may be trusted to admin- ister. It supplies a ooiuoit nlary ou Mr. Blame's canvass in thin Commuuwealtb, which the decency and the oleauliuena of the State will appreciate, because they made it. New Haven Palladium Rep > At the present writing it appears a* if the failure cf the Republican electoral ticket in this Slat* ia due to the prohibi- tion vote, wbiob, according to the returns so far received, is larger than the plurality for the Cleveland ticket. In other words, the prohibitionist* have succeeded in turu ing the State over to the Democrats ou the national issue a result of which they can hardly be proud. (Brooklyn Union Kep The phenomenon is as remarka it is regn liable of a division so clone in a vote of a million and a quarter, that nothing short of a careful count can place the result beyond question. But so far as Brooklyn's bare of the contest is coucerm d, sbe baa nothing to be ashamed of. Her rebuke to Blaiceism is as emphatic a* the demon- stration it affords that with such a candi- date as all Uepdblioans oould support with- out doing violence to their oousoienoe or elf-respeo'. the Democratic majnity in the city would have been wiped ou'. Ki.iton Her:.! 1- In. I Governor Cleveland was a model candi- date. Through all the loug and bitter cam- paign he conducted himself with modesty, propriety and dignity, lie constantly attended, with but two or three brief inter- ruptions, to tbs exacting duties xt the Kxe- ontiveof the Impenal Slate of New Yurk, not saying or writing a single word that was not oorreat in tante aud judgment. He has made upon bin countrymen the impres- sion of a Us el-headed, clear-eyed, reticent, man, not brilliant, but weighing well bis words aud speaking to tbe purpose. The desperate warfare made upon him was the lowest and dirtiest ever made upon a candi- date for President. X. Y.W.irlJ., We congratulate the Republic on tbe ele< tion of G rover Cleveland as its President. Tbe democracy is again in ascendency iu the nation. After twenty four years of exclusion from power tbe party of Jeffer- son and Jackson once more plaors a iiriii grasp on tbe reins of government, with tbe determination, by Ood's help, to guide tbe Republic back into ths straight path of democratic simplicity, economy and hon- esty, and to rsestablisb firmly and perms nently tbe constitutional rights which have been gradually stolen from the State* and the people. i Detroit Free I'ress Dem.) Tbe next President of tbe United States is Orover Cleveland. It is the most glorious triumph ever achieved in a Presidential election in this Kepnbl o. It is a triumph of sterling patriotism and a lofty sense of duty over tbe arts of tbe politician and the corrupting power of lavishly expended money. It is a triumph of tbe people over the demorali/ing in8uenoe* which have been so long at work undermining popular government. At tbe hearing in tbe case of Fre derick J Allen, charged with treason-felony at Dub- lin yesterday, tbe evidence showed that the rules governing tbe action of the executive of Fenian circles bad been discovered at Allen's lodgings. The rules specified the duties of the members and the penalties for violating them. If tbe member provid unfaithful, his appearance and character were to be published throughout tbe globe, so that wherever a vestige of the Fenian organ /ation existed be would be disgraced Illl i-lil l I.I v I - Am ili.K.,1,,.1 it. .1. >..<. Nrw ..H.I OM. It Is doubtful if more deep-nested, wide- spread, and intense interest iu at Presi- dential campaign has ever beeo felt or manifested than iu the content which baa just closed, 'i bu hearty aud enthusiastic uard older campaign of 1810, reaultiug iu the triumph of Oeu. liarrisuu (" Old I,|.[ecauce i over Martin Van Bureu (Little "Matty Van"), and the more notable aud better remembered oaoipngu of l-'.O, when Abraham Lincoln (Father Abraham Ui.cle Abe Honest Ola Abe Ihe Rail Splitter of the Went) beoaiue tbe choice of the people aa their chief in tbe dark and troublous da>ys of doubt aud uncertainty that foreshadowed the utoriu of secession aud treason, so soon to burst in its fury upon tbe laud though be tu were oampaigus of remarkable interest and historical importance - are yet BUI [>*ased by the one now closing, both in iuteunity of (eeliug and partic an bitteruess. The close of President Arthur's term of office on tbe 4th of March next will com- plete tbe tweuty-fourth Presidential term of four years eaoh since the adoption of the Federal Constitution. During tin* priod of ninety tix years tweuty-one different persons have occupied that high efface. Of tbeae seventeen were elected aud four succeeded to lib honor* frtm the Vice- Presidency upon tbe death of the President. Of tbe seventeen elected, two viz., Thomas Jtffersou (for his first term) aud Jobu i ,11111. cy Adam* were elected by tne House 1 Representatives iu accordance witb the constitution, tbe electoral college* in these two lustauoes having failed tu make a choice, aud one viz , Kutherford B. Hayes was declared elected upou tbe ascertained results as declared by an electoral oommie- sion specially created to adjudicate tbe dirputed ai.d memorable eltction of 17>'> Seven Presidents were re elected to a second term viz., Washington, Jelif.aou, Mtdi- son, Monroe, Jack>oe,, Lincoln and Grant - and t an to but a single term vi/. , John Adams, hi* sou, John i^jiuoy Adams, Van Burea, Harri>ou,l'olk,'laylor, 1'ieroe, Buchanan, Hayes aud Garoeld. The contingent Presidents have txt-u Jubu Tyler, Millard 1'illmore, Andrew Juliui-uu aud Chester A. A rtbur.they *uccc ding to the I'rendeLC) upon 1'ie dualu of Harrison, Taylor, Liooolu atd GirtielJ, roi ec iv.ly. But two ex Presidents are now livu.* - jen. Ulystes 8. Graut and liulherford B. ilayes. When (?) is inaugurated, March 4th uexf, Cheator A. Arthur will make the third, should neither be removed ly death before that tiuis. DuriLg the eight years of USD. Grams Presidency, *giuniug March lib, !-', ex-1'rundeuts ,'ierce, Fillmore aud Jobuaon died in the irder named. Oeu. Graut wa, therefore, upon bis retirement from tbe Wbite Uuu>e u 1-77, tbe ouly living t \ I'resideut, tui* it-lug the only lustanoe of tbe kind sinew 're. i In. t Waabinittou retired to private ife iu 1 Washington's tint inauguration tock >laoe in tbe city ol New York nis second Philadelphia, where Jubu Adams was ilso inaugurated. Jefiarscu wa* tbe rirst 'resident maturated at Waaniugion, here all subs* queut inaugurations have taken plsos, with tbe posil>le exoe| tion of uat of Prisidenl Arthur. Tbe Vice - President being in Naw York city at the time of tbe 1'rewideut s death, tbe oath of ffice wss administered to bim at his resi- dence iu that oity by Judge Brady. GSD Grant was tbe youugeHt of the Presidents wbau inaugurated, being 47 ; ierce and Uaifidd were 4'.) , 1'nlk aud 'illmore, 50 ; Tyler. 61 : Lincoln, .12 ; Van Buren aud Taylor, 55 ; Wasbiugtoa and .lobnsoo, 67 ; Jefferson, Madinou and oun 1,'uiuoy Adams, .1" ; Monroe, *<:< ; John Adams aud Jackson, i>2 ; Buohauan, 6'> ; larusou, i.-. Uailielddied tbs youngest, not having reached his ">0tb birthday. Polk was .11 at lis death , Lincoln, .1; ; I'ieroe, 65 ; Tay- or, >'ii , Waabiogton and Johnson, 67 ; larriHon, >.t ; Tyler and Monroe, 73 ; Fill- more, 71, Buchanan, 77; Jaoksou, 7H '. Van Bureu. HO . John V imoy Adams, N l ; lifferaon, :( , MidiEOn. ","> ; Jobu Adam*, 1. Nine Ststaei of tbe t'nion have thus far uruisbed all the Pretideuto, and from ten I' ales have ooiue all tbe Vice Presidents. 1 lu> following (able gives tbe names of tba iute tbst have nupplied tbe PreHideuta, aud tbe number of years each ha* bad this lonor : yearn. JO i 10 New York _ Ill* Illl, I , 4| ^uuinians .. 1 <ew Hampshire 4 Vniirvlfnula 4 lllnuls_ ^. U Totsl-179to 1MB6 B6 Attention has been called to tbe fact, more than once alluded to, that no aspirant to I'n sideutittt boner* while name begins with C has been suoceosful. The fact is nore noticeable, perhspx, when we remain- >er that nuch men a* Ueorge Clintoo, D* Witt Cliuton, William U. Crawford, John >. Calboon, Lewiss Cam, llenry Clay and Salmon P. Chase have at different times either been oandidsle* for tbe Presidecoy or their names eeriouely considered by heir countrymen for that high office. The irobable result of tbe present election i* not ikely to lessen tbe significance of this ather singular fact. Anttber tradition that bss frequently wen mentioned, and that will not be dist- urbed whatever may be the result of tbe )resent struggle, is that no candidate has ver yel entered tbe Whits House from the ienate. Oeu. Gunald, although a senator- lent, wss actually a member of the house rhen elected president that being tbe only instance where a citizen while holding a seat in tbe House of Representatives has >een elected to the Senate aud a little urther on selected by tbe whole people as their chief magistrate. We have bad pre- identswbo have served in the Senate, but no one has been chosen to that office who wa* a senator at tbe time of hi* election. Phis is a noticeable fact, because the 'uiied States Senate is our highest delib- erative body, and it* rolls embrace largely ihe illustrious name* in our political history. The people teem to have tamed to the army for a president whenever dmtiu t d snooefs in the field baa given them the opportunity to so show their gratitude for valor and perhaps more wise and sagacious statemen in the senate have been bidden to wait. Leaving out of the list Washington, soldier aud atatesman both, for be was "first iu wsr and first in peace," we have only to mention tbe name* of Jackson, lUrn-on, T>lor and Grant to prove the a- - jrlioi; . Gen. Boot t wa* reslly tbe ouly conspicuous aud dmtiuguitbed soldier of tbe country who baa not been thus honored, and even uix 8nooensful oppo- nent wi - Gen. Fraukliu Pierce of (more or lesk) Mexican war fame. Hayes' modest but oreditsble war record undoubtedly aided him iu bis lucky .-trike, aud the more valuable military services) of Garfleld, although not of tbe highest rank, beyond doubt largely endeared him to tbe people. But for tbis hearty and enthuaiattio feeling of gratitide to our military heroes which is quite natural aud pardon- able it would be difficult to under- stand why ibe claims of uuoh eminent aud sagioioua meu as have adorued the Keuate of the I'uited Stat< - in years gone by bave been repeatedly ignored or passed by for meu ooufeseedly not tueir nupeiior* alas 1 in more than one instsuoe not their equals in the wisdom, sagacity and ezperioLoe neeetsary to preside over a great uanou at pence with all the world. Of tbe sixteen elected Presidents.but seven cocoped sent* iu the Senate before their eleoueiu, aud of the ouuiiugeut or accidental Presideute but two. Audrew Johnson wa* a Senator from Tennessee both previous to bis election tu tbe Presidency aud after the expiration of bis term of cftioe recalling tbt> fact that John ij Jiuoy Adam* served in tbe Uouxe of Kepresentttive* after having been 1'resuleut. These two notable msuuoe* are the oily ones iu our butory wbere ex -Presidents have re-entered public life. Bv[lalo Kipreu. Aftrriar n.i>. iiion 01 K. I I It U an instructive lesson in national history, sajs tbe "British Quarterly He- view," to mark the terrible retribution that followed the insurrection <f 1M1. It led to ciue bloody aud distracted yearn, in which tbe country waa devastated from eud to end, and it*) population reduced by- more than oue-tbird. Cromwell came a* tbe messenger of doom in lil'i. Tbe Urogtaeda aud Wexford mssnaoreo, the execution of tbe l.iill murderers in due course of law, the ooub'soatiuu of the laud of three provitces, aud the trausplantation of all tbe Cttuuhoa of Ireland to tbe bleak nogs aud mountains of Cjunaugut, tell their own in>prenive story. Mont tf tbe native landlords were iwept away to make room for a new Protestant proprietary, who have since securely hold thuir ground for to oeuturu . Before tbe r>btluon the Irish poeMMcd two-thirds of tbe laud : ia ten years they held only one third. The ualive races sank down into povert) and insiguiti- canoe. Twios agaiu they made a d> sperate- effort to shake i U tbe domiuiou of Kuglaud once at the revolutiou, and ngniu in the rebellion of IT'.iH, when they were warmly supported by Protestant allieH . but the ouly iftect of tbe first itruggle wi the penal laws, aud tbe effect of the sejoLd was the 1 >ng delay of Catholic emancipa- tion. But, wori-e than all, the events of liill Mill act with a living force upon tbe ilitical relations of Irishmen, aud are the true explanation of the de< p aud apparently tourakle animosity which animatee thke tbe NatiocaliklK and tbe Orangemen of the country. II r i.i.i,. i ! The man who didn't bet on tbe election is tbe most sorrowful ohsp in tbe oouutry. lie nrmly realized tbree months ago ju-i bow it would turn out, and he meant to put up at least a hundred dollars iu money, >ix hat*, four canes, live boxes of cigars and gloves eutugb to last bim ten years. For some reason be didn't do it. He knew that delays were dsugerous, but he kept letting go to get a tx tier bold, and the ballot boxes closed without his having mad* a wager. There was still time Tuesday evening before the returns began to nhow op. He knew exactly bow every State bad gone, and be could tiijure tbe general result to a dot, but when men shoot greenbacks uuder hi* nose and teuderly advised bim to put up or shut up be didn't go down into his pocket. He felt sorry for 'em. All the westber prophet* predict a bard winter, and be didn't want to feel that hi* winning a wager would take the shoes off of obil dreu's feet aud bread out of their mouths. And tlius it came about that tbe far-seeing, sous-of sevei th-souiobaps, who could bave told auy of UK four week* ago how to win a Jersey oow or a trotting horse, are about the ouly men in this country who won't win or lose s cent's worth. They might as well have made a enol hundred thousand apuoe, but they oouldu't bring theumelve* to do It. I>ftroit Frrr Prni. Tbr .t tnoi '. I- 1, , I. ,1. Governors were elected in sixteen States on Tuesday, aud below is given the resultH, bowing ten Kepubl canx, live Democrats and one (Indians) yet in doubt : rado Henj. II Kuton, Kep. i Kiinrcitcut I*o Chinee ly tlir people but tbe Legldntlirewill ele< III. > llarruun, Hop. J-'lorl'la K. A. I'erry DHIII. Illuo!* Btahard J. Ogles**, itep. Indiana Probably i-uu> M.drtv, Dem. KaiiHas Jehu A alartlu, Kf]v MasmwhDultf Uecirge O Hulimton, Kep. kllclii^nn HMH|| A Alger, Itep. Minn, in- John H. Uarniaxluka, Kep. Nebraska ./auu-n K I'nw. H. h, i> New Hamiwhire NII election by tlio penple, but Moody Currier, Hep., will be elected by ibe L*gl*lat*jf*, Nurtli Carolina Allrc.l U. Scalen. Dem. South ( aroliua K. T. Ttoninon, Llvin. TennuMee W. H. Hit*. Deui. Trxas John Irelsml. Ui in. Wiscon.ln .leremlah M. Kiink, Kep. A I ..inn, . I , In, , .. At a fancy ball st the Hotel d'Albe, the Pricoes* Mathilde wan, I bear, dressed as an Indian, and bad her skin dyed brown. Her dress wa* ef the scantiest, very ireollftt, her arms bare up to the shoulders, witb a narrow band by way of sleeve, fastened witb a brooch. Tbs body was slit under the arm to tbe waist, show- ing the skin. Tbe drapery behind wa* transparent, which she was probably not aware cf, as che had not disd her ikin in that particular place, and tbe < fteot wa* awful. from " Htmoin of an tx-tlini*trr," by Lord Malmetbury. Vermont ha* two women toting as mail can ier*. Rev. Joseph Oook* i* going to ipend the winter among the Nova Sootia blue noeev. Count Bismarck abhors steel pens and a goof* quill. I M' I -!> A I>|DHUI|( f/arirv Blti I* flu - All ih. U'orhrarsi Hilled A I UHIM. HlBCb, I ii 'III. . IM.liil. l. -iro.. i.. ih. ISswtk and Mi MCM MU.D. a i. Uralk. A last (Thursday) night's Heading, Pa., denpaieh says : The dynamite worka of 1 1 \V Stumps v Co., near Ktumpsburg, blew up this afternoon, shakiug up tbe oouutry for a distance of ten to twenty miles. The works ooneistsd of five buildings, tbe timbers of which were Bent fljiug in all directions, uotblog remaining but the foundation*. All the mu iu tbe buildings were killed, so tbe oau>e of tbe explosion oan never be kuowu. Tbe buildiugs con- taiued an unusual quantity of dyuatnite, aud the terrinc shock was heard ut Resul- ing, twenty miles away. Wiudows were brokeu in mauy houses in Stouohenburg, three-quarters of a mile dibtact. People were knocked off their feet, mirrors and pictures were shaken tff the wallH, a church aud several homes were no routed. Xbe victims were literally blown to atom*. At Rubesonia, ten mile* from Btouohesbnrg, a number of masous were working at tbe bottom of Ferguson <v Co.'s furnace smoke stack, wbioh they were relining with new fire brick. Tbe stack was probably a hun- dred feet bigb, and was nearly completed. Ten or fifteen men were in the stack, some at the bottom, other* on scaffolding above. Just as tbe shook of the dynamite explosion was felt, tbe stack quivered, tbere was a rumbling noise, followed immediately by a great deluge of brick*, completely burying six men in the bottom of the stack. If not instantly killed they will be burned to death, a* tbe scaffolding ia burning aud they cannot be reaohid The names of the burued are Jas. Iteed, David Beokley, Henry Bpaniiler, David M. Parson*, Monroe Peiffer, Fred Foreman. Henry Putt and four or nve otbers are wounded. Tbe excitement i* lutense, crowds of peeple. including rela- tives of the unfortunate men, surrounding tbe stack. I ' p to 11 o'clock bat two bod ies were recovered. It is thought tbe otbers were burned to a crisp. Tbe damage to tbe furnace i* estimated at fSS.OOO. Tbs uaui'N oi the men in tbe exploded buildings are Frank tilatz, Joseph Kraus aud Frank I i t muni oi .Mrw in.llu .1- A Rome cablegram says : Pi pe Leo XIII. hell a Consistory yiti-terday, at which His Holiness created tbe following C'ardinaJs : Monsiguor Ganttlbauer, Archbn-hnp cf Vienna, Austrian ; Monsignor QtMall / y Djaz Tuuoo, ArehbisLop of St Mile, HI an- lard ; MonHi^uor Celeaia, Arth' mbop of Palermo ; Moosignor Masnaia, the vener- able African missionary ; Monsiguor Merosi-Uori, Secretary of the Cousislorial Legislation ; Monsiguor Lanreizi, Am-emor of tbe Holy Office ; Mousignor Maaolti, Secretary of tbe Congregation of limbops and Regular*, aud Morwgoor Verga, Secretary of the Congregation of tbe Coun- cil. There are still seven vacancies iu tbe Sacred College, exoluxtve of one creation reserved inprttu nuoe tbe l.ith December. 1880. In bis allocution fie P. pa referred to tbs painful position in which tbe bead of the Church wa* | laced, and tbe trials through which tbe Oburob m uow passing. He dwelt with fe' vent thankfulness on tbe progress thst tbe Catholic faith was makiug throughout the woi 1 1, aud ei- pecially iu tbe I'uittd States. Cirral /!.. ! Mawln. A Madrid cablegram says : The deatruo- tion, both of life aud property, iu tbe eastern and southeastern Provinces has been very great. Report* its most dis- trensiug us' jre bave been received from Alicante, Almeria and Valencia. In tbe last Proviuoe the town of Hueoa suffered fearfully. Tbe teovnl raius caused tbe River Magro to overflow it* banks, inundst ing all the low lying country around. Farms have been destroyed, buildings swept away, and several live* lot. Sorbas, in Almeria, was also a severe sufferer. Tbe mountain streams, swollen by raiu, nave swspt the low lands, aud in an adjacent village a very dintresi>ing lots of life IH reported. A farmer, while endeavoring to save some cat le, was wat-hed into the river, and was carried along *l rugghug some distance. A soldier swam out to bis rescue, but was dashed against a rook and drowned, and the farmer shortly after sank, in tbe presence of a large camber of persons, who were powerless to renoue him Great distress will prevail from tbe exten- sive destruction of prtpirty. A .rui i Kovallf. A London cablegram says : During tbe present session of Parliament an annual grant of U-VOOO will be asked for Prince Kdward, son of tbe Prices of \Vales, who will attain hi* majority next January. Mr. Labonoher* will without doubt quote Ins ui-ual statistic* about tbe Pricoa of Wales receiving 140,000 a year from tbe consolidated fund and from the Duoby of Cornwall f>3,000. and that he should sup- port bis own children, ignoring tbe fao that the Prince for many years back has been socially filling tbe place of tbe Sover- eign without tbe Royal revenues at bis back. Tbe Radical oproiition will be very small, for bis Royal Highness wa* never more popular with all rank* of society than be i* at present, and any niggardly ptlioy toward* I im would run counter to public sentiment. Tk* 1 1. hswrar 1'lnlssMi. A London cablegram says : A new and curious phase of tbe Tiohborne oaiie is presenting Itself. At a meeting of tbe Booth Stonebam Board of Guardian* tbe question of tbe ohargeability of tbe claim nut's wife to the Union waa discussed. The woman, with two illegitimate children, born during her husband'* imprisonment, has been an inmate of tbe workhouse for some years, and tbe question as to the husband's liability will be raised. Tbe claimant repudiate* bis responsibility, and will not be sorry to see tbe matter brought before the court* to revive public interest, which has fallen very flat, lacking tbe advocacy of tbe late Messrs. Whalley and Guildford Onflow. I. IF*. A .HONAS3TKMV t- ...I. II ..!. III,. . -Thr The Olat> Ware llfporttr lajvuthftt tern psred glats may now take it* .-auk among valuable invention), subject, however, to many defect* in it* present state. Th* tarritorie* of New Ytx'oo and Arizona are in danger of becoming speedily overstocked witb large drove* of young breeding itook from Texar . A monk's day begins at 4 80 s. in., and that breakfast is a very light and hasty matter, taken without formality some- where between H and '.*, no one will be urprined to bear that Kuglish stomachs are r> ady for the principal meal at 12 30. Let us go through a day : At 4.66 pre- ciselyfor punctuality is a great matter the big bell begins tolling for matins. This is tbe intderu equivalent of what used to be called the u iduiKut office. In the thirteenth century the hour was 2 a. m., uow it is 6 ; in seme monasteries on tbe continent it is 4. But in those days they went to bed at sundown or soon aitar 6, while we moderus think U o'clock early. When tbe tower clock baa ceastd strik- ing :> all rise, at a signal given by the Superior, from tbe places where they bave been kneeling and waititg in the chancel, and tbe matin service begins. On ordinary days it lasts an hour aud a quar- ter, and has not much about it of ceremony or litual that oould catch the eye of an on- looker. But on festivals it IH an almost gay scene, aud must begin earlier on account of it* greater protraction. Ou inch ooesuuons a large number are arrayed in alb and eope , tbe organ accompanies tbe chant, and sometimes tbe voices of tbe boy* mingle with the heavier tone* of tbe mocks. These little choristers are selected from ibe abbey school. " Prime " u chained at 7.30 ; tbe oouventical mass- that it, tbe public mam of tbe day in sung at 'J o'clock, and at this tbe whole school assist*. On festivals, this is tbe great celebration cf the day. and is more or less solemn in propor- tion to the greatness of the feast ; a termon often accompanies it. The next Hue that the community are called to tbe church ia for tbe office of " none," and after tbis, at 4.30 comes tbe evening office, or vespers. This, like the mass, u >uog witb organ acoouipai iiueut, aud these two, with m .HUD, make up the more Bolemu of the daily services, at which all are more stringently bound to be present. The flioe of " compline," tbe closing prayer of the day, recited at 8.30, makes the sixth aud la>t lime that the monks ss*mble in tbe church. They tpsnd at least three hours aud a half every day iu this chora! duty on feetivals much u.tre ; it ia one of the priLcipal employment* of monastic life. The order ci the day nevor varies, with the single exception that ou Sundays aud very great festivaU the high maps takes plaoe at 10 o clock, for tbe convenience of Ihoae " outsiders " who frequent the abbey church, aud who might think U o'clock rather early. Tbe remainder of the. day is filled up iu 'livers ways, in the dis- charge of tbe various occupation* which each bao assigned to bim. From Ih* eud of onmpline till the eud of prim* of tbe following moruiug is a time of tbe strictest silence aud recollection ; not a word must Da spoken for anything short of the gravest neoassity, and no work or business is done. 1 1 1* the time for tbe uigl tly rest, and for mf dilation and private prayer. Out wbeu prime is unit-bed the active work of tbe lay begins. Foremost among this is the work of teaebiug ; for the mouliH of thai* day* still maintain thsir ancient tradition of education, aud the school is an almost ntogral part of a monattio establishment. The Nineteenth Century. I oil! lit Or' Pl.%. WHITING. l-mlir. I.MWirr* <! I'lrrka UrluM' f lM..M M . ,. ,*,<, 'I II Illl.. ,, .1. An acquaintance of mine, who is in and out of I.Hitern magazine editorial rooms a good deal, tells me that only a small pro- portion of tbe cords of manuscripts each eoeives comes from, Chicago, says the Inter Ocean, fewer, in fact, than from any great city in the oouutry. Wbeu plays are meu- ued almost tbe reverse is to be said. Mobody knows, nobody oan guesn, bow many masculine and feminine Cbiosgo minds bave struggled and are ttruggliog to jroduoe " works for tbe stage . " but if one takes the word of every popular actor who comes to town, the number of aipir- ng dramatists must be appalling. One of Ibe I'niou Square Theatre manager* told me hi* bouse received an aversge of about ten piece* a week, aud every other stock theatre in New York about tbe fame. " We religiously read them," be it id, " for the chance of finding a piece of merit is just a* alluring to a mausger as in tbe possibility of having bis work aocnpted stimulating to a young writer. Very few, indeed, bave any merit, or can auy {Mwsibihty be adapted to tbe stags. Hull tbe hunt for another ' Two >ri uauH ' goes on, with tbe foitnne a suc- cessful piecx is sure to coin glowing in tbe distance. Play-writing is a lottery, with 20, COO blanks for one prise. And when ever) body who want* to oan find out by asking that Hims make* $150,000 a year writing plays, tbut Gilbert has grown rich, and Bouoioault, also, by tbe same means, bat Marsdeu, Minder, Belaaoo and Camp II live in elegance on their royalties, tbat 3rocson Howard made J:t."i.OUO by tbe Banker's Daughter and sipped besides, >nd indeed they all do, tbe cup of intoxi- cating adulation a delightful public holds out when tbat is known, oan yon wonder country schoolmasters, struggling lawyers, needy oltrko, men and women, write on for the oue prizo among so mauy blank* ?" o.l 01 li.llll.,,,,1 I ,, ,,!,,,,, .,,, The average life of a railway oar is ter, rears. It i* estimated tbat there are 500,000 oan in tbe country ; benoe 50,000 a year must be built to keep up tbe supply. Three thousand feet cf lumber for eaoh oar equals 150,000,000 feet a year. Tbe ties f< r the 1U1.7H2 mile* of track at 2.600 to the mils, which on the average last six yean, require 1,685,377.056 feet, board measure, every year. Thu*, to keep tbe roadbed and oars in repair, to say nothing of new work, oalls for 1.7H5 377,066 feet of wood, which nearly one-fourth tbe entire output of the mills of tbe Northwest, and almost one- twelfth tbat of all the mills in the Coited States. When we add tbe vast amount used in building locomotives, depots, fences, cattle pan*, etc., and on many roadt a* fuel, to say nothing of tbs forest fires kindled by i- parks from the engines, we oan see that the railroads make a heavy draught on our timber. Clifton W. Tayleure, theatrical manager gavs bail yesterday to answer on an indict- ment charging him with asmalt and bat- tery, committed in September upon A. K. Fulton, of the Baltimore American.