Hjiagraplpral. 
THE PRINCESS DORA DTSTRIA. 
TnE Italian Princess Elena Giiika, wide¬ 
ly ami favorably known as an author under 
the mm de plume of Dora D’Istria, has of 
late become such a prominent literary char¬ 
acter that a portrait of the lady, and a brief 
sketch of her career, must, prove interesting 
to American readers. We therefore give a 
life-like “counterfeit presentment” of Hie 
Princess, engraved for the Rural New- 
Yorker from a recent photograph furnished 
by Capt. CvESau Moreno, an intelligent and 
accomplished Asiatic traveler and naviga¬ 
tor, now a resident of New York—to whom 
we are also indebted for the data of the fol¬ 
lowing biographical sketch: 
The Princess Elena is the daughter of 
Prince Michael ami Princess Catharine 
Ghika of Itoumunia, where she was born 
in 1831. Her education was entrusted to 
tbe illustrious Professor OoEooiuus I’av- 
rADOPOLOSOf Athens. She now ranks among 
the most distinguished literary women of 
the age. The Italian gentleman already 
rclcrred to (Capt. Moreno) claims that the 
Princess has all the qualities of a philoso¬ 
pher, with broad views and profound erudi¬ 
tion—a deep thinker, ardent, of generous 
sympathy, and withal a noble heart for 
everything that is human. 
An extraordinary honor has recently been 
conferred upon the Princess. The Stufl'ctta, 
a Naples journal, relates the circumstances 
as follows:—“ We have elsewhere spoken of 
the annual least which the literary society, 
1/1 lelicon, celebrates in Smyrna, in the prin¬ 
cipal city of Asia Minor, in honor of its 
honorary president. Although, from time 
t<» time, wc have alluded to the sympathy of 
the East towards the Princess Dora D’ls- 
TttiA, authoress of ' I.rx Fan mat D’Orient' it 
must he confessed Unit the presaof the West 
Inis not given a full account of the honor 
conferred on her, with an unanimous vote, 
by the Elective Chambers of the Kingdom 
of Greece, in giving her the title Mcgali 
Poliiissa (Grande Citoycnnc). This is not a 
title Conferred by ordinary naturalization, or 
by the act which the French call‘grande 
naturalization.’ The Greek nation in an ex¬ 
ceptional manner confers the highest title in 
its power on the persons whom she wishes 
to honor peculiarly. Thus she has conferred 
the same title on Lord Byron, who conse¬ 
crated his life to the defense of Grecian lib¬ 
erty, on Alexandre Marro Ookdatus, the 
illustrious defender of Missolonghi, and on 
Constantino Canauis, immortalized by his 
struggles against the followers of Mahomet. 
The heroic Admiral and the Princess Dora 
D’Istuia are the only two living persons 
who now enjoy this extraordinary honor.” 
The Princess is now residing in Florence. 
Many ot her articles on Italy have been 
translated into almost every European lan¬ 
guage and widely circulated. Her able 
work on “The Gulf of Spezzia” avus trans¬ 
lated Into eleven languages. She is the 
author of many excellent books, especially 
the “ / ainayam an Indian poem, and 
“ Fbmmes pur une Fannie," which last 
is filly called the Golden Book of her sex. 
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THE SCULPTOR ROGERS. 
Rev. Dr. IIukst writes to the Methodist: 
In no place out of the United Stales does an 
American feel more justly proud of his coun¬ 
try than in Rome. Our princes of art are 
there—Story, Rogers and Buchanan Read— 
are continually creating, drawing their in¬ 
spiration and lessons from ancient master¬ 
pieces and the very soil they tread and the 
aii they breathe, and sending constantIv to 
their native country the ripe fruits of their 
genius and toil, 
Rogers has a magnificent physique, and 
knows no such thing as bodily ailments. One 
oi us remarked, during our brief stay with 
him, that it was getting pretty late in the 
season to visit Rome, but that even a long 
resilience in the city had evidently been of 
110 detriment to him. He said, substantially: 
Rome is as healthy a place to live in as 
there is. All this talk about the dangerous 
climate here is nonsense. People can kill 
themselves by overwork in one place as 
easily as in another, and when Americans 
come here and recklessly expose themselves, 
and do a week's work at sight-seeing in a 
single day, no wonder they die, aud that 
everybody then says , 4 What a dangerous 
place Rome is !’ I have been here nearly a 
quarter of a century, and have not been 
sick yet; 1 have been here, too, all the year 
rouml, and of course, nobody can make me 
believe that this climate is unhealthy, if you 
only lake it right.” 
One who lias been in Munich is familiar 
with some of the main works in llie studio of 
h gel's by having seen the casts, or models 
’bem, in the bronze foundry there. But 
ki,< “ Lincoln Issuing the Emancipation 
toclamadou ” I had not seen. It had only 
just been cast in Munich, and the week we 
' me 1,1 Rome it was to start from Hamburg 
■or America. 
(opirs. 
A HEW HUMANE INSTITUTION. 
t . * & . b ave been most eagerly sought for. It will 
octal (Louies. commend itself to every one having had i 
^ * similar experience. And we notice it is ro- 
~ - • — ■ - ceiving the active countenance and cucour- 
A NEW HUMANE ’INSTITUTION ■'•gctient of such eminent physicians as 
_ ’ Edward Delafikld, Willard Parker, 
There is no more dreary, forlorn place Austin Flint, Wm. H. Hammond, An- 
for one to he sick in than a hotel or hoarding drew H. Smith, A. Clark, Alfred C. 
house in this Metropolitan City. It would Post, Frank H. Hamilton aud many 
he about as comfortable to he ill in the great others of equal prominence. 
North Woods. With rare exceptions, the — 
effort is to get sick persons out of the house A FRENCH SOLOMON. 
as quickly as possible, no matter what finan- A ship was abouTuTsTtart from Havre for 
end means they may_ 
command; a ih.1 w|ili ^ ~~ 
nursing and a cuisine 
especially adapted to TI-IJU JMilJVCKSS DORA DTSTRI 
the needs of invalids 
dWotrfs ix nit dWanncrs, 
MINTWOOD’S CONVERSAZIONE. 
A Hru niir.il Knncy Tilly— How to IHitke It. 
Take a square piece of clear new hook 
muslin or Swiss, of the size you wish for a 
tidy, making allowance for a hem an inch 
and a half broad. Alter il is hemmed, lay 
it smoothly upon a piece of clean cloth of 
“no account.” Have neatly pressed a va- 
__ rioty of leaves—forest 
x. leaves furnish hcauti- 
\ ful shapes. Arrange 
\ a few in each corner, 
as if you were to I race 
them for embroidery. 
Around the center 
arrange others in a 
| wreath. When this is 
done, and they are 
well enough secured 
in their places so as 
not to he easily dis¬ 
lodged, sprinkle the 
handkerchief with In¬ 
dia ink. A Very line 
sprinkler should ho 
used, so as not to 
- saturate it too heavily, 
:nul thereby eiuise 
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THE JTRIJSCKSS JDOIT.V D’lSTRIA. 
Itlcncliiiiur Hull Mill’- 
Nl‘il l<‘M. 
Minnie, Eleven Ma¬ 
ples, Pa. — To bleach 
your buff pique white, 
lids institution be first-class in every respect, fUl oldel to !u r<! *t the mother and Hie child, 
and Hull Hie charges he such as to render it It chanced that three or four young Ger- 
—where each can he attended by his or her America. Dn hoard was a young German try boiling il in strong soap suds and 
own physician, instead ofbeing forced, as in Woma "’ " ko ; kllvlu K deserted her husband spreading it in the sun. If any render can 
the private rooms of our hospitals, to accept, aml ,ilken Wll,k kcr b<fl' little girl, had cm- give her a better suggestion, please do so. 
the services of a stranger. barked with her lover. The ship was about , 
It is proposed that Ihuaccommodations at k) anehoi, when the telegraph brought llllrt 
this institution he first-class in every respect, au oltle ‘' l ” alT f *; ll,e motho1 ' aml ll,e cl ‘ ikl ' This pretty affair for the laddies is at once 
and that the charges be such as to render it chancetl three or four young Ger- g0 comt'orUAblo and jaunty, and so easily 
self-supporting, hut still such tlmt the total " mns on lmanl w '"‘ lhel f chl1 ' litshioned by clever fingers, that it will 
expense shall he less than at a first-class ho- dl0 "' ^scription of the lug.l.ve p ,, )Vo fl pop „| ttr , jut ainong Hie little fellows 
tel or hoarding-house. There will he no ex- ™ Uc . ien . t ’ " ,csc women having for snn „, , jme (o come lt is nm(U . of nn 
orbitant charges by professional nurses, ,im 1 , 1 ®“ llh , 2 f kl ? t>n oval piece of pique 18 inches long aml 111 * 
siuce the Sisters of St. Mary, of the Episco- J “l ®® V0,y ?'? CU ^ ° ®* 1 inches wide, which is then laid in regular 
pal Church, offer to take the entire manage- ( 1,! ? , bnnaH3lne '' ’ th,i t)ft ™ el ' ,lC ' folds below, reducing the head width to 18 
nient of the institution without charge; and V,, 1 “ ° ' l 'T,' * Iu . il8 * clnl,led l0 ; inches, and is finished with acnmbric bimf- 
hitving lmd hospital training, they will net 11,0 " 0,ne " w,ll ‘ lk, ' u ' clllk,, ' on ' am ing inch wide, liuving a thick cord laid 
as nurses and receive and carry out, the orders 1 lll « g‘onp was formed, approaeheil h| ti, (! i^tt^-r gives Hie foundation the ro¬ 
of physicians. There will, therefore, he no ll,eln ’ and il1 German 4 lliuiko! q lliret i st jff «dgo. A stripe of cambric 2HU 
additional cost for board for nurses, no %**’ ' a VV ' 1 °„ , f ll Cry " 1S 1,W ' ' l ' Vl ^ inches long, in the middle (Hi inches wiite 
charge (as at hotels) for extra attendance or 0111 } * ll ."f 1 1 J ’’ " liuiun,l > 8,lK ’ and at each end 3 J,.< inches wide set on ill 
for meals served in rooms. " ,IC 1110 1,110 |i‘»ocents, hurst mg into qi|i |i 8> trim8 secn fi , 0 |,. ont ljaIr ol - tllc 
Aud yet there will he nothing in the man- t, ' !US - |,a ’™’ k,, ‘ ftw ;W- L (! '' horvet. The lop is finished with a piece of 
iigement to suggest, nor is it the intention go back to hiiu. 1 he mother betrayed wlljle sareeuot.ribbon one inch wide, sewn 
to make it, a charitable institution, in any 1,01 u " mlJon » wns rtiC 0 ^ ,,z f <1 > aud dc jj! lll!d ' on twisted, with a how in the middle. The 
respect. Only those wiio can command the ' Vlls boIomon 1,1010 ro,u| y U,au ll,w <>lllcei ' • outer edge is next trimmed with a gathered 
self-supporting, hut still such tlmt the total 
expense shall he less than at a first-class ho¬ 
tel or boarding-house. There will he no ex¬ 
orbitant charges by professional nurses, 
since the Sisters of St. Mary, of the Episco¬ 
pal Church, offer to take the entire manage¬ 
ment of the institution without charge; and 
having lmd hospital training, they will net 
as nurses and receive and carry out, the orders 
of physicians. There will, therefore, he no 
additional cost for board for nurses, no 
charge (as at hotels) for extra attendance or 
for meals served in rooms. 
And yet there will he nothing in the man¬ 
agement to suggest, nor is it Hie intention 
to make it, a charitable institution, in any 
respect. Only those who can command the 
means to pay the charges can receive the 
advantages proposed. It is designed to sup ■ 
mans were on board with their chil¬ 
dren. The description of the fugitive 
was insufficient, all these women having 
clear complexions, aml her identification 
was in consequence very difficult. To get 
out of this embarrassment, the officer be¬ 
thought him ot a mm. He assembled to¬ 
gether the women av ilh their children, aml 
when tin: group was formed, approached 
them, and said, in German :—“ Think of 
poor, dear papa, who is crying far awav 
from his little girl," “ Oh, mamma,” said 
one of the little innocents, bursting into 
tears, “papa, who is crying faraway. Let. 
us go back to him.” The mother betrayed 
Iter emotion, was recognized, and detained. 
Was Solomon more ready than this officer V 
frill, which has an embroidered edge, snr- 
Struggle on to Victory.— -Never give mounted by an edge of lace. For winter softer 
FIG 1. —Pique Berret for Little Boys.—(In Front.) 
^ 1 ■'! 2 - Pique B'.-r.-et tor Little Boys. At the^Daek.) 
l ft'owu is only a j and warmer material, such us cashmere, or 
ply the need, which is felt by strangers and up when you are right. A frown is only a and warmer material, such as cashmere, or 
the large class who hoard at hotels, &c., of muscular contraction, and can’t last long, merino can be used, requiring of course a 
a home, and home comforts and attentions A laugh of derision is but the modified stiff foundation of net. 
during illness. And the proposition com- barking of a cur. If you can be laughed __ 
mends itself to us because we have had not out of the good, or the good out of you, you White lace veils, dotted with black, are 
a little hotel experience under conditions are weaker in intellect than the fool, whose very much worn now-a-days, and are be- 
wheu such a haven as is proposed would I argument is a guffaw, or logic a sneer. 
coming quite fashionable. 
DISCOURAGED. 
11V JKAN FLOYD. 
THE years are passing; ono by one 
i count them sadly ns they go— 
Wlmfc treasures liavo 1 over won, 
Wliat work have l to show t 
All lofty possibilities 
To iny first (hoc/,led sight were given : 
This world to me lmd been, through these. 
Its own ideal hue veil. 
And now, with longing and regret, 
Fur oif | see the prize unwtin, 
And if I would, can not forgot. 
All that. 1 should have done. 
A votary of Art. and Song, 
Time's harvest fields about me shine,— 
The golden sheaves are ripe and strong,— 
Not one of them is mine. 
And must my life henceforward ho 
One vatu lament lar wasted years ? 
Is there no future loll for me, 
But one of dreams or tears? 
I know not1 have seen the night 
Fold all the vale in shadows gray ; 
Above, the eastern lulls were bright 
With signal-lighfs of day. 
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ones for |{uralists. 
A CAR ROMANCE. 
A train hound for St. Louis had just loll 
the depot at Bcllcfoiilsiiiio when a gentle¬ 
man entered llio smoking-car and laid Ids 
hand upon the shoulder of his traveling 
companion—a tall, handsome man of thirty, 
who sat, musingly blowing rings of smoko 
into the air. 
Marry," said the new comer, “ if you 
want to scent once the sweetest and sad¬ 
dest sight you ova' beheld,go into the last 
car lint one on the train. Theio’s an emi¬ 
grant German woman, vviili four little chil¬ 
dren, and during l he alleriiooii Hie youngest, 
a baby, has died. The mother aud the other 
children are inconsolable.” 
“ 1 can understand,” interrupted the 
smoker, “ the sadness of such a scene, but 
where is the sweetness you spoke of?” 
“ I’m coining to that. The \\ hole party 
have been taken In charge by a young ladv. 
Such a beauty 1 Sim’s dried the mother’s 
tears, and wiped the children's notes. She’s 
a divinity! She only needs a few lent hers 
on her.shoulder-blades to make a full-fledged 
angel of her. If I was not a married man, 
I’d never leave her till I’d made Mrs. Angel¬ 
ica Townsend out of her.” 
“ That’s a speech I shall faithfully report 
to -Airs. Agnes Townsend,” said the gentle¬ 
man addressed as Marey, rising. “ 1 shall 
go hack aud feast my eyes on this beautiful 
Sister of Charily; and,” lm added, taking 
his traveling satchel and slmwl from Hie 
rack, “ as we slop at the next station, winch 
is due in ten minutes. I may as well take 
my traps through with me, and join you on 
the plat form.” 
Thus saying, Richard. Marey threw his 
shawl over Ids shoulder, and sauntered lei¬ 
surely through the long train — rushing 
blindly aiul calmly to his fate. For, ns he 
entered the lust, car hut one, lie became a 
witness and an actor in a scene that inllu- 
enccd his future life. 
The poor, grief-stricken German, of whom 
his companion, Dr. Townsend, had spoken, 
with the dead infant ill her arms, sat silently 
Weeping over the little, dead face. 
The three sturdy children grouped in 
childish sorrow about their little dead broth¬ 
er was, indeed, a touching spectacle. But. 
standing beside them was the divinity of 
Dr. Townsend’s admiration, and she who 
was most certainly to “share the ends” of 
the unhappy Richard. 
She was a lull, slender gill of eighteen, 
with magnificent eyes and hair, As he en¬ 
tered the ear she ay as speaking, her lovely 
face flushed, aud the small, rosy mouth dis¬ 
closing a beautiful set of teeth, turned be- 
wilcliiugly toward the tall stranger at the 
door. 
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said the sweet 
voice, “ this poor woman, friendless, speak¬ 
ing no English, with four little children, 
was expecting to find work in St. Louis to 
support them. If everything had gone well 
with her it would have been hard for her; 
but with her little dead baby and her sor¬ 
rowful heart, she is certainly a deserving 
object of charity; and I propose that such 
as feel willing contribute their infto toward 
a little purse for her immediate wants and 
the burial of her poor baby. And,” she 
added, with a bewitching smile, “if any 
gentleman will lend me a hat, I will go 
round and take up a collection.” 
In an instant the gallant Richard pulled 
his traveling cap from his blonde curls aud 
offered it to the Angel of Mercy, who ac¬ 
cepted it with a smile, this time all his own, 
and commenced gathering the readily forth¬ 
coming dollars her generous,graceful appeal 
brought from the purses of all in the car. 
Richard watched t he slender figure in gray 
gathering the money; and looking at the 
plaid cap m the Avhito jeweled fingers, lie 
bethought him of his own donation, and 
stepping to the seat the beauty had just 
