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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
MAY 25 
Champs Elysees become thronged with gak 
promenaders and brilliant equipages, which con¬ 
trast with tho Meres and tourists who have had 
It all their own way there during tho hot months 
of July and August. 
In a handsome sitting-room at one of tho prin¬ 
cipal hotels In Parts, situated )u tho Boulevard 
4es Capacities, lounges Lord Almane, carelessly 
glancing over the Times, Impatiently turning now 
and then lo look at tho French time-piece, with 
which the mantel-piece Is adorned, and betraying 
sundry signs of ennui. The remains of his late 
breakfast wore upon the table, but he did not 
summon a servant, and seemed In expectation of 
a visitor, for when his valet appealed with the 
Information that a person was Inquiring for his 
lordship, he said, eagerly: 
"Show him In at once." 
Two minutes elapsed, when the door was again 
opened, and a tall man, with a pale face and deep- 
set blue eyes, was ushered in. He bowed respect¬ 
fully to the Viscount, hut did not speak, until the 
atter addressed him. Lord Almaue nodded care¬ 
lessly, and began: 
“ Well, Maries, what news this morning?" 
“ There Is none or any Importance, my lord,” 
replied Sir Alan’s servant, for It was he. “ Sir 
Alan and my lady are gone to the Louvre." 
" Does Sir Alan know that t have arrived ?’’ 
“ T believe not. my lord," was the quiet reply. 
“ But 1 told Lady V'lncent’a maid that your lord¬ 
ship was in Paris, and she repeated it to her lady¬ 
ship.” 
“ Who will, of course, tell her husband,” said 
the Viscount, a little Impatiently. 
“ I think not, my lord; although, since their 
rrival In Paris, Sir Alan has resumed his former 
devotion to my lady.” 
The man’s volco was quiet, monotonous and In¬ 
different; but the light blue eyes told a tale of 
eager, cruel resentment,, and the viscount’s vel¬ 
vety dark orbs read It clearly enough, 
A slight shadow passed over the handsome face 
of the young nobleman. 
“But,” went on Murks, “I lie seed sown In Sir 
Alan's heart will bear fruit, my lord. He distrust¬ 
ed his wife once, be will do It again; and Lady 
Cora is too proud to bear suspicion.” 
"You owe your master a grudge, metblnks,’» 
said the Viscount, smiling. “ Why Is It, Marks?" 
“ That Is my secret, my lord,” the man answer¬ 
ed, quietly, but not disrespectfully. 
“Her ladyship Is a devoted wife," remarked 
the nobleman. In a few moments. 
“ Very much so," was the reply; “ but her lady¬ 
ship is proud and passionate; Sir Alan is jealous 
and equally passionate- If two such natures 
clash, my lord, they are not easily reconciled, for 
Lady Cora will stoop to no explanations, and If 
Bhe would Sir Alan would listen to none.” 
“ You are a deep student of character, Marks,” 
remarked Lord Almane, smiling. “ Did you say 
that they were at the Louvre this morning ? Tell 
my man, as you go down, to call a Jlacre, will 
you ?” 
And the viscount gave a cool nod of dismissal, 
which the other returned with a low bow, as be 
went away; and In a few moments Lord Almane 
was driving along the boulevard towards the 
Louvre. 
Although It was yet early when he reached It, 
there were many strollers about the long picture- 
lined galleries, and a tolerable number of artists 
were engaged In copying noted works of art. The 
Louvre was a well “ beaten track ” to Lord Al¬ 
mane, and he passed on Indifferently through tho 
sculpture-rooms, up the broad stone-steps, over 
tho smooth, shining lloors, until, through one of 
the galleries, he caught sight of a tall form—the 
figure of a man of uuusual hlght and grand pro¬ 
portions, with a graceful female form standing at 
his side. One glance sufficed to show him that 
they were those whom he sought; he turned 
round and moved quietly away In another direc¬ 
tion. 
“Yes.lt Is most beautiful, Alan," said Cora, 
BOftly, as they stood before Greuze’s celebrated 
picture or the “ cruche Cassee.” “ I like Greuze’s 
headB, they are so lovely, are they not 7" 
“ You are not singular in your liking” said a 
musical voice at her elbow, and Sir Alan felt 
the little hand resting upon his arm give a con¬ 
vulsive start; and his own Ups drew closer to¬ 
gether over his set teeth as he turned to greet 
Lord Almane. 
“I did not anticipate such an agreoable sur¬ 
prise,” continued the Viscount. “ How long have 
you been In Paris, Lady Cora ?” 
“ A fortnight,” she replied, In a low tone. 
" And your stay will be a long one?” he said. 
“Our movements are uncertain," replied sir 
Alan, coldly. “ Look Cora, this Is the Claude 1 
wanted you to see. Look at the effect of that sun¬ 
set on the hills. Is not that perfect?” 
“Perfect, Indeed," answered the Viscount, 
who raw that Cora could uot speak, and hastened 
to reply for her. “ Nothing beats the Claudes, 
to my mind, In the Louvre.” 
“Are you ill, Cora7” said her husband, 
suddenly, but without the slightest tenderness 
In his voice. “ Would you like to return to tho 
hotel?” 
“ Yes, If you will get me a .finer*, Alan,” she 
said faintly. “ Don’t let me take you away." 
“ Will yot accept my escort, Lady Cora ? I was 
just thinking of leaving the museum when I met 
you. These picture-galleries aro very tiring, are 
they not?” 
“ Are you sure that It will not be taking you 
away, Lord Almane?” said Alan, coldly. 
“If not, 1 sball be glad if you can return to the 
hotel with Lady Vincent. I happen to have Im¬ 
portant business with one. of tho head officials 
here.” 
Lord Almane quietly expressed his willingness, 
and Sir Alan accompanied his wife down to the 
entrance, called a passing Jlacre, and assisted 
her to enter. She was pale and trembling still, 
but as he was about to relinquish her hand she 
clasped his In both her own. 
“ Can you not eeme with me, Alan ?” 
“ Certainly, If you wish It;” and with a hasty 
apoloiry to the viscount, they drove away to¬ 
gether, white Lord Almane returned to his hotel 
noton the whole displeased at the result of the 
mornings work. 
“Did you know Lord Almane was In Paris, 
Cora?" was all Sir Alan vouchsafed to say during 
the few minutes which elapsed as they drove 
from tho Louvre to the hotel bearing the same 
name where they were staying. 
“ Yes." she answered, faintly, for she felt that 
icr hope of peace was over now, and that It was 
the presence or the viscount which had caused 
the change In Sir Alan’s manner. 
“ You seem nervous." he said, quietly, as they 
reached the sitting-room. “ Will you have any 
alvtoe Cora 7” 
“Ob, no,” and sbe tried to laugh. “ 1 shall be 
all right, in an hour or two. Don't let me detain 
you, Alan.” 
And as he went away Cora threw herself upon 
a sofa and burst Into tears. Her position was a 
difficult one and she felt it to be so. Her hus¬ 
band bad never even hi uted at any jealously of 
Lord Almane, but there was no other reason for 
his coldness; and unless the viscount could be 
got. to discontinue his visits and lutoreourBe, a 
breach would be made between them which 
could never be filled up. Aud yet, how could 
sne tell Lord Almane that her husband had not 
perfect trust In her? How could she let. him 
know the doubts by wUlch Sir Alan degraded 
himself and her? She was powerless, and her 
only chance consisted In the utmost circum¬ 
spection and careful avoidance of Lord Almane. 
—[To be continued. 
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RECENT LITERATURE. 
France nnd the Foiled States) their present 
Commercial Relation* considered with reference 
to a Treaty of Reciprocity. Cornprtsine Papers 
by M. Menier, I,eon chottealt, Parkk God¬ 
win and J. 8 . Mookk. New York: G. P. Put¬ 
nam's Sons. Price 26 cts. 
Thb energetic policy pursued by Secretary 
Evarts in the matter of collecting lntormatlon 
respecting the exact state or our trade with for¬ 
eign countries and tho trouble he has been at to 
devise means for Increasing the same; the visit 
to this country of the French Committee who 
have !u view the establishing of a commercial re¬ 
ciprocity treaty between France and the United 
States, and the discussion of the “ Wood Tariff 
BlU" have all combined to keep the question of 
our trade relations with foreign countries before 
the people for several months and to fester an In¬ 
terest In the subject—and a work having any 
bearing on the question la likely to have a large 
circle of readers. 
Tho little manual noticed above Is published 
under the auspices of the New York Free Trade 
Club and la full of suggestive facts and figures. 
We quote from M. Mentor: 
“In ISIS, as In 1865, the Americans commuted a 
great commercial mistake; they wished by rais¬ 
ing their tariff rates to make foreign nations pay 
the debts of the United States. What was the 
result? That foreign commerce deserted them. 
Then a certain number of manufacturers said, 1 So 
much the better) From foreign competition we 
can be Independent; we shall produce all that we 
need; we shall no longer pay foreign tribute.’ 
“ But the crises through which the United Slates 
are now passing, the strikes which have taken 
place, should prove to all the dangers of such a 
system. Products are exchanged for products. 
Such Is the economic law. When a market is 
closed to foreign products, foreign commerce de¬ 
serts It. The foreign nation In Its turn retaliates 
by similar restrictions. Instead of a union of In¬ 
terests, there is a war of Interests. Thou home 
products tlndlug no outlet, glut the market; the 
consequences are plethora aud crises. This Is 
what Is taking place In the United States. In¬ 
stead of applying themselves to the production of 
cotton, coffee, wheat, tobacco, meat and precious 
metals, they wished to compete with the whole 
manufacturing Interests of Europe; hence the 
crises and the failures from which New York has 
perhaps suffered most. 
“ They wished to protect silk by a tariff of sixty 
per cent., aggravated by Custom House red tape. 
Has tbe silk Industry prospered in the United 
States? Did not the great manufacturer of New¬ 
ark threaten, a few months ago, to close his estab¬ 
lishment, or to reduce the salaries of his work¬ 
men fifteen per cent. ? 
“In the United States, twenty miles from St. 
Louis, are mountains of Iran ore ; yot for the last 
throe years the production of Iron has steadily 
diminished: 
1873. 2,868.000 tons. 
1774. 2,68*1,000 “ 
1875 . 2.266 000 " 
1876 ... 2,060,000 " 
“ Why ? Because cast Iron costa about, ii fty-four 
francs more than In Europe; tho raw products, 
tbe workmen, the freight charges, havlug all 
been benefited by the protective tariff. Then tho 
demund stopped. The United States also wished 
to protect tho merchant marine; and they, who 
have splendid harbors, superb rivers and an Im¬ 
mense coast line, and cotton, wheat, woods and 
metals to export, built last year twenty-five 
steamers, of a capacity of 21,000 tons, while En¬ 
gland built 712 sailing vessels and 348 steamers, 
of a capacity of 473,000 tons. Such facta are sig¬ 
nificant.” 
Leon Chottcau, In reviewing the history of thb 
changes in our tariff, Bays : 
“The eight, years of war nearly ruined the 
United States, and Washington in 1790 thought 
best to ask tram Congress a protective tariff. 
Until isle the duties were reasonable. In I8I« 
there was a sudden rise in the rate oi custom 
duties; the war of 1812 with England exhausted 
the treasury, auel foreign commerce was obliged 
to make up the deficit. In 1932 the national debt 
was very nearly wiped out. At the proposal of 
Henry Clay It was decided that every duty of 
more than 20 per cent, ad valorem , should bo re¬ 
duced from year to year, until this uniform rate 
was reached. Toward 1S40, began the agitation 
which has been called the tariff war. Men ltke 
Mr. Carey of Philadelphia wrote books and pam¬ 
phlets In favor of a vigorous system of protection. 
Tho high tariff of 1842 was the result of these 
efforts. 
"In 1857 they went back to the tax of 20 per 
cent. But the South, tour years afterward, re¬ 
belled against the North. 
“ When Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomat¬ 
tox Court House the Republican party by excess¬ 
ive custom duties tried to make manufacturing 
Europe pay thB national debt. In serving the 
Interests of the treasury it was the Intention to 
show thetr strength to England who had armed 
the “ Alabama,” and to Bonaparte’s government 
which had sympathized with the South. To be 
sure Thaddcus Stevens In the House of Represen¬ 
tatives and Charles Sumner In the Senate Cham¬ 
ber were patriotically right. In wishing reprisals. 
They made a mistake In thinking that by keeping 
away English and French commerce they would 
hurt England and France alone: When the duty 
rises from 4 or 5 per cent, to so, 60 or 70 per cent., 
It Is equivalent, to prohibition and ceases to be 
levied because there are no goods to levy on. This 
Is what has been lately shown tn connection with 
the Lyons workmen. The Lyons exporters send 
very little silk to the United States; they suffer 
greatly and the American Custom House receives 
next to nothing from this quarter because It, has 
been too greedy. Such is the situation. 
“The English acted under a wiser Inspiration. 
In 1626 they levied on silk a duty of only thirty 
percent., and the innovation bore fruit so well 
that the manufacturers of Manchester complain¬ 
ed In 1852 of being too much protected by this 
remnaut of protection. They asked relief from 
the government ‘ by abolishing the duty on silk 
goods of foreign origin, not partially or gradually, 
but completely and Immediately.’ ” 
Mr. J. s. Moore shows that out of a total of *46,- 
233,798 of exports to France during 1877 only 2,000,- 
000 were manufactured goods, and it. is to bring 
about a more satisfactory state of affairs for the 
exchange of manufactures that this Commission 
was organized. 
The work concludes with an earnest appeal to 
tho people pf the United States to further the 
good work. " 
Tho Voyage of The Paper Canoe. By N. H 
Bishop. Boston: Lee A Shepard. 
Mr. Bishop Is a practised traveler, whose ob¬ 
servations seem to have been in no way embar¬ 
rassed by the difficulty of koeplng above water 
In such a cranky affair as the paper canoe during 
a voyage from Quebec, along our rivers and 
coast, to the Gulf of Mexico. 
Such a novel method of navigation made him the 
observed of observers of blgb and low degree, and 
Ills voyage was more or less triumphal from start 
to finish. Although escaping narrowly a number 
of times, ho had but one ducking in tlio trip of 
2,600 miles, but on that occasion, in Delaware 
Bay, crew, cargo and ship very nearly ourno to a 
period. 
In South Carolina Ills Journey was an ovation. 
Before leaving the state he spent a day with Gov. 
Aiken on his Island home. We make room for a 
brief extract: 
“Ah w« eat together In that room, where in years 
gone by. Gov. Aiken had entertained his northern 
guests, my kind host freely told me the utory of his 
busy life, whteh sounded like a tale of romance. Ho 
had tried to stay the wild storm of seceaeion." • * 
For several years previous to the war his place yielded 
a net income of fifty thousand dollars. When tbe 
Union Army marched through another part of South 
Carolina, where the Governor had buried the old family 
heirlooms, and had added to the original plate 880,000 
worth of his own purchasing, tho soldiers dug up this 
treasure-trove. • * Thus was plundered an old and 
revered governor—one who was a kind neighbor, a true 
patriot, and Christian gentleman. His persecutions 
did not, however, end with the war * • To-day, the 
governor's favorite sideboard stands In tho house of a 
citizen of Boston, as a relic of tho war. O, people of 
the North,hold no longer yoor relics of the war, stolen 
from the firesides of the Houtb. Restore them to their 
owners, or else bury them out of the eight of your 
children, that they may not holed to behove that tho 
war for the preservation of the Great Republic was a 
war for plunder;— else did brave men fight, and women 
pray in vain. Away with stolen pianos, 'captured' 
sideboards, and purloinad silver. What but this petty 
plundering could be expected of men who robbed by 
wholesale the poor negro, to protect whose rights, 
they were seat South ?" 
Again: "A traveler should place facte betore his 
readers, and leave to them tho drawing of the moral. 
Northern men and women who go south and reside for 
even the short apace of a year or two In variably ohange 
their ltfo-long views and principles regarding the ne¬ 
gro as a moral and social creature. When these people 
return to their homes in Maine and Massachusetts (as 
did the representatives of the Granges of the northern 
states after they had viiutod South Carolina in 1876), a 
new light, derived from contact with /ante, dawns upon 
them, while their surprised and nntravelled neighbors 
say: 'So you have become Southern in your tdeies. I 
never would have though! that of you.’" 
M r. Bishop Is a native of Massachusetts. 
The three hundred and rifty-om; pages of the vol¬ 
ume are replete with the results of careful observa¬ 
tion and conclusions, while the easy and grace¬ 
ful manner of the narrative, added to the novelty 
or the manner of journeying, makes It Impossible 
to’ll nd a dull page between the covers. 
The Art of Sketching from Nature. Now York: 
G. B. Putnam’s. 
This la the first of a series of art hand-books 
Intended to aid and direct tho artistic bent of 
those who, knowing nothing, are yet anxious to 
be taught. The conspicuous merit of the present 
treatise Is Its simplicity and clearness. There is 
a lack of confusing art Jargon, and the author, 
Thos. Kowbothram, keeps ever betore him the 
Idea that If tho untutored are to be taught the A 
B C of sketching from nature, it la essential not 
to take for granted chat the learner is ramlllar 
with the letters; lienee the explanations are lu¬ 
cid, and advancojstep by step, until the principles 
are distinctly set forth. Carefully mastered, the 
beginner cannot fall to secure a good foundation 
In the art, and his progress will thereafter de¬ 
pend on natural aptitude and practice. Sketch¬ 
ing from nature affords the most lively enjoy¬ 
ment, and is the surest means of crystallzlng the 
pleasantest reminiscences of travel. A sketch 
will more vividly bring to mind some bright 
episode of the past than a library of diaries. 
The book Is embellished with 27 Illustrations 
explanatory of the text, and Is In every sense 
complete. Miss Carter, Superintendent or tbe 
Cooper Tjnlon art. schools is the American editor, 
and In her preface says: The books which make 
up this series are all by skillful painters, and the 
rules they lay down are safe and practical. The 
scries will embrace tn addition to tbe book under 
notice. Landscape Painting In OH Color, Flower 
Painting, Figure Drawing, and an ArtIstlc Trea¬ 
tise on Tho Human figure. The books thus far 
Issued are sold at the uniform price of 50 cents, 
and are typographically charming. 
The Phantom Wedding tor, the Fall of the House 
of Flint. By Mrs. E. D. E. N. South-worth. 
[cloth: $1.75]; Philadelphia: T. B Peterson k Bros. 
This Is the title of a volume of 370 pages. One 
Is attracted by Its handsome binding and start¬ 
ling title—by the manifold names of the author¬ 
ess and by its table of contents glistening with 
exclamation points and small-caps like the pro¬ 
gramme of the Old Bowery Theater, and braces 
his nerves to witness a dramatic performance of 
five thrilling sensational acts with accompanying 
tableaux, phantasmagoria and transformation 
scenes to slow music. It Is a delusion aud a 
snare! 
The Phantom Wedding Is after all but. a short 
and vory flimsy ghost story giving, Uke an atten¬ 
uated godmother a name and a local habitation 
to some other short and flimsy stories which oc¬ 
cupy 300 of those pages. The latter are from the 
pen. of Mrs. Frances Henahaw Baden and bear a 
strong family likeness to their godmother. Some 
of these aro: “Did He Win tho Right One?" 
"Mary’s Ghost”; “Was she True?”; "Almost a 
Crime," etc. The last not being, as one might 
hope, a remorseful exposition of the fraud which 
foists these waifs upon the cold world, but only a 
sentimental story of a young man—albeit of deli¬ 
cate sensibilities who was bribed by his mother— 
25c. being the amount used In this corrupt trans¬ 
action—to drown a cat. Fortunately the vena 
youth, having secured the quarter la advance, 
was spared the commission of the “crime’ 
simply from the fact that the feline havtag 
Buffered the discomfort of losing one of Its nine 
lives returned to relieve hls'conaclenco aud sug¬ 
gest the possibility of another quarter In the 
near future. It seems difficult to believe that 
these trashy stories were written lor grown 
people and yet they cannot but be considered 
most unwholesome reading for the young. 
SnflTrajBre in Gillen. By Sue cm Sterne, New York: 
G. P. Putnam's .Sons. Price 25 cents. 
Mr. steknk Is well known as an able lecturer in 
tbe Interest of reform and pure government. The 
above named discourse, delivered at Coopor In¬ 
stitute In December last, is devoted to an exposi¬ 
tion of tho evils consequent on universal suffrage 
as applied to cities. In all cities or this couutry 
the great bulk of taxes Is paid by the* property - 
bolders who arc In small proportion to the num¬ 
ber of Inhabitants. Tho large majority of tho 
voting population consisting of persons holding 
little or no property, who for the most part 
are Ignorant, thriftless, idle and unworthy, and 
can have but little Interest In the administration 
of the municipal government. These masses are 
controlled by designing and unscrupulous adven¬ 
turers to serve thetr ends. They manipulate the 
political machine for tnem and direct, their votes 
asthey wish. The intelligent middle classes can¬ 
not affect the result of a municipal election one 
lota—they are practically disfranchised, they 
have no representation. " All public robbers and 
tyrants extend tho suffrage with a view of strik¬ 
ing centers of Ignorance and prejudice upon which 
they ean base their power, so as lobe indepen¬ 
dent of the Intelligent middle class which has al¬ 
ways been the conservator of liberty, and the 
safety of tho State.” Mr. Sterne earnestly advo- 
catesa property qualification or other just, limita¬ 
tion of the suffrage, by legislation or, falling in 
this, a fair and equltahle minority representation. 
No one In the field of lectures Is more conversant 
with the subject or belter qualified to Instruct. 
rnuaaeijimu. x, is. i'cierson & Hroe. Paper 
WVIIO, 
Here wo have a moral pointed by an unkuown 
author for “ Young ladles and gentlemen, as well 
as for muthcre, for fathers and for all those con¬ 
templating matrimony or In wedlock.” The two 
ways are Indicated, one by a worldly-minded and 
frivolous mother who educates her daughters ac¬ 
cording to her superficial notions of usefulness— 
the usefulness of girls qualified to marry an “ es¬ 
tablishment *' and tho other by the mother whose 
daughters are brought up with a view toaclf- 
helpfulm-wi and the domestlo virtues. The same 
financial crash Impoverishes both families and 
while the members of tho one—still wedded to 
tlielr Idols, endeavor lu their country homo to im¬ 
press tho simple country folks with their preten¬ 
sions and display; those of the other utilize their 
solid accomplishments and live simply, com¬ 
fortably and respected by all, There Is the con¬ 
ventional Baron, who la only a gambler aud ad¬ 
venturer, marries (under the Impression that she 
Is an heiress) a superficial daughter of the frivo¬ 
lous mother, who la dazzled by hlfl title and sup¬ 
posed wealth, opens a gambling house, and finally 
commits suicide, A number of virtuous young 
men marry the daughters of the correct family 
and live happily ever after. It Is the old story of 
the punishment of pride and the reward of virtue, 
and the plot is too thin and the Incidents too vaplcl 
to invest It with any new Interest. 
