Autograph Sale

At a sale of autographs in Berlín the highest figures were paid for those of Richard Wagner. An essay byWagner on Meyerbeer, only recently brought to light, in which high praise of the composer of " ïlie Huguenots !" is expressed, sokl for 640 marks, and another composition by Wagner brought 960 marks. A letter from Wagner to Heinrich Laube (Paris, March 13, 1841), was sold for 91 marks, one to Meyerbeer for 71 marks, and another to the director of the Prague Conservatorium for 116 marks. A fragment of the diary kept by Wagner in Paris containing a poem sold for 115 marks. Of musical manuscripts, twoof Chopin's polonaises went for 400 marks. A letter of Beethoven, dated Vienna, September 29, 1816, sold for 200 marks, and one of Joseph Haydn, dated Esteras, October 10, 1785, for 225 marks, white Robert Schumann's M.S. of "Four marches for the pianoforte" broughtl90 marks. An interesting collection of twentyfour letters written by the philosopher, A. Schopenhauer, and dated July 16, 1885- August 18, 1860, sold for 500 marks. A letter from Schiller (Dresden, February 13, 1786) to the bookseller Goschen sold for 115 marks. An autograph of J. S. Bach sold for 936 marks, and one of Mozart (aria for soprano, " Conservati Fideles," with accompaniment for two violins, viola and bass, 1765, composed by Mozart at nine years) for 119 marks; another musical autograph of the same composer fetching 200 marks. A letter of Voltaire sold for 64 marks, and the MS. of a composition by Ch#rubiui for 83 marks. - N. Y. Post. "Pa," said little JqhnnyMeSwflligan, "here's a piece in the paper about 'Parasites,' what are they?" "Parisites, my boy, are people who live in. Paris. I think you ought to know that, and you in the Third Reader." - Tid-Büs. - A Schuyler (Neb.), farmer sent East for a hundred cats and turned thom out to find homes for themselves. - Boston Journal. - Comotoloocohiah is the longest word in the Seminóle langiiage. It means pindar, a ground-nut.