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r It. seems by the way the New York Sun \alks that Dana-mite, if he would. blow up the whole republican party in a short time. A Springfield pa 1' of recent date contain- ed in it! oolinnng t no following bit. of nows : “At Pottsville. l‘a., recently, a half- grown cat caught a young sparrow, and the latter chirped oudly, giving the alarm, and in a very few moments a large number of the belligerent little birds were on the spot. They swooped down on pussy from every direction, and, although she arched her back, extended her claws, and tried to give battle, she was overcome by numbers, and fled in- continently to the shelter of a coal-shed near at hand. This did not end the matter. In the course of a half.hour Puss made her entry on the scene again. But the birds seem to have put some of their numbers on )ieket duty, for, as soon as the cat came from her shelter, the alarm was sounded and the feathered clans came afresh to attack in greater force than ever. Their feline enemy, profiting by past experience, did not wait to make a fight, but ran as swiftly as she could to her home, half a square away, the sparrows striking her as long as she was in sight." ;‘ Daniel Meisenback. of Mcnllota, is (lead, at SI. ’ The paper does not state the dis- ease he died of, but we earnestly imphre people to keep clear of ”81 " for fear of eitcliing the disease. Birds often foil larger enemies than their feathered foes by some cunning piece of strategy. Here is an odd incident which really happened. A mother~bird seein a cat aproaching, and fearing the loss of her rood, attracted the attention of the stealthy animal by flying down to the fence upon which the cat was crouched, and then, by feigning a broken wing and hopping along with paintive chirps just in rent of her enemy (but always just out of his reach), she succeeded in luring him to a safe dis- tance. Then she immediawa took to flight, and by a circuitous route returned to her nest. Bravely done, litth mother! And here. too, is an account,, taken from a news- paper, of a pitched battle between some spar- rows and a cat, In which the sturdy little winged “:arriorsfctually put Puss to rent: “Let me add, in conclusion, that a task of much interest to ornithologists is to deter. mine how far the nests of our birds vary in construction, materials used, and localities chosen. While many of our birds build nests throughout vast areas of country, it is not certain. by any means, that their nesting habits are the same in Maine and in Mary- land, at the Atlantic seaboard and on the \Vestern rairies. I trust that my readers will large ystudy this subject, and subse- quently com notes. being very careful to correctly etermine the species of birds that have built the nests found." ask of my young renders that in all cases they will examine the nests of birds Without disturbing them. and ool~ lect them only when the birds need them no longer. Their structure and materials can be studied as well then as before. “ Another little bird that is much more frequently subjected to the annoyance of visits from the cow-bird, is our very common, aretty summer warbler (Dendrtrca antim). 'hen this bird finds the strange egg in the nest. it covers up the egg (with any of its own that are alongside it) in a mass of ms- terial‘like that of which the nest is made, and another set of eggs is laid upon this new flooring of the nest. Sometimes it happens that a second cowbird’s egg is laid on this new floor, and again the warbler has to cover it also, that its own eggs may not be dis~ turbed; so that we have in such a case a three-storied structure. What patient, per- sistent birds, then, these little warblers arel "Considering flint many of our birds vol- untarily perform so much unexpected labor to_secqre the wellfu’e of their broods, let me “Considering the fix the flycatcher was in. and her determination not to nurse the foundling. certainiy this was an easy way out of it; and not only easy, but ingenious, showing, as it does, an intelligence that would be little suspected by the unfortunate men and women (and iris and boys) who Bass by, unheeded, t e many wonders of ird-life that help to make this world so beautiful. " In the instance of the nest here described, this great depth of the originnl structure came nicely into play; for the outcome of the bird's thoughts was that to build a new floor to the nest, while it would necessitate leaving two of her own eggs nnhatched, would piece the unwieldy eg of the inter- loper down in the basemznt a so, and would thus lenve her free toreer her own family, nnmolestell, on the second floor. This she cunningly accomplished by first lacing a stout twng just above the eggs, an then in- terweaving suitable soft msterisls with the sides of the nest. allowing their weight to rest upon the twig extending from side to side 3nd projecting between them, e g, by making practically a new neat out o the old one. “Now, this fly-catcher, which ornitholo- qists know as the white- ed Vireo ( Vireo noveboracencia), builds a rat er fragile. hang- ing neat, usually out of fine twigs and strips of thin bark. all nicely interlaced, but some- times also employing large pieces of news- paper. The nest is suspended to the deli- cate twigs that grow on the very ends of long wavy branches. To com nsate, there. fore. for the considerable motion to which it is sub'ected when the wind blows, the nest is ma e very deep. and quite small at the top. So deep is It, in fact, that usually we can not detect the sitting bird, unless the nestjs loolxed upon from abovje. “ What the first thouihtn of the fly-catch- er were when she uw t e intrusive egg. I nm at I lose to conjecture; but the nest it- self tell- III that the bird was not easily out~ witted, and also that the conclusion it finel- ty reached ms. to get _i_'id of the noxiou- CURIOUS Inns ABOUT 31808. “An tuy Wuy Out 0! u." “A pretty little fly-catcher, which lml taken much pain: to build be: neat, way in trouble about her own pearl eggs, nod through no fault of her own. u impudent cow-bird (Halal/mu pccorc'a of naturalists). too lazy to make u neat for hemlf, or to look up an old one, or, indeed, to hatch her owh eg a, bad slyly dropped an egg in the flycuc or'n neat. and than gone 06', quite indifiereut u to whut became of it. OUR YOUNG FOLKS- Too Glover {or the Cat. ‘004050. The “gilded youth" of to day is‘the dandy of one hundred years ago :the “swell young man” of the resent time is oniya reproduc- tion of the " u” of the past, and only a mild reproduction at his best. In both types of fashion the costume is the distin- guishing feature, but how poor and dull seems the exquisite of this century in com- parison with that of the last. Now, a era- vat and pin and a watch-chain are a tto be the only elements of gorgeousness ;t on the whole attire was one dazzling glitter. In the old days we hear that the nice youn men appeared in pllush satin waiscoats, sil coats, pink satin s oes, and plumb-colored stock, their whole figure being bedisened with lace and jewels. At the present time the effect of the costume is rather sombre than otherwise. an elegant unobtrusiveness being the chief characteristic In manners the earlier and late varieties of this genus maintain a a similarity, each, however, pre- serving the modifications caused by the pe~ culiar state of society at this time. Then, as now, if we can trust the ancient chron- icles, there was the fascinating ennui in deportment and the same don’t you know, distinguished air of having drunk the wine of life to the dregs, of havin tasted all the sweetness of the world, of aving gone to the depths of existence to find nothing. It was quite the thing, one hundred years ago, so they say, for the society young man to. scorn the knowledge of books, and to pre- ‘ tend that “seeing the world" was the prin- cipal duty of a gentleman ; now, an expen. sive college education is bestowed upon the specimen under consideration, and he gradu- ates with the supreme satisfaction of posess- ing perhaps a little less information than before his course. Everything noble in life is distasteful to the perfect example of this class, everythin that calls for active exer~ tion contemptib e. His most exciting oe- eupa‘ion has always been “mashing," which formerly was carried on with innumerable gallantries and mannerisms. Joseph Addi- son once had the cruelty to dissect a beau‘s head for his own good fame, but hardly for the benefit of the reputation of the bean. He found a cavity filled with “ribbons, lace em- broidery, billet-doux, and love letters,” an- other with “fictions, flatteries, and false hoods, vows, promises, and protestations," and a great cavity filled with nonsense. Since the race seems not to be extinct, we may suppose that such monstrous anatomi- cal structures will exist among us, as the head piecesof figures that are often very much admired, because of their ”very pleasing ways." A correspondent in Smyrna, Turkey, sends the following, and states that it is reliable : Take a piece of oilskin cloth. such as we use to cover tables, but of a soft, pliant kind, sullicientl lar o to cover the loina ; place it over the 1 anne shirt, and bandage yourself with a flannel bandtwc ; profuse perspiration will ensue on the loins, and ym are quickly rid of this Wearisomc complaint.” A pint of whiskey put in a fruit cake will keep it for six months. and the same amount put into a man will kee him down town until ‘2 o'clock in the mo ing. China and Japan are getting antagonistic. A lacquer «lay. If Japan breaks China up, probably all Europe will want a piece.»â€" Boston Journal. We suppose them will be more than one Clinp-on-eso‘ then. gorge. And supposing further that the Falls shall continue to recedeâ€"to eat their way backwardâ€"at the same rate in the future, then the seventeen miles which lie between them and Lake Erie may be dis- posed of in other ninety thousand years. If that event should happen in thisâ€"to us mortalsâ€"very distant future. the level of the lake would be lowered, so that its whole contents would flow down the Niagara river into Lake Ontario: but so large is the body of water which Lake Erie contains, that seven or eight years would, it is calculated. be required in this way to drain ihâ€"Chamba's' Journal. I An interesting bit of information come-to hand regarding tho wearing "my or recal- ; aiun of these Falls. It will be known to whole of this rge is believed by geologists to be due to th: erosive action by which the Falls have retro raded. Sir Charles Lyell calculated that t e rate of recession might be about one foot each year; the rate, how- ever, in practically far from uniform. The upper beds of rock which form the cliff are a hard limestone. extending downwards to about half the depth of the fall. Under this. and extending to the foot of the fall, are soft shaly layers belon ing to the same formation ; and these soft ayers of shale and marl, constantly acted upon by the moisture and s ray of the descending wat» ers, are gradu l hollowed out. leaving the thick shelf of imestone overhanging. In course of time the edge of the clifl', thus de- prived of support. gives way ; and on each occasion when this happens, the Falls will be found to have receded so much from their former position. In this way the work of ; erosion has gone on from year to year, the ‘ mult being that the river now falls over; the rocks at a point seven miles higher up 3 on its course than it must have done at one time. Takin Lyell’s estimate of the rate of erosionâ€"one not a yearâ€"we find that a period of nearly thirty-seven thousand years has been required for this cutting out of the Some interesting calculnfiona might be bssed on this observation. The gorge be~ low the Falls through which the river pangs, extends fog- peyen gnjlea, nnd the many that, in conformity with recognized geological law. the rocks over which Niag- urs pours its immense volume are gradually giving way to the pressure and force of the torrentâ€"ere being worn down. or broken away in large detached fragments, and this to such a degree that the gradual recession of the clifi' forming the fall is distinctly ob- servable by those who periodically take measurements of it. A correspondent, writ- ing to Nature, bu supplied some information which goes to increase the interest of the subject. He calls sttention to the re idity with which the Canadian side of the all is deepening its horse-shoe. An immense mass, he says. broke off near the middle of the curve in October 1874, men windows in the adjacent museum being bro en by the concussion. Altogether. he finds that in ten years the fell has receded twenty~lour eet. 1 Beocuion of the full 0! Runs. no Society Young In. Cure for Lumbngo. _oo 4-» Qawâ€"O PLUCKED our or run 800331 in an instant. I think the snakes know me. I have possessed a strange power over them, ‘ that I can not account for myself, since irl- hood. Arethey hardy! Well, sir. I 've t em as mulchlattentlon as a mgther dogs Er child. uar every Satur a nil: t t e are find i: luhevwarm watt); and wrappid n in blankets. During warm weather Ifee them every eight days. The smaller ones eat live rabbits. and that big fellow is satisfied withalive duck or two. I have another pet, which is shedding his coat. Come and I'll show him to you. He's only a baby;" and. leading the way to the men erie tent, Damajente appooched a red 1, which she unlocked. From beneath the folds of a double blanket she drew, with some difficulty, one of the most monstrous pythous ever seen in captivity. It measured eighteen feet from head to tail. and weighed certainly not less than 125 pounds. Its scaly coat was peeling off in patches, and its eyes were eightless. This blindness,tho snakeocharmer said, was al- ways present whlle the reptile was going through the annual recess of shedding its audy-hued coat. “ his fellow.” continued fiamajaute, "is very strong. and I have to use the greatest care in handling him. He is almost through now, and I may possibly exhibit him in Philadelphia before the circus moves." The snake-charmer does not speak En lish and carried on the conversation part y in French. Her agent. who speaks the strange language of her mother country, helped to interpret when she stumbled across a too dillicult sentence» Philadelphia Press. In his [mares from a South African Jour- m-y, Mr. Froude writes: ”On the road to the Vaal Riverâ€"first experience of camping out. I am alone in my tent with a glaring sun raising the temperature inside to ninety degrees. The males have strayed. being in- sutliciently hobbled. I sent Charley my black driver in search of them in the early morning. He returned with his faceas near white as nature permitted, declaring that the Evil One had jumped out of the round at his feet with {our younger ones. sup- pose it was an antbear. Anywaydzhe mules are lost. He has gone back toour last halt- ing place to look for them. My other youth has started with a rille to shoot buck, which are round us in tens of thousands. and here am I by the side of a pond which is trampled by the antelopes into mud-soup, the only stuil‘ in the shape of water which we have to depend on for our eoll'ee, and, alas l for our washing. To add to the pleasure of the situation, the season ot the thunder-storms has set in. The lightning was playing round us all yesterday afternoon. and We shall now have a storm daily. Whole teams of oxen are often killed. To a whilv mun, (hwy my (hrrr is no (lawyer while he has a black n! his side. (hi Ialln' bring the holler romlurlor. What one is struck, another must be immedialrly suhslilulril. - Speaking of her strange avocation a few moments later, Damajante said that it was only during very warm weather, when the snakes were vicious] active that she feared their strength. “ hey are very susceptible to cold,” said the snake-charmer, after she had recovered her composure, “ and have to be kept in boxes arranged with hot-water pans to the temperature up to at least 100 de . Besides that, they are wrapped up in lankets. Did I ever have anything like that happen before! Oh yes. Once in Ber- lin, about two years ago, my largest snake nearly crushed me to death. It took the uniwd strength of two men to remove him; Another time in Ri a the large python got his tail around a pi lar and threw me on my back. In Madrid my arm was almost twist- ed out of its socket. Sometimes they bite meâ€"look,”and, extending her hands. Dam- ajante showed them to be covered with small V~shaped scars. “The bite is not poisonous, but it is rather painful. I don’t mind my hands so much. but am on the watch to keep them from striking at my eyes. You know t e peculiar way in which the python's teeth are setâ€"curving backward in repose and standing erect when angryâ€"â€" welll it would be an easy matter to lose an eye. Some years ago in Vienna a snake~ charmer had his eye rm: Pazssvnx was xxcnusmc She was very pale but thoroughly calm. The head of the python, hissing horribly, was still ped in her right hand. Dama- jante wit remarkable nerve managed to free her left arm, and in another instant had with all the strength she possessed in both hands, unwrapped the writhing necklace from her throat. She placed her den erous pet_ back in its _box. bowed, and retire . twisting the ‘tuil end 6! the snake from her bod. The In) ddle and most powerful part of t opython has still about her throat, and The Snake~Chauner in a Circus Nearly ' Crushed by a Huge Python. A thrilling incident hap nod in Fore- paugh's circus, recently, whi e Nala Dama- )ante, the Hindoo snake-charmer, was going through her performance of handling half a dozen squirming pythons. It was all in the twinkling of an eye. and scarcely a dozen persons in the teat audience were aware that Damajante diora moment been in deadly peril. She had finished the wonder. ful act of walking about the raised platform with six snakes coiled like a living head- gress oveli; her lqlrehead. .le had taken tlée n e t on, w osewei tis ninet on s and lghgth twelve feet? from its hop: and threw it across her shoulder. As she had done with the other snakes. Damajante rasped the powerful creature a few inches k of the head. Although the air was damp and chilly. the python appeared to he possessed of more than usual activity. It unwound its sinuous length from Dama- jante’s body and quickly coiled about the upper part of her chest and throat. To those nearest the performer, the muscles of the snake could be distinctly seen working beneath the spotted skin. Suddenly the reptile gavean angry hiss and darted forth 1 its quivering tongue, and almost at the same moment the coil about the woman’s throatwas ti htened. Damajante‘s agent, who was stan ing near the entrance to the elephant house, appeared to know that there waeapossibility of something of the kind taking lace, and was keeping a keen eye on the per ormance. He started forward quick- ly but quietly. so as not to alarm the audi- ence, and had got half way down the race track, when Dama'ante, who had already realized her great anger, succeeded in nu- lack Men as Lightning Conductors. DAKAJAN'I‘I'B PIRIL. Samuel S. Sanford, who is known as the father of negro minstrelsy. is brimful of re- collections of Foster and other song writers of the country. The old end man was met yesterday by a reporter, who found him just in the mood for talking. "One thing I’ve got to say is this." said he, as he tilted back his silk hat and placed his thumbs in his vest arm holes; “I think that too much is thought of Foster and too little of Nelson Kneass. Foster owed his first introduction to the public to Nelson’s generosity. Nelson had written a lot of songs that are now more sung by minstrels than Foster’s. There’s ‘ Jane O'Malley,’ aquaitette founded on the death of a poor young woman who was found in the Hudson ; ' Ben Bolt.’ one of the most popular in the minstrel reper- toire, ‘The Miller,‘ ‘ Hold Your Horses,’ ‘ Wake Up, Jake,’ ‘Nellie \Vas a Lady,‘ ‘Juniata Johnson,’ and besides these he wrote any number of burlesques of operas and sentimental songs. Away about 1845 it used to be one of the attractions of min- strel troupes to offer prizes for conundrums and songs. In Pittsburgh our company, in which Ne‘son was the musical director, of- fered a cup for the best song, and Nelson wrote several himself, because he was afraid there would not be enough sent in to make a good public contest. Foster sent in a songâ€"I don't remember now what it wasâ€" bnt the judges didn’t pick it out for honors, but pitched upon one of Nelson Kneass's. Nelson went to them privately aml told them that he had only entered in order to make a good show, and that in his opinion. the cup ought to be given to Foster. That was done. Foster got the cup, and after that plenty of Ininstrel troupes came along and asked him to write them songs. I bought the manuscript of three from him for $50, and it was my com n that, in the fall of ISM, in Pittsburg l, rought out “Come \Vhere My Love Lies Dreaming,’ ‘llard Times (‘omo Again No More,’ "l‘he Old Kentucky llome,’ and ‘ Glendy llurke.’ I have the original manuscript yet. I know both Foster and Nelson Kneass, aml I think Nelson was the better man."â€"I’hilmlrlphia Times. The bridal veil may be either as long as the train of the dress or as short as the waist line, but it must be of tulle if the bride is youthful. If she is over 25 or 30 it may be of any fine delicate real lace, and shorter than the youthful bride's veil. Among new bonnets of the Parisian Flow- er company 'a production' 18 a genuine novel- ty of great ybeanty called the N ewmarket It is a 8;.me j-ockey cap bonnet, produc- ing the becoming effect of a poke without its goddity. A new and very thin material called "spider’ a web," shot with color, will banned for tennis dresses, and also light flmnela of various colors trimmed with narrow velvet: or braided. The fancy work of the coming season will be outline embroidery in brighbcolored wools, cottons, and silk: or enema. tidiee, bibs, bureau covert, and table and chair scar-fa. Delicate leather (lesions of emfll ivy leaves, berries, and flowers are now used on velvet, in cream colon, and are formed inw collars and cuffs. The requisite dash of yellow in a white toilet is sometimes given by wearing an amber necklace and amber bracelets, or with yellow topaz jewellery. Pausiex‘. of all colors and sizes on grounds of various colors appear in chine effects on some sash ribbons and scarfs. Cream llama is a new and useful material for dressing-gowns. It is printed all ever with the cashmerine palm pattern. Some garden hats are in Japanese style,of a fine, met-like texture, embroidered in colored silks, and caught up on one side with cords and tassels. Dark brown. green. black, or blue velvct is the most elegant trimming for light-col- ored cashmere dresses. The Season reports bridal toilets of “Puri- tanic plainness" forapproaching weddings 1n fashionable society. Gigot sleeves and epsulleto of ribbon or ruching are considered correct and good form or indoor dresses. Dressy matineea are in brig ht shades of red and blue, and trimmed with [we and embroidery. Red in moderate quantities gives u flue dash of bright color to black, gray, pale blue, and ecru dresses. The bridal coifl'nre most in favor is wavy in Iront, md braided into acloae knot in the back. Both high and low chignons are worn by :luhionable women, but they must be am I. Plaid skirts worn under plun fabric polomiaes 1nd overdreoaes are in high {It \o.r Long shell or metal Mir-pins take pre- cedence of all other ornaments for the wit- fure. Sleeves of street costumes remain tight and plain, And no larger than last season. Leather buckles appear among new om- menta for bats, bonnets, and dresses. Chicken~downâ€"the color of the newly ~ hatchedâ€"is the latest shade of yellow. Gold thistlee and gold burs are the latest millinery and lair ornaments. Amber, topaz, and all yellow stones are in vogue for ornamental jewellery. Alicanto brown and Soldat red are popu- lar new shades of these colors. Plush boots. foxed with kid, on Inot very pretty novelty. Brides' dresses are made with ele t simplicity this season. All elegant street dresses are de rigueur, duh, or neutral tinted. Bottle-green velvet trims ecru cashmere adminbly. Cashmere in the populu early spring dress fabric. Big buckle: are all the nae. Leather fans are in high fever. Mourning Inna are edged with crepe. Even nuntlee are nude of p‘nid ltufi'l. Gay colors in costumes are worn only in the house. 'nvo Famous Song Wrnen. I’ABBION NOTES. oâ€"â€"â€"â€"_M4->N.â€"-â€"â€" A Half Dollar Worth 31,000. When Mr. Oscar Taylor was in town a few weeks ago he showed me a silvar half dollar for which he has already been offered $1,000. It is one of four halves cast by the Southern Confederacy. when the mint was seized in New Orleans. On the liberty side the die is the same as on the present half dollar, but on the reverse side was substitut- ed seven bars and seven stars, surmounted by a pole with the cap of liberty. A stalk of sugar cane and a stalk of cotton are shown. around which are the words, " The Confederate States of America.” Only four of these coins Were issued. Mr. Taylor pur- chased it from a man in Ozark. who parted with it for the extremely low price of $100. â€"-Mcriw(her‘s Weekh. «NQ->OOâ€"_â€" Henry Bergh, the friend of animals, is 60. He frequently acts like it. “We know thee. gentle spring," sin s a poet. Indeed, but this poet would 0 a ood fellow to take alone at a masquerade. he could penetrate almost any disguise. 7V nâ€"v‘.‘ "Let's see the pistol.” The weapon was produced and handed to the Judge, who examined it and asked : " Where did you get it 3" “ Bought it at a hardware store." “ What did it cost 2" “ Fifteen dollars." “ Fine implement. How’ll you swap 2" and the Judge drew outa pistol and handed it to the prisoner. “ Take ten dollars to boot." " All rivht. I fine you ten dollars. That makes us even.” “ Arrested for carrying a pistol, was he 2’ asked a magistrate of an officer, referring to a gentleman who had just been arraigned. nO'a can ékn anOnl U ml... m--___ , and disdain. Women, is Seneca sayanhni; ried in order to be divorced and were divorced in order to marry; and noble Roman matron: counted the years not by the Consuls, but b their discarded or discarding husbands." ow much better are they now in the States? How much better do many want things to be here? Not much, if any. w Wealth. a monster . 'Mid starving popuggt‘ighg; but nowhere and at no period, were these con- trasts so startling as they were in Imperial Rome. There a whole population mi ht be trembling lest they should be starved y the delay of an Alexandrian corn-shi . while the upper classes were squandcring a ortune at a single banquet, drinkinq out of myrrhiue and jewelled vases worth hundreds ofpounds, and feasting on the brains of peacocks and the tonquee o/ nightingales. As aconsequenee, disease was rife, they were short-lived, and even women became liable to gout. Over a large part of Italy meat of the free-born population had to content themselves, even in winter, with a tunic. and the luxury of the toja was reserved only by way of honor, to the corpse. Yet. at this very time the dress of Roman ladies displayed an unheard of splendor. The elder liny tells us that he himself saw Lollia Paulina dressed for a betrothal feast, " in a robe entirely covered with pearls and emeralds which had cost; more than two millions of dollars." (booting even the Vanderbilt extravaganza), " and was known to be less costly than some of her other dresses. Gluttony. caprice, ex- travagance, ostentation, impurity, rioted in the heart of a society which knew of no other means by which to break the mono- tony of its weariuess or alleviate the anguish of its despair.” Things are not so bad to-day, but the trend is in the same direction. “ Under the Empire," Farrar adds, " mar- ria e had come to be regarded with disfavor aug disdain. Women, as Seneca save. mar. Immeasurably removed from these needy and greedy freemen, and living chiefly amid crowds of corrupted and obsequious slaves, stood the constantly diminishing throng of the wealthy and the noble. Even, age in its decline has exhibited the spectacle of «(fish luxury side by side will: abject poverty ; of needs. “ They spent their mornings in lounging about the Forum, or in dancing attendance at the levies of patrons for a share in whoee lax-genes they daily struggled. They spent their afternoons and evenings in gossiping at the Public Baths. in listlessly enjoying the polluted plays of the theatre or looking with fierce thrills of delighted horror at the bloody sports of the arena. At night they crept up to their miserable garrets in the sixth and seventh stories of the huge insulle â€"the lodging-houses of Romeâ€"into which. as into the low lodging-houses of the poorer quarters of London, there drifted all that was most wmeched' and most .vile; ’Tliéi} life, a: it is described for us by their cotem- poraries, was largely made up 0! squalor, mi_aery and vice.” -v .. vv' .- .vu-v of'the Social scale were millions of slaves, without family, without religion, without possessions. who had no recognized rights, and toward whom none had any recognized duties. passing normally from a childhood of degradation to a manhood ol hardship and an old a e of unpitied neglect. Only a little above t e slaves stood the lower classes. who formed the least majority of the free~ born inhabitants of the Roman Empire. They were, for the most part, beg and idlera. familiar with the greenest ini‘itignities of anunscrupulons dependence. Des ising a life of honeet industry, theyask only (or bread and the games of the circus, and were ready to support any government,even the most despotic. if it mould supply their _-_J_ u 'I‘L The Pest end mount. It may be thought thst the present times of the 19th Century have little or nothing in common with those of Rome in the first. But don't let us be too sure. Now. es then. weelth is getting into the heads of e com- peretively smell number. Squelor. misery end vice ere side by side now es then with selfish luxury end vulger ostentetions dis- pley. Reckless money-seeking end unblnsh- mg {rend flourish pretty well still, end weelth is worshipped et pment in such e wey es not to ellow much room {or casting e stone et former egos. Things ere not so had by e greet wey, thenks to the Christi- enit Wthl) some who call themselves phil- osop ers want to destroy es enteqneted end behind the times, but the following descrip- tion by Cenon Ferrel- of the stete ot things in the Roman world, eighteen hundred veers 0 may be reed with interest es descriptive :fthet which hes not yet even eltogether pessed ewe ,end for the restoration of which some who t ink themselves edvenced both sigh_end leper: _ “ At the lowest extreme A Fan- Exchange to No Robbery.