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0:'»"Wi'S'lV" '-yj3il - jV -^ j •TIL' *"S*R ilfttke ss«: riH"- 4 r 4* •*"> uMm makxt'n teat, /. ffltetyVeoft descent,» , ,S' v.• f •"*. Jtitwra'tfe dream f , , C^Of a>ift lhftoWiiw«e*«ra»; "* ;< And tkfr«kadow makcr'n baby h,.: WiH am mtto b*! V ,w , we *411lie. NoddvHoHto-porfdr. ^ J * In the I^d»-«^y-p^ *' ttf.f Of Noady-pod. ^ 1 i Chieagb Trio me. It the Lanfiy-rtidy-paTiiIf X f I i :%r >i> OorwiTTiffi TIE BRIGANDS. f It was cm such a morning as we fog- Surturad islanders .seldom witness at onfle that I stood upon the deck of th^ eootl ship Coumoundouro«, watching tlie nearing shores of thdPirams, which, ,*s all the world knows, or should know, i* the port of the classic city of Athens. The beautiful unclouded sky; the bright outline of the sun-bathed coast; ' the air laden with the scent of the dis- < tant Hvmettus; the far eminence with the grand old Acropolis standing out •white and bold in the clear atmosphere; . »nd close at hand the moldering tomb ,, Themistocles--all combined to Arouse such jx»etic fancies in my mind -v tSiat I forgot for the moment the pro ? ®aic business upon which I had come. •"The screaming engine of the busy little t railway which carries the traveler from ;fc;^be Pineus to Athens soon reminds me, * liowever, that I itoas accredited -with a Jpission from a London Greek firm to ; 1 its friends in the Attic city and I was ; 1 #oon whirling over the sacred ground-- Where history gives to every rood a page. We passed the monuments of those - doughty champions of the War of In­ dependence, Karaisknkis and Miauliw, 4fod many other objects of interest; «nd, after a ride of three, or four miles, , I found myself at my destination. • After the first few days I certainly " Had a very pleasant time of it, the few hours' work each day acting only aR a ftimulm to my varied pleasures; and, having examined the Acropolis, lunched by the fallen pillar of Ju- S'ter, and seated myself in the ruins of ayx--whence Demosthenes declaimed and Pericles evolved his plans--I looked around, like Alexander, for more worlds to conquer. I thereupon consulted my gonial but unwashed host, Kyrie An­ tonio Pericles Pappademetracopoulo--- •who, although Plato wae to him a text- . look, and the sayings of Socrates as - familiar as the story of Tommy and Harry to an English schoolboy, "was al­ ways as dirty as a sweep--upon the propriety of betaking myself to where > ^ . .'fhe mountainsloqk wj Marathon, . ' And Marathon looks old the sea. ,, f, Jfor one might as well go to igypt without visiting the Prrftfcfifl*, 6r to Home witliout entering St. > Peter's, as -ta "do" Greece and leave Marathon nn- •Kplored; and when my host tried to dissuade me by assuring me that' a ©reek gentleman'# eart¥ad been sent a iortaiglti before by thfe brigands to hijs obstinate relatives, to hurry the wego tiafcioiis for his ransom, it so roused my JLMitf .I wyui,t go <nuucufl7nMn)Il{ll^d as an English •terrier. So awav we started--myself • sand Themistocles. the son of my host, • * sallow, unshaven youth, dirtier than Jhis father--mounted upon two high- ^•pirited donkeys, our revolvers well j»rinKxl and our commissariat well Rocked. J': ' "Adios Kyrie /^shouted my J6pg- '^med hoit,'as we canteired off. ! , ; "Never fear," I replied, waving my evolve* defiantly, and feeling that I 'iould be greatly disappointed H the did not show themselves. On we went, enjoying the scenerj^ 4tad holding a hybrid conversation - -be ill broken English, And I M sadly* mutilated Greek--until in, the excite* unfavorable specimens of the human "race as could V found. Seizing our assea by t)te bridles, they relieved our captors, and led us down the ravine; lad, having roughly assisted lis to dis­ mount, brought us 'into the presence of the chief of the liand. < "Bravo, lads! excellent, excellent!" he shouted, as his sparkling eyes bent Upon us in delight; and, after a cursory examination, we were conducted, amid the excited gesticulations of (lie brig­ ands and without undue ceremony, |nto a dark cavern within the ravine. | "Shiver my maintops!" exclaimed a voice, as I groped my way in: "they might giv^us sea room, the vagabonds, aad not land us in this lubberly creek; aiid now they are- shoving more craft in to anchor!" "Haul in, Ja$k, old dmm!" answered another; "we inust make the best of a bad job, mate J" To say that my heart leaped to my mouth at hearing such unexpected words, and finding myself in the com­ pany of my own countrymen, would no rtbre than descril>e the cheering Sensa­ tion that thrilled through me. "What cheer, mates?" I cried in tha dafrkuess. Answering' Exclamation!* of astonishment greeted my words, and in a few minutes otlr stories were -<6ld, and I learned that my new-found friends were the Captain and supercargw of a ahip tlien lying in the port of the Pira-us, who, seeking a like object, had met witli a similar fattf \kr own. "And now," said Capt. C^ack >.Jen- kin£, "how are w^ to get out ,of, the scrape? If I IukI , Tim wid .Toe and Bfack Tom, eaeh witl/ a cutlass and a bsfrfcing-iron, here, w%'«| soon make a passage, I'd, \ytn r^nt 1" . j "That's all very well," said Will Johnson, the sqpercargo, "but we haven't. If INI but the oj^ortnnity given me, I'd guarantee*----" Whatever the superego was about to say was cut shdrt by the advent of two ,shock-heads at the little opening of our prison, and two harsh voices calling us--as my guide Themistocles informed us--to partake of a feast: for we learned afterward that the chief, in commemoration of having* made audi a good haul, had decided to allow lis, his prisoners, to partake of the gen­ eral festivity. But as a preliminary we had to undergo an examination as to our capability of paying the antici- pttted fanftoins. First, we were relieved of our watches and rings, the Captain using language rather strong for trans­ lation to- these pages, to, the great amusement of his tormentors, who, with similar gesticulations to has own, endeavrt*ied to imitate the sound of the Captainfe words, which of coarse only added to his wrath find their hilarity. - 1 - > - "You uncombed," dirty-faced yaga- "fcotods!*1 he "sbonted, "if I had a ffew of you aboard the Annie Martin, I'd twist your ugly heads over the yard-arm in the twinkling of a jiffy." Of course they only laughed the louder at his Impotent rage; and I thought it quite as well that they did not understand the language in which be gave it ventj ,.,t 1 The operation «f stripping us of onr valuables gave me an opportunity to observe the appearance of my compan­ ions. Capt. Jenkins was the beau-ideal pi an English seaman. In age about 35, of a large and robust build, a face broad, manly and bearded, and limbs such as would delight a sculptor to copy. His height was newsiy six feet; and be had an air o/t Command about t him Mat twMi-jWWMlfgg bred of his oc- cupation. The supercargo. Will John­ son, was perhaps ten years younger; nearly as tall as his friendi strong and active; and take up altogether--for I am of no mean stature myself--we were three men who, under any eircmstances, would be no disgrace to our country; if any opportunity should arise for an attempt at an escape, I felt certain we should give as good an account of our­ selves as any scratch three! hefa or there- Having satisfied themselves of the value of my late father's watch, which I parted from with some emotion, and of "the intrinsic worth of the Captain's gold chronometer, as well as the super­ cargo's watch and diamond ring, we ••neiit of the tide, and the glorious wan» j were interrogated, through Themisto- ' Orama constantly unfolding itself to our \ <^es» 88 to our Cleans. For mvsell, the T " ' '* 1 name of the firm I was traveling for "•iew, I entirely forgot that there v. era *Huch beings as brigands in existence, j ' "Now," said I to Themistocles, after ' il| ride of some hours, during which my •ppetite had become unpleasantly Jiuarpened, "lot us look about for a spot •here we can bivouac in comfort." W e soon found a delightful place, jglieltered all round, save where tlir^ngU M sniAll opening we obtained a view of * » charming landscape. Dismounting *nd allowing our animals to refresh themselves on the grass, we soon made Jliavoc of the good things, we Jiad *l>ron^ht. • I was lying upon itiy back was acted with talismanic effect upon them, and I was immediately assessed, not­ withstanding my protestations, at £300. As this price; too, the Captain's freedom was valued, while the unfortunate su­ percargo, whose business they persisted in confounding with the owner of the cargo and ship, was tlbanimotisly voted to-be worth twice our ransom. Having arranged this matter to their owii satis­ faction, if not to ouvs, we wgre .told to sit down and enjoy ourselves •yfitli what appetite we could muster. The smell of 'the roant laxA) and the poking a cigarette after the meal, gaz- [ freshly-baked meal cakes, however* soon ifng dreamily at the blue firmament;] aroused' pleasanter sensations, arid "and, being too lazy to r se, had called i dimmed for a time the memories of our fipon Themistocles to pass the bottle. 1 griefs; more esj>ecially as, under the '•"$ "Has the fellow gone, to sleep'>" \ apparent certainty of obtaining his fhought t, still indisposed to turn my , b<>oty, the chief condescended to be |head. "Themistocles!" 1 *------- 4 -- quite patronizing toward us, carving the joint himself for Us, and delicately %^^^clealieardme#at; ami. j handing on the point of a dagger our Wm ' several portions. After w* hatlsatisfie.! «aw him standing, as if struck dnmb *n<l motionless with fear, staring upon ®|ihe opening. Instinctively I leaped up ttnd clutched my revpl ver; but, before I -took a step, the cause of Themistocles* ^f?L^W®.Wl?arent; «nd three shair- *• "Wr hehma tliree l)liui<lerbusses, • JMmeja. directly at me, ^tiade me fnlly that I was m the presence of •HlPSP !£®OUl'^?e*, Greece, the brigands! - QSuV oh, what a metamorphosis! \Vhere our hunger with the move solid viands, we were regaled with dried fruits as desserts; and a large iar of a peculiar sherry-colored but baa-tasting wine of a resinous flavor--which Themistocles described as the common wine of the country--was brought in and s<?t in the midst of tia.- This we told tliem we could not drink; and the chief very generously ordered UK a couple of l»ot- tles from his' own particular store, #rere the natty green jackets with silver ;• doubtless the PTOWHMIS" of a raid npon jputtons, the plumed hats and the tout j some well-to-do householder. ' Ensemble of the brigands of my youth,! Will Johnson, after a time, managed «Of the operas and the picture-ljooks? 11» infrrntiate himself in the favor of ; !clhree ragged, disreputable - looking ! our shaggy host and his -friends bVl lis j rea'i u m sheep-skins and j genial, happy manner and frank bear- JjUrty clothes, unkempt, unshaven, took | iog, favoring the company with many 'fine place of those tinseled heroes, and,' remarks, which, translated bv Themia- J.8ter^, g^tures and muttered . toclos, evidently pleased them. When, 119 ^°- '^ow them. My , to6t by - sleight-^jf-hand-^in wliwh he was resistance; but when j was an adept--lie performed some sim- < ziKfvii ^ 818nf the three pie tricks, aud gave them a music-hall ft w'Stf feets wereW towafd song with a rollicking chorus, and % manv fij i • , ds Y®1*6 to° •' wou1k1 a hornpipe, accompanied ^ many, and, deteimming to await events,; by the Captain ^ grimly submitted to be led down the - * mountain by our unsavory guides. thr?Ugt % | beetle-browed vagabonds laughed till over mountain 1 „fi • sflena arid the teras rolled down their cheeks. i innumerable, this Will now became on such excellent «nide» c.llMg »' gataS Z tham th*t 1,6 l>roo«'1<!i «nmmit of ISr'e&ience surrounded by trees and tail iwf S, forming an extra- jjOrdinajry natural fortress. Beneath our . feet, in a deep ravine, with seemingly tout one outlet, and excellently sheltered with a pccket-comb and a piece of paper, the general en­ thusiasm knew no bounds, and the And so Will went rqjjn$4withthe cup, making a comical rexaiurlc to this one and a grimace at that, «a!il the chief-- evidently fearing, from their hilarity, that they were taking too much--or­ dered them to deaist lirom drinking and return to their several duties. Meanwhile, we were sent back to our dungeon, with a sentinel stationed at the opening. "Not a word," whispered Will, as we Bottled down in our prison. "Here's something, Captain,n he continued, "that belongs to you." "Why," said the Captain, in reply, as Will handed him the. article men­ tioned, "this is a stopper out of my medicine chest."' "To be sure it is, Jack," returned Will; "and I must apologize for the liberty of taking your laudanum vial; but my confound?*! back tooth was so painfiil on board the ship last night that I got up and took it, and lnckily forgot to return it this morning. You must debit me with the liottle and its contents, for I dropped them both into the vagabonds'wine jar!" "What!" we all exclaimed in a breath. " ̂ "Now, step yew dappers!" contin­ ued the supercargo. "Jack, you kaow I'qa not bad at sleight-of-hand tricks. Well, in the first place, having contrived to secrete the bottle while the black­ guards were relieving me of my valua­ bles, and then, baring attained the po­ sition of waiter, what was easier than to wriggle the bottle down my sleeVe, whip 9Ut the stopper and drop the lot into their swipse, giving the bottle a crack and stirring the laudanum tip every time I dipped the horn in it!" "Bravo, Will!" cried the Captain, seizing his hand and giving it a hearty shake. "If that's the case, we're safe; for the black-faced rascals won't wake up for a dozen hours, I'll be bound. There! our guard lias dropped off already!" And sure enough, the drowsy ruffian had planted - himtaelf right acrbf& the opening, and was snoring loudly. ' ' "Now for it!" cried the impetuous Jack Jenkins, rising. "Hold hard !" said Will. "Let them get well off." So, settling ourselves ddwir for half an hour, we talked the matter over. At the end of this time we sent the trem­ bling Themistocles to see how things, were outside; and, after peeping over the prostrate sentinel, lie gave us to understand that all were sleeping ex­ cept three, and they were about re­ tiring to the fdrther end of the ravine, and would in a minute be out of sight. "Capital!* said Will, with suppressed excitement. "Now, each take a .pistol and a cuflaSs from the fellows, and fal­ low me." One after the other we stepped across the sleeping brigand at the entrance, Will relieving him of his pistol, dirk and blunderbuss, while the Captain and I stood ready to give him his quietus at the slightest signs of his waking. Then the four of us, gliding like ghosts, as­ sisted ourselves to whatever weapons we could most easily lay hands upon; and, as Themistocles was not of much use for fighting, we gave him the bag Containing our valuables--which we foitnd by the side of the sleeping chief aa well as several spare pistols, to carry. . Picking our way without speak­ ing "a word, we advanced toward the open end of the ravine, and, just as we turned round a jutting piece of rock, we saw the three sentinels, seemingly in earnest conversation. , "Halt!" whispered Will. "Now for a rtish!" arid each singling out his man and clutching his rifle by the barrel-- for we avoided the noise of Bhootincr--• we sprang forward. Almost simulta­ neously, and before the enemy had time to observe us, we were upon them, and three rifle stocks descended upon three shock heads with such force that two of the fellows dropped like stones. The stock of my rifle glanced off the hapd head of my antagonist and crushed against the rpek. With a stifled cry, he turned; but in an instant my hand was upon his throat, and the sound died in his gullet; while, with the strength of desperation, I dashed his head against the wall-like rock; and after a struggle--in which he wounded me with his dagger--he fell from my grasp, apparently lifeless. "Now," said the Captain, "inhere are the donkeys ? Come, Greeky !" he cried to Themistocles, "bear a hand and, looking around, we espied our four animals just as we left them, but with a brigand sitting by them. Here was an unlooked-for rencontre! He wag fully' a hundred yards off, and to get at him we aboula have^to croas a small plateau. . >, < * . "Leave him to me!" eried Jenkins, preparing to rush forward. But, under the advice of the supercargo, he stopped. We could have picked him off easily, but dared not for the noise of the rifles. "Hang it!" impatiently muttered Jenkins* "we ahall be trapped again, after all;" and without further parley the impetuous fellow started off, run­ ning on the tips of his toes, with a drawn Cutlasfe in one hand and a pifttol in the other. Just as he was within a few yards of the brigand, the latter turned round, and, seeing how matters stood, made for his rifle, which was leaning against a tree a few feet off; but a revolver hurled deftly by Will Johnson--for we had all followed-- catching him directly in the face, so effectually stopped his progress that he fell stunned to the ground. "Tou -persist in doing all the work," said Jenkins, as we came up to him. "But quick, lads; off we go!" and in a moment we were on our asses, and, un­ der the guidance of our Greek compan­ ion, were making with break-neck speed for Athens. Up hill, down dale, on we went f<*r a couple of hours without stop­ ping, or meeting a human being; then, just as we were about to cross the sum­ mit of a mountain at which we had ar­ rived, a harmless- looking peasant wished us **Good day," and was about to pass on. "Seize hi|n 1" cried Themistocles; "he's a scout." **Bo seize him we did, for caution's sake:1 and, as there were no trees near, we tied Ms hands and legs together, and left him begging for mercy. But there was no mercy in us, more espe­ cially as Themistocles explained that "by overhanging foliage, was the camp . of the brigands: and here we found the i vest of the shaggy ruffians--with the ex- oeption of one who stood sentinel--en­ joying their siesta with indolent content. A shrill whistle soon brought the rascals to their feet ; and, rushing up to I to take some freedom with them; and, when he snatched the horn from the cup-bearer and installed himself in that official's place, ladiiing the wine out of the wide-mouthed jaf and handing it round to the oompsxiy, Ida triumph was complete. "For heaven's sake!" said be, as he passed us, "don't take any of this stuff, and don't drink much of your own." "Never fear," said Jenkins, making meet us, they displayed a dozen of as I awry face; "one taste is snfflcient there was a curious and mysterious con­ nection between the brigands and the villagers; that it was by no means un­ likely--had we allowed him to go free-- he would have hied to the nearest vill­ age and roused a swarm of semi- brigands al)out us. Having traveled for four hours, and, as our asses could hardly get along for fatigue, we called a halt; and, after resting ourselves and watering our ani­ mals, we continued our journey until, late at night, we reached Athens, where, round the hospitable board of our host, we soon forgot our troubles. --Chamber a1 Journal. JFK8EY cattle are being extensively TOQTHAO-- narfea mewdily ended by the application ol a small btt of cotton saturated with ammonia to the defect­ ive tooth. FOR a soald or burn, apply immedi­ ately pulvensed charcoal and oil. Lamp oil will do, but HniMed is better. The effect is miraculous. FOR chapped lips mix twotableapoon- fuls of clarified honey, with a few drops of lavendar water, or any other per­ fume, and anoint the lips frequently. To REMOVE warts, get a little bullock's gall, and keep it in a bottle; rub a lit­ tle on the warts two or three times a day, and in a short time they will dis­ appear. REMKDY VOR CHILBLAINS.--Take a piece of lime the size of your double fist; put it in warm water and soak the feet in it as warm as it can be borne for half an hour. " ' IT HAT be useful to know that hoarse­ ness may be* relieved by using the white of an egg thoroughly beaten, mixed ^?ith lemon-juice and sugar. A tea- ^ spoonful taken occasionally is the dose. \ To REMOVE cold sores, rub the first finger behind the ear close to the part which is joined to the head, and then rub the sore. The secretion removes the sore in a short tune if applied every twenty minutes. FOR dyspepsia pour one quart of eold water on two tablespooafuls of unslack- ed lime; let stand a few minutes, bottle and eork, and when clear it is ready for use; put three tablespoonfuls in a cup or milk, and drink any time, usually be­ fore meals. THERE is scaroely an ache to which children are subject so hard to bear and so difficult to cure as earache. A rem­ edy which never fails is a pinch of black pepper gathered up in a bit of cotton batting wet- in" sweet oil and in­ serted in the ear. It will give imme­ diate relief. f A GOOD wash to prevent the hair from falling out is made with one ounce powdered borax, half an ounce of pow­ dered camphor, one quart of boiling water. When odol, pour into a bottle for use, and dean the head with it, ap­ plying with a flannel or sponge once a week. To MAKE good sticking plaster, put two spoonfuls of balsam of Peru to six of isinglass, melted with very little water, and strained. Mix these well to­ gether in a small stone jar over the fire. Pin out some black Persian or sarsenet on a board, and, dipping a brush into the mixture, pass it over the silk five or six times; then hold it to the fire, but not very near, and it will soon become black and shining. FOR CROUP administer a teaspoonful of strong alum water; repeat the dose every fifteen minutes until free vomit­ ing occurs. Put the feet and limbs in hot water and then wrap up in flannel; place on the chest a poultice of corn- meal sprinkled with mustard, Beware of cold draughts. As the attacks de­ parts administer a dose of magnesia, rhubarb or castor oil. When children are liable to croup, always keep the alum-water, solution ready on the wash- stand. ' Emerson's Words. The publisher of the Literary New* offered prizes for the six most striking and characteristic sentences from Em­ erson's writiugs, those four persons whose sentences were the most fre- qnesH* nnotfid by-ail the competitors to have a prize. There were forty-nine competitors. The highest number or votes given to the same sentence was twenty-four. The following seven sen­ tences received from twenty-four to eleven votes, each in their order: 1. "Character is higher than intel­ lect." * "A great soul will be strong to live as well as to think."--The American Scholar. 26. "His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong."--On Lincoln. 43. "The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the wall of your chamber." --Society and Solitude. 48. "The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it."--Essay on Domestic Life. 19. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."--Essay on Cir­ cles. 7. "There is no beautifier of com- plexion, or form, or behavior, like the ^ish to scatter joy and not pain around us."---Esaay on Behavior. 54. "The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which noth­ ing is assumed."--Essay on the Super­ lative. * . » 1 4. 'i . Wood as a Fuel. In comparing wood with coal as a fuel, it is safe to assume that two and a quarter pounds of dry wood are equal to one pound average quality of soft coal, and that the fuel value of the same weight of different woods is very near the same. That is to say a pound of hickory is worth no more as a fuel than a pound of pine, assuming both to be dry. If the value be measured by weight, it is important that the wood be thoroughly dry, as each 10 per cent, of water or moisture will detract about 12 per cent, from its value as a fuel. It may be interesting in this connection to give the weight of one cord of differ­ ent woods which are thoroughly dry. These weights are about as folio ws: hickory or hard maple, pounds. . . . i 4,500 White oak, pounds 3,850 Boech, red oak, and bladk oak, pounds 3,250 Poplar, cheHtnut, and elm, pound*. .2,350 AviniKc ot pine, pounds.. 2,000 The fuel value of these different kinds of wood, as compared with coal, is abont as follows: One cord hickory or hard maple eqnal to ooal, p»und« 3,000 One cord white oak equal to coai, pounds!!! 1,715 One aord t>et-oh, red ouk, or black oak equal to coal, pounds 1 450 One oord poplar, cheatnnt, or elm equal to ooal, pounds UMtO One cord average of pine equal to ooal, pounds 925 It is supposed, of oottrse, in both ta­ bles that all the wood had been air- dried, and the comparative values of woods not mentioned in the table may readily be approximated by the readfif. , -- • V '. American Life. !TiM^sfi'Tiave changed, and to-day in this country wealth makes no conceal­ ment. It finds expression in costly residences, superb interior decorations, magnificent dining - rooms, gorgeous library appointments, and in much elab­ orate ostentatious display. The reason 01 this is found in the fact that men who have spent all their lives in the chase for wealth have little time for the pur­ suits of scollarship, or even for what is properly termed culture. In every community the men who have the most money are quite apt to be found the . -- ^ "» , -.-Wfpw They take a cursory glance at their daily paper, but randy read the maga­ zines, and are totally ignorant of what is going on in the literary and scientific WOrld. They tatow nothing of art, mu- sio or the drama. They are absorbed in the whirlpool of business, and many of them are so deeply involved in the meshes of avarice that even the strife of politics seldom attracts their attention. They live for themselves alone; acquire a fortune and die. There is no diffi­ culty foutiu iu filling iheir places, and the world is apparently no worse oft' for their departure. Bun over the list of wealthy men who have died in the last score of years and mark the truth of this proposition. But there is hope for the future. The generation of to-day is cultivating a broader spirit than the generation in which our fathers figured with prominence. The young men of tho present are profiting by the experi­ ences of their ancestors, and those who desire to leave names behind that -will live will be prompted to do what their fathers, in their greed and avarice, omit­ ted. A portion of their wealth will be turned back into public channels to found or endow benevolent institutions, and to aid such institutions as are de­ signed especially for the help of the struggling masses, who need educated hands as well as brains. The new order of rich men will appear in due time. Indeed, we may safely say that it has' already made its appearance. The man with a million or more to-day is not so great a social forco as the man who has given a portion of his wealth to some benefieent enterprise. The names of Peabody, Cooper and Hopkins will out­ live those of Astor,. Stewart and Van- derbilt. Their memory will be more honored for the public institutions fliey have founded than all the rich men in America who have thus far failed to dis­ tinguish themselves by any act of public beneficence.--St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald. The Beauty of Plain Living. If we would think, speak, and act courageously,--with a certain hardy di­ rectness--the regime of our life must partake of courage and hardihood. We do not gather sound, wintering fruit from vines, but from rugged trees, tough and rough of bark, with north- side growth of hibernal lichen. We do not fit for the heroic games by pursuing such drill as they can give us at Sy- baris. Experience is some relative of the muses. We shake our heads dubi­ ously when the bard who never tasted salt borrows a salt theme, and pre­ sumes to launch on ocean's mighty breast his unseaworthy cockle-shell of rhymes. Humorous Aurora was heard to laugh behind the hills at the hvmn composed in her praise by a belated acolyte, who woke not until all the spheres of the dew had been shattered by the wind moving over the grass and exhaled to heaven. Moderation, frugality, and simplicity obtain good report not only at the mouth of the philosopher, but from every manner of idealist. What inex­ haustible capital for poetry and paint­ ing are the lives of shepherd and back­ woodsman, of soldier, sailor, and the often desperately crowded mechanic. We like to hear that our poet formerly kept the herds of Admetus, that the prince in disguise turued griddle-cakes for a cross-grained house-wife. We kiss the hero's rough hands with zealous af­ fection, and if he have also required rough manners while undergoing the indurating phase of his fortunes, we ac­ cept rough manners, too. Only let him be entire hero--without so much as a valet to whisper aught against his claim to that high title. What so charms us in those verses of the Chaucerian Tale which describe the maidenhood of Gris- ildes? . , She made her bed fall hard and no thing soft, «md ay she kept her father's life on loft. It escapes not our sympathetic no­ tice, in reading the history of Mahomet, that he 'clouted his own cloak and cob­ bled his own shoes,' kindled his fire, and swept and garnished his cave of vision. If romantic or reverential in­ terest attaches to these austere condi­ tions, it must be because of some pure and permanent virtue inherent in taem. Yet, possibly, we often go to dispropor­ tionate lengths of admiration for the external features of the hero's life. Did he feed on locusts and wild honey, or on true liouey-dew and milk of para­ dise ? How was he clothed and housed withal? ' The marvel here! he lives, to outward sight Full meagrely, in lodKinx pl$ln and bare, lirown bread aud wildinu fruit his daily fare; His taper burns tar into desert uitrht, And yet, he'n forth to greet the earliest light. His soul is jocund at the morning air, And Hits at feasts immortal hands prepare; His body, onlv, lives the anchorite! --The Critic. «--!- ! ; f-: Talmage ftaores. <- I wieh to put myself right on Hiis sub­ ject. I have no objection to snoring, if it is of the right sort. Indeed, there are species of snoring that are positive­ ly impressive and suggestive. I have had interviews of this kinds with gentle­ men whom I shall never forget. I have arisen sometimes and lit the gas to look upon the face of such gentlemen occu­ pying the same apartments in crowded hotels. I have taken npon myself, on such occasions, the responsibility of rolling such a one over to hear with what variety he would entertain me. I have returned to my pillow astonish­ ed at his capacity, and wondered whether it was a natural or an acquired taste. To satisfy my curiosity, I have projected my pillow in the direction of the nasal performer, and have been am­ ply rewarded with new varieties of notes. I have heard one person assum­ ing many varieties in the course of an hour. First, beginning with a soft breathing like that of a bashful novice, it l-Lses up into a steady, strong breath­ ing, as if every inspiration were a hard pull. Then, enlarging into a rattle, like the rattle of a chain cable in a steam­ boat cabin when the pilot gives a turn to the wheel, it goes of into a puff like that of an engine. Deepening into a groan, and passing from tlienoe to a gurgling of the throat, as though strang­ ulation were going on. It riser into a long and monotonous succession of roars. Then, breaking out into terrific ebullition of sound, as if an orang­ outang, a lion and a dozen wild animals were engaged in a mortal combat, it suddenly ceases, and the performer awakens and wonders that you can't sleep. DEITTISTS are said TO be adopting a new form of bills, invented by one of their number, which consists of a litho­ graphed cut representing the interior of a human mouth, upon which the in­ dividual dentist indicates with red ink precisely the work done for the individ­ ual patient, who is thus enabled to veri­ fy every item at his leisure. This is obviously a happy thought. UP to the beginning of the nineteenth oentury the world had no window glass, and it can readily be guessed that the Ee^apa Owp^fe sugaatfafcwt Thur- low WeedU of the Mmting Journal, w«r» as aaftmtaff M a*y. What adds to the l&tereet or the etaeis the foot that Weed was a devoted ad­ mirer of Cooper's xtotfia,*iid it was said that in the very heal of the contro­ versy he sat up all night to read "The Path-finder," which'had just come out. The first onslaughts did not seem to be made from any ill-will, but from pure wantonness, or at least very slight political hostility. Mr. Weed and the press generally met the first suit in a vary supercilious and very jaunty man­ ner. Even when Cooper obtained a verdict of $400, Weed could still afford to be witty and jaunty. He wrote that "the value of Mr. Cooper's character has been judicially determined. It is worth exactly $400." This remark was sent anonymously to the Tribune, and it immediately cost a lawsuit. Cooper had already gained several small ver­ dicts from country newspapers. In his own journal, Mr. Weed recited these verdicts, repeated all the attacks on the novelist, and invited him to pros­ ecute again if ne thought he could ob­ tain $400 more. Mr. Cooper promptly accepted the challenge and brought suit. Weed did not appreciate the fact that he was dealing not with a politician, but with a man indifferent to or con- temptous of popular clamor. The press dropped its jocular tone and took high ground about the liberty of the press. Suits multiplied until they had reached the number of seven against Mr. Weed. Still he did not flinch. He stood man­ fully in the gap for freedom of speech. And he announced that he should con­ tinue publishing these attacks until Cooper ceased prosecuting. He was, indeed, encouraged by the result of two suits in April, 1842, in which, although he was beaten, the verdict was only for the small sums of $54 and $87. The tide seemed to be turning, and a new flood of abuse set in with the journals. But their cheerful anticipations were dissipated by the result of a suit in May, which brought a verdict of $325. The press was indignant, and it sug­ gested that if judges and juries presist- ed in carrying on this war against the press, the editors should unite in a pe­ tition to the Legislature to pass a law compelling judges and juries to do their duty. Before this profound sug­ gestion could he acted on, a suit in Sep­ tember resulted in a verdict of $400. In the following month a new suit was begun. Weed had fought his battle manfully. But the business of publish­ ing libelous paragraphs at these rates, low as they were, was ceasing to be either pleasant or profitable. Besides his own counsel fees, the adverse ver­ dicts carried with them heavy costs. He concluded to let the liberty of the press take care of itself. Accordingly, on the 14th of December, 1842, be pub­ lished, through a crumbling comment, a retraction of all his previous state- ments." •usic aid Aniaials. Whatever the modtts operandi may be, musical sounds have certainly a pe­ culiar effect on brutes at times, though whether this is of a pleasurable nature or otherwise seems to be not quite clear. In a garden where a guitar was often played, it was observed that the cow in the adjoining meadow invariably came to that part of the hedges nearest to the point from which the strains pro­ ceeded; and it was found that they could be lured in this way all around tlio witlinnt. catching aiffht of the performer, or having any other induce­ ment to follow. Sheep were effected in a somewhat similar manner, but in a less degree; goats still less; horses, pigs and poul try not at all. Canaries will usually begin to sing and parrots to exercise their vocabulary when they hear a piano. So far, these creatures would appear«to manifest de­ light ; but how about a cat or dog? The latter puts its tail between its legs and howls dismally at the first note of eith­ er vocal or instrumental music, though it can be accustomed to tolerate both with equanimity after a time; while pussy lashes her sides, cries remon* strantly, and, jumping on the musician's lap, seem* to rub and paw an appeal that the unwonted and mysterious vis­ itation which so disturbs her nerves may cease, particularly during singing. With these, then, one would infer that the sensations produced are anything but agreeable; but it is rather singular that, although cat and dog are appar­ ently distressed, both run to the piano and remain there as long as the cause of their excitement continues, neither endeavoring to escape, as they would from any other source of terror or an­ noyance. It is thought that there are sounds emitted by the insect word of so in­ tensely high a pitch that the human ear is incapable of appreciating them; indeed, is almost proved that such is the case by observation of the mechan­ ism for their production and the agita­ tion betrayed by other animals, conti­ guous but not within the range of vis­ ion, when it is set in motion. Thus, as ants are supposed to have a sense of sight beyond anything that we can con­ ceive, and to see colors which are un­ known to us, so it may be presumed that many creatures have a power of hearing which exceeds, not only in de­ gree but in quality, the same sense in man. . The Dinner With Jollied* Leopold Stapleaux tells a curious story of a visit he once made to Jullien. The maestro had invited Stapleaux to dine with him, alone. It was before any one had suspected Jullien of madness, and Stapleaux went, unsuspecting. When the dinner was over, Jullien sud­ denly turned up the bottom of his trousers' leg, showed his guest a swol­ len vein on his ankle, and asked if he knew what it meant. On receiving a negative replv from the astonished Stap­ leaux, he saicl it was the secret mark of the Vatican, and meant that he should soon be made Pope. Then he drew a pistol and declared his intention to shoot Stapleaux dead, lest he should betray hie secret. Being convinced that he was in the power of a maniac, Star pleaux summoned up all his wits, and begged for a few moments in which to prepare for death. This being granted he sprang to the piano and began to play a wild waltz. The music pene­ trated the brain of the mad meastro, aud he began to dance furiously. His intended victim watched an opportunity, slipped out of the room, locked the door behind him and fled for life to the Per­ fect of Police, by whose orders Jullien was quickly secured and placed In an asylum. . THE QUAMTY OF SILK.--A good way to test the purity of silk is to burn a sample. If it burns up quickly, and flares and blazes, it is partly cotton. If it burns slowly and makes an ash it is era paper wvmld lfte to see a man who would make thea raU U thay didnl waatto. Son* OM haa made the novel DI* covery that the cat is no where me# tioned in the Bible. It is also observ­ able that neither is the bootjaok.- itojjh ton Post. THE worst about kissing* Pittsburgh girl is that you carry the marks of coi|| dust about your nose and other feature! until you reach the nearest pump.-*- Burlington Hawkeye. "PA, do questions ever get mad??*" "No, my son, but sometimes we get matt at questions." "Well, pa, if questioi# don't get mad, what does the pap# mean when it says 'a much-vexed ques­ tion r" u - . HEBE is probably the shortest ONRFTT ship on record: A miner in Calif fell in love with a girl at first sight She was equally smitten with him, anf My pet.* the entire courtship was • "You bet" CoLOBLEss women should wear nM blue, save the very dark, shunning thi^ electric and cadet shapes.--Fashioik Journal That's all right. Now tell ui what a colored woman ought to wear.-- Philadelphia News. ? THE Pullman traitt hadnt run mort> than ten miles before the robbers head- ed it "You're lucky," said one of thfe passengers to the leader of the gangp«* "the porter hasn't been through thecals yet."--Nye's Boomerang. "MY dearest Maria," wrote a recently married husband to his wife. $h# wrote back: "Dearest, let me correcpf'-'i either your grammer or your moral&J: ; You address me, 'My dearest Mariaf Am I to suppose you have other deal Marias?" . r. "PA," said a boy to his father who had just been defeated by a large majority, "why don't they let boys run for office ?•* "Because, my son, the government is supposed to be the guardian of childly-3] ren and of course does not want theni to act the fool early in life."--Arkansas; ; Traveler. A DRUMMER for a shoe house went ty see his girl the other night, and wa» confronted by a bulldog, who rents » % room on the premises. They looke<K into each other's eyes, and than 4 strange depression overcame the dog, and he turned and slunk away. A LADY who had quarreled with he| ? bald-headed lover, said, iu dismissing him, "What is delightful about you, my "' friend, is, that I have not the "trouble of sending you back any locks of your hair." His reply was, "Had you given me one, you would not know whose locks you were sending." THE following goes to show that th Irish do not make all the bulls: "Wh would you Jews have done for a re giou if no such person as Moses' father had ever existed?" asked Sam Bennett, who loves to bother "the chosen peo­ ple," of Mose Schaumburg. "Mistheffe Bennett, de Chews vasli dot chosen beefC pies, and if Moses's fodder had neve^fc been born, den some udder man woul<£ have founded de Mosaic religion, brob* ably Aaron, the brother of Moses.-^ Texas Siftings. A NEEDY Thespian; whose scanty Wardrobe was packed in a Paper Trunk, fastened by a Twine Lock, be-* sought a Majestic Conductor to allow him to ride free to the next City, alt legisg, that the ^Esuiscraiioji <?£ RmI road Ties was but a monotonous Occu[. pation. The Majestic Conductor, how« ever, gave him, through the medium oi a neatly fitting Boot, a Stern Kefusaf to liis modest Bequest. Stung to fury, the Needy Thespian watched for the Beturn of the Train, and placing a Stone upon the Track, was pleased at the sight of a Holocaust of Deatlii Hastening to examine the Pockets oft the Dead and Wounded to ascertain ii they gave any signs of Life, great waifc his joy first to discover the Corpse of the Majestic Conductor, to which his at­ tention was attracted by the Scintilla*- tions of the Conductor's Diamond Breastpin. Hastily securing this price­ less Jewel, which he was convinced would make him so rich that not even the Production of a series of Great American Dramas could impoverish him, the Needy Thespian hurried away, from the Scene of Death, aud conveyed his Treasure te an Expert, who assur him that such Jewels were rarely ever found outside of a Dollar Store? Moral--All is no$ Diamond that Sparkles.--George T. Lanigan, in Drake's Magazine. The Personality of an Author. An author may interest his publio by his work, or by his personality or b# both. A great mathematician or metal* physician may be lost sight of in hip; own intellectual wealth, as a greajk capitalist becomes at last the mer# appendage of his far more importaufi millions. There is, on the other handf: a class of writers whose individuality is the one thing we care about. Th# world could get along without their help, but it wants their company. We not so very curious about the details of the life of Gauss, but we do want to know a good deal about Bicliter. Sir William Bovvau Hamilton invented or developed, the doctrine of quaternions; but we do not care very particularly about his domestic annals, the migration#^ from the blue bed to the brown, antfe the rest. But poor, dear Charles Lamlir --we can hardly withhold the pitying- epithet, since the rough Scotchman brought up against him, as one of hif own kale pots might have shivered quaint and precious amphora--poort ; dear Charles--he did not invent anjfc; grand formula, he certainly had not tha lever of Archimedes, but he had a per­ sonality which was quite apart from that of all average humanity, and he i|p adopted as one ef the pleasantest infe mates of memory. It is enough to say; of many men that they are interesting. And Ave are content to say of many others that they are useful, virtuous, praiseworthy, illustrious, even, by what they have achieved, but uninteresting, and we do not greatly care to hear any­ thing about them apart from their work.--O. W. Holmes, in the Atlantic. THE town of Langholm, in Scotland, was long famous for a curious iron in­ strument called the branks, which wa$sa fitted upon the head of a shrew, and|? having a prong which projected into th# mouth, prevented her speaking. Trav . dition in Langholm goes to show thaj|; its application was attended with exceliti V lent effect, and Dr. Plot, the antiquary, says that he muoh prefers it to the ducking stool, which not only en dan-, gered the patient's health, but also gav^B >' the tongue liberty between every dipjjjf^; • -- - -- - . i i - . 1 - A DUBLIN man boasts that he hi written 950 anonymous letters to of o! fcfc« hkw m the last twe rears. ... • .'J?,*#!*.. . •MjI. ' V;--A ,#r..