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6 A BRITON IN AMERICA, Tour of o British Oolonal in the United States, His Observations Pfesenteq. in a Book. Some Freo Criticisms. From Our Own Correspondent, TLoxvoN, Juno 28, 1873, English pooplo profess to disrognrd "tho criti- . olsms of tholr visitors, but in truth no nation i morg sensitive, and every word of the kind which renchiess them is read. Is it otherwloo in tho Statos? Nobody caros n cont,—that wo a8~ sumo; but atill, * Let us soo what tho ignora~ muses say!"” T last visitor to'the States who has fixed his improszions In o book is Liout,-Col. Modloy, a distinguishod officor of tho Royal Enginoers, whoso profossion kept him a long period in In- dia, Tho gallant offlcer goos from tlio most conservative country in tho world—so consorva- tivo that 500 years count but little in modifying tho physical aspoots of tho country or the soctal charnacter of tho peoplo—to a nation 80 progres- sive that it is difficult for the annalist to keep paco with it. Col. Medloy holds ZLiboral opinions, and in tho civil war his synipathics wero entirely with the North, Thongh amomber of & profogsion which i usually instinct with proju- dices againat popular govornment, ho is free of the military Toryism, and went to Amorics, Inst autumn, dotormined to flnd out what » domoc- racy in full power is like. PHYSIOAL APPEAMANOLS. As thie Colonel sat at dinner tho first day of hin arrival, at one of the largest hotels in New York, and studied tho countenances of tho'400 or 500 mon st tablo, who “ swiftly and silently de- spatched their dinner, and then glided rapidly and gravely from the door,” ho folt, ho snys, ihat ho wae amongst a strong, carnost, and reso- lnte poople, whom one would rathor have as friends than foes. They were not at all Eng- lish-looking ; thoy are, 88 n rulo, darker and enllower than ourselvos ; the face is largor and lenner ; and the almost universal practico of shaving the whiskers and growing tho beard tonds still moro to give them a foroign look.” He admits, however, that this fecling faded somewhat as Lo wont West. THE ADSENCE OF PAUPERISMN AKD DRUNKENNESS struck tho Anglo-Indian forcibly. Io waa as- pured that a good doalof bord drinking goos on, but be did not see it. ‘I acarcoly over mot a drunken man ; and the stroots at-night, in all tho citios X visitod, certaiuly presonted s favora~ ble contrast to English towns.” On tho other hand, the frequency of tobacoo-chowing, with its results, disgusted him immonsely. Quarrel- ing or bad lauguage are rarely heard, and thore is o singular quictuoess nnd patiencoshown overy- whore, which are & ploasant contrast to tho grambling of en Epglishman. The self- reatraint and self-rospoctof the peoplo aro won- derful, Irritating oxactions are raroly known, and men nare not alwaya tonching their hats and oxpecting you to tip thom for dolng somo act of common civility. “Let mo add," writes the Colonel, * that I never was treated otherwise than with porfeet courtesy, by evory official with whom Lcame in contact, and that I never auked a question or inquired my road from any- one without the greatost pains being taken to give mo tho desired information.” ‘His own conntrymen_being proverbially hum- ble of spirit, Col. Medloy was disagreeably struck by AMERICAN EGOTIS, which is not evon satisfied by onc’s admiration, but which requires you to sdmire exnctly what Americnns do. Not that thoy caro. T'ho mnss of tho poople take littlo intorest in any country ox- cept thoir own. 'The youth of tho nation and the narrownoss of the education produce this ro- sult, The nowspapors aro very inforiorto those of Europe. While traveling in America, you np- pear to bo cut off from tho European world of politics and news, 8o meagre is tho flippant sum- wmary put befors you in the papers, and “so #hallow and ignorant are their comments on the ucanty soraps of nows thoy furnish.” The Amerioans struck him gounerally as A BILERT PEOPLE, > more taciturn and roserved than English- mon. In tho railway cara and elsowhere, they mako less noise than half tho numbor of English, and those who are unacquaintod sesm never to spesk to ench othoratall. Intho whole courso of his travols, he was nevor ad- dressed in the first instanco, flmufih ho always recelved porfootly civil replice. eapite their faculty of wit, you rarcly hear jokes or a hoarty laugh: Thora Is no idle class, and nobody acems to havo timo for enjoyment or pleasura, This reserve requires 80 much time to bronk throngh. that a travoler s apt to be cbilled by tho wani of warmth in his reception. A lottey of intro- duction brings only a card at your hotol. = THE. AMERIOAN AGOENT Qiffers, amongst_the educated class, from tho Engllsl\ accont, in & slight raising of tho voice st the ond of a mentenco. With ather classes tho nasal twang is often strong, but tho vory broadest Yaukea provincialism ia moro easily un- derstood, and not more offensive to tho educated oar, than that of the Yorkshire * tyke " or Glng- gow “body.” . TIE CURSE OF THE COUNTRY, says our Colonel, lies in the perpptual election- coring, aud in universsl suffrago. Tho tono of politica is very low, and “’The moat acandalous charges aro overy day coolly made ngainst tha politiciang of the opposite stde, which, if only o tenth part wers true, would rendor such men infamous in Englxmd." The raco of statesmon doos not exist, **Inover,” eays our author, “ mot one American who did not condemn universal suflrago, andInovor found ono Canzdinn who did not thank his stara they weronot curaed with it,” Unless the modern doctrine of tho roprosenta- tion of minorities can bo made to work, all that vemains is to diffuso education ss widely as pos- sible, and to raieo the educational standard higher, Thore is an amonnt of good sonse and rehigious foeling in the country that goes far to roctity oxiravagances, if only thoy are not swamped by the intrusion of foreign clements. RAILWAYS, ETC, Tho American ticket-system would bo spacially usoful in Indin, a8 it would protoct the patives from imposition h‘r tho subordinete railway officinls, who ofton defraud travelors in tho con- fusion which nosw provails previous to tho start- ing of the cars. The saccommodation on tho Loata betwoeen Now York and Doston, and those ou the Mudson aud r ouything on tho Rhino, or tho Swiss or Italian Jukes. Ab tho lhotols, though, you can seldom find anything fit to eat. Tho ment in the West is loan, tough, and tnsteloss. The poullry is very iuferlor, aud the gamo always roastod to death. Tho fashion of hotcl—diulng is bar- barous, You are goucrally oxpocted to order eve thin;f ou want at’ once, *‘the rosult of \xlch s that, whilo you aro eating ono dish, the othors, which ara rangod in front of you, aro gotting cold,” The beer iw always * fhiclk, mnddy stuff,” and wino is extravagantly dear, T'ho cost of our Colonol's tour, ircluding tray- eling, hotel-charges, and nll gtcoteras, was €8, or about 32s per day, exclusive of the coat of tho voyago out and homo. .Xt Wost Point, Col. Medlay had tho ploasuro of mootiug many of tho Lost engineoring ofticers, # from whom,” he adds, * I recoiv~1 a vory cor- disl welcome aud much personal kindness, which I om sure my brothor-ofiicers of tho corps in England and §ndlx| will reciprocate if thoy Lavo tho op\lnrtunlty." At Chicago, tho_Colonel was shown over the water-works ; and, **By the courtesy of Mr, 1fjortslery, the Chior Enfinuor of the Obleago; Lurlington & Quiney Railway, I was pregontos with n freo pags on the line, aud had my further journey westward pleasantly smoothed for me.” ANTERVIEWS, The Colonel, in his futorview with Qen. Grant, found him ** vory clvil, bu, a3 usuul, ozcessively eilont and rosorved.” Ile Liad an ngroenblo oven- ing attho house of Mr, Caroy, whom ho do- seribes as ** o detorminod advocalo of thoso pro- tectioniat theories which, thoungli as oxtinet ng the Mogatherium in England, still’ flourish amoug farge party in the Btates,” -Hurvard struck him as rather an English oxotio than a Jioalth; lant of American growth, Ile wlshos it woul Euvotn Ita chiof offorts to becoming the first eciontific school of tho country. As to a strugglo with England, which bo rpgarda as “*always a poeaible “event in tho prosent constitution of Amerlcan_ politics,” ho ‘tninks Ingland has no renvon {0 be llrnid, seolng hor groat suporiority ‘both in Lier navy and morcantile m:arluu. T Ey 8t. Lawrenco, {8 suporior to" TIL CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 18 n ¢ by tho middle-class in providiug earoors for their sons, the question prossos, whothor It s not bettar to reviso tho curront ideas of what con- stitutes & *‘gontloman)” and mco if, in new counttion, oponiugs- cannot bs found for thoir ohildren, without any olher capital than such an oducation as witl it them to oarn thoir living by thelr own oxortions, Iundreds of young men, whose talentsfor hook-loarning aro not brilliant, and who havo an Inatinctivo avtipathy to dosk- work, aro yot most willing to work, but are shut out from doing the vory work for which they are bost adapted, by that foollsh, pride which tenchos thom that manual Inhor is dngrndlnq. I make bold to say,” obsorves Col. Medley, * that a mon who hias beon thoroughly woll trained as o prac- tical mechanic, fs roally bottor educated, in tho proper souse of ‘the word, than ono who has moroly loarnod what aro tormed ‘tho usual branches of a gontloman's oducation ; although thero is no roason why theso should not bo superadded to the othor, or why a man should drop the rofincments of social 1ifo bocauso ho hns charge of n steam-ongino instead of & sot of bankor's books. If gentlo- manly habils and inetincts aro_na valuable as wo all believe thom to be, thoy will bs not loss valu- ablo bocauso the Eun‘lomnn hns boon taught o trado or ealling which In iteelf is almost n lib- oral oducation, dnvolv‘vxng as it does tho facultion of intelligence and inven- tion far moro, than copying law-papera or \‘,rnnscrlbh:% accounts. In’fact, such habits, ‘whon oncoe formed by ocarly training and home- assoolations, shonld” bo independent .of a man’s daily work or occupation, provided only that such work is honest and not in'ita naturo dograding, As thero are many mon pursning what aro eallod gentlomanly ocoupntions who, oven in the com- mon Bonso of the torm, are not gentlemon, so I maintain that tho rea! gontloman will not consa to bs 80 becauso ho ia splitting rails or working at a forge, instond of sitting at a dosk.” THE YOUNG BEDAWY: WHO FUL- FILLED HIS PROMISE.” Bharaf-od-din-Huseln, tho son of Riyan, ro- Intos: ‘Marvolous nrethe anccdotos -which I collected, and wonderful aro my reminisconcon of tho excellent things which I noted down from one who was presont at the council, and heard tho words of 'Omar-{bn-ol-Kbattab, tho Khalifah of ol-Islam,” Ho stated that ono day, while the Imam was sitting in council with somo of tho chiof of tho Asgooiatos, and othors to whom he roferred for judgmont and advico, and while ho wae giving his decislons in causos, and issuing his com- mands among his subjocts, & yonug man of comely appearanco, and in oloan attiro, appoarod, in tho grasp of two other young mon, also well favored and woll dressed, who dragged and pulled him until théy bronght him in, and placod him before the Amir-ol-Mumanin, And, when thoy thus stood in his prosence, the Amir looked at the two young men and at the othor, nud then commanded thom to take thoir honds oft kim, Upon this thoy drew noar, and sald: “0 Commander of the Faithfalt wo aro ‘brothron, sous of the samo mother and father, snd are acoustomed to speak strietly the truth. Our father waa a shoilth advanced in yonrs, ox- collont in administration, respected among lis tribes, frae from vico, known by his virtues, ‘When we woroe childron, he educated us; whon we grow older, ho treated us with consideration, n“l?l numnesed for us o large inheritance. Asitis soid : 4Had thero Jived among men one other father liko our ather, Tho world would have grown rich in virtucs. This morning he went out into his garden to enjoy himselt among the trees; and, whilo ho thero gathored tho ripo frults, this_youth killed him, and twrnod from the way of rightcousness. And wo ask from you tho retaliatory retribution for his crime,} and tho docreo for the eamo ac- cording to that which God hLas rovealod to you" (. 0., in the Euran). ‘Tho historian thon rclatos that 'Omar looked upon the young man and sald to him: “Verily you have hoard, Whatis your an- swor " And at this the yonth's heart was calm, and void of approhension. Truly, bo flung off the €nrmunt of fear, and east nsido the mastlo of ropldation, Then he smiled liko a poarl,$ and spoaking Wity o aoet oloquont tonguc, Ealuted tho Princo in beautiful languago. * 'Then ho wont on, saying: **0 Commandor of tho Faithful! by Allah| thoey bave well recollected in making their plaint ; and have spoken truly iu what they have said; and have made known that which took place; and have desoribed that which ocomrad. And 1 will now recount my story bofore you, and judg- ‘mont theroupon rests with you. ‘¢ Know, O Commandor of the Faithful! that 1 am an Arabof the Araba. § Iwas roared in the dwellings of the desort, and years of misfortune darkened my lifo, Bo I came to tho outskirts of this city with my houschold, and my goods, and my childron. I followad ons of its roads, which led mo betweon gardens, having with me she- camols, boloved by mo, dear to me; and among them a he-camol of noble race, the sire of a large progony, of beautiful form, an oxcallont broeder, who walked in_thoir midst like a crownod mon= arch. One of the sho-camels approachod a ?“‘ den, over the wall of which troos were visiblo that sha could reach with her lips. 8o I drove hor away from that garden, shen lo!_an old man appoared, panting: with rage; and, mounting on tho wall, ho prosented himself, carrying in his right band & stone, and raving liko o furious lion. Thon he struck the he- camel with the stone, and killed him—it foll on = fatal spot. But, when I saw the camol fall and roll over, live ‘conls of rago were kindled within mo. Isgized tho very same stono, and truck tho shelkh with it; and that was tho causo of his ond, He met ovil in his turn, and the man was alain by that whick ho slow. After that ho had cried a'great cry, and had screamod a terri- bla scream for Lolp, I hastonod from the spot. But haste wos of no avail againat thess two young men. They Inid hold of me and brought mo here aa you sco me,"” ‘Then sald 'Omar: “ Behold! you lave confessed the crime yon have committed, and your acquittel is_impossi- blo, and rotalistion is imporative” aud there is now no rofuge.” Then eaid the young man: T obey that which has been decreed by the Tmam, and am gatiafied with what the law of al- Islam ordains. But I have a littlo brothor, whose Bgod father, before his_decenso, loft exclusivel tohim a great dealof wealth and much gol«f.’ And on Lis death-bed the old man brought him into my prosence, aud committed his affairs to mo, and snid : ¢This is in your kuu{:ing for your brothor; take it, and guatd it zealously,' "And upon that I made choico of & spot for burying it, and placed 1t thero, And noone knows of it except myself; and, if you order my immediate exocution, the gold will bo lost, and you will have beon tho cause, and the child will domand bis reckoning from you on the day when God ahall judge belweon his croatures. But, if you will grant me o delay of thred days, I shall kinve nominated some one to tako charge of the boy's affairs, aud will roturn obedient to the roin. And I know ono who will guaranton theso my words,"” ' Then "Omar lowered his oyes, and was ellent, Prosently Lo looked at those who wero near, and avked : 4 Who will stand snrety for him, and for his roturn to this place 7" Then the young man studied the conntonances of tho s{actufiom of the Council, and pointed toward Abu-Zarr,|| among thoso who were pros- ent, and said : ‘*This ono will nuswer for me, and will bo- come my suroty,”" Baid 'Omar : 0 Abu-Zarr! wilt thou bocome surety for thewo words ¢ Ho roplied ; i i \:,os, 1 will ho anawerable for him for three nya, Aud the two yonng men, the accusors, were eatisflod with fho nurutyuhlllp of Abu-Zarr, sud granted the delny dotermined upon. But whon the’ time had expirad, and the hour was at hand, if not niready pust, dmy again pro- * From “Tiatorlcal Tules nnd Anecdotes of the Timo of th Eorly Kualifalin," ferandsted frou the Arablo and aunotaiad by Mrs, Godfroy Clueh, London: II, 8, Mting & Co, + Whiful murder, thiough ono of {he most enormous crimea that cau bo committed, s yet allowed £0 bo comyounded for, ou the payment of 2 fiuo to tho fame ily of tho deconsed, and Sreelng o Muslim from captive ity, Thonoztof kin, bowever,~or, fn the langusko of thio Bihlo, ¢ the rovongor of blood,—hus tho option of accepting or refusing such sotisfaction, and may in- sist on having tho murdoror dolivored into his Lianda 10 bo put to doath, #That Is, ho oponed lls mouth slightly to Inugh, and exposod whita tcoth Lko pestls, I miay mention 'hero that tho peoplo of tho East havo alwoys beon intouse adirora of Uio Leaity of youth—aud which I, in truth, tho kiud of Leauty that most appoala ta a pure Lourt. Even in tho atresta of Cairo ono may so a mothor oF othier relativo tako up a Littlo child ‘and ox- claim: 40ty youth] O thy youthl (¥a shabadak? ya shababuk 1) §That s, an Arab of Arsb descent, and not muaf! arap-_that1s, mads an Arab by lapud of time, sud birth In Arabla, though ‘tha origiusl progenitor was not of Atabis, sontad themsolves at tha Qounoll of 'Omar, who was sentod with tho Associaton nround him, like stars around tho moon, Abu-Zarr wns also pros- ont, And tho neounod alone wau ahsont, Thon snid tho two ymmt; mon ¢ YWhoro I8 tho culprit, O Abu-Zarr? How .ml‘élt’l“l’ wllm lmsnlllml tmbul\-n ? i Tht::ll shlnlli nok quit this placo without redeomin, pledgo.” Thon snld Abu-Zarr ey By tho truth of tho Omniscient King!"™ when tho wholo of tho throo days sholl have cln[land if the young man doos not appear, I will xedeom m; )l a bnlp e Oozll"y plodgo and resign myself, so Thon enid 'Omar ¢ 3 By Allah! {f the {oung man dolays, I will suroly oxocuts upon Abu-Zarr what the law of cl-Islam ordans.” At tlioso words tenra foll from tho oyes of tho epoctators, and sighs for Abu-Zarr broke from nil who wore present ; and groat was tho BOXTOW, and doop tho rograt. Thon somo of the ohlof of the Associatos sug- goated to tho two young mon to tako tho prico of blood, and so obtain the praiso bostowed upon thono who aro merciful. Lut they would uono of it, and refused overything oxcepting ‘vongennco for him who had been slain, And while tho peoplo were swaying to and fro with griof at what wau passing, and commisorat- ing Abu-Zarr, 151 tho_young man nY‘pmwhud and'stood boforo tho Imam, whom ho saluted with a porfact salutation. And his countenanca wag radiant as tho nsing sun, andshono with swent. And ho cried: ““Bohold! I mado over the boy to the earo of his mothor'a bratliron, and acquainted them with tho socret of his condition, and_discoyered to them tho placo of his property, Then I haston- od hore, in the heat of the sun, to fulfill tho ob- ligation of a truo-born man," And the Knoplu marveled at his honcsty and fldelity, and at his intropidity in mooting doath, But ho said: ‘“Ho who acfod perfidiously was not pardoned by tho man who liad him in his power. But upon the one who was faithful the ayongor had pity, and pardoned him. And Iwas also cortain that, when death presentod iteolt, thero was noguarding against it by flight, An ot it }mt bo said, Fidelity hns gone from among men," Thon enld Abu-Zarr: “Allsh! O Amir-el- Mumnuin ! of o truth IXstood suroty for this young man, though I neither know to what peo- lo he belorged, nor bad seen him boforo that ny. But ho looked toward mo ouly, among those who wore prescnt, and turned toward mo, and said, ¢ This ono will be suréty for mo.' Au it did not soom right to refuse him; and hu- manity forbado that his Liopes should bo frus- trated whon thore was no harm in consonting to his wish, loat it shonld bo snid, Gooduness qnu Bone from among mon." Thoreupon said the two meg mon: /O Amir- ol-Mumaninl verily we give our fathor's blood to thig young man, that his trouble be changed into g‘lndnusa—lnst it slould be said, Benovo- lonce has gono from amoug men." Then tho Imam rojoiced that the young man had recoived Elrdon, and at his truth’ and fidel- ity. And ho declared tho humnnity of Abu-Zorr to bo groater than that of any of the Associates soatod with him, And he approved the bonevo- lent intontion of the two young mon, and prais- ed them in the warmest torms. And ho quoted this couplet : o who doth good shall uot want for bis rowards ; That which Lo halk done will bo forgotton by neither God nor man, Then Lo proposed to them that ho should pay tha price of their fathor's blood out of tho trons- ury. But they said: * Surely wo have pardoned, desiring to chnua God thoMoreiful ; and he who proposcs this to himself must carry out his bo- neyolonco neither dishonorably nor injuriously,” Tho historian adds: 8o I inscribed this in tho collaction of Marvelous Tnlou‘ ond ivserted it in tho ‘Accounts of Wonders,"" e CASABIANCA OF THE PERIOD. Ho camo—tho imago of hi pire, - With all the charms that youth can lond— And sat beaido tho kitchen firo, ‘Whilo mamma aid his garments mend. 8lio turned the pockots inelde out, Ana forth camo miacellancous things ; And all tho region round sbout ‘Waa strow with marbles, feli-hooks, atriugs, A ilirty hand¥erchlef, somo gum, Fregmenta of calre, o dozen nalle, A photograph that had hocomo Tho worso for wear—but lxngusga fails, 80 thought tho matron, in dlamny ; Aud, with intcution to destroy, ‘Thrust in tho atevo such cards as thoy Wlio play at cuchro would employ. But quick the boy, through smolro and flame, Griled them, tor cared for burun u speck’; Ana liko young Casa—what'a his nome?— “Trod biavely on the Burning * Deck."” —_————— Mr. Coville’s Complicated fisfortune, From the Danbury Newa, Thero are men who disputo what thoy do_not understand, 3r, Covillo is such a man, When ho lieard o carponter say thoro wora 5o many shinglas on the roof of his homso becauso the roof contnined £o man, mil’nnru feet, Coville doubtoed the figures, and when the carpontor wont away ho dotermined to tost the mattor by going on the roof and counting thom. And he wont up thero. He squeezed through tho scut- tle—Covillo weighs 230—aud thon st down on tho roof and worked his way carefully and do- liberatoly toward tho gutter. When hie got part way dowp, he Lenrd a sonnd botweon him and tho shingles, and bocame aware that thoro was an intorforenco some way in his further locomotion, He tried to turn over and crawl back, but the obstruction held him. Thon he tried to moye along o little, in hopes that tho troublo would prove but tomB:rnry. ut s incroasod sound convineed him that oither o nail or & sliver had hold of his cloth, and that if ho would save any of it he must use caution. 1is folus were in tho house, but he could not mako them hear, and, beside, ho didn't want to attract the attention of tho neighbors, 8o ho sat thero until aftor dark and thought. Ivwould have boen an exceliont opportunity to Liavo counted tho shingles, but he neglectad tousait. His mind appeared to run into’ othor channels. Ho #at thero an hour after dark, sco- ing no ono ho could notify of Lis position. Thien he saw two boys appronch tho gate from the house, and reaching thore, stop. It was light enongh for him to koo that one of the two was his son, and although Lie objected to having the other boy know of his misfortune, he hud grown tired of holding on to tho roof, and con- cluded bo could Dbrive tho strauge boy into silenco. ‘With this arrapgorment mn‘)pad out, he toolk out hig knife and threw it so that it would strike noar tho boys and attract their nttention, It struck nearor than e anticipated. In fact, it struck so close 18 o hit tho atrango boy on lha hond and noarly brain bim, As soon as- ho re- covored his equilibrivm o turned on Coville's hfi’ wlho, ho was confident, had attempted to kil him, and introduced somo astonishment and bruises in his face. Then ke throw him down ond kicked him in tho side and banged him on tho hoad, and threw him over into the guttor and pouuged his logs, and thon haulod him back to tho walk agaln and knocked his hoad ngainst tho gate. And ol the whilo tho eldor Covillo sat on the roof and cried, * Polico1” but couldn't get nway. Aud thon Mrs. Covillo dashod out with & broom, and contributed a fow novel featuros to the af- fair at tho gate, and ono of the boarders dashed out with u double-barrelled Eun. aud lhoaring tho cries from tho roof, lookod up thoro and cs- pying o fguro which was undoubtedly o burglar, drove a handful of shot into its legs, With a iowl of ngony, Covillo made & plungoe to dodgo the misstlos, freed himself from tho vail, lost his hold to the roof, and wont sailing down tho shingles with nwful velocity, both loga sproad-out, (his hair on end, and hishands mak- ing desporato but fruitloss offorts to eave him- solf. lie tried to swoar, but was sio frightoned that bo lost his powor of sl)nuch, and when hao asBed over Lho odgo of tho roof, with twen- y foet of tin guttor hitchod Lo him, the boarder gevo him the contonts of the other barrel, and thon dovo into the houso to load up again, Tho unfortunate Covilla struck into a cherry treo, and thenee bounded to tho firounfl, whoro ho wag _recognizod, picked up by tho assombled nelghbors, and carried into the house. A new dootor {s making good doy wages piek- ing the shot out of his legs. Tho hoarder bns gona into the country to spond tho summor, and thio junior Covillo, having soquestored & pleco of brick in his handkerchlef, is laying low for that other boy, ITo says that bofore the calmof an- othor Bubbath rests on New England thero will be suotber boy in Danbury who can't woar a cap, PSS — Chloroform and Insecty. To he lnsoct tribe Is duo tho use of one of the most powerftl ogents in alloviating paln—chloro- form, The little ant containg a substonce ealled formio acld, ubout which old John Ray and Mar- tin Lastor uurrnu{mmlud » contury ago ; and thoy found that it coutainod an acid ; and so it got In~ to books n formio acid, It was found tobo com- posed of compound radieal formylo, and throo otoms of oxygon. Dumas substituted chlorina for tho oxygon, and thus obtalued terchlorido of formyle, Which is chloroform, Thon it was found that othor wns cupablo of taking awey all monsations of the humanbody; aud Dr, Bimpaon, of Edinburgh, found that torchlorlde of formyle was more thoroughly adapted for this or. _And o this; groat boon ART IN EUROPE. Tho Muscum at South Kensington, and the British National Gallery. High Prices Paid for Pictures. W, J. floppin, tn the Attantia Monthly for August. It is in England, howovor, that tho most ox- traordinary advance ling tsken placo in tho art educntion of the poople. This is alnost entircly owing to the lessona taught by tho Intornational Exhibition in London in 1851, It wan distinctly scon at that timo that Xranco and othor Conti~ nontal countrios oxhibited & groat snporiority in all productions whioh roquired skill in tho arrangoment of forms snd colors, and that England would lono her supremacy 88 8 manufacturing nation unless sho should oleo cnitivato this oloment of productive valuo. In 1852 o departmont of tho Govornmeont was formoed to moot this oxigomoy. Mauy now schools woro established ontirely devoted to in~ struction in design, and & plan was also adopted Dy which the elemonts of drawing should be tauglt in tho parochinl schools. Evoning classes wero opened to adults, whioh were not enly sub- stantially free to all who wore unable to pay for their tuition, but workmen wore onoouraged to attond by prizes of drawing instruments, books, and monoy. . Theso offorts were succossful to an oxtrnordinary degreo. From K & Darlia~ mentary report, datod in June, 1871, and con- taining an account of the oporations of the pro- vious yoar, it appears that tho number of indi- viduals instructed in art in all parts of the Uni- tod Kingdom, under the supervision of, this do- partmont, had incrensed to 187,916.' In 1851 the numbor had been only 8,200. It is an intorest- ing faot that in & country whore it is commonly supposed that tho peoplo aro'addicted to, sordid traflle and conrao pleasuros, neatly fwo hundred thousand children and workmon are ovory year, inatructed in tho olemeonts of design, aud moro than one thousand of those in the highor and more diffficult branchos, But it was found nccessary, not only to oducate pupils in the principles of art, bub 8150 to show them what had boon the host ro- sults of gonius and akill in ‘that direction. Small appropriations were mado at first for this pur- o080, Those specimens wore gradually increasod [ numbor, until thoy were romoved, in 1857, to tho Musgnm at South Kensington, whioh is now tho mmt'cnmfilntn and-interosting of any in tho world in its illustrations of tho Listory, the the- ory, and tho practice, not only of docorative art, but also of artin somo of its highor manifesta- tions. It Ia unneccssary to describs to those who lave beon {n Yondon the wonder- ful attractions of ¢his grost collectiony or the convenionco and eloganco. of its installntion ; tho suporb hall of tho cartoons of Raphnel, with its anro}\rlntn sobriety of orna- mout ; tho long sutta of gallories whoro so many of the moat beautitul examples of tho English achool are hung; the rooms appropriated to tho coramie art, with coilinga and columne deco~ ratod with poreelain ; or tho immonso glazed courts enrichod with gilding nnd mosaics, and fillod with tho bost specimons to illustrate the voluo which art can give to raw materials, Mnny of thoso objocts are costly originals, Othora are copies’ in clectrotype or by somo other procees, and are quito as valuable as originals for purposcs -of study. A systom in dovised for ihe constant increase of tho collection by contributions both from home and abroad. The British foreign consuls are re- quired to facilitate the acquisition of interoating objects in thoir neighborhoods. - There was on exhibition laat yoar & set of drawings of full sizo copled from thio wall paintings in the catacombs of Itlomo; and in ono of the uow halls, not yot opencd to tho publie, thoro was the plaster modol of Trajan’s column 'of the oxact sizo of the original, the room being of such unusual di- mensiona that this cast roquired to be divided into two scctins only, Bosides works which aro the Erupmey of " tho institution, a gront number of othor objects of inestimable value are constantly lent for exhibition. Of theae there will bo occasion to sponl heroaf- tor. All theso collections aro not stationary in London, A certnin sclection from them ia kopt in circulation through tho provincial towns, The ropork of 1871 states that, during the pro- vious year, ofl-paintings, drawings, and other “arb objects to the number of 9,125 were sont to thirty-two different localitiea aa loans to exhibi- tions chiofly held 1o connection with schools of art, Thore isaluo a National Art Library bolong- ing to the South Kensington establishment, which contained in 1870 upwards of 3,000 vol- umes ; and courses of lectures aro delivered thero, tlie attendanco at_which amounted the samo vesr to 27,701, Finally, to concludo thoso statistics, the numbor of” visitors to the Musoum during the yoar 1870 was 1,014,849, and é‘fi; wholo number from the beginning 10,071,~ The rosult of this undertaking on the part of the British Governmont has been a substontial guccess, Tho Fronch thomselves, tho most powertul rivala of tho Fnglish, lave ropeatedly sdmitted this in an unqualifiod way, In pot- tory and ancnlnin, in g]us, in calicops and car- pets, in silverware and jewelry, and in many othor branches where skill in artiaan ole- mont of value, the English are nearly, if not quite, oqunl to thelr Continontal "competi- tors, and this is almost cnlirely owing to tho extraordinary efforts which the Gov- ornmont and people hiave mnde since the year 1861 to oncourage art instruction, Another proof of the revival of a wide-spread public interest in the fino arts is the increased gouorosity of %o\'nmments and individuals in the enlargoment and improvement of muscums, gallories, and acadomies, Without ropontin, etatiatics on this head which aro familiar to al wlio bave travelod abroad, it is sufficient to men- tion a fact, which is not generally known, that many of theso eulablishmonts which we nro ac- customed to consider of groat antiquity are com- paratively modarn, At tho beginning of tho pres- ent ::m:tm-{f tho only ono that rivaled the Louvre was the gallery at Dresdon., At that date neithor the Musoum of tho Vatican nor the Studii at Naples, neithor tho Academy of the Fine Arts at Vonice, tho Royal Musoum of Madrid, tho Pin- akothok at Munich, the Gemalde-Sammlung at Berlin, nor tho National Gnllery at London, ox- isted. And tho great collections of tho Pitti Talaco at Florence, of tho Dolvodera at Viouna, of tho Hormitago at Bt Potersburg, of tho Iloguo, and of Iompton Court, wors only the privata cabinots of sovereigns. ‘I'o all theso public musoums governmonts nro constantly making thomost valuable additions, It is uynecosusary to enumorate them hero, but it would ho \msml.nlul to omit the contributions to tlo Louvro during thoreign of the lato Emper- or, partioularly that of tho unrivaled Campana vasen, Thore are constant appropristions also for cortain departmonts whioh are less conspiou- ous, such 8 are nut ofton seon by travelers, and about which the public have only very vaguo ideas. Iow fow people know, for inatauce, that in tho national collection of engravings in Paris thoro aro 1,200,000 piccos arrauged in 14,600 volumos and 4,000 portfolioal It is quito easy to twn over in an hour or two at the ?flruish Mu- scum goveral volumes of tho works of Albert Durer, Mara Antonio, Rombrandt, and Mucas Van TLeyden, which aro worth col- loctively nt least fifty or sixty thousand pounds slnrlln;i. Ono .of these spocimens, & copy of tho colobratod Hundred Guilder print of Rombrandt, cost ita former owner more than 0,000 in gold: and it was atatad by the Suporin- tondont that tho colleotions in this dopartment of tho British Museum alone were worth from £B00 to X600 sterliug,—from $2,000,000 to 3,000, “ftho rapid growth of thio Dritish National Gal- lery fromn thirty-oight picturos in 1823 to more than 800 at tho prosont timo is a strong proof of tho point already medo,—that art is more sub- stantially promoted now than it evor was bofore; and its” oxamplo Is vory encouraging to us who oro aitempting to ontablish museums in this country. Its history from the beginning is o record of enlightoned Liborality on the part both of the Govornment and individuals, and this has been shown with particular oloarness during tho last two yoars, Whou the collsotion af Bir Robort Peel was to bo sold in 1871, and wus first oftored, according to tho provisions of his will, to tho British Goverumont, It was at_onco pur: chatod for the National Qullory for $875,000 in gold. It cousistod of only about sevonty-fivo pletures, but those would bring at the prosont market rates considorably imore than the prico sboye-meutioned. Cho " famous Chapeaw do Paillg of Rubens would alons bring s good part of the wholo amouut, In ono of tho rooms of the National Gallery thors is & painting mousuring loss thau eightcon by lwenlrthm inchos,—s0 small that ono might easlly put it under ono's coat and carry it off without being detooted, Itis by tho Duton master, ‘Torburg, aud it ropresents the Congress was signod in 1048, It contains nonrly ninot; rurtmla of tha Doputics, somo of them (ul{ longths, but all tho hoads finished with the dell- cney of miuiaturos, and, st the samo timo, with a. strongth of characlor and exprosslon which ro- mind ‘ono of Vandyok. The Iato Marquis of Iortford lmld $30,400 In gold for this littlo pic- turo at tho first snle of Princo Domidoff's San Donato collection in 188, It Ia statod that tho . Dritish Govornmont was tho rival bidder of tho Marquis ; aud, on tho donthof tho latter, his rolative and logatoo, Bir Rtichard Wallaco, grace- fully presontod it to tho nation, stating that he know it to linvo boon tho Marquls' intontion to do Bo, if hio hiad lived. The extraordinary gencrosity which has been displayod of late years by individuals all over Turope in gifts and logacies of valuable ob- jcots to public collections—in . tho froo ex- ibition of their privato finflorlcs, and in the most libernl and unoxamplod pricespald far works of art—is in England again most onlightoned and conspicnous. ‘The finmunity of that nation from foroign invasion, the long peace which has Iasted withs o fow trifling interruptions for moro than fifty yonrs, aud, ahove all, tho onormous incroaso of wealth in privatehands have enabled tho amatours of that country to amass groator trononras of this sort than oxlst anywhoro olso *in tho world. Not only of spocimena in paintin and sculpture, but of ‘that multitude of smal objacts in which tha yalne of 5 procious matorial is enhanced b[v‘ tho still moro precions skill of tho artist, thoro are vast ncoumulations in thoso statoly oountry houses whioch aro the charm and tho pride of English lifo, And thoso oxquisite things are not koit imprisoned in socluded chambors, like tho beautics of o harom, to Lo scon by nobody but their owners. Thoy aro displayed for tho froo inspeotion of all lovers of art, nud aro froquently sont algo to tho Bouth Kensington Musoum, whera they romain for many months to bo viewed gratisby the poor- est workman or approntice, They might have ‘boen geon, for instance, in 1870, in_those galle- rios, bosides tho Bheopshaukaand Vornon colleo- tiona and tho sketchen by Turnor whichhad been Doqueathod to tho Governmont, the fino old plo- turesof Lord Elcho, and tho best workas belongiug: to thuMnrc}uin of Wostminstor, lnc‘lndhu‘;mo ng- borough's famous Bluo Boy and Roynolds’ Bid- dous. ~ It may bo montionad, also, ag a proof of tho oxtent and varioty of the objoots on view at Bouth Konsington at that time, that they in- cluded an oxhibition of moro than five hundred fans, most of thom lont for tho purpose by the Quoen, tho Empress of I'rance, and other dis- tinguishod Indios, 'Those fans came from all nations, and somo of thom wero hundrods of yoors old. Bovoral of them had intorosting his- toricnl nssociations, Threo or four had belong- ed to DMario Antoinotts, ono to_Quaen Anno, ono hod boon meptlonod in_ Madamo do Hovigne's lettors, ono had boen prosented by Princo Charlos Edward 'to an ancestor of tho prosent ownor. _ Many of thom wore exquisite works of art, Ono was designed by Agostino Carncol, another by Philippe do Champagune, another by Lancret, another by Fragonard, an others by Fronch artints of distinetion, such ns Roqueplan, Lami, Hedouin, and Govarni, It rould bo tedious to enumerato the oxtraordinary private collections which havo been lent within o fow yonrs to swoll the artistio wenlth acoumu-~ Intod at South Kensington,—unique spooimons ot Majolica,. Capo di Monto, Palissy waro, Dres~ don, Sovres, and other variotios doar o ool loctors ; fuwelry remarkabla for historical aagoclations, for “tho intrinsic worth of the goms, like Lady Dudloy’s dinmonds, or for its quaintoess and . I.\" liko tho poasant orna- ments contributed v 3Mrs, Morrison ; singular carvinge in ivory .0 prociousmatala ; strango aauomfilngen of ient miniatures, snuff-boxes, and bonbonnderes ; costly displays of laces and church embroideries ; curious spocimens of sil- vor plnto, of glass, of saddlery, of arme nnd ar- mor, of musical instruments; in_short, of all that ngpnmhlfl of public and social lifo which is shaped or deoorated by the hands of nrt. Perhaps tho most striking oxamplo that can bo oftored of tho profuso liberality with which Eng- lishmen buy works of art, ag well as tho gencronity with which thoy display them (o the public, is tha colloction of the lato Lord Mertford, which consists of paintings, porcelain, bronzes, dec- orative furnituro, aud othor objocts, and which was_latoly shown by bis logntoo, Sir Richard ‘Walloco, ot tho Bothual Groen branch of the Bouth Honsington Musonm freo on throo days of the wook, and for the Bnymnnl of sixponce on the othor threo days. Bothnal Green is an outlying district in tho oastern part of London, inhabited genorally by very poor pooplo, A gontloman who is employed by the Goverument. as_an oxpert in such’ matters stated toiho writer that the market value of the Hortford colloction was not loss than two millions of pounds sterling,—teu millions of dollars in gold. “Tho pricos whioh have been poid for pictures of lnte years in_Europo aro surprising boyond all calcnlation, and it is woll to enumorate some of them, as they have an impor{ant bearing upon any discumsion rolating to tho condition and prospects of contem%orm'y art, Tho enormous #um paid for thoe Terburg nt tha first Ban Donato salo Lins alrondy been montioned.. Twenty-threo icturos woro disposed of at that auction in 1868, f thewe the noxt inprice to tho Terburg was a little Cuyp which went for §28,000, and then o Van Ostate for §22,400. The wholo twenty- threo brought a total of £371,000, averaging noarly 212,G00 ench, In February, 1870, thora was & much larger mnlo of works from 8an Do- nato, at which some of the prices wera equally oxtraordinary, Tho highest-priced picturo on this occasion was the Broken Eggs, by Greuzo, ‘which eold for $256,200; then Delaroche’s Lad; Jana Groy and v Bcheffer's Francesca Rimini for $22,000 and $20,000 respectively, At the Paturlo salo in Paris in Fobrusry of last year, a picture by Leopold Robert was knocked down n‘t’ $16,0005 osnd at tho Porelro salo in March, 1873, a laudscapo by Hobbema at about the samo prico. But the most extravagant rates of modorn -timos, coneidoring tho large number of works sold, wero paid at tho suction of the collection of Mr. Josoph Gillott, of Bir- minghan, in April and May of last year. lnmPscnpo by Turner, called Walton™ Bridgo, nintod in 1857, and mensuring 8 feot 1inch Ey 4 foet 1 inch, brought $26,230 in gold ; and a water-color by the same artist, called Bambor- ough Castle, and moasuring only 20 inclies by 928,— small bit of papor which might bo utterly destroyed in_five minutes by n einglo apark of firo or o fow drops of water,—Dbrought $16,535 ; that is Lo say, nonrlty thirty dollars for every square inch of Its sur face,—n largor incroase of value, perliaps, than was ovor given by art to any cheap material. The total procoods of thin oalo amountod to $822,606 in gold ! ¢ These prices wero all paid for the worka of artists who are no longer living. Iqually cnormous sums are paid overy day for the pro- duetions of painters upon_ whoso reputations Death has not yot eot his sonl, A smoll Bpanialy subject by Madrazo was sold in Londou, iu May, 1874, for £6,000; and tuo works of. Villegas, ais other Bpanish artist living in Romo, command nearly tho sawmo prices. A single tigoro of s Girl Feediug Goese, bfi Knaus, on & cauvas thirty inches high, brought about 37,000, Man: artists who aro not known in tLis couniry, suc a8 Baudry, Onbat, Uogolot, Bonnat, and_Gloyro, now soll thelr works at oxcossivoly high ratos ] and Millet, who will be mentioned presently, parted with a little picturo of his, cnlled L'An-~ gelus du Soir, for $8,000, The wor’m_nl Potton- ofen, s Hungarianliving at Vienug, bring asmuch by tho square inch ns Molssionicr's. Gambart poid Holman Runt for the picture and copy- night of Cluist in tho Temple niore than §25,000. A C(toromo was sold about o year sinco to Mr. Fox, of Manchester, for £16,000, and now it would bring $20,000. This artist’s lnst work, An Arb Embraoing his Dying Horse in tho Desert, is beld at $8,000, Fortuny’s Spanish Marrlago brought, In 1869, $14,000; an Ameri- Ccnn gentleman had previously’ offored 18,000 for it. ‘Two other works Dy the samo artist late- 1y brought, one of themn £6,000, snd tho othor £8,000, and both woro purohasod b{ Amoricans, Tinslly, Melssionier got from Sir Iichard Wal- laco £1D,000 for the Cavalry Cliarge; sud nows. has lately beon recolved horo of the sale by him of a pictura r%rnuoutldg An Artist Docorating a Bigu, for $20,0001 g Stolkos’ 811,000 Dog. From the Springficld Republican, * Thoroe is an $11,000 dog in this city. Thinisn Lare statoment of fact. Tho way of 1t is this: I'hio now uncomfortablo famous Mr, Btokes of tho Now York Tombs owned a gettor reputed tho best hunting-dog in the city, ownor of the notod stables whoso chiel glories aro now at HumEdou Park awaiting tha fall mooting, wantod tho settor and tried to purchnso him, Dut Stokes hind just rofused $600 for him, and dldn’t want to sell the dog, Flnnll{‘, liow- over, ho told Harkor that as perhaps his hunting dnys-wore over, although ho would not soll ho would mako him (Harker) a present of the dog, Tho genorous Harker would not, however, accopt tho friondly offor without o rociprocal ono, sud a8 he had” offerad $1,000, enpaged to give him the profit within a specifiod time, on 1,000 skarcs of a cortain railrond utock, A rapld tirn fu the markot brought tho aforesald astock to an ad- vanca of 811 a share, and that ho offered prompt- ly to make ovor to Blokes for the sotter. ‘o speoulative ymmngm however, eaid, * Lot it wait & whilo; peri upui shall make more yet," Tustoad of more ho mado less ; the stook foll-as #wiftly ag it had risen, and droppod flat on the markot, 8o for a littlo whilo the sotter that Mr, Harkor prizes sohighly, and that oan be sgen by “the ourious in Hampden Pavk, was worth 811,- 000, What a hinlo of glory oucompassos that re- “birds aud bonsts; for ho adored animals, Mr. Harker, the AN AUTHOR'S PETS. Dumas the Elder, ns an earncat workor, waa fond (at proper. timos) of solitude—but not a nolitary solitude. Illa terrostrial paradise and work-rooms must hava a goodly company of Bor- vants, bolng part of ono's own indlviduality, hiardly count as sooloty; his nogrolad, Aloxis, apollod and lazy, might bo taken as belonging to ono or tho othor. Dumas’ animals eamo into his possossion in all sorts of ways, the which to rolate would be too long, Like Adam, ho flited thom all with names. Ho had threo monkeys; ono called after o colobrated tranalator, tho othoer after an illustrioua novellst ; tho third, a fomalo apo, ropresonted an notress then at tho zonith of her popularity, French jurista hold that “Ia vie privoo dolt etre mureo,” privato lifo onght to bo inclosod with a wall; the exact sobriquots can- not thereforo Lie given, boing foundod either on porsonal rosemblance or tho datalls of personal history. Wo will oall tho translator Potloh, the noveliat tho Last of tho Laldmanoirs, and the lady apo Madomosollo Desgarcina. All journcys, long or short, are cortain to af-. ford two pleasures—tho plensuro of atarting, and #ho pleasure of gotting home again. Tho ploas- ure of tho journoy itselt is much more preca. rious. Dumas hnd roturned from a fatiguing journoy. Xiis ol frlonds, the furnituro, gavo him como which he repald with emilos. But an ensy- cohair, closo to the firoplaco, displayed an un- wontod ocoupant. The seat was filled with a L‘:%ou:ehnu muff, whose purring announced it to “Madame Lomarquol- s " Madane faargnan) e Y cook T was awaro that Monsienr biad arrived,"” sho eald, *but Iwas in tho middlo of a whito sauce’; ond Monslour, who {8 a cook Limsolf, knows how onsily thoso bianquettos turn. I ought also to introduco our little foundling ; I was suro Mon- siour would consont to adopt him." “And where did you find tho foundling, Madamo Lamarque? " “In_tho cellar, fi(n ! Misou, miaou!’ ex- actly liko a doserted ohild, What namo will Monsiour ploaso to give him ? " 4 *¢ Mysouf the Becond, if that suits you. Only, Madamo Lamarquo, pray take good care that ho don'’t oat my Java sparrows, my widow-birds, and my turtle-doves, and all the roat.” *‘No fear of that; ho's as innocent as n lamb, s vogetarian, in fact, proforring brosd and milk to cat’s meat. But with Monsiour's loavo, what doos Mysouff mean? Ia ita cat's namo, like Puss or Minot?" “Cerininly; to make Mysouf® the Socond, thero must havo boen s Mysouff the Iirat." And Dumas fell into a fit of musing which Madame Lamarquo did not choose to disturb. ‘The mention of that namo Mysouff had car- ricd his thoughts back full fifteen yonrs, Hia mothor was at that timo living, He had still the hnpgluusu to be scolded, now and then, bya mother. Ho filled a clork’s placo, under tho Duoc @'Orloans (Louis Phfl!ppn?, which brought him in 1,500 francs a year, and ocenpied his time from 10 till 5, They lived in tho Rue do 1'Ouest, and they had'a cot, onlled Mysouff, whioh ought to inve beon o dog. Tyory mommg,gDumn loft homo at half-past 9,—it waa half sa hour’s walk from the Ruc do 1'Ouest to the office in the Rue 8t, Honors, No, 216,—and overy aftornoon he returned home at belf-past 6. Evory morning Mysouff accom- peniod his mastor 05 far as the lue de Vaugi- Tard; and overy aftornoon he went and waited for bim at the Rue do Vangirard, Thoso were hig limita; ho never wont an inch further. As soon 08 ho caught night of his mastor, he swept tho pavomont with his tail; ob bis nearer ap- pronch, Lo roso on all-fours, with arching back and tail orect. Whon Dumas got foot in the Rue da I'Quest, tho cat jumped to his knoes o8 a dog would have donej; “then, turning round ovory ton paces, ho lod tho way to the house. At twonty paces from the houso, ho ect off at a gal- lop, and two soconds afterward the expoctant mother apponred at the door. Tho most curious circumstance was, that whonover by chance any temptation caused Du- mas to neglect his mother’s dinner hour, it wns uncless for hor to open the door ; Mysouff would not stir from his cusbion. But on tho day whon Dumns was o punctuel good boy., if she forgot to open tho door, Mysouft scratched it_till sho lot him out. Consoquently, she called Mysouff hor brromotor ; it was et Fair whon Diumas came Lome to dinner, Raln or Wind whon ho was ab- sent. * Thiors was garden party of four or fivo in- timatos, comprising Maquot, the romance-writor, Giraud, tho paintor, aud Alexandro Dumas the gon. Alexis, tha spoiled and Inzy African, had consented to bring a Lray with three or four glusses, s bottlo of Chablis, and & bottle of soda- wa T, Tiens,” sald Alexandre, ** I hove an idea.” ‘What may it bo ?* * To make Mndemoiselle Deosgarcing uncork tho soda-wator,” - And, without walting for leave to bo given, he Inid thio bottlo on tho tloor of tho monkey's cage, in the position of a counon resting on its car- riago. ** Curious a8 an apo,” tho ssying foan. No soonor was the cago-door ehat, than its three occupanta, hoaded by the lady, sat in committee on tho bottlo, Bhe immediately comprehended that tho clue to the socret Izy in tho four trings that crossod the cork. TFingora failing, sho tried hor tooth, and ina fow minutes hadbitten through tho two uppermost strings. To got at the othor two, Potich and tho Last of tho Laldmanoirs adroitly turncd thoe bottle half round. The third atring cut, sho attacked the fourth. As the ope- ration advanced, its intorest increased. The spoctators watched the approaching denouement quito as attontively as the actora, At lnst camo the torrible dotonation, Made- moisolle Desgarcins was lmocked heels-ovor- hond and dronched with effervescont water, whilst Potich and tho Laat of the Laidmanotrs ‘bounded to theceiling and olung to it with piere- ing ucreams. Tho tragi-comlo pmd{_uf human omotions was too laughable to be belioved with- out boing scen, * T give up my sharo of soda-water," cried Aloxandre, *‘to let Mademoisollo Desgarcins open a socond bottle," Mademoisollo picked herself up, shook horsolf, and joined her companions aloft, whero they hung by their talls like chandeliors, sending forth unoarthly sounds. “The dear boy fancies he'll eatch them again ! said Giraud. ¢ Ma foi !" paid Maquot ; “* T shouldu’t be sur- riged, Curiosity, with thom, is still strongor Bian fear? “They |" chimed in Michel. the gardener, who considored Dumas’ collection of animals as kept for s (Michel's) .own privats amusement. “They! Thoy are as obstinato as mules, and will uncork a8 many bottles of soda-wator as ou liko to give thom, Monagiour knows how hoy are eaught in their cwn country 2" “ No, Michel,” . ¢ Mousiour doesn’t kmow that!" exclaimed Micheol, 1pitying his master's ignorance. '‘At lenst, “Monsleur knows they are very fond of maizo, Woll, tho negroos put maize into a bot- 1o whose neck is just large enough to admit a ‘monkoy'a ompty hand, The monkey clutches a landful of maize, and, soonor than drop it, lets itsolf bo caught.” ‘Tt is & consolation, Michel, that if our mon- ke}'n oscapo you kuow how to catch thom,” ‘Mmmruur may mako himself ocaey es to that, Aloxin, another soda-water.” Truth compols tho avowal that a second, and ovon a third, experiment wore tried, with ex- oxactly tho samo results, to Michol's glorifica- tion, ~Aloxandre wantod to continuo it ‘further, but Dumas observed that poor Mndomolsolle Dosgarcins bad a swollon nose, bleeding gums, aud eyes starting out of her hoad. It len't that,” said Alexandre. thinking of your soda-water, I assure you, mossiours, that my fathor, whom evorybody takos for o prodigal, {8 tho most misorly man exluting on earth.” Aftor having done pen-work till 8 in tho morn- Ing, Dumas was still in bed at 8, The door opaned, and Michol's hoad ontored, in a vialble state of agjtation. ¥ 1Tora's n meng, Monsieur I"” he ahruptly ox- claimed, I don’t know how the; nagod it, but the monkoys have made a hole in their cage Digs onough to lot them out.” *Yery well, Michol ; the remedy s easy. You Tave ouly to buy a littlo maizo, aud put it into narrow-uocked bottles.” “Al | yos ; Monsienr moy Inugh, but he won't ll\th whon ho hears the rost.” *, “"Mon Diou, Michel | what has happoned 7" #Thoy hava opened tho aviary—" £ “ And tho birds havg tlown away. All the bet- tor for thom," « “What hag happened, Monstour, fu, that your six palr of doves, yows fourtoen quails, all your rico-birds, Java spacrows, widow-Dird, Virginian nlghungn oy, all—zll ary Lilled or eaton,” " But, Michel, monkeys dow't ot birda,” “No; but they fotched a companion who did —Mysouff, It iy n veritablo massacro, Ouly como and seo,"” It was o ulfiht indoed. (Potich dangling grace- fully from the Lranch ,f amaplo ; the Last of tho Laldmanoirs practicing g(\numu ou tho greonhouso door ; * Madomoleollo - Desgarcine, 6till in tho aviary, bounding from east to wost, “You nre tured wlithout employing maire-bottlos, but not * without conslderablo an sgllolnl resistanco, . ¢y ' Mysonft. was easily oaught. Thoy Lnd oniy.ta . shut tho nvlnr{-doar, and tho aulprfl. wag in” tha hands of juatics, What should bo his punish~ mout? ohel, incensad at the loss of his pot, was for shooting tho murdorer on tho npot; Dumas opposed the summary oxocoution, dofer~ . ring eontonoe” tll tho following Sunday, when.. his usual visitors would form a jury., Tho orim- il would be loft moanwhilo on tho thoatro of crimo, on broad and water, undor lock and koy. On Bunday his foline avicido monomania bolng admittod s an attenuating circumstance, ho waa condemnod to tho mitigated ponalty of five yours' imprisonmont gwll. out Enrd labor) in monkoy's company. Palitioal events, howaver, oamo to_his rolief. Tho Rovolatlon of February broke out—the fiftoonth or sixtoonth ohnnga of Govornmont which Dumag tho Eldor bad lived to witnoss During rovolutiona mnnfi comes slowly in, and - slips quickly out. Instond of working at Liieras~ ture, Dumas started o journal, Lo Afots, ane wrote for anothor, Za Liberfe. The two brought * bim in thlrt(—onn francs por doy, but by hia “Theatro Historique” he was daily omt of Pocket ono, two, and somotimes five hundrod rancs, I8 only chianco was that tho partisans , of Barbes, Blanqui, and Ledru-Rollin, whom ha :fitmoiil wt\lthoue‘ m&mg in h{u papors, would, by 8 spplioation of stick or stone, at onco ond to his writings and his wants, it Aeanwlule he must reform his catablishment, His thres horaos and his two carriages wora s0ld—as slwn{a happons in troubled timos—for tho quarter of what thoy Liad cost him. Mysoufl was treatod lke a political prisonor, that is, lhngly sot at liberty, and turned adritf to moek histortune, Madomolsolio Dengarcina and Coms B‘“ ‘wore prosentad to tho Jar des_Planten, umas lost & homo, but hisapos gained apalacos After rovolutions ft somotimos happens thad monleys ars lodgad like Princos, while Princes lave to take up with monkeys' lodginge—unless tho Princes Lave frightened all Europo, in which 2;:: thoy are lodged like Lions,—English Maga~ SOMETHING ABOUT LACE. N, 8. Dodge, in Hearth and Home. It has beon wondered at by POrsona unaoe " quainted with tho possibilities of mechanivm that mrohine-mado lace should be @0 inferlor to that made by hand. It is not only true that it 18 mo, but that, for various roasons, it must al- ways continuo inferior. In lace-malking it in esa sontial that tho onds of tho thronds bo looso. Now, until o machine hus beon devised which: will pick up theso loose onds as a Devonehira lace-makor or a Bolglan nun does, it is usclosa. to oxpect from the automatio machino tho goft= ncsa nnd elasticity, the ovennoss of thrend, or: graco of pattorn which comos from intolligent. fingers, I donot doesize to soub tho machine~ mado gimpa and fringos that givea style to Eng~ lish and American ladies’ drescs, which the traveler minses oo much ns he prococds through Europe toward tho Enst ; but thoy are not lace. Thoro aro but four real classos of lace, ale’ though tho specialtios of difforant countrios ara- innumorablo, Point, pillow, drawn, and ap- pliquoe aro tho generia kinds of lace proper, and the namo of each, to » woman’s understanding, . designatos how it is made, Point lnce, indcefi.- menning mado by tho noedle's point, i8 untrua to its name, since it is partly pillow twisted, but pillow laco, drawn lace, and appliquo lsce ara what tholr pames indicate, . 0f drawn lnce and nlppuqnu Ince uo doscrip- tion is needed. Of pillow lace ke nsunl method of work is thus: Upon the pillow, which is noarly gleoular, a pieco of atfil parchment is strotohod, having o numbor of holes forming tho paotiern, Lhrough these holes plus are stuck, and throads wound upon bobbine are. woven around the pins and twisted in complex’ woys around ench othor. Thesa thresds now form tho skeloton. The meshos are bound to~ {;uwu. At overy two or throo turns of tha lrond it s twisted around its own cord, and thon agnin around its neighbor's cord. Tho fig~ ure of the meshea doponds upon the number of turns mado before the twist is changed from ono cord to enother. Itisamost tedious process. Attention cannot be diverted. Thought must bo upon the work. Momory is eeverely tnzod. The mistalo of a single twist bocomes fatal to the wholo place. . Thore are certain poculiar conditions necesa. gary to tho production of perfect lace. Thosa oro, firat, tho quality of the thread ; second, the abundance of fomale labor; and third, the Roman Catholio roligion, Delgium, botter than all other European countries, possesses tho threo. Her thrond has not, and never had, o rival; her Eomam glrls, red-checked pictures of perfect calth, are proverbially industrious; and her upper and lower classos are Catholio devotees. In tho vestries of the old churches of Flomish, land there is o woalth of lace upon sacordotal vestments that is beyond estimato. has boon collecting “over sinco Ienbella’s days, was wrought as o labor of love by nuns and other holy ladies, and appears upon the gorgoous apparcl of ecclesias- tical diguitaries on Efllt days of tho Church. But in all the world there in no such collaction of every doscription of laco as at_tho Vatican. TFrom France and Erfilund, from 8pain, Portu= gal, Austria, and Italy, point d’Espagne snd point Aloucon, Valenciennes and Honiton, Brus- Bols, Gonocso, Argentan, and one Lnows nok what, havo beon coming as gifts to the Church these 500 yoara, Thers aro twolve Jarge rooma ueod oxclusivoly as wardrobes for Iacos in tha Papal Paluco. Though s great deal of old laco has come down, in familles and in ccclosiastical establishments, and though Ince, 8 an heirloom, is guarded sa watohfully as diamonds, no doubt much has ‘been lost. It has beon tho fashion at timos, in differont parts of the world, to bury tho dead of distinguishad families in_ their laco. Thias was partlcalarly the cago at Corfa. 'To this day. thoro are to be found in shops thess speci- mens of antiquo lace of elogant workmanahip, conapicuous for darkness of color and anpulchmi smoll. Honiton lace, made only'in Devonshire, Eng-~ 1and, Las nover beon a favorito in tho United' States. Two bandkorchiefs, contributed by an, ‘Amoncan gontloman visiting -in London, to the Now York Sanitary Fair in 1803, could soarooly bo disposed of at cost. Abouat the middle of tha last contury this laco was mado in_such porfec~ tion that “it rivaled Brussels. But thg lace- | makors introduced s sot of hidoous patterns *‘out of their own hoads," they said, pattorns of boars® hondas and poacook tails ; of kettles_and frying- pana; of churclios and cnstles, Losyes' and flowors, gracoful compositions of the old school, rero abandoned, and the end was an uttor de-. pression of the trade. To rovive the best daya of Ioniton agaiu, "Quoen Victoria ordered her: wedding lnce, composed of sprigs, to be made in, Devonshire, and paid for it £1,000. Tho bridal, dross of oach of hor marricd daughtors has beon, wade algo of Honiton point, the patterns being tho national flowars. This encouragoment, to~ other with the now businoss of restoring old, nco, Lias onco again set Dovonshiro industry on; its logs, Olgtlm value of old Inces ft is impossible ta, speak with acouracy. ‘The 'bod furniture, made: of point d'Alencon for the Emprass Marie Lou~ ise, cost Napoleon I. 200,000 francs. Tha flounco, which' IEugenio wore at hor wedding, which had taken thirty-six women olghteen montha to complote, cost 22,000 francs. ‘Tho Emperor gave her a dross also, for which he paid 70,000 francs, In tho Exhibition of 1867 was a dress of this lace which it had takon forty women sovon yoars to complete, and which was valued af 85,000 frauca, Thorois o Brussols Isce stols, worn only by tho Archblshop in the Malines Cathedral, that ig said to bo tho largest and finest specimon in tho world. It cost the labor of seventy-thrae nuns fourteen yoars, '‘ What may bo the worth of that atole ?" asked & lady who had been ad- miring ita marvelous bosuty, *‘In monoy, madamo, do you menn ?” asked the vergor, in roply.’ '¢Yés, monsieur,” ‘Tho Ohuroh, muflmo," said tho vorger, *‘reckons the valug of the gifts it recoivos by \ovo, sud not money." —_— THE CLOUD. A clond came over a Jand of lowves (0, liueh, ittle lonyes, lost 1t pasn you by I) 10w they had waited 'snd watcl’d for tho rain, ountaln and valloy, and vineyard and piain, With never a algn £rom tho sky | Day atier day hiad tho plfles sun Took'd down with a lidless oyo. Dutnow! On asudden » whisper went Throngh o topmost twigs of thio poplar-spire, Out of the esst & Light wind blew (AL tho loaves trombled, and murmur'd, and drew 1lopo to the holp of deatro), 1t stirrod the faint pulso of the foreat-troo And breathed through tha brako aud the brisr. Slowly tho cloud came thon the wind died, Dumb Iay tho land in ila hot muspeusat Tho thrush on tho olm-ough auddenly stopped, Tho woathor-warn'd awallow in id-iying dropped, Tho linnot coaned song iu tho funce, Buto tho cloud movad, till it hung overhead, Moavy, big-bosond, sird donse. Al 1 the cool ruph through the dry-tongued tross, Tho patter and plgaly o Mo (hicaty sacib, Tlio pager bubllin of runel and rill Tho Heping of lcave that Lave drunk thetr All, The freslinoss that fhllows tho dearth | Now lifo for the wookiland, the vineyard, the valo, Now life wills tho wokid's now bixth |