Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1873, Page 11

THE CHICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER.: DOMESTIC ECONOMY. low It Is Practiced by Both Soxess Feminine Disagreements on the Subject. ‘Tho wifo who stndled hor husband's faco for tho firat fow weoks aftor tho Groat Fire rocog- nized upon it tho samo oxprossion n fow days ago whon his morniug-pepoer fuformed him that Ohioago banks wero suspending, It ia tho facinl exprassion that accompanied such sontiments a8 : * Woll, wo've got to cconomize. Our ox- ponsos must como down, Wo mnst out down our grocery-bills, for ono thing,” By this timo tho domostic orator hiaa roturned to the door of tho broakfast-room,—whoro his wito is pinoidly finishing her coffeo with & nonchalant alr,—aud stands on the throshold ‘with one arm uplifted, not for oratoriesl offect, but that he may thereby bo enabled to sling hin ovorcoat behind him, and successfully find tho other arm-hole with his grasping fist. ¢ This pnnio {8 going to make a hard winter.” ¥ Hora Lio buttons up tho cont, and slaps all his pook- ot in turn, to make surc of thelr con- tents, * Pooplo have got to como down in thoir stylo of liviug.” Here hio gives himsolf n littlo shoko, nnd, looking down at his boots, tamps first ono foot and thon the other. ‘*It's going to bo closo eniling for overybody.” Hero ho divos simultaneonsly with a hand in eithor side- pockoet, and fishos up a pair of gloves. *Monoy ia vory tight unow, and will be tighter.” And, with this parting remark, Lo claps on his hat ‘with ono hand, and opons and bangs the out- side door behind him with tho other. 1+ Now, thoro oro threo things which n woman bolleves simply becauso sho bonrs them con- stantly rojtoratod by the hoad of tho houschold, wviz,: that money 18 tight ; that businens s dull ; and that thore is nothing in the nowspaper, It is only whon tho husband and father announcos that tho timos ave hard, with his face scrowed up a8 if ho hind his mouth full of alum, that his fominina dopendents underatand Lo Intends to Do volleved. At other times they know it is o ery of Wolf [ Wolf! when thoro is no wolf. When the wife realizos the eituation, hor firat not is & BEATOIING FOR LEARS. Bho bogins by roviewing the butcher's bill, Bha feels a sinking of tho hieart at tho sum-total, and finds it necessary to forlify hersolf with tho roflcction _that nll thoss stoaks, and chops, aond roasts have mnot beon or- dored for hor individual consumption,—ihough it mustba confossed that tho husband sometimes, in chrooic monotary spasms, speaks ag if thoy were. Yat it is an agknowledged fact that, when two or throo women \malz old” maids’ hall, and dispenso with servants, they aro so indifforont on the subject of tho tablo that they will hard}, take tho timo to cook a dinnor, and” fare princi~ pally on those masculing abominations, tea and tonst. Onu the contrary, is sooma to bo s stand- ing problom tosome patres-familisrum why their cousorts eannot succced in ordering and obtnin- ing from the butcher's ronsta which shall bo all tondorloin, mutton which is otornally lamb, and chickens which consist ouly of broasta, socond~ Joints, and livors. Tho young housekeopor sits with the bills in her lup, and ono might imu?iun lor fondly ro- reading those ardent love-lotters whoso increasing numbers, bulley dimon- slons, ‘and bold m\parscrflmons wWero, ouly ‘& year or so agono, the delight of her hioart, But her expression is more ponsive and wistful thon ovon that of Evangolina in the ubiquitous picture, Trne, Evangelino lost hor lover, which furmishod her good cause for re- ret; but thera aro somotimes worse things than osing o lover ; morrying him, for instanco, aud findiug Lim « delusion and & snaro. “ It is all vory woll,” ruminates the Porplexud minister of domestic finances, **for il tho pen- ny-a-linors to be constantly alnning in my onrs how I can use up tho odds and onds of faod in concocting savory soups, dolicious lunches, and appetiziug entroos; buf whot it my husband, with good-humored tolernnce of feminine indi- estion, loaves what e calla ‘all thoso Fronch fiinkuhnws’ to me, and gently hints that n good lain ronst, and two or three varieties of vegotn-~ Eles, and a rice-pudding, or an apple-dump! mfi such 88 his ‘mother used to mmake, wil | umply satisfy his simplo wants? Tsn't it about fimo some of the litorary busy-bodics consed talling women how to cook economically, and bo- gan telling mon Liow to eat economienlly ¢ 4 THE LITTLE FOXES TIAT STOLL THE VINES " tro thoe tritling oxpenditures that never aro sot down in the account, The man who desires sconomy practiced in hia family had botter sow np the vest-poclict whoro lio "keops his small change. Ho startsin tho mornng for down- town on tho streot-cara, ‘The morning papor iy loft at his ofiico; but hio cannot wait, 80 he buys one to read during the ride. The ovening-paper is left at tho offico algo ; but he often leaves ho- foro ita delivery, go he buys ong on tho stroot, Xlo must read the Sunday paper, of courso. Re- sult iu o year, £99,90, Yot tho man who finds anything' now _in the daily paper is yeb to bo discovered, The aversion which the woll-regulated mosculino mind hag to the carrying of lunch-baskets or bLoxes is nat to be expressed in words. Ifis o good denl easior to “run in somewhere, aud got a lLittlo something to oat” Tho '‘littlo something” gonerally costs 50 conts. (It is bottor for o writer to be modorato in computations when thora is coustitutional inability to deal with fig- ures, and profound ignoranco of the subjoct andor._considoration.) Rosult in_ tho yoar, §156.60. Thon comes the ixrepressible tobacco- guestion, No lover of domestic tmuqniuty over e & man to give up smoking, The woe is that ho over commenced. It i tho Shricking Sister on tho platform, who has obtained her divorco, who demands that men shall ceaso to mako chimnoys of themselvos. Ask tho wife sho bas lnid her plang for cajoling her busband into buying her & = mow set of furs, if "ebo won't wuse her influenco to stop his emoking, Ask the woman who is cudgeling bor brains, about Chuistmns $ime, to thiuk of ‘“‘n prosent for a gentloman,” if sho would rathor the intouded recipient of her ift would not smoke, and watch the dismay in or foco, A cortain handsomo widower, whose rigar was as much one of his facial adornments a8 his flowing side-whiskera or his sickly mus- dache, was tho ungrateful recipieut of five amokln;;-smnda. “And not n nln’;ln cuspidoro smong ‘om all. Just liko womenl" sighed the Adonia. Now, what could his perplaxed lady- suitors have givon him as lears of their attuch- mont, had ho not been a devoteo of tho weed ? Yet, aftor all, it {s a painful fact that oven threo cigars daily cost £01.26; and that, whilo it is only visionnry reformers who imagine mon can bo J)nrsundml to give up their favorito luxury and pay tho national dobt, many o man finds it bard to pay his own debts, lot alone the nation's, Horo, thw, is $281.05 which wouldw't nvo boon gpentif theman bad lot Lis wifo sow up his vest-pockot. When it is romombered, in sddi- tion, how often a man accepts an invitation to drop in and have a gamo of billinrds ; and s do- tainod down-town, and so *‘just looks in for n minuto at the theatro ;" and pays a bet for & now bat or a £.3it of clothes; aud treats o friond ; and b“is tickoty to fostivals, and amatour concerts, and churcli-fairs,—all *because,” to uso his own onigmatical words, “ho may want somo- thing himeolf somo of those days;" and pur- chasos worthloss books from 'lznrn(ntunt 1o- malo agents, simply te got rid of {hom,— it Is safo to eay that $500 lus gono,—it pssoth tho memory of man tossy whore. As for tho momory of woman, khe cannot bo expocted to romombor what Eho neithor know nor uustmolod, ‘When the idol of hor honrt comes liomo at night and hiands her & bulky volume ontitled ITouxo- keoping Mado Rausy,” or '*Onc-Thoussnd-and- One Economical Recoipta,” with tho concie ro- mark, * A woman brought that iu the oflico to- day, and X bonght one for you," sho grutefully accopls it, with tho happyconseiousnena that hay imngo comes befare her ford avon in his busiost nomonts amid tho din of buginesu. Bho roalizes ‘s aho almost dislocatas hor shouldors stowing e worthless book outof tha wayon the top shelf of tho clogot, that $3, more or loss, has boon wasted, and that sho muat _give up tho hopo of o gecond ostrioh-plumo on Ler lat. ut ho thought it would please mo,” she reasons, (Alas} if he could only hiave soen that irrepres- gibto fomale agont, who clonred that ofiice so quiockly of all movable magculines, aud was so oxpaditiously diracted from one stationnry indi- vidual to anothor!) * Besiden,” contimios tho wifo to hersolf, ‘2 man works hard for his manoy, and it dacs seom né if ho might spond it #8 ho ploased, ‘I'hon, bosides, men aro mon, nud cannot bo expocted fo econumize liko women," Which last sontence sume up tho whole matter, : Nobody has over yot attompted to define fom- Inino economy,—probably bocausa no two womaon sgreo upon the subjeot,© No woman ever cor- dially indorscs OTIER WOMEN'R ECONOMIES, “Tt ig & ploasing wight,” satirically romarked o lady-commontator on tho Panio, 'to soo a family 2 of plators all striving to glvo practionl illustra~ tions of fominino oconomy. One thinksit a shamo to pay §2.60 for glovea and §7 far shioes ; whilo snother quotes the proverh that a lad should slways bo woll-aliod and woll-gloved, and heroleally woars Lior rofuibished swmmor- Lt nll wintor. Tho third slstor doclares that nothing looks R0 poverty-stricken as s shabby bonnot ; and ronsons thint, in clirch, your dross may edeapo sorutiny, but your bonnet novor, Ono_ fominino ecodnomist” insists that o handsoma * velvet mantle makes up for all mmor doficloncica; and her Dosom-friond 1 sccretly amused at * poor Julln's attompt to bo anything but a dowdy,' and prides hersolf on lu\vlng hor wardrobo on an equalit; throughout,” The womon whoso dutlos are all {notudod {n the four walls of homo, and who aro firm boliovers in tho proverh that “ n ponny savod 18 o ponny goiued,” and who lic awnko b night sllently grieving over somo old black ket~ tlo which they got whon they *‘ firat wont to housckeoping,” “nud in a8 good as ovor now if it only had new bottom, raise thoir hands in holy horror at the extravaganco of wonion who oanno bo bothered with moro than two or threa drossos & sonson, but inslst thoy shall all be good, and thon wonr them till” they ara worn out, and gotf@eomo more, ** But I haven't timo to mako over my clothes,”. uxv}n{na the profot. slonal lady. *'Yon wouldn't, nmul{, think it profitablo for ma, whon I am carning from §3 to $10 a dny, to sit at homo and work ovor rags. It Ihirad it dono, tho making would cost ns much g that of a now dress, I give thom awny, and eomo poor porson has the good of thom," But oxplanntions aro of no avail. ‘Tho opinon from timo immomorial has been, that it was bot- tor forn woman tosave than tooarn. Even womon whoso own_labors as dress-makors, mor- chants, copyists, editors, or dactors placo thom in moro casy and comfortablo worldly clreum« stancos than invalid or dissl{:ntcd Lusbands or fathora could eyor have put them in, speak in an almost npolvgotic way of theindifferonce to ?::itf economios nocossitated by thoir business, I 1 tnko .somo yonrs more of ?mqmm ‘boforo the gontler aox will emancipato itsolf from timo- honored opinfons, and rocoguize the faot that the busy profossionnl woman is a8 coonomical in ignoring potty saving, nnd giving away o halt-worn, shabby dross, as is the careful house- wifo who spends hor lolsura (?) hours in cutting over hor own old stockinga to fit thoso chubby little foot which, wore it not for hor skiliful noodlo and pationt hands, the bard-working fathor might ind himself unable to keop cover- od. ‘Wiron-HAzEL, Aoaascg o ool LITERATURE. Ferdinand and Xsabellas HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA THE OATUOLIO, By Wirniax I, Prescorr, New ond’ Revised Edition, Edited by Joun FosTeR Kk, In threa volumes, Philadel- phia ¢ J. B, Lippincott & Co, The law of physical and intollectual dovolop- mont, a8 witnoesed in the individual man, seoms tonpply oqually to nations, Thoy have their periods of youth; thoy rojolco for o fow gen- erations in tho vigor aud tho, glory of their manbood; thon their powor wanes, ond, in the long march of time, thoy sink out of sight, and thelr momory lives only on the pagos of history. Binco what are technically known as the Dark Agos pnssed away, and the natiovs of Europo yiolded to the bonign influences of s moro hu- mano and onlightened Christian civilization, first one and thon snothoer has figured as the loading power nmong thom, Ifor.s time Spain wag that leador, and it s tho period whon threo of hor most important States wore united under ono vigorous and onlightoned Government, ond sho was proparing fo asgume tho loadorship of Xurope, that Mr, Proscott las chosen for tho oxorcisa of his gonius. A theme more inviting could scarco- Iy have been solected, and ho has illustrated it with » pationt industry and an eloquoenco of thonght and expression that will secure for his work an honored place in the standnrd historienl literataro of tho world. /Fhis is moroly a stato- mont of a fact that is now fully conceded by echol- ars on both sidos of tho Atlantio, During the roign of Ferdinand and Isnbolla, tho sovorsl Btates which, fromn tho time of their Gothic conguerors, a8 above etated, had boon wenkened by jealousios, ond often by dokolnting wars, were congolidated under one powerful Government ; Naples was brought undor Spanish rule; Colum- bus discovered America, adding groatly to tho wealth aud the prostigo of the Poninsular mon- archy; tho Moors wore driven out of Spain; and o 8ad chapter, the ostablishmont of tho In- g\lhfiliun, was ndded to tho history of the world, o firmly did this iniquitous roligious fanatioism faston itsolf upon the Spanish character that it lusted way down to 1808, whon it was flnally abolishod. The foundaiion for the commanding in- fluenco which Spain had upon the dostinics of Europe, under tha Emperor Charles V.,and Philip IL, in tho fifteanth contury, was laid during tha reign of Ferdinand and Ignbella, It was the poriod of hor vigorous youthful development, and at its close slio found all hor thows and sinows firmly knit for tho mighty contest that followed. The onthusigem, the un- bonding onorgy, as well a8 the absorb- ing nmbition, cf tho tho Spanish character, all scon to inspiro the pges of Prescoit, and give to them thom the zest of anovol. In fnct, no novel can ovor bo mado go inviting a3 tho sober facts of {his history confosscdly are, Of couvse 10 ono can pretend to any historical knowledgo wholins not road Proscott's *‘Fordinand and Isnbells," It oulyremains to add that the publishers havo given us tho work in & .Most attractive form. Thosizo {8 12mo,, much moro conveniont for rending than the library edition. It is printod on beautifully-tinted paper, in clear, hzndsomae tyl;&n. }\’u prediet for it a great popularity and s wido sale, Firess PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE; AND THE DEST MEANS OF PUTTING OUY FIRES IN CITILS, TOWNH, AND VILLAGES: WITH PRAOTIOAL Sud- QESTIONR ¥OR TIE BEOURITY OF LIFE AND PROTENTY, By Joserst B, Now York: llurd & Houghton, Chicago: Jansen, MeClurg & Co, ‘Wo havo looked over this boolk earefully, and sincerely wish it could bo put in tho hauds of, and bo read by, overy citizen, Not only should tho morchant and tho copitalist hoed its warn- ings, but every man who owne a houso, and even tho dwellors in shantios, should kuow the dangera to which thoy are exposed. Nost of our largo fires have tholr origin in the pooror sections of the city, Mr. Bird treats of tho various ways in which fires aro likely to origi- nato,~—carolossnees, spontancous combuation, and the like,—and tho rendiost means by which thoy can bo oxtinguished, We commend the work spocially totho porusal of our Firo De- parfmont, Schubert. TI}AE\'%:{BA&E;IMA:’NZ‘ SOIKB(LBEJI’['. By Geonoz 1N, Boston ; 7 cago' Janson, Meolurg & Go, Lo o Ak Chi Avery proity and accoptable book is this, Bchubert is known more in this country asn musfeal composor than an a poet ; and his musio 18 coufossodly of tho highest charactor, agall our goncert-goors can tostify. His pooms m beon tranalated from the Garynnn, bu‘:ywl:snt‘r': nob romembor to havo soon them. Tho ad- mirers of his musio will bo glad to obtain thia bright lttlo volumo, giving Lis biograpby in s very attractive atylo. Thoremnu, THOREAU, TIE POLT-NATURALIAT, Dy Wirt- 1aM ELLeey CuaNmiNo, Buston: Robortd Brothe ers, Chicago: VW, 1, Koon, Cooku & Co, To thinkers and tho lovors of tho beantiful in thought and expression, tho writings of Thoroau hnve long been familiar. Mr, Chauning has glven In his work n most interoating lifoof thoir favor- ito author, for whioh thoy will bo duly grateful, We commend it to tholr spacial atteution, Fotany. FIRBT BOOK IN BOTANY: ANATOMY AND Piivar- oLoay o¥ Iranta, lly Jou Nutrow BDanroun, M, D,, Drofessor, ‘¢, in tho Univorsity of Ll burgl, Now York : Uoorge P', Pulunin'u Bons, Ol ¢ cago: William 13, Keon, Cooko & Co, A bunall, but yaluable book for boginnors,— Juat what it protonds to b, <vessven [Willlsn B. Koon, Cooke & Co. havo aldo sout us Iato numbors of Soience-Gossip and tho Practical Magazine.] The StenmeEngine, BTEAM AND THE ENGINE—LAND, MARINE, AND Locosorave, 1y HiENny Gorns, LL.D,, Professor Now of Mathemuticsund Appliod eleice, York: 4.1, Putnua, Olilewgo s W, B, Kebn, Gaoko & Qo, A couelso, but yory valuable, work for engl. neors and all who would outer that highly-fn- portant profession, Not only the man whe makes an cngino, but the man who runs it, should Lave o copy of this book st hand for froquont roforence, . Munroes I‘lnllnuup‘l‘ny of Oures MUNROK'S PHILOBOYUY OF OURE, Orlglnated at Chelsos, Maon,, In tho yonr 1856, Cembridges Trinted for tho Author, 1670, & [Communicated.] M. Taino, in hig Iistory of English Litorature, bida us look for socinl health only whon we learn to rogard man in tho splrit of n brand philoso- phy, &8 one mosh in tho notwork of Naturo ; » phonomonon not to bo distruated or deplored, but rogpootfully intorrogatod, patiently stndied ; —only, in short, whon we lonrn to om- brace as Inws thoso nocossition wo now bonr liko fotters; to comprohend mnd follow Goothe's anewor to tho domand of his contury ¢ T'ry to undorstand youraolves and thingd In gen- eral. Tho curront Humanitarianism, whish crops out now-n-days in ovorything, hna not failod to Invado by aubtlo approaches the honry fasinossos of Patliology, Dogmas of Total De- pravity, in their physiologleal applications at lonst, noom painfully giving up the ghost ; and thoso optimists who beliovo most ardontly in man's innate moral instinct, bis normal right- mindedness and healthful bont, must find com- fortiug corroboration m tho annlogous hygionio philosophy that slowly obtans, grafilng alien toneta upon the orthodox school of medicine, and blossoming into rival systems, rooted in tho ossontial solf-rocuperative capacity of our physi- ool organization, This it is which promiscs to Do tho ourative gospel of the futuro; and of that gospol tho volumo bofore us strikes, in ploncor sud prophotic nocont, the koynoto. The suthor dedicated his work to all hia pa- tients, past und present, promising not theories, but well-suthonticatod facta ; b conoiso nasrative of the practice ns applied in varions disorses, {from ita first conceptiou to the present tine,—n poriod of nenrly eightoen years, Tho Munroo Philosophy of Curo was, it ap- ponrs, the suggosation of nocossity, inspired by a painful persounl oxperionco, o brlof outline” of - which opous the volume. Being thus intimntoly wovon with tho Incoption and history of Dr. Muuroc's theory of practico, wo givo tha story in his own words ¢ 1In tho month of May, 1854, I was_attacked with vio- Ient inflammation of tho syon, Tho riglt ey had ‘beon blind from childhood ; tha left now beeanio biind alo, on the mocond day of this attack, and con- tinved so for twonty-threo months, I auffered groat paln In Loth eyes, yartionlarly over tho right eyt and omple, X had used all the ordinary modos of troat~ ment for optlalmis which had terminated In cataract, ‘but none proved to bo of any bensfit, About this tims, ot tho end of Ewonty-liroo raontls fFom tho boginnin of tha attack, an eminent oculist of this city was call in, who prononnced mo hopolessly blind, ~» 4 .+ « As soon s hie left my houee, I commenced the stiidy of tny own caso, and found'tint, instoad of sasisting Naturo to effeat her work of rocuperation, bad used nvnulu to thwort ond pro- clude tho possilility of her 80, I had caustio in - solutton, sul tho camphor-lotion, also laudsnum an dca, all of which lind 50 astringed tho nerves that my oy0s wero ko a plecs of acarlat cloth n sppearanco, and Intolerant, though blind, of tho loast ray of light, 1 bod apent fourteen months of the twonty-threo in porfoot torture. , . . . This state of sufforing sbated sbout the fourteonth month, I had become much emaclated and oxcocdingly nervour, and was sonsitiye to ocold in the summier-sir, using wintor- wraps in July ond Augnss, The ovening alr would mako mo sbiver like o person with ague, . . . I #ald I commoneed thesudy of my own cake, Iroviowed our mechanical structure for mysolf, camo to my own conclusiops, and thon commencod tho trentment of myaclf ; employing 1o other agent than wags possossod in my own porson, using tho two principlas of ouro thiat belong to overy ono, 'Tho first conception of my practico was nocessarily imperfoctly applied ; but, notwithstanding, by per~ slalence, working alinost Incessautly, T woa Topaid by restoring vision to my Jeft ogein six days'time. Dy tho elghth T waa out of my room snd able to guide mysclf. I now soon began my practice ou othors, though for years my eyos wero quite intolerant of light, aud gave me much pain, and the improvement in visfon wna slow. It was fuur or five years before I began to treat, in earnost, tho right oye, —the ono that had been blind. from ebildhood,—and 1t wus fully three yeara moro beforo vision camo to it Now, howaver, noarly fglteon sexm from iny ot wncagunn of the practice, I foel fully repsid for all tho labor I bavo hestowed on both eyes ; being ablo to uso thom quito freely, and with a great dégroo of comn- fort, both by daylight and gaslight, O! fivo similar casos seon since tho author's rostoration to vision, four have, ho tolls us, found oura in his way of troatment. T'he philosophy of tho practico is based on tho mechanical structuro of tha human system, its facultios of movemont, and the rolation that one part_holds to anothor; also, on antugonism, which is tho principlo of strongth, Dut, to con® tinuo in tho author's own laugnage : Tlie muscles nro not the motor-power, but placed no 25 10 givo conncetfon {0 tha thio (o nervous sytamn, tho motor and sensltive, while porforuing tho various movements which the body, in ts normnl state, is co- publa of exccutiug., The ecneltive nervous systom is B0 wrranged in its construction as to yleld and respond, whon i a Lealthy state, to all the movements of tho motor-nerved, . . . . We poswese in_our orgaufzation’ ond desiroying bgent, namely : contraction of tho xensitivo nerves, which always accompanios futiguo und dlscaso of evory typo and nume; opposed (o which wo liavo two Tomodlal ouess tho criensor aud tranaverse or yotury movements of these norves, I, therefors, mako tho nervos of sensation my ngeuts of cure, lieso form o perfect notwork of fibres, covering the human form from liead to foot, ond from tho surface-skin to the wkin thot lines tho boues, Tho threa capaci- tiea of movement ihey possess, which Iinvo been ro- ferred to, I eall functional nction. Theso nervea are, in the normal atute, perfeetly harnionious in uction, giving their supporf, mechanically, to all other parth of tho systom, tuternal os woll as uxtornal, Tho inodo of treatment 18 by reversion; adjusting each st of norves, and restoring the uormal relation lost by dineaso or dorangement, ‘Wo can make only three movementa: we contract or shut the band, opeu and oxtend it, und rotate 1t wo Lbow tho head, rafso it, and rotate it from side to ide. Tho wholo system 14 constructod on this principle; therofore, each part must act in mechnnical havmony, Tho truo mechanteal relationa of thesu three principles of movament presurvod, tho syatcn will wear long aud well. In acoordanco with the prineipler above sat forth, Dr. Munroo named his practice the Nor- vous Adjustment Cure; such torms as rubling, pinching, manipulation, &ec., boing mere mik- Tnomors, < Sample casen attended during the past eightoen yoars aro next givon, to illustratothe treatmont's wide rango of application. To these wo can barely allude as valuable contributions to curn- tivae selanco. In applying his practice, the author avoids all drugs, pronouncing thoir general effect destruct- ive to tho nervous systom. Temporary reliof may be obtainoed, but ot an oxpense that, sconer or Iator, will make itsolf folt. Narcotics, evon in suwall dosos, accomplish their offcat of allay- ing morbid sensibility, rolioving pain, causing sloop, by doadening tho action of the sonsitivo norves in their alrendy doranged state ; which seals that dorangoment upon them. What tho mervas want is not less action, but healthy nc- tlon, Disontaugloe those fibres that aro init to~ gother, disturbing circulation, which is impodod in its flow, causing suftusion in somo parts, with 8 lack in others,—and tho causo of thae nervous irritation will bo romoved, noryous harnony will be rostorod, tho blood will flow freoly and oqually, and sleep and roliof ° from ain -~ will como 88 if by nagio, Whon sicknoss or injury occurs, the Liuman sys- tom’s own romedial agoncy i3 the surestand safest to use, ‘The author’s caustic comments upon tho horoic mothods ordinarily resorted to, partleu- larly in disensos of tho oye, and his strlotures upon all methods of medication whatsoover, will, wo suspect, commeond Lhomeclves to nnny a suf- foror's oxpensa and donrl( bought convictions, In faot, this sudacious ltllo volume fonrlessly flings down the gauntlot to ourscientific medical schools of practico, The author well obsorves that all mero thoorists aro unsafo guides. *“When they tonch bottom,—whon thoy produce aund demonatrato & sound, snfo, unchangea- Dlo basia for thoir practico,—thon will thoy ostablish thut confidence which i always, soonor or later, acoorded to truth.” Modlcal bigotry has passod into o by-word ; but our medical ™ proctitionors will # hardly, wo think, be eafo in ignoring facts like thore hore presontod, howover plainly thoso may militato agaiust tholr own accredited dogmas, Tho_wisdom thatis too wiso to bo taught, or to admit an idea that haa not passed through tho filtor of its own individual capnoity, or boon sanctioned by tho traditions of profonsional recodont, is not tho wisdom of real sclonce, 'hat s over candid and withont projudico,— tolorant of now thoorios, receptiva of mnew methody, and, above all, thaukful and greedy for facta. I . Literary Prospocts in Boston—lLoe & Shopurd’s Fall Programnics Correspondenca of The Cnicuyo Tribune, *** Doston, Bopt, 40, 1873, Dlosers, Lee & Bhopard, in nddition to doing tho largest hook-jobbing business in Boston, and probubly solling at rotall moro than any othor bouso In the city, publish ovory yeareolong s list of books that it would bo todious to cata- loguo thom. Thoy aro most widely known, and vory favorably, too, as publishors of juvonilo books, "Ihie threc-score and ten (or thorcabout) of Oliver Optic'a storios, in which boys find un- ailing delight; tho oxcollont sorioa by tho Rov, Llijuh Kollogg ; Hophio Mny's charmingly frosh ond natural ¥ Prudy ” and © Dotty Dimplo ” ato- rios; Do Mille's “B. 0, W, 0" aud *Young Dodgo Ofub * serfon, nud o logion hesides, comn from the busy prosy of Loo & Bhepard ; and it s havdly oxaggoration to sny that thoy find thelr way in rogiments all ovor tho country, Indood, tho roputation of Too & Bhopard'a juvenila books is 80 wide-sproad that tho anuouncoment of a now ono by thom ia in 5omo sonso & natlonal ovont, and it {s but fair to add that tholr books, 88 o wholo, aro worlhy of tho good famo they onjoy among tho boys aund girls. Of course, ono onn imagino bottor books than somo of theso; pounibly n fosw would do moro good as trunk-line ingw ; but, speaking of them collectivoly, Loo & Bhopard's juvenilo hookn are manly, cloat, hon- oat, frosh-nired, true to the honlthy impulses of youth, Among tho now juvouilos for this sonson are throo from Olivor Optic's prolific pon: “The Yacht Ofub; or, The Young Boat-Duifder,” and # Monoy-Maltor; or, Tho Victory of tho Dasi- sk, "—thoso bwo going into tho “Yacht Olub " sorlos ; and ¢ Bunny SBhoros 3 or, Young Amorlea in Itsly and Austrin,"—which naturally gravi- tates to tho * Young Awmoricn Alrond™ sorios. Olivor Optlo's toricn genorally, if not always, have o titlo and » sub-tillo; and they are 80 naccoptablo to boys that they got n ronding for onch, nund sometimos o third, “just for tho fun of it.” Rlijah Kellogg ia'to furnish_**John Godsoo's Logacy,"” to com= plote his ' Pleasaut Cove ' fietios; and “Tho Turning of tho Tido,” and ** A Stout Honrt,” to finlsh fiau #Whinporing Pino" sorics. Of all Loo & Bhepard's good booka for young paeoplo, noue are bottor than Mr. Kollogg's. Tho slin- plo, sincero, manly naturo of the writor finds its way into his utorios, and gives thom n henlthior stmogphere than many juvonilo hooks havo, Boplio May promigca”™** Migs Thistledown " an the pixth (and thorofore the Inat) volumo in her “Tittle Prudy's Flynway” series, which, if not quito g0 fresh and dolightful na hor “Prudy " aud “Dotty Dimple " atories, aro yot among the most mimplo and attractive books now written forchildran. Like all the best books for boya and girls, Sophio May's storics aro charming to grown_folks; thoy afford hardly more plonsuro to tho book-hungry littlo Molly than to Lior spoc- tacled grandmothor, who regains her far-nway glrlham? while rending them, Othor books for young poople, promised this fall, arotwo now onecs by Prof. De Mille, who can writo capital stories, but somotimes dooa himself injustico by writing at llf:lltulug-npom], and not rovising with & careful, vigorous hand ; “Good Luck,” by Paul Cobden, in the *Beck~ oning " serios, & vory wholeaome, serious-minded (ot gnod{]or stupid) sot of storics; snd two now onos by Miss Amaunda M. Douglas, author of ‘Kathlo Storics,” ** In Trust,” aad soveral other oraditable books, + Lood& Shepard havo just ready n valuablo littlo ¥ Pronouncing Hand-Book of Threo Thousand Worda Ofton lngmnnuncofl." by Richard Soule snd Loomis J. Cnmpbell. Mr, Soulo is author of the oxcollent, admirably-arranged * Diction- ary of English Bynonyms,” published a yoar or two ainco by Little, Brown & Co, ; end in con- Jjunction with Mr, William A, Whoeler, author of ‘‘Dictionary of Noted Names of Fic- tion,” compiler of a ‘Nanual of Eung- lish Pronunciation nnd Bpelling” s vory full and conveniont book of roforonce. Indoed, avary ono of tho books namod in this poragraph is” altogether worth putting on tho sholf of handy referonce-books which eovery wall-rnfiuhtud privato library biag, Nrs. Isabolls Beschor 1looker's excoedingly oarnost little volume on *Womanhood: Its Banctities nnd Fidelities,"—n book which overy mian and womnn in the country ought to rond with sorious caro ; and Elizur Wright's pithy, yory roadablo, and, in most respocts, really wiso book on tho “Politics and Alyatarios of Life Insuranco,"—a subject on ‘which his ‘many yonrs of oxperianco give him tho right to speak as a mastor; Warrington's history of the * Salary-Grab," with eémn(nl roferonce to Gen. Butlor's and Senator Carpenter's congonial ad- vocaoy theroof; and tho Rev. Bummer Ellis' handsome volumo of esuays, *‘ At Our Bost,” are %nst. out of Los & Bhopard's teoming press. Ir, Ellis is o Universnlist ministor, who hns Ghnughtngund denl, aud Las somothing really worth whilo to eay on Our Elect, Dnily Sunshine, A Low Tone, Contentment, Courage, Ihe Home, Ourselves and Otliors, and On the Squere, © Tirogido-Bnints " la tho nttrnctivo namo un- dor which Loo & film‘mrd will vory soon publish & now bool of mlecellanoous csuays, storics, and Caudle Lectures, b{;Duuglnu Jorrold, Tho tank of gathering ~ thowe out of the old arlodicals in which they wore quietly sloopin, nto oblivion has boen admrably performe bi Mr. J. E. Dabson, to whose genius for this kind of work we owa soveralcharmiug hooks, such as Lamb's * Blinng," Thackeray's ** Early and Late Papers,” and alarge uumbor of tho gieaos included in the Inst volumo of Thackeray's liscollanics, published by Osgood & Co., Loigh Hunt's delightful * Wishing-Cap Papers” and ** A Day by tho Firo.” 1o had other volumes iu prospact, and, if_they como, they will suroly ba enuline and good, for his tasto ia oxcellent, and 10 is oxceedingly consciontious in his work, His largo rerdivg on English litoralure, and his repdy memory, enable him to gl\'o mauy valuablo aud “curious notes, which add not a little to the intorost and. completonosu of tho books ho ool lects and edits. Your Rev, Robert Collser promises tiro new books this fall,—** Tho Simpla Lruth,” a littlo, wige-hoaded, warm-hearted boolk, dca{gucd for awodding present, ond, it rend aright, sure to bo worth moro to any young couplo than all tho costly gifts thoy muy recoive ; and * Lee- turos to Young Men and Women," which neod nob ba commended to the Western people, who Inow Mr. Collyer s0 woll. Possibly woat the Enst aro misiaken in him, but we very much like our conception of him, and look to'find in s now book eome admirable lessons for good, manly, wownnly, simple, helpful, Christisn living, His lurge esporionco, vigilant ob- sorvution, and romarkablo nympaiby qualify him to give snlutary counselin tlio ‘mout ac- coptablo mauner o young anh' whom ho counts s his “own brothers and eintors, or,, possibly, ns his own dons and daughtors, iy lectures ara not cold, moral arrows shotat olher people's slug, but 8 hand with a heart in it, holping othora over rough places, pointing out the noblo work now noeding to bo nobly done, and tho sunshino with Ifonven's blossing in it which ronlly floods this life and will flood all lives to coue. Auothor book of lectures to young men and womon_is promised from Bis{mp Clark, of Rhodo Island. Its protty namo is * The Dew of Youth,” and the Ltighop's healthy naturs war- rants the expeotation of n book in which good soneo will mot bo hidden undor a professional gown. Iohns a horrly beliof in this world as woll a8 tho noxt, and a wholosome regard for tho fresh, innocont, natural instincts of b mnnig ; Bo wo mny roasonably anticipato a vol- umo that young people will read without fecling themsolyes patronized, condoscended to, or overwholmed, The Bishop will Lo loes cone spicuous than tho large-souled Christian man. Leo & Shopard aro catholic, if not Roman, I bhave alrendy mentionod_backs of theirs from Universalisf, Unitarian, EpiacuEnlim\, aud Oon- grogationalist clergymen. They have also in reparation two volumes of & Methodist minia- or, Dr., L, F', ‘Townsond, Profogsor in tho Dos- ton '.l‘henlnfilcnl Bchool, Ho is quite widel known ug the authar of “GCredo,” o brilliant boo suggoested possibly hy *feco Homo" and the othior Latin-titled works which came thick as tho lonvos in Vallambroga throo or four yoars ago. Ho followed that with tho firat part of o treatiko i popular thoology, with tho goneral namo of “ God—NMan," This part was doyotod to * Senrch and Manifestation,” ‘The second part, to bo pub- lishod this fall, is upon *8trifo and Harmony.” Hiy othior book for this songon fs called * Evan- gallenl Probloms," Bo we aro likely to got: after a whilo Prof. Townsond's thealogical opiuions protty much in dotait, Heisa bright man, an agilo writer, and mastor of a vigorous, flowing stylo, which favors his popularity, Ifo ia o loyal Mothadist, but not bigoted; and his books oro wolcomo to intolligont rondors of all denomina- tions, who find in tham much to plenso and edify, and little that they caunot necopt. Elibu Burrltt's *“‘Con-Minuto Talis on Al Borta of Topics,” nirondy sunounced several timos, aro now promised in October, Tho vol- umo will have an autobiography, which onght to Lo oxcoptionnlly interocating, sinco it must in- cludo an account of tho system ho {mm\lml years and yoars ago whon working at the anvil, and studying with such nusidulty and suceess ns to gain for himkol! tho namo of * Learnod Blnok- #mith.,” i long sofourn in Englund, his trav- ol through Grent Britain, and tho various cluys- o §oun might almost say specios) of mon in- olndud in tho scopa of his observatlon, aud his atronnous advocucy of temperancoe and pence, can but furnish mattor forn vory instruotive tratise ; whilo his #T'alks " avo morally sure lo vouverge to or radiato from tho socinl and phi- lanthropio questions which havo absorbod his thonghts and labors far many yoars, A ook of much promise fu “The Ancient City,"—n atudy of the religlon, lnws, and instie tutlons of Grocco and Itome, by I'ustol do (}nulnnfiun, and tranglatod from tho ronch 1y My, Willaxd Small, 1t Las reachod the fourth cdition at Paris, which arguey well for its hoing suceossful uttompt to prosont a graphio picturo of tho ousontial olemionts in the lifa of tho_two Ernl\t olnsnle nntions of Europe, Lyery hook lint onables us to undorstand more necurntoly tho wourcen of thelr diverso power, tha Influencos which wrought to give thom the mnulm"y of tho world, the sooret of the potont spoll thoy still exorciso ovor Ltho h\ufl;lunllou of mankind, is to e vordinlly wolcowod, and such a book iu nssurod to us in o Auclonf City," Turrz, 2, 187, T MY FRIEND AND HIS STORY. From tne Catholic World. 1 hind heon sponding tho wintor with a friond in poor hoalth in the south of France. I will not namo the place, hut it was ona of the lovo- liont spot on the northorn Moditorranenn const. Porliaps I ahall have somothing Lo tell of it at suotlior timo, Aftor prolonging our stay il wo bo- gm fo feel that na change would bo bouefielal, wo traveled on along tho glorioua old Cornico rond into Ttaly, aud sab aursolves down among the palms and olives of 8 reglon thnt, on account of its Baatorn vegetation and genoral likenoss to Lho Holy Land, is ofton onllod the Juricho of the Riviora,” Yor, in truth, whon tho travalor olimbs the ateop slopes ond staircases of that old town, plerced by nar- row, winding troughs of stroots, tiod togothor, &g it wero, by old crumbling bridgos and archos, built as o protection against continual earth- quakos; and after groping through what s more like o labyrinth of subterrancan caves than n town of clvilized build, he gains tho creat of tho hill, aud looks down from the snnctuary of tho Bloysed Virgin, which is its crown, the actual Holy Land iteclf socma sprend bolow hia foot. Thora nro tho vory outlines of Palostine : The stony slabs and tilted strata of cragand ridgo; tho avomatio shrube; the woalth of sad olives, fruit-boaring to an extraordinnry dogroo; tho vast tanks, haunted by bright-greon, porsist- ontly soronading frogs ; the lizards darting in tho hot glaro; tho flat-topped, low houses, and tho womon carrying jors of 1dontical Enst- om forms on their heads. The vory dark-gkin- ned mon aud women themselves havo tho like 8ad, sweot, mournfnl Bastorn oyoes; for through- out tho Riviern thero is a largo admixturo of Arab blood, a8 mn‘n{lArub words aro orystalizod in thostraugo, rough palois of tha speach. In this wfi:’i, ‘bright, solemn country, 1 found and mado the friend whoso atory I mm going to $oll : and, if it is disappointing at first to tho ex- poctant, 1 sholl sk them o wait il thoy nnr 0 end. . Wo lived in o not very comfortable hoarding- houso outsido the town, chosen on ncoount of its position, and bolng quito removed from tho noigo of the son, which thoso acquainted with tho Mediterranoan will thoroughly understand ; | for thoro is no noisier or more nfixmvnunn 808~ shoro than that which is pootically tho tideless, waveless, snz;ph!ru-like ‘or of tho old Tyrrhen- fan, In this house I soon made out my friend—a white dog with black points, shaven to tho ehoulder, and of Spitz breed, as his tail, puit on very Ligh up, and twisted with » jomnty, self-nsserting swirl ovor his baclk, danoted, bu! with an undoubted bar sinistor in his shicld— somo English spanler or terrier * drop,” which, atrango to say, gave him a power of persistonco, o dauntloss "courage, nud loving falthfulness, such a8 I nover saw in any dog beforo ; and yob I know about d?fis and dog ways, tao. The firat ing my friend did —his name was Oiroarollo, abbrevisted to Cleo, and angliazed to Chitk—waa to lift him- solf up yvory hl'f,h on Lis toes, orcot every Liair into a wiro, and growl so a8 to show all his boau- tiful young white tooth at my appronch and out- strotchod hand, P - ‘¢ Chick| how daro you, sir? Come along, bo 8 good little dog, and let me soratch your back; you don't know how nico it is, dear " Bnt the growlhing and _defiant looks continued, a8 Chick Iay down on his own choson stop of the stairs. I pushed him with my foot, and said em- platically: 7 * Ohiok | you'ro o nasty Hitle dog!™ At which candid opinion, Chicl, sulkior and crosser than aver, sottled himeolf to nlue{:; It was not long, howover, beforo Chick, like all othor doge, succumbed to the dog mesmerism of that hoarty good-will and affection in whichdogs aro apt to trust with A much moro gonorous con- fidonco than men. Ho began by licking my hinnd, then camo to my room for “water, and at lost was wou from his dlsmy‘mtnblo habits of straying from one wino-shop to another ahout thoe town, into which ho hed falien from not bo- ing mado happy and comfortablo at home. Ono day, ho condoscended to offor himsolf for a wallk, and o went through sundry tortuous lancs to somo olive-torraces abovo tha town. Once thero, tho dog’s unbounded dolight was protty to seo. He rolled among the frosh gruss and hop- clover, thickly sprinkled with lovely rod gladio- 1i; Lo careered in and out of the olive-troes, ay it weaving somo mystic, iuvisiblo witch-web ; and then, rushing back to mo, barking sharply in o bigh faleotto, he sprawled af full Jangth on tho ground, wouging his bueby plume ovor bis back, and seying, iu the clearost speech of his wonderful brown eyos, “I am not & nasty littlo dog now. Phank you for moking mo so lmi)py ) My friend, whom I had loved with all my heart, wag ensily mado happy. The ono thing nocces- gary to bim was some sort of master whom ho could love. With any such, his queer, sullen tompor brightenad, his thoroughly obstivato will row docilo, his oyes watched overy motion and indication showing his mastor's wishes, and, if anything woro givon into Lis charge, no amount of ‘tempting or frightening could ‘win or gearo him from his trust. » chicfost do- 1 was running after *a slone or ca! in which “also his ways wero special to himeelf. Whon tho stono wos found or dng up—that vory stono and 1o other—Ghick would stand with ons paw placed upon it, look- ingz down at it with crest and tippet erect, sud exactly o if it woro somo sort of live gamo, If 10 notico woro talion of bis dumb nrpnnl, ho would snntch up the stone, nud carry it on, but alwnys with appoaling looks to huvo it thrown again. On the olive-terraces, among tho grass and wild flowers, whore ho always becamo in~ tensely excited, he would run round the stone, growling, roll upon it in o kind of fronzy, and snap at evory ono who came near. ‘When I gravely called or spoka to him, he would relinquish thig_Berserk mood, and, wagging his brush, lick my hand na if to bog pardon for auch ohuldishnoss, and return to tho decent sobriotics of ordinary life. I nced scarcely say that it was only beeauso $ho ovor-excltemont ‘was bad for himeelf that Lo was ovor controlled in his fan< cies and conceitn; for dogs, oven moro ihan children, should be allowed to oxpross their own character and mako their own happiness, in un- important things, in their own way. ’hick attached himself %o me In tho most porsistont way. 1e took walks with meo, scratched at the room doors to bos whore 1 was, ran up and down stairs after mo on every orrand, used my room, liko the dogs at homo, a8 tho * United Dogs' Sorvice,” and slopt on o chair at the foot of my bed, ~ Evon when left at tha church door @uring daily mnas, whon I vainly thought him scourely pont within gatos and rails, tho E‘dded door would be shoved opep, and Obick, with hin ears and twistod toil 4 Cocked fu' sprush,” and his whole bearing that of ¢ the right man in tho right placo,” would souttlo over tho stone myemont, scent Mo out, and ensconcs himsolf Eo»idu my chair. At meals, he taok lug sent bo- side mo, in which ho would rear himsolf up un~ bidden in tho droliget way, lolling bacl with per- fock easo, nud gracofully holding ono forepaw higher than the othor, a8 if addressing tho Kmm,y. Bometimes Lo would even omphasizo his res marks by bringing oue ‘P“W down on tho talle, aud, amid the shouts of lnu[il;tur ho accasioned, would look up steadily tho face, as if enjoyiug the {nku a8 woll 88 tho vest. Ho learnt to sit “Y, with o shawl around him, a napkiu-ring on his noso, and ouo crown= ing s head ; to liold biscuit on his uoso une touched till bidden to eat, and ovon to stand uito upright in the corner, watching with 0 gravest iutolligonco till 'ho way told to cowmo out, In ehort, as Lsaid boforo, if tho ana motive-pawor of love wore found, Chick's goniug seomod to kuow no limit, But, moanwhilo, the day was drawing near whon the dnu}) and most real griof must be suf~ ferod of leaving my friond, Our tomporary rest was over, and our faces were bound to bo twned “fowards homo. , Chick, aleo, took good mote of ° tho propara tions for depnrture, and I road in his oyes that ho guessed iheir hmport, and know that our sopuration wau drawing near, Nover for an [n- atant would Lo let mo move out of his sight, ox~ copt for mass, whon I locked him up in my room, 1lis oxcoeding {ny of_my roturn was ona of tho most touching things I ovor folt, When overy othor demonstration had boon made, he would got up on his hind legs, and gontly lick my faco, not as o dog usually Jacu, but just puts tluF out his tonguo, and touching iy ohaek, ‘Tl wpociel net_slways seomed o ssy, * Can you go away und loavo mo bohind? Why uot tako mo with you i ‘I'ha conrolousuoss of this foaling wronght so atrongly {hat tho questfon was soriously mootod botween my friond and me of buying Ohick und onrrying him with us to Bogland, But thoro waro gront dififcultios i tho way. Tho oxpous was 1o small addition, besidos the anxioby an added fatfgue of wnother fresh thiug to lond about and strugglo for iy atutions and walting. roowg, being, as We waro, ouly a party of women, neithor strong nor woll, and already burdono: with & suporfluity of luggage and impedimenta, Bo tho wournful declsion was como to that it coutd not bo, Qur Inat walks wore taken, our last gumbols on tho olive-torracos played out, ond it seomed to mo as it ovory hour “Chick’s oyes boeamo moro tondorly loving and moro do- votedly falibful, And soon I ebould bo far out of ronch and ken, while ho must bo left in tho caroloss, indifforont, doy-ignorant hands to whigh 116 bolonged, Doubilosa tho many woll- rond and cultivatod poople who oo in the” habit of ronding this porfodienl linve alrendy sot mo down a8 o romatkably fooliah porson ; Ymc what will thoy uay whon I coufess thoro woro mo- monts whon tho vory thonght of loaving Chick without cortain bod and board, water nt will, and sympathy in his ways and love, mnde mo woop roal, scalding toars, and not n. fow ? Out of tho very abundnnce of thoughts and pain somo light appearod; and ono fluo_day, ‘whon tho hont was llerce, I Y‘ut on my hiat, Chicle took up n stone, and wo hoth made our wny to o Inrgo villa in the noighborhood, oconpied by n family from Wales, whoso acquuintance wo had happlly mado ¢ what sort of Jmfllflfl thoy wero tho sto of my fviond will sLow, at lonst to thoso, in my oyos, the trucat aris- toeracy of tho world—the poople who liavo an in- brod Yove of dogs! On this visit, I remarked that Chilol, instend of walling on his toes and wiring in halr, 08 ho ususlly did with trangors, accopted the wholo party aa frionds, sud showe off his wholo stock of accomplishments with as much doeility as if wo had beon at Liomo by our~ solves. On tho other sido, Mr. and Mra, Grif~ fith—ns I shall call them—thoroughly appreci- ated tho dog, and, seeing this, I made my rmpasltlnn—nn unblnshing ono, considoring that hoy hind alroady roscued two othor doga from Il usago—that thoy should also possoss thomsolves of Chick. Having once broken the ice, I launched into a moving deacription of his wrotehed plight, and groator misory when wo should have gone, as well ns tho reword they would roap from Chicles dolightful ways, Thoy ]nugbillg\y took it all in good™ part, aud sald, it $hoy had not alroady an Italinn Spitz which they hiad sont home, and n dauciog dog just brought on their hands, they might have thought of -Chick. I took ~ poor hickio omo, thorefore, with & ‘hoavy heart, though I did nobt_yob give up “all hopo; and, becanso I did not, 1'put him under St. Authony's care, and asked /im to puggoest to theso dear pooplo to buy Chick and givo him u.lln[:i)y homo. ‘Tho ovo of our doparturs was n fow days aftor thig, and, whon Chick followed mo up-gtairs to ‘bed as usual, I took him in my arma and told him I was going away ; $hat nothing on earth should ovor have made me loaye him but tho bo- inf obliged todoso ; that I had put him under 8t, Authony’s caro, who I was suro would find him o friond ; and that ho must be n good, brave little dog, and hold on for tho present without run- ning away, Ohlck licked away my tears, looking at mo with his brave brown oyen full of trust, as 1 kisned him ovor and over again boforo going to bed. But afterward I could nevor tell how many moro tears I shed at loaving Chick frioudless and alono, ey Tho next morning very carly, I wrofo o lnst appeal to Mre. Griflith, which I carriod out to the post myzolf, that it might bo sure to reach hor; and then tho carriago camo to tho door, aud we drove way, sooiy; Tl to o Jagh on Lho oo step, sorrow{ully looking aftor us with his stoady brown oyos. . - It was o long time boforo I mysclf learned tho socond ehapter of my dear frieud’s story, - Mra, Grifith duly got tho noto, and, boing much touched by it, sho went to tho boarding-housoe to call on mo, thinking I had been loft bekind for a weck, not yot recoverod from an illuesy, and also wishing to pot anothor viow of Chick. = Neither of theso objects beinggained, she returncd homo with a strong fesling *' borne in " upon hor mind that Olick must bo roscued at any incon- venioneo to thomselves. Not long aftor- wards, sho and her busband were asked by the ownor of tho boarding-liouse Lo go and look at it, as ehe wished to Bell or let it on lenso. They both nccordingly wont, chiofly with o view to sceing Chick, Aftors long visit and much conversation, Drs. Grifiith didat length soo tho poor little dog lying panting in tho sun in tho garden, whoro there was uot an atom of shade. Sho called tho attention of the owner to him, and {old her that tho dog was auf- fering and in groat want of water. Idiu mistreus mnde gome corelogs roply as usual, and pnsued on, Bti!l,\tnlkhfl:x,fl down tho ateirs, whon, at tho front door, . QGnflith chanced to look down into tho court, nnd thero saw poor litllo Chick strotched on his back in the violont cou- vulgions of o fit, Bho hagtily summoned hor husband, who, after ono glunce, vanished into the lower rogious, inetinciively found s pump and o._Inrgo pau, and ronppenred to dronch tho poor little dog with o cold-water bath, strongly romonstrating with his owner tho while that any ono with eyos or ears could hava seon how sufler- ing the animal bad beon from heav aud {hivst. i Chickie! Chickio! did any thought cross your dog's mind then of the * United Dogs' Service of my room ? Alus! when 1 heard of it, how did I not foel for my dear lii- tlo friend, prochiming by eovery muto appeal his urgont nced, and biavely suwiforing on in silouce noar to death, while not a hand was lifted to give Lim oven thoe cup of cold wuter which brings with tho gift its roward! Dy ding of much bathing and rubbing for nearly an hour from M. and Mra. Guiflith, whila lis owner looked on in stupid amnzement nt this wasto of time and troublo on *only & do{%" Chick recov- ered broath and life, and was able to take somo physic administerod Dby the same kind bands. And thon, at last, an agree- mout was ontered into that Lo shonld Dbe mado over to thoso genorous frionds on cor- tain conditions, ono of which was that ho should ho left to gunrd tho house where ho wau for Lthe presont ; for thongh much was not givon to my oor little friend, muck wag mqulmfi from him )y his wretchod masters. = A fow days afterwards, Mra, Griffith folt rest- less and unomsy, sud fold her husband ebo should like to havo Chicle in thoir possession ho- foro tho time stipulated ; for she folt nfraid ho might como undor the frouh police regulations for putting an end to allstray dogs during tlio {.nfiiug bent, Mr, Griflith “laughed at her dgots,” but went to the hoarding- houso, novertholens, to cumtly with _hor wishes, Ho was met b tho door with tho aunomncemont that Chick Lad run away, and Lad 1ot boon loard of for two dnys { Grioved and complotely disgnsted at tho heart~ Joss mogloct which had ngain driven the poor dog from his so-called homo, Mr. Griflith huy- riod back to his wife with the news, und she, like the truo woman annd mother she iu, sat down and burst into tears. dr. Grifich caught up his hat, and hurried ont to the police, not soveral Italian boys, whom ho taught, and who loyod him woll, to search everywhere for the missing Chick, and did not return to his own houso till lato, completely worn out with tho heat and worry. Som timno later he was told that one of his TItalian boys had como, and was asking to soo him ; and, as soon a8 ho was ordered in, tho boy, who Imew what pain ho was giving, sorrowfully told his news that the police iad soized npon tho ‘“brayo Cico "—tho half-shaven dog = whom evorybody know and loyed—*and” °, , | ‘* Wall, nnd whero {8 Lo 7" oried Mre, Griffith, bnx; husband, and tho cbild {n ono broath, Ahb1 signora, Cico e morto!" (Cico o dead). *Dond | Haw do you know ? Whare ¢ ““Hignorn, tho police take tho dogs thoy find to tho Moln (breakwator), and, it L{:o}' nre not claimed beforo tha next night, they make nway with thom, Ahl Cico was a Dbravo, bravo canino [" (a brave litifo dog). Looling at his wifo’s faco, Mr. Grifiith quickly dispatched the boy, and, once movo taking up 1us hat, this brave and good man again sought tho police offico, whoro the nows was conflrmed that Chick was dond. Still hopiug ngainst hopo, Mr. Grifith said, * There aro mauy white an black dogs ; 1 should like to peo his dead body,* ‘Thie, backed by other argumonts, admitied of no dowwr, 1110 forojgn English Lord must bo humorod in his whim, and ho should bo con- duclod to tho poor dend Chickie's dungeon, Ou tho way, Mr. Grifith amnzed his wifo by rnsh- ing into tholr houso like & * firo-tlaught,” ealling out for n pioco of cold meat and o yoll and but- ter “ a8 quick a8 possibio{" “¢ But Obickic's dond,~tha poor dog's doad,” #ho began, DBut ho waved his hand and van- ished, ranuing down tho straot with bis cont flying in tho wind. o, loo, almost flow acrous the reach of ‘sand and dyift- wood to the Riolu, and up to tho prison door of tho durk, airloss, fllthy holo into which poor littlo Chick Lnd boen “thrust like a two- }ougud criminal guilty of some horrible crimo, from tho Inat Sut\mlnt’ aftornoon fill this prog- ont Monday night. Not o single drop of water had boou vouchsafed him ; but tha flendish oruolty which charactorizon peoplo ignovant of (ho habits and sufferiugs of animaly, whilo donyiug tho dog this one necossnry, bud instignted” tho pn"ifi to leave him & lavgo pices of poisoned mod! “Bignoro,” enid n 1angistorinl voloe from among the idlo wowd whieh had gatlhored vo vos what ‘miracles the Euglish Lowl was golng tn wor k— Bignoro,” if tho dog will not eat, ho i mad, and yon must not tako him awny 1" And a Tump of hird, manldy, black bread was thrown down bofara tho scomingly lifeloss body of poor littlo Chicl, wha of course mada e bigii, 415 matto | 13 matto 1" (o is mad) orlod many voicos, “ Chickla! Chickio! doar liitlo doggle, como andapenk tomo 1" criod My, ~ Grittiily, who wns nonxly bowido himsolf at tho bare sight of what the bright, happy little erenturo hiad Locomo, and the thnusl:t ol what hig suiterings lind beon, Chickio hoord tho vaice, rocognized his kind liolpos, oponed Lls oyes, aud, fcobly dvagging himsos up from the ground, cume forward u step or two towaxds the door, which eausad u gonoral silr of drond nudd horror umong the spostutors, nnd wado tho polico Lulf shust iho door, lost the tox rible _monator should brenle looso upon them. Mr, Grifiith forced himsolf fnto the oponing, and throw his bit of cold meat to Cliick; but Lo had aufforod too muoh to bo ablo to ont it, and turned from it in disgust, though ho foobly Wy iznd his brush ~ in acknowlodgmont to fi 5 kind friond, Almoat in dospair, but calt~ ing tho do l){ overy conxing, carousing namo ho could think of, MMy, Grifith thon hold out to him a morsel of woll-huttored roll, aud, again wag- ging’ hiia brush, Chick smelt at it, toolk it, and nta tho wholo of it in ¢ho prosonce of the sugust erowd. Mr, Grifith felt that ho could throw up his hat, or danes for joy, or mishohavoe in any othor way which was most unbocoming to n ulnlg coun= try gontloman; but all he rotually did was to pull n ploco of cord ?ulokly out of his pockot, and any, I ean tako the dog Lomo with mo now, can't [ ‘ You con tako him to tho owner, Signore. And on paymont of ten francsto the polics ™ (for tho polroned meat ¢) **and with tho ownor's consent, tho dog will bo yours,” ‘I'ho prison door was tlion nsnm:d n little wider for the cord to bo tied round lhiick' nock, swhau, behold! ho spied the momont of escapo, nnd, rofrohed with biis morsol of roll, and not know- ing what moro tho cruclty of man would dovise, tho plucky Httlo dog rushed through the crowd, and racod along th share to tho town aa liar ag ha could go, Mr. Griffith after Lim at the top of Lis spead, to a cortnin low wine-shop, whore alao Chick had o truc friond. And thoro Mr. Griflith found him, aftor drioking nearly a bucketful of water, in the convulsions of an- othor aud most torriblo fit! Hia gencrous friond carrlod him homo in his arms, tucked up his sloeves and gave him & warm bath, physickod him, nureed bim, washed and combed the vermin of his Inathsome prison= holo from him, and, with |mllrln& pains nnd a Tove that novor weariod, brought tho brave littla dopgio back tn life and health. Tha story of my friond is told. Oblok’s laed sppoaranco in his native town waa whon making a triumplinl progress through it in n carringe with his mastor and mistross ; hosittin ng on his hind logs in hin old fashion, lollfixg nck sgaiuat the carringo-cushion whth ono aw raised, whilo evary man and boy thoy met snlut. od tho English Lord and lady with lifted hats and delighted erios of “Cico! Cicarollo! Bravol bravo eanfno 1" Chick was oventually brought homo to England by that bost of maators whom 8t, Anthony Liad found for him, to whom ho haa attachod himsolf go dovotedly that nothing but forco will induco him to lonve him by night or day, Aud that master and I aro of ono mind— that o bravor, cloverer, moro loving, or more faithful dog could nover bo found. —_— SAD RIVALRIES. Sometimes to femalo conylct-pens, 've road in prigon. ales, Thioro come, robed in their fucry, grand ladics from 10 foven ¢ And God’s most wrotcliod atfetch tholr nocks far olor 1mp=4“n& pales, And, muto with groady interest, inapoct each passing gown, And then, for dnys, thoy proudly deck thelr prison. Dabit laulk With Ieprous ehreds of calicoes, ect with & slavish cara That emacks the inspiration of tho Iatest fashion. pean Thoy Boted in tho trapping of fhels visitors' sieh wear, Thoso Autumn-days tho clty-streols begin tholr thin parades Of what fow duaty, starvoling loavea tho curbe cramped mapios lose, And apo tho cushfoned luxury of glant-nrbored ndes,— i Tho ednetings tmporlal'of sylvan avanues, Quronen, 1873, JouN McGOVERN, —_— FASHION. . Fromthe New York El:tn(ng Mal, Marino bluo {8 ouo of the fashionable colorg for the winter. —\White scalskin is a now fur which will be much worn. _ —1'ho fashionablo umbrella is moro attonuated than over. 'ineloather will bo uged as & dress-trimming this wintor, —Cameos havo gone out of fashion for jowel- 1y, having beon succoeded by intaglios, antique if possiblo, —Lndios just roturned from Europo wear the hair vory plain and low o tha neck, o style *all tho rago " in Paria, 3 —\Wa hear that a number of New York lndies are forming a riflo association. —T'ho Elizabethiau ruffy are assnming propor- tlons more ponderous aud nwo-inspiring than over, ~—The most fashionable jowelry at present ia of{'sxya!zed silver “picked out™ with beaton gold, b —Pumps and black silk stockings, with scarlot .clooks, ure the proper things for gentlemon’s tull dross, ~—Tho blup colora with white spots, so much worn duriug the summer, still coutinuo in fayor in beavier matorinls. ~Asthmn avems to bo a very prevelont disease in young-lady-dom. They smolo cigarottos, by tho lfifloiflli qranrl’f. —Tho Alpine hat is by no means complota without tho ndded charm of a black cock’s fz’ath- or stuck in tho band, —ILis fashionablo now to haveall the maid~ aorvants in a houschold wear caps, after the English stylo, —Redingotos aro an popular and Z2shionabla A over, and will be worn throughout tho win. ter. —War against gilt and imitation jewol continuos furionsly. Asa rosult, vory e it is worn by would-bo fashionablo ladics. —Tans, 80ya report, will bo larger than ever this winter. Thoy are aesuming o 8izo and weight dangorous to tho community. —Iu it, or I it not, signiflcuut—t{m fact that ¢ benutifully gotton-up brandy-flask appears upor the toilotio tables of so many bolles of I&aw Yorl's bost soelety ? —After declaring all summer thet fominine coiffures wore to ba vory high (in position, not in prico,) Fasbion now stultitics hersolf by de- claring ‘that *woman’s crowniug glory " fs to bo worn in a sort of long oue hanging low on tho back. —Waolon fabrics, associnted with velvet of 8 corresponding shado, are_to be preforrad this sonson to costumes mado entirely of ailk, comparatively fow of the lattor boiug visible among the fall importations, —Gentlomen aro imitating the conveniont ehntolaing-hooks worn Ly Indics, in a ring fast- oned on tho watch-chain'to hold the cano whon tllm cn]uodmnror’s hands aro both otherwiso em- ployed. —HNenl-skin will bo au fashionable next winter as ovor. 'Chio goal-ukin mufls aro elmost squarc in shapo, and linod with blue satin, —English wolking-juckots havo boon intro- duced for tho winter. They aro of hoavy, dark clotly, and vory atylish ns woll a8 comfortable, —Veory quict equipagos are now in fashion, having “eutirely suporsodod tho flashy * four-int Landy," *unicorns,” and * tandems " which hava 60 long ruled the rond. —Drosgmakors and millinors report their busi- noat ondirely unaftected by tho financini crisis, —Tringes aro Lo bo vory {ashionablo as trim. mings this winter, Somo of the handsomer sorts ave ag oxponsive a8 fluo laces, —Nouograms on mnote paper have gone com« plotely out of fashion, ~—Lovo-birds aro tho latest pots, No boudofr shoutd bo without them, —Ladios’ hata this scnson consist chiefly of two Lowa of ribbon and a stiff ostrich feathor, —Drugsols throad not is the matorial of whick tho now Spanish voils ave made, It is cut in tha throo-gornored stylo and cdged with Chantilly laco. Thoy aro vory showy eud becoming, —According to the Buzar, the most distine guished - looking bonnota nro all biack, mingled silk aud volvot with black lenas, stool dugger, or elso Job ornamont and dark grosoilla rosos, —I{id glovos of invisible colors have beon ins troduced, to bo worn with dark costumoes of cor- responding hues, ‘Uhere ave fifty or moro diffor ont colors, tha new * black-blue™ included, ~=DPoncadl Diuois (ha new color for sashos, which aro now worn of tho widest kind of ribe bon, with long onds down to tha skirt of tho drfisu. Penvook blue is o very soft und boautiful da, —Wa hope somo substitute for linen dancing~ cloths will be obininod_this winter. Thoy maka theo tloor vory emooth, but wo doubt i€ this alto- gothor componsates ono for tho hygionlo dis~ advantagos nttendant upon breathing nn atmos- phere, ono-thivd of which is tuble-cloths and napking in minnte particles, — e s A MISANTHROPE ON CALVINISH. “Thero must bo somo reason for bolug, Tor tho misory an calls Life 201 {110 coauvlosk toll of tho milflons, For tho nover-victorlous etrife; Far tho privut who guldes withant soofug, Tar thio plowman Who gartiors 10 grali, Yor (o tatoswin whio breuk wiliott fonding, Yor tho thiukor whoso thought udgos patu, For tho faith which bu fortures tho doubter, T (lio hopo which altains not tho prize, Yor the lovo whicl lokes its savor, Yor {he Justinets they tell us uro les, Tharo must o n renson for bofug, And tho bost (hey cau tell s 16 thig,— That tes addl to tho Inilnite somewhiaty And fneroaso un Inolublo Bilss, —Landon Spectalory