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10 LITERATURE. Rationalism, THF SAFEST CREED ; AxD TWELVE OTHER RECENT Discoousors of Ressox, By Ocravivs B. FrorH- 4sa E. INORAN, 12mo, 233, New Yorl Bousk Co. }r. Frothingham belongs to the new school of yombined resson and religion, called Rational- ‘em, and i well known a3 one of its most open, fearless, and emphatic cxpositors, The sermons e has published in the present eollection may se taken a8 a fair embodiment of the doctrines of this systom of faith which he pro- ‘esses and preaches. TYrom them we gather hat the aim of Rationalism is to fit men for the utmost neefulness and happiness In “the lifo that mow is" As this is the one ‘world of which wo have any positive Imowledge, Rationalism would bend all the energies of men to the purposo of mak- Ing it as much of an Eden as possible. It would bring Leaven down upon earth; it would rmake the mortal realize that bo bhas already entered apon immortality, and that no moment of & future life can be more blessed than the mo- ments of the present, if they bo properly im- proved and appreciated. Iis tesching, in a ord, is tho highest form of morelity ; 3 morality sought and practiced, not for the sake of expe- diency, but becanse it is right and good in iteell, and conduces most to the well-being of the in- Sividual, and to that of the community. In o sermon eatitled **The Radical Belief,” the crced of tho Rationalist is precisely 1aid down. It afirms: I. Faith is tho existence of the religions scotiment in man. II. “The most positive, cordial, znd determined faith in God, who istho perfect. thought, will, care, providence, in whom men dic, but in whom all who live at all, live, xod move, and have their being.” 1L Faith inBev- cletion ; “not iu incidental or particular revela tiona; mot in peculiarly, individual revelations ; but in the revelations continually open to tho natural and the spiritual eye. 1n tho meterial and spiritual nniverse. IV, Faith in Christisgity ; that Christionity which implies purity of moral standard, sweetaess of spiritual graces, tender- ness and strength of personal and social aspira- tion, helpfulness in regard to human destiny, af- foctiopateness aa a faith of the heart.” V. Faith in Jesus ; not as the Bon of God, tho Bavior and Redeemer, but as the highest manifestation of God in wan. VL Frnithin immortality. VIL Faith in e8 much of the Dible aw mnewers td the cultured renson and the mature conviction, and 1 no more. _ ¥ 10 expiein fully the Rationalist’s view of im- mortality,—tkat most vital point in the hepe and faith of every human being.—we must nse Mr. Frothingham's own words, which show the flexi- bility allowed in Radical iuterpretation, and which also convey an ides of whit_comfort is to be Liad when the idea of personal immortalicy i3 extinguished : On this great bellef the Radical does not dareto @ogmatize with nsrzow interpretations, o dusires, ratber, that it should be voicsd in the mo:t compre- hensive manner, by the most veriously-attuned minds. e loves to have it presented inall possibla aspects, laztit may respondtoall states of fecling; 24 the sraving for continned personal existence afier death ; 15 the longing for ociai intercourse aud Lindred re- nnion; o8 aspirstion ufier unattained gocduess; as Ihirst for supersensual wisdora ; as the sigh after more luan mental peace; and, yet furtuer, a3 the generois Hosira to live sull in and through otliers, though indi- siduality be estinguiehed; the :nepiticg and unselfish passion to bequeath romothing to Lumauity,in the way of expericnce, knowledge, or powcr, aud 0 to zontinue a living force in maukind. Tho belief in im- mortality takes all these forms according to the minds Miat eptertain it. Inall of them it Sppears as 3 pro- lest against tke power of death to destroy that which is the most precious pirt of our pereonality. The naturo pr man refuss to believe itsels wholly perisbable, rises Tebellion against the dominion of the grave, atd Flams the privilege of Einging its songs, fnishing 3t sducation, re:lizing ils drezms, perpetuating its inSu- wmce, or completing its blessedness, in other worlds, 1f fhe chfld of & fow years, the infant of a few Jmontke, have no other ..cimortality, it bas 3 very desr and blersed onein the heavenly heart of jts motler,— in immortality of light incfable, to which comes ho thadow, in which is no doubt, ot fear, or {ruperfection ; 1n immortaliry that deeocas in grace zud giory a8 long 18 her conscionsness endures, The Laby taken from ser arms is tranefignred in her bosom, Sceing it Do pore, no more holding it in her lsp, ehe talks with 4t ind smiles with it, sits with it in the nursery, mmbles Fith it over the fields, prattles foolish fancies to it, rops aslesp with it ncstling in her bresst, sud wrkes o pee ita little faco looking down upon.her, It was flesh of her fesh and bone of Ler bone; it 14 Ihotight of ber thought, feeling of ber feeling, and life of ber life. Before it left her womb, it stirred wnut- ternble longings, opened mew fountains of hope, whispered bright promises of happinese; no sooner 2id #t eppear than a new world Within ber was ready to welcome i,—a world that tho -expesta- tion of tho mew-comer had prepared. From reelk to week, through the period of ita dependsnce on Ter, the stranger bad been en'arging, uplifting, eoft- ening, and eoriching her nature, making ber sweeter sud botter woman ; and exch pet thought or fecling s wssocated, is 1dcafified, with the image of the younc Messish, who_preached the kingdom of heaver, uud ‘rought'it. When be goes away, is all that iss? No, jndecd,—it remsins ; the cluld'remaivs,—alvays to er thought a child, though her thought becomes foeble, and her memory of many anotier pieasant thing faile, A ol man, & physician, who ealled himself an Atheist, lost bis eop,—his only boy,—3 yomth of dne cheracter sud yramise. To the question ehether he belioved him 10 be still Living, he replied : Yes, in me, in my beart ho lives: and, 2a longas T fiave thought nd feeling, be will iave {hought and feeling in me. When I cease to be couscious, be will em To few peale, perhiaps, will the thought of such sn' immorality bo satiifying; but to mnote ahould it be unimpressive. Itsuggasts o Lfesftor P desth that, though impereonal, s genuine xnd rezl, ' the hops whereof ghould be stimulatiug. To Lve in snother, in Bev- 12l others possibly,—to live 38 8 Lrecious memors, & pleacant thought. s kindling anticipation, ) sweet Bolace, an ezample of gooduess, & heip to virtue,—is surely to live n very resl existence,—far moro real than most people dream of when they 'dream of Heaven. To live 60 i5 worth prasiog for and working for. This kind of life may te more effectual then the tife in the body was. Ths desd mother often swaysber child more than the living mother did; the imagination, guickeaed by sorrow, working mightily fo "fix fm- pressions which 1hc actual word or ook could mot socure, To bo allowed to livethusin her child’s future, the mother wonld gladly relinquish ber hope of an evcrlssting future for herself, Thnis jmmortzlity, at ol events, may be as- sured : those wholove us will remember us, also! Waen wewish they might forget. That which has, for better or worse, become an_organio _portion of be- ing, cannot bpobliterated. Vrbether its quality.thare be the quaiity of the engel or the fiend,—whether our Lomortslity in the hewts of those who love us bean Immortality of bans cr bliss,—it is inevitable. Though the bane or the Lliss be oursin anticipation only, though we neither suffer the one nor delight the other, the anticipation of it clone should make us lead no- bler livea, If the prospect of misery or hsppiness for oursalves beresfier is enough to sober or jnspire us, how much more should wo L sobered and inspired by the thought that, when we are gone, we mey bo ihe cause of life-long misery or huppiness to those that lovo us Hgtter than we ever loved curselses, Though Mr. Frothingham’s sermons exclude the idea of a personal God, of Christ, of Hesver, of Hell, of the plenary inspiration of the Berip- tares, and the certainty of 2 personal immorial- 1ty, they inculcate, in the most forcible and per- suasive mauuer, tho rise and beauty of Christian virtnes. Though they do oot invite men to em- brace any definite codo of theology, they wowd Inspire men to make the wicest use of this earthly life, to consecrato it to tho highest pur- poses, snd to sanctifiv it by pure svd unsclfish conduct. Though Christians may by no means be willing fo givo up the faith which ho_doaies, they may yet gain veluull lessons in prace tical goodness form his carnest and sincero dis- courses. Oricnial Poetry. THE POETRY OF THE ORIENT. ROTNFEVILLE ALGER, Autkor of “ The of Women,” Tbe Genius of Bolitude,” eic,, etc. 12mo. pp.'s71. Boston : Roberts Bros. Sixteen years 0go, an cdition of the present work was given to the public ; but 8o amall was 1, numbering only 1,600 copies, that it was soon exhsusted, and the book has long been out of print. It ia nmow rovived, wnd sent forth en- larged by considerable new introductory matter, over 100 additional selections, and sn appendix TILLIAM ricadslips race is the Shi-King, & collection of 311 lyrical poems selected by Oonfuciua from a great bum- ber existing .in _his time in the Chinese litera- ture. Manyof these poems belong to the epoch 1122—650 B. C.; but s few, no doubt, date'back 10 1966—1123 B. C. Torether, theso poems form one of the five sacred booka of the Chineso, The Hindoo muse is characterized by pensive- ness and Jove of meditation ; tha .Arab muse by ardent pession, and lovo of perilous adventare 5 and the Pereian. by delicacy of sensation. The distinguishine feature of the Hindoo literature i8 it dramatic try. The most cbarming specimen of this which is yet known to us is the Sakuntala, which Alger calls tho ‘'As You Like It” of the Eastern Shakspeare. The passion of love i copiously treated by the poets of Arabia. - The rich vocabulary upon which her bards may draw for terms illustrating the subtlo shades of their emotions 18 indicated in the fagt that 1t incloses eighty names for houey, five hun- dred for the lion, £od a thousand for the sward. A poticeablo peculiarity of Eastern poctry is the quirke, cobceits, puns, aud alliterations, with which it abonnds. *isuy of these aro wrought up in forms of such exoeading difliculiy that their elaboration must have cost smmensa .pains, ms.well as ingenwty. ‘The:construation and eolution of riddles is o favarite exercisa with them. These patient authors Liave - composed scrostics whoso lines read the sams forwards, backwards, upwards, and downwaras, at each end sod through the centre. They have wiitten poems in lines of different lengths, and so arranged as to.constiiute the ehapes of drams, crosses, circles, swords, trees, The Alexandrian rhetoricians afterwards amused themselves in s simular manner,—writing outcing satires and piercing invectives in the form of an ax or a spear. The Christian ‘monks of the Middie Ages slso did the szme talng: campos- ing, for_iustance, bymns in the form of tho Cross. 1 have scen an Eratic triplet, composed by & Hindu poet, the first line representing the bow, the second its_string, the third an arrow aimed at tho heart of tho obiect of bis passion.” From the several hundred specimens of Orien- tal pootry which Mr. Alger has brought tocther, we select a faw oxsmples which will serve to show tho stylo and seatiment of tho remainder: -§ELF-ISOLATION. It needs zot guards in front and rear to keep the crowd away ; Aversion to the vulgar throng will heid them oll at THE SEART'S RITUAL. A wooden rasary e Dever needs Who tells i love and thought the spirit's beads, THE DIVINE IUDGME God aaks, not * Towhat sect did Lie pelong 2 Bat, *Djd he do the right, or love the wrungt” THE TIECIOUS FUGITIVE CAUGHT, She shyly lifts her oxe's blue windew et Her huart fliea out into y bosom's vt ACTIVIIY, Good striving Brings thriving. Betrer a dog who works Than a lton who shirks, TROE NODIITY. Who nobly lives aud dtes I noblacall, Although the most ignobly boru of all. How strengly the following couplets from the Chinese recall the loversparungn * Romeo and Jaliet” : THE TATTING LOVEES, Sho:zaya, ** The cock crows, hark 1™ FHe says, * No, still tis dark.” Sle says, “ The dawn grows bright.” Hésaye, 0 no, my Light1” She eays, * Stand up snd 53y, Get's not the heaven Gray 7 To says, “ The morning-star Ciimbe the horizon’s bar.” She sass, “ Then quick departs Alag! you muat now start, “But give the cock a blow Who did begin onr woat * “And again we Lave o suriking pernllel between an ode-of the Persian Bulbul, Haiiz, and one of the melodies of the Swanof Avon. The first runs thus: Sweet gals! my love his fragrant scent hns on thea caat, And tbends it s thnt thou this plezsing odor hnst. Beware! Steal not; what with ber locks bust thou todo? o xase‘:] what art thou when compared with that which w e In blush upon her cheek? Bhe's fresh, thou’rt rongh with thorns, Narcissus! to ber lsnguid ese, as blue aa morn's, Tutne ese fa sick aud Tuint.” O pinal i by Tigh pluce, . What houor hast thou when compared with her shapes grace? Sweet hns{l‘ Imowst thou mnot her 1ips are perfect musk, ¥ mhz}v&w‘md, lifeless, scentless, thou shait lie at ©_come, my lovel and charm poor Haflz with thy Ly, Even if thon linger'st with him but for one ehort day, * And the second chimes in wondrous nnison : The forward violet thus did I chide: Swest thief | whence didst thou steal thy pweet thit smells, I not from miy Jova's breath 2 The purple pride, TEioh om B Zoft ok for comprecion dwel, 1o my love’s veins thoa hast too grossly dyed. -the lower orders of cresfion .shows tho an in most amiable light. He has some good. and yet honest, wordsin praise of .tho homeliest aod stupidest buast. To the dog he pays the follow- ing noble tnbute Asweare told 1o go to the ant to Joarn industry, so wo may go to the dog for an cxzmple of magnanimity. The finest touches of it in his natare are not so much in tho absoluta insenaibility to offense as in his courte- ous willingmess to attribute offenses which lo cannot possibly overlook to some pardonable mistake of yours, or Liamable error of his own. . . . And pray obaerve that, with all this submissiveness, Alls readiness to forget your severity, and to biek in the first gleam -of the sunshine of your clemency, there is not the faintest trace of suobbislness in bis nature, The dog s faiihful to his master when ho gota hardly anything out of him, * It s safd that every dog s su aristocrat, because rich men’s dogs cannot enduro boggars aud thelr rags, and are civil only to well-dreseed visitors. Dut the truth is, that, from sympathy for lis master, the dog always cees humani- ty very much from his master's point of view. The poor man’s dog does not dislike tho poor. I may go much farther than this, snd venture tqassert that a dog who bss lived with you for years will make the suine distinction befween Your visitors that you meke yourself {nwardly, notwithstauding the spparent uni- Tormity of your outward politeness. Ay dog Iy very civil to people 1 like, but ho s savago to those I dis- like, whatever-the tallor may have dono $0 leud them external charms, On the cat also, Mr. Hamerton comments in an oqually just and discriminating spirit. Of her Lie romarks : Ono remarkable characteristic of the feline nature is ihe innate and exquisite refinement of ita nature. It would ke infinitely digicult, probabty even impossible, to cammnzi:ate a delfcacy of this kind to sny animal Dy tenching. The cat §s a creaturo of most refiedand subtle perceptions naturally, Why ehould she tread s0 carafully? Itisnot from fesr of offending Ler master and fncurring punishment, because to do'so is in conformity with her own ideal of Luhuvior, . T will not wrong tho noble canine nature so_far as to say that 1t has Do delicacy ; but ia delicacy is not _of this kind,—not in actusl fouch, a8 the cuf’s fs. The motious Of the cat, being nlways governed by the most Tofined sento of touch in the animal world, ara typical in quita 8 perfect way of what we call tact in the hu- monworld, . . . If animals could spesk, ss fabu- lists have felgned, {ho dog would be s Lluut, Llund:r- ing, outspoken, honest fellow ; but the cat would huve 0o rara talent of never saying a word too much. Even when writing of the despisod donkey, Mr. Hamerton fluds » gentle way of expressing Lis disapprobation. For instanco: Ths deficiency of tho ass may be expressed in a single word: it fa deflciency of delicacy. Yo can guido & good horse as delicately 28 & sailing-boat; when the siiliful driver bas an inch to epare, he {s perfoctly at his case, ana he can twiat in and out umongst « throng af vehicles when a. momentary dia- ylay of self-will in the auimal would be the cause of an jmmediato accident. The.ass appears Lo be inca~ pable of sny delicute disciplins of this kind. He may ‘be ntrong, swift, courzgeons, eatirely free from any perious 7ico; but ho fs alwiyy in & greater or Jess do- groe unmanageable, When Lie §s reaily vicious, thnt iy Znother-matter. ‘Thereds no-end to Lis inventione, for he {8 28 intetlfgent as the Lorse, ond o thousand tiunes more indillercnt to man's opiuion or mau’s junishment. I lave scén a dunkey feign death eo perfectly as to take fn eversbody but lus master, who had been t0o often a spectator of that Nitlo comedy. Bat wo must send the reader to tho volume to choose for bimeelf further illustrations of tho author's five feeling and interesting observa- tion. The Siy 1'condenuned for thy baud, sud buds.of mirjoram had stolen thy hair Tha roses fearfully on.thorns did st:nd, One blushing shaiue, another white despalrs A third, nor red nor white, had etolen of both, And to his robbery had tnvesed thy breath ; But for his thedt, in pride of sl his growth, A vengeful canker est bim up 1o death. 3fore fowers I noted, yot I none could zee, But sweet oz color it ind etolen from thee, - The bemutiful legend "of ‘Jesus znd the dead dog is no doubt familiar 10 every resder, in either a prose ar poetical version; vet ic will €0 well bear repetition we cannot refrain from copy~ ing it bere: CHARIIT'S EYE: FROM MIFAMI Ons eveuing, Jesus lingered in tho market-plece, Teachipg tha people parables of trath and grace, When, in the square remote, 8 Crowd was een to rise, And etop, with loathing gestures and abhorring crios. Tne Master and His meek disciples went o ece What pauce for this commotion and disgast conld bo, And found a poor dead dog beside the gutter luid: Revolting =ight! ot which eack faco 1ts hate betrayed. One held hia nose, one shut his eyes, onstarned away; Aud all among themselves begug aloud to sas, i Detested creature] he pollutes tha earth and airi" “His eyes aro blear!” s cars are foull” Ilis ribs are bare” : “In yis torn bido theros not & decent shoo-string #X0 doubt the execrablo cur was hung for theft 1" Then Jesus epake, and. dropped on him this eaiog VT W 4 Even 7e. }‘ are dark beforo the whitencss of his toc The pelting crowd grow rilent cnd ashamed, ifke ono Rebuked Ly sight of wisdom Ligher then his own ; And one exélaimed, ¥ No' creatare «0 sccursod can be Buz some good thing in lim » Joving eye will ase.” 3 ‘Animals, CHAPTERS ON ANIMALS. By Pmre GILBERT Haxewrox, Authorof “The Tntellectual Life,” 4 Pafater's Camp,” etc. With Tweuty Ilustrations by 3. Vernasear and Kany, Lopsirs, 12mo., pp. 233, Boston: - Roberts Bros, American readers bave learned to look with pleasant expectation at any work baving the band-mark -of Humerton, he has shown Limself to be 8o keen . an observer, .with & trained in- stinct for inepection, and with the same artistic command of the pet es of the pancil. Whatever he hss written abounds in' the fine results of these rare gifis, together with conscicntious, those sometimes soverely-conservative, opin- ions. In theso Chapters, tho suthor mskes no pretense to, system or completeness, but simply records euch interesting facts in his own experience as he thinks will be of value to per- sons who, like himself, have a fondness for apimals, and a liking to study their habits and distinctive charecters. Tho various animals which havs been domesticated by man, together with those untamed species which aro the last to depart from the vicinity of human habitattons, form the subjects of his kind and thoughtful treatment, In the early pegesof his volume, wherein -be discusses the puinful mystery en- veloping " the bruto creation, tho suffering which all animals "are condemned to nndergo withoat cousisting of poems which we infer to bothe origiual product of Mr. Alger. - In = critical and historical dissertation which prefaces tho collection, the author discloses to tho reader s glimpse of the vast stores of poetry reposing in the lit- erature of the Orient ; skeiches tho lsbors of 1odern echolars in transferring these treasures to the languages of the Occident ; and presents an ilnstrative avalysis of tho distinguishjng cheracteristics of Arab, Bindu, Persian, and Bufi poems. The Esstern mind seems to be paturally and irresistibly impelied to express jtrelf 1n metrical langusge. Even fhe dryest Gisquisitions are thrown into poetio form. No subject is too barren aad prosaic to be refined £0d decorated by the aids of rbyme and fancy. The ancient laws of Oriental nations, their children’s school-books, their catechisms, and a Jarge portion of their,religious, motaphysical, geographical, philological, Listorigul, snd math- omstical treatisce, are fremed in verse. Know- ing this instinctive tendency fo s musical and ‘metaphorical utterance, it Wil not surprise us to hesr that Persia along is thought to have given birth to more than 25,000 poete, 3 Oué of tho eaxliest productious of the human tha eousolations of reason and hope, Mr. Hamer- 10n gives o 6ignel exsmple-of kis ingenious and suggestive reifectiona: ‘The life of the Lrute has commonly one immenre compensation in its fovor : the porfecticn of the fndie vidual existence I3 #o rarely mucrificed o the pros. perity of the race. , It is not necessary, in order that one lippopotatans shauld cut Lis food conveniently, that anotlier bippopotamus ehould lead an unbealthy ileld grinder ; nor does the comfort nust require thut another bird sbould slowly poison iteclf 1n preparing acetaies of copper, suiphurets of mercury, vr cxides of lead, The prds and beauty of & bruté are never based upon the cn- during misery of another brate. Tie wild drake's plumage, splendid os it is, suggests mo painful thought 'of coususipive weavers, of ill-paid lseo- mskers, of burassed, overworked millineras and the ‘most sensitive uf us may enjoy the sight of it without ainful thoughts, for 1t is Giod's free gift, causing no eart-burniug of envy, 1o care nor unxlety of any kind, Tkere 18 much slaughter in the world of brutes, but thera is Little siavery, aod the killing is done with a mercifol rapidity, ending life while its pulses still beat in their enerzy, and preventing infirmity and age. o In his analysis of ihe individual character of different animals, in his understanaing of their subtlest traits, Mr. Hamerton reveals the most delicato appreciation. He regards each creature with that respect—with that reverence, indeed —which every high-minded person feels for the bumblest thing -endowed. with tbe principle of life.” This humane and tender. congideration for -l from whi The book is adorned with beautiful and spir- itod etchings by the two celebrated auimal paint- ers, Karl Bodmer and Veyrassot. Hasays. PHILOSOPIERS AND FOOLS: A Stror. By Jrim DonriNo. 12mo,, pp. 857 Philadelphia: 3 Lippincott & Co. A series of nino eseays aro comprised in thia volume, from the first of which it takes its rather pert and derisive titlo. The remaining eight are named, respectively: Finding Our Level; Chief Among Renlities; Voice and Lenguago; Who Are the Wicked? Greater than Sceptres: Man and Woman; Antagonistic Peopla ; and Romaace Versus Criticism. . Tho essays give ovieence on the partof their author of wide readlng, eetious reflection, and generally Iiberal and rational conclusions. They are smoothly written, and are diversified with copious extracts from a great variety of Euglish aud foreign authors. Being ablo in horesty to say £0 much. it 18 disappointing vot to be able to say more and pronounce the book fresh and stimulating. Bul this is just what we cannotdo. It Jacks vatulity. With its various fair qualties there is a curious impotence. One feels cou- stantly that it 18 ubout to say romething strang nd stirring, which it never actusily does. itis as if the writer, with a head {ull of juar and en- lighteued opinions, were carefully gtarded by 8 conventional seuse of propriety ffom over giving way to anintense and vehement exprossion ; and thus ber ideas come forth polishad 2nd rounded bevond nuy chavee of sfatiling with o smart, healthfal, electric ebock. > Outwardly the volume exhibils the nicetiea of the Lippincott press, which enjoys an umivaled reputation in Amesica. Ontlines of Mistory. FIRST STEPS IN GEXERAL HISTOLRY: A GESTIVE OUTLINE. 1y ARINUB Gizaux, AL A., Anther of “First Steps fu_English Literuture” “Seven Historic Ages,” cte. 16mo,, Jp. $35. New York : Hurd & Houghton, A conspectus of goperal history is required by every student. Tho waot of it is coutisually felt. The little volume undor notico is s wel- come effort to sapply thenpeed. It is mot 20 full as .could be desired, especially in the de- partment of ancient history ; yet the old prov- erb, “A half-loaf is better tban no bresd,”is pertiventto the case. The book is_closely packed. and its space, on the whols, wisely ap- portioned among the nations. Tho mops, chron- ological tables, bibliography, and copious index, are acccsgories wiich groatly enbance the vatué of the work. 1t wau particularly intended for use in schools, and will excellently £l a vacant place in their liat of text-bovka. . Plato. PLATO. By Crirrox W. Conrrss, M. A IL . In- Speutor of Schools, 1670, Ep. 197, Philadeiphia s J. B. Lippincott & Co. ‘This Jittle work eerves an excellent purpose as an introduction to tho writings of Plato, or, in fact, a6 their companion ; twhile, for those who Liavo not time or inclinetion to read the full Dia- Jogues of the great philosopher. it will answer in very good stead. The book includes & life of Plato, o clear and succinct analysis of all the Dia- iogues artrbuted to bim in Stallbsum's edition, with much explanatory history of the characters and incicenta introduced, ana a sketch of the ca- reer of Later Piatouism. When we odd that the work of editorship has been performed by a carcful £ad scholarly band, it will be seen_that the volumo is cleverly adaptod to the needs of the mullion. e g ONRIA VIRCIT AMOR. When earth was young and the gods were gay, The Love-god, e the story gocs, Tired 1n sport all wezry lay ‘Before Doatl’s cave ia decp repose + And Death camo forth and sas him there— + 1] mix my arrown with Love's,” he salth, The Love-god awoke ; in his quiver wero ‘Bright sbafts of Love, foll shults of Death, And now-z-days is the fable sung, “Though pods of the distant dey zre daad § Love aims & shaft at tho gay und young, And lo, an acrow of Dzath is sped, And life is shain ere loye §s born Bat the slaln youns lives Love carrleth To lands of love, where none may mourn— Yove'slands, wWhere Love hath vanquished Death, —Zhnsleys’ Magazi —_——— Trezd by Lis Own Do, _ From the Carson (Nev.) Tribune. Ope pight recently a young man of this city (wbo wo will eall Smith for accommodation sake), who feared that the lady ha loved (she wasn't & Aiss by 2ny ‘means) was entertaimng an nd- mirer, detatmined to’ climb = tree in tho yvard ho could sea into the sitting room in the second story, whero the voung woman was supposed to be. Just as Lo gob himself fixed in 2 comfortablo position commanding the windov, some ona upon the insido rolled the curtain down. Then Smith made up bis mind to come down. It was very dark, and, justss he beean to lide down tho trunk, Smith heard a dog barking furiously beneath, ‘and looking down ~ho faw & huge animal capering. . chout, appareatly very eager to ip bis fegs. Then Smith suddonly climbed tho treo again, and endeavored to drivo off the dog, but the moro he epoke to the brute, the mora it danced around and - barked. Then Smith came down as low as he dared and tried to coax the animal, but this only made bim hop eround cod howl more furiously than ever. So it became apparent that Smifa would bava to epend the ight in the tree. Ho fixed himself as comforta~ bly a8 ho could in ncrotch of the limbs, and kicked his legs and moved his arms, tokeep mm- se)f from frcezing to death. Several times, when Smith thoaght tho dog was usleep, he tried to descend, but each time tha bruts awoke 2nd began to caper ebout. By tBe tims daylizht arnved Smith was g0 be- pumbed that be could bardly nse his bands, bat 18 tho sky grew brighter ho leaned over to' ex- omine bis parsecutor; and to his amazement he found- that it was his own_dog, which, unbe- known to bim had followed him to ths tree, and had barked aod capered only o exprees his de- light ac the prosvect of Smith coming down and going home. The euddenners with which Smitn reached the ground is said ¢o have been remark- able :u:g ‘thhe lt:ngnagn medlub’ him bad. He has some of the rheumatism which he on toat nighs in hus bones yot. B ‘m -‘; s THE CHICAGO ' DAILY -FRIBRUNE: SATURDAY, MAY- 16, ‘8PARKS ' OF SCIENCE. IEAGRE FLORA Tho Jsland of St. Panl, in the Indian Ocean, has probably the most mesgre flora of any local- ity in the world. It is limited to nine spocies of flowery plants. Six of thepe nre grasées, and only two appear to be indigenons to the ialand. COEELE AS A DISINFECTANT. Roasted coffee is szid by the Zomeopaliic World tohe one of ihe most powerful known disinfectants. o illustrate its effect, a pound of newly-roasted coffee was carried through a room in which meat in an sdvanced stage of de- composition had been kept for s considerablo time, and tho offensive atmospbere was instantly purified. Agsin, in auother room, Which was tilled with the poisonous efiluvium arising from a cesspool, all odor was dispolled within half a mipute by the use of throe ounces of fresh- burned coifee. . The best mode of preparing the bean for disinfecting purposcs is to dry and pound it in a mortar, and ti:en, when needed for use, to.roust the powder on o mnoderately-heated ixon plato, untilit is of & dark-brown hue. BEEF-TEA. In an article in one of the popular-science journals of London, Dr. Kimmerich ascribes the effect of beef-tea to tho potash-ealts which it contains, Thoso salts are a wholesome element in all articles of food; but, taken in excoss, they produce an injurions effect on the organism. Ether, camphor, and musks sre eminently re- freshing and invigorating restoratives, compared to which beef-tea occupies a subordinate posi- tion. 1f, howver, it be necessary to preserve an exhausted body from protracted illness, there is no remedr in the whole rich storehouse of medi- cines which will render such assistancoe in regen- erating tho diseased organism ua regoated doses of beel-tea. CUMBUSTION OF OILS. If cotton which has been soaked in beilod lin- sood oil bo raised to o temperature of 170 dez. Fabr.,, it will commence to generate heat, and i tho courss of an Lour will rize to 350 deg. Fabr., shortly after which it will burst into flamo. Raw linsecd-oil raquires boiling about five hours, rapo-oil ten hours, olive-oil six Lours, scal o1l two hours, and castor-oil elight charring for two days, to causo spontancous combastion. A knonlsdge of thesa facts enflices to explain the origin of many mysterious fires. ECIENTIFIC MEN. Ar. Francis Galton, who ia.uoted for his re- soarches in heredity, has Leen studsing into tho mental peculiaritica of scientitc men. Upon statistics given in answer to personal inquiries of 180 leading scientists, ho has based the fol- lowing conclusiona: As a class, scientific men combine remarkuble energy of body with re- markablo energy of mind. They aro notable for health, indepondence of spirit, and tenacity of purposc. - A great portion of those questioned \vere men of business, aud principals of large commercial or mereantile concerns. Tho size of the seientilic head is, on an average, larger than that of the ordinary cravjum. Btill, many men of science have small beads, aad tlioss are oon- spicuous for moutal activity. Mr. Galton deduves from his observations the opinion that scientific tastes are essentiallv mas- eulive, and, with the other quslities necessanly .united in a man of mark, are iuherited fiom the father in o proportion of 123 cases out of 173. luregard to education, scientific men are gen- erally not restricted to particular subjoots, but yrosecute their investigations in various direc- tions, COLOR OF THE ATMOSTHERE. ‘Thoe blue color of the &ky is due to minuto particles of maticr floating in the air. Were theso atoms cleared from tho atmosphers, the sky would be a dead-black. Exceedingly fiao particlos of matter disperso bine rays of light: coarser portions scatter rod rave; and still coarser partions scatter all the rays, prodacing a white light. The atmosphero is maturated with vapor. the particles of which diffuse white light in all directions. When these particles are en- larged, they become vikivle 1o the form of clouds. The vapor-particles of the white clouds are supposed to be finer tban those of the dark clouds, Tyodall has couclusively proved these factu by passing & beam of light tirougly s glasa tube. The Leam is rendered brilliautly visible by the retlection of light from the dust-particles ailling the mir in the tube. But, on removing Usese dust-particles by filtering tho air through cotton-wool or passing it over & flame, the beam of Ligist bacoma totally invisible in tho tube. Tho largest tunnels in the world have been constructed in Germary, and most of them for ining, The great tunnel of Freiberg is 24 miles long ; the Ernst-August, 1335 miles ; the Goorg at Claustbal, 105{ miles; the ono at Shemnitz, 93¢ miles; tho Rothschonberg, at TFreiberg, 8 miles;and tho Mont Cenis, 73 miles. Tlese are the principal works of the kind in Europe. < Intbe United States there is the Toosac tunoel, in Massachuset:s, measuring 5 miles in Jength ; the Sutro, in Nevads, 4 miles; the Sierra Madre, which is to be 12 miles ; and the Sun Carlos snd Union P'acific tunnels, which aie under 214 miles in lougth. ; But sll tunpels sink into insignificance com- pired with that which it 18 propasad to run un- der the Straits of Dover. Inveatigatioos iuto the nature of the strata of rock lying between the Contiment of Europe aud the coast of En- gland roveal the fact that & depoeit of clay ex- tends from the mouth of the Thames to Dun- kirk, on the northesst point of Fraoce. Tlus clay'is from 200 to 400 feot thick, end isboit impermeable and homogeneous. It therofore points out tha lino of 1ts course as the most femible route for tho proposed tunuel. The distance, however, is about 80 miles botween tie two termini. DRANDY FEOM SAWDUST. A certain German chemist, reduced to his wits, we might infer, to procure the material for #braudy-straights,” bas been successful in dis- tilling the inebrizting fluid from no less barren o materinl than sawdust, From 9060 pounds of sawdust he extracted 61 quarts of brandy of 50 per cent, at 53 deg. perfectly free from odor or tasta of turpentine, and of very agreeablo flavor. From the ellusion to turpentive, it is probable that the sawdnst used was meade {rom some specics of pine, a'though information upon this point e not given. The author of the ox- poriment deems it liely that the process might Le made succersful conducted on a largoe scale By conversicn of cellaiose into sugar, eacl hundred weight of air-dried sawdust would yield at leagt 27.4 quarts of 50 per cent biancx ANDERZON SCIOOL OF NATURAL HISTOXY. The Naturalist announces that tho Andersoh School of Xatural History, on Penckeso Islaud, will open July 7 ond close Aug. 29. Already ninety applications beyond the number which can bo nccommodsted bavo been made by stu- dents for admierion. As the funds of theschool have been nearly exhsusted in erecting bwld- ipgs snd providing the neceesary outfit, Mr. Alexander Agassiz neks all who aro interested in education to co-operate in obtaining from the Legislatures of the various States, or from other means at the disposal of State Boards of Educa- tion, 2 moderate eppropriation, eay £3,000, or 22 auntial grant of 350, a8 a contribution to the permanent gupport of the. instiution. Every such share would entitlo a State to send two teachers anuually as students to Penokese. Tne foliowing genticmen will have charge of the various department of instruction at the An- derson School dusing tho coming session: Prof. B.0.Wilder (Vertebratos).F. W. Putnam (Pishes). 3. S. Packard (Amiculaces), Profs. E. S. Morse end Hamlin (Mollusks), ‘and E. Bicknell (Microscopy). Loctures will be delivered by the Director, Jir. A. Agossiz, on Rodiates and Em- bryology, by Prof, A. M. Maever on Ihysiological Phivsics, aud by Mr. Theodoro Lyman un Pisci- culture. The laboratoiies will bein chargo of Mr. Garmen,, Dr. Packard and Mr. Garman will talie commeznd of the dredging expeditions. ARCTIC FLOWEBING PLANTS, Dr. J. D. Hooker states, in & recent number of Nature, that four flowering plants wera collect- ed by Dr, Beesels, of Hull's Arctic Expedition from the east side of Bmith's Sound, in latitnde 82 deg. N. They were Draba Alpina (» member of the mustard femily), Cerastium Alpinum (s Xind of chickwecd), Zarazicun dens-leonis (the common dandelion), and Poa flexuosa (. grass). TFlowering y!ants Lave never befors been found in a region 80 near the North Polo. . THE OPAL. }I:my of the precious siones which are ranked 5 'gems by thie lapidaries, and valued as beauti- ful jewcls by the lsdies, are simply different varieties cf quartz, or, to speak till more plain- 1y, of sandstone, Of these we may name the amethyst, which is quartz colorsd purpls by oxyd of mangancee ; agate, Which is a compact, translucid form of quarts, with colors arranged in bands or clouds ; onyX, chalcodony, and car- 1874. which are morely varieties of -??x g nalian; 3 clxryfi)'pmu. blopdstons, and opal, whick otber varisties of nearly pure quariz, or silic: The precious or noblo opal is obtaiped nl.ue}ly in Hupgary, aithough fino specimens are, ais0 found in Sixony and South® America, They occur in Hungarv dissominated in a trachylio conglomerate. They aro mostly vory small 3 but. if really beautifal, a tiny-sized stono will briog 20 to §25 in the markot. Tho largest opal at present known is exlubited in the Lmpe- rial cabinet at Vienpa. It measnres 43¢ inches by 25 1nches, snd ig valued at more than $230,- 000. Pliny epeaks of & remarkablo opal_which once belonged to the Boman Senator Nonius. s owner choso to go into exile rather than Sield the gem to Maik Antony, who had st his covetous eyes upon it. Thie opal was, 1n the timo of Pliny, estcomed to be worth no_loss then £500,000. At the London World's Fair, in 1851, there was to bs seen, among rare znd elogant stones, sn opal weigiung 5261¢ carnts, or near 41§ aunces Troy weight. It was valued at 320,000 % ¥ No gem is of more oxquisite benuty thaa the opal. . To watch tbe swift and changefal pley of its rainbow-gleams ia a constant delight. 1t has sometbing of the fitfnl cheracter and charm of the water, and to this element it probably owes its peculiar loveliness. The stone i3 ‘permested with the fluid, snd mineralogists conjecturo that itd prismatic lights are produced by reflections of minute particies of water contained in iute- rior cavities or fisures. Wlen opals have lost by age their pristine warmth of glow, it is often restored by putting them for a short timo in oil or water. 5 Tio opal has, Like flint, & conchoidsl fracture, and is very easily broken. For setting, it is vsually cut with & convex surface, because of 1ts brittleucys, nod also because ita brilliant colors are thus beat exhibited. There are several spe- cics of semi-precious opal, such as the girasol, the cachslong, the prime d'opal, the somi-opal, and the wcod-opal. A varioty of tho girasol, cailed tha fire-opal, is founi at Ziampan, in Mexico, and in- the Faroe Jelands. - Another kind, called quartz-resonite, 18 bronght from Caramanis and Indin. This was named astena by tho ancients, aad was greatly prized by them. For a specimen of the girasol, of extraordinary brilliancy, but not an iuch and a half in diame- ter, the sum of §5,0J0 has beez rofused. ANTMAL DEPREDATIONS UPON GAME, In spesking of the oase with which a practical gameleeper will determine what kind of animal bLas committod depredations upon his preserves in his abseuce, Mr. Frank Buckland, a noted naturalist of England, says: “ Every animal bas hia own way of killing and eating his prey. The cat always turna the skin inside out, leaving the eame reversed like o glove, The weascl and stoat will .eat the brain, and nibble about the head, and suck the blood. The fox will alwaya leavo thoe legs and binder parts of & hare or a rabbit; the dog tears his proy to pieces, and eats it *anyhow,—all over the placa;’ the ciows end magpies always peck at tho eyes before they touch any part of the bodr.” THE CAROD-TREE. In the countries surronnding the Alediter- ranean Ses, thero grows a species of the Seguminoser, or Pea fumily. which is remarkable for its fertility and value. It iscalled tho Carob- tree, and a!s0 St. John's Bread, from the ancient tradition that its fruit was mesnt by the “locusts " on which John the Baptist fed in the wilderness. The Carob (Cerafonia Siliqua) is near of kin to our locust-tree, both belonging to the same natural order. In sizeand mauner of growth, it resembles the apple-tree, but its leaves ure pinnate and evargreen. Its fruit isa brown, loatisery pod, 4—8inches long, contsining anum- ber of shining brown seeds, tnbedced in a sweet, mealy, putritious pulp, Tho soeds are bitter and worthless, but the pulp forms an important erticle of diet among the poorer clagses of tho countries where the tres grows. The Moorsand Arabs mako great use of it. Dy the lattert is manufactured iuto a preserve like tamarinds. In Spain, and otber eountries in the south of Europe, the pods are held in bigh estcem a8 food for horees. Thev have been extensively imported into Great Britain as a substitate for the oil-cike. 1t is emd that thoy have an im- proving effect upon the human voice, and that glngers often make use of them to purify and Bweezen their tones. The trees aro wonderfully proauctive, single specimens yielding somotimes from 800 to 900 pounda of pods. The Carch is too tender for the climate of Buitain, but an ef- fort has been made tointroduce itinto the United States, and its caltore in the north of India has been urged 28 a safeguard against tamine. 1tis supposed that tne * husks” roferred to in the parable of the Prodigal Son wers tha pods of the Carob-tree, ————— WE LAY US DOWN TO SLEEP. e Iay us down to sleep, And leavo to God tho rest ; Whether to wake aud w Or wake no more, be best. Why vex our rouls with care? The geave ts cool and lows Have we found lifs 50 fair That we should dread to go? We'vo issed loves * " And lef: Laei sw The rose the wiid Lee sipa Bloowa cn when bo is dead. Some fafthfal friend we'ra found, Bat thiose who lovo us best, When wo are under ground, Wall laugh on with tho rest, No task hiave we begun But otuer hunda can take; No work beneath the sun. For which we neod to wake, Then hold us fast, eweet Death, 1f g0 it kcemeth Lest To Him who gavo us breath Toat we should go to rest, We Isy us down to slee, Our weary eyes we cl Whether to wake aud weep, Or walke no wore, He knaws, —Louise Chunder Moulton in tic Ciristicn Tnion, SRR S it o A Care for KIydrophobia. The Salut Public of Lyons says Dr. Buisson claims to Lave discovered a romedy for this ter- nble disesse, and to bave applied it with'com- plete success 1n many cages. I attending a fe- male patient in the last siaze of canine maduess, twe Doctor impradently wiped bLis hands with & Landkerchief impregnated with her® ealiva. ‘There happened to be a slight abrarion on the index tinger of the left haud, and, confident in his own curative system, ths Dontor meraly washed tho part with water. He was fully aware, however, of the imprudence he had com- mitted, nud gives the following account of tho watter afterward: “Believing that ths malady would not deciare itselfl until the fortieth dav, and having various patients to visit, 1 put off from day to day tho application of my remedy that is to Bay, vapor bathe. Thomninth day, boing in my cubinet, I felt all at ouce a pain in niy oyes. Ay body fels 8o light that I felt as if 1 could jump to & prodizions height, orif thrown out of a window I could sustaic myself in the atr. My hair was so scusitive that I appeared to be able to count each Reparately withont lookiog at it. Saliva kept contiuually forming in my mouth, Any movement of air caused great pain to me, and I was obliged to avoid the sight of brilbant objects. 1 Lada continual desire to run and bite,—nov human beings, but animals, and all that was near me. I drank with diflicuity, and I remarked that the sight of waterdistressed me more than the pain in my throat. I believe that by shutting the eyes anvone suffering from hydrophobia can always drink. The fits came on every live minuies, and I theu felt the pain start {rom the index finger and run up the nerves to the shoulder. In thus sicte, thinking that m; tourso. wes presarvative, s oc curative, I took o vapor bath, pot with the inten- tion of care, but of suffocsting myself. When the bath was at the beat of 52 centigrade (3.3.5 Fabrenheit), alt tho symptoms dissppear- ed 28 1f by magic, aod since then 1bave never felt anything more of them. I have attcuded more than eighty persons bitten by mad ani- mals, and I have not lost a single one.” Whensa person ia bitten by & mad doz, he must for seven successive days take s vapor bath—“a la Ztusse.” as it is called—of 57 to 63 degrecs. This is the preventive remedy. A vapor bath may be quickly mado by putting threo or four red hot bricks'in & bucket or tab of water, and let the patient sit over it on a cane-bottomed or willow chair, enveloped in a large blanket, for fifteen or twenty minutes. When the diseade is de- clared, it only requires oue vapor bath, rapidly increasing to 37 centigrade, then elowly to 5%, and the patient must strctly confine bimself to his chamber until the curo is complete. A Predatory Eagzie. The Now-Brunswick (N. J.) Fredonian says : « A fow days 2o a large bald eaglo carried off threo lambs belonging to a farmer named . P. Nicholeon, living below Yardville. 3lr. Nichol- gon £aw the eagle swoop down and carry off ono of the lambs in 1ts talons. It flew a short dis- taace, and then settled down @nd proceeded to enjoy its repast. The farmer enveloped himself in a bufalo 1obe, took & gun, 2nd tried to a proach tho bird, but tho eagld evidently had itg, eye-teeth cut, and waa not to he caught by any such game a4 _that, for when the farmer had o proached neatdy within gunehot he msjestically esiied away. Other farmer in the vicinity have had their flocks preyed upon by this eagle.™ FAMILIAR TALK. ORIETAL RIDDLES. The poets of Eastern nations aro fond of ex- orcising their ingenuity in tho constraction of | quaint conceits, whick demand patiencs on their } forget this touching proof of hus’ simgle gy part, snd s good deal of study on the part of their readers. For the amusement of the young people, we copy two or three riddlesin rbyme from Alger's recent collection of *The Poetry of the Orient:” Between a thick-set hedga of bones, A small red dog now barks, DOW I0AD8, 30800} TewnY ¥ 49 —'3an1 1945u8 8GL A soul above it, And a soul below, With leather between, And awift it doth go. “9{pPR}S-¥ QU QLY ‘aaz00 WO 20pLs ® 9] JMSUT LT, The H B L R i whol, *Qoow [Ny pus “B(o ‘49N uo0s 08 3§ PRI I A PRETZY CUSTOM. The Printemps, a new and elegant’ bazaar in Paris, has introduced & pretty custom, which some enterprising house in Chicago might achieve great popularity in imitating. Each pur- chaser at the Printemps is presented with a little bouquet of fresh spring violets. Tho flowers cost a mere trifle, but the gracoful gift affords the racipient & delicate pleasure, and ozcasions many a grateful smile or thought that more than repays its exponse. Violets do mnot enjoy the favor in America that they do in Europe, and ara consequently much less pleatiful; but they, or ather tlowers ag swect and simple, could be mads cheap by abundanc cnltivation, and scattered braadcast to the advaatage of a shrewd donor. ¢ XAPOLEON'S GUOST.” The aldest child of Napoleon IIL aud the celebrated Alrs. Howard is now 2 middle-aged man, and remarkably like Lis father in person and conduct. His hadits of dirsipation and ex- travagaoco caused the late Emperor mno little trouble. To avoid the scandal which hisbe- havior excited in Paris, the Emperor honorably exiled bim by a Consulship, first at Beifast and afterward at Zanzibar. He is at present resid- ing at the French Capitol, and may be seen daily attho Restauraut Morel, back of the Opera Comique,—a cafe much fiequented by artists and suthors. le bears the titlo of Countde Bure; but, on account of his-etriking resem- blance to the late Emperor, ho has been dubbed “ Nopolcon's Guost.” SHACSPEARE IN GERAUST. . Tho lovers of the drama have enjosed a raro treat in Borlin the past winter. The entiro se- ries of Shakspeare’s plass havo been given in historical succession at the Royel Theatre. Theso representations wera alike interesting and profitablo to Germana and to tho Eaglish and Americans who were g0 fartunate 28 to witness them. The plays were admirably rendered, es- pecially the historical dramas, the conception of the prominent characters being remarkably fine and true. A like attempt has never boen mado in America, and seldom, 1f ever; in England. It has been loft to a people spcaking an alion lan- gusge to pay the great Eoghish poet the honor of presenting his dramas in regular soquence, from the first through to the last. A FRENCE IDEA OF NEW ENGLAND. The new French play which wears tho pome of, and is e2id to be founded upon, Hawthorns's storv of “The Scarlet Letter,” really borrows nothing from it but the title and the names of the charscters, with which to allure and dis- appoint the public. It ispronounced a very com- mon-place melodrams, crowded with ridicnlous errors regarding New-England customs and man- ners. The sccne ia 1aid in Massachusetts ; and, in order to represent faithfully tho locality, the suthors of the play were very desirous that the stago should, in tho fist act, b set with tropical 5}?3(!, palms, pine-apples, bawboos, ete. ! The ectors obstiuntely refnsed the appropriate re- quest, and thas the American happeuing in at the plsy Las no chance of rocognizing the luxuri- ous foliage supposed by thesa learned Frouch playrights to adorn the landscape 1 the vicinity of Boston, THE “STAGE GOBLET.” Daring tho performance uf the drama * Ten Nights in a Bar-Room,". at Portland, Me., the other night, there occurred s disaster which poes to ehow that tho “stago goblet” is not always the empty and innocuous cup it appears to theoae in front of tho footlights. In the scoua where the revelers are clustered around the bar, & couple of tho actors chinked their glasses and empticd them of & yellow liquid just the hue of prime whisky, Immediately one hurried from the staze apparently i great sgony, and the other fell to the floor in convalsions. The rev- eolry was suddenly suspended, andthe ourtsin dropped with celerity. The wnanager sqon came forward and relicved the feelingsof the audience by explaining that the ** proporty-man,” huving bired somo *‘show-bottles” already filled with deceptive flnids, had peglected to change their conteuts for harmless liquids before they wero brought on the stage. Tho waterin onowas colored with bichromate of potash, and of this the two nnfortunate actors before mentioned had lavishly dronk. However, the results of the accident were not of a fatalcharncter. After somo hours of tolerable dizcomfort, the actora were 80 far recovered as to beable to ropeat on the ensuing night the farce of **filling high the tlowing bowl" and tossing off its delusive con- tents. A QUESTION OF ACTMOXY. Mrs. Gen. C. L. Anderson, wife of tho Col- Iector of United States Reveaue in the Third District of South Carolina, is beforo the couris in o curious attitude. Three several times has this lady dared tho perils of matrimony, and twice has she been compelled-to procura relief by divorce from distasteful partners. So much courage should have been bettar rewarded. In oach of tha two cases she has obtained alimony with her divorce; m the first, amounting to 2672.50 annually, and, in the second, to $3,000 aunually. Tho two sums ucited made a snug income,—quite wqrth, to an adventurous porsou, tho sunoyance endured in, securing them. But now comes the grinding oppression. When the much-tiied wife and widow s=w fit to take o third husband,—we will not believe for tho ultimate purpose of getting more alimony,— ber second discarded upouse Leartlessly objected to paing 3,000 yearly toward the support of another man's wife. It 1s clearlv an aitempt to defiaud woman of Ler rights, and the monster needs sUppressing. The case, being stubbornly contested, has reached the Supremo Court, where tho long aud eble arguments on both sides wore tod compli- cated for the ordinary intcliigonce, aad it would bo useless to transcribe them. The counsel for the defendant (spouse No. 2) put forth some such flimay ideas ns, that, whon the moral sad legal duty of a busband to support his divorced wife ceases, the olimony shoutd ceaso, nnd that she -should -mot enjoy the society and protection of _one hushand at tao éxponse of suother. The Court was uoable st a single hearing to give its de- cision, which has been reserved until after fur- ther consideration, eanwhile, on how elevated a moral plaiform does this much-married yom:a3a stand, as, leaning on the arm of lLer third bhi pand, she tries to retain her clutch on the pockat-books of her first and sezoad ? A STORY OF GEN. SEERMAN. From Washington there comes to us a pleas- ant little story of Gen. Bherman, which docs honor to the.head and the heart of the General- in-Chiof of the Amorican army. It happenedat acircus. You see everybody goos to the circus at Washington, anticipating, by o nataral and healthy instinct; the counsel of Prof. Blackie, tho profonnd Scoteh scholzr, who, 1n his Iatead- mirable work on *“Self-Caltare,” advises pcople to visit the circus a8 o means of esthetic train- ing, and “respectfully wiew the lesping and tumbling, which aro cunning exbibitions of the wonderfol strongth and litbeness of tho human Limbs, which cvery wiso man ought to admiiro.” Geo. Bherman, béing 8 wiso man, is & goverous patron of tho circas, ead, at & late exhibition, was present, accompanied by & bevy of children, whose happiness gave him quite as much delight es the *‘ground snd lofcy tumbling™ of the knights in the ring. These children were not tho wealthy, curled darlings ™ of feshionable Washington, but forlorn and unkempt lut}a waifs which he had picked up along tho streefs on bis way to the tent, and taken ia with him for an afternoon of complete aad wouderful content. His bonnteous heart not satisfled with this effu- sion of Christian charity, he must needs be on the look-out for other objects on which to ex- pend it. Having espied under tho seata a dirty and ragged ltile darkey, who was steal- ing glmpses of the exciting feats of norses and riders at & decided disadvan- tage, the General hauled the astoniehead child up into the outer circle, and, with great difficulty, squeezad 3 sittiog place at his fect, into which hoe dopoaited the litle rascal, withi the exclama-~ t; © Now, #it ion, ‘¢ Now, eit thers, my boy, and se: thing, Dlessme! many iy th fime Ten i just the sume thing, and meny s the thrashigs 've got for it.” VAS not that 08 good and by s thiog todoasto wina battlo on the h‘é:d“ fiold # We will no: cease to admire our Gong, for his deeds of mi.itaty prowess, nor wil % i i I3 loving nature. A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE. The New Yorx Times tells fortruihsgy anybody could beliave the arrant DODSENSE—1hyy alady owning one of tha elsgant mansions o the Hudson has, with her two grown daughi been doing her own honsework! And op and successfolly, 2t that! She was parly: into tne situation, hawever. [t scems thfi, e some grievance,—the narrator does not prateng to know what,—the whole corps of servants e, ployed in tho establishment took Franch lessy one fine mo:aing, leaving the family with py 80 much as a maid to tie a shoo or 2 cap of water. Tho mislress helg 1 conncit of war with her 6""“3":“‘! which resulted in & unanimous resoisy, end this miserable serfdom to ladies iq tpy Intchen, and henceforth to carry on che workot their household witbout foreign assistance, I was & heroic resolve, cousiderad in the light o the ninetcenth century. Buc it appears they gentlawomen had both courage and wit enongy to bear it to a Lappy conclasion. The consequouces which ensued from oy novel venture sarorised even thoir own mes sanguine hopes. ‘Lhere wero wholesoms aof appetizing meals regularly on the tabla aty cost of sbout half the prviote habitual mdsty, edness for the same to butcher and There was an air of neatness and order permad, ing the house from atiio to cellar; thers wy abandant leisure between incervals of Libor fo a suitable amount of rest sud recrestin, snd, moreover, there Wwas 3 mew strange satisfaction in sccomplishin, these egreesblo and magical - chengw, Al this reads Like a talo onb of a fuirs-book, o & chapter from the Listory of our grandmothany: for have not such things ceised to bo long gs fore the year of our Lord 18742 To heighie the marvel of the story, s marned daughier hay recently paid a vieib to'this homo of her yood, aud, recogoizinztho exjusite results of he mother’s and sisters’ management, bas soty:tfy upbraided her matornal parent for not hsing i stituted the present oxder of things danng he girlhood, that aha might have enjosed tna beus 1it of training to domestio ecrvice, =ad bay therefore ablo to coairal it in her own honss. hold. Fine tastes will be shoeged o such barbariem; bat, what with lsdig doubled into tho Grecian besd, sl prasching in our pulpits, apd ladica their own housework, this is a queeragsia. deed! At tho present rute, we shall ecoa e some sberrant specimen of womanhood tak to the long-forsaken—we had almost said, lostm art of raising a family of children. After recording this remarkaole occurrenssiy high life on the Hudson, the Times writer iy into a strain of morahzing which we shzll byny means echo after um. ~ If singular-micdg women chaose to defy 3Mrse. Grundy, and reqs n 2 degres to the siaplo ways of therrfrs ‘mothers, why, there is 0o doubt_they will be e warded by o maltitude of novel. aud _delicices sensaticns, Healih of body and mind will we questicnably retarn to them; Dr. Clrksy wrotchod croakings® will, in their em at least, prove unmeaning; single gm. bk tlomen_of moderate means will again b’ dulgo in dreame of the possilility of mm. riage aud the uprearing of 2 family-tree: ad there will be less fishionable parada onth stroet, at church and places of amusemeat,wd much lighter accounts charged against paler fo milias on the books of our meichant-prises. Dat we shall proffer no owlsh advice to ths I dies, prefernpg to leave them to find their m - way aloge to Utopis, whether it dircct themtp tha ballot-bas or. into their own kitchens. A TRAGIC TALE. The death of Prince’ Alexander Wittgensieia, of Germany, has revived many romaotie sad tragical incidents in his checkered life. Smong * the rest that concerning tho untimely desth ot his son, Prince Adolpb, a richly-gifted snd genisl youth, is tho most noteworthy. The boy ws exceedingly fond of painting, was & tolazablo post, and possesaed one.of the most remarksble tenor voices ever caged.in & human throat. Unhappilye he was seized with o passion for gambling, tast popular vico of Germany ; and, after sguands- ing thonsands of dolars at tho faro-tadts, kis father took the harsh step of pablishing in thy papers that ho (tha father) would mo longst b responsible for tho son’s debts, and concluded by disinheriting him. Prince Adolpb thereapon went to Berlin, axd stndied music, with tho intent to adopt it ss% profession. Ullmann, hearing of tha wondertul Swestness and capacity of his voice, engszed him to make a tour Lo America, paying him sums in advanco, which the Princo immedisiely- proceeded to. 1080 in play. The unfertunatoyomy’ man dit not live to reach America, bat died dor ing tho voyage, in tho arms of the impresario,—if is supposad of sea-sickness. Ho was butlitle above SU vears of age st _tho timo of his destt. Sinco then, the Castlo of Wittgenstein Lasben cmpty, for his mother deerted the busband ¥ Lad sent her son to.a premature death, and his twin-brother refused ever afcer to look ou ths face of the unnatural facher. Thus tha wealty Prince Aloxander, ouce honored and beiov died alone, unatteaded and unmourned by single member of his family. % THE SWEL? ST ey 0a the walk s hat did lie, And 3 galius chap sailed Aud L cuta lively sweii,— He was clerk in 3 hote Aud he gavo that Bat a kick, And Lo came scross 8 brick | Now upon & cratch he gees Minus half s pound af tces 3 aronar, Wihen you ees 3 person thrown 1y mitstortuno, or by vice, Help him thrice or soven {imes thrics, Help him up, or lat one. 1f you give the man a kick You may stumbls on a brick— Or asione. Fate is Hable to frown And te best of us go down Aud in just 3 littio wiile S i3 Liable 1o smile. And tho Lad luck and cho vica Seem to scatter in a trice, Aud to bunt thelr holes like micef And the man you triad o kick Now has changod into s brick, —Fort Scoit Moautor. e e The Father of Forty-one Childrens Joha Hepner, of Reading, Poon., ctaims 100 the fsther of forty-ouo children by three wives ‘the Eagle says: ‘*He was boro in 1815 twenty-ive years afterward—1840—he his first wife in Geimany. They lived hapall togother for eight years, when sbe died. Dur ing that {ime thoy Wero blessed with seventées well-formed cluléren ; henco, at the agoof Mir. Hepner found_humsclf the father of quia an extensive fami The littlo ones came 0% earth as follows: Two pair3 of twias, four 8253 of triplets, sod opo at s eingle birsh, scveateel inall. Tho children of ths marriage are oo% all doad, Mr, Hepuer remained a widover buf a short time, for 1u less than & vear after be 3T ried another fair daughter of Germaur. B mado tho happy fatber of another child ia 18 month of February, 1810. On Constmas follorirs: in the same year, another was born uoto bim- 183 they were bledsed with twins tivetimes :psm::fl‘; sion, and subsequentiy thiee more gbxld:cn single birth wero born unto them, making 2fletd matl. His sccond wifo and humself lived zether nine yen:s and then she died. - »fia’ two marriages Mr. Hopner at thosgo.cf 2B become tae father of thirty-two childred, whom only two are mow living. Twenty-:¥0 vears ngo Mr. Hepoer and his second wifo c139 to this country. » He was then 30 yoars of 8% Taree yeats efterward his wife died A% Bff Der, not desinng to live in o strange land eatirel alone, selected & third wife in 1553, Lhers® stll living Lappily together, and daring the S5 teen years of their muarried life nine ¢ havo been born unto them, eacn by single kfl"; makiog forty-oao ia all. - His third wife wsd widow with one chuld when they married. Hewth forty-two children havo called him .{m“’—h tho thirdeet_of children only three are 7o making five living in all, togctier witd tho & tra one belenging to bin third wif2." Primitive Cremation. From the Port Toznscnd (Wash, Ter.) ATGUb The novel &cene of burning tho dead was =" nessed oo Poiut Hudson, near this cizy, st B2 day. Somo Hydah Indians, who were e Wwfl there, loez ono of taeir pumber by desthy 2 in accordance with their peculisz custor, ¥: any of tho tribe dio s¥ay from home, thoy e pared a funeral E'm! and performed theit. fl”; One aged klootchman stood neer the firs W3 & botile of liquid, suppossd to be whiskfy fooy which she fillod's glass pow and then, ad ?fl“ g, w.&fiv H the coatents on to the blaze; after . wl would gve utteranco to tho dismal, natea of the Hydah dead eong. Thus Ceremoo) ¥ of burning thoir dsad whex traveling aroud f to koep the bodiea from {alling inta tha has® P ¢ other