Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1874, Page 10

. teyou 10 e e et e e e e e e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER b5, 1874, "A FOOL'S MUSTACHE. Albert F, Webater in Appletons' Journal, Mr, Tyrwitt, n vouorablo, woslthy, and some- what eccontrio gontloman, sits in hin parior inn large hotel in an inland summor resort, The windows are opon, and through the closed shados thero stoals a soft broozo, laden with the scopts of innumorablo flowors, sudl with tho songs of countlosa birds. Tho furnlture of the room is rioh, for it bo- long to tho ocoupnnt, On Lis loft is a mantol, supporting on ormolu clock, tho pendulum of which 18 formed of a Cupld swinging ju a gdidon ohain, On one sida of tho clook is & boaatiful copy of Bodet’s ** Slmplicito,” and on thoe other an oqually beautiful copy of his “Dupllsite."” Mr, Tyrwitt, olud in white linon, haa writton » lottor, which Lie now reads aloud, asf in soarch of passages to correchs 3y Dear Briotuen: It probably will nob trouble you to re call to your mind my ward, tho cbild of poor Theo dora. “In cneo, howcwer, tho groat stross of your ) "usiness affalrs hag driven lior ous of your mem- on® I am suro that L hvo ouly to say that sho s {110 Miss Mad" of my mlnylhu\vnuing lottors has beon mo ted for the cccontricity of . The firet o € Lior antics was to pull ::;:l’“‘::m‘xm 28 you kindly held her at hor chiristenipg. Tho st ot! her antica (or, at loast, the Iast sho had porfor mod, to my kuowledgo, up to 3 ofclock lust ni ght) I am about to do- B cogolntet hor procor ity At 7, aho lod tho Gorman ab tho party giv on 1n honor of tho blrth of your o Clarence, on ita socond auni- versary. At 14, sbe hnd o suitor (Co:min?mrt' who loved bor - becauso sbot sang tho ¢ Threo Fishers® in four languages). 1115, sho engaged hersolt to e marrh2d to ovesty member of tho cinen of gradusting engineers ot Wost Point, and a yeor later wag acoustomed to excuibit to thoso who asked for her haud (and um,v‘wern Tnny) Iy o formidabla Het of horses, eaniages;, harness, ;:nmnyu and articles of apparel, tat shoshould toman in exchango for it. At this ago tho bud finzon ';untx.r, and and joyous beyond descrs ption. "fixl'fii!rm;‘:euong x{;n sho is oharm! n‘:. Bho baa frolicked hor way thromgh the wa rld, "“8he and dly » plonsurs that sha has not on-' :E::?I ‘&:‘:‘l‘)‘l; fy;lll.p At bor silly feot ther o at this moment lio prostrato Jawyers, cleriys yen, and laymen of all orts. Sho hoa rejected s prodig- - lous number of vory oxcellent opportu! tities to marry, and sho has trillod with tho nifetitions ot timablo mon. . mfl)}‘(lfihin, my dear Froderick, is but & preface lo the overwholming annonncement {hiat, a8 & friend ond associste guardisn, Iam boand to s gay butterly has moared for tho lnst time. T havo said that, n hor firat antis, she pulled forr biair; hor lasd will mako you pulk i your- ol ho han angaged horsclf to marry & fooll oro is such a tling o8 & fool; aud, agawn, such P:hiugxm 2 foolish: fool. ‘This man, whosoname ‘8 llandiflgu. {8 an absurd fool. @t T hiear you_oxclaim, Irightoned ? Iual‘mt this the svmo act, different Paul? : +'The fuct that I writon. miltufthlo 10? shout tho tior, shiould asuro you that it is uot. m}”flm fonture \vhinh) makes this case oxcop- tionzl iv—lovo. 1 am positive she lovos tho fool (pardon mo lor usiny this aggrossivo word o freelys i I 2ould not write it, 1 should be obligod to exdlaim &, sad thio walls are vory thin). his Nandidgo is tho youngest of s troop of ronrobates lob looso upon tho world in conse- quonce of tho union of n rich CAPOLIACH Jton burlesque actress, Ho lins nis wmothor’s soft pyox and his fathor's nolc brain. “ My ward, it is urdiy necossaty boon brotght to eartls by the first. WOf vounse, I am_ondenvoring, with all my might, to break up this outrngoous attacmout, and T bavo sent to the city for information respeetings tho antocodents of niy onemy. 1 ox- pect auswers to my letters thus umrn!ni;, “Young Cortis is i town, and hic hes prom- {sed Lo bring ny wail frar tuo post-ofiico at 11 [t now Incky ten minutes of that hour. « 1 will wyite to-marrow to exy how mattors then stand. 15 you Liave auy remedy o propovo, egraph mo lioro, O pote that T shonld werm son that T am fikoly to come out with draggled { umsage in my soming contost with Miss Mad. n“];"‘;gfé:lgn- brother, L ‘Phat Inet is a fino admission for a voteran to nnko,” nighs tho soptungonnry, ¢ but, ales! my ¥it bhs dogenorated into calculntion,’ snd who Syer outdid lovers with profundity ? Young Curtis, in appronching the hotel, preses ihrough a grove of pines, in which aro many 10ats ocenpied by smokors and loungers. It is lool aod shady, yet ihe sunlight here d thore breaks through the canopy of green, brillinntly iltlaminatos the \m'i;o snd ragged truuks und tho epine-sown ground, One of thoss loungors, & man of 25, with dirk syes, brown compiesion, and strong neck, stops sut fo meoes tLia new-comor ; ho iy clad in a whito T gald.” Good mornnie." = You congratulato me 27 Sannel. ; - n‘l‘m?mlis ! Curtis! Good morning, Cartis," “Rirt" * Good morning, Your hand, Curtis.” ¢ What for 2" 1 don't know that.” Oh, you'ro safe ouough. I've married Miss ‘why sro- you 7 with onty to say, Lns I've marricd Miss Praed.” Cnriis oxhibits the uimost consternation. © Marrivd Misw Pracdl—you huve? The vopols defond her! But what do you moan 7— married her! She_took away poople's breath whon she ndmitted that she oven danced with on, Marriod hor!” - Randidge's body becomes conyulsod with a 10incloss langh, nud he contomplutes Curtis with mingled triumph and amusemont, o finally ranps Lis way back tos calmer mood, and ho irics his cyos with s perfumed handkerchiof. » For Heaven's sake, itandidge, toll me how Ve was Urought shout!” +0h, by tho law ; by promises, protostations, rows—' + Nonsense!—Whero ? whon 2" «In the village, 1n the musty office of a Jus- tice of tho Peaco. If you like, I'll show you tho spot where she stood, ~ A rusty stove was the wtar; torn enyolopen took the placoe of flowors m anr path; o fow gadilios guve us the music, wid for tho marriage-boll there was a chandelier #ith blue tissuo-papor.” “Phun ia infawous !—When was it done?” Raudidge looks at his watch, . An hour and a half ago, my dear friord.” “But sho was insane! sho was mad! she was awleep! sho was——" + Ou the contrary, sho was_brightor and moro Yolightful than ususl. You should have aonrd her respond fo tho intorrogatorios ! 3ho protended to liap, and, when sho was wked 1f whe would take me, Amaden, to be ser wedded husband, instoad . of eaying ‘I §ill,! she lauuhod, and said *Yeth!'” “8ir, sho hus married o scoundrol " Twudidga wighs. ¢ Ah, o8 that's tho only bad thing thore is tbout it Curtis glaros ot him, for somo soconds, spooch- ‘ess with rago, * "\\'7\3}\2 con sho have found in you to ro- “"Chat is what puzzles me.” “You have tho appearauco of a gentls and aarmless fop, You huve o sweal volce, and yon Nmper and ogro hke o girl; nud yob you aro s srotehed a profligato us thove is fu tho Stato, Vhy, iu the nnwe of compassion, did not Nature ieform yon, or make you ngly, forthe protection 3f such Innocents as AMigs Pra—? I—l-—~dumn 11—1'd like to stranglo you ! “Soft, Curtis, soft." ylow many people Lknow of what has hap-~ pened ? " : * Noue but the happy pair, the Justico, and yourself, snd possibly tha fetlow. that staod g mitnoss, To wus the drudge of the buildlng, and ais hend scomed to be full of dust, I don't think 16 understood, My c"g“ has gone out; may I iroublo you for Jight?" S Randldge, you huve outdono yourself! You wave beon uotod, for many yours for your de- aravity; but yon now are really gum. Yon aave, with ane clandasting act, robbed a woman > ler chauces of happinoss, thrown a whole lamily into » tumult, secured & largo fortune to uaidor, and havo yot remained alive to toll the o, Vivele dinble!” Tandidge laugha, **Then you congyatulate mo, dou't you?” * Keep your hiand ot of tho way! " Pug it ju rour pockat—bobiud your back—anywhors! If rou tempt e into touching you, I shull give Tou your quistus " * You wie beginning to look floves, desy boy. Opon my word, I think U'll go; 1—oh, you are E’:flu imuruul[, aee you? Well, by-by, Youean 1-thls ag Lowmdquartors, it you fike. 1¢ will make smootbor wailing for uio. Don't go into Jue presence of ludios with that look, fima of I al 10U, Youd focontall the torrors of Batan, by 11" Taudidge, full of gleo, waves his hand, and thon, conténted, sits down aud wtrolies bia muntacho, Curtin ontora the hotal with hasto. In pnes. Ing the dour of tho parlor ho Hocs Madnm Ran- didge (nee Pracd) standiug within, attired in a yiding-habit. Stio ia frontily andjusting lor hat, 1lo appronches hor, Sho turns Tior beaming faco mwnr«"hlm, and \vhlnan, with upratsod fingor: ¢ Dick—ah--lh 1—T'm maretod ! " “Iknowit. Your busband told mo thnt you wera,” [ think you must have boon astonlaliod,” o A little surprined, porhaps,” 4 But, O Diok, anch n prasonco!™ snch a ton- dor maunor | such a way ot whisporing In ono's aar! “pn " + And his mustacho ; I romombor.” “ It i not }{ke yours, rolled np tight like twa blnck cocoonn ; but it has an Esstorn swoop, & droop, » thick, sitken—" Qurtis grows rostloss. *'Oh, you are joalona! Poor boy! But his u{cll A&, Dick, o womau could havo roaistod hin eyen, Thoy change from grave to gayin a broath, Now thoy laugh, aud now they sigh; now they aro sad and now—don's yon know they say that Guido baa four hundrod ways of turning up his oyos 7" “ Hlig own oyes, or those in his plotarea ?" #I—I don't know nbout that; I hava rond it somowhere in some book or othor; but my hns- luuulx bas at loaat oight hundrod ways of turnivg p bis.” .p"lmlnud 154 +'And cach way ia so charming! Had he boen 2 monstor with elawa and' horns, I should have lm‘mglhlm;l"‘L i * Oh, mad, mag O, onvy, hutrod, malice, and all uncharite- blencss! LI'm laughing at you.” “But aro yon snro that you aro thoroughly dovoted to your—to Raundidge 2" * Pagslonately 1" A “Phat in, to Lis oyca and mus—" “ No—ves!" Lot ua soo™ (slowly). “You will probably bo his wifo when you coivo to bo 25 yoarsof age ; and also when you como to bo 30, aud 40, and 80, and 60, and 70, Onc's appearanco undorgoes cortain changes in—"' The young Iady's hond rises at these hints, and lor lips part. _Her oyes dilato o little, an 120 topa tho oud of or wbip in tho paim of hor and. Thoro is an instant .of silonco, 1t is snc- cooded by tho sound of footstops. Iandige appears in the doorway. Uoth involuutarily Berutinizo him. Curtis admits to himeself that ho is haodsome. Tho wifo, conscious that hemust be thus jm- prossed, and fecling herwolf o frosh omotion of pleasure, suddenly runs to hor Lusbuud with outstrotched hands, and, with s burst of Jollity, they disappear togothor. “Tut your unelul” crios Cartis, with somo- thing like desperation. A 10 recsives no unswor, Hoid loft alone, “ It appouts,” ho says to himself, relloctively, 4 hnt T have been the king-pin in this mattor. No ono ncems to have fell tho strain of 1t thus far but myself, I wondor if 1shallhiavo sufliciont couragoto place the burden where it bolonga ?” He looks &t tho lotter in hiw hand, and thon shakes his hoad, ‘I doubt it, Ko is & wondorfully original old gentloman, and ho might fanoy that I, 1 place of Raudidgo, was the mun to bo throtded. One must’ svaid precipitating orcor. Tl bold my tougue. Poor Miss Mad 1" Curliw entars tho parlar of Mr. Tyrsitt, The eyos of tho hiost reat with ploasire ipon the tiue faco and eroct fignre of tho young man. He grocts hitm with groat cordinlity. ‘But, upon sooliyg the lotters which aro brought, s thouglits at onoe ravert o tho alfairs of hia ward, i Ho slghs deoply. He oxamines the mail-mat~ . ‘:Ah, ab! Hore i ovidence against our foo. it down, Doy, sud wo will condomn fim fogothor. Ilave you seon Mies Mad this morning 2" “ Yen, pir, but for s momont only.” * Aud tho—tne knave—have you scon the kmnin 2w 1y ** In pagsing moroly.' g mr:puunu ho nnnounced his triumph to yon? Isuppose ha told you of his engagoment ? * Evgagomout! yeyos, slr. Ho—it lonst [ nndorstand, Tho raseall” ©Tho geamp! " Mr. Tyrwitt tonts tho onvelopes from the lot- ters, and ho places three of thom aside. e glancoy at those that rewain, and thon, with kuittod brow, carefully porusen the othery. Curtis watehes him with sttention, 1 Great dolight beging to take posscssion of lum,” Mo smiles, and his oyes grow lm‘\k‘)'ul. Now and thon he strikes tho arnt of his chair a blow, Ilo is overjoyed. Ho waves tho first fottor nloft. v *Thiy is glorfons! This proves him to boa ‘miscreant of the first water. Itis froma club- mau. Ile saye—let me pco—whoro ia it? Ab, yos: *Randldgo is univernally dotestod for tho Bpirit of unfairness which euters into all higcon- tinotss and obligations, IEe jockoys all tho racos that ho can control; orcops out of his los wogars if ho can ; prosumes on ovory rule of thebouss; carrics an ovil tonzne ; novor sticks at n pust- obif when bard pushed: snd, to indicate the character of his instinels in a singlo phrase, T will merely say that, in winter, he stands with Tup Jogs apart beforo the firel What do you think of that ? Wo have him on tho hip, my dear Curtis, Migs Mud, with sl her mad- nees, is 8 guu:lpml\\ll{ girl. 8ho'd rosent oach aud all of thoso faults, ebh?" Cinrbis looks distressed. “perhaps all that, sir, is only sn onemy’s method of saying that Randidgs is an indepond- ent und gell-assorting mau,” “Curtis! Do my onisdecoivomo? 33 it pos- #ible that—that—are you in tha schoma to folst a villain on an honorable fumily 7" #T am suro, xlr, you can susiver that question s woll as 1" Thero is o pnuee, 10 which tho aogor of the old prontieman cools by degraos, “True, true, Cartig, Ibog your psrdon. But fisten to this, Here is o letter that will convines you, Itis from my nephew, who if in the sumo Togiment of militin with this miscreant. 1o gnye: * Randidge is fined for abouce, fmpu- denco, aud noploct of duty, more than auny man in the corps. Io once came nour marrying o little dancer at- ono of the thoatros, but her father, fortunately, stopped fuin time ond provented the disgrace, Ho in_constantly being sued by somebody, and his hinbits are worse than his credit. Ho is a protiy Dlaclk jackdnw, and avory littlo Shako will make lis oxtra feaihors drop out. Take my word for it, a young maw's oplnion of ancther youug man j&' worth considoring.’ Woll, sir, what do you think fif?lhal? Is that tho langaago of au one- o y“l’crhnpn not, sir; but, pardon me, is not your nopheyw in Company C#" “I;lmllcvu so. Yes, hois. But whatof thaf, pray 2" hird And is not Randidre in Company D 2'¢ o this lotter statos in another place.” “*Ant” gmflootivn)y). el 1" **1t is ofton tho caso that the hate of Compa-~ ny C for Compauy D, and of Company A for Compnny B, and o on, is F&lt buman compre- housion. The strugglos of tho Montaguos and tho Capulals were nothing to the regimental squabbles of our militia, 'Thoroforo—" “1'll not listen to s wordof it. Itis propos- terous, Curtis | Just hewr this.othar letter, You aggravate 100 with your objootions to tho bad roputation of thin man, I think yon should en- tor moro heartily into hin deatruction ; I do, in- dacd, @irl” (o rattlos the lstior for somo socouds, nnd appears to bo vory indignant, but_ ho fiually begins to spouk onco more.) *‘Uhis lettor i fron & private inquiry-oflice. 1t anys: ¢ Know the party woll ; was looked up last Now-oar’s Eve for overturn- ing ashebarrels on Fourtcouth street; visils gambling-houses in Tiltconth strect; carrios a cord in his yost-pocket which comed in use whon the policemen find him in the stroet drunk and dwordorly, 1t snya: Carry nio to tho Coachman's Liouno in reur of No. — --— avonuos ring the bell, wod whon the man comes ho will give you §5 ; dow't raport the cago it the station-liouse; Lne been horse-whipped threo timoes, aud is now wought for, otc., oto. " Curtls, ovorwhelmerd with the violenco of hig emotlond, says noshing;, “ihin 'l the wmen, my frlend, that my uleca han tallon i love withi—g wrotch without a peor & ohoat, a clown, s heartloss rolation, a shirkor of duty, o swlodler, a brawler, & gambler, o drunkard, wa is distinetly proved, poliit by pofnt, by thuso true uflidavivs,” Busides all ting, thero i8 a1 outiro sot of bud qualitlos, that ho possoss- od, that have not yotiboon doscribed.” (L' old gentloman risos Trom hie chair snd paces back- ward and, forward with great, oxeitement, “ihone uro the various kinds of duplicity tha he practices with success, Tho prluullml of thesn is s mmnnor, 11 face is apparontly as shnple ns o ohild's, lo has not been vicious loug onough to woukon uny of Lis foa- tures that are o bo scen, or to drive tho blood ont of his flesh, 1le looks lugen- uous, frauk, and oven mauly, Now, here s an appareut eontradiotion, But tho contradiotion dow not oxlat. cunnot, Iiors must bo sumo- where in his faca clear proofs of the charaotor of hds abomlnablo rpiit, A man canuot hive to be a4 or 25 and dirgse the sonl of u doyil with the visage of un urigel.” ;Uunln becomos slarmed. il in Raudidgo's face, whore wre we to idu the proofs thal wo nre sure oxiat, and whioh, it displayed, wonld doprivo him of tho confldonca ovon of doga? In his oyon? Cortaluly not. "Thoy aro Aoft, luminous, aud tendor, If notin his oyes, whoro? Qortainly not in s forohond, or Lifs tomples, or his nostrils, or his chin, An- ®wor me, whoro P "Ili0 old gentloman, now radiant with s frosh {flv:ln, hovur’u lc‘mr (iurl[ln. and in & mowont begins o Inugh with groat gloo. Clirlin ansposts Wt i about to bo said, and ho tramblos, o uhakan his head, v “Thig {8 what I am golug to do Immodlnlu!r, otlos tho othor, 1o stoops down, and, placing one liand upon the young man's shouldor, whis- pers for & moment le hig'oar, Curtls alarta up ith tho grontest alarm, “1 bog that you will not do that, sir! I pro- tost | I fmplore you 1" 4 What—what—what 1 " 41t will bo nothing loss than a groms ontrago, air | Tt will bo & broach of tho law 1™ “How daro you, sir {—and what do I caro for litonoss aud law, when I proservo my nloco rom an inhuman decolvor ? 4Tt will not presorva hor | Showill be plunged into tenfold misory. Imustdomy bost to pro- yont you." - + Pravont mo ? Pravent mo, sic 2" "W¥eu, provent youl I must do even that. You do nos underatand the length to which your fanoy is carrying you. Should you do as you proposo, you will not only fall to rectify tho wrong that exists, but you will pruclpl?to [ thousnnd now tormonts upon tho two mistakon peoplo and upon {mu‘— 5 “ Curtis I—Ourtis | thia fs intolerablo! What! intorforonco, ndvico, and threats from you? Curtis, 1 beg that you will at once rotire, and uzgm‘l‘ absent until” ono of us Les ncod of tho othor, Tho indignant gontloman poluts toward tho doar, aud Curtis, glad to escape, crossos tho room lnuliflnln snd passos ont juto tho hatl, and u apoodily away. oMot “oico. lnirrioa to his ropm to weito threo lettors to Rondidge, warning him to avold Alr, Tyrwith ab any cost for tho prosont. Ong of these he Intonds to sond to Randidgoe's apartmonts, auother to the oftice of tha hotel, and another ho deaignu shall bo intrusted to seryant, who will b Instructod to watch for the ondangorod mon on his rolurn from tho rido, upon which ho (Ourtis) supposes him to have gone, Moanwhilo, Mr. Tyrwitt hos, with tho aid of his volot, made certain propositions, and has gont a ball-porter to roquest Raudidge, whon !ml;ld, to do him tho favor of visiting him in his parlor, A Randidgo, who is still smoking in the pings (having seated his wifo o hor saddlo aud atarted her off alono with her groom for acanter, to allay snspicion concorning fheir intimaoy amaufi the pooplo thoresbout), is fouud by Mr. ! {xwm‘a messongoer. Ho lisions to the respoctinl request with much doubt and, ourlosity, - He liesitaton, rocedos, but fiually ac- copts, and nscouds, not a littlo porturbed, in apite’of his usual bardihood, to tha apkrtmont of tho gontlomaw with whom ho {8 at fssue, 'The gervant knocks, aud is biddon to euter. M. Tyrwitt risou rom his sent, and, upon seo- iug Randidge, summons him with & ploasant manner to ontor. P In » moment shoy aro alone.: The door closgs. The valot has stepped into the adjoining room. Ar. Tyrwitt pomts to u chair, and, after Rane didgo has soated nmsolf, ho appronehes tho main pubject bo apparently has in mind at‘once, “Iv sooms, Mr. Rondidge, that you have done my family tho lonor to ask for Miss Prad's hand in marriago.” “AlL" reilects Randidge, “ho 18 yot in tho dark about the caso,” 1lo roplics, smoothly : ¢ Miss Pracd has doue me the hionor to accopt my nddressos, str, Sho is ono that must bo loved quickly and withont delay, and that accounts for my noglect to ask your permission to become hor s{:llm‘v until now.” Aside: *Will hie swallow that? " “Porhaps yon aro quito right,” roturns dr. Tyrwitt, with charmmg complnconco, * Yonng boarty seize truo happinoss much’ oftenar than old_heads are able to srrango it for them.” Asido: * The impudent scamp!™ From tis pont they go ou with admirable facility, ‘T'he host gradually becomos more nffable and gracions, sud Raudidgo moro dolighted and fam- iar, Now and then they langh togothor, and they fraquently vod aud amile Tosponsivoly, as thoir chat lows. Pheir conversation tirns upon the duties nud obligations of mtriod lite, Ruudidge does not fvs how a Jeopard can chiange s pots or & man hik liabits, Mr, Tyrwitt ussonts to this entirely, snd with urbanity. Tu tho courao of the succoeding ‘conversation, Ruudidgo expressos hiwself advorse to ohildren, in favor of hotol-life, and of the throwing of the proporties of tho husband and wife into & ** sort | of pool, you know.” Thess propunitions tally oxnctly with the pro- concaived nations of Mr. Tyrwitt, and he rises to ring for olavet-cup, aud Randidge throws a log ovar tho arm of his chatr. # Huto sebtlomonts,” pursues hae; * it looks moan all around. Breeds distrust. Beems ng¢ though evorybudy’a bonesty was doubted. Yo, hato xottlamonts in any form, hate 'om | “This, also, moets with Mr. Tyrwitt's strong approval, aud ho and Raudidge glance at each. othor with evory evidence of warm rogard. Tho clavat-cup is brought in. It is contained 1w a talt glaes jug, through wlioso traugpuront sidos the agroonble compound of ice, fruit, sugar, aud wino, oxhubits itsolf most tomptugly. liaudidge voluntarily sits up, moisteny his lips, aud fixes bis eyea thiratily apon the liquor, © Ammal 1" exclaims tho host, inwardly, “Ho slail huve onough!” 110 pours out_two glasses bohind Randidgoe's chair, and iuto the ono intended for his guest ho stirs bwonty graina of bromide of potassium. ‘I'his 18 2 sloeping-potion, quick of action, and ontirety hiarmless, . He oxpluius to his guest that tho groat age of tho wino tay have produced in it a cortain tart- neus which he (Randidge) will, a3 & counolsssur, 10 daubt aceept as a proof of its excellont qual- ity. Rundidgo, ia the true manner of his kind, oipties Lis glaws ot o draught, whilo Mr. Tyrt witt, standing oroct and watchul close by, mero- Iy sl ut bis, 3 Randidge flls again aud is Lappy ; Mr. Tyr- witt follows bim, Tho old gontloman moves his chair closer, and begiug to chiarm Randidge with the gracos of his talc, The victim finds Limsolf happy. Ho opens what thore is of his hoeart, sud bis pliablo tongue trips along with ocstacy. In an hour jt becomes incohieront, and bis oyelids droop, Mo dimly woes hin naw friond, benign, smiling, and still gesticulating boforo him. His hezd nods in spito of bhimself, his arma drop by his #ide, and ho sinks heavily in his chair. is ears avo filted with the mollillnous Inughitor of his conqueror, and he smiles a flick- ering smilo in response, and thon is loat. Mr. Wyrwitt eautiously visos sud proceods to the door of tho noxt depariment, and bockons to lus man, who enters, bringing o pair of razors and n seb of fllm\'lllF—utonuHu. Pogother thoy bolstor up Randidge's head with pillows, and tho servaut at once Proposos to cut the offending hair from Lia lip. Monuwhile Mr. Tyrwitt paces up and down with a most triumphant Jook. “Al, yon wrotched sham, you shall bo ox- posed! “Tom Moore's Unveiled Prophot_did not Prosont i worse spoctacle than wo shull o ou in nnother momont. It iu sald that Bl an bad the brow of a god, but the mouth of a satyr. You will be fonnd to resomblo Shoridan, excopt that you havo tho hoad of an ass. So you want the mansy pooled, eh 2 You disliko *brats,’ do you? Youuroskilled in tho taste of bran- dios, and havo no uso for ‘love and that sort of shing.' And you with so sweet au ove, so tendor avoico, sud #0 winning & manuor! But lot us got at your mouth, my friond. Ouly permit us to tako away that willy screen that covers tho only tell-talo that oan” wam tho unsuspocting, Then 1 will, bring wy nioce. She will stase, purse. u[l her lilps, turn her shoul- dor. Then I shall have saved hor. Lot mo wheol you o tho light, vo, Good! I hopo that Eugono will not cuv yon." The barber nndertakes the work with groat caro. Randidge's mustache disappenrs by dogreos under his hands. ho daligitod Machiavelli becomen more and more oxciteld a8 tho experimont proceeds. Ho aries ¢ * Admirable! It I!fll;filtm‘ than I thought, It in ahocking ! wrotcho Ttandidge's face gradually bosomos transforme- od. His moutl s traly s repelling ono, A tho vulot fiually risos from his work the old gentlomau hestons to the door and bids a sor- vant to soarch for his niece, and to requeat hor to call upou hin at onoe, 1o dinmissos Eugeue, reminding him that ab- soluto secreoy will ho expected of him. T'on minutes pass, Randidge still sloeps, His antagonist walks up and down, now and thon turmng upon hiy captiva a look of trinmph. At tho ond of thai time Rendidge bogius to rooovor his sonses. Yo yawns and gathors s liwbs togother, wud opous lig oyes. 1o is bu. wildored, 1le starcs about him with sobor por- plexiiy, i gazo wottles upon Mr. Trywitt, Why dons holaugh? WLy dous he shake his hend? Why does lio voat i ohin upon biy huud, aud fix luy wvyeu in so onrious a mauner ? Ue wtarte and sits eroct, 1Ile oyoa bevome Inrgo, Fle tuddonly ralnon his hand to lislip. i Lronguro has heen filchod. A fresh burst of hilarity ecmes from the mouth of hia tormontor, who coatomplatos him from a short distanco. . Randridgo bounds to his foet. ¢ Af this Instant tho nioon oulers the roon. Mr. Lyrwitt calls to Lor in o vaica brokon with rapud brenthiing, 00k nt him, Mad! Bohold the sharn Bam- son! Feant your oyosupon tho.wrotoh whose al{ll ”I"rf!'w’h and proteotion was o holf-handral of hair(* The atartlod now-comor, with pale faco and n half-bowildorod nir, gazos from ono to the other in silonce, Tandidge, white with rge, ondeavons to apoak, but hia venorable foe ovorrides him, and, atand- Inr whoro ho can onsily soo him anA the trom- bling girl, be erlos: “Now, Mad, now.yon can sco what o rasonl thto mnsinclio bns biiden. Txnmino that montly with its round cornors, thin lips, aud. contracted circlo! ook at it, Isay ! That mouith ts shaped by n contomptiblo spirit, Thero 18 no genor- ohity, nobloucss, or kindlinoss in ft1~ Bad tompor ling wado it aonsitive. Sao it twitoh ! Jenlowny and malice aro shown o4 plainly by it aa it thoy wore described in lottors.| That man is ona to bo avoided, shunned, dinliked, keapt nt arm's Jongth! You did not know it before! 1lg docalvod von. _Bat now yort sool Al ia olonr ] Ho s ugly and forbidding! Yout are anved, my boloved Mad | T oo you tromblo! I know that on nre shooked] _ Como, shall A soizo him and hrust him ont? I——" Suddenly the door opons. Custis rushos in. The ovil I8 already. done. Miss Mad all at once runs toward Randidgo. Bho appronclics within s fow slops, whon his sinistor lpa part to uttor pomothisng, Sho hosl- tatos, Bho folters, Then she cw:chos his oyon, 8he in apparontly reassured by thom, for sho then throws her arms around his neck, and roats hor hoad upon his shouldor, ¢ Curtis stnnda nghinst ab the aight, and Mr. Tyrwitt is petrified. Curtls cries: a "“il‘,l'wy aro husband and wito—thoy aro mar- o it Marrled!” thnndors the unclo, atarting vio- lontly—"" married! " IIn glares from ono to the othor, Tharo I & panso, During _ita oxistence "Randidge finds his tonguo. o crios, angrily ¢ ‘Tt us #eo bBow wa’ ahall come out of this, This ia a trial of tricks. I have played the bont trick yot.” His tono is sarcastio. Flis faco assumos for a momont sn expression of rrnrnnml ugliness, 1is wifo drawa back from him. She slowly re- tires stop by step, and thon burios bor face in hor hands, y Tis tone wlters to ono of forcod gayoty. " Yas, wa ara married fast and truo; my wito there has tho cortificato in hor pocket. My love, prodaca it ‘Thet young girl, with hor face turned aside, and in an agony of toars, rapidly oboys, and throws tha paper npon tha floor. Caurtis picky it up, and, aftar anfolding it. ox- hibits it with a grave faco to tho unele, who reads it, mosnshile leaning upon the tablo for uu,)port. “Marriod!” he cries, **thon what have I dona? o fixos his oyes upon his ward. “Donol” ochioss Raudidge, Gghtly—'*done? Why, you have done n gront donl of minchiof ; fim‘ have made an irreparable breach hetween msband and wite! You sce she has stopped embracing mo. She thinks mo ugly, Iam afrald I cannot koop hor love, Thet causos ma much orrow,” Randidge assumes an oasy position, and rmba his lips with biy fingor-tips, ~He is master of the situntion. TTo Jooks from Clartis to Mr. Tvrwits, and thou from Mr, Tyrwitt to the sorrowrul one, and thon back ngain. The otock ticks npon the mantel, the Cu- pid swings to and fro, and ** Duplicite” beams across at ** Simplicito.” Mr. Tyrwitt is plunged in gloom, the wifo ;ahs, and Curtis handles his stick secrotly and vatH, “Como.” rays Randidge, * wo il aeo tho posi- tion. Letnsmako the best of It. Wa can improve npon it a8 it now stands, T am, al the presont moment, very dosirous to mo abroad, for my croditors aro becoming troublogomé—3ir, Tyr- witt, thore Is your scorotary; in it is your choek- book; write ma au ordor for—for this amonnt.” Altoyes turu upou tho eneaker, Ho rapidly nmk»;i( somo figures upon a bit of papor with n oncil. Pei In easo that I should comply, what will bodano?" damands tho vthor, quickly, #Thoen I will permit you to obtain a decros of divoreo for my wifo. it neod bo only a mattor of two or throo lawyers and & good Judge in chambera.” ¢ +*Oh, no, no, no!" sobs the wife, In a low voice. Mr. Tyrwitt at onca sonts himself at hia desk, ¢ “)isa Praed,” ho says, whilo trying his pon, Y shall deaw this sum_as attoroey. It will be debited to your account.” . Ho recoivos no answor, but sonnds of weep- ing. “Will yon not make it fhis amount? " rays Randidgo, presenting o frosh nerap of papor, upon which s writton a Intior sum. "8ir," rotorts tha other, *‘I shall now re- Queo the original sum by ono-lontt. Another \wm} 'l"mm you snd I will roduco it anothor tonth !" "lln?dhlgu smilos apprehunsivoly, and remains sllent. M. Tyrwitt stons in bis worlk, and turns his head, and Inoks over his shoulder at bis ward, $ho is pallid, and hor head droops. 1for lips are compreesod. Bho plances twice or thrice at Randidge's face. Aftor oach glanco sho sighs deeply. In & momeont Bandidgs roceives tho draft. Ho hurriodly points to tho date, Ib Is o month ad- vanced. “That, you soe,” replies tho othar, will prevent you from dmsiug the maoney until T choose that you shall have if, which will not Dbe hoforo the prosent rolations botwoon my uleco and yonrsolf aro dostroyed. You will seo that T havo indorsed tho paper with Jugond, Whicli will provent yon from solling 1t to any porson ignorant of o conditions po which It was igsued. I wish to stipulato that, for the noxt three days, yon vislt my nicco hors in this room in my presencs, and converso with her for tyo hours, if 8ho bo Hsposod to grant so much {ime to the purpose. At the eud of the throe dayy, should sho daeolare herself willing to con- tinue to bo your wife, then T shall causo that oheck to be nullificd, and will recognito yon as hor husband, T inust inform you, howover, that Ter proporty is sottlod upen horself, and that no ospeclal advantage will acorno to you should yon "h & loud whisper; succoed in mwling yoursolt charming. On tho other hand, shiould she foel' that lifo with you cannot bo mada ail that aha thinka married -lifo should be, why, thon I will causo the chock tole paid imme- dintoly aftor the soparation has baon logally porfooted, Madam Randidgo, your husband in abont to go out of tho room. It s my dosivo that yon bid him adiou untit to-morrow morn- ing. ~ You will thon meot him at 10 o'clock pro-~ cisely.” Rundidgo tolded his chock in his fingers, and arowsod evor to whoro his wife stood. Sho Jookod ap tho draft, Rud then at him. Mo Inughod, She was about to put up hor faco, hut sho gavo bim both hor hands iustoad, Ilo naid notiing. Sho also romainod sitont. Sl looked st bim, and then slowly droppsd hor eyos. Thora was a struggle going on within her, Ttandidgge cuts short tho soono by dropping hor Lands, and walking coolly to the door, Io turus around, and nods lightly to all pros- ant, and kissos his finnd 10 bis wifo, aud dopartu with o triumphant smile, I'he nicve bursts into tonrs, and flies to her apariment. Mr. Tyrwitt crosses ovor to Curtis, and solomn- 1y shinkos his hand, and thoy then slif to smoke ani roftoot. On the fourth day aftor this Mr. Tyrwitt writes this lotter to bis brothor in the West : » Ay Dran Frepewtor : 1 have alrondy told you of the comedy that commenced in thisapart- mony on Tuendny lart, O each of the throe past days nu act has Deon played as I indieatod thoro would bo. oM the first, Mrs, Raadidge enma in hastily, snd kissed hor usbund warmly, 'They rat lo- gotlior upou s fautouil bowido the windaw. ‘'ha Tnstunt bo began to speuk tha dolt and the rageal appasred, 1fis conterptiblo visage chilled hor, Bho grow dull, sud mivute did nob elapso be- fore shoe rocoited from him, Iy wrotched mouth shocked hor fu spite of horsolf. 8till, sho chir- ruped and wittored with » bravery that woyed ovon mo. 1 think yon must have soon that toy tho mouth of which, on moving, causos s palr of donlkoy's oars loilmjuul. und gostienlato (if Tmay we thie word), 1f yon havo, you woald bo ro- minded of i on seeing Randidge, o has but 10 part hiw lips to prove himself wn . & Mud's disploasuro with him fucreased to an- tipathy, and in teu minutos I felt uafe. “Hiut, if yowll bolieve at, the couraggous child Lissod him whon he wont wway! Avd all for pride, All to nhow mo that uho was not to boin- Tinencod #o eanily. Tt Wi w sud littledavice, far it docoived no_ono, Hhe went quictly to hor own room, and did nob stiv thouca for the wholo duy, ' ho noxt Interview waa only = tax upon Mud's ingonmty and forlitude.” Tnndidgo wos simply unbearable. [Ta wut at oue end of n fau- {teuid wnd sho & the othor, Sho suapped ab bim onco or bilco, snd thon tho brute apponrod— and, of cotirse, in tho lines of hia montiz, ** Ho wont away aftor an hour, and sho only gavo ltn n tardy hiand. £ *1Qu tho third day thoy did notsit down at all, but stood luokihg Dboyoud oach otlor for ten minutos, hardly oxclanging n word, Mad sighad, and andidgo frowned, It 'waa all ovor. Iinal- 1y ho disappenred, #Mad camo and wopt for an_hour, and pro- fouod contrition and shame, Bho avara that sho now bolievos In mo, Inwm glad of it, Sho has Towndod horsolf on a rock. ** My oxporlment hay siccodod, My thoory hina hidon put to practico, and hus _boon found to bo correct,. Tnko & warning, my doar Frodorick, and do not pormit your Olarence to bide his face an Randidgo id his, Keep your eye npon his lips. If hio tonds to ungentlanoss, or cgotimm, orto Erommwy. tho algn will hang about his mouth, Domand kit ho olonr his faco of all ab- atguctions to your gnzo at lonst onco in six months. — You will thion bo able {e road tho »a- orots of his hoart. It thix partioular line or thus particular compression doos not suit you, labor with him in his lnflrmu{. aud oorract the feature, Amend tho rolative position of hig llps, and yon will have amonded tho condition of his soul ! am now writing a troatiso on tho subjoct. “T hava takon stopy to soparate Boauty from hor Bonst, and fow, I}mnrflo nood evar know of the unlucky mattor, Iie has gons to the seaehoro, a5 I dirootod bo showld, and Mnd, subdued and thoughtful, han tnken up Strickland's ¢ Quoons." +*In not this a viotory ? * Beliove mo Lo bo your affoctionate )lrnlhor’ * Luorus." " FAMILIAR TALK. rAGES, Thoe practioa of employing youths of high dencont in porsonal attendance upon sovercigns and noblos was in oxistonce at an early period smong the Porsinns, and was introduced fnto Tatropo in the middle ages, undor tho usagoes of Chivalry and Foudalism, Tho name Pago, which comes from the Groek wora for boy, was given to tho youth who thus sotod in what wna ostoom- od tho honorablo capacity of & servant to a Toyal and titled mastor. Ilo was oligible at thoagoof 7 for the position, and occupled it until fittod by yoars and training for promotion to the rank of Lsquire and Knight. Even the sons of Kings did not acorn to fnlfli tho oflico of Dage, and, in tho retinus of a distinguishod man of birth, wonith, and ability, recelvo the beneflt of a thorough disciplino in tho arts of war, diplomaoy, and statesmanship. Edward tuo Black Prince porformned no more gracoful sor- vice in his brave and brilliant careor than whon ho stood bohind thoe unfortunate King John of France whilo ho sat at tablo & captive in tho tent of the Princo’s fathor, and with deforont vourtosy g}ma hin eup with wino and handed bim his nap- . ‘Uhe noble Bayard, tho Chevaller sans peur et sans reproche, was i his youth n Pago in tho liouso of the Bishop of “Grenoble. 'Ilisre ho waitod ot table, ran of crrands, carried lottors and 1mossnges aud brought back nnswors, snd otherwiso did his mustotr's hidding From tho sorvica of the Dinliop of Gronoblo, Bayard presed to thatof tho Duko of Savoy, whore ho added to tho roligions habily alvoady zcquired o knowledgo. aud prastice of army, Lossels Lolls n story of Charles, tho warlike Duko of Burgundy, whioh indicatos that tho ministry of the Piage wns gometimes rewarded with savage cruelty, In tho famoua light of Muret, in which tho Dalke was sworsted, Mo was compoliod toswim a buice 21nilos in width on the back of his ateed, in order to es- cape from the cuncroaching enemy. lis young Page, in tho smuno desporate caso, but with- out # hore to help him acroas the wator, ]un{md up behind his mastor, and 8o reachied with him the opposite shoro in safety. Iut, when the Duke hud landed, fall of rago at his mortifying flight and tho penl he hod tearred, ho folt bix ira increaso at the thought chat his Pago bad retarded his progross toward a covert by adding to tha incumbrance on his horse, and, tuentng, with o swiit and angry siroke he poignarded the boy on the spot. * Poor Priuce,"” adds Lasnels, ** thon mightest have given - other offering of thunkugiviug to God for thy oucapo than thin™ ‘I'no institution of Pagedom passed away with tho ata of Chivuley, yob womn robio of it romning to the fronaut dny.' “Georgo the "Third was the Tatost Vinglish sovereign who over porformod the oftice. Whon lus parents, tho Lrinco und Princess of Wales, woro at dinnar, Prince Georgo and his brother Fdward usod to stand apart and walt upon tho auzust pair, who tatked and joked with the boys moanwhilo, in oxactly the fashion that & Lord and Lady of the olden time would dincoutso witis a couple of Pagos in waiting, who wore to bo instructod by the one in tho school of avma and by {he other iu the schaol of love. When George tho Fourth sont the Duke of Northuinborlnnd to ropresont him ab tho coronntion of Oharloa the Tenth, ho was accomponied by two Lusndsomo, bigh-born En- Rlish Lorda as” his P . At _the coronation, tho Payos bore the train of the Duke, who wore tho full robes of tho Order of the Garier. Ono of the Pagos, the llon. Goorge Mutray, afterwnrde Dulie of Athole, was diessed in fancy bussar uniform of light blue, Tho other, tho 1lon. James Duwmmond, woro a Highland costumo, Four Pages of Honor form part of the stato of Queen Victoria’s Court. Thoir in- como is £200 each, nnd, nt the cloro of their Dagohood, thoy recsive a commigsion in tho Lroot Goerds without purchaso. In Frauco, tho oficiat organisation of Pagos axpired with Louis XVIL In'the Court of that monnrea thera wern 168 Puges of tho Chambor and of the Great Stables, overy ono of whom eonld prove a noble descont of " at logst two een- turies. Thoy oceapied fif1y gay chambers on tho firnt floor of “the Palace of Vounilles § and their foad, light, and fire, cort thetrensury of the King the sum of 80,000 franca annuslly. They clothed themeolvos sunptuonsly onl of the pockob mouey, nmouuting to 600 livres por yoar, fur- nished fo auet Pugo by his parentn, 'Thoir tate uniform of gold-embroidered crimson velvet, wilh plumed” hat,. cost G0 pounds storling, an. their ficarlot cloth nndross was as rich and fanci- ful as gold aud eilver Iaco could make it, ‘Cheir duties were to atiend continually npen the mem- bora of the Roya! family; to wait upon the King when ho went to bed, sid whon he got up again; to acoompany him to tho theatro; to go with Tim hunting, mnd load, nnd hand him lis gun, and_rocord in their books tho number of head of game Lo bagaed ; to rido by the earringe when the Princesses took an airing, or walk near them whon _thoy choso to go ou foot ; in short, to como nnd go at the bock of their mastors, on all sorts of tight yet Incquey-Hko sorvices, Where a crowd of young rotainers were thus brought together under no vory strict surveil- lunco, thoy naturally loarned soma vicos slony with the virtnos. Their master was their model, and, good or bad, they strove to imitato him, From nassoeintion with the ladios sbovo thom thoy gninod the arty of galluntry, which they lmlumnd in honor und purity, or 10k 10, accord- niz to tho principlos thoy say in foreo with their olders and guides. Ax in schools, a now ‘comor among _ oatablished Pages for a timo had a bard lifo of it Mo was ado a sort of fag, snd forced to wait on tho reut until, by his pluck and spirit, he compellod his porscoutors to rondor him the roupoot tho gavo each other. This rough experisnce devel- oped the mettle In the boy and toughonoed hin narvo, and in theso respects wes undoubtedly good for him, ‘[ho bool-aducation of the Pagey racoived somo attention, and they had pracep- tors, and a study in the nttic of Vorsaillos, Whon Lowts VI camo to griof, his Pagos did not dosort him, Thoy olitng to tho maater whom thoy lovod an woll as forvad, until his ovil doa- tiny reachod ita fatsl tormination, **They weiit down in tho shipwreck. of tho Tronch Aouarchy, but thoy = went —down bravoly and unbonstfully.” - After tho Royal houselioht was brokon up, the most of thom wero sacriflced to thoe fauatio spirlt of the Ttevo- lution. ‘Thoy were murdored by the mobs, or martyred on tho seaflold, or thoy foll in open fight for what was to thom o sncred cause, Ono or tivo of thom of )!nm‘m\ ugaln 18 Pages in tho housohold of the limporor, A fuw bosama dis- tinguished in tho army, and a fow laid nside the priviloges of nobility sud jotned the groat mul- titido who earn thoir broad, - Two or throo took to tho stago, and under peeudounymy gamed ce- Jebrity. Ia the rostorod Houso of Bourbon thore was no Inok of Pages, but tho original Institution aould not bo suid to oxist, nud with Charles X. tho Jast truves of it porishod, TUE COWDEN CLARKES, Mrs, Mary Cowden Olarke, tho respooted author of tho Concordanco to Bhakspoare, {a lv- ing In the pleturesquo and storled oty of Gonon. Mra, Clarka is o doughter of Vincent Noyello, tho acoomplishod musiclan and writer, and a do- seandant of un auciont and noble houso of the Qonooso pravince, For somo yonrs Novollo was rosident of London, and his houso was, in tho great nobropolin, o contro of musloal aud literary nitraction. Clara Novello, the olstor of Mis, Clarko, wan one of the most fummis oporn-sin- gors of this contury, Most roadoets will remem- bor that, m Olinrles Anchostor,—a musical story n{ Tlizabetn Bhoppard,—Olara Novollo s oharmiug und conspicuons figure, eocond fn jn- torost only to Mendelsuolin, who lu tho hero, A couplo of love-storios in verse, ontitlod Ofatke published a fow months ago, announced in tho dodleation—which was nlnvo-lruum in it wolf—thie agon of horsolf and hushand, It road : o tho lovor-hushand of 85, thoso love-stories aro dadioatod by tho_lovor-wife of 63." A con- tributor Lo the laut Zippincolt, in an intorosting kol of the homo of tha Cowden Olarkers, doscribos the venorabla octogonurian as tall and orect, with a fnoly-shaped hoad aud .n obt graolons mannor, 11 intelloot in atill vigorous, sud his hoeart ns full of enthuslasm as whon, many dacndos ago, ho was tho beloved friond and dompaulon of Jeats and Tamb and othior litorary worthics of England wiio hayo long been to us but benutifal memorios, Ho riuos with tho dawn, and studies and writos unlil two_hours past noon, Whon ho joing tha family-cirolo, aud igivos tho roinalndomof tho day to tho dollghts of convarsation, and to the elogant aud houpita- blo outertainment of his friends, Mrs, Clarke In atill a protty and_ graceful woman, with & kindly and uunflocted bearing, and o rave'tacs for calling out tho bost that i in tho peopla about hor, Bhoaluo {8 sorupnlonaly punctual jn Tior linbits, and gives carefully-nppointed bours to work, to sleep, aud to rocreation, Clara Novollo rotired from publio lifo man: yonrs ago, aud now resides with her husband, Connt Giglucei, at Formo. 8he has two sons and two daughtors, who ara said to inborlt their mothor's mousiosl talonty and personal graces, Mr, Alfred Novello and Miss Sabilla Novello, a brother and gister of Mrs. Olarke, complote the family- roup occupying the Villa Novello. The formor s distinguishod as a musiclan, snd tho Iatter as an authoress of sovoral mnsioal works. A note- worthy featuro of ihe ontertainments of Genon during the last ton years hne boon & wookly con- cort given by Misa Novello. Tho musio of the great German composers lias, by this instrn. mentality, boon mado for tho firat timo familiar to the Gonoose. In tho henutiful apartments on the ground floor of the Villa Novallo, which are inbnbitod by the Cowdon Clarkes, busts, and pictures, and sonvonirs of various sorts, givo tokon of tho Btiaituponresn studios that havo fillod their ovm- er livos. An ample arm-chnlr, adornod ou tho back with the figuros of Comody and Tragody snd a bust of “Dear Will,” carved from tho wood of the mulborry-treo sald to have been plantod by Shakepearo, is trossured by Mrs, Clarko as & gift from her T'ransstlantio irors. SUAKSPEARE'S KNOWLEDGE OF TOTANY. Ono of the marvels of Bhakepoare's geniua is its unaccountable familiarity with the lesrning of his timo; with philosophy, history, mota- plysics, Jaw, modicine, . scionco, art, and tho wide domain of Nnturo, It is upon this wondor- ful range and dopth of Shakspearc's knowledge that Delia Dacon and Prof. Holmes largoly founded thoir argument in favar of Lord Bacon as the ronl authior of tho dramas that have mado tho * Bard of Avon" immortal. An ingonious writer in tho @Garden, making a study of the botany proxontod in Shakspenro's writings, lnds that b Includes about 160 wpecies of plants, fruits, spices, and vego- tablo medicines. It mentions 15 English wild- flowers ; 9 or 10 exotio flawers; 26 spocies of trees and shrubs, native and foreign ; 80 kinds of fruits ripanod tn Kngland or fmported; 80 kinds of gardon vogetables; 20 different sorta of apices and vogoinblo modicines; and 20 plants of the humble closs dosignated as “woods.” Milton, whono writings are charactorized by an ostontations displny of learning in overy do- E:rtm'mt of knowledgo, montions losn than If the number of plants atluded to by Shakes- poare ; and Virgil, who among nuthors ranks next in froquent and diversifiod roferances to_plantn, doos not, in tho **Goorgies™ and * Enold,” roneh by & good nany tha numbor spocified by the Bnglish dranmatist. To realize tho compara~ tivo extont of ' Shnkapoare’s acquaintanco with tha Dbotanical vocabulary, we must remomber thit the scionce way, in the sixtoenth contury, but Just awaking from s doop sloop that had lnstad for hundreds of yoars. Trom tho cighth contury, whon tho Arabinns for o time revived the stidy of botany under the impulse of the great Avicenna, until 1530, not a scholar or & writar had turnod his attention to tho negloctad kingdom, 'Then, indoed, thore was o gotioral approciation of (he importanco of a Btudy of Naturo, and scholurs bogan to inquiro intotho variatios, and affinities, and ralativo values, of tho plants which thev tound in the gordon of tho world. Yot Sbakspoare had no manuals of botany to rofor to. 'The flora of England, or of any other country, had not thon Déon worked up. He picked up his knowledgo of planta ag ho plcked up his knowledge of all thingo olse, It camo to him; ho attracted and absorbed it in some unwonted and myatorious way, understood nelther by himself nor anyhody olse, and only Lo _bo oxplained when tho lawa that ‘govern monius, instinct, insight, and in- spiration, are fuily compreliendod, . ELY TLAOK AND A LETTCR YHOM QUEEN ELIZA- BETH, Among the many intoroating pasasges of his- tory counacted with Ely Place, the onco famous metropolitan seat of the Bishops of Ely, thero is pacticularly one to which the reader can never recur without a smile of mingled wonder and amusoment, In tho tima of Queen Elizaboth, tho paluco, with ita smaptuous appointmonts, wan coveted nu o residence by Sir Christophor Hatton, who, while rovoling in the fleklo favor of his Royal mistress, and in tho honors of the Chancellorship of hor Kingdom, entroated her to obtain it for him from its Episcopal own- ors, first on a temovorary, and stiorwards on'a permancnt tenure. ~ Sho graclously accedod to tho potitioner's requost, but fonnd somo difienlty in forcing the proud Prelato who aceupied it by right of his position to become tho third essontial party to the agreement. DBut Elizaboth was an absoluto sovereign, and, whon “wikho Wrush aud the. Rewittance,” whiols My, L] it camn to a porvounl contest between hernolf sud the loftiest of hor subjocts, the baughty daughtor of the Tndors compolied an uncun- ditional surrender with imperious words and ay imporious doeds, Tho lettor which she wrote tha contnmacious Bishop who dared to hold with o tenacions arasp the - property sho desired to confsr on amore lucky minjon, is an oxcollont oxample of tho despotic tempor and tho burly mumern which Elizuboth inlorited from Henry the Eighth. It waatos no words and chooses no terms, as Lhe rondor will sco from tho transcript ; Proup Pretare : You know what you wsa bofors I muede you what you are now ; if you do not immealate- Iv comply with my request, by G—d I will unfrock you. ELIZADETI, Pithy and pointed proporly doseribos it, Tha Bishop lowero.l his colots, and 8ir Christopher enterod in Lhe possossion of Ely Place. But ho did not enjoy it long. Dlizaboth evontually toolt it to horsolf, und "throw Bir Christopher so deoply in dobt to hor that tho mortified and dis- appointed Chancetlor broko his hoart over the businoss, TREE-TLANTING, The important aubject of tree-planting in the ‘Wost Lins receivod & valunblo contribution from the oxporiments of the Bt. Paul & Pacific Road iu growingtroes along its lino, Aftor Jeaving “DBig Woods,” tho road runs & distance of 100 ‘milea throngh a region that istreeloss, with tho oxcoption of sn occasional limited grove, In the apring of 1879, tho plan of cultivating treos along this lino, 8 n protoction from both wind and sun, wag attompted, and with rosults that are most encouraging. The cuttings of white willow, &t fifteon montha from planting, stood 10 to 12 foot hl%h, and worp vory bushy. Mouy of thom havo made a growtl of 9 faot aud upward sines Muy 16, Cottouwoods have grown from tho seod to & prosent hoight of 10 foot. Thoy bave fluiahed their increass for 1874, and aro now propuring for tho eusuing sea- son, A largo proportion of the young and ton- dor troou woro frozon down from 1 to'8 foot tast wintor. Tho Lombardy poplars suffered mnost, Fhe whito willows and cotlonwoods wero also badly frozon, but had regained their loss before Juno 1, 'Chin freoziug way tho vesult of an un- usually Inte urowth. W'he froata enmo on bofore tho troes had hardonod their wood snficlently to ondure the chill, Thesamo thing happenaed tothe young m;nn of liko varisties in Southorn Miu~ nosuta. The whito ash troes of two or throo yoars' growth nro doing well: porhaps 10 por cont hayo diod. Of the FEuropean larch, prob- ably 20 per cont havo sucewmbod to the extromo hat, The box-eldor or ashi-loavod muple did not froozo at all, oyory tree openlug its tormiual bud }hls spring. The yesults of tho prosent geat's planting are also sutisfactory, Willow cuttings have mada s growth of from 18 fuchos to Ji.j feot. Cottonwood outtings have grown about the wamo, but s much lamger por cont bavo fuilod, Lombardy-poplar outtiuge havo grown from 1 to 8¢ foot. White-nali and boxeolder soodliugs of Qctober, 1878, aud May, 1874, have dono excsod- tugly wotl, wnd nro now sbrang and hoalthy pliuts. The porcontago of logs on this sosson’s Pplanting will not exceoul 10 por cont, save at cue or two points, whore tho grasshoppers dovoured a half-million of woodling ash sud soft maple, roat and Drauch, PROPESTIES FON MINACLE-TLAYH, Whon the mysterics and miracte-plays wore, in the latler part of the middio agen, porformed in tho Euglish churches, an account of the ox- ponsea mewrod for tho ropresontations used to be sot down in tho pwmlsh book of rocords. Bharp, in his “ Dimscrtstion on Pagosuts,” ouumoraies & list of itums whioh Lo oame wexosy ey in huoting np tho aubjoct, Tn tha catalogitano. our the followlng funuy itoms: ¢ Payd for 3 und of hayr for tha Dovill's hosd, Ha; mand ng his hono, 844 binck canvas for shirta for tha damtiod, 443 rod buckeam for tho wings ot angoln (reprosonted by naked childron), Tay 'fl':’.fl fora coto rgr Qod, aud'n payro of gla\’nn, SPARKS OF SCIENCE. TIRATIOAL FLANTA, * . * The Dionea, or Vonus Tly-Trap, ‘aod the Drosera, or Bundow, of which we wrote o littla history two or threo wools ago, are not the only mombors of tha vegatable kingdom raanifesting unnatural, bloodthirsly instincts, Tho Pltohore plants are Hablo to.Lho samo strangs acausation. Ono famlly of those curlous insoct.ontors, ilr Barracentacem, dives smong tho boga of North Amnorioa, with the oxeeption of ninglo stroy spocios, the Hellamphora nulous, which dwolly amid the mountahw.of Guiana, Tho family iy small, Inoluding but three gonora and loss than n half-scoro spocies. In ity enrly dovelopment, the outer odgon of .tho leal of tho Barraceniadg grow togethor, forming o completo tubo or vaso, moro or loss trumpot-shaped accord- ing to tho specios. On tho inside of tho tubo, from tho mouth nearly to the baso, thoro I8 & growth of shorts BLift, retrorso hairs, which aro velvely to the touch rubbed downward, * but,. pressod: tho other ¥ay, aro rough ss a jungle of thistles, Tha tulies, whon in » vigorous stalo, gencraliy con~ tain wator, a part of which Ja wometimen caught lru!‘n rain, and tho rost ia_socrotod by the plant., Thoso tabos aro cunning and dondly traps, beguillng thirsty hisects to drink of tho bever= afe thoy presont, and dooming them to cartain douth whon onco thoy have vonturod over tha smooth, downward path to the odge of the ““fii sl the hount of dostruction. Hoviug slakted Its thirst, tho Inscct tries to rotrnce its steps; but the hairs along which it trayelod with enso in approaching tho liquid now presont their thick nand serried poiuts, like s0 many plkes, Lo opposo its progross, and, amazed, bo~ wilderod, baflled, the luckless victim falls bek aflor an oxhauative sorios of fruitleus sfforts ta escapo, sud Is drowned in tho Girconn eup from wluch it so Innocontly and gratefuily drank, Insoota of all ordors—nnts, katydids, loousts, crickets, cockronchos, flics, moths, and buttors {flios—aro drownod 1n hosta fn theso tro pitchors; yot inonly a singls fiay orots * nectar-loving bos™ boon found among tha mnsy of doad and decayiug bodies fistied out of their wators b{ tho naturalists who hnvo mado o study of th plants aud theit prey. Prof, Rilay, Stato Entomologiat of Missouri, rolatos that on ono occasion he found In a pitchor tho remaing of a Bonibus, and again tho cold eorpse of a honey-boo. An’ the - Pitehor-plants grow only in wot places, they counot neod tho liguid held in sheir loaves for the simplo uson of water. Tha curious eircumstanco of their bo~ AuF supplied witls an oxtrs appendsge for cone taining the fluid can only be explained by tha hiypothesis that tho dncomyauing Eodlnu of tha inseots drowned in it furnish chem with a liquid manure which ia essential to. tholr existonce. The fact that tho plants do ot thrite whon acnln{ilfd [humhllniocl:n wndll to substantiate the ypothosis, whicl accopted 28 noearl) bytho Dotauigln of tha dave LYo A still moro curious family of Pitoher-plants than the Sarraconiads of America is tuo Nepenthacee of the Indian Archipelsgo. Tho Nopanthos aro woody climbors, with loaves ta- penng into a tondril which bears at tho end a pitchor of varying wizo and form. Thoy roach their grontest development. in the Island of Borneo. Wallace says, in his history of tho Ma- Iny Archipelsgo: * Lvery mountain-top abonnds with thom, running along tho ground, or climb. ing ovor shrubs and scunted troes,—thoir ole- gant pitchors hanging in every diraction. Some of theso are long and slender, resombling in form tho boautiful Philippino laco-spongo (Zu- plectelia), which lna now bacoms so common ; othors are broad and short. Thoir colors are greon, vaviously tintod and mottlod with red or purplo. 'The finest yot known were obtuined on the summit of Knin-balon, in Northwest Borneo, One of tho brond sort (Nepenthes rajal) will _Liold 2 quarts of water in ite pitcher. Another (Nepenfhes Edwardsiania) has a uacrow pitehor, 20 Inchos long, while tha plout ilself grows to tho lougth of 20 foet.” While among tha mountains with his native attendants, Mr. Wallace ono day grow distress ingly thirsty whoro no water was né haud, Ab last hoe turnod to the Pitohor-plants, the liquid in which was full of drowned wscels and other- wiso ropulsive. But, ou tasting it, ho. found it vory palatablo, ‘and tho wholo parly gladly qnunche}l thoir thirst at thoso natural fountains, (b0 Indiang and tho monkeys who dwoll in tha rogions inhabitod by the Nepenthes are in tho habit of drinking frowm the pitchiors whonover, in their tripo at a distauce from wator, they find n neod of moistoning their parched fongues, Dr. Turner, exporimonting with the water contained inan nno{’mue«l pitehier, and thoreforo wholly ngcreted Dby tho plant, found that it emittod, whilo boiling, au odor like baked apples, from containing a traco of vogotabls matter, aud that it yiolded minute crystnls of oupervxalate of pate ash on boing alowly evaporntad to drynoss. Tho pitchors of domo apccios of Nopenthos are furnished with close-fitting lids, which move on porfect-playing hingos, thal closo in dry weather, ag if to provont tho exhalation of the precious contonts they cover, and opon whon tha atmos- phoro is damp, in ordor to gather in tho watory vapor, DBt the most curious of all the Pitchoer- plunta now known lu the Dischidia Raflesiana, which growin the forcsts of Iudia. ~Its long, twining stem Ja doatituto of leavos uniil nesr the oxtromity, which may bo 100 foot or more from the roots, Among those leaves aro suponded pitchers with opon mouchs, adaptod to recoive whatevor moisture may descond from the atmosphoro in the form ot rain or dow, ‘They are always found to contain & quantity of water, in whicli insccls, eapoctll ants, are in all stagos of decomposition Ancz straugest part of tho apparaius, on the stom, near the pitohors, or oven on thoir stalks, grow tufts of norial roots which rench over iuto tha pitchiors and absorb tho liquid stored thors une yuoationably for the susteuance of tho plant. TIHE LARGEST CAVERN IN THE WORLD, At the Hurtford mooting of tho Amorican A~ socintion for the Advancemont of Scionce, Alr. Torter O. Bliss, late Bocrotary of Logation im Moxico, gave a doscription of tho Cave of Cooshamilpa, which, according to hig stato- ment, ig the lnrgest oavern in the world, It ine cludes a sories of broad and lofty Lalls, with lnt= eral pasgagos, oxtending upon the samo lovel an immenue distance into the heurt of u lofty range of mountaiua, Those halla abound in colossal stalnotites and stalagmites, of every concoivablo grotesque and fanciful form. At adepthof 200 or 800 feot beneath tho cave, tho mountain is pono- trated by bwo rivers of considarablo size. which, ot their entrance, are about Lalf o milo apart, and, aftor lowlug n distanco, by diroct monsnro= mont, of 5 milos, emorga from the monntaiv in close proximity, and thence, nniting, form ono of tho chief aflluents of the Moxicola, Tho channols fn the solid rock throngh which thoso tivors omarge are vaid by Mr. Dliss to bo largs enouglt to admit tho Lnrtford Stare-flouso. Fraginents of tinbor nud dobris nro ottou foated through the mouutuin, but thoso aubterruncan rivor-beds have nover boon oxplorad. Myriade of bats and nooturnal birds sook sheltor or make thoir abode in the mouths of the cavo. SNATLS' EGGS, Tho oggt of tho common land-snail, aro Mke homoopathio pilts,—tho anmo size, color, and ghapo,—aid aro genorally dopositod in little clustors. Tho ogga of tho common gardon- snails of DBritnin are as largo as poas, and are laid just undor tho surfaco of tho soil. Tho oggs of tho Arion hortensis, a land-snail, are vory phosphoroscent for the flrat fiffoon days. 'Tha spawn of soa-snails conslata of innimorable ogge adhoring togothor in massoy, or uproad ont i rows in tho shapo of & strap or ribbon, This nldawontal ribbon is sometimes ovilel up spi- rally, like o' watoh-spring, and attachod by onme of its edges to somo solid purface, Some of tho tropical species of enails aro vory largo, and doposit agis 14 big a3 & Tobe lu's, ‘Tho bulimi comant foaves togethor to pro- toot and ooncedl thewr bird-liko oggn. One wpecios of oceanio suail attachies its egrs, which aro onvoloped in a capsule, to a flonting raft, sud givos tuom aver to thetender werclos of the waves uud the fishes, FORMOBA, Mr. J. B. 8tooro, who Iine boon exploring in tho Enat for the purposo of collootlng specimons In Natural Illatory for tho Miohigan Univorsity, hiaw just roturned to Hong Kong from a trip through Formoun, Ife upont slx months in the interfor of the island, principally among the na- tlvos, IMls colloctions aro very extousive, ine cluding thirty-tive spacies of sorponts and g numbor of auciont mnnusoripts, 1o has pro- pared a vocabulury of five difforons dialocts whioh proves conolimvaly that the langunge ol the Formonnns bs onsantially Magvar, aui stands ;l‘:]uln‘il: relation Lo tho dikloute of the Philippina wuds