Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 10, 1874, Page 4

“RERDINGS FROM ™ BANGKUFT. A, New Volume of His His- tory. A Chapter upon Gormany and ihe United States, From the New York Krening Post, Wo have rocofved from Mossra, Little, Brown & Co., of Bonton, advanco shoels of tho tenth volumo of Banoroft's * Hislory of tho United Btates,” It Includes the poriod from 1778 to 1782, and onds with tho pleco betweon tho Colo- nics and the mottior country, Tho lirat chaptor congldera * Luropo and American Independ- onco.” Mr, Buucrolt upeaks of two opposito priveiploa struggling fn tho Dritish mind, Ono was the theory of absoluts powor contored in Parlinmont, Dut thero wasalso tho oldor roepoct for tho rights of the individual, Both of theso ideas appear in the spoechos of Fox and Burko, The principlo of nmu)\;ment authority su vestod in Parhument had ontlived it dsy. ** In opposts tion to tho continued rule of'an aristocratio connoction with the dovico of ommipotencs over King aud peoplo,” snys Mr. Haucroft, * thero zos0 up wioind tho pute and vouerable form of Chathum n now Jiboral party, williog to ngo the prevogative of the Ring to moderate wuo rule of tho aristocracy ju favor of the poople.” Ouo of tho’ chapters whieh™ will attrnct wide intorest is that upon ™ Germany and tho United Starea,” Mr. Dancroll's mauy years of Gorman study, nnd fus recout residonca in Gormnuy, will givo'his worda upon thut eubject particular Weight and importunce, Ilo says: *'Iho peoplo who dwelt botween tho Alps and the borthem €eas, betweon Franco and_tho Slaver, founded no colouies in Amorica; but, lu part, gave to tho rising country its lawe of beiug. Letus irace them to thotr origin, not recounting tho anuals of tho Germau nation, but searchivg for tho univereal iuterests whicl tho etornal Prov- idenca conflded to their keeping. Wo spell thie record of our long descent oro Inrgely consctous of the Iife that i, The suthor traces the bistory of the prnciplo of freo thought nmong the Germans from the car- Licat times., Of s(s vital awakening upder Luthor, Alr. Bancroft writes : 1n drecce, n8 mny bo rond in Plato's **Republic," ~ Mendieant diyiners went 10 rich men's doors, por- wundlug ther thut they bavo received from tao' gods Jower o abwolve u shun Lluself o Bia forefatiors rom slue; and for the living uud for tha dead_thero aro cesemonten which deliver from paox in tho 1ife to come ; but dreadful things awsit thoss neglecting tho rlte.” The method practicod ou s small yeals by Vagu- bond propliets in Atheus was formed by the Papal Svo into a syutem for thie world ; and it filled its troasury by au organized tratie in iniulgencos snd promines of purdon bure and boyond the grave, In o docretal of tho Uk of Novamber, 1518, 2opo Lo tha Tenth uflirm- €4 Lin power 58 tho suceessor of St Pelec and tho Vicar of Chrint to remit tho sins allke of the liviug and of the dend. All ubsoluto power brings 1ix holders, firat o Ist, to perdition : abrulute powor over mind, confucted from tho Imperor aud continued for centurics, ut bast ruin- ©d, and tould ot bt T, 1he moret eoid intellstual Tuculties of the fanctlonory by whiom It was oxorded, Tho cartli, wrapt iu thickest durkneas, sighed for tho wn, “Thie #0n of 5 miner, of tho pensant class in Fisloten, trained In tbo achool of Punl of Treus uud tho African Augustine, kindied a lghit or tho warld, M tavght 14t 10 uan fmpamionates tho authority of God; thut tho Pope i right ju_denyiug the diviuity of the Eume Jorory but that i Dissplcumen fa urrogatiug divinity to mself, Nospower over souls bolongs 10a pricat; “uny Christian, bo ft u women or a child, cun remit eine Just as wolt'us & prical ;¥ clergy and Lty, a1l are of ono_ condition: all: men’ ara cquelly pricsta; % a Bisliop’s ordiuation I8 0o Letter thian un eloction ¥ tany ehifd that creaps after baptiun Is an_ordstucd pricat, Tilshiop, and Fope. “ The pricat 1s noliing but At oflico-liolder." *Fho Papo fa our sohoul-follow ; thers 1a but ono master, and hia name is Clirlat {n hedven ;» and, collocting aif ju one grest formulury of freador, Lio dectared ¢ Justification fs by falth by faith atone, “4gola tido ;" every i mst work out hid own salva- on ; uo other—~iiot pricst, nor Bishoy, nor Pape, 1o, n0t atsli thio propheta—eali serve fur the direct con- noction of the {utelllent reaton of thy individual with tho futiuite and eternnl jnislligenc Tho priuciple of Juslifiestion by faith slong solved every problom, It s freedonngalnst autbority : aclf~ activiey sgainst superutitious trust in othior men, 1t Seas th Ll of tho depatting. domsnon of an atien Princo over tho cousclonca of tho pleoples, But it agmoro than the termination of u sirlia of seven couturien between Popy nnd Lmperor, Tho truth apoken Ly Luther oreliniad to the Pope bis truo placo &3 an unconacerated, fallible, peceant wortal, holding ouly an oflice inatitutod by Lis erring follow-unortals ana having no functions and 1o powers except whot erring mertals cau bestow, ~ To discard the Fope, snd kewp Biskogn and pricety with_superbyman suthority dotived from ordination, would kavo Leen ouly sub- stituting ono supernatucal casto for another, Luthier strack superatition at the root, Tho ~Popos stripped lovdsbip over conmkclence from the Em- peror; and Luther stripped it from Fope, prelates, aud prieata, ~ His teaching wan tho ronding of the vell ‘which ‘divides tho past civilization from tho future, o vindicstion for ol mankind of the Tights of reason. Tho Idea of fusiification by faith aliie wan counured 6 futulism, Whilo i truth 5t is the strougest possiblo summons ' to sell.activity, Tho principle can nover be surcendered o long an the cone eclion boiweeu man and oternal truth wiull endure, Well, tuerefore, dIQ Leibnitz say of Luther: “ This 43 hie who, in Iater times, taught tho human race hope and free thought.” Tho medbeval Clinreh hiad been, in_ some gort, the protector of tho people, Luther detlired rosson fo b 16 “ well-eyiriug of luw,” (e rulo for teforming na~ tional ‘cudes, Further; Lo demunded that truth should Lo apread by appeals to resson nlono, * I dir," paid he, *4 {u the right cura for Lereay, then the fagot-burnem aro tho mowt lewrned doctors on earth, Nor need we study auy more : he that bas bruta fores o s slde may bitrn bis adversary ot the slage,” 1 iill preach the truth, spesk the trath, wiite the trutl, ruth on 10 ono ; for faith wust LG sccepted willingly and without compulvion,” Dy 1eason, 100, bo deslred fo rosirain arbitrary power, Ik words pre: 4 Whero a rulerindulges thy conelt that e 1o u Prin for the sake of Liu ) 1ol subjects, but for this rako of lifs Leautifnt golden hair, e beloygs among tho heathen,” A Obristian Prineo fa not & porson for Liwscl, but s servant for otliora,” #The Prince must think, ‘1 belong to tho l.ud and the jcople, and will thereforo sesve them ‘With my otlice, On the right of privato udgment, Lutker said : 1t thie Emperor or the Princis should colmand mo and nay: us and thus you ought to bellevos’ thon I speak: * Degt Luresor, dear Priuces, your damand 40 800 high {' thoy ray: *Yes, yoit nust bo_obedicnt to us, for we nre tho igher Joiwernt Then T uustwer ; *Xey, you are Lords over this tomporsl hfa, but_nob overtho eterund lifo i they apeak farthor: |Yes, peace and nnity must’ be proserved ; (horefare you, might believe s tho' Emperor nud brincea bollare.! Whint o I hear? Tho 'Turk might as well say : *Lin len, Roman Emuperor ; Ligten, Prinos ; you ought to belleve ag tlio Turka biliove for (ho sokg of peace and unity; for what liold yood for the one holds good for $le Othher, for the 'Turlish Eiperor aud for uvory no- Wemon f{n tua viliage! No, dear Emporor, dear Prince, dear Lord, deit Lady, it doza nat belong'ta van 1o mugke suich & demund.” A ugain : Al Gishops that take the right of judgment of doctrinin from the slicep, are_vertuinly fo bo held an murdesers and thievos, wolves and apustate Chriniisnn, Chtist glvos 1ho rigiut of judgnent to tho cholars axd sheop, St, Tul will hiave 10 doctrine of proposition held Hil it Bas bean proved und fecoguized an good by the con- gregation thal hears §t. Every Chrleti hzs God's word, and @ taught of God and annofuted as o prieat,” e historinn refers to the connaction of the Jiterature and philosaphy of Germany with tho ideas that trinniphed.in our Revolution. Kant, Lesving, Herder, Kiopstock, and Sehiller, and bearivg of their opinions and utterances upou revent bistory, are considored. Goothe claswod the Boston ten-party smong the events whicl -mng thomsolves most desnly upon tho mind of childhood. At oo time Lo evon thought of oni. puation, The method of Kant being that of tho employment of ind 1 1ta freedom, s fldelity to human freedom bas never Loen questicned nd mover can ba, sopted tho world as it v, only with tho obilition that 111810 be wadd better, " lw politicul phflogophy en- Jofud u constant strugyle tu Lif¢ nociety out of itx netual Impertect state, which 161t wutusnl condition, Sito higher and hetter oue, by deciding every question us i aribicky In 801 of reform and progress, aud kesplng open the way for tho elfmination of all reniuining avik. Accustoined 1o contemplate natiio I 1he Akt of 118 extent us formivy oue system, gaverued o ail ita parts und in fia totality by one aw, ho drow hin onlntous oa quostious of lilerty frowm elewientul truth, nud utierod thom o {f with th uwient af the wuiverss of belug, As ko condonined slavery, ho ho hranded the buryululng away of iroops by oo Htato o atiother xithout vommon causo, © The rlghta of 1un," ho said, “inre dear 10 Gou 3 aro the apLluof tho syo to God o earth 2 and hio wished an borr cuch dny ot aesdo for silehlidren o tearn hem and taks them 1o hoarr, Min {rlcudship for America weg thetefors tnhesent and iverndicable, "1a wau one of tho firateperiiaps tha ery Hrst—of the German natiou, 1o defend, Sven kg Lhe ri of hla friendihiys, tho caiss of tho' Vaitod aten, Yoouing conferaplated the education ef hia yaco 2 “canried forward Dy omo coutiiusd revelutioy of truth,—~tha thoughtn of God prevent I mianye crecting’ Lintmony and unlty, snd leuding towird Ligter eulture, In hia view,'tho clasa of uoblox waa Lecows superfitous ; the lighth of the world wera thoy who gave fho cleatest uttovance to tho divino fdens, 1o lield it o folly for & wan of & Nepublic (o wish for & ngmatehy s eIt of u onmioumeaithy osersing & freo Jouple Ly thelr fron choico, Lo & Lulo thnt teves surrotuded a Kiug, Though bé was {u the ewploy of 1he Diiko of Branawick, o loathed from hiv inmost soul tho ongxgement of iroops fu o forelkn war, either en volunto s0ld by fhelr Prince, How cama Othiclio,” # inta the warvico of Venlce? lad the 2L0r no coutitry? Why did ho let out Lis arm umd blood 102 forelim Blate? He yutlished to the Ger.nan utfon hik opfufon thut ®the Awerivuna are bulldiug tu the now world tha lodge of Lnmanity,” aud he deatved ta write mors, for, axid e, *4ho peo. ple 18 consried by bunger sud shivat,” but bis Prince commanded sllobra, At Welmar, I 177, Hordur, the first who vindleated 107 tho youy of thu Ueople dudlr plase [n the nuuale of L eulturs, publissd thove words 1 Tha bukde out, most Qeanh thoughts of e Luman inind, the wost Leantifisl and grewtost works, have heen perfuoted 0 Bepuvlios | not ouly in autigully, but in wedlaval He ace <arfa TuTe” FGuEEE Y Sirion, ¥ Tiis Heac uMibey, we -ovwy phflosophy of “humanity. anQ_govornment, 1a nlwaya Fopublicuts; and tho Republlo exeets iin infinonco, not by direc Intarvention, It mediately by itn mero n- fetence,” Tho Unfled ftater, with fta monntaln xaugea, tlvers, und chuina of fakee In tho temperate uom, eetiedt o bim slinped by naturo for a nuw olvill- zation, Of tho poots of Ciermany, the voteran Klopatock ba. held in the Amortean war the tuspiration of humanity and the dawn of o sppronchleg nreat day, e loved {ho tareibno apis which ombobioms s proflon (o gzow concious of their power, With proud joy hs calls in ind that, among tha eftizenn of tho yoiny Repubile, thern wers many Gormaue, wio gloriously fulililed thelr duty fa e war of fretdom, * By the vivorm af Anierlea,) o wrote, light hoama forth ta tha nutlons, and §n part from Germaus,’ Lean anthunlustie, tut not Tloss connintent, wan Qoetbie, OF plubetan duscont, by Lt b Repwbitean Dorn Uis Luther i the et of Gerimany, educaled ik Telonilz fi tho Central Unlvaraity of Bazony, when 7 years ald, hio nud hls father's bowro wero par(i- maua of Froderfe, rofolcod n hfa viclortes an tha Hictoelea of tho German mation. in sarly youll e, 11k fhona around L, was Inlerested i tho atrupglos of Cotwica s guve {lin ory of # Loug live Paolis 7 A Difn hioart wiw drawn towards th patriot in oxile, Tho ideny of popular berty which fled his mind Ted bim fn his 22 Sear, or noon siter, to Aclect the themo fur his tirat tragedy feom tho kindred opoch n thn bislory of thoe Netherlands, It the futerest of tho cirola iy whicl ko smoved bocamo far 1nora Hvaly when, iu 8 ro- mote part of the world, a wholo peoylo slowad rigus fhat $t would mako ftaelf free, 1o clanand fho Bostun tea-rty of 1774 among the Drodisions oventa which atatin themedves moat deoply ou_thy mind of chill. hood, overyhody around him, he winhed thy Awicrlcand suucceds, xnd tho naios of Fraukiin aud Waalifugton abono and sparkied fu in heaven of poii- Hes and war. \Whon to nil thin wan added reform i France, o and 1o yontl of Germany promised Diente selvea and all their follow-nien & beautiful and even n glorlouw future, 'The thomght of ewlgrating 1o Amorlen pased pincidly ovor i imaglntion, leaving 10 moro mnrk thon the xhadow of & tiying clond s 16 Bweepa aver a flawct-yardon, “Che ealo of Ileastan eoliiors for forelyn monn, entled from him words of diwdaing but kis reproof o tiie youug Gormaus who volunteered ta fight for tha Amrican caure, and thon from faint-beariedness tlrew back, did not go hayona 2 sinlle at tho contrust Lotween thelr zeal and {hafr decds, e congratulsted Amotlea that it was not forcu to bour up tho tradis tionn of faidalism 3 and, wriling or converaing, tised only friondly words of the Unitad State, a ¥ n'nobls Conntryer Duthug all bis lfo comin in contact il ovents tiiat wero chauging the world, he paintod thun to hin mind in their order aud_conngetion, Just be. foro the French Rovolntion of 150, he pnbiished bis opimion tha the desira for self-govermmout, which had sncceeded a0 Iwoll in tha Colonlod of Norlh America, was sustaintng tho battlo in Eurora witout sigon of weariness ; aid, twonty years Defore the movoments of 1348, he foretold withi paa- slonless mercnity that, as certainly s the Americans hiad thrown tho tea-chenta into 1hn soa, 0 cortattiy it woull come fo a breach in Gormany, if thers Hhoild be o resoucllation botean miotisrety aud edom, Scliller was n native of the part of Germany most fuelined to {desllam s in _medhoval days tho atrong. hold of German livo: by ; renowned for its numerouu £reo citles, tho distribitiun of Iand among small freo- Joldery, tho total avsoncn of greot Ianiod provsic- tnrins, the comparative extinction of tho ald nobility, Equally in his howrs of yeflection and in bis houra~ of inspiration, s sentimonts wero anch an beenme the poet of the German ua- tlon, cnliglitened by thn Idons of Kant. Tue victory whith his courmryiuen won agatust the Vatioan swd ngafiist error for the frecdom of rennon was, a8 ho wrote, & vietory for all nations and for endivsn timo, o was over raady to clasp the millions of bis fellow= men {u his embrace, to givo & ealitation 10 thp wholo world ; and ho glowed with Indigontion at Princos whomet {ho cxponaos of profigucy by eollug tioir subjocts to Swar againat the Hghia of minkind, I {4 known from tho wrilings of Nicbulr ihat Ahn politicrl o, which in bis youth most swayed thy miud of Gerinany, graw out of ite. feliow-felllng with 1hio United Stales fu their strugglo for independance, The truest sud bost roprosentativos of Gorman fotellic gouee, from every part of the lind, Jjoined in a choruy to welcomo them Lo tielr placo kniong 1he na- tions of tho eartl, o THE FART[ AND GARDEN. Winter-Protection to Tender Ever. greens and Shrubu-Muich for the fZoots, and Shelter from tie Winds, for the Trunks of Frecy-Spontnncs ous Production—jlent and ¢ 3 Magrots—OHo Moles Ent Vegetables 7 ~flow 1o Make o CornsCrib-lcus= uring Corn in the Enr—Tho Weather, From Our daricultural Corresnondent. CraxraAIeN, TiL,, Oct, 8, 1874, WINTER-PROTICTION TO HALF-HARDY EVERGREENS is, at this senson of tho year, of intercst to mauy of our eity friends whose residence is in tho suburbs, They are not content with tho hordy spocics, but must bavs gomething moro aristocratie, and, a8 » matter of coues, demand- iug more care, Tha Norway spruce, one of tho ooblest of our forest-trces, i3 perfeot Iy hardy from Cniro to tho Lales; snd the American white spruce is also worthy of our attention, though a much smaller tree, ‘The American balsam, and the Scotch and Austrion pines, complete the list of really hovdy evorgroens for the Nosthwest. Lot avery sub- urban growor plaut one each of those as & matter of prudence, while hio is lavishing bis attention on the half-hardy enecies, that may aud may nob live to give him plonsure, An old friend, who has stood amid the gant conifors of the Bfeiras, aud guzed with rwae af their immousity of eize, is to be exonsed for do- siring to seodho tree growing on his lawn, and year by your rominding him of what Nataro has heen doing for conturics in the vast salitndes of the mountain-canon. But bora is the lettor, that speaks for itself : Cuoado, Sept, 28, 1474, Mr Dean “Runan”: T procured Monsis, Efwanger & Harry, of Hochestes, N, Y., Inat #pring, tiree wmull_specliniena of the Sequota Craanten (Coli- forniu Bl Trees), and planted them in’ my grovnds, Thiey uru uw shout foot high, baving grown firels duting tho vart sesson, Of course thev canuot, whait ‘youug, survive our savage winters, {¢, {n fact, they can aver b rendored fo hardy o8 to do’it, Now may I trouble you fo juform mo Low early thoy should bo Drolected, and what 1y thio best. way of dolug it? Bhall T aot up somo_sticks, and wind somo straw around them, in thie form of a cone; or ehiall I set an emply barrel’ over them, and fillit with straw, and then Toof it over 7o 1o fo keop out the rain? An andwer through Tz TRWUNE may oblige othors bo- sldes, very truly, X, It 15 mot the winter's cold, butthe sudden cbanges, thot roin what wo call balf-hordy trees; and no amount of trainlugean ronder ono of these more lardy. It is Uils fack that rivos us our great varioty of troces ; for, were it different, tho more vigorona would long einco have monopolizad the whole country, It may be that tho Sequoia might havo monopolized the forests of New Englund, and bave met the now-comers with such & forest as would havo sent them back to Furope. Just think of the labor that it would have required to Liow down such s forert as thin giant conifor prosents, strotching from tho Atlautie to tho Wabasb, whero tho gonilo prairies Iny ready for the plow. 1t is well that theso trees sre not husdy avervivhore, and wo must be conkolad with tho idon of secing & few of them fu tho mountuln- {astneeses, whero the vlow may nover como, We cannot hopo to grow aven u fow specimons, for the simple roason that Nature has fixed o limit to the severul spocics. ‘Tho Looch and maple have their allotted space; g0 han the cottonwood, though & grast ' utllitarian 5 and the black walhut, tho king of tha river-bottoms of tho West, wnd tho tulijtreo of our uplands, = cannot o outgldo of thoir domsin, The wmagnificont eypress, that is eo much prized iu the southoern Part of onr State, cannot ba made to form & trea at the north, thongh thov mainteln a eickly growth for o fow yoars, Thovlove tha lagoons af the Miselesippt Rivor, and tha dump atmos- phoco of the rivor-bottoms, Afrer . all, we sbonid not repino, us this vast varety of ench alimata is ko vory desirablo, Naturo mulohins her treos for the wintor, and in nevere olimates protoots tham furthor with mantlo of enow, and this suow provents sudden changas of temporatura; but hero, where sha hay given the prajries to the plow, and devoted them to the corenls and the grapses, #he bk not thought It worth her whilo to do moro, aud tha snow-mantlo 18 withheld.* In the rogion of the conifors, away nup north, tha mossos sprend n carpot whore tho mileh of louyos ia wanting, or is sparsoly supplied witls tho neadlo-like loavos of the pive, Tn thia {a our fiist losson, and we nnat do as Nature dooa in ths forest; ‘mup the froat from the roota of our tondor tress, In its native bomo, It IS net probable that the rootw of the Sequofa’ are aubject to sovore frost, It this i #o, our fivat caro {a fo protoct tho roots by o bed of Ioaves ar moss, just s Natnro does tnder like eiroum- stanced, The noxt step is of necondary mpor~ tance, and yet wa muat bave shelter from tha sun and wind, for Nature in geutlo in this rogurd duriug tha winter in the home of theso glat trees, Thev have Ao grown up togotlior that the eun touches them gontlv, and tho monutsin. ‘walls shelter them from the wind, It » currant of our winter prairic-wind oould be_forcad smong them fox thrao or fonr montha, I would not like to be respausible for theflr futura frowth ; and this s our eecond 1enaon; to protoect the part nbove the rround, Ay, Haows, fu his Book on Evarayoons, in spoaking of thiv traor * Wo wora greatly i hopes of belng anla ¢n ontirely acclimats thiy berutiful apccion; but, although 1t renoraily man- azey ta live, maat spacimony that have ot wi- dor our natice mre not healthy in appenrauce, 'ha tuxuriant growth late {n the BORGOL, 4O oI~ mon In traes from the Paoila’ Coant fa the groat drawback to s wvoasarul oultlyatlon” with va, A slight coveriug with VB, | ¢ requires but o few . I ovargiboniiga it Kl RGN absolutoly uevaunary b nuiro the vitality of tho londing -shoot.'t A empty barral, or a conting of atruw, {a vory gnod to protoct tondor treos 3 but tho overgraun-houghs, when thoy oan bo had, aro the bost, Smxll whrubs are ofcon pro- tooted iu this mannor, and tho plants withsland tho winter ; but mulching tha roots, o s to lowson th front and to koo the soll inolst, fs of the tirex cousidaration, MAUGOTA AND FLITS, Toun Covnav, Til,, Sopt, 40, 1074, M, 13 Plowno setlin & dlapitln bes tween Newghbor John aud maymelf, Do mugots or mkipnera, (Nat {nfost meat wnd chiarso, ferminate i ity or aro they the proger of somo innoct 7 Vivwe Lntomotogists hold that no innect Is producad by apontancous praduation, snd that sl _organ- 1z0d 1ifo s 1ts parentago In tho like, In “thiy caro, (Lo maggot is but one phaso of the lite of tho inuoot,—tho noxt plving it wings, with the power'to raproduce its ind. Thoso maggota aro produced, i tho cnso of mont, by savaral glincies ©oF flios, and thot of the ohooso by o small iy eallod Pigphiliaeasci, nob moro thon thros-twon- tioths of an Inch long, It Ik of & rhining-binck cofor, with the middio and binder logs moatly yollowish, and tie wings Lranaparent like glaus. Among the ment-flies, tvo aro moro prominent, Ono of theso is ont envy in tho spring, and re- maing all summer, dolug ita mischiof, It in called Musea vomiloria, s of a bine-black color, with a dark-bino sud bairy hind body. 'The eggh aro enlled flv-blowe, and hatch in two or threo hours, and the maggots complate their growtl in throe or fonr days. The otlior is o amnllor iy, of o brililant Llfte-greon color, with blnck logs. Thore in a vory Iorge fly of this class tint comes fl\lll In June and stnya with us until the Jast of Angust. Whilo on the subjece ot flies, T might eall at~ tentton to another oluss of flosh-onting flien, that nre bred about tho sishles, and ko closely rerombla tho horo-(lios thay nil supposo thom to Do tho samo; but they difTor in the form of thelr proboscis, which s vory loug and stondor, and projouts horizontally boyond the hesd, It Is this iy that bitea thirough our clotbing ond tor- monts our stock, mora espeelully just boforo o rain, This fly fosds on animal matter, and 18 vary aunoying. The horze-fly may bs kept out of {he liouse by tho uso of wiro cloth, which _is coming luto common itso for that purposn. By durkoning {ho room, thoy may be driven ont. Of Iato years wo havo had littlo troubls with linrwa-flics, ‘Thn smoko-house is kept too dark for {ko maggot-ily, and chieeso are protectod in “Ihint tho magpota are dus to invect-parantage 18 quito evident to auy obscrving porson ; aud, knowing thiu fact, the proventive mnybo apolied, Theso flics produce an immonss wumbor of young,—lteamur having observed 20,000 in & ingio fly. 'This may at once account for their wondorful fncreass in 8o short n time, and then dnva for theso to produco anotiior generatlon. The olemanta of entomol- oy ought to ba taught in our sohools. It might bo introducad into our reading lessons at east. It should nut bo oxnected to thns make au anto- mologiat of che scholar, but to give him rational {dens in repard to inacet life. ~ ‘There are many [iestions of practical imnortande to the farmor thal appear simple in themselvos, and apparoncly ol ensy golution, that havo not been sottiad, will give you ono instanco in this conngetion DO MOLES AT VEGETABLER ? Thero i8 a way to settlo this dofinitelv, and yet among farmors“this_is &n opon question, and Jatt of our farmera do ot pormit tho killing ot the moles, as thoy, beliove that_thov destroy the larvio of the May-beetle aud othor inuects; whila others charge them with al! sorts of sins, aud destroy them on oll ccensiovs. Lor one, I havo taken tho side of the entomologists, who &ny that thin animal foeds on insegts only, rnd does an fmmenso amount of rood to the farmsr, Wa have a Stato Fntomologist, Dr. Lo Baron, of Geneva, lane County. whoso businoss and pleaanrs it id ta investigate those subjents: nnd tho farmer who bng_any doubt on this anbfect might send tne Eutomologiet epecimenn for him to dissect, nnd thus lenrn tho trus faots in regnrd to tho food of the animal, In a lato number of tho Jowa Farmer, 1 observe a atate- mont that the Entomologist of the Iown 3vri- cultural College iuvites tho farmers of Town to eand him moler for this purporo, Thia looks ns if ono man ot least, who i3 emnloyed to teach tho farmers, ia disposed to do his duty, Thare is no doubt that our common school could ba vastly improved ns rogards the education of the poople, connected with what is called the indus- Crics, It i ovident that onr Aerleultneal Callogos aro hardly gising na n smatterior of aurionltnre : and it moy be n quostion of policy to withhold aid to them, and to give it to the common echools, Under tholr preront managoment. T think no oandid man cau come to ony othor conclusion, A The farmer vaust fight flies, and, to do ro in thie best manner, nuat flout learn thefr habits, If thev aro produicad by Anontaneous produetion, ho may givo up all hopo: for, like tho liee of Egvpt, they would nhpesr without natics; but, ¢ they haze s parontoge. they may bo proe vented fron doing misclnef by oxemding thom from the object of attack, Thn good woman has dircovered that frosh ment keeps much Touger whon orpasad (o u enrront of wir, and that a box haviug ita aldes mado of wire-cloth wili keep oft’ tbo flien and admit air to the meat and thig givee sho farmor the hint that ho cun rir hia emolte-houro in tho senio mauner, and, at tho fama thae, exelydo the tly that iaya the maggots; and, with the saoi0 meas, tha house. {lies and tue biting flies from tho stable may be kept at by, CORA-CRINS, BAnnYVILLE, Defavato Co,, Ta,, Se n, HRuRAL dinve Junt i ir axtiels tn e Trangpe: of Sept, 2 on copn-erliv, 1ot bufld & new ono this full, and would thank yon for the do- description of the kind of materfals aud frame thit you bivo fn yourd, I want a crib 94 Ly &z an materinl as wilf ptaml crowdiuy,— thy middle tu the ridgo, If nucessa mosu to Voard up-ond Vi sized atudding,—2 by 4, or 2 by 6 2—and haw near t gether? T woud thank you for un: Feferance to tha matter it you may. lnducss togend me, Vo.ty truly yours, Jony B. Banuy, Tho middlo span_in the crib must bo at Jonst 12 feak wido, Rvd, if tho criba are nado 8 fact onch, the width wowld be 28 {ustead of 24 fest, A neighbor has ono of 21 foet, but Las alwave roqgrotted thnt it had not been wade 28 feet, In mine tha nills ara of piue, 6 by 8 ifuchew, 10 feat loug, and splived in tho middle, as 16-feot tim- bor conts mueh lesa than louger pieces, The joist aro 2 by 8, and 1 foot abart from centrs to centre, Chu frame rosts on bur-oak vosts about 4(t inches w dwmater, and 3 foct high, thouph a1 feet wonld do quite well, I should meko 1ho ontside studs 12 feet, using 12-faot stock- boards,—that s, 12 foot from the bogtom of tho wil io the top of the piata. The two foundalions ware rst Isid, £y 32 feat, or other nize, und placed 13 foat apart. The outsido stnds, as 1 keid, shonld be 12 feot, and the iusido study, 2 by 4 fnch, 16 foct. The rafters may be of canimon feneing, or 2-by-4 seantliug, 16 teet loug. ‘These are spiked to the lower plito and_ to the insido row of studding, and fostened at the comb of the roof in tho usual way, by s cross-tie. Inthis way the whole is medo firm and tied togethor, Strips of fone- ing ero uand for orogu-ties fn tho erth, to hold them from proesing oubward, Tha-utack-boardy ars usilod on vertically to strips lob juto the out- sida studding, and the seams ara Lattenad, Tho bottows of tho crits, ae stated, are of 3-inch strips, to admit of tho nir passing upwerd ; and tho mmide iy of fencing put ou horizontally, This ' also admits the air, and the erib is complete. It would not do to fill the mid- dlo spaco with corn, an it would cortainly spoil for the want of proper ventilation, But this muiddla suace is a good placo for wagons and farm imploments, s thoy are Becuro from tho wanther, Tho studdivg, I should have etated, 18 2 feet apurt, and, at conveniont places slong the tuside, the bourding is out for openings. Whis s done by cutting at a bovel and slanting upward, 8o that the picco cut at the studding can bo glipped back to its placo ea the crib js itled. About throe of these places on a sido will'bo sulticlent, Arter the crib iu fillod to the flaor, two porsons will bo required {o wulond ; ono to shovel from the land through tho Lateh- way, and Lhe othev into tho cribs. Tho roof may Lo uf board4 or shingles, an found the most con- venlont st tho tima; but & good shingls roof aud # coat of paint aro both desirablo, For the framo wo wants 10 piscey, 6 by 8, 10 foot long: 44 pleces, 3 by 4, 12 foct long } 80 piecen, 2 by 4, 16 feot long; 1 pleces, 2 by 8, 10 foot Joug ; 31 pisces, 2 by 8, 12 faet long ; ‘noout 2,000 foat 0f stock-boarde for outslde, and ahout 1,700 feot of 16-foot tencing for buttens, botrom, aud insido ; to which musat ba added lamber for window-frames, floor, ond stairwav, Such a arib will last au aga or more, and will be found uselul at all tines, a8 crib, granary, and houso for Imploments, ora attention ahould bo given to plans of farm-buildings that ls, Lnldinga adapted to a0, aud within ‘hn wens of the ordinary favmer, A groat muoy of our burns and atables could bo improyed by putting s busemant of Lrick or stong under than, ~uslng tho upper part for L storage of bay, and putting tho wvimaly in tho warm baveinent. Home years ago I remodolod largo borso-barn on this plan, sud it hay given gruat aatintaction, Tho old bullding was rased up, auda etory of brink added, ‘Fhore wam no axcavation, for the whole Iy above round,—jy warm in winter and caol {1 spomior, the story added helng 10 feet, 'he hiay in loaded in from tho outsida by the nse of & huy-carrier and hay- forl, Last ‘summor I suw o’ barn 60 fost long ‘Velng conatruated Ro as to Al I¢ from tha enda aad &t ke outaide,~4ko mows buewng 80 foet sauis, . 20, 1871, "Gin-ouie rn ol Bt dimsblo it to b tilled solid from top to bateom. TO MEARULE COMN IN TiE EAR. A farmor nuke how 0 menauro aorn in ho oar inacrb or bin, Thern aro sovernl rulos for this, but tho most common in vhat in called tho 28-ttieh Tulo | that In, upon the suggostion thatn box 1 font rquare and 8 inohop deep mill bold a.| Dbushel when shelled. This rulo applics only to tho dont or gourd-seed varioty of oorn, : Tho cublenl oontonts in- fant aro first ancurtained, and this muttipllod by 3 and dlsidod by 7, whiol selll grivo tho bunhol of shellod com uf o pounds, ‘Lhus s orib thur o 82 feot long, B foot wide, aud 13 foot hiigh in thoe nvnmgob\vlll Lold 1495 bunhols, and two of thom 2,850 bushicls, A common wagon-box, 11 fent lougg and 2 foot high, will hoki 29 bushela of corn in thio enx, Auothor rule for tha farm- or's boy In to reduco tho contonts to cuble Inchew, sud divide by 4,002, which will give lim tho bunhets, AME WEATHED. Antwinu thas ffar 18 wild ; tho froat hns not orlspod tho lato paatoes or Lo mwoet potatoos ; and the antumn aud summer flora are une bormed, Tho bovs sro hord at work, making atoonds for tho long summer-drought, that camo near tholv undoingg, for, when tho autnmunerain camo,, thoir niveri were almost destitutn of bonoy ; but now lhoy aro woll fillod, and the boos are happy. B This wuek, 5 QORN-NUARING is themain business of thio farmers heroabouta, 1t i8 o itils ourioun. to oo how the boys fix up thoir baud-goar to protect thoir hands from tho whatp husks. Two' vours ago I advised pine tar for conti~g to the buckskin gloves and mittens and somo gave i€ a irinl, and also tme it on tho Hall husking-glova; but mast pooplo Inughed at tho idoa, though'it is found a grent saviug of tho glove, This voar tho Hall usking-glove is doubdy avmed with brass,plates, and yot the application of tar to the leathoy will bo found uswful, oy it glossos down at onwo, and provents tho husk from cuitlog the leathor. 1 mention thiy as thin glove has como into general usc. Somo ugo buckskin mittons armoed with a common steol husking-pin; and those need an application of tar daily. Have tho tar warm, nud apply a light conting,—not so that 1t will run oft, or in nn{ way bostnear your olothing, The tar noon fills tho pores of tho skin, and mnkes it aluost a8 hard as iron, and adds great~ iy to tho wear. ‘Cho price of Taber ralea lower than usual for this kind of wotk,—$20 and bosvd belug the out- sido figures, though soute, by tho lob, makes bot- tor wages, but theso ate oxpert haods, Farmort are multiplylng thor wolls, sluking them into tho bluo clay to act s & cistern, agningt tho time of need, Four or flve such wolls, 25 foet deop, will hold a lutge surplus of wlutor, and many farmors are adopiing thiy plan. Most farmers aro now able to Liold their grain, and 1t is golng forward alowly. Very httle old corn i left, and the now is petting so dry that it vau bo ehotled aud sent forward If desmrablo, Ronas, LA DAME AUX CANELIAS, I thtnk that was the pluy 3 “I'ie hause was packed from pit to domo With the gallant und the gay. W0 lind 10 cewue 10 wet 10 Tragody, And white tho 0w away, n, of Tthiyme, Zrout 1o frout, And th surly Cuitic, "To uoa tho Play of ciie, Aud thero wan pompous Tenorance, And Viee in tlowers ud Inga; 8ir Crasus ana Sir Pandurus, Aud the musie phyed apce, But of zli thut crowd 1 ouly vaw A alugle, siugle face] That of o eirl whom 2 had known Tu the Simmera long ugo, Wunn her Licath was jiky the now. Or the svieet st flove.s that prow; Whun ber Leart wee it and ber soul was whito AS the wistor's driven Biow, Apd there sbe at with bor great brown eyos § Titoy warn o troubled louk ; And X read tho histors of Lz life s it wors an opun Laok § And suw bor Sow, likou slimy thing Tu the bottotu of 4 brook, ‘Thicre ohe bat in ber rusiling allk, With dinwonds on lior wrint, Aud on her brow a gleaming thraad Of puatt and smoryat, A chieat, u giltiad @alot " I aald, And wy oyes wera tiled with imist, T could not ses the players play 1 heawad tho muale moan 1t mocncd 1iko o dfsimal & “Ahat vt the waads alono, And whien i€ stopped T hewrd it stille The mourntul inouotany | mn wing, What if tue Count wera trite or fulso 7 1did rot care, ot I3 What If Cumiite for Acmaud died® did not koo hier die, o A. Biographical Skotch. One grurlous evoning fn Ootobior s littls cars- Yo might have boon seen tolling up n gteop hill 10 the viclnity of Now York; smid caravan oon- aiuting of a furaiture truok flllod with the por- soual property of I'of. Douglass, and & wagon, contafufng his wifo, n young friond of tho fomily, Aloxander M'Shaue, and s quantity of Ioona nrticles too numorous to montton. Tho T'rofofisor had gone on shead with bis dnughtor Madelino, Mrs, Dougluss glanced norvously ot tho intoroganeous mnsk of familiar srticios plled up boforo them, and, sighing boavily, looked nt her compnulon, ‘'1f only dadelino tins put a fow things away outof that firat lond, Aleck,” sho said, wistfully —'' got out tho tea-kobulo, you know, and wipad off o fow oups and snucers! I'd so likn to bavo ncup of ten for tha Professor,” Aleck tnrned upon tho poor Indy g0 loving & amitlo, #0 bright and cheory wittal, that it liglit- od up bis plain faco wonderfully, ** That will bo all right, Mrs. D.,” he said. * Wo'll havo up thiat stove in tho twinkliog of an oye, aud we'll make those old cups and saucors Jump. Ylind an oo on the ton-caddy mywilf sud beforo you know whero you ure tho Profose #or shall havo & cup of ton that'll munke his hinke stand on ond. As to Maddle, you know we can't foxprot hor to bother with theas tinga.” Mra. Douglass waa silont awhile ; then gho turned ber ead brown eyos upon Alug **It's o grent chango for Madolino,” sha #Ald, **n vory gront ohango, 8ho's boen used ta wo much exciloment, adulation, and amusomant, T o0t know how sho'll got on ; but It was al) 1o could do, You geo, 1t was ruinous living ln the city; the rtonk wea m0 high, vod thero wero B0 many fncidental exponses, and tho Professor's sight becoming impeired, Lo has not yot mado up his mind how to place Dimmelt.” Aleck ligtened s respectfully ns if ho hiad been a condonsed drawing-room of afternoon enllors; but Mrs, Douglass nt laut ostne back to tho con- solowsnees that sho was not tading to Mi3, Grundy, Lut ouly ta poor Aleck MeShane, ‘41t was all we could do, Aleck,” ahe ropeat- ed; *wo should buve starved in that great hungry city.” **Ob no, Mra. D.," cried Alock, hastilv; * not quite; no, Indeed. I assuro you I'm a humbla individual in tay wav, but Teould have kopt the W?" {from tho door with this red right hand of mino.” Ho flourisked the punr, bloodless hand of a clty clovls in tho nfr, and Mrs, Dongluws bnghed, and put hier hand lovingly on his shoulder, ou're fuch n guod follow,” shio ssid ; * it's # pity von should \e:o your life heio dnghng After Madetine, Bho’s 80 upoiled yon van never toll whather ehe eares for you ur pat : aud Tm suro, tito wav we are sftunted now, 1 dou't sco why you shonld sacrifiio——" . ** Ah, NMrs. Douglaws,” cried Aleck,” " it i tho sitnation now that hns the charm 1 0. Mad- dic, bolug_doucedly lofty, ho given all her purse-prond friendn the ulip ; tho" flat baw gono farth that neithar ricl nor great shall bo allowed to outer anr humblo domicile, and snaer at its unfroseoed walla, I may thank the good Goddows of Povorty for tho privilege of sharing your re- tiromont.” A A turn in the rond here bronght the cottage in viow, and they found Madoline ene throned \\&:ou 8 pild of mattrenses upon the porch, and tha Profogsor bolanizing in & noigh- ha!\ng tleld. * What a Jovely view we'vo got 1" gnid Made~ lino. ““T'va beon hopivg you'd pret hore befors the light leaves the shares youdet ; it wad wan- dorfully beautiful an bour or 80 ago, butit's boen fading gradusliy over since, There'sonly n romnant of ity glory left, Come and look at it while it 1nsts.” ' I'd be delightod,” eaid Aleck, ** but I'min & deuca of n hurry Just now to get up the kitchen stave, Just pareuuda it to star till tue five's lighted, aud some cups and saucers washed, and tho ton put to draw, and I'1 bo on hund." Alock followed Mrs, Douglase to tho kitehen, When he got back to the poreh his hands wo ratlior 4ooty, and a brond black bar rested on Lis nowa ; but it had grown ton dark for Aladeline ta soa thieke {niporfections, sud whe was porsuaded to 70 in nud bnvo u onp of tea that was warming tho heart of the Professor. Tho next morning Aleck fjumped ont of bed at suuriso, " and ran” diwn the gralrs twa Ateps at & ttme. Ho had detar~ Thure sar a Womaa opposite With piteous lip und syal The gront green quytnin fell OnIattab, ool Wik, né Wooem. Just an dual] 5 3 15 bacsy duy wilt Call FLwit u8 und ti, 1 Kuow The play 5t doiie, the Lilter play, Tne jieopi turued n go, - Aut did they sos thd Y'rage Fhreyuar tho pfuted s ik they dld 216 ws 1o Trugody,— “Tho 010 § 4w, 1 mean, ‘They did not eow that cold-vut face, ‘I'hat furtive luok af cure O, seeivg fiee Soviola, only The fady’s Tich ang fair,"" Bat I tell you, "twad the play of Ute, A L8 wiman paged Deapaie] =T\, B, didv Rald, A Jily 1 Xinutes o the Editor af the Nuie Xork Sun, Bir: In yenlordaya's Sun Iread with intorsst the account uf thie recont oxtraomimary timo mwado by an engine of tho Chieayo & Northweat- st Tuilraad, tuo © Wabasting,™ it tuuniug from Clinicn to Ohleagzo 6t 8 rate of neaily.1 milo per mmute. Tu the winter of 1355 T was fireman of thep engine on tho sume xond, which then only run to Fullon, on thia side of the Mississipni Hiver. - Lhe ouginv in u ** McQuoon,” built at tho Hehenectady Locomotive Works, nud was put on tho road in 1954, Sinco thow it has bewn thoroughly robuilt, ‘and iw now & Mt citw - winching, T rowember on one oceasion during that winler, When we mado somo 0xtin Lo, 80d_ovor & much poorer track thiy thora is now., Our usunl loaving-tine at Trirner Juuction wua G p. m., bus at tha time in quostion wao started 35 minutea lato, glving us but 81 min- utes to reach Binckborry Swtion to moot the dowu train und wake ous alup ot Gonova. Sam Bgear vau the ongive, and, though we had threo cary, the meoting was cilfectod, muking the won- dertnl Lime of nuarly or quite a mile » minuta, ‘Tlhier was rnothor engine ruuniog on the road at thut tiwo enlled the Nobraska, built hy Rogers, of Patoraon, N d. This_ouging_onco mads thg run over two bridues, 1 milo aud 8 rods apart, in B} soconds. Thewe bridges aro located bebween Cherry Vailey snd Bolvidore, on tho Galenn di- ;isxon, and the ougine wus then run by Hurmon wdder, In the symmer of 1356 I ran the engive Aricl from Tarner dunctim Lo Frankiin, 60 miles, in 74 winuces, and made throo stops, but Lad no cary, and wn quile sure, that even mero thon n mile & minuto was run part of the way, Ou the 150 of Aay, 1872, Jr. Junies Wood ran Engina No. 841 of the Now York Centea), from ltochester to Byracuse, BL miles, in 83 mivnies, drawing one car coutmning Alr, Van. dorbilt snd others of tho Central, Tho Anserican locomotivo s a most porfoct mnohiug, and with & good traolk thoro iu safety in fust time, Wo ero now usini stoel raits and figh- Plato Joints, muking, With propor ballusting, aa Fo0d i truck 88 can bo had, sud thero in 10 dane gex of derailiug tho *leadera"™ of u locomobivo 0 jong us the unovenness of the surface of the ruil does not overcome the elasticity of 1he truck-springs onough to throw thom oif. e ro. liove tho vertioal pressure upon the raflto so grosl o dogreo ua to bu_overcoma by tho mido thrust, as the wheel impingos on the rail, wnd produces wornting of tho ratl. This is vory much guarded ngaingt by elevating tho outor rait on curyes, which i3 bettor understood by bragk- bujldors now than twenty years ago, and I have no doubt but & speed of 50" milos an hour osn and will be wafely mado ovor the new quadruplad tracks now_belug put down on tho lino of tio Naw York Central, & most perfact pleco of track- natk, Our raflvey manngers are waking up to tho ecoouly of steol rully and good rond-bode, and with these tho Ameilcan locomotive oan apswer puy domand of tho traveliog public for fast thno, 0, L. Kxw Yorg, Bopt, 30, ————— A Monument, From the Eimura (¥, 37) Advertwer, Hemyy B, Fitol, of this clty, contomplaton a monument to the memory of the Confederalo duad wh died Jn prison Yore durlug tho War, to Do placed in Woodtawn Gemotery, in thix vity, It Intobo of artifloinl stono, 20 feat lu hoigiit, & elnglo shutt, supported by a plinth, baso, and sub-boss, not Lmnnsuhm much, if any, orpu- aensation, but boing of gracetul proportions sind piotluosblo on muny aoconuts, On ono face aro tho iusoriptions, % Requisscal in Pace,” +1874," " Erootod xg & Uufon Omoer In Momory of the Oonfederats Dend,” mined that tho old kitchen, whleh bad looked Tathor envornous und ploviny the night bofors, should grent ity poor tired mistrosy wich o wels coming live. What wag Lis gurptine. s hurror, to flnd Madefine standiig in = helploss attitudo upon tho Lestth-stona 7 % Why, Muldie,” he gusped, *what's np? Yau'te nover awake at this hour 1" " But T mean to bo," said Mndoline, turning upon bim snvagoly. Do vou thini I'm mude up of seltiubuens, 2nd grecdinoss, and meautess, tuat L will lot poor maninia toi like a slave whil 1 lioateaso i bed? Imoan to got up evory mornisg, and do the work, aud ali chat ort of thing, ouly I don't know what to do ar whora to begiu," Hlero kor voico faltered. I thivk it m!ll'hll'll)a so mmch betior, Alock, if wo wore all dead! 0 Lord! no, 3nddie,"” wnid Alack, collecting all the looae sticis from tho packing, and mnking a blaze uvon the Learch. **Ob no. Yon')l think batter of it yourself peesently, Thera ars ospae bilities in tuls ald housa that dou't sbine ouc on the surfuca. Iora's thie old tire-place, for in- stanco—you don’t wea this sart of ching 8 modern “dwolling. All it wants is wood, plenty ot it,” 1 oxpensive luxury,” eneored Aladoline, T are We to fuy L2 ** Blesg your soul, Maddie! wa don't want to buy it. Tho common kind of wood that eay be bought wouldn't muit us at all, I' toll you what it is,” pursued Aleck, I didn't waatn eIl my adiration upon the seenery us T came along; I loft that for brightor eyoy and handsomor ones to enjoy. 1 was prospeots ing, Muddie—keopi na oo aut for th main chanco—nnd really it sroms like Providonca, You know, peoplaare building, and pulling un troes, and tho lots bereabouts aro filled with huge bonlders of waod. Jual tho thing for us, you seo, {0 surroptitiously canso these bonldery 10 :linnEpunr Trom t\:eirdpreaout aviding-pluces, to tumblo thom over aud over until they rescl our premisen, then to lovor them into that capa- clous jlro-place, and, iuserting s Pow precious pine-kuots undor thom, cause a tremendous Dlnzo to radiate tho durkest cornor of this old kitchen; all this, Maddio, will bs wuy dolight Qf n shiny night 1u the seqeon of the your 1" Aadeline condescended to smile, tho kottle bo. gan to hoil, & sunbeam stolo in at tho window amd whone upon tho nowly-swont tloor. When Drn. Donglusy cano down breakfask was gmok- iug upon Lho tabla. * Why, Madoliae,” she cried, in surprine, *and Aleck) 1'thought you wore bath asteap,” P ‘¢ Madoling uavs you've to ba a lady,” said Aleck, ** and she's to be Cinderclla.” *Aud you tho Priuco, parhups,” said tho good 1ady, with happy tears In bar oyon, A fortuight afterward Madelino, hemmlui dif- gusted with rural joys, doclured upain to Aleck that it waa her koltlad. conviction it would bo better if they wera all dond, *If @ body had auy th aven a parrot wonld 'do, wmonlioy Il bring you home & parrot to-duy,® said Alocle, hastily dovouring his vroakiust, "L\.:‘ whito oue, pleuse,” eaid kiw tyrant, lane i o Certainly,—any color you like," uald Aleck, and he strode rway Lo the siare, DBus Alock did not know what » rara avis & white parrol waa. Luaving it till affer businoxs hourd, lis went down 1n searol of parots, and fonnd that sueh a Mng a8 2 nice whitd ono was not 1o be bnd for love or mouey; the groon onea woro dilaphlated, bolligeront, and Drofano; o ba went bhomo - ponderiug over the awkwardness of porsuading Muddio that ovou thiy misorably little roquest was an inordi- nuto one. o thought of hus love for her, aud the hopolessnoss of his over baving mono; cnough to offer kimkell to Mrdollne, evon if she'd hava him, which she wouldu’t; of that hotribla tread-mil of w store that was devourhig hira body and soul; and whether ho hadu's bot- tor go to Houth Awmerica and find b uncle; whon aniddonly Lo hioard low, whinlug cry, 1) was 4o human and_go pitcous that Aleck stood wtill and listonod, 1t- camo from tho dircobion of tha what!, uud was ropeated again and ugain, till Alock mado his wav to he very verge of tho rotton old plles, and disvovered that one of them hiad boon dislodged, und in falling had caught and pinned faat e itlo leg of o at-nwu terrier, that hud no doubt oumo to grief in the puraiit of zuts, It was a good hout’s work to extricato the leg fiom ita captivity, aud whon ig was talion out, the question waa whother it was oxth Lbe troublo, for It hung loose and limp, a1l bioody and brulsed, s way evidently brokey ng to amuse oue,~— who udded, “or a T w0 i AR L3 Db b Bs ion; hold the dog ovor tho wator A minuto, thinkiog ft bost to drap It fa and lot it drown af onco snd bo rid of Its misory, But it was o plucky, nover making 8 moan from the timo it hoard Alack's voico, and now it looked i1 hin tace a0 honestly and touchlngly, and so Scoteh withn), thay Aleok's heart warmoid lo i, and ho bad thoe bravory o twko this poor dirty malmod little orentute "homo (o Madeline inatead of tho white parrot. & & compound fracture,” sald the Pro- fosnor, wito had studied sucgory in his youth. *Tho creatura fs (n such a ntato of emeciation and weaknegn I don't think it can lve ; but, it Youwll hali i, Alack, I'll agt tho Lones and do what I can for it." Tk Alack's haud_tremblod, aud an awkward faintnoss camo ovor him. Mrs, Dougines hnd lul‘lf Ainoo Jpft the weono, and it remaluod for Madelin mfmm her fathor in this delicate and difiicalt oparation, Alack hold tho candla inatead of tho dog, and at euoh av nugle thnt the ok greata was in dangor of dripping on the poor littlo victim, and tho poor Profastor waa thanklul that his sonso of tonok was Ao gontle nnd necurnts. Aloul’s hond was tirnod with tho gl teous oxtiomity of the dog, and the wondrous oauty of Madolline, as hor lithe, Bup~ plo form bont over the Inp of the Professor, her whito fingers hold firmly but enrossingly the shattored log, and hor radlant oyos, fillod With thio firat toara Alecks had oser weon horoin, ehono down npon the Hitle snfferor with sub duod yot glowlng splondor, “IE T thonghit shio'd ook nnon mo fn that way," thought Aleck, “L'd go out immediately and svlintor my leg in a dozon places,” Dt ol Mudoline’n syinpinthy ana aMeotion wara Invishied on the dog ; it breamo the pot of tho honeohold; and, becanso | twna sp undeniably ngly, thoy oallod it Vonus, Aleck had cortatnly enved lta life by digging it out of the dobris of the whart, hut ‘this wonld biaye boon nclezs withont the skill of the Pro- fewnor in notting tho broken bonos, and the Pro- fossor could have done nothing without Made~ lino’s help, and when all was dono, tha dog wonldn’c bave lived if.Mre. Douglass had not como to tho rascuo with hor coddling soups and delicacios ; &o it hocame 8 _house-that-Jack-buile mattor of gratitude with Venus, and sho loved each and all of them with a limitioss devotion, A long, end wintor closed 1n upon the Pro- fexsor's family, and Alock saw wnuy more tenss in Madelino's beautiful eyes. Mra, Dougleos’ faca woro s look of auxiety akin to dosair, and onch and all suffered alone, not daring to whisper to each other, or oven to thomsolves, tho awful calamity that threatened them, Only ouo of Professor whon at timos hin head sauk upon his breast, and his moul shrank from tho pitiless thoughts tbat nesniled him. Alwave in the bit- toreat of these momonts a cold, soft substanco insinuated jtsclt into the drooping hand of tho Profossor, and, lurning, he found it tha nose of Vonua, _ Only tha Professor knew, and he scarccly dated own to hima!f, the inestimable valua of tho dog a8 sho cuddlod closo to Lis feot dav by day, holf guiding the footatons that grew moro aod more distrustul of eonfidence. L3 Ob, the misory of getting akillfal with tho renso of Louch, the bitteraosa of fnding the faco of big wife growlng dim and indistinet fo him—n hnzy veil anroadiug itself betweon biw and tho oved of his daughter | Tarlor and inrdor becamo the strain upon his wasted sizht a4 ha toiled over tho hean of manu- Aerint in s tahoratory—meny o prayor oscapod hia lips thst o wight geb his work into shiapo ba- foro the ond eame. ** You sea,” ho snid ono day to Alsok. wpon whom ho bad eallod for bLelpin an experimont, “if the book ean be publishad, it will be valuable in ita woy 5 thore iain it the patient work of & lifotimo.” Aud at that moment tho awkward hand of Aleel Jogged the Professor's nray, and out of his graap pon tho tublo droppod tha jar of dissoly- 1 acids, which liquid tapidly aud eitectaally licked up and effacod sheot after sheat of the preclons seript, whila Aleck and tho Profossor, powarlasa to sxve, jooked on 1n a horror that wrtoak of potrifuction, An sshy quiver trem- led upon the Profossor’s lips, “The work of a lifetimo!" ho murmured, “and you caw't—" gaspod Aleck, Then he remombored all. The blood monntod up into Alecl's head, he bocamo mad for a momant, and, saizing the beavy ctucible, wonld bave dashed out bis braing, hed not the strong arma of tho " Profosaor enmpnased bim about, * Be comfortod,” Lo said. **God iy above us 2Lt Dot poor Aleck rusbnd ont of the Jabor- ators in hot bnste to Alve, Douglass aud Mado- tine, crying, “I'vo ruivod ms all, ovury on of us, 1'm gome to find rmy nucle, and it I mako a fortune, yow'll seo me’ again; if not, good-by toravar (" He took Mru, Douelnss in' his arms and kisspd hor over aud over agaim, but only once did o stoop and touch the white brow of Mudoling, A8 for Vouus, she hud gono to fhe Profossor, Thon Aleck went from tho hearthe stone of the littlo cottuge, und it saw blm no more from that day, Deprived of Aleck's cheery honldors, the bearth-stone grew caveruons and cold, the Jow black 1uftars, no longor echolug his iorey quip and jeut, hung pondsrously low over the drop- fugr heads of e littie family, Duys aud weokd and monéha wora by, and ot & word cawe from Aleck, “¥hi0 nawty sea has ewallowed himmp," anid Mua, Donglaia, > ‘* Honyon forotond ! " said the Professor, But Mudeling cried out that be had forgotten thow all. And I wish sho could bave scon Aleck when shio asid that orucl word—seon bim and looked into his " heart, as ho gatloped over the Sowthern plain, Dis tawny hnir bang- g long upon his shouldsrs, u Moxicaa #rdilo beneath him blazing with Jew- als, hin loug sbauke half covered with embroid- erail logginge, his kombroro bint, and hia eilvor #pusn !~ And this gay cavabior, who would have deliglted heor oyes, Was s loyul as when of_yors ho belongad to ber, body and koul, His hoad was full of nchomes for making movey #o fast thok bocould fly in soarch of her, and his heart full of Dittozuess for her seowming oruolty and neplect; for he had writton twice, aud oven thrice. Ho hud tried;them each and sll,—Mado- line, Mrs. Dougluss, aud the Drofeasor,—and he wan half tempted to invoke the gods ‘in bobalf of Veuus, for be had gotiou no anxwer, uot ono, Itow could Leo? 'His nnele, whoso moral oducation had boon eadly ‘meglected, ub- #iracted each of thoso loiters from the myil- bng, and, ufter readiug them with cousiderable interest and apprecintion, had touched them to the Liazo of Lid cigar, and watehod them fall in- 10 ashes upon the broad versnds. ‘“Tho Ind i cloan daft,” ho wnid, srewdty; Hand & word from this quean would furs-hin asay Just when I want bim the most,” Au ihio secoud wintor was closiug in, affairs at tho cottago woro an ominous look, for tho Pro- fosyor's sight bovamo but » ghivumer, and Made- ling, goiug over to town one da, tricked ott with b6 old splondor, jooking 88 wiand and quoouly as whon her poor fathor ssiled on tha tide of Pprouperity, causod a protound sigh ta well up trom the beari of hov poor mother, and with it the wish that Madeline was a triflo losa lofty in utylo, 5o that the uituation would be less incon- griouy, But Madeline raturned at eventido with a glow on har fuco that rivaled that in the weatern ' Covgratulute we, mammal” she e “T'vo beou to sen Madamo Chappelis,” ‘' Not to order & now dress, surely 2" crisd tho poor Judy. * No, donr, roplied Madeline, “but toseck for & Aituation, iey've boon dissatisfled over so Toug with that homely young womnu iu the show room ; thoy waut a figiro Lo mino thers, mani- ma—tall, and gracui, and statuesque, ['ny not to prick mydaiuty fiuzora with & noedlo, anly woar out all my good oluthen in recoiving visitors and taking orders, And we must get to the vity, muinnin ; it i%, afcer all, & great sholtoring obd pilo for the poor, Loy hord in thero togathor, and tho houses closa abont thomw, the streets and alloys liodgo thom in, and théy get come fortubly lost from sight in the great suiging erowd of humauily. Tho wamont an impos cunions family ventures toward tho wuburby, a molancholy couapiciionsuoss marks thowm for its osn, nhd they bocome the mere puppots of u umlignant wotonoly, And ch, mamma, dou’s please don't, for, now that I can do somes i6 I #linll be 50 bappy [ Ho 1 mn amazingly short time tho Professor's femily bacamo parc and parcol of that Ve but powertal cluos known ak tha working 1ans of ¢hia motiopolid, Aud, in God’y good rovideno, ©0vou tlio Lrolusor was uspird to tako astand unt & down-toan gidowalk, for tho ale of spactaolon and optical auxiharien of various kinds, Vemud guiding him to and fro, koeping o sharp oye upou pasaing podostriuus, aud wasching tho selos warily, “Lha ead Ifomieric fuoo of the Pro- feasor aud the sharp fidolity of Vonus becoming ouu of tho laudmarkn in the viciuity, they wers treatod with the succoss and regpeos their variouy oxcellonces metitod, 8o tho vours want by, aud in courss of tnue Madoline's capacity for Lusinoss developad, aud It tocamo & speciuley of hora' td mauago tho Liidel tolet in & wanner mur- voloua to bahold, to loop tho veil andurrange the orange-blonoms, to diupe tito train, and dofily bin the overskirt Wo thal ovory curve of the Louiton or pofut should be sean to advautage— #llinanch & waythat tho sowewhut fuded charmsy OF miany a passo biido bloomed out for that onco with a urlumnu{ that porhaps mado tuo sididen and firemediable collapse AH tho more painful to thuso intoreated, At ovonlug parties and stately balls Madollne wag n such deraud that it booamo & great favor %0 nootiro her uudivided attention, aud anzions O T AT T STl thom bad souraga to approach tho touoh' with tears ot unrgornen» and entrosty, In the monowhilo Madollno's “cheoks lons roundod, hor brillisnt color waned,” hor fuca loat ity perfect oval, and tho great, wistful, malancholy oyca ahons from 1t 11ko Joud-stars it distrona, Tliera wore woary honura for poor Ma, Dougless, and bltiar toar khbed, snd sighs and ragroty unwpeakable; hut theno woro in seerot, whoro no eye could nao, Aavo thoso of Vonus, porbiapd, nhose lugnbrioun sympathy was alwara clos at hand, /7o think, Yonuw," slghod- tho poor lady, “ihut she way ouce tho prebilent of tbom all, and fil for any uubol in tho land 1" ** Boo-hoo 1" whumpored_Yonus, with #o Inme ontablo a aniff that Mra. Douglash foll 1o laughe 1ug, aud forgot her griofu for the momant. One morning Madoline wan sent for to nseiab 1n tho fnveniion of n tallat for oun of tho bollai of tho Kozgou. 'This yonuy; Indy had apparontly Hurneodod in enanaring ono of the matrunonial prizes then in the marlot, and to bring the ohinao to a succesful conclusion n grang hall way to be given by the snxioun matan, Tho temquxm trophy wng fu tho rocoptiou-rooms, making & morojog enll, “Tor you geo, Miss Dougluan,” sntd tho mamwa to Mudolino, who was taking a bref ndvantage of tho enpaclous dlning-tablo for tho cutting out of materinl, * ho hny nHl hin time $o himsolf, and nothing to'do but kull i¢ the Lot ho onn (it would ba much bottor to gradne ata the puild on tho teain), e hag milliony of eattlo on tho l.lv(lnlnu &uul all tho fullness In the pavier, I think), sud sonds all that sticky mae terial hero for tubbor overshoen (I'd cut 1t low on the shouldory), with s diamond wmino all to himsolf in Brazil—" . Horo tho door openad, and the dangbtor en~ tored with n graceful atep, bu¢ thunder on hor brow, for the niercing whisher of hor mamia bad peuatrated to hor oars, and sho had cangh & few of thosa chaotic soutouces. Porlhiape coma of them bad renoaed her companiun, for ha glanged with an amused smilo after hor througl tho “opon door, aud o pair of hig wistful oyes looked into his fust for ono weo ouds thon the door wae closed. Bub Alecl startod up—for of course it wns ho— sud looked sbout bim i bowildermant, Tha amusod umile gavo place to & flush of engernons, o wild yearaing, ** Who waa that withia 7 e eclod ¢o Lla fair whon she came hack to hun, companion, 44 Qaly mamms," sho ropliod, ** Thero ywaa somaboly olae," hio sald. Thosg eyes nover belauged to Jour mothar | ‘Whoraupon the zfam": 1ady beeame coldly rotls cont, and resisted all furthar ontreaty, Aleoky sighing hoavily, bado her gaod morning. * What & fool I am!"ho murmured, o9 e took the roina from tho ands of bis groom, **always looking for tho noedlo fu the haye Btack. The oves weraw't Nko Maddio's, affor 8ll 5 too lollow and sad ;" and casting hia own upon tho sidowalk, bo aw o figure otory from & tido door of the houss Lo hig loft. The fnco wag volled, but tho form was plinnt and gracefal, and tho wall was lika—ray, cortaiuly liko Maddio's. Ho draw up his Latues for & e fucut, stared wildly after tho recoding figure : envy it got into a ataze’ and vanish; thon earsod his smp«dlty for lotting it cacape, *“Butl can't,” growled Aleck, “rusk un to avory woman I meot, and tear tho vell from hier faco. Ican't break throngh doors in s'ranga houzos ta look after familiar eyes. What in tho nnwe of Heavon am I ¢o do 2" At suppor that night Madolina told her mamma that phiohad con that day the Grand Sultan whose handiorchief was in such domand, **Ho igu't 60 vory bad-loolung, mamms, He wenrs Lis bnir Jong, and his_evos are eaper enough to dart through a dorl plank. ifa matohod me tlll T got into a stage to “got 5id of Lim.” “Wag Do fusolent? eaid Mru, Douglau, haatily. 5 * No,o,” eatd Madeline ; “ only T think bo thaught Uo had ecen me bafora,” Hor chooks glowed with tho old vorwilion ; Ler oyes shono with the old splondor, and sha ate not » mouthtul—not ono, But she was callod no mora to asaist in the tollot for tho ball, nor did ho gotono other glimpsa of thous cagor eyos, Slio hoeard of hiva olton aud {n variona waya. At lnst, shen tho Bonson was at its clono, she learned that tho mat- rimonial nrize had eseapod the eraup of afl thera oager compatitors, aud was about to sail to Jia- 2il to laok after Lis estates, Tho ono bit of nowa conmoled hor for tha other. Sho would rather henr of his going to Brazil than getting married, There was some thing in tho latter probability unboarably hittor 3 sud n8 to tho other, It was better, porhaps, thae he ghould bo lost to her sight and hoaring, for the mero meution of his name had become matter of nervous ruxioty to hor of lats. ‘The fact was, Alsck had really taten passaga in the big stoamer’ that was rapidly lading foe tho voyage South. Ho had grown eo tired of looking at handsomse froes aud following wrnco- Il forms, only to be disappoiuted and bnfilad to the verge of madoess, thnt only that night ha declared to o friend, with whom be was walking to lils hotel, that not even Venus hersnl? could tempt him farther. when enddenly a littlo do:c snapped tho chailn that bound him to a blind man, aud rushed upon Aleck, squealing nod whining, overy stubtorn hair on end with very ov. Jog. ™ Why, it i Venus horaolt1” criod Aleok, entelring hior in Lis arms, and gazing with do» lirious ccstacy upon tho broken chata thab in Bflw“ but tempting way led straight to Madee tic, His friond, having no_oxperienco canine raco, and a asadly horvor of hvdroy wout rapidly noross tho street, and wavo diul good-by to Alock, * Wao'll meet at tho hotel at dinner,” Lo added. Tut Ateck did not dino nt tho hotel that evon- ing. Yinding tnet Vonus, after tho firat greots iug, would not romaw in bis arms, but strazgled to tho pavoment again, and, utboriug & suort, sbarp cry, startod off ou a trot, Aleck folloed bher aa best ho could through highways and by- ways, uader the poles of carts and the nunos of horges, At lnst ehe turnod down a dingy stroet, and ran straight along till sho rencted 1 little rlc'fiut{_lwu»fltnfl buildivg, up _tho rotten stairs of which shoe clumbored, and seralehed twice with her paw at tho closod door on thy landing. ‘“God bo praiged,” criod tho voice of the Pro- feesior withiny it {s Venus[" aud o clattor of josous feot bastonod to the door. Alock fell buck and gaspad for vronth agit openod and a young woman atoopod upon tho thregbiotd to carcss tho dog. Sho was in tha full Jight of a dusty sunbonm that stiuggled theough the casomont. Sho was worn, &40 wag wasted; all the brilllancy and glow of hor old beauty woro gono; but ohl okl oh! sho wia Madeline Finding & big form looming over her, gha looked up and saw Aleck, with tho old_ yearning Jove in his oyes—heard him falter out. her nams, A bluo prllor wpread ovor Ler face; sbio olutched the Janding for support “ Mamma,” aid sho, I think I'm going to fain Then Afeck's”tonguo was loosoncd, Yo got down on his knees in the dingy corridor, and hold out to Madelino hus trombling hants, “ Don't faint, Maddio!” La enid; *don't, for God's enko, do ' anything a8 eruel e tant, whon T've just found you, after thinking the oarth Iind opened aud swallowed yon all, and tho fors tuue my nnclo left me wonli{ bo of 1o use, nftey all, toany of us, For I warn vou if wo don't ga down thero pnd take caro of it steaiuhtway, L'l disappoar ika tho snow-tlakes youder, Tha Lu- din rubber *li melt, the Lerds gallop off, tho dine monds hido in the wool of tha seukors, the #tocks go down to zero, and 1'll bo tho poor dovil again you used to despise!” “*Dégpisn!" echoed Madeline, tears of joy, of bumility, of gratitude, of love, falling on his outstretched hands. aloek kissod thom awny with rapture, sud looked np at & white, wonder- stricken faco boudiug over thom both, It yow'll let mo take supper with yom to- bty 3rn, Do 1o waidy lUhelp we to b hieyp in the reality of tho thing. I'd e it te cnt my throst if Iawoke aud found all thie o onm. ‘Then he turnad to the Professor, “Could you find o {fu your hentt, sir,” he 8ald, touching ravereatly the Professor's haund, fto go with me to Bzl ? - As God s muy judere, T beliovo thut your savice and presence cuero #ave ma framrain, 16 s plaio to be scen, sir, thay the dog wos sent to me,” “Yee, ves," unid the Profossor, by a higher poywer.” i It wag a more frugal medl than ever szain was seg bofore them, but I don't romembor & heppior one, A for Yoing, o alaopa now on n Parsinn T™g, Woars at immonse dinmoud on hor stubby tuil, aud furos pumpiuously overy dny; but srratchod thit night on some traw in the cactier sho tasted the rave fulleily that is given scna. tinea to tho humblest agont of God.—ZLarper's b the hobis, & cor~ *hero I8 Alock 30Shaua, Alngazines OCTCBER, oy wnods which blvzg, Avcl wkles o iuy, 1y b and hold 1o n Tumonneably fard the waters i Tou alaw, 40 treigiited heo Can Hor Ways With gali of eltu wud Dirchs: from tn inze Of foreats, Cliestuits elfcking one by ony Eacape from satin huis; her trligor dono, ‘The golilag upready tom 01t 1o oy diye, And l{ke lato rovelsm a2 dswa, the ciance OF one nwoel, mad, Jist hour, Al tbligs i), Aud conquertug, flush aud wpin; whilo (0 wulisnee Tie ayoll, by aunset door, wraoped In & voil Of red and purplc mlsly, o Bummor, pa o, u‘:{f.m fox ane more souyg and dancs, valluvf nbove the g) grow e