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——_—_——<—<—$— LITERATURE. CIAN SOCIAL LIFE IN THE ATTIC PERIOD, Secu tyre in Gneece nom Hosicn ro Mewanorn, By the Nov, J.P. Sanariy, Teliow of Trinity College, Y2nie., pp. 190. Ls Macmnillan & a Among all the great nations of antiquity, the Greoke excito our livelicat curiosity and chal- Jengo our highest adnitiat:on, Their art and their Hlera'tre bave boon tho subjects of our study and tmitation for conturies, while their history we havo sought ¢&traco in overy lino uf their welling, {n evoiy fragmiont of their aculpt> greand architecture, and in every relic of their life, that bas como down tous. By this diligent resentch, we have been able to follow, with tol- erable certainty aud sailefaction, thelr carcer as spooplo, and tosaarch ont the decds and tho motives of thoir great leadera; but our knowl- adgo of their social hablin, of thoir domestic mapsgoment, of thelr Lomo and family life, etlll remalos vague and thadosy. Scat- tered roflections aud woanty inferencer, gloanad from their writors, who refar hut incidentally to private affairs, are our only sources for this moet {nteresting sort of formation; and wo must, perforce, build upon thees, with tho help of innch conjecture, our ideas of the customs whiob provaited in their housobolds, of the way in which they couducted their eating, and dress- ing, and elecping, their frievdships and layer; ja short, all that concorns their domestic and social relations. Mr. Mahatly has treated the snbject in a pecul- farly charming manner, bringing to its elucida- tlon matorials tbat have boca gained from alouy and intimate famillaricy with the remaios of tho Greek posts and prose-writors., Yot, with alt bis kill and eobolarabip, he bag given na rather a plctare of tho character of tho Atireuians, than of their social life, Of this, of which we wish to know the most, we aro coomed to learn the loant. Still, wo must gratefully acknowlodge that our anthor bas rendered yaluablo assistance in tho matter by giviug clearness aud colicronce to our conception of the facultics, the feolings, the morsla—the inner hifo—of the Hellones. Aeau esaenti2] preparation to an underatand- Ing of the Grecian character and culture ia the Attic period, Mx. Mabaffv pketches the lifo aud manuers of theepic and the lyric agex. Froma roviow of the whole, he finda that tho Greek mind aud disposition exporioncod no radical thango during the -bistory of the nation, Qut- wardly they wero modifiec ty the forces of cul- tivation and circumsiances, but at the rvot they wote ever tho same. In tho rude ages of ifomer and Hesiod, ag well as in the polisued days of Tericles, the Grocks were an excecuingly wensi- tive people, with delicate nerves of taste and touch, with a keon relisn for physical and intel- Isctual ploasures, with anintenso love and craving for beauty, with an equal dread of pain aud aby horrence of that which was ugly and disagreoa- ble, and with a lack of genuine courage, of trutbfalnesr, of compassion, and of loyalty. They wero refinod vy vaturo, tloxible and brill- ant ip intellect, but cold. seifich, diahouest, and cruel et heart, Intho flomerie age, wowon, of the higher wails at least, enjoyel freedom and coprideration; but, at all periods, poverty was acorned and derided, old age was despised and (il-treated, slaves wera abused aud oppressed, tnd captives taken in wac were outraged and alsin mmithout mercy, In the lyric age, thera was an improvement in kovial intercourse, deapits pf tho chronic civil wary that embittered every relation of life. Thero was more refinement at the festive board, the art of conversation was sultivated, and noise, and clamor, and dinnken- poss wera condemued. Women ttill bela o pori~ Hon of dignity, and matrous mingled wisuout teatriction in goneral racicty. Contrary to the recoived opinion, Mr. Mabafty belioves that, iu thoago cf Poericlou. Greck art and literature wore already in, their declino. Ybo fever of politics which thon pervaded Greece fatally affected the pursuit of the privt- tr, soulptor, architec, aud mov of lelters, Un- der its powonous jofluence, morality was paras iyzod and social life was detonorated. ‘Tho atti- tudo of women was lower than it had ever beov bofora in Greece. The aucicut custom of living in the country and visiticg tho ity only on buaie rexs bad been gradually abandoned by tho citi- tens, aud the chavo Lad imjoriously aifected the freedom and dignicy of the fomale sox. From the lth, and dinorder, and turmoil of the tity streets, it wan usither easy nor pleasant for oman ta go abroad, and the iuiluenco of Ler reatraining proseuce ccased to be fo'$ boyoud ibe precivets of home. Hor position as a huuse~ wife was also less important; and, as political power and honor came to be the only considora- tion, the wenker sez, toxcther with old age, which could be of no use hore, were pushed aside and crowded under. ‘Avother cause for the degradation of womun is found in the incteased communication of Athenian inen of gualty with the spieudid Courts of Iouinand Perla, ‘The iniluence of Asiatic woalth and Iuxury must have beon felt by the ploasurerloving Greek, while the oxumple ‘of tho Knstaru harem undoubtedly tanght him to rentrict the rights and privileges of the wom on of hia family, that bo might enjoy {nll liberty of action, while they were coufued in neclusion, and prevented from criticism or iuterfexcuce with bly occupations. - On the disputed question of Aspasia's position, Mr. Mabatfy inclines to the view that her life Fas correct, aod her relations with sooiety re- spectable. Bhe may nave been a free-thiaker, and, ae Biilesian Indy, her munners were fioer than were suffered among Grecian woman ; “* but there te no absolute proof of Ler waut of dignity snd morality." Sho was regarded with jeaiausy on acoount of the great intluence and Attraction of ber .alente and Jearning, aud Behae the charges of the comedians agaiust ber purity. In one of the most valuable chantors of bie book, treating upon Religion in the Attic Age, ‘Mr. Mabatty draws an extended paratlel between the religious faith of (he Grocke aud that of our own public in modern times, Ho contends that the great body of the people were always reliz- fous in the samo aense that the Christian world isreligious. That is, they were bound by tiadi- tion and habit to a oreed, which many counsoion- tlously adhered to, and tho free-thinkers did not cara todistnrb. In the skeptical ago of Pericles, it was only a few bold and speculative spirits who jucetioued the truth and reasonableness of the reck mythology. ‘Lhe groat mace firm in tha orthodox faith of the nation, NINEVEH, Asrrnun Discovenira: AN Account oF Exrtona- TIONS AND DISCOVERIES ON TUR BITE oF NINEVED Duaina 1873 any 1874, By Gronox Satrris, of the Deyattment of Oriental “Autiquities, Britlsh Mu. seu, Author of “Uistory of Aenurhanipal," eto, ‘With Uluatrutions, sro, pp 401, Now York: Serib= ner, Armatrong & Co. ‘The author af this work bas been since 1867 engaged ia deciphering the caneiform toxts and inecriptions discovered among the ruins of the anclevt cilles of Assyria and Babylonia. Ho frat Dogan the abstiuse study as the assistant of Bir Denry Rawlinson, in the preparation of spew volume of “Cuneiform Inscriptions." In the prosecution of his researvhes, he bag since brought tolight many interosting passagos in the early Assytiau and Dabylonian history, Among the most important of hia discoveiies wav that, in 1870, of the tablote containing the Cheldcan accountof the Deluge, Theso tablota wore found among the re.nains of the Assyrian library which Mr. Layard discovered in the palace of Sonnschecib at Ninoveh, and conveyed to tho Dritah Museum, The libracy originally existed in tho form of clay tablets, which were inscribed with texte lp the cuneiform character. Ouly broken frag- ments of allaizrs, from balf an uch to s foot Jong, and thickly coated with dirt, were recor. ered by the explorer ; but, with great care and labor, Mr, Smith succacded in finding, among those, Pisces which fitted together, forming an aiinont entiro tablet, and giving a voralon of the igo ina fame tablet proved to be the aloventh of twelve tablows containing the his pain of an wvkuown hero, named Tadubar, oe et from pebaeauent discoverios, Mr, Sivith : 7 sounder t Mince ead of the Bible and the @ hide interest taken in these curious dis- Say einen the peas of the Loudon ny garaph ‘to offer the sum of 4,000 guincas for trevh researches in Nineveh, pra- Telos, Perri the expedision, journoys and explorations, Tne aa “ He oopted, and Mr, Smith lett Loudon, 3873, for Mosul, the ite of the anclent city. Ito arrived at his dostination after the usual aouoy- ing oxperiouces of Oriental travel, gud com: monced excavations on the % Work waa continued until the late ote Bay ‘i ! A missing portion of the ‘tavicl containiug fhe account of the Deluge, slready alluded to wae fortunately seoovered, At thie juncture, the propr.etors of the Teleqra, t heir objet in the explorations hed teases test Plabed, and declined to prosecute th On ezamining the co'leouon of autineies ‘wblob zesulted the expedition, after the:r arilval in Engtard, they proved #4 valuablo that io -Liasteowof the Bria Mugo 3 1 daractedt Mr, Ui to return to Mosul, and ¢tccevate during the remainder of tha period ec vered by the firman oranting potmaies.on to catty on the work. Tle accordingly left Loudoo, Nov. 25, arriving at the rcene of oporations, dan. 1, 1974. The ex- “Jorationa wero proncuted wich. great activity itil the 14th of March, whon this interference of tho Tarkist officials hid beconn » 8a harassing that Mr, Smith closed the work ans! de;arted for Kngland, Tho exeavationa during Br. 6 h'a two vinita did not Inst quite four months, y oy yiolded over 3,000 ineaiptions aud fratnios ts of faeciin- tions, bLocitos vases, sculptustsa, domentio uteuels. and other objecta «i! exceeding intorest, ‘She importance of — the ti scriptions is fully oxpluned oy Mi, Banl'h, who gives.a translation of manv of 16 most yal- uablo. Those throw great lisht up'an Bibsical aa wellas Assyrian bietory, and am ply repay tho cost of the exhibition, Amang thet antiquities collected ato a portion of an astr¢lobe, a horn spoon, a bronze fork of cleca:t trorkmanship, beads, bracelaty, brackets, lamps, d:agmonts of acrretal throne, ete, atc, A donc: i pti of thn moxt finportant objects 1s incorpc), ated in the history of the oxplanations. Mr. Smith calenlates that at least 29,000 frar- ments of the Sibrary of tne palace of Seunacherib still remain barle¢] in tho ruins, of the ediiico, and that it would reqnira $25,000 and tho work of threo years to recover tho treasurce. Itig to bohoped that, at no late day. the excavations “which have proved 80 trofiteblo may be renunacd, not to paneo until all tho material of iutoro vt to thoare ohaologist, lidden smong the delnds of those ancicut c.tiog, is restora to the work L. INSECTS OF ILLINOIS, Fovarn ANNvAL Ruronr es rae Nose § ano Dawe. FICIAL INRECTS oF THR Svate or Traano, By Wittram Le Danox, M, D., Brate Entor 3 alogist, ‘This is 8 respectable volume of over 200 pages, being the firat part of tho axthor's "0 utlinos of Entomologt,” inchtding the order of () seaptora. While, in the opinion of some, tho atithor bas, ton certain oxtent, stepped aside from his logltl- mate fel] of inquiry under the auspices of the State, ho has, vovertheless, accomplishod for Entomology a work which can scarcely be over- eatimated, Tho numerous teachers in the State, now especially interested in this iwanch of science, will hail with Joy so able an arwistaut in the classitication of the Coleoptera. ‘Tho labored aud exuaustive work of Lacordaire isuo expensive, and, the unfinished treatise of Le Conte is so abstruse, that students i" equent- ly turn away in despair, bocauso those: master in tho scicnce ato to them nearly uulat eligible. But, in the preseot work, many valuable features of both Lacordaire and Lo Conte havo L wen pro- served, and so arrauged that the averse 0 reader will have no dificulty in making su’ ostantinl progress. With great skill and immon.ia tabor, tho author Eas prepared Byuop teal tablews which fend easily dawn from tho claws thraigh the tribes, the families, and the sub-familices, to tho fanora, eo that a comparatively-inexpen isnced utndent will tind the subject made perfec tly ouay of comprehension. A list of authors who have contribri'od to North'American Coleopterology, and an ext onded plossacy. itty chase the roport, It is wl cerely to bo rogreted that tho author's lealt h bay been so seriously imraired as to compel bim temporarily to luy neide his work, It wins pro- sumably his plan to eupplement the p12 esent volume with synopses of the other ordore ; and, when it is underatood that he bas for yeany mada the Diptera a subject of special investi gation in tao study of which order Baton Daten ncken stands peurly atone in the country), all intorcsted will heartily join in bopinz tliat ho may soon recover to proaccute the work t.3ua 8 successfully begun. THE HOUSEYOLD, Tre Bazan Boon oy Tun Movsenown, tome, 4G. Now York : Marper & Brothers, The honschold journal of the Harpers’ hiv ac- quired so honorable s reputation for the :rac- tical nausea and sound judgment displayed | 3 ity artizlos, that ite name bas come to bea gu.eran- teo of the exoellonce of any work that io stamped with it. The papers in tha present volume have not een pub- lished in the Bazar, but they wore written ox- prosely for tho Sorics tha! bears ite title, and F-a1 take of the eterling character of alt work iska ied under its supervinion. ho principal topics embraced in the esa ya aro marriage, establishment, servants, how ie- keeping, cnildron, homo-lite, and cotpatiy. From the medical knowledze evinced in the & He cussion of certain of these topics. we show Id judge tho author, whose namo is withheld, to be & physician; but, in any cave, a ‘goede ly amount of wiao couveel ia given tn the cour sa of the treatise, which it would profit moxt to road and meditate, The bookis republican in ite tone; and by that we moan that it breathes chia spirit of republican inatitutions; that it incu - catos simplicity; frecdom from the fettera if custom, society, and fashion; healthful selt-in + spect and independence; together with sensilx o and right wavs of thinking aod acting. Amon ¢ the many works of its class, almod at the educa - tion of the household, and thus the elovation of tho rave, it desorves to rank well, from both -a moral and ecouomis point of view. PP. AMERICAN CYCLOPADIA, ‘Tne Awentoan Crcrorepia: A Povutan Drorzore - “any or Genrnat Kxownepay, Edited by Groaay Tupurr and Caanuxs A, Dana, Vol. V, Godo—Deo mottes, New York: D: Appleton & G3, 563 and 5t4 Hroidvay, London: i6 Litt Beta, “Giferga t Moses Warren, 103 State atreat, southeast corner of ‘Wa-hington, The fith volumo of the now ediion of thin Cyclopindin je fully equal to the first four, and ovincoa a laudable dotormination on the part of* tho publishers to make it the best book of rofcr~- enca for American readars. We notice among: tho names of the contributors to the erticlos in, the fifth volume, thoaa of Antonio Bachilier y Morales, author of the article on Cuba; the Hou. T. Sf. Goaley, the ominont constitutions! lawyor, writer of tue articles, Common Carrlor, Coustitutionsl Convention, Corporation, Cus- toms and Ussges, Doeds, und other {egal articlos; Mosulter Johnson, on Credit Mo- biter: the Roy. Bernard O'Reilly, 8. J., op Roe man Catholic subjects; Ttichard A. Proctor, on astronomical matters; Prof Youmans, on Cor- relation of Forces ; etc., etc. Thanames of these writers, and of othera which might be produced, are the best guarautes Of the thoroughness of their contributions, aud of tha general character of the book. ‘The itlue- trations which accompany the book are not the aT of ita attractions, “Adi to this the fail, clear type in which it {s priotad, and it will be scen that the Amorican reader can find no better book of reference than the American Cyclopicaia, ‘The Western Agent for the Cyclopmdia 1s Bir. Mosee Watren, 103 State street, sonthoset cor- ner of Washington. " : BOOKS RECEIVED, Fame Putnner; 08, Pex . W. 14mo,, ‘ & Brothers, alas ‘Tie Exasrxatiow ov tHe Avuraxy Drvcaerancira ov tne lines. ByJonn W. Mavey, 3, Ac With an Iutroduotion by Anau Movey, D: ‘Tue Pavio's CompLete Hawy-Boox avn Reorsten, ‘By tha Lev. B.D. Bioxensoa, Pastor Yi Blreet Baptist Church, Gainey, 1. tame, hinges Eurza_ A, Q, R. 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William Bforris in engaged on 8 metrical trans- Intion of the Aéneld. nd basin the pross 8 work ¢n- titted ** Jang; or, The Discovery of America by Chinesa Huddais Priests in the P.fth Cen- tury.” Mrs. Fawcett, wife of the blind member of Parliament, Prof. Fancett, and author of “Tales in Pol.tical Ec noay." ia about to make her Brat appeuranca ase Lovelist. Robert Browning's new poem is now in the hands of his publishers and till noon apoenr, Te is entitied, **Aristophane's Apol sey,” inclaling atranserip) fim Euripides, being the * Last Advanture of Balantion.” Mr, Glad«tono is natd to have received #7.520 as copyright from bis pampbiet on the Vatican Decrees, and it is atated tat he wrote it in tro days. Ass por diem ocoupastion, pamplileteor- ing pays better than Parliament. The original manuacript of Gray's '' Elegy in a Country Churchyard" wil shorily be sald by anclion ju London. It wae prosetved in the Penn Collection at Stoke Poges. and parsed, for the aum ef £655, into the hauds of the present over, When people say “Ob, the dickens!” ‘The dickons {t18!” many of them aro not aware that Bhakapeare wrote “I cannot toll what the dick~ ens bis name iz,’ ssontence that first gave cir- culation to the use of the word “dickens,” and it has been rustling around tho Englisl-rpesxing world for mora than 200 yearw, It occurs ia the “ Morry Wivea of Windsor,” Act ILL, Kegan Pant's book on * Wililam Godan, hie Frieuds and Cootomporarice,” will appoar tu the rpring. It wiil con.ain portions of an antobioz- raphy ot Godwin, and large aelectiona from his correspondence, 94 well as from letters hitherto uopubtisned of Mary Wallstoaecraft. Colaridge, Charles Lambo, Horne Tooke, tho Wedgsroadn, Curran, Wolco: (Poter Findat), Mackinloah, J. Kemble, Mrs, Siddona, Mire, Inchbatd, and others, AShakspearcan relic of 8 singularly curious kind nas come ta light, aud, if we are correotly informed, has passed into the hands of Mr, Hal- Hivoll, Itia 9 fragment of au edition of tho Firet Part of © Henry the fourth,” sutoriar to the oae of 1593, which has hitherto beeu always considered tho’ firat impie-sion. ‘The text of thiy fraginent preeerves 8 word which has been aveidentally omitted in allthe subsequent edi- trons, Atis not, in other respects. of much crit- igal importance, but i¢ 1s romotbing, at this iate day, to restora oven a singlo lost word to the text of Shakspenre. A correspendont of the Doston Transcript sara: Can you tell us why Dana, in his + House- hold Poetry,” Bryant, in hie “ Libracy of Song," Eierson, in “ Parngasus,” and al} Americans e} cept Goarge B, Chuever, in hie ‘studies in Jo- etry,” ingest on printing (Aovody ou Moore's Buriath— Bat we steadtastly gazed on the face of the dead? Cheover end all Lnglieh authorities avoid what Wolfe's biographer calla this ‘commou- place expression and unuappy error," giving us the line as Wolfe wrote its ‘Dut wo stcadfaelly gazod on the face that wan dead, It would esem as if American editors recurred Dut Jiteta to original sources. Mr. Emerson has the merit of restoring tho last Ino to its correct roadiug,— ‘But wo left him alone with bis glory,— which Dana and Bryant both misprint ‘in bie glory." Mr. Emerson has nomewhowe found o yereion of Daviel Wobster’s album liace,— Gling to bis skirta; be still will fy And leap to fsmortality,— which maxes Danlel mix bis motaphor sadly, Do animale that fy ever teap? ‘he Vermont lady for whom tho lines wera written gayo them thuar Ciing to bis akirta; be still will Ay, ‘dad taount fo trontortailty. : ee THE WANDERING JEW, ‘The Wandering Jaw once said ta ma, 1 pansed through s city in the rool of the reer; A man in the garden plucked fruit from a tree, T saked, “ How long hae the city been hara?* swercd me, and he plucked away, “Tt hina always siood where it atands to-day, And here it will stand for ever aud aye," Five bonded years rolled by, and then I travoled the self-rame road again, No trace of a city there I fonnd 3 A shepherd ext biowing bie pe alone, His flock went quietly niobling round. T asked, “ How log hau the clly been gone?” And ho answered me, and be piped away, “The new ones bloom and the old decay, This is my psxturo-ground fur aye.” Five fmndred years rolled Ly, and then I traveted the aelf-same rand again, And Icame to a ren, anit the waver did rosr, ‘And a flherman tinew bia net ont clenr, And, when heavy aden, he drsoged {t arHore, Tasked, ** How long haa the soa been uero?” And bie Jaughed, aid he said, and he laughed away 5 Aa long as you billows have to:wed thelr apray, Tuey"ce aded and (hey've fubed in thie velf-eame 8 Five hundred years rotled b ry and then I traveled tha Belf-same road again, And I came to a forest, vant and freo, Atul a wootman stood fn the thicket near ; id at the foot of a treo, ‘Haw long hays the woods been here 2” And bo answerad, “ These woods area covert far ave; My ancestors dwelt bere alway, Auil the trace bays been hore alnee crontion’s day.” Pive hundred years rolled by, and then I travoled the aelf-same road ‘again, And 1 found there s ctty, end for und near Besounded the bum af toil and giec, And Tssked, “ How long baa the city’been here, And where is the pipe, anit the wood, and the sea 7” And thoy anewered me, aa they wont their way, Things always have stood as they wtand to-day, And so thoy will stand for ever and sye." Til wait five hundred years, and then Ti travel the gelf-same road again, A Lunave ina Pulpit A correspondent of the London Daily News | sioned by God to deliver writes to that jouual Jan. 20; On Sunde: morning the service at the Iryingite Catheoral at Albury, near Guilford,-a buitdiag sbich w. prected at s cost of £60,000 by the late Mr. Hel ay Drummond,-—was juterrupted in a somewhat alarmiug manner, The pervice bad proceeded to the reading of the prayers, when Caps. Symes, a membor of the congregation, was obscrvad ta leave hin stat, Heat ogy ascentod {he ataira and entered the pulpit. Closing the door, he stretchod forth his hands and sddroxsed the congregation, Ma said he was commis. 1 a message, which would not be heard with favor. At thin juncture sev: eral of the churci oficiatn rushed ‘up the pulpit stuire, and beggod the gallant Captain to denrut, Tho roqueat way met vy the Captain drawiog a aword trom a abesth, whieh waa concealed under hua coat, and, Bala cl above lis Load, be asid that if any persan interfered with him ip the de- jivory af Lis mesuage, he would rio bim through tothabeart. A pumipiiaie retreat wan niade -by the otiiciats, aud in the meantime Cxpt. \Symes procceded to addrezg tha congregation, ivarning them tbat it wae bis duty to tod tham that perdition waa thoir fate if they coutinued b1 cheir presant fulth, Mr Armutronz, E arrinter at law, and au iutimate friend of Capt. Al yimes, loft his seat, and, ruoniog up the pulpit ‘airs, bogged him to comedown. ‘The Captain nidsed his sword. and, striking Mr. Arma:rong m arous the hand nearly ent off one of big flugers. ‘2 he alarm caused by this extraordinary conduct s yory great. ‘The ladiox of the cougcegation no rreamed, avd many of them fainted, The male J» ortion of the congregation left ther sents, and, th wembling in knows du the nines of the church, ca llcd to Capt. Bymea to come down. One Aeutloman, undeterred by the {n- jsry tulhctod on Mr. Armstrong asceniled th @ palit atagire to exnostulate with the Captain. 3% 1e only reply ho received was tho presontation ab bis head uf a loaded revolver, fleariug the “Slick” of the weapon he wlid down ataire on hiv back and bid behind the wafroase. During this #&oune the Duke and Dachess of Northumberland. io ure rogular attendauta of the eiuroh, Jeft trelrwente, ‘The Duchess fainted. and way car ried from the churoh by her gttendanta. Capt. &rmes had now SiIL" posted ion of the pulpit, aad, striking tho sword on the Bible, be pro- ccw-ded in a Toud tone to deliver whut he termed iu meawage, atmidet the screaming of the tea rsles gud voriferous calls to ‘come down” of the malos, The officialy of the charch had by 'this time armed themselves with long poles, aod with these thoy went into the pulp. anil, Coors tremendous weufie, succeeded in oock- ng the awurd and revolver out of the hands of the Gaptain, They tuen laid hold of bim and airy ‘9d ble dowo the pulpiteatairs. Au the Ceo, tain violently resinted, a rope was procared, and witki it he was bound hand and foot, and tied to Ove, of the pillara of the Luding, He was eub- eq tently given in charge to the police, and on the following day was brought before a magle- trate, On tha certlduntes of (wo surgeons he ‘wag.,remoyed to a lucatic asylum. Froue to Death. Prom the olla (ilo.) Herald. Ata infant chiid of Albert Bizrows, aged about 5 meontha, froze to doath lout Baturday might, whilts sleeping la ite craale. Tae parente put it to beod at nightand (hen retired themselvux, and did 1) ot awake until morning, when they found that tibelr hitieone bad frozen ¢o death daring the ia ight, The Voroner was nolified and held an iugqua st, the jury reporting that the child come ae death by unintentional neglect of itq SPARKS OF SCIENCE, PIRATICAL PLANTS, By the Investigations of Mra. lary ‘Treat, of Vineland, N. J.. another plant lisa been added to the list of thore which feed upon animals, The Wirteuiarta, or bisdderwort, is thenaine of the new carnivorous vegetatie that thrives hy trap- ping and eating living creatures that are rentod many degrees above it in the scale of being. Wo had ocosnioa to dencrils tho plant not loug aga, but. forconvenlence fake, willrenzat our wordsin tho present instance: Tho bladcerwort ty a common aquatic siant, growing in shallow ponds and awamgs, Dr. Ura7 onnmorates twelve s.ecies which arg found in the Nor:hern United States, All ste dimiou‘iye in ulze, and have finoly-dissectod Jeaves, and taget of them bear pumbor+of ttle blaudere sratiored alous the stomaand potioiea, The foweimars mich tike the snapdragon iu form. and are generaily yel- tow, but, in tre vf our Northern specics, ato purple, It has been hitherto supponed thet the blad- ders in these plante served the purpose of float- ing them; but Mrs. ‘Treat informaus that tiey are Jatended for quite another object, In fact, they prove to have the donble capacity of trapa and stomachs, catching liviug prey in their little nots, and, aftor killing it, fitting it for absorn- tion by tho clanta, thiongh a regular process of digestion, ‘The attention of Mre. Treat had been provionaly called to these bladdora by dis- covering, on an examination under the tnicto- scope, that they usally contained animalcalon : butit was not antl October lant that ela eet herself toa carefal inquiry iuto the meaning of this phenomena! ‘he planta wpou which ene experimented chiefly wore of tha noecion known to botania:s as Uriowtaria clandestina., Tuis vot foind in Western waters, but ranges through New York, Now England, and New Jersey, Mrs, Treat noted that the bladdats were com- posed of irregular cells, ad that, over the eutiro inner surfues, clusters of ntar-like pointe. always four in number, were methodically dinporet. ‘ue office of these no-nts ia nob determined, but our observer inferred that it waa to cripple the action of the liv.og animal. ‘Iho creature most frequently entrapped was a snake-like larvs, wikis, unler the ticcoscop, exhibited fierca-looking jaws, and a pair of telercopic horna, which itdrew in and out at pleasure. Aftor much inaneuvoring to leain the method to which thene Iarvue were Imprisoned, Mea. ‘front was obliged to give up the attempt. ‘Fhe eres- tures refused to walk into the jaws of death merely for her entertsinmeut. When under the ookl, curious eye, they pranced and flouneed about as If fiaotic, passing the bladders without so much ana davh in their direction. But, when the dis eontaining plants and proy was ret anide, in 8 few hours the latter would be found ucoure within the man of the former. It looks yery much aw if thore some sort of method in tho larval madnees. Rexiyning the hops of seeing how the larvie found thir woy inside the bladders, Mrs. Treat tixed hor atteution on the tiny animalcules likely to Le victimized. These showod no resentment at hor staring, bat allowed thomeelvre to be trapped under ber vore eye. ‘She biaddor in pointed at the outer end, ind bere is the ou- trance, opening into # tunnel net, which haa o apring-door at the inner extremity. ‘The animal cnles, swimming and dallying about this cn- irancs, would sooner or later venture iu, and. in the course of their reconnowssance, would Lush open tho spring-door and pass through. Once iuside the inmost chamber, there wau no retreat, Tho door wae ® means of entrance. but not of exit. It ewong in, but never out, aod the little prowJers who risked opening it croswod its threabuld only once. ‘Their doom was thonce- forth sealed, ‘The movements of s watar-bear (Tardiqrada) which entered the prison wero quite amusing. ‘Tho diminutive Bruin slowly traveled around the bladder, as if curious to learn 118 nuture and ob- ject in the eabmarino world, Fina'ly st poked its way iuto the entrance, aod, pusbiug open the door, complaceutly waliedin. It seemed to ro- are the neat little chamber in which it found fvelf with pleasagt surprise, but soon grew quist, as if a numbing stupor was creeping over it The following moining it lay in it urison still and stiff, with Its tiny feet and claws stretched out cald and rigid ia death. Jt wase pitecus, though microscopic, spevtacia. It wae tragedy, albeit reduced to tainiature, Entrumostrana often fell into the trap,— Daphnia, Cyclops, and Cypris. 'Vbe tively little Oypris dwells int a bivalva gheil, out of which it thrusts ita fest and two patra of antenne, with tufts of pluwy filaments, as it scuttles though tho water, It is @ shrewd little spirit ; nevertue- Jes, the bindders frequoutly caught it. Somer times one wonld sail up to the entrance, prep cautiously in, and theo dash away in w teyitio nary. Thon one would sidle warily about, avd aven venture part way mta tho entrance, only to back rapidly out, asif afrigbted. Tinally, one, moro reguloss than the others, would open the door aud pasq in, Dut, on the jnatant, it would poanifent isteuse alarm, and draw in its feet and antenus, and cious iis shell. After its death, which inovitably followed, the shell would open a; and diaologe the fect aad antennm, sot the simalicst aniumaiculo aver escaped from the pigdder, tlor submitting Lyudreds of bladders to the tost of the microscope, Mra, Tress datermingd that the contents of tue bladders paugod into tho ttema, and shonce padoubtedly syto the oircula- tion of: the plant. The fluid in tho bladders yariod from a dars, muddy hue to a light, traua- parent color. In lees than two daya alter a large arya was captured, the liquid surrounding it would asso a cloudy or muddy appearance, aftey bocoming 80 donsa pe to obscure tho out- Jinoy of the animal, This appearance coutinuod while tho process of digestion wag going on. When jt wag concluded, fhe quid grow clear again. Nearly every well-devel ped bladder contained one or moe animala, ‘Lue anake-like Jurva ubove mentioned was the erea.ure mout frejuunt~ ly present. On sanie vf tho atems, nine out of every ten bjadloce cautained this larva or iva re- maius, Inabout twelve hours after the larvv wore caught, they lost the power of moving their feel, and could merely stir the brual-li4e ap- poundages, Small iarvw, that bad plenty of youm {onwim shout, would goun grow quict, although thoy abowed sigua of life for twenty-five or twenty-six hours afver they were imprinoned, Qu communicating the resulta of ber obuorra- tions ty Dr. Giav and Bir, Darw.u, Ming reat leayned that the Jatter had boon for sows timg oouupiad with experiments upon the sane plaute, although he had not prugreswed so far in tae path of digcavery at the lites accounts, It sil] rowasine to Lo determined what it is that attracts Jaiviz and animalculoa iuto the bladdore, Just at the close of the imbercuting account of her obsorvations, furnjeliod to tho Now York Tribune, Mra, Croat states that bor vigilance bag at last been rowarded at the sight of @ larva eu- forlug a bladder, Tho auimal proves to be s vegetable feeder, and, while browsing on the Nile hates growing at the outrance of the trav, iba pretty cortain to yn itn bead lata the net and through the door, A large larva is 6a! times thrae or four hours pressing through th net into the moor cavity,—tha process remind. angi the observer of the opesation of a amall wnake ewallowing & vory large frog. A SAGADIOUS CAT. A correspondent of the Londay Spectator come mupicates to that paper au interesting story showing tho eagacity of tho eat. ‘Ibe hero of the afair was & largo, intolligont, and dixnified animal, whom tne correspondent had taken jn from the treet and adopted on account of its extraordinarily fine qualities, At the beginning of the present wiater, it ocegrred to the bumang owner of Bruty—far such waa the cat’s pet name sthat it would be comfortable for the animal to have 8 firo to sleep by at night, Accordingly, 4 gas-stove, standit g ins emall study opomng out of the diulug-room, was left allxit, at halt stronath, aod Braia habitually curled himself up in front of it early in the evening, aud wlept uninterruptedly until aroused for» Iste broake fout in the morning, Obristmas Eve, Bruin's master left home, and, with tho view of testing the cal’s feclugy, no fire waa lighted in the stove by which ho wae accustomed to sleep, At tho usual hour for re tiring, the animal marched into the study 4 but, after a momeut’s gaze ut tho cold, durk stove, he uttered 4n angry ory, and darted to the cuat and utnbrella stand in tho fall. Suiding among the waterproof sud outer avrmente thore, ho found hig master’s great-coat aud umbrella mise Ing, and then rushed impetnously up-stalra, “evidently with s strony sense of injury upon tin," and’ began wailing ut thedoor of bby master's bedroom, On belug aduntted, spraue upon the bed, sniffed about the miltows, and, wit another ory of anger ant dewpalr, ran dow u-staire and fnto'the study again, Mere he wat for two or three minutes. in front of fle stove} then returned to the dining-room, where gat a lady intently watching his opera- tions, ‘fo Ler be went, drei, potting his pass on her knees, gazed ap futo her favo with o gasp—not # cry." The lady pretended not to underataod him, Thou he actetched ber gown and gasped again. You sre no} thiraty. Brulu," whe remarked, ‘what do yqu want? I am togetop, gm I, and you will ehow me?” Aho gulted the action to the word, aud the cat THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1875.--TWELVE PAGES, Jed on into the atady, stepped Inside the fender pat fin paws on the front of the ptave, and turned bis head towards her, with a look of eon- tent that she bed been able to understand him, We noed not add that, after this eloquent plead- ing, tae atove waa ligbtnd, and Briain cnrled him- self up and went placidiy to wleep in ttn satlafy- ing mth. FRESH AIR IN TYPHOID FEVER Dr. NMatmpton, of Paris, has Intely issued a pamphlet containing history of several rematk- able oures of typhoid fever. The Doctor ra- gaids the disease an a sort of paralysis or aa. pbyxia of all the vital functions, occasioned by breathing s poteonons atmosrhore, emanating either from a typhoid patient or from some other mortid soures, By nin experiments be haa prac tically demonatia‘ed that great advantage ts to bo agrived from tho use of opeu air in treating the fever. Moreover. he declares that thore 16 absolute sminunity from contsaion im the open alr. The crres which be reports are arcribedl mainly to the free admin. fon of =out-door air to the patient's Led-room. He argues that the patient cannot suffer from tho application of this remedy, eitner in danger from other diseases. or from the temperature of the atmosphere. Hf tha pationt iv ko..t warm in bed bv artificial maane. the free brosthing of pure, frevh air will at all timer keep up tho natural animal heat. tn typhus fever, complicatsous of all kints, of the lungs or other organ, simply render the access of fresh air more urrent and ersential. It glad onablen the patient to take ptimuiants mora early whon becesnary, THE tMUD-FISH. ‘The Aquarium at Brighton baa been lately enriched by the addition cf » mud-fish, from Africa. Mr, Frank Lee bas given » description of the habila of the atrange creature, from which wecopy: “Inthe upper teaches of its native river the fierce heat of the summer-sun dries up the springs, aud the water becomes aballower sud eballower, until at Int the Led of the stream ig exposed to the torrid and desiccating sir, and tha sedimentary dopos:t which, sen covered shonling water with an ebb-tide, the Protopterus burroas down in the «oft soil te adopt of about 18 fuches, The mud hardena atonod it, avd there it lies curled up ia ite coll. like the chrya- alis of as wilkewurm in its cocoon, for three-quarters of a year, till the next rainy season, whon the ‘river ouce moe flows along its former course. Then every crack and Useure of the parched clay drinks of the rnnning water: tho mud is iiqnatied, andthe flan set free, apparently wone tie worse for its long imprigoument and doprivation of light and air.” SQUTH-AMER!ICAN EXPLORATIONS. Prof, Alexander Kithinan left Boston inst No- yomuber to continue the explorations in Nouth America begun by bin lamented father, Ho mill carry bla route toward Chili and Bolivia, At Lake Titicaca, ho will direct the dredging and meteorolozical observations; while Mr. Garman, of the 3iussum of Comparative Zoulogy, will su- porsntend the collecting partics. Itiv reported that (ho bealth of dlr. Agaumz, which succumbed. tothe sorrow canted by tho locw of his father and his wife, is improving, aud that bis early re- covers is auticipatod, NEW SPECIES OF FUCHSIA. New Zealaod has affosdod to the botanists new apecies of fuchsin, named Fuchsia procum- Uens. Its distingnishing characteristics are eroct flowers and creeping stems. Tne flowers are deptitute of petals, but the pretty violet-col- ored sepals siaod io their place, and secure beauty to the bloeaoms. Ordinarily the pist.l of the fuchsia extends far beyond the stemmera, bat in this apocies it iaone line with them, The planta aro already .bejug cultivated in Lugliah nurseries, SEA AND MOUNTAIN AIR. Prof, Barve, of Marburg, bas concinded, from investigations with regard to the comparative 1nflneuce of sea and mountafa sir on the system, that irritable, nervous, excitable people will de tive benetit from the mountain airy while per- rons with good diges:ion, wo are suffering from overwork, will be imoroved by a sojourn at the nea-uide, | Bodies part with their heat more rap- idly on the sea-coaet than on taanntein-helghte conclusionr. hence the Profe: Waiting | For what? bunll 1 ever know? Or, eball the uaw yeors cre p drowsy by Til my death-day concs ehall Iuover kaow why Iwan born, aud must live out my tife of woe? Is the whole of my lifetime merely a pause "Ewixt roy birth that was, and my death to be? Must J always follow, aud uover Le {ree? Am Lonly effvct?) Can L never bi cause? Or em I but s link of tho woarifal chain Of life, and the sejnenco of thiugs gune by? Tam forced to live, for I cannot die, But iny Life te empty’ and all In vain, ‘¥et aometimes I betr my eririt, elate “ Al the thought of the glorious ileeds to be be done, Cry: “ Siplke! Lie the tiny Bat, in snewer,Oue— nall 1 ever know who?—whirpere; ‘Bilence { Walt,” It eannot be Hore, for her volce ts aweet ; Ic ia not Despair, for 1 kuow hier we!l ; “Tis ike tue consoless drone of # kneil, And wearies the heart with mouotonous beat. Shall another yolco ever whisper to me: “Awake! "Cis the hour! Go forward and fght! ‘Thy pronation 4s ended, and impct-nt night Hea burst into day" Bo shall aot me tree? I know not, t know this only I dread, ‘oa, ere that voice euall proclaim that hour, Not ouly the wil) may be lost, but the powar, 4nd I may be cold with tho namelees dead. Chambers’ Journal, a ee, A Parisian Story. Paris Correaponderce of the New York Times, Becently the police arrested a man in the atroet whotada magnifvant Lonis XY, clock und@r hia cost. and, as he was sbabbily dressed aod wote hob-nailed brogans. there w: aspi- cion that he had not come honestly bras article of such value. His tale about taking tt ton watch-tnaker for repsira did not go down; the poilco had board all that befare. When bofore the Judgo, the man hat no dificuity jp proving that he was-M. X., a millionaire, and the owner ofa lige city property. His only fant he woro ababby clotnes. This btin, ‘af that seusiblo Inuatic, ss they the Dne da Grammout-Cadorousse a fow years ago, ‘this geutlomau was a wild blade, it is true, but yet a good follow in every sense of the word, a grand selgueur, polite, and kindly, but often given to eccentricities and to acte of the wildout extravagance. He was the early friend of Mile. Hortense Schoelder, and the Duke did a good desl to form hor daring ber first years upon the stuge. He committed mnicide at tho axgeof 32. One evenings party of young mon were dining at the Mulson d'Or, when the Duke gave expression to a uumber of democratic theories, aud his comrades accusod him of too grest a fondoess for the people. After having replied acoording to hia conscience, the to de Qrammont sald ; ‘Very well. gontlomen, 1 will bet you that, without having any reason what- ae therefur, the police will arrest me within an our." “ Withont your doing anything ?” asked one, “Without doiag anythiug to justify the ar- rest.” * Done for fifty lonia As there was no time to Jone, Caderousss jumpad into acab ani rode to the temple and came back in the mozt sordid costume it ta pousie bie toimagine, The old, greasy cap upon his head, the pantaloons in rage, the old shoes broken at the oes, aud the greasy coat gave nlm tho air of a miserable. Ho blacked his face and timed bis bands, then begged his comrades to follow to witness the arrest, Tnoy followed bin taa cafe on the Honlovard Pojsgoniere, where the Duko seated himuolf at a table with » sido Jong, sneaking motion, and after a moment called tothe waiter: “Garcon, bring mea bottle of champagne!" The waiter hoaltatod, tooked at hiv clothes, and than said: “ Bot, mon bonhomme, that costs 12 francs." “Well, aunpose it doos," grumbled Cade- rousse, ‘do you think I baven'tthe means of payiow?" And as ho sald this ie drew from one of hie dirty pockota s packago of bank bilts and laid 40,00 frauca down before the astonished waiter, ‘The Iatter,ran for hiy patron,aud wassent at once for the wergeants de ville, who toook the Duke into custody upon suspicion of having atolon monsy upon hie person. The otlor young men followed, and heard a curious disloguo be- twoen the falve coyon and the otticer, the latter waving that be was notto be taken iu by #uc!s tales, aud that he must explain how he came by the money before M. lo Juga, There, he sai r, 1 ain the Duo de Gremmont- [ made s bet tuat the police would me without having any reason for so domp, aud I have wou my bet, Hore are my friends to 1 rove it, and it oply remainsefor ins to thauk you ‘The Duke's solendid equipege, with outriders in livery, was already at the door, and Caderousve bowed himself eut whilo tha Magistrate wau otill starlog ab bjm in opep-mouthed wonder. vith water. wan @ eomi-flind ooze, ia baked ! toa hard, drv which eplits and cracks it every direction. Unable to re- treat, like the — weaefivher, from tl FAMILIAR TALK. MEDICINE IN ANCIENT GREZCE. Inthe culminsting ago of Attic culture, the medical profeasion was held in high esteem, and {te practitioners were, many of them, profoundly Jenrneit in the science, and skilled in tho art of treating disease, Hippocrates, tho contempo- rary of Hocratea and Plato, is, even at the prosent day, regarded as an anthority in therapeutics, whom physiciana may with prodt consult, The works which he wrote upon the principles anc practice of medicina abound fu valuable facts and moral precepts. ie extort those who enter the profersion to purity of life aud fidelity to their art, as well as to careful attontion to the Gutios of forming a prognosis and applying ap- propriate remedies, Hla descriptions of tho phenomnna of disesse havo never beau gure Fasacd, while his directions for the managemont. of acute maledies have ncatcely been improved upon during tha centuries since be prereribed for the plagues that coutended againnt health and lifein Athenn and other citios of Greece, Hie Materia. Medica comprixed 36 mineral, 300 vegetable, and 160 animal enbstances. He wae skilled in both animal and vegetable uhssiology, and itis said that Aristotle and Theophracti# profited by bis lavors ja thia department of eci- ! nee, Another ominent physician, of s still earlier period. was Demociles of Croton, who waa n student in the celabrated rchool of modicine in lve native place. He was driven from home by the tyranny of s cruel father, and went to Egiua, wher, in the course of 8 single soar, he accurad a better practice than all the other resident physicians, though, iu his povorty, be was desti- tute of the needtul appliances of bia art. ‘Tho Government of Aiaua, discovering his ability, appointed him to the office of Ktate Physician, atacslary of a talent, or $1,220, After holding thie position a year, Atuons secured lim at a ealary of $2,030; aud, four years thereafter, he euterad the service of Polycrates for the consid- eration of #2.435. It ts probable that State Physicians were not i in the practice of vinting their Fatienta, but were consulted af their oltice; and it te said that they Tecoived no private fees. The position wes han- oravle as well as Incrative. manr were the applicants who set forth the ‘aim to it, Arin- topbanes, Plato, ana Xcuophon mace wany lusious to the office of state Paysician. Plato plainly lonta that the medical profecsion was followed by men of culture and uf rank. and that they based their practice upon rational oo- servation and experience. Iu the military ar- Tepgemoute of Sparta, asecure place waw care- fully provided fur the wuigoona, who were indi pensable attendants upon their armies, Siate Phyxicisus were proviacd with a number of attendants, who treated simple canes, aud pecially tho diseases of slaves. The entablia mont of tha ductrr wae, as in our day, separate from that of the apothecary, aud. the two profa-nions occupied tue rane relative rank. Arccord remains of buts single boepital in Greece, which was situated at Pirwus, the gen- port of Athoue, aud the roxdeuce of those who follomed a weafaring life. Visistratus act apart a portion of the State fund fur the support of disabled auldiers, but, beyond these bald facta, we know pothing of the provision made by the Government for the cate of the sick and the pievantion of ujsease. At is & curious incident io the bistory of Greek medicion, that pierctij tions were written in Dorie Gresit, an tues nuw arein Latin, Being couched iu w fureigw dizlect, unmietlizibte to the multitude, thay seemed to certity to the superior wisdom of the piysiciau, to bis capacity to deal out drags which ha knew Low ta epeak of familiarly by atrange and learned vames. Besides the educated and accred.ted school of medicine, tuore way a clasaof iguoraut practi- tiouers, ‘who, wo ara told, ware exclunively Woinen, and were emploved in cases of dinearu peculiar to their sex. There were also ce:tain classes and families who pretended to have ths possession of secret cures. that were Landed down from goveration to generation. Diciearchus mentions that, in bis day, there was s plact rowing on Mount J’eliou, whose medicinal vir- ued were known toasingle family in the city, and that, in their bande, it was acertsin cnie for gout, monenteric diseases, aud ophthalmia. Thone who undersicod the uve of puch secret remedies toox no foes from the patieuts that were bealod by them, ‘The priests attached to the temples of A:acn'a- pius claimed to have the power of healing dis case by a miraculous pit from tho god tuer aud left for a night, aud in the morning went away hetiaving themselves cured. It is enp- posed that remedies were applied while-they fay asleop, or silent under the command of the yrient#, who had some itrogitlur knowledge of the proper treatment of commun maladics. CHILI. The flourishing and ambitious Republic of Chili proposes to bold @ National Expouition at Santiago, beginniug Sept, 16, aud cloaing Dec. 31, of tho preseut year. The Government ban erected & suitable building, covering an area of Vaquero miles, and provided with overy facility for the practical extuoition of water-vower, agri- cultural aud other machineryon the gronods, Tn addition to the fonr great divisions, inolud- ing Raw Material, Machinery. Manufactures, and Fing Arta, there willbe ® epecial esction on Public Instruction, devoted to an exhibition of the appliances naed and the mothods practiced in primary and adnit schools, and in secondary and university education. In connection with this department, an International Litrary will be eatablished in Santiago as a permavent momorial of she Extibition. ‘Lo encourage contributions to the Exposition frow foreign countries, the Cuilian Governmont promises ¥40 in go:d for paseage mouey to every individyal coming in charge of machiney for the Exaurbinion, sod the South Amorican Iine of atoaniory will transport all goods intended for display free of {reigut. Awung the premiums already determined upon by the Executive Com- mittee are: Furst, for the best narrow-gauge railroad, not exceeding 3 foet, $1,000; socond, for the best syatom of messuring aud distributing water for purposes of iirication, $1.00); third, for the best exploriug drill adapted to mining operations, #500. Gold, silver, and brouze med- alg will alao be awarded in each aaction. ‘Toe Chiftan Consuls in the great cities, and various merchants in thecluef seaports, cogaged iu commerce with Western South Amorics, will act ax Commissionera, in coucert with tho diplomatic representatives of the Qhilian Gay- ernment, . Since the International Agricultural Exhibi- tion of 1869, Chili ban mude» great advance in rosparity and civihzation. It bas built up & jaige coust-crade, aud bay extuoljshed lines of steamers ruuuivg to Liverpool, Bordeaux, am- buig, and Autwerp, A pelwork of railroads iv gradually sprouting over the country, affording incilities for travel and transportation to the in- terior. The numerous miyes of the Stato are sielding tucreased revenues under improved management, The minersl resources of Clili are varied and abundant, said $0 produce fully two-thirds of the total pro: uce of the world. “Tuose of Copiapo. Huarco, Florida, aud other pointy, are reaosned for ther richnows. Tho coal-deposita in the couniry are also extensive, aud aro worked ou 4 large wcalo; while, in tha gonti, there are large vena of ison waiting to be developed. ‘There 1 now a capital of €150,000,000 Inverted in banks, railroads, stoamphips, miniug, msuufactures, and various other trades aud iudustries, managed by Joint stock companies, r Dusing the last year s hospital, containing 700 begs, has been completod in Santingo, and the foundation of another, of equal dimensions, hi been laid. Both institutions owe their exiutent chiefly tu private charity, Santiago has also a larga Lyceum; and this, with the Exhibition building, are at present tho two prominent. features of the city. While the country iw thus growing iu wealth, education 14 nok neglected. new hydrographic imstituuon baw been founded, aud other mosus of improving publia inatruotion are receiving consideration, — With auch tokens of peortets to exhibit, Chili doey wall to open s National Exposition, and invite the attention of foraigues to hor enterprise, aud her prosperity, products, her LACE, ‘Tho oldest treatise on tue subject of lace was entitled La Pompe, aud published in 1557. Be- twoen 1557 apd 1625, Vinciolo law.ted twelve edl- tions of biy book on Isco, which contained s uumber of beautiful patterns. After him, Sieb- macher brought ont a treative in foar parts,— the firvt in 1600, and the nocond in 1604, Eb was published in Nuremburg, and contained many splondid deulgne. J¢ ivwaid that Albert Durer, the great German painter, waa deeply iutereutod in the manufacture of lace, aud invented pat- terna for bis coyntrywomen, ' Lace-makivg had attsined Its highow, develapy mout, boibin quantity and quality, about the your 1023. At this me tt was wrought in nearly every convent io Europe, and was considered an eervod. Vatieuta were taken into theese tomples | epsential ornament to tlie dreos of orery lady and gentieman. In France jt held the Place that ionds do now, aud the pasara- aiou of it wae s mark of rank, for none but the aan] notte were allowed to wear it, In order to koe” the beantifnl fabric for the exelusive uae of the up: er ciarnos, edicta wore freqnenily issned for- biading atl persona onzaide the privileged circles: to decorato thdly spparel Sith it. Bo much im- borLince was attached to the proper a nditiog And meporition of taces abont the person, that Honrvy IIT. carefully overlooked the stiffening of his rifles and collars. Cinq-Mars left, at his death, 399 aifferent sulte of lace. Many a young man, infected with the pansion of the timen, ruined himself iu the effort to outehine bis com- [etn in the trimmings of bls surtoat and lo 1604, the Partiament of Tonlonse feened an order prohibiting tha woaring of lace becauso #0 many women wero oraploy. in its manufacture that na female serv- ents wero to bs had in the town; and, moreover, lt waa impossibis to distingulkh be- tween the nobles aud the common people. In 1704, it ia said that one-fourtu of the population of France between 6 and 60 were engaged, di rectly or indirectly, in the production uf Ince. This calculation tucludea the makera of pina, weixsora, parohment, and thread, and the pede dlora who sold the fabric io different countries, At ous time s fair quality of lace waa made In Tntssia, but tha induatry has declined, as Rassian ladies profer the mauufsctures of Franco, Thore is adispute about the Antiquity of lace~ making; but Mr. Beguin, «late anthority on the subject, argues learnedly to show that it was ine tredized into Europe but a short time prior to the publicetion of the fist booxa on lace. CATTLE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, The Baris of Central Africa own immense herds of cattle, hut will suffer prolonged abstl- nence from moat rather than sacrifice one of their animale for the sake of ita flesh. The sns- tenance which they derive from tneir herds is mized to milk from the cows, blood from the Lullocks, und steaks cut from the himp and hind-quarters of living estlle. Both sows and oxen aro bled periodically, and the blood thus obtained ia made into e dish rosembling tho black-pudding eaten throughout Europe. Bruce describes, in bis African travels, a cruol opera tion which he ovce witnerned, Ly which » steak was cut from the bind-quarters of a cow driven by the uatives, The Baris are in the habit of practicing vivirection upon their cattlo, remove ing the bump watch grows upon their backs, aud which 1s the most delicate portion of the beeve, Alter eaco removal a new hnmp grows agin. Thue the operation may be several times rejeat- ed upon the samo creature, and thereby tte ownar enjova an occasional feast of Jnicy atoak, and still retains @ living spring to draw from. AN UNHEALTHY TRADE, A physician of Sheffield, England, males the statement that tha forkgrinders’ employment is probably more fatal than any otbor pursued in England. Thero are generally from eight to ten individuals at work In each room where the in- dustry in carried ou. The grinding is always performed on a dry stone, and tho dust, -com- posed of fino particley of stana and metal, rises in clouds, and pervades the atraosphere to which the operatives are conflued. The duat, which is inhaled with every breath, gradually induces dis. e of the Junge, and undeimines the vixor of onatitution. Difieaity of breathing, cough- j ing, aud a wasting of the framo are often expert- j euced by the workmen at the early age af 25. The average lougevity of members of the trade : does not exceed 3v years. ——— THE BOBOLINK. Once, on a golden afternoon, ‘Wiih radiaut faces aud nearts in tune, Two foud lovers, iu dreaming mood, Taresded a rural solitude, Wholly happy, they oniy huew ‘Tuut the carts was brixot and the eky wae blue, ‘Tat Nght, and beauty, and Joy, and song Charmed the way an they paased along: ‘The wir wan fragrant with wood atu scauts— Tus rqnitrel filaked op the roadside fenco— Aud bovering Dear them, "Cuee, chee, chink?” Qvered the curious bubolink, snd pe: Hictiy uivnttonng al ‘Wale tue or-eye dene Aud sil gad nature rejoiced with them, Ovar the odorous ficdds wera etrorn Willing wiutows of grass ew mown, And rony bitiows of clover blenia ted in the sunshine sa Lrcathed perfume, 4 low on a slender arrow werbled Lis wead: And bulanciag on @ bisckuezzy brier, ug Lovoliu sung with bia heart on Seo + UF you wish to kas her, do? inset You ceicard, you? Kean her! kes, kia her? Who will seo? «Guy va thes we threal we three!” Under garlands of drooping vines, ‘Thrasg dim Vistas of awect-uresthed Pines, tt vite meadow-felds, lately mowod, dered the indolent country road. The lovers faliowed it, atoning selll, And, kit orirg a! lovers will, En ered a gray-roofed bridge that lay Duisk aud cool, in their p.casant way, Under ita arch noth, brown stream, Bileutly glided with gtint avd gleato, sshuded by gracetul ‘Tueir verduraus conor ‘The astra. Th be £ Lougha ao wide, oe tide, oy mack, Allers bv Patient watchs Mirror.ug clearly tise tree And the fitting form of the drag’ = Save where the ewift-winzet ewaliows played Iu and oat tp the an and eh And durting and efrcting innrry chase, ‘Dipped end dimp'e. ite clear, dark face. Fluttering Ughtly from brivk to brink, Fullowed the garrwous botwitnk, Raliyug loudly with mirtuful ato, ‘The pair who lingered unsean within, And when from tha friendly bridys at last Tuto the ruvd boyand they prssad, Don't mand met Teun gee Ail aveniad Jeon (nts tall btrehetres ™ Butiab t they noted,—nor deemed {1 atrangey— Ja hin rollicking churue 4 trifling ebango— “Dow? dast."—with might aud main Warbied th tell-tale—" Dv at again .” Aline. 1 A Diplomatic Duc}. A corrospondent of the London Times at, Athens, iva lotier dated Jan. 9, eays: “This. weos in the Greok Chrintmas, aud tho asual ex- cltament bay beou aupplomented by thatof adaal. between Count Savourud, the Russisn Minister, and M, Gallanl, the ttalisn Conan). Alihoughtha. full particulars of all the circumstances surrounds jug the eveute which led co this affair may ook ‘ba known with certainty, vot qoite wufticient bas transpired ta raino a great etorm of indignation apaivst Count Bayouof. When he camo here, about two years ago, le brought with bim » scandalous repuiadon from moro thap ene European Capiial, and his arrival was quickly followed by a separation from bis wife, whoxa gentle and sgroeabla manners won uolversal sympathy. ‘hen he intrigued with the wife of the Italian Cousul, The result wag that aahort while since 31, Galiani broke up bis home, Oo hig recuru to Athens, a few days ago, be tried to wake Count Ssvouroff fight, but a committee of honor decited that there wae no suflicient canae. After thle decision, he met tho Count last Sunday, inthe large squaro before the palace, wheu ‘the band was Haying. at « time shen tha whole city Is tucra, snd grossly iaulted hj. The duel follawed aga matter of course It was fought on tho Tih of January, the day after Christnias, at Phalorum, ou the beav- litul, smooth, crencont Hlisped boach, whore nok & alugle object intarrupts tho lino of right, while * blue Hymetsan," banging ike a delicute curtain, soema to acreen off s quict jucloaure perfeciy fitted forsuch encounters, They fought with pistols, fred at 20 paced. ‘The Russian Minter, wh was a poted shot, seamed ve confident, but hig pistol usiwsed fire, aud tue Tt jan bit him in the arm juat below the shoulder, when he instantly fainted aud had to be carried off the ground, ‘The wound 1s pronounced to ba daugeroug, sud the ball has pot hitherto been extracted, ‘ho pros ia very indignaut at tha whole affair, and juully complaion that those who should have act an oxample of orderly con- duct have deliberately sct the laws at defance. Qreat hopes are euturtained that Count Ssvour- off may be romoved." ————___. 7 The Atinches The New York correspondent of the Washe ington Herald writes: “iy the bye, how are thore hanghly young nobles, tho attaches, petting oom Washington nowadays? Lhey were formerly @ band of beauty, sud carried themselves as though they were in exile and longed to get back tq Hermoudsey, Rt John’s Wood, Church street Qremorne Gardens, the Argyle looms, Petticoat Jane. Pumpernickel, aud other resotts of the tovacy. I remember one tall youth of a certain embassy in Wi ton, Wha wore & No. 10 boot aud a Nob bat, enteriag tho National ‘Theatro during one of Kellogg's performances in the middle of & song, and strolling carel $4 down thesisle with atoothp eck in lie wouth an au evormous Ulvter dragging st his beals. Jb aroused the ire of the manager, aud Le vofily ulepped down, and. the anokiny Talley. taud by the ear, led bm out. gently murmuring: “True hearts ary incre then voronets, And shaple faith (hem Norms uloud? ordexs.“9 “Bally, what time do your folks “Boon as you go away; that's missus’