Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1875, Page 3

{HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1876. “TWELVE PAGES, LITERATURE. DR. LIVINGSTONE. cr oy Davin Liyixastose, tH Czx- pe eo rnow fecs 10 Tis Death, Cox tiNveD spa Nannative or Iie Last Mowexta asp Sore Panreas, ObTarED Pros ita Parr Cuma an Bust, by Honacr Wa: Ht, -Nortuainy ustrations, 8¥v., pp. 641. ‘TAAL ATRICA, FROM Rector of Troywel Maps, and Ii Jansen, McCiurg & Co, We often hear tho impatient question pnt qwith regard to Livingstone and other oxplorers Hixo him, “ Why did ho goto that barbarous coun- fry, and incur a life of hardahip, solf-sacrifico, end euffering, instead of speuding bis days with the multitude, amid tho comforts of clviliza- tion?" ‘Tho quory in aptto suggest itself on hosring the dintressing stories of privations and perila to which the explorer, the pioncer, and tho olasionary, sre continually subject ; with the demand the painful details mako npon the sympathtos, tho hoart in prono to sock quot in the romark; “They need not kaye gone.” ‘But question snd comment of this sort will bo roverontly allonced bys poruaal of the journal of tho lnat yoare of Livingstone, Leaving ont of the computation tho valuo of tho contribn- tions to acionce which wero the rich roward of Bis long, and tedious, aud tolleoms travels in a payago Wilderness, (hero is loft # record of gon- wine valor, unsffected piety, aud pationt solf- almegation, that thrills the heart of humanity with onthusjasm, ‘Tho most aelfish must honor his perfect consecration to the causo of the ignorant, the abject, aud tho oppressed; and the most skoptical must respect the simple aud erdent-devotion to tho sorvico af tho Qreat Master which led him to lay down cheerfully all that to most mon maker this life toletabto ; that supported bis falth and courago in tho darkest and saddest hours, and kept hin brave and strong Iv spirit to tho very end, Livingatono might have remained among his Zoglish neighbors, and sold dry goods or gam- pled in stocks, and inde o fortuno; he might havo contested over fino points of tha Britivn iat, and boon an Lonored momber of ono of tho Inns of Court ; or he might have preached to woalthy congregation for tho consideration of a plump salary; aud, in any of theso positions, havo eaten and given good dinners, and beon drossed and housed aumptuouslys, aud tved and died like thousands of hly fellows, aud tho great world vould have been no wiser or better for his existenco, But ho choso, at the aatect of lifo, to exilo bimeolf from society, to resign tho pousibility of luxury, easo, and plesnuro, for tho eake of carrying tho blessloge of civilization and Chrintianity to the heathon of Africa; and there ix ucarcoly 9 house- hold, where English ia read or spoken, In which bis achiovemonts are not known end bis name ropeated with veneration, + At the ago of 23 (in 1810), David Livingstono ‘was ordained a medical miseionary by tha Lon- don Missionsry Socioty, and immediately sot wait for Port Natsl, in South Africa, Troi that time ‘until his death, he Isbored with uuwayoring zeal in promoting tho welfare of tho negro rncos, ‘Tne dopartmont of missionary work ta which lo dovoted himsolf with tho greatest fervor was that of opening up to ciyilizing influences tho yastrogious of aavago Central Africa. Ho realized thatdhe elovation, thoregenoration, of thecountry depended upon tho introduction of commerco, and tho establishmont of highways for tho ac- commodation of trangport and travel. Throgel tho chaunela by which trado could be prosecuted, faw, and ordor, and onlightenment would ho car- riod to the trines now isolated and embrute hence, to seck ont the oasiest and most di paths from tho seaboard to tho interlor, waa tho great alin of hie tito, In tho course of this porsistent and continu~ ons work, Scionce has beon greatly profitad; so much so, indeed, that tho idea has beon general that Livingatone was deyoted oxclustyely to ita extension. Not so, hawevor; ho way, first of all, w missionary ; aud, however valuable to googra- phy, goology, meteorology, and other branches of sceular knowledge, his man great object in prosecuting tl * svonnes throngh which the light of God's truth and the warmth of Obristian ohority night pen- trate to the heart of Africa. havo boon animated bya love of adventure, an ardor for Sclonco, a thirst for ambition, and Lavo atoytly endured tho trinla and wufforinys that in- ovitably befall tho traveler fn now and Lostile Tands; but Livingstone braved dan; and death, that evor fronted him path In African deserts, for the love of Christ, and for pity of s brutal and an aflioted people. Tho previous narratives of his expodisions and experiencea in Africa have posseased tho livellest interest, and secured to him tho world’s affeo- tion and honor ; but this journal of hits last im- peded and intorrupted tour, which closes the ac- count of his discovarics, and onts with his tranelt from Africa 10 the lamb at Weatminstor, is the most impresalye, as it is the most pathetic, of them all. It boging at Zanzibar, aot out in January, 1866, ‘for an ext ney iIn_ the interior, with groat regularity through above spven years of solitary wanderin; aw brief ontry traced with a dy: 1873, Thopgh 8 wonderful spint o: ‘and firmnesa neryod the man, there is an under- tone of melancholy vibrating through tho chron- icloof all those years. Almost from tho first, he hed « premonition that this tour, for whoso muocess he longed and prayed most eagerly, would ond in dizappointmont and divastor. times the buoyant hops of earller daya would surmount the Sesvoncenoy that {nnumerable Incseca pressed down upon him; but, for the most part, a shadow, an from tho grave, enveloped him in its dusky folds, ‘Tho overland routo which ho took from Mikin- Hany to Nyssen was beset with harusoing Uffoulties. “ Hia attendants were mutinons hinderances and ill and troncheroug, = and Ne pr ror dreai er Hol, boathen.” mentlon of attact ; Of tho aufferor, Y told upon him that, Hj them go, and folt back recognize where I was, i domitablo resolution enabled him to rally; and | cron, and it ts from th Mo wtrugeled on throws a y ternate periods of comparativo vivor and dis- trosuing proatration. di the tonching prayer: give the sins of ear, brokow into al- | the jan. 1, 1868, ho ronda up “Almighty Father, for- part year, for ‘Thy Hon's Tlalp me to bo more profitable during this If Lam todiothia year, propare me for with Ubo urital notes of travel, wo coma to the 1 FT Ge ton, With’ Vortralt D i following mignificant outry, June 253 “Wo camo mound, an if the oceapant wat tn it in the usual | It would Lavo native way; it was streved over with flour, aud 9 numbor of the large blue beads put on it; a lit. tle path showod that it Ind vieltors, Thie tn the sort of grave I nhov-d profar: to ho th the still, still forest, and no my bones, Tho graves at hone alwaya saomnd tomo te ho miscrable, expecially those in tho clay, and without elbaw-room bave nothing todo but walt till Ile who all decides where I havo to lay mo down aud dio, Poor Mary Hos on Rhupangie bras, and backs fornent tho sun.” Afary was tho wifo of Living- atono, whom ho marriod suid buried in Africa, Sho was the daughter of a fellow-misuionary, the Trav. Kobert Moitat, July 18, the explorer reached the shores of Lake Banguoolo, ono of tho Inrgest bodics of t water in Central Aftica, and hitherto uaknown | Hem, to geography; but thero is an utter absence of pride and enthusiasm in tho terro announcoment “T walked a little way ont, ace aa tlio Shares oto Inke fortia at timo, thankful that come safcly "But thoro in no oxultation ovar the | of gaod to tho world, event. Ilia spirit has been too dooply chastened by wicknegs and auffering to feol more than o subdued gatisfaction io any pleco of good for thoy aro revealad in tho pi but T | TE uanot beon ont pltpoxe to celobrate tho dis- | arte of tho diatrict the birds Intablt,—each voy- coveries of tho oxplorer, the enterprise of the | aga conauming nearly a yoar,—-aud yet so great traveler, or tho gains that have accrued to Sci- | ts tho difionlty of obtaiuing them that he wos ft h hts painful labors. Wo havo rather 1 se creda aohaner tho Chriaiian hero, wows ox- | obl0 to weoure only Thee eee ample will inapiro vary witness with a lofty ad- | toon that bolong to New Guinon, miration, and better him, for the mompnt nt The birds confine themsclvey to tho recesses feast, by lifting him wboye the tevel of worldi- | of forosts in a rocky and mountaiuous country, nees, aud soliishness, and uarraw-mindod cgo- | wich ig of itself almost impenctinble to the jy over of the discovory. "The yoor 1869 Logins with a dangorona illness, stone to a condition of Cannot walk; puotimonia of right lang, and I cough all day that reduced Livin Ideas flow through groat rapidity and vividuoss, In groups of twon and threes: If I look at any eco of wood, (ho bark sects covered ovor with figures and facos of men, and they remain, though I look away and turn to tho gaine spot J saw myself lying doad on tho way to Ujiji, and all the letters I axpected thera sc- Jess. Whot 1 think of my children and friends, tho lines ring through my head porpetually: 4 ©] shall look into your faccs, And linten to what you say, distressing weakness. m Vin for away! * Tho records aro mostly very brief through the ensuing twolvemouth, and botolon little prog- reex mado in the continual content with sickness and tho obstructions inthe path of advanco. Stl, Jan, 1, 1870, the permetont prayor and thanksgiving ring their way aloft: Almighty help moto finish to work in hand, aud retire through the Basango before tho yoar | yatue to tho work. “hanks for all last year's loving Klud- ‘A hess.” yhe tired travalor lone for tho end of hia trials, yot does not forget to bo grateful. “Moy tho him by periodical discharges of bloody ichor, Lo writes, Aug, 25: “Ifanything confirmatory of sacrod history does rewain, ray to be guided If tho encred ronotogy would theroby be confirmed, I wonld not grudge tho tolland hardships, hunger aud pain, I dured ; the irritablo ulcers would only be discip- We neod not sdd that bis have en- line," Brave spirit! chorishod hope was nover realized, * 1b was duting this long and paiuful ilnees that Avingstone put, in a pocket of tha noto-baol ho was using, & little slip of printed paper ] War, which he had ovidently found among the wrap- ‘Phin, however, doesnot prevent his giving» falr pings of ono of his parcols, Tha sorap waa | and accurate account of his obsorvatic takon from nlut of books advertised ot the oud “Turn over and seo a droj found whon sufferin; cers an the feot, in’ Manyuema, August, 1870, ‘Tho “drop of comfort” was tho following «: rack from a review of **A Narrative of tho Ex- pedition to the Zambesl and Its ‘Tributaries ": mngXem selidovemoute in our day have made a grenter saion than that of the adventurous mixtona : Wibruustded, erorsed the Continent of Tquatorigl | palit Mobert Olarke & Go. Africa, Hig iinaswuming «. Igence, hia indomitable pluck, lus’ steady rellwions purpoxt, form # combination of qualities rarely found rigew & Coe in une man Dy common content, Dr Linigatoue | rue Woxpensen Lire, By Wess Brucrrox, Au- | quisite plumos, Kooping them in acontinual vic ‘York: | bration," Detweonwhiler, they fly acrovs from ts Ihe branch to branch in groat excitement, Ko that ee RT ar Mato Meee ieeek ee | the wholo treo is filled with moving pluimos in of comfort lo, eating ul~ jelty, hia verde intel- riled of one vf ‘the most remark. as come to bo rey own or of any uther age"—Lritish | NOTAk Meat. able travelers of i! Quarterly Resiew, Little did tho kindly reviewor dream, whon Lo ornnod those lines, that his honest praiso would ai, Now York: Hurd & Houghton, of cold water to tho lips of tho | Orusn Propvuns BM discoveries, his mm wea to find Other explorers woary traveler, elowly perishing in ness of Africa, Co, In October, 1871, tho darkest hours of all Liv~ | qu Quirivatton or Ant, AND Iza Retarion ro Ite> ingatono’s exporionco closed iu about him: and |“ iruiovs Ponrraninst AND Moxey-GbaTnd, thon, lke the sunshine piercing tho canopy of | it, Coorxu, Paper, Now York: Charlea P, Som- | from the eldes boneath cach wing, und, whon tha hit, or like a miessongor direct from Heayen, camo Btanloy, of tho Now York Heralit, pringing inexpected ‘succor and comfort. havo reua tho story of how American generosity and American heroism rescued the exploror in Lis dire extromity; and, much as wo Avuotr, Illustrated, 1Gmo,, aro toumpted, we cannot repent it boro, allowing May, Livingatoue wrote a letter to au appeal to tho nation which had bofricnded him, to aid in the sup- reslon of tho East Coast slavo-trade. lated exactly a year beforo hid doath, and clorod with these worda, which may now bo read on the Farm, tablet erected to his memory vear his grave in | Weopuy Taxxs, B@P, ANnerra Peenmay, Square “WAHL can add, in my | Jamo, Chicagot P, Anetta Yeckham, louolincss, fx, may heaven's rich blossing come down on every ono, Amorican, English, who will heap to heal tho open soreof tl Dut wo must haatey tothe end. Encouraged by he flerald, makin; Westminster Abboy: Btanley, the stout-hearted missionary kept up throngh sixteon more months of fatiguing ex- ploracion, and thon exhausted nature could en- dure no more, The provess of gradual wasting foray whieh his eyttete uTorad. front, ardahip and disease may bo Imagined. Wo attempt no detalt, Dragging himself along, from ‘any to | nots, by Alfrod H, Louis ; "Mont St. Michel," by | request yon to inform the Hoyal Astronamiral Society J.D, Champlin, Jr. 3 ‘The First Contury of the | that, if it will appoint mon of Hclence to observe tho day, though too feeble at Inst to sit on his dop- 7 Republip (Hifth Papor)—Meohanioal Progross | Sole milings of Andit next, tile Majeuty vill bs Uappy to and —compollod borne by hia Hee f r piieswone | alg no omit the regular entry in bis Journal, though Hwa limited to the musro date. Aprita7, | BSls of David Livingstone, ld tho pon for tho last time, and wrote: * Knocked up quite, and rotunin—recover—eont to buy milob-goate. Wo aro on tho banks of the He was now emaciated to tho laut degroo, and 80 itl, and wore, and woak, that he could scarcely endute to ba lifted from his bed to tho litter, | Hudson. ‘ fawik Yot throo days longer his faithful sorvavte trav- Galazy for March (Bueldon & Co., Now York), | frunicato it to the Soolety 43 600n aa possible’ I aball t Woman of Fashion," | bo most happy te recaive any varamunication from the Chaptera NIY., XV.. and XVI. by Mra. Annio | Secretary of the Society named; and. if uny yantle eda unten Honeope, by Sut Lael: | Se ert aaa rcs parte at Ge of the timn ingensiblo, ho loft no parting mea. | {Canova and Napotoon: ont fram Unwritten 4 c1 sagen for lids frlonda, Novor was load neodet woh Mistory,” by George ZL, Austins Wor Trlumph | [Ruane tune ec aaa Hin Ilfo would speak with elo- | St Last,” by Bry, 8. quent tongue to allwho know him, or woutd | Hegen Von Enso,” by Bary A. On the afternoon | 83m," by Paul H. Hayne ; on the bed, | Chaptors IV,, Vi. ard VI, by Justin McCarthy ; On tho | ‘‘Harpocrates," by Jool Donton; “Tho Old: | oF 80th, ho poke tivo or threo timos to is attond- | Times Splrite: ‘The Strangost Ghaptor in the | El) more than tho fatiquo and separable from the expedition, was added to othor crua) trials, and, in the last month of 1866, hunger gnawed Incewsautly at ‘his vitals, Thero is novor a word of complaint; but Chrietmas~<iay he writes on tho loss of his four gonte, stolen or strayed: yontlt ridge, of ecarcely any tasta, ia now hy fare, and it makes mo dream of better,” ‘Again, Jan. 4, he confesses to bis journal: Te ja hard faro ant scanty; I fool always hun- ry, and am constantiy droumin whon { should be sleeping. former tlmes come vividly up bofuro tho iinagina~ Uov, even in my waking houra; this ls rather odd, as Iam nota droamor; indeed, I soaruoly but whon I am gommy to be ill, or actually wo.” At another timo ho lightens hiv belt to compress tho stomach and take off the koon edge of ita craving. A fow days after, be roaated a little grain, aud boils it ‘*ta make bo. Ueve itis coffee.” A little further on, ho ro~ marke that The want of walt probably makes the guawing sensation worse." But, Jan. 20, 1467, just as he ontored tho veoond year of tho expedition, Livingstone met with a fatal disaster in the luvs af bis medicino- chest, which was stolon by a wrotchod desortor. ‘This torrible calamity doprived him of lily entire supply of drugs, sud tots him remediloss in caso of iltnews, Lt was the blow that struck bim with death ; for, in the malarious marshes through Which he must pass, fover was sure to wolze upon bim, and he had nowno sutidote to counteract hardublps in “A little indi- oled with tho dying man tgronol a place whora | Coutouts: _ * Lat io might broatho his last in the dominions of a friendly Chief, ‘Yoo woak to apeuk, and much af bettor food javary viands of | communications, licar of him in time to como, of tho 29th, he was Isid helploss uy ina hut that had boen built for 8o tho hours atolo on til nightfall, ly took to thelr huite; whlle o jotohis master, At the | MLN. 8.5 “ho DP winuatone mali, * A No," ropited Hust; "4 eau hear the erica, that the from thelr dura-fleld villaga near the Sfoltlatie while, Again, speaking t he sald, * Blkta 'gapt hu daysia it to tha Lunpul 4 Ne aani zikutatu, Master), replied Hust, few seconia afier, 2a half-aaid, * Ob doar, dear} an 2) wana” (f think ft 1s threo days vingstone divinod all that the irreparable loss meaut, for he writes, on tbe unfortunate day; “I folt ag if I lad now received the sou- once of death, like poor Bishop Mackenzio” but moekly adds: ‘Everything of thia lan happeng by the permission af Ono who wetchea over uv with most tender cara; and this turn out for tho beat, by taking away a source of suspicion amoug more superstitious, charm. doaling people farther north, I meant it saa, Yource of benolit to my party and to tho its, he half en dozedog } Lilac! Tt waa about an hour later that Bus! hoard Majwara bod, the Doctor told him, to boll some water; and for this pur the fire outuicte, an wished him Lila medicine-choat, aud to bold tho candle tear tus | can Court he could hardly vee. With great | 4 Aimeuity De, Livingstone selected thocslamel, watch | 2* Adolphus Trollope, he told “him'to placw to pours little water empty ono by tt, ho said, tu al for the man notice rectlng him Itisnotlongere tho dreaded result of the misfortune is apparent, Defore a mouth has gone by, Livingstone is “too ill with rhoumatic fever to bavevervico; thin iv the tiret attack of it C Bute bad and ho mediciuo!” Honcofurth the jes make fri meus, and even snare frequout, Of illucss, which are with heroic fortitude, but gradually esp the life Fever aud waut of food ad 80 feeble volcat Alt right; you can go ont now.", ‘Thea are tue last words ho wus ever beard to speak, ave bey about & by when fut heard eats, ULB. AL; Tho Claus at 1h, r The P; is sled gertienl | Rluloe by Tidhs Darker AG . 1 , + HE. 0 aud Munniasery; and the alx men weub ‘int | the Cousclencotvund," by 1. Sendder, medlitely to the hut, Vuenlng inside, they Livingetune was hot tying on it, but appeared to bo eugaged in prayer, anu they Inwtinctlvely drew back- Ward for the justant, Yolnting ta him, Bajwara suid: “When I lay dowu, ne was just as hob that he doca not mot teked the lad how long be bad wept? during March, he often au cumbed to Sts of Inscneitihitsy. Apel ho writea: “ I found myself gounderin, hut, and uootle to get in +L tried from my, back by laying hold of tro % entrance, but, when I got bearly uprij eavily on my Wretched state 1 js Dow, und it is bor ie boys bed sean the was in, and buug a blanket the but, that no ‘trungee a abe Jean ress: womo hours elapsed bolo; 0 was some coutideratle time, ‘The men drew nearer, i ‘A caudla, atuck by Sia owd was to the top of tue box, | Srpttl. Thy indivi rhed a lighé aultictent for them to seu ble. formn, Livingstone waa Kuoellng Ly’ the ade uf bia bed, lle body strotched forward, lula ead buried 3 then im and Tt was gnutcient; lito Mark the delicacy of these nati ma hiding the weakness of thote br from tho eyes of the coldly-curia senaible iniluenco of Livin; pstons’s Eat molding tholr characters a ammennar mol ; nto ® likenesy of 4u ugusually-sturdy constitution and an ine hand over disturb | Warrior, a ataterinsy, ora man of genius, have anid little or nothing of tho fatorcet- _ We have anid little or nothing of tho ntorert- | rag atudylng the faune of the Malay Archipol ing polutaof Dr. Livingstono’ DANKER'S REGISTER, clecumatance—coupled with act that Sunl epoka to bim some time shortly te- fore mfdnight,-—Lbnt wa are able to atate with tolerable certainty that 'ho ex}ieed early on the Ist of May. a Livingstone tras not #uffered to repore inthe | Méntion fs made in Nature of a new species of still forost, where, as we have seon, ho hupod to | bird-of-Paradiso which has lately been recoived fud a quiet gravo; but lis loyal rorvants Ignor | from Walgoon, au of the group of Parnan Iel- Ant of hin expressed wish, embalmed bis body | ands, i¢ bolonge ta the gouun Diphyllades, and t.”" Passing over an interval of months, filled | #4 tied Bort cetildc and bore a ee et’ | tho epocific name Gulthelmd 17, 18 propored for His dust should have boss Jatin aries stip Hone ut ie Sr pr ue Sertarlant, ue A 7 which he lived, and labored, anid dic serve. | whore dominious the birds-of-Psradiso aro chiol- to agrave in the foroat ; it was a little rounded Cee ee id. null art Continent ae Leta outlet {age fiat Slee: ox which yet, in tho olovation and enlighteumontof | 7.1110 tieds are litaltod to New Guinea and tho fo, will boa monument to his memory | 1 ue 4 uote wats and enduring than. tan over Int af | jacent islandy, or, a8 Mr, Wallace han stated It, marble to commemorate the splendid doads of a | to tho region inclosed within ‘tho 100-fathom Tt ie to givo us such glorious models for emu- lation, that if a worth while to havo Living: dangerous ravagen tn,tho lowest wtages of bar- stone and men of his fibro enduro toll, and t aud death, inthe prosecution of an unsolfish | into thoir lands for any purpose whiatover, and caune, though it should otherwise prove barten | gonm particularly joslous of efforts to ne- Tor Duvnen’s Aratanso any, HuateTaR yon 11875, | cost. ; ; Ralied by I. Hostsxn thy Twentye' nue Mr. Wallace ennmerates cighteon species of Volunie, 80.9. 29d, Now York: 1.8, Homan, | 446 Paradiseide in bia work on "The Malay help- | ‘The Joug rere: of yeara during which this | Archipelago.’ Of these, fourteon belong to tha work has beon cuctained by the public would | Papuan rogion, three to the northorn and cast- geem to render anything boyond # notice of its | ern parta of Australia, aud one to the Moluo- aud all nights epuia inet of tron and bloody’ | ronowed appearanco quite uunecoseary. Still, If | cas. ‘The trac bind of Va iy | there be any baokera in our community rho aro not yet acyuainted with it, for their benoilt we | pelago, in 1862, Mr, Wallace purchased two adult would set forth ite merita in a word, Tho Ieg- | mates of the Paradisca Papuana, at Singapore. ister" contains full and carofally-edited lists of | As they wero in a hoalthy condition, ho pad £100 tho banks and bankers in the United Biates and | or tho pair, and carriod them satel Canada, and in abovo a thousand clitlea and towns in the Old World; it gives adetafiod do- scription of the loans of the United Btates, the Tyeusury-calle of 6-20 bonds, prices of United SPARKS OF SCIENG BIRDS-OF-PARADIGE. Hino round New Guinea.” While this uaturatiat ago, he mado five voyages to an many difforent whito man, and which is fuhabited bya raco of bariam. Theso rosist the inroad of ptrangers euro tho rarer apecise of tho Virds-of-Pars- dise. Therofore, few specimens of other than tha moro common sorts oro to be obtained at auy dina aro omnive erous, feeding on fruits and ineccts. On hig way home from the Malay Archi- iy to Tuzland, where thev lived in the Zoologicel Gardens in London for ono and two years. From thin ex- porimont it would socm that the npeciosin heruy, sud, under favorable circnmytauces, tight le reared in tomporate climates. States wecurities for thirteon years, intorcet- In tho Island of Walgeon the splandid red bird- loans of tho sovernl States, statistica of tho rail- ronds of tho United Btates, cte., otc, In hort, the various information regarding commercial atairs, sozential to the banker In condneting his trangactions, will bo found in tho work, arranged ina compact, methodical, and acccesililo manner. Twelve original designs of buildings for city and country banks, ongraved fac-similes of tho new coins of 1874 in various countrics, with vinwa cf new commercial buildings, add interest and AMERICAN LIFE. BOOKS RECEIVED, ¥ro! Livingsioua fondly cherished ths hopo of dis- | FONT, F7ARL OF Anenosy Fay. Second, Damar, | third morning. | Tho caso was tho eaino with tm- covering somo monumental records of Moroo, Green & Go, tho city which Moses founded in Innor Ethiopia, ju honor of Bferr, tho prophov's fortor-mothor ; aud, while suffering from intractable ulcora that ‘This is tho second edition of thle book,—the | Shecimen endured cap! en fone, cover- ing, as thoy do, almost every iinaginable subjoot | scums so falntly represout the beauty of tho of gomo volume; aud on ono sido ho bod writ- | connected with this country. ‘he book, written, Jiving bud. for Englishmen, has au interest for them which { 12 May or Juno, tho birds ara in full plamage. ~ | i hiss nut for Atnericans, who are familiar by ac- this season they pass through @ series of re~ tual observation with the subjocte which ittreats, markoble performances preliminary to mating. thor of * Tost Gip,” ec. 1émo., pp. 325. New of-Paradise (Paradisea rubra) is foundia plen- tiful numbers. Mr, Wallace tried in yaiu to pro- servalive specimons. They would ont preedily, swallowing any numbor of grasshoppers atter atrippiug off thelr legs aud wings, aud partaking frecly of fresh frait provided for them. During tho iiret day of their captivity, thoy woroin can. stant motign, acarculy roaliig @ momont u1 nightfall, The socond day, theie movements would be leas active. although their appetites vero unimpatred, The third day, they would almost invariably bo found dead in the bottom of theircago. Not ona ont of ten survived tho nature and: fullplumagod birds, Not a single ivity, and tho collector was obliged to content himaclf with proacrying first baving appeared in 1864, In two octavo vol- | yiing in as good condition as possible. ‘The tia- were oating his feet to the bone aud weakening | umes. Dr. Nichole is an Amoricun, who grow | tives wero augaged tocatch tho birds, which they disgusted somowhat with bis country during the | did by means of nn ingentously-cantrived noose War, aud ‘took refuge” in England. Ie tella | f¢t near a fruit which was a favorito food of the us that, during that struggle, the Government becamo o military despotium; Mr. Seward } or threo days, watching for his game, without ordered twonty oitizens to leaye tho country | any reward; and then again he might, by a without a passport, and Sir. Nichola went to Eu- | troke of good luck, make soveral captures iu o land because America was one hnga prison, a Sith Mr, Seward for jailer! Itis plain fram this | the forest, thoy raroly found their way to i 7 1 tl > ri Fete Baer reter ee arate! tho plumage would pretty certainly bo rumpled or birds, Sometimes the hunter wonld sit for ono, two, gingle merning, As the bitds wero caught deep Dir. Wallace io gi resorvation. Theiralegaut boiled intho long journoy from their haunts to tho hands of the collector. It is from this canee that epecimons of the bird-of Paradiae in forei Those curious manouyres are called * dancing parties” by tho natives, and are held in certain trees in tho foreat, “ which haye an immonro GeEseEnatsure ; on, Now I Maxagen Mr Ivanayp. A Tole, diy Geonte Ror. imo, pr. 176. Cina | Peta of spreading branches, and largo but scat tered loaves, giving » clear space for the birds to Parstos} on, Tine Kinapow ann tne Patrenox, Dy | Play and oxbibit their plumes. On one of there the Hey, J,'A. SarTir, D, D., Editor of the Standard, s Chicago, Shes otc. 1émo., pp. 280. Ohivago: 8,0, | birds ngwomblo together, raine up their wings, trees, a dozen or twenty foll-plumaged malo stretch out their necks, and olcvate thelr ox- evory varicty of attitude and motion.” lonEY, m the Irench af ‘he bid iteolé is nearly ng Inrge an & wilder- | MatLe, Ganontau, Author of “The Widow La | crow, and is of arich coffoo-brown color. ‘Tho rouge,” etc, Paper, Boston; Jamea 1, Osgood & | head and neck aro of a puro atraw-yallow above, trigites.? Paper, ‘Tho | Dodd & Mead, or ‘Lurk, PERIODIOALS RECEIVED, jo world.” History of Now England ;" ffaln » tion, “Once and Agi Tho Miler on the Wall, “ Fort Fishor Expedition, ‘Col, looked toward the ted, “Dr, | Potarson & Co., Philadotphia), Hejublic for February (Washington, D. 0.). placed I atta Dr, 18mo9, Tp. 1018, “Now York : Ofllea of the Fur, Ficus, and | R02 setting to tho golden glory which waves (concluded), by E, 11, Knight; *TheLaatJouy- | aud will taka on bilmed by 8. 8. Conant; and provido them with transport for them Carpathians,” from tho Gorman; “Miss Angol," | lensy, tho Minster for For by Misa Thackoray ; “A Droam,” by Misa I. 1, | British Consul-Generat he 31. B, Piatt; ‘Rachel Varn- | quired for instruments, —e' plan, in ain,” by Chisrlos Warren 8 hewent ta | dard; Tho Sclentitls Life,” by B, goon retired with the Kettle full, Culling bi: close, be eaked bim t dual is a Jew, though in an- | tury, er Bonas ho may be doxcribod ay a Samarit: , He tsa man of {argo fortune, and of libera! in bis beads | Hols very fond o: ¥ Vor a moment tuvy watched him; | pictures; yet hohas alarga room so full hho did not stir there waa no sign of breathy jatihew, advance sottly ta pluced bis hands to hia checks, H d Leen extinct some tin cold; Livingstone was dead, {la nad-bearted servants raised bi lad Lira fall fength on the covoriuy hin, they weut put into and rich metalile greou bonenth, The long ‘ByIA. plumy tufts of goldon-orange toathers spring bird is in repose, are partly conconled by them. érby. Ayriquity oy Gunmruanitr. Ly Joux Ausencrn. | At the time of its oxvitement, howovor, tho Ali | Author of “ Monks, Poyes, and Tholr Political In- | wings aro raiaed vertically over the back, the Now York: Charles B, Somerby. | fend fi i if Tax Lave axp ADveNTONEH oF Jou PAu Jones, veteran |“ Cosssonix CALLED Paut dower: jabent down and wtretohed ont, and tho Jong plumos aro raised up nad expandad till they 5.080) Nee tore; | form two magnifiecnt goldon fans, atriped with doop-red at tho base, and fading offinto the pala- Amsiican Racing Catnypan or 1874 ron 1876, | brown tint of the finely-divided and softlv-waving: With un Appendix containing Entries for the Stukus 7 points. ‘I'he whole bird is then overshadowod by cof 1876-'6; Winning Tables; List of Ruciug Calors; | thom,—tho crouching body, yellow hoad, and Te ‘Table of Faxtent Time at Ditrorent Distatces ; List if Waa | of Thoroughbred Foals of 1874, etc, otc, emerald-groon throat forming but the foundation abovo.” SOLAR ECLIPSES ANO THE KING OF SIAM. Tho Kivg of Siam has addresaod « note of invitation to British and other astronomers, to Harper'a Magazine for March (Harper & | obsorve thocclipso of the sup, which ocenrs in tho assistance and sympathy sent Brothers, Now York), Contente: Tho Ivlo of | April noxt within bis dominions. The goncrova Nonttad milecigna getoout | ston,” by William If. Rideing; «* Caricature in | termaof the invitation may be gathered from tho tho Middlo Ages," by Jamey Parton ; A Charme | noto dispatched to the Astronomical Soclety of ing Woman,” by John G. Saxo; ‘'Remaing of | England, which wo copy in full: Lost Emptros,” by Kugene Lawrenco; ' Rapo ‘Tne Roray Parack, Daxonon, Oct, 9, 1974,—My of tho Gamp," by Welsh Magon ; Two Bon. | DEAR Bi: T havo amich pleasnte in ‘informing you that I hayo received the commands of His Majesty to consider them as his private Bocas during thee i clr eufertalamen: sclves and their instrumenta from Dangkok ** A Woman’a Choco,” by Mrs. Frank McCarthy; | to tho station selectod by then and back again, Da Witt Clinton aa a Politician (concludod)," | and will erect auch temporary buildings om by Jobn Bigalow; * sfagasa, the Outlaw of the | 26, reqitlred for thom and their asaoclstew, A come munication to this effect will be made by bis Excele Affairs, to the Acting but, as tila will be slow iu reaching the gentlemen fiiteroated, Hla Majesty hat conitnanded me to address this note ‘to you, to come Nes, of tho foundations re- fact, for each in- Uon or atations proposed, and » Wager: “Jot | tonded obscrrutory,— last I may mubmiit them for J oar Lady Disdain,” | Majetys orders * Tou anay ate : a fo that our topogra- Capt, Lottie, and olor oftcers who, as survey — necustomed to procies observations, will he yy to asic i tntred, and ile Staleaty wil wi. ingly release them from tholr other dutice for thts 3 A Bult of Armor,” | Une 7 ‘hemen silent. | BY Honry Abboy;' A Norgeman's Pilgrimage," jurpone. With the assurance of my high eatcem, be- ore, whose «uty it was | Chapterd X. and XI., by WJalmar Ijorth Hoyo- ta keep watch, eat around the fred, all feollug that tho | #6; “Absolute Musi," by Richard Grent end could not'be far off, Aut was close Ly, waa tald to time, there word loud shouts love mo, my dear bit, your most faithful friend, UUAMILAKATAWONGUR, HH, 8, M, Private Secrotary. Ut itp. m,, Busi, whose | White; "A itainy Evening a atte poner by | This letter ian lively testimonial tothe intereat 0 tho Swallow," from. H Slam takes in Solenco, and tho ef- inthy distance, aud, on | th i Ce the King of Pic én making Te heen by ane eat pee chat forts be is making to further the advance of his We are sccring awoya buttary | Kimball. Bist told Lint they “werg'in Ohttambes | eapo from” Albarn Te auniratan deenes: an | tueifiuende of thelr prosanaa anid work in Las When be was silent fora | Adventures,” I. pooplo in kuowledgo of avory sort. The onter- Lippin- | tamment of a body of savans at bis Court, and “Australian Scenes and } yj cannot but to ingul Fo t.” by Cl ., | Kingdom, ub promote inquiry among he Aa eid Datew; «Tho Matchioss Ono’ Prato on Amnon his subjects and inoreage thelr intolligence, "Y | can Soclety, in Jour Chaptera,” Chave, 9 and 4, | ‘Tho great solar calipso uf 1908 was also visiblo by Ita Anfol Prokop; “ Munich ag a Pout City,” | {n Siam, and av expedition sont by the ronch {Among tho Blousards,” by Wirt Sikes; Bonnet, | Goyornment located themselyea in Mulacce foi by I. ft wong v o gat) Salad’ ie Fan aro ecae Meatnors,” by William | the purpose of taking spectrosoaplo obsurva- i ‘by Enma, Lazarus; “Karly Travoling tions, ‘The then King of Siam, who Trofeysed a again outaide the dour, “Hiwana wanta you, Buarem | L2VOtionces in India,” by Vitzedward Hall; jacioalie’ sloloret a uaon vidio H Wolr : 1 ‘copper { Mitel; *' Plaving. with Fire,” by itarriet | Nim#elé to” tako oluervations. ‘Ihe wtatlon 10 Urlog | Prowcott Spottord “Recollections of tho Tua- | “#8 Uofortunatoly situated ins malariony dis- dor the Grand ‘Duke’ Jeoopold,"" by | ttict, and many of tho astronomers wore attacked with fover, from which thoy recovered only ov Old and New for March (Leo & Shopard, Bos- | thair return to Frauce. ‘Tho Royal observer was put another | ton). Cantonte: “A Huadrod Yeara Aga ;" | not exompt from tho dieeaso, whlch proved fatal The Way Wo Live Now," by Ant. ‘Lrollope; } fa his casy, ha he died 8 fow months afterwards, by H. P. Driver; | Partles of Britle astronomors will obscrya George ¥. | tho coming eclipao In Biaw, aud iu Burmab or in Fart II. | some talaud in tha Bay of Bongal. ‘Tho Council sago of tho Au | of tho Royal Soclety have obtained a protalue of “A Contribution to} a grant of £1,000 in ald of tho sgbecrvattong, A 4 8 . caphing the wpec- { not 8 g! Peterson's Journal of Popular Literature (H. | tra of the chromouphoro aud coronal atimog- | slice, ou vphere, For this purpose, two side-rostaly will | ceived a moseaye from @ friend in tho unseen bo used by the observers, and it ta posuible that | world to tha affect that ho would certainly div equatorials provided with apparatus for spectrum | upon @ cortuin day and hour, meutioning the tino with a positivences that to the circle and eutleman yoferrel to loft no reom for whieh will bo limited to photo, Buying ad Picturow Out of Charity. | photography will algo bo ewployod. that I fear he ts From the Cinctunals Commercial. M ble At a point in tho viciaity of Coors, in the Brazils, ‘aupposod by astrononiers that the cclipao | the f atl Thoro {4 a wlngnlar individual well known in | of April may bo moro'fayorable for observation | doubt, ‘he message aleo cquye he could wot tell, but ho was eure that 16 | London by artivis, especial: by incompetent | than my other that will dcour during this coz- | tion to the effect that he should, E in tho oolipaes of July 29, 1878, of 1883, | of the eront, immediately procure a life-imiur- 1887, 1000, oto., the duration of ‘totality will bo | anca policy for $10,000 for tho benollt of his ty. | uliorter, while, inthe eclipse of Aug, 29, 1886, | family, [0 obadiouce to tho suggestion tha pol- art, and ie a good judge of | the only casily accossible and fayurablo wtailon | icy was sccurod, aud upan tho appointed day and x of | appears to bo tho Island of Grenada, in tho | hour tho man died, daubs that it can only be doucribed asa chamber | West Indios, whoro the total cclinso lasts Su, | tho Company for the aro: of horrors. No ove bettor kuows how bad thouo | 153, In tho octlpso of April 26, 1892, tho cun- | icy, waa Informed thut the policy was voidod by e, And the body wan aliaoee pletures ayo than thelr owner, who apologizea for | tral line has a dea-track through uesrly its whole | reason of hor husband's + Lom, but vouchsafos no explanation why he has } oxtent, avcordiug to the closost computations | ‘moral sutcid im tenderly up, and | Purchased them, However, ithas lately beon | yot taken, The eclipse of April 16, 1893, 18 the | thought he mast do sa {n sccordanco with sho <tiees carefully periiin tia pie olds Gentleman has for years only ‘uo that favorably compares prt that of | supposed me: amp alr uy 5 i foconsult toxeuer, “It ws ot tou Record the fucks | tacit uufortgune painter ere compassion | the prosent year in length of totality and courga, | wuit against tue tho duration of total oclipno in 4m. dts. with the wy at an altitade of 76 dep, Tho central line of the approaching orlipre lies chuolly along a sea-track; vet, in ite pannage icobar Telanda, in the Bar of Bougal, affords fins opportunities for the observation of totality. The maxunutm totality at Bontirch Isinnd is 4m, 17a. d,; at Tenaseerim, Sm, tie; a » with tho aun abont 87 deg. high. SALMON FOR NEW ZEALAND. A fresh attempt to acclimatize tho Uritish aal- mon (Salmo salor) in New Zealand ia in procoas of exccution, sud a quarter of a million of ogge aronow on thelr way to luff Harbor, which port lt is expected they will reach about tho end of March. Theovea wore secured from large salman captured in tho tribntaries of the Rivers Forth aod Tay, iu Bcotlind, exprosely for tho purpose, They wore treated according ta tho methods practiced iu pisciculture,—that ig, thoy wore forcibly extruded from tho flal, and by ar- tificial moaos impregnated. Thoy wero then carefully packed on traya of porforatea zino, and placedin boxes of s foot cubo ench, anil thero weroagain doporited ina cabin built es. pecially for their accommadation in the versel destined to transport them. payed with ico to the depth of about 2 feet, and ad walls of ico 3 foot in thicknees, will not be opened until they havo reached thoir destination, and, at the low tompersture at which they will be kept, it is hoped that the de- of the ova will be susp On tholr arrival at Now the waters of that country will poatan autumual temperature, oud on tioir adaptation tothe ripen- ing of tho fish depends the success of the ex- from tho to Bian, yolopmen the transit. periinont, Cocoa (Theobroma Cacau) ta axtenalyely culti- yated in Guoyaquil, and now plautations have been recently foitnd aud oid ones enlarged, so that the yield promises to be largely incroased, Tho crop of 1873 was tho heavioat known for years. The cocoa-troo attains its maturity in seven or ofght years, and generally siclda twa Tho seeds, which are the edible portion, aro somewhat jlike almonds, and a loxthery capenla shaped like a cucumber, und itnbedded in a buttery pulp. AN AFRIOAN EXPLORER. Dr. Nachtigal, who has been conducting ex- plorations in tho cavtern conntries of Sabara and Soudan, has returned to Cairo, after an ab- sence of about six years. some time fu the genial climate of Egypt befuro returning to Europo, in order tu reeruit his health, which ag bepu considorably impaired by the hardships he has andorgono, crops In the season, are ineased ‘§ GEN. BURNSIDE, Speech of the Senntor-Elect from Ehodo Injana Troyrprses, I. L., Feb. 18—Rodman Post, Grand Army of tho Tepublic, gave a compli- moutary banquet this evening to Goo. Beraside, Senator-elect, The Genoral reaponded to tho soutitnont in bis honor by 8 apeech, in the courgs of which ho said: “dome of onr poople are naturally onongh alarmed at tho clection to Congrova by tho South- ern people of a large number of the ex-oficera of the Confoderate army. gooma to me show there Theso ox-otllcers, tion will casion for plarm. should bo remembered, are under paroloa of honor. While wo all hold that tho moaut sacred earthly duty of an Amorican citizen is that of loyalty to the Republic; yet we must not lose fight of the fact that a soldier, in his individ- ual capacity of a soldier, cau realize no conti feucy that woukl mako him violate bis parole. Thora fs ovory reason why theta ox-Confoderate saldiora in Congress shonld seo that thoy wera clearly—honestly if you please, but, with the presont lights boforethem, clearly—in the wrong, every reason why they should bo loyal citizens, and ovory reason why thoy should socredly koop thoir paroles of baonar, whether givenin in an implied form by accepting their lil dor a genera! undoratanding betwoen their leador aud the authoritics of the Genoral Govarnment. Let us hopo, comrades, that tha progent troub- ons, threatening signs will paws away; but, shoutd sncb fond hopes fail of reslization, lot ua feel and know that the Government bas amplo power to protect itself, and that tho people will never agsin sit idly by and allow treason to gather its head. ‘Tho people are anxiously sm- Patient to wee all tho States of the Union under the supervision of tholr own properly constituted authorities, and the authonties of the Govornment are equally anxious and im- pationt for this result, We should not forget that but ten years have passad siuce wo amar; from tho gigantic conflict. pocted all the wounds would beso quickly heslod; that a system of labor which bad obtained for 80 many yearsin the South would bo rapidly re- pincod by » new system; that the embors of hate and malice would bo go rapidty quauchod. Bus the wounds will bo healed in timo; tho system of free labor will bo etablished on a firm basle; and tho embers of hate and malice will bo quenched, far those who indulge in bate will find it a consuming fire, hater and not the hated, and ‘will learn not to rear their children for waoritices Loyatty, love, tudustry, econom: We will not be al- lv again,’ but wo will bo on its altar, aud ponca will roturn 4, lawod ‘to turn to.aur fol enabled to way that ‘marcy sud truth have met togother, rightow ances aud poaco be each other,'” The hoor frorty listens in tho morn: ‘The dry lowg, flutter to the ground; DR te ath and scenss forlorn, id bird hastens, Southward bound, On distant hills the soft biuo haze, ‘Tho Ungering grocu of vale aud lawn, Itevive, iu these November da; Dut memorica of the Summer gone: Antumnal triumphs, bright and brief An all aur joys that come ant gu; boast of flower and loaf, aa tho fading sunset-glow, Froin boll ‘The wik ‘The dyin, Chetred ‘Velo show of Surumer's waning health,— Hardonto dressing for tho grave,— recomipeuse for all the weal Of groan that shower and sunshine gave, Now o'er the acene, iu woeds of death, Sad Nature mourns the perlabed year; No hue of bloom, nv roa! wreuth, ‘But outies strow the weason's bier, We love (his old prolife thetas ‘That gingers Our thoughts to then we Ancttiug sun or dyluy yor, Winrow senixus, Wis, —_—— A Queer Case, in the Scranton (Pu,) ng of Spigituallyts, ‘oat way {rom Herantan, and not long 19 of tho mombers of ‘tho circla” ro- And onl; At a mei Ye Fra tlt A CARGO OF BIRDS. A-voasot recently railut from Europo bearing acargo of 1,130 living birds inteuded for Now Zealand. Among them were 100 black-birds (Turdus merula), 100 thrasbew( Turdusmusicua), 100 atarlings (Sturnus vulgaris), 100 rodpoles (JAnota rufescens), 149 linnote (Linota eanna- bina), 150 bodgo-aparrowan (Accentor modular), 160 gold-finchea (Fringilta. carduelin), 170 yellow hummers (Emberiga citrinelia), and 110 partridg- ea (Perdiz cinera). The Acclimitization Bociety of New Zealand havo charge of tho little immi- grants, and, when they arrive in thelr adopted country, thoy will bo set at liberty, and logally protected from tho perils of ynares and guu- powder. They are Imported In the interest of Xew Zealand tarmera, who cannot eave their cropa from the ravages of insects without the aid of thea active follaw-jaborers. Thia cabia was He propoges to remain Now, comrades, it it could not be ax. fathora and mothers — ail tines have told, Bocause sq like our living dreams Tho lays uf life ycow pover old, , From Autumn gray to Winter whito, ‘Our closing season awiftly tende; ‘Wo drift toward the icy bilyht ‘Wherw all aur speculation ends, Our dreame point to the flual Lourn, ronpocta dead aud sere, ) Tires, held ina vilisgo jo wife, upon applymg to named tu the pol- baviug committod suicide” — that ty, diod because ho ‘Tho wife has now brought Compauy for the amount of tho FAMILIAR TALK, THE CENTRAL AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE. It wonld neem, from the atories told by Dr. Livingstone. that. many of the rlaves kidnappod in Contral Africa actually die of a broken heart after » fow dove of captisity. It it tho man who havo hala respoctable position, sod who hare nover befcro had their liberty restricted, who are mort Mable to wiccumy to the disease. They will, perhaps. enduro their chain pationtly until some circumstance reminds them forcibly of home, and then grief overpomerg them, heartednesa, {t in related of kidnapped children that they will keep up for a time with wonderfi! endursnes. Then, porchance, the sound of daucing or the merry hole of tho small drums comcs to their ears from some village thoy are passing, and the happy days burste af outhalr minds. Thoy fall to ersing aud tobe biug; tha “broken heart" comes on, nud thoy memory of home an rapidly sink tnder it, Alany adult captivos give way beneath the beavy burdeus thoy are foreedl to care When caught, a heavy " teming-sticl ” dinagination. While Sir Samuel Beker wae traveling along tho Upper Nile, during his Iato papeucan or tho suppression of the slave trate in Central Africa, he held au interview with one of tho Bheiks of the Shir trite. Tho man was lond in hig inyectives againet the slave-hunters, and mada bittor complaints of the cnormitics prac- ficed upon his people by the Berrig, who bad kidnapped mauy of thelr wives and children, Fir Satauel folt that be had here a promising aub- Jact to work upon, and therefore oxhausted his powers of persuasion iu a sarmion on the avila of slavery. Ho tattered himeelf that his discourse was most effective, aud would tonch tho innermost hoart of the heathon Shoik, Tho tattor listened attontively, ax though deuply impressed with the {ruth ret bofora him. Ifo seemed mos: affected by Sir Samuel's picture of the distress occauioned by the forcible genarntion of childreu from their paronts, and eagerly broke in with the question, Havo you a non 7' Samuel. ouly give him plenty apado}.’ ‘Tho result of his sermon on tho slavo-trado, Adresred to an affectionate father, was, to use ir Samuct'a own words, “quite appaliluc. I was offered bis ouly eon in exchange for a spado}” and the young “knave of apados was warranted to remain altcays hungry." A ROYAL FUNERAL IN AFRICA, When a Ring of Unyon dios it tv not tne cusiom to put him in the graye until tho suc- ecuaion to the vacant throne las been decidod. His sons must fight for tha Noral power, and the civil war entailed sometimes Insts for yoars, Meantime, tho deceased King lios unburied, Immediately upon bis death, hia body is Iaid ont upon 8 frame-work of groon wood, constructes! like ahuge gridiron, and is dried over a slow fire, When reduced to the condition of o mummy, tho body is wrapped in new beck- clothes, ond laid in state in a largo house crovind especially for the parpose. Hero it reprace whilo the contestants are fighting for tho snc- cexsion. As soon as victory Las docided in favor of ono of the partice, tho fortunate son visite the; but where his fatuer’s ody ataits sepultura, end, approaching tha corpac, uticks his spear uptight in the ground, and leaves it thus near tho nyght hand of the body, Tho sou now aganmen tho rogal state, and. o8 ble first duty, superiniands the funeral of his father. An immense tronch ia now excavated capsblo ptcontalnlag aoyeral hundred poovle, and la tent- 8 A gumber of is wives of the dead King are thon sestyd to- gether at the bottom of the pit, so as to bear n their knees the body of the dofnnct, The night before tha fancral, tho Kiug’s own regi- ment, or body-guerd, surround dwollingy and villagos, and seize their inmates as thoy leave thoir doors in the morning. These captives, consisting of men and women indiscriminately, aro conveyed to tho brink of the pit, whera their loge sud arma aro broken with clubs. Thus ‘i thoy are posed Into tho pit, on the top of tho dead ing and bia tiving wivos, Aborrible diy of draws, borne, flageolota, whistles, mingled with the yolle of tho frantlo Dystanders, drowns the slirioke af tho miserable wrotches “npon whom the earth is shoveled and stamped down by thousands of cruel fomsticu, ence aud jump upen the loose moki” so ‘Tarough y Heed with fresh bark-<clot! disable who turnulus of earth, sod all te nttlt, ig over,” tho King! THE IVORY TRADE, England Imports about 640 tous of {yory sn- nally, of which 270 Cons arc retained for homie consumption, The Shofield cutlory aluno uso, every yoar, 170 tone in thelr manufactorlen, Im- mediately after the Frauco-Gormay War, the prico of ivory made # conniderable ndvance. Large Zenziber tusks were bought at public salou— In 1867, In 1869 Tn 1872 In 1573 Tn a7 at from £39 to £49 apiece, at from £41 to £44 aplece, at from £55 lo Cul apiece, at from £04 to £72 apiece, at trom £3 ta £53 apiece, Single tasks vary in wolght from 1 t 165 pounds, The avorago woight of tuske fs about 28 pounds, To furutsh tho ivory which is tm- gland, 44,000 clopliants aro an- uually sacrificed. When wo consider how much ivory is oxported to other countrios, wo Diny got an idea of tho war upou these mammoth quad- rupeds whloh is continually carried ou. Bombay aud Zanailar export yourly 160 tor ly 189 to y 140 tor ported into Alexandria and Malla export year! West Coast of Africa exports yearl; as to comprezs it tuto a compact ma: thie it ta impossible for tho outombed victims to force their way, as their limbs have beon broken to render theay helploes and prevent their ox- capo. At lougth the manylod mass of human doings “Ia buried and trampled down benocath a Tho funeral With how much heart-felt fervor must tho in- labitauta of Cnyoro continually pray, Long ive My gong pre, unfortunately, dead," etl Cape of Good Hope exparts yearly 60 tons, Muzambique exports yearly 20 tone, Tyory conics into Worbay from all the south- ern countries of Avia and tho East Coaut of Africa. Much of it is shipped to Indian and Chincso niarkets, bud tho reluaindor is sont to Emope, Aloxaudria and Malta recelve ivory trom Northern and Central Africa, and the countrioy bordoriug on the Nilo. largest tusks are ylelded by the African olephaut, from ¥; quickly die, When questione’ ahout ee a ady, they place their hand over the heart, and say tho pain ia only thers. Ono finn lad of 12, dying of the disenac, when shout to expire was lnid down by tho path aud a pit dug to recoivo hie body. He, like tho rest, raid bothing alled him but thepsinat his heart. Ont of a party of young men captured In a mitnight aswault, olght died in three days of malotie dn Pays, or lroken- ‘bon or yuko, woigh- ing from 30 to 49 pounds, fe fastened about their neck, The yoke consists of along, of timbor, with a fork at ono ond, neck, and secured with ecross-piece, Tho ponite end of the yoke projects several feo! front of the priecucr, and isa pretty effectual obstaclo in tho way of escape or of rapid proge rows. When other burdens are added to tbo weight of the yoke, tho slaves often give out, aud aro left hy the way. In this caas, the slaves driver frequently vents bls epteen at losing a slave by stabbing or shooting him, him toatreo and leaving him to 5 heavy atick iuclosing the tn oF by fring porigh slow!: of hunger. Dr, Livingstone was go affected ty the distresving crucittes which ho continually saw practiced upon the victims of the slayc- fradery, that hia dreams were haunted with them, and he would wate in the night and suffer asuow from the horsble rcenes he nad witnessed by day, which wero reproduced by his tortured roplied Indecd!” exclaimed the Sheik, “1 sop,—an oly son, He in a nico ee good boy,—abont eo high [showin pon the handle ofhis spear}, J should hike you jo ace my boy; he is very thin now, but. if ho ehould remain with you, Be would svon yet fot. He's roally a nico boy, and aftcays hungry. You'll bo so fond of hint; he'll eat from mormng, till wight, and still be'll ‘be hungry, You'll ko him amazingly; bo'l] give you no trouble if you jtoeat, We'll io down and ye fleep, and ho'll wako up bungry again, io's @ gond boy, indeed; and he's my only ton, TN sell kim to you for a molate (native iron —a ver in length git aud aro oxported from Zanzibar. ‘hey affors ivory of a vory fino quality, It is onaqta, soft, and easy to wash, and free from cracks aic| other defects. The ivory which comes fram fAmbriz, the Gaboon River, and poste south of tluy equa- tor, is cullod ‘sliver-gray.” and rotains its e the stmonphere, never yellowing with ago, an doe the Aviatic and Fast Africau product. Ut {s more valuable thon any other ivory in the markot, Tuske froin Slam aro much eought after for carvin; mental work, ag they aro soft, tino-graingd, and whitenoys when expoved to translucent, Tuske which come from Mozambique and the bove 70 pounds in weight cach, Froin time to tine, a flaw tons of fosell ivory are collected in the Arctin regions and iu Syberia. This is obtained from ebsphania that are found imbedded in ico, whore *hoy fare auiina! Cape of Good Hope seldom ¢ beou.preweryed for unknown ag Hut Orta ‘Tho ‘ilxcovered in thig situation are covered with bate anil aro of mammoth: wizc. Some of thelr tuaks ar0 in as fine condition for workli $ mecca eee fy for worklug ae tho bestof PUGLIO NIGHT-NURSERIES IN NEGROLAND, Tho Shooli tribe of nogroes have a cool and essy method of relloving themselves of tho necoasity of jogging the cradla or pacing tho floor with erying babion daring the night-honrs, They havo s system of public night-nursories, established on the commnniatic plan. Accord- ing to the neods of the Dopntation, the members of a village build a series of circular houses, aot upor atone supports about 9 feeb from the ground. Tuo clay walls of theao round houses oro entire, with the excoption of a single tnbular holo about a foot in diameter. Whon sunsat arrives, the children of tho village asa woll fod all around, and are thon thrust head foremost through tLe anorture. into the public nurseries If inclined to ve refractory duriug the operation, the struggling Victims aro atiurulated toa hasty ontrauce by a smart ‘'amnck behind.” Au oach nursery receives the number of inmates {t is abla to secommodate, the apertura ts ntoppod un with 4 Deniie of grasa, acd the childron are cone Veniently dinponed of until morning. Loft to therorclves, tho lille things cuddie down on tho clay floorof the nursery,—deatitute of bed, blauket, or pillow,—and, it {a hoped, speodity forget their discomfart in doop and dreamiasa alutabor. Yet the fou! atmosphere thoy aru forcod to broatha in thelr alr-tight orap is likes yapory poison. At daybreak they aro released from their Lot an auffocating prison, gud suddenly exposed to the chill; a outeide. With not a particto of covering to break tho so. tion of thid extremo e of tamneraturo, Y their naked little Lodiew shiver ronul a - sl tho wun has risen high enough to area tieie! As might be expected, the mortality amoug these children in very great. Bowol-dincasey cary moat of them off betweon the agos of 2 aud 3. BARK-CLOTH. Tho natives of Uxanda, ous of tho districts of Contial Africa, are export iu the manufacture of bark-eloths of a very tine aunlity, ho mode by which thoy propare these fabrics {4 “imple and rapid. A species of dg-tiee yields the park snital to tho manufacture. Thia is dotachod from the treo in atripe obont 6 fect long and as wide as possible, The outer rind is parcd off witha lance-head hotd in tho two hands, after the manner of using a cooper’s drawing-knifo, Thotuark ia then spread upon a woodes beam upox the ground, nid hammered with a mallet grooved iy fino cuts, which, with every blow, staivod tho bark with lines somewhat resomtling cordsroy, Tho bark is expanded by the pound- ing, and in ropeatediy turned during tho pro- ccaa which is continued until it ls beatow into a alota of fine texture. Whon taken from tho tree, the bark Ia white; hut soon assumes a delicate shade of brown. ‘The best cloths aro ornamonted with patterns in. blac, which aro produced by drawing the de- siga with water from jron eprings. This, com- biuitg with the tannin in tho bars, immediately stain it black, Shects of bark-cloth aro often dyed black by immorsing them for # aliort timo in gyriugs tinctured with iron, THE NEGROES OF ITAWA, ‘Tie nogross of Itawa~a country tying be twem Lakoa Tanganyika avd Mooro—aro do- seriiod by Dr. Livinggtone sa a particularly- handsome race of peoplo, Thelr Chief, Neami, is a3 old man, with a hoad and face like thoso scuiptured on Assyrian monuments. All the menbora of his tribe aro distinguished for their five forme and amall hands and feet, Many of themen have as nob g-olianad heada as aro to bo fem among any of the races of Europe, The wonen havo delicate features and attractive furs, The ono defect iu their beauty is thoir tuth, which they file down to pointa, rendering ‘‘cheir smitolike that of s crocodile.” None of the ungainly featurea marking the ne- groes of the West Conat are prorent among Nea. th's people. Tho prognathous jaw and project ing heel ara never met with in their country. Jsom his observations of this raco, Dr. Liting. gone was contirmed in the opinion advanced by ‘Fiinwood Reade, that tho typical negro is seen ir the ancient Egyptian; and thas the upland fyedb region in Coutral Africa, is hie original me, FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, ‘Throo bright angots by God were sent. ‘To pave the patna uf Humanity; Ci thelr maton of mercy these spirita wee ‘Their names were Faith, Hope, wod Chari: . They paused st Poverty's rte door, Whow eack revealed her cherished plan, — How aly would best agalet the poor, Aud give relief to suferug man. Fat centlo Faith, With patlent love 1 will make Known the way to Hoaten; ‘Wi ali his waight of ain remove, Aua hy shall fecl he i forgiven, Said plearing Tope, Thrae radiant flowers, Which { from Paradies bave brought, Will Urighten alt ble weary hotrn, ‘And give him many o pleasant ‘nought, Their narue, you know, tn chocrfulness ¢ ‘Foe will nalety brie, Will claus away mabapylness, ‘And load hint on to Gud the whtla, Bald Charity, Tho tek be mine— The gracious Shepherd will approve—, To M11 hls soul with light divine, ‘Yo fill his heart with eacred love, ILis nature will expsndod 09; Wis ayrupathy will reer prow; Forgctiut of bis miners, ‘Ho then will feel auoiler’s vm ———— A Kolegraph War and Lower Prices, From the Epringield (Mass) Revubtican, Joy Gould is an ambitious person for, pore sonally, so retiring 8 one. Ho docs not mako 80 much noiso in the world now as ho did when Jim Fiak acted the double part of stom-tug aud calliope-whiatle to hin hroprant, bus dowtill man- ages to be au important clumout in ihe business of tho country. Practically, he is 1 posecasion of the Union Pacitic Hailroad. To montha be has been in eagor purauit of tho Pacifla Mail Bteamabip Company, and, but furbim, and as a meaus of crowding down its atoc}, the country would hardly have had the urearthing of the Tocent acandals aver the sulyidy. If be-doea not now own a ninjority of tho stock, probably hewillnoon do so, Taking caro, whether hoe wius or loses on these ownorsbipa or contests, to maka money in the stocks changes which come of the control or pureait, ho plays very eucceufully the game of * Leads L win, talls you juse,”” ! But these creat poseoasions sod ambitions do not watiefr him. Now he is “after” the Weat- erm Union Telerrapl. Controlling the Atlautia & Pacity Telograph lincs, with which aro united afl the remaining anti-Western Union wires {n the country, he aud bis asvoclates open thu war, next \weok, with s sharp reduction of ratesto the public, Of course, tho AUantlo & Pacifio wires aro by no moana do extentlya and complete ng the Weatarn Union, but thay extoud from Boston through tha hoart of Now England, to Now York, to Philado!phia, to Waahington, ta Richmond, to Chariaston, and Savaunaly, in tha South; to the Wost, thoy pava through Buffalo, Clovolant, Cinciunati, to Chicago, and theuca over the Pacitia Railroad lines to ban }'rancisca and all intermediate places. Indeed, the origin aud rtrougth of the Attautiod Pacitlo Company's linew are the telograph wiseu laid by the oont- bontal railroad, undur thoir bargain with tho joverninent, The first reduction fu rates, in which bath companies join, fw from UU conte to 25 for ten words botween Boston aud New York and all futermodiate placoa, aud from 09 to 40 couts for ton words, from Woxton or New York and oll intormediata places to Washingtou. "The Atlantic & Pacifla stock ia now at @25 8 share, aud tho Wextora Union §27, in the Now York markot; and Mr. Gould throatous, beforo he gots through, to "cross them," or, in othor words, to wake his stock sell for moro than tho Wostern Union. Then he will probably unite = tho —_tiwa. stocks and compauics, pub iu some moro water, —there ww onough in both now to reliove the ni tional drought,—snd uudertako to make the pub- lio pay the cont of the war. Meinly. indeed, its & Wall stroator stock-spoculation tight, Bubthe public will have some boueiits frau it, at least, while it is in progrogs, for which lot us ratura thanks and pray for more. ‘The improved ma chities for telographiug aud the progressive or- ganization and economies of tho Western Union Company are furnisuing the elements, however, for permanent reduotiona; sud it may not une ronsonably be bop od that the old bigh rates will never be restored. ———_-__—_- ealltarnloe. i 'Yho statomonts of the San Francisco papers respecting tho products of the State of Catitore iis for the year 1874 are remarkable, ‘Ihe pro- duct of gould oud silver was 100,000,000; of mnanufactiros, $50,000,000 ; wheat, €35,760,000 ; wool, €4,00,000; wino, @4,000 O00; miscolla- Nous artioley, 8£5,600,000—nearly $312,000,000, “ie population of Califorala, 1 1870, wee 560,- 874, with a Caucasian pulation of loss than 500,000, ‘Tho iucreass of the population of tho City of Sau Fraucisao, during the past your, Was 3x00, aud more than 3,000 new bi 1g8 wore orevtod.