Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1875, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, , MARCH “1, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. a a a Ne GES BE ORIENTAL. COURT-SCANDAL. emerged the same two mounted Soars. The very faithfully for the first ten days, although | the interview botween Marguerite Gautier and ing it a pensl offense for the manager of any cir- | pant of its commercial importance. To other Festern cities abitrary rates are inaugurated, fich are to be regulated according to circum- " Which is an indirect way of insin- that Chicago is nowhere a8 contpared yh Louisville in point of commercial import- poe. Certainly. But why not tell us some- ping we dou't know? © PLOWEBS AND ISSECTS, ps Rerrnm Wop-Flowmas Cossmrsrp m Rrzt- frsox 70 Inexcre. Dy ir Jonx Lunpoox, Bart, B, Soatt with Numerous Wlcstraoon, ise 3i%, London: MacMillan & Co, ae (For the caurentence of the unsclentifie reader, the yLowing explanstion of the few technical terms sed - 4 the subjoined article is presented. Pistii—Central yeanof a perfect flower, wall seen in the lly. Atig- 3a—Tip or other portion of the pisti), consisting of yooe tissue; in the lily, the stigma ir at the tip of the Btamen—Organs surrounding the pistil of the flower; there are six encircling the pistil in the hy. Anther—Case holding the pollen; « large, brown pier surmounta cach stamen in the lily, Pollen— Tue powder, or fertilizing matter, contained in the an- pore; in the Uy St is yellow, as everybody knows who yes poked his nose into the flower.) ‘The old ides that the bright colors and sweet A of * pdors of flowors were given them by the Creator Yor the gratification of man, bas been, along yith mavy avother pretty and pleasing delusion, jissipated by the discoveries of science. The Wheory that nothing in Nature is created simply fer ornament—that every part and faculty of he plant aud of the animal was developed for jhe use and advantage of its owner—is boing iezy day more clearly demonstrated. Thus, 28 ssience inquires into the cause of the various Jorms and tints of flowers, of their fragrance wd their deposits of boney, it finds that they were not called into existeace to plesse the jonses of sight and of smell in the human being, he lord of creation, but to perform a most desential office in the economy of the plant itself. Sprengel, » German botanist, published as long po a5 1790 bis observations upon the fértiliza- kon of flowars, which gave evidence that insects play an important part in the reproduction of many species, and thatthe forms,and colors of blossoms are in s great multitude of cases ar- tanged for the purpose of insuring the services of the Little winged rovers that live on honey aod pollen. Bat Sprengel’s observations did not attract any general sttcction, and the world pontinued in its opinion that flowers which have beth stamens and pistils are able to fertilize Themeelves, until Mr. Darwin made known the rosulta of his interesting and extendod ro- yoarches, Bince then, different experts havo tucreasod our knowledge of the matter by # mass of most curious and valuabledata. And still the gabject 1s far from being exhausted, or evon piuclisted in s complete and exact manuer. There are many important points of inquiry yet enveloped in obscurity which will afford ma- teria! for experiment for a long tims to come. It will be interesting to know that the study ofa species of wild geranium (Geranium Syl- waticum) first led Sprengel to a perception of the Intimate relations whica exist batween plants andinsecte. In 1789 hs chanced to noiice the delicate hairs in the corolls of this species, and, eonvinced thatthe ‘wise author of Nature would Bot have crested even « hair in vain,” he set himself to the discovery of their object, and earned that it was for the protection from rain ef the honey at the base of the petals, Once sogaged in thie pleasing investigation, he passed from flower to flower, and to his surprise a»certained manifold pointa in their wzuctare which could be explained only by their tclations to ingeo:s. In the case of many flow- exes provided with both stamens and pistils, these organs are so situated with refcrence to each siber that the pollen from the stamens cannot of iuself reach the etigtoa of the pistil; while in all these cases where the stamens are in one flower endthe pistils in another, or perhps in the flow- ers of a separate plant, the intervention of some foreign zid 1s certamly neceasary to their fracti- festion. Sprengel’s observations led to the dis- covery that insects are the unwitting agents in accomplishing « great part of this work of fertil- ation, but he went no farther. The question why their agenoy should be re- quired for the fructificaton cf certain flowers was left for Darwin to auewer. This acute ob- server aacertained that the iosect not only trans- fors pollen from the stamens to the pistil of the same flower, but from the stamens of one flower to the pistil of another, and hence insures to the Gower ‘he benefits of oross-fertilization, Dar- ‘win found, by a long series of patient and care- ful experimpnts, that itis just as injurious for plants to breed in-and-in as it is for animals, tnd various are the contrivancen in the struo- tare of flowers to avoid this contingency. ., In the first place, a secretion of Loney is pro- Guced which attracts bees, butterflies, and other fosecte. No other object has thus far beon dis- eevered for the existence of this product in the fiowee than to call the insect 2nd repay it for the services it renders. Tbe honey is secreted eomstimes by one part of the flower aud some- times by another. It is found in the petals of the buttercup ; on the atemens of the pulsatilla; 0 the ovary of the csltha, commonly called the towalip; and in the nectari¢s of the columbine. Wherever it is, it is generally so situated that tbe insects, in order to get at it, must brash wpaingt the siamens and receive s dusting of pollen which they carry off on thoir bodies to the bext flower they visit and there leave some por- ton of it on the pistil, The pollen itself slzo fvites ‘the visits of some insects who use it as food for themselves or their offepring. Aswith the honey, so with the scent of a fower. It seems to haveno other parpose than toattract insects. Flowers which have not con- Spionous petals by which to disclose their prea- ecco will call bees and flies to their aid by their fragrance. Their bright colors serve the same eed, Darwin found it “ an invariable rule that when a flower is fertilized by tho wind it Rever hag a gaily-colored corolla” Thus are not often seen flitting about the flowers of the cone-bearing trees, ‘ks birches, poplars, grasses, etc. They ‘mow from the experienco of themselves snd their ancestors that there is no honey for them. Bat the stems of these flowers bear an immense ‘quantity of pollen, which is awept off in showers 42d borne by the wind from one tree, one herb, one flower, to another. The reason why euch an Seess of pollen in produced ia because in its by the winds there must of necessity be a Feat waste. Asa rule, wind-fertilized flowers ‘ppear early ia tho spring before the leaves are ‘ut to interfere with the passege of the follen. Afain, in such flowcrs the stamens are generally Jong, and the pollen is less sdherent, and, -ac- Carding to Sprengel, is dner than in other flow- , and therefore is easily detached by the wind S2é carried over distances. Moreover, the pistij mally bas a more or loas branched or hairy stig- ™ain order to increase ita chance of catching te potien, To demonstrate that bees are attracted by Sloe and can distinguish them, Sir John Lub- Placed slips of giass containing heney on Papers of various dyes. When tbe bees had vis- Red the honey several times, if the papora on it Iny were transposed, the bees followed the color, showing they had learned to associate it with the weer they wanted. Bees are proba- Hy no more intelligent in this matter than many insects. Sprengel suggests that the linea nd the bands which ornament flowers have ref- ence to the situation of tbe honer, and eerre ‘M guides for the insects to the melliferous de~ Posit. If this be the caso, these bands and lines Cfeclors would be useless in night-flowers, and 8re actually absent, as, for instance, in vespertina or Silene nutans. Night- Sowers are, too, generally pale in hue: Thos, the Lyehnis vespertina is white, while Lychnis diur- 4, which blossoms by day, is red. Certain flowers have the poculiar habit of Mbeping ; that is, they close their flows:s st Particular house of the day or evening. F rim- tho daisy opens at sunrise and clos :s at ‘Wnset, whenc: its name, ‘days-eye;” the fan is exid to open about 7 and close abou 5; fe winte water-ily is open from sbout 7 t> 4; Krist pimpernel, from 7 to 2; andthe ve ;e~ piterframétold, Wast oes this habit mean? Why do somo flowers sleep and others not? Sir John Lubbock suggests that the clos- ing of flowers has reference to tho habits of in- secte—that they fold their petals and rest during the hours that the peculiar apecies of insects which frequent them are quiet. It is certain that wind-fertilized flowera donot sleep. It is also a fact that some of those flowers that invite insects by their perfume exhale it at particular, hours; thue, Lychnis vespertina gives off its odorintheevening. Bat this is one of the questions connected with the fertilization of flowers that still remain to be aettled, Recurring to the subject of cross-fertilization, we find that there aro three principal methods by which the ill effects of breeding’ in-and-in are Prevented. ‘First, in numerous species, the atamens and piatils aro situated in different flow- ers. Second, in many instances, where the stamens and pistil are in tho same flower, they do not mature simaltaneously, therefore the pollen cannot fertilize the stigma. Thirdly, there are certain species which have two or more kinds of flowere, all alike provided with stamens and pistil, but differing in the relative position of these organs, which are eo placed as to favor the transference of the pollen from one flower to the stigma of another. In plauts which are not included w these categories there are minor modifications which tend to secure cross-fertil- izstion, and we msy conclude with Darwin that no plant invariably fertilizes itself. But let us write, in a fewexamples, the mothod by which insects act as the marriage priests of the the flowers. Take the arum, Imown by the Ea- glish names of “ wild-turnip,” and “Jack in the palpit” In this flower there isn central pillar enveloped in s green or purple, long-pointed leaf. The base of the pillar is encircled by rows of stigmas, and, a little higher, by rows of anthers or pollen cases. The flower cannot fer- tilize itself, because the stigmas ripen before the anthers, and by che time the pollen ia shed they are withered. The wind cannot reach the pollen and carry it from flower to flower, and 80 At drope to tho bottom of the blossom asit fails from the anthers. But small insects, attracted by the colors of the leaf and tho pillar and by the prospect -of honey which these hold ont, creep down into the tube of the flower, whicb has a fringe of haira turaing down- uards, allowing their entrance, but forbidding their exit. They therefore find themselves prisoners, and buzz about in a lively manner, kicking up the duat of the pollen and getting themselves wall coated with it As each stigma matures it exudes a drop of nectar, and on this the captives feed during thew imprisonment. After the anthers have ripened and shed their conten:s, tho hairs which debarred the exit of the insecta gradually wither awzy and they are sot free, bearing a burden of pollen along with them. Those of them which visit — second aram cannot fail to deposit s portion of the Pollen adhering to thom on its stigmas, and thus the work of fertilizing the flower is done. It would seem that these insects would not get trapped a recond time, yet sometimes more than hundred of them are foundina single arum, and the species geverally bears abuudant seed in its season. Still more curious is the manner in which various orchids beguile insecta into their service, Nearly all the members of this family depend upon their winged visitors for fertilize tion. Some rely exclusively upon wasps, others upon moths and butterflies, and others again upon bees, flies, etc. The pollen in most orchids is dgne up in two little bundlsa tied together byine, elastic threads, and each fasten- ed to the upperecd of a stalk. In some cases the lower end of the astalic terminates in 2 round disk that is very aticky. In the greater green orchis (Habernaria orbiculala) the enther which holds the two pollen maases is in the centre of the flower, and the two sticky disks at the oppo- site ends of the stalks diverge so as to admit the head of an insect between them. ‘When the boe or butterfly comes to sip nectar from the flower, it is obliged to thrust its head between the stalks to find the orifice through which it can suck the honey held in the long nectaty. In ite efforts to drain the honey-tibe its head hits one or both of the sticky disks which adhere to it, so thet when it departs it usaally bears away the whoie pollon, disk, stalk, and all. At firet the stalk points upwards snd forwards in such a way that if the insect were on the instant to thrust its head into another flower the pollen would fail to bit the stigma. But this accideat is provided against. In from top to thirty sec- onds after the pollen has been detached from the flower, the stalk bends down as if on « joint, bringing the li:tle waxen mass in exactiy the po- sition to hit the stigma of the next orchis vis ited. The stigms is covered with a viecid sub- stance which catches more or less of the pollen brongnt in contact with it, and thus tne orchia is fortilized. Essentially the same process is repeated in the fertilization of many of tbe orchids. Darwia has filled a whole yolame with descrip- tions of the different methods by which the species of this most singular family are fertii- ized. In one extraordinary case, that of the catasetum, the pollen is sitaated at 9 point which the insect in ite quest for honey does not touch, therefore whut does the fluwer do bat actually throw the pollen at the little carrier which is to bear it to another blossom. Mr. Darwin, m the presence of Sir John Lubbock. by irritating the petais, cheated a cafasctum into the belief that ao insect had alighted upon it, when it throw its pollen nearly 3 feet, and, as there waa no wingod messenger there to catch the burden, it struck and adhered upon the pane of a window. The great order of the composite (compound flowers, like the dandelion and sunflower), snd the order umbillifera: (having flowers in umbels, likel'the caraway), are very attractive to insects, and are visited by many different species. Tho following table shows the number of species of inseots visiting some of the common species of the two families of plata: oomrosrrz, Cirsium arvense (thistle) Achilles milligoram (yarzo' Anethum grsveolons. ‘Aagelies syiveatsis Bpgelics saree temulom. Pimpinella saxifrags.... “ ae 23 ‘This table, made out by G. H. Muller, is quite as interesting 2a evidence of tho indasiry of the observer, as for the information it contains. In studying the subject of cross-fertilization, “ql experimenters havo,” saya Mr. Darwin, “been struck with the wonderfal vigor, beigbt, size, tenacity of life, precocity, and hardness of their hybrid productions." In many cases plants are more fertile if supplied with pollen from & different variety, or even a different epecies, while in some cases pollen is impotent unless transferred to another flower or sometimes another species. Fritz Muller bas recorded some species in which, if the pollen is placea on the stigms of some flower, it bas no effect what- ever, and notes other species where the pollen acta like 3 poison to the stigma of its own Slower, withering it directly, and causing the biossom to fade and fall off. The litle book which has furnished the text for the foregoing paragrapbs gives an interest- ing sketch of the relation of insects to the vari- ous tribes of Britieh wild flowers. It is necessa- rily brief and incomplete. To compass tas en- tire subject, even in ite present undeveloped pro- portions, would require a huge volume, and Sir John hss attempted nothing more than what may bo called an introduction. Itis, however, a ‘valuable addition to the treatises on the wonders of plant-fertilization, and will inevitably enter- tain and instruct every reader. Now comes the great State of Ohio in vindica- ‘tion of the rights and liberties of her people by moans of a proposed act cf tha Legislature mak cus. menagerie, or show to advertise any anima, ‘performance or performer they do not iatend to exhibit. It seems that the people of Ohio have been swindled into paying their money to go into circuses to see ‘‘groat bare-back ridors” who do not perform, and to tee lions, bears, and elephants do tricks which they do not in fact do, od against this swindling they have appealed to the General Assembly. ——__-__. Old Uncle Jonx Boprxson is up fur election as Mayor of Cincinnati; and, though the papers poke # good deal of fon at him, his chance of success ia not so bad. Another distingvished showman, Mr. P. T. Bannust, is'sa:d to be seek- ing the nomination as Mayor of Bridgeport, Conn. —_-—___—. . The Hon. J. Procroz Kxorr’s lecture in Philadelphia fast Monday is highly spoken of by the Philadelphia papers. It was bis firat ven- ture on the lecture-platform, and did not dis- appoint the oxpectatious which had been formed by the famous Duluth speech. PERSONAL, The Graphiches discovered that Gov. Trupxn’s face is easily caricaturable. Mr. O. L. Muscu of tais city is at Jackson- Ville, Fla., recruiting his health. J.E. Wruxnis, of London, England, formerly British Consul at this place, is at the Gardaer, Rosrvatpo Pacweco, successor of Gov. Boors, ia the first native Californian who haa reached the Gubernatorial chair. Mr. Rose, formerly a member of Hooxxy’s company, is traveling now with Mr. Toone as 3 member of his company. Col. and Mre. Tuomas H. Kexre have re- turned from their wedding-tour, and are stop~ ing at the Palmer Houso, Did Gzoncz W. Cups write “ Rock Me ‘to Sleep”? And. if so, why haa nobody rocked him ?—Rochester Democrat. Vicronia Woonxut ia where ehe was before. She is editing the dirty weekly, and bas» bro- ker’s office at No. 50 Broad atroet, New York. Doxaxp McKay and bis Werm Spring Indians have finaily Innded in a Massacuusetta pvor- hoase, and that’s a good place for them to re- mein in. Philadelphis butchers are already raising the price of meat in preparation for the Centennial. Mr. Fonszy thinks of remaining abroad in soa- sequence. Bostou has rewarded the Rev. Eaotesron for testifying for BEECHER With a bigh-tone’ $3,000 call. Somebody's gong to make a fortuce out of this business, Baryapos Muaro, T. Ds Y Cuzvas, and Count DI Vattus, three distingnisned Mexicans who sre abroad on business connected with their Government, are m the city. Axvsent A. Wyman, son-in-law of Hzxay Fang, of this city, formerly cashier in tho Treas- ury Department, has been appointed Assistant ‘freasuror of tne United States. Afver Senator Wits had made his maiden speech the other day he was so faint that ho had toliedowa. Lf it hurls a man so, why do they speak these speeches ?—Detrow Free Press. A French paper says: ‘It is asad blow at American morals when s great temperance ora- tor .like Mr. Beecnestes is charged with steal- ing seven hogs and a calf.” Let the great trial goon. ‘The St. Louis Democrat saya that “if speca- lating with other people’s money is wrong, the Legislature should well in Chicago as a branch Tenitentiary.” Then St. Louis wouid become s desert. A St, Louis Sergeant of Police froze to death a few nights ago while making bis rounds. This is another awfol commeutsry on the fooliwh custom of closing saloons at 11 o’clook.—Afil- waukee News. The fortunate New Yorker who drew the $30,- 000 prize in tho Louisville lottory paid a lawyer $500 to collect $1,300 on it. By the way, Cuam- PLIN, what percentage are you going to get of your $38,000 prize ? “ Poxen ”Joun, a sportive Pinte, has cleaned his brethren out of all their Government sup- plies, and bas s corner on blankets, pantaloons, costa, and food. He isthe Mrmr MoDowanp of the camp near Winnemucca. An intelligent Carlisle Canuck drew a chair from under Mise Hoop, of thatcity, aud the aoo- tor says, even if she lives, she will exther be par- alyzed or insane. ‘The iatelligent and spostive youth meroly broke her back. . J. L. Toots snd Joun Rarwonp may be found st Joz Barrzneny’s photographic parlors, on West Madison street. The Dodger is there, and go is Col Mulberry Sellers, with other nico persons, incliding Mr. Barrensnz. JonN ALLBX was Geon last evening with two books in his possession, “How He Won Her” and “ Lost for Love.” It is more than probable thst Joun ia waiting tosee Diwox play Major De Boots in **The Widow-Rant,” before propos- ing. Aman named Dex bas been executed in New Zealand for biting off men’s ears. How fat that man might have become if but let loose in the Common Council. And hofr the appoarance of some of the members would have been im- proved. Sronry, of the Chicago Times, is the happiest man in the Northwest. The Graod Jury of Cook County Jast week brought in four indictmeuts for libel against his paper, and Lypta Tuomrson talks of visiting Chicago next summer.—Roches- ter Democrat. The Rochester Democrat man is disquieted by Miss East:tan’s allusion to buttons on angels’ underclothing. He hsd hoped tbat, as an angel, he would be spared their use. But why regrat? It is not probable that he will suffor from their pecolianties. The Rev. Dr. TurFany, after an absence of eight yeara, has rerurned to the city to assame pastoral charge of the Trinity Methodist Episco- pal Church. . Mr. Torraxy is a very popular preachor, and will be cordially waloomed back by the friends he left here. : At the trial of one Purwax, at Virginia City, for leading an idle and dissolute life, District Attorney Caxpast, defined a bammer s¢ “an ageregated, concatenated, conglomorated, segre- ; gated, contaminated, d—d loafer.” This decided the jury af oace, and they found Pornax guilty. That patent editorial stove which consumes only one basket of poemsa day is being no- ticed by the paragraphers, but we spare the feel- ings of the wholo city by refraining from giving ita word of praise. There is a pomt beyond which economy ceases to be a virtue, A Pittsburg critic remarked that ‘ Miss Sor DENE’s mouth was suggestive of the Mammoth Cave,” and the noxt night, when he presented himself for admittance, the French business maoager told him: ‘Not atsll, zor; youno see ze Mammoth Uave to-night oonder say seer koomstances, Ve vill sell you no teekets.” Milwaukee has ice 90 feet thick, saya .s para- graph. One of the editors of the Milwaukes ‘News had his eara nipped with frost the lsat scold enap, says another Milwaukes item. People who regard this as a coincidence do not under- stand that the Milwaukee papers have to make ' the moet of a bit of news when tbey get it. This is what Mrs. WerHEnoge said at the Sorosis dinner: “The ides of March bave come, and it rains. But what can damp the ardor of Sorosis? Sorosis—the free and the } brave; the great veni, vidi, vici of the universe; the grand femaloe pluribus unum of the nine teenth century; the culture of all the ages roll- ed up in one great cornucopia of eweets. Hail to the most ercalient Sorosis! No Evz—no crooked rin—is she, torn from the side of man, and that zeleeping man,—but the Mivenva of the Western Hemisphero, springing foll-armed from the spiritual essence of woman's brain, and prepared to do ber work upon the earth right bravoly.” After all, the ladies showed good senge in not vonturing bayond coffes and Jeucnade. ~ Political Intriguing in the Court of the Guicowar of Guzerat. A Sovereign Charged with the Attempted Poisoning of a Resident Minister, Corresvondence New York Graphic, Banopg, Iadia, Jan. 28.—In all probability this city will become famons for the extraor- dinary State trial now peuding, in which a reign- ing sovereign ia the defendant and the dongaty Sorgesnt Ballantyne, of Tichborne-Orton noto- riety, the counsel. Baroda is the Capital of the Province of Guzerat, in Western indis, and ia distant 281 milos from Bombay. As a city it enjoye many distinctions. It heads the list of meglect and ness 0 (or as ite utreets and bywoys are cerned, and it is considerably in ad?ance of Now York or Washington in political intrigue and corruption, This assertion may appear rathor hard on Baro- da, but it is nevertheless true. The province of Guzerat has bad s somewhat checkered his- tory. Even in times so remote as the eleventh century the Mohammedans Inid claim to its wide dominions, and reduced thom to a barren waste. But it managed to exiat somehow or other un- til 1593, whon a very pretty rebellion broke ont, and its Right and Lefs centres fonght like the famous cats of Kilkenny. Then in 1815 the cooliea—not the poor wretches which inhabit tho country now, but a formidable race of mountain savages—came down like a wolf ou the fuld, and committed indescribable ravaze and devastation, Thereupon Johangier, # wise, astute ruler, or- dered tho extirpation’ of these marauders, and they wera eishor elavghtered promiccuonsly or driven back into their wild and lonely deserts. A MEMORABLE REVOLUTION. Allttle more than 100 years elapsed and the Bfabratts Dominion became confirmed, and the Mebarajah Scindia wea lord of many miliions of subjects and many millions of rupees as rev- enue. But this gentleman was incined to lord it sdeal too much, avd his repacities finally aroused the indignation of the Briish rule to such an extont that, ou the 2iet of August, 1803, Liout.-Col Woodiszt8a, wich oue regiment of Europeaus and a pivportion of artil- Jery and Sepoya, “went vat ta whip him.” And wiip him toey did, and very marvelous were the feats of arma re- corded. Scindis’s troops ehowed considerable fight, but by the 17th of September the banner of St, Goorze waved from every fortified point in that wide extent of territory. The Scindia was bumbled, and the rest of the Mahratta chieftaiws became eager to escape by nego! tion the ruin which their arms were uvable to avert, The country waa doled out tiko Santas Claus gitts to all the Food boys, and Gazerat fell to the lot of Anund Rao Guicowar. Since that time the land has prospered, for the dirty strosta of the capical and the wicked Municipa! Commie- sioners are of little momeut when one thinks of the unbounded fertility of ita alopes and plains. During tho late American War the cottou- fields of Guzerat holed largely to supply tne Western world with that valaabie and iudispen- sable staple, and fabulous fortunes wero made by exporters. Atthetime of the great Indian matiny of 1857 it was deemed advisable to dis- arm the troops of tho Guicowar. This was not because tuey had evinced any outward divaffeo- tion, but Sir Richmood Shakespear, who taen held a high political position thers’ as well as a military one, deemed prevention better than cure, and he managed the dificolt task wita consummate ability. Numerically, the natives wore out of all proportion to the handful of troopa at Sir Richmond's command, bat their Sovereign professed the utmost loyalty to the English power, as did the other great Wostern raters, toe Holker of Indore and the Nizam of Havderabad, Tho late Guicowsr, who died abont four years ago, wes # brother of the pres- ut sovereign, who ie now arrmgued for an alleged attempt to poison tne folitical egent, Col. Phayie. As tho case is pendente te, 1b would be out of court to expres any opin- ion upon the merity or demerits of the evidence aiready clicited. If the prigoner bo really rauty he bas not benefited trom the bitter oxperiances of bis ourlier career. Before he ascended the suddeo he had been for several years a close priaoner at the instance of his brother, against whose life he was said to bave conspired. But cue fine day the ‘detaining party” died very suddenly, and the present raler stepped out from a prion toa throne, THE POWER EXERCISED BY THE GUICOWsRS has been great io the extreme, but it has beon considerably curtailed during tne last few yeace. About nine or ten years ago one ‘of the late Guicowar's courtiers was discovered to be on terms of intimacy with a discarded favorite of the King. The :oung woman so far forgot ber self as to ride through the public thoroughfares of the city ina fauuting. jaunty style, and with ber head nocovered. This wes s heinous offonee which the Guicowar could net possibly pass over, A menial servant was discovered activg a8 a medium between the two. The guilty trio wera arrested. There was, of course, abundant proof, for that 18 an article never wanting in an Oriental court. The young woman was sentenced to be banished, but, pre- vious to her departure, she was to part with her nasal organ. The courtier and the go-betwean were ordered to be chained to tho hind lege of two elephanta and then dragged through the city until some fortunate toequality of roadway put an ena totheirexistenco. Oneof theunhappy wretches was silled early in the proceedings. ‘Tho other was still alive some threo hours after- wards. Some one in power happening to meet the sickening procession interposed, and the elephant, obedient to instructions, balted aud placed his fuoton the victim's head, and that ended the reckless courtier who had loved not wisely but too well. ‘The circumstances of the above caso called forth the loud protests of the white people, and Sir Bartle Frero, then the Goveruor of Bombay, communicated with Sir Charles Wood, the Seoretury of State for India, upon the subject. Sir Charles Ceftecwants Lord Balirax) took the bull py the horns, aod dispatched such a méssage of remonstrance to Ins Highness tost that potentate fairly shook the earth with bis indignaat fury. ‘‘WhatamI to Hecuba or Hecubs to me ?" demanded Baroda’s King, and ne straigntway girded up his loins to annihilate the representatives of the distant country which bad dared to rebuke him. Buthe aitered hia determination and made an spology instead, eupplementing it with a solemn promise never again to chain cniprits to elephants, vor cut off the noses of recalcitrant damsela, To geo tho Guicowar on a groat durbar day is Teally'a sight worth seeking, alihough it is aot ennobling. Thera was a lack of dignity about the late sovereign ;-there 1s even = greater ab- sence of it with the present one. But to ses a raler of a great territory enshrouded in precious stones exceeding $10,000,000 in value ia a8 good sa any other rare show, and demands a passing notice, The poso and grace of tho figure which supports this wealth of minorals the lay figures in front of Brosd- way clothing stores, and perhaps tho latter ; would convey the sense of s higher order of in- tellect. But it must not be inforred from this that the rulers sod nobles of Hindoostan are 25 arule deficient in personal bearing. The very reverse 1s the case, but fortune has not favored the last two Guicowars in this particular. 4 DIAMOND THAT RIVALS THE MOONSTONE. In'tho crown of Baroda, smid many other dia- monds of exquisite beauty. is one of historical invorest, for it once bolonged to the earlier Kings of France. It is called the Star of the Suuth. I forget its carat quotation, but when, after a series of romantic vi- cissitudes, it was offered for sale a few years ago by a compeny of French jewelers tho price affixed to ii was $500,000. The late Guicowar heard of this precious fevel and yosrued to become its possessor. The price to ‘um was bat an old song, for bis royal father had left him fifty millions in the coffers, and the revenue from the dominions was very great. 50 tno gon ordered the jewel to be sent to Indis, and in due time i arrived there. It passed its first night in that country in the stroog room of the Bank of Bombay, from whence a small escort copdacted 1t to Baroda. Its arrival being duly notified to his Highness, he expressed exireme indifference, but condescended to dis- patch two mounted Sowars with instructions ‘hat they should bring the luminous treasure to the palace. Its rightful guardians consented | that it should visit the palace, bat only in their | company. The Guicowar, with all bis Asiatic cunning in fall play, eved the jewel with the keon criticism of s professional Iapidary. He then disparaged its Inatre and its market value, bat, out of consideration for the long journey which its cortodiana hsd taken at his request, be offered to purchase it solely to oblige them at ‘The crestfallen Frencimen left the Guicowar's presence in disgus: and returned to ths Travel- ers Boogalow. Hering taken counsel together, they decided upon recurning to Bombay. They had retraced their steps for soveral miles, when, like poor Fatima’s sieter Aone, they saw a cloud of dust in tho distance behind them, and from is 1 ! diamond-owners were requestad to retura to tho palace, in order tuat the, Gaiconar might see the stone onca more. At this they took heart and obeyed the fickle sovereicn’s behest. Again hy diligently ecrutinized the 61b- ject of all this pother, bat instead: of incressiog his previous offer he expressed his rezrot that he bad tendered so much. So tha jewelera took leave again, and their dear Paria must have seamed 2 Tong, way off, ey bade farewell to Baroda a second ti under the strange imp-esaion that the Guicowar of Boroda was at least fickle. As they journeyed forth they happened to look back ‘upon the scene of their defeat, and Io! again the cloud of dust and’ toe now familiar conple of soli:ary horsemen, This time the royal message waa of s more seductive character. He had probably unde:vaiued the Star of the South. In fact he was convinced be hai done fo. Sothe doubting travelers returned with their little white elepoant and tbe farce was re- enacted. The Guicowar quickly perceired that this interview would be the final one, The Frenchmen were obdarste. He renewed his first offer, but it was declined with emphasis, He added a sixth more, then a fifth, then a third, and then a haif—$375,000, Atthis figare the bargain was closed. The Guicowar clutched hig parchase, the venders recsived » Hooadhee for the amount, and they gor the money, tiene BODY qUAan OF THE GUICOWAR. is amoning to ase the troops, and especial: the body-guard, of this iliustrious aoverelzn. Ho has a body of infantry attired in the garb of Highland sokjiers, with ints and philibege, and in order to hide the sable hae of their nether limba thoy have reeorted to flesh-coloted tights, ‘That is to say, they were once flesh-colored. But the Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled would be unco mortified if they could behold thei gallant brethren of Baroda. Dan Bryant ought cortain- ly to pay thems visit and reproduce the scone Upon his mimic stage. ‘Thore’s millions in it— amilliona. When the Duke of Edinbarz was in India in 1871 the Guicowar did the English Prince grest homage, and in honor of tae royal visit donated $100,000 towards the erection of s new sailors’ home in Bombay; and this is about the only con- spicuous act of fis reign. Ho has entertained many cbimerical schemes for tha improvement and development of nis province, bat, being chimerical, they bave of course fallon through. THE CASE IN POINT. If the present charge of puisoning is brongbt home to the Guicowar the consequence to him will be very werioua. The position of political agent or Kevident is uot very clearly defined in the limits ot its power and responsibility. He Bas in fact to exercise more of bis personal dis- cretion than eveo Lieutenant-Governor, and must be a man of ready action, able oftener than otherwise to hold his own counsel and be guided by italone. ‘The Briti-h Government has been particulariy happy in its choice of these impoitant officers, aud there must be many men in America who remember with pride the gallant Willoughby Osborne at Bhopal, Meade at Indore, Maiteron at Alysore, and Saunders at Hyderbad, “Whon Horace: Wal- pole declared that every man bad his price, these public officials and many othera in the same capacity bad not been born. The advent of Sergt. Ballantyne in India will not produce any sensation, for the Bar of Cal- outta, Madras, and Bombay has produced somo of the most brilliant and learaed piesders of this couctry. The setataing fee of ove lac of rupees (850,000) promised to Sergt. Ballantyne appears paltry by tho side of the three lacs which the late John Lang received twenty years ago for defending Jotea Porshand, a caloorated commissariat contractor accnsed of extortion and peculation. But money has a bighor value even in India than itusedto have, Onient. INVENTING A METEOR, Written for The Chicago Tridune, “Talkiog of mateora," said old Cspt. Harbot- tle, “I've rood of and seen many of them in my time, and very wonderful phenomona they wero too, But," added he, with a peculisr smite, “I think I remomber one of which none of the astronomers have ever given ou account which was at all gatiafactory,—to° my mind, at any rate.’” Curiosity to hear the yarn the old salt was evidently propared to spin was at once eagerly expressed, and, lighting our cigars, we went on deck to enjoy the moon nd the story together. “In my younger days,” ssid the Captain, “I commanded sa fine a ship as cyer carried the merchant flag. She was cliyper-built, and sailed like the winds, and, though we paid special attention to the comfort of passengers, wo had stowage enough in the hold for pretty profitable cargoes as well. At that time Iran regalarly from Liverpool to New York, and the passage list of the Dells was always full. Yon see this ‘waa before tho steam lines wero thought of, and our trips were looked on as wonders of speedy | navigation. Well, about the tzme I am speaking of, we used to havo enoual exhibitions of the most beautiful and brilliant meteors that bave ever been recorded,—and they always appeared at the samo timo of year, 80 that it got to be quite a matter of ordinary expectation that in the second week of November, or there- abouts, something of the sort was euro to be seen, This kind of thing ran on, if I remember rightly, for aboot eight or mine years, and aa the open sea afforded the best pos- sivle view I had many a pasaengor who took the ‘yoyage as much to be adlo to see these wonders to the best advantage as for any other object. Bat of all the meteoric displays of those times, there was none at allcompsrable to that which took place on the night of the 12th November, 1893, Imay safely esy I never zaw anything like it in my life. Volumes of ehocting stars fell like 8 enow-sitorm, leaving long, luminous lines along their course throngh the heavens, which laated for acoasiderable time; and these, bofore they were guite dimmed, worsinterapersed with enoi- mous fire-balls which dartad out every now and then, just as if a systematic production of the most msgnificent schievement io pyrotechnic art wero being carried on. Some of theso blazing epbores seemed to outrival the moon as far in msgnitude as they did in brilliancy, and many of them remnined in sieady view for ao considerable time, illaminatiog tao sky and the sea to 8 degree, and presonting an offect which I ean pever hope adequately to describe. In many instances these resplendent bodies forsook the spherical form and showed themselves in all manner of shapes, some of which would puzzlo the mathematicians to vame; but, whatever out- line they assumed, their amaziog’ splendor con- tinned undiminished and unimpaired, “You may be sore all this kind or thing was nuts for the astronomers, who went into their observations wita a will, and who filled the news- papers with the most glowing reports of what we aod they had seen, and constracted theories upon theories to ac- count for them, The distance from the earth of the source of theso phenomena was pretty gene-ally allowed to be some two or three thousand miles (more or less, as the lawyers say), and we were told of aonular zones com- posed of streams of such like meteoria bodies ronning in s sort of counter current against esch other and getting mixed end dispersed at the various points of contact. I confess that, having never gone farther into astrqnomy than what was then supposed to be necessary for a thorough knowledge of navigation, I did not concern myself much about the causes of these things; 1 only know I was very sorry when they Dogan to grow less frequent, for they put a little business in my way, 28 I told you at the start. ‘Ayear or two after these heavenly displays had entirely ceased, a middle-aged gentleman from Yorkshire bad just begun to become aware of their having oncé existed. Ho had been cn- saed, good mas, for all the previous years of fis ite in businese, and hed never alloxed him- self suficient leisure therefrom to inquire into or care for what was going on in the world, pro- vided it had no connection with the manufacture audealo of broadcloth ; for to this sole pursuit had all the powers of his cuntemplative mind been hitherto directed. He bad now retired with handsome competence, and why should be not look about him? “Just ao, gentlemen, why not? It bxppened that one of my former passengers, boing a gen- tlemen of more thao ordinary literary attain- monts, had written and published a most graphic description of one of the November phenomena which he bad witnessed from tbe deck of the Della, Capt. Harbottle,—that was me, you see, —and this bad by some accident fallen under the notice of the gentleman from Yorkshi.e. Leisure ‘and means being now both ample, Mr. Leeds de- termined ou s voyage to New York and to return in the Della. Circ ces bave convincad me that Mr. Leeds was fully of the opinion that » meteorio display was part of the programme in every voyage from New York in the clipper ship Delia. Tie atleass is my impression, [may be wrong ; but you shal! judge for yourselves. “Wo were advertised to leave New Yorx on the 1st November, and as the Della was a model of punctuslity, as well as of overything else, wo took onr departare on that very day. We bad goodly number of passengers, and among then, T needhardly ssy, was the gentleman from York- shire. He came provided with many setro- nomical treatises, and no end of pamphlets and newspapers, the latter all having a date (at the very Invest} two yeara anterior to that of our present voyage. Mir. Leeds kept hia stateroom the weather bad been auusually mild for tae Besson, coming to the cabin only ut meal times, and assigned a8 a reason [or his close retirement that his books reqa:red all his atiention at pres- ent. Hoe, however, expressed the hope that after the 12th of the month he might have the pleasure of making 4 more general acquaintance with bis compaznons de vorage. “+The 12th of the month!” said one of his in- terrogants when the stateroom dour had again closed on Mr. Leeds, ‘what can he mean?’ “On the evoning of tha Lith, the gentleman from Yorkshire came on deck with a glowing facaand a sacxfullof books, pamphlets, and newspapers. He had alao provided himself with piece of window-giass, most osrefully amoked by being held over the chimney of alamp. The grouting as really 3 besutifal one, sod thie sr, ‘Leeds did not fail to remark to his woudering fellow-nassengers, adding, ‘Just the very might tor the meteors.’ The trath flashed upon all of us. “ My Gicst officer at this time was Mr, Main- brace, ay fine a young fellow nod xs thorough a sailor na ever went afloat. When I gave up the ship, some to or thrae voyages atter this, and established myself in the Russia trade, I had Mainbrace appointed my saccessor, aud he was always a credit to my judgment of him. He was tost, poor fellow, ten years 220, inthe Inaian Ocean, where his ship went down in a typhoon, with all hands on board." Capt. Haibottle bere drew bis hand across his face, snd paused for's moment. “Well, geutlemen, as e00u a8 Mainbrace aaw what was up, and how mach disappoioted poor Mr. Leeds was likely tobe, be went up tohim and, with the ucmost gravity, assnred bim tbat the phenomenon be g0 confidently expected had. for some ridicnlons yet most placsitle reason, I can- not no# remember what, becn postponed antil the 13:h, to-morrow evening, whea it would un- doubrediy come off. Thus consoled the gentle- man frem Yorkshire retired with his books, pamphle:s, old newspapers, aud smozed glass, just in timo to escape the abouts of Isnghter that bow pealed forth with all the more force for hav- ing been stided eo long. The 13th turned out to be scill more lovely and sammorlike than any day since we left New Yors, and I had no hosi- tation in granting Mr. Maiobrace’s request that the stera posts’ which protected the cabin windows might be raised so 28 gain a full view of the calm ves from the cabin itsolf. As we were sipping our wine after dinner, just aa the dask of even- iug was comiag on, aa unnsual flash of hght from the catin windows startled as, and, before we bad time to utter any word of remark, Mr. Mambrace entered tae cabin, his countenance expressing tue atmost excitement, and saouted out, ‘Mr. Leeds, Mr. Leeds! for Teaven'’s sake come on dec: ; hora is 3 meteor that beats every— thing, by Jove!’ Tho gentleman frum York- a was of Lio ashot.. As we looked out of the cabin windows, aud aw the mays of com- bustibles Mainbrace had go! together on & wood- ox Goat in full blazs, our first thougbt was that the deception had ‘been far too clumally exe- cuted to produce the intended effect. But how vague wera our feara we soon bad abundant resson toknow. Mr. Leeds continued to gaze upon the phenomenon aa lony as it was visible with the most unbounded satisfaction, and never once thought of bis books or his emuked glass. ‘The image of tho meter, be said, was go inde biy fixed in bis momozy that ho could compare with the other manifestatious at his leisure. Bat his promise of the assumption of cordial and social relations with the passengers when his hopes should be crowned with fruiion was but illy kept, for he became so engaged in writ- ing o full account of the appearance that he had no time for suythiug else, mach to the disap- polotment of u3 all, as sou muat readily under- stand.” Hera the Captain appesred to bs suffering from a nervous affection of the upper lid of bis left eye, from which, let a4 bope, exercise aud fresh air bave by this timo relieved +m. “Mr. Leeds’ account of the phenomenon he had witneased on the 13th November, 18—, having beon most elaborately prepared and compared with the fiterature of a similar character in his Possession relating to other observations, wae, on his arrival in Eugland, put into the hands of ® publisher, who brought it out in the most ap- proved form, thoagh, 2s ho stated to the author, ata groat pecauiary sacriico—in the interest of ecience. Mr. Leeds saitied the account with cheerfulness, but confeased that be had no idea that suca things were so very expensive. “ In the course of Mr. Leads’ dilation he sska what would have been the consequences to the ship if tha meteor in quescion bad fallen ahead of inustosd of astora of her. And ag none of the astronomers have averyet satisfactorily aoswered this question, it is safely to be presumed that they never can, and tbat the gentleman from Yorkshire still buds tho astronomical cham- ponship against ail comezs,” J. Steinway & Son’s Pinno-Fortcs—A New and Perfectionizing Improvement. It has been imagined, and in fact come to be regarded as a conceded fact, that the American piszo-forte, as exhibited in ite best and most re- Jiable form, had reached the acme of perfection, nay, thst the instrument was incapablo of far. ther development or improvomert, sad that, in fact, no step onward in the march of improve- ment was attsinsble. It was a settled and fixed dogmas that tho piano,as so instrument, was finished, and that any attempt to add to ita value and importance would be a useless waste oftime. Butthereis noend to the inventive genius of mao, snd the ono link wanting in the chain which renders the piano a porfect instru- mont has been supplied at last. ft is well known that the piauo-forte is an instrament of per- cussion, viz.: that the tonch of the finger on tha keyand the blow of tho hammer on the string produces the sound, immediate but traneitory. Tho grest,and ever-felt lack of the sustaining of the vibration was the one patent deficiency, elsewise tas piano, as a housebold in- strument, would have been ou a par with the or gan, which possesses all those elements of which the piano hss previously been deficient. It has long been admitted by the moss eminent profes- sors of the piano-forte that if an instramentcould be made which permitted the performer, at will, tosustain the extended vibration of asingle note, or gerias of notes, while the others on the key- board were st his dispowal, to use at will, or, in other words, that both sustaining and brief per- oussive powers were equally at his commaud, that the piano-forte might then bo regarded 5 porfect instrument. This was a problem let: unsolved until recontl7, and it remaimed for the great pioneers of every improvament in the moderna pianv-forte, whoue udtiring energy end inventive ability have made the American pisoo famous throughout the civilized world, to bring the problem toa practical solation. Thie new, most important—in fact, invalusble—pateot in- vention but recently introduced by Mosars. Steinway & Sona, ia their tone-sustaining pedal, £0 simple in degign, and so porfoctly practicable, that it is 2 matter of wonderment that it was never thought of before. Bat all qreat inven- tious for practical uses are invariably the mist simple. Tho now patent tone-snstaining pedal of Steinways is an existentexample, It is sim- plicity eimplified. It may be technicsliv de scribed as follows: It consists of « light bar of metal, which runs parallel tothe termination of the damper-levers, This bar has a series of metalicl arms: (we cannot otherwise describe them) which supports floxible cord which is held in suspension between them, closely ad- jacent to the setoper-tevers. This exeoedingly simple apparatng being connected with and op- erated on by the extra pedal, producing the jong-desired effect, viz.: that immediately after a single note, or group of notes, struck, the mera pressure of the foot moves the flexible cords directly under the al- rendy uplifted dampers, and holds them in suspension, while the sustained vibration is maintained, thua permitting the sound to be sustained a3 long as the vibration of the strings of the instrument last, while the notes not af- fected by this ararstus are at the command of the performer for other purposes. Tne great advactsge to be obtained by the introdaction of this new aud perfectionizing improvement in the pisno-forte are incaicnlable. It opens a new field to pianists of exceeding worth, and one wbich they will not be slow to cultivate. This new attachment can be used or dispensed with st will, Itcan be applied to any new or erist- ing piano of the Steiaway make at a trifling cust. ‘The value of this invoation must ba heard to be thoroughly appreciated. Swindicd Sentiment. Lucy H. Hoopor, writing from Paris to th Philsdelphia Press, mendons the following in- e:dent: Is appears that there is a pretty lit:le creature who has bestowed upon herseif the cognomen of Viscount is madi inlove. Mile. Diano is a very romantic young lady, with s taste for the plays and novels of the younger Dumas, and especially for the “ Dame sux Ca.nelias." So she was not much surprised when one day the card of the Count de X——, the father of ths Viscouot in question, was handed to ber, and an elegant elderly gentleman, fuultieasty dressed aod with the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor at his button-hole, was ushered into her toudoir, “By son loves Mademouwelle,” began tho } Count, without further preface, “T now it,” sighed Diane. “ He bas—” “A sistor 7” exclaimed the lady, remembering ‘For Young Men and Bors, 319 West Adamyst, Disne de Bagatells, with whom a voll-known | the elder Dava . ry “No, nota sister, bat 8 cousin—die cousin Blanche, towhom he bas bean betrothed fur years. She pines apd weeps, and you, Made moigelle, you aod sour faial charms sre the cause.” “Alas!” sighed Diane, feeling -herself Doche snd Blavche Pierson rolied into one and in real earnest. “Your sensibility does you honor. Will you break with my son at ones and foraver? And if 200,060 france——" “Two hundred thousand francs 7” “will raw you a check at once.” “Sir,” exclaimed the lady, ‘yon have not made appeal to s callous heart! I will make the sacrifice; I will giva up Houri. You said, I thiag, 200,0902" “I did. Blessing on you, my cbilg!” ex- claimed the Count, fervently. ‘Write the lat ter I shail dictate and the chect shall be vours." So dawa Diane aat and penned the following epiatia: . * ‘Dein Hexar: I love you no more, In q nevar have loved you, Iloveanothsr. "Faro-rell fox eror. Dusz, The Count took the letter, inspected tt care- fally, and plxcedit in his pocket-book, from which ha then drew a check for the smount named, which he pisced in the Indy’s eager hands. -* Allow me, my child, to raise to my lins eats hand that has just saved my son aa and a tear fall oa the dainty hand togusuer ; it was then released, aud the aged nobleman de- parted. He had nos loug gone waen Alle. Diane discovered that her diamond ring, waich ws valaed at 10,000 france, had disappeared from her finger, and farther investigations proved that ber silverware and other articlea of valaa had also vazisbed. The p-etended Count was no other than a ewindler of the very wore: typa. ‘Tho worst of the affair was that the scamp act- ually mailed the fetter of Milo. Diano to the Viscount, 60 that the Iady found herself minus an adorer ag well ag her vatuabics. the a An Interview witn the Chinese Em- Perot, ‘The interview recently accorded to Mini Avary by-the late Ewperor of Cains, at Yeu was the second audience ever granted to a fur eign representative. Tho hall where tho Ew- peror eat was ia a pretty pavilion raised on a marble plinth, over 4 feet high, wish sa open front to the sozth, ana a large ;-latform wtrotch- ing ont, on which his attendants were rasced. 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