Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 5, 1875, Page 10

TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY JUNE 5, 1875.—TEN PAGES, LITERATURE. BISHOP HAVEN IN MEXICO, T o Yorks HMatper & Jitotuers; Price, $1, 3 Home two or threa years ago (tho author faila to give dntos In hiz notes of travel), tha Nev. Glibert Iaven visited Mexlco for the purposa of effecting arrangements for tho eatablisiment of tho Mothodist Chureh in the Capital and in gomo of tho chisf ciliea of the Ropublio. Ilis voyano out was by way of Iavana to Vera Cinz, whenco by stage and rallroad tho Jand journoy to Mexico was sccomplished. Beveral montla were acenpled in tho work of hia mission, and, thia coneluded, Mr. Iaven loft the country by tho overland ronts to Matnmoras,—a trip of twenty days and of 1,200 milea of stage-coach. Hia protracted sojourn aod travel in Moxico gave Mr. Ifaven excellent epportunities for studying what was most novel and striking in a land and a people that, actually at our very doors, aro comparatively, through tho lack of facilities for inter-communleation, remole and foreign. Wo soarch the Louriat's records, thero- fore, with a roasonable oxpectation of finding in thiem vich und {ruitful results of Lis axtended obsorvations, But, to our disappointment, the search s, in o groat mossure, barren, Mr. Haven ts patticularly fond of tlking, but rather, we ghould eay, from the Jove of hoaring his own voica than from tho desire to instmuct his hoarers. Ho chats fomilinrly and profusely along the pathas he passes, but his discoursa s oftenor of trivial, personal incidents common to tho traveler's oxperionce overywhoro than it fe of motters that tho stranger to Moxico wishes first and most to know aboul. 1lo seoms to have littlo understnnding of tho art, ao cssontial to & narrator, of seizing the snlient and im- portaut fenlnres in o eceno or a subject and groupiug them effectivoly upon a reduced can- vas. 1o s diffuso and dircursive to a tirosomo degros, and, what is worse, is recklesaly caraless and slovenly in his atylo, It is hard to regamrd with gentlo patienco language abounding iu such arrors and erolo- eisms as: *fa offs his hat with both hands;” s very clover rooms,” and *tho clouds wore redolsnt of flamn,” when tho writer takes overy occasion to display his chetoric and with 8 visi- Llo feeling of wolf-aatiafaction, liora are not many short and striking pass- anen in tho book that can bo laid before the reader a8 nnmylun. of its style and matter, hut Lmrhnpn the fallowing description of the favorite ovorage of Moxico will suswer the end xs well a8 AUy : Ol folks and children thrust under your noses, and would fafu futo youc moaths, ths viiliinous drink of tho conntry—pulqul, 1t 1# tha peoplu's chief Lovorage, It fastes Iike wotir aud bad-rmeiling buttcrmilk, is whilte like that, but thin, They crowd aronnd the carn with it, aclling & pint ncasure for threo een T fasted it und wos matisficd, 1t 4n only nof w0 villainous & drink s dager, . ond Tonden porier, and - Masarlne beer, and Trench vinegar-wine, and Albeny ale. Tt I8 ‘hard to tell which of these la “stinkingent of the stinkiog kind.,” The pulqul is a whita lquor found fn tha magiiey, & pecion of the cactus, Tt fraon oiht year urclessl an 8 drink, That year it becomus yot mory unelena by deporiting In fln centre a bowl of tils jufce, 1 picked then, all right, or all wrong, ralier, * dust A thin central bulb I beginning Lo nwell with fts com- ing julees, it fa sconpedt vut, nid a hols big enough to hald & pall {s made In the bottom of the middie of thy plant, "Into this cavily for thires or four months the Jufew oxudes, snd is takeu out by the pailtul daily, 1f 10 plant {8 Teft alone, this bulb shonts snta s staik 10 to12fect high with a bloscom, It is this bloesow which ix exhllited {n our States ca the century-plant— nseven £ ten years', and not a hudred years’, blos- rom, Then §t comes fa weed amil naught, Tl chiel traMic of the roxd a in carrying this sty 10 Pucllo gnd Moxico, It leant tho stalion in plg- w'inw and barrels, the g looking more hoggiah than over an they lle on thetr backs amd aro tied at each leg and at the nose, stuffed full of this foolish stuif, 1t fermenin fetcely, und tho Larrels are lefs uncorked aml (ke pigs’ noavs unmuzzled to prevent explosfon. You will sea tho untives wiicking their noses into the Jiog's nese und driuking the milk of this swinish cocoa- 1L, even an theyare dumping f on the phatform, Nevvr was lfke to ke miore strikingly exbibited thau An micl & unjon of hogs aud men, ‘Fhoussuds of acrea arn wet out with tho plant, a few fvct apart, in every rlate of growil, from o wouth to ita octave'of vears, when {trees fts corruption and the people begin theirs, I'ie City of Mexico in eituatod on low, marshy lnudw, on the suoro of the niost southern of n chaiu of throo lukes. Lake Zumpango, 30 miles north of Mexico, les on ajovel 20 feot abova tho city. A dike, of wall, 10 foct high, iu built nlong tlio southorn border of this lake to retaln 1ts waters within their baslo. At the sccond lnko, Sau Christoyul, onother and strangor dike bLas boan erectod, and thus Moxieo 18 sccurod from + tho poril of an {uundation. Milliony of dollare have boen axpouded upan theee dikos, nnd still they remain unfluishod! Mexico, 8 city of abovo 140,000 inhabitants, is regularly laid “ont, with broad, clean, and well-paved strocts, aud Las many handsomo odifices. OF tho residonces uf the Letter class, Mr. fluven saya: A Mozican house isall boautiful withiu, If anywhere. It s uot ko, certalnly, without, You enter through o large, high dour, wido enough ' to admit your carriege, into a pailo, or ‘open paved court, Around thin, ura Yooms for rervauts aud lomses, on the Erst floor, Handsome atairs lead to the upper etorics, light b conles run around them, sud rooma opon nto them, *Chey are not allowed to' open on neighboring estates, wo they must open in court or slroct, Tho last come anawds ukually only one of the four sldos; o mont houncs bava® threefourths of their light from tho *court, ‘These rooms are av cool and airy as thoso built after our fesblon, thouah thoy usually have only one iulet for air and light, They are much higher fn coiliug thon onrs, aud are tastefillly st off {n froscoes, The Lulustrades are often of bLraks, aud the work huy & more finfshed look, even in common houses, than tho beat in the Batca axhibit, On the street side nre small balconica for sightsceluy, There ure mare dixagreenble dwelliugs by far thsn o first-class Moxle can houre, Mr. Haven prononnces the achiools of Moxico superlor in sune respects to thoso of Amerlen, Alsuy of them aro maiotained by tho lree- mesone. Yrouch is taught iu the schoals, whilo ovar 8,000 ruxflh are studviog English. Tho pitls ara all mnstructed in bookkesping and in noodlowork. The city has a flourishing sobool of mines, an acudomy of fiuo arts, with galleries of paintiogs and sculptures thay, sccording to Mr. aven, *aro louger and fuller than any othiere on this continent.”” . Bineo tho conquest of Moxica by the 8paniards, in tho sixteonth century, no roligion but tuat of tho Koman Catholio Las boon tolurated in the country uutil very recontly. ‘I'ho first ceremony of tho Protestant Church ‘ever obsorved in thio Stato was tho burial sorvice road tu 1824 by Mr, Diack, & young forelgner, over tho grave of on Amoriean shigomaker who was ausasuinatod in Moxico becauso lio refusod to kucel in tbo sircot at sight of the host. A short time prior to our lato civil war, anew sect, calllug themselves Conestitu- tionallsts, Introduced their form of worship in two conflécatod churchea in Moxico, by pormis siou of Pronident Juarez, In 1871, tho Rev. il €. Riloy lert Lis Episcopal congregation jn New York City sud commencod tho work of n is- wionary in the Moxican Capital. By his instru- mentality, a ||0Kuhr preacher and Dominican frior, Manuel Agnes, wos converted 'to tho Protestant faith aud laborad zealonely for 1te ex- tension. Tlin valuablo life was cut off, it is ru- sored by poison, fu tho spriug of 1872, but the roformation that ke powerfully sided was des lhied]tq’cmlll(mle. i 0 1874 tho L'roshstorlanw xent a misyiona, to Villn do Cos, aud ‘now thoy have, jn mulm.rn’x 1o this, utations at Mexico, Yoluien, snd Yora Cruz. Tho Beptints have o inwsion at Mone terey, and tho Congregationelists huve ono at thosamo place and snother ab Cuadatsjar e Methodiste are preaching wilh success Unizala, Coidova, Pachucha, Miratlores, und at Moxico, whore thoy havo four churchod, ft |y waid that, in sll, " uot less than muty-nine ¢hurches belonging to varlous I'rotewtant de- nomluations have, in the briof epace of threo yeard, boun organized at ditforont pointa in the country, The misslonary work that Mr, Haven wont to Moxico to enperintend was lappily as- vomplished, but the dotails of that wovk are not included in the provent volume, NATIVE RACES OF THE PAGIFIC. Tie Nat1ve BACLY OF TRE Paciri Srazis oF NonTu Auues. By iluuar lowe Linosors, Voluma . 2 4, Bvo,, Wt0d, N : . Appleton & Co, Py PP No Ttk ‘Tho prosont volume of Mr. Dancroft’s ex- haustive worlt ou the native racos of Wostorn Auwcrica {8 dovoted Lo & study of the efvilized na- tions of Mexico nud Yucatan, Theso natlons, nuiting wany different tribes and peoplee, are, for the sake of mora couvenleut treatmont, di- vided by tho author into two great Taces, oach baving & distiuct and, in many reupocts, peenliar clvilizatlon, The first raco, the Nahua, Inctudes the Acolhuas, the Aztocs, sud tho Tovavecs, whosa respactive capltals, Tezenco, Moxico, aud ‘Tacopan, were situated near each other on the lako shores In thy great central valloy of tha farlor. Whilo keaping atrietty within the boin- darica of thelr provinces in tho Valley of Moxico, the throo powers cartied their conquests aa far ns possibla in othor directions, aud finally ox- tended their united domain from the Gult of Moxico to tho ehoros of tho Dacificc. Dy dint of suporlor cnorgy, ambition, and war- liko abilities, tho Azteca gradually acquired a propondaranco over thelr allios in” conneil ond in possesslonn, and, at tho timo of Cortez in- VARIon of tha connsry, 80 surpassod the othors in tha aren of their territory, the magnificonco of their Capital, and tho vafor and indepoudenco of their spirit, that thoy scomed to thelr con- queross to bo not only thodominant, buttheonly taco of anv (mportance in tho conntry, Yet thy Aziee Ewpire, ot its height of greatness, fnclud- od, in addition to {ts original seat in the Valley ol Moxico, sueroly the torritories now known n tha States of Pucblo, Bouthvrn Vera Uiz, sud Guerrero, In considering tho_civilization of tho Nahna raco, theroforo, Mr. Bancroft embraces in tha gouoral account wot only tho Aztees, but tho other alliod nallons, 8y woll as the various sub- fngntcd tribios an:l poonles that partook more or lern of tho Natun clvilization, T'hanations tefotrod by Mr. Dancroft's clasal- fleatton to tho Maya raco occupicd the territory of Chiapa, Guatomaln, and Yucatan. Iuis sup- posed that their clvilization was older thap that of tho Nahua race, and {hat its orizin roached far back of the ancient cities whoso ruins are now the unexplained wonder of Central Amerien, According to tradition the Cocomos wero tho orlglual rulors of Yucatan, but tbeir ompiro was Lrokon up in tho third or fourth century. In tho sixtconth ceutury the cluef tribes of tho country were tho Cocomes, tho Tutal Hins, tho Itzas, and tho Cheles. Chinpa and Gunatomala wero inbmbited by & unumber of tribes whoso religion and roiitical institutions identify them with tho Maya civilization. In narruting the bistory of the Nelua and Maya uations, Mr, Datcrolt prosents a vast mane of minnto and interosting particulars, which, methodically arranged, afford o cloar and com- prehensivo “view of thar distinctivo civil, relig- ious, aud social nystoms. It would be impossible in tho apaco at our commnand to give an abatract of the information ho has by immonso industry acenmulated, and amul #o much oqually fresh and carious datail it i3 bowildoring to attompt tho task of excerptiug ; lionce wo content ours selves with commonamg tho book to thy reader a8 an opnlont storchonso of facts regarding tho two groat anclent aivilizations of Amorica. FREE RELIGION. Fauepodt axp TELLOWSHIP 18 RELIGIox A CoLtrea- TI0N O Eensys AND Annnrases, Lidited by a Com- mitten of the Freo Religions Awacistion, 10mos, . Pp. 424, Doston : Roberta Drothers, Irice, $4, ' Acompany of tho echolars sad thiukers of Doston have founded an organization cailed tho * I'reo Roligious Association,” whick has for its object tho ensouragamont of Inquiry after ro- Hgious truth. Freodom of discussion aud opiu- ion, and followship in spint and purgoss, are avowedly ita parnmount provisions. It 18 no part of tho aim of the Association to direet tho spirit ! of - roligions inquiry into any particular chaunel, or to com- mit tho members of tho organization 10 & uniform cour o of thought and sction. Ab- solute liberty of opinfon and oxpressiou is, on the contrary, pledgedto the individuals joining tho fraternity. 'Ilio firat articlo of its Constitu- tion explicitly declarea its objocts, viz.: **‘l'o pro- mote the practical intercsts of puie roligion, to fucrense fellowship in tho apirit, and to encour- ago the sciontific study of man'a relijjtous uaturo and history,” By menns of lectures, conven- tions, and publications, tho Association bilngs its discussiona of religious probloms before the public. Lo volunio befora us is among the first fruits of s etforta ta tind and to diseon- inate the truth, ‘Ll book contnins A saries of csvays nod addresses that bave Lecn spoken on the platform of tho Assoclation in dusfercut times during the six or seven years of tho Socicty's existence. 'fho moro elaborato unnmberivg eloven—are entitlod ‘ho Natareof Religion,” by David ke Unity and Universality of the Roligious Ideas,” Samuol Longfellaw; * Hie- ligziou aud Beienes,” John Waeiss; * Freedom in Religion," Samuel Jolneon; **‘The Word Pinlan- thropy,” 1. W, Iiggluson; “Tho Soul of Pro- toatantism,” O. B, krothingham; ** Religivn aa n Bocial Fores," Ednah D. Chency ; otc., ote. An cxiract from tho essay by Alr. Longfellow will show tho tone and tomper of the whole col- loction: Jteligious 11 a higher and bronder word than Chris- Han ; aud Bo 8 human, Jowish, Brahwan, Buddiost, Yarses, Mobammedan, thene, too, are_churches of the One Living God, tho Fatlier of all, Wil ociug light,thoughtul men fu all of them will comevut of what 18 poculinrand speclal in cach, and 80 local and tompora- ty, into the broad ground of universal, spiritual ve- ligion, which fa Pioty, Rightoonsuess, lumamty : that l\ellvi]l‘ln God and 10 wan which v the v of ull erecds, T.onk hercath nanies ani ‘words, and feel the 1ife of o dnvisible, spiritaal host of alf’ sighteous, true, he- ruic, eatntly souls, mada ours, {f wo uto in wympithy witli thew, not by externnl "orgauization, bt by a spiritual lww, 1t sacramental words are God, Duty, Love, mmottallty. Teie, writton tn many tougues upou ils buuner, liavo given vigor {0 more hearts and met mora eyea lifted unfullering fu_doath, than any oae chirel or ona rellgion can count within'its pale, “Thia fu the Etornal Go: this is the true Clur. Catholic; the Ohurcli not of Rome, nor of Eugland 3 tho Cliuech not of Budidua, nor of Mowes, nor of Clarlst; It of Goud ana das COOK-BOOK, Brearast, LUNCHEON, A%D TEA, By Mantox Tl M:m, Aunlhor of *Common Henss In tha Hou: Bold." " 13mo,, pp. 40). Now York: Bezlbuer, A strong & Co. Price, §1,75, Blra. Harland’s serles of cook-boolka havo mot with such success that it Is not murprising to find hor expreesing more gratification in con- tnulug them then in following any moro de- cided literary work, ho is thoroughly imbued with tho fooling that housokeeplag 18 (ho ap- pointed work of woman, and that to make it a noble, dignifled, and cheerful occupation s the duty of overy mistress of & home, Bhe, thero- foro, rejoicea with naivo enthusinsm that she Las beeri able to constitute licrsolf an ally of housckeapers, and to ald them effectively in mastoting .tho dotalls of & vocation that 1 at onco an art aud a aciouce, In additlon to tho mass of rectpos for dithes -auited to the different meala of the day, which sho gives hor readory, slio Liaa many a familiar chat with them about tha thonssud and ono swall mattors rolating to the lutclien that seom too insiguificant for notieo, and yot ara ronlly of groat momont, ‘Cheso chote aro a valuablo part of Ler volume, for thoy do mare than instruct, they sot ono thinkiog. * llor recipes aro to bo trudted, yot they are for a tablo that mokes somo pretensions to elegance. T'hey involve mote vxpunse than economical housekeepers would focl hike incurring duily. In a word, they :o:uh one how to sceuro nice rathor than chosp living. SCIENCE AND RELIGION, Tt UnpikN USIVERSE ] O3, PUTNIUAL SPEGULATIONS 0N A FUTUNK STATE, 8V0, PP, 410, New York : Macmillen & Co. 1140y, §1, The suthior of LLis volumo Lias added o loarned essay to tho prolitlo di.cussion of the appareut Iucompatability of Heiouco aud Iteligioa, s argument is conflued to tho single fundsmental poition that immorunlity s strictly in accord- onace with the principle of continwity, n priuciple thot has boon the guldo af all modern progress in acionce. The concluslon to whiock tho argne meutleads, by a conrss of raasoning nupon vigor- ously solentitic grounds, iy embodiod in the dece laration that * s lifa for the unseen, through tho mm;,zn,u tobe rogarded as the anly perfect 0, LIFE IN THE WOODS, ’.rl'l_n AnIRONDACK ; on, Livk 1N T Woovs, Iy I, J.Mvaniev, New Eddition, 1m0, pp. 431, New, York 7 Beribier, Aruwtrong & Co, ‘ma. [ ‘L'veuty-tiva years ago Br. Ileadley's history of tho Adirondack region created a Bsnaation wimt- Iar to that produced by Mr. Murray's recont work calobrating tho sama Elysiumn, Tho caualry wos cotlrely uuknown whon Mr. Headloy wroto, sud bl powers of description found amplo woopo in doliucatiug ite mavifold atirachions, His book has beon in fresh demaud with every rovival of intorest tn the Adirondacks, and now is presunt- ed tua now sud revisod sition, with tas sccom- papimont of maps and luto wketohes of Lhe topugraphy of the Togion, HOME_LIFE. Tov. Brtren Beuys Esiavs vou Hows Live, Uy J, Hatx Fumwkit, Autbor of “Yue Ueutls Life," Tano., piy S0, Phikwdelplia: Torter & Costes, Trice, ¢4, ‘Tho wpirit of theso essays [s pure and gonile, Their suthor has lookod upon life with a catny, table-land of Moxico, culled Auatinas, or *coun- try by thie waters.”. Tho eastern suction of this valley belonged to Tezcuco, tho southern aud wuostern to Moxloo, sud » lmltzd terntory in the vorthwest to Tlacopan, When the confederation of theso three powery was formed, about ono huudred years bofGro tho sdveut of tho E{llnllldl, Tezeuco wau thy strougest and wost ndvanced of the allles, and Tlacapon was by far the woakest and inost fne penotratiug vision, aud bas learved to judge of its good und evil with diserimivation, ~ 1fis re- flectious aro not claractarized by any peoutiur depih or vigor, but thuy are soustbly, kiudly, aud Liboral. 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I haveinmy timo known mauny attractivo barmaids, and have ofton heard from their lips tales of misery, winlst othors, full of gaysly, would not exchango thoir position axcopt tipon & ** vory oligible offer.,” Numbors of _vuunr fomales have boon brought to tho bar through unthinking frieuds of ** mive host "—tho liter taking tho matda upon the wolo recommendatinn of customers; and, once installed bLarmaids, barmalda thoy must continue, unloxs married, for faw wontd accent thoir services in any other capacity. A groat manv undonbtedly like tho position fram the puro tovoof admiration aud vau- ity. They Wkoto be talked to, and converss wich flattorors and adimirors; and thoir foudnesa for dress is conridorably hightoned by tho bpportu- nitiesaforded of **showing off "' to tho * fellowa " using tho tavern. 1t would ba (ar from tho tenth to nsnert that all this allurament toimproprietios with men loads to ovil courses as a rulo, for s o class, pinced in 8o mauy ways of temvtation, barniaida aro far mora nioral than wany other fomato omployes that could bo easly named. 'They liave no objection to be mado love to and accopt presouts from **softheads™ and **spod- noys," but catch them antside the bar with such| Inmany houses at tho Wost Eud and the Cily used by clorks, lawvers, and shopmen, tho landlords find it greatly to their intorest to have handsome, fine, showy, attractive, aud tallkative + young lndies " behind the bar. ‘Ihe converisa~ tion ad theso houses ia by no means of tho *goody kchool of alphnbet.” Mnny of theso # young ladies * hovo rich dresses in tho higlt of fushion, found them by their employers, and ouly servo at those hours when the * giddyitos " loui{ln to liquor-up and fead. Ivmay Le ptoty, or somnthing ol#o, that causes thig branch of bar- maidenliood to forsake tho taps on the sevensh day, but cortain it i3 they always have their Hundays ont, and ato to bo weon at Kew, Hich- mond, and aven the *Zoo,” escorled ‘»v rich ndmiters. Many marry rich mon, and not long since a Jermyn etrcot barmaid was unitod to o wealthy shinowner and member of Lsrlismout. T'ho old gout in this caso marriod ant of grati- tudo for the young lady's civilty at time whon hio was taken queorat tho bar, Most barmaids posseds tho virtues of civility and politencas, uatil thoir customory got quacrly otharwiso, aud ara asking for **tick," when tha virtues disappesr altogethor, and inntead of “pleass give your ordors, gentlemen,” the gou!lomen aro * ordered out.” With resncet to remuneration boing an inducemont to entor tho servicos of tho * bar,” it must be othorwivo, for {he goneral wages avor- nga only..£10 to £12 por year, In regard to easy and ploasant duties aa encouraging fomales to soek such employment, those wio have thought ®o ot firat muat "have been sadly disappointed, In many West-End bouses, and in those in the great thoroughfares, barinalds ars down by 5 o'clock in tho morning, and, with tho oxcoption of three hours' rost fu tha leas busy liours of the dny, thoy ars at work until half-past.12 at night, Thoy have to clean tho flaor of tho bar, the taps naud glasses. Thoy are in mauy casen nover stitl or off thaeir feot from enrly morn to the midde of tho night. On Sundays thoy have & faw hours lo (hemaolves, which are taken up in oleanivg out thelr garrot, and arranging or mendng their clothed, Onco s month thov aro allowed & “day out.” They hnve to silently boar the filthiest Iauguago and diTuallng ulghts, particularly from um?r own seX. ‘Lhoy hitva to put up with (nynlts from the lowest of the Jow without a murmur, aud all thia for less wages than apaid for tnuidst of-plf-work. —_—— AMONG LILIES, Bhe atood among tho lilles In suusets brightest ray § Ammong the tall Juno liles, As stately fair o8 they ; A1, a bovtal loveetuen, ' Looked oure, aud, liugering, loo] aguin, “Adid Tifo began that day, 8lin s3t among tho lilles, Aly swi all Miy-pale ; -lllca listaned, pered low wuy tule, Ol ! gulilen antless, breatuing balm, OLi1 L of peace, ol twillglt calm, Did you or I provatl 7 8li0 lles smong the lily-snaws, Denoath the wintry sky ; Al rouud ber and about Nor ‘Thio Intried Hlfes Lo, They will awaka at touch of Bpring, And'she, my fairand flower-like thing, 1n wpring-time—by and by, —Susan Coolidye {n the Independent, —_— Story of » Lightning«RRod Peddlers Madison (Ind.) Courder, e drove hia tenm closa up to the fonce, got dowa and rapped on tho door, The widow Chikons opaned it, whom ho said: ¢ Mra, Gilk- ous, I am cognizant of the clreumstances by which you ata at present smrounded,—no longor snataimed und oncouraged by the noble ono to whom you guye the tronsures of your heart's affoction, and bowed down by the mamfold cares and responsibilitics incidental to tho rearing of eight small childron on forty geros of aub-car~ boviforous limestone land; yet, 3lra, Chlkous, you aro awara that tho season 18 now approach- ing when dark, dismal, dangerous clonds at froquont intervaluspan tho canvpy of heaven; sad when wigasg streaks of electricity dart prowlscuously hithor and thither, rondering thig Labitation unsafe for yoursolf aud thoso dear littlo onos; henos, therefuro, let me aoll you n coppef wire, silver tipped and highly wagnetio lightning rod." ‘Tho womun etaggered back a fow pacen and yollad: * Narcis, nofaston old Crouch!” In auotler Instant o savaze bulllog camao darting around the corunr of tbo houso, with bristles up, thirsting for gore. Thio dog hiad alrondy mau-~ gled a mnchina agont and & putont soap man, and waa held fu gmf odtoom by the bettor class of citizons for hiscourage and servico; but when his oyo mettho hard, penetrating gavoe of Mr, Pardony, his chiopa foll, and o slunk off aud hid in_tho currant bushes, Theu tho mau unid: * My dear lld{. you seom to bo n little oxcited, Now, 1f you wili allow me to cxplain the probable iuestimuble—" * Dern yo, 1 know somthing that will start ye," sald Mrs, tilkens, as she reached undor womo bed clothing and brought forth & Lorse-platol ; but, owing to the shattored condition of hor notyes, her alm was uustoady, and tho chargo of buckshot missed, save whore w fow scattorod onces struck s choek aud boundod off. A hard, motallicsmile apresd ovor hls souutenanco as ha leaned his shonder ngainst tho door-frame, and again coinmonced’s My dear madam, much apasmodic manifostations of your disinclinattion :'u make 8 judiclous Investinont of & faw paitry ollars—" “ Hi—sal" sbrieied the widow, and collapsed {nto & kiud of jorking swoun, snd b-fore she had recovered a highly maguotie lighining-rod decors atad ber humble domisile, and Parsons had tho blank note tlilod out &ll roady for bor siguature, g oy A French Solomon to kis Son, Taris Chiavard, Women love but ouce—shiun that once, ‘Womien Liate fu proportion ta thoir lovo, Mouiwonmu rotain their virtue, but mauy like to risk it, Not all women lie, but no woman ever tolls tho whola truth, Hatred i3 at the bottom of love, as doath is at tho hottom of life. . Ono always thinks he is lu Jove wheo going up- #inirs § coming dowa ho is not so sure of it. You cannot fupaio & woman in bor love; you cannot recall tho arrow shot iuto space, A woman ia a fortress which cau always bo ‘lk?:—by im who kuowa how to make tuo ay- eau Aan's vanity {s irritated by dofost and cou- #0lod with a ruptuve. Womah's vuuity acts in au fuvorse wonue, 'k Lok 8 woman's heart; sho has but ono sud way givoit. OFall fatul presunts & woman's Licart ks thio uiont deadly, Do not love & romsntio woma, 8he will mako suidval of you wieh you b which it wil{ TS e 2, B T 'l'lnmlmy Handlod, In & Carrollton ((ia.) Gours tho othor 17-yeat-ald gl brought from Alabama “zla\y"a neds had & large navy rovolver buoxled on ber walst. Hor testinony was very politoly brougnt out by the coundel wlic bad ocatlad ber, aud Lr cross-oxamination was very un-l'uillostonian in s olinvactor, SPARKS OF SCIENC " PUNK, " Almost overs boy has nt one Lime or another anusod himeelf with *punk,” aa Juminous wood fa called in tho juvenilo vornaeular, but how many know what It 1 that makes pank la. minoun? It fs the mycelium of cortaln spocles of pliosphoroecont fungl, wwhich, penotrating the decaying wood tm overy diroctlon, Impart Lo it tho myatotioun hight thatiaso enrions, and, to the unscientifio, Ao unacconutable, Alycolium in tho nama glvon to tho fino threads or fllamonts, that may be likoned toroots, from which mushe rooms sud other fungi epring. Spawn ia other namo given to theso rudimentary fungl. The phosphorescent mycolium which is com- monly fonnd growing on decayed wood producos tho fungus callod by mome bolanists Theleph orum phosphorea and by othors corliceum cwr leron, Mr. Berkeley atafos, 1n his “ Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany," that lamiuosity fn fungi *lina beon obsorved In various parts of the world, nnd whore the epocles has beon fully de- veloped it has beon genorally a wrovica of Agari- cus (muahraom) which has yialded the phenom- onon.” Tulasne, who lins patd a waod deal of at- tontion to tha phosphioroscenco of fungi, savs that only four apecion of agaricus aro at present known to bo luminous, Theso aro the A. olearius, Indigenous to Central Europo; tho A. i7ncos, vative to Ambogna ; the A. noclilencus, dincoy- orad at Mautilin in 1816 ; and the A, Gordneri, which fa fonnd in tho Drazilian Provinco of Oa- yoz, npon decayod leaves, Dut other mycologists liava onumorated two or threo additional spocies, a8 tho A, lanpas, s nativo of Australis, "Tha luminous pronortics of the A, olearing, n mushroom growing upon the olivo-ires, woro first voticed by Da Candolle. Tulasno has roved by oxtended obaervatious that troquont- Iy, It not nlways, the entire suvstance of this fungua shines in the dack. Tho mushroom s itself of a brighit-yoHow hue, and 80 lang as {t iy i native lifo it roflects a strong, briftiant light. Habituplly the plosphoresconco s diatributed nnequally upon tho stipo (stom) and the gills (tbo undor sido of the cup). The intorior enb- atanco {4 not always laminona, but, whon bruised and exposed o the air, fraquently bocomes so, **Thus," says Tulasno, **I had irragularly split and elit a largo stipo in its longth, and I found tho whulo fleshs ebacure, whilst on tho exterior wero somo luminous places, I roughty joined the lacerated parts, and tho following avoning, on observing them anow, I found thew all flashing brilliant Hglst, At another timo, I had with o #ealpel aplit yertically many fungl to order to lington their dosicention ; thoevening of tho sama dby, the surfaco of all thess cuts was phospho- roscent, but fn manv of these ptecos of fungi thie luminosity waa limited to tho cut surfaco which romainod oxposed to the air; the Sesh bo- neath was unchanged.” Talneno observed that tho flesh of & Incorated rtipo remniued phospliorescent throe econsocu- tive eveniugs, bus tho brightness gradunily di- minished from the intarior to tho osterior, #o tuat on tho third day thore was nano in tho inner patt of tho etipo, Immiorsion i wator did not at flint alfect the phosphorescenco, nhich was ns bright 83 in_the nlr, Dbut when Il fungua was Joft in tho wntor for twenty- four houru its lumiuosity way dostroyed, Alco- hot_appliod to the 'i"m il ot immodiatoly obliterate, but enfeobio1 tho light. From these obsorvatious, Talaanc concludes that thero [s no neceseary ralntion batwoen tha phorphoresconco of the fungus and ita fructifieation. Mr. Gardnor fiest met thio jhosphorescont agoric thiat bears his nama In Vilade Nativi- data, Brazil, ou 8 datk night of Decomber. His enrioalty was aroused at weaing #omo boys pluy- ing in tho atreot with & luminons object, which o wupposed to bo & Iargo five-ily. On Inquiry, Lie fouad it to be a Loautiful phosphorescent agarie, which ho-waa told graw abundautly in the victnily upon the decaying fronds of a dwarf palm, * Tho whole plant omits ot night a bright light, of apalo greenish buo, lite that of tho largor firo-ilios. It is ealied by thie inbabitauts *flor de coc Dr. Cuthbert Collingwood rolates hin experi- ence with a huminons n{,;urla (supposed to bs tho 4A. Gardneri) fouud in Borneo, in whieh o says s * Fhonight being dark, the fungi conld ba very distinetly scen, though not at any great dintance, shiving with a woft, palo, greonish light, Here and thare spota of much more in- teneo light wero visible, and thoee proved to bo vory young and minute spechmnens. ‘I'o older spocinens may mora properly bo deseribod as possessing & greenish luminous glow, like the glow of the electzic dischiargo, wlich, howaver, was quile suticiont to detine ita shapo, and, whon closoty oxamined, the chief dotails of jts form and nppoarance. The luminosity did not hinpart itself to tho band, and did not appuar to bo affectad by the soparation from the 0ot v., which it grew, at least for same hours, I thinkift rmbnhln that the mycelium of this fungue 1s nlso uminons, for, upun tarmng up the gionnd in acarch of amall luminous worms, minuta spota of light were obperved, which ocould not be ro- ferred to any particular objoct or body when brought to the light to be examlued, and were F)rubulslv duo to somo portions of its mycolium," r. Collingwood adds that a gentloman nssured bro that *hesaw tho junglo all i a biaze of light (by which ho could soo to read), as some oars ag0, ho was riding across the islaud by the fnnglu road ; and thnt this luminosity wan pro- dueed Ly an aparic.” In Westorn Australin, two spocies of agarlo rowing on tho stumps of treos havo revealed uminous propertios to carcful obsorvers, Ono spaciea growing on the stump of a Banksia, sur. roundod Ly water, was uol.cod ono dark night FIving out its curious light, Whon lald upon & nowspaper tho plant emitted o intenso n glow that tho words around it coul 4 ba distinotly rond. It continued brighit forsovoral nights, but grada- ally fadod as tho twsues driod, Mr, James Drumamond, who was the obsorser in tho pravions incidant, socured, on onc of hia botauical trips in |- Australis, o largo agaric moasuring 16 mches In diametor and weighing 5 ponuds. He hung tho plant up to dry, sud in tho evening romatked that it gave ont a DLrilliaut phosphorescence. I'his it coutinued ta do until itbocomo dey, st tho ond of four or fiva days. Bavaral specios of Z'olypliorus are known to bo plhioaphorescent. The J°. annoaus, found on tho tinbors ta tho Cardit coal-mives, ato so lumtnous that oy aro viniblo in the dark at n dintauco of 20 yards, nud give suflicient light wheu anoar for the miners * 1o 600 their hands by Certain luminous fungi found In mines bo- loug to tha geuus Jthizomorpha, 'Lho K. sub- tervanea, which oxtends its long flbres under tha noll, attaching thom to tho ruots of decaying traos, especiaily of thoe oak, bLas oxhibited thia Eheuomunnn. ‘Tulasno found that all the young ranchios of ths plaut rluwnd with & umform phosphoroscent light, whilo tho older branches #houo ovor wost of their surfaco, Iu tho Gardeners' Qhronicle for 1872 the Toy. M. G, Borkley thus doscribes sn extraordinary dwsplay of luminous fuugl known to his oxperis once ¢ ¢ A quautity of wood had bosn pur- chased fn & noighboring parlsh, which was dragged up & steop il to ita destination. Amougat them was o log of larch or upiuco, it i not qulto cortain which, 21 fout long sud foot in diawoter, Home young frieuds hap- poned to pasa up tho lull at nigiy, aud wero nurprised to find tho road weattorod with limi. nous patches, which, when more closoly oxam- inod, proved to bo portious of bark or hittio frag. monts of wood, Followlug tho traco, thoy oamo to u Llaze of .whito light which wes perfuctiy sutprisivg, Ou examiuation, It appoaiod that +tho whole of tha Inside of tho bark of tie log was covered with m whito byssoit mycollum of & peculinrly strong swoll, but, un- fortunstely, in° sush » wlato that tue pertect « form could not be ascertalued. '}lnia way luwinous, but the light was by uo mouna €0 biight as in those parts of the wowd whoro the spuwn had peuctrated mora deoply, ond whoro it wad o intenso that tho roughest troatmont ecarcely soemed to check it 1r auy attompt was made to rub off tho luminous mat- see it ouly shono the more Wrigbtly, sud whon weappod up Ju flue folds of paper the Lt peue- tratud through oll thie folds on onlor slde as brightly ws f tho wpecimon was oxposed; whon, sgalu, tho upecimous wore placad i the packet, the rockot when opencd was & masa of light, The lumlumisy Lnd now beon g u for shrea duys. Unfostinately we did vos b ourdolves tititha third day, when it had, posaibly frowm s chunge in the stite of electricity, boon aoms- what impuired; but it was stull most ju- teroatiug, aud we lave moroly secordod what wo obsarved ourselyos, 1t wasulmost pos- s1vlo to resd tho time on the facouf a watch evan in {ta less laminous coudition. Wo do not for » wowent suppose that tho mycolm was eagoutinily luminuus, but are salher wuclined to boliove that & pecutiar concurrencs of climatio conditions i3 uuuuu{ for the production of tho fionomonou, whicn s certainly oue of greay ranty, Obs:rverd a8 wo have boeon of fuugt in their natlve Launts for ufty yous, it bas uaver fulten tu our Juk to withoss & siular caso before, thoush Prof. Uburchiil Babjugion ouco svut us epooimens of luwiwpus weodk, which had, how~ ever, loit their lanluoaity before thov arnived, It wzoakt bo anserved shas thy varss of tho wood whish wote mont JnmuGs wure ot uniy useply Pr1aiertad he ghe mava delianba aveed n? Pk mycellnm, but woro thoss whicl wero most de- gomponod, It 1s probable, therofore, that this factis an clomont in tho cnso, as woll sa tho prosenco of fungold mattor,"” A SUBSTITUTE FOR MATGCHES. An Jugonlous nclentifle apparatus, invented to supersodo matches, is thua describod by Nalure: It consista of a amall bichromato of potash battery, tho zinc plate of which s so arranged that by pressuro of tho fluger It ean bo Im- moraed {n tha oxciting fluid snd pnt tho battery In action, Tining from tho top of the battery 14 0 light brass afown, lito o taper-oldor, but In the torm of & wwan's neek, torminating i a hittlo ll, within which tho two * polea " of the bat- tory aro uuitod by aspirat of platmum wire ; this wiro, whou tho bnttacy 18 put i action by the immorsion of the zin3 plate, bocomen whito hot, and will fustantiv fguite tha gay {f held noar tha onon burner,” ‘i apparatus 14 named tho ** Galvanco-Pyraon, or Voltalo Gas-liguter,” and te the fuventivn of Mr. Horalio Yaates. AUSTRALIAN VEGETATION. From tha Inst report of Barou Mueller, Gov- ornment Botanist, of Vietorta, Austinlis, wo learn that tho vogetation of that ontiro Conti- nont comprises 11,000 spocios. Tho grasses fn- cludo 260 upecies. OF tho much.prized Eucalyp- lus, gum-treo, thore aro 110 apocica. 1n the forcst rvegion of the Upvor Yarra, visited by 1aron Bluollor laat yoar, he found spocimens of the Lucalyplus amygdalina var. regnans which meagarod noarly 400 fool 1 leight. Intho mamo region he found tho maguiticont grass Featuca dires growing to 8 hoight of 17 feot on tho Lordors of rivalots, Since the publication of the last provious repoct, lfty now yonora have been addud to tho Australiau flura, and iiftcen of theds are absvlutely new to science, MULTIPLICATION OF KANGAROOS, At tho anniversary meoting of tho Paris Acoll- matisation Socioty, May 0, & priza wan award- ed to M. Josoph Cornely for having succeedod 1 tho inuitiplication of tho kangaroos left in a atato of livorty, ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY. . Special Correapondente of The Chicago Trivune, Cuastpatoy, 11L, Juno 3,—The tollowing pro- Rrammo of exercises will tako plado at the Hli- nols Industrisl University tho prosent and com- ing weok: - Friday wight, June 4—Philomathoan Socioty, . open sossion. mg‘nlunlay night, June5—Sophomore olags oxhi- on. Sunday, June 6—Bacolantents address by the Regout, Dr. Grozory. % AMonday afternoon, June T—Senior olags-dsy oxerciscs. zh--mmy, June 8—~Afternoon, 4 p. m.: Lecturo by J. 1. Turaor. Nigat: Lacture by Dr, J, &, Buith, Chicago, Wednesday, June 9.—Commencoment oxor- ciges will bo beld in tho Oliapol Mall, "Tho oxer- aires will Lo onlivenod Ly mnsic, band led by AMr, Mann; pisuo, in chargo of M L, Patchon: vacal choruses, &, conducted by Prof, D, Hay- den Lioydo. Thoolnss fn Cnlisthenizs, under tho suporvis- fon of thorr tancher, Miss Allen, gavo & vory hu- toreeting entortainmont Jast Wednosdny. Ming Ol 8pruill, for the clasy, presontod s boanti- ful bound copy of Milton's woris to Miea Allen, '(l)‘ho oxorcises concludod with au addross by Dr. rogory. 1t ia anld that Dr. Grogory is to dolivar the an- nual adiress of the Iowa Coatral Univoraity, ot its Commencomont, Ju]{ 10, and alsola to givo Ab address at tho annual moeting of the Amori- f"n.)h;“::“m of Instraction, fn Providence, It. .y July 8, “IWHIP POOR WILL I® WITI A CORDENT BOCIAL MORAL. ** Witip poor Will 1" Walp poor WILL{* Hally through the waniug lght, Moucté u bied for deod of {ll,— Manrnw liks #n atoning knight, Whut's the troubla in his uest "That bie wakes thin sirauge reqaest “ Waip poor Will I # Wi e Wi Turougn tho thickoning ploom of it Upward o'er the wooded bi) Iackward echoing dawn the height, Dlatsut now, und uow again Nearer, sweita tho sl refrala, ‘Woeping Will% profound offonss, ‘Wua hiath nevor longed to know t Whn, bis lot to reconpense, Would uot giadly sbiure bls woo? Whoso the hoart nath not Leen stirred ‘When Lis “* Whip poor WIII” was hoard ? Hath ho dono a motal wrang o bis loved and trusting wmata, Tty 10 seif-reproachful sony, ‘s hltwulf & reprobate? Ual < - indd coujugel woes, Ouly t Ly ubeolved u,_|m-:nu§ Hath romo eoy, coquettish dame Warblod love his nest ahose, And fuspired nn snawering fane, - Hreathed into the temptor's oart 1ath this caunod » famibiy Jar, Quarruls, biows, divorce, nod war? m{ 1oar, hapleas Will—oh! say-— Wiiath Jour socret caaso of grlaf? el mo why sou plead auid prsy “C0 b whipped like any thler, Surely therv's some droadfn} wrong *Tokunod by your mournful song, Baybe you have been and gono (Shalby, lwitativa creaturo 1), And somo'pretly maid undona! Maybe you'ra & little Bocchor, Causing thus your mato to pout, And forcs you to * stop down aud oat,» Out with the secret, Witllo, como! Btato the whole experiouce dismal, an't & atudiod erio, or &oma Hpdden fervor * paroxysinal * ¢ Wulk for guod o evil passion You would hiavo us pul lhaluh‘fln! Tossibly you only meant "To visit somu guod daine, and sorve her, But neatglitiesy to tho duvil wenty Misled by * high religions forvor,” A leaf from your *trus inwandnoss # Would bring the wholo thing out, I guess, But, whatover yau have dons, Own it like a littlo man Bay yow'u bad youz Lour of fun, 1t will atoug ns bast you ean, On your bonded kueos bafare her, Toil your mate that you adore Lor!' tupud g Bay you'vo folt & duop romocsa Ever sinco she tatked * divorce,” But, whatover alse you folan, Venture not upon dealal Deluge not tho land ag du With another scandal wrlal, It you do, you gracelsss scamp, You’re u good-fur-nothing tramp § Eeop znnr tronblea closa confined To {he bordurs of your nea ; Only wan, sir, ls {u\!lmml ¥ d s irds would scorn, T daro projiods, o firut condone, and thon oxposs, That'a the morsl of the verso, Noughy Will, I siug o you's Tono * mutuaf frlnd ¥ reboiree Whiat in youth you ehanced (o do, But bo prudent, mark 1y words, Aud bavo na afoulton mong the'birds | Beller yet, livo chastely, traly ; Stray no moro, lovo-vows to rant ; ke your *undor Ufo” up nowly, G And abjure high moral cant, Uprlght [lvos aro Lattor tuschors Thaus thousand long-balred proachars, ‘That's tho doctrine for yonrfll, Kauguty bird, by folly led ; Qoase entreating, ' Walp pour Witt1e dead I Btop your * wishing to Tz ban, and I daro swear i&;\l'll oute mars win and weir, , 1815, D, B, Your watd e Emervon on Oarlylo, Pagy, May 3r. Ralph Waldo Emorson astainod bia 724 birthiday on'Tuesday of last weok. A compauy of Motuodist miuistors oalled upon bim iuform- ally, and Mr, Carlylo having busu spokeu of 1u tho courso of convossation B8 B0 friend of this oouutry duriug tho War, Mr. Emerson replicd * Let 1o tell you, friouds, what 1 w Littla secret, e lu & vory guod friaud of tho Americaus, and bhias toatifiod it Istely by au act which is not to Le wada publio unsid he dies aud s will appenrs. Hut soma of our best wen aul womun lave made his soqualutauce, Lo 18 a man of the world, Ilo does not bolong to that couutey only, but by his broad geulus sad talent of ‘saliro, whitch hio throws about him, he {s cosmopalitan ; but bis aims are a8 good as can bo, 1 thiak Xr. Caslylo roally sympattizes with us. I romowm- bor of Lis scotding = little in tho War, but not wleorward, 1 havo boon lu constaut correapoud- enco with him over wiuco 1814 or '3t I thiuk, 1 have s bundred lestors from bim rauulug sloug that period, aud his wympathics aro with ua, 3r, Norton, of Cambridge, has prosorved overy word in lus memoryof his persousl sonversationy with Mr. Carlyle, sod Inave Insited thatho should writo thew down to bosaved. Thore {y groas witin Liw 1glk. 1Te despiss every kiad al'mu(nueu. overy klud of sullsuness and of nat ¢ qin " bl Bn LY, FAMILIAR TALK. NAHUA EDUCATION. An Aztea hissory—iwritten {n hisrnglyphles— which foll inta tho hands of Charlea V., and was afterwarda publiaied with explanatory toxt, con- taina a cliapter doneriblng the mothods of oducae tion puraned among the Nahun nationn of Moxico. Qreat caro wan taken by both parants and priests to train children to Industrious and studlous Labits, and to inouleato in them a harrar of vina naud o lovo of virtue, ‘The oducation of tho ehill bogan as roon a3 it could walk, nnd wan at first conducted solely by tha patants, and aflorwards Intrustod chiolly to the priosts. Durlog thair 4th and Gth yoars tho boys woro fwnured to Hght bodily labor, wuch na carrying oasy bundlos, while tho girls of tho same ago woro taught how to Laudle tho distaf. Tu their 6th and 7th yoars cinldren hind niready bocome usoful—tho boys by following thoir fathors to mariot, bearing (hlth- or gentle loads, and whilo thoro porfsrming sim- p'o servicon; and tho girls by assisting thelr mothers In epinnlog and in othor houachold du- tics, At 8 yoaraold tho ehlldien—who must have been snperhumanly doclle—wero moroly shown tho instiumonts of punishiment a8 a warnlng. At 10, boys who evinced n disobediont or reboilions #plrit wero bound kaud and foot and pinchad in difforont parts of the body with the thorus of the magnoy, or contury plant ; whilo tho girls who noeded chinstiulug woro pinchied outy 1n the bands and wrists, If this punishmont did not suflico, tho children wera Leaten with roda. When nnruly, n yoar Intor, thoy wera Lold over a nilo of burning abile, and forced to inbalo the smoke, whick ciused groat patn, At 12 o naugh- ty Doy was bound band aud foot and oxvosod naked in & domp place for an ontire day, A neughty girl of tis oge wna compolled to risy in the nyzht pnd swoep the wholo bouse,—n roa- sonable and useful fonn of punishmont. Ioe twoon 13 and 15 tho boys wora enployed in bringing wood from tha mountaiua or in eatsh- ing flsh, and the girls in grinding corn, tn cook- fug, aund in woayi Tho schools an sominatics wero connected with the tomples, and_ woro comtrollod ontirely Ly tho priests. Boys wors ususl- ly sont “to tho colloges’ ot from 6 to 9 yoars of ngo. They worn a sort of uniform, boing drossod fu black, and tho bair left unont. ‘Tho _colteges wero of twa olassos—ono for tho youtli of the common poople, and the othor for tho gons of tho nwblll!.{. Thoro was o college of tho firat class in cach quarter of tha City of Moxico, and tho parents of thoe distrivt woro oblized to place thoir childron In it at tho ngo of 4or 5 years. llero the educalion seoms to hive boon chiofly of & practical natute, caleulstod to 1it tho boys for the business of life. ‘Lo pupils took thoir moale at home, butuslept m tuo wchool-butldiog. In_tho ovenings thoy as. vemblod o the *‘iouse of Bowg," wharo thay were instructed in daucing and sloge ing—accomplishmonts that formod an im- portant part of n Moxican oduzstion, At 156 or 10, somotimes oarfior, the youth woro with- drawn from tho schoula aud put to trados or pro- fosaiona. Lo song of tho nobility wore, in {ho schnols of tho socnad class, lightly axerclsod ia manual Iabor, and wore inst1% :tod in all that the plave- ians learnod. Thoy woie, besidoy, taughe Uis. tory, natronomy, piilosophy, Inw, astrolagy, re- liglon, and the writing and Interproting of hiaro- glyphics, and committed to momory Lorolc songs aud wacred iymos, Thoy were not sufferod to leave tho school untilthay went from is to Lo married or to onter the army. ‘Liey touk thoir meals nud slept o the school, and wore subject- od to very savero Gisciptine,. ‘Lo seminaries for girls woro also annoxed to tho tomplos, and woio prosided ovor by vostal prieutessoa. Coaseless vigilanes way practiead to guard the pupils, who wara principslly tho dangliters of Priuces and of noblomen, from us- soclation with tho opposito sox. The maidous wera forbid to leavo Lhioir rooms without a muard, and if they transgresaed tho rule thoir foct werae pricked with thorns antil the blood flowed, ‘When they weut wutside tho school walls thoy wura necompanied by priestossos, nnd were nol permittod so much 04 1o 1aiso their nyolids, lost ulmlr inuoconce abould rocaive somo injutious blight, articular attontion way paid to the manners of tho girls, They wers tought to Lo wodust aud humble In their demounor, and to bo rover. ont to tbair eldors. They wero compaliad to bo diligont and induatrious, rising at daybroak and ocoupying themselvos with womo omployment until wightfall. Thoy were taught to make featherwork, to apin; "to weavo mautles, and to bo doxtorous in all houseuold affairs, Greatoara was nlso takan to tnsure in them habits of por- #onal cleanlinoss, The daughtors of noblomen souorally romainad at tho sclooly uutil they wero takon nway to bo married. THE RELIGION OF HERBFRT SPENCER, Mr, Horbert Sponcer lias tho reputo of beingn JMatorinlist, of belisving that all lite and thought aro tho result purely of modifioations of mtter, yot somo of biandmirers contond that bo f1 ea- sontlally roliglous, and that nis philosaphy **lays down the proliminarios for a perpetunl peaca botwoon roligion aud ectence.” Bays Dr, AL, E. Cazolles, in closlug bis sympathotic roviow of Mr, Hpoucor's system of philasophy 3 Ho rocognizes tho noumenon beuealh tho phonom. enon, o feols tho cternal bohind tho transitory, ho #hows happiness to ba tho result of obodienco to adivine Tuw of cquality julnod with Bborty, which whil bo ob- tainod by tho obsorvance of Sustieo, ond of that othor virtuo wich conslate in abstinenco from a right thot may injurs another, tud in dolug ohieesfally whut cone tributos ta anothior’s happinoss,—a virtuo wiilch hia calls onficnce, and which, fu Ciiriatlan syicoch, goos by tho nama of charity. 'Finally, with tho positivist, ho admita tho ugcessity of knowlng the law in ordor to nhey it; 4, 1o use (he language of onv of theso, ho #0oks uoblencss of lifo in lborty, he finds tho higliost degreo of liberty in obolience Lo tha elerusl Liw, In his casay npon * Bducatlon,” Mr, Bpencar speaks for himsolf npon tuls dobatable point : Doubtlcss sclonca fs tho ouomy of mupceatitions that cloak thomsolves with tho nawmo of religion, but It in not'the euomy of the cssantiat relfglon which tho suporntitious darken, Doubtlass in tie sctende of to- day tiere relgns ou drroligious wpirll, Lub uob i tho trua sclonco, which, not stopping at tho surface, penstiates to tho denths of Naturc, o 5 o With fe: gard to buman traditions, and tho suthdgily (it cone vocrates them, true sclenco mautaing a bty attitude ; Dt before (ks {mpenstrable voil that hides tho nbaos Juto 1t bumbles islf s 1t isat onco teuty proud aul truly humblo, The slucera pbliosophor ulone (and by theso words wo mcan not tha ustronomor, who conte ity distincos, mor the naturalitywlio dutlict piocics, but Lo who tbrough the lowor ncaks the highor, to stopouly at tho higuesty—tho sinzors phitosoplior alono itva wiy Dot ubova linan kuowl. ooncoption—a tho unfvareal thouzht, are manifesta- power, whioreal natuso, toas, RELIQIOUS STATISTICS, Tho principal croods of the world are given Ly Babom {n the following table, datod Jonuary, 18781 - . 1, Christianity. e vuunes i:f 1toman Oathiolie Ghiirelt, sy Protostunt churches, “ Eatoru Chusches .. 2, Jiuddubam ... 5, Teachiugs of 8, Hinto roigion,,... 1, Judatura.,,, - dolat Romun population,| Catholic. Protwt- ants, 20,001,000 71,50 100, 00,000 1,200,000 Lusioriv lchurches 201,00 141,50 1,0) 4 700, 1110,000) 84,810,000 20L,6,000] T, ta0,00 204,000,000 Afries.., Australia uud Pod Iyucata., 4,200,00)] 400,00%] 1,509,000/, 1,329,000,0 01 201,200,001 101,300,000 | 1.057,0m) EQYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, The Egvptian *Book of tho Doad," or “ Funeral Ritual,” containw, probably, suo old- oat oxlsting record of the faith of man in tho Immortality of thowoul. Its chaptera are found luseribod ou mummy cagos, or written on rotls of pagyrue withln them. 'Tha book recounts tho expatlenco of the soul ufter death, from ite passago Weroas tha land of durkuess Into tho blessod flelds, to its flual judgmout and admia- siou iuto the presonce of its Father in tho otoraal *“dwolling-plave of the propared spirit.” ‘The following passayos stiow its exprods doclara- tion of a fauuro life, **The oslrls (the soul) livos after ho dles, Evory od rejolcos with Iifo; tho osins rojolces with lfo sa thoy rojoico,” 0 God, th proiector of him Who has hrought Lis ery o thos, ho i& thino, lot him Lavo no harm; lot him ba as onp of thy nviuf sorvauts, Thou srt L, he ls thou! Blake o well with bimy In tho world of Splrital” It 14 supposal that the Book of the Deait " Lind Its origio 3,000 yoars befora tho blcth of Chirlst, ‘Tho It Yeds, which dates back 1,500 yoars befure tho Clristian ora, oxprosses s lke faith in immortality. Iu the Homoric poans, datiog back %0.years I C., wo tlnd a pooul .r boliof a future exiglonce. Enumoratiug in ohrong- logleal order tha sacieut philos)phers, who eunuucisted tho eame groas truib. wa bivoslot Jko tho followingt Tefora tho Chrlatias Thalow, Lorn 6105 Laotze, 6015 Fopameren, 115 Lvthagaras. 580 ¢ Contucius, 6501 Tht 1, ne dind 644§ Xonophomes, born 510y Pindo, (10 Hophaclen, 43 Hacraten, 4703 Mounnder! #ouo, 400 Cicero, 101: Viegil, 70 Horaco, 13 Uvid, &5 Phito. 27, Withki thia Clrtatian aert Roncen, 3; Quintilina, 405 Pintaroh, fiog By pms! 'i“:;' 705 Museus Auroliug, 1215 Masinua "Eydiug, ENGLISH AND SCOTCH CATHOLICS, 1t iy eatlmatod that, In 1705, thero werg bat 00,000 Catholics in England and Beotland,; J, 1821, tho numbor had inerensad to 500,030 i 1312, o 2,500,000y and lu 4841, L0 9,833,000, Ty Cathiolivs bonst of 600 oouversiony & yoar iy Groat Britaln; and clalmed to have, n 137), 1,893 priests, 1,153 churchos and chapols, u('} convents of mon, 238 convents of womoy, 21 Catliolis gymnseiums, 1,210 nobools, 20 e cesem, 83 Catholio Lonle, 77 Baronats 1 mempors o the Iouse of Comnulznq The gromth of Catholiclsm tndiealod by thewo figurcs s | eseribod by som wiliars o tho Homih toridancies of tho Englial, Chitte s to tho foudness of the artstscs, clas for pomp and eoromomy; to Ll wauty. montalism, putiowsrly at (ho 'wowmen, of the HImo clnar; to tho coaservative lovg of order, nmit droad of infldolity we the inktigation of woclal “rovoluliona; €3 tha roaction LETITNY #elentifio rationallsmy nd to tho Hillzntay actlvity, dovdtion, anl oarnostnoss of tha Catlyy. e piiosthood, Tnasn causss sudlsisntly nee count for tho [ucionse of Rom wivm 1 sland, withot sunpaang any aspecial caango bo the religlous couvichious of tha poopla, : Wonbs, wonbs, Totanquitiazenlliliayuclpachotll, That' §s L It 1s moroly- thoe Ingonuous, unpretouding name anplied to & pleco of broad, in tho anciont lap. guago of tho Azteey, A huugry man would lava ho temptation Lo hold extondod converaationy daring dinner-timo iu o tonguo that Tequired a protracted dolivory of tangiing, t1ipping, tortur. fvg, t-ridlen ayllables in tho ohunciation of overy word, Ilo would ba npt to grab o Roction of tha stall of lifo, for lnstanca, wfihunt waiting tonsl forit. Dt tatanquitlixeallilapelpactol I8 no sorso thas [inktot], and Povocatapstl, aad Matlaltzineas, and Istildzochitl, and Tanacs. moztoc, and Noyahualcoyotl, and thousands of other common torms in tho Aatoo; thera‘ls only alittio moioof at. Aud Aztec boys and firlg um;!l to go to school—telpachealli—and loary to wpell. . RO o sk THE WOLF AND THE HERDSMAML A wolf heforo o hunter taking izt Qrept amony brambles i1 & hentsmn'a slght, * By all thy hopes,” ko &b, * butray mo not, Iyeven kuows that nover Uave 1 harmed thes snght,” ¢ Foar not,” tho man roplled, ¥ thy lurking plugs * 14 pafo, is nacrod,” in oigor cuea * Tho huntaman eatne, 18t 89071 3 walt, T pray 77 * Yea,' mild the hind, #ho tosle tho loft iand way "e But winked, ta let the chaser understand o botat was lurking closo at hie right by Tno hunter hoird, but on the olee Jutant, )"‘l;!.lm".‘llhu I“(Bn:hor?‘nn nh}kjn!;l:ll'll(:rwufl weht, 2 What thanks, niy shaggy Criaud, Last Lhon to givs,® ‘Tho berddman asked, "afnl‘o 1 have tet thes live ";’x' B’ 4 Groat thntiks T owa Uhy tongue, tha Lieast replics : * Bat biludness lght upon thy treachoraus vyas,” ~—Tranaluted by Witham Cutlen Bryant from ihe Latin of Aviunus, % —_— ‘Timbor in Fordlgn Coumtrics,. Land and Water, During tho sprivg of 1874 tho Dritish Govern. mont nddressed a eircular Lo tho roprosentativas of Uroat Dritain In tho ‘principal tinbor pro- ducing countrios of Burope. in tho Untea States and Braziliu Cubaand Hondaras, asliug for infor- mation as to tha production and consamption of timbers information desirod more partioularly by tho Commisaiuncrs of our Woods and Forosts, Tiftoon questions wora asked.: Thesd rolated to tho sorts of xrnos{;m«m i each country, the uAos mado of each kind, tho ownarslup of forost lands, tho causos of increase or decreasoe in the acraago of forcats, tha quantity of wood cut ane nually, and tho amounts exportod and consumed at homo. Inquiries also wors mado rs to tho ascertained iniluenco of forosts on local climate, ramfull flaods, &o., sud, partiouinrly n Switzor lund, whethar nuy stops havo beon taken to ro- plaut the uides of the mountainy, 8o 84 to siny tuo uction of 1aln {n denuding tho soil, Vafivus roports on all tho foregoing topics have now boen roosived, and muy bo_prooured in the form of a Parlismontary Blue Took, from which wo may bera cull o fow briof extracts, commendiy the work itsclf to the caroful attention of nfi who tako anintorest in forost’ preservation, a uubi]ont full of ymportanco, not only bLecanso timber le indispensuble to buman existence, but becauso wo may poius to Paleatino, to Spain, aud probably to many rogions iu North Amcn. to sliow Low tho gradual dostruction of forosta will chango tho character of & conntry aud its inhabitants forevor. Ia Bohomis, during tho past ton yoars, o specios of worm, which geoms to ot tiko w opidemic,. Lias boen causing mreat dovastation in tha forosts. Tha ontfie side of o rango of hills muy Lo scon sometimos laid bars of tunbor by tho fiironds of this worm discaso, Tho diminution of furestsfn’ parts of Austria, more ospacially lu Hangary, lins boan fol- lowed by bauoful consequences, such as long doughts aud tromondous winds, winch fil tho air with uuceasing clouds of dust and cousidora- bly incransa pulmonary disoancs in towny whileh hivo becomo totully unshotiersd. Poath, Pres- burg, and Yienua-aro uow perfoctly intolorablo during threo parts of the yoar from (his cause. At o do Janoiro, thuuder-storms, formerly of dally oceurrongo, ara now rare; and tho canao is sunposed to bs tho destruction of the forosts whioh surroundad th town, o ew roads bave beou mndo. . 1Touce, in 1952, yellow faver visltod 4Le place, and hag nover left it sinca, though troos aro bolu? Lusily plantod ia overv struut. In Ieaso and Baden groator prudenes has beon displayod, four-fifths of the former Duchy nmud ono-thied of the lattor aro wooded, nnd tus law raquiron thut overy thirty yoars tand whioh lias oneo belourad totho ciltivalion of treos muss roturn to itsoriglnal emvloyment, Tu Sweden the tinber rosourcoare immensss Lupland hes nover boow suiyoeyod, Lutis rockoned, with the Noithorn Proviuges, fo contein somo 3,000,010 acresd of forest, Uufortunatoly, the uucorsing und enormous demands for wood, _especlally for charooal, honge building, aud luzifor mntehos, is *tolling rapldly on tho productive puwer of tho forusts; this faztia of world-wide impor:- auco, for.thera is bardly » maritime conntry, oxcupt Chiva and Japot, to which Bwedish wood i lome formn docs nos find ity way. At last, In 1874, a law wus passod forbiding the felling of any treos losa than 7 fuches in dismetor, at 16 fost Irom the ground, Thia statut uppliea only to tua Bothuian foreats,, If oxteuded to all Bwodon, s it probably ‘will bo, it may greatly affuct the mining 1uterosts of Groat Bataln, for it will ot oif tho supply of small timber knewn 08 **plt-props,” Iu Bwitzerland thore is now o Bylvan Sucioty, and proat pains aro being takon to luduco paoplo to replaut cloared aud denudod mountaln slopos, #o ud to provont the damugo which floods,” landaltpe, and avatanohes have of late years so froquontly: inflioted, Switzerland ulso Las un incustry—that of wood-oarving— which sbo bLad wode, peouliarly, bor. own, although 1t was nat wtrodaced futo the Baroose Uberlund boforo 1815, This wood-carvivg an- nually ukea up an enormons quantity of wood of all sorta. In Citba thore avo abundant forests, which muet have incrensod sinco 1563, when the inaucracticn broko out, for there has- boen vory 1lttlo cutting of lato yoarsj Lut, o8 wo might oxpock whore tho ‘Spanish ' ara concorned, no mioro eara fatakon, no Joss recklosancss {y shown bythe farmors who cut wood forthetr use fn Olnllvlnthsu inuny other timbar-clad past of the globe, . 5 KiteeString. One day Inst wook a lttlo boy who bind boen stauding for some tims in front of & drug storo 1o Baltiinore, envioualv ayeing s large rovl, well rovidud witle Y aiquny dimny ” twino, sa the 0y call ft, which way fastouod to tho top of the counter, summond up courago onough to walk in and for n fow yards with nhln?x to tly bis kite. Ths Doctor. bears the namo of bolng & good-naturad man, full of humor, aud very fond of the littla onos, bub the yoouguter approachod Lin at o timo whon bo was out of his naual mood, and_ho conioquontly gavo **No' for su snywer, Tho urchin had made up his mind to bavo soma of *that cord" anyhow, 'aud ho Rub it, On .Thursday morning tha boy ontorod tho stors, Gccompauiad by su= other boy sud s dag. Loy No. 2 have ing - placéd a bottle on the countor, do- mukely asked for 5 oeats worth of “sirnpsanilly aud pollygolia,” sud while tha Dootor was fling tho ordor bov No. 1 was tyiug tbo end of tha cord to tho dog's tall. Wiion the man of medi- oloe rotyrned ta tho couuter, tho reol was ying lika fury. 'Fus Dootor quietly roached for s pallot-kuifs, and, hisving kung “hlmsolf ovar tho couater, madoa dezparato whiao's at tha cranium of tho youugster, who, ho wupposod, was sittivg on tho lloor LisIning Limsolf, " Dut lol tho boys ana tlio dog ** Bouucor™ wora not_thore. Tha Doctor, baving triod in vain to stop his rocl, was obliged to give it up on sccouut of tho Loat ik comnunicated Lo tha pal of Lis band, When, ho reached the door ho bolold tho boye upon tho midewalc about tyo blocks off, aud ¢+ Bounger ™ in tho ouddio of tho stroet golog ab tho rato of forly knote an hour, the s'sing poiut- ing directly toward his tall. Tho reel coutiuucd to .v!n 05 83013 b aftosward, nlil it sopped of 1k oo acourd,