Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1875, Page 14

[ bobby-sider~at & 14 LITERATURE, Blage-Gossip---Anectlotes of Sheridan | ==John Kembie's Mewory, Hunting for Brie-a-Brae—A Favorito Pir- suit of OM-World Enthusiasls, ! History of tho United States-— | Graves of the Posts. ; Sclentific Notes---The Origin of Fowls w=Swarms of Butlerilies. LITERATURE. NAL REMINIRORNCES. By arron. Ediod by Rue Hquare 12mo,, pp, Bil. Berlbner, Arustrong & Co. Frice, New York: $1.50, There aro few peraons of the present penera- fion who bave any knowledge of the charactors whoso bistory Is rovived in this volume, and vet thoy wero all notabihitics of considorabio distine- | tion ir their day ; and, moreover, to make Aurc of tho perpetuity of thoir famo, ench composed ! o two-volume autobiography, in which was ro- cotded the varied oxperienco of bhiulife, But autoblographies end autbiors have been alike long sgo forgotten, and now aro recalled again, H not for any interest that clustera about thom- | golvon, but simplv for tho ssko of tho anecdotes of illusiiious contemporarivs which they have ombalmed. Johin O'Keafo was a prolific and popular play- wright, whose literary careor extondod trom 1765 t01820. The list of bis productions inclndes #izty-eight plase, in prose and verse. Almost tho only one of this long series that slill rotnina poarcasion of tho stngo Ia tho fve-act comedy of ** Wild Oats,” which is occasiounlly revived to relieve the monotony of the modern drama. Michael Kolly was, liko O'Kcofo, a native of Dublin and & membor of the theatrical fraterni- | ty. Histalont was mustoal, howover. and he both sang snd composed witlh considerabla abili- ty. His aeath occurred {n 1835, in the 63d yoar of his ago, Joln Taylor occupied the postion of oculist-In-ordiaary to George the Fourth, and was aleo connocted with eeveral London jour- ; nats (n tho capacity of editor and ownor, e was n patron of the etage, and was acquainted with . many of tho literary and dramatio celobnitios of ! Lin time. | v The anecdotes that have haen compiled by the oditor of the Bric-a-Brac Serina trom thie ** Por- : ronal Reminiscencos " of those gontlemen mako | up & volomo of moderate intercet. Twoor : threo of the bost {n the collection we appropriate | for tho benefl: of our readers. The faciity with which Sheridan performed Siterary Iabor, and slno hisirremediable tendoncy | 10 procrastination, are fllustrated jn the fo'low- ing fucidents, related by Michael Keliy. On tho | production of the play * Pizarro,” tho author ! 8ays @ At the time the bouse was nverflowing on the Amt | night's performance, all that wan written of the play | s sctualiy reiearaing, o, tncrodivlo ax it may - I a ¥, untl the end of the fourth act, nelther Mr. Hid- lon#, Mr. Charles Keuh e, 110r Darrs more, bad all their Aposches for the fith, Mr, Sberidan wan up-statrw, in 0 ritiug the tast | machof | Llocomuh into tho green- } e a8 ha nogligance, nnd making done, Toom, shiieing himaelf and h & thounand wiuning suil soothing apologies fur having Xapt the pecformars a0 long in sitch painful suspanne, Do romarkatin rait (n un»rm:n'-‘:fiumer wan b man was more carcful in hia carelosenors, ' Ho was | uite aware of Lis power over bis porformers, aud of the seneration {n which they held hia great talents Lad he not beon 8o, L would not have ventured to | Xoep them (Mra, Biddous partionlarly) In_thwdraadtul | anxfety which they wers suffering through the | whale of the eveniug. Mra, Siddous told moe that #he was in an lgfln of fright; but Sheridan per- feclly knew tust Airs. Sidduhs, C. Kemule, ‘and Barrymore, wers quicker In stady © thin oy other performers conceruied, trist them ta be perfect in what they had (o sy, even at Balfanours notice; and the sveut proved (it o waa right: the play was received with thia graatest ap- probation, and, though brought out so lato in 800, was piayed thirty-oue nighta, When Sheridan's play of *Tho Critia™ waa | annpunced, Mr Kelly otates that—~ ] Two days previous to the performance, the laat scone | was not written, Dr. Ford and Sr. Ligloy, the jo'nt proprietors, began o get nervous and tidgetty, and tho actors’ wers alsolutely au descarorr, - espocially Eing, who was notonly stago-mansger, but had ty | gy P To hlio was smigued the diity of huating down aod worrying Bheridan about the last cene, Day after day passed, uutll, as 1 havo just mald, the 133t day but iwo arrived, and it made not it appear- ance. At laat, Mr, Lintey, who, belng Lis fatherin.law, was pretty well aware of bis Lubits, bit upon o stratagem, A night rehearaal of “The Critic” was orlered, snd Sheridan, baving dined wilh Linley, waw rmvnlled ! upon 10 go, - While they wcrs on the aiage, King whis- pered Sheridan that be had something party-ular to communicste, and begged Lis would slen into the see- ond grsen-room, Acvordingly, Bberidan went, and thers found s table, wita pens, ink, and mper, a good the sea- | By Coanvxs Cl 5 ”f"?'flmaffuf 1t e fable, anyl tno bitler of Gl TALEslEegy Chlcomo ¢ Duirallayy: Loyl & claret, with a dish of auchovy-mandwithies. Tho mo- ‘. ¥ jmenthe got inta tho room, King stepped out and | VyuANS Love: OhaEse i Uy, N Iocked tho door Ammedutely afier which fdvteyand | Jujar,' Toston: Estes & Luuriat, rice, 15 coon, 8] ) AN @ author that, un i3 kd f E written the -fmm-, ha would Us kept where he was, Couwtearanrs; on, Tne Cooss oy Love. By the Hberidun look this decided meamure in good parts he | Autbor of “'Rumor” and ¢ Clarles Ancheiter,” ate the suchovios, intshed the clarat, wrote the 2cene, ::dal,.““h“ heartily at tho fugenuity of the contrive o Jolin Kemble was noted for s remarkably quiok and retentive smory, On one oceax on, | Tie rec:ted a 1 rolugue to the play of * Machath ™ with grent auplauso, which consisted of fifty lines, aud Lad beon committed by heart in fho #pacaal an hour and a haf, *1havo often hoard bin 8ay,” rewarks Mr, Kelly, * that ha would mako bet that in four days be would re- Teat evervlinein a nuwapapar, advertissments and all, verbatim, in their ragular order, with- out wlsIacing or wissing u word." Awong the extiacts fiow the * Recollactions ™ of Jonn O’Keefo oceurs the following paragraph, which gives & Lumorous pictura af the hiead gear of the fashionalle woman of the last half of the stghitconth century : cted tn Dub. The first nlght thas Bou.Ton " was i} ,l[mly the )‘:hlel(u- ta its aud, at the -Ton's the thing," the festhers of 4 ady's X v, Breroton wo * Bon. Hawlio, hesd- cauRlit e from the chaudeller bavging | Jenn Monthty for Septembsr (Penn Monthly over the bOX; |t was 8001 {0 & biaze and ber lifo was Association, D'biladelphia), Contents: *¢ Edu- Rardly sayed, :! thls o, n Iady n fall drevs conld catioual Reform and_Roformers.” 1L; ** A Hte. M‘?m.m"u' ufi?l-n chal¥ was her carrlage, sud view of the Foesil Flors of North Amorica " this had & cupol i e e et 1 ralsed or | ording to the altitide of tha kead. | (tORClUded), by Lenq i * Finaocial #in the strest, tho ral timps Fais(ER sud lowertug jue s T o TAst Do thrunt 10 Rt hireo iaches state e o2t Ahere Lo balle was Gbliyod 10 8quat. (s fos sy 3 feot perpondiculer, aid the faco tho. (et Bgure, ik tho hoop g ou pach ids o e o Alere sk ast Iaughiyg, 1k (4o lsdy 1 (he fops BRIO-A-BRAC, Tou Baic-a-HRa0 HUNTER! ON, CITAPTERS of TRR Chixasaxia. By Maj. M. DYno Hatn, 13mo,, pp 2.0. Phbllado'phis: J.'B. Lipplucott & Oo, It Is not to Le confossad, of course, Few have ths ooblo candor to ackuowlodge ignorance whare it 18 the fashion to be wise: but haw many Awericany, even among the onltivated, eomprebeud clesrly the mesning of the term brio-s-brao? Warky of are, usually auvlique, tLat properly come nuder this geueral name, are not native products of our vountry, They mast be imported from the OId World. and by the expsuditure of rare :aste aud great wums of money ; Leaco, it s vot wingalar that & discrim- iusting knowledge of what coustitutes bric-as brac yhould bu canfined, In the United ¥tatow, to tho travelod and evlightensd faw, But those who are curicus to know something of the manla for collecting old cly old platy, Jawelry, ivory und waod carving, mictures, aud Ari-treasuros o1 every Sort, LLat ragey with Vers increauing vlolence in the rdined ang opulent circlea of Europe, will obtai cunvidarabls varis- faction from Maf. Byug's work. Thoaathor has beon possessed by s passion for antiqae porce~ lain and pottery from bis youth, sud Lag spent all bis spare time and wmeans hunting through $le curiosity-shops {u Evgland and o the Cop. tineat for precious specitnous of ** Buen Ke. tiro," Capo di Monte, Csrl Theodors, PFulds, Fuatenburg, avd otber famoos mauufucturers, He 1ngenuously coulossos that every bric-a-Lrag haoter fs * wote or less tha elave of vagily s aod that be hitpeslf m somowhat afictea by ber $yranny pareut from bis writiog ; yot oua observes the fact with complacent amusement. It Lo juserestiog 10 watch the vagaries of & distauce.. Thero v » : PO fatcinsted that | i charming book for * Young Folks,” by iiggin- acting: , compaact el uotos, & Iaxgo amount of desultory inform wion { tive, is afforded tho rosder. , cuts 1llustratin, { the fuli-pag, Jevotratiug knowledge of the Luman mind; for no ' the volume would better have oeon omitted. 3 | Fraveewrn VoLuse Muvon Posy i the minur yoams of tho English languaxs are i ombraced in tuts voluma of tho * Liitle Clas- and thsihe could | #ies,” Tho edition is to be commended for tho rood judgment exhibited o forming the com- Ppitation ; wud thie roader may bo ussu.ed that, in . tha favorito piecos of tlio by in & noat ani FrxNo, 113, From the French of EMILE Ganzonzan. ELy Penxroe (AT Lagar): A ‘0, WiiTRLADIZS : A NoviL, Dy Mrs, Laxestos Lineany, No. 18, Quattre Jonnsroxr, Mavn on Miwa, Tax PISTOL A8 4 WeAPON OF Drexnar 1y Tae Hovsx NazioNaL HYu® a¥p Tune Boox yox OoNanras- (New York), Contents: ** Chai Turner," by A. J, Bymington stitutlon in 1787 and 1866, “Ihe_Intluence of Stesm and Eectricity,” by F. B, Tunrper ; * I Aucient Aiabic Prize Poom; Palmer ; * Balmon Poriland Dty of tua Nation man's Boot Frieud ; " a dou Giaeff ;" * Bocial Heioucs and Iolitical Economy,” Cowpauy, WasLington), ber (Adaws, Blackwer & Lyon Pubhabing Com- paLy, Chicago). THE CITICAGO TRIDUN hlending of tho pathetic and the humorons in hin entlts devotion 1o igin 8im und ides, that we regurl with gentlo coi msoration aul re- apcet. And, pros ded the pursut bo innucont and refining 1 itsalf, sud resuding in no injury to the i of orliers, there o [len acerue poeitive Lonelits trow it 1o individaala and to ruciety; a8 when the brie a-hrag bunsor. gride ! by & tue Artistic eense, collecta 8 msedm of | roaning and vahiutlo works of mit. fhin vanity wowid not suffer him tu keep Lis collection focied wp from mght: thus ie jiends, and often the vut lic. are gratitod and fustructsd Ly Au inspectton of beautiful objects, repre-enting the htghoat deselopmert of ait in part poticds. ‘To become a good Judve of tho worth of bric- s-brac requiten, Accoraimng to Maj. Lvag, the study and piactico of a life-timo. A frtune iv in iho firet placo ersentinl, topether with rome Lkang for antipuities; and then it requires lut to comme: co the work of collecting to tecome can never Lo relinguiched. Wuen once, for inwauco, the chinamanin has soized ouo, his cage mas be conrider ed incurable. How eany it is to go uad on the subject mav ba ! seen from an insiance cired by toe math el balieve,” he says. v friend Mre. |, in's taste for collecting the plstoof Quee origanated 1 the fact of hor aunt ha nteanot of that admisable pr.od ¢ smitl's art in England. roant inapired an kraent desire to porsesn otler articios 1 tne same style. The lsdy miltly commenced with Aalt-5poons. and beeamo in due conrso the proad owner of mustard-pots, walt-cellare, and ono largo pleco of sidehosrd-p'ato, which, from tho day shie purchased it to that of her death, every wight fathfully sccompatied her to her bed- room." Bt bric-a-brac is becoming averr day mors acarco and costly. S0 many fioree and ineatiabio huntere ara on the search” for arlicles of any value, that ono seidon can now e found in the moat extenarve cinjosity-shopsof Kurope, Imi- tations Ato abundant, aud mauy of theso, we | fear, flnd their way to Ameries amocg tho pose sessiona of fuexporfonced but wealiby travelers who desire to bring home with them specimens of tho olegant ait thav have swen abrond. Maj. Byng gives o doscription of Ltho bret collections of art-treasuren ou eale in the chisf citiea of England and tho Continaut, with hutt« to the hunters nho wouid jurcasse only ;lmzu in tho matkot. Yet he conatantly insista that lonr and careful exparionce will slous cuablo ona to mako safe Largalua wheo buying br.c-a-brac, HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, ORNTRNIAL LI0TONY OF THE UNirkD BraTss, FROM THE DIACUVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT TO THE EXD OF TiE Fin.T CENTORT OF THE Likpei- uic. By Bexeox Q, Losstsu, LL.D,, Author of * 1lje. tory of the United Bistes for B.hoale,” ete,, elr, Tliustratad by 400 Eugravings, 6vo, O.ncianath aud Ciivagot I’ A. Huwbivson & Co, Sold Ly nuv- suription, ‘This sonson Las been w.nderfully prolific of storics of the Uuited Hrates. Wo Liad firet the 8on ; next the excellont wotk of Mrs, Abby Sago Richardson; and nuw the volume bofore us, from thoe piactics] Liand of Lowssing. Lach work has conspicunts avd di-tinctive merits, repeating the familine story of the Hepubhio with fresbucss sod individualiey, Br. 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Here ko died O, 26, 1400, and was buzied i tho clojstears outxide of the Abbey My plembor (Peabody 82w ). uter (S2nbner, Arwe of Westminater, In 15°3, his remanm vory ra- moved fro o their oneinnt -es ing-jiuce, and Janl i tho temb which they now ceeupy, ba tho sunth aisle of tho Aoy, Rpener, ona of tha brithant omaments of Queen Elizal eth's relen, was born at Fast Smiihe field. provably in 1633 Mter grsdmtiog at Cam- Ltidge, ho wau indueed Ly his trivnd Havvey to ventn:o upon hito fu Londan, nhera o scon swon the fricndshin of Sir th or. After ex- petfeucing many bitter revi ravg, tho poet died, “‘nnyoverieled and broken-Leareed,” 1o King | streat, Westmineler, i the beganniug of tho year 1599, e naw honered with n Lursl in Westoin- | eler Abbev, and the expecso uf liw funeral was boine by the Lart of Esacx. I dust tep o4 in cluso viciaity to tho tomb of Clinucer,—tho mon- ument warging the 800t baviog deon erocied vy tbe Counress of Do.sot, thurty years sller Lhe poct was Iuit I tho grave. Reannont, who wan born In Lolcesiorsbiro in 1566, at 19 1ecamo n member of the Inner 'Tom- vle, aml died at the early sgo of 30, hies among tLo ilustiious dead in Wertmivster, Flotebor, whoee fame is nostricably united with that of Deaumont, diod of tho plague in London in 1695, at the age of 49 and was buried in the Chuorch of Ht. Sayin'w. The tom of Deavton, Dreden, Donue, Doenham, Cow ey, Corgreve, Camptoll, i Paar, Gay, Bheuday, *“rira Den Jonson nd Robert Her- nick, aro elustered within the venerab.o precincts of \estminster Abbey, Sir Philip Sidnoy, who | axa kuighted and perishied on the batde-teld of | Zntpheu, was brought to Englund with great pomp, and in.erred in St. Panl's Cathedral, whilo a_ uation moutned bis promature taking-of, | Tho United Lrov-oeon begred tho priviiegs of gving the Kuwht Lwilal in their own land, ! which ie had died to save, promising to ralso ' over lim *‘as fair & monnuent as had auny Trince in Eniope,~—ves, though 1t should cost 1a)f & ton of pold;" i;ll! Queon Elizaboth wouid not tesigu tho eolaco of houoriig bis romains | | with o siately ianoral, and lierself aesnaed the oxpouse of tho aptendid ceremonial with wuich Lo was consigned to the grave, Shakapeare was buried in the chancel of the chureh at Stratford,—tho httls tosn whera ho was bory, and marnod, and died,—aud multi- tude of pitgrims, visiting Lho venorated shirtue, have road in the fusmiption on his tomb tho torrible anathema Le involed on any ona who | ehiould dare to disturb his bones. Chapman and Blurloy, poets whioso names are scarcely romein- bored at the present day, wore buried in St Gules n-tho-Liolda, Marlowe, whoso dramas have loug a0 possed 1rom the stage. liosin the cunich-yard of St Panl's at Depiford, Mausinger, snotlier of the fargotien aramat’ets, re, uses in the Buns iuclosiie as Fletcher, the cturclyard ot 8L Swsvior's, in Southwark, - Atway, tho briilant geniua chiefly rementbored now by his t.agedies of thy ** Or- 1han " and Vauico Prescrvod,” died 1 sbject povorty,—it in uul snown from what immediata cautde, nor tn what obscwia cornos b budy was returnod to it= native unsc. Edwnnd Wallsr reposes In the church-yard at Deacous.ell, where h: ded. In the same hal- losed ground, a munumont marks the tomb of Edmund Burke. The rows ns of Mlton wero borne from his houso in the Artill-1y Wallk, Bunbill F.eidn, to_tno cbit cl-vard of #E, Gilus, | at Cripple-gata. Butler, tho suthior of ** H.ade Lras,” diod & x yeain afcor Milton, tn Rose strent, and was sterrea in S Paol's church-vord, Co- vont Ganden. Hus last s8ars wa'o vent in pov. | orty and obsourity, aud tha expense of bis burlal | wan detrayed by & claritable fileud. Fav nearly ! unrty years Leforo bis death, Pobe ocenpied | 8 pleasant villa in Twickenbam, aud in | tho olmrch at that place bo was bur-, ied. Qurth, 8 mincr poet contsmporary with T'ope, was butied in the chaucol of tho churchat | 1In row-on-the-Hul. dwift, the o:lonrated Doan of Bt. DPatiick's, wes born and died in Dublu, ‘The last 1hreo voars of lue Ly wore paaxod in al. moat pettect ailence. Ior a twelvemonth be- fare lie died. it is said that he nover utersd a word, Verily, the wiongs of Stells and Vanes=a enged, N-ift wae ntorred in_St, Pat. Catisedral, ' amidrt tho tears and prayora of Lis coun.rymen.” Pacuell, tho ficnd of Por.o and Swift, and a popular woiter iu s day, died at Chester. o his way to {roland, and w.s thote bured, sccarding to'the rogiierof Frinity Chureb, in 1718, Edward Young. author of * Night-Thoughtn,” sud Dean of Salisbury, was C]mb of the Closet Lo tho DPrincers-Dowager ot Wa'es at tho tima of bis death, aud was bLuriod at Walwyn, in Hortfordshire. ‘I'uomaon'a bur- ial-nlace 8 _in tho church-yard at Rioamond, | i Burrey, For some tuno ‘prior to lus doath, the poot had sn ornlent remdance ac Kewlano, near Richmond; and it was bero that he pro- duced the ** Cantlo of Indolenco.” Collins lies in tha chuich-yord at Chichester, and QG:syin the churol-yard at Stoke-Pogis, where he cum)o.ed bis famous Elog fi' o was buried. at his request, by the stlo ()f is mother, on whose tomb he had causod to ba insecibed the toiching o ita b : * Dorathy G ay, widow, tho careful, tendcr mmothor of “many children, ono of whon alone had the misfurtine to sur- vive hor,"* Go'dim.th was buriod in (ho church- yard of ths Tom)le Cbnrch, London; buta mouitiont was crectd to his memory in West- min ster Abbay, nour tho tomb of (ay, Fa'cono the wailor-poet. dicd at sua, and fonnd o g 1u tha “hosti' watera ' whoss work of desirue- | tion ho had so vividly porirayet] in bis puem of ) *I'ho Bhipwreck.” | Tho gay associatos of Churehill placrd a stone over hix graie, ju tho chmuh-ylrdr of Bt. Mar- tiu's at Dover, on which was writien s fine fromn one of hisnown poems: ¢ Lifo to the last on- joyed, hire Churchll liei” Qv " Cowper's Qrave," in tho church at Dercham, Mrs. Brown- i ing bay composod oue of hor wost tender and | moving posms. The wunderful buy Chatterton was buried Ly charity in the cametery of Shoe- | Tane workhouse, tn” the Payjsl of §t. Andrews, lothurn, Burns was buried in 8t. Michaol's church-vard, Dumfri Lyron in tho family- | vault In tho church at liuchuall, noar Newstead ; and Crabbe at Tro sbridge. whoi o hls parishiouers piaced n monumeut to his memory in the church 1 which lio hud ofliciated for nincteon years, Wordswar:h lies by tho eide of hin daughter, 1n the church-vard of Graamors; Coleridge 1o _the chorch at ilighgato; Sir Waltor 8coit in Drfl. burgh Abbev; Southiey in Ciosathwaite Church, nesr Kenwick ; and Lamb iu the church-yard at Edmonton, flnolloy and Keats test near each other iu tlo Drotestaut cemetory s Jlome, of which Shalley wrota after = tho funeral of Keats, httls thinking that ho | swas deecribiog bis own burial placo: ** He | lies 1n the romantic snl lovely cemetery of the Proteatants n that city, undor tho pyramid which is the tomb of Cestina, and tho mosay walis aud towers, now molding aud desolato, whioli furtnal the circuit of anciont Rome, Tho cemetary Is an opan Bpaco among the ruing, cov. ered 10 wintor with violata and duinien, It might make one iu Jove with death to think that ouo ubould be buriod in 4o sweet a place.” Landor and Mra. Browning died both in Flor- enca. and wero buried {n tho Luglish cemejary of that city., FUN BEFORE THE FOOTLIAHTS, In the ** Remunigconces of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre," is chrovicled ona of the ludicrous ioidents tuat frequently occur duriog the progrexs of » play. weverelv trying, 1f thoy do not aitogethor uisat, tha gravity of both per- toimer and spectator, 1t waaon tho night of tho first presentation of the drama of *Blug Beard,” the muaic to which bad bean composed by Mr. Kelly. Tho machinery employed in tha play was comphieated, and, from the buughng of {hio earpenters, muved with ditllculty or win: wrobg enure y. - At one point, the failurg of the diami was immient. un aceount of the hitching and baltivg of porjoos of tho apyaratus; but tho enorgotic elfyrta of & prominent agtor at the ot citical iustaut carnea the piece throush triumphantlv. Mistia: 8 followed qach ather to the end tf the perfoimatce, tho most laughable oue of all tuning ylae just Lefors the cwrtain dropped on the death of Selim by (ko band of Biue Heard, Wo borrow tho descriptiop of the incident fiom M, felly ; Where Blue Seard ainks under the stage, s skeleton 7lace, which, wheu sevu b the sud:euce, was to gink ddown ugsiu; but unt ve fi-h would tue satd akeloton move, 1, who had just buen Hiling filue Leard, Yoo fally forgetting whers Twas, ran up with iny drawn #abir, wid putinielod thu poor skeleton's boad with all wy pight, vocifersting until nwuuprurw. oud eunugh 10" be busrd Uy the whois Louse, *D—g youl d—u you! why duu't you go duwn1" The riafeuloyy luto the sudlence werw 1o roors of Junghter at (| weaus, bt good-naturedly spyesred (o e Susliugs of an lufuristed cowposer, — BPARKS OF SCIENCE, QRIGIN OF FOWLS, It (s supposed by mo-t naturslists that the various hewda of w08 fos) are o ba pefereed for thair oriyin 10 she Gallus Bankia, s wpecies still inbahisng the wilde of Nortaern Indin, Burmah, the Malay peniusuls, the lndo-Chmess apune sreed, the Phulippine Islauae, and a portion of a There ars otber wild ¥pacios of the Gallus beariug more Qr loss re- bumblance to ceriain varietiss of the dowestic fowl, 3¢ the G, Sonneratii, of Indis, that at one timo was aupooesd ta be the parent wiock of sll dumestio breodu ; Who @, Slanleyti, & bird pecu- has to Covlan sud very Liks the common fowl, 9300k 4 volco j and tha ¢y varivg, of Javs and SATURDAY, SEPTEMDER 11, the envtward islos, a bird with ereon plumace and entie odged eemb, Thete ia nome exidenco tuat tho (7, Lankiva way 1 st t:n.0d 1 Malay, wud 1he dumestio breed sras thonos iutreduced in'o Indis, Tho fonl was unknown to thn ancient Egptian, whove prineipal ponltry consistad of ducks und goere, witi tuo chenalopex or vulpan- ner, Ho feasted upon tho ciauo or herom, snd the dove and the pigeon wera common aiticlen of dict, but (he tho fow! hnd not yet bean fmported from tho East, It is supjosod that it was al-o unkiown to the Jews in the early porfod of their liwory, as 0o ention of it ls msda fa tho OIA Temament. It iv atatod m 1. Kings, (v, 22, 23, that * tatted fowl " wore among the ammals pro- vided for the daily consumption of Solomon's bouschold, but Heb.aists conjecture that the bitda thus designated woro difterent kinda of siecao and awana. No romains of tle fon} bave veon found in the ancient lako-dwellings of Saicar sud, nor s it shuded toin the writiugs of the o.dest Uraek authuis, Darwin, who has treated the subjact sxhaust- welyin * Ammalasud Plants under Domestics- tion," gives many intorosting particulars rogard- g the earlv bistory of the common fowl, Itudo Jicturon of it were stamped on rome of the clay books found in toa Librsry of Nineveh, and dating somes liore hatween the math aud seventh * couturies B. C., aud. also, on the Harpy Tomb n Lycia; bance, Darm argues that it was in- trod iced i o Lurore about 600 B, C. When Juhus Craarconqueted Bruain it was found do- meoticatad on the 1sland. An anciont Chineso document declarcs that fowls aers b ought into ! that country (rom tho West in a dynas.y 1400 B, . The Rothans cuitivated saveral beoedn ac the commencemont of the Christau ers, whie in iifieenth coutnry ®ix or seven varietiea were known 1o Europo and 1 Chiua, ‘o peacack. of which there sro two sneoies, & wative of the Iust Indies, It is probable that tha bird was known to tho Jews in Hoto- moun's time, yet thero 15 & question whether tho wotd translated as peacocka fu the Old Lesta- ment should not bisve beon randered as parrota or gumea-foiw'n, The peacock w mentionsd 1n Aristophapos’ plays, Awmong boih Ureess and loma s it was very commou, sud u deiniy that was preson al every banguet of auy | reiension, T'un wild tird 18 very ploutifulin tudia aud Siam, ‘the woons aud plains are briliant with their pluma go n certsin dwtricts. One writer atatea that on oue veeasion not loes tuan 1,:00 or 1,600 wore in viaw at one tune. Iu somo of the un- hequouted portions of Ceyl-n thoy oxis in grest numb.re, Tue natives do not disturd thont, and tuoy flourish wiwolertad, ornamont- Ing the seono \with tueir besuty sl early motuing, creati g o ludeous din with their Larsb, luods- eant crios. > 1k vommon wild duck (Anaa bosciias) 1s the parentof tho domestic breeds. Dr. Birch men- tions ducks among the poultry resrea by the ructent Egyptiane, but Mr. Ciawford states that tho bird was unkoown to thie peopls, &s woll us to the Jows of the Oid Teatamont and the Greoks of tho Homerio period—s Habbinieal law prohibited poultiy of anysort being kept within tho walls of Jerunalem, lest oy thair soratchings tney should turn up somotbing uu- clean in wue roil. At tho boginuing of the Chria- tisn ora tho wild duck Lad uot becoma entirely dom. sticated, although it wan already an f..mata of the poultrs-yards of Raw The wiid duok 1anges frum Asia to North Amer aud 10 near- Iy ull tho 1abgnages of Euroge bears the ssmo name s+ tho domestio Lud. Twe A. boschas ia i the only species uf wild duck iu which the mala Liss the four middle feathiers of the tuil suriing ngward. Tho draked of the chiof dumestis brorus present the sama paculiatity, Nacuraa«ts are noc agre.d upon Lhe parent form of the gouse, yet the wmajority of thom do- eide in favor of the wild gray-leg gnanu}Anu’r Jerus.) No schiool-boy nerds to be infurmed that the qoo.e wa & distinguisbad burd in tho lintory of Rome, for aid not e eacrod flock kept In the Capitol save the imperial aity, onco upub a time, by their ius) ired caciiing ? The tame turkoy i t:o descoudant of the wild Alexican npecics ( Meleagris Mizicana) whica had beeu domesticatod by the sborigines before the whito men latded in Ameinica, The turkey hoe ucen natutslized v Europe, but it does not thrive in bo luwlands of tropical Ama, Tho origin of the gmuea-fowl can be traced back to the’ Numidt pliloriynoa, s wild species awel jng in the degert plains of LEastern Afiica, It Lias nudergone little cbauge by domentication., Therc sro 800 spocira of wild duves or pigeons now kuown fo scionce. More thau oue-fourth of this vumber ocour.in the faiand of New Guines. In the Malay Archipelag, 118 #pocies are found; ln Indwa, 28; In Australis, 20; o Africa, less than 4 ; and in the Westarn Homis- phera, about 80. Darwin arguos oxtensivaly in oot of the domostic braods having ali descsnd- ed from ona stock, viz. s tho rocs pigeon ( Co- tumba infa), s widely distributod apecios. —Iiia viow ts supported by many paturaiwta. Ligeons were domoaticated by tho 1most aucient paopies. ‘'hey aro sot donn ina bil of sare flat was madooutl the fumth Hgyptian dynasty, up- wards of 8,000 B. O, The dove waa sent out from Noah's ark while it tloated on tho creat of the flood. During the 5,000 yoara that it has been domeeticatod in various parts of the earth, the varteties hwve muitiphied until they are now almost beyond enumeration, —_— SWARMS OF BUTTERFLIES, On several evonings recontly aa the sun drew near its sotting, we noticed multitudes of tno large, handsome, Lorn buttorfly called Danais Arclappus, soming together from all diractions aud sottling in closo ranks upon the naked | brauchos of different treosin & emall grove on the lake shore. For two or three bours baforo the night elosed down the ook would ba gather- Iog, sud while some individuals easily settled ¢o rest others would restlsssly sall and oircle | around as if no spot prosented exnctly the condl- tions dosirablo for » lodpivg. It was curious to watoh the maneuvios of these uneasy, fldgetty fellows, They werc evidoutly very suxious to get favorably disposed for the night, but bad not senpo enough to accomplish tho matter without an ohdless fuss about it. Buatterflies, tho wisest of thom, bavae vory little 1utolligence. Nature dressed thom gaudily, aud thon seomed to think they coald do withont brainy, And sho was Tight, 88 usual. They mansge to fultill the euds of their boing, sud wo sdmire their showy colors and Jaunty flgures, without troubliog onr. sclven to inquiro how muoh they Lnow. We might draw & parrallel here betweun tho buman sod tho insoct butterly, but wo leave that to moralists and como back to our drowsy, silly crowd sbliting and dodging about in the twi- light. 'The blandering rovors 84ill on ths wing won'd avery uow aud then dush down into the midst of & oluster of quiet, peaceably:minded Danolds that were alyoady crowded so that thoro was uo olbow-room among them, and thoreby sst the whole maas to hitching and futtoring, and rout some out of their placos a'togother. This voxa- tious porformancs would be rojested over and over ogain, whers thera wers vleuty of open epacos on tho same twig roady for tha accommodation of thosa not yet provided for, But tho stupld besstiea woro vither Lliud or utterly peyverse sud bent on keoplug up & disturbance as long as twilight Ingted. Fiually, as theevening ehut in, the wholo throng, cslmed downand aettlod n rowaor grourd on tbe deva boughs, might easly be taken for witherad leaves still cluging tv the pargut stom, 1t {4 not upcommon for this spaclea of butter- fly 1o ssscmble in llr.r) uwaimg, in August or Beplejuber. but what instinct galites them, aud whiat thae fuct riguities, have never yot been dis- covered by entomulogisls, lo Béptember of 1408, soouunts wore sant Lo tho American Eu- tonologish, uf vase looka uwh wera wgpau at differout pounts n o Wost. Multitudes Buddonly appeared I diversq localities in the City of Madison, Wi, and wsoon after the same vcourrence wuw nutod in Lihnoie. Hept, 10, 1407, millons wore ubasrved a: 8t. Jo. Mo, Acoording to tho siatement the; b\.) ho i, to the bLoight of 900 or 400 feot, 10 eoveral houre, flying from north to south, an: quite a8 uumerous 88 tho locuue bad been the {o;r before,” Imumense fligbta of byttertlies iavo been ugticed {u varous other cuuntsics, aud in otber portions of the Uvited Btatos, The New Yovg Tribune of July 25, 1885, contatued the (ut-lllgoncn that “*a fluck of bustertie wiles lony, yecently paysed over oue of $ho in- Jand towus of Califuruis, fur the north.” Bome other genera of buttoiBies, a4 the Colias and the Cynthia, ooeasiooally cougrogate iu large azsemblies. Tue Canada Farwer of 1866 says of the Cynthia cardui: A friend 1n- JSfoimed ug that, when traveling through % poriion of (ke County of Yok Iysi sumiger, he met wilh Immenss wwarny of thesp buttertiaa, all proc and formlug s colump ‘of or 4 miles 1 lougth. thelr pumber ‘st gom wilious,” o Naturaliat's Yoyage l(uuqs tue World,” Darvin rel.iva; ' Havorsl timen when the abip has besn wowme miles off (Lo mouth of the Plais, and a; oibier tumes when it ading weatward, 1 the #hio 0« of Noethorn Patazonia. wo haco haon rarroanded be fieets, One avamng, when wo wers Anaut 10 mnilan from the IBav o) Ban Tilan, vast numbors of hitterihew, in banda or fiacks of contloss myoiads, estendad a« fac an tho ave coull range, Even by tha ald of & talascopo it wa4 not possible tn noe & spaca froo from buttor. flin. The scamen cried out, *It wa+ anoming tutterfiice,’ and such, in fact. was tho a;pear- suce. Moro s ocies than ono wera prasent, Lut ths main parr helenuad o & kind vers wimilar to. ! tut uot § lent eal with,tlio comman Engtiul: Coltas cdusa. 3 .mn motus ik hymeno: tara aceampa- mod the butterilios, and a fine beetla (Calusains) flevon bondd. L Tho day had been fluo aud ealin, and the one p-avious to it o juatle no, with light and \aiiabte winde, llenca wo oant.ot uproas ha' the inxecta wara blown off the Iand, but wo must cone ude that thay volunta fly took fhght, . . . Beforo ennset a atioup breeze aprung u- from the ncrth, and this mus-t huve canned Leus of thousands of tho butterilies aul othior inaacts 10 Tiave perisned.” Lvell, 10 hiis - Prineiples of Geology,” eaye, in speaking of the migratlon of the Vanessa Car- dui: * A visLawain of this species, fuym.ng a co'imn from 10 to 156 foet broad, was, in 146, ob-er.ed in Switzerland, ia the Canton do Vaud; they travorsed tha country with great rapidiiy from north ta wouth, all Aving onwards in regu- lar orfer. close togetner, and not turning from thefr course ou tho spproach of otiier ob- jreta, Prof, Donetll, of Turin, observed, 1n Maich of the sams year, & aimilar sws m of the eamo specios, also directing their hight from north to soutl, in Priedmont, in such immensn numbors that at night tue Boners were literally covered with thom. They had been traced from Coni, Racoui, Husl, ote. A similar flight at the end of the last century is recorded by M. Louel, in the memoirs of the Academy of ‘Turin,” in Iows, on n coel day in early Septembor, when we oveetved in tho distauco & row of sycamoro troes which wero covered with large, dark jatches of an appearance 8o unusaal asto arouso our curiosity, Driving to the spol we found that the patches conslst~d of ma-ses of butterflies, b spocles of the Cynthia, to thick thar not o groon leaf was vigiblo on 8ome of tho troos for oomo-half of their smfaco, on others for & third or s quarter of thoir mmfaco, Tho buttortlios wore mey- oral doep, clinging to each other Like a awarm of hoee. ‘Lhey wora perfectly still, probabiy ren- der. dslupgish by tbe cold, The fuwa prairtes abound in buttertlies as they do in floners, Wheta there is an ample supply of food, thers, 83 a gonersl ruls, will Lo foiud a corres onding host of thio creatures that subaiat upon i, Too honey Iu the myrind blossoms of the Western plains enables myriada of bntterflies to sustain tho straggle for existenco. And it is with the buttortlies aa with the flowers, thero ara count- le-8 individuals making tho pratries aglow with gorgeoun colating, bt thero 18 compaiativoly a suall vaitoty of apocies, TERMITES. A few wesks ago we gave some Epace to an sccount of the termites, or * whita ants." Since thon the following weuderful inoident il- Instratiog the oxteot and method of thair ravagos haa come under our motico, Itisre- Iated by Forbea in lis **Orieotal Memolrs. " On oponing an &) artmont that bad bean some weaks unusod. tho an bor discovered m number of the well-kuown coverea galleries of the tor- mites leading o somo engravings hanging o the wall. On Inspecting the pictures closalsy they looksd yecaliarly dull, while the frames were coverod wich dust. ** Ou attempting," says Mr. Forbea, * to wiva it off, I was sstonixhed to find the giasacs tixed to the wall, nct suspeuded in framew a8 I feft them, but compictoly sur- rouuded by an incrue:ation cemeniod by tha whi.o ants, who had actually oaten un (ha doal frames avd back bonrds, uud the greator parc of tha paper, and feit ths glasses upheld by the in- crusation or covered way whioh they had formed during their dopredation,.” LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, AR, JAMISON EXPLAING, 4'9 the Editor of The Chiaao Tribuna: Wintsnser, Ia., Bept. 0.—One of tha chief glorica of British journalism which wo are fund of ratiug low by comparieon with our bosc Amoiican siaudards, as illus:rated by the Lon- don Times, {a the roadiness with which the Lumblest eubjoct of tho jealm is admitted to its columns, If Tae Trinoxe ploase, wo will dis- play & contrast to the aforesaid uniform practico of the Thunderer, and, I may add, of decent public Journals generally. Ono Mr. Palmer, who *runs” s Chicago newspapor, which Lasn't any advortising patronage to speak of, & 8took of the duitv 1esurs of whioh wonld bank- rupt the cbackiest nowsboy that ever eriod the #athered nowa of tho world glorifled by printora ink; who was Leard of during our tato **oapleas- sutness " ma an active suckling of 8 ate pap, and, ot a lator day, in the role of a lofty pateiot at Washingt..n, resolyed to save hia countiy from the ratsi blunder of permitting Jeff Davis to go ushung,—this Mr, Pplmer, finding binwelf unogual to tuo (ask of publishing = brief commuvicstion of mine wilh fuic comment, .on the euddeu conceived tho brlliaut ides of pocketing my Foor little sorocd —swtling it down deep in his bracchos ** omui- um gathorum,” then procesdiug with s loud toat from bls Journaliatio penny-whistle to blaw ma into the rebal camp anvhiow, if not inta tha “jron woiky " pnpposed to bo somewhero jg storo for thoso who dou't use tno Palmar oditipn of tho nosmbliun bymu-buok. Mr. Palmor thinks I cannot bolong to the gevuine household of faith, bocause 1 subscribo to the doctrine declared by Mr. Morton in his Into Ohio speach, whers hae mays ho {s now })m- pared tovoie for the removal of disshilitivs from tho last hundied of politiesl offonders upon whom they have been imposed. Becsusal ra- oica at the dieplay of fricadly fosliog as sosn ctwoen woldiers of tho two sections oy the atreots of Baston at the celobration of the puni- yereary of the battle of Bunkor Hill; becayse I hold that the boya commitied less than high treason in recelving Cockroll at tholr reunion in Ohio, and rocolving o friendly addross from him; bacauso 1 accopt the policy of reconcilis- tion' a8 expressed by Abrabam Lincoln of preclous memory, and bave ° gane forever back npon the polioy of hate: and to this end are williug (0 (ake & back soat where Wapdall Phillipa is & front audicor to hoap Jefr Davie’ lactoie, as hio surely will, in Doston thls comiug wiuter. Alr. Palmer, who has gons mad with tho notion that bis misalon iy Lo “rgu" the Repybliccn gmy.—lomulntu its toachings, Interpot its lqctripes,and ait in Judgment upon ita membera— crams my ({ttle nisce Into Lis pocket, orying, * i, ha, the vitlain! T'll cut his load off now aclontifically.” ** Bohold me, both seyes ; this 18 my dagper, and I pow procesd o do this rvecroant durt.” As a Tlepublican, in davotion and conatane #econd to no member of the Palmer family with which an 1ectutible Providence has or may fa- vor us, I deolara wost emplatically that tha re- cont aa-cal-ed luwnrroctions in Ge agis, and sim- ilar oceurrences algeanore at tha South, are uo inuate evidance of the intractability or disloyal- ty of the whits race of that sectiun. The nuked truth is, that the emancipatod wlaves, that por- tou of them at loast who harvor in the towns, and who are promotly on band whete there is auy poeaible sliow for & fight, aro sy worthlesa vagsbonds as to-dav cusea ayv patiouahity, Thoy will steal st ovary hazerd, and wield the piatal snd razor ag s cominon Lastime, Of one solemu right gusran- tepd by our commau and statute law, if not by the Conatitation. we do deprive many of them, sud that i the right to death by the bempen uoose, the knot square yndes-tho ¥ - dason, THE ORIOLE, 0 thy Editor of The Chicaug Tribyng: ‘fogoNro, Ba{;t. 8,—My atjantion has just been ca'ledd o au aviiole Ip Tus Tmiwung of Aug, 27, which, I repret excesdlugly to seo, containg some very seilous refleotious on my condact, wbile visitiog Chigsgo with my yacht, the Ori- ole, but whioh, I sm happy to eay, are not con- wistout with the sotual facts of tue caso, 1 am deeply paiued that snythiog should have arleu to throw the slightost doubt upon wy oonduct, #od wore the facts asyeur aitiola ytathe tham to be, I shoyld judesd have besn gulity of tho basest ingratitudo after roceiving so much Lindoeus sud courtesy from friends jo Chicago. I trut, thoiefore, that you wiii juset my sn- swerto the accusaliouw coutsined in the ayile ale refeized to, Thu chlef ground of complaiut sgeiust me ap- basrs to be that I slipped ogb of pars to avold taking out s cloarance sud psylug tonnage dues; suat I was awarg of (ha Tach that my doing so wax contrary ta law ; that I eusruptiviously aud olandestively lefs tha pors of Chicago with the objeqt of defrauding the Qustams of the pum of ’214 43 ; aud that 1 had, slter p-,N'sluu Wikl w, rieuds of the bounteous hospily :K wd kind- unsg af Capt. Prindiville aud 1ho ogicers of the Chloagu x'-.%uy Qlyb, pisoad thes geuilemen nhder m- 9PLAMIOR of payiug mr debiy, Thesy BoRRALIORY, 1% Ia asarvely “macewary 19 say, axg 1 Roms years ago wa wera niding over a prairio | 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. porfeetly [xm\ur! o84, slthongh it 18 vory trving to thunk that, alter paying & friondly visit to & neigbbor. ona whoul “he scansed of no attemy b _ todatraud, aud of tue groassst breach of hn,ii- tality, 1 havo been in many porta of the United Staten with my yasut, but [ siever yat bave nat to mako anv other tban a vorbal riport at the Cudom. Houre, and the only oxnlsuation of the action of vour Collector of Cusiom i Chicago ap- i Pear. to Le that he rororted ta tho Hecrotary of { tho Tieasury that I had broupht s part. of ox. cursioniats to Chicago. Inthe dispateh fr.m the Hoeat. quoted 1 your articlo, this 1'as Pago occure, *aud imformtho Masier that pus- wouzate cannot ne irausrorted flom place to place in tho Uuiled States.” From this ic would Appoar an it 1 were jiving for hire on tho Iskes, which 1 judignaudy ‘repudiato. Lea:ry pan- rongers fot hiro, theu I ought to pay all duew, but if L tnvite niy frisnds (o go ob a cruise with mo, thai1n e vory different matter. I am not nware that any British or Canadian yacht whioh bas hitherto visited Now Yotk or any othier port In the Uuited Btates lin ever boen roquired to pnx any dues whatevor, 8 10 my leaving port in an undorband man- ner, T can only aay that it was my woli-known intention to Liave loft Chleago Baturdsy, imme- diatoly after tue yacht race. and tho ouly reason Lddnot loave @il Mouday worning was that tlio weatlier was too rough $o leave earlior with any comtart, I made no sacrat of y wtention, nor had I tho slightost ides that ‘mv loaviug wonld infringe sy law of tho Usitad Btatos, As to tha 1dvs of defrandiug the Customs of 927,42 tounags dnes, [ called iwico at tho ofic of tho Colactor of Custown, and he uover fu- formed mo that suy parment would bo ro juire: Lofo.e Ilaft. Capt. Prindivilio, who was wih me on one occasion, stated that, pendivg the reply from tho Hecrotarv of the Lteasury, shonld Auy payinont beconio necesrary, he would kindly attond (o it for me, and that, should 1 st any timo wigh (0 loave, I waa at liboity to do wo, In sccordauco with thia arcaugoment, the noe papers ware taken ot by Capt. Lrindivillo sant to me a¢ Dotroit. Tho kindusss aud hospitality shown nywel? aud frionds by the Commiudors and officors of the Chicago Yacht Ciub and o.her gontiomon in Clueago wo shiall always rome mber with foo.ngs of tho liveliest gratitudo ; and 1 dosyly rograt thnl the action “of vonr Coliactor in not boung ubla to rocognize the'duference betwoou & yaoht oud & g ueasel, and I uwin soiry a so to Hay, your art.cle of Ang. 37, form wioh a striking con- trast to the uniform co:ntesy we have received at every Unitad 8 ates porr, I caw alvo aasure you that, should any Chieago yachu vi-it Toranto or auy Caundian port, so for Trom charging tonnago or any othor dues, we shall b oniy 100 hap,y to receive them, ns wo wore receivad by our fnonds m Chicago, with a truo yatelwman's wacome. I ramain, dear sir, your obadient servant, W. Cavrprt, Yaol Or.ole, A SHORT BERWON, To the Editor of The Clsavo lyidune: BukLiNaToN, 1a,, Bept. 10.—1 think yon should have n religious departmont in your paper, be- cause sowms o your many friouds miy wish to preacl: a sormon occaslonally. By your per~ mission T will take a toxt and proaok a stiort dis- cvurse, The worda I have choasn, you will find in the iseue of Sept. ¥ of tho Ktandard: * Groat chance! ten horse-jockey tricks, worth 810, for 50 cents. E. H. Haaidlin, 8altsbury, Md,” Now you will remomber that the papor from which this is taken claims to be the Dantist organ of the Northweat, and atriotly religions, Of course it doea all thira to the glo'y of God, nod tuis {n 8 pait of its work, suverlisig horse-jockey Floka, L think it Pun! wos a roader of the Standard, and saw constantly in it4 columus such trash a8 the auove, he wonld write a lottar to the oditor and tell him how he lLsd depirted from the faita. I remewber of voadivk that paper fomo mix- toou yoars ago, 1t washoncallod the Chrisian Timies, ond I know that Buch Christisn hitera:ure wae ot found 10 its columns, It tauglt a dit- feront docirine from Lsi. anl was n.t &0 anx- 10u4 L0 rusko mounsy a8 it iw now. Of course 1t teacled poor winuera tuat thoy must not tuink too much of monoy, and its exampio is of the best kind when it will adver.iso slmost anything for tho eake of a littie cash, Wo hars Lhowrd mioisters of the Gosnel preach against novels aud novel-teading ; we have seen thom labor hard to keop the vonug mombers of their tlocks from reading the so-calied traeh ; sud now thoe minister's soul can be cheorod by turning to the Standard and scelng thess samo volumos recommonded to Chriatian peoplo. J. Buyza, TIHE CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY AGAIN. Toths Editor of Ths Chicago Priduns Cnroaco, Sept. 10,—80 much has boen ven- tured upon this subject of Iate, that it seoms unclesa for me to make a suggestion. The mauy reforms which Lave been propased, if carried ! out, would Joave liltle room for improvemont. But I will veniare to say ihoro {a ono * roform " that bas not bown fully discusso: I refor more particularly to the seliing of tickets and the re- ductlon of faros, The Chicago City Railway seams to have taken a very independent poi- tion in this ros ect. While noarly all tha othor ity aro selling tickets at _groaily toduged satos, “the Olicago Gity IHalway strictly adberos to old rice, tho P and rofnses to sell tickols at that, to the oAt luconvonieoce of the public. When it so appens that you have ooth ng loss thau a &0 bill “in your packet, you ara abliged to walk, for the duver is innttucted to changa nothng larger than a $2 note; and this alate of affaira seoms likoly to exist for &n 1ndeflnite poriod, or until some competition can be brought forward to compel them to make the required ** roform." Now, when the Company put on ocouduciors, if they will eoll tickats, ssy av tho rate of 4 cents oach, or twontv-five for 1, it will greatly iu- croage their business. do away wich tho intolera. ble nuisance of chianging & bill ta pay s face, aud be of groas accommudatlon to the public. Fuang I, Hawxs, —_— SUSANNA WHITE. A True Story of the Olden Time, Told by Her Groutstirundduugbiter, Folks didn't think much sbout zomsnce in the old coloulal dave, ‘Thoy were dolug God's work for Lo futurs, ad walk- ug fu prinitive ways, . Ay mgx;mr aed often to’ tell us of her buay, girlish ifo } ‘The log Lo the bears and Indis and with want s Goustny sirife § Of injustico, oppreaslon, snd tazes, 101 their hearts were filled with gall; ofw' ?]lrl-luu of the pevpls, and that dreadfuleat day of a Wien Wildkm Fronch, ber lover, s man wio sgrved the right, Pausod s mument for her God-spesd, hurrylng, sager for the tight, For oag ux:[ d’:zyr?fl thelr apinning, and watched Ul "Twas many iailes’ from Dunkgr HUl & ruds, untray- uncui-l‘;dn-{fid'«'n- boom of canuan, and knew work And prayed b oly thatrisd can pray, * Father, Thy wilt be done." Yau li kuow withoud my talling the history of that b3 “":';?5.‘,,"; 858 bofora they heard ons word from the Then & rough but kindly noighbor, pausing with droopiug head, Bald, /1 Liate 1o tell Busanna tist Willism Fronol 14 That's all mother ovar tld us, byl ber sisters used to That ** Suesnna was never the same agaln after that rusdtul duy | Hho nuver lauulh ,hunr d:nuu. Ror ang, Ror made Wit fhe rost, iy \I':w'k'l;lan cama to be of youthful 1@ beat § T w‘n‘x‘u.:lu\. ulljek s3jd fo her,~ atanch old Purk 0 fa "I gave wmflm 10 bis country and you must do the T AR John 19vea yon, you stiall marey W, 82 they dld fp Aud md’u‘;'é:'fi}_'fm 19 William,—the country nosds them sure.’ Waa Willlsta not the beat-loved 5on? To hear was to Aug &l):’xh:d- dobn French a fajthful wife unio har s Qod ml..fi;x "'n‘-m- Iiis Joying gracs, if not with world ud I falth ba H And ane waltud lu falth bafore 11t face, throughs trou Bha m:r furgot early lave, but treasured it as Ana kept bright the golden clnature which bound If to 4nq lg b lat sie truatad, thas somehow it should bs ! ‘That, though shie had by . sbe Will- g e Rt e T Aud Buula told mo th at Andal srstio by A I » Y alw whon I was but a child, %18 hor pleasant valce : {bought thah melber, with Lae Ufe of toll are— Hevar sbizkad a duty and bad sonstent bayg 11 nm‘::mdu..fi of us childrey ta bp thoght, sud Pryere m:'""' Sleres forgobten, nor the Biblelots uy- Was s faueh of » berojge, altbough she worksd from SUU Lo aun, 2 Anmany whows ¥luriss Bave beas told, $ad wroly, sng 283d, R4 840 i 4, Freden Speiuateld (Hise) Bepwohicon. m\ CURRENT GOSSIP, AT THE SEASIDE, O, the white foamy nen ! with it batiiors in And the horridast costumes of flanol an Whero the sweateat rumances ara actod in o And sometimon the droll.al of sloriea erisrgs, ¥ou flirt with & matd o & wifo or a widow, And gamble off inoney you barroxnd In'tewn Heve, ‘tia not the fashion (o slay to ronsfder Whione fanio or whiows fortune your foily pulls dowy, The !ght of the moon on the water's delie! Tho vinas ou te portl-o tangled and aweot | No langer are dainty lipa sy ot caprictouse And yuu sach vol8 Lis saidowa o reguiar treat, You understaud false bralda—tbe rouge and 'pey powder, You know fhat Celestine is made tip by art Tt i iothing to yor—and you laugh sl tho louder, And wondor sometlutes What you'vs dona with oy eart, You feel qucer nametime, ta reflect on {ta loaing To & dear little majd whom you met long g} ut life an you live it fa not just your chonsing, And word you to Lisme tuat your dream eudsd sy You meet snd you anillo, as you touch her fut Ny To think of a tiine whon thelp touch made 10U they))y *Tls strange that 5o teaca of that santimant Jingec i To'tear at your heutt-sirings, aad torment yasly You eeo to the bottom of shame and verations, Far roguce and aivoulurers in plenty aro hera; K relixatio You iz with ths whols, and you or years At the end of it all, you go back to ok, fmy,' And 1ak> up (hods dutlas, in dismal artenrs, —New York Sun, SUCH IS FAME. In the year 1813, a solact parsy of friends wyy collected in honor of tho marrisge of & Youthty) couplo belonging to tho very bost Aocioly |y Parin, Tho groom was a colebratod Portriit naiotor, who had for his chosen frionds And wit. nossen two Professora of the Frennh schaol, Iy, Rres and Paul Delaroche, selactad for har witnous: of ner fathor's, Vic:or IHugo and Aloxangpy Durss, Whot tho names of the bridal pajr hag been registorod. tha clerk turned to tho Wit nosaes, and, addrassing Vietor Ilugo, asked bim lus usms, Hugo." ! How do von wpell it ?" asked seribo; *“duon it avos ‘¢’ atth "Thio authior gnve tho desired Iy tho olerk continued hiv questioniog. * What 18 your trade 7 ** 1 havo noue,” roplied the amused writer, the undeci 6 end? " o “None? Well I suppose Jou ara able t Write,—at least onough to sign yourna, 0 taly dogument ? The allirmative was laushitor from tho b 3 Whoa Iugres and Dalaroche fofoimed the mag that tioy wore ** paialers,” bo elevatod bie n and, viowing them from over his mpectaclon, ay: ed dindainfully : i * Houso or sign painters?” and bocams Indlg. nant at tuo noiav amuxemont of the party, grumblisg, “1ll.maunorod mob!" ag he Wroks “Nothing but paiaters,” Dunaa received respectful attention whea fhy usual questions were put to bim, snd nvxdanu, To80 somewhat wbova ho others in tho olerky c-timation when informed that * Dumna, prop- o ty-holder," would do for hima, Tuls occurrsy &t toe timo whon the fame of thosa mew wag it its zenith, and their names wezo celobrated far aud wde in overy civilized conntry abroad, wd You within & fow wilos of Parin, thoi own boam, thoy were neithor valued nor kuown, PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF TH: UNITED BTATES, Thero are in tho Uuited Btates moro than ey, onty publlc libratlas which contain ovor 25,000 volumes cach, Of those, nine possees mor then 100,000 volumes, soven more than 50,008 and iees han 100,000, sod soventeen more thig 85,000 sud Ieas than 60,000, The largest collss tion iathe Coogress Library, which hag 201,10 volumes. The Public Library of Boston coq. tains nearly the ssme number, and increnses 3t 1ha rato of 15,000 voiumes a yoar. Harvard Col. loge has 200,000; tho Astor aud the Alerosntlls of New Yoik, 143,000 each: the Mereantiy and tho Library Compauy of Philadelphia, 105,000 and 101,000 respoctively; the Atbe nmum of Boston, 108,000; and Yala Collegs 100.000, Tho New York State Libraer, s Albany, has 67,500 volumas, nov inoluding the L Library, which hae 25,600, Tuo Bocissy Lk brary. of Now York, posscsses 04,000 volaumes; the Public, of Cincjanatl, 64,000 ; tha Poroady Institute, of Baltlmora, 56,000; the Antiqusras Suoiaty, of Worcester, 55.000; and the Apores- tices'. 'of Now Yok, and Dartmonth Collegs, 50,000 each. Thoae which contsln more tam 85,000 are av followss The Mercautile, of Drook. gn' Wa kinson, of Ha:tford; Mercantils, of t. Lnnl-; Coruell Univeraity, Hiatorleal Bocie ty, of Now York ; State, of wryiaud; Biate of Miohivau ; Puolic, of Chbicago; Btate, of Ohls; Mercantilo, of Ban Francluco; Burgeon-Qontr- al's Oftico at Washington; Univessity of Virgio ia; City of apr(u?uam; Biate, of Masiachuselty; Pub.io 8choul of Bt. Louis; Bowdoaln Coliegs, and the Alercantile, of Cincinnati,—~d4pplefoad American Cyclopadia. Revised Eduivn, AMFRICAN HUMOR, Waen Uncle Conslder was married Jay Gould and W, R. Travers wore lnvitad o the wedding. Hhortly before that Unclo Conslder hind gons down to ses Lis gir), aud while he was on the way & youug lion that bad escapod from Bure num's measgerie—Cliarlay Gaylor ussd to sy tome: ‘Ll Ialways call it menagoum; it'ss way I bave"—roarad ozainet him, and Uncle Cousdor he just chawod him up everlsstiogly. Well, whou Unole tad scen hiy girl and wi coming home he thought he'd go and sse woab hiad become of thiat lion bo hnd scoupad in, snd he found s flack of boes had renfed the can casa for & boardiog bousa snd bosswasx fouse dry, and it was full of honey, so the oM men invested in soms homev proferred and let Uran'ther Abijah mad Giest Aunb Zypheus hava a fow. Well, at the weddi they werp sll asking each ather conundrums & drinking hard ciderand Wexford ruwn, and Unols Consldor b ups snd says: * Here, boys, I't gotoneas 'll fazo you: ‘Ous of the ester camo forth meat, and out of the atrong came forth sweetnpus.' " Bo W, R, Travers llg“ *1givait up,” but Jay Gould sayss *‘Se here, Consider, just vou ginme s seven dipy outivo oo that ‘and I'll tiado.” ' Well,” sars Unato Connider, ** 18's & deal, aud I'll bet you s given amidat shouts of 1 y eutertained com, apriug guit yoy don't guees it.” Then Jay wanb tgl!xfi:ln Coyumdnr'n girl and promised her soms points on New Tenuessce if un:‘d let tum 1nto the pool on the ground floor, sod sho tel Uncle Consider_ till ho told her, and theo she told Jay. Ho Jay goos to Unclo Consider snd egys o “Whaz sdtrouger'n liong aud wha aweater 'n bouey, anyhow ?" And Uncle Cone uider ho sayai *Kf ye hadu't been foolis round this yor heifer o' mine ye wouldn't bv' wado the trick."—Startling Aneedole from Lerking’ New Book. THE CHOLERA A PERIODIOAL ERIDEMIC. Applatans’ new Lincyclopedis contans thess interasting facte with regard to cholaca, whish ebould bs taken advaatage of, Itways: The voar 1763 marks the recognition qf penodicslly returning 13-yearly epidemics, counccted with the groat 12-yearly Hindoo toutivala st tho gros somples, The great 12-yearly opldemics of 17% 1708, and 1781, have been well deaoribed by Palse loy aud others, Threo times 13 or fllfl !0;' subssquently, the reat historical ~epl- demln(l of kylsl‘l ocugrred. ‘Tuis epidemld and that of 1781 were distinotly Juggerosuk pilgtim choleras. ln 1836 the tirst ludcationd of anolher peatilpuge apposred {u sho morth of India ; epidemio atiol uroge put b Hnnlnr" the 81@:'. pinoe of pilgrimsga at the soyted o the nngc here it frat spuas from ke of the Himalaya Mountains. Liundred shousaud pilyrimp go to Hurdwar every yesti wore every third vear; etill marp every sith and nlofh yearn; and fally 8,000,000 s¢ vombla every tweltih yesr, aud & VI number overy wixtfeih * yoar. Tlhd(.: ggo#‘:: avey the warl S0 of 1034 was canisd li Oslesus slowe. ouv of & population of B 6,000 died. ‘The lsst grest 13-yearly ;fl demie commenced 1n Indla 1o 1885, avd reacl the United Btaten in 1866, 1f thin parlodicsl ibe: ory I garreat, the next cholora epidemic will a “\;duam:hutl [ {g_mluqmuppénfin‘-n;:fl. :.’u‘l waz cliolaa in 1870; altliough the iutercourse of Russia with Centrel Asis sy b g ihy f introduciog s lo ldeumnq 1040 a.fr.‘,“,f.'.“'x?m in 1877 lll%l 1470 we may fq“‘i;? quiburst of the dissase, puch m xgau was. 'ud aud 1738, 1637 aud 1814, 13990 1834, 3 1343, 1858 aud 1435, aad 1805 ver‘v Erenel Charivary, A lttle woman ayriage fr9m (he oary snd e sents lnru& fors due conductor: sl 4 Monsieur, thst pereos thers, who m"m ] wm}'mo frpmy Trouvijlo to Paris, hag Iwxnld aho polnts o & mild sod calm-jooklef "Ns’?.‘-"ém ko 40 (q you 7" ks the guasd WP in arma. *» o alaph th9 whyle dlatance i his oayser” Tablesu. 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