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- ailp TEibune. OCTORER 23, 1875.~TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 59, CHICAGO, SATURDAY, YOLUME 29. 2ma., AL, “Chieagas W, B, Kon, Coske & Co, Irices $1.30, o ‘Fhe succesaivo stories of Mr. Pinkerton lowo none of their shuddering interest by muliiplicity. Ench one unfolds & now and distinet talo of rorrow and remoro, the lvevitable consequent of crime. It i4 enough to mako & mtont besrs SHIRTS. NOTIONS. L U R E Himalayan travel indicats tho amount of courags Thick-boughed, ssen from the anthors we hiave enum. N HIRTS: s | oo 220 b ki e st kR iy i 9 Thie ersted tiat i Grouvois ¥ At ah Thd L ) ‘ 2 ITERAT . reuiato o aervo su invala voiuutaniy o ub i""‘v:l'/:':/'.';?v”u‘:m 1l bnt e the quotations aro cliefly etbical sod aiductie, | “Fiadlaga Eou courahi ¥ :pgm'F&E.Efni 2 C . e iy, then Taded froin the aight 3 i Ve mber ner o [ L) A t: - (Cregt on the Land or Xept tha wing. e DETPCIVE AND 7ir SOMMAMRCLIST, AT, ing Davis, Noad Brooks, Lucy Larcom, Celia T! The Abode of Snow : A Tour | iess andiiaLent sct a;ri from lia servaats . CADSRER AND TAE FoRyexs Testun. By Aviaw | or, darriot Proecolt Bpotiord, Abby 3, Alger, : . i Junrtarn, that Lo might bavs quiot, e apeat the | o Aud tm only ono of meny glowiog porteaita | yrxy nrox, Author of * Tue Exprevutiau aud iho | G MRl 3, T. Trowbridge, Bussn Coolldge, and of tho best fabrics in Among the Himalnyas. 38 A nights coutinad £0 & sick-conch, sloge, of the saie eubject © Detective,” ate, 12 Ciiristiua G, Rossotti, Thers are over fifty ilius : T, '"am‘%?ufi linos in stock of our e anulacturo, We aro propered MWl sako Shirts to ordor in eight E:;\m,, ‘whon necessary. trations, American Journal of the Medical Sewene L U ‘,":',“,""",‘,‘"’},, 5 S mertean Natural.at for October (Peatody Act Of Scienicn, Balem, Maes,), Sreabaly Sctaey Beatern for' October (Weatern Publlshing Amsocis- tlon, St, Taut), Nutonal Suniay-schosf Teasher for November yeb uncompimmag. Hsame of Linck flies tur- Tho day throtigh high mid besven rode . | inoutad tutn by dav, nud nand-flies provented bin | Asrcenthe sy, the dim red day s wloep by night, while acorpioos Larbored benean With shoulder's shinid Amay, snar. Jooguin Milter’s “The Ship in (e | the rtonon uunt um, serneutn cropt through iy liin open teat, and tho savage dogs of Tibet aud Descrt,” and Ben). Fi Tay- 1o sillow s ear of the Himslayse paid him lor's **Bongs of Yes- BROTHERS. Ths ravage, warlido duy tent low, Aw sony a1n bend i gaihening SON BROS, MEN'S FURNISHERS, 41469 Washington-st., Chicago. Tike's Orern onse. Cincinnatl, ave (ull {inca of Dent's, Trefou ((NSOLIDATION NION LITEIXQJGRAPH €0, GflMMBRGlAL- LITHOGRAPH ©0. 0, W, BHERWOOD, 8olo Propritor. ve and print Lelter Heads, Bill Heads, iatoments, Enveloyes, Aufogriph Lei 5. Carde, Noler, Circks, Drafts, Recely tr, siock Cortificaer, Douds, D 1 juna, Labels,Chromo xernted unless entiro! oY, of the Commercial, will cantiue with the 2 o pleased 1o vee all 182 & 164 South Clark-st. hy clevator, Arcade Conrt, 121 & 123 State-st., T renty-scoond-st. and Michipan-av. TRINNINGS, FANCY 600DS, RIBBONE, RS, ETC, BT, Just roceived, the latest 8 Fine Passomentorios, Tapo, Choinolle, Fringes, Fur, Moss, Trinnings, Clonk Loops, and Orna- monts, &c. An All-Silk Tapo Fringo at 50c por yard, worth $1.00. and Ienthor s old cuttoniers at Fainnce, 164 Clarissh,, or e 0 ~NEW_PUDLICATION>. “Tew anl Allractive Books., L VONAN OF EASHON, By Anulo Edwards, 1. A Norseman's Pilerimags, JAUL MASSIE, 0VE AFLOAT; By F. H, SHEPARD $1.00. BT LLETW s ppmazos, il Pl TRPEST-TOSSED, ™5™ UNLEY ROCHFORD, = Dt W o Visit Her? IRDEAL FOR WIVES, MILIP EARNSCLIFEE, Liber of the above sent by mall, post-paid, on ro- Wo have tho most complete and best-nssorted stock or Trimmings ever showa in this city. A IS A large stock of Fino Fans at ox- trome low pricos. POCKET BOOKS. 250 dozon Renl Russia Leather at 50c op.ch, tho re, ular wholesale prico of same $10.00 per dozen. Pooket Books A Story of the A nico line of Real Whitby Jot, Anerican Navy. Garnet, Coral, Sholl, snd Italian Porcalain Sets, ot astonishing low areanteo evory sot. prices. We ombc from#3 upwards. XRoal Shoil TITAN BRAIDS MOHA. HERCULES Dy Gen. GUSTER In gll tho Fusuionable Colors. 500 dozon * Josorh” 2-Button Kid Gloves, 85 ) & pair, every pair war- give a now pair for all that rip or tear in putting on. BARGAINS I@BROIDERIES. Ties. Ties. Ties. 250 dozen Twilled and Plain 8ilk Tios, in all tho now and B0&ro shades, at 260, worth 0c. ranted ; we CANTHY, $1,00. By ANNIE ED- WALDS, $1.00. By ANNIE ED- WARDS, §1.00, By ANNIE ED- 500 dozon Brocaded Ties at 40g, 500, end 80c each, just one-half their actugl cost. Special Bargains fn Ribbos, 1,000 pieces of good Grain Ribbon, No. 4, at 5o per yard, 121-2¢ is tho regular prico. SHELDON & COMPANTY, i s VOV O 0IVES PERTEOT SATISFACTION! FOR BABBATH BQHOOLS. THE SHINING RIVER. For High and Grammar Schools. THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. O, Ferklus, ond sells for- uality Gros 50 cartons of Handsome Brocaded Ribbous at 18c a yard, worth 40c. @-inch All-Silk Gros Grain Sash Ribbons, in all the new shades, at 80c a yard. B per copy in Hoards, ®yrfewweeks since, but {he publishers are snowerud " cmmendatory loiters, and its praisea aresounied sraybare, It wiil prove o ¢ Bumving Ruven' ol mua ‘meiody in hundreds of homes and saubath Thalittr 1 fust out, and i & book which o Teach- naatilito admice and Introdice, 1t wilt be s deci- Al dment (s the musical sdvuncs of the thae, ke il or §9,00 per dozen, NOW READY. Aseweollsction of ot beaut.ful Hymis and Times Praver Muntings. G:mo Moellugs, 1IVING WATERS. For Praiso Meatings. 1,000 dozon of Colgato’s Cashmere Bouquet Sozps at 180 a cake. Pay us a visit bafore purchasing. 121 & 123 State-st. Trventy-secondst and Michigan-ay. A RARE OPPORTUNITY, st. Louls Hoetel for Sale. Ou acoonnt of the death of the Senlor Propristor, THE WHOLE or UALY INTEREST in the furniture. outht, and lsase of ooc of tho lsrgeat and moat cen- trally Tocated Hotels in 8t, Louls ix offered for sale, "o Icosu bas elght years to rua; \he bulldiog is pearly new; the furniture and applisaces modern, sud all the appalutments strictly frat-class, while th hotel fielf {8 doing n businesa equalto Mo persons desiriog to go into the an opportuntty seldom offered, and it will closest fnspection. For i EDWARD 81, Louls, M., Oct. I, MINNESOTA GRANITE, BOTH RED AND WHITE, Pronounced superior to the Beoich, Watab, Dentots Co., Mignoeots, 1a 1o chargo of Mr. perienced granite worker from Orders for Mouu- A1l receive prompt ate NEY, Proprietor, For Prayer Meetings. uy o &1“ mméudng » few hundred coples of (his de- ew of Living Waters, Suiniog River, or olf g2t, port-pald), for rotall price. LYON & HEALY, Chicago. OEAB, H. DILS0N & 00, 711 Droadway, New York, CUIVER DITSON & CO, y in . Dusiners this i articulars address 61 Qheatudtoat, 4 rolidblo and compotent book- er whose time is not rully oocou- i ',womd lke o sot of books to " or would take charge of a sat o fmall businoss, Address V 83, | Matab Benton Qo 2 {ho Aberdeen quarrios n eatad and Buliding pur Trustee’s Sale, FEF . _FIRM OHANGES, DISSOLUTION. The firm of Eddy, Hass & Co,, is this IS A, EDDY, Jn,, HAM'L IIAAS, o Hovardors o U0k foeniszeield e T Sk G {2 ug b Vo e wum of E £7 f October 9, 1875, COPATRY 7 WWRSHIP. ) 3%, buagn interest in our ~UNDERWOOD, 3 £E] 3. 3 ¥ twatily coutions of pon IF | H ayinoat of said hon Bisctas Shbtocn o Aoy berk ihuror ll'hll dh" ol :l-lhl ‘bufil‘(: Il)l' ¢ ity Brdursigued t 10 Gead of trust diacrihod: sod all of sald Clilton Hotal £ Tl partucrehip Leret Atoldt aid Jota Hehwa Stoldt will continue the sted-at.~0ro ‘sclss, Flour, snd Food, Uct. 18, 1478, 1 o extating between Mary this day diasolved, ar siness st 4147 South Lal- "FRE; 3 3 Pt £ 5 1 £ £ £, E5 -5 2 5 STOVES AxD FURNAGES. FURNACES! FURNACES! ‘Base-Burners, Rangoes, Cook-S8toves. (o examine tbe “ Commander Furnace, oF $:37 £ 1 tha fast of which shourd bo auch saly, aud moke, sxecute, and w2l a good aud sufticlent Lioreas dufavlt £E L 5] 2 # Durctiaser at cuch s 04 promisos sald, paypiantof al s which 71 i E} 5 13 3 ! o Iterest opun vny i0d dluce A p £E2 133 A 0, 1 undersiga, 7 I3 do exsinine Ibe New England Bay mine the Bweet Home Range, (o and examine the Morulng Glary Cook, A. M. BEARLES, 143 Lako-st, neLgxl Agency Littlefield Siove Co, snd Perry £l Ivea th A T A vy 3 o aalt ftho Ciiyion Flutel " Beauty I8 nob bestowed 1) T o s Tt Lor and wiie'ta Wion 13 ihe a1 of eaby ouly bt tulded nocturual vigita, sunfling at his door, and ouce terday. Prose-(uotations—Stories by Allan Pinker- fon—Miss Aleott's *‘Eight Consins.” Metallurgical Manual---A Juvenile Story «=The Magazines for No- vember. A Description of the Vale of Cashmere: An Earthly Paradise. The Gorilla--Vanillg-ccAfrican Exploras tlon-+-Danish Forests--Iustiuct of Autse=-Slecp of Flows s, LITERATURE. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS, TRE ABoDk OF Xow: OpaERvATIONK o 4 Toth THON Cixear, Trarz 10 e INDIAN CAUCASUR, THROVGN TH Y UPTEh VALLEYA OF TITE JIDILLAY. Dy Anpnzw WitsoN, (Reprivted from Hiucsice Hegmzne), 12n0, pp. 480, New York: 0. B, Lut- nam's Bons, ¥rice, $1.25 The cluel sorvico which thly book randers the reader s in dirocting Lis atteation to a dietant 2nd out-of-the-way pottion of the giobe, which abouuds 1o novel acenca aod objocts of exciting interest, It by no meaus satisties the curiosity 1t awakens, as tho wiitor is ono of thas Jargo claes of travelern who have ail tho entorprive, rosolution, and pluck necessary to explpro unknown and perilons vogios, but lack the literary ability to recount thelr advestures with cloaroess and method. Nevertbcless. the book will nrouso & prateful feelng in many & miad, not ooly for the measuce of juformation it imparts, but bessuse of tho desiro it ctim- ulates for the scquuitlon of moe extended knowladgo of & country It opeus up auerw to stu- dious inquiry. Mr. Wilson was forced in tho spring of last year to leave the stitling vlalus of Hiodostan, whors henith had boen broken by tho tropical heat, and soarch for froeh uupplics of strength 10 tho elovated districts of tho Himalavas (epeliod by bim Himaliyas), Iis souto rau frouw Bombay by rail to Sabaruapur, whence a dotour was made to Masuri, onc-of tho soveral manttaria ottablisbiod among the mountaiva for Luropean residents, 1t was Ar, Wilaon's tirst intoution to reat hore or at Bimls, in hopo of tho recovery te eought, but o wsight of tho lofty vnow.covercd Leights of tho Hima- Isyas induced » change of plan, and in the foco uf the anxious, kindly warninge of friends, the invalid propared fur u prolonzed Journey among the mountain roceuses, resolved to cross into Tiboc, and, after a glimpse of the territory of the Graud Lama, to follow & routo slong the lnnor aud higher Himalsyas to the Yalley of Cashalro. Tho travelsr among the Himalayss must provido bimeelf with au estepsivo outdt, for the iunbospitable rogion Lo traverses osnnot bo rolied wpon, to furnsh ebther ludgiog or food. Tho utmost ho may expect to find in the way of provision 18 au occarivnal supply of milk, muttou, coarso fluur, pine neods, apricots, and juuiper borrfos, 1t Is essential, therofore, that the tourist sbould carsy with him & tont, and the necessary [urniture, cook- ing utonsils, and beddiug, together with a storo of oatables sud whatover putubles ho mav nocd asido from pure water. And all this luggago' must bs transporfed on the backs of coolles, a3 beasts of barden are not svailable. Tho traln with which Mr. Wilson lott Himls compnised twenty- eighbt csrriers, but he was aflerwards enapled to reduce the number to tblitesn. During & con siderable portlon of his jouruey the conditlon jot bis Liolth waa such that lie wus unable to waik or to maunt a horse,'and he was sccordivgly boroe over the dapgerous mountain dotilenin o dandy. This curioun vehicle—the only carriage that can Lo taken through the Himalayas—conxiata of ingls bamboo 9 or 10 feot long with a couple ot picces of carpet lung from it, one of which aupports the body and the othor the fect. The vler reolines in thie hammock-liko convey- snce at rigut avgles of tho Lamwoo, each eud of which iscairlod on tho shouldora of one or more cooliee. Tuding in a daudy oror & rongh, narcow path slong mountaiu procipices s vot the easiest sad plessausest amusoment Iu ine world, ‘Ihe remark of & native 1egarding the carriors fally suggosts the wonsations it pioduces: ey wil carry you, no doubt ; but zoy vill bomp you.' When lmur-a t by dandy was no louger to bo endured by Mr. Wilaon, he rodo, wheaover it was posaible Lo Tide at all, on yalis, Cows, Z0pos, —= crous between the yak aud the Indisu cow,— Spiti poutes, aud horsos of pative breed, and horees of ths purest blood, There aro no valieys in the Himalayas. Tho tromondoas siopes of tho tmounta.ns descend precipiously into Immenso gorges sud ravines, but of ievel ground 1heio i aimoat nono. For & whale dsy Mr. Wilson somotimes traveled with- out fiuding o flat upa o s large ma an ordiuary drawiugeroom, and when nigat came bis teus wan pitchiod on 80 narrow & sl that two steps from its door an abrupt precipice fell thousanda of fest bolow. ‘Cho path which bhe foliowed wound along the dechivities of tho mouniains, often sscendiug to a hoight of 15,000 or 16,00 feet, Thia path was froquently so narrow no boaat could venture along it burdowed with s man in be saddle, and sometimes not even cumberad with the bulk of tho eaddle aloue. Axwn, it was uot soldom so steep and broken that the Bpitl pony, tho wurest and sufeat ammal ukod 1 theso pneded, would bo compelled to plant ib4 four feet together and loap with ite rider from rock to rock lilkie » goat. 1ece 8. for the moat part, for man s to ford tho torrents crovsing tho trave clel ay, but occasionally these aro ¢pauned by bridges of the moat frightiul charscter. tnaof theao—tho Namiu bridgo scross tho Sutle] River, nesr Pu—ia canstructed of large, stroug beams united by planks. It is 80 feet abovo the water, 100 feet acroay, and ouly S ard (oot wide in the wddle, aud m dostitute of & railiug of any rort. ‘Do iver sushas bolow with #o rapid & current that it conld not be fathomod with a 10-pound lead, and tno travelor crosviug the shaky stiuc. tufe thrown acrosa must keep Lis bead cool, or sure desth from w fallinto the torsent awaits m. Iu the weatern part of the Himalayas tho bridges arv mado of twigs twisted into Topes » faot {n diameter. 'I'wo oI tLede ropos ara stretchiod across a atream at s disiance of aboud 410 6 fent from eacn other, and & third {u fus- taned begweeu thow, rowe 8 or 4 feet below, by meany of elonder nh}: of %u ¢ twige oceur- ring at intervals of sbout 8 fe In tbe bigh wiuds that provail through the day in tho Hiuaa- Inyas, thews crazy bridged wwing (0 and fro in & dizzying manuer, and furnish auythiog but pleasynt episodes fu a travelor's exporiaucs, Abowe all, they ate never kept it repair, and uu- ul some unfortuuste E.nnufiu s’ precipitated 1nto the rivar beneath through tho parting of a treaberous rops, they are reaxlessly trusted for ali purpoass of treneit and trafio. Thess hints A8 10 ibe drwgerons dotcul) chaasies of fumbling &t Lis thiost tv neo L ho wera 1n proper cond.tion to furniali & repaet. Hi8 piucky Huit cacried Inm through this trylng expo- tignes, which Lo sume up in theso grapbic nords: Night after night the moat haleful of tho conatella~ tlonn dees 1ts boht leugih acrons a ppai n of open £ty Ietwecn thie trees, and it redt wtar, Co dowa upon ruy ‘mecikcbed ke s moliais'eys fn eaven, And whilo the crash of falhng _rocks and the movericuts of atealthy wild creatures were occuline ity eard, naght wivd duy, thote uier cone (o, oo ah the duit thundecous sound of the Butin) 10 res b ! N Above tho Luttes, sbose the wcw, s, ot wroe Bl T W e | A A Austapkt Mr. Wilson wes obliged to give un She his pirivos: of onie.ing the inieror of Tilwt, Her the Turcans jeslounly gusrding their couutey A fiom tho wtrusou of 8 Lulopens, But pursu- ing his way to Cushm.re along tho northern slopo of thio Mimatayas, he wan eoatied Lo wico “ots ouxeryatiaus upan the character nod modo O tendely of life of this pecluded, lardy, and ferocious Thiat black, that drad uod Lollaw face peapla, ‘Lhe Titetaus inhabit the wost elovat- Wus xiss'd st midnight, . . o wd table 1ind on the oarth, Althougn in noarny 2 Wuat I1 1hie kamo hmum; s C[:m&ndfiwflc}rlunnm s ;‘.,E:‘l"l""‘i- ;‘figf‘:\fi“: rout aibitude (from 16,000 to 16,000 feet) gives e ' xvoneiyoly. dryr. tho Tlimeleyas 10DDINR 400 | Wertiods ek Aigorn teachine vt sowhein windy of their woisture, and trees From Lieaven to that onesoms i @row 0: by I ecaitered placen on tho hilla. The broad. bical stu, prs uto ada, ted Lo agricuiturs, ard the chiel ocespation of the peoyts is huse bandry. ‘lho stiubgn custom of polyandry ex- inta umong thom, a telic of primitive ages. and the pract.ce 8o novel (0 a toreiy er csilod forth extensive cownient from Mr. Wilsoo. Polyaudiy 14 tanted 1 Tibet o0 the marringe of ond wo.uan with the brothers of a einule fuonly. Do tney igore or lews, Lhe immer ot bee Abelty shore numoer of buebavds s vorestricted, but St and resta Jor e9:zrmore. in most cawes is mot aboye two, thut . . . belug tho usnal quots of brothurs fuded in & fawuly. Mr. Wilton mot ovo [ustance where thero wero mix. tho oldest befng abovo 30 und e youngest quuiv a boy. Undbr this ryatem thio arplas wowen of are providod fur 1 the Lama nuuneies, where thoy learn to read aud o copy the T.betun beriptures, ‘Lhe nuna eitivate tuo fund belongiug to their houses, and often Ack 83 cairiers to irave,ers smoug (he mountsing. In Tibotsn marriages, the choice of & wifo rests with the eder bro.bor, and 1 is on- derato.d that the continct iuvolves ail the otuer brothiers if thoy w.sn to have it so. The chul- dren born in volysudiy are regarded aa scions ot tho bouno ratisor tbun of auy part.calar memn- B0 Unge, wo awful, An blood-red And Latterd as 16om Uattie-Geld ¢ Tt wettied, sunk 1o bis irft b Huuk down and dow, it toien®] Fuen uap atona 15 b (1 sead, Withn 1€ e camwlie ot 1ta hewl, the saud, soitary weste : Again tha etill moon reae and atnad Auove: tae dim, dark belt of wool, arh'd along the level plain ng, whste hrre, Then suafit i Teachd, b€ toucn'd tie shun s eands, e rearkd Tar ot unni shie 1onch A neap unat lay with douvled hauds Heacl'd frotn it eable eif, aud clutch'd With deatl. i breadth aud clevaiion # #ho drem'd, perchance, of ialand Lo, A land of yajuin Hlug'd round wih foam, —Ardlo! There loamed from out the dekert vart & fonely ship, weil busit and teii, Anil perfect il 1o boll and mast. 0 wiogu had statned it sny whit, s arasuns ecttheir teeth in th Thiy ritch'd the tent, where rivers sun A9 11 to dhown the fulling sus, Tacy vaw the suows mountalus roild, And heaved slong the Damelese Iatds Like mghty Lidows ; eav: tte goid OF wlut sunseia ; 5w tue Ul OF suddens duwn, sud fell the busy Of heaven waen the duy ol d And hid has fuce sn dusky At er. Mr. Wilaon considers that o yart of tho charm ot tho lovely Valo of Castunore i3 owing to the striking contrast of its biillian: vogotation with the burtmg plans of India. iho Borue step,.cd or ‘11bet. aud the savage moun:aizs of Hima- layanud of Afgbauistau, 1t 18 o lovel, oval valiey, G0 miles ts loagtls by 40 in Lreadth. sur- rounded by an ampoilhcaire of maauuiicent mounlsivg, Bituated st & boignt of G,u00 feet, ILeujuys & temperate ciato, with ap abuu- daneo of moisure, It fucioses a number of luker, 18 internacted with water<ourses, and di- vermiied wich troes of gigantio size. It has now @ pavuladon of 000,00, but coald erily sustnin 4,000,000, 'The revenncdeiived from tae unu- fac;urs of tho fmmous Cashuters shawlk hun duminirbied ono-balf, yet etul amounts unnuaily tu uhout $550,L00. Mr. Viller's postry. theru we sbalt make oo meniion, to Lestow uuieserved enconrazemeat. seatusio mysiery that pover tantalizes, rolution to suit biy faucy. the dread of o tragic concluios, Alcer laavlug tho Valloy of Rosen, Alr, Wilson PDEMS BY BINJAMIN F. TAYLOR. coutivucd his Journoy atong tho Afehan boidor | Boxas vy Ar AV, Iy BEszavy Yo Peshawar, whcueo o long drive scross tho | utdcr of * Oll-Time Ficupoe, +Tué World en Wapein"cte, Wib [Lustratiou Tunfaub to L.ahora aud o tuiiway tnp beyond, sowined i to Dowbay at tho end of Do- cowber, JOAQUIN MILLER'S LAST POCM, Wiz Biow 1% TR DEsExT, Dy JoaQuis MiLsn “Aiftdr of “Bongs of oo Slerrau® wnd Sy of the Sati-Landa? 1600, (b, 20, Lesion Brotuern, Frie, 4160, There is tlho unmictakablo présaute of genfus in the pootry of Josquin Mikier, 1ts msjesty in everywhero apparont, casting over tho weakeat paseages o shodow of diguity. Tnough for the greatet leugtl of the poem beforo ue, it has such cuwulutive and imposing forco thal the effect lingors undestroyed 1 tho fow intcrvalawhoie tho vetso grans woyward auderratic. Thoio ls sousi- bly apparout, too, tho spirit of the author, & wild, streng, uusubdued, deflant temper, that loves and s.ugs what and liow it chooses, aud nuswers to uo human law for the manuer of ity proceeding. \When the mood for chanting bas soized the singer, ho gives it possencion, but will vover try to bind brokeu eirains together, or make clear tho veiled and myaterious. As 1o mosl othor of bis pocms, there is obecurity 1 portions of this, bug bo proudly repois any possible inquiry into the fullness of its meanlyy ¢ My taak i but to tel) » tale, Ta give n widu eall 0 the gale, To pafut the Loutidiess yluin, the sky o ruyme, uOT kIve & rasson Why, And still the eritic's sting han wounded the seositive hesrt of tuo poot. In the preface, which is tenderly dedicatod to Lis pareuts, the rankling of tbe soro Is plulnly dizcovered. 1 have been true to my Weet,” bo saye, ** Bhe has beon my only love. I have remembered hor grontuces. I have dono my work to ehow to tho world ber vastnoss, hor riches, her rceources, ber valor and her diguity, hor | of” pootry and her grandeir, Yot while I was goiog | Uik, Bt tere e, on, working so iu gilence, whats were tho things ebu sald of me? Dut let shat pass, my desr purents, Othera will como after us. Dosaibly I uuve biazed ont the trasl for groat nuuds over his tieid, a6 you did scross tho dosoits aad vlsius fur grest mou & quarter of a century 840. ‘Agnlu ho save, more ludignantly, treaking in upon &0 $POSLIOplc to the llver Missouri Thio worid's cold commerce of to-dy Dewanan sowe e, tippsnt thewe § Aud J, your winurcl, wiast s by, ‘Aud barp along the edge of morn, Aud slug 304 celourate 1o plcase Tuw matiitude, (Le mob, and these ey kuaw ot poeris fictn yellow corn, S e wien And out of 1he rock, us oace of old, A et Astrealet fowa to'lts walte or gold 1 With rose of Cherokee aud viue, usy as bees when the buckwheat biows B Was nover heard & 1minstrel’s note, A Lttie buckets that ru At flone would beod u song of mise, O e N ttasu 1 tud cxpresalos for my thought Iuothor themes, o . . #Tgo Bhip in tho Desort” celebrates, in the stately #t;lo Of s eplc, tho Vuntuesw and the giungene of the scevery and tho Listury of th greas p.ulod of tho Weut, It i bighly ideal, In uecordance with tao Jicease of poots, tazing n2 Jalug tu confunn picely 1o facts. In o, it Dears alout the samo rolation to thess tust tho v Ancient Masiver "—a posm whicn it strongiy rivais th weird a1d ghosily desotiption —bears 1o Lo real vizigsitudes of thu ses farer. Ou a gos- samer thread of tictlou ic stringe & maguilivent picturo of sky sod earth 1n their mawmtold puases at audmight and &t noontide, i too dodeit, tho forest, sud by the niver ade. Thuse pict w.e8 are AOmo of tham unsurpassed I sirougth und splendor of coucopt Take his view of 8 sterile, alicalive plain, «trefch- 1ug biopelesely befors she Westeru travolor: 164 Chicagot B. toverts Dreas i clesr and clean ; tho eug with all tho rest. of the City of New York. like the musio of a gportive brook. tangled bud and bloom. to **Tho Peaim-llook iv the Gaire ooty ulae, e o tripea aown of the live sy, Two whoels lay hald with thelr fron teeth And 1urn a shatt that {s huug beneatl,, Liko the awkward trot of » hrefoat cait; 1o ewaying Rlide are tho testbern hands, The hoypert Join with thelr pasind bunds, Torever spiling tue griata of gratn In rattllug showers hike frozeu Tain, Wila fucc o face with i grtly ‘The mill-stous whirls with s gri Fft of the dainty freigut, 14 busy with (o guoet of Lread Dizay and bury, above, below, Lydtun river avd toury flow— Cora 10 goid wad woeat 1 stiow, Botlew, Sheppard, su thn oxccution dietinetuess, Bot scel 1 an Americ l.cation. QUOTATIONS. PRO PRosT QUOTAT! ViFu IApEx, COTaTIoNE, BHID * thor of # A Critfeal Dictiouary of Enutals Lt — Desolato, and reat and BAtivh aud Amierh auAutuors,” e Tty eatthquake's #ho k, the fund way dead, 164, Puiladelphls: J, s duet and auhea urs ita head, Juusen, McCiusg & Co. Pricw $), “The very devastxtion gleanid, Adf burut and black, aui Teut and resmed, Ay, vauquisbied quite aud overturows, Aivd tortl With thunGer strokv, aud atrows Witk cinders, 10} tho de.d easth Ly As waitiug JUr the Judgmunt-day, AUTHOR, % . . . under tha oo verpenta sild froti out the grave Taab grew I6 1l Ly sdatier'd stoss Tuen bid beueath the broken s 1nat time had (Glen 4a a de? 10 ¢aten by sonis xavige beas Au eveslastiug palace feass, A dulleyed ratuleenake that ey AN Jnatlisonte, ysllow-skinned, sud elept, Cil'd Lght s &not-pine, 1o (ho suu, Wi.h tlat bead Lhirough e contre run, Struck biiudly beek, en rattling cropt Tiat-beliiod duwn thie dusty way— s wid tha doud wud had o sy, Two pink-oyed hawks, wide-wing'd and grs; Y b, i agely. and, chrellng Aad scrosming etill i piad divuay, 10 utm aua died a4cina* ha sby— [z “Twsa all tho Lsaveus bad 10 8oy, Aatae lowsbails Junipers o8 1 % Tha last that o'sF L4 dasert longth. taken from bis writings. 0f American authore not 800 four times; 8o Amelesd womsn Or this maintly picturs of the moonlight fall. ing on tho desd face of a black tlave i tho Can we point to auy descripiive veres in the whole raoge of American puetry oqualing toes Yet we have selected maraly average pansakes from the poem, which i e major pa.tis of sunuartue quabty. Mavy timieys with a Bkl stinge an 1moge uf tho mukt vivid inteneity starts out befura thoreader : But more than enough baw beeu quoted to verify all we buvo suid of the lofty chatacter of The bLeauties of it #o greatly oveiposer tho few bicmisbies that of It 18 evilent that tue poet is luboriug to overcome the mper- fections marrivg L eacher effoits, aud the cntic uisy not fear, afier tmm wpierhid nuccess, Wo bave remarkod that tuo thiead of fiction runwing through the poem is of gosswmor It bogine aud oods 1 mystery, but a 1t rether eu- linncey thoe effcctivenoes ol tho plot, leaving tho reader tho not unweicowa task of copjecturing & Neverthelews, tlany and minty au is tho story, whou it diass nest tire closo the suspoteo grows breathlos, 80 keew 1n . _TATLOR, 8 yuare ¥i0,, pp. Origes & Co, 4 rive, $4. ‘This 13 tho cartiest of tho Lrood of holiday- boaks that will soon be on tho winy and flutier- ing down trom ali quarters, but vt one of them that foliow afier cun be moro dainty or clegant. Lo paper 18 of the firmest and Lnvat, with a glonuy wurfaco snd » delicate tint ; the leitor- VIUGU BTG £X- quisltely cus ; snd _the binding is in harmony Witk perfect justice it may be claimed tbar u tolume dv lure wo hundsome in every foaturo has nevor before been issted went Of tho songs 1elused in this pretey casket i in ecarcely necessary to kav tore thun toat they are by Mr. B. ¥. Taglor, und aro smong his beat. ‘I1us sutbor s 8o widely and popularly known ttroughout tho country, und his wiitings are s even {n oxcellonce, that to do much beyond mon- tioning bis pame in conucction with & new com- pokition keems & work of sugerorogation. e 18 alweys in tho sunnicst Luwor, and bis verso or bia prose eings and ripples in & tuneful flow fla iy a very necromapcor in bis play with onr old, stiff Eue glish. Ho transforms it nto a exible and fiow- 015 language, with bloseoms bursting out evers- whore in the most besubiful and bowilderiug pro- fasion. 1tis his gitand bent to twmo it into tho moat wouderful wreaths and festoons, lotting uothing remaiu visible bus kuots and spreys of Oue kuows Lot where to cu!l for a alugle nose- gay anud, uch teeminy opuleuce. but we take by chauce two or threo seatonces trow the preface It is monuts tor peose, but Mr. Taylor's prosw ls always pure Nobody ever thinks i #tho dead waste and middle Deceruber thas tlere can ever he anotuer bltes ud there will, When ‘S ihe winter iv over and goue,” Lo s auro to dropaut of the As o mpecsmon of Mr, Taylor's verse, wo choose hiis description of whbat cos would onli- uaruy deem & very uupoetical object,--themove- weat of a shambling old mill griuaing grain: With & jumbliug thump ol the tawbling bolt, mate uding geate, ol Unsinirand dow, mit & spatiowy welghly t “Tue place torilud with rutbilog tread, ‘The Tha thlustratior 8 which adoru this volume are desiguvd by Darley, E&-unue, Moran, Beales, s Halloek, the eugraver hss done full Justico to tue artist, and the Unest bits 1o the fictures, hko the blades of grass aud the sca) aud fractures ou tha rocks, ure cut with shurp Rotter wark of the kind we biave 10X HOCHATES To MACADTAY, 5441 Bunsxcn, 511} U5y 5, Avarin Avuisonz, Aus teratury Ao, P . Lippincoit & Co, Chicagui Five bundred and forty-four sutbors are rep- rosented in this voluwmo, and vat the great bulk of it1s cowpoded of eatracts from but abou: thurty diftoreut writers, Of theso Addison fu laid heavieet coutribulion, furnishing pearly S00 quotations, and sl of uushiuted Macaulsy is deawn upon far the uext Beavicst amount, npwarda of 200 excerpis beiug It amounts simost to aropriot of those iwo awthors, Pagesfier page timade up of passages from Aacaulay. Attor tbis writor the most coplous contributors are Bacon, Burke, Locke, Boutn, Biesle, Jobu- won, Colton, Hall, Hooker, Taylor. Whately, Watts, Bwift, Dryden, Mlontaigoe, and Tillotson. thirty ate af- fordad » plsce in the work, Ueurgo Washiog- wu a slx times quoted, snd Emerson elght; Webater, alx; Irving, tweuty-aix: Hawthorue, | twicey Holues, ance; Evorott, twice| Edwards, @ Mrs. L. M. Obilds, the ooly #0 honored, twice. s will be bisuch to road of the tortures instigatad by & siu-nick conacienco and abatted by st ingenious dntective, which st last compollod tho guilty wietch whnae carger In written in the '*Som- nambulist " to dikclose the bfood-staina reddou- g his bands. It was e shresd devico to make 100 ghowt of & dead man hauut hiw murderer, but one can't belp pitying the sinver who was llmmuht to judgment through such fearful suf- ering. It wonld wears that tho effect of thia serles of etorins, shich wo are ossuied are true o overy vuruculsr, wuet bo to deter porsons from tho ¢ #ummirion of crime so fung ne thers exista in ti land tha: powerful cnpioery of justico, a apecial polica nyetom, managed by ao astute and fulthIul deiective like Allsn Pinkecton. LITTLE WOMEN." %, Tty Avsr-fine, Dy Lovisa M, o1 “Litdn Women,” ete. With 0. 7. 20, Dowton Boberis the jvast ekillfnl of sl Misn 1o rertna to have done it 1 8 Aleott's worke, tired or Lurried and careless way, as1f to order, of bocause the habit of writing is upon her, aud ot from a matiwe of true inspirstion. Tho character-drawing wanta tho kfe and fiuish we are accustoraed 1o see in her sketcher, howover briel, and in_some of the prominent Nrures, s nd Uncle Aloe, there 14 marked exag- by actuslly Liave a painful * goody " #hwuld be enurely forsigu o Mins workn, 8% 1t 1 to lior feeiing, After thune ahortcomings have boen noted it muins to be waid that, in spite of them. the Fagt Couainy " ato ver: interostlug, Thero Is & wparkhug, piquabt. racy qaality in Miss Alcott’s stylo that readers 1b most attractivo and goen far to bliad ouo to auy fauits of hera. ‘Thete are many germsof thougut, too, scattered slong through thio stury thiat will tako ront iu o child's inteshigence and be apt to besr good fru., METALLURGY. 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Gonteuts? *Freemuonrys™ #gir Thomsa Mores A lstorical Romanco Bba Catdolic 17 * Are You Aly Wile?" {ostry)s A Prect u fow the Greek™ (poeisy)s B na e Reuletians of B by ™ 4 Daration ++au Tuckleot of the R-1yn of T . toe of Komei" “Boag™ (posisy) tan,” lon,” Is Zahylus® 1o Blackmer & Lyon Publishing Company, Dutter's American Month'y f ter &t Co., Philla: m”.';fl\’,’ o Dibar (ol B Pok Puonetts Svrarne for G jaretts Snaacing for Guober (Amettcan Phosstie LT FAMILIAR TALK. THE V/LE OF C. Thero in & tradition. that tue. Tovely Vale of Carhmo:e was the homo of Adam snd Eve bofore their oyos wero opened to know good and evil and they clothed themselves with apruns mado of fizleaves, Tho traveler who comes uponit throngh soy of tho narros, diffcult mountain passes leading Irom the nakod steppes of Thibst ou the norib, or tho bot, sandy plsina of Hindostan on the south, ray well boliove he has entered into sn earthly Paradise. Toe eqsorald valloy lica encircled by a colossal chain. of the Iims.ayas, the Jofticst of whuse tower- Ing peak sre crowned.witl perpooal smow, This mouontain girdle pro “ta the valley from the flarco blasts of tho fg, 08 that sweep across the peninguls of . 45,74 ing their tury ouly aa they break agait. ““%y,*/ " -able walls of the Himatays. Ttatsown. 7, T~ fram the contiiuous raing that ou fp, conutries to the souch during tho wot sease. 7/, Bituat2d ut au elevation of trom 5,500 to 6,0v toot abova the aes, this land-locked valley, thougl in a tropical latitude, enjoys a tamperate climnie, During four months of winter the #now covera the ground to o dopth of two feet, aud steady frost provails from November to March. 1o summor the temperaturo does not 180 ahove 65 dogiees, you is often excoedingly opprestavo from tho dead calm of the atmos- pbere. Fhe plain is abundautly waterod, tha River Jhelam traversing it 1 & nortawosterly courso, sud a network of small mountatn stresma and of srtiticial canats afocding plentiful imgs- tion, BSeatterod heie snd thero are frequent Iukes of crymial cearness, Louuded wuh pos turesquo sbores of minglod lovel aud olovated Iaud ciothed w.th rick foliage. ‘Iue Vole of Caahmere proper ia about 60 miles loug aud 40 milew wida; but ot of this there flow innumerable smatler valloya of eqasl beauty aud fertslity. Tho soil is aluvial, and, suppiie] sith smula moisturo, Bustains & mont Iusnr,snt vegetation, Under cuitivat.ou it yiolds barvedts of fram thirly to wxty fold. The prin. cipal crop is rice, whicl ecarcely ever faus, and 1s tho chief article of food among tho Cash- 5 meres ; bot tho cereals are also 1aised to soma d cotton. Nowbhera i comuou to the tem- parate zono produced in gresier abuudance or oxcelloee. Oichards of the apple, poar, pinm, spricot, chorry, and walnut surzouod all the villagen, often fornung a considerabie forest. On the curious tloating tslavds which stud tha lalios, wolons, cucumbors, aud viuos are grown w0 great quautities and of dalicious tavor. ‘I beana and rots of the lotua, which thrives in the Iarex and still waters, aro much used by tho pouple as food; but a &iill moro vaiuaole aliment 13 found in the borued water-uut (7rapa hispinora). ‘the reeds of this plant—pamed from theit curious boroed covering—ars ground into fluar, from which bresd 18 made, From the Wuler Luke ulune G0.000 tons of thoso nuta sra annually taken,—nu smount sulliciont 10 furaiwh 13,00 peceous witn food for an ontire year, The benns of the lotus ars boilad snd eaten with coudiments, Besden toese valuablo food-plants, tho watcrs of Cashinerv yield no immense quan- tity of fish of vartous cdiblo species. 'be fand s wooded with native trocs of fin- mense mze and ¢piendid folisge, The deodar or timalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara) sttains o neight ot times of 150 feot, with a trunk 30 feel or moie i wircamterouco, 'Tho wood of thix tree, which is sacred to tuo Hindoos, 18 almosl smperiehable. With i4 amplo head und sproad- ing Lrsuehes lodeu with buge cones, it forwie u mugmicent orpament forthu plain. Along with tie deodnr flowish the chunar or wycamore, skich ulro devolops maguuicent proportiou the trin, comely horse-chestuut ; the prace! chn, Whos: hiaht, nwanng ignre {8 unsn passe in Ezauty among the vaiyig tvon of trees s the eopieiz willuw : the wbagwly waplo : uod the lovely white thovn. Long las of statoly pops luro border cultiated inuos, while the green cu Pt of ihe meadows 18 cmbroiderad st lawee, und all ilo wir is perfamod w.th tho swoet broaths of tones. Thengh thero 19 much waste land in the valies, Nature 2y adoroed 16 with such lush aud br.liant vegetation that the whole 18 ke ono grow garden gglov with lowers, aud fruits, and rich ol vendura, A receut twvelor, pletaring ite lovelinese, waya Tau grest eatreling walls of SocX und enow contraet grandy with the sfl beauty of the moene boneath. g ehona hava a wouderlul ctic:tan we lock uv to rough the lesty Drenelies of the fmnicuve il popler ttees, Towy fluwb ylornunly ut suultiglit above tne pink inle of the Vafleg-palny tucy buv: & rosy gow fn the even- Jax sndidut: and wien the snlgbt Las deparis th Ut (v datkuevs sbrouds them, they gleam afur ot wibia cwid sud specticl igat, s i€ they belonged to.2 rogion whetu in.u buver trol, Tao deep bhack acn 0 the mouBtane Live a mystetious loos. Toa 12 D 40k BOSIL T ETABAY FAVIDG OF reRD slops, plays wptintared ro-ka rining in tue wido 4t eoufartoa, Ofien long lines of white cloads lin alang tue 1o of Mo t-iu-aiamits, while ut other thiles every peak wud precipice-wall {s disancie Iy warked ogeinet oo deep-blue uxy. Tho valley-ylin i+ especlally striliuy fu clear moringa and evenings, whew s i pastly §a, golden sunlight, yardly tn | Fiadows of {ts great hiite, Srenigar, the Capital of Cashmere, s built upon & bioad, placid wweop of tho Jaelam, and 13 lotereccied with & number of cauuls, The Louses for the most part stand on the brink of those strosws, aud pictiresquo views as qnaiok and beautitul aa anv in Vonico may be had froum cither of the five oiliges crossing tue Jhelam, and fiom varions pouts ou tuo caba's. Tha British Homasucy sud the bougalons vocupied by Luropean visitors oro situated on the right bang of tho piver above ths ciiy, commanling 8 wido 1cach of charmiog keaners. Irtamabad, tuo sscond town i tho praving, is seated at tue heaq of navigation ou tho Jhelsm, and is cietaub {rum Brenigsr (w0 dais’ journsy by boat, It has avoue 1,500 huuses, bu the oumber of 1t8 popu- Ixtion, veyoud Ui, 18 Dot estunatod, Tnlamabad 14 one of the contres of the msnu- facture of eaffron, 'tlus product, 6X:0asivel uaed a8 & coluting material, custi 8 of tiio driv stiginns of tho Crocus saicus, 'Tue pant, differ- itng f10m the otuer Hpecios of crocus which blva- +01n 11 the early Bpring, s up its violet-pur- ple bolls ju tuo sutumn, Fho. long, drovpg ptigma, jrorruded far beyoud the rlui ot sho swer, i the unty part of the plant of value, lho corma ure pianted in tho begianing of saw. wier, sod iho blussoms are patbered ju Octover, ‘1o erop is 8 exhiaustive io the 80i1 thay, after 8 fo yoars of beasing. it18ullowed (o lie fallow, NOIOLID04 ToF eizLt Years, i order 1o restore ity forudiy, An ucre plauted o gadson yieldy twenty-tivo poauda sfer the tirel yoar, sud an ounco brings about 75 centa when voady for market, Auout 20,000 pouuds are aunualiy pio- auced a the vallay. A charaiug excurelon from Srenigar takesone 0 the Dulu City Lake, & bodv of Waler O uilea Joug aud balf an wide, sussounded o one side by & belt ot noble trecs sud ou tue other by lofiy mountsivs. The trip 14 made by voatoi the Hivor Juelsm wud through the Apple-treo Cunal, a Loautifut chaunol, wWhiJso cloar waters are cov- eed with galy-paiuted water-fowt, aud whose lotuu-fringed bauks sie hoed with irées of mag- uiticout satufe. Oue entire sido 11 skirted wii suoimous blsucs (Planus Urientais), which unrror LT vasL masdey of rich fuliage i the glasay water, ‘I e most famons whoets of water in Cashmors ata tho Msuasbal and Wulur Lakes. Thu firet, conuected with the Joolum by s canal about & mile long, 18 scatcely wore thn 3 uiles in longth by | o widih, Piourosque wouutaius Low it ob poutly every sids, at ous powt risiug Lo » Leiglt of 11,000 feet, aud st others diochising suowy peals In the distanco. Io the burutshe. fave of 1ts waterd the clunds aud the suuzes sto reflosted with exquisitsuess olearoess. Tho Wular 1e the largent lake 1 the valloy, inessur- tug 13 milea in lepgth aud 10 av the poins of groatent widils. Loity mountaias rise from the northesn and eaateru border, yet there ta room ou 3tu shores for pumberiess small vidsxes whioh nosths close to its _waters. Ttare is reason ta supposa that tue Vallay of Cashiuaere way o=cy ES

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