Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1876, Page 10

0 - RELIGION AND SCIENCE. :‘Wlmt Is Religion, and What Is . Seclonco ? “Tie Theory of tho Evoluiion and Dis- solution of Worlds. \Qucs(lons n Regard to Ponderablo Ether, and Radiation and Loss of Meat by Suns and Plavefs, A Oatrospondent Who s Sorry Ho fald o Word, and Won't Do 8o Any Moro. WHAT 18 RELIGION P-WHAT IS SCIENCE P v the Edifor of The Chieago Tribiine: &1, Louis, Jan, 30.—It s Indispensablo, in the mansgement of any cootroversy, that thoro bo somo sort of undotstanding a8 to tho mesning «of torms. I am juducod to muke this romark becausn of tho vague nnd loose way in which your eciontists, who have coudesconded to pay thieir respocts to mo, employ the word Sclenoe, o8 woll 28 various othor terms found in thoir commuuvications Mr, Hoffman says to me, for cxsmplo, I should think you would bo couvinced by thia brief explanntion that tho enrth was onco in & molted state.” Now, Mr. Hoffman knows very wall, It bio iy what hio pretenda o be, that there aro just thros oplnions ontortained on this quos- tion: 1. That the earth ts a solid globe,—solld to tho very centce; 2, That it is a hollow splicro,—tlat thero i3 nothing ot the centro; and. 3, That tho interior of tho oarth is oo ignoous, molten mass of matter. Theso are all moro opinfons,—conjectures. That {8 all that is claimed for themn, They don't en- ter the domaiu of eciouco. As to tho fgneous thoory, tho best-known aclontists bave rojected Jt. Bir Charles Lyoll esid: **Tho thoory (hat tho oarth was ot first [n o stato of fluidity, and rod-hat; and that ever sinco it lin3 boen cool- ing down, contracting its dimonslons, and ac- quiring o solid crust, is an arbltrary hypotbouls zod & vaguo conjocturo.” As a profound and indofatizablo cxplorer into the myuteries of Naturo, 8ir Charles Lyetl has had no superior, ond fow aquals in that fiold, I As to what 3r. loffmau says abont voleanoes, I don't think itls worthy of a passing notice. 1hs iden {s simply absurd, But when ha spoaks of tho Bacred Book of Christlane, and calls it, as ho does in two justances tho Koran, ho betrays o degree of igno- yance on roligions quastions that Is denlorn- Llv, us every sohool-child mnst know thut the fioran i8 the #acred book of Mohammedans, nud not of Christinns. Wo call our Sacrod Book—I will stato for your inforination, Mr. Hoffman— the Bible; aud [ carnestly recommend yoit 1o read and oxamino it thoroughly, The basls of svidenco on which the truth of that wondorful book is eatahliched is such 4 to forcaconviction w0 overy minid who looks at it. Lut, of conise, It you shut yonr eves aud refuce to ook atb it, Fou caunot expect to bo convinced, 1t does not como {n mny way now o notice ~hat you say abaut tho spoctrum visws of tho un, ete. All that I8 irrolovant matter, uot per- sloent to any quostion in dispute Lictweon us. But when you rtate, as you do mpcncdxr. that the sun win o * plowing-gascous state,” you st efther thiek that tho roaders of Tur TRin- UXE aro 80 |gnorant that they don't koow what gas s or yon dou't koow yoursolf what it i, Why, Prot. I'roctor "himeoll nover asgerted that tho sun {8 now in a glowing- gasoous stato. What ho bolieves, nnd whiat bo nasorts, ta that the sun was onco in n glowing- bot aud goecous stato; bnt that ho hns boon coaling an contracting for milliona of yoars, till mow Lo s in o stato of ignoous Nuidity. And he bellaves tho rame in regard to our earths that it waa ouco 0s the sun now is, o liquid, melted body of firo; and that, still further back,—about 820,000,000 yoars,—it was struggliog with its sac of gas. I'rof. I'roctor nover snid, I don't suppors, that tho sun, or tho moon, or tho planots, or tho stars, oro 70w in 8 guseous state. Ilo thinks thoy wore once,—chiliads of ceuturies ngo ; ho jthinks so, —1t iy lis opinion,—but be don't kvow. And you, Mr, Hoffman, you call this Bclonce, don't you ? Suppose you tako down your dictionary, nzd look for tho deflnition of the word gas, © That tho enu la stitl in o glowiog-gascons #tate,"” you Bay. Aud nov, Alr. Editor, I must submit to you swhother the problers which L prepounded as a pange-toat had roforence Lo any other quostion in a'hilosophy or Selenca oxcepe the no-calied Nebular IIypothcsis. ‘Theeo gentlomen, or scientists, hiave ovaded—ontiroly cvaded—that ucstion, They have roasoned—or, rather, 1 should ssy, thoy have wanted—in & manner to convey the impression to my wind that thoy don't kuow even what is commonly under- stoed by the Nobolar Hypothesis. And under thia imyresulon, sud for their oditication, I will close this article with s bricf atatomout of tho Nobular doctuine rs 1t Las como down Lo tho ‘renont generation from the Freuch Astronower, Lanlaco, but whoso laurels Lrof. Proctor is about to anatch away from bim, by mventiog a theory of Lis own, aud eubstitnting it for that of Laplaca. Well, thoro is a trito nnd opt say- i, Let overy dog have bis day.” “Tho Nebular Hypothesis was ingrafted on the old heatben philosophy taught by Epicurus, Lus cretiug, and othors whowera tho Athoiste of thoir day, and who considered all rellgion and all wor- rhiup an mere superstition, Theytauuht that mag- ter s eternal ; und thut, oriziuaily, it was titfusold throughont space, in atoms intiniteximally swall, It wus tho Kame thoory as the Nebular iypotho- sls, only it lacked ths lieat. 'T'lioso old philoso- phers siever thonght of the noceasity of baving their ators in o Lorning-hot coudition, Aud ko tha nobulw, or the infiniteeimul atoms fAlling ail wpzce, flosted ou down through a lap-o of 4,000 yeurs beforo they Loeame hot. Then Lapinco iras born ; aud ho concoived tho ldea,—nnd what a concoption, Juat thivk of it{—Lrof, Tyndall thiuks it was brilliant and grand—ho conseived tho tdea (hat tho alums of matter exiating lhmu;f\mut space from all etornity ought tobein a beated condition, And, ovor since thon, all that mattor has beon 1 a glowing-liot nnd gaseous Btato. Thisiatho Nobular Hypotlievia, Aud this was tho way 1t came fnto existenco, It was o conovplion, But what I would bave ex- tained is, if the atoms were originullv Lot, awl hot from o by-gone eternity, why, aud how, and when, they bestan to grow cool. "Mr, iloraco L. Arnold pave lite opinion that, as soon a4 tho mattor of the earth went into tho Lut-gaseoun Mato, tho same fustant it begando cool, If that whs 60, it ultrpanses uny miracio 1 over hoard of. 1t ias already beao cooltug many thousand mill- fons of years, according to Prof, Proctor, and fs not yet cool. That must have been an infinito bent, and Mr. Proctor ought to add it to the number of his infinities, ~ And vet it took only =1 iustant to o into thut infinite heat! T sln- corely trust thot when our reiontists sgain tako yen in hand, tb i moot the quostion fairly, and without ovasion, as nuthing is to be gamed by parrsiug the tiuth, \We wroug our own souls thoroby. 5, A. Hopamax, EVOLUTION AND DISSOLUTION--PONDERA: BLE ETHER, AND RADIATION AND LOSS 0 the Edi‘or of The Chicare Tribune : SavT Lasz, Utah, Jau, 19,—1 Lava vead tho Hodgman discuzaion In your prper, and it scoms to me that tlodgman faits to'grasp tha theory of the ovolution aud dissolution of worlda in foll, whila bis critica d> not supply the doficionoy, Qf rourse, §peucer and Fiske, and the reat, when oy c:mu Lo spply the theory of ovolutiou to o worlds snd suns of tha Cosmoy, do not pre- sont the rosult 88 tho frait of scicntific rescarch, but only ud specutation, The speculation pro- pozea that, when tho earth, for examplo, shall tave exbaustod s Lfe-wupporting power, it ail), at tho vawo time, gradually bave lost ita motion ; {ts orbit will bave beon reduced until it will bo revolving slowly all but in contact with tho sun. Tinally 16will £all Into or callldo with ghat orb ; audihe hieat goncratod by thio impact, Prof. Tyndall eags, will Le cqual to that which would Lo produced by the combnation of 4,000 twasscs of pure carbon tho #iza of the earth, which would certainly be suflicient 4o resolve the earth agaia, into tho gaecous stute. Now, imsgino thiy proc- ecs to go on until ull the plauets, and satellites, . and comets of tho golar wystom ehall havo boen rounited with the sun, They would not appre- ciably sdd 10 tho Luat of the sun; and ad, ao- sording to tho theory, the ¢un s also graduatly sondensing aud cooling, itis supposed that Lo will bave & Lfe-supportivg cra of his own, al- though Prof. Procior fails to wupply s sun to form for bim the same life-giving and sua- ‘mlng fonctions that bo folflls “{qrnl o n:‘!‘l:. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JANUARY 29, 1870 Bat, pasaing that over, the sun, in Lis turn, will die, and 100 his motion from radintion of heat, whon ho will collido sud coalence with his contrs, around which ko now complotes n_rovolution in 18,200,000 yoars. In tho samo way, all the suns of the galaxy will have [nlfllod their ovolution- ary courso, and conaoentrated at tho comman centre of tho galazy, Whother all the gaiaxios will, In_liko manner, conceutrata into ono, or whethier tho difforent galaxios aro Indepondent and complots in themaelves Proctor and tho others docline to oven ulwmxhlo. It is onough for tho thoory to perfoct it aa rogards one,—our galaxy. Wel, thon, the concentration 1n not supposod to ba effectad without snficient diu- turbanco in he presont equilibrium to prodnco collisions, and, togothor with tho genernl con- centration, heat enongh taresolye tho eotiromass into tho gaseous condition, nud expand it again juto the 1mmense apaco filled by tho sucs and worlds of tho said gatexy. Thomoment this proo- csa {8 orriod 1o the ntmost point, dirsolaution will have boon comploted ; condensation and ag- grogation into suns, and then into habiiablo worlde, will again begin 1 and thio recurronco of thesa puccessive oraa of evolution and dissolu- tton fills ctornity, ~—it never bogeu and will nover end. My difficuity is not 1odgman's, and wifl doubt- leen bo congidercd rank hereay by all ecientitio pooplo ; still, I will utat it, Loping. it tho prov- alont doctrino of physicistatouching 1t Is Loyond «rnestion proved, to draw It out from #omo ouo bottor fuformod than myselt, I navo littlodoubt that tho doctriva of evolution, as applied to tho easth, will finally be eatablishod (o the satixfac- tion of a1l educated persous, Dut, to completo it, 1t must bo oxtondad ta the phonomona of tho Gormos ; it must bo domonutratod to a ronsoua. blo cortainty that the abovo speculation 18 cor- rect. Now, {ho ecntire circlo, when 0 nppliod, rosts fundamantally ou tho troth (if it in & truth, ood this is tho point to Lo ascor- tainod), that wpaco fs permoated with ether, cnusing slight friction upon & body nnumfi througliit; and that hoat is absolutely radiato from sans and woilds into space. 1 kuow it i 8aid to bo proved by tuo alloged rofardation of tho potioda of cortain comota ; but it sotiled bo- yond controversy that thero is such rotardation, o, if thero is, that it isclinrgeable to tho friction coused by tho all-porvading otlior 2 If tho carth was evar iu process of rofrigeration, 12 18 atill 60 und a seosible diminution of tompotaturoe ought to Liavo taien place in 2000 years; but uo such duniuution has been satislactorlly es- tablished, A reduction of {emperature must slso be sccompaniod by a reduction of volutne, and & conseqnent acceloration of tho oarth's rotation on its axis, Dub Laplaco dom- onstratod, from aucient obuorvationson eclipses, that tho mean day has not diminished 1-500 of o wocoud winco Hipparchuw, 2.600 yoara ago. Agaiust this it is urged, that tho friction of tho tido-wavo, tuo to the moon's intluence, has re- tardod the rotary motion of tho carth 1-16 of a second in 2,600 yeara; aud, ss sho eidoreal day {8 vot longer now thau then, tho shrinkage of the carth from the loss of heat, smonnting to 1-14 of n degroe, shortontog the eurth's, dinme- tor about 60 foot, bias accolorated tho carth's ro- tary motion to oxactly that oxteut, nawmely, 1-10 of 8 sooond. ‘Fliis in said to be exact scioucs; bnt does it not seem tlun 2 How atrango it is that thia pe- riod—tho oaly ono subjoct tu our calculations— should bo tho one of all otornity whion tho nc- caforation of the carth's rotary motion from losd of heat, and consequent ehrinkago to bulk, just proctaely equals sud counterbalances the ro- tardation cansed by tho tide-wavel Is it not & littlo suspicious, snd_espocially fortunato for tho provalent theory? Is it uot a slender foun- dation wheteon to baild so migbity u supersiruo- ture? 1 will ask somo fow othor questions in this connection, at tho rink'of boing considered an iguoramus, Croll says that absoluto zero is 493 dogreca Velow the molting point of foa: thin ho ways s 222 dogroes Lolow that of spaco; but, from conmidcrations which ue argos, Lo vontures to assumo that Lho tempers- taro of space i3 not vory much above sbaoliio zora,—in round numbers, 630 deg, bolow fresz- ing point. Nov, how does tho hoat of sua, moon, and atars, travel through almost intiuita distanco 80 altaowt Influitely cold? In my iden, it is just 28 Lard to conoetvo hent passiog through the in- tlnitely large and cold ocesn of spave, witlout being lost, ay it ia to linagine a bot body pracipi- tatod throngh that cold, itlimitablo ocean with- out radiating nud losing its beat. In_ other words, it seoms to mo ss simploto disputo tho ouo proposition as the othor. DBut, if wo assume that heat 18 insoparable from mattor, and that space is void of matter, wo have tho Beat of all worlds, howover acquired, retatned by them, although fu differcut forms at differont times, For example, tho Leat which once may have fused tho carth may have sinco been en- ‘guged in ita phyaical evolntion, in the growth of coutinents, tho elovation of monntains, tho pro- duction and support of myriad forms of organic lifo ; 1 short, it may bavo boen trausformed {roin octivo into latont Lieat, 6o to sposk. 1f not, if it bing absolately bocu radiated into space, aud lost,—and 60 in "tho caso of nll other cosmic bodies, including suns,—whoro is tbe hoat to come froiu to rosolve two of our suppoved doad und congenled worlds futo tho gascous stato, mpon sheir colliglon or conlesconce ? Tho heut must atill bo tu them, in a latent form, or it conldu’t bo evolvod upon Impact to resvive them Into nebulie. But i% will be urged that wo fool the Licat of tho sun; that all life is depond- out on it. Wo foel the iutiuonco of the vun; but does it follow that tho sun’s heat absolutely traverses tho cold rpaco botween tho sun and tho earth? Blay not our beat, our light, our magnotism, ete., bo the result of tho forcesof the sun, the ngitution of ity molecules, scting, spnco beiug void, on tho earth's moleeulos &nd forees, proziely o4 if the two Lodics wure in contuct ;’ And 1s it not quito possiblo that, out- #ida of tho atmosphores of bodies lixo tho earth, thioso influsnoes aro not shod aud folt atall ; in other wordy, that tho san {8 not radinting iuto epaso 23,000,000 timos the hoat apparently recolved from bim by tho varth,—is not, indced, radiating heat ot'all? Why, imagine tho earth traversing space per- moited with a ponderabloothor 500 dogrees colder than tho freozing puint, at the rate of 1,000 miles in an hour,—counting only ono of ity movoments,—tlat around the sun,—in it possi- blo that its atmosphoro would not bo trailod oft at once, sud lost, sud tho earth’s sarface bo na- kedly exposed to tho aimont inconceivable cold of apaco? 'This othor, romomber, 19 suficlently pondorablo to rotard the comets =nd longthon their poriods; uléo, to retard the matellites, planats, and wans; ond on tho strength of {hid i basod the juea that the coleatial machisery iy wlowly runving down., Tho ovarth and other bodivy aro wh tiying through it at inconccivablo spoud, losing their heat, but not thoir mattor ! How can they lose ons, and not tho other? How ean thoy fail to loss both, ontho supposition that tho ‘othar of space iy pondorable, and capa~ ble lni‘ producivg trickion,—iy unything, in o word A Now, I Lnow'that all the prevalent conoln- sions of physcists rogarding light, heat, mage vetism, sud all secondary forces, aro based upon, and § don't know but mathematically proved to dopeud upon, the existonce of a ponderable sther m wpace, throughout space, But tho conclue siona of cionce aro constantly changing with ncieaning study; sud what I wantto know is, whother the provalent theory touching the esistenco of a pouderable other in spmce, touch- ing tho nbuolute radintion aud loss of Lioat by sus nud worlly, ia so thoroughly demonstrated t bo true as that there (8 no possibitity of s mis- tako. And I hopo somn one who knowa will read this, and enhighien mo through your paper. Elso tnera waiid bu httlo, it any, usa_in poblishing thia. 0. J. HoLLisTer. SORIY | SAID A WORD, AND WON'T DO SO ANY MORE, Tu the Editor of T'he Claeagn T'ribnnes Geaxp Harios, Mich,, Jau. 25,—As a falthfal studont of Inepired Script, I am of course aware that them is a timo for all things, and that the most mirth-provoking exhibition of uuconscious slupidity at lagt fails to amuso, and, consequent. ly, even Hodgmoan may—nay, must—somo timo become atalo, ilat, and unprofitablo. B8till, in tho faca and oyes of all tho promptings of botter souse, I do Leroby oxpress my dosiro to speak onco moro, brietly and for the last tume, through yonr colwnvy, to that cheerful old {nnocont from Hi. Louls, who porsessos so formidable a caticle as to be wholly unconacious of hornet- atiugs, who knowa tho beginning sud tho end of all things, and nat only mashes tho Nobular bus- fuoss, but creates m now languago of “{nfatu- ous ™ * selt-stultification,” as hio prowlsaloug Lis gory path of doad dostruction, Hodgman, whoover sald that things wera * g:crunlly oebulous,” or that thoy wero **nstug- allycold " or bot, or suything olse, from tho * begiouing"? Cortalnly no ove who canslders tho Nobular Eypothicals o plausiblo guesa at tho past hivtory of creation, If mattor s eterual,— ond thero s cortainly not ehadow of evidenco that it s not.—it Las probably beon gascous in fosm, aud solid iu form, myriadd of ditaes, —cuch chaugo from hut to cwld boing very gradual, com- puratively nd exch clisngo from cald (o liok ving very rapid, comparativoly. ‘To fllustrate s this “world of ours iy now,comparatively cool 3 Lt 15 o Huw o bottor ciares ao e wotsly, tlames, ete. ; lot us grant that 1t iy cool § uow, supposo Kule lry, uutamed comet 40 cowo bouncing along, and ekip this world inta the sun ; whay do you suppose would me of it, sud the “fclky in {47 Tl tell you. L 4his world would wpcedily assume s gasoous form, and eonstitnte, for s vory shord tinie, ona of thosa heautiful rose-colorad protubaranaas on the sun's surface, & fow' hundrods of thou- rands of miles in oxtent; aad, a4 for two of tho lman raco, [ (pardon the precedence) would oxporienoce, for a brief poriod, nll thoas ngonios fncident bo an exaitad tomporaturs which Ortho- dox folk ara slways 8o goneroualy bestowing unon thele Unorthodox followss and yoit 1lodamsn, wonld instantly bocome a triod-b; charub, and sit up nloft, wooping and wai ) and gnashing vour ocleatial teath, at thiw cun- vincing proof that the workl night got hot nir- fully quick. Aud, as {on sat up thers, Ilodi- man, known to all of Leavon sd tho Hi. Louis Chornb who didn't hellovo (o world wae ever VA ufl?d' you srould notice, aftar a oy mitlion years, that tho aun had grown less Lot —had, fact, Loen coolivg all the timoj and you would bogin Lo soe how it was youraell, Long tima from now, ikn't it, Modgman? Dut T don't bellove yon will evor tuderstand it, or boliove it, nntil'yon seo it ; sod experionce fu tho furma- tion of sworkis wust evor, porimit me to remdrk, ba A compnratively pluwy neuirition, Now, Hodian, let’s be retioud » momant at parting. Idou't know whal granito is com- pored of ; noboly does, Ttamembor wa don't sny of us know mocl, and thst 1t {s very bard to prove ansthing about tha world, or what it hn bren, or what it will bo,—or oven that it ex- Iats at oll, f you como to that. 1 doa't protenl to renlly know so very mach, hut Twitl say one thing s I never id tako nn unfair advantags ot any antsgonist, and I ahall alwams feel asaf it wasn't right iu you to make up thoso big words that lcan't find In any dictionary, aud (linz them at ma ; 1t waen't tho fair thing todv, flodg- man, and thero won't auybody thiank anymore of youor it lonace L. ArxoLp, A QUERY. To the Liltor of The Chicagn Fribune: Cnicaoo, Jan, 22.—Ihe controversy betwoon tha sclontista rolatlva to oertaln theorlos ad- vanced by Prol, Proctor, gave riso to the doubt which prompts this inquiry. It may bo ao ex- trose nbaurdity to any ono other than myzelf, and I trust vou will enlighten iy Ignoranca, 'Tho fnubility of water to resist tho nation of hoat 1a known to the moat obtuso: it will va- porize. Thongh gatlons of wator may bo thrown ovor tho coale, not & drop remains in tho coke, Now, upon‘the hypothiesis that this planct wan onginally at a **rod-hot glow,"” aud so continued for an indetinito number of milllon years, inunt it not neceeeaziiy, sftor tho cooling process had afier a manuor culminated, heon without water ? THow tu it, theu, that ro latgo & proportion of this ** dems dampness” licke up tho carth ? Way it by gome such process na our myxho!a?cnl deluge of forty days and forty nights 7 If thoro is folly in this assumption, my Inck of knowlodgo in such mattera tust bo my plon. L.A B THE SUEZ CANAL. Dexperato [lostility of Great Oritnin 10 the Grost Worke Springjleld Kepubtican, Tho roceut lnvestment of Euglend in tho Baez Canal ia a carious sequol to the blind vohomenco with which the nation—Govornmont, press, and individust infjucnco nitke—fonght ngatnst tho work from tho very outset. It is iatoresting, whilo this ncquisition is yot fresh in onr thought, to recall that early history, and roviaw tho per- severing_contest which tho founder wared against Dritish projudico nud stupidity, Vis- count Lesseps, uow 1 his T1at year, o #till a Dandsomo mau, finely presorved {u face and fig- e, slight, ercct and and notive, his thick, gray baic contrasting well with his frosh coploxion, with olear, bright oye, n winning smils, molodi~ ona voico, rapid motious, nad anhngtod but gontlo manucr. \Vhen A young man, attachod to (bo Irench Cousulate st Aloxandria, Lo DLecamo iutimate with Baid Pacha, younger son of Moehomot Al atterward Khedivo of Egypt. At alater poriod, liappening to bo qunrantined at Aloxaudris, the Tronch Couptl callod ou him and lond him the great work of tho F'rouch expedition in Erypt of 1704 to whilo away ths todious delay, 1o way ospeciatly fntorested in the paper of Napoloon's eugineer, Lo Pere, ou the junction of the two reas, 5o be took tu the groat idoa of Lia life. In it prosccuston, ho was much fnspired by hia nequaiance with Licat. Vrnghorn, of tho Dritish vavy, who fonght the national stupidity til hio died in Ius tracks, on tho very lino of a quicker mail commanication with India by way of tho Ited Boa. Having devoted sovon years and his whole fortuno to thia idon, Waghora, continually repulsed by the British autborities, lost his healtl, diod, and loft his family impovoriskiod. Lessops had o poweriul advautage in Lis old- timo friondubip with Haid I'achw, who, whoa ho banishied himsolf from Bgvpt, throuzh fenr of tho political jealousy of tho roigniug Viceroy, wonsto Paria snd renowed his futimasy with Lensops as & {amily gucet, Whon Bawd Iacha way sammoned to tho throns of Egypt, he in- vited Lossops to voluru tho visit aa o Hoyal guost. By tuis timo, haviug matarod e plan for the eaual, Lo sabmittod itto tho Khodlve, who re- solvod to oxocuto . Ilero bogau tha_doter- mived and persistont opposition of tho Euglish Govornment sod press, thoroughly narrow snd soltish, woved by & joalousy of tho commeroiat advantuges which Fronch ports, aud osposially tione ou tuo Moditerranean, would gain as noarer warkuts for Asiatic wates, Thoy rateod all mau- ner of objections aud intorforunces, and were unsparing of ridicule. Lord Palmerston was particularly bittor, nnd loft no tricks of diplo- macy unused to defeat tho project. Io got tho groat engineer, Htephenson, to doom it and frighton capitalisty away from it a8 n ** great, minking ditet, if ovor ciit.” ‘The wholo English press followed suit. 'Pho ¥dinburg flevivw or- soalarly prociaimed the whola thing a chiwoers. Navigation snd suchorago along thue Polusian const, {t declared, will bo impossibles tho drift of tho Nife #ands will continanily fil np any at- tomptad harbor; slleuch thiugs as molos or raakwaters will be swallowed up by quickeands: tho inoquality of lovol botweon tho two seas will provent—or, if_not, the cquality of lovel will; tho great intermediato Bitter lakes will bo tllle up with sait; tho navigation of the Iled Bea, shonld tho impossibillsy of tho canal be per- formed, will bo too duugerous—and so forth, Dtut Lessops went qulotly and steadily o, vis- itod Logland, formed an interuational commin- elon of distinguishod naval and elvil cnginovry of Englnnd, Frauco, Holland, Austra, Sualn, and the Sardinian_ Gtates. They went to Egypt, and wero roceivod by tio Khedive witt cordial and princely bospitalitics. After thorough survoys, they roported favorably. And yot Yugheh ma- neuvering and_interforing would lave dofoated tho canal, but for tho indomitable encrgy, steady }mruevanuu. aud skiliful diplomacy of Losscpy, {0 proved more tLan a match for Palinorston. 1u 1859, he formed tho ** Universsl Canal Com- pany,” with o _capital stock of &40, 030,009, ulf taken in loas than twomonthi. Tho British Cov- ormment renewod theic opposition, sod o philan- turopio howl went out frota Exoter Hall tthe horrors of tho slavo-trade wore belug rovived in Egypt. Lori Stratford, at Coustantinoplo. backed Ly his Government, demanded of tho Bultan to stop bis forced Iabor of the fellabm that Leosseps was employing, forgetting thoir own dowand (or this kawo forced labor of sowo 10,000 follahs to Lelp build their Catra & Buoz Itailrond. Tho Hultan dared Lot disoboy Lord Paimerston, aud Bakd P'achn darod not disobey the Suitan when tho porsmptory ordor camo from the Bublme lorts $o stop tho work ond dismiss tho fellahe. He did all ho aared, however, and summauied o oouacil of the Cousul-Uouotals of other Powers toseoif they wonld suetaln bimin rosistivg, None of them wonld encoursge Lim with any- thing mora than moral support, Ho appoaled st Inst to our American Uonunl: * Yoar (Govern- ment s not afraid of Englaud. Would thoy sup- portme? " * No, your Ilighness, our country is a great way off, ‘and wo caunot intorfors.'" “Well, then," sighed 8aid Pacha, * what can [ do? Yoor Lesseps wmustygo to the wall. But ‘tiam great shamo Egypt is n littlo place, and [ aw a little mouarch.” £ 8o, just then, Palmerston wns succosaful, Les. Bcpd www his 20,000 follatis fold up thelr touts ke this Arabu and leavo only thelr tools boy bind,—aud tho London T¥mea chuckled ovor it. “I'ien he sumoned X urupean laborors, and, not to rely o much on hand-lubor, summoned’ also tho Luut inventivo mechanical skill tn Europe. 'I'no work argavized snd begun anvw, FEugland's evil genius again Intorfored, and another firman came from the Bultan denying tho right of the Kbedivoto cedo the lands through which the canal wad surveyed. Thia obstacl seemed fatal, and the London Traes faitly hurrabed, "f'ho Safurduy Review deciared **tho actiun _of the Sublime Porte will bo the sure rnin of M, Lea- seps and his project. Eoglsud muy now coass Llior dinquict 88 to tho jesne of an’suterpriso in which eho has boou foo prudent o invost any- thing” Tho Sandard lsmcnted *:the poor stockholilers in Franco, Egypt, and Turkey aro rulued. T'his affair, on which thoy havo sct iheir Liewrts, will be as barron of protity aa tho‘Chamoy tunuel.” And all tho little dogy, 'Cray, Blancho, aud Sweotheart, barked in umson, 13ut Leesopa wout forward uudisturbod, and although hiy wark was set back somo o yeara, ho faitly ont- matched the Salton, Patmerston, aud all, a3, one day, at n moaning lunt from Ligh quarters, 8ald Yacha subumitted the matterw in eontrovorsy botwoen M. Lesseps and bimsolf as to tho laud titles, ete., tothe Franch Emperor, who bad | beou sufliclently stupg by the arrogant ox- prenslon of Euglish trivmph over whi thelr presa called ** Fronch iutrigue in Egyps.” N~ Poleon ouce fairly oulisted with Lessopu, lsnd was chockinated, and tho work went oa to its’ tival success, INSURANGE GOSSIP, Tho New York Commissionership, and Its Responsibility. Great Prosperity of Eastern Com= panies in (875, Low Rates in New Yorke-Jersoy City Competitfon, Troubles of Life Companies with Thelr Renl Estate Mortgages. Insurance Journalism, Eto.. Speciat Corvespondence of The Chicago Tribune. Nuw Yonk, Jan. 26,~The Hon, O. W. Olap- man, Insurance Commisslonor of this Blato, Lias reaigued. and hla resignation will take offect on tho 1et prox, Ile is a Republican in politics, and an joterosting strugglo 18 in progresa to accuro the position for somo Domocrat who will Lo accoptablo to the Rapublican Sonators, who havo tho power to ro)dct or confirm the Cov- ernor's nomiuation, Tho present deputy In tho oflico is n thoroughly compolent pareon to run tho office, and it in suggested that, as bho Is of tlo sama political faith as the outgolng official, tho Benato will refuse to confirm any Democrat, and thus leavo s Ropublican in tho ofiice, It in » placo of considerable rosponsibility, as tho custodian of the Gavorument funds and other socurittos deposited by tho Enoglish com- paglos in sccordanco with the Jaws of (ho Btate. 1Lo amonut of such do- posits at present §8 somothing lko £2,260,000, and if the Insursuco Comunission woro dishionest the loss to tha companioa would bo o sovero onmo, as itis oxprossly stipulatod thnt tho Btato shiall not be liablo for their safo- keoplog. < MADE MONEY LAST YRAR ‘Tho annual statements af tho various compa- nics—firo and lifo—are boginning to mako thoir appearance, and, notwitbstandlng the wail abont biard timed and eovero losses, tho statoments show Jarger profita than for mauoy yoars past. All tho leading companics galn largely in assots, and they contradict tho assertion 8o ofton made a8 au excuso for charming high rates, that tho companios cannot sfford fo {ssuo policiea for leas. Somo of tho lifo companles show that in spite of she dopression in businose and the hard Llowa whieh lfe-insurance lias recolved by tho fdllores of movoral concerns and tho mwismanagemeut of others, theso companies bavo prospored. Tho old Mutual Lafo of this city actually lssacd over 9,000 new policles last yesr. There is, in fact, & direct contradiction {n the whining of tho companics and their publishod etatoments. Drobably when tho etatemonts aro compiled overy Company puts ite best foot foremost in ordor to lucrenso tho vnluo of its stock, but in woliciting rivks thoy all talk poor to bolstor up tbie high ratos which aro charged evorywhers, oxcepting Now York, whoro LOW RATES PREVAIL. As compared with ono year ago, tie rogular tarifl of ratcs on fire-risks in this city shows a rodue- tiun of 20 por cent, but this is a moro bagatelle compared with tho irregalar reduction mado in tho notusl practico of the compantes, who aimply allow the applicants to make their own rates. Tako tho United Biates bonded warchouses of this city for example. The warehonso Nos, 41 to 4D Vestry streot, oua of the bost in Now York, but mo Lotter (it oqual to it) than tbo Chicago Dock Company’s warehouses, formerly Ppaid 6 cents, Now, tho net rato to the aesured is 8 fraction undor 40 cents, bolng 44, less 10 por cont, 'Tho chioice of ths companies can bo takon on this risk, It is used for storing for- oign dry goods iu original packagos by Stowart, Clatliv, aud other Iargo coucorns. Thoro aro other privata sud public warehouscs of the sxmo clasg which aro chargod about the sams sumouut. LIFE GOMPANIES' TROURLES. ’ ‘The amount of moucy luvested in mortgages upon Now York City vronm{ is imuwouso, A fow itows will sulico to show the onorinvus sam thoa held, 'They wero na follows ono year 8go: Coutlnental,..... United States, ‘I'hese mortgages aro of variond ages, from one to fiye years, but it is safe to cutimute they will avorago threo sears, ‘Thoso who have watchod the motion of real eatate valuea in this vicinity aro awaro that tho deprecistion in prop- erly in threo yosrs is oqual to 50 por cent as no avorage, ‘Tho loans wora generally mado on tho basis of » 50 per cent valuation, though in #omo Iustances & point was strotched on per- sonal grounds to loan Lo tho limit of 60 per cont. What is troubling the companies at tho prosent timo i to roaliza on theso mortgages na they falldue. It (s & matter of publio record that only one out of fivo is pald promptly,—and threo out of five aro foroctodod. Very raroly tho property brings tho smount of incumbrance, and compromines and sacriticos are of dally oconr- rence. Not long ago s Iife company furcclosed lmurlfilxu on suburban property for 40,000, which brought at Euh)lu salo only §12,000, and was bought in by tho Company. LXVERIENCE OF 7HI KNICKEKDOCRRR LIZE, A puic isnow pendiug in Brooklyn whorein the Knickarbockor Lifo-Insurauce CUompany of this city in susing one Rus Nolson on sa tndemnity boud ariging from & ouriouv chaiu of circum- stances. 'L'wo yenrs ago, Nelron's son, George W. Nalson, bought some_proporty of 8. O. Hor- iug, for which ho gnxd 245,000 ~ To ebtain tho monoy, e borrowed of the Knickerbocker Lifo ¥i0,000 on the sawe proporty, sud as part of tho §70,000 recolved avelasds of a mortgage for £10,000 hold by tho Company on somo Ulster proporty,~—that 18, for the ©70,000 he recoived 60,000 in cush and & receipt for 810,000 which tio owed tho Company. ‘I'hen he persuaded Lifs fathor to give an indomnity bond for 810,000 to further scoure the Company, with tho under- standing that if ho paid tho bond the Company wua to assign to Lim the Ulster County mortgago; but os thoy havo rolensed tho mortgago thoy cannot do this, and Nelson rofuses to pay tho bond, Tho curions part of ft tu, that the Com- pany's own suryeyor appraised the Horring prop- §. orty, and roparted it worth §100,000, whoroaa at tho timo of tho appraisal Nelson hiold Herring's agreemunt to soll for 45000, The ways of |- lify compantes aro past finding out, DACK-DOO INSURANCE, i ‘Thero {a an immouse amouat of fire-insurance done v Whilkcily througl sgenta of cowpauley not pormittod to issuo policics in this Hlate, and thorefore aro located Iu Jewoy City, Theso sgonts como to tho cltr evory day, and, by visit- ing tle officed of lead! n[ix) brokers, plek up large lines which it 14 impouaible to placs hore. Tho olfeot is demoralizing In the extreme, for unot only do tlieso Jersoy won take tho slop-bucket riukn, aa they aro callod, but also the good mer- cantilo rieks ut o ebiado loss than tho com- panios ou this side of tho river, This i not such an evil sy formorly, + Rates aro 6o low here that thoro ia little margin for Jorsey Uity or any othor :ux to “*cut " Now York rates, but still 1t {a considerable of a nuisance still, Evory wlnzlny whioch has over beon tarued ont of Now York on account of its impaired capital 1inds » lodgment i Jersey City, F the hoadquartors of every notariously weak come pany in tho lavd. Your sfstor city (8t, Louis) taroishes & couple of companies which cannut eutor Now York, and aro giad to take the aconrs ings of New York through Jersey City, Such s ocolection of woak {usurance companies can ouly be found {u oue other Amorican aiy,—Chicsgo. A NEW BWINDLING DODAE, Boveral irstanced hiave latoly ocenrred wherslu insursnco agents have been tho victima of a shrowd dodgo. It ia knowu nearly every com. pany has travoling iuspectors who vinit agonts from tune to time, superviuing risk, ete, Oftsn theso lulpuubfll are In the habiy of drawiug dralis on . tho homo olficos and gotting agents to cash them. Bomie sbarp scouudrol has availed; himsell of this plan to offuct n uoatawlndlo, (& Lies been triod hoveral timea lately,—tho fast Instanca boing at Winstod, Ooun. Auagent of n New York company ro- colved a Jottor ono day signed by tha Prosideunt of the Company, stating that in s short time Mr, —, Bpecial Agont, would vieit the place to oxamiuo tho Cowpany's risks, Two days sfier Mr, —— pats (n an appearance and c: upon the orent, hauding him » osrd boaring his namo aud title, Then in the courso of |il day tha auent recoived tolegram from the Prosident of. ', Two lovers by & tmoeeg 3, T faces o'er a cradle bent t is, io fact, [ tho Company (fletitions of coursc) sutborizing him to cash & draft for Mr. —, and romit in Tho ngonk sapposod It waa all 1ight, and cashed s dralt for 260, which wau ro- bogus spo- olxl wad far atay, and the agont las to pockoe hifa ncconnt. tarned protosted. Ly this time the thaloss, As this has not boen tried in tha Wost, country sgeuts will do woll to bo on tholr guard. TOW INFLURNCE 13 20LD. Evorythin, buniness in the fnsurance lino 1n thia eity. ary. ence any busiuoss, or bring auy risi tho oflico?” Not lung mince an ageucy fiem boldl advortised for a “clork, and insertod in the ad- vortisoment, ** P'roforence givon to tho npplicant who can control the largest amount of liro in- surance,” It viad puttiog np tho placo at suc- tlon, sod tho roport ia that thero was aonoider- wble compotition for it. Fiually, it waa nwardod to & young man who lins tho reputation of con- trolling, thtough relatlves, & lino of nearl: 81,000,000 of riake, ‘Tho agoney will altmoet enongli out of this nasn to Y&" thoir olerl’s salary, A compauy on Broadway basa vlark in itd offlco whowa ealary 18 in reality paid by his fathor, thangh the young man 18 not awaro of the {t,— meroly to enablo him to learn tho routino of tho businass. INIURANCE JOURNALION. Tuo journals devoted bu iusnrance are lmitat ing thoir dally brothern I:( abusing each othor shamafally. ' Tho principal tornational Firo of Now York, audia_tho oldost {onnul of the'kind in tho cm.mu-{i The socoud o s tho property of tho oodeell 8., formorly of Chicago, ‘Theso two aro natural antagoniata, and borate oacli other roundly in overy issuo. Tho moat belligorent of tho lot i8 tho Insurance Times, cdised by Stophun Englist, Enq. ‘Fis {8 tho samo English who was once incarcerated in the Lualow Beroet Jail for libeling Prosident Wiuston of tho Mutnal Lifo of Now York. Tflu 'be way tho T'ines goos for poor comnpanivs and in- Thoro aro losner lights fu induranco jouraliam, Lut thoy at- is o fast frend nnd n warm Later. compotent mauagers ia dreadful. tract no notico. ALL TIE WAY YROX FEW ZEALAND, ‘Thomaula for goftiug the agenoy of foreign com- paaies was never botter illustrated than in the fact that sovon upplications, backed by lettors aad crodontiala of varlons dogroce of strength, Linve been sent from this city all tho way to Aucklnnd, Now Zoaland, soliciting tho agoncy of a compauy of that city for Now York, ft happona ow Zealand Insurance Qompany has an agonoy in Ban Frauciaco, and partics Lioro, baving sscortained tha fact, argued tha! if tha Company wad willog to take riske In Bao Francisco it sboald bo more than wiulnfi to writo on property that the in Now York, and heuco the applications. But tho Company could notsoo it, anda fow days 0 ono of the partics showed me s lolter from Goorgoe Lo Company's tho manager of (ho Company, P, Doirco, Esq., stating that Diroctors hod cousidored tho matior, sud do- clinod to oxtond tuolr Lusiness thua far. como on with your Sibzrian or Patagonisn com- panios, and rooIf you can [righton » Now York -i(out by naming distance nd an obaiacto to ap- P ying for a company. MISCRLUANCOUS 1TLS, The Groonwich Fira of New York lLas just doclared saother seusi-annual dividond of 25 por cent, and $he number which make 13!¢ and 10 4 balf-yearly dividonds would oxceed baliof, ‘Who saya tho companics baven't made money in tho laat year ? ‘Thero aro rumors that tho Continontal Life of New York is about to join its fortunes with tho Now Jorsoy Mutual. 'tho Now York compenios find Boston tho hardest out to orack in tho list in sustainiug ratcs and provonting irrogular practices on the port of ageuta. A new tlre compan; lod tho * Alllanco” is In process of orgsuization, Tlio asgols of the Arlautio Matual Marine In. aurance Compapy, of this ocity, now excocd 816,000,000, Neao. —— SHEBOYGAN'S MINERAL SPRINGS. T'o the Kditor of The Chicago Tribune : BuesovaaN, Wis, Jan, 91.—Less than two hours' ride along tho Irke-shore, north of Mil- wankoo, Is the beaatsful Httlo City of Bhoboygan. Bho elts on a bluff 75 foot dbove tha lovel of tho water, and jutling out in a point about 10 miles in tho Iako. Her position could hardly be bot- tor. From this cminenca shs looks far ont npon Lako Michigan's wide oxpanse, on one side, and upon ber rich farming country and winding tiver upon tho otbor, nnd hes reason to ba proud. 8ho numbors aboul 8,000 inhabitanty, bas large mauufacturing futerests, and almost unrivalod natural advantagos. 1ithorto aho has boen known and appraciated, capocisily by thoso from abroad, as & suimmor- resort, In Uho firet place, thero are no moaqui- tocs here; ond the months of scarching-hot weather in other places aro simply cool and do- lightful {n this oity. Thon, too, hor elevated po- sition makos tho fact of hor pura and healthful atwospliero apparout to the most casual observe or. DBut, iu Novembor last, not satisfled with her advantages, sho cuvhanced bor at- tractions a bundred-fold by the bor- ing of an nrtesian well, 1,476 foot doop, fn_her City Park. It has mnce Dean disoovered, trom chemical analyals, that its ‘watora contain minorals in solution of remarka- blo atrength, It discharges 240 gallona of water inur minute, at & temporaturo of 58 dogrooy ‘ahrenlioit. A plut of this wator containa solidy to the amountof 82.295; of which thore {s: Sodlum chlorido, $56.956; sodium fodide, .003; sodium bromide, .132; msguesia carbonate, J044; .magnouia euipbate, 11.160; phate, .G93; limo carbonate, .1573 lime sul- phato, 9.518; calenun chloride, 13.663; potus- wium chiorido, 1.238 ; ithla chlorido, .003; nlum. ins, .157; sillen, J09L Nolbing liko thla hi bofore been discovored in tho Wost. A com- parative atatoment showa 1% to bo equal, in many respocts, to tho famona springs of CGormauy and, io others, to ba superlor to the springs of Now York. Qur citizona aro outhuslastia. And do you wonder, wheu tho Contonnial yoar smiled down npon Bhoboygan, that sha had an anewer- ing swllo ? And do you marvel that littlo bopos chmbod into hor lap? We aro oow llko the woman of Biblical story who, when she lad found tho plocs of silvor sho had lost, called in all hor noighbors to rejolce with her. We foel thal wo aro subjecta of ogual cougratulation, Wo have found s treasure that has long beon bid in the earth, and we want our noighbors to come in and rojol¢e with ua. Our hotels aro amplo ond luxurious, our hoarts and homes arc opoen to you, mnd the warmest of welcomos 18 ven now waiting for you at tho dopot. L. 1. M. TWO LOVERS, riug; N cleoks togethar thore, 8 dark s sunny bair, woolug Uirushea ming, 0 budding tma | 0 love's best primot Two wedded from the portal sterts The bells tnade Lappy carolings, fanuing winis, hway wiept. pure-vysd bride! O tender prido | They leancd “ywo liands abovo the Liead were locked ; £ ‘I'iosu pressod oach other whille thoy zocked; § Thoso watchiod & [ife that fove Liad cent. 0 soleinn bour | O Liddou power . Two parents by thie evening-fira: The red lighta fell about their knoes On brads that rose by slow degrocs Like buds upon tha Hly-spire, O patieat lfal O teuder sinful Tho two il sat togethor thoro, 'I'be red lights vhons sbout thelr knees, Bat all the heads n{ slow degrees ‘Had gone sud Ieft that lonely ‘Pr. © voysye fast O bavistied pest ! The rea light ehione upon the floor, ‘Anud tmadu the ¥peca between thom wido; Thcy drew thelr chatrs up aldo by side, ‘Thetr palo choeks jolued, and vald, *Ouca more (™ O memoriesl O past thiat ia1 —George Elist, — Chinese Divcipline. A correspoudent of the Loudon Times, writing from Bhaughal concerning tha lask of disciplina in the Chiueso army, sage s * [ will only moatlon, o conclusian, ono Inol- dent which has just come to my knowledge 1o show how low i4 the staudard and how crade the Idoa of dlscipline:in the Uhiness service. Tiu, Jili-chsng Las lstsly been appointed Imperia Oowmissioner to control the hangbai aad Foo- chow arscosly, aud has recontly .taken up his abode ut ths lattar fort. Vfi’ shortly after his srrival some diffculty o carrying out an ordar of the Cowmissioner's ahout tho embarka« tion of troops and mililary stores for Foru Olineve uoldiors aro always packed like bierrings in & barrel, aud it is sald that i this case & poing wauzeachod whare the last twelvo could sctually not be stowed sway. . Howover that may bo s turnad to acconnt to prnmlam ts cvtopany or sn sgeot has & vacant position to ba filled, {tin not givon to an spplicant who can perform fts dutles accaptably at o small sal- ‘Tlieso aro conditionn of couran, but tho in- dispensable question ls. ‘*Can the En{oinnu- bnai- Journala which aro devoted to Inparanco a3 a spociaily ars the AMonitor sod Speclator, ‘The first of theso is editod_ by O, C. Hino, ox-Secratary of tho In- Now iron sal- castern ruil aud wi some diffienlty of the kind did ocour, and Ting ment for tho Uaptain of tho corvaite, u-nmm;m (Y biows of the bamboo, and dagrade:d him to ttio rauk of a conunon gailor on board the uhip which io had previously commanded, Yet thin I8 & man who Lad really been faitly edueatod for his profossion dn tho naval athcol attached to Fancy tho head of the Woolwlch eatablishmont flogging the Captaln of an Buglish naval tranaport ship for raising some difficuity about the ewnbackation of traops and storen, and you will sppreciate how much re- waine ta be dono and utidoue befuro s respact- him to receivo thoro aud then the Foochow Arscusl Ul class of oflicera can bo crosted in China." AN ENGLISH VIEW OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS, # A DBiack and Yellow Delngo {o Exe tinguish the Whito Iaces o the Edufor of The Chicano Tridune ¢ New Your, Jan., 27.—A reaent mnmbor of Chambera’ Journal tecalla nttention to a fact which bas ofton been noticed, namely : tho pro- posterous viows of Amortean affaira often ndvo- cated by English wrilors. The eoditor of tho nbove-mentioned jonrnal roviews Mr, Hopworth Dixon'a book. It {a & well-written and Ingonioun work, the object of which is to convince tho world ot large, and Euvglaud In particular, thal Ametieans ara to bodizplaced Ly healthy foreign- Tho editor in question propounds tahia fellow-gountiymon the ers, negroes, nnd Chinamen, following prablem for immediate polution ¢ * The ptach, a8 wo Ase, is color. eanda, tonn of thonaands, or how the yollow delugo ia to Lo stopped.” ‘Thie {a n problom for futuro solution. iudulgo in a fow cantions cornjug tho future. Wo hnve il ticod, in the affairs of ovoryday that events aro tromendous offecta aro concealed from viow. Tho prophotical accuracy of Mr. Iiopworth Dixon, when viewsd {n tho light of our univer- nal fallibility as prophots, has in it an &lr of ab- o in perliapa willing to allow that two or threo hundred yenrs shall pass away beforo o markod decrease in tho numbor of whites wiil bo noticed. What may not happen ion hundred soars? If tho Dutclinen who sottled Now York could sco our trainm of cars moving st tho rate of 40 or 60 milos an Lour, or could find us talling across sevoral thourand milos of ocoan, inability to Occurrnncos oqually as romnrkablo in the government of nations or in thso powor of cducation mny take pince within tho noxt hundrod yonrs, and may entiroly change tho faco of affairs. It would indoed bo a singu- Inr drift of affairs which shonld canso barbarisim surdity. thoy would admit prophesy oorroctly. thoir to triumph ovor ntolligzonce. Mr. Dixon says that **the rice-eator ia pushing ths baof-eator £o the wall,"” and Ghambers’ Jouwr- nal feara that Coglaud will bo taken by tho Chi- nawen: * Aud ho [the Chinaman] will do the mamo In England whon ho once gota a footing, Thore 18 uo [aw 1o atop him.” ‘According to thia abeurd theory, tho animal power of Chinmon and negroos will displaco tho ntelligont natinnk, who nill nubside into n Wonld it not bo tato of pogsiva imbecility, better to prophesy tho revorso of this ? Casco, — PUTHAM’S FORTHCOMING BOOKS, Mesera. Q. P. Pataam®s Sons (says tho Now York Ecening Posf) bave In proparation, for publication during tho first Lalf of tho presant year, tho following books: Volume L of ** Amar- lcan Clinieal Lectures," edited by Lr. E, Boguin, cootaining twelvo monographs by reprosontative clintcal instructora ; * Spiritualism aund Alliod Causos af Norvous Dorangemont, in Thelr Medi~ cal and Medico-Lwzal Relations,” by Dr, William A. Ilsmmond; ** A Compeodium of Iistology,” 3 *'Cho Borles of Olinieal Loc- B. Heguin; “The Philoyopliy of Roligion," by John Bage com ; * Faith and Dodern ‘Thoughts," Ly Prof. Toys," by nsccond volame in the * Dige Brothor Berles.” and * Stories from Ifiatory,” by Georgo Cary Pegleston ; A liglarr of Trana- by Meintich Fro; tures for 1876, edited by Dr. 1. B. Wolch; “A Book for Bavard Taylor; cendsntaliam in Now England,” Ly 0. B, F ingham : ** o Holest Uritink Eusayists,” odited with Introduction sud biographical alkotches by Johu Habborton ; **Tho Serios of Briof Biogra- thes."—vmumo 11T, *‘Fronch Loaders, by y i VI, # German Polttical dward King,—Volu) Loaders,” by Herbort Tuttla; American _Litornture,” by I'rof. iylor; *Tho loly Land,” a warrativo by Hermann Melville; In chanp_ form ; * Chiashifgnrs,” “Wyoh-Hazol.” by Mies Warir, ogy,” by Prot. Coliing; u%)pum Mochanics,” by J, 11, Tt tor: * Tho True Order of Btudies," by 1ill, D. D,, lato Presidont of Iarvar sity; and by Ida M. EHiott. —————— RYSTERIOUS MISTRZES MAY. . ey - Sweat Mistress May, ono searen knaws how T moko a tioral ehoico for tiien: As tlowers o languago bave, and tlion Biglit deem fmpertinent 1 tio Alovo-song, thioy belng A B 0, Do thy angered glance 14 try iy leaviog aif tho imoatilog oit, Aud vend, tu deck thee for tho dance, A wreath of blooms—bat thes, & doubl Adlicts me, for 1 catnot 200 ‘Whether Brunetto or Blonde you'll be! Tho exigencles of the # pro? Degmand that ebon locks should change o tints auriferous; lights that glow Tn eycs of night, swift upward ranga To szuro belghta ¢ 1" faith, it scema Hucn witching a4 wo weavo In droams, Tho curtain risea,” Dlondo,.I know 1= Could ewear It, surs 1 insist by Hght,~ Thoso golden wavelets, oycd 8o Lius A eyipbido grace, and footfall light Ah, 100 | I fear this Leart of miuy 16 foat whicrs gold and blue comtine, A brief, bright space, the drop klow falls, An:l velln Elysium from our kea, Identify | a friend loud wlin; Wa liquld notes cownpare, aud then Return Lo seo the cittaiu rive Ausin. Can wo bellevo our cyes? #How like falr May, that nirl O, Pt Yet, oyra of deapost whade, and it Ot raven's huat * Wherot' * Dot you sce? e stands toar thas Innk supe, Were.” T4 i, §h wust s oW eulf, Trausforinod by somo Proteau art, An. Cupid's fooliny us, tho (11 Gune, Dan, our fiend be, and smpart And To one you know the wrark diviue Thak burks in rrowy Up of thus, An “I'ie fresn Is Liack, no gold s there. A probilem better loft unyolved, 1ut this, by Jove! may be resulved— Ere noxt wa clicose tho fower-gemmud frond, Wo'll aak, Muss May, Bruuotio or Blonda? . s Laos, —_— Crecping of fnily, fiesedisio American, Tho *creepings” of railroad rails has attracted womo stiention of 1ato, snd, whils we do not at- towpt to explain it, wo olfor a point on the fact thay on linos ruuning north and south tho woat~ orn 1l “ereops” fuator than the eastera rail,— that ls, this straoge movemont of the rail toward $he Bouth ie moro marked in ono rail_than i the ofber on the wxmo ‘track. . Further- more, it has been noticod wwt on such a lipe the eastorn ralls woear out the fsator, Both of these polnte, . wo thiok, cau ba explained by tha motion of the earth asit turnd from tho west towards tho east. Evory- thing that bas freo motion in dragged sftor the whirling globe ; evory wind that blows and every tide that moved feels the iulluonce, sud our train golug north or south is pulled over toward tho east, aud naturally presses tho casters rail mout heavily. ‘Cliv wentorn rail being relioved of 1ts sbare of wolght, ** creops " mora freely and quickly. run oo the castern rall wear out tha we can bub thiuk that this earth motion is tho 1t is also noticod that tho whoal tirut, that and trne cause. ‘Tho puaotical kido of thas 1 that thy should bo strongor, q Actoea tho Atlantie, from tho cosst of Africa, havo beon fdtotienlly imported biacks, now numbored by millions, Actosa tho Pacifie, from Canton and Tlong KKong, are vouring yollow Chineso 1 thou- No one can toll whon Proph- ocy s a profession which requires immense knowlodio of tho facts of Listory, in ordor that, by an argament from past oxporience, wo Iy inforencos con- no- lifo not dovoloped 13 wo prophesied, nor tho roverse. Tho result s somo- thing ontiroly now ond unoxpocted. Bomotimes ovonts Boitlo fute # groovo, and wo can thon form a theory of the result, but in proporiton o5 tho clement of timo becomos part of tho problom wo find that toaccurately forotoll tie turn of affairs is impossible, becanso combince tions of circumatancos capable of producing Radway's Ready Ralis! CURES THE WORST I'AINS In from Oue b Twenty Mimes, NOT ONE HOUR After reading this Adverticement need any oa sufier with pain, Radway's Ready Relief 15-4 CURE FOR EVERY PAIH, Tt was tho first and 13 the Only Pain Remedy Thiat tnstantly stops tho mest ezcrotsting pains, niiaruzations: amd ol oumyortions, d.‘f.a':-m" o g, Bo wali, or ot ¥ ong KVI’IIQ“’;"-‘ N or g, In from One to Twenty Minutes, No mattor liow vislent ar_sxomcintiae the paln, th honmatie, Ted-tiddan, Tnfien, Cripplod, N ! New Falgic, OF Hrobraicd with Gisouss wamy satfor, MO e Radway’s Ready Relief WILL AFFORD INSTANT BASE Inflammation of tho Kidnoys, Infln O thie Bindder, TnRamMation of the Baus™ **A Survey of Mones Coit oom, “Cabin and Plavta- tion Bougn,” na sung by tho Hampton studsnts, © oW Japane 88 romance, with thirty fuil-nage illustrations ; anttior of +Tho Wide, Wido World ;" ** Daisy Brontwell," by Irens_Widdermors, a now writer: ** Magnot- i#m and Eloctricity,” by Prof. E, Guthrio: *ln. organlo , Chiomistry,” Yart 1L, by J. 1. Thorpo; * Building Gonatructlon,” by IL. 8, Burn ; *Geol- Young; + Conl-Mining.” by J, II. osidi= Thomay Univer- Poetry for Huma nad Behool,” edited els, Mumps, CUongestion "Lungs, Boto Thraas Bimoute > ronthtng. Palpitation of _tho Henrt, Croup, &?w‘fim‘li'm Oa- rrh Infiuunz;{ 1Teddnohs Taotbachs, Notiralgin, Rhonmatis Gola"Oisita. Armo GoiaUem, Tho anolisation of the Ready Rellof to the part or arte iy Dartewrisi 1o tie pafa or dlthoalty exists will afford oas in e Honsis, st il intermalains, 0 of mADW AR o toan Eoeneh Ty e ehans, s aier, Wk FEVER AND AGUE. Tuver and Agno cured for fifty coats, roaTal AL 10450 WO SHAL W e g A and all othoe matarlous, Billsi, veariat, Wphald, yelw; and, :m‘u"msn"(fluim x"“n l:z(lt{ny'a 114} " so quick as ny's Rusdy E < ARy Yoy Itlisl.”Litty eata par ot HEALTH! BEAUTY! Strong and pur rlch blacd: {ncro ‘loar akin and beantiful coniplosie {losh tnd wolght; soured toall, DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARILIAN RESQLVENT Uas maie tho most astonishing cures, B quick, 5 rapid nro the changes the body undocyo)s undor the intluenca of this traly wou. oriul modiclno, that " Every Day o Inerease in Flesh and Weight it feen und Felt, THE GREAT BLOCD PURIFIER. Every dropof, tho Hisrsapariliian Hosolvent communt. caton thicuzl 150 bloud, sweal, urlns, aud othoe tluils f tho systens, the nigor of - lifo, for it ropairi tho ‘waates of U’ body with new sad suidod. maganal Hatofuls, aypitllis, enasimption, glandular dlaeaio, Glosr In the throat, I'mmm. umory, noudss lo tho 40 glands an atlicr yarts "o stom, '80r0 ojus, strusiorous dite chargos from nd the woret forims of skin die sorus, scald Lsad, riogworin, il Thion: achio, blaok epots, warms in tho fiosh, o tumurs, cancers 4 thie’ wow, sud’ A}l weakening an vafuful discharges, night sweata, loea of sporns and sl wastes of tha Ilfy principio, ars within tha curativs ranza of this wonider of odoen chemlsiry, and. A fow days’ n1 will_provo to nyporsn using it forsithee discass its Datent power to-cur tians. If tho pationt, daily"hecoming roduced by the wastet and_dedomposition that [s coatinually pogressing, suc coods o arrms l;g o0 wasts s thy same od Top: with now matarial made from bealthy blood,—and this the Harsapariliian wi ~a cure is cortain for when onca th ba rapi foel himself umlinh’n bottar and nmnrr asting botter, appoiite Improving, and el creasing, e anly does. (ha Sarssparillian Resolrent oxool all knnwn rorodial ageuts In the cura of Chronic, Sarafalous, Constitntional, snd Skin discascs, but 1t 1s the onty posk: {isa cura for Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Urduary and Womb Discases, Qravel, Diabotes, Dropar, atoppago of watar, incoatinence ol urine, lright's 4l ehacy mibuminaria, and in a1l casos whate thora aco brick- St devoute, ur tho walor Ia thiok, clouds, mited with substanons liko the whits of an llif> o throads lika white 31k, o thorn le amorbld, datk, Liilous appearanas, ad white beno-dost doponts, and whon there ls a peal Duruiing seneafton whien passing water, and pais ibe of ttia beck and aloog tha lojus. Tumor of Twelve Vears’ (irowih Cured by Radway’s Hesolvont. BrvenLy, Mass., July 18, 18 DR, RADWAT: I have had ovarian tuisor i tho ovatis and bowols, Al the doctars sald ** there was %hn}n tur It Ttriad evorythiog that was rooounnoaded, but usth- ing helpod mo, 1 saw your Resolvent, and’thnoght I wouldtry ity bt bad no’ falih Tis ity Uecsusa § had sut: Torod for (welve years, 1 took six bottlos of tha lesalvaat ad oog box of Hadway's ills ‘and_twa bottl our Sieadyitaiti, an diorala ol shan of or falf, and 1'faol batlor, smartar, s avo for twolva years, ‘Ihe srorst tumior w sido of tha hawsle, over the groim, b o bR B 1 S0 S ™ AR o apaomn the benetls of athors, ‘o col ANYATL KNAPI'. Price, 81 por bottle. AN TMPORTANT ELETTER. From a yromigent gontleman and residont of Ofmolnnat, 4 for Ltho past Juriy ) e woll knawn to the nuwepspos pubiabors thrunayoat tha Unitod Statos. ay You, Oot. 11, 1910, o by e et of rtef Waurmont uf the 1t the afferine to wurking of your nadicing on liad buois aifvoted willi sotne troul urinary urgaie whicl oo ta- Bamiuation of the kidneys 0 15 20 heiropinion that my 3 prevona 1at avor gutting radicaily 2 1%, 'a” nunihot o wiciany, and bad takon llff. quaatity of mec loln? il allopathio and hompopathia; bub hadl mu rvllef, Tisd resd of aatunishing cures having besa "yont reinalice, and some four wonths sgo road & notice in the Putladel) Stwrday Keeniag 104l of suro having been elocted oa & person who had long been suffaring as Ihad bean. Iwent right nff and god sime af each—yunr Kares- parills, Hesolveas, Ready 1(!" 1, and Regulauug Fills~ it bincioncod tng (e T dirwa daya Tl avod TeTiov0, and now Teel &9 well 3t over o+ ¢ & \¥. SAMEH, Cinotasatt, 0. 4 yoars—woul B DR. RADWAY’S Regulating Pills pacdectly toualas, icguinly oalss il se g rige, x Tty Glukissey £ial sirunztaim, Foad- e by St Ul Gdory oF e Htoniacts vor, Hvweta, Hidiors, Dladdur, Nertue Diveasst Hoadeohe, Constipatl Costivencss, ludigestivn, Lye= i, Bt O b, BH13308 Lovaty. INiamuiation of (58 Rt Sies and &l Deracyumute vt e Lnwrnal Vi GoitWarrsated to ellvt s Lusitive.oure, Durely ok wlallo, canl DO uMFCUrY, Wwiner ‘or doloterious rugs” £% Gewrre the followins $swDtoms reeslting from Discrdaus i tho vo Urigaass Conatipation, Luward Piva, builaes of the Bluod o the 'of the Htawash, Nauecs, luattbucn, Dis ot 5 Fud, Wuiluuss of Wolkht In'the Htomach, Sous £ lons, Mlnking o Fatterings 18 thu Ry of. tha Ao b inloy of tho ifuad, lincried and’ Dificult i ing, Mluti fll‘l‘lhlli‘l(l. Choklng ur Sufuosi- fug Reneation ahien ta & Loy Voslare, Dibgoss of vie 1os "ot or Webn Letora thia sighty Futer sad; Dull Pata 1238 1esd, Poficianar ‘of eispliadon. Vullowases o ikl wad Kyos, Bain o the Nide, Ubout, Limbs, 08 of’ loah suddea Fla Ilhv% llnnflllr in . wes of RABWAY'S PELLY will froe the aystos (e e A e disardsre, ” Frice 1 souls pot L0 ol e druasiste Read *False and True,”™ Fend lotteratamp to RADWAY & CO., No. B Wattenat,, New Yok faformation workd thouasdd will o dagi 300