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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JUNE 24, I876—TWELVE PAGES, LITERATURE. Discovery of America by the Welsh in 1170. William Cullen Bryant’s His- tory of the United States, Revolutionary Literaturce~- A Religious Novel by George Macdonald, Comparntive Zoology-—Guide to the - White Mountains---Pre- Historio Man, The Papuans---Biographical Sketch of Prof. Wy- ville Thompson. "Flora Round About Chicagos=s= The Scandinavian Lem- ming===Hypnotism of Animals. LITERATURE. WELSIIT DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. AMERICA DISCOVERED BY THE WELSU IN 1170 A. D, Ry the ey, iexaams F, Bowe T2mo., pp. 161 Philadelphin 1. Lipph cott &Co. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co. In this age of nctive historical rescarchy the question of the pre-Columhian voyages Lo Amerien Is recefving that rightful attentlon which has for centuries been withheld, The iscovery of our Contiuent by the Northmen in 1he year 1000 §s now strongly established upon thio evidenee of the 8agas of Iceland; aud testl- mony I8 slowly accumulating fn support of the traditlons that adventurous mariners from oth- er countries, in thelr long and daring voyagus, Tappened upon the New World, and even found- o rettlementa on ita sliores, hundreds of years before Columbus snfled in the Santa Marafrom the harbor of Palos. Among other clatms to the discovery of the Western IHem- jsphere I8 that of Princa Madoe of Wales, who flourlshed in tho latter part’ of the twelfth century, Very lttle is Luown of the Hfe of Madoe, andt the evidencrs of his having visited and planted a colony [n the New World are wholly circumstantial ; yet they ura enrfous amd worthy of fuveatigation. 1lis story, in brlef, runs as follows: On the death of Owaln Gwynedd, the Prince of North Witles, in 1169, the Auccession to bis throne was Alsputed amoug his ehildren, To avold the con- tention, which was distastoful to his mlld tem- pery Madoe, ong of Gwyuedd's fons, took to a sealaring e, or which he had a natural fond- ness. He fitted out o few ships, und, zalling to the westward, camo fo nn unknown country, which so delighted him by its fertiity that. he left most of his mento keep posseasion of ft, and returned to Wales to fuduee others to join Tils youngeolony. In hissccond expedition hiewas accampanied by o brather and o party sufficlent to man ten ships, which set sall “froin_ 8 small port hmiles from Holyhead, in the Tsland of Anglesea. This {s the most that history records of the voyages of Madoc; but allusion s so fre- quently made to him, and hisdiscovery of a new and plénzant Jand to the westward, in'the songs of the Welsh.bards who preserved the annals of thelr conntry, and in the writings of later English autliors, that we must acknowledge sonie basts of truth for the narrative. To give furthier pubstantlality totho traditfon of Madoc?a discavery, thereare inany curious sto- tles exiatiug of ntribe of Imtfans formerly dwell- Ingin Bouth Carclinaand Floriia, aud fterward remaving west of the Misalsslppl, who were safd ta hiave i pale complexion, blue eyes, red halr, arts and manners superlor to those of other ab- original tribes, aud who spoke o languogs so clnsely reseinbling the Welsh that it could be understood by ~ Welshmen, ‘Flie tribo s now extinet, nud the only means of determining the facts of thelr histury are un examluation “of the storfes preserved of them, for proofs of authentleity, and & search nmonzst the scanty relivs of thu uatlve Amorlean_races for vestiges of n people deseended from Prince Madoe aud hils followers, The Rev. Mr. Dowen hasbeen forseveral yeara en;{ngunl 1 colleeting from books, pamplilets, aud papers, ail fragments of testlinony extant concerning the discovery of Awmerica by the Weleh, und haa pleced themn toeether tnfo an fngenfous and nteresting noveative, It lacks no argument to producs conviction exeept posi- ivo praof, and of this there I8 none., Wiatever there {4, however, of I|ll\llry or traditon to fonnd tho claim of the Welsl upon, {8 brought forward, and, Incompleto as {he materlals nre, fllrru {3 entertalnment in carefully scanning hem. UNITED STATES IIIRTOIY, APOULAL INSTORY OF TIIE UNITEDSTATES, PROMTHIE FIRNT DISCOVERY ORTHE W N HEMISPILRIUE BY 111 NORPIM 0 OF THRE FHIST C] 'URY OF THE OF THE SPATES. Precapkp ny A Skuren or Tor Pue-Histome Pegion AxD TuE Aun oy Tur Mousp-Brnoens, )y Wintias ey Burant ond Brpsey owann (av. Voluma 1. Fully Hlustratod. 8ve,, pp. 583, New York: Seribuier, Arnstrong & Co, The flrst installment of the long-expectod his- toryo!f the United States by Willium Cullen Bry- antand Sydney Howord Gay containg areviow of the varlous traditional and authentie voyagesto Amerien, prior and subsequent to its discovery Dy Columbus; aud an account, brought down 10 1047, uf the severul early colonies established ly the representatives of different na- tons. It opens with an extemled sketeh of primitive man, reeapitulating the evidenvo which 8clenve has obtafued of lis exlstence as the contemporary of the mastodon, the cavehear, and the: cave-lon; of his habitation in caverns, by the sca-shore, aud In the lake-regloni and of his gradual advance- ment In knowledge, and the consequent jm- provement of his condition until he had pussed through the ruder perlod of thie Stone Ago. The works of the Mound-Bufldars upon the North-Amerlean Continent are also deaeriticd at length, with the theorfes that most ratlonally aceount for thelrorgin, With a slugular omizalon of any dellneatlon of the native rucea found by the white mun In yossesaton of the Western Hemtaphere, (he Wa- tory provecds with w detafled relation of the Northmen In Amerles, of the pre-Columblan voyages westward, and of the discoverlca amd exploratfons _of * Columbag, Vespued, the Cabots, sl the many other bold navigators safting ' the sena and appropriating new-found lamds” n the name of the sov- crelgns of Francy, Spain, und England, The re- mainder of e book fs oceupivd with u sketeh of the uttempts ot calonization of the French in Canada, sud'of the Freneli and 8pantxh in Flor- tha; of the frat English settlementss of the Duteh expeditions, und thelr estabiistinent at Am!h'nl:un" of the Swedes on the Delaware; und of the Englivh tn New Englang, Virginfa, and Maryland, Inall "the ground which bas Leen thus for covered, there i spparent o stead(ast purpose to prodire s comprehensive, faithtut, and im- parthul d { the of Amerlcah history. And this inte 1y ent out will ¢ the work its chief value. ~ Its svope, exceeding thut of nny other prominent histe of the United States, inasmuch us it carlfest period down to the present cubuuces ite value. Its pletodal o ments are, Lo, un attractive feature. They ure not of unifuri merit, yet the greater part are wel) excented, and have a genulne bistorical n- terest. ‘The style of the nnerative is not oquel to thut of owr” best Muerican historians, It Tacks the eleganco of polishied dictlon aud the fervorof real’ feeling, and 1enda as though it were & inecbanieal ruther than un uspired” pro- duction. . The voluime 18 supplled with a coplous index, 2 table of dates, und suudry maps. A fne por- trajtof Bryant, after a photogrubhi by Burony, frunts the title-puge, The work 1 to be co- phete in fonr valumes, and will Le sold by sub- saiiption. 7 TALES AND TALKS, THrovHILEYS AXUOTHEWS, LIy Maox Mavzs Donak, Autbiorof ** Uaus Biinker; or, the Siverskates, ™ we 1mo., pp. 247 Furning over thess pages, one learns with pieased surprise the anthorship of several auon- yuious papers whose Wit sud cluveruces excited mugh comment when they fiest gaw the 1lzht In certaly of our prominent magazines. Among these Is the laughable sketeh, true to the Hife, of 4 Miss Malony on the« Chinese Queation.” The “tales and tatks " aro, without exception, un- commonly bright and spley, and Impart a cheery feeling of enjoyment in themselves, and admira- tion of tho writer, As amusing as any of the aketehies Is that of Hobkins, the man who fs entliely “Up to the Thmes;" and we give a pas- sawge of two fram hils portealt: To understand the rltuntion, one must know Tlobkine, le i8 oue of your lhflrmlghl?’ ported men., 1o e a constant reador of everything. Me knows John Doe’s mother, and Richard Roo's grandfather. A false quotation et hls teeth on edpe. Mo whisks an encyclopedin on every eye- Insh, e gora to the rontaof (hines, yet knows 1 abont the Tart leaf on the ontermost hranches, You'd think, to hear him talk, that lie hoeard Neccher, Adame, Bellows, Cayler, Chanfn, Spure geon. Nfghatm Young, nnd Moody preach every Sundny: and that he went everywhere, and saw eversbody anid everything, every evening uf his ot pretend, or pt on alrs, Tle limpty inholes the eventeof the diy, and breathes them out vnmnnur lis oxygen comes to him in paragraphe, 1u fiashes ltems. 1Mix very hoots creak with facts, * T1ia ** Good morning * faa sort of univeranl preface, and his ** Good night " a gen- eral **To be continued.” 7 enll him n man in fty volomess and Jolin says it's n aiily fdea, hut that, l‘\’hll‘e T'm about It, T niny as well mako 1t a hun- red. “iow the creature cver las o to woah and dreen, I8 A mystery to mo. It rcoms ns §f ho must force knowlcdge in with hir hate-brash, and eub In definite Iieas with his towel,—yes, and geimlin words with bis tooth-brush. "1 fcver eaw sucha man! Y ———— EOTIIEN. EOTHEN: o1, Tnacks ar Traver. novont Mony PO THE BAST, Dy ALESANDER WILLIAY Kinu: nAKE, Author of **'The Invasionof the Crimes, A New Edition. 12mo., pp. ew York: Albert Maron. Lothen !5 one of the fow books of trayel en- dowed with perennial life. Tt Is posscased of a subtle, vital spark that gives It enduring youth and ntteactiveness, It (s now twenty-six years since it was presented to the public, and its flrst brililant success has not yet faded. Its excep- tional fame must be aseribed to the genins of the author, to his uncommon vivacity of de- scription ond eloquent sontlment; yet thero ls an additfonnl explanation in the kint which we find In the preface regarding the mannerin which ft was composed. There Mr. Kinglake confusses that he twice undertook to write out s record of his Oriental tour, In the presence, s it were, of the Publie; an twica lio utterly falled in the attempt. Then, in answer to the request of a friend, e toak tip tho task againg and, this thne, writ- fng as for tho eye of that fricnd ulone, o was able to contlnuie in nstyle of easy famlliarity, which allawed him to express his tllnumunnud impressions with unconsteniucd fidelity.” Hence his book has that. alr of eandar and conthding- ness which lends to epistolary compositions thelr peculiar charm. cra {8 1o stifl assumnp- tion af dlgnity or propriety, keeping the author and the reader at a chilling distance from each uther; neither {8 theren too carcless abamdon of manner, offending with its freedoms; but there 18 that happy position maintained midway between the two, Which establishes a refation of delighefut compantonship, aud makes one feel as though actunlly in the soclety of an endeared and entertaining acquaintance just home frow a divertivg rambic in the Enst. A RELIGIOUS NOVEL. TIIOMAS WINGIFOLD, CURAT! MacnosaLn, By Gronar: Author of **Annals of o N ete. 16mo., pp. 000, New York: George Nontledze & Sorid. Dr. Macdonnld bns fu this work saerifleed the art of the story-teller to the aim of a morallst, and the result is o tame and prosy religious novel. Such a book, cuming from the author of “ Maleolin™ and *¢ Robert Falconer,” is o dis- aypointment; for, when one has shown himself capable of strong portralture, skiliful Intrigue, and pointed colloquy, we Jook for an exhibition of these charavterlsties lu uvery new fiction he puts forth. There are engaging dialoguea in the present volume, marked by thought and shrewdly managed; but they areé confined to a discussion of theologleal topies. The charae- ters dn the story are ol feebly drawn, and wantlng in impresaivenrss. The plot is oqually flisy, providiig o niere framework for ~ conversutlons between Wingfold, the Cumte, who scoks and galns o sure foundation for faith In God and Christ, and the hunchiback, Poleworth, who, through much atliletion, bus found sweet rest {n lheral tenets of an orthxlox complexion, and the boy- murderer, Leapold, wliu, th the Hngering ey preceding his death, s Jed to see his aln in ita rue lght, and to hope for pardon and regenor- ation heyond the grave, The pentlo, pure, and dovout spirit of Macdonald shines through thrac conversations, which are really sermons in dis- uises but, unfortunately, they are set In too kmvy surronndings to induce the ordinary read- er to wade through to them. COMPARATIV COMPARATIVE ZOOLOG TRUCTURAT, AND SYSTEMATIC, Fon Usz ¥ Scnnors AND Cole nare. [y Jamse Onton, A, M., I'rofersor of ural istory in Vasear College, Author of The Anden aud the Amazon," ete, 12mo., 100, New York: Harper & Drothors, Chi Jansen, MeClurg & Co, The beautiful style in which this book is pub- MUalied goes far £o prepossess the reader in fts favor. ‘The fllustrations aro profuse and excel- lent, the print i3 Jarge and clear, and the biud- Ing aubstantlnd, Such attributes are as agreca- ble a8 essentlal in a volume that must bear the handling to which a student's manual Is sub- Joct. 1t I8 In the class-roomn that a work of this kind must undergo the trial that deeldes Its inerits; nevertheloss, o cursury cxaninntion discloses the orlzingl features that slistinguish the one now hefor Thesa ara the treatment of tho Animal gdom a8 o unity the comparative study of orzans and thefr fanctions in the whole cuursa of thele development; and the presenta- tlon of the elements of Structursl Zoology prior ton discussion of the prineiples Tylng at the foundation of SystemntieZoology, "The work Is intendod to serve the purpose of o text-book onty, ond all debatable theordes and ques- tlons and_cumbersome details are rigldly ex- cluded, The long experience of the nuthor In the work of education, and bis extensiye re- searches in Notural Ulstory, givo i valuable quallilentions for the constriction of o munual zalted to the needs of teacher and pupil, ZOOLOGY. REVOLUTIONARY LITE REPUBLICATION OF THE PRl ACTS OF TIE REVOLUTION Dedicated to the Young Men of the United Stotus, Pifty-fonr Years Ago, by the Late HEzERIAN Nitks, Kditor of the Weekly Lleglui Rva., l". "2, Chicaga: A, 8. Barnes & Price, s 3 The proiific harveat of historical Hternture which Is the outgrowth of the Centennlal annl- versary s swelled by the nddition of this soltd volume, It i3 not a new product, having been dedieated to the young men of Amerlen above Talf o century oizo; but It s years sinco the cdi- tion was exhisuated and 1L dirupponred from tho Bouksellers’ shelves, The renewed interest di- rected toward all that pertains to the poriod whien the Unlted States beewme an fndependent natfon renders this an appropriate time to re- vive the work, It embraces suchof the specclies, arations, und ‘)ruwmllnuu. belonidng to the e of the Revolntlon, as were preserved bn serdpt or rint, and could: be brought together through e diligent offorts of the compiler. Among the m nfimunr thus assumbled are many papers of oxtremu (nterest, which, to the antlquarlan und historfun, nust prove cholee treasures, They are convenfently areanged In chironologenl order, and clossitled sinder the numes of e re- spective Colontnd Hiat WHITE THE WINTE MOUNTAINA: A ILaNbnon ron ‘Piiavermne, With 81x Magw and Bix Panoramaa, 1mo., " pp. 446, toston Juwica’ . Ongood & N In terms of commendation must one speak of thinas of the other Gulies prepared by Messrs. Osgood & Co. The whale rerles I8 hased wpon one plan, embracing the utmost {nfurmation, conveulently arranged, sud erowded fnto the smallest compass. The seenory of the entire hill-countey of New England is mopped and de- seribed 50 infuutely and” platnly in the present work that the traveler will need na further ln- formation to direct him from one polnt to ane other, uml to nequalnt him with every feature of Interest by thie way. ‘The peology and the histary of the varions loealitles Is given, I ade dition” to the usual statistics of the handbook, The vewlon fuvluded ¢mbraves the mountains ol Now Hampshive, the lakes wad mountulns of l\Vv.-mrn Maine, and the Upper Connectleut Val- oy, s NONRUENNE-RONGR, NONBENBR-SONGH 'ORIES, BOTANY, AND ALPHANRTS, By Enwann Lran. Wwhn 130 Niustrations, Square L2mo, Dosten: Roberls Brothers. Prico, §1.50. ‘There 18 real drollery in the song of “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat,™ which was the tiret of Mr. Lear's rhymwes that fouwd its way lute print. The absurdity of it is witlily absurd, and provulies Joughter overy thme it s read. ‘Che fun dues nob wear out: ludeed, it 13 us comfeal now, after long fn\mlllr\r“{ ns it was whon {t orlglnally appeared In Our Young Folks, years ngo. But Mr, Lear ns produced nothing’ equal to Bt eioee. The humor of his spirit ctferveaced in that one cbullition, and, liken glass of champotmg left standing, {ta sparkle and (nvor geeth to have Irretriovably vanished. — INDEPENDENCE ITALL. AN_HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. OF TIE OLD STATE-HOUNR OF P YT, A, NOW KNOWN A8 THE IALL OF INDI! NK ML Ertina, With Numerous Hluatea. Rquare Bvo., pp. 208 Doston: Jumes 1t. Ofgood & Co, The student of Amerfenn history will Inspect this volume with Hvely Interest. The venerable buitding in Phifladetphin, endeared to the patrl- otlc heart o8 the scene of many of the most stirring events in the early lfe of our nation, acrves as the nuclus aronod which are gathered a multitude of Inchlents connected with public alairs that have been collected from dlvorse und oftentimes obscure sottrees. A great deal of rorcarch has been oxpetxled in the gathering of thix material, and mich of it {8 now for the fivat thne made generally accessible. ‘The taxt In dierndly Hustrated with euts, facsimiles of slgnutures of noted Amerdeans of the last cen- tury, of copics of particular editions of Amerl- can hewspapers of that tinie, of billx of credit, ete., and with engravings, evldently from pho- tographg, of the principai cities, objects, and events having a place In tho narration. The hook s neatly published, and forus a worthy mur:!:r(fl] of the old State-Jlouse of Peunusyl- vau! PRE-ITISTORIC MAN, BARLY MAN IN EUROPE. Hy Cuan Thustrated, Hvo., pp. 162, New York: iar. per & Brothers. Chicago: Jausen, McClurg & Co, Price, 32460, The aix sketches of pre-historie man that ap- peared Inst year In Harper's Magazine are here presented—with some additions, Including the latest reacarchies on the subject—ina permancnt form, They are clearly and agrecably written, and afford a comprehensive summary of the knowledge now posscssed of the existence of man in Europe during the ages when his imple- ments wore formed of wood and stone. The sketehes treat respectively of the trnces of mankind discovered In conneetion with t) bones of anlnals fn the drift<loposits of the osseous remains and the filut fmplements found incaves; af the Troglodytes; of kitehen-mld- dens and lake-scttlements; and of nealithic fn- plements, ¥ INTELLECTUAT, DEVELOPMENT, HISTORY OF THE INTELLRCTUAL DEVEL- OPMENT OF KUROPE. By doun Wintiam Duaren, M, D., Ll. 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LITERARY NOTES, Jonhn Ruskin's “ Maornings in Florenco® witl’ soon be lssued by Jolin Wiley & Sons, Willimn Hurrlson Alnswortl's new story, “Chetwynd Culverly,” !s published. We are to have a new dictlonury of Irlsh blography, to contain 1,000 lves, by Mr. Alfred Wabh. A new novel by Florence Marryat, eatitled ¢ My Own Child,” has Just been published in. London. ] A history of the later literature of Greeco, by R. Nlcola!, 8 German, haainndo its appearance at Lelpsic, S A Fumily Tree,” by Alhany de Fonblanque, suthor of *Tangled Skoln," ate., {8 & now novel nnnotmeed by Estes & Laurtat, ‘Ihe spelling manin in England has grndurcnl a book cntitled * The Spelling-Bes Manual,” which Routledigo has publlshed, Mr. Henry Kingaley, at the beginning of his 1ast iMness, had” just comploted a book for children, entitled * ¥ollo and Duodovimo.” * The Folk-Lore of China, and Its Afnltles with thut of the Ar\i'un mnd Semitle Ruces," i Just published by N. B, Deunys, of Hung Kong. ‘That sensational Frenchman, Adolphe Belot, 18 atill productng navels. 1lis lust, * LoSceret 'll;crr‘liblu," was written o conjunctlon withJules antin, The German novellst Bplegeilingen Is st work upon s new novel called “Brurmfluth.” It deals with _}wlllius and partles In North Qer- many In 187273, Herr Klopp, the Ultramontane hlm-orhnl han published four historical volutes on the, ** Fall of the House of Btuart and the Accesslon of the UHouse of lanuver,"” ‘The next hook of African trayel will be Col. C. C. Long'a expedition into Central Afrlea, one of the chict nhiective ponits of which wus the Luko Victuria Nyanza, ‘Flho thicd and flund volume of Bou-geaull's “Hlstory of Foreign Literaturs,” beluding thuse of ltaly, Spatn, Portugal, and Guueee, b been published ul Parls, Bret Harte hna beon stretehed out by the Athencewin wangle, s threo-volue uovel, “inbrivl Conroy,™ Is stated not to Juck minuse- Independence, ‘atholic Churcl irr erican It ment and varlely, and, coming from snother band, woull buye pussed mustor us at least (- Dut ft Indlentes fa- dieative of hopeful prs ] Ylm invigorating freshness Hgzaey and it Incks of s Californtan alr.” It {& reported that 10,000 coples of Lieut, Cam- aran’s hook o his exploration of Contral Africa hava been ordered In England, and that his share of the profit Is already £5,000, A fresh volume of teavel from the pon of Charlos Dudley Warner I3 just fssucd by the Amcrlean Pablishing Company, Hartford, 1t 18 entitled Mummies and Moslema.” Bidncy Lanfer contributes a * Psalm of the West " to the July number of Zippincott's Maya- lne—n poem whose public reading fs ineluded fn the programma for the Cautenninl eelebration of the Fourth of July. M. Plnart will soon publish {n Paris a vocabu. Tary and grammar of the thres principal lan- guages spoken in Alaska, These arethe Aleute; tha Koloal, kpoken in 8itka; and the Southern Laquimaux, spoken fn Kodlnk, The Conntess of Charlemont, who lately con- tributed a paper on Ludy Macheth (4 Gruach ') to the * New Shakspere Soclety,” ias {n cone templation a work on * Shakspearc's Men,” sownewhat after the manner of Mrs. Jameson’s Characterlstics of Womnen,” Algernon Charles Swinburne will not permit his “bays ™ to fade, Tie hus just printed s very fine poemn entitled ¥ The Last Oracle.” A eritle aduits the cxeollence of the composition, hut ubjects totic “ flushiy poct.” making * Apaile " rhyme with “swallow,” wallow,” “hollow,™ and oeeaslonally “hollo.” i, W. IT, Russell, the correspondent of the London Times, I8 writing, for publicatfon in book-form, an acconnt of tho Prince ol Wales tour I India, and of I visit to the Courts of Athens, Calro, Madrld, Lisbon, ete. Sidvey 1lall, tho speeial artlst who acenmpanied the Prince, will Hlustrate Dr. Russell's work. The papers 1ot by Danlel Webster weee pre- eented to the 8tate” Ilistorienl Soulety of New Hlampabire on Wednesday, They Include many hundreds of Jetters, documents, and papers, sone of them retating to John Adams, James Monroe, and most of the prominent. statesmen who were contemporaneoua with Webater. Tha corre- r{mmluucn relating to the difilenlty between Webster and Raudalph, the culogles Tn manu- seript upon Adams and Jofferson, and the com- plete oriirinal draft of the Hulsemann letter und papers kindred to it are mnong them. There nre also _many papers containing the orlrinal notes of Wehster's mort famous Senatorinl aud ensie argnments, Sinee the death of Mr. teher Webster the documents have heen fn the keeping of the Hon, Peter Harvey, of Bos- ton, an intimate frlend of Mr. Webiater, and they were presented by him to the Socicty, FAMILIAR TALK. THE PAPUANS, The double number of Nulure, dated June 1, I8 especially rich and varled in contents, and one of ita most interesting artlcles is o commu- nifeatlon from J. C. Galton, describing the foud, dress, weapous, and fmplementa of the Papunns of the east const of New Guinea. ‘I'hosubstance of tho article was furnished by the Russian trav- cler, Dr. Von Miklucho-Maclay, from Jaliore, on the Matay Peninsuln, aud nay be relled upon as suthentic. Its principal statetnents are con- densed In the fallowing acconnts ‘The Papuuns subslst chiefly upon a vegetable dict, composed of the fruits and ruots of plants fndigenous to their feland. The most Important articlo of food Is tho cocon-nut, which {s to ho had the whole year round. 'The favorlte dih prepared from this fruit 18 a kind of por- tidge made of the grated not cooked n its own milk. Cocon-nut ofl 18 nnknown, The yam (Diaseorea) {8 eultivated in plantations, nnd is in condition for eatlng from Augnst to Junuary, when it forins the princlpal food of the Pap- uans. It 18 eaton boiled or rossted. From March until Angust, the tubora of the Colocasta —aplant allied to the Arum and the Caladium —takes the place of the yun, It s elthor boil- ed or roasted, or mixed with grated cocon-nut ond baked in cales, which are a prominent sd- Junet of all great feasts. Elzht or nlue vavieties of the banans are found on tlis coast, antd yet tho fruit f5 com- puratively mre, owlng to the Hinfted eultivation ol the plant. Tho lowor part of the stem and the roots of the yotung banana are used s food. Qazo fs pomotimos provided 0s u great dalnty nt fenste; but the palm produchip it is not common. The sugar-cnie grows in great luxn- rlanee, and the Papnans are extremely foml of chewing tho stems, The hread-fenit §a not held 0 particulnr esteem, yob it 18 eaten stewed or ronsted. The cheery-iKke fruft of the Canarivn Cummnune—a large foreet-treo—is dried, and the seelds are nlso consumed. The fruft of the serew-phie and of the, nango, and of one or more trees unknown to Dr, Mucluy, which oceur sporlgely on the east conat, contribuie their quota to the subsistence of tho natlves. Auimul food Is selilom used; yet, on festal ceantone, o pig 13 slaughtored, wud s flesh sulllces for two or threo villages. The Papuan plic 1% n ddescendant of n natlve apecles. It {8 striped wheu young, but with age turns black. 1t hias o sharp snout, long legy, and erect cars, Dogs aro renred for eatlug, and tholr flesh &5 tolerably well-flavored, but dry. The flesh of the custua—a sinall marsuplal confined to New Gulnea—1a much onjoyed; 18 Is also tho white, fender meat of the monitor,—n speclea of largy lzanl. Fowls exiet n o half-wild atate In the viliages, but ave seldom caten, and. thelr ey are ulmost never obtalned, Tnecetd of every specles, nmd capuulalla' Iarge beetles, aro eaton raw or cooked; and fish, “molluses and other shiell-lsh, are in rulbln'rl. As palt [y unknown to tho apuang, sou-water 15 used in cooking, in the pro- portlon of one-third to two-thirds fresht wa- ter. An Intoxlvating drink s made of the Jeaves, atem, and toot of ashrub ealled &en. These are chewed, aml then cjected, with as mucis splttle as possible, ito a cooa-nut- The mess g afterward flltered through perass, and o very little of [ Is aufllelent to destroy a man's contldence In Ms lege. Women and vi)l - dren are never suffered to purtake of this bhey- erage,~—the men wisely reserving to themselves the priviteges of lntoxieation, Ordlnarily the men cook their own food, and the wonien” prepure that intended for them- relves and their ehildrou; and “The two sexes never eat at the same hearth, nor out of the samu dish.” Tho domestie utensils of the Pap- uans [nelude round earthen pots, polnted ot the bottom, and slfehtly ornamented with dots nml Iingss plates sl ‘bowls of wood, skilitully formed wud polished; plates of cocon-nut for the fower members of the famlly; forks wade of poluted sticks, and ulll‘)lu)’t'll in the double cupacity of a tablo-utensi) and o head-serateher; spoons fushioned from the cocon-nut or a wolluse-shell; und o grater conslsting of o smooth shell In which teeth have been cut. The haplements juud weapons of the Papuans aro fow, untd of the shmplest manufucture, @ 1f we loofk at thetr buldinga,” says Dr, Maclay, ihthulr plruis (eanoes) Wnele uienills itk thelr wenpons, and then aur eyes upon the stone ax and sume fragments of pubbles and shells, we must perforee be steack with uston- Isluncnt i only at the great patience and skill dlsplayed by these savages,”” The ax §s mude of n hard stone smoot and fhurpened hy wmuch pullnllllui, and tied to o tree-branch which has o bend at the right angle, The cutting edge of this ax usually has a breadth of bot 2 Inches, aud yet the Pupuan will hew down with it u treesbrunk 20 lielws fn dbuneter, Every ndult owng one ax of this sort, and cach villuge owns one or two uxes having o catting vdge about 3 fnches broml. ‘T'ho stone of which™ the axes are made s found upon the mountains,and in no great quantity, Pragmenta of flints and shells are used to polish and Hulsh tho worl roughly Liesyn by the axes, (ut of tlat sud pointed liones aro shaped fm- ;I\jrun nts simflar to o doggor or to o chis h nroused forsplictiug or plercing, but never for cutting, and aro worn in the ring enclrelng the npper purt of the arm. Kulves ure made of the outer siliceous part of the bamboo. The weapous cornprigs o spear of Nand, heavy wood, which is about 6 foet 8 inches Joug, which is the most formidable arm of the Pumians; o lighter spear tipped with o sharpened pieeeof bamboo; u buw about 2 yards long, with i string of bata- hoo, und arrows a yurid long, with the tip form- fugg o third of the shaft. Arrows are used with u varivty of tips,—some of them barhed, unid some of them having four or five pofuts. The Papunns do not palson thelr dyrows; but, in war-time and in hog-hunting, they mb the h;m with o red carth, 8lng-stones ure used ngalnst thelr cnemies; but tho lurge spear is their chief rellanee [n battle, aud {8 dsngerous up to o rungy of from 45 to 50 paces, 'The sole article of clulhlh;’hwum by the men 18 the snali—u plece of burk-cloth fueasuring about B yards tnleogthand 15 of a yand jn wideh, and wound about the middle, It is nanufac- tured of the outer luyer of bark, beaten with bitlet of wood upon stune until soft, and then dhyed with red earth. "Fhe apparcel of the women i3 Mimited alno to a single article answering to the mal, but cmnfm.wd of u heavy fringe hang- Tugg from the glrdlo to the knces. ~ I the cool of the morning und evening, o long plece of bark. cloth § thrown over the shoulders, Thoe Pupuun w u couple of hags,—the mualler hngg uround the 1 for holdlng tobac: various sl articles; and the lurger o over the Joft shoulder, contulning bis uickelime for betel-chewtung, s spoon, gouter, sy Knife, sholla and bamboo-hokes of dyes, bags uro woven of parti-colored threods, and oraamented withsbells, Rligs of dufuly-woven gruss and bark, inlugied with shells, are worn Upon the anus wud ubove the wiye. A wild Doar's tusk, depending from the nedl ing on the bust, (s an ornanent greatly prized. The men weny fn the earsrings of tartle-shell or woml, or bnnboo, and gometines stonea and flowers, The women wear oneor - severnl elre elets in the car, or 1 cor l'» s nernss the fore- Tewd, unitingg the upper edize of one car to that of the other, atil from h end a buneh of white dor's teeth hangs down wpon the neck, They aleo cavey boga of a larger slze {han those of the men,—ii one of which they datly brivg fenit from the ntations to the village, and iy the other thelr young fnfants, or their pet plgs or pupples, ave borne about with them, s PIROF, WYVILLE TIIOMPSON, The Chaltenger has returned to Europe from fta three-and-a-half years' crafse, and now lles at Sheerness, in the very spot she left towards the close of the year 137 for lier trip aronnd the world, The Dircetor of Ter civillan staft of speclalists fn Nataral Illstory and Chemistry waa Prof. Wyville Thompson, and very oppor- tuncty Mature furnishes n ita columns a bio- graphical sketch of thia distinguished man of Sulenee, from which are taken the following de- taits: Charles Wyville Thompaon was born fn Lin- Hithgowshire, March 5, 1530, IIfs father was n surgeon fn the service of the East India Com- pany, and spent most of his 1ife abroad: hut the carly years of the son were passed in Edin- burg. At the age of 15, the hoy left school, amd entered the Medieal Department of the Edinburg University, Iive years Inter, Nis health demnnding o respite from the sovere study he had fmposed upon Iimsvlf, he necepted the Lectureship on Batany fn King's College, Aberd, A ly:onr Iater, elng then but 21, he. \\'unfil[ nted Lecturer on the same subject at. Mariselinl Collegs and Unl- versity. In Aunguat, 1853, Mr, Thompson was electerd to the vacant Chuir of Natural Iliatory in tho Queen's College, Corle; amd tho followini year resigned ity that he might necept the Pro- Tessorahin of Mineralogy and Geology In the Quecn's Collego at Belfast, Durlig the years now ensulng, Prof, Thomp- son was nditigent worker,—in addition to the regular dutles of his position,—cxerting binscll to” build up the Musent of the College with which he was conneeted, nud preparing for pub- Tientlon manifold papers on zoologieal Hll')‘it 5, It was at this t that e began his studies of the &:ruufl) of Behinoderma, which were pursued until he had eolleetesd the material for a mono- graph. 1ils {nvestizations into the life-history of the genus Pentacrinuko were especlally per- sistent, resulting fun many new aud fimportant discoveries, Up to this perlod, the theory bl prevailed amony men of Selence that e could not exist below a certain depth of the ren. Accordinge to Ldward Forbes, thera were fixed zones of life, whith wero os follows: © Fiest, the Littoral zong, between low and hizh water marks; see- ond, the Laminarian zone, from Jow water to o depth of 15 fathomas third, the Cornlling zone, from the 15-fathom e to o ddepth of 6 futhoms; snd, fourth, the yone of decp-gen co- ralg, extending from the edge of the Coralline zone to an unknown lower Hinlt." It was aup- posed that the Inhabltants of the lowor zono he- came ;fimxl\mlly tewer In proportion to its depth, until they dln:ll)pem'cd altozether, About 1864, tha som of Michael Sars, the Pro- fessar of Zoology In the Ulll\'urn"{ of Christi- nnfa, drew “Y severnl speeimens o o new Cri- noid, while ll‘(!llulllf in wator about 700 feet deep. 110 continuad to flnd Hre at even u grent- er depths nnd those discayeries, with others of u slmilur nature, led to o change of Dellef with repan) to the . exlitence of life nt il depths of tho sen. Prof. Thomp- son visited Chriatianla, by the lvitation of Prof, Surs, to Inspect the new Crinolds aud togethe the two naturallats deckind that 1 was ade- weaded form of o lone lust family, the Ap crindder, which had been preserved from the great Challc epoch. In 18907, Prof. Thompann acted as Vice-Prest- lent of the Jury on Raw Products at the P'arla Exzmdtlnn. The faltowing year Dr, Carpenter united with him fn the atudy of tha Crinolil; ond thenthe Professor advanced thefdenthat the son-bottom was the most frultful reglon now Teft for tho rescarches of the natyralist, and that this was tho fleld to which attention should, without 10ss of time, be directed. Belzing upon the suggeation, Dr. Carpentor obtalied sanction for the use of a Government vessol In the pur- mult of such investizations. In August, 1563, the surveying-ship Lightaing was dispatelied on a dredging crutso fin . tho North At- Inntle Ocenty, which lasted until the close of Soptembor. In 1860, the surveying-vessel Pareupine waas omployed, by consont of tho Guvernment, for the same purpose, from May until September, The crnise was this seasmn prosceuted at first by Mr, Gwsn JedTries, off the wesh const of Teelanid; thendn the Bay of Bia- cay, by Prof. Thompson: and Jastlsy on the wround traveraed by tho Lightning in tho year previous, In 1870, the Poreupine was again de- voted tothe service of the atudents of deep- sea J1fo; but an {liness prevented Prof, Thomp- 8on from_nssuming cllnv?e of the expedition, and Dr. Carpenter took the place In s steud, In this year, Wyville Thomnson vaeated the Chalr he had a0 fong occupled in the Queen's College at Belfnst, and waa_transforred to the Professorship of Natural History In the Uni- versity of Fiinburg, a plazo which ho still con- tinues to hold. ‘Thoe discoveries mate In tho sclontifle exeur- slona of the veescls lout for tho service, during three sucressive seasons, proving of creat mo- ment to Selenee, the Ih?‘nl 8ol ul{“«m:ml upon the British Government thio inportanca of dls- patehing s ship to lnvestigate cach of the great oveans,” Tha Ym oritlon et with a gencrous response, and the Challenzer was proviled with a aptendid outflt for b work, As was remorked, in the bezlnming of this article, Prof. Thompson was appolnted Director of the elvilian stafl; and he now raturns to his country aned friends, after o cruiso of three years nnd-a” hall, In. which he las, with his eolaborators, contributed o jussa of knportans facts to onr knowledge of the or- gantsme dwelling at the bottom of the sca, of avean enrrents and temporatures, and of mnny other allled matters that come within the plan of the survey. - Prof. Thompson has already placed [n the hauds of his publishers a portion of his account of the voyage of the Challenger; and two vol- 1unes, containlng the yesults of the dmdglufi In tho Atlante, with llustrations by Mr, Wilde, will appear In the autumn, Later, these will be follawed by two volumes recording the discov- eries madd In the Pacliie and Southern Scas. SPARKS OF SCIENCE. FLORA ROUND ABOUT CIIICAGO. Ty MoONSERD FAMILY AND Tt Banszuny Fayier,—Only three out of the 300-and-odil specles of the Menbpermacer, or Moonseed Fumily, aro {ndlgenous to the United Stotes, and but one of these Is fucluded In the flora round about Chicagu, The fawnlly enjoy i warn climate, and are chlefly found in the Tropies of Asln and Amerlea, Thoy nre all woody cllinb- ers, and inhablt forest-lands, where thay can monnt skyward by clinglng to the trunks und Lranches of trees. Thele lowers are gencrally Inconspicuous und of n pale-greentsh hue, und their frult s a Jdrupe, usually fleshy, and con- tufulng u slngle nut. Boveral of the spocles nre remarkably tennctons of life, ao that, if a brunch b severed from the maln stalk, it will send down n slendor shoot, which, whon resclitng the ground, takes root and preserves tho plunt. AMr. Wigho states that theso shoots have hed seen 8 feot long, and uwo larger than a pacl thread, The family 1s characterized by active nare: and bitter qualities,—thy formar, when In ¢ cesg, rendering them polsonous; aud the latter ;i'lvmg them the virtues of a valunblo tonle. [fio ront_of the (occulus palmatus (commonly called Columba), obtained “chlety from Mosasi- blque, I8 highly cstosmed ne stomachic and toule, ‘The sced of the Anamirta coconlia—n beautiful climbiog-plant notive to the Fast Indles~containa un aceld and intoxicating, as well ma_polsunous principle. It 18 used agood deal tn England—but wa trust not elsewhero— in the munufacture of beer, imparting to the haveragze o bittor taste, and _un apparont rich- xlwu‘- and strongth; but itseffects arv very dole- erfous. The single Wenlsperin growing {n our vielnit: may be fotind in the woods west aid south of the cll?‘. Its alternute leavea havo from threoto seven fobes, and its white flowers, In axillory [me“' expand tn June aud July. ‘The namwme J{mlqurmum Canadense, or Cunadloy Moon- seed, ‘Thu Herberiducas, or Barhorry TFamily, om- bruces, wecardlng to Lindloy, 100known spocics, which abound in the temparate portlons of the Northern Hemisphere, Nono —are found in Africa, Austrully, or the SuutheSes lalunds. Five species ure eommon to the Northern Unitod States, sl two to the Chleago tlor. From April to Muy, the Bluu Cobush (Caulo- {Myllum thalictroldes) s In blossom in the wood- atids north sud west of us. 1t 1s not common, nor {s it u noticeable plant, Its nuked stem shioots up from 1 to 25§ feet high, bearbng at the summit u small racemo o pandelo of yellowlah- greon lowers, and, just bencath them, o stugle titeruately compound loat, . Thwe May-Apple, or Mandraice (Zodophyllun ,‘nflummy Is whudant evorywhere, flowering in May, and maturiige its friit—which, ws soue botanlst renmarks, s coten by plgs and small boys P—fn July, The plaut {8 known to most by rewsou of lis curiung habit of growth,~Its Large, white, fragraut flowors. urisiug, siugly Lo leavea that erown of green umbrellas, flowerloss stema areternsiated by o Jarge, elrendar, Jobed leaf, ‘Fhe frult has i enticlng Jook and amells It the fiavor 18 disappobn i, Defng sweet and fusiphl, 1418 edible, and_eome tastes are pleased with b, The leaves and roots of the plant are drastle nnd polsonous. The Common Darherry (Berberis vulgards), whileh prows wild in New England, is noted for revery| ous characteriaties. Tt §s heset with sharp apines, which are simply leaves destitute of fleshy tissue or parenchyma. On new and vlizarnns shoots theae splnes will somo of them have the Inferspnees nearly fled with paren- chyma, othors will be partly {illed, and others agaln will b entirely bare, s is one of the evidences that tho spines are really the hardened ribs of nperfeetly-developed leaves, But more intoresting atill 18 the mechandsm by which the ens of the flowerdlscharre thelr pollen. Theae are situated opposite the petals, nid are hell buek by thelr tips heing cauzht n the edyes of the Incurved pitals. ‘The slighteat touch nt the hane of o atamen causes it to- spring forward, aml by the movement scatter ita polien broad- enst. ~ When an fuseet visita a (resh lower of te Barbervy, in r‘upu of the honey contalned in glands at the base of the stamens, it ennnot fail to frritate one or more of them, and receive In return o shower of the pollen, which i borne away on its bady to the next flower It vislta, There a portlon of the pollen will very probably be rubbed off on the pistil; and heneé, by n «ine gular contrivance, the Barberry sceurea the ben- cift of cross-fertlilzation, The hercies of this plant, dercloping In red racemes when vipe, arg very ornameutal, aitd nlso make an excellent conseeve, ‘The Barberry fornia an admlirable Tentge-plant i hat there fs a prejudice rweaiuat ity owing to a fungus which infests it, nud is salil to praduce rust upon graln, The root and bark of the Barberry arc used for dycing yellow, and the bark ‘may be em- ployed in tanuing leather, Severnl af tho species of Herleritave ever- green, The berrles of the 18 Aaiatica and the 13, Artstarta are very pieasant,and In Nepawlaye dricd ke ralsins, The leavea of the Bongardia Chrysogomtin ave caten o the Baat 1k sorrel, The oot of the Leontlca Leantopelalum {8 ured s a gonp {0 Aloppo, and by the Turks as an an- thlote for overdoses of opium, and the Ltubers of the Honyardia Rawweolfli arc cooked and caten in Persia. BCANDINAVIAN LEMMING. At n sesston of the London Linnwan 8aclety, May 4, Mr. W, Duppa Croteh read o paper giv- ing his observations upon the Reamdinavian Lemming (Myades Lemnns), which ho had for ten conseentive summers had an opportunity of rtudylng in its native country. This ctrlous tittle rodent Inhabita the mountalnous regions of Swedenand Norway, It s about 5 fuches long, has a cont of variegated black nnd tawny fur, and feeds on Hehiens, grass, birch-catking, ete. 1t 18 o prolific brecder, producing several 1itters In the course of n year, each Titzer num- bering Tour or flve young ones, Tt thus multi- plles enormously ; and at stated perlods, gener- ally at tho approach,of winter, vaat troops sct out on a pilgrimage from the laud of thelr birth. The cause of these migrations has nm,'t\'al Tieen satisfnctorily settled bf naturallste, The trav- clers generally march In paraliel columus, and in 0 nerfectly strajght ling, and nothing turns them from thelr courso, As they advanco thelr ranks are thinned by bensts and bleds of Jirex, which continunlly pus- sue them; and multitivles peelsh in the waters which eross thelr track nnd which lhc{ nttempt to awim, no matter how distant may he the op- posite shore, Mr, Crotel states that the troaps of mlrants alwaya take a westward directic and, finadly reaching the cowst by dimiulsl numbers, perish fn the sea. “In one we authenticatul ease (Collet), o ship safled for 0f- teen minntes throngh o swarn,—the water helng lllvn.nlly alive with thicm s far s the eye coulid sre. Lata weiters have endeavored to explain these migrationa by sssigning hunger, or the approa inrrlors of wluter, asthelr cuke, The theory of “tho survival of the fittest” has cven heen broached ns a posalble reason for the strange movement. As none of the migrants sur- vive, Mr. Croteh rejects this theory, with the two others mentloned, and pacribes the removal to hercditary influcnce, e anzies that, In o former are, the ancestors of tho Lem- ming found plentiful forazo on Jands nos suni heneaththe Atlantie; and that the generat{ons of the preaent.duy contine thelr regular processions in nllu(ll(:ncu to the habit engendered in the neo In a romuoto past. Tho fact that tosall remains of Lemuming cxist in England, is addneed by Mr, Croteh as evidence thut ™ the antmal pene- trated that uoum‘ry when 1t still foried u part of the Buropean Contloent, Mr. Crotch nascrts that the migration of the Lemming s not eompleted In one year, 08 has been supposeds Int. ab vacons fufervals after thelr frequent hrcmlln¥u, thay eolleet in bands. and take up thele march westward, ‘There fs enrfons volnclilence hetween the advancs of the Lemming and that of the racea of men,—hoth prococding, according to tradition, towand the setting sun. Mr, Crotch relates that the ruguu:“y of the L:mmln&: when on ts” travels (8 purprising, Its wrath s aroused h{ the approach of any anlmal or even by thy shadows of n passing cloud; nnd 1t Instantly bncks up agalust o gtone or other Aubstantinl support, nucrinéuahrlll crint de- fiunce. In most enses, Mr, Croteh found that o bare placo had been wornon the rump by the constant recurrence of this bellizerent nttftode. Tha Lemming 1s not dainted by tho Interpost- tion of o brond lako In ita path, but taltes to the water with the freedom of a grood swimemer, It is, however, very timdd when at the merey of this element, and loses all klea of direction on belng frightened. Tho Jeast rullllng of the surfuco of the water [a sullicient to overcomo and drown the adventurous llttle navigator. ik IIYPNOTISM OF ANIMALS, Some littlc time ago, wo gave n deseription of tho process by which licns may be magnetlzed or liypnotized. Theexperlment conslsts simply {n laying the nnfmal upon the ground, or on o table, stretching out its lead, and drawing a challe-line from tho end of the bill. Even the chalk-line may be dispensed with often-times, the hen belng merely beld still for a few mo- ments, Dr. Hammond relates, in his work on “gplritualism,” that he hos fnduced o condition of Inunobility by putting the head of the hen under the wing, aud holding It there fora couple of minutes. Then, placing tho hen upon a table, 1t stands ercet, retaining its head under the wing, and remadning motfonless for acveral wloutes, apparently in a deep sleep. Crawiishes are very good subjects for this experfincnt, yletdhug readily to the influence. and them on thelr lieads, and they will stagger o litthe at firat, but soun remain perfeetly quict, resting on thelr autennx and two under claws, Dy, Hammond states that he has repeatedly Jeep younys Jobsters, frogs, hens, geesce, —rarcly meeting with a fallura i the expertment, But, ho remmarks, * Of all animala In my experience, the frog passea fnto the hyp- notle conditlon most readily, Al that 3 neces- sary I8 to hold it firmdy for o minute or two by the sides of the bady, just Lehind the fore l“fiy‘ and then gontly lay 1t on its hack on a_table, board, or palnof the hand. Bo profound is the Nypnotlsm that the blade of n palr of sclssors mu{bcllllnnhluul intothe lower part of the belly, nud the animal cut open fts whole lL‘H[,"!ll, without Its movlng, or apparently experiencing tho least schsation. . . o Inpencral, with- out the causation of hypnotisin, there s no lm- wition seemivgly so disagrecable to o frog as the d't;lrlsuh und {t guts out of it as soun as pos- sible,’ the fork of the two one-shl the stem s with a eou, = BRIV NOTES. ‘The number of visitors at the Loon Collectian of Sclentific Apparatus, now open in London, during the last weck of May, was 10,607, A serles of scientifle excursions ja the vicinity of Vurls hos been organized, this season, by Dr. Leloran. ‘They take place cvery Sunday, and includg fn thely scope studicsin Geology, Botany, and Entomology. It ts cxpected that the Pandorn, whick left Portamouth, England, May 97, for the Arctic reglons, will nske another nncmgh to pass through Pecl 8Btralts, or Hellot Rtrolta and Franklin Channel, into Behring Straits, and thus bo the first vessel to accomplish the Northwest Pussage by sea. ‘The National School of Agriculture at (Irif- non, which is the oldest school of the kind in France, sonually scads out its oldsr puplls on an figrlculturnl tour of ral months, The presunt year, the cluss are Inspecting the far- g dlstricts of the Netherlunds, under the guidance of the Professors 3 and, next year, It {s understood that they will vislt Englaud. Tho course Justs throo years. The now Zoological Gardens s Cnlentta were opencd the 6th of this month, under the direc. tion of Mr, J. C. Parker, the tomporary Curator, The Gurdens contaln 8 fine evllection of the ropresciitatives of the Indlan fanus. Amony the most interesting featurvs of the display {s acago of “ Banxrings” s'm‘mm etliatti), ’l‘fl‘e:u il untmals belong to the fsmbly of fusctivora, whivh fncludes the moly, the shrew, aml the Tedeehog, The Banxrimrs ar peenlfar to the Tndlsn Avebipeluga, and - differ widely from the other Duectivora W inuny rcsllm&'ll. havy suft, shiulug fur, luvge oyes, la snouts, and tails Larger” than the” body. " They are rboreal in hubit, uwl frisk obuut the treck with the ugilihy ol u aquirrel. R.IR.R. RADWAY’S READY RELIEF Ouros the Worst Pains in From One to Twenty Minutes. NOT ONE HOUR. Aftor Roading this Advortisomont Noed Any One Suffor with Pain, RADWAY’S READY RELIEF Gre for Every Pain. It was the firat and {a tho Only Pain.Remedy That fnstantly staps the most axernclatinz p: o {unnunatiu ul g g L W e Lhgzs, Stoun uwels, or otlier glaiita unc upplieation, RN IN FROM OXE T0 TWENTY MINUTES Nomatter inw violant oy exernclating the Uiiewmntie, Bed-riden, tniien, Cripyir, Neuralgle, or prostrated with disense inny sufler, RADWAY'S READY RELIED WILL Afford Instant Ease. Infinmmation of the Xidnoys, Inflamma. tion of the Bladder, Inflammation of the Jowols, Mumps, Conpeation of tho Lungs, SBors Throat, Diflloult Bronthing, Palpitation of tho Hoart, Ifyaterics, Oroup, Diphtharin, Catarrh, In@uonza, Hondaoho,Toothacho, Neuralgis, Rhoumatigm, Cold Chills, Agua Chills, Chilblains, and Frost Dltes, The applicatian of tho Toady Nellet to the part of paria where the paln or dififcuity uxluta will iford onst i comture, Tiwenty draps in half a tumbler of water wi Juiiites, enre Gramp, Sprainy, Sour Ston iteardnche’, “Dinrelion, Tnernat arry a ot Ate atn, the cevou Inaton Heart. Culte, . n i cof RADWAY'S DY BELELF with the Hrops in water will [royeut eldiivivs ur pntu (roiny wlianco of water. 1¢1s better than French Drandy or Bliters i a stimulant. FEVER AND AGUE Feverad Aguo earei for 0fty conts, remodial agent I the workd thal w niye, wd wll uther molarkous, Dill or fovers (alded a ltcady lellet. ¥ s, Thers (anot 2 curo fover anl seariet, typiuiin, adivay's [111y) sy ¥ conta pur bottlo, DR. RADWAY'S REGULATING PILLS, Perfectly tastel purin, reculate, way's Pl %, eloemntly coated with aweet gum, VuFlfy, cleans, Al weronthon. A e'of all disorders of the Stomnch, indder, Neevous Divenses, inatipation, Contiveness, Tndigeation, Dys- wiess, AT Foyer, fidamantivn of the Jea, nud all Dorangenients af the Interaal yiscarn, Warrnted to effect & positivo cure. Puroly 11.".53’&‘!(!2‘.‘”"""“""""‘ nureiry, mineral, or deletas Obscrye the foltawing symptos Dsardumaf i Digatisn Ofang T Feautting from Constipation, Inward Tlen, Fulineas of the Diood ta the J{ead. Aeldity of the Stomach, Nuusen, Hoarthi Food, Fullnuem ot Welihit I the Stuma, it Liver, Howels, Kidneys, Dind Hradnele, Cs nely, B rri ficult Birathliz, Flutlrings at tha foact, Kuffuenting Kensatlon when (o Lyfnz 1 ness of Vislon, Dats or Wehs betoro the aighl apdd Dull Fadn Tu tiie_Head, Doflciene elfownes of the Skin and Ryes, Iatus in the Slac, G, Liimte, oud Suddou Flushen of Hlcat, Buratug i e Kleati, ‘A few doses 0f MADWAT'S PILLS will froo the sys: ton fram all of the above-nanied disordors. Price, 23 conta per box, - Suld Dy Druggiats, "Faver of Y'Br‘ng iritlon, Ovarian Trmor Of ten yoars' growth onred BY IR. RADWAY'S REMEDIES. 1 TIAVE IIAD AN OVARIAN TUMOR IN TIE OVA KIEA AND BOWELS FOIR TEN YEARS, ANN Anbok, Dec. 27, 1675, —Dis. RADWAYS - ort e RS LAk T bty L stoth 1 Liave linud an Ovartan Tusiue i ihe ovaries nyears, "1 iried the best physician e wIUIOUL sy benult 1V waa growing at pidity that 1 coufil not have Hve uhd 0f mina indused mo Lo ¢ 1 Iivd not mueh deliberatiun, ucl Ta- much fonger. ry Radway's HKemedie, faith in thow, Liut Nnally, aiter muuch tricd thew, (x buttics uf the Resolvent, two boxes of id Lwo bostlen af tho Ltelief, *1 wned theso Sppurcut benedt, § deisrnitned to perie: vero, T uad {welva more bottles of s Lesulyant, iwo of tlie lelief, and twa Joxes of th Pille, - Befors they were kona | Hail loat twoniy-0ve poundu. Icuntinied 16 180 tho mediclie until T was sure that 1 was cutiroly cared, {100k tha medicine about #vo yonine and during that Gl s foriy 1 all 1 ik three dozen Doitlen o buttics fellet, and slx v pounds. Hhe Resolvent, sl of e Pil. feel perfecily well, and joy heart Ls ull of gratitulo to Ghod for thie Relninany decp ificcion, To'gon, ol and your woudertul meafeine, | feel deoply indefited, and Iny prayor s {nt i inny b w'tnuch of a biesdini a uit: T e cel Lo e, higiied) Mus, E. C. DIBBINS. trs, DIbhine, who makes tho shove cerilfcaty, s tho g\'"qll for whout 1 reguestod yau (o sesd medicine [y i, 173, Yo mulicines abuvs saied wers Bougis ot me, with the exception of what wis vent, ig her by you. -1 moy say that hor statement s currecs withou s quailfication, {Bignud) i rugglsk aud Chemlat. Ang Arbor, Mich: This may certify (hap Mrs, Dibbias, who'wiakes by abova coritiicate, s aud has boen for ‘many years well knuwa 0 na and the facta therehs staied are’ nudoubis sdty o undenia ct AUy one wilo kuows M DAt . « lably ce AT ‘statemen} Blul:l.l:l N belivye ber BRNJ. D. COCKER, ity ok FA N DR, RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvent, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, For the care of all Chvanie Dlsceses, Serofuls of Syphilitle, Hereditary or Contsglons, b it seated {n the Lunu or Blomsch, 5bin oc Boars, Fiesh or Nerves, Corrupting tha Salids aud Vitlating the Flaids, Chronic Rhaumat b, "ltkl‘uJ Diry Cough, ot i Hh Zfir;k.;s’m o }nuu.uf.ut Drarey, It Dri RADWAY & €0, 32 Warren-st,N ' Read * False and True” ‘nd ons latter -samip to RADWAY & CO., No. 93 “’:'K' e AR Y el WAl by asul'yuu.