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- " LITERATURE. Expeditions to Westorn China ~Yunnan and tho Kak- hyers. The TPThilosophy of Lawee= Iistory and Science- Primers, A Proposition to Photograph the Remains of Shak- speare. The Boomerang—A Ourious Mode of Conoealing Valuables, Flora Round About Chicago===The Mint Family. Kho Spirophore---Forelign Scien= tists at tho Centennial. Plants Pieroing Asphalt--- Projectod Boience-Musoum---The King- Bird. LITERATURE. WESTERN CHINA.' LAY TO MOMEIN: A NARRATIVE OF THE Iéfi?txrmmnu T0 WERSTERN CHiNA, OP 1508 AxD 1875, uxpen Cov. Epwann I, SLADRX AXD Cot. Houack Browne. By Joux AXDERSON, M. D. Bdl“.. AR B. T ete.y :_,lf) “l:'h and Illnatrations, 0y i 3 > m’? Mr;cmnlnn & Co. Chltflflx:l Janson, Mc- Clurg & Co. The establishment of an overland trade with Western Chinahas for many vears been the mbject of carncst consideration by British merchants, both In England and in India, The route by the Straits and thoIndian Archipelago, which commerce between the two nations has beon hitherto obliged to travel, f& Iong and Zaugorons, affording o marked contrast with the shorter and ecasfer ay Ileading from Burms into the rich Provinces of TYum- san and B8z<huen, and thencs "cost to the spen ports on the Chinese cosst. The feasibill- iy of various routes had been encrgetieally can- yassed; yet, as the country they must traverso was wholly unknown, speculations concerning them were mainly chimerical. The first step to- ward the accomplishment of the alm in view wos the dispatch of a surveying expedition through the territory Iying in tho path of the projected lino of traffic. A reqular trade be- twreen Mandalay, tho Royal city of Burms, and Chins, by way of Bhamo, a town near the Chi- nese frontfer, had long cxlsted; and it was re- solved by the Government of Indiato test the possibility of opening this route to tho passage of British commerce. Accordingly, in 1808 an expedition, cansistiog of five English officials, escorted by n guard of Afty srmed police, the whole under tho dlrection of Maj. Bladen, Political Resident of Mandalay, was fitted out, with tho chief objects ot discov- ering the disposition toward the enterprisc of the = varlous tribes {nhabiting Yuonan, and of examining tho physical conditions of the route. Mandalay, a city of at least 100,000 inhabitants, founded by the present King of Burma on his nccesslon in 1858, was chosen as the polnt of departure; and there the members of the mission assembled early in January, The town Is situated ona rising ground 8 miles from the Irawady Rivér, with which it is connacted by a populous suburb composcd of Lomses of teak, each surrounded by a garden inclosed with a fence of bamboo 8 to 10 feot high, and tho whole ecmbowered in magnificent tamarind, plantain, and palm trees. The city itsolf con- sists of itwo concentric fortifled aquaros,—tho outer one defended by a lnfih, masaive brick wall, strengthened with earthworks thro up on the Inside, and surronnded on the outaide by o decp moat 50 feet brond. On tha 18th of January tho expedition loft Mandalay for_the boat-journcy to Bhamo, a town that had praviously been visited by very few English explorers. Prior to 1667 only four Englishstcamers had ascended the Irawady ns Tugh as Mandalay, and the condition of the river beyond was problematical. It proved to bo navigablo even at this scason of low water, and {ts shores presented a great variety of bold and icturesque scenery alung much of the way,— -l:my headlands clothed with forests to the'wa- ter's cdge, alternating with luxuriant dells oc- cupled by flourishing villages. Four days of un- eventful travel brought the party to Bhamo, Aistant 250 nfles, whero the real dangors aud difllcuities of thelr expedition were to Uegin, This entrepot of the Chinese and Burmese trade occuples a high promninenco on the loft bank of the Irawady. It is abouta milcin Iengeth, and Is surrounded by a stockade 0 feot n helght, fonnidable to naseailing natives, yet not stron enough to exclude tigers, which fro- quently onter the town at night and make-away with somo luckicss inhabitant. The popula- tlon, numbering about 2,600, consists prin- mpuly of 8han-Burmesc,—a_ peaceable, fn- dustrious, and ' good-untured race. About 200 Chinese merchants oceupy the central portion of tho town, dwelllng In one- storled cutmfica built of sun<dried brick. To the right of Bhamo stretcli the high rango of Kakhyen hills, peopled b{ o wild, warlike tribe, from whose dopredations the town Is o continual sufferer, It was through the country of tho Kakhyons that the expedition sought to ass, and nogotiations for the ufim of way wera fil;mcdlntuly commenced on their arrival at hatno, ‘Yunnun was at #is tima convulsed by an in- terncelne strifo between the Molammedan Chincse, called by the Burmese, Pantlinys, and the Imperfalists. “Tho former had suceceded in establishine a partial uuvnrclgnt; aver that por- ¢lon of the province extending from Momeln to Tali-fo. Much of tho remainder of the tersl- tory had beon dovastated, whilo all was in o staie of excltement and disorder. Theso un- fortunate cireumstances threw many obstaclea -4n the way of the expedition, sid in the cud forbade the fullllment of its aim. A month was wasted at Bhamo {n tedious chafferings with the Kakyen chiefs, who con- tracted the most solemnn engagements only to break them again. Finally the inission were ‘enabled to securv transport for thelr luggage oud pessage for themselves into the Celcatial dominions, Their road acroes the mountainous rc;zvlun to Momein mostly followed, the windings otthe Tapeng River,—a strean navigable i high water for only 20 wniles fron ita wnion with the Trawady,one nile north of Bhamno, Detentionson account ol the treachery of the Kakhyens were 80 frequent and long that the City of ’l‘unfi-lynw <liow, or Mamnein, was not reached untili the ast of May,~thres months having been oc- cupled In accomplishing the journey of 185 wmiles Zrum Bhamo. - Motneln s sald by thonatives tolle on themost loity inhabited plateau among the mountains of the Western Yunnan, Tho ascent from the Burmess ?lnln is uninterrupted, until at Mo~ meln the slevation of 4,000 fect Is attalned, In accordance with native legend, the city was butlt 400 years ngo, and prubuhau a frontier- garrison, to hold {n cheek the then newly-con- quered Kingdom of the Shana. 1t is Inclosed by a moat and a stone wall of admirable structure, £5 feet high, 'The town had but lately endnml o aiege, and fallen iuto the hands of the insur gent Mohamnmeduns, and was consequently in a ruinous state. Farther advance from this point was now jm- {umlble. as the district beyond was in a condl- fon of revolt; therefore, after a sojourn of six weceks, the pmfi of exploration turned back on their homeward course, Bome deviation was made {rowm the orlelual routs in order to visit Hotba and exainine the Hoths Valioy; aud the Sthof Beptember bad arrived when fhe expedi- tion aygaln entered Bhumo, 8oven munths b been consumed fn the prosecu~ tlon of thefr ottempted enterprise, and lit- tle had been offccted beyand the aciulrenient of an fmperfect knowledgo of the country trav- erscd, and & coucdliatury fnfluence qnlucd over the blll-tribes Ly tho malutenance of au amicas rge, yet flrm and digoificd, deucanor toward L. The Kakhyens are a clan belonging ton widely-distributed race Inhabiting the oxtreme billcountry occupylng Western Chin It is averred by the Chincse Bhans thut | slun of thls territory oceurred only two centu- ricaugy, ‘Thelr charucter may huyo deterforated in conscquenco of the conslant warfurs with surrounding and luamxlnr races, but at present they are u lazy, thicvish, and untrustworthy .people. Thelrmguvcrnuwm 1= potriarchal, the ofics of chicftalndescending frow father to son, Thelr villages are always sltuated juur sopy v . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUS mountaln-stream, and straggle over an arca of amlle ur ko, generally in a shelterad sdale, The!r honse of bamboo are from 150 to 200 fect In length, and from 40 to 50 feet In breadth, The stenctire 18 rajsed on piles 8 feet highy the wides aro tlorely matted; snd tho roof, thntched with grass, slopes to within 4 feet from tho ground. The projecting caves arg propped hy bunboo pasts, and form a sort of covered portico, which scrves as a lounging. place by day, and a stable for tha pigs, ponics, nnd fowls, at night. Notched logs aro sctup for a stalrway to the doors, which open in the two gable cnids. In the futerior, a Inll on one sldo runs the entlre length of tha building; on the other side is a scriea of amall rooms separat- ed by bamboo partitions, In the hall and in cach room Isan open heartly, made by a de- pression {n the flaoring of fAnely-woven bamboo, which Is eovered with ard-prossed carth, Each house accommolates & community of families united by marrlagoar tles of blood, In inclos- urca near tlie houses, white pnpvlcp, plantains, and Indigo are caltivated; and, on the slopes adiscent, rice and malzo arogrown. Orclinrds of peaclics, gnmc;smnnleo. and guavas akirt tho villages; and, in the for- estn, chestnute, pliums, cherrics, and borries are abundant., ‘The complexion of the Knkhyena s a dirty- bufl, the hair and cyes dark-brown, the fore- Tead Jow, tha nose Lroad, the lips protruding, and tho chin broad and square. Thu{ are on agile thongh not muscular race, Mand the young girls bonnd like deer along the hill Imlm, thelr loose, dork locks streaming behind hem,” The dress of the men consists of n Jacket and short tronsers of blua cotton cloth, oand a blueor red turban. contalning pipe, tobaceo, line, betel-box, and flask of sha- Tov, I8 worn over the right shoulder; in the lobo of the ear Is thrust a piceo of bainboo, n bit of red cloth, a ieaf or & {lower; and the legs are enciretledbelow the knee with ringsof fine rattan, A dah, or knife, half-sheathed in wood, is sus- tgndndh # loop hung around the neck, 8o as s blvl'lnu Do hilt ready for grasp with the right N and. The Kakhyen women are dressed In s blue cotton jacket slashed with red and omamented with couries nnd sllver, and o kirtle or kilt ox- tending to the knee, and bordered with a hrlfhl. plakd. Marted women wear a turban, but young girls have the halr cut aquare acroas the forehead and hanging loose hohind. - Both the ‘lobe and upper cartiloge of the ear are plereed, and atmost anything” 1s Inserted for an ornament. Silver tubes reaching down to the shoulder are worn by thoss who can procure them, and flowers are converted fnto ear-rings when nothing costlicr {s¢o bo had. Strings of bonds and silver hioops about the neek, and vattan rings encircling the lces, completa thele ornamentation. = Tha position of the women s not abova that of a beast of burden. They are not allowed to cat with the men, and are valued merely for thelr usofulness, * ‘The re1|lmnn of the Kakhyens is o dpnlythehm, and benign and malignant gods arc the objects of thelr worahip, ~They are quarrol- some and revengeful, yet neither brave in battle nor during the chiase. The barking deer, the lcopard, porcuping, bamboo-rat, bingle- fowl, and phepsant are the game which they chiefly hunt: aud pigs ave the only domestic animals which they rear. It was with this say- age race that tho ‘expedition were brought in contact in thelr travel in Yunnan, and, from ob- scrvation and the records of other explorers, Dlri l;\micrucm las compiled o quite full account of thom. As ono of the results of the misston of 1609, a British Resident at Bhamo was appolnted. After the downfall of the Mohammedan power in Yunnon, in 1874, the Burmn-Chinese trade, which had decliued for some years, was greatly revived; and it was resolved by tho Indinn Gov- ernment to make s fresh attempt Lo opon an ovorland route Into China for British enterprise. In January, 1875, a sccond expedition—in which, 85 in the first, Dr. Anderson filled the poat of medical officer and naturnlist—Ileft Mandalay to examins the vapabilities of the country Leyond Momein, and, i Eoulblc.m discover an casler and better route than the old ane from Bhinmo, To socure tho success of tho miselon, Mr. Magary, a young and promising member of the Britlsh Consular 8crvice at Pekin, was dls- patched acroes the country from Shanghal to mnect the oxpedition at Momein and assist inthe negotiations, On the 17th of January Mr, Magary arrived at Bhamo, having safely .per- forined the overland journey. ‘I'ne party pro- ceeded on thelr way with favorable prospects; Dbut, s0on after entariug Yannan, rumors reached thein of an fatended attack by the Chinese. Mr. Magary advanced with a smail escort to the vil- lage oi Manwyne, to ascertain tho real condition of ‘affairs, und was there cruelly murderod, The cxpedition wos attacked by a large body of Chi- neso; and, the contiiued ‘progress of the mis- slou wnm‘ng hopeless, it was abaudoned, and the party returncd to Mandaluy carly in March, o history of the two uxpeditions, which Dr. Anderson has given In this volume, will soon he followed by the publication of the scientific Xylll'.cfll-l gathered duriog his explorations in unnan, PHILOSOPHY OF LAW. THE PIILOSOPHY OF LAW: Brixe Norzs or Lrcrunes DrnivEneEn Dunide TwenTy-Tunge YxAnA 18 Tus INNER TEMPLE JIALL: AnAPTEU ron BTunexta AXp Tux Fustic. Dy HEnnenr Bnoox, LL. D., Author of *‘‘Legal Maxims," **Commontarics on the Common Law,” etc. 12 mo., pp 271. Now York: Hurd & Hooghton, ‘The titlo of this work is captivating, and the subject ia ono which can tax the powers of the preatest mind. 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STAKSPEARE'S REMAINS, A stronuous argument in favor of an cxamina~ tlon of the grave of Shakspears Is put forth by a writer In the Americar Billiopolist. 1t 18 very properly urged that something moroe than idle curlosity would be served by the final sottlo- ment of all doubts ag to tho contents of tho tornb. If it should proyo—as there ls some falnt hope It may—that the romains of the great poet are stlll In a state of preservation, render- ing it possible for a photograph of his features, or ecven of his skull, to be taken, the world would by such meaus bo put in posscssion of what it now hes not, an authenticand undie- puted portralt, or Lelp to o portrait, of the man Shakspeare. ‘‘Let not the inscription on the tomb-stone prevent the oxhumation,” it is pleaded, “for there is mo proof that it was placed there at his roquest. Open the grave reverently, have the photographers roady, and the moment the coffin-lid is removed (if thero ‘boany) expose the plates, and sce what willbe tho result. Thon closs up the grave, and, if nothing {8 sccomplished, no harm would be done, and peoplo would rest satisfled.” As cncoursgement of the hopo that Bhak- spearc's body, although it has lain fn the tomb 200 ycors, may not yot have crumbled into dust, a letter from & porson living near Stratford is quoted: 5 Somo graves of the Bhakaspesro date [it says] wore oponed at Church Lawford a few yoars ago; and the figures, faces, and dreases wero porfect, but, of course, inh n-hour were mero heapa of dust. Shakspeare's grave {s near the Avon, bot donbtlces he was bnrled' well (in o lcaden cofiin, mha?'liyk and there Ia scarcely room for a donbt fhut, th propor precautions, photographs of his face might bo taken perfectly, Burcly the end does justify the means here, . . . a duty mlfhk be reverently dono. Idoult, after oll, §f 1t irdll be: but I nm very strongly in favor of the trial, and, if no remalns were found, no harm would be done, the **curse™ to tha country not- withatonding. Peoplo who have pet projoctaabont ortraits woald niot Jike to have all their neat and op&(cnl argumeats radely knocked In the head; but where should we oll be it no Biak- epcare at all were found, but only s bundle of rusty old MBS, in Lord Bacon's find Roman hand ? After all, Tam rather nervous about the reanlt of anch an exhumation! But, serionaly, 1sce no rea- son whye it rhould not be made. A legal friend hore long l;;e snggested &nmuronuln not pro- feasionally, of courne) that the **curse™ might be escaped by employing 8 woman (**cursed be ho"), and women would compete for the honor Just here comes up the viston of that defuded enthusiast who, after years of solitary, single- bauded struggle to stibstantiate the theory of Breon's authorship of the 8hakspearean dra- mas, succceded, a8 ihe culmination of her chimeras, fu hdlfln; tho sexton of the church inclosing the poct's tomb to allow her to open the grave, nnd satisfy her bellef that It eon- talncd only the manuscripts of the plays, writ- ten in Bacon's hand, Thu two proceeded alone to the church on the appolnted n“zm, and walt- cd In silence tho arrival of tho midnight-hour ns the fitteat for the performance of tlrlr contemplated deed. "~ Motioniess mat | ths pale-browed woman who Dad surren- dered her. mind to the dominfon of onc insanc fdea until it absolutcly possessed her, driving out every other object of thought or affection, and finally crazing and destroying her, Tho small lantern sho held throw its {mlu light finmediately about lier, but hud not atrongth to penctrate far into the surrounding shindows ond thin, and pale, and spectral na she, the con- tral figure In that single ncbulous epot in the gloom, had becoma through thadiscase that was cousmining hier, sho might have been taken for tho wraith of somo dead one, which had come back from the realm :of spirits to watch for one given hour over the tomb where the ro- mains of its earthly toncment were fnterred. The Instant for striking the first blow that was to opon tho grave of shakspeare, r.od roveal the sccret in its keeping, came and weant, and yet she stirred not. "Thu opportunity for which she Thad striven for years was within fier grasp; aud lier weak, wasted hand, relaxod and let it drop. The nervo that sould have aupported her in the carly ycars of her endeavor, had worn away with long aud painful tenslon; and, tn this su- preme moment of victory over tho last obsata- cles opposiog the confirmation of her theory, shewnsunequal tothescll-inpesed demnnd; and, wo may suppose, with a desolute and despairing heart, she roac In silonce, and, motloning the sexton to follow ler left the tomb of Shak- are unmolcsted. One cannot avold u re ret at this pathetlc fallure. The shock of findin her cherlshed theory untrue might have kilk the disappointed woman on the fnstant; but in- toresting questions, aslde from those sho had herself or!E natod, would then have been finally sct at res| The writer fn the Dibliopholist cites a number of casca recorded in Miss™ Strickland's “Quecns of Englaud,” where the bodlcs of the Royal dead liave been oxhumod centuries after tholr interment, and found to retain their perfect shnfie and semblance, The remains of Willlamn the Conqueror, who died fo 1037, were disin- torred In 1542, and, writcs Miss Btrlckiand: On romoving the atono canes, the body, which was corpulent, and exceeding i stature the tallcat men then known, spvoarcd se entire ss whenit waa first buried, ~ Within the tomb lay a plateof coppor-glit, on which was ongraved an Insceiption in Latin voreo, Who Bishop, who vwas greatly sur~ [‘"'“d at finding the body In such perfcct preserva. lon, caused a painting to he executed of the Tioyal remains, in tho state in which thoy thon ap- guured, by the Lest artiat In Caen, and caueea it to 0 hung up on the abbey wall, oppoalta to tho monument. ‘Tho tomb of the Princoss Mary, daughter ot Edward IV., who dicd in 1482, was opencd fu 1817, and saya Miss 8trickland: : Tha coffin of the Princess Mary, a beautiful gir! of 15, who ted. tho. yoar befora’ Rar fathor, \Eluul opened; o oorl of halr of the modt exquisite palo- guld had insinuated itaolf through the chinke of the cotlini tho vyes, of a beautiful biuo, were un. closed and bright, but fell dust soon afor (he ad- mission of alr, Of Katherina Parr, the sixth Queen of Hen: VIIL, who died in 1831, the same author wrlwl;’: Blis was originally interred on the north slde of e Slter of fha et sslendii capel of tudloy, oaud a nurat tablet of sculptured alsba placed above hor tomb. The chupel Is now de- spoltod aud in rulus, tho rooficss walls alone re- malning, The history of Quecen Katherine's death “and Interniont, from’ the document In the lerald's ofiice, having been published in Ruddes' History of t1loncestorshire, rouio ladios who hurpmed to be ut Ludely Castle in May, 1782, determinod fo examine the rulncd chapel, Ghscrvs ink a large block of slabaster fixed in the northwall of tho chupel, they fmagined that 1t night bo the back of a monument that hadonce been fixod thero, Lod by this hint, thoy had the ground openoed not far from there, and about a foot from tha surface they found a leaden envelopo, which they opencd in two pincus, —oi the face aud breast,—and found it to contain a human bady wrapped 1o cerocioth, Upon romoving the portion that covered the face, lioy dliscovered Lhe foaturee, particularly the oyoa. i the most ‘pul!vcl state of prescryation, Alarmed withibis eight, and with ‘tho eumell which came from the cerecloth, they ordered the earth to be thrawn in hmnedistely,” without closing over thio cerccloth and load that covered the face, only ob- serving enough of the Inscription 1o convinco {Imn that it wae the budy of Queen Kotherino, In the same sununor, Mr. Jobn Lucus, the person who runted tho land on which the ruinsof the chapel stood, romoved thy certh from the Jeaden cun“n. which latd at the depth of 2 Iunllnr littlo more, below tho surfuce, . ., . Mr, Lucas had tho cu- rioalty to elp up the top of tha coftin, aud found the whote body wrapped in wix or seven liuen core. cluthe, entlre and uncorrupted, although it had been burled upwards of two centuries and o half, 1o made on fucislon through the corecloths which coverod oue of the arms of the corpss, the flesh of which at that time was whito and wofat.” In 17144, the budy of Queen Katherine was revesvntly disturbed, and In 1746 §t wa, ) L clentiic examination by the Iev. Treadman . A. B, whoso report corroborated sho preceding sistemonts. Tha cottin of. Cliorles.t, Whn wes dooanitated Bnrely anch ator wras 1n 1048, was u[lmnul in 1813,—King Georgo IV, and scveral nobleineh witnessing the cerenony. Thn body of the King was a0 well proscrved as to ha cnnII‘y rocognized. From thega oxamples ftls inforred that the remalns of Shakspeare may atill be ao woll lpm scrved as to adimit of thelr being photographied, ——— TIE BOOMERANG, One of the most remarkable missiles fnvented by n aavage race I3 the boomerang,—tho fnstru- ment of war and of the chass in usc by the nborigines of Australla. It Is made of hard ‘wood, ia a eurved formn, with rounded extretni- tien. Tt is about 2 fcet lung, with one aide flat, the othior convex, and the dges blunted. In using tho weapon, it is held by one end with the curve downward, and Is thrown direetly for- ward, as though nlmetl at an an object 23 or 80 sards distant. Instead of moving horlzontally along the line of projection, the instrument describes a curved lno of oacent, whirling round and ronnd as it procecdsy and, aftor reaching a certain height, turns back towards the projector, and. sweeping over his head, falls behind hitn, where i found the real mnrk at which It §s ssnt. ‘The singular motlon nssumed by the boomerang 18 produced by the air striking upon the bulged side, A writer in Nafure, who lins scon the hoome- rang thrown by a native very expert {n iis use, describea at fongth the several inatruments eallod by the anine name,and the manner of m{ecllng them, The bo‘mmmng ‘whost form n givon in the above paragraph is, according to the statement of the writer, uncertaln in Its movements. It may return toosoon, aod atrike the individual, throwing it, or thoas near him, Much depends upon ifs Pcrfeut conatruction, and much upon the act of throwing {t. When almed nt a flock of birds or ducks, the nntives scent unabla to calculate what conrsd it will take smong them, and which fo will hit, 1€ it strikes an object In dts outward course, it docs not re- turn, but falls to the ground. A<thicker, larger, and less carved boowerang than the one de- scrlbied, moves straight onward, though whirling as it goes, and ducs not return. This fs tho weapon used in warfare, and relted upon whero precision of aim is deslred. \ In witnessing an exhibitfon of ekill In the use of the returning boomerang, the writer from whom we have borrowed eays: 1 fonnd that tho throws conld be placed intwo clasees,—one in which the boomerang waa hiold ‘when thrown In a plane perpondicular te the hon- zon, tho'othor In which ono plane of tho boomae-- eang was inclined to the loft of tho thrower. In the first mothod of the throwing, the missile,pro- cecded, revolving with irm volocity, in dleular plane for, xay, 100 yards, whon It became inclined to the lofl, traveling trom right o loft. it then clrcled opwards, the plane in which 18 re- yolved indicatlng a cone, the apax of which would bo some distance from the thrower. When the boomerang in travoling passed round to a point above nnd aomewhat {o the right of the thrower, and perhaps 100 fect akove tho ground, it appenr- «cd to hecome stationary for a moment; 1 can only 1uno the term Aorering to dosceibe it. 1t then com- menced to deacond, still rovolring fn the same direction, bat the curve followed was reversed, the boomerang teavellng from right to left, and, the ed rapidly Incressing, it flew far to the rear, h‘ E‘Lgh #peed, a sharp, whistling nolse could be o3 In the second method, . . . the boomemng waa thrown in a plane constderably inclined to the left. 1t thoro flew round for, suy,'the snmo din. tance as beforn, gradually curving upwards, when ft neemed fo **soar" up—this {a tho best torn— Juat as a bird may bo seon to circle upwards wilh extended winga. ~ The Loomierang, of courso, was at thin time revolving rapidly. 1t Is dificolt to es. timate tho height to which ‘1t soared, making, I think, two gyrations; but, jud; from tha MFM of neighboring trecs on the river-bank, which It had surmonnted, it may have reached 160 feet, 1t then soareid round andironnd in a docreas- ing spiral, and fell abont 100 yards In front of tho thrower, . . . The descondlng curve passed the thrower, 1 think, thres timos, The natives who wero spectators of this axhi- bition stood about 100 yards en ome side tha thrower, and, when the boomerang approached, every 6yo wos sharply fixed upon it, in osder that It might be dodged aid it threaten o strike in its erratic movements, A third kind of boomerang Is used in Central Auatralia, It Is sbout L or 5 feot in lengths and “of very heavy weod, lmmrnlibomc about hy thonatives, but is kept in their huts, or conccaled noar them when {n thg bush. CONCEALING VALUABLES, In deacribing his journey from Mandalay to Momein, Dr. Anderson speaks of a earlous mode of concealing gold and jowels which ho observed omong the Burmese. An old man was brought tutohis prescance whoso checks were disfigured Ly Iarge swollings eaused by tho in- sortion of fumps of gold under the skin. “The custom prevalls among Yunuan muleteers,” writes Dr, Andcreon, “of concealing precious stones under the skin of tho chest and neck,— a slit being made, through which the jewel (s forced, This, however, 18 not to prescrye the owners' lives, but their portable wealth, Whila at Mandalay, [ cxamincd some men just ar- rived from un%-clmng. and found tndividuala with ns many na fiftcon coins and jowels thus concealed, 8 & precaution nst the robbers, who might ltarally strip them to thelr sidn without discoveriug tho hidden tronsurca. But our Burmeso offl regarded his disfiguring @o!d 83 a certaln charm against danger” In ‘ule’s ‘‘Marco Polo,” there s mentfen of Burmese convict exccuted at the Andomon Inalunds, under whose skin gold and sllver colns were found, MAJ. ANDRE. A recent writor has furnished some particu- lars with regard to the pareatsge ot tho ill- fated Maj, John Andre, which are not generally known. Hls father, Antlony Andre, a mer- chiant In London, was a native of Gencva, sud tho grandson of John Andre, of Nismes. He waos naturnlized by an act of Parliament in 1748, aond dled at Hacknoy, April 14, 1769, when John was a youth of 18. The wife of Anthony Andro was Mary Louiso, daughter of Paul Girardat, of Paris, "The two sons and three daughiters born of the mnn-i?fn all died siugle, The remalns of Mn). John Andre, who was hune Oct. 3, 1780, were conveyed to England, by com- maud of the Duke of York, In 1821, and monu- ment to his memory was crected In Westminster Abbey. His youngler brotber, Willlam, was cre- ated o Baronet fn 1781, in recognition of Maj. Andro's scrvices; but the titlo became extinct with the’ death of the Baronct In 1802. Tho mother of Maj. Andre_survived both her sons, and dfed st Bath in 1818, at the ago af 01, TURKEY IN EUROPE. Dr. Yakshich, of Belgrade,—sald to be an au- thority on the subject,—estimatoa the popula- tlon of Turkey in Europe, exclusive of the Principalitics, at 8,000,000, of whom'8,000,000are Stavs, In additlon to these, there are 1,500,000 Bervians sand Montonegrins, making 4,500,000 Blavs in a total population of 9,600,000, The number of Mohammedans s catimated by Dy, Yackshlch at 8,880,000, They aro fower than the Christians, yet have tho advantage of hpld- {ng the reins of power, te SPARKS OF' SCIENCE. FLORA ROUND ABOUT CHICAGO. Tun Mint FasmiLx.—The members of the Mint Family, or Lablata, aro characterized by a fow marked traits which make it an easy mat- ter to rocognize them, They are arcmatic herbs, ‘with four-cornered stems, opposite leaves, bi- lablate or two-lipped corollas, and a four-lohed oyary, which, when mature, forms four Mttle aced-liko nutlets, The family la large, number- Ing about 2,400 species, and is distributed abundantly through temperate regions. They form about 1-40th of the flora In the United Btntos and in Tropfcal America, 1-24th of the Gora In France, 1-20th In Germany 1-40th In Lapland, 1-21st {n Biclly, and 1-10th in the Ba- learle Islanda, Two hundred or more specles aro found In Iudis, while none occur in Melville Island, In our own flora there are ouly 23 species. In tho low grounds wost and south of us, the Wood-Bage (Teucrium Canadense) is common. Its palo-purple or white flowers are crowded in long, slender splkes, crowning a branching plant. from 1 to 8 foct high, Tho Wild Mint (dentha Canadens(s) is found at Calumet and Hyde Park, but is not plentiful. The herb has the odor of Pennyroyal, and its sinasll flowers aro clustered iu the axlls of the leaves. Two specics of Lyco- pua (Water-Hoarhound) occur sparingly st Cal- umet: the L. Kuropuus, and L, Stnatus. On tho low prairies round about the city the Moun- tain Mint sl'ynuuulumum lanceolatum) s sbundgut. Like the plants proviously men- tloned, it blossoms {n the summier-months. The purflish corolls I8 sprinkled withdots of » dee; er color, and thie fluivers are buruo in denuhu& crowded in terminal coryinbi, o In molst grounds at Ilyds Fark snd south- ward, thy Calamantha giobdla, var. Nutrallll, may Do found. It Is n neat littlo lant, growing froin § to U lnches bigh, and producing tlowers oll summer, At Gleneds the Amoricun Penny- royal (Hedeomu pulegloldes) grows frecly. Xt Palating the Hlephila hirsuta wualann{ly et with, Of he Monurda (Horse-Mint) wo have threo specics. Al fltulosa (WIId Berganiot) #orjuge up du ull waste places, Its furgo Licads T 12, 1876—TEN PAGES, of tubular, lavender-colored flawers ronder the {»lnnt conspleuous, The M, Lradbwralana 13 imited to locallties south of Hyde Park; whilo the A1, punclata Is distributed jenerally in dry, aandy poll. Tho second-named epecica hlossoms from” May to July, and tho other two from July to 8eptember. At Harlem, Riveralte, and Calumet, the Zo- {Ihdnlhm nepetofdes (Glant Hyasup) s common; but the L. scrophuluricefolius grows only at Hac- 1o, and there but rarely. Thoe Catalo (Vepeta Cataria) Is not tound nearer than Lake, Ind., but 1l mPrelty Ground-Ivy S\" '-'khnmu{ ovceuranorth of theclty Yimita. Tho Dragon-ead (Dracocepha- Ium_pariiflorum) 8 noted asa rare plant oc- curring al Mnfiwnm\. ‘The False Dragon-Head (I'hysostegta Virginiana), which hns large and showy rose-colored flowera disposed in terminal aplkes, 18 nbundant at Hyde Park, Hinsdale, nlumet, and_other pofnts. The Timblo weed k“u:)"l a8 ?clbl&cu] or Heal-All (ZBrundla vui- aris), Is univorsnl, TFoind the. Tiwart Skulleap (Seutularta mia), the botanist must roam ovor the sand- hills at Loke, where he may find occasional specimens. The snooth 8kulleap (S. galericu- lnlnL mny be wathered at Glencoe and Iiyde Park, bpi not in abundance. 'The 8, lateriflora, on tho other hand, Is plentiful at Hydo Park and Calumet. The ifedge-Nottle (Stachys palue- {ris) {s one of our comyoneat plants; but the 8. hyasopifolla has o limited habitat, belug sald to oteur tinly at Laporte, Ind, Allthe Minta included in our flora aro homely weeds; f" some_ of tho forelgn specics arc among the_most highly-prized inmates of our gnrdens, Forcinost anong thesce is tho Coleus, —a native of Asla, whoso handsoms follage, capnable of unlimited variations through the ari of the florist, causes it to be fn great demand for a bedding-plant. The Pe; s another fine foliage-plant, from Asis, with bronze-purple, cut-fringed leaves. Then there are the clegant tias which arc among our nost brilifant ex- otles, The scarlet and red Yalvlaa come from Mexico; the yellow-flowered, from Africn; and the blue, from our own Southern Btatea, The 8agge, one of the Salvias, but n more uscful %\nn ornamental representative, i a native of rope, Tlxg Mints are a harmless tribe, none of. them osscesing deleterlous qualities. Thelr service 0 mankind Hes chlefly in the porfumes and flowers they yleld, Thotubers and rootsof n fow species are edible; and the trnfinnt. aro- matic principle common to-the tribe renders many species valuablo as stimulating medicines, Among the moat famous perfuines exprossed frow the Mints Is the Patchoull, which s ob- talned from L’ogosternon J'atchoult, n plant grow- ing wild In India and China, The odor wnafirst known in Europe through the introduction of Cashmers shawls, which were scented with it to preserve them from tho moths. Lavender Is another favorite perfumo; awl the easonces of Bergamot and _of Mentha-citrata are much esteemed. The ofl of Peppermint Is a pleasant aromatic stimulant, and that of Spearmint {s an aromntic nud carminative. Pennyroyal is_popular 68 an ommenngogie, and Ioarhound asn remedy for coughs an eolds, Many othor Mints arc used for diverso dlacases in all parts of the world. Soveral ape- clos ylcld o stearoptine resembling camphor. Roscinary especinlly abounds in this principle. A decoctlon of the leaves of Rosomary allays the heat of the skin in erysipelas, and Mrcngt 1 ons the growth of hair. 1t also provents halr from uncurling in damp weasher. In addition to these perfumcs and medicines, wa ars indebted to the Mint Family for the use- ful kitchen-herbs,—Thyme, 8uinmer-S8avory, Marjorum, Bwect fiull,‘nnd Bage, which give flavor to our soups and stows, and impart o reltsh to fnnumerable savo tomfi'l\lndl making an essentlal part of the world's dletary. THE SPIROPIORE. ‘Wo learn from Nature that, at a rocent meot- ing of the Parls Academy, an apparatus called a spirophgre, end designed for tho reauscitation of asphyxiated persons, was described by the in- veator, M. Wolllez, - “It conslsts of a shect~ fron cylinder, closed at one cnd. The body of the Indlvidual fs introduced up to the neck, the aperture round which is then elosed by a dinphragm. A strong bellows, contalning more than 20 litres of air, situated without the case, communicates with this by o wids tube, and is worked by & lever, tho descent of which causes tho air to™ be drawn off from tho casc, while the return mo- tion restores tha alr. Through a plece of gluss in the cylinder, the chest and abdomen of the patient can be acen; and a rod, movablein a lcal tube, rests on the sternum, When a vacuum {8 made about the body by depressing the lover, the oxternal air penetrates into the chest, the walls of which rise as in life. They return to their former position whon the Javor Is-ralged; ond those respiratory movements moy be repeated teen to elghtcen times a minute, a8 in a livin man. By means of a tube cotnmunieating witha rescr- voir, and fuserted (n tho windpipe, M, Wolllez found that a litre of alr, on an average, entered tho ale-passages at coch artificial inspiration; wherens the physiological averame i8 only a demi-litre, more than 100 litres of air can be possed through the lun of an ssphyxiated person In ten minutes. Thero is no dxm&cr of rupturing the lungs, however strong- ly the laver be wrought, for the forco of pene- tration of the air fsncver superior to the walght of the atmosphicre.” Tho apparatus ia capeclal- ly Intended for ues in restoriug .persons who have boen In peril of drowning. FOREIGN BCIENTISTS. Among the eminent scientific men of Europoe who have alrendy vislted tho Centennial Exe position at Philadolphia are Sir Willlam Thomp- son, the physicist, who is Presklent of the Judgea on Instruments of Precision and Re- scarch; Sir John Ilnwkshaw, elvil ongincer, who was President last year, of tho British As- socintion; 8ir Charles Reed, Presidont of the Judges on Eduention and Sciense; Capt. Doug- las Galton, President of the Judges on Rallway- Plans; Mr. Isanc Lowthian Bell—author of tho treatise on tho * Chemistry of the Dlast~ Furnace,"—President of the Judges on Miner- als, Minlng, and Motallurgy s Dr. William Odling, Professor of Chemistry ol bxtord'. Prof. A, E. Nordenskiold, Prof. C.” A. Angstrom, Prof. O, M. Torell, and Richard Akormion, trom Stocke holm, 8weden; Maj-Gen. Axel Undulin:l an emincnt Russinn ongluwr and Prof. L. Nich- tx:)hky‘ of the Mining choof of St. Petorsburg; r, Wedding, Royal Prucslan Counsclor of Mines; Dr. qiud llph Von Wagner, edltor of Wagner's Jahveabericht, and Dr. G. Seelhorst, of Nuliremberg, Germany; M. L. Siinonin, J, F, Kuhlman ((fin), M. E.Lovasseur, and M. Emil Qufmet, from France; and Prof. Emanucl Pa- terno, from Palermo, Ttaly. PLANTS PIERCING ASPHALT. The following curious cxample of the lifting and forcing power exorted by plants in tholr growth, Is taken from the London Garden: # About four or five years ago, the platforms at our station here (Mitcham Junction) were lafd down with a thick coating of asphalt. Nuver- tholess, such is the force of growth and endur- ance oxlstlug In the roots of the Coltsfoot s&‘uuuafln Jarfara) that every year It forces way ~ thirough tho aesphalt, deepito the lardness of that material, The es- phalt is pushed up Into little hillocks, which gradually crack; vory soon the youn leaves make tholr ngp:urnnm, and afterwards the whole plant, Tho common Thistle I have also noticed doing the same. Let nny one take a cako of :uK)m!t and try to pushastlckthrough it: hewill then be able to realize how pgreat must bo the vital force cxerted by the plant- roots in queation, which, by adding particle after partlclo to their structure, are cnabled to upheave and dlu{nlun such & hard, compact inaterial as asphalt.” —— BCIENCE-MUSEUM. A list of distingulshed English men of scienco havo elgned on adidress to the Lord President of the Council, the Duke of Richmond and tordon, sppealing for the establishment of a permanent Belonce-Muscum, to contain scicutific apparatus, appliances, and cnemical products, illustratiog the history and tho latest dcvnlnymenu of Bel- ence, The scheme s onc_of the frults of the Exhibition of the Loan Collection of Sclentitic Apparatus at Bouth Konsiugton, which has afforded so much valuable instruc- tlon that it is sought to perpetuate the Institu. tion for the bencfit of studints and Inve-tlfi.;- tors of Belence, The Royal Commission for the Exposition of 1831 have offered to orect a build. ingg to accominodate the contempiated Museum and the gradual formation of un extensive and tmportant colleetion will, it Is thought, not oc- cuslon any gruat outlay of publle oy, —— TIE KING-BIRD, The Bes-Keepers' Mayaring contalns a bit of testimony from a corrcspondent that gocs far torelleve the Xing-Bird from an unjust fnpu- tation that has long weighed agatust it. A pair of the birds, flying back and forth in the vicinity of bee-hives, and apparently mekiog a meal ou tho industrious insects, were killed un the spot, and the contonts of thelr gizzards carefully {n- spected. Abundant remalus of winged auta were found, but not u trace of a honey-bee in elther bird, "In another case, a brood of neatlings of the King-Bird were sbot, and thelr crops and gizzards examined, Thoey wero fitlea with ber riea, red ants, small beetles, and one large wasp, LBt parvuibinte passcd by a hive of beta on o 8 pary! LY e every utlp 1o quest om for thelr offspring. RELIGIOUS. Review of ' Solomon's Life and Character. The Visit of the Quecn of Sheba— 1iis Proverbs. Wherein Men of To-Day Should Not Imitate the King. Inour last papor we gave o genoral view of the character of Solomon, resorving & more particnlar analysis of it for the quarterly reviaw in Beptem- ber, We now wish to show what one of his dlstin. gulahed contomporaries thought of him. In the timo of this famous King of Iarael, mon travoled very far in search of wisdom. They visit- od thosa who wern broadly known as personsof nn- usnal gifte and ncquiroments. The heathenscholars and senrchors after truth, no Jess than those who warshiped the God of Istacl, were not pere foetly matisfled with thelr present attalnments. The Holy Ilecord says '*There came of all peaple to henr the wisdom of Bolomon.” Tho large con- queats of tho father and enlarged dominions of the eon, his extensive commorce and spreading fuland trado, his friendly relations with Uiram and that anclent cammorcial and manufactnring people, the Fhaniclans, and his many matrimonial alllances with Royal Princessos—all sprend far and wide his reputation for wiadom and magnificence. miong the wealthy and iluatrlons who ** had heard of the famo of J loman, concrning the name of the Lord" was the Quosn of Sheba, or of Yemen, or of Aratin, The word ** Yeman "' meaus in Tlebrew and in Arabia the South Country. Jew calla her **the Queen of the Sonth, and that she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solumon.” No doubt her home wos well known. ilor name, the Arabians say, wne lnlkis—that she senl messengers to the King of the Ilcbrewa advlaing him of her coming; and thst she forwarded to hin, as indicationa of her wealth and guod wiil, athousand carpets, wrought Into goldand silver, a crown, compuasd of the fairest pearl and hyscinthe, and mnny loads of muak, amber, and other precions products of South Arahla, or Sabea. Thin land, long noted for ita oxtenalve trafc in nplees, peocious stones, and gold, Incladed a I turrllor{ buulmnr on the Indlan Deenn, especially on the Perasian Gulf and Arabian Bea—~posxibly # ort of South India—n conntey still rich fn sonme of he things that sho offered In traflic withthe various natlons of Iinstorn Europe snid Westorn Asia, The Queen had learned from those who had vis- ited her country that the King of Israal adored and worshlped one God, the Creator of heaven sna earth; that he seumed to have great knowledge of this God's character, of Illa wishes and purposes regarding tho Tlobrows; that he omMrnned that his people were the pecullar peoplo of God, to whom He had in timea past made promiscs, and that these promises had been fulfilied; that ho was doeply vorscd in the laws of Mosee, glven him by this God mora than modcun before, and that this King, Solomon, had a most magnificent form of wurehip, Somo merchants of the Quocen of tho South hud witnessed tho splendor of his religious ceromonlals; they had scon tha golden templo, the glory of thoe world, and {ts spaclous courts, its ancient and Imposing pricsthood. They had been progont at hls }nfinmcent sacrifices © ultered ta hia God, Bome of 'm _described to her Rtayal Hlighness the meat magnificent oflering 22,000 oxcn and 120,000 sheep, not very long after the dedication of the famous tenple. They had examined with great care and intense in- terest Solomon's new palace and the splendid edi- fice he erccted for Lis Queen, tho daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh, and they had scen very many nbj’ccul of the most wonderful besuty snd wnsur- escd strength; his gardens, his orchards, and his joreats. Bo, when lhis fomous (ucen, whose mtelligent merchants went Into forclgn lands to #ell spices, heard the acconnts, given by theae buninces men, of Solomon and his mognificent bulldings, aod’ of Lis gorgeous temple and his Bgmpounfnm of warshiping the God of the He- ‘aws, ahe could not remaln at home. Ehe was resolved to aco Solomon in person and to ask man queationa about what sho had heard regarding his religlon and his wisdom. ‘The Queen of the spicy lands started for Jern- salem ‘lwith 8 very ‘mn train, with camels that bora spices, with ions atones, and with a large quantity of gold." Aftor alongand tedlous jour- noy, sho reached Jerusalem, and in due ‘time Solomon mado an appaintment to mect her and to trananct such busincss as bnl;lfhl her to the city of the only living and true God. They, no doubt, ad s long conference; for she asked him o)l the questions sho desired, and he wna yory genial and afable, and ‘‘auswered her very numorous flncrlcnu If he had no other buatness on hand, He muat have given her all the attention hier dignity and rich presents demanded. 1lo must have made for her splendld feants and E‘m‘ he;‘rnmpoul rides. ForSolomon had 12,000 orses and numerous gorgeona chariote, . He muat haye shown her his many wonderful worka, his palaces, his gardens, his pools, and his groves. He aursly would introduce her to his lovely Queen, tho beloved danghter af the King of Egypt, wha re- colved hor no doubt with royal display. ‘'Sa when the Quecen had secn all Bolomen's wisdom, and tho houses he had built, she w overcomo with aurprise. Solomon must have given her many dnll‘pmml ridea aimong bis splendid plantations, 1lo must have taken great pride fn showing hor his pnlaces, and particularly the via. duct, or arched pasango-way that led from his own alaco to the golden temple (Kings, fl., 10:18), ho mysterioua ark that had played no important a art in Jewish history, and the golden cherubim Phut throw their protecting wings over the covenant, 80 highly valued by the chiidrenof Israel from the time of Moseca tn Ler awn day. The King surely would not forgot to show ler an at- tested copy of the laws and statntes, which God ve for the tlllclgllnn and goverument of His par- Icular people. Bho must have been anxions to sce the rod of Aaron, that budded, and the manna on Inh(ch_fllfl wandorers in tho wilderacss lved for awhite, . 1t may be that the Queen was inquisitivetoa fanit. Bho did nol travel so far, and at so great exponse of time and treasure, without having formied tho resolution to know all she could of the wondesfully-wise King of so ancient a pla, She would naturally enough make horself familtar writh his works, hls besutitul palaces, his golden Temple,—his fmmense sacrifices, his orders of riesthood, —his religious rites and ceremonies, Rl- days of lcanhzg; his peace offeriugs, burnt O AHierThe Inquisitive Qusen had heard ter the jnquisllive Queen had hoard so many marvelous words of wisdom, and had recovered from her deop aurprise, »o deep that for a while ehe liad no words with which to expresa her aston- Ishmeont, sho exclaimod with great sarnest. neas, **All 1 hoord In my own and of thy acta and thy wisdom, {s too trne. I could not be- liove tho reports of my morchants who had Feen in Jerusalem and scen the wondors of the city. Hut now I have secn by rv{dnwn oycs, and 1 de- ol cinre, ‘tho half was not me.' * Thy wisdom and {i ygnrv- rity are much grestor ‘than thy fome, o elie axclalmed: [ Ihprynalnq wha arc always with thee, and have a dally opportunity of hearlg thy wisdom and of belnginstrucied by thy knowledge, No Kastern sagoe ever approached thee in magnificonce.” Tho Queon evidently was_ complotely overcome h{ Bolomon's lory, His own palace, the palaco of his Quneen, F!ll ivory throne, covered with goid, hls nobles in thel) gn cous attlre, hin retinue of servants and AttcRanta In tholr splondid clotuing, &s if tbey themsclves were Kings, the enormous extent of hia houviiy-londed table, and then the immense numbor and clogance of his chariots, and the beauty and graco of motlon of his steeds musi have appearod to the Queen in her dreams, so that she bogan to feel that she had beon dreaming ever alnce ahe had boon in Jerusalem, Buteach morn. :ing. on waking, she roalized that It was not all a A, rlc'. can hardly ba sald that the Queen of the Bouth was inclined to_fatter tha Kingof Ierael, and yet o fancy that sho vpoke all lier aweet nitersnces so tenderly that he, 100, blest with the grestest ftof language possesscd by avy jere man since o artis vias Nttad for the present race, was fme Dressed with her sweet tunea of gratitude **sa his spirit fainted within him." Solamoun was suscep- tlble to tho charms of wuale, besuty in form, and orson. 1t would seem as ifthe royal vialtor was half inclined to bo a worshiper of the God of lerael, for she expressnd gratitude to lleaven, and sald, ¢ fjlexscd ba the Lord thy tiod, who s so much dolighted in thes 8a not only 10 endow thes with reat intellecinal power, but to place thee on the rone of larsel, und makothiee the mesns of sogreat food 1o Hls favorite people, tud ays luved srucl, sonow In these last daysHe bas msde thee hing to govern Ills people justly. Your tiod has glven you wonderful (alents snd immense wealth, that you might promote Iis canse. ™ Sha said to him so much about God that one must bellove that the great object af her coming was to kuow more aboul a who had done 20 much for Solomon and bis people. e gave sil the credi of his wealth, wisdom, and greainess to his (iod, aud she thanked the God of Lsrael foreo wund"inlly endowing him. Itis ver‘{ puerile to cul- that & Queenof so richa land and of so intelllgent snd comprehensive a character, came 80 (ar to pm&ou riddics, or enig- mas, to_Solomon, as some biblical studeats sap- o Ve fuel sure from ber uwn words that she wished to know more of God. llie wode of exletence, His wayol talking with men, Hu government, and sapocially whether ills govera- ment, s protecting care,” fiis bestowal ol fis, snd 1he promises, all aro limited to the lsraslites. or whotber Elis suushiues and Ills showers fell upon all mankind, Bhe must have had st her bome mot merchnuta, hut mauy leading some of whum she must ha They must bave joyfully indursed ber vie sald; **We have nevor heand of s0 great s the klng of . B0t have we ever ecen so grest wagnidcence as we have seen here in Jeruralem. his ruler (o *'lhe utlermoet parta L '.'1“ real carlosity, sad :;-: h:;: sskod thousand o rels| n Hoty Record. @ ssked how the Maker of lieaven nnd earth c reside {n that eautl roow, the Holy of Holies, and still be prescnt in le vast creation, s sll parte of Yeing o large that'the heaven caunvtcontain Him ™ flistory docs not record the fact st the ruysl bigh-pricst permitled her oyes o sco the mighty cherabua, whoss outepread wings shaded ibe precivus ark If he did, she wuat bave acked Lhe King if thme cherubim have any resemiblance in siae, color, of forns to any bird of Lhe land of ibe laraslites. We wish wo kuew bow longsbe tecsined 1o Jrrsa- lum. Ferbaps we ought to spologize fof gvitg so much abace W0 the Queso of bhsba. Let we confess that we became merk her on acconnt of her halnl'“ ligent for & Isdy nf her da: jons Lo know more ahoat the nd earth, Our Kavfors re kind a way incirssed our in iy who cheeriaily sod joyta: - ce he ape lesson 0f to-motrnw Fam; o Trorecha b oo oD A provesd i ‘The versas Rolomon are proverblal. ing containing some practical truth; it «| of expericnce and obaervation: it 'ls « few words; it Ia an expremionof & Men, in reflecting npon aay €ourse of are apt to conscer the wise athers. Lonl Racon, Dr. Franklin tered proverbs that otill mbody trathe. grade the morals of sny communlty. T er sometimes says: *‘lie who church, roon ceasea roing to milL* ror. arofitted for the rich, others for the p| for the learned, nthern for the Igeorsns, the virtnous, others for the vicions. Pp - the resnits of wbaervation in the schonl + ence, The toaching ia very good, but 1, 18 often very high. Solomon had & long and varled Ilfe. mately reached the fact that life fo asus ter baving b garded the statutes of the King of Kingy neries of Jeaew, hie came (o the comcluat | Ing so did not pay—that forgetting Mis secire lenzth of days or s happy life. erbs are the reault ol much expenenc thoitght abont human condact. it o candonsed thoughta for the peoples whe had experlence. 1lia words, that have proverbs, have been of slow growth sn confirmed by othiers. Many wise me ruverbe {0 mankind,—iecon, Locke rown, and Franklin. and many others, 2 omoen's are more valuabie than they all. Solomon wxa wise, and Ieft mamy ma very high tone, shiowing that he 3 Nfo waa a failure. 1le paid rowndly fer t They cost him bis crown and recured a 1, non, Ilhrmurh indicate 8 bigh tane ir and morality, and yet not npecessanly s mental knowledze of either. Other me, tates, Plato, I'latarch, Cicern, Renrca, 1/ cles, lefl expressions of noble 3od exait * ment without haring glun‘vd 8o deeply £/ Solomon,' None of these men koew Ci yotthey prepared mex 1o rreeive the o plee, given by God manifest in the tesh. Solomon's proverte sre bettr then L man llving before the coming of the L ° World, tod endowed Mim very richly lectual power, made him the wisest of al that men migtit bave a conwplesons iz the fact that the greatost huren wisd keep a man from ihe greatest buaan \ a::!dmlul& ‘wisdom of man ie e verestl In the first few sectlons (Prov.. i, ! Book of Proverbs, Solomon deines U, and nature of the instruction be Wiedom Ia introduced 10 us. as very kindly Invites as (o listen She give usas the frst lewson ber face of the Lord. Solomon makes ruminent, hecanse he suffered o moe having obwerved {t himself. e ¢id not o dleobeyed Him, e did hesr (8 1 regard tions of his fatber, nor did be mother (10), **My»ron, U siznles e consent thon rot, " and yet Sojoman w to worshin faise : s swd formake ¢ of hin fathere. Ilad be been a pioar wauld nut have #0 grosaly disobeyed th K,Ingfl, ‘who had done so moch forhim a « 0. s p'rhenvrowdn of the rich King wee - ? nictnres of hisownltfe. lesaw in v ‘waat & consum 1 & ¢ {ool be bad been, at taess wise sayhue in oruer 1o wam 1 travelcrs aguinat falling icta the pits o tion and sin. Being tempted o no #in, 1 to templation s, Solomon yielded. ‘5 - ruid to him, **dleet {n thy lot nty w sli have one purse,’” and so, as he | onough and to spare, be ook some never made & single diridend of self- juy. 'This eddress (Prov, L., 20) b teacher who mees the need and pece struction in good merals to such en 1t ves public notice thatshe fresdy., . tolmpart knowledgy, that will coniii ' lappinesaof all. "No eoe reepods, s siato, e 13 L 3 £ o : s & > r **1low long do you propose to s . odvice snd remain -lrzph and 1 duty te yourseives and to yoar G A SUMMER-IDYL. The rayw of Summer-runnight fall, Warm and golden. on roof aad poplars 1! Nature reposre—save a bee Hums by, or the lesves of the Mrpem-o.. Quiver when xephyrs grotly sigh. ppressed with the stijloees avd acat, ‘To & cool relreat, that ‘lures me With rippling besok. end shede of forer 1 often seck the sxivan nook Whore lsughas and dances 1bis batdl! Flowing oul to ihie warm sanlizht, Which rx grrets with 2'gleam that's Clag Then, rusbing headlongw'er you steep, 1's 10st from slcbl in & rarine deep. ‘Alway there soems & low voice murmcr... Somelbing I cannot hear for ite barryivil Whol can it be llga all the day locz* BSweet, praltiing p:f , e3ch moe (hy su Iam coming, 1sm comlng. From the mountain, from the lea, — Ever singing, avet hurtying, With my Lreasurss, 1o the sea: For | carry procious burdens From thie muantain, from the jea- The dew-drop, rock and 1oty tes, All send messages and Jucrduns Tt:):'ue sea—10 the pea. h v 1often A Through rucky della, Whers harebells Ring chimes of love: And ferns ahave Hend down to mieet Violets sweat; ‘They beckon and say: £peed not awey. The woodland throng. ‘The maiden's song, The h:l"r' whispez, e allvery vespers, Tempt me to lurl'r Kise me, aad say Stay! Oh. stay! Lot [ baste on, Bearing alonz The aweet refratn Of the mingied strake Of woodland thrmag And waiden's .';:;.—- Which I'll rapeat To the distans Geep: ‘There I'l] bear the mermals” can And wusic of the abells, Down, down ia . Where featbery sea. weeds grow, And bright-hoed gome and sea-otarv g1 m coming. Ever singing. ev, ‘To the sca—Lia the sea Dance and sing Ul And | heat, 8s {ar The low, aweet rhantiag of Lhe sonz. ? Till. drawing Dear the roul ravine, E ¢ Water- e Jifa ila voice and ss " Load and clear; [ And ] hear, g Above the waler's rosr Ar {1 dashes o'er The stee| Dowa ia tae ravine doep: Ism coming. | sm coming, From the mounials. from the jea. 5 Bret singing. =1e hurryag, > tlen va, Wi Lreasu’es, 10 Lo sca—te 1Y A:x‘r‘x’:.- e n:-u- Mo THE DIZGS OF SERVIA. ftachar has fallen; aad K: B bolds the Moskems taer At Paraichin bas thaode: With boid Oeamas Pacaa. Trdernsyefl is Qefoated, And hiliniich ts dead, And st Liukinje fall many Cracojevacs o loager (AN naddesl, Desviest wos ) - Buall see in solsmun conciate 14s Srpeh Utchae Drusive. 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