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: THE CHICAGC TRIBUN SATURDAY., AUGUST 12, 1876—TEN PAGEN. " LITERATURE. Expoditions to Western China —~Yunnan and the Kak- hyers. The Philosophy of Laws=-- Ilistory and Scicnce- Primers, A Proposition to Photograph the Remains of Shak- speare. The Boomerang—A Curious Mode of COoncealing Valuables, Flora Round About Chicagos==The Mint Family. XKho Spiropliore—--Forelgn Scien= tists at the Contennial. Plants Pioroing Asphalt - Projeotod Boience-Museum---The Xing- Bird, LITERATURE. SWESTERN CRXE(NA. 3 OMEIN: A NARRATIVE OF THE B oot 70 WanTaRN. CAriA, 07 THOK Axn 1876, oxpeit Cot. EDWARD I, SLADEX AXD Cor. Honace IInowne. D‘y Jonx AXDENSOX, M. . Edin, L3R 8. g slexq atey }tol:‘h . Bvo., pp. 470 - e e iian & Co. Chichgas Janean, M- Cinrg & Co. The establshument of &n overland trade with Western China hing for many vears beon the wbject of earnest consideration by British merchants, both in England and in Indla. The toute by the Straita aud the Indian Archipelago, which commerco between the two nations has peen hitherto obliged to travel, la jong and 2angerous, affording & marked contrast with the shorter and easfer way lending from Burma into the tich Provinces of Yun- pan snd Bz-chuen, and thence east’ to the spon ports on the Chineac coaet. ‘The feasibili- Jy of varlous routes had been cnergetically can- rassed; yot, as the country they must traverso was wholly unknown, speculations concerning " \hiem were mainly chimerical. The first step to- ward the accomplishment of the alm in view wos the dispatch of a surveying expedition Jhrough the territory iying in tho path of the profected line of traflic, A regular trade be- fsreen Mandalay, the Royal city of Burma, and Chins, by way of Bhamo, s town near tho Cht- nese frontler, had long existed; and jt was re- solved by the Government of Indlato test the poasibility of opening this route to the passage of British commerce. Accordingly, in 1808 an expedition, conslating of fivo Engllsh offlcials, escorted by a guard of fifty armed police, the whole under the direction of Maj. Sladen, Political Resident of Mandalay, was fitted out, with the chlef objects ut dlscav- ering the disposition toward the enterprise of the | varfous tribes inhebiting Yuonan, and'of examining the physlcal conditions of the route. Mandalay, a city of at least 100,000 {nhabltants, founded by the present King of Burms on his aceesalon in 1858, was chosen a8 the polnt of departure; and thero the members of the misalon assembled early in January. The town {s situated on a rising ground 8 mlles from the Irawndy Rivér, with which it fa connected by a populous suburb composcd of houses of teak, cach surrounded by a garden inclosed wlith a fence of bamboo 8 to 10 feot high, and the whola cmbowered {p magnificent tanarind, plantain, and palm trees. The city iteoll con- sista of two concentric fortifled squares,—tha outer ono defended by & hl{:h. masslve brick wall, strengthened with earthworks thrown up on the Inslde, and surrounded on the ottsids by & deep moat, 50 feet broad. Qo the 18th of January tho expedition loft Muudalsy for tho Voal-Jonrney to Bhamo, a town that lind previously been visited by very fow English explorers. Prior to 1867 only four Tnglish steamers had sscended the ]rmrm!{ (L flcfi o8 Mandalny, and the condition of tlie river Boyond was problematical. 1t proved to bo mavigable even at this scason of low water, and §ts sliores presented a great varlety of hold and icturcsque scencry alung much of the way,— ofty headlands clothied With foresta to the'wa- ter's edize, alternating with luxurlant dells oe- cupled by flourlshing villages. TFour days of un- eventful travel brought tho party to Bhamo, Hstant 350 miles, where the real ‘dangers aud difficulties of thelr expedition were tu begin, This entrepot of the Chincss and Burmese teade accuples a high prominenco on the loft bank of the Irawady. It Is abouts milein length, and Is surrounded by n stockade § feet In hejght, formidable to assalling natives, yet not strong enough to exclude tigers, which fro- quently enter the town at night and moke-away with somo luckless inbabitant. The popula- tion, numberlng about 2,500, consists prin- dpnly of Bhan-Burmese,—a_ peacesblo, fn- dustrlous, and good-natured “race. About 200 Chinese merchants occupy the central portlon of the town, dwelling” in one- storled cuttnfica buflt of sun-dried brick, To the right of Bhamo streteh the high rango of Kakhyen hills, peopled by a wiid, warlike tribe, from whose depredatlons the town Is o continual suflerer, 1t was through the country of the Kakhycns that the expedition sought to ass, and nogotlations for the rlaht of way were fl:lncdln&cly cominenced on thelr arrival at 1atno. Yunpun was ot fhis time convulscid by an fn- tornceine strifo between the Molnnimedan Chincae, called Ly the Burmese, Panthoys, aud the Imperialiats. ~ Tho formur hnd suceceden in establishinz a partial sovereignty over that por- dion of the province extending from Momein to Tall-fn, Much of the remainder of the terri- tory had been devastated, while all was in o atato of excitcment and disorder. Theso un- fortunate clrcumnstances threw imany obstacles 4p the way of the expeditfon, sid in the end forbade the fullliment of its aln, A month was wasted at Bhamo in tedious chafferings with the Kakyen chlofs, who con- tracted the moust solemn engagements only to break them again, Finallythe mlasfon wers enabled to securo transport for thelr’ luggage 4 oud possage for themsslyes into the Celestiul dominfons. Thelr road acroes the mountainous reglon to Momein tmostly followed the windings ofthe Tapeng River,—a stream navigablo in bigh water for only 20 miles from ita union with the Irawudy,one mile north of Bhaino, Detentionson account of the treachery of the Kakhyens wers 80 frequent and long thas the CIL{,nf‘ eng-yue- chow, or Momein, was not reached untlll'the fast of May,—~three months having been oc- cupled fn accomplishlng the journcy of 135 wiles from Bhamo. - Momels is said by thonatives tolle on themost llmly inhabited plateau smong the mountalns ot the Western Yunnan, ‘The asvent from the Burmese pluin ls uninterrupted, until at Mo- mein the elevation af 5,000 fect s attuined, In accordonee with native legend, the city was built 400 years ogo, and_probubly as a frontier- garrison, to hold in cheek the thien newly-con- Quered ikingdom of tha Bhana. It Isinclused by a moat and s stone wall of admirable structure, 25 feet high, The town had but lately ondured a slege, and fallen juto the hands of ‘tho lnsur gent Bfulmlmuc\hm, and was consequently in a ruinous state. Further advance from this point was now fm- l)oulblc, as the district beyoud was in a condi- lon of revolt; therefore, nfter a sojourn of six weeks, the party of exploration turivd back on thelr homeward course, Some deviution was mado froni the orlzlial ronts In order to visly Hotha aud cxamline the llotha Valloy; and the Sth ot September bad arrived when the expedi- tion agaln entered DBhumo. Beven months bad been consumed fn the ‘prosecu- tlon of their attempted enterprise, and lit- tle had beon ellected heyond the acqulrement ot an fmperfect knowledge of tho country trav- ersed, and & coucillatory lnlluence galned over tho hlli-tribes by the malntenancy of &n amiva- tnie‘ yet frm and digulfed, deweavor toward Ll The Kakhyens are a clan belongiug toa widely-dlstriliuted ruce fuhabiting the extreme hiil-country occupylng Western Chins, It i averred by the Chincss Bhans thut thele fuva- alon of thls rerritory occurred only two centu- ricaazo, ‘Thele character may huye deterlorated ca of the constuut warfure with u}» {or races, but at prosent sre u fazy, thicvlsh, sud untrustworthy overument fs patriarchal, the the} eopte, Thelr oftive of chieftalndescending from father to won. Toelr villages are alwsys sltuated near sony mountaln-stream, and atraggle over an_sarca of awile or ro, generally {n o sheltered dale, The'r iousea of batboo are trom 150 to 200 feet. In Jength, amd fram 40 to 5 fect b brendth, The sriciurs §s rajacd on Pneu R foot himhy the sfdes aro closely mntteds and the roof, thatched with graas, slupes to within 4 feet from the ground. The projecting eaves arc propped by bamboo posts, and form a sort of cuvered portleo, whlch scrves as a lonvging- plave by day, and astable for the pigs, ponics, nnd fowls, at night, Notched loga aro st itp for a stalrway to the doors, which open in the ronce of arrora in tha arrangement of words or the expreaslon of idens. The nuthor 18 a woman of culture, it not of great power of invontion. A POETICAL STUDY, STUGDIRS IN DRYANT: A Trxt lloow. Br.de- arit ALuEN, 1. D, of the State Norma) Schoot at Alhnnr. 'With an_Introduction by Wirtian CuLtex Duvanr, 18mo,, pp. 127. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Teachers may derive aome useful hints from an examination of Dr, Aldon’s method of devel- aping tho critical faculty of pupils by a atudy of tn 1648, wan apened In 1813,—King Georzo IV, and acveral nobleineh witnessing the ecremony, The body of the King was so well proserved as to bo enslly rocogmized. From txran examples it is {nferred that the remains of Shakapeare may still he ro well pre- served a8 to mlmf of tubitlar, lavender<olored flowers render the lant conapicuaus, Tho AL liradbyraiane 18 “m\h—!\ to locaittics sonth of fiyde Park: while the A1, pruncfata is ditributed jrenerally In dry, anndy aoll, Tho second-nanied apeeles hloseuna Troni May to July, aud the other two from July to September, At Harlem, Riverside, aud Columet, the Lo- phetnthus nepelobdes (Giant Hyrsop) ia conmmony it the J, serophularicrvliug grows only at Har- 1o, and thera but rasely. The Catula (Nepeta Cataria) I not found neater than Lake, Ind., but lherruuy(lrmmddvy Nulilechoma) oveurs north f t of thelr being photogrplied. THY, BOOMERANG, One of the most remarkable missfles fnvented by a savage race fa the boomerng,—tho fnatru- ment of war and of the chaso ln usa by the lm‘ gnhletrhmlh "Inllhc [‘II\M:rrlulrl.n l)'mllll(“un one | o cxamples of poeiry. It In fllustrated by nborigines of Australla. It fa mnde of hard ?n uclq’umus.) 1;l!mmrln; un-llu; (lh;:]mc;r'hog_- sido runs the entlre length of the bullding; on ¥ 4 wood, In n curved forin, Wi tromi- | {um paridforum] ed a8 A tata plant sido Funs the entre Jength of the buldinizs an | §i s ive stestiutrain Wiliam Cullen fiye | Woor fn curved form, with rounded sXben: | curciuc ot Magwond, The False Dragor-ticad ant, which wre provided with questlons caleti Iated topoint attention to the merite and de- fects in the language and sentinont of tha com- positions. d by bamboo partitions, In the hall and in cench toom Iaan open liearth, made by a de- ‘pression in the flooting of fnoly-woven bamboo, which Ix coverad with hiard-presscd carth, Tach house nceommoxdates & community of familles united by marriageor tiea of blood. In inclos- ures near the hovscs, white popples, plantaing, (I'hysostegia Virginiana), which hna large and showy rose-<colorwd flowers disposed In terminal nplker, {8 abundant at Hyde Park, Tiinsdale, nlumet, and_other points, Tho hnmble weeld kunown as Sell-Heal vr Heal-All (Brundia vul- garis), s univorsal, Toflnd the Dwarf Skulleap (Seutularia par- he other convex, and the edges blunted. In using tho weapon, it ia hield by one end with the curva downward, and Is thrown directly for- ward, a8 though afmed at an an object 25 or 80 yardadistant. Instead of moving horizontally NOOKS RECEIVED, ILLUSTRATED LESSONS IN OUR LANGUAGR; on, Mow Ta Sreax axu Waere ConnneTry: Dx- and indigo agre cuitivated; aod, on X 3 2 along the line of projection, the {nstrument | muda), tho botanist must roam over tho sand- tho slopuo nl(ljnien%, rl'su " and ’m:lzq ;:_l;n,‘ly::m I‘:fi‘;‘r#‘m{l‘i‘ ‘('vluxl;mlAll:;"\:‘lS:s": describcs a eurved lno of aacent, whirling )llllll‘,:: Lnk’li,h:l':.r‘%nlxfil xsn‘?‘{“ cll;ll’fl(soc;:;m:l aregrown. Orclinrds of peaches, pymegranatos ot v of **An Engitah " . speeimens, . i andxzr::nvnuklrnhn vlll?me';\:l;:s‘ in zflm l‘u;’- L, D., anthor of t+dn Lingltsh Grammar, ' elc. round and round as (¢ procecds; and, nltor (Ila may bo gathered at Glencog anil Hyde 10mn., pp. 180, New Yorl . A“flfiun & o, LARRS[’DI-‘ TLIBRARY, No. 63 RAB AND I8 THIRNDS: anb Orngn Sronirs. Chicego: Done nelley, Loyd & Co. Frice, 10 conta. —— PERIODICALY RECEIVED. American Jilbligpollt for June—August (3. Sabln & Sane, New Yark), Literary ' 1Forid for August (8, Tt. Crockor, Bos- reaching a certaln helght, turns back towards the pro)ector, and, sweeping over his head, falls behind i, whero s found the real mark at which It {s sent. The singnlar motion assumed by the boomerang I8 produced by tho air striking upon the bulged alde. A writer In’Nature, who lins scon the boome- esta, chestnuts, plume, cherrles, and berries are abundant, ‘The complexion of the Kakliyens is o dirty- bufT, the halr and cyes dark-brown, the fore- tiead Tow, thia nose broad, the lips protruding, and tha chin broad nnd square. They are an ogile thongh not musctilar raco, Tand the young girls bound ke deer along the hill- Park, bué not In abundance. =The 8. later{fiora, on tho other hand, Is plentiful at Hydo Park and Calumet. The Jledge-Nettle }Shuhuu palu tria) s one of our comnonest plants; but the 8. Ayssoplfolia has o limited babitat, belug sald 1o otenr buly st Laporte, Ind. Alltha Mints tneluded In our flora nro homely weeds§ yet some of the forelgn ‘V"‘" oro Ve ficlr Tonae, darle Tocks strenniing behind | ton) rang thirown by a natlve very cxport ln fta uet: | Amang the most highls-prized inmates of our &, tiicir lonae, durlc Tocks strenm ) on), cribes A ¥ -priz patli, tielr lonae, darlc locks streanving bebind | 168k 1o okyelfer for Aug. 1 (Amorlean Nows | eaifed iy tho sanns. natme, sk tho munner of | Zardoi. Foreinost anion theso Is tho Coleray jacket and short trousers of blue cotton cloth, ond a blucor red turban, A bag contalning plpe, tobaceo, line, betel-box, and flask of sha- Tov, I8 worn over the right shoulder; in the lobe of the ear is thrust & chuu of iamboo, a bit of red cloth, a leaf or & flower; and the legs are cnulmled‘mlow tho knes with rings of fine ratdan, A dah, or knife, hinl{-sheathed in woud, is sue- rendud by a loop hung around the neck, 80 as Iu lni!n): tho hilt ready for grasp with the right hand, The Kokhyen women are dressed in a blue cotton jocket slashed with red and omamented with courles and silver, and o kirtle or kilt ex- tending to the k and bordered with o —a native of Asla, whoss handsome follnge, capable of unlitnited varlations through the arl af tha florist, causcs it to bm Ixreul. demand for & bedding-plant. The Perifia fa another fine folinge-plant, from Asia, with bronze-purple, tntlfimue«l lenves, Theu there ave the elegant Salvias which are nmnnfi our most brilliant ex- atlx, Thoscarjet and red Salvlas come from Mezxico: the yellow-fowered, from Afrien: ond the blue, from our own Southern SBlates. The Bsige, one of the Salvias, but n more useiul gmn ornnmental represeatative, I anative of Arope, 'x'hé Afints are o harmless trlbe, none of them Company, New Yark. Bok-tuyer for July and Auguat (Bctlbmer & Co., aw Yark). American Cagkery for Angust (Uulon Fubliehing Company, New York, FAMILIAR TALK. BOAKSPEARE'S REMATINS. A stronuous argument fn favor of an oxamina- tlon of the grave of Shakspearo Is put forth by s writer in the American Dibllopoliat, 1t Is very properly urged that something more than idle rm}wung them, The boomerang whose form s givon §n (he obovo paragraph is, sceording to 1he statement of the writer, uncertaln in its movements. It may return too soon, and strike the Individual, throwing {t, or thosa near him. Much depends wpon ifs perfect construction, and much upon the act of throwlog it. Whon almed at a floack of birds or ducks, the natives scem unnblo to calenlate what course 1t wiil take among them, and which ft will hit, If it strikes an object in t8 outward courso, {t dues not re- turn, but falls to the gronnd. A Yhicker, larger, and less carved hootierang than the one de- seribed, moves straight onward, thouzh whirling uee, T irioalty would be served by the inal settlo- | as it goes, and duts not retiirn, This fs tho | posscesing deleterious qualitios. Tholr scrvice brll:ht platd, Marrded women wear o turban, | nent ,,{ all doubts a8 to tho contents of tha wm\pufi used {n warfare, ond relied upon where En mankind lica chiefly fn the porfumes and bul iuung Js have the halr cut aquare across | g b e 4t ghould provo—as there fs some precision of aim fs deaired, ¥ flowers they yield, ‘Tho tubers and rootsof o the forchicad and hanging toose behind, Doth ¢ Tn witnessing an exhibition of_skill in the use fow specles are ediblo; and the (mgennc, nro- mntie principle common to-the tri renders many apecies valuable as stimulating medicines, Amonng the most famous perfmmces expressed feow tho Mints s tha Patchioull, which is ob- talned from l‘o&mmnon Lalchoull, & plant grow- ing wild in India and China, The odor was first known in Furoj u\mu;‘h the introduction of Casheners shawls, which weore scented with it to preeerva them from the moths. Lavender is another fasorite perfumo; anit the easonces of Bergamot _and of Mentha-cltratn sare much esteented. The oft of Peppermint is a plensant aromatic stimulant, and that of Spearmint_ (& an aromatic ond carminative. Pennyroyal Is_popular a8 an omincnngogiic, and Hoarhound psa remedy for. coughs and ‘eolds. Muny other Mints are used for diverse dlscases in nll parts of tho world, Several spe- cles yleld o stearoptine resembling camphor, Hasétnary especlally abounds [n thls principle. Adecoction of the Jenvea of Rosomary allays the heat of tho skin In crysipelas, and nrcug‘l‘)xh ons the growth of halr, 1t also prevents hair from uncurling in damp weatlhor, In addition to these porfumes and medicines, we are Indebted to tho Mint Famnily for the use- ful Kkitchen-herbs,~Thyme, Summer-S8avory, Marjorum, Sweot Dasil, and Sage, whtch give fiavor to our soups and stows, nnd Impart a relteh to innumerable savor,; cnmxi;mndn ‘making an esscntial part of the world's dlotary. TIIE SPIROPHORE. We learn from Nafure that, at a recent meet- ing of the Parls Academy, an apparatus called o spéropligre, and deslgned for tho reauscitation of asohyxiated persons, was described by the in- ventor, M. Wolllez. “It conalsts of a shect- fron cylinder, closed at ono cod. The body of the indlvidusl is introduced up to tho neck, the aperture round which s then elosed by a dlaphragm. A strong bellows, contalning more thsa 20 litres falnt liope it may—that the remains of the great poet are stlll in o state of prescryation, render ing It possible for & photograph of his features, or cven of his skull, to be taken, the world would by such moans bo put in posscasion of what ft now has not, an authentic and undls- puted portralt, or help to a portrait, of the man Bhakspeare. “Let not the Inscription on the tomb-stone prevont the cxhmmation,” it is pleaded, “for there s mo proof that it was placed there at his request. Open tho grave revorently, have the photograpliers ready, and the moment the coffin-lid is removed (If there ‘boany) expose the plates, and sco what will be the result. Then closs up the grave, and, if nothing is nccomplished, no harm would be done, sud peoplo would rest satisfied.” As cncouragement of tho hope that Shak- speare’s ody, although it hos latn in the tomb 260 years, may not yot have crumbled {nto dust, letter from & poreon living near Stratford is quoted: Somo graves of the Shakspeare date (it saya] wore opened at Church Lawford a fow years agoj aad the figures, facas, and dresacs wero perfect, -hour were mere heaps ve {8 near the Avon, but weas burled well [In s leaden cofin, rmhnm ‘]‘. and thers Is scarcely room for a donbt th the lobe nnil upper cariilage of the esr nre plereed, and ajmost anything {s inserted for an ornament, Siiver tubes reaching down to the shoulder nre worn by those who can procure them, and flowera aré converted into car-rings when nothing costiier {840 be lind, Strings of beads and silver lhoops about the neck, and rattan rings encircling the lcgs, camplete their orpamentatlon. ~ ‘Thae position of the women i not above that of a beast of burden, They aro not allowed to cat with the men, and are valued merely for thelr urefulness. * The rclIFInn of the Kokhyens is n Ealynmlam, and benign and malignant gods are the objects of thelr worship. They are quarrel- some and revengeful, yet neither brave In battlo nor during the chase, The barking deer, the leopard, porcipine, lmmlnw-m!.El vingle- fowl, and phegsant ars the gumo which they chiefly hunti and pigs are the nn‘l{ domestic animals which thoy rear. It was with this say- age race that the ‘expeditfon were brought In contact in thelr travel in Yunnan, and, from ob- servation and the records of other explorers, Dr. Anderson lins compiled o quite full account of them, As ouo of the results of the mission of 1808, a British Resident nt Bhamo ias sppolnted. After the downfall of the Mohammedan power in Yunnan, in 1874, the Burmn-Chincse trade, which bad declined for some years, was greatly rovived; aud {t waa resolved by the Indian Gov- ernment to make a fresh attempt to open an overland route into China for British enterprisc. In Jonuary, 1875, aaecond expedition—in which, 88 'in the first, Dr. Anderson Miled the post of medleal officor and naturalist—Ieft Mandalay to examina tho capabilities of the country beyond Momelu, and, 1f possible, to discover an easicr and better route than the old one from Bhnmo. ;'n sccure the .“fl““ o[( i the mlsbeelon,‘ .\{.r. nfnr],nyoung and promising member of tho Britlali Cousnlar Servics at Pokin, wos dis- patehied across the country from dlmnghai to meet the oxpedition at Momein and assiat in the of the roturning boomerang, the writer {rom whom wo have borrowed says: 1 fonnd that the throwa canld be placed in twn classes,—one in which the boomerang was hicld when thrown fna plane perpondicular to tho horie zon, tho'othor in which one plane of the boome-- rang wan inclined to the laftof the thrower, 1o the first mothod of the throwing, the miaslle.pro- ceaded, rovolving with great volocity, In a perpen- dlcular plane for, way, 100 yards, whon it became incilned (o the left, traveling from right to loft. 1t then cieeled npwards, the plano in which It ro- volved indlcating a cone, the apex af which would bo some distance from' the thrower. Whon the boomerang $n traveling pasaad ronmi to 3 point above and somewhat to the right of the thrower, and perhaps 100 foet akove tha ground, 1t oppenr- cd to hecome atationary for & moments 1 can only ko the term korering 1o desceibe it. 1t then com- menced to descond, still rovolving in the same direction, but the eneve followed was raveracd, the boowmerang Lraveling from right to leit, and, the spood rapldly incronsing, {8 flew far to tha rear. gt l;&xh specd, a sharp, whistling nolse could be o In the second method, . the boomerang wana thrown In n plane constderably inclinod to the left. 1t thoro fiew round for, eay.‘tke simo dis- tance as beforo, gradually curving upwards, whon it neemed to ‘‘oar" up—this Is tho best tern— Junt ne a birl may bo scen to clrcls upwards with extended wings. The boorierang, of course, was at thin time revolving rnrldly. 1t s difitealt to ea- timate tho helght to which 1t soared, making, I think, two gyrotfons; but, judging from ‘the helght of nelgnboring trecé on the river-bank which 1t had surmounted, 1t may have reached 160 foet. 1t then soarod round and;ound In a doczcas- Ing spiral, and fell about 100 ynrds in front of tho thrower, . . . The descending onrve passed the thrower, I think, three times. ‘The natives who wero spectators of tlrds oxhi- bition stood about 100 yards on one side the thrower, and, when the boomerang spproached, every oye was sharply fixed upou {t, ia osder that it might be dodged did ft threaten a strike in fts erratic movoments. A third kind of boomerang 1s used In Conteal Australia. It s prover pracautlons, photographs of hin t be taken perfectly. Burcly the end does $uskity the means here, . . . Surely anch a daty might bo revorently dono, 1 doubt, after alt, {1t will bet but Xam very strongly in favor of the trinl, and, if no remalns wero found, no harm wonld be done, the **curse' fo tho country not. withstanding. _P'eopla who have ?c‘ rojoctaabont ortrafts wonld not like to have all_thelr neat and afilul arguments radoly knocked In tho head; uat where skowld wo all be it no Buake spears at all were found, but only a bundle of rusty old MES. In Lord Bacon's fine Toman hand ? ftcr ail, Tam rather nerrons about the result of | about 4 or 5 feet In lengths and of very hea B st Bhuacan, hoving sy, per After oll, Tam tather Berrouy About e estlt of | M Tolssacsly borneabout hy tho natloce, b | of ai, situated without tho case, communicates foried the overland journey. g 7 Der- | son whye it rhould not De made, ‘A legal friend | Is kopt in thefr huts, or coaccaled nonr thewm | With thia by wide ube, and s worked by a Tne party pro- cecded on thelr way with favorable Erocngugu‘ but, soon after onteriug Yannan, rumors reuched thein of an Intonded attack by the Chinese. Mr. Magary advanced with a smafl escort to the vil- luge of Manwyne, to sacertain the real condition ot aflalrs, and was there cruclly murderod. The expedition was attatked by a Iarge body of Chi- neso; nndl the continued ‘progress of the mis- hore long “io snggested (humorously, nof pro- fenalonally, of course) that the **curse™ might be escaped by wupl;aylnu swoman (**cursed bs he"), and women would compete for the honor!| Just hiere comes up the viston of that deluded enthusiast who, after years of mllmr{ single- hauded strugele to sibstantinto the theory of Breon's authorship of tbe Sbakapearean tra- mas, luecccdcd"mm the culmination of her Tever, the deacent of which causes tha air to” be drawn off from the easo, while the retarm mo- tion restores tho alr, a plece of gluss in the eylinder, the chest and abdomen of the paticut can be scen; and a rod, movabledn a vertical tube, rests on the sternum, When a vacuum is made about the body by r.lsrmulng ibe Jever, tho oxternal air penetrates into tho whan In the bush, ——— CONCEALING VALUABLES. In describing his journcy from Mandalay to Momeln, Dr. Andersou spcaks of a eurlons mode of concealing gold and jowels which ho obgerved amonz the Burmese. An old man i ‘host, tho walls of which riseas inlife, They slon sceming hopeless, it was abandoned, and | chimeras, in bribing tho soxton of the church | Wa8 brought Intohis prescuce whoso checka were |. &) L Rl pacty recarnct o Mlandal enrly in Marcli. | fnclosing the poctis tomb to allow her zf,‘(‘,'m Qsfigured by large swollings caused by ‘tho ln- Toturn to thale, former poultion whon the laver Is-ralged; ond tlicss respiratory movements may be repeated teen to cightcen times s minute, 26 In a lving man, By means of a tube communieating witha rescr- voir, and ed in the windplve, M. Wolllez found that a litre of alr, on au average, ontered The history of tho two expeditions, which Dr. Anderaon hias given in this volume, will soon be followed by tho publication of tho scientific ?utnfln gathared duriug his explorations in unnan, tho grave, ond satisfy her belicf that it con- talncd only tho manuscripts of the plays, writ- ten In Bacon's hand. The two proceeded alone to the church on the appointed night, and walt- ed in silence tho arrival of the midnight-hour as the fitteat for the performance of I sertion of Tumps of gold under the skin. “The custom prevalls among Yunnan muletecrs,” writes Dr. Anderson, *‘of concealing preclous stones under the skin of tho cheat and neck,— a alit being made, through which the jewel is PHILOSOPHY OF LAW. contemplated decd. Motionlcas at ' tha | forced. Thls, lowever, 8 not to prescrye tho T e T L THE PIILOSOPHY OF LAW: Tietxo Norzs or pale-browed woman who had sirren- | ownera! lives, but thelr portahle wenlth, While | demi-litre. 8, more than 100 litres of alr &fi&“}‘; 3.‘.”1‘5«7.'}7."';-25!‘{1" x’:’.'lf"}}'.fi'flfi ;u:red {.\der m’:‘l‘l‘l "Ln blh]fl ‘dlomlnlon “d fim’ nlt haln}u!\LIn ? I efnmlm-d ‘u;me &"fn"ae"x? n{- can bo possed throogh tho luny of an 3 4 nsane idea un absolute ossessed her, | rived from Yung-chaog, and foun viduals 3 o s At bunie, Ty Hanmane | e e e ofter objext ‘ot thonghi ot | with aa muny as fiftcon colns sad jowels thus aspliyxiated peraon I fos mitintes, hewads 0 Buoow, LL, D., Author of ‘*Logal ¥ '+ Commentarica on the Common' Law,” etc, 12mo., pp271l. Now York: Liurd & Hooghton. 'The title of this work s captivating, and the subject 18 ono which can tax tho powers of the greateat mind. Law les at the roat of sll so- clety, and a treatise on the Philosuphy of Law should bo almost a history of society and civii- ization, It would nced to grapple with the questions which aore ot the founds- tlon of all civil government; it should explaln what are man's individual rights, how they are modified by the combination of individuals into a commuuity, and how those rights are surrendored or delegated to repre- soutatives for the common good. By so doing, it would show the principles of natural right on shich all laws are based, and enable the reador to sce how the varfous legal systems bavo grown,—dlverse, yot springing from the same source. Buch o work would bea vade- mecumn for every leglalator aud statcsman; and danger of rupturing the ings, however strong- concenled, as a procaution nst the robbers, [ ly the lever bo wrought, for the force of pene- who might literally “’:1!’ hem to their sldn | gration of the air Isnover superior to the weight without discovering tho hidden treasures, But | of the stmosphere,”” ‘Tho apparatus Is capecial- our Burmesc official regarded his Qisfiguring | Iy intended for use In restoring .persons who old 8 o certaln eharn sgainst dsoger.,” In 3 a2 iore. Potor there I mengian of & | 12Ye Loun Iu porll of drgwning: Burmese convict exccuted at the Andonmon Ialands, under whose skin gold and silver colus were found, ailection, and tinally craziug and destroying her, "Tho small lantern she held Lhrow ita pala light hinmediately about ber, but had not strength to penetrate far into the surrounding shadows; nnd thin, and pale, and apectral as she, tho con- tral figare in that eingle ucbulous spot n tho gloom, hod biccome through thadlscase that was Cousuining her, slic might have been taken for the wralth of some dead one, which Lsd come back from tho rcalm 'of spitrits to walch for onc Ji'ivcn hour over the tomb where the re- mains of its carthly tencment were interred. Tiio instant for striking the firat blow thot wns to open the grave of Bhakspearc, and reveal the seeret in its keoplug, came nad weat, and yot shie stirred not. The opportunity for which she had atriven for years was within hier grasp; and her wesk, wasted hand, relaxed and let it drop. The nerve that svould havo supported her in the carly ycara of her endeavor, had worn away with long auad painfnl tenslon; and, in this su- preme moment of victory over tho Inst obsta- cles opposing the confitmation of her tlory, shewasunequal tothesclf-inposeddemand;; and, we may suppose, with o desalate and despairing FOREIGN SCTENTISTS. Among the eminont scleutiilc men of Europo who have airendy vialted tho Centennial Ex- position at Philadelphia are Sir William Thomp- son, tho physlclat, who Is Presilent ot the Judges on Instruments of Precision ond Re- search; Sir John Howkshaw, civil ongincer, who was President lnst year, of tho British As- sociation; Sir Charles Reed, President of tho dges on Educntion and Scionce; Capt, Doug- 10a Galton, President of the Judges on Rallway- Plana; Mr. Isnac Lowthian Bell—author of tho tréatise on the * Chiemistry of the Bloat- Furnace,’—President of the Judgcn on Miner- als, Miulng, snd Motallurgy ; Dr. William Odling, Professor 6 Chemistry at Oxford; Prof, A. E! Nordeusklold, Praf. C.” A. Angstrom, Prof, O. MAJ: ANDRE. A recent writor as furnished some particu- lars with rogard to the parcntage of the Il fated Ms), John Andre, which ore not generally known, His father, Anthooy Andre, a mer- chant In London, was & nativa of Geneva, and the grandson of John Andre, of Nismcs. He was naturalized by an act of Parliament fn 1748, and dled ot Iackney, April 14, 170, when John was a youth of 18. The wife of Anthony Andro tas Mnr{ Louise, daughter of Paul Girardat, of Paris. The two sons and threq daughters born of the mai o all died siugle, heart, she rose {n_silence, and, motloning the | The romains of Maj. John Andre, who was hung ' el Btock~ its study would do more to make overy man 5 * £) ! = M. Torcil, nnd Richard Akernian, trom Btock: his own lawyer than all tho books ever written sexton to follow h"(')::e: E‘,n tl:::’ ‘tll‘?‘gdl)‘{ rehnlv:t Oct. 3, 1780, were conveyed to Englaud, by comi- | joim, ~ 8weden; Mnj.-Gen. Axcl Uadollnleq an mand of the Duke of York, In 1821, and a monu- ment to his memory woa erected in Westminster Abbey, His youn[,;fr brother, Willlam, wos cre- ated a Baronct in 1781, In reco; lgcnre unmolested. at this pathetic fatlure. The shock of findin her cherished theory untrue might have kill tho disappolinted woman on thy instant; but in- for that purpose, cminent Russian onj ucm’i and Prof. L. Nich- Judging from this standpoint,~and ¢ is the olaky, of tha Mining Beliool of St. Petersburg Dr. (Yoddin’il Royal Prusslan Counsolor of u only trus one,—the work of Dr. Broom Is aoy- & itlon of Mal. | Aines; Dr. Iudolph Von Wagner, editor of torestlug questions, osfde from those | Andre's servicesy but the title beeams extinct agne thiog but treatse o Hho Thllotoohy of Law. | sha ind hersole origluaied, would"then avo | wih the death a1 tho Daronst [n 1602, Tho ,’};\,':;,\:;‘fif'moc;f::;,:m,’.,?&?;;.?:g{,‘::{‘j:i:f {n concorned with, the suthor coolly evades say- | PoFn Y 80t Sk e Bt mother of Ma). Andro survlved both her sons, | Kuhlmon (ils), M. E.Levassour, and M, Emil ing o word on the subject of what lio claima 5| haweltes i the Albllopolia lteh & nainher Guimet, from France; and Prof, Emanucl Pa- terno, from Palermo, Tealy. PLARTS PIERCING ASPIHALT. The following curlous example of the lifting and forcluyg power exorted by plants In thelr growth, Is taken from the London Garden : % About four or five ycars ago, the platforms at our station nere (Mitcham Junction) were lald down with a thick coating of msphalt. Never- theless, such ia the force of growth and endur- ance oxisting in the roots of tho Coltsafoot and died at Bath fu 1819, at the agoe of 91. TURKEY IN EUROPE. Dr. Yakahlch, of Belgrade,—said to be an au- thority on the subject,—cstimates the populs- tion of Turkey fn Europe, exclusive of the Princlpalitics, at 8,000,000, of whom' 3,000,000 aro Blavs. In addftion to these, there are 1,500,000 Servians sand Montenegrins, making 4,500,000 Blavs iu a total populnfi{m of 9,500,000, The number of Mohainmeduns {8 esthimated by Dr. Yackshich at 8,850,000. They aro fower than the Christians, yet have tho advantags of hpld- of cases recorded In Miss Strickland’s *Quecna of Engload,’ where the bodlces of the Royal dead liave been oxhumed centuries aftor tholr Inteyment, and found to retaln their eurlcct shabe and semblance, Tha remains of William the Counquerar, who died (n 1087, were dlsin- terred In 1543, and, writces Miss Strleklund: On removing the stone cascy, the body, which waa corpulent, and exceeding in atature the talleat men then known, up‘mnud a4 entire ua when it wens firat burled, ~ Within the tomb lay a plate of coppar-gilt, on which as eograved an {nacription In l.atin voreo, %ho Dlshop, who wwas groatly auc- prised at finding the buldy lx:;uch perfect preserya. write, Hotolls of what leral sclence treats, but not liow it nrmui nor what its relation is to the development of the human race. It might be simply sald that the book has a wrong title; but thers la no excuse for such a mistako, It is plainly falso pretension, A moreappropristoand iitting title would bo * Mliscolluneuus Notes ou Legal Toples,” The principles which ara stated areall true; the reports of adjudged coscs cited are carefully analyzed, and {he order of the toples dlscussed ‘well ciosen, In short, the work, as fur as {t gocs, 18 good; but thore attempt to cuver too much ground; to give a treatise on legal principles, and a compendiu lon, cawsed o palnting to e exccuiod of tho | ing the reins of power. Tussllayo farfara) that every year {t forces of loading cases, P e PAAa 4 | Ttoyst remalns, It o st in which oy tien ap. sl i‘u'a oy, tllmu‘ghu n'zhum.fl'r’}"f"‘ T'illglp‘l‘(: sult ts, nocoseatlly, u fallure, Tho fact, too, | PEAreds bY the best arties n Cagn, nud esusodribto | ., SPARKS OF SCIENCE. e e hed up. nto littie_hillock that alf tho fllustrations aro drawn from En: | Jo0ua8 W8 y wall, oppoel phalt {s pushed up o hillocks, {:llah reports and statutes makes the work sull cullmuwulug sud fnstructive to the Awmnerican roader, ‘The {ntentlon of Dr. Broom, to lay down prin- ciplea which might gulde the mon of business, as well as Instruct the atudent, In the ordinary concerns of lllc, was most lmu{uhln. s repu- tation, well catabllslied by hla * Legal Maxime and * Commentaries on”the Commun Law,"” furnfshea o strong nssurance thut he could suc- ceastull; mm{;lqm this, his latest and most difl)- cult undertakl "f’ “That ho haa falled to succeed Is not owing to lack of Jugal knuwledge, but to the want of power to grusp and analyze princl. ples, to scparate the essential from the ncels dental; and, erhaps to that Juck of sell-roliauco tomnon o a lavyer, which leads hbm to prop up evury stateinent array of precedents, wlich gradually crack; very soon the youn leaves make thelr lrpc:u‘nnuc, and afterwarae the wholo plant, Tho common Thistle 1 have aleo notieed dolne the same. Let any one toke a cake of asphalt and Lry to pushn stick through it: ho will then be sble to realize how great must bo the vital force cxertod by the plunt- roots in rlucauon, which, by adding particlo after partlelo to thelr stsucture, are enabled to upheave and displace such material as asphali.” SCIENCE-MUSEUM, A list of distinguished English men of sclenco havo slfued an address to the Lord Presfdent of the Councll, the Duke of Richmond and tordon, appealing for the establishment of & permanent. Belence-Museuwm, to contaln acient!fic apparatus, appllances, and cnemlcal products, fllustratiog the history and tho latest developments of Sci- ence, The schems is ono of the frults of the Exhibition of the Loan Colloction of Sclontitlc Apparatus at Bouth Konstugton, which has_afforded so mucly valusbla fustruce tion that it {s sought to perpetusto the inatiu- tfon for the beneft of students and luveatipn- tors of Science, ‘The Royal Commission for Exposition of 1851 have offored to crect a build- fniZ to aceornmodate the contemplated Museun, and the gradual forwation of an cxtonslve an fmportant colleetion will, it 18 thought, not oc- cason any great outlay of public mokuy, e Shetal 2 ‘The tomb of the Princoss Mary, daughter of Edward IV,, who died in 148, was opened in 1817, and asya Miss Strickland: Tha coffin of the Princoss Mary, s beautitul girl of 15, who dled the year beforo hor father, wns openod; o curl of halr of the most exquisits pale. gold had ineinuated iteclf through the chinks of tho coilin tho oyca, of a beautlful blue, wors un- closed and bright, but fell dust scon aftor the ad- miselon of air. Of Katherino Parr, the stxth Queen of Henry VIIL, who dled in 1631, the same suthor writes: Bhe wan originally Interred on the north side of the altar of the then splendid chapel of Budloy, and & murat tablet of soulptared alabastor wae placed above hor tomb, The chupel Is now de- apolied aud in ruins, tho roofices walls_alone ro- walning, 'The hlatory of Quoen Katherine's death “and Intermont, from the document n the lerald's aftice, havlng n Rtuddes® listory of tilouces whnhlrmnull to he ut Ludel; o in May, determfiiod to examine the rilned chapel, Observ: i a large block of alabaster fixed in e nortt wail of the chupel, thoy finagined that it might bo the back of a monument that bad once beenfixod there. Lod by this hing, they lind the ground opened not fur from thore, and sbout a foot from the surface they found a leadou envelupe, which they opencd In two placus,~—on the face and breast,—and found it 10 contaln & himan body wrapped in_cerecioth, Upou removing thu portion that covored the face, thoy discovered tho fenturea, particularly the eyes, In the moat peefect state of prescrvation, Alarmed with this elght, aud with the mmell which came from thw cerecloth, thoy ordered the earth to be thrown in himnedlutely,” without closing over the cerectoth and lead that covered the face, only ob- sepving enough of the tuscelption to canvines tham FLORA ROUND ABOUT CITNICAGO, Tug MiNr FamiLy.~The members of the Mint Family, or Lablale, are characterized by o fow marked tralta which make It sn easy mat- ter to recognize them. They aro aromatic herbs, with four-cornered stems, opposite leaves, bi- labinte or two-lippod corollas, and a four-jobed ovary, which, when mature, formns four lttlo sced-lke nutlets. The family is largo, number- Ing about 2400 species, and is distributed abundantly through temperate regions, They form sbout 1-40th of tho flora In the United Btates ang In Tropical America, 1-24th of the flora In France, 1-26th {n Germany 1-40th in Lapland, 1-31st in Blclly, and 1-10th fn the Ba- learic Islands. Two hundred or more specics arc found fn Indls, while none occur in Melville Island. In our own flora there are ouly 23 specles, ~ 1In tho low grounds wost and south of us, the Wood-Bage (Zeucrium Canadense) 18 cormnon. Its pale-purple or white flowers aro crowded in long, slender splkes, crowning a branching plant from1to 8 fect bigh., The Wild Mint (Mentha Canadensis) 1s found at Columet und Hlyde Park, but Is not plontiful, The herb has the odor of Pennyroyal, and its small flowera are clustered In the axiie of the leaves. 'Two specles of Lyco- pus (Water-Toarhound) occur sparingly at Cal- umet: tha L, Buropaus, and L. Sinnatus. On o hard, cumpact HIRTORY= AND SCIENCE-PRIMERS, UISTORY-PRIMERS. Edited by J. R. Guesx, CLASSICAL ANTIQUITILS, 1.—OLD Gnsx Lire. IJ{ J. P. Masiarry, A. M., Profcssor of Ancient Mistory in_the Unlvorsity of Dublin, tumu.. e 0L, Now York: L Appleton & 0, BCIENCE.-PRIMERS, Editod by Profs, Roseor, and BaLraun STBWAUT, By W, 5tanLEY Jevons, M, A., LL. D,, . R 8., Professur of Political Econuthy i Unlyefeity College, Lundun, With Hluatrations, New York: D Appleton & Co. These elementury essays in History and Logic arg both excellent compends, fuiiditig in usatis- factory manner tho object of the sorles to which they helung: to et forth in simple Junguage the l““l”"ll ! nts of the subject under consider- in | THE KING-BIRD. The Doe-Keepers' Magazing contains a bit of B e oaver reatls ity gl a gon. | that it was the bady of Quecw Katherino. Inthe | the low pratrice round about the city the Moun. | testhuony from o correspondent that goca far 1) wndlorataniug f 16 with the lessb cxpendi. | 4o tununer, Mr. John Lucut, the person, wiig Joatim) {8 | o tellove the King-Bird from an unjust finpu- the chapel atood, removed tho carth from the leaden cofin, which luld af the depthof 2 fuet, or Jittle more, below the surface. . . . 3r, Lucas hud the cu- rioaity to rlp up tha top of the cofiin, and found the whols body’ wrapped i alx_or soven luen ceros clothe, entfro aui uncorrupted, althouyh it hind been burled npwarda of two conturics and a half, o miade un Suclsion through the corecloths which covorod one of tho nruns of the corpre, thie flesh of which at that tima was white and mojst." "In 1704, the body of Quecn Katherine wi in fr- tain Mint \l’unmluumum lanceolaly abundgnt, Like tha plauts previously men- tioned, ft bloasoms m the summer-months. Tha purplish corolla is sprinkicd withduts of ndeep- er color, and the Howers are borne in dense heads crowied in terminal corymbs. e In molst grounds at Hyde Park and south- ward, the Calsrmuntha _givbella, var, Nutrallil, muy be tound. It {s 8 neat littlo plant, grawing fruin B to 9 inches high, and producing “tlowers all summer, At Qlencde the” American "‘"”1' t ture of timu uud elfort. tatlon that Las long welghed sgatust it. A palr of the birda, fying back and forth fu the vicinity of bee-hives, and spparently making a mead on the Industrious fnsects, wera killed on the spot, and tho contents of their glzzards carefully fu- spocted. Abundani remalus of winged ants were fouud, but not o trace of o honey-bee In elther bird. It another cast, o brood of neatilogs of tho King-lifrd were shot, and thefr crops and .LEISURE-110UN SERIES. QIAXNETTO. By Lady Manuahsr Massxoiz. 1tmo,, pp. 180." NewNork: [enry Holt & Co. Chicayo: Jansen, McClurg & Co, Prico, $1.55, H Glunnette® will afford passableamusement for o summer-afternoon. The storylsmorethun robable,~it s hmposeible; yot itls told with i such un alr of verishmilitnde that one fullows raverontly distucbed, sod in 1756 It royal (Hedeoma pulegloldes) grows [recly, zzards examined. They were tliled with ber development with sgreeablo interest, It b 0 n'-g'l:myunc'nmfimn.;?»n '{yy-llbalnzv. ’l-‘:oll ||::= }‘Aylnu.x(m the Hiephila hirsuts oa:u\onn{\y et flen, redd ants, snall beetles, ond ouslurge wasp, the uucommon quality, too, with auorks of Nosbi, ¥, A. B., whoss report corsoborated the [ with. Of the dfvnarda (Horse-Mint) wo’ ave | but ‘not & honey-bea weeurred in thy whole mass. runk, of beiny simoothly written, and the r preceding statenients. thres specles, AL Jjlab (WHQ Bergamot) | Yet the arent-birds passed by o hive of bees on et pabiain iy inwhiers irpltated Ruwhn ocen . Tha cotlin of. Gharleat, who was deeapltated | sorings up du all waste places, It largo beads | every trip fu quest o foud for thelr offapring, RELIGIOUS. Review of Solomon's Life and Character. The Visit of the Queen of Sheba— Iiis Proverbs. Whorein Men of To-Day Should Not Imitate the King. . TInotir last paper we gave a gencral view of the character of Solomon, resorving & mora particular analysta of It for the quarterly review In Boptem- Yer, We now wish to show what one of his distin. gulehed contomporaries thought of him. In the time of this famonaKing of laracl, men traveled very far in search of wisdom, They visit- ad thode who woro broadly known aa persont of nn- usnal gifte and acquirements. The heathenacholnrs and mearchors aftes truth, no less than those who worahlped the God of Jsracl, weee not por« fectly matiafied with their present attalnments. Tho Holy Tlecord aays **There came of all pouple to henr the wisdom of Solomon." Tho large con- queats of tho father and enlarged domintons of the eon, his extensive commorce and preading fuland trade, his friendly relations with Lileam and that anclent commercial and manufacturing people, the Phanfcians, and his many matrlmonial alllances with Roynl Princeasos—all apread far and wido Iils reputation for wiadom and magnificence. Among the wealthy and iliustrions who **hnd heard of the fame of Solomnon, concrninx tho name of the Lord" was the Queon of Sheba, or of Yemun, or of Arabia, The word *' Yoman " meaus in 1lebrew and in Arabin the Sonth Country. Jesue eatlsher **tho Queen of the South, and that ae came from th nttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solumon.' No donbt her home was well _known. Uer name, the Arablans aay, was lialkis—that ahe ~sent memmongers 10 the King of tho [Ifebrews advising him of r coming: and that mhe forwordcd to hin, as {ndlentions of her wealth and Puml will, athousand carpets, wrought into goldantl siiver, n crown, cumposeld of tle faireat poorl and hyacinthe, and’ many loods of musk, ambot, and oiter. preclous products of Bonth Arahin, or Sibos. 'This land, long noted for Ite oxtonsive traffic in upicee, proclas stones, nnd rold, inaluded a luryo terrtory bordering un the Indlan beenn, cspeclally on the Teraian Gulf and Arabian Bcn—‘pmnlhly 3 et of South India—a country atllt rich in some'of lie thinga that sho offered (n traffic with the vatious natlona of £astern Burope and \oatorn Asla, Tho (queen had learned (rom those who hnd vis- Itod her country that the King of larael adored and worshiped one God, the Creator of hewven and carth; thot lic seomed to have great knowledge of this Goil's character, of 111a wishes and purposcs regurding tho 1iebrows; that he afnued thut his ncople wera the pecullar peaple of God, to whom lie hadt In times yast mndo promises, and that these promises had been fulfiifed; that bo was deeply versed in the Jaws of Mosce, glven him by this God more thnn GO0 Jfiun before, and _thit this King, Solomon, had a most magnificent form of worship, Some merchants of the Quoen of the South hatl witnessed the spiendor of his religious ceroemonials; they hod scen the golden teniplo, the glory of the world, and its apaclous conrts, its anclont and lmvoslm: pricethood, They had beon present at his maguificent saceiiccs offered to his God. Some of them described to her ftoyal Uighness the mest magnificent offering of 22,000 oxen and 120, sheop, not vory long after the dedication of the famous temple. They had examined with great care nnd Intonse In- terest Solomon'a now palace and the aplendid edi- fice hio erccted for his Queen, tho danghter of the ptian Pharaoh, aud thoy' Lisd scen vory many objucts of the most wonderful beauty aud uneur- Er:ucd atrengths hluinrdunu. hia orchards, snd his reats, Bo, when this famous ueen, Whose Intoiligent merchanta went into foroign lands to ncll apices, heard the accounts, given by these busincas men, of Solomon and his mognificent buildings, nod' of hls gorgeous temple and his {;flllll‘lfllll form of woublplng‘flm God of the He- rews, aho conuld not remain at home, She was recolved to see Solomon in person and to ask many questions nbout what she had heard regarding his religion and his wisdom, Tha (ueen of the spicy lands sarted for Jern- snlom ‘‘with a very great train, with camels that bore llllm. vlltll.‘)mc ous stones, and with a large quantity of gold.® After a long and tedious jour- noy, slis reached Jerusalem, snd in due time Solomon mado an appulntment to meat her and to traneact such busincss as brought her to tha city of the only living ond troe God. Thoy, no doubt, had s ‘lang conferonco; for she ~asked him oll the questions shc desired, and he wa very genia]l and affable, and ‘‘suswered her very numerous flumm an if hs had no other business on hand. e must have given her all the atteption her dignity and rich presents domanded. 1o muet have mado for hor splondld feasts and ven her pompous rides. KForSolomos had 12, 000 oraca and nuincrous gorgeous chariote, . e munt have shown her his many wonderfui works, his palaces, hll.fmlun- l\lu;:::ls and his groves, e uraly would introduce her lo his lovely Quoen, tho veloved danghter of the King of ¥gypt, who ro~ colved her no doubt with royal display, ‘180 when the Queen had secn all Bolomen's wisdom, sud the houses he had bull overcome with sirprise. Solomon muat have given her many delightful rides among his splendid plantations. 10 must have taken grtat pride in showing hor his pnlaces, and particularly the via- duct, or arched passago-way that led from his own lz.\lncn to the golden tempte (Kinge, H., 10:18), he mysterioua nrk that had played ao important & art In Jewish history, and the golden cherubim hat ihrew thelr protecting wings over the covenant, so highty valned by the childron of Isrnel from tho time of Moscs to her own day, The King surely would not forget Lo show lier an nt- teeted copy of thelaws anl statntes, which God ve for the dhdgllms and government of Hla par- Icular people. Sho must -have been anxious o pce the rod of Aaron, that budded, and the manna on ;Ignlch,mu wandorers in tho wilderneay lived for awhile, 3 1t may be that the Queen waa inquisitive toa fault. Sha did not teavel 2o far, and at so groat expense_of time and treasure, without having formed the resolation to koow all she could of the wonderfully-wise King of au anclent a penple. Stie wouldnaturslly enough make horself fumiliar with his works, his beautiiul pulaces, hin goldon Temple,~his lmende uncrificos, his ordors of ricathood, —hin religious rites and .ceremontas, i days of fe ula peaco offerings, burnt offerings, his foast days. Afterthe lnquisitivé Queen had heard so many marvelous words of wisdom, and had recovered {rom her deep surprise, so deep that for a while she hiad no words with which to expross her aston- {shment, she axcislmod with great- earnest- noss, **All I hoard In my own iand of thy acts und thy wisdom, is too true, T could not bo- Tleve the reports of my wmorchants who had Feen in Jerusslem and scen the wonders of the city, Hut now [ have seen by my own oyes, and 1 do- clnco, *tho half woa ot told me.’ 'Thy wisdom aud thy gvm-uemy aro _much greator ‘than thy fame,” Bosle cxclaimod: "nupl’lrnralhu]whn nro always with thee, and have a dally opportunity of Ix!lrlu? thy wisdom and of beinginatructed by thy knowledgo, No Kastern sage aver appronchod N, vace Fhos Qhoon | byidontly was completely overcame l.lr Solamon'a ’:ln . His own palace, the palace of his Quuon, xlnzmry throne, covercd with gold, his nobles In thele gorgeony aitro, e rtine of sorvants an attendanta in thelr splendld clotling, as if they themaclves wore Kinge, the enormous extent of his houvlly-loaded table, and then thejmmensa numberand clegance of hia charlots, and the beauty and grace of motfon of his stceds must have appeared to the Quaen in her dresms, so that #he begun to feel that she had boon dreaming oyer since ahie had boon §n Jerusalem, Dut cach morn- ing, on waking, she realized that {t was not all a ream. . t can hardly be sald that the Queen of the South e b Rattor tho King of Iaracl, and yot wa fancy thal sho spoke all her swuet ullerani 20 tonderly that lie, 0o, blest with the grentea ift of longuagy possesscd by any were mun since §it carth was hriod for the present race, waslm. pressed with her sweot toncé of gratitude **s0 his wplrit tainted within bhn.'' Boloinun was suscepe lrhlu to the charms of music, beauty In form, and ureon. raco in B 1t would seem ns if the royal visitor wos half inclined to bo a worshiper of the God of laracl, for ahe oxpressed gratitude to Ilcaven, and salid, 4 )ensed be the Lord thy God, who i so inuch dolighted In thee 88 not vnly 10 ondow theo with reat intellectual power, but to place thee on the hrone of lerael, und make thea (hy meana of so geeat Y‘md to His fuvorite people. God always luved sruel, sonow in these last days e has mado thoe Ring to govern His pvaale Juatly. Your God has glven you wonderful talents and hinmense wealth, thst you might promote 1ia canze. " She sald to him so much about God (hat one must belioye thal the great n\’?m of ber coming waa 1o know tmore about a God who had donu so much for Bolamon and lis people, Shs all the credil of his wealth, wisdom, and greatness to his God, and she thanked the God of Israel forso wandlrfnlly endowing him, It s very paerilo to -ur osa that a Quoon of so vich a Jand and of 80 intelligent and comprohenalve a characier, Cana so far to pwfl'olo Tidilics, or enig. mus, to_ Solumon, 88 suimo biblical stidenta sup- We feol sure from her own words that aho wished to know more of Qod, Lils mode of exlelence, 11is way of talking with men, 1lie gaverninent, and_eapocially whethior 11le govern. ment, s pru(edln“ care, Tlis beatowsl of gifls, and 118 prom! are Yimlied 1o the tsraclites, or whother 1iis sunshincs sud ks showers fell upon all man! Bho uust haye had at her home not only rich merchants, but many leading and influcntisl men, sonie of whom #hu must have brought with ler. Thoy musl have Joyfully Indorsed her views, and saldy *4WWe have nevor lieurd of wo greal & King as tho king of laracl, nor have we ever acon 0 kreat magnifcence as we have saeq hare In Jerusalem, viously this rulo in *'the uitermost purts of the url{l“ liad ywl\ curlosity, and must Luve sskod thousand of questions rot rolated in the Holy Record, 8he must huve asked how the Maker of fieaven and oarth could reside in that stwll roow, the Holy of Ilollcs, und stitl Le present in all parts of Iils vast creatlon, 8 HBolng so large that the heaven cannot coutaln 1im * Hlistory doca wot sweord the fact that the = royal high-pricst {mrlnlll:ll her eyva 1o wec ' ihe mighty cherubln, whose ontapread wings shaded ilie precioua ark. If ho did, she anust b skod tho King 11 thoso cherubim’ Lisvo any reacmblsuce In_size, color, or form 1o any bind of tho lond of the Tecaulites, 'Wa winh wla’(k\“'w how l'l"l’% als l‘nm‘ulu;:d‘m‘ilvl:& ~ rhaps wo aught to apologlze for glvl wuch wml to lhonq.uuunpol ‘shcb.. But we Y confess fhAt wo became ' much lntorea fioe on _accomnt of her boing e gy Jigent for & lady of her day, awl il g anzlons to know mors aboul the Mnaker of .heavon and. earth, Our Saviors reference (o her in so kind & wn{ fnerensed out interost In a Doyal Indy who cheerfully sud Joyfully canio 3 ong distance, aven from the uttermost’ parts of “‘v?fi",“" '!nlllm‘"m nl' k‘:’m\flmlgn, e Apccial losson of to-morow comprises yorscs In I'roverbs, 1., 20-34, The g’m'nl‘)‘!"l:; Solomon nre proverbinl, A proverd 1a an old ay- ng containing some practical teuth; it 1s the reault of expericnco and ohsorvationi It 18 wisdom In fow worda: it is an cxpreselon of & princinle, Men, in reflocting Mpon aay course of eondnct, are apt o _conslder the wise sayinpe uf others, Lord Tiacon, Dr, Franklin, and athers nt. tered qmvcrbfl that otill embady traths, Proveri grade tho morals of ny community. The preact. or somctimen mays: ‘“Hla who ceasea golng to church, roon ernacs golng to mill. " Somo droverle, aru fitted for the rich, othars for the poor; rome for the lenmed, others for the Ignorant: some for the virtnons, othem for the viclous. Proverbe are the results of vbservation in the school of experi. once, ‘The toaching ls vary good, but the l.n‘llnn lllsl‘l(]lnn vers II‘IN}‘. 3 vailoa: 1 olomon find a tong and varied life. Te ulii. mately reached the fact that 1ifo Is a shadow. Af. ter having brokew the commandments and disro. garded tho statutes of the King of Kings for a long nerles of years, hie came to the comclualon that do- ing so did not pay—that forgetting Mislaws did not sucure lonuth of days or 8 happy 1fe. Hin prov. crbynre the resultof much experience and long thought about human conddct, IHla sayinga arq condonaed thaughts for the peoples who liave not had vxperience, 1lis words, that havo passed Into proverba, Litvo been of Alow growth, and bave boen. confirmed by otlicrs, Dany wise men have leit roverbs to mankind,—liacon, Locke, Stewnr, rown, and Franklin, and wany others, ~but Bale otton's aro mora yalunblo thnn they all. Solumon wus wlse, anil left lm\vg maxims of a yer, hought hils own ry high tone, showing that hie 1ife was u faillure, Ile pald roundly for his follies, They coat him his crown and secured a fool for & Aon, lllnrruvtlbfl Indicate a high tone in religion and morality, and yet not necesrarily an wxpori- mental_knowledze of either, Other men, aa Soc. rates, Plato, Plutarch, Cicoro, Scnecs, 8nd Peri- clen, ' left expreastonn’of noble and exalted sentl- ment withont having plunged so deeply into sln ay Bolomon.* Noie of these mien knew' Christ, and hropared men to recelvo the new princle plea, wiven by God manifest In tbe tiosh, " Solomou's praverbs &ro bottur than those of any man living before the coming of the Light of the Woild, God endowed him very richly with Intel- lectunl power, made biim the wiseat of all mankind, thet men ml}illl huve a conspicnoua {llustration of the fact that the greatest humun wisdom cannat keep o mni from the _greatest human folly—that the greateat wisdom of wian ia the veriest folly with joul, T the first fow aections (Prov., 1., 20) of tha Douk of Troverla, Solonion defines e purposo aud nuturo of the instruction ke wishes to Jmpart, Wisdom In introduced {o us, os our toacher. She very kindly Invites us to listen to her instructions. §he elve it 08 the drel lewson In hor couse the Taco of tho Lord, Solomon makes thin losson promiuent, bocanee ho enfored Ao much from not inving obaervad It himself, ~1fe did not fear God, Tio divotieyed 1l Afe did hear (8) the instruc- tions of lia father, nor did he regard the law of his mothor (10), **My #on, If sinnlra entica thiee, conscnt tho not, axtd yet Sulomsn was onticed to worship falée gods ond forsake the God of his fathors, 1lad lio been a plous man, he would not have so grossly dinoboyed the King of Kingw, who had done so tuch for hita and his peo~ 0. p'l‘hen proverls of tho rich King seemed fobe pictures of hisown lite. . Ile saw In vield colors waat & conaums & o fool ho had boen, and he ntlers taeao wiss anylnye fnorier 10 warn nis fellow- travelors agaltist falling Into tho pits of indincre- tlon and aln, Meing tewpted i» no ain, hut yiclding to temptation ia, Solomon ylolded, Silly nernons ssid to him, **Caatin thy lot with ue and lot us all_bhave one purse, " an 24 ho had moncy onough ond to apare, he took some stock, that nover mude A slugle’ dividond of self-respect or joy. This addross (Prov, 1., 20) is thal of & teacher wlo sces the need nnd nocewsity of in- structlon in good morals to such an cxtent that she ves pubfic motice that ahe is ready and willing import knowledge thnt will contribute to the hup{) ness of all, No one reaponds, se she crics agatn, **1ow long do you propase to'disregard my advice and remain simple and lgnonnt of your duty te yourselves and to yoar Gody™ —————— A SUMMER-IDYL, The rays of Bummer-sunlight fall, Warm and golden, on roof and popiara tall. Nature reposes—save bee Huma by, or the leares of the Aspenswmme Quiver when aophyrs guntly sigh, Oppresacd with the stlllneas and heat, 1 pio To o cool retreat, that 'lares me With rlppllnt: brook, and hade of forsst.tree. 1 often nevk the sylyan nook Whore Jaughs and dances this babhling brooz, nlowlnf out to tlie warm sunlight, Which It greets with a'glaam thot's diamond-like Then, rushing headlongo'er you steep, 1t's lost from sight in & ravine deep, Alwny there scems 8 low volcs murmuring Somathiug L cannot hear for ita burrylug; Whut can it bo eaying sil the day long? Swoet, pratiling dprite, teach we thy song. Tam coming, Iam gomning, From tha mountain, froin the lea,— Ever ainging, ever hurrying, 3 With iy (reasures, to the sea; For 1 carry procions burdens From the mountain, from the jen: The dew-drop, ruck, and Jofty tes, All send mossagee and guerdons To tho aen—to the wen, 0n the way, 1often stray Through rocky dells, Where harebells Ring chimes of love; Anid ferns ahuve Tend down to meot Violets sweet; 3 : ‘They beckon and eay: ) Bpced not away. ¢ " The wondland throng, ¥ The malden's sank, Thea lover's whlaper, Tho silvery vesper, Tempt me to lulter, The moonbeams pright And atars, at night, 1l me, and suy: Sbiy] Oh. stay! Bui ] haste on, Boaring llllm? The awcet vefrain Of the mingled atrada Of waodland throng And niaiden’s song, — ©f love, ant bull, And mck{ dell, — Wiich I'tl rageat To the distant desp: There 1'l] hear the mermalda’ calt * Aud wualc of the shalls, Down, down in cort 8, Where festhery s il grow, And bright-hued gems and sea-atars glow, 1 am coming, } am soming, sb‘rm‘? lsh‘u moun l:. fhilll tho lea, vor ainging, ever hurrylng To the sca—ia the sea As T hiaten. The wavelelagliston And dance in the warm sunlight, — Dunce and sing tiil out of sight,— And T hear, as they basten ois, - T'he Jow, sweol chanting of the gong. Till,_drawing near the cuul ravin The Water-Sprite )ifta jts volee and stugy + Loud and clear; ; And T hear, Above the water's roar . Av it dashes o'er Tho stee, Down in tae ravine deopr 15m coming, I am coming, gliromine Souniafa, fris the lea ver alnging, sver hureying, . O T fafen, (o tha sca=to the Ay . AvsTiy, 1l Franoss Nicuotaln e ee———— THE DIRGE OF SERVIA. Alaa! the Tark hes conquerad, Ko tioatovich sl 3 UTEUSO YA P attiey it e doad. allen; and Eyoob, et e o e, t Paratchin hasthunders: AWifla Luld Osman Facha. ayef Ia defeated, T‘.«:fi:’l:fi:fiu]n l'-n ‘.‘,' . ublnje full mai T TRa A 1, well! at Kruchaval Altatehanik, and Pnl!‘n‘;" No more the Serbianka ‘The merry maids ehall slng. Cracojevacz o longer (Ah aaddeat, he weel) . guall see in golenin conclave 1t 8rpak Utchno Drusive, Once mora the haughty Crescond Doth Leing it alavery back, . . And waves agaln in triwnph O'er Jablisk und Tehataliak, —=New York Graphic. — i Anothier Horse Fpidecston Hoson Poat. A dlsesto not unlike diphtheris is quiteprevatemd among tho horses fn the vicinity, 1Ue disoase frat atiacke the throat, cavsing luflammation of the laryux and prevents the solmal frum swallowing, thereby caualng death froia starvation. posi- murtci uxsmination of an anlal that died from hils discaso rovealy lHu{I! elfysions of Jymph in the alr passagos, patticulacly surrqunding the iaryux. Thu symptom of this discaso is & sunning of fruthy 1wycue from tho nostrils, sud_drooling from the mouth; genersl dobility, resulting fram non- nugrition. . 'The veterinary surguons say that the only remedy for tho discase (8 the operstion of the weophiagotomy, or making an inclelon in the cenph- agus sud insertinga tube through which the food wunld pasa {nto the stomach. Soma practitioners 2ay & tube can b passed Into the nostrils Lo connect with the stowach, but It {8 a didicult operation, and ot attendud with succuss two tinies out of fon. "As o remedy, chiorate of potsasia, in salu- tion, to drink, ls comidered the Lest in tho dret stagte; Uliaters are then applled a¢ counsee-lrel- i then when symplows of paralysls ap- e o f)f l:l!yn)mln are gl"‘un. ’\\'\Ih"n everal horscd at the Liud ds Lave divd Szum tho dissase. taul pear suall d iho gt few aud