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| PP PPERATURE. Roview of Gill's Life of Edgar Allan Poe. ANow Theory of Trance--Two Novelettes, ? Supplement to “Holen's Babies” «Medieval Architecture. The Flora Round About Ohicago— The Maddor Family. Pitcher-Pinnts--Dynamite in Ag- riculture--Gigantic LITERATURE. EDGAL A. POE. TRE LIFE OF ERGAR ALLAN VOE. Dy Wins tian F. te Unetrated. Boston: Willian: F. Gill & Co. Chicago: Janeen, McClurg & Co. On, PP SL Price, $1.75, From papers published respectively in the “'Lotos-Leaves,” the “Laurel-Leaves,” and in Wilaleton’s Dismond-Falition of Poe's poems, the public have learned with what earncatness of feeling Mr. Gill has undertaken to clear the natne of one of America's most gifted sous from the severe accusations heaped upon it by his earllest blographor. The memoir of Edgar A. Poe which was written soon after lila deat, by his Mterary executor, Dr. K. W. Griswold, pre- sented the poet in a most baleful Mght; and, un furtunately, no after representations made by friends and acquaintances,who dealt with him in Bente aua merciful kindness, could cfface the {mpresston made by that rae dark and damaging portrait, Tho world has, during the more tunu a quarter of a century since Dr. Griswold's memoir appenred, retaiucd the fmpression that Poo was ike an earth-burn Lucifer, marvelously endowed with genlus, beauty, and personal attractions, but aulmated with a spirit a viclous and reckicss a8 that of an archi-flend, Atthis tate hour, the harsh verdict whfeh consigned the reputation of the poct to utter infamy is Hkely to be repealed, and a inore just appreciation made of Ils character as a man, and of lia merit as anauthor, Though long withheld, every genorons heart will rojotee that atlast an equitable and abiding Judgement is lkely to bo pronounced upon the fame of one of the most brillant, most: uslque, and most unhappy Uterary men of our country or our age. The servico which Mr. Gill renders the eauso of humanity and Iterature in striving to cescus the memory of Poo from untmerited obloquy, deserves commendation, Tn recognizing the bennty of the deed, it ts a nity that we iusto olay regret the extreme — de- creo tu which Mr. Cilll carries hia indignation against the perpetuation of the — slunders spoken of the dead. In the unsparing applica~ tlon of opprobriounepithets to Dr. Griswold, he cones near descending htinself to the level ot detractlow. Mud he held his resentment under better control, his praiseworthy defense of a tuch-jujured man would baye hada aweoter and stronger effect, In Dr. Ciriswold's memoir, the birth of Poe fs said to have occurred in Baltimore fn 131t, This is but the beginning of a long Ist of flagrant errors which were incorporated In the Vingraphy. Edgar ‘Allan Poo wus, in fact, born in Hoston, Jan. 19, 1509, while his mother was {ulillling o theatrical engagement in that city. 1s father, David Pou, dr, was of a good family, of Irish descent, und for two xenotations real: donts of Maryland. While a law student in Bal- timore, David Poe becaine enamored of a young Kagllsh actress nained Elizabeth Amol, mar- tied Ler, and, being coneequently dixowned by Wks faatly, adopted her proferelon. ‘Three children were the fruit of this union, the youngest of whom was Edgar, In December, Asi, the mother died of pneumonia, during an engagementat the Kichmand Theatre, ond on the with of the same tnonth the futher perlahed at the burning of the Richmond Theatre. hua, within titcen duye, their three young chiklren, were left destitute and helpless orphans, Tho remarkable beauty ol prevuelty of Ed- par commended him to the nottes of Mr. doln A BLUESTOCKING. BY MKS, EVWANSs, Autnon or |Occnt We vo Vine it Wowan 6” Faction, Lovett, “Lia ALCHIS. Vrc., Etc. CHAPTER UL Kisaus, Bat Daphne, without presage of evil, is talk- fug over her afternuon's ativenture as she saun- tera with slow steps homewards throug the lanos, Aunt Hoste ker companion, At a glance, you would, perhaps, not discover the younger Miss Vunslttart’s gentle blood with the same cortulnty as you would Tieodorn’s, A modish head-dress, a Javender silk ada Regence, are powerful agents fn deterinining one’s forecasts as to birth; and Mins Theadora’s Wine of profile, adventitious aids upurt, is unquestionably ono that botrays secore of foollsh transultters more conspluu- oualy that her alster's. But near Aunt oslo spoak, come under tha yourself thon aud there in the prescuce of something bigher than all gentility. Poor Miss Theodora’s alra und graces con nover fail of reminding you, balf-pathetically, like the scent of long dead flowers, that she has known better days In the past. Miss Hoste's brave and slinply cheerfulness so. ennobles the present that you forget thers could have been a Detter or a happler past to sink from. flow or why slo was first catled Hosle, In Meu of Henrietta, ne man knows. The country- folks ofthe nelghborhood, Moethodlata moat of then, and well posted in Scriptural nomen: clature, call her “ Miss Hosea on all acca siuns when they would show more than ordinary respect, Sometimes, on farin business or the Iike, she will even reculve 6 letter ad- dressed to Mise Hosanna,’ But simple * Aunt Hosie "—that fa the name by which she {a known, sought after, beloved throughout the istrict. Material for large charity the Miss Vansittarts do not possess, either kn Queruce Bay would alms-giving, as the word fs understood in prow pergus England, be accepted. In this primitive community the vice of finprovidence ty not, Every man has bis share in a boat, his own tiny freehold, hia right of common; every wounun clings, with the tenacity of a rellyious belicf, to her hoarded. press of neu and her half-dozen tablespoons, But, wherever human hearts beat, exists work iu plenty for lim whose wfeston Js the Sunari- tan's. In seasons of shipwreck or. of illness, when sous are lost at aca, when little children are left fatherless,—Iu every perennial sorrow of our commen Jot, Aunt Hosic's is the one needed presence, hers tho beat consolation. Not w aick person but rates her oursing powers higher than the doctors’ science higher, it may be sometimes feared, than the Loatly itnletrations of pation or of privat, ‘ot a dylng pillow that her hand cannot smooth, or @ group of mourners with whom her téars— fo there she 1s rich—lo uot Low in sympathy, When Mies Theodora visits among ber neigh- bore It isiu a stfY offical manner, with oppro- riute chapter aud verse, satisfactorily bringing ack before ber conscivustiess the day when her lamented papa comaunded forte aud’ gudtaons bud it was u duty for his daughter to give iors! succor tu such wives und cuildren of soldiers By wereon the seyulation. To enlarge “before suffering elunors upon (he justice of Providence wud the retributive uature of their own puis, fe, with tho distribution of wruth dealing tracts, Theodora's honest conception of aulug: Rood. Aud as her spiritual encouragements are afforded either iu English, of which the Queruee dshing-people understand Uttle, or in iting, graimuar-learnt, “good French,” of which they uuderetand nothing at all, it can acarce be matter of wouder [hat tue pour Jegard her visite, like wet barve ar iufructuous. springs, as some my Allan a wealthy Giizen of Richman. who adopted the child, and troyded for hinv as tts ownson, ‘The etory bs taufilar of haw Ports Hopes of Inheriting the wealth of his foster- father were ubeappointed, amd of bis uniituess, after oa youth of indut- genee aod liacnry, for eneeuntering tie ts oof poverty. Frequent differences with foster-father finally ended Jn permanent tstrangenent, ad he touk refuge with hla aint, Mrs, Cleminy—the tldest sister of David P dre An att: nt sprang up between Bi and hiscousit Virginia, the only daughter ot Mra, Ciennn. it led to their marriage whew Virginia was but a child of 10 “Phe vouney conple dwelt apart fora year after their inten, and ther (ISbi) went through the marrite- ceremony a secord thie, and took up thelr resl- dence together in Richmond Twelve years his beautlinl and adored wife was spared to him, but, during the greater part. of this tline, she was slowly dying of consump- tion. The love which bound the two together was of rare intensity, and many touching ae counts are given of the fond fidelity with which Poewateched over and cared for the sweet woman he bad won inher chikthood. His love for his wife,” wrote Mr. George HR, Grahain, “was sort of rapturous worship of Che apirit of teauty whiels be felt was fading be- fora bis eves. [have seen bin hovering around her when slie waa iil, with ail the fond fear and tender anxiety of a mother for her tirst-born, her slightest cough causing him a shudder, heart-clill that waa visible, [ role out one auinmer evening with them, and the remnem- brance of his watchiul eyes cazerty bent upon the ellghtest change of hue in that loved tace haunts me yet as te memory of a sail atrain. It was the huurly antielpation of ber loss that made hin a sad and thoughtful man, and lent a mournful melody to his undyluz some.” Mra, Voo died In danvary, 1847, at Fordhain, areatdence a few niles north of New York where Por his wile, aud Mrs, Clem had dwelt for some months In extrem years after this event. with ndversity, and with temptations ond sorrows: fits temperament, were fuet- contin- ued to the end, but ever with less hupe of dent to victory on hia alde. Ils father luc yielded to the hibits of an (nebriate, and fatal weaknesses were, 08 a result, entailed upon the son, A single glass of wine threw hin tito the wildest delirium, ana be lacked the strength to abstain from that which so quickly overthrew his rearan and transformed hhin into’a madi It was a fate, adisense, rather than a crime, and he fell an unhappy victlin befure tt. The taws of heredity, the tdlosyocrasies of body and mind, aud thelr remendaur tiiltence over bumait des- Ung, were Iittie understood in Poets time, aud by the world he was fudyed without that chir- ity whieh co:nes of knowing the power of im- pilses implanted at birth, and the calanitous donsequenices of want of balance in the mental aut phyaical organization, Many fncidents In Pov's Iie which were mis- reprerented by Dr, Griswold, 1 would seem fram putre maliunancy, are carrected by Mr. Gill. and relieve his chéracter of the darkeat shadows blrong testimony from inen and women of the highest character, who werg intimately sequalntead with the poet. iscited to show how deeply he was maligned hy his Iterary executor. — It Is suflicient lo pro- dive the conviction that, with all his weak- nesses and errare, there was much in Poe to love and to respect, and less to cenaure than to pity and forgive. 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Putnam's Sona, McClurg & Co, léino., pp. Influences of her cyes and smile, and you fect * iniachivt, which are pureliate without the elightest intention of dotug barim or creating. annuyance, Thera 44 more skill in tho management of fnefdent. inthe prewent tok than tn ite pre. devessor, Tt fy here that the sequel surpasses TUE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JULY 88, the falradu tory work. and yet farther stud wi te neceseary te: Me. Mabberton to order to arynice tne kuack af eombinhng brilliant con. tuptions fate a perte tly eonstateut anu arth denigan TRANAE, OF DELUSIONS. A AND Irs Breecises ox ax Teativony. Be Ginonce M. Begnn, A. M. D., Fellow of the New York Academy of Moiicrne, Mewber of tae Aterlean Medical and Ne atcal Association, ete. New York: G. P. athens Sons, Vapee, The able treatise on “Hay-Fever, or Sumner Catarrh,” which was pabuilsted by Dr, George M. Beard about a telvemonth ago, Snclines the reader to rezand with favorable attention any new work whieh may come from the same. author, The brochure whose title is clteal above containg © monouraph un the interesting sub- Jectof Trance. The eseay was originally read by Dr. Beard before tho New York Medleo- Legal Society, Nov. 1, 1876, and aubsequently printed in the Jonrnatof Nervous aud Mental Diserser, Ut te designed as at introduction to 8 larver work on the Philosophy of Delusions, which willaim to explain with satisfactory full- ness the phenomena of Trance, or Involuntary Life ‘The term Trance ts applied by Dr. Beard to that. mysterious and abnormal condition of body and inind which, in {tsdilferent phases, has been variously designated as: somnambulism, mex- mneriain, hyonotiam, catalepay. ccatasy, ote. The wature of Trance tn all (ts forms Is declared by Em tobe “ functional discase of the nervous ayatein, in which the cerebral activity fs concen- trated In some Ilinited region of the brain, with suspension of the activity of the rest of the brain. and consequent toss of volition”? In the nurmal waking state, all thé faculties of the nd uve active, aud thelr co-ordinate operation resulta In that guiding. controlllig fmpulse which is denominated will or volition. In or- dinary sleen the activity of all the faculties ts suspended; but In Trance a portion of the mitt {s active, while the rest ta {na state of steep or ct ivity. in this last condition there fs ne acy of volitlun, a state of ntary Life? as there can te no exer af “will where there fs nut. perfect, cooperation of the frenlties, A gaol trutton of the dite between the three stutes ix given by sulerenee to a chandelier of fas-burners, “When allthe burners of the chandelier are fully ighted that, 1s the normal waking state; when all of the burn turned down yy thut is ordinary sleap; turnout entirely all the burners except one, and that one, as often happens, tines all the more brightly from increaned pressure, that is Trance.” Trance {3 divided by Dr, Heard inte four yari- eters: the spontaneous, the self-induced, the emotional, and the lutellectual; yet these va- rieties tay Include each other. A typleal forin, of Lhe spontaneous Tratce ix sutiiral somata lism, or slecp-wallh Theself-lodaced Tranes is that which the aubfect can being upon himself at will, Solritualistie mediums and ‘Trance: speakers exhibit the phenomena of this varlety. Tho habit of becoming eatranced may he cultle vated, susceptibility ta the miluence whieh pro duces ft belwg Inereased by repeated ex- perience of the condition. It fs in recog nition of Uls fact that mediums are described as “fully developed,” “parttally developed,” oras “developing? acconling xs practive in in- ducing the Trance-atate has enabled them to pasa wore or less quickly and completely under ita Sutluence, ‘The majority of cases of Trance come under the head of emotional, and ure caused most fre- quently by the excitement of a feel fear, wonder, reverence, or expectation, to such a de gree thut the activity of the remalning faculties of the mind is suspended, and consequently the power of the will fs lost. ‘The dntetiectuat ‘Trance Includes casen of extreme ulm nid ednyes, fo which a lurge portion of the brain ts so intently oveupled with thuught ov to be in- ecusihle to surroundings, Thin theory with revurd to the various pho- pena of Trance is claimed by Dr, Beard to riginal, and te avcount rationally and com- pletely for every symptom evinced fn all the faring and stages of the condition, It accounts for the loxs of the control of the will and the autotwatism of ‘Trance; it explalns tw difference between = tha states of sleep and ‘Trance, which so nearly ree serible cach others it dixstuates tho myatery of dual fe and double consclousness, which “hos been 80 tea uri puzzitug; ft shows why some of the physical and mental trafts are cxatted and others ure depressed; anid the reason of the delustuns and ballucinations whieh accom pany some foring of Trance, An for the ublezcd phenomena of clatrvovanes, secondesight, wind-readlug, provislon, retrovis- ion, and communication with the dead, Dr Beart sweeps them all away with the uncon promising assertion that nu auch phenomena ever have occurred or ever will occur, * hutnan being, he remarks. Vfaralty aiterent in Kéad from that confermat op the hig mau tae dn genera. + . twenn Socrates, Newton, § ton, and the lowest enet of dezree only s all are common teal, None of the real phenomena of Traner, ta above detiiled, differ frou there that are common to the lumina fatally others wiee than in desree, Whan, therctore, we hear these wondrons stories of second-eleht amt thought-rem ing, thouh indorsed, ag they often- tines are, by the ablest and must honest seien- tific mon of the world, we need pend yo time or force in tovestiyatheg Lhent; deduction proves thelr falaity without any examination.” His hypothesis revarding the condition of Trance Dr. Beard lectures to bw practical bearhag upon the value of evidence obtained by human testinnny, On tegal medicine has a direct atd important applivation. In cases of clme and sudden accident. the witnesses are often entranced through fear fur the tine being, and ara, therefore, Incapable of correct observation, and, cunsejuentty, of giving afterward truthtul testhwony concerning the alfeic, In certain cases of alleged crime aut wrong, It la quite possitle that the accused may have been, at the moment uf committing t Heed, in atate of Trance, and hen Ue for act committed When exercise of the will wae nud the power of the acter. Many sigeestions with regard to the examination nied cetlmation af. test! inven are eet Au fraltt by the argument, and commend themselves: as worthy of the serlous attention of administrators of Justice. Upon the soundness of the theory which Dr. Beard has put forth. only medical experts are capable of pronouncing judgment. 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FAMILIAR TALK, MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE, The medieval styles of Architerture are the Byzantine, Saracenic, aust Gothic.—the ancient. coding with the Roman order, In about the fourth century of our era, The destractive real of the Christians, as they gradually gained bower, spared little of the construction or orna- ment of Pagan Rome; and the adoption of the new religion by Constantine may be consilered a8 the culmination of thore Influences which revolutionized Art, During the fifth century, when the desolating strength of the invading Northern hordes was added to the fconoclastt: frenzy of the Christian converts, the artists of Traly were ylad to find sielter and patronage in Cunstantinople, the ancient and beautiful Byzantium, sitting like a queen in the loveliest portion of carth. Mere, during the Dark Avea, were cheriabed the theorfes of ancient Art, and under the patron- ageof wealthy and ambitious Emperors arose the Byzantine onler of architecture, ornament, and painting, which, at the downfall of the Empire of Hyzantium, tn the fifteenth century, was carefully cherished by the Greek Church, aud is the basis of the truly national Art of Russia, The culminating glory of Byzantine Art {s the much changed and defaced, but still glorivue, Church of 8t. Sophia, at Constantinople, butt tethe aixth century; but this schoul of Art spread Ite influence widely, even tuto Western Curope,—st. Mark's at Venice, the churches at Ravenna, and the vave of the Cathedral uf Aix- lu-Chapelle, being almust purely Byzantine In construction. ‘This atyie of Architecture, being anoutgrowth of the aurlent orders, espectally of the Roman, has as its ruling form the circular arch. Though the doors of Byzuntine churches kept the ree- tanguler formof the Greek models, tie wine dows ure always semicircular, and the crownine and most characteristic feature of the hullding fs the arched cupola, Not ,unly ts this awelllng doute found on the centre of these churches, which have often the forin of the Greek cross, Dut there are aleo half cupolas covering the spaces surroundug the e Art, Byzantine fs chars:terized by richness of Mater weed mit skill used” in produce tug the general effect. A heavy gurgcous styly was thus tnalty developed from the engrafthiy of Christan symbolisin upon Roman forme. Byzantine decoration is sirietly conventional and symbolical,—lts mast common foring being the trefoil, representing the Trinity; the Auatrefoll, Indieuting the Four Evangelista, nt the Greek cross,—tack of there being often united with the nitnhus, which stuifica the The peculiar capital of columns may be leavribed aa the Corinthian of the Greeke, Alvested of Ite faliage-urnuiments, and pressed down into almost cuvical shape. his is devorated with a few follated ornaments In low rellef, or with fantastic figures. The facades are often ornamented by freestone and brick combined, the latter belng not only rectangular, but curved and Y-sbaped. This allows of great varicty of arrangement in both form and color, and harmonizes well with the frequent use of mosaic in the mterlars. : While Byzuntine Art ruled the Architecture of Eastern Europe, another moditieation of anclent styles grewup in Western Europe, called the Romanesque. The greatest differ- eure in these two atyice Hes In the cupolas of ite! former, and the flat, carpentry roofe of the jatter, The Saracenic and Gothic styles, as well as less finportant ones, are outgrowths of the Byzantine, The detinculshing features of the Saracencle are low buildings, often covering ex- tepaive areas; frequent cupolas,” more that hettspherteal fn forin, often called bulblform: the eutablature always projects boldly; the columus ure slender, and often in groups; the arches are horseehoe+haped,—sometiines ov- curring alone, sometimes joined with eseintvir- cular arches; the walls and niches are cotnplete- ly covered with beautiful arabesque ornainent. sometimes In colored stucco, and frequently in choice stones: the yaults and arches are often enriched with luttice-work, through which light {s arranged to pass; the fours are claborately luld in colored marbles; bright colors are ‘used, especially upon the stu work,—generally” redo and bine, with much gilding, and sometimes creen aud purple, The ral effect of the Saracente urcultecture is phturesque,—its most tustrative struct belug the famous Alhambra of Granada, eree ed inthe thirteenth and fourteenth centurle and, like St. Sophia of Constuntinonle, bavis ag histury us douching as the biozraphy of any Jovely and unfurtunate Judy of song or story. The Mohdmmedan religion forbidding the nce of the forins of anfinals Jn decoration, the Baracenic designers arranged most characteristl: ntre. Like Egyptian aman, and Marzaret df tos of ornamentation. The tle forms was souirtiines by the eghth eonturg, te which many of a rich works of the 5 nie belong, the fvzantine Greeks who had been presse) into the servire oof the Arabian rulers were airealy sufficiently skill to produce the most ve cutnty ns of color, and the most ing arrat ut of geometric forme in eed stropework and in iaper-patterns. Ornamental ius riptions from the Koran were arranged with the wtmost tnecnulty; and tho general effect of the whole decoration, stil sean in theunfaled colors of a portlun of the Al- hambra, is that of a recularly-arranged fluwer- garilen, The last great. medieval style, the Gothir, flourished chiedy on the Bhine, in, the North of France, and tn England, The proper name of this style is a chaputed point, but the best authoritics decide te callitthe Gothic. Th inay be distinguished as the puinted-arch atylc. Le ot albawed Its oldest’ erections “are found in Ger- many, of .the date of the tenth cen- tury,’ Tb reached. {ts per fon in the fourteenth centory, and = beeaine extinct aga great building style in the sixteenth, Tis astsle directly opposed tu the horizontal forms of the Egyptians and the Greeks, and to the circular governing lines of the Romane, as it aclects the upright as tts cutding line, It fa essentially a rymbolic forin,—even Its unecen foundations sugeesting endless depths, as its far-away upper spires polnt to intinite hefchts, Though having detinguishing characteristics, it, of all styles, htlows the oat individuality of decoration, and diferent countrics have eiven ft Wiferent phases, without destroying [te radical forms, ‘The roots of the buildings betny com posed of arched vaults, very strony support 1s only needed at certain points, which are strengthened on the wuter walls by buttresses, Between these, broad, high windows are placed, which, belng filed with gorgeous tracery aud rich atalued glass, become one of the his torical: charactertstice of this order of Archl- Another most conspicuous feature is ower, or grand apire, which 1s usually square at the buse, pa-ring afterwards intoa polygonal ur a circular form, The tlecorative details of the order are al- ways founded on geometrical tracery, but are extremely varied. ‘The traditional types of By- zantine ornament, exact dinttations of natural plants and fowers, animal oud buman tenures in vulntul or grotesqtte form, together with the free use of color, mate the chief ornam So clastic [6 this style that = great compa painters aud sculptors, working together, each ane carrymg vt bis own fait! would not be likely to mar the elf whole. The Cathedral of “Amien the thirteenth century, is perhapa the most perfect stru: ture of this'style. The Renalssance—which, as {ts name shows, was a return to old forms—followed the (lothic, and revived, with variations, the classic forms of the ancient styles, It Is the firat of the mod- ern styles, and includes within tt all of the rematting aud diversitled inudern orders of Architecture, as the Tudor, the Louls-Quaturze, und the Cinque-Cento, It is as varied us the countries und localities which have produced It. Taking its re in Maly, and having different forms in each prominent elty, the constructions of Ventee are the most elegant and char- acteristic, That city is crowded = with all varicties, frou: the earlier tu the latest Re- maissance, cach retaining {ts Individuality of style. ‘h story of these buildings has a scp- arute ter of colutnus or pilasters, surmounted by entabiaturce; the windows ure arched and ornamented with columns, and the spaces ather- wire plain are enriched with ornament. ‘The outline of the buildings at the top is ralsed In form, being usually finished with a batustrade, which supports sculptured tures. Upon this Venetian inanner most of the Renaissance archl- tecture of Europe fs maideled, St. Peter's Church at Rome, and St. Paul's, London, are exensplifications of thisatyle. The picturesque ruin of Hefdetbere is a unique exaniple of varly. Renatesance tu Germany. The style, in some of ite varieties, acen everywhere at the present time. St. Petersburg, the city of palaces, has hardly any’ other style of building, it “is not well sulted to churches or great public erections, but is casliy adupted to the requirements of pal- aves and bundsome homes; yet the dome of the Cathedral of Florence fs generally considered the firat example of the order. The etyle of ts Quaturze i¢ a too highly ornamented Re- BR (te useless aud “ostentatious cin- bellishinenta being called Rococo, ‘The most striking ¢ Bs of thig forin Is the palace at Versailles, which fs tnimense, but not grand. ‘The term Cinque-Cento ia an Italian one, and may be even called a slang phrase. Its inean- fog i# tive lmndred, and (t designates. the kit of architecture and.decoratin which arose {1 Thasly ateout ¢! weinulng of the sixteenth cen- tury. Its uruament {4 sensuous in character, beme usually derived from aucleut mytholugy and bletury. SPARKS OF SCIENCE. FLORA HOUND ABOUT CHICAGO, ‘Tne Mapony Fawtuy.—The regard of the botanist {4 not limited to plants havluy sho’ is even of | teaves or foliaze. 9 Whatever charm there ma; poses of form, color, or fragrance, 13 prov foundly appreciated; and still the lowly weeds in neglerted wastes, whose exterlor may never hope to attract popular adiniration, are rtudled. with as much attention, ‘and generally with os keea a pleasure, There aro hidden beauties of structure, and curlous traits of character, mark- ing many of the obscurest plants, whi-h render ! them as Interesting ohjectsof onservation ag the most disthizuished members of their rave, Ta Wustration uf this truth, the Galiaina may be mentioned. They are hutablenwd feetia plants, with weak, slender stems, freqitentiy necting: some support from stronger nelghbors, or Front acommunity of themaclyis, to be enabled to stand erect; and with minute flowers aml di- milnutive leaves, and yet they secure a touk of krutiNed recognition whenever the cye of the herbalist fails upon them. We have six spedes in our flora. The Gallum Aparine, popularly named Cleavers, {8 common at Riverside, The G. conclanum ts found at Hinadale, but is one of the rare species. The G. urlidum has been gathered at Hyde Park. The G. pllosun ls abundant at Michian City and Laporte; the G. elrewzans at Michigan City; and the CG, bureale near South Park Station Myde Mark. ‘The genus Gallium 1 characterized by square stems and whorled Ieavea, anu by eymose flowers produced In inidsummer, ‘The roots often contain a red coloring matter, and the juice of soma species is used to curdie milk. Many of the Galinins have their stems, and the margins and midribs of thelr Jeaves, clothed wlth hooked bristles, with which they cling tenaciously to whatever they touch, and from which they derive the. name of Cleavers. The Gallus grow froin one to three or tour fect hich, aud our species have fine white or purple flowers, Twelve epecica of Gialiut, with several varictles, Inhabit the United States, eaat of the Mississippi, and sixteen species arc natives of Grest Britain, The Mighbinders of Scotland have long used the roots of (i. veri for cojor- ing red, The fluwerlng tops of the same plant afford a bright-yellow dye, The roote of tne G, tuberosoin are farinaceous, and are cultivates in China for food. The name of Bedstraw, be longing to several of the apevies, Is suppnised to come from the fact that thelr dhe, soft follage was forinerly used for strewing beds, The Galiuins are classed In the sub-order Stel late, which, with the sub-vrder Cinehunaccie, compose the’ great Madder lamuity, ur Rublucea. The Stellater are all herbaceous plauts, with whorled leaves, angular stems, and minuto flowers, They ure coniined to the northern - parts of the Northern AMemisphere and to the higuer altitudes of Peru, Chill and Austrulasia. They number about 325 spucles, the moat Important his the Ru- bia tinctoria, or Madder, wh yivkis the valu- able erlinsou dyes so mucn used iu the arts and manufactures. ‘The plant ta beeably, a native of Southern Europe and of Asia, and fs exten- sively cultivated ip yurlous countries, Other specles of the eame genus alford dyes scarcely Inferior to the commun Madder. [tis said that the finest ually af this dye comes from tho Government ot Bahu, on the Caspian Sea, bat {tig produced only iu email quantities. ft bas been noticed that the benes of aniinals which feed upon the Madder-plant are colured red, and this effect continues sume time after the use of the plant las been discuntioued. A few of the Stellatex pussess. qualities which rene der them of somoslight Importance in medicine, Of the sub-order Ciuchonacee, we have the Hutton-Bash (Cephalanthus Oveldentalls), which is vomnmon at [Hyde Park, aud on the Desplaines River south of ‘Vhatcher. This is a shrub af fecting wet situations, Its small white flowers are clustered in dense heads or balls, and, orna ment the bush in July and August. The pretty little Moustonia cerulea ts our only other representative. This delfcato plant, growing from three to five Inches hugh, 1s tound in tnoist, grasay places; but hereabouts Is rare, velng noted [na single locallty near the swamp southwest of Calumet, It blossoms frum early spring ty midsummer; aud its tiny lowers of pale Dive or Iilac, witha yellow eye, remlud ona of the eweet Furget-me-nut, aud deserve their name of Tnpocen ‘The Cinchonac embrace upward of 2,5 species, which range in habit trom the tall tree of the forest to the spreading shrub and the humble herb. ‘Thefr leaves are simple and _en- tire, and thelr Ruwers are generally disposed fn panicles or cymes. They area tropical fatty, very few of them belug found in temperate re- glona, whereas fu torrid countries they ure sald to comprise one-twenty-ninth of the whole mitaber of flowering plants. The group is La most Important one, not only for its | size, but fur tis usetulness. To quote the words of the botanist, Lludley, many of tha spe “areamong the most ‘valiatle of ull remediate agents, neting as tonics, fcbrifuzes, emnetics, or purgatives, Others, on the con- trary, having their secretions in a state of great concentration, pruve tu be farinidable polsone ; nevertheless, a few produce eatable frult, an one is celebrated over all othera for its agree. whle stlinulating seeds.” When we bave numed terlaus caprive upon the part of Teaven, aud submit tu, rather than solleit thelr continuance, French of Frolssart, you will hear a Jeracyman call t—with volubliitv; a burr of good North Country accent elluging to her tongue, and rene doriig the speech less muefeal than charactor: lati, She sponte her Mie ontol doors; ownlny, and, with the help of Margot aud Margot’s love er, furining an extate of Lam ashamed to a: how few aeres;.and ds wunstanied and wlid- dried ag a bit of Lint autumin’s vraic The almilo sounds undattering, but at this aca-bound, fsolated point of extat- enee ono is so surrounded by vrale that ft intere spolotentes tho thoughts unuwaress vralc ho shures, curdens, tlelds, senils ite rinuke throuzh every cottage chinney, vow fresh, now dried, now In ashes, tly the alr of the whole district with Ila searchtny oda Acleah cotton gown in aumtuer, a one {n winter, a stin-bonnet throngh ever ur of the year—euch fs Aunt Hoa dress, Sho weeds, hoes, works In the hay-feld, nt the vraic harvest, the vider-pres: and with it ull reaialtts a lady, and un extraordinarily contented one The two older slsters, after a quarter of ucen- tury spent at Blef-de-tu-Relne, stil fouk back unt Bath, Brighton, aud: Chultcphun with a sigh, Mise Theodora, notably, who keeps upthe social creditofthe house, gud on occanion dings at the houses of the aboriginal rentillty, gets perludical tits of low spirits, nucortain temper, and concomitant doztory visite, ; From all cheae afllictions Aunt [oatlo Is free, Her manuer is a trite abrupt, like thy eea-wind, that asks no leave befure it salutes your cheek; ' her speceh whulesomely Vitter, Uke the simples culled from her orn old-fashioned hero-garden: and “for ber sc o— Thu bloom of ugliness is past,"” alo will tell you, frankly. “Lain a better-looting woman how than [was ab 25, and mcun to be a beauty yet belore L dle," And, little though ehe suspects It, her homely features do possess 3 charm, a lovellueas such as many Wushed-out checks and overperfect, profilva of a younger generation cannot boast, “Ag wine savors of tic cask wherein it is kept,” wrote a qualut author, “aa wing savors of the eask wherein it la Kept, so the soul tecalve atincture from the body through which works, ‘Tho conceit rettirns ever to my mind when think of the brave, weathersfreshened old face of Henrietta Vansittart. “To-day seems fated to be one of wild excite. ment, Aunt Hosic¢,” says Daphne, just ae the two arrive withly sight ot Fief-de-la-Reine, Jean Maric and Atarzot have diseovered, wlter tive years’ walting, that they have euved up lin en and spoons enough to fall in lave, and f, Daphne Chester, haye spoken, actually spoken, to a stranger." “Aye inisfortunes aeldum Aunt” Husie’s answer. dea Margot are a palr of fo! Fall In love, in- deed! Ag if twoouch heals, put together, wi not be a hundred thines thicker than they were apart! And at this season, toa,—all the busk est partof the year before us! Av to stran- perd, £5-cxcursionista," says Aunt He ineis- ively, “the farther they keep themselves fran Fief-de-ta-Reluc and from my carnations the better Pehall bo able to appreciate thelr vir- tues,’ “¥ive-pound excursionista! come sigh" Is ean Marlo ans Human crea: ures with cabbazo sticks = tu their hands, aud piuk-and-vrange cravats round their throats! Aunt Husic,” crivs Mrs. Chester, vot without o helghtened color, whut have T done that T should be suspected Of such shinge! My stranger wis—was——"? * Don't crouble yourself tv tell ase, child, 1 @nt inost fucurivus lu the mutter’? “ But bis nume,—at least f misht have told ‘Ou thut,—Str Jolin Severue, Notwbad nawe In its way, fo itt!” Aunt flosie looks round searchingly at the Rirl’s face, “I need hardly ask if ‘Sir John had adrawl, ori{f he was good cuough to udtuirs my utece Daphne, and depreciite existence — gen evally rouge an cye-ylasst” sho remarks: “Tn speaking of a flug gentleman of the pres ent day, these tlie are uuderstuod.” © sir Joho? bad no draw), uo eve-glass, and, dam quite sure, uo admiration,” says Daphne. But again she blustes. In ives belf-culored, unburrled as bers, people can afford themnsely the luygrvof a covsclence. Daphne Chester owns U! nd it pricks ber,—young Severue's favt cluuce returning ovlore hee vislou and con victing er, shasply, of Lalsehvod, Aunt fHlosle talks the Island patula—the | “No drawl, no cye-ulass, no admiration, I Wish you Joy, mydear! You have seen s paragon. ut lant. Unfortunately, | never in my best days, had auch belief in paragons, and J anr too ald and too prejuticed to subscribe to now crceda mow, And as Sir Jolin Severne will doubtless go by totnorrow morpits’s boat, [ stutl have us of converting yun,” says Daphis light. » Who Is that comming out tu meet uxt? Sure now within a stone’s-thi of the entrancd to the farm. “Margot, as Plive. Sho inust have rin bome quickly by the Marais——"” And wring her Landy, holding up her apron to her facet Whut iu the hame of heaven alls the dait-headed creature now? [f scenes and hysterics are to be the frat east of courtsiip, what may we hope for luter on: “There 1s something wrong, exclaims Daphne, her cheels ant Upe, blood-toreaken, tirnlng ton Hyid whitencas. Something has bapicned to the enild. Paul, Paul, where ure yout? ? And, acarcely conaclous that her fect touches soll earth, sho rushes witdly down the road, across the garden, where Marvot, ordinari- ly the must atoll’ of tnortal — beige, stands Jaughiuu, eryiug, talking, a! in wo breath, ,and with utterly incole- rept volubllitys ED, mon Dow, mon Dout Loe paurre p'tit babouln—ta grande inarle—le Mussleu Augiaz!” “These, or words like to them, fall vaguely ou Daphne's senses. Bhe heeds them not, She pauses to ask no questlona, der heart prophesies, answers all, Onwart towards the sea she horries, down the path where on hour before Paulie, safe and nappy was chasing buttertlics In tuo eunshine, Raat he tubtering, fear-stricken figure of Miss heodora, onward towards tho éea—to succor— sob! heaven, {f succor be in yalu—to peril with the child! Rosy, unhurt, Paul, at this mornent, fs beIng ited by strong, familiar arma from the * Wes- ley" todry land. Nobin vain dhl Severe give die luat bellow before startle tu the boy's res cue, Froin w cottage outelde the garden of telda-la-Relue the shout was beard by the nurne-tender ol @ sick ilsher’s wife, and help quickly suninoned from the nearest hayefleld, help that did not arrive onu minute tuo Torcach little Paul, by alternate wad- do awhniming, was no ‘easy feat; but Severne, hardy, resolute, and a practical swiin- T, Wit, ‘fo return, with deep- Mug tide, With strength spent, and with the cH added burden of whetpless, clinging child, was aiuutter of wholly different complexion, before his roscucy reached hana? Pa ie ‘iatger had bucoine imuiinent, every deepening ware Washing over the allppury, weed-covercd rocks, aud rendering the chiid's slight footing more | ure, At the distance of fiteen or twenty ds nearer shore, however, lay another ridge, ati] well above water, and thas far upou the way to satyty orne = With ditli- culty bore bis charge. Then came recognition of the truth, hen came a cleurer look inte the face of death than dir Jou Severne during lls tive. aud-twenty years of yigorous youth bad ever galned beter Tu swin back with the child Across such a 6c as this was, he knew, the next thing to fuipossible; to swim back alone,—nay, Twith du the young follow no injustice, that temolation never even fora passing moment ase sated itm! “What were you doing, smail boy, alone, and aleuch # distaived” he usked, as Paul's bright, undauuted face leoked up to hia, “WS peyuivus,” answered Paul, vot without sote sporteniau’s pride. ‘Yu mon cabot!" And, upon that, unclasped the Ingers of bis left hand gud exnlbited his prize~a fish, ¢wo- thirds of au duck tnleusth, which, not even with the waters clusiug fast around hha, that reso- Jute litle brown tat bad relinquished, ‘There was uo further thne tor conaidoration or del Yet one other projection of rock could reached by wading throagh «@ channel more than knee-deep. After this must come the death swhn, the last desperate struggle against. odds known to be overwhelin- ing, and right manfully was Suverue abuut to gird hinself thereto when @ distaut pound of Voices fell upon hisear, He paused, looked wharply to the westward lo the direction of Fief-du-la-Relue, and saw a kuot of tures gatherlug rounda buat upon the shingle. A tiinute or two later and # boat mauucd br s couple of the stuutest rowers in Queroce was rapilly making its outward way through the f. ““rOurdal J'pequlous,” cried Paul, ~earing hifstattered lat above his headin triumph. V"n Maltre Andre, et Ie gros Pourtourd qui vrinoent pequer aussi" jw the threatened tragedy ended, amidst sun- shine, blue xea, and a child's terry shouts. By the tine thy “Wesley got back to the land, the story of Paul's adventure was spread: {ug fast, anda crowd of bare-texied tleherdada stood reudy te run the boat up through the surf, This ‘was the very moment of Duphue's return. ‘Too stuuned to comprehend mure than that Paul wasin danger, Daphne hal rusted with Uviug feet across the gurden expecting— what tragic sight does a heart in anguish not expect? ‘Then she stopped short, stopped, and deheld the tutls fizure that compasses her world running, with joyous cries, along the path to meet her; Sr John severne, the salt water atreaming Ubcrally frum him os he walked, close behind. Aunt Hoste by now, her eunburnt face bleached tog alekly pallor, had come up with Margot tn the rear; and through their breat leas, tear-choked utterances Wupbne learned the truth, Jearned from what death the child hud been rescued, and by whom, “Muamsey, Mamsey,” erics Paul, running for ward aid cluspt fs mother'a knees, oe taught one big th eft! And flourishes inane as inight eubot, atoft for admiration, But Danlne utters never a wort, She stuaps not to the.child—no, nor takes bite in ber aris, only staxers ob another uncertalu step ur to; then sinking down at Sir Jobu Severne’s feet, clas the young man’s hands between both ler own and cuvers them with kisses, CHAPTER IV, purr." - “My dearest Clementina: Will. you forgive me, for once, 1f I confess that 1 have Wisabeyed your wiahes¢ An accident bas so cngrussed mo this afternoou that I have really not had a mumunt's time to look aller porphyretic rocks orcaloapar, much leas have I been able tu give tho devotion the subject requires to syenetic guclas, Tell Fraulein Schnapper I shall hope (with the atd of Geology for Beginner) to have ny onawerw ready by tha time J sea her. When Lhave the delight of meeting you,—alter three years! abaenco, Clomentina,—you must give men short and casy introduction tuthe All-Suiictency of Mutter, 1 ei ashamed to confcas I tave not, yet muatered courage to attack the Exhaustive Analysis, Need f say [look forward with rap. ture to the Paleuntological Jecturoal My intel- lect has so rusted Io India that I am not per- fuctly certain L know what Paleontology meaua, but I shall have you at my widy to set me right in evervthing, “ Your mcution of Cousin Felix! seriously disturbs my peace,” DoT remetmber the photo- graph oof =obimt = Ag atroctously good luuking fellow, with a clzarctta between bis fingers, and Cwliph—your Culipn— on higshoulder? {wrote ‘ Beautlfyl but Brain- less! beneath that photograph, if you recullect. And they how you cried with anger, and J fumed with jealousy, and) Qually bow delicious wasour making-up! So delicious that we im- mediately set to work to pick another quarrel, solely for the sake of expericucing another re- conciliation, If the book is to open at the same page, If our contentions arato taste as sweet a6 they did three years axa. I can scarcely regret that Mr, Broughton fs to be one of the party on board tke Liberta. “ Fraulein Schnapper inquires about epidoto and rock-crystal, Jeracy, iu the depths of the Teutonle consciousness, evidently existing but for purposes of geological illustration, I cau assure you those small istands contain human curlustties just as well worth searching after. ‘The acctfent { spoke of—briuging back tu shore anurchlo who had strayed tov faramong the rocka—threw me across a group of figures as quaint as wero cyeraceu out of porcelain and cabot, or such crushed re- hetd to represent 4 Wardour gtrect, Iinagine tluding three old North Country "Rdleequdies’ tn the strictest seuse of the word—living in a soll- tary Jersey farm which they cultivate, with their owt bands, ssa matter of businces—a incana of existence. The looking after the small child I mentioned {whose connoctiun with the old ladics, by-the-by, acems apocryphal and inyate- { runs) entailed iny getting a wet Jacket, and f was varrledotl into Flet~le-la-liwing, their home, and the nearest house at hand, to be forcibly dried and doctored, “Tf you would grasp tue situation, you must picture to yourself! a: vast, low-raftered itehen, all crooks and angles, aud three- cornercd oaken-duared cupboards, with the floor tiled =oin patterua, brass | pans as bright os ft one of Gerard housfraus had nowly polished them, and the three old tadies ministering to ny aunpused needs. The two younger of the Miss Vansit- tarts inay be—any" age you please upuu the fat {her side of 50, ove ut them, * Aunt Housie,’ dress- ed Hike the wornen of the country, but with an ¢. pression of innate foodies and breeding on her sunburnt favo that is irresistible: the other cle- gantly upright as ortralt by Luly, and wearlng 8 Was afk = gown’ and - tens. You doubt omy acettracy, details of femiulne dress generatly,—in this case Y certain us to the inittens, These two,’ ure but ag schoolgirls, bates, beni Miag Vunsltturt. She dutes: from ta tall, marblo-featured, deaf, ome Tuever yet saw a living female who nar, could more fitly be taken as a personitication of f the Futes, My name having t v Hite her, with a good deal of difkew thealsteriu mittens, she thought over It, ing utine with on foward kind of yaze, us though centuries of chronology were passing Ueture her vision,—then remarked that whe re- membered two of iny great aunts in Edinburg, Ab the clue when Charles Diz Myed in exile at roo should not have been surprised at her ro- memberlng the battle of Cullodent “Aunt Hosie, ineanwhile, piled me with what she was pleased to cull restoratives, alded in thalr preparation by w derying woman, Margot, who chanted weird songs in some un- known Longue, and never once showed ine her fave thronyiiout, Idrunk hot cider, herb tea, spiced elterberry wing, (te wattld be hard to say what horritte concuctlon 1 did not drink, Finally, 1 was only allowed ta Tcave the hoase nner promise of being present wt a grand hay- uaking fustlval that la to take place on Aunt Hosle’s estate te-morrow. A ity you could not, forone afternoon, tke WI! Honeycomb, ‘foruet the sin and seacoal of Londou for funo- conce and haycocks,’ and be with ua, But then fahoutd have to make stringent stipulations—nu Fraweln Schnapper, no learned Professors, and, abave all, nu Cousin Felix, Write to me the motuent the destination of the Liberta ie tinally aettted upon, and do not let youremnscienee be troubled at keeping me prisuner iti dersey. With the prospect of seeing, my dearest Clementina so soon f shall do my best, depend upon it, to feel contented with ny prison-houss. Ever your moat devoted Jos BRVERNE.? Such ts the response to Miss Iurdcastle’s tin- pussionel love-letter, ‘The reader cad tomark, as @ fact not barren of significance, that the part of Jlurle would seew to be omitted from the play! In describing ti it Introduction tothe fuhah- {tants of Ficf-le-la-Reiue, Sir Severne baw tnaccountably forgetten to mention tho uawe of Daphne Chester to bis betrothed. 1Zo be continued nest Suturday.} SEI aSaEenEEI WEARY. Weary af tilet Yes, weary of lifet ‘Tired of all Iteturmoll strife; ‘Tired, 40 Ured—lunging for rest Ou Mother Earth's coul, quict Lreast, Longing to ie ‘neath the dark od, - With the soul gone up tu mncel its God; All things passed fro sight and view— Pasacu with the firat death-duup dew, ho. more to do with love or hate— No more to repiue at s cruel fate— ‘All thiugs overall things dunu— ‘She life all Gulsbed—the race al! ran. Lue Ceatux, i. aw. tT. ee The Turkish War Minister, Great rigor {s displayed at Constantinople by Redif Pusha, the War Miulster. This plucky otiiclal detles the Deputics, aud treats the Boftas with scorn, Towards tbe local preas, says the Manchester Courier’s correspondent, be is more tyrannical than a Russian censor. He has simpliled the rights and dutics of editors with Tezard to war news by forbklding them to publish 9 beyoud what they recelro trom the Beras- Dow's | system of adininistration, Klerate, Over his colleagues he las acquired a: absolute asvendeney, and none of them can compiinteata with the Sultan gave through hin, The Grand Vizier himself bus to transact: afl dusincas theough Redif Pasha. The Foreien Minister, Safvet: Pasha, hes to forward all dis. patebes to the Sultan through the same channel. Reals Pasha ever tried to elit out the foreign Atubassaders—vopecially Mr. Layard—tront wersonil acess tu his Majesty, “Mr. Layard, however, stood on tile rlcht of personal entry at the judace, although he makes little use of tt. He adopted an foyentous inethiod of public fndteating bls dissent frum the Redlf Py He gave a Parlla- mentary breakfast ut the Enibassy, and the fnvitationa were Umited to the War’ Minister's Mos Vehument upponents in the Chambers. Redif Pasha was bitterty annoyed at the stight mit on him and Mahmoud! jy omitting then rom this interesting entertalyment, As he enunot viet lis anger on Mr. Layard, he tets it out on Englistinen of lower degree who have the mlsfortine to coe in contart with hin, Hobart Pasha tia ben mule a seapegual for inany of the-Ainbassuclur’s olfenres—to which, however, he hus not. been unmindiiul to add a few of bis own. _——————— OFF ON THE MIDNIGHT-TRAIN, ‘The sonnd of wheels has died from the street; Uhear the roar of the comin train, Latand alone by the gate. still, dear, Ana wonder if ever we'll mect again. I may watch til) night's orbe fade afar;; Teatinot aleep—yel it fe not pain Thai lingers restless withiv my heart, And dolla the throbs of my weary bralne Not ror the sweet te own away, For buried hopes ane tered ‘That uwift were born in young in—T grieve fur the dead days gone, x oye, fees day; Tut not that here our Hives must {ge Perchance ti} the One Great Gath'ror bears, ‘ide, wide field below the stars, From the wid Upward at the wheat and the tares, You wont your way; J was left to mine; And cach heart snight what seemed ity good, Llke plants by chauce divided far, What polaous ine tu you ls food. Lmourn not as you leave me now; Yet longings Earth can never etill, ‘Throngl all the tong years yet tu come, ‘Must fo my heart's deep chambera thrill, ‘The places that my soul reserved $ Sacred tu you forevermore, Are dis, and Lenautiess, and cold — All huabed the nsusic, clused the door, ‘The train bas goue, dnd in the East Another day will soun appear. It may be, (A that glurious day We know mast ‘olfow Barth night drear, We two may, meet in clearer fulse, It may be all the arose thut bid Tu-day from each the suul we loved Shall older *peath the comm-lid; And farther on, beyond the line ‘That severe this life frou the uext, We'll Gad our happy Juve asia, Frog from Karth’s bouds and uil that yered, ‘The still night wanes, aad miles on miles Mave stretched their lougit ‘twist you and me, So years have come, 1 pray we weet Iu Joy, beyoud Death's mystic sea. duLy 23. LL 8. a The Nusslan soldier, Glurgese Corvespondence Londen Times. jo many eturies are told ja England of want ofcare tor the Rusajan soldiers health aud food thas it Hay be well to say once for ull that the Ineo of all arms look well and strong, with vlenty of fleah on thelr bones thougn litle tut. They are iw excellent working condition, aud carry weights which would break duwy any but atrong coustitutiuns, tucluding biscuits for three days, which form part of -the kit, packed fu the knapsack, und bread, which they mauage to carry fn a bag on thelr ahoulders, ‘The Rugstan private tu 9 marchlug regivient carries ku leas than seventy-two nds English. Io his own country he recelved dally three pounds of bread and 7Y copecks for all else; but fn Roumania his cupecks would not bay hin the meat he wanted, vo the Gorern- mmcnt give iim bulf «pound of meus and 2¢ cupecks, Instead of the full inoney he Tecetved defore. Ho bas also served out to bin a awall ration of apirita to counteract (he desdly dauspe of the river. [Is great cont ts long and heavy?! he carries it In the shape of a Gorse-vollar row his eft shoutder, Round the coat Is wrapped one nian's share of the tent, a aquare plece of vanvua furnbhed with eyelct-holesjand « string, Four of such pieces af bound together, aud frum a sort of rough gypay tent, the ends of whiebare carried by two other men, the seventh carries the aticke which form upright and ridge poles. ‘Thus seven ten carry the tent under which they cun eleep; but It ls sual, hot, and etully by day, while w heavy: whower of ‘raln penetrates qisily through the ‘eyelet-holes, tho Itvlased apertures, wud even through the canvin itself, Were tt not thatone secs the Tttssian soldier carrying hile cnormous load every day with secmlug case, arriving in good coufition at the end of a long murch, and frequently singing to beguile the wayand retreat the jaded nerves, we milht at once condemn the practive of sv loading the Infantry, which ought to arrive as Crest ns possible In presence of the cuemy, ‘The kit contains uch the same articles aa those of the English private, but oue pate of Jong boots is carried outside und wrapped raul with a atrap umier the flay of the aapaack, ao that the feet of the bouts are visible on elther The men fn w camp whlch [ vistted yeaterday sald that the fuod supplled ta ther is very satisfactory in every respect. Their average beight wos equal or auperior te thatal an English marching regi- iweat, aud thelr a lar develoynnel Heutarly good. Theygra not well set uy not show that curious Mat-backed atiff position su dear to the drill-sergeant, On the conteary, there are big, humpy tauscles on their shoulder: blades, and the Cosaucks especially are splendid Vy made for strength, It may be uvefnl for Eo grand tu know that those wha represent tho Russian soldier af to-duy us a half-sturved, tl treated creature, who lias Lo be primed to Uxbt, are grievously mistaken, ee UPON THE WALL. O matters it but tite Mf counted with the Tf, fesetul, tremblingly t look around, Nearce ul the picture hanzing on the wall, Rome new yrief-memory there ie easly found, And walt, sad tears should ind vnee fall. heart—abiding-place for foara, th tou dear tu cud in tearet Vow hard ta tove all hold on hone, and way? Ut matter slightest, to your bears of ail, Whether (he picture vinlics tus Jove to-day, Or hangs with face turned closely to Lhe wall, If there wore naught my wistful soul to baunt, No pictured face within the [ramy to vaunt Tus webl-tried power upon a loyat heart, Perhape the stlag would quietly depart, Never again to come at awift recall; But abt the empty place ypen the wall, Oamllo-wreathed face, 1 bez and pray thee, cease! ve wasted huart uf mine some earthly peace: For whether In wy stent room thy guze Beams down, of gnustiy-tike an empty space Is there, thy snulllng eyes relegilese call, And bind wy fettered soul upon the wall, And, in the unknown futare, mast I be, Even fn that lasting sleep, pursued by theor Kind Heaven, forbid, and give unbroken rest ‘To one who never with Earth's joys was Ulest, ‘To gue who took up Huty's cross, and gave A beart for aught, to dic la Gret-love's grave. Catcauo, July, 1877. Dasay Waits, oo Diautonds at the Plerrepont Reception. | Londus Correspondence San Hranctsco Cail. Amoug tue ladles present ou the Plerrepont re- ecption, a display of diamouds really uf bewilder- ing value wasinsde, have seen uothing au fue wince Eugenie sat upon the throne at the Tullerivs. With us in America, whena lady gets a pair of dismound earrlugs, some pendant forthe neck of vulue, # bruoch, perlaps a bracelct set with theac precioue atones, she je considered by her scx vue of the specially favored. 1 remember, about three yearw ago, When @ gentlenan of San Fran- cteco bought sume fine diamonds in Parle for bis wife, Ihe watter wes adwiringly discussed in the American culooy; but these Irukols, cuatly bs they Were, were but tiles compared to the may ulficedce of tuis eurt which can be bated by sande Of the British peeresses. A Scutch Countess at Mr. Plerrepout's recepty wore upon her bead a crown Of Ustiuuds of a elape pd wieg wach os aco, aver seen lo Amertca exceptid mnock stucce and qpoo | the head of an actress upon the ata) Diamoy of enormous size bung from Ler ears; peck, arms, and the corsage of her deces sparkled with the pris matio buva of the custlicat gems of the mince wher the falrics live. This was the Couutess of Calth- Bess, who, with the Earl. her husband, bas been io America. and, if ] mistake not, bas made the ip bo Califorain, 7