Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 22, 1877, Page 12

12 { THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1877—TWELVE PAGES, My father and mother were alwavs shy as chil- I and one n Montromery or Mobile, I don't Thongh In Hebrew, in Sanserit, In Choctaw, vou | _Wnose Hite hath heen 8 hattle for the right, AN “emptled the ten por % WHITTIER. it i : Fonght for public good, not privato enda: drens andour husy follow-traveler seemed to | know which, 1t {a marvelous that denf-mutes CURRENT GOSSII. O iats ,f,{il,v,;;{:";|,‘l' Hea ,’(?\1°,,‘,}:‘“lfl'lfi‘-! ;;eu 'l||{u:ehr "hhlo cm'fln- che\m"nnv.:l%r;l.nod !l{xrrm"lln mm;fl‘fl ul\l»ilml‘ lmn“rhmu i 3 ue taclturn, altently cessible, nnd even lnll:nuhl he able to use thelr eleht as they nllni BEsEnT iR of room to Jumipabout. 1'H fust step ,,T;.',"i‘ 011 n buskin or pper your rang ma »l e ecting and love—I represend e Sonth: N 3 .1 T y 3 LSFE FD. ¢ 9 n q ¢ o O e pelrety Shesa v Evamseline trod Fiie puts her heattiost worda Inta my month, Alpestic, and, as It were, hewn out of mount.. | There was one of my pupils with wham I cond the muat-storeand buy & vorter-house ateal, The Poet’s Seventieth Birthday Colebrated by a Banauet in Boston. mn-iint, bone serene lahor, talk withmiv eses. “They are wonderfully quick “Whethier some harmony of 8cotttsh accent | and aceurate.” While they are recelving dis- struck my father's ear, or the pride e took In | patehes, which, of course, they do either ‘uls son's accomplishinents prevailed over his | by slght or touch, they are wot djsturbed own shynese, I think we first ventured wonl | by rounds or conversation, aud are conse- across the table, with view of fnforming tha | quently lers lablo to make mistakes than a grave draughtamon that xe aleo coukl draw, | sound operator, [ begin with this litle instru- Whereupon my own sketchbook was brought | ment,—n sounder,—and teach them toTold the out, the pale traveler politely permiesive. My | haml over the key in recelving, so that they good father and mother had stopped at the | may learn by the touch first. Of courss there Stmplon for me (and now, feelingmlscrable my- | i+ éne requisite to a first-class operator that T self In the thin afr, 1 know what | donot teach. Ile mustbo a rapid penman, it cost them), beeanse | wanted to | After going through a coures of three months' effmb the high point fmmediatelv west | tuition, he must snend u week or twoinan of the Col, thinking tience to ‘get a perapcctive | oflice to learn the pe-ullarities of the manncr of the charn Jolning the Fletschorn to the Monte | of doing business {n that office, Then, I he is Rosa. 1 had Leen drawhig thero the best part | a rapld writer, he Is 8 good operator. 1am of the altertoon, and had brought down with | teaching, of tourse, as n matter of business.' Iurc rnmh{l Atudh,-'.l l')( tho lih:tn llmr|n itsell, nm{ e of nereat pyramid far castward, whose nane n did notknow, but, from its bearing, supposed MONTANA. Dost know that you kidscd me at parting, And promised me ¢'er to be true, Whilst I, In my blindness, wan dreaming Of naught but my fondness for you? Didat think, when you wrote ma the letter That dashed my fond hopes to the ground, It wonld fall on a heart as unfeeling As yours, whera no love can be found? Dost think of the words of endearment ‘You spike when yon left me to griove? Dost think of the life you have blighted— Of the sorrow but death can rolieve? O return to the world and its pleasnres, With heart as the trencherons seas But remember, 1 pray thee, thy falseness Leit a lone heart still longing for thee. Mixenat Poixt, Wis, L. A, Ussonxg. And through a Democrat makes her amende. We ahall say *Yon can't cheat ns—we know it 1s | Brave Whittier. whom I never met till now, you— Aecent my iomage far thy honest Rougs There in one volco 1lke that, but thero cannot be Recelve o winter chaplet for tay brow— wo, .9 mar that brase, time-honored, wear it long! Maestro, whoss chant like the dnleimer ringa: New England prides heteelf on manly men, And the woous will b huslied while the nlflyn- And much on thee, true follower of Penn. gate "“‘2" R. il. 8TeppARD. OTNER SPEECHES And he, ¢0 rerene, en majestic, 8o trne. v g A e e wjae throngh, | Tere made by 1, W. 3‘"”'llf;’,§|“:‘fi:"tpé.?’: Let ua cateh bul five worda ftom tint mystical pon | Gharles Dudles Waner, T, W, i v corge E. Worlng, W, £, Apthorp, Willlam H. e 'h,?,:‘“"! know ont one sage. from al children of Bishop, and Francls H, Underwood, all of which were well received., ‘The festivities were kept And he whose hright Image no distanca ean dim, up tIl sometime after infdoleht, and the ocen- ‘Throngh s hundeeddispuisos we can’t mistakehilm, | siun was pronounced one of the grandest lites- Whoe play s l] carnest, wiose wit i« theedze ' | ney events that have ever took place in Doston. (\With o beetle beliind) of & abam-splitting wedge, | * plav Do yon khow whom We eend yoa, TTidalgos of Spain? FAMILIAR TALK. Do you l(‘nn;v your old fricnds when you see them Ar dohn approacticd the house, on his retyey with the meat, he bexan to sniff the air. 1 amoll samething burninz. Wonder If thay durned rice had water enough in it."” 11e hurrled Into the kitchen, and what a sigi was spread beforn his cyes! The stove was LoV ered with rice. The aldes of the pot were fui] of rice, Rice was dripping down upon the floor, Tho cat was sitting under the table Icking rics from its back. The maggoty grains of rlee chasing cach otlier over the pot's Hm, and fop every one that dropped into the stove, twenty more scemei to rise up and take ita pinee. # Jleavens! what a pickle!” cried John, * joyg haye to use the other pot.” But the other pot's capacity was not enough, For every tinful of the rice John dipped wut of one pot Irto the other, two tinfuls of rics seemed to juip to the surface. Igllcu than o Speeches by the Guest and His Asso- ciates, Contributors to the Atlantic Monthly. Poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes and R. 11, Stoddard. Boston Post, Dec. 18. ‘The nublishers of the Atlantic Monthly gave & : : minute b|ut h pol :.v'emlnllnplng stréamns of alip. Tanquet last night at the Hote) Brunswick to | tiosen was Sanchot Jon,Dona f Nadie TWO AFRICAN EXPLORERS. | it must be the Mattorhorn, which 1 had theu A BAD MISTAKE, e, TI Bk ft,7 Wheored the desperate the contributors to that magazine, the occaslon | But Sancho that wielded the lancs of the Cid! We reservo our review of *The Khedive's | never seen. Snow-Squaliz=Scttiers Needod to Develop New York Herald, 1, S being the seventleth aoniversary of the birthday of John Greenleat Whittler. The guests ar- rived at the hotel about 6 o'clock, and at 7 went into the dintng-half, Mr. I, O. Houghton tak- ing ghe head of the table, with Mr. Whittier, Mr, Emerson, Mr, Longfetlow, and Mark Twaln upon s right, and Dr. Molmes, Mr. Howelle, E. P. Whipole, sud Mr. Edward Abbott, the wditor of the Congregationalist, upon his left. Among those who had seats at the table were Messre, Lufzi Morlt!, T. W. Iigginson, Charles Dudley Warner, John Welss, R. IL Stoddard, W. . Bishop, James M. Bugbee, Sylvester Baxter, D, A. Goddard, W A. Hover, W. M. Bakev, John Boyle O'Rellly, Joseoh Wharton, Johu John Wetss, Col. Waring, and B, F. Un- man, fieulni out the wash-boiler and slamming itun the stove, s Then he began to dip agaln. Firat out of ong t, thien out of the other, into the wash-boiler. ¢ was like Lalllng out the sce,—tho more rico he took out of the Jmla the faster the lnfernal @raind seeined to slide down on the stove. » Bhades of Demetrius, preseevo mel " ‘This cxclamatlon was drowned out by the dis. covery that the boiler was full and also running over.” Then Banseript surrendered, IHo Wlle his molstencd brow with the dish-towel, and sat down to gather his breath. Meanwhila the rice contipued to swell and make room for the lower fmlnu. untll the atove and floor were covered an neh thick, AL lnst the fire in the stove was ex. tinquishied, but still the rice ket ereening and swellin, When Mre, Sanscript fnlshed her chat with Mra. Mulvaney and returned to hee 1 have since lost hoth these drawings; and tho Country=*Injin Jim *=Grassy Creekn If they wero miven away, in the old times when =Falling Trees=liroken Country IPre. 1 despised the best T did, because it was not like forred by the BuMaloea=Crow Indians— Turner, aud any frtend has preserved them, I s, wish they tnight be returned to mes forthey | 5o Groms Make It Warm for n small would by of value in Deucalfon. and of greater [ Yorty of Nez Terces, Even in €ald valuo to mysell, as having won for me, that SALAELs cvening, the sympatby and help of James Special Correspandence of The Tridbune. Forlica, ¥For hfs ¢ye grew keen, and his face Big-lony Post, Mont.,, Nov. 2L—It {sim- ?l;flll:u{l, ltlll{!l cx:unlm:d I.Iu: "mr';""f;“ nnldlllle possible to predict what tho winter will be In urned instantly. to me as to & recogn cl- | tha Big-Ilorn Vaitey, though thus far we have Josw-tearkman, eetlough et youtg, 1o less falthe | o g titgle of what niny bo termed winter- *le hieard kindly what 1 had to sayabout the | weather. True, there have been some ralns, chain I had bee@drawings only sayimu, with a | will suow cnough to whiteu the ground, which l’"““,‘u.‘u’fl‘l‘\l'lh"mllev.l\’! "‘!"ll)l":'“l l!‘llum:nmlb lfi disappeared when the sun came out. doing no :c the alattertiorn, | No.=anid when onee YoU | pagtieglar damage to any one. The grass main- ve Matte vi ver take [ 7 v sen the Matlerhoen, you wil wever, E1ke | Fi it imall e strepgthy and aiords £ood Mr. Anthony Comstock, agent of the Boclety for the Buppression of Obscene Literature, was alonein his ofiicc yesterday morning, deeply engaged In the study of some statistics on the decrease of Immorality in New York, when tho door gently opened and a stranger glidgd into the rovm. So noisclessly was the entrance effected that Mr. Comstock wus not disturbed fn his study, and for several seconds he was un- mindful of the stranger's presence. * Ahem!" Mr, Comnstock looked up with a start. The visitor was a man of about B35 years n('ige, dressed fn A frock cont and dark pantaloous. The pantaloous were fully four inches too short, but the dilference was nmply mado up in the coat, which reached nearly to bis And the wood-thrush of Essex—yon know whom 1 | Ezypt,” by Edwin De Leon, until next week, mean, but meanwhile give our readers a taste of the Whore sonc echoes ronnd ns whilo ho sita unseen, Whose licart-throbs of verse through onr memorics | Lok, by extracting some passages from the hrill chapter describing the character and the Like s breath from the wood, Iike a breeze from | nohievements of two eminent Afrlenn explorers: 86 Tarvid .I " Toviride Soie Capt. Richard Burton, and Col. lurden, Gov- So fervid, eo simple, #0 loving. »0 piro, craor-General of Soudan. Mr. De Leon first A ly ct in ANra— X %n".xi'i'n?.‘éi ‘Ji‘m‘f.“ff'-.?.’;‘}..‘i‘.‘fl.‘f&i".‘um.... met Capt. Burton at Cairo, Iu 1834, on the re- *Tle Holy George llerbert cuc looss from bis | turn of the latter from his perilous journey chuech! through Arabia disguised s a Mussulman, \;": .'!"::,!‘ |:|he° ,\;ol::"nl( :::?fi‘: ’::‘n: ::P"n';— Capt, Burton waa then 83 years of age, n emember tha e, — What atory in this of the day of his birth? " rouragecous, resolute soldler and traveler, fond Let him Jive to a nundred! we want him on carth! ;xf the romance aud excitement of adventure. dining one evening at Shepheard’s Hotely Mr. Ona life han been paid him (in gold) by the aun, h O Rt ro D B atan ‘il anthior begun: | De Leon observed %o rather dirty-looking na- But he nover will die If he hnuers below tive, In Arab dress, sitting alone at the opposite kitchen shie found a wretched man teying to g " was able to learn, at that tine, of the structure | grozing for the great herds of hufalues that | ankles. Doth articles were distinguished by a | ¢10m the stove a wash-boll vhifc derwaod. ‘The iscussion of the bil of !nno;« THL wo've puld hlin In lovy half tho balance we | yuj'of the table, yet caun I French fashion; of the clnin, mint some :]zum'rn‘ [ntk toflowed; | still range througl this portion of the country. | tenderiey Lo A e B b ey (i | Tefused to quit bofling ot | BT e ::‘rpvl:;‘n;i’::::’::lymi:::\:::np:::c;n l:‘l::;:\':r. Mr. Charles Eilfot Norton was next prescnted | 8oparently payinie no attention to what was go- ';:tc‘.c‘lll‘l“w l.lk::‘;rl)!‘w‘l;f fix:‘l‘o,li" "\llfilnl fl:":“el: !':‘l' As yeb there are no hends of tame cattlo liere- Velv«.-l.y.l.ypc, ‘and expreasive of much caution fering for his Ignorance, e hay had nothing and wade a brief address. Ing on around him, though we were struck by ;;lr:.l‘llowclls then read numerous letters of | the exceeding brillianey and intelligence of his regrel eye, whenever he lovked up. As ft was Mr, Howells then introduced Mr. Clemens as § s o gentleman whose nime {8 known wherever not slll‘PhEllrd'l hatit to allow “nu“:" the English lnnfiulsze is 6poken. Mr. Clomons | especinlly those of nlower class, to sit at his responded as follows: tuble-d’hote, 1 carelessly questioned him con- M Cintua: Thix inah oceaston particularty | SCFTIE this person; but received only o vaiue meet for the digeing up of leaeant rominincences | SUAWeR, aud dropped the subject. But, when concerning literary folk: therefora 1 will drop | we saw the man scveral days in successlon, in :l,x‘:z-‘}'t!nlrnilxl:nhl:‘lmvn ’r'v;r:"}‘fiwr:lll-:’nd.lm lh“t;« ;}',';:'f: the samo place, vur curlosity began to be exclt- ) mp o 2 3 of 1te bigvast literary bitlowe, Luin reminded of n | €43 fanned as it was by Shepbeard’s hints, that thing which happened to me Ofteen vears azo, | we would * know vesy soon who that Avab was, when [ bad just succecded In stirring up a liitle od.t e i rary eean-padilo. myacify whose | 97 might ho ratlier surpriscd.! At Jnst, after mpume-flakes wern beginniug to bloww (lel( Call- | Playing this farce for several days, doubtless fornfaward. 1 started auinspection teamp throuzh | tired of want of companfonship and enforced the “southern mines of Callforals, | was callow | silence, Burton (for it was he) dropped the veily and concelted, and I resolved totry the virtue ol wy | announced s real name and character, and as- pom do ll‘t:-:-e;mle;,c;:‘:m !-‘r:,;l' anopportunity. T | tonished usall not a little by the nnnouncement Tiils of the Sterras Jast atwichiall. Ttwasmowing | it the rumor we liad heard snd dishelioved at tho time. A Jaded, melancholy man of 50, bare- | (08 TIPS BURES 08 o B Wit footed, opened to me, Wien he heard my nons de i ‘“’ bligrims from_the (Hay) pllgrinage plutue, Lo louked more dojected tnan before, 1o | from Mecea, Il proved o tnost delightlul und Jot me ine-prefty reluctantly, 1 thonghieand after | Welcoine accession to our fittle eirelo i tho so- the customary bacon and Lenus, Lluck coffee, und | clal wilderness of the Calro of that day, and 8 hot whisky, ‘I tovk a pipe, ‘Thesorrowiulmanhad | wus my guest ot my Caireno house for sume not sald thrce words up to Lhis Ume. Now lie | timo alter; recounting In hls own fnlmitable #puke up and said i thevoico of one who 19 secret- | wtyle, of which his written works convey but a 1y suffering: **You're the fourth-I'm going to i aite L Tty oo ot L'm gofng 40| tnint tmpreasion, his strange and starbling ad: ventures.” , Lo fiueth ipracy tun tha hera Intwenty-Luis | "Last winter Mr, Do Leon again encountered : *'who were the others?™ **Afr. Lonafet- | Capt. Burton at Calros andt, when his fawiliny low, Mr, Emereon, and Mz, Oliver Wendell | tace, suva the autlior, **sadder and sterner, aud ll({!lnu—(‘mj lfi;l,& lx;m' Iufl;‘m ——— l)-xflll‘tlln: Ilslaouv‘unirol‘ ,:lmv,] (n:,l(lh Inltlm -m:m{ 011 Can eay eliove w intereated, sups | ol adecp cleatrice on the cheek, ngaln greeted E!."f‘a““;‘n’.,“flf.ffl‘ nl;g.l’ | “I‘lllll:xkli:l‘u“:\d u:;l mrc]-t—lnd mu at thoe old place, and his strong baud grasped i hcmju’-'.uuLluk'gw':ivnmy evening, | Mine aain, 1t was likea resurrection of the and et them bt, of cuurae, Saii they werg aoinz | 1den tino aod we took up tho thread of out to Yosemite, ey were n” rough loi—put thats | Jonculerrupted futeregurso whero wo hd noti otytody looks rough that travelsnfoot. | dropped 1t moro than twenty yeara Lefore. Mr. Eierson was a scedy little bit of a chap—ced- + + o I found Burton more clisnged in his headed, Mr, Holmes was as fat a3 o balloon— | outward than In his_inward man. Perhaps be he welghed'ns wuch as 300, and ind double chlne | was more addieted to the utterance of very all the pay I.(mwu u‘: m?‘ ului?mhi." e Lonufellow | startling paradoxes in his ramoling talk than wan built like n prize-fighter. v ead was erop- | fornerly : nud even more fond of shocking peo- ped and unsily—lke uaif he had u wiy made of D ¢ NS A oie hrushes. T nose Iy strafiiie hown bis faces. | [IO'" Btercots, O Drdludices than L aed 16 bot zer with the ewl Jolut i1} ) Ut s mane B e e o Jarat {eed up: 1 whe¥ | ance uf opinlona opposite his own tmuch grenter quecr talk they used! Me. Holmes fnepected this | than in bis earlier days, when he was apt to bo cubin, then Lo took mo by the butivahole, and | somewhat divtatorlal. "The old charn of his saywhet vonversation was still there, Increased by the about, but thotime Is not far distant when there will ba plenty of such herds, and farm- houses will bo common enough all along the Big-Horn Mountains and the courses of the streqins that rise fn that range. It isnotall good land licreaway, nor 1s ft all badland; there Is more of the latter than of the former, but enough good, productive land to afford Lomes tor a great number of farmers. Tho sofl is ex- cellent, and ol kinds of grain can bo produced. High winds are not as comnmon herc as they are along the course of the Unlon Pacifle Rail- road, aud there Is more timber alony the courses ol the strenms. In the mountains thers is an exteusive growth of pine, capable of making I r enough for houses, barns, ulc.i ete.,— il since then to eat but rice, and Mre, Sauscript swears by her back halr that she'll cook him nothlng but rice il the ten pounds are cone sumed, which, the victim has calculated, will be sowe time the last of next March. ———— HERR DRIESBACIL Pittsburg Teleoravh, ‘The death of Driesbach, the lon-tamer, oy ‘White Plains, 0., has broviously been noted, 1is carcer was somewhat of s remarkable oue, aud though he retired from publle notice sume fiftecn years ago, he is well remembered by the middle-aged generation, 'A icporter of the Teleyraph this morning had a little chat with Yankee Robinson about Drieabach. Roblnson ts an old showman, Lias delighted the public Wfine sulf many a time, and tells many amusing in. cidents of his professloual life, Ilo had mnot heard of the old Hon-tamer's death, but was elad to talk about Driesbach, B8ald he: *ily was a little before my time, but 1 know him very well, and remember some of bis exoloits, Ho'was tha second man Iu tle country to enter o coge of tlous, aud the very first to introduce beasts in spectacular plavs upon the stage, Hy did ft at Barnum’s old museum, fn New York, and otlicr similar places.” “*How did ho get Into the business?” asked the reporter. **Tho usual way in that line,”" said Robiuson. e engazed to travel with a meungerle when o wna a young fellow, prohably as canvasman, or porhaps to take care of beasts, and drifted intoit. Iie never had any head for business, and 8o never got anything more out of showing except his salary, but he saved cuongh to buy hlmsetf a little nome down fn Ohlo, und has been keeping a botel there. Before he obtained bis great reputation he used to travel with ita mond & Warlug’s wenageris, In those days, when tho llon's cage was cntered, 1t used to be done with tho canvas down, and the dens of other aulmals removed. A rops used to ho stretched to keep tho people away from the cage, and thers out In the vpon feld, with the peopla pressing up at oll sdes, the then uu- precedented und astonlshing feat used to be ae- comolisticd.” % By the way," continued theold Moughton called to order and made the open- Inge address, x REMARKS OF MR. T, O, fIOUGNTON. Qustiexsx: The ob‘,ccl of onr meeting to-night 18 tvo-fold; first, to cefebrate the arrival of the Al= lantic Monihly ot Yts twentleth birthday; and sec- ondly, the arrival of our distinguiahiad gucst nt his 70th’ birthday. Hls presence hero s maro clo- uent than any poar words of mine, and thereforo 1 shail forbear saylng anything stout bimy snd Jeavo It 1o older and better ‘men to speak his Vruite. What | hiave to say will ho confined to the younger member of thia fratecalty whose birthday vo como to celebrate, Daring the twenty yeatn of its exiatence the .itfantic has had but three editors, Tmpoily all lving, The first §s now holding an important diplowatic position abroad. Tho eec- ond, having disburdened himsetf of the haraseiug carca of businces, as well us of more exscting literary lavora, §8 now instzucting and enlighton- ing the public frum the lecture plaiform, and ia thus engaged thls evening and - pre- vented from meeting around this festive bourd. The third, refuxing olithe blandishments of power and ignoring all temptations tv make a fortune, ie hera to anewer for himself and his go- ings shice he has controlled the cditorini depart. ment, The type-sctting of the wiayazine hus al- wayn been done in Camoridge. 1t8 tirst publinhers were Phlilips, Hampson & Co.,a honze of great @ terprive, Eorly in its career the magnzine passed Anto th hande, by purchase, of Moxsrs, Ticknor & Yiclde, by whom and taelr successes, Jamen it Oazood & Co., it was continued until 1873, when 1t pursed into The hands of its present proprictors, Dunng ol thess years and changcs it hins been true o its fdeal couceptlon ns the leading muaga- zine n iiteratu 1enee, art, aud politica In this conntry, Now, afiern score of years, wo can but regara 118 career a8 juat begun, aie the exponent of tac highest Amerlcan culiure in Hterature, tho most impartisl aud independent criticiom in fcienco and ary, and the freeat discusaion of politics, not from o partisan_standpoint, but, a8 heretofore, in the case of righteousncss, truth, and comumou Pprogress, hiin acal James Forbes, the Scoteh philosonher, pub- Hahed his ¢ Travels In the Alps™ In 1343, and, veivo yearsafter, © A Toutot Sount Hianc und Monte Rosa,"—meanwhile produciug valuable bouks and pupers revealing his discoverles in flvwlnl motloy, aud of other sphenomena of nae ure. and mystery. [n one hand he held o greasy hat and fn'the other a simall package, As Mr. Com- stock looked at him, he nodded aud winked mysteriously. Well, sir 17 . ‘The stranger glanced cautfously nround the rootn, polsed hig heud to cateh the eound of aoy stray teet, nud advancing a fow. steps sald, in a low, meilitluous voice: £+ Are you alone (" Mr. Comstock edged his chalr toward the rear door of s oflice and replled that lie was, “Hush-shi" said the stranger, coming closer and undoing the package which he hoid fu his hand; “I've got a good thing.” “Ah, Indeed! what fs {ti" Inquired the ent, getting closer to the door, aud keeping hls eye fixed on the mysterious {ntruder. The Iatter ngain Jovked around the room, vlaced his hund on the door-knob to sea that the dour was seeure, and sald, in 8 whisper, * Got torbe cane tivus, you know. It don't doto get caught. Would’be seotup.” And the stranger placed his furefinger by the sideof his nose. % \Vhat 1u the nung of all that's good are you driving at, maunl” shouted the now aroussd agent, jumping to his seat. “ For lleaven's sake, not soloud," sald the stranger; *‘somebody may hear ‘yuu and all would e discovered. Keep cool. 1 won't hurt you. lere they are; hero they are—cholco apoviinens, sir. I'il setl you two dozen at 10 cents each—worth ten timea thy money,’ anu thespeaker placed on the desk of the agent for the suppression of obsence lterature hall a dozen small photographs ot ballet eirls en- waged in danclng tho van-can, Mr, Comstock glaneed them over and blusbed, The stranger noticed the chauge of hue and rubbed his hauds as hio sald, * How many would you like} " ‘The agent rose from his chufr. A luok of de- termiuatlon was In his face, aud an impercepti- ble shadow of frony play round his mouth, Calmly, bowever, lo spoke: ** Cheap, did you sayi Yes, Indeed, they aro cheap, I'll take nll on'vo zoL Place thew right bere on my desk, elory in_getting hold of such pictures. tn fact, I maka a sort of speelalty gof them,". au clr. Comstock seemed to grow euthusiastic na ¢ spoke. ‘Tho vendor's face brightened with a smilo of Intouse delight, Heo had unknowingly struck o 0SGOO0D’S HELIOTYPES. ‘The patrons of Kris Kringle should not neg- Tect to look over the collection of Hellotype- engravings at Messrs. lladley Bros, & Co., while fnspeeting the myriad beautifut objects of every character and kind that are temptinely areayed in our- varions depots of merchandise, A new consignment of these pictures has been recelved from the publishiers, and in the lot are many beautiful reprints of auncient and modern masterpicees. Atnong tho last ts that charming plece by Ilotmes entitled * Can’t You Talk?" The work has been so popular as to be repro- duced In different forms, bnt fu none Is it more satisfactory than' fn the Iellotypo after the en- geraving made by Ghoat, It {s a very cunning pleture. The little one, polsing on bands and Koees, 100k8 up into tho eyea b Its canine friend with the very expression of 1ife, nppealing neginst the dumb acceptanee of ull lts aifectionato_prattle, by the carncst (- quiry, #Can't You Talk{"” Tho dog utters all 1t would speak in an ecloquent guze, which de- clares better than words, **1 know and love all you say, my dear pet but I really cannot talk.!? s thero a prettler picture to hang in a enlld's room, or ot the wull in view of oua who has o fundnass for both dogs and children? Then there are the hnpressive pletures of Facd, who is the Wilkio of modern English patnters, Thc{ haunt one with thelr sweet, pa- thetic storfes of - humble Ilfe. Was oyer more feeling condensed Into n slngle_Incident thau In that represented In *Tired Out," where the wearfed watcher has fallen. aateep by the side of the little ticnt olso enjoylnz o few noments of unconsclousness, yet not relaxing the tight clasp which wives asaur- wnve, even In dreams, of the presence und pro- Il of which can be mnde Into good, clear, merchantable stuff. Bricks of an excellent auality bave been made near the mouth of the Littie’ By Hora, and I saw plies of bricks which had been ewde and abaudoned at the sito of old Fort P'hil Kearney. Like all new mumrlcs‘, the sottlers them- sclves must find out what {s best for them to doin the way of developing the various ro- soirees that “surround them. 1 belleve that cattie-ralsing will bo one ol thie great Industries of this country, nnd, at the samo time, the farmer can ralse sl of -tho vegetables and gmln which may be necessary for the support of his family,—~in this respeet It belng different from many other good grazing lauds in this upland region, ‘That good trults can be ratsed also, thers can be little doubt, us wild plums, choke- cherries, and currants are tound {n many locall- ties, Cultivation docs wonders for every coun- tr{. and this will be found to be no exception. While comiug to thls country, an odd sort of anunluu, who called himself **Injin Jim," jolo- edour lmny. His sobriquet—which 1 have no doubt he 18 as much entitled to as “ Buckskin Bob' and +* Buffulo Kit " are to thelrs—hu acem- ud to enjov very much Indeed, and never tired of reluting his ¢xploits, provided he could get an audience. Ho nppeared to have traveled ex- mmlrel{; in the mountalns, and was as dirty o littlo cub as could be found ' in n week's travel. When we renched the fleld where Mal. Reno made his famous defense agaiust the Indinos, REMARKS DY MR WIITTIER Mr. Winttier was received with prolonged ap- lunee, and the entlre company ross to do bim onor. In response ho suid: Probably all of you, contributors tothe Atlantle, know bLetier thanto expect o epeceh from me toe night. * 1 can only way that [am' very glal to meet iy old friends of 1he Atfantic, muny of whom 1 hive unly known from tholr wiitings, and 1 sin- cerely thank them for the receptivn tuey have given me. Wher Inupposed I would not be able b o1 | he visited the und alone, and, in looking actor, ¥ Raymond went out o the busiiness witn o attend thte atheeing 1 placed In my friowd "Tyrough th deep casesof taught Slores ot varicd Inforiatlon carcrotly gatieted | Lccton of u (elend? 'Pages would o roquirel | ot soma old frousers which ha found, and | big bonanza, ~fnstead of solling: palley fow o | & gocd deal of tmoney, aud what do you. thiuc B T oy Leat eat T e O'ihy souit 1 have encountered many clover talkers, n | W SRiCi S0 1o o i ilng most graphie | 1o discovered 811 in greenbacks. 'Thls diseovery | bad emptied the co P P ‘The reporter disclalmed having any idea about here, for my volce can only be lieard aboven Dreaih, 17 hie will do mo th favor [ shall ba very much obliged to bim, and will hopo that at his 091h anmversary souie of bis younger frivnds will do an much tor iihm. {Applauke. it LONUPELLOW'S BESPONSE. Mr, Longfetlow sald he did nut know why it was that he could not make an after-dinuer wave him unbounded satlsfaction, and he was never tired of showing his money to thoso who would leok at ft. “Injin Jim" woro an {m- mense, browl-brimmed white hat, a dllapidated soldier.overcoat, and & patr of buckskiu trousers that bad scen much arduous aud constant sery- fee. 1o was of some servico as a gulde, and scene, 'There are several othor works by Facd quite as touching, and others of 8 more cheery aud equally vivid character, Then, tuo, there are the favorite productions of Millats, foremost of the IlvlnEpnnmlt- paint- era tu London, and wmaster of the mvateries of colors and chiaroscuro. But It {8 uscloss to at- Baya 1, ** I can't afford It, Mr, lloimes,andmore. | Uifferent langunges; but I really have never over, Ldon't waut t.” Ulamed i1 1 liked it pretey [>mot Burton's superlor anywhero in this respect, well, cither, coming from & stranger, that way, l'h{slm:lly ho still retalns’ lhu\'rl?'onml strength Howaver, I »tarted to et out ny bacon and besus, | which heTormerly enjoyed. ITis arm fs likea when Mr, Emervon came and looked on a *hllel bar of Iron, and lio keeps his bleops aud other and then Ae takes 100 avide by tbe button-toloaad | yusclos In constant training, by habitually wayst ¥ o ehic Tiive e nealendop e Bk carryiug fn Liis hand an fron cane, “which most cts on tho desk, and, aa he collected them in o heap, he expressed his regrot that he badn’t brought mora along. Yis, 1t 18 too bad,” replied tho agent. I wish you had bruuchl four times as many. I would takuall, But beforo we concludé tho the bargain let's go and sce a friend of 1ine and *" continued Robiuson, *he built a fe- ciinary with it {n Putoan Oounty, New ) *Lucre wns another thing Dricsbach was orizinal in," sald Yaukue, atter gettlug through with bia chuckle over the idea of devoting ik men would find fatizulng in an hour. Mo dues i 4 oceusionalty returned from his loug trips on | submit the picturea to his fudgment. Then we | menngerie noney to fominine education: Aecein as well s other people, but e could hot. O . i 10 koup Iu. tratnine: for ‘careyiug heavy | forpt n aheclication where tho ctalogle 1880 | clinoe widgof tio' trall with a huttil of wild | Wil both be uatisied, concludad Sir. Coustock, | ¥ hat was driviog'a Hon fu laress. 1o did {fl‘:‘l"‘l’fig‘;“““_’u‘;u‘fx‘:?‘f:l!.‘;'l:fé“x':|l'.;“|:l"'5|"m‘:1€""fi‘: ram all zoiod sud aiticudes. gun in his exploentions,' onerof tho pleces, “accurntely feproduciniz the | red pluis, that thu chiidren atowith the utmost | PULting ou his eoat, that really as an advertisement.'? Says 1, ** Mz, Emerson, If you'll oxeuse me, this Capt. Burton conducted last spring a survey- atn't no hotel," You sev it sort of riled me—I | Ing expedition Into thie * Land of Midion,"~ wusn't uved 10 the ways of literary wwells, But I | ghe nnrl{lmvlnz Suez the “1st of March, The wout on a-sweating over my work, and next conics ot (71 Mr, Lonafellow and bution-holes me, und inter. | Objectof the enterprise was to Investicate the ‘Tlie doalor logked a Mttlo puzzled. * Thisis somowhat irregular,” he sald. ** I don't like to submit them to many people, you know, I stiowod them to you because I thought by your looks that you were a fcllow that liked—-' relish, Why ehouldn’t ne mako his wmark as well os niany another mon | Grensy Urass, Rotten Grass, and Grass Lodgo arg the names of gome of the crecks {n this ireuuy regglon, which low Intu tho Big Horn and 1o was rather smart {n advertising, was ho not?! asked the reportet. * Yes, indeed; one of the cleverest in _tha business, Years ago, wheu exhibiting In New was very glad that his tricnd Whitticr had como tohisald.” He had recclved a letter from bl regretting that he could not be present {lnughl.erj. which he proceeded to read. Inthe etter Mr. Winttler stated that ho did not wish painting or engruving after which it is taken, ¢an be ind for a dotlur, None need be without the comfort and joy of good plcturcs, at this low price, rupts me, Suyé he: mincral resources of the region; and the reports —_———— 1 ittle Dig Horn R n foct, thi [ 4 And 8o 1s my frlend, " laterrupted Mr, Com. tnfk' St svma with Dlbod, nl Sparame ade enconrages the bellef that large depusit ttle Dig Horn Rivers. In fact, the gross in l e i@ - | taken out covered with and upparently }:L';I‘:‘:"{;’&’{l‘:":L'-‘:'lfl‘l’fl‘“"i’“:glapgfgg;fit" ‘:‘t‘:d LA D e | RS of pold nnd Hiver adl exist in tho nfifl, ‘and will IMPURITIES, some places here s the very best 1 have ever | #tock, a triflo nottled at tho aliusion to hle ap- | dreadfully lujured. Thero wora alirioks. rons ut )y tu c To the Editor of The Tribune, Citasraton, 1N, Dee, 20,—The practico of adulteration of commerelal articles is so preva. leut among our manufacturers and dealers that not even such articles which aro of daily use in almost uvery family lu thocouniry are exempted from{t. This Is true not ouly of articles of food, but alio of medicinal preparations. Among other Interesting Investigations inade at the chemical laboratory of the Ilitnois Indus- trinl Univorsity, for the purpose of determining the extent of adulteration {n commerclal drugs and nrticles of food, Is the followlng scrica of anulyses of commereinl creatn of tarter. ’X‘flc annlyses wers mudo during the term just ond- ed by Mr, A. H, Moure: Cream fariur Samples, bt " Impuritien, Totar, o 1 0.6 0.5 100 Dut 1 broke in, and eays I, ** Degging your par. | Fichly repay tha fabor of mining. don, Sir. Longfotiow, if you'l be sy kit an to howd | ~ Gordon Pashia s sald to be uite the_apposite your yawp about five minutes and et we got this | of Cavt. Burton in persou and manuer. le is rnl rnmllv. you'll do mo proud. ** Well, sir, after | described ua o man of middle hight, sparely e o k" T SIS | b atrongy bl b i i, Gleaicn 'y of tnestrength, both of slnews and constitu. yell - tlon, which has borne him 80 far unseathed E:'r'}' :‘fi:fll.:\:::g‘ .?,ruflmufi winel through so many hardships, anid the Afrivan Dy Georse, 1 was getting kind of worked up. 1 | Bwamis whero the pestiience walked ot noon- Qunlt dany 16, 1 wav gtting ki uf worked npe § | 4as and whicrelu a0 many of his ploneers have turns to Alr. Tiolnes, and says I, **Louk here, my their boues, Nefther in face uor in figure fat frioad, i'm a-running thls shaniy, und if tho | dd curry nny traces of his vonflicts with the Court knows her: i1 tako waisky straight or | treacherous climate, and more treacherous hus uu'll go dry.* 0's tho very wurds I sald to | mmun wild bessts, inong whom he hnd passed 'l:l’l;-‘w!g'lm- Il"',l‘lll;l”l“":e':: ':'fi:;""fi:f:r":l’;lef:'\:ll':‘!f" the two urwu.idllllu 'cflrla. ls\'cuhln complexlon, nere ai't nothting unroasonablo ‘bt mes. Tdont | S comburativoly fresh aud, falr, wuyo o hint 10k & pagsel of wdests a-tread'ns un wy Wil theoe ot tho kisses of the sun of Central Alrien: und at four times, it when It comea tu atuading on gt | DI €yo woa as clear und bright ss though he 1Un differont, and If the Court kuows hieeself you'll | hud Just come ff"'"d"""'“"“"'"'-"" tho shady pearsoce, But who—who s that friend1” asked the: stranger, & littlo undecided. Mr. Comstock looked bim full In the face, and 1o o changed volve sald: ** 11e s o Police Magls- trate, and | o Anttiony Comatouk.” 2 @ Lord!" was the bricf but {ervent ejacula- tlon of the uru’unuun peddlor, as he lesned agalust the wall, ‘At thu Tombs Police Court the prisoner gave his nany as Charles F. Blanden, aud sald that be was formerly a lawyer in Doston. Hehad taken to peddl lnf obscene pletures becauss ho needed movey, Justice Flammer hold bim fn $1,000 bagl. JOSII BILLINGS' NEW PROVERBS. “This IIfe is ko s game of cards. Wo must play tho hands dealt to us, and the credit is not seen Inany country. It {s no wonder, therefore, that the builalues lke It, and that there ore yet Iinmense hords of these unwieldy aninals hore. There I3 a vast tcrrltur{ yet unoccupled, aud wild anlals are found In ‘groat numbers.” O caslonally, during the myhts, wo hear the hoot- ings of the owl, and now and then the tremen- dous crashing of a great treo that fa falling. Land-slfdes, too, are not uncommon, when {m- menso masses of sofl stide off into the river, awakening great cchovs for miles and miles around. The banks of the Big Horn aro very hich {u some places, ond huygo mnsses of suil topple over, shaking the earth, In this way, luniz tonzues of laud are furmed In the rivers battoms, and the channcl deflected, There 18 1uch broken country, on which there appears to be Hitle or no vegotation, and there is somethiug unsceountablo fu this fact that en Literary World tor tha noxt number. Mr. Longfellow did not know that anything had beeu sald to maoke the hnes appropriste, but the response was In beautiful verse, aud, as Mr. Whoittier was ubseut, bo would read it, which he did, Mr, umnl.-mcn then Introduced Mr. Ilowells, editor of the Atlantic, as master of ccremonles, who sald that before reading anything of his own he had the bonor to announcs that Mr, Emerson would read o pootn of Mr., Whittler's, and he would gladly take his seat in 3r, Ewer- son’s behall, HALFIt WALDO EMBRSON was received heartily, and sid hia wonld read o poemn written by his triend Whittler, which was unique and masterly, It wus entitled - b The culnpull{ were silent while the sago repeated the Nnes which ure fumwiliar tosomany the audiches and much horror expresged, unl a physicinn announced that hia wounds were not dangerous, For a fortnleht after Drivs. bach nppeared with his ario tu a sling aud his face covored with strips of plaster; then it was dtscovored that the wounds were fmuginary— tho gore had comoe from a sponge nlied with ruse-plnk, and the wholo perforncumnce wes nuthing but & clever plecw of advertishie, [ saw Ll seven years ago at* Whits Plains, and he was gotting very old. I supposo his bLard life must havo broucht him down, Bu bhe's dead, you tell mo; well, well, it's curtaln duwn for us all, sometimne," A COLORED-BABY SIOW. New York Tridune, e, 18, Tho taste for novel and curlous shows found ratiflcation yesterday In o colored-buby exiilbl- taku whisky wtratght of you'll ko dry, Well, be- | shlsof Pul Mall. Hu s quita youthinl in ap- this very land the buffaloes roaih sbout, findiuy, ol = sud are g0 universally wimired. ey driniu oyt owell atound 153 cann’ and | pearatier, with regulur fcaturcs an ark-brown 20,67 100 | heroon onough to satisfy thoir wants. Duffal. | 80 mucli In winolng s {a playlug & poor haud | tlon, fornilug an additioual featurs to the Lou- " ADDKESS BY MR, HOWELLS, / strike attitudes aud spout. Suya Sr. Lougiellow: | hair, His hearing fs not tat of & military man; %78 oo | truits lead lnvnmhl{ toward water-courscs, s | Woll.” don Cireus st Gitmore's Garden. Already tho Mr. Howclls n‘u:n made tho follov. Ing address: “This (s the forest primeval, hoeaffectsno martial strideormensurcd step, but 10,4 100 | theanimals drink twice cach day, sleeping and #When I hear a man bragging about what | managers doclare it to Lo an nssured success. GENTLEMEN, CONTHIBUTONN, AND Fuigxns or Says Mr. Emcrvont walks very rupldly, looking nelther to right or B0 100 | graziug ot tho uplands. “They are very fond of | he did lnat year and what ho's gofng to do | A hundred * plckanninnles " of all ages, from Tig AtanTic lonT © are mot npon the Itere unea{hin embattted farmers atond leit, in séeming absteaction, with head & littla 0.6 100 | the dry buncl-grass, that {s quite different from 1 1t hat he's & 8 weeka to B yo t last night fo th h- seventleln birthdey of man.and boet whoss fama Aud fired the shot lieard ruand the world, wivanced, aud with o slight stoop of the shon- .8 100 | the gruen grass which borders the ereoks and | BSXt Joar, Lean tell pretty noar what he's doing DA Lo Sytarey S8k abnght dn Lhef Lot in dear to uu all, but whudo modoaty atdret fusrel | gars 1, +0,bisckzuard the remiecs od you want | aers, hla 'cyes cust on tho ground. Gne who 40.3 100 | riyers, Whero these herds can tind oxcellent | BOW.” ers’ laps on tho high platiorm, gorceousty Ao ocieaL by bralse o cunesnt 10114 tor it don't cost yun cent. s Well, thoy went uit [ Jiad 'never scen himbefore would ifstuke biu S48 17| aubsiatenco, there will o no difliculty about | “Don’t desplse your poor rolations. Thoy | fringed with red and bluo, and amiled, s:reatn- nnoll ne absent, whoure always il P ot Y = 5, ePy y ern ol n nur. ¢: claes Dumsotf with the obeint, who are alwars 3"3&, racr-on ‘{;:"I:I.H.l Ii\l i é‘:'m:‘rr:le:“d'-:::l':? o e v R L 8l 1 30 tand to explain the thiow. oyes till nothing could be scen but the whites, furmers, in many inatanees, do not suceeed well with thelr sheep, though this ta by no means truo of tha Mextcans in Colorado and New Mex- feo, whio rear Imimense flocks and uro wealthy, The Crow [ndians are vomlug in frum the Agency,—the new post belng on thefe reserva- tion,—and occasionnlly ride ubout on horasback inall the glory ol war-pat, blankets, breech- clouts, and buckskin, “Thero 18 o smell about an Indian that is tunmistakable, and is anything hut ‘:)muunt; 1t arfvos from wmixture of lodyre- winoke, grense, und nastiness, When the 1ne dluns are mounted, Impovelble, and whetber he would or no Whittivr snunt still have bewn bero In overy heart, Thore- fore lie 18 here {n pervon, 1o the unbounded pleas. uro of those assembled Lo celobrate this duy, 1 will leavo himi to the greetinge of others, and for my,own part will Invite te goidenest silunce of his sect to wune a fting tribute to the verso in which ® Lruve nnd beautiful ana fotty 1ifs s snshrined, Au o the periodicad which unites ua all, withont rivalry, without jealousy, Whittier ayw, the piblisher hios alrendy nd wheto there 14 80 much foF the edituF (6 say he cannut perhape say taolittle. l’ul\vrl‘lll]{lmtl it represeatud, and way be almost sald to huve embodied, Ameri: “‘fhe roputatiun a mau gets from his ances- tors wants about as much &lterfug to fit him os their clothes would,' ** There 16 uo woman stationed on the face of tho earth who trivs so_bard to do right, a falla oftener, thou the average mothier-in-law.’ * An enthusiast is an individual who belleves ahout four thnes as much os_hecan prove, and can prove four times as much as anjbody elso will_bellove,” “ Falllng in love Is Hke falling down stairs; Its hurd work to flud out just how tho thing ‘The samples were obtalned of different deal- cra In Chatupalgn, Nos. 1, 4, and 11 coming from drug stores, and the others from grocery stores, ‘The results inay be regurded as o falr test of the purity of the article as sold througlout the country. S H. A, WEngR, TProfessor of Cheiuistry. A MISS:ON, What nrt thon doing lnulll);. l?,] Sweol? "\ aesaed ruler of African savayes.' l.:::diu::?\‘;k-g!: hu?.:u:;:'.'.' 'E:lrl{ in 1877 the Khodive nppolnted Gordon and calmly bunched tho lands and westtoshuming | Jashs Uovernor General for it of ail Egvus = s oz 2 B ckion s st ot T iy will ‘probubly Do at. Khartouy, o city now bave Fliex know uog wall thio sulute waye nig about 80,000 inhabltants and o rapidly-in- 1keep, 1 puss sud deal uyatn craasing The Heutenants of Uordon " “lhwr’.u'd 'u ,’.":, l'hlllll.llul’“u“!::llu lnl:‘rn:‘ l‘:‘n’n‘l"nm:fl fi fl. Pastin are Mu), I;rlulnt. a clever American en- n e ') * e el [« Ulaige woro runnims protty Lheht, but il of 8 wads | SceTiind Col, 3 f::,',’,',“\;'hf.‘“-‘,‘.'.":.!ff},‘a'.‘,:.fl.{. e b e ottty dudged he | 1 s frat expedition, unid u year ago published each of tho vihers vne. S0 pow e kina of lifte w | &0 secount of his fiving trip through nnexplored looked al to tho detight of an admiring crowd. The mothers sat up very erect, black, smillng, and contented. Children and porents were well dreased, but generally In bright-bued or white parments. Tho complexiona were of all tints roin ebony to lvory. One would not believy thero were 8o - an abades between black and white, Thero wera muluttos quadroons, octoroons, 10-ovus, M-ouns and 8o on nr to httle Elwzabeth Dac leigh, who could hardly be called a brunett Sitting low at the Master's fecl nd are a sufliclent distance | was done.” o " red known 1o our literut Lire of gluves dud laces— v} cultl, ru o 3 N 4 .l . 0! ¢, 08 < r s B Tace At e faty (euts Ty 1 ikrean Sl cudured f hiawild ad vt st A o (s raret, o Maric | fttoon yeary for somiotbing to turn up, is sUill | and rotlued. The motior o vesy tizht, wud sul tellectual movement, full of n geuerous lifu and of u bLigh tdeal, finds ite record thero In gfl' ater weasure than in any or all other pla s carcer Jo not only distlngulshed aang Amers can perfodicals, but upon the wholo v unigue, 1 would nut be poaible, 1 think, to pomt 1o any olllurdyuhllcnllvu Of its wort which ias wo lung ro- tulued the alienance of its great founders, and Lo added s0 cunstantly S0 ANY natmes of Lrowing Teputa 1o its llst of write ‘Those who uiade fts renown, ad well so whose renown it hius wade, or is wakin re wttll 1te fro. yuent cuntrivotors, and even fu ity latest curs have dons womo of thelr best work ot If frow tlme to time o valued Atlante writer ceascs to appear, he s sure tioally to reap- wear; e cannob uven dio without luaving it a rich egacy of wanuscript. All young writors are eager toally thelr names with the great memories sud prescuces on its roll of famo; it stamp gives & new contrivutor fnnedlate currendy; 18 iniroduces him 1uto thy beet public, the best company, the cow- Pany of thuse Bustun suthore who iiret inepired 1t with e Iifu vo vigorous yet, 1t was not given ug all tobe bory in loston, but whon wi Ives in the Afluntic we ull seem tosutter 0 au eathetic renatseance; a livelier litorary —and dowy ho fetched o right bower, Mr, Long. the child's father was even ilchter thau slu fellow amiles me vweel s plo and waye: Mrs. Lucy Bmith, looklug like a much-worn o of ap: at on & softs with her chlldren— Wililun, age 4; Joseph, oxu 35 Mary, aveli Jumnes, age 13 and Lucy, ngo 8weoks, Tuev chorubs were born _ono by one (1o twins), sl all within forty-cight months. Volumes cald not say more. Ouly chlidren of colured paruts have peen accepted, A white wowan, wheu Lusbaud is black, applied for the adntssfon ¢ & iixed Infaut, but was sternly rofuscd, ‘ho {utensely moral manager sald he would not geu udirectly cocourage umalgamation, vomparing Gordon with Burton, Mr, De Leon ottt gk iy I’” u‘furmurl: "‘l'A- blluullvdnp:mnu ot | hianke Lo ties, my worthy frie speceh as Burton 1s the reverse, and of a shy, o tas lonon o et Inuall) | her | TORCTYO muanner, and scomive ‘abeciico of mind T e e o L ojes amother | n common_futorcourse ont of doord, when Wehoopiur a8 ususl, Buguayet h Inlcllrluml or uln-(m}. of ln' tllux'velu \‘1'1'1"' conl- gealal wmpautons, e can talk fast and luently, ’u’flfl Ef;fl:‘.’f-’:‘.‘.fl l’.‘.".:.’.’fl.'fi“"‘“" nmlwifl Kreat nu-('my of expression, flo n'y‘n- —and Iwish | may go to graes If ha didn't swcop | Dears 1o tust udvuulsge when, breaking down with auother right bowor! Emaeson claps | through his usual reticence, ho frankly pours his hand an ble bowle, Lonufellow claps hivoa his | oul bis thouzhts and fecllngs to the fuw whom revolver, sud | went uoder buuk, Thers was | ho honors with Ws contidence, ‘Tho real mettle f::;lg“:’o Tai'ufii‘.l’.‘."iu‘i".}..!.’h’if.l : ll:lllil Holmes | of the man ls the nl;mw;xll.h-, and tho strone o h ) thins, dud sayu hoi | gnderenrrent of o singutarly-suppressed nuture Yoy thier, Hettluion tho Aot i thas arawe T sweups both speaker and Tatenar Mims on 8 ool it b agas auietou | yide ‘of most autngted und eoruest truth, They were' pretly bow-come-you-so, now, and | I which he seeins to nburden bls whole miud. {'.:f’ Jegun to vlow, Emuraoi eiys 4 The bulliest \Vlmu‘ll'tll hlrulkl;mllumn‘:l ‘,lm Imrr{rnu( e biug § ever wrole w.w *Haruars Freitehe, '’ | servo takes plice, huscemns to be swept away hy Says longlellow, = ** 1t don't begin with wy | the rushiug tlood of feclings and thoughts lone qu low Vupers,' " ‘Buve Holmes, ** My Thana- | pent up fnhis own hearts and you are lnpressod op: Lays over ‘e ot Fuey wighty near | wigh the thorough earnestucss of the nan in unded fun sizht, ‘Fuen they wished they ad soie 2 ertuk ' wore compuny—and Air. Euorion puiied 0 me | Gk 10 uvs or umdertukes, Vo this, | tako it, l wnd say: tne keynote 1o his charncter, He 5 0 man ter- What did they say to thee, 0 my Bweet, Whan thou Arat stood in the ahinlie straot? Tnd tuey not marvel, in Angel wi Uver the beauty of thy ureat cye: And didst thou snswor thole words of pralae ‘With the glance aud tho wmile of thy earthly days? Did thy fale sister, who went before, Muet thee at once on tno wyatic shore? When a noul from Earth at the purtal walts, 1e uslier them through the gates? wslon for thee, iy Sweats ‘The squaws love dogs; und on dunday lnst [ suw four o flve of them, uud as many children, with between twenty and ghirty dogs of thu woll breed following them,~though oue of the logs, o stump-tatled oue, lookud for all the wurld like a slim bear, or & bear that had been uearly starved to death, Tlese dogs are nui- sauees about an lndlan camp, as they snup end snarl at every one who comes near; and thelr howling Is alinoat Mke that of a pack of wolves, Wiiat on eurth thoy et to eat ls somethlng I cunnot iind out, as the Indians thomscives ap- pear to eat ull substances that are eatable to be lound anywlero near thelr cainps, These aule usls are perfeetly raveuous. Algut twenty Urows cawe in some days since toace us ruldes and spies for the soldiers now atutloned ut this post. While on their way they Ielh in with four Nez-Percs Indlans, who wero un thele way back Lo thelr own country as best they could, The Crows lmmediately attacked thein, aud kiiled three of themn on thu spot, ‘Tho other ons mude his escape. When they WA lo s s woman's pet, and I bave seen some 1 would like to swop llviugs with." * Mico can live anywhere coiufortably but in nchureh; thoy fat vurialuwly 1u & church, 'This pruves that thicy can’c live on’ religion uny more than u injuister can,*? *The worat tyrant in this world {sa woman ‘who is superior to hier husband, aud lets every. body kuow it **Love i like the measles; you can't have it but unce, and, the later 1w lifs wa Lave it, the lull‘ulu:r 1t gues with ua," *“Ureat thinkers are not apttobe groat whis- tlers. When s man can's tufuk ol suything, by begins to whistle.” *‘U'he man you can have to work on s furm for nothing and buard bimself, just about earny his wages in my oplaion, Is one of the vir- wili lut thue. | pray thee mant On the outermaost bounds of the world anknown Oue who I8 Jouraeying all slune, Rust fur body ud aoul te find, ‘Though sl) hivr lured oues ahe lesves behind, Thou wilt knaw her at once by her lovely face, That wears lready an Angol's graco, 8 wili be the duwer of Puradise, Wit e pertuct lip and ier pleridid eyos, Anlticr ruro, rich beauty, o'cn liko thy own, When thou shalt mect In the world uuknown, smile und way, ** [ s Josoplune, " And fead her Up through the telds of green, And kneel with hor close at the Mavter's fcot, NEBRASKA'S * VOLCANO.” The last eartbquake at the Weat was mp- posed to have radiated from a locallty in Nebraska that has been popularly regandel as the alte of a volcano, Prof. SBainucl Augh, of the Nebraska State University, has recutly made an exawluation of the ground, Tw seat ot disturbance is on the bauks of the Misourl, ** Neatne tues, 1 hava always considerod it twin alster to chastity, but uone work so hard as the victim of ecatatic neatness, 1 huve sevn @& neat person who would not let s weary fly rest Jong enough 2 iy near the post with the Nex-Perce scalps on ) breath, Dizon Couw Lol -4 e from sirelaneg we SAVAALS (ol st kst ander wiualld peasant all Qulein :f:‘:‘;l‘;““t"‘;'::;“"’I‘I“"c’_'::u':"mdfln'l:l‘:l?; Tlis Lavk of thee, Swact, my Sweet. {;mru lv:::.un L ‘::muwdd lred tholr sruns, ?.13'1555..:'.’:“&..‘22" iy fl:‘;fl:uco‘:{r’wc‘fi.flr’ ::g :i':nuxx ?.‘lu? :,lta‘ll\'xl;. n::ull.hll'a’;u.::e:ul‘«l;:c and ol it ful 50’8 BATIO A8 Wi 4 1his proud b Y o uvel ' e oWl on thelr ponled 1 " - DUF WD hupes we arenataralized Dostuniane wh.m,':}“nf:"u"'.:flf':,':dfl:“:.’cm_m 1 | thie Tess sorluna one of our days, The religlous | Lhave mach to gay to theo, Jusephing— the scalps iu the greatest 'leg.onn‘nf' :m:fl ".5 dowu'etatre ouul Ble okt wors worm oL 160 fewt high, sloplug at au sugle of 60 to 80 kil Much that would please thoe (o Bear, I ween, ™ Come agaln w wy dicais to we, And let e whispor ft all to thee; - Iiut, maore than sil, 1 pray thee to go— It God permite, aud e wuhll' knnwfi‘ 0 the outerinost Lounds of thy world, to groet Tls soul thiat will comu W thew suvon, my Hv‘ruu LLA WuxELEK, —— Ho was Tet bim whet. Well, #iF, uext they took 3t iute | Sentiment with hlm Is very strong, the Bible be- thelr headw that they would llxe somy wusic; wo [ Ing bis constaut companion lu his tent, In the they uade mo stand up und siig ** Whon Juuuny | desert, or the wildorucss, as 1 Luve bween told cugied marehing howe ** L | dropued—at thrtesis | by the companluns of Lis explorations; though \;:nmm vast 4 this Imajnm;; tuut's what 2've | ha can be short and severe enough ut tines, ag v throuyh, my friend. o0} woke—at 7— | iy Chinese rocord shows. In many of his pu- fany were luuyluk, tua goodiets, i e Loy | callar ways aud trplts of charcter, be reseibles & y ouly buote uit, % "“’".'l"‘:,‘,'l‘::f wuch the famous Confederate chieftaln, Stoue- sense, Wi geeater reverenco proud ut thelr skirmish as 1f they bad accom- plabed somw great feut, They told Col. rackett that they kuow the whito'men were at war with the Nea-Perces, und thought it wus their duty to absist the whites as wuch os they weru ablé, There Is no doubt the Nez-Perces killed wero @ portion of the band which bas und atfection than we €an express, We youngorand yuunizedt welters for the Atlantic regard tuo early couteibutore whom we are a0 proud and ghad 16 mect bere, vud it {e with & pecull uey Of twy own uuworthiness that 1 valute thouw, -ud‘iolu the dega tywand the rivor. s at prescat the place where thu pheuomeua aro most cxhibitd, bus otler bluffs at & few wlles’ distancy bae becu slinilarly affected. Two years agu, & pa'tiun of this blul, half as 6 as what is lel, broke awey sud fell partly fnto the river, Ou the biufl souuds were heard proceeding rom the BANSCRIPT'S RICE. Cincinnasl Bnquirer. When John Bauscript went down town last Baturday, his wife asked him to bring back with bl a sawall quaotity of rice, * How much will you kave1”asked the grocer Mr. Huwells the introduced Dr. Oliver Wen- dell Hotmes, who reud the (otlowlog poems hi Eaysd, **Hluld here, latety heen butcherivg so twany white people. interior, especially qu- plsciog tho ear to JOEM BY OLIVEN WENDELL HOLMES, wfi&’?‘:{u;?‘zxw to é‘u \:‘:XEL Ilfi‘-;:‘o;r‘" ile saysi wr:[l .r!uwk llJ.ll.'l: il S Oune Thing ;‘:‘" ‘:‘:‘;‘: "l’;"' Do Well, "l;u.o ;{,uw- nr‘u gowd !rleudLa of ho whule.:. !n’ugl 'lff;lv-’;!lbul?dl::l;r the l??{:;l l'x.m'{d b the wround. !"umu somethues broko I believe that the copl . **Golog to v tracks with "em; becauso— iordon Pasha 45th ycar, baviog nrik,. 3 Qur interest tu keep them so by al ! 0 pounds 0, sald John, Liko Brholieracatire Wice. are & thovsdnd snd one: ** Lives uf wreat wen al remind us beet born fn 158, : Mr. J. C. Davis, of 513 West Thirtecnth bl J d forth, occcusionally at ul?hl. Steun eacaped from crevices. On dumm& foto the blutf, lntense heat lw‘rm-d the work after proceeduis o fow feet. clenite, aluw, aod agoesic sulphate lu crystals wero abundant. ¥rol. An&hay Tegards theso feuturcs us not voleanle fa tho usual sense of the term, but slmply tho result of local chemical action, The formativn is cretaccous. The blufl is capped by calele cur- booate. Beucath sra shales coutilolug furv.c blsulpblde in erystals of pyrites. Below tus ahale is & sott lluisstone, containing carbunate: of waguesla sud sluming. The cbewlval tions vonsequent upon part of the soll bemyg svaked with waterafter its full towurd tho river have been the decomposition of the pyrites, the vroduction of sulphuric acld, sod the atteck of ineans lu our por ‘They are as brave ai the Stoux, whom they aro always ready to meet In battle on equal terems, The lodges of the Crows ure ou the west or left bank of the Big Horu, in wih of cuttauwoud trees, 30 as to by from the cold winds, where the red enjoy themselves fn thelr aimless kind of :u,h{.' aud the squaws work from worning until 4111 get enough to last the old woman several wucks,” he added, somewhat doubtingly. ‘The grocer hesltated, looked quizaical, and finally welghed out the ten pouuds of ride, A is 8 new kind of rice, Mr, Sauscript,” he sald, a4 he put a string around the paper. 1t swells thres times as much as Louliluna sles, which you bad better tell your wife,” ** All right," said John, as hu turned to greet a friend. Two winutcs latur be bad forgotien the reminder of the careful grocer. When ho got home Jobu found the house de- serted, but 8 humniug tirs wus roariug ia the kitchen stove, sud Le kuew Mrs. B. bad just stepped into the next house to ¢xchange gossip You tewcmber thy atory—those worniugs in bed; “Twis the Lur of 8 coppur—s tale of & hesd. A doom like Scheherazadu's falls upon me In o wandste se stern aa the Sultan's decree; I'in o dorlst in veree, and what would people say 101 cume 10 & banquet without my bougquet? 1t 1s trylng. no doubl, when the company kuows Just the look and tbe sell of each Iy and rose, “Fuo gieen of ¢ach leaf in the aprige that 1 bring, Aud u:uu:lupv of the Luuch and the kuot of the siring. Yes—*'Tha style is the man," and the nid of one's pen. Maked ‘tho same markat twenty, snd three score A e s o bt e 4 TAND 1 L IERVE b RUSKIN AND FORBES, Foutprlat th ds of thue. " AT aadde My, Twatn, you are the fourthin | A lttio fueldent of his early life, which Rus- twenly-four haure—and ' going 1o wove—1 sla't | kin relates tn the teath chapter of bils “Studies -ullt.e- o ":*:'I'z;‘m uf Waves aud Stonos, {s worth repeating, both for the fngenuous style §n which §t 1s written, world pay bomage; these were dm;ion and for its biogruphical value. It was recalled to the wind of Ruskin by the force of assocla- while, thon said b, turs, Are yuut® 1 did 1ot pureio tha subject, sud since | Hot, While stoppluz fu the Village of Simpolon, then | baveu'tiravelcdun my uomde plume coough | fu the Alplue district, Scpt. 2, 1870. In the to burt. Such was the rewinlsceuce 1 wad uved Lo contribate, Mr. Chatrman. 15 oy entbostaqus | | S81€ Footu at tho Hotel de la Poste fu which ho way bave exagyeruted to detsils a little, butyou | sat writluzat this ot date, ““two-and-thirty will edaily furcive ma that fault, sincu I believe it | years 8go,” bessys, ““my fathor and mother street, advertlsed yesterday for 100 deal-inutes to be made {uto telegraph-operators. Nino years apo, he says, he taugbiu deaf-mute nawed I uf!mnn telegraphy. Ho!lman learned tho urt ju leas than three mouths, aud became one of themost expert operators In the country, being at the time of bls death thechlef operator in the Moblle telegraph oflice, Mr. Davis las siuce taught twenty deaf-und-dub persons, and saye that they ure alwost 1uvariably much quleker to leain than persous woo speak sud Liear, and mako far better operators, 1 had a cull from vus to-duy,” he sald, * who told me that be had been o bookbinder. e wus at frst vcr{‘ skeptical, but | conviuced blm of the case will The Christmas-Tide is comlng lo, Afar the Joytul heralds beyin, ‘Wiuglog,” sud slngiug oo taeir way, To weet the Tide v Chizistuas-Lay, 4 fs thefrettime L bave over departed I . which s could leavn by giviog blw with Mrs. Mulvaney, cld ou the 8lkail ates, The beat e O i i By i, Pendicular fuch on an vccasion Vike this, > P and { wero ittt one wud of the lou table | gus joveon. [u three-quarters Ol 4 nluf:u ™ Flow faster faster gontle Tide: S D1 Just put fi{. rice to_ball,”" sollloquized e s ool Let 0ue ookt 81 Y Cast bé can tal you the mold. e R AVSEY "&1"{..".".,7.'21":3?""'“ vad | B Guts womeeat sevaratsouing, bl ie new wore fhan baifol the Morse slphabet, sa wvcty Beasibulois tar sod w Jobo. © {¢ll pfease the dame’ to seo me 80 course, very greati inthe lutter part the vie lence of thi performunce wust ba ivcreased by tho liberation of carvonte subydride, All tho authenticated disturbunces ure thus essdy vx- pluloed. Prof, Aukbey does nob counect th with the earthquaxe. e thinksthe blstfmucnt furnish alum aud other salts fu quantitics su fictent for profitable manufacture, Luvel the sands of sorzow and ca: Biug of Lav Cbrist-love overywhe: Ripple. O Tide! ripple sud smlile; From cach sad beart its ourdes begulle; Showor o'er the Esrth s beautsous spray Of blessing and Joy ou Christwas-Da; ‘Warsnioo, 1s. M. ¥, Rosixson, uud, by refc®ing oecasionally to the alphabet written out for d guide, he a’mld talle w‘n’lh we ou the {nstrumcnt with case. Of twenty that I taughtin Pufludelphls, sixtecnars uwow fn Londou, whero o number of thom are fo the telegruph departweut of the Ueucral Post-Otlice. Twool thew bave poaitions in Phtladclphia, |honzh§,m. aod maybe sbo'll get wo a good supper.’ u urdinary iron pot with seversl plats of waterin it u&’nu &Iumm. grel o ** I'lL bet slx ceuts Marla put this very pot on the fre for the purposs ot builiog the fruit.” He tore & bole 1o the paper package, and read the followiy; cus, which was wel . | Eoglish (as wo suppused) traveler, with bls celved: B U 7 | ifes sbo, and my wmother, workltigs hor hius. 70 JOUN GREEXLEAP WDITTIER. band curcfully comivletiug some mountain-oute 0n Jita Seenticid Birtkday. liges fu bls wktch-bouk.” Longbavelkunowa, in books, thie Fricad of Friends, “Those days are become very dim tome; Our Quaker Post, whom ws feast 1o-night, sud I forget whih of tho grouvs spoke first. 1ow we a)l know cach other] no use In disgulse; Throuxh the holes u tho mask comes the lush of . Ml uyees Wo cau le{l by bls~somewhat—each ooe of our ribe, A we koow Lbe old hat which we canaot deacribe,