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T CHICAGO TRIBUN The Life of Albert Sidney Johnston, by His Son. Why the Battle of Shiloh Was Lost by the Con- federates. Was It a Surprise ?---Sherman’s Testimony Against Himself, Fighth Volume of the New Edi- tannica % Notes on Qelery—-Sir John Lubbook on the Habits of Ants— Science Notes. LITERATURE. ALTERT SINNEY JOINSTON, “The Lile of Uen. Albert Biduey Johnston," by Is son, Col. Willtwin ['reston Julinston, is a bulky volume of 5 pagea On first glanes, it secins that the subject scarcely admits of such amplitude ol trestment, bt onw recoud read- fouz we are fuelwed to doubt whether this eritl- cism [8 Just, und to give the suthior the benefit of the doubt, Alvert Stdncy Jobnaton lsd g Jong aud lusportant e, Jle craduated from West Point tu 150, and fell at Suflob April 6, 1562 lle rerved elzhi years as Second-Licuten. ant i the United Staten aemy alter eradustions ¥ four years 1 the service of the Republic of Texas as General, Commander-In-Chlef, and Beeretary of Wari was o voluntear oflicer * for tirrce mouths fu the Mexhan War, and a8} sisted at the storming of Manterey; wan Page master in the United States Army, with rank of Major, from 1849 to 1855, aml Colonel of cavalry from 1853 to April 9, 1841, when e ra mgned to enter the Coutederate service. Of tha whole thirty-scyen years that elapsed be- tween his craduation at West Point ond his death, he serve ) twenty-five in some militsry or semi-military capacity. ‘The other twelve years wero devoted to plantation or farnn work, part of them belng cobawned 1 earnest and une successful efforts to retrieve his shattered for- tuncs. flfs begt was dechdedly in the direction of millitary ifed which he would never hava anltted bit for the urzent destres of Nis wilc, and which ho wes anxiuus to reenter alter ler denth untit his reanpointinent. Allert Sidney Jolnston was born of s good oll Kentucky family. On his father and moth- er's alide ne was of ‘New England stock, one of his grandfathors baving emigrated from Con- necticut and the other from Mussachusetta, His father was n pracieine physun o Mason County, Kentucky, He scems to bave bad no unusual or marked traits in youth, though the {followlniz anecdotu may scrvo tu show his love o conquests Playlng marbles * for keeps “—a spocies of boyiah gamine—wan o favorite short of bin echool- boy dayw, nud he wanwo aklilful and succesaful a marhle-player that at one tiine he had won a whole Ja il of white nlleyx, taws, potters, ete. 1t was then thut the deaign entered hiy breast of winuing sl in - the town, In _the Htate, g entuslly In the world, Flll enthusias at the vastuess of project, he cast abaut for the meuns; and fna) concluded, na the first step, to sccure his acqo) tlonw by hurytng them. 1le' buried hie fur ver critiv, ‘renciving only marbles enoogh o be e on. Purposs leut stesdiness 1o his sim, o that again he beat alf b nivals **in the ring,” and added -anily to s atore. Only one competitor oo neainat him, Whore resources seenivd (0 con- mist nol su inuch In skall a8 in a0 exhiausticss sup- uly of murbies, that were mucrificed with & fecke lexsncsy arguing untimited pocket-mouoy. At lust be, too, suceumbed, and the victor went with _a jar latger thow the irt 10 add §1 10 bis spoils. To 19 disiminy, however, he found his hourd plunders cdund s trvuwaro vone, ‘Uie ferior, hut des- perute, marbl rudoed hia, gamo, payer lind furti ely watehed him. d then staked aud fust e til-gotten _ue ot (ien, Johnston's brothiers was Josiah Stoddand Jonnaton, who moved tu_early mun- Lol ta Louistapa, and preame eminent thare, lio scrved in hotli Houses of Congress, belng ro- elected a3 Senator by o Leetsluture volitically uphosed to i, and died while holilfug the Jistnumed ofllee, Sewator Joliuston »wag un teris of futimacy with Webster, Cluy, Caltious ond Beaton; and his house, owing tu th splendid hospitabity it disvenaed and the pres- ence of a beautliul” and accomplished hostes Was & tavorite socinl resort during his resldence In Wushington, Hu came to an untimely end through the exploston of o steamboat winle Jousneyiog homeward, £lls widow took up her Eesiidetica In Pnladelphia, remalned luyal to the Union, uud attempted tointiuence Albert Sidney dunurton to do the same; but’ m_ vahw Intow througn the ntluence of thla whoti Albert Sidoey Visited at Wash. eton immediat:dv atter g graduatiou, that the Jattee wus uifeped o position un Gun, Scotl ‘The propoeition was a tempting ooe, vouns cilicers perhaya would trave refused. But youte Jobnaton was one of the few, Ile Telt bpelled by o sense of duty Lo make practi- wal triafof the routine work of an ullicer on Lthe frouticr, fle wuay lirst seat o a nost on Lake Qutardo, Thence he was moved to Jefferson Harvacks, whien rematued for s sumber ul“yrnn hnpast, ke sersed duning the so-catted Black- Hawk War, which was, LOW.¥er, L0l § o war by urteay, amd resgncd shortly oltewards 1o his wite, then m teeble iealth, He was too te tube ot much aswstance in this manuer, Lor ehie soun dled, and hie found Binsell witnout e ployment oF prosj It nncessary Lo recte here how he took up arms for ‘Texas and become promivent m the councils of tuat intaot mation, It s ynportant Lo remember, huwever, that he always alterward professed al- egiaiie to that Btate, Tue tidkrapher insists SUrouElY UpOn that point, because 1t 1s necessary W justity the treasm—we do not Know huw to s a ulller Word—of s tather. Albert Suls ney donustun, s an ollicer fn the United Rtatcs Hey, Py owed i fiest allegiance Lo the Umicd Siates Goverwment, As u_uative of Keotueky, be was. bound st most only to neu- traily belween thu Lwo forced; but, us an adopted cinizen of “Lexas, he might Juatity hime seltin Jolss the Rebetilon, “Fufs Is precisely the jurtitication i tid make, 1 18 in the hent of e¥ents au extremely flunsy justlication. legiance to Texus, Whicts was tarily assame Dihit bave beew a3 camls renounced, in uo caso obelit 3 to WAV been parumount over the alleghiice of w0 offiver . of the United Stawes srmy to the Government Which employed Wi, Texagof all 1o Southe € Btates wis butud 20 the “Usnerat Govern- ment by the stronzest tied, It Was ap ACqUal- tlun of the whole country 3 It owed fs existence aud Staialay us part of the Union o the North a3 well as to the South, Allegauee to g Gov- srmment forimed us Lhat of ‘Texus was, Ctsmld 34t was piter Mr, Julinston’s i) conpece How witn [t, was at the best o scutimental e, he desertion of the Umted States army on ge- oot ol [t cannot in nnz wuy be justificd. Atter leayine Texas, Mr, Johuston U appoimtnent uy Paymastor w t tepting this apootntment, howeve; a fepoiutatone to o place i the e, 'This was Sheved dur b 81X vears atterwurds, when be Was made Colunel of 8 new rnnient of cay; 55 Ahen authorlzed by act o Congress. 1dis Services 1 bringing the Morinons to_terms In tah, nud in preserving the peace o the plaius, Were not of great cunsequence 3 hls luportance, Mdteed, frum un historical point of view, begins Mth bls reswnation trour the anmy i April, Wik The wuthor has deseribed With much de- il thu adventurous march ot Col. Johnston sudalew companione across tho alkall plaivs, therr reception 1w Arizona uud ‘Texas, his jour- Ry b Kichwond, uud his appoiotuient &8 com- Iunm.‘yul the Western Ariy of the Conleder- "AL . Theu follows the history of the campaigu i Missuurh, the death ot Gen. Lyon, Pea Ridge, F"“”" 4 Beiwont, Mitl Spring, Fort Heary, Lo Duneison, und “Shiteh. “Sho blograper n 4kes u attenipl, not cutirely unsuccesaful, it 'mm.e udimited. to xhow that Gen, Johuston 34t respotiaible fur the carly defeats ol the auwl . U8 all rr:llmumry blows to the it derate causy ity the Weaty the buttle of nll Suchue by propenty reckoned the most dia- hlmu,. The blawe for tbis chiefv belongs. tue wdtaplier caling, 1o the tashuess of Zolli- "!:r. Who put nimaci? 1o wn awkward position, TS Bver tebind bl aud @ strong eaemy (o pait ot i, wind to want of declalon on” tho ok of Geu. Crittendes, Who procrastinated N €0 he winght bave »aved thearmy, Thesuthor Fils 10 Lyys cunnection :‘!;lrt;:-‘u lea's Altack un Thowas was a3 moch of & e vo e, Juuston us the reaull could ba hone cfeated cowmander. His (Jon #4 likiy was brogen; bis position at Bowliug brotie Greenapparently torned og that flank, army on which ho connted demolished, ‘Toe fall of Forts ITcury ang Donelson Is at- tributed partly to defects In theie consiruction any defenses, and partly to want of siill on the vart of the defenders of them. Itis Intimaten that Fort Henry would have held out mich loneer, or perhaps repetled the attack alt cether, §f there had been wkilled artilter- Ints 10 rerve the ¢uns, and that Fort Donelson tnight nst Jiave fullen ot all 5 f2 bt been vig- vrouslv defended to she emd. st In answer to Ahe first point i (8 propes to say thot cvacua- tlon would probably oot have been ordered i1 Jt Irxd been possible to defeml Fort Henry, and Wrant's demaud for unconditional rurrender s ftsell nviderice that hie bad oot reason to be- 1eve Donelson eould eml{ ha taken by storin, In either case, we think (he blame of failure reats tn vart at lcast upon tien. Julinston, who, in the case of works as fmportant s theke, should not have been contented with an inspece tion v subordinates, The fact appears to be that (ien, Johnston was too {ar in the rear dur- and on the first part of the campaien, e ioe, far in 'the front ' In the " iluai battle. In the second case, e perhaps sought 1o ropair the error b commitied in the drst, but e in fact only azeravated (L, for Liss seath lost both the battle and the campaiea to his cause, ‘The fall of Donelson made nccessary the evacustion of Nashsille, and this slep brought down on Uen. Johnston the odium of the entire South, - Honnde conid searcely he set to the fury of the Poonle. * Evary bamiet revoinded twith dunincia- lonk, end ovory treset waa Blied whili indiguation at the author of auch ealamit Gen. Juhinston fvan the target ol every accusation, Im:lln]m# 1me ily, cowandice, anit ireason. . . . Hvery clang helped to anement the volume of ‘protest and Appeal to the P'renidentdemand ing Gen, Jonnston's remaval. —Inideed, the greater toe stake and the more vialent the revalsion of patriotic fervor, the bittarer was the disappointment and the niore vine dictive Lhe feeling. 5 Mr. Davis sustafned Johnston, but the Iatter waa il smartine under the senze of vopntar displeanure when Shiloh was tought. ‘The hiog- rapher attempts to show thias noe of the conse- auencea of this fecling was ot reckless expus. ure on the part of Gen, Jolnston. How rar this attemnt is scceasful may be judoed from the fact that Qen. Johnston’s exposure, whether reckless or tat, cost him lis life; and the pres. ent ‘bingranlicr maintains that i his hfe bud been dpared the battle woull have been won, and the fortunes of the Canledenicy perhiaps re- versed. 1t I8 also n curlous commentary on the argunment for Gen. Johnston’s perfect sell-pos- session, and confidence In hia erentual victory, that lic should, on the eve uf the hattle of Shitul, have offered to surrender the command to Gen, Beauregard, Commanders are not aceastonsed 1o bequeath victories to each other in this wane ner, But tha fact s admitted by Lthe author. The battle of 8hiloh 1s Lreated of in four heail- nes—Morning, Midday. Affernoon, und A Victory Loat.” As a result of the murning flzhiting, it s clalmed, the Federal left was con plotely tirmed, and the army was crowdml on sliorter line, a milo or_moare to the rear of ita first posltion. The new linc of batile was estab- lished betore 10 o'clock. Althongh there was at no time an abgolute cessatfon of fghting on tha line, It tnay be considered that the first en gagemant of the day had ended. The speond period closed with the death of the Commander- in-Chlef aL2:30 fu the afternoon. Ile reccived n wouud not nccessarily mortal while leading n Teonessce recimont in u charge. The thind verlod extended from bie geath tlll & or § o'clo k In the afternoon, at which time, It is sald, Grant's army, crushicd and territied, was crowded {n the region of Wallace's camps, within a circuit of one-hall (o two-thirds of a mile sround the landing. Tiho srmy in these circumetances was only saved from aonilitlation by the gunboats and artillery of our Gen.” Webster. Even with them to beat, the suthor contends, the Conted- erates coulit have destroyed the army bad ot Uen. Beauregard, In the hour of yictory, ordered tue troops to retdre and bivousc on " the field, thus permitting the Federal reinforcements to come up and engage in battle easly the next day. Tnois order of Gen, Beaureward's s dis- cussed under tho fourth head. **A Victory Lost,”” Whether, it be truc, ar conteuded, that the fire of the gunboats went vver the Conferl- erates or not, it Is clear that Gen. Beauregard thos for his side ou unforfunate hour to issue an order for retreat. Tlie Luttte hud vot been fairly won or lost. One hour tiore woula have decided It; and, as the result showed, it war uufortunate for the Itebels that they were not peemitted to flzht thay bour. It ik o stuguins fuct, §§ trne, thut Gen. Johuston's plun wus ful- luwed hours uiter bis geath. 11 woald have wun viciory of ftself, the biographer bLelieves, if 1t tiad been understood Ly Gen. Beauresard, or 11 its operution had not been interfered with by buw. ‘The Iast and most {nteresting question ralsed by this describtion uf the battle. cspecialty in view ot the Jate newspaper controversy un the subject, ts, * Was it a surprise?” On this heud, the testimony uf Cul. Jolinston {8 aeguivy lyin favor of the afirmative side ol the ques- tion, He shows thut the Rebels fntended - to surprise Grunt av.d Sheriman, that they hoped to find then umntrenched, and that they found them prectscly as it was suppored they would Le Joumk™ Gen, 8herwan would nou bellese il the lost moment that the whole Kebet army was fu front uf tam. He inafsted that nothing more thuu a reconuolssance fn force could be futend- ed, Iu ‘s report of the buttie of Bhilob, he wrnte: **On Baturdny the encmy’s cavolry was acastn yery bold, comuig well down to our front yeu 1 did not believs they desined auything bat @ strong desnonetration,” Bimilarly, Geo, Grant wrute in a dispateh d; April be ho maln foree uf the evemny 1s ut Connth.” In o subsee quent dispateh the same day, hé wrote: *Lhave scarcely tha faintest Wea of an_attack (gencrut vne) helug made upon us,” (en. Bherman, in his ispatch of the same day, eald: “1 do not apprehend anvtning liko on attack upon our pusition.” The transiation of Badeau’s special pleading on tlese dispatches is, Col Johnston maintaius, that Gen, Grant thought the Confed- erates Were st Corinth,—not two, but twenty- two, miles nway. The readiness for su attack cons(sted unly in this: Bome Colonelastrenzths ened their pickets, one General sent a reziment ou reconnotasance, wud mnothier had his horse saddicd befura breakfast, No fotreuchments were dug, o orders for recelving un atiack were dullvercd, and no loes of battle wera formed. Clearer evidence thaa this that Shilol wasa ursrlm to the Federsls could bardly ve demanded. ‘This blography as n whole fmpresscs the reader 88 o picce of work well and modestly dane, Humu\luni like the affection and zeal of 4 sul were needed to stimulate any manga col- lect such @ quantity of macerial and beslow so wuch luvor upon (. From one pout of view Gen, Juhinston's life may not scem worth the vatue that have been taken ta set it bufore the world; Lut o every other ground it 16, His W, fruin the'testimony of all who knew him, vasentially @ strung charecter. He tufluenced all with whom tie camo iu contact, generallv for g, With the exception of uis betrayal of his tlugs, g privata -charucter was ircepraachable, Aw the head of a tamlly he was apotiess. As u soldler he retrieved more than e lost. Alter Donetson and befare Shiloh, he autgencraled the Unlon commanders; aud, f he had not died, it ts difticule judeed to say what the result would bLave been. At sny rote, Lo descrves Lo e rnuked with Lee aud Stonewall Jackson, s une of the wreat Generals produced on the Con- federate side by the War of the Robellion. He accubies thie #rst position of honor by the cou- current testimony ol men so wilely separated 11 &l other respects o liew. (rant und Jetler- son Duvig, (New Yok aud i b, Appletun & Cu.. 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Edwaed Everett Hafe, of Boston, "It Is noteworthy that all the tmportant articles are provided with indlees. Ten rnished arthdes, Altogetiier, this volume of the cycloprdis sustains fully the promse of its predecessora, (Boston® Little, Brown & Co.) PILLONE, Pillone is an fdeal Italian vrignnd, attired for the moat part In diamonds and Iacue. Hin ad- ventures begiu, s those of st Ideu) brigands do, In an injustice townrds him, and closs, a8 ib the casc of mauy butter men, with an cxecution. Pillone loves & beauttful woman who In early ctildhood had attracted him, but In fater 1o had found consolutivn with a nebleman, The brizand endeavors Lo wean hier frow this fufatua- Lion and secure hiee Tor bimself. "1he only meaus proves (o by the removal of the noble lover to anothiee e, and ths Villone accom- plishes with n firmness and unscrupulous. ness worthy, perhops, of o betler ecuuse. Then he carrdcs off the woinan, ISut she is never content Lo Le foved e secks L betray bim, and ot 1ast ues ceeds, Hle esgapes In the most marvelous mau- net, by piuugine boldly in the Bay ol Naples and swinming away. “Another time, ho pun- isties her treachory by death, Indeed, Piflone's balrbrendth ’scupes und trials in the Immiocut deadly breach are too mapy to mention. Jlis succesafiti exploits orenlao ol , a churacier be- yond beltef; and we yteld themn sdmiratton, It atall, most reluctantly. They seldons come within the lines of our Hifted experience sud rignt cude of morals, The last seen of Pillone hets proceediing to execution, with soldiers, pricsts, and exécntioners about hin, and ul) the promise of wn [taliah apothuusis W prospeet. “Pillone” is s beansiation fromn the Damiah of Wilhelm Bengsoe, which hok beeh put (n smonth and agreeable Emehab by 3. U Hunband, (Way. side Serles. Bustou. Lockwoud, Brooks & Co. Prica 81). Smiths ** Everett," the Tte, Cvidence, ' Edmund Tohertso: Prof, flnxicy and J ftrv, Tlenry Toithwn ere. Excneare: pom fla ol S Wardeils -¢ McKendricl LITERARY NOTES. The American Journal of Scunce and dArts for Sevtcwber bas been received. The volume of Junch curtoons Nlustrating the politieal career of Lord Beaconsficld b already reached a sale of 60,000 capies. a The llife of Alexander H. Stephens, by Richard M." Johuston sud Willlam . Browne, will be wuttolay from the bress of J. I, Lippincott & Co.. but will be sold, it 1s satdy only Ly agents. At makes an octavo volume of paires. and lios u steel portrait of Mr. Btephens aud un en- graviug of * Liberty Iai,” his home, Henry James, Ji volume of magazinc es- aaye whicti lus bieeu publisied o Londou vom- prises his artictes on De Musset, Gautier, Baud- claire, Balzac, Eand, Flaubert, and Tourguenefl, the Spectator welcoines Mr, Jumes “as a gonu ine and instructive eritie.” The voluine Is *an numirable book,” and Mr. James *an lonest, just, aud enlightencd critie.”, It cannat, how- ever, asactit to bis statement that De Musset is’ talked of nowadays in France very much as Yyron I talked of in England. * Byron wns mado of sterner stuff thon De Musset, and there Is & velu of inauly sense which we are fond of calling English 10 the former's poetry which {s copspicuous by 1ts absence fu the Jatter's. It was not withiout reason that oue of his own countrymen nicknamed e Musset Wademoisells Ziyron® . 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D, Reprinted 10w the Unicago Neaseal Jouraul and Kramuer for Beptember, 1678, Clicago: Uulllll.m Pristing Cowpany, No.. 113 Madisoa sires vt SPARKS OF SCIENCE. - NOTES ON CELERY, Celery (Apium gréwslaw) belongs to the um- belliferie order of pluntdiapd fu its wild forwm Is found growlny fu ditches aud warshes nvear the sea, in Europe sud in Britaty, whete It is knowa under tbe nawe ol smallage; but untt for fuod, baving & peculiar coarse ranic taste and swmell, Oelng considered polpnous to gisu, and s not even relisned by ammate. Cuftlvation, how- ever, has tranaformed this suspic plunt futo s of the wost wifovable sud whi e of ull wur escutenty. Thid species o al wpnrars 10 have been Koowi: to the wnclents; fur & was rechoutd by thts &3 ons ul the greater sberient be;'l (1548), of which 18,000 coples were- roots, and Phiny stotes tiat it hath & veculiar Firtue nrafust the bittng of vinomous =nlier There s no ot from whicly w gather that the andent Grecke Romans were acquatnted with method of hieaching — {his nlavt, aml thirs rendertng it fis for (ood. By maost of onrtold herbalists ft s mentioned under the naince of smallage, snd only wsed by them as n wedivingl plant. Gerard teils us that theleaves of it botted fn bog'sevenze aml nade into the form of atoultee taketh uway {he patn of whitlows on the fingers, and* healeth thens, Cnigeper rumnmmuf‘: that the jutce of this vlant, mized with honey of roses and barlev. water, I usedd us & ganele by those whe snfer with rorce and utcora f the thruat wnd mouth, Bartholomnua _Lorn, . In his ** Botanologia " (publirhed 1n 1714). montions that the ruots and eeeds of Anlum were used medicinally in bts day. ‘Flie esculent appedrs to have heen cultl- vated tor the table ar the carly part of the seventeenth century, for Jobn Kay, the aelebrated botnndst” of that period, says thaty f this plant: ls. neglected, it will degenerate info Us firat unpatatable state, e are fndebted to the - lahans, for the muthiod of its cultivation, and also for 115 nagne, yu, {0 his ** Acctaria® (publishied 1R, eays, * Seliery was formerly o siranger with i, and nut very long sinee, in Itaty itself.” Me tells us that ju I8 not & dstinet species of smallage e Macedonlan parastey, though, by Its frequent transptanting, somewhat more hot atl senerous and swecter scented. We have, he 8ays, *‘the best seeds from Italy, whose tender Jeaves atd bianchedd stalksdowel! fn our salicts, s hkewise the stices of . the whitcned steas, which beime crisp and short, lirst pecled an slit longwise, are .eaten with vinegar, ofl, salt, nnd pepper. And for its hieh and wrateful taste s ever placed in the middie of the crand sallet at our great men's tables and Practors’ foast: us “the grace of the whole board.” In our oldest secdlists we find that two varieties of ctlery weie introduced frum lul'- under the pame of Red and White upright ftatian celery, It {8 stated (o the SMonthly Mivqazine and” fritah Reg.ater for July, 1797, that the secd of a pew sort of celery, froim the Juland of Sunos, has been introduced into the County of Norfolk, which grew to the hewzht ol three feet, and Dossessed other su- verior propertiea, Celery niay be grown to o very Inrge slze, for Loudon stutes that, in 1815, a plunt Was taken up at Lunglord, near Man- cliester, which weighed nine puunids when wash. ed, with the root nud leaves still attaclied to it, and measurcd four feet eix inches In height, 1t was of the red sort, perfectly solnl, crisp, and finn, and remarkably well-flavored, There 1s varfety of Lhis plant catled Celerica, or Turuip-rootesd celery {Apum yrave- wenanapazenin) ; it Is more hardy than the up- rleht varieties; of this the root Is the only part use 1attams to a. coustderavle size, cspe- ctally in Germuny, where It Is tnuch estecmed, both prepured by itaell aid in conjunciion with otlier erbs 2s 8 salad. 11 rarely lorms an ob- Juct of cultivation v Eoghsh gardens. Bir Joseph Bankie and Dr., Solander found in con- siderable quuutitics, on the cuast of Terra det Fuewv, wild celery, which appears to be pus- scssed of whiolesotue guulities, as it was found avery useful nygredient. In the suuvs for men, bewause of Ita sutlscorbutle properties, Celery contains sugar, ipucilage, starch, and a substunce rescinbling mabna suwar, which acts B stimulant, A Gecoction made from the reed and urunk as tea ia'often recuminended in sonte disease by the villae herbaliste, Celery 1a regarded a8 u lucky plsnt by the modern Ureeks, and is Rumg vy fu rooms, placed on slikworm-frames, und given 1o chiliren. ‘The comipon name appears to bave been de- rived {from Italy,—sellari, under which it was In- troduced 1m the oid sced-lists into this country, but jt 16 found in uld Works, spelt in vurious ways: thus, Sellery, Celen, and Celery, The etymoloey of the botanteal namef Aplum, appears uncertain. Bome authors think it Is derived from the Celtfc Apon, water, from the place where the plant grows : others state it Is rom Afu. o bee, beenuse theae insevts are fond ol ft.—Hardiwicke's Science Gossip, CIVILIZATION /OF ANTS. At the receut meeting ‘of the British As- sociation 8ir Juhn Lubbock read an fnteresting paper on the present state of civllization among the ants, [n the course of it be con- firmed the cxperiments of Huber as to their being nble to recoguize 'thetr friends, even after a long mbsence, or rather their acquaint- ances; for, slthiourb he saw that they ot tacked and killed their enomies, he could not dnd eny trace ot warm affectlon for their friends. He tested this by taking some out of & ueat and suspending them in n bottle covered with inuslin, Those [n the nest took uo aoticy of them, but when_strangers were put in they were ludipnant and never stopped until they cut throuzh the mnslin and stiacked them. Ile matked sume ants {1 g nest with paint and found that thelr friends renoved it, but a stranger guing Into the nest was restiess and ot ous as quickly as possible, It woulu he fntereating to know how they recognize thelr frierds, It micht be by smell'or some sigo, or by actual recoguition. In order to try whethber they could recognize them when {uscusible. he first used chioroform, but that practically killed thew, and he then tnude them Intoxicated, “He dig 30 by puttlng them (nto whisky, not whisky into thom, for they were too seusible to tuke {8 even on week aays. Ie tided an experiment with tweaty-five fricuds and thirty etraugers. The sober ants, coming out of the nests, sud Ondivg the intox- feated. ants lying helpless ou their packs in ludicrous atsitudes, proceeded to takie them up nyd earry them olf. Of thy twenty-five they biought twenty {nto the nest, where, probably, they soon slept. off the effects,” The ather they drooped Into the moat of water which then surrounded ® the nest. Why they did so Le could not telt. Perhaps they feil Into the honds of stern tectotulers. As to the thirty straugers, tweoty-clels were thrown into tho most and the other two were taken no noticeof. He took some pupwout of s neat, sud, on putting them back sfter some ‘tnontha, found thot they were recefved as tricuds, white some which were put into s dif- ferent nest were attacked. it was geucralty stated that all the eges in the nest of wuts or bees were by queens. That was not strictly B0, 10r some were lald by workers, thouuh the cases were exceptional, “He bad somo uesta In Wwhich there were no queens, and yet there were cgus in them, but the e 1sid by workers ulways produced males, He had made some experiments to test the senses of ants. He found that they were capable of dlstinguishivg between different colors, uud avuided vio: fet. Ther sensy of swell was also deli cate, but he had seen no proof that tuey were capable of hearing, and be had vroved by an ex. periment, which bo described, thut they wese nut capable of communicating with cachi otlier Uy sounit. There were thirty species of ants (o these countrivs, aud 700 in other counteivs, und tiere were many futeresting probivma 10 by solved ju relation to them, Sir Walter Eiliott askud how ants communi- cated with eact other, and mentiooed that ou une ocenston tu Iralia, When making 8 vrevarae tion of & apider, 86 antupproached xnd attempt- 10 carry off the specimen. e droveit away, abd theo five others came, and, haviog occaslon 10 leave the rooin, he found_on his return that the spechinen was gone. The President ob- aerved that perbaps 1o tropleal rewtons the ants were wore civilized, und pussedsed 4 power of cummunpitatingg with esch’ otber which was ot ehjuyed by wuts claewhere, i —— 5 SCIENCE NOTES. A correspoudeut ol oug of (he scientific Journals writes us folluws ju litustration of the ‘imelligenceof & maygple: * Bome years agu, wheg residiog at Stowmarket, I”was much struck with the fntelltesuce of"a maple bo- longing to my uexi-foor peighbar, = ln a very ehort time, sud without suy effort 1o teach it on the part o any oue, it learut the names of several wemnbess of wy lamily, and never wise applivd them, This proves that birds, v sc. quirlog huwao lauguage, conuect tho object aud the word, and do wot uso the latte al roudom, The wnaguio io question was ovil- disposed, and loved 1o annoy iicls by pecklug 1beir feet; but on the approach of a wan or a boy It scuificd away, uttering most ubpar- Jutuentary olrascs, s lvg having bee accl: dentally broken, iU repudiated all surgical sk 1t uacd to sit on the suund toot wnd beid up i maimed Hinb, fookine w it psconevtstely, ani pecking at the bandages with continual e¢jacu- ‘luttons of * D—i¢ 1" and divd at Jast worn ton akeleton.” Au Engilst antiquary ln the fast Athenauon, U0l Without @ seuse ol Lue Unzraciousness ol Lts ubrowante ek, sugeests that Lbe bodiva found ut Mycena, lustead of being the actual torm and feature of flomeric herues, ouce bee ionged 10 sowe ot the barbaric Quthlc chicls who overran lircece i the Christian era, und B¢ brings & long srruy of reasons: 1. ¢ style of oruaeatativa of sy of the Kold ubjects helougs tu the porth. 2. ‘Fhe layers of pelibles uuder and over slis bodles ure suother nprebern teature. 3. ‘Tue sword-llle Jying serods the Tutus, aicording tw Larvarle custom, wid not on the rieht sloulder. as 3 Ureek wourd bisve worn it Fhe abeencs 6f greaves sud the cnonuous leneth of tha swords, aud the fact that one of them had a “qooden sueath, ure northern peculiurities, ‘T resuinblance of the oriamenied - tomlstones to the sculp- tureu atono of Seutfund. G Tue sbape of the charint-wheels, 1deutical with thuse scylutured i tumustones frou Ravik s Swedes. 8 Ol aldisu wrion byads of watked Seundwsvien | t¥re. 7 Tron kees, of the gand crowns to_the bronze North Gecaany, 9, The pres it used Jor ornamentation un; times. W0, {0l sznet-rings of a_dezraded rather than a priwittve art, The author's theo- ¥ tht. rome Gotnie chiefs, slain fn the nva- sions, were turted here with their piundered treasures, as Alaric was buried in the Busento, Aome objeds Would thus be Gotlic and others the viunder of eonquered eities, This view ac- counts for the shsence of colns and Inscriptions, The undoubled early Ureek pottery wotld be the rubbish disturoed o digeioe” the grave. ‘The theory also aceonnts satlsfactorily for somo othier abomulous facts.—The Nat.on, The site of Wedtminsier Abboy was {n early times au txlawt i the Thames covered mith 2 Juneie of thorn-bushes, whence its name of Thorney Island. {n digwing the grave for the vermaine of it Gibert Heolt, the eminent architegt, who died not tone ago, the virgin #and of this anctent Island was laid hare, show- ngg eleatly the niarks ot the Raves oo what had teen 8 shore. As nearly every foot of the 501l has been aisturbed 2t une time andanother, it Is rtemarkatle that these wave-marks have bren preserved for xo inany centurics, It §s gratifying {o (ind that the Times admils that **phyrical ecfence atfords sn admirable means ol mental tratning In &chonls,” and we trust the day is nol lur distant when [t whi be pluced on_a footing of cyuahity ®ith nther hranches of cducation. From another leader on Prol. Huxley's address we way jufer that this chiief representative of average Hritish opinton has advanced from its cbativate opposition to the docirines associnted with the name of Dar- lecd, the tune of the article to which we even more “advanced” than the hich was the vecasion of #t, Tt 18 eom- fortingz to find that, (n scientitic natters, st Jeast, a betfer eplrit ts Leginning 1o petyade the baper which tr both an hndes snd o leader of middles class publlc opinlon,—Nulure. To agerinin whetlier carniverous plants are really fed by the inscets they captare and kill, Mr. Francls Darwin cultivated about 200 plunts of Drosera volund.fulia_in soup-plates during tost of last sumier, Eich plute was divided a4 %o its contents by a wooden pactittun, but was wholly screened by ganxe. One ball the plants In cach plate had a lew stnall itsof roast meat ted to them, ot fntervals, by bemng placed on the leaves, the weight of the meat beinig about the fiftieth of a vrain. The plants in the utlicr ball ol cach plate were not ro favoreds utherwies all were treated abike, At the end of the seaxon the fed plants weighed 215 per cont more than the others:. the fower-stems, xeed, and capsules of the fed plants were abwil two and oul-thind times heavier, and tne seeds weighea abons 3.8 times more than the unfed ones, ‘This sees conclusive proof that the vlants under patural couditions ure largely ben- ehited by the capture of fnsects, which are assim- tluted e vlant-foud through the Jeaves,—Luston Journat of Chematry. PRESIDENT HAYES. Pecullarities of 11is Charactor. ae Dellneat. ed by Kume of ie Frieuds, Svectal Carrespondence of The Trinune, CLEVELAND, O, Sept. 0.—Apropos of tho Presldent's Western tour, a few words in reganl to bls pecullar character and style of dealing with fricuds capot fatl to beof juterest. [ Tinve paid a good denl uf attention to this sub- Ject ot one time and guother, and have talked with o considerable number of people concerns Ing it. ‘The first person with whom 1 conversed was agentleman 1 chanced to mcet a few months ago in the Capital of this State. Ile was speak- Ing first of Keayon College; and, noticiug his age to be about that of President Haves, [ asked him il hie hud known the furiner as a student. He discoursed as follows: Wy, certainly | il To be sure, T was not in the same cless; but 1 kuew lim as well as avy man there, after all. He wus a peculiar soung man. There have been some vesy true things sald of him at thte ago, but there are o good many other things, which have not been safd, that show his pecullar character bel. ter than all the rest put together. e was e Kenyon s student who was. nlways allable, ale Wuys equsbic, alwave pleosant ta uveryone with whom he canie in contact, and be was Jiked by everyvody, ne one had aoything agalnst hini, He was the model youug ‘man to the Faculty, Henever engaged with the boye in any Hal lowe'en ddeviltry or other rumpua. When bhe was _appronched oun the subject, be - would l‘l’n’nnnbly receive the am. bagsador with the uimost politcicss. lle would listen to the project of fun or mifschiet with apparent Interest, and smile aathe descripn- tion of what was zolng to be done went farwurd but, whon Lhie Invitation to join in came, be ways refused, and al e urglng in the world could not chunge bis declslon a particle. No one could eves have any effect upon bl in that wa The result of nll this wus, that Ruthcrion] neve had what might be calied a chun i bix whole sciool-lfe. He bad friends; hie had some who were supposed to be suiewhiat ntimate with him; but never bad any onewho kuew his whole heart,—pever had o rovm-niute_or u cluss-tiute who could sav uther thuv that Rutnerford kept hin back after he had reached a certsin distance trom the heart. Tbis is the reasou why peuple ure led to say that Hayus has no heart. This i, ju my judgment, u mistuke. Mo has o heart; bu his pature ks oot to buve u few Inthmate friends? but 1o hase all o an canal footine.” ITuext talked witha promincat Federal of- flclal of {his city, ho has kuown the Prestdent craouaily, and somewhat ntimatcly, ever eiuce m first entered political iffe. Eaid Mr. Bher- wint 8. The similarity I;‘ aim:m' have known Mr. Hayes since I was finit in the Lesialature, eleven sears ogo: and have watched bim carefully b his eutire political wruwth, It hins lo me been a most rewarkable carcer; and the nature of the man has been something that has, cvercauacd me much won- der, Bomelnstauces which micht be given, that have cotue Utider iny perscnul ohservation, have always been the source of & pood deal ot wan- der to me. Iu the first place, be never 1o all bis ofliclal lite had = any one wha seomed Lo fully io' his contdence, ‘Inis 18 very differcot frow nioss great aien. You kuow véry well that statcsmen Kenerslly have same fricude Lo whom, ut certalt tiwes, they fully uubosotn themaclves, uml who are supposed tu bave sutne wllucnce.. Not so with Mayes, In the swallest; matters be has acted, not upon whut bas bevt told hfm, but upon what he thought o be neht. Hels the most cowstlentions mat 1 thiuk 1 ever knew,is houcst to 8 fuult; and, when be hus unvtblog 10 et upon, be wili thoroughly consider the mnatter, Hsten to the advice of any ove sud wvery one who has uny 1o give, and Lhew at last uct just opposite from what the majority of thesc udvisers expected, An fnstauce of this kind buppened ut one tine when | wes in the Joutsluture und he was Goveruor. The Trusteo- sLip ol the Northern Oblo Inswue Asyluu, in this vity, beeawe yacant, Al the metabers of tho Assembly from this county jolned i recommendstion for the © ap- polatment of Mr. Joseph Tur- ey, u capable man, and ove who resided near the Asyiumn, U1 courscy we expeeted 1o con- 10l the uppointinent. Aller our paper bag Leen o the Governur's bavds for & day or two, be came Intothe Legistative 11all and sut dowa by we. After talkiog about sowe other watters, tic tinasly sad s believe I will appoin: My, Lockwood for thiar vacuns Trusjeesinp up there, | think he s & belter wan than the une you recommend tor the punitivu, althourh Mr, ‘] umax I8 guods 1 have telegrapbied to Lockwood, and, ifhe will take it, 1 snall aupoiot tom.! ~Well, he talked with # uuaber of the mem- bery; | vuess, in Lhe same wuy. At suy rate, bhe made the sppotutinent of Lockwouod, sud uo olig wlslu sppurestly disappolnted or very much soured. *He frequeutly camu [uto the Legislative Haliv, aud was on Lhe best of terma with ail the Hepublicau incnberss but, while Lhis was so. none of tbem felt that they were peculiarly tavored, Thls seenied then, sid seeus now, Lo hiavu been the beut of the man's ming. e has a greal deatre to be on goud terns with every nd, If be hus a [aull, i is, that bis iriend- ablp, which s ot beat bug o limited quantity, Is wade tu spread over (oo wiue grovwd, ** Jb i8 this pecullur tralt of the wan, more ything else, tuyd gave birth to the Soutl o 80 called, Grant was 8 man of pecul- Dkes and dislikes de had ‘wany evoted tricnds and somo of t bitteegnemies. Hu was u wan who coule not < hive witheut having sue ooe (o usbosuin himsell to. Ubere were men who huew almost cyerythlog tha ¢ great General thoughit, aud slmost everythink Lngt bhe proposed Lo do, his ta Lot sale, perhapt, D ull casesi but it fs the way great men bayve pf dolog, and oue who pur- suus Lhie uppotite cuuni(a tha excevton. * Having formed su-ha bavlg ol mind as 1 deseribe 1o e Federal oifloal Waskingtou, thie cbunge to Hayes wan u reat bue, and Lle party-muvagers failid to approviaty (L Wy, yuit would Lundly helieve how waiked the char- wcteristic In the Prestdent winsb 1 have been uedribiog i, He never in bts Hte showged, so 1ar ks s knowv, auy spocis! favar o the Run or wen who were Inatruingntad u somiuatiing ve clecting him to auy oflice, flo snuply used i us bie would uny olher iember of the p ty who did what bic consiitered right, ) 4 pewember espectallv aw Interview which 17 bad with biw while be was Governor, and there crable 13tk of his beinz vommnuted ¢ Pveatency. Heswd® Lalail Jluge Wy cuwise b uuwise difeient fiom what I should if my nsme never had been mentioned {n thix connection, 1f [ am elecled, It muat be alnost without effort on my part. * Following this policy, e felt that he wan at 1Bierty to act as he pleared when he obtained tbe oftice, ** While be {8 in mauny respecta anc of the most determined men I ever knew fn fulloming oat a courac of actlon which he has decidcd 18 right, bie is sbill ever witling to see his crror when it is faily demonstrated that a certain tae of polley :dn:'n'?t accomplish the end for which he lutend- In the same line witk the above [had o re. eent conversation with the Hutt. Charles Fostal He spoke In substatice a3 follows ¢ “Iamreouted to be an ivtimate friend of the Presfdent’s, and so, [ suppose, I am; hut, at the same time, § eau bave no more influence with hin than simost any one else. I never yet have sucecded (e getting at his heart, | never came away from an interview with him without a strony feeling that I bad not got a his heart, Evere one ean get é0 1ar, and’ then ke fnds something fu tie way whick bars him. I have talked with Matthéws and others who are supposed to hsve beer as near to the Chicf Executive ss any one can get, and they all relate the saiue expesience,’” ‘These three Interviews would secm o convey considerable Information in regard to the Presi- dent’s character in a portivn wot fuily under- atood. {hu. e e - THE BAD MAN OF BODIE. The Fncounter of a ¢« Bluffar® with & Min- Ing Kxpert—The iinlly's Disnppolatent, Itattimore Exey Saturaay Washoe Pete was generully considercd o “hinffer" by the critics of Bodie, and lis swild exaggerations were the subject of mermment oaly fu tiat “high old town.” e was allowed to swagger aud boast to his heart's content; and even when he drew his “nobby whistier ' and shot the lizats ont of arl the famps o livaw’s saloun, the action onlv evoked a grin aud thic doubtinl compliment that It was “purey fair shootln', and nigh os stlddy narve as Irish Tom shawed when he popped awvay at that *bad nan’ fruin Deadwood.” One day Jast aumnmer Pete watked into Stro- bridge’s salvon with the remork that he had “heerd the Last Chauve was goin? to be sold, and they’ve sent up sn exnert tolook into it The cxpert, & pale, small man. dressed In dusty gray, was standing at the bar and looked around as the tall, would-be ruilisn uttercd theso words. “Thet's so, Pete,"” said one of the men pres- ent, *an’ thet’s the expert,” pointing to the small man, “You are an expert. ch!" shouted Pete, cyelng the man menacingly, *Yon're one of them fcilers us allows he knows payin' tnines, are youl® Then, alter a pause, daring which he surveyed thestranger from head to foot, ¢ Wall, you're the wust [ ever saw. Experts s had cnough, but you're the s!fnkicst, meanest, wust woot to set voyrself up to report on 8 mine I ever fald eves on,” w1 don't want to quarrel with you, sir,” suswered (he expert, “Ye'd better not, voung feller: ye'l better not. I'm a whirlwind of the descri fna fight, amd don’t you forget it “i'm a mao ol peace: Iearry no weapons, and, of courae, I conld not hiope to stavd before even o zephvrof the desert, let slove & wild, untamed whirlwind,' These deprecatory words onlv Incensed the “had man? still more, and, leclici that he had a *goft thine.” provored {n his own mind to “plav it for sll 1t was worth," and galn a **rec- ord? by whipplng bis man. “Look o heyer, stranger, [ don't want uo Insinuunions. Do T Took Tike o zepliye! Say Here Washoe Pete shook bifs flst In the expert’s face, *What d've mean by talkin’ spout zephyrs ¢ I'm a tornado. I ‘tear' when 1 turn loose, Zephsr [sncezing). Why, I'se a good ming to " — *lease, michty whirlwind, reslutless tor- nado, dow’t it me. You wouldn't strike acon- stnplave mat, woull vou ¢ & Wouldw't | 27 velled the “fightor fna ter- rible voivo ; *woulda’ 11 I'd stnke the side of # mountain 1" » “Hut p elck man 1" pleaded the cxpert, “a mun dsing of consumption, an orphav, = stran- ger and a mon of peace ' What're e vivine me ) Do you know who 1 am 1" ficrcely demanded the whirlwina, “You're & gentleman known in Dodlc as Washoc Pete.—at least I Lave heard yon des- fgnated by thet familiar apucliation durivg my rolourn here," answered the expert, moving oil, 4 What clse am 11" shricked the rough, striding toward the.cowering expert, |, » “Agentleman, I suppose. Honestly, I don't Lnow your other name.’ S Well, £ tell vou who Tam; " and the tail man stood over' toe ahrinkl stranger os If about to topole upou him aud anuthilate him. Sl bad: ' ol In_this yer cawp, and 1 ken lick the man's says § ain't, I'm s maiog Jlon of the plains, an’ every tine 1 hit kill. Ive got_an arm Mke & Tmu stamp, an' crush when I 2o fue o man. 1 welzh s ‘ton, an’ earthnuakes ali’t nowbere wheu 1 drop.” “Rut 've ouly Just been discharged from s hoapital, renlfed.the cxpert. *a[')1 mend ye bock again!” and the stalwars “ufuffer” caitght the littlo man by the coliur aud buried him uvon the floor. s unkind 1o nae 8 poor, weak, suffering fnvalid that way,' expustulated thu expert, as he wlowly arose from the floor. * Please don't Juke 8o roughly. Let’s takca drink and cal) it rquare. 1'm very sorry that 1 have offended on. “Ye think I'm joking, da ye—ye tako o fur 4 Josh, chi o'l show yo what Jam afure I git throuzh witn_yo. Yo dou't play me for no tender-fool. T'm a native, 1am, an’ I've stoot this yer foolin' long enough.” baving which he dusbed the strauger agaiost a table and drew 2 Jong knife, As woon us the expert maw this be screwed his fave into the most piteous ehape, and throwing Ius bauds up, erlied: > P'm unarmed; 1 hava't ot an ucl us » pen-knifeou me. Pleasu dou't carve mes Kick mie to death Il you must have wy lite, but, for beaven's suke, don't stick that terrible thing juto we.” Now, us Washue Peto bud po Intention of using the knitc,~and therebr riskine his neck,— tie way well pleased with tho vpportumiy thus offorded Mu of displaving the desdly weapon, suit, after asserting bis bloody futention, re- turning it to its abeath, He flonrlsbed the Lmle over the crugiue expert three or four tithea, aud then lowered |t with the remurk: Why, torn your cowsrdly souly, I woutdn't disgrice the weepln® by shovin' i into ye. No Lut 1"l plug v aud he drew u revolver, 'm lmunu:‘lr-l‘m unarmed~dJon't ye bear whined tha expert, 1o an* heel yourself then,” retorted the bad man. +§ don't wast to fight." 1 make ye fight. 1’1 take yo at yer word, and kick ve to deaih.” * Pleuse dou't.”” Washoe Pete Inid his knife and plstol on the counter, gnd then strode ranidly to tho s where (be expert was hslf-crouchiug, haif- stavding. By tbia time the saloon was full of weun, all of thew smiling at the picture before thetn, recurding it as the hight of enjoyment,— thls lively eucounter between the “greatest <prugeadocio fu the Sierra and a swall, paly, uluing expert, new to thasectiov »nd 8 stranger 1o the wild wuys uf the border rufllan, *T'hix thing hes gooe on *boul long 'nough,” yelled * hud wau.” siopping before the expert, *Yau've bin chiunin' to we till I'm riled, Bauar’ yourself—1'm goin’ ter kick, an' a Com- stock wule wiu't & paicnln’ as & kicker to Washoe Peta—d've bear mel?' “Oune f(ustavt, please, Peter (I don’t koow yaut other name). are you sure yon've got ho wtber weupous about youl They might yo off acvideutatly snd injure soine Innoceat party." *Thut’s tho weabins 1've got, ef the in- formatiou'll ease yer stieakin’ mivd: and pow [ up golu' to begin kickin’. Clear the track, ‘lbe ‘uull' tues bas broken oul o' the kerrell, aud there'll be # Curover's laquest in jest about seven winutes." He raised bis ponderous boot, but It did not swing. The little wan straigbtened up like an unbeat Lowralid hix left band shot direct from bis shoulder like the piston of u locomotlve, strik- Jug Wualioe Pete between the eyes avd sending that ‘worthy sorswliug oo the sawdust that covered the toor, ; *i'm Lbo cyelone of the West,” e shouted. Le bouudéd to the prostrate form of ths ofly hoas " and ralsed the braggurt iuto a sittiug “posture. Tue latter was dazed by the ternble biow be bad recefved, and did not even throw up his zused when the expert drew back to strike wuwin. > Then the blows fell liku thunderbolts upon tbe head 3ud lace of the s Whirlwind,” juduefor (hat ndividual to_rise ouee wore aud atteuipt 8 defvuse. Ho madean eifurt 1o tewt Lis wkapons, bu the aclive ex- pert funked bhin wud plauted Lwo tersible bluws on bly vars aud veck. *Then the “*bad mau* howled . s “Letup! 1 wasouly logl!n‘.—m’t yotikea ke, dert Yo ) . * Yo (hivk I'ns jokin'vdo vel Yu take me for a Yo, b} I'llabow yua what 1w betors 1 get threugy with ve. don's play me fur o tender-doot, T'us a vative, T uoj an’ 've stood s ver fvotin' loog coough.” ‘Ihis apt reproduction of the native's speech & few mowcnty previous, sud its atwost perfuct slwilllude us regasds LoLe, Wid 100 Wucl tor Jol 9 the good-natared crowd, and a roar nf laughter mr.lu‘a h{l‘ '}m might have been heard beyond c's binfl, - . "1glve in, dern yo, § giveint Can't ye taxe s man's word when he squealai?” shouted the ‘*tornado,” swingiog his srms wildlt, and staygering against the bar in his eforts to dodge the lightning stroke of the athlctic ex- pert. **I'm & howling linrricane of wrath,” shonted fl;'n ?w"‘ seuding in both flets whi*terrie effect, T ‘*Imt up, won't you! I ain’t a sandhag,?!, * Not much; you're only a *ragin? llon o’ the pinloa’ and & swift left-bander lit npon the Lully's nose. 1 give In," hy 1] Ll 3 ¥ uhn? 4" hoarsely ejaculated the expert's *Come on with your quariz atanps, ol fwoolly hoss,” When you hit you kill, nm you weich “a ton, Feteh In a couplaof vour carth- qrinkes. Whydun'txunchrw my mane! Yon'rs. a ‘chief," arc you! AN right, chief, there'sn peat ane for you, aud there’s u couple more.* With thesc wurds the expert “cuuntered ¥ un the *bhad man'a" cheek, and thew stretebod bim paoting fur breath on the fluor with g "*atloger ' atraight from o ahoulder, infilcted ugpon the tnwer portlon of the chest. Thea the expert coolly, calicd all hands to the tar o drink, and as‘the “ had man of Dmdic " crawled away he was hieard to mutter that he “didn’t lay ont to fall up acainst tatterin’ rams, ny more'n e 'lawed b twas gamo In tront of & bull Kymnasiom.' E i o e—— . A BONANZA PALACE. A Summer-Itatreat Rivaling the Splendor of Rewan Viliae San Prancisco Unil, Tt is well known that Mr. Flood, the nifltion- alre, is st present occunled In carrying out an improveinent ot Meno Park which will eventu- ate In the most princely summer home fn America. The Iovation of this costly and lnxu- rlous retreat §s three-yuariers of & inlia north- cast of the raliroad statfon at Meno Park. Tbe grounds comorise from 1,000 to 1,500 acres, and stretch from the mansion Lo San Francisco Uay, A more delighiful jocation for rural splendor cottld not be fuagined. The lands woustitute n natural vark, being thickly wooded with live oak and uunicrous ather af the chokes!, native trecs of Califyrnin. The tandscapes fu every direction ure varled and attractive. In fact, Nnture has dove so much In Leantifying the scene that little remains for urt to accom- plisti, The countsy-scats of many of the English novllity wili fail’ to ecompars with this one when the bresent plans are fally cartled out. At Ieast $1,007,000 will be expcuded, The task of reciing the mansion was inrugarated three tuiuths ago, aml rapu! progress Las been made, bul at lcast u year and w hulf wili elapso before it will be ready for occupancy. A quarter of & mile from the road, aml extendiug fram that point to the munsion, wili Lo a nobiv avenae of trees. Phe site of the mansion fs six fect above Lhe general level of the sarcouadinge eoyntri, and the gencral slope thits created terminates in a handsome terrace-wall that partly incloses the green sward ot the front. The structure, which (s tuw being roofed, will sotarwhat ot remnble a Freucth chatcan of the ol recime transplanted to Calitornfa, Its ground dimen- sions are 100 fcet front by 200 feet deep. I cotoprisca o basement and (w aloifes, 1is ex- Lerlor is very impostnz, and miich must pe lelt to the jimaginution of the reader, Vrobably no orivate restdence In the State will excel §i In size, admtrable prooorttons, aud beauiy. The mnain front has a svuthe cstern exposure, ‘T'he superstructure is supported by a brick wall fifteen feet high, und across the entlre trout anid aloug one side extend upper and lower verandas sixteen feet fo width, The composition uf thu skyhne is well adapted for harmontzing with rural scenery, {18 monotony belug broken by pinnacies, glf»lu of differcnt styles, ornamentsl projections, and two towers and an obscryatory. All the front rooms and all the chict rooms olscwherc have large puy-windows. Iron crest- Ings, balconles, corbled chimneys, and other architeciural devices of the kind fmpars cle- gance and varfety. ‘The style of the @ablus and projections Is much freer than wounld be per- missible with a city residence, but Is well adapt- « for the country. ‘The roofing s covered with tmvorted felt, over which fine shingting {s lald, while tn the gutters, flashes, junctures of wails and of rools, in all other such places where tin 12 ordinarily uscd, cupoer Is employed. ‘The descending plpes are conposed of the same material. All the windows, larice and sruall, fron and reur, are fltted with French plato-glass, Judged us a whole, the exterior s ornate and the embodiment is crandeur. Whenthe grounds aro Jaid out aud tmproved, and the structure is surronnded by green follage, its appesrance will ba noble and plcturesque. Tbe observatory ' is 140 fcet high, and com- mands & uagnificent view of tha cstate and ad- jacent lands, The stalrcase tower is 120 feet in Tieight, apd Is circularin form. The othertower {s 100 fect high, and will bs utllized 1o force water to every floor and Inlo every aprtmeut, ‘Tlie basemeut {s subdivided into a multitude of large rooms or vaults, which wiil be used for atorage and a varlety of other similas purposcs. Prominent smong them s n commodious wine- room, which will be cquipped with sl requisits conventences, snd In which will be de- posited the rarest winesof every land. In addl- tiun to tho front eotrauca thero Is & coach orch ond entrauce on the left side, and a murden entrance on the right, - Not far remote from the garden cntrance will stund an clegant glass cunservatory, which will b fillea with clholco cxotics, Extensive forciug houses wiil be erected some distance to the rear of the man- slon, where shrubs and flowers will be produced on a seale ol Juxuriance commcnsurate with the other details of this magulticent retreat, At present the plaus for these udjuncts ure held in uburance. The inpumerably spartments ov the fhist floor are lald off as follows; On the rusht ot the vestibule 18 o hatoroom, apd on the Jelta cloak-room, Thence, running rearwards, 15 o spucious hall, contecting with an fouer bali und with two ather halls that crose at right anzles, Oneot the lutter forme ae entrance froi e r.mlurl.- porch at the left side of the manisun, und also gives apace for surand starense leading to the upper Hoors. ‘The uther leads out 1o 1hy garden grounds st the right of the mubison. Un Orst pasine the vestibule e visior Huds @ eplendid mpartment ou tle richt of the hall, which is in. tended for a library. To the rear of it, opeulng on the hall, Is u stately music-room, whica com- municates with & wan garden entratee. To the tear of the musicroou Is the smoking-rovut une of the balls referred to separates it from the biittard-roum, to the rear of which is the breakfast-routn. On the left side of the main ball, commeucing avain At the vestibule, {5 o lady's reception-room, with sltding dours thay communicate with tbe drawlug-roows, im- mediately to its rear. (The musicroom and library are connected o the sauic maauer.) To thy rear of the deawing-rooin is the hall that conpects with the carnage porch, and beyond that is the dining-roow; still to the rear {3 tho butlery, then the kitchen. sculleries, .pastry- rooios, china-roow, lavatories, linen-closets, and nooks and turners without end. ‘The reception- room, drawing-roow, wusic-rogwn, and lbrary ure all very wuch the same size, thelr widih Letug torty feet or more. One remarkuble feature of the dinlug-room de- serves mevtion. 1t is & large Apartment, sul- ficlent {u extent for almost any ordioary re- quiroments, but by meavs ol an jugeulously- contrived arrungement it can ba madeto hiclude s scction of the bull, wud also the cowniudious billard-room opposite, thus constituting an uu- broken banquet hall 100 feet fn length. Hero can be spread a feast from which many Bundreds could partske, and no better or more eXtensive ball-rovin could be desired |u a private mansion. Throughout tbe Interior uf the struciure pol- 1stied wouds of the tnost cossly coaracter will ba used, Al the foors will be julaid, sud the cor- nices will be of sn elaborate description. A* hundred and ifty feet to thé rear of the wan- sion the stablcs are being ereced, which will confornn In style to the principal busiding. Fountains aod orusmental waters will be ad- vautageously established around the front of the muasion, aud fu near proxiwily to it Also, Hsb-pooly, such as the old English mouks were ‘wont {0 create ou theis abbey lands. Thedrives will be laid out, graded and geaveied fu unex- ceptionable style, and will ba burdered by chioica ferns and Ors, and jn the viclolty of the mausion soma Hue statuary will be placed. e —— A SILHOUETTE, g leoed opon the mastelpleces And gazed upon the face tet Tanuty rate had foudly klased Aud Jeit ber teuder grace. 116 olt that far sbove bia ity v ol s0ilc worit ived tu uricelel o B eaven stove the Eaitb. Cgald sk bt ko the sl (ot welghed like Jebdon il Bhers sheiB lrom Beath bl Clasplog ping. e tfora il vipar's siings. up kot vediv Lot own Di T pure heal . fih‘g'u nlhg\‘ driuk the w?wnu\ cap D “Shap Laste bis LV's carces, From oae lwut{“mw of Heaven be turned, ', " "And ou ble woul tuere Lell i panger And abguish, Aad despalr, Decp a6 i oajus of liell, Aud Uitier. bliter tears of wslef, * o that dark, loug alght, Ultl;ulgfa 1ife-bovk drupplag dowa, I g puse and wlite. OULUNBE: '\#‘u‘.‘ ¥ Lrow ¥, Hixsax,