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POETICAL RECIPES. Evary Man His Own Poet; or, The Inspired Singer's Recipe- Book. The First Satire of W. 1. Matlocic, Author of “Tho Now Repubile,” How to Make Love Pooms, Marine Poems, Epic Poems, Byronic Poems, Ete, " Rvery Man His Own Poet; ar, The Meptred . Moger’s Recipe Book, by a Newdigate Prize- man,’? was the title of asmail pamphlet print- _ed some years ago in England, ‘The satiro was much adinired at the time, and ft ran through several editions. The vame of the author wae not disclosed, but it has since pecoma known, Mr, Nice, the editor of the North Antrican ste vie, testifies that the Newdlgnte Prizeman was W. 11, Matlock, now famousas the author of “The New Republic,” and, ng Mr. Rice was a clissmate of Mallock's at Oxford, and asserts that the pampule: was written In his roum, ne cm hardy be mistaken, The attention di- rected to Malluck’s writings by his late suc- “ cesses line cousad a revival of Interest in his first effort, and ft has just been reprinted by A. Will- . Janis & Co., of Boston, and is sold for 25 cents, Wo had taken up this pamphlet with somp in- “tention of noticing (It; but, feeling that this could not be done acceptably without making Nberal extracts, have concluded first to reprint the introduction and conclusion, and att that ites between, The satire Is as follows: INTRODUCTION. To Lave attempteil in former times a work of this description would have seemed, we cannot -deny, to savor elther of presumption or of idio- cy, or more probably of bot, And rightly. But we hive in times of progress, The mystery of yesterday Is the commonplace of to-day; the Bible, which was Nowton’s oracle, fs Prof, Hux- ley’s jest-book; and students at the University tow logd 9 clasa for not being familiar with opinions which but tweoty years aco they would have been expelled for dreaming of. Every- thing fs moving onward swiftly and eatisfactor!- ly; nnd Jf, when we have made all faiths fall, .wU can only contrive to sllenco the Britlals Asso- elation, anil go make all knowledge vanish away, there will lack nothing: but the presence of erfect charity to turn the nineteonth century nto a complete kingdom of heaven, Amongst changes, then, so great and 50 bopeiul amongst the discoverles of the rights of women, the in- faltibitity of the Pope, und the physical basis of life, it may well be doubted if the wreat fathers of ancient song would find, if they could come back to uz, anything out of the way or ludicrous iu a reelpe-book for coneactlug pactry. Some, indeed, object that pootry ie not pro- greasive. Buton what grounds this asscrtion ty based it is not possible to vonjecture. Poetry {sas much progressive as anything elee in these days of progress. Free-thonght itself shows searcely more strikingly those three great tages which mark advance und myvement, For poetry, lke Free-thought, was Qrat a work of fospiration, eocoudly of sclence, ani lastly now of trick. At ite flrat stage it was open to onl here and there a genius; at its next to all intel- ligent men; and ot its third to all the human race. Thus, Just ag therelgno boy now but can throw stones at the windows which Bishop Colenso has broken, 80 there fs scarcely even & young lady but can ralee flowers from the seed Btolen out of Mr. ‘Tennyson's garden, And surely, whatever, in this its course of change, poetry may have lost in quality, is more than made up for by what it has galudd fn quan- uty, For, iu the first place, it is far pleasauter to the tastes of a aclentifle generation to under- stand how to make bad poctry than to wonder at good: an secondly, as the end of poctry ls. pleasure, that wejshould make It cach for Gur- selves is the very utmost that we can desire, since {t ia a fact in which we all agree, that nobody's verses can please a mau su much 18 his own, OF Tit NAIURE OF POETRY, Poetry, a8 practiced by the Jatcat: masters, fa the art of expressing what {s too foolish, tao profane, or too Indecent tu be expressed in any other way, And thus, just asa consummate cook will prapare.a most. delicate repast out of the most poor materials, 0 will the modero poet concoct us a most popular pocm from the weak- est emotional und the moat tiresome platitudes. ‘The only diiference is, that the cook would pre- fer good materials if he could get them, wlulst the modern poct will take the bad from choice. As far, however, as the nature of materials goes, ‘those which the two artists work with are the sume,—viz., animals, vexctables, und'splrits. It was the practice of Shakspeare und other earlier masters to make neo of . all these together, mixing them in yarlous _ pro- ortions. But the moderns have fuund that it is better and for easier to employ each separately. Thus Mr. Swinburne uacs very little else but animal matter in the composition of his dishes, which, it must bo confessed, are somewhat unwholesonio In consequence; whilst the late Mr. Wordsworth, on the contrary, con- ined himself ulmost exclusively to the confec~ tion of primrose pudding and fiot soup, flavored: with the lesser celanding, and only now and ten a beggar-boy polled down in it to give It color, ‘ihe roblns and drowned lambs which ‘he was wont to use, when an additional piquaucy was needed, wore employed so epsringly that they did not destroy in tne least the general yeectable tone of his productions; and these form in conse- quence an unimpeachable Lenten diet. It ta dillicult to knew waat to say of Mr, Tennyson, ug the milk and water of which bis books aro composed chiefly, make it almost impossible to discover what was the original nature of the materials he has bolted down in it. dir. Shelley, tou, is perhaps somewhat cimbarrassing to class- ity; aa, though spirits aro what be affected miost, he mude use of a large amount of yereta- ble matter also. We shall be, probably, not far wrouin describing his materlul es a kind of methsilated spirits, or pure psychic alcohol, strongly tiuctured with the barks of treee, und rendered bolow proof by a quantity of scu-wa- ter, In this division of the poots, hutverer, Into auimalista, spiritualists, and vexvtarians, wo must not be discouraged by any auch diilicul- ties as these; but must bear {in mind that, in | whatever manner we may neatly: classify any- thing, the exceptions and special cases wilt al- ways far outuumber those to which our rule snplibe. . jut In fact, at presont, mere theory may be set enliroty neide; for, although in case of sc- tlon the making and adhering toa theory may bo the survet cuide to inconsistency and absurd- ity, In ‘povutry these rosulte cau bu obtalocd with- out such aid. : ‘The following recipes, compiled from a care- ful analysis of the beat authors, will be found, we trust, eflictent guides for the composition of genuine poems, But the tyro must bear always jn mlud that there ts no royal road to anything, and thut not cvon the most explictt directions will make a poet all at once of oven ‘the moot fatuous, the moat sentimental, or the most profane, . RECIPES, ‘The following are arranged somewhat In the order In which the student 1s recommonded to begin hia efforta, About the more wlaborate ones, which como later, lic may use bis own dis- cretian as to which he will try fret; but he must prevlously hoyo had sotne tratning tn the eline pler compositions, with which we deal before all others. “These form, as {t were, & kind’of pal- wstraof folly, a very short teaming in which will suitice to break down that stiifucss ant self-respect in the soul which ts so Incompatible with modern poetry. Taking, therefore, the silliest and commonest of all sinds of verse, und the one whose sentiments come most read- fly to hud Ju vulgar minds, we begin with di- rections MOW TO MAKE AN ORDINARY LOVE POEM, . ‘Take two large ond tender human hearte, which match ong another perfectly, Arrange these close together, but preserve them frum actital contuct by placing between them sore crucl barrier, Wound them both in seyerat Places, and insert throuch the openings thus mude o tine atuiling of wild yearninge, hopeless tenderness, and a general admiration for stare. Then completely cover up one heurt with a auillclent quantity of chill chuschyard mold, Which may be garnished, according to taste, with dank waving weeds or tender viclets; aud prainptiy break over It the other heart. HOW TO MAKS 4 PATIETIC MARINE POR, ‘Tols kind of poen) has the advantage of be- dug enstiy produced, yet being at the same time pleasing, und not Uunwholesome. As, too, it adtaits of no variety, the chance of goluy wropg iu it fs very small. Take one midnight storm, aud one fisherman's fawily, which, if the poem Isto boa real success, should boas large und as Lunery as possible, and must contain at east one junocent fofant. Place this last in a cradle, with the mother singing over it, belng coreful thut the babo bo rearing, of sugels, or vise smiling eweetly, Stir the father well wp in the storm until be disappears, ‘Then ect ready fin- mediately aquantity of cruel, crawling foam, fa which serve up the father directly on bis re- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1879-SIXTEEN PAGES. Appearance, which Issureto take place in an hour or two, in the dull red snorning. This done, a charming aaling effervescence will take placa amongst “the remainder of the family. Pileup the agony to eit the patute, mud the pourn will be ready for nerusal, NOW TO MAKE AN EPIC PORM LIKE Mit, TENNY- RON. (The following, anart from ita tntrinate titty, Sorme tir itself aqreat ‘eon curiosity, being the ‘ortyinal directions from which the Joel Laureate composed the Arthurian Idy's.) To compose an eple, somo writers inetruct us first to catch our hero, As, however, Mr. Cartylo ts the only person on record who bas ever performed this feat, {t will be best for tho Test of mankind to be content with the nearcst Approach to a hero available; namely, a pric. These animals ore very plentiful, nnd easy to catch, as they delight to being run after. ‘There are, howover, many diferent kinda, not all euuially Mt forthe present purpose, nnd among which it {s very necessary to eelect the right oue, Thus, for inatance, there Is tha aelentific and atheistical prig, who may be frequently ob- served cluding notice between the cuversof the Westminster Heview; the Angtican priz, who Is often caught exposing himself in the Guardian; the Ultramoutans prig, who abounds In the Dublin Rectew } the scholarly pric, who twitters among the leavesot the Academy; and the Evanyellteal prig, who converts the AGatien and drinks port wine, None of these, and, lenat of all, the last, will acrve for the central figure, In the present class of poem, Tlie only one entirc- Jy auitable fs the blamvices variety. ‘Take, then, one blanel prig. Set hin upright in the middie of a round table, and place beside him a beautiful wife, who cannot ablde trige. Add to these one marred goodly man; und tle the three together Ino bundle with a Ilnk or two of Destiny. Proceed, next, to surround this Group with a large number of men ant women of the nineteenthcentury, in fancy-ball costume, flavored with a gecat many very pussibie vices, amt on few impossible ‘virttcs. Stir these briskly about for two volumes, to the great annoyance of the blameless prig. who ie, however, to be kept carefully below swenring-point, for the whole time. If be once boils-over into any uatural action or exclamation, he 1s forthwith worthless, and you must et avother, Next break the wife's repus tation into small pieces, and dust them well over the blameless prig. Then take a few vinls of tribulation and wrath, and enipty these gen- erally over the whole iuvredients of your poem; und, taking the sword of the heathen, cut into mail pleves the greater part of your minor characters. Then wound slightly the head of the blameless prig; remove im’ suddenly from the table, and keep /a a cool varge for future use. : now TO MAKE A'PORM LIKE AIK. MATTOEW AR- N Take one soulful of involuntary unbelief, which bas been prevlously well flavored with sclf-satletied despair. Add tu this one beautiful text of Seripture. Six thesy well together, and ‘88 soon a8 ebullltion commences grate in fincly a few regretiut allusions to the New Testament and the Lake of ‘iberias, one constellation of stars, linlfa dozen allusions to the nineteenth century, one to Goetlic, one ta Mont or the Lake of Geneva; and one also, if possible, to sone personal bereavement. ‘Flavor the whole with a mouth{ul of *falths? und: in- finites,” and a inixed moutbfut of “ passione,” “Holtes,? and “yearnings.” This class of poet fs concluded, usually, with some question, about which wa have to observe only that ft shall be impossible to answer. : 2 HOW TO MAKE AN IMITATION OF MR. BROWNING, Take rather a coarse view of things in gen- eral. Inthe midst of this place a man ani a woman, ber and her ankles, tastefully arranged on aslice of Italy, or the country about Pornie. Cut au opening across the breast of each, until the soul becumes viaible, but ba very careful tnt noue of the body be lost during the opera- tion.. Pour into each breast as much as it will hold of the new strong wine of love; and, for fear they should take cold by exposure, cover them quickly up with o quantity of obscure classical quotations, a few famlliar allusiona to an unknown perlod of history, and a balf-ae- stroyed fresco by an early master, varicd covery now and then with a reference to the fugucs or touccatas of u quite-forgotten composer, If the poem be still intellizibic, take a pen and remova carcfully all the necessary particles. UOW $0 MAKE A MODERN PRE-RAPMARLITE PORM. ‘Take a packet of fine solected carly English, containing no words but such as are obsolete and untotelllgible, Pour this into about double the quantity of entirely new English, which must haye-never been used before, aud which you must compose yourself, fresh, as it is wanted. Mix these tozether thoroughly till they assume acolor quite different from any tongue that was ever spoken, and the material will bo ready for use, * Determine the number of stanzas of which your poem shall consist, und select a correspond- Ing number of the most archafc or most peculiar words in your vocabulary, allotting one of these to ench stanza; and pour in the other words round them, until the eutire poem fs filled tn, This kind of composition ts usually cast in shanes, These, though not nunicrous— amounting, in all, to souiothing under a dozen, —it would take too long to describe here; and ashort visit to Mr.——'s shop in King strect, where they ore kept In stock, would explain the wholo of them. . A favorite one, however, fs the following, which is of very cosy construction. Take three damozels, dressed in straight nizht- owns, Pull their hairpins out, and Jet their alr tumble about their shoulders. A few stare may bo eprinkled Into this with advantage. Place an ‘aurcole about the head of cach, aud give cach a lily in her band, about balf the size of herself, Mend thelr necks all different ways, ond ect them in a row bafore a stone wall, with an apple-trea between each, and somo. large Mowers at thelr fect. ‘Trees and flowera of the right sort are very plentiful in church windows, When you bave arranged all theso objects right- ly, take a cast of them In the softest part of your brain, and pour in your word-composition ‘as above described. This kind of poem fs much {mprayed by what 1s called a burden. This consista of a few Jingling words, generally of an archale chorac- ter, about which we have outy to be caroful that they have no reference to the subject of the poum they are fo ornament. ‘They aro inserted without variation between the stanzas. Iu conclusion, we woultl remark to beginners that this aort of composition must be attempted only in a perfectly vacant atmosphere; so that uo grains of common sense may {pjure the work whilst In progress, HOW TO MAKE A NARRATIVE FORM LIKE MR. NO“EAT sonia, Take about sixty pagcs-full of the same wordl- mixture as that deseribed In the preceding, and dilute it with a double quantity of mild modern Anglo-Saxou. Pour this composition into twa vessels of cqual ize, and Inte ong of theay emp- ty oatnall nisthological story, If this dues not ut your readera to sleep svon enough, add to tthe reat of the language fn the remaining vesaol, HOW TO MAKE A SPASMODIO POEM LIKE MR. RODENT BUCHANAN, This is avery troublesomn kind of poem to make, as {t requires more effort nnd straining than any other. You yourself also ono at the principal meredicn! und it is well, there- fore, to warn you, before you use yourself fi this purpose, that you will be good for nothin else after you have done so, ‘Tho other inere- dignta, which, ke those of a quaci medicine, are mostly gathered under the moon, or in & planetary hour, must bo frat prepared as fol- a & Qe For a pocm of a hundred lines (enough to sat- {efy ove person) take ten yerses-full of star-doww, twenty-five versea-full of the tides of night, fit- teen of passion-pate proud women, well ideal- ized, Hye of starry Icorrystais, ten of dank Rrase unt nightabade, fifteen of aching soli- tude, and twenty of Srost-silvercd mountain pealce, bubbling runnots, and the sea, Into hese put the moon, with stare ad libitum; and sprinkle the whole over with broken pancs of a Grub-street garrot-window, ‘this done, yaur next step {6 to prepare your af, The simplest way is to proceed as follows: Take yourself, und mako eyes at it in the lage unl! you think tt looks lke Keata, or the * Boy Chatterton? Then take an ‘Ynflnite yearning to be & poot, and a profound conviction that you verer cau be one, and try to stifle the Jatter, This you will not be abletodo, The aim of the endeavor fs to make the conviction restive, Then put tho two together into your- self, and the conviction will smimediately begin to splutter, aud disturb you, ‘This you will mis- take for the atrugales of genius, and you will shortly atter be thrown into the most violuns convuleions. As soon 2s you feel theay be- dinning, jump into the mfiddla of your other {n= gredionts. Your movements will before loug whip them up into an opaque froth, which, a8 6000 as you are tired out and become quict, will settle, and Ieave your hicad protruding from the centre, Sprinkla the whole with imitation heart's-blood, and serve. HOW TO MAKE 4 SATANIC PORM LIE TUM LATH LORD BYRON. This recipe ta inserlid fur the deneftt of those : who desire to attain ‘Mar da called originality. This ta only to de got by following sore mudel of" a st generation, which hus ceas br the pulsio at large | We do not, however, recommend thia course, Seellng sure that all writers dn tha end will derive far more yeal satisfaction Jrom producing Jashionadte than original verses; wae weg things Vb ts imposstble to do at the same ian, ‘Take a couple of fino deadly sips, and tet them bang before your eyewyutil they become racy, ‘Tuen take them down, dissect them, and btely them fursome tine in a solution at wesk tobe made use af remorse; after which they are to be deviled with mock-despnir, HOW TO MAKE A PATRIOTIC POAM LIKE MR. SWINDURNE. Tako one basphenilng patriot, who bas been Hund of burled for some time, together with ¢ oppressed country belonging to him. Sonk the ina quantity of rotten sentiment {iN they are cumnnletely sodden; and, Ip the meanwhile, get ready an Indefinite number of Christian Kings ancl pricats. Kick thease till they are nearly dead; add coplausly braken fragments of the Catholle Church, and mix all together, Place them in a heap upon theoppreesed vountry son plentifully with very coarse expressfor and onthe top carefully ‘arrange your patriot, garnished with taurcl or with parsley; ‘surround with artificial hopes for the Suture, which ure never meaut lo bo tasted. This kind af poem {a cooked In verblage, favored with Liberty, the taste of which fs innch hightened by the {ncrc- duction of o few high gods, and the game of Fortune. ‘The amount of verblage which Nb- arty ole capable uf flavoring Ie practically in- CONCLUSION, We regret to have to offer this work to the public In tts present incomplete state, the whole Of that part treating in detail of the must fo- cent section of modern Engtish poetry, viz. the blasphemous and the obscene, bolng completely wanting. It was found necessary to issua this from an eminent publishing frm in Holywell street, Strand, where, by an unforeseencasualty, the entire firat edition Was euized by the police, and fa at present jn the hands of the Society fur the Suppression of Vice. We incline, however, to trust that this loss will have but little effect, aa {ndecency and profanity are things iu whieh, even to the dullest, external Instruction fs alux- ury rather than a neceasity. Those of our readers who, clther fram sense, eclf-reapect, or Other circumstances, are in need of a special tralning in these subjects will find excellent pro- fessors of them in any publichouse during the Tate hours of the evening, where the whole sum und substance of the flericat school of modurn poetry fs delivered nightly, needing only a little dressing and flavoring with ortificlal English to turn ft into very oxcellent verse. a CURRENT OPINION. »Not no Much an Tt Was, Dayton Journal (Rev.). Tt tenot so much of a Lust Causo” de it was, : A Matter of Indifference, Troy Times (Rev.), If the Democrats can only get rid of effective supervision at the polls the kind of ballots used will be a matter of {indifference to them, It Will be just as easy to stuff the boxes with ono kind of ballot os another. = + ‘The General and the Widow, Cineinnatt Uommeretal Und. Rep. Gen, Butler may be the crested Jayhawk of the mountain while he cross-exumines the wid- ow, but if she could ence get her hands upon him she would transform him ito tie bald- headed snipe of the valluy with acelerity that would astonish the Court. WI Be Acquitted, Laulariite Commerctat (ep.d. If Buford-tsu’e lynched he will be acquitted on tho ground of insanity. In clther case, the Capital'of-: Kentucky, Kentucky Jaw, and Ken- tuvky justice will stand: disgraced before the world. Buford nay solve the Gordian knot of our diMculties by killing bimself, Auat Tmbie." Keo York Tribune (Rep.). The first division of offices under the new Democratic regime at Washington took place in the Senate. The West got one office, the Enst none, and the Suuth all the rest. ‘The tine bas suddenly returned when Northern Democrats in Congress inust bo tumble.” Hates, Conts, and Pistols, Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle (Dem, ), Not many miles fiom a Southern elty, a gen- tleman had occasion to reprimand a colured boy for belng abscnt over night, and very vaturally Inquired where he had been. ‘The boy replied that he had been watting on the young jreu- tlemen at ‘Mra, ——'s party. “Watting on them, bow?” said his employer. ‘ Why," on- awered the boy, I was taking care of their hats, couts, und pistols, white they went fo fanoer aul danced afterwards with the young jadles,’ Jo Davis as United Btates Senator from Minstasippt. Afertdtan (Mis.) Mercury (Nem.). The great heort of Mississippi ts for Jef [for Senator}; and, {f the people lad assurances that bis services could be obtained, the Confederate yell would be heard fn the land again, and any little army of axgriniers in the way would be rin over, Unless they had the discretion to jolu Jn the hoora und move with the great crowd, Sea» Shore (ltar,) Gazette (Den,), For our own part we frankly confess that we think the spontanevus clection of Jefferson Davis to the Senate would bea glorious thing for Misaleaippi, the Democratic party, und for the country in general, What the Radicals might think of it, would be a matter of no con- sequence whatever. Gov, Palmer as n Presldentiat Candidate. Peoria (1ti.) Democrat (Dem), It is reported that A. J. Cummings, chlet of staff of the New York Sun, ts fn Springfleld, IIL, closeted with ex-Gov. John M. Palmer, and en- gaged In the agrecablo business of grooming’ him ne a Presidentist candidate. A biographical sketch of the ex-Goyernor may be looked for soon. Palmer bas excellent executive abilities, but he could never get a single Greenback vate, or the vote of a thoroughly Greenback Demo- crat,—not unless ho gets converted from the foollen tdca that the Constitution designates what material money shall be inade of. But trot out all your candidates, 30 the peaple can Inspect them, aud pasa‘ judgment on thetr * potnts.”* We don't wan't uuy ‘dark horses” this heat, ‘Will the South Nevar Learn? Neto York Tues (Revs). Ayoung man residing at Trenton, Mo., has recently written to hia father thot everyoody scemed to be going to Kansas; that thousands are golng thers every Week; that the passenger- teafns are full of {immigrants to thut State, and the freight-cars packed with Ilye-stocl, bouse- hold-goads, and farm-impementa for the same destination, The people settling tn Kansas have energy und intelligence, and are avery way avelrabla for a new Btate. ‘Thu correspondent adds that ther is as good land tn Missouri as in Kanens, but that people pass right through one State und hurry to the other without ever think- ingot Mlssourl. The Missourians, Hke other inhabitants of tho late Klave States, have adopt- ed asuicidal policy. ‘They want e solid South; they have given the State such an {ll-reputatton Unit good, faw-ablding citizens will bave noth- ing to do with ft. ‘They ure bevinnlng to in- uire why they ary without friends, and to sce the reason of it when it is too late, Zach Chandler aaa Presidential Candidate, Washington Dispatch to New York Meralet Und.). Tt fe curious, but true, that Senator Chand- lor'a speech againat Jeff Davis ou-the last ulght of thu lost scasion has given him, without any intervention of his own, wu high place amoug the favorites for the Presidential nomination next yeor, A largo. number of Republicaus hero do nottake Kindly tu thu renomination of Gon, Grant, und many of them have, since Senator Chandler's now famous spocch, sotticd upon a man who could carry the party succeasfully througn the struggle of next year, and who would be as vigorous in the Presldontial chair as Grant himself und who, they add, has not created any such engiitica to himself within the party as Gon, Grout secma to have done, and could bo olected whera Gon, Grout might fail. Old Zach ls honest, Ho has no nuusense about him. Ho would tolerate no bummera, and bls record {u the Indian Department showed thut he was scapable and thorough adininistrator, aseven Mr. Schurz had to acknowledge when hu succecded bin, We could elect Old Zach eaatly, and I'm for him betore avybody,” sald o Btalwart Republican to-day, Ap to the Propricties In Bturder, ‘Cincinnatt Buguiver (Devn,), Judge J, M. Elliott, of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, was shot and instantly killed at Franktort, Ky., yeaterday, by Thomas Buford. ‘The only offense of Judge Elllott consisted fn his baving anpouuced an opinion of the Court verse to Buford, Tho case inyolyed apout #150, Buford loaded a double-barruled shot- gun, walted for the Jndge to yo to his dinner, walked up and shot pim through the heart with- out notice. Mr. Buford belongs to une of the first families of Kentucky, belng a brother of Gen. A. Buford of Woodford County; but we feel suro that a majority of the Hrat familios of Kentucky, and evea Gen, Buford himsolf, witl, on reflection, fail to approve of this murder, It has many qualigcations to commend {t asa work of art in murder, but it has some notable ae- facts, The circumstances show that Buford tribunal. dinner like a citizen, not eacape the notice of thoss who clslon in the engn brought before bist and am: was connected with of the frat families of Kentucky, He waa atmanof great delicacy ofseutiment, He had reapect for the dignity of the highest court of Kentucky. A coarse man micht have gone toto the {adicial presence itselé with the double-barreled shotgun aint murdered the Judge tn his own court-roomn, which would have been clearly {tnproncr, nin in some acnse, disrespectful to the Graut Old Commonieath, and {o @ ineasure regardless of the sanctity that should hover about its highest Ruford waited till the Judge had left the court-room, and waa approaching his Here was a fine distinc Buford eays that the other barrel of the tion, shotgun was loaded for Judge Prvor, and that he would have murdered Judge Pryor had not some children been iu the way, This indicates the refinement and charining ssusibilities of this Kentucky murderer, as well as a certatn repose of character and self-command that tend tonuccess in any profession, ‘There {s every reason to belfevo that, if Buford had killed half-adozeo {nnocent children in the attempt to murder Judge Pryor, he .wouldn’t heve slept a wink all night. Thia tender-heartedness, which stamps Buford as a perfect Renturley gentleman, euoul e dis- posed to harshly criticiaa this work {9 murder. There Is a cousiderateness about It that clothes the murder of une of the foremost men of Keu- tucky with a halo of Kentucky chivalry. Never- theless, the murder of Judge Elliott ts not one that meets with our entire approbation. The tendency of the murder, at least, is bad, even If it ie vot bad per The Judge Js vom. pelied to decidaa case in ons way or in the other; and sun puaine the other man has also s double-barreled shot-guu? Thi precedout would place the Judiciary of Ken- tucky Ju an embarrassing position. Judge Ellfott. could not havo ayolded randering a jority af the Court agreed with him in his tlud- Ing. ‘This shows that, had he decided {0 favor of Buford, the other party to the sult would have had still better reason for murdering him. ‘This fs unfair to the Bench of Kentucxy, It leaves well-menolng Judges no alternative bue to resigo, aotid,. if this murder be- comes an established precedent, some of the very best {pola talent of the Grand Commonwealth will bo dlacuuravea from going onthe Bench, and the administration of justice will suffer. ‘Theo we cannot but think that an exceptton should be made by the murderers in favor of the Judges of the highest Court in Kentucky, It fs ao. bonorable ambition, the desire to sitonthe Court of Appeals Beuch, and the murderers should not crush it out. Buford had killed o fow Cireult Judges, or Chancery Judges, or Criminal Judges, und spared the Court of Apheals, the effect of the precedent might have been salutary. ‘The Judges on the Bench in the lower Courts would have had a quickened ambition tv get off,—-to bu promoted to Judecships in tne highest tribunal, where the Hfs of te Judge might be safe from the shotgun of the Kentucky mut- derer. But the precedent ag established may eause the Kentucky Judicury to deteriorate. “There are other features of this murder which wo regard as objectionable, {f we may say 80 without offending the large nnd influential pro- fessivn of murder, and esvectally the profeasion in Kentucky, where it {8 becoming a ruling class; but we will not wow natne them, —_—<—<—$——————$_—— THE YOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Capt. Connot. Well. well! what next? It's quite enough to make x» darky Jaugh, When Cant. Connet, ‘That wage old Democrat, Whoso years are few and fleeting, * Takes off his Sunday hat. And stands for *'Choerman” at a ‘*algger”’ meeting. Why, Cap, ta itao? **Slyts tho word!" Methinks I hear bim say, **Me love a nigger! Not But the Democracy Must drum un votes by thogord! Bo mo and {Harrison Put on some horae-cologne To head the ‘Nord Solte ' of in Dutch repeating, Wo run thia ‘ niggor' meoting; And if you think we didn’t make it pay, Tuat wale ttl lectlon day Samno, Mow Ho Befrlenis the Poor. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicsco, March 28.—Carter Harrison, the friend of the poor man, has a house on Monroe street, between Ashlund avenue und Paulina strect, which hos been empty tor almost a year because no one wilt pay him $50 per month, while the houses in the same bloci, and just lke it in every respcct, rent fur $40 per month, Jane Geer Swissoene, —— ~ Stampoding from Minnesota, To the Editor of The Tribune. Wisona, Minn, March 27.—Since the return of apring woatlier the land-fever has taken pos- seasion of alarge number of the old and sub- stantial citizens in all parts of Southeastern Minnesota. Men who came here twenty or more years ago and made themselves homes are pow breaking uv and going West. Cars are loading every day with'familica, furniture, horses, cattle, tarm{ng-toole, bound for the now lands of East- ern Dakota aud Weatern Minnesota. Men who have been ying, on idle Ife in the towns, and formers who oro . in debt and: — nenvily = mortgaged, are giving up thelr old homes, and are determined to try again where land is cheaper. Hundreds are molting claiina under the Homestead Jaw or taking un tree-claims, ‘There is a perfect atam- pede from this partot the State. All the lines of railroad are crowded with emigrants going West. This etate of things promises to continue formany monthstocome. Moro milesof railroad will be built this-year than auy one year since this was a State. “Every claim {s already taken along the line of these mew roads, and. ta most cuses they are tulten for uctual settlement, Judge Van Buren. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cittcago, March 23.—The high legal and so- elal position held by the Hon. Evert Vao Buren, aswellasthe very high respect aud esteem wo {eel for tim, have led us to answer bis letters. But aside from the statement that the tua Life has a Jarge aurplus,’ we bellevo the points made Jn his letters are fucorrect. We call attention to the present condition of the Company as an answer to all that has been sald or can be said ayainst it, The Atna Life, with solid assets of over $25,000,000, nearly $5,000,000 of which {s surplus, realized lost year nearly 69{ per_ cent futeres: more thau paid ex, ‘The Just year's ita assets, which nees and losses. usine:a resuited $n an in- crease in asects, surplus, and membership; also a decrease {n losses, expenava, and Ha- bilities to assets, which warrantid the Com- pany to increasinge the dividends for this yoor. ‘Tuis prosperous condition of the tin fs suflclent proof that Its business is conducted with ability, system, and honor, Uyon cis wo rest our case ju Tus Tripung, but ehall be lad at any tine ta give information regard- Ing the Aiton Life, Daun & Mason, General Agents, Tho Lincoln Fund, To the Editor of The Tribune, Danrronn, Wis., March 26.—When I read in Tux Trinune of the 9ith fost. the afldavits of the colored refugees now In St, Louis, en route for Kansas, 1 excialmed, * Why do not the gen- erous people of the North raise a fund to help this suffering class of our own native-born citl- zens?? My bluod bolls to think of the pattont endurance with whicn they havo suffered alt the wrongs that thelr cruel ex-maaters have {allicted on them, Qh! fora John Brown to rise up and lead these children out of the land of bondage! Mave we no phituntbroplsts Jeft to rouay the people of the North to help this down-trodden wud helpless raced This country will nover rosper untit we afford the blacks that pro- ection that we promised in freeing them. Their condition {n slavery bas left them as helpless and innocent as young children, and our pa- ternal Govcroment ought to provide for them until they are able to take care of themaelyes, which they can do [u a few ycara If nasisted now, We aent money and help enough to their brutal poespetars Tost summer when called upon to have given them the lesson “Todo unto others a8 wey Wished to be done by.” But the Chrlatian (1) Rebela of the South do not Include the blacks fn thetr list of humanity, and there je uot wuough of the spirit of Christ in the whole South to induce them to help in thelrescape one negro family, Not thete accupation as brutal toakmastere, swindlers, and murderers will be gone when tho blacks are out of Uieir reach, and sey! koow it; hence ther opposition to this exoduy, - s How tho American heutt was touched by the atory af “The Man Without a Counter,” aud here wo seo a whole people virtually without o country. Now, as they are in search of ond whee thetr rignts to *)ife, Hberty, and the pus suit of happlacss!” will not be contested, let us ss ised to help the st i & er ney to hel starr ia ihe sult ie food iy thane gary, aud Why nos to helo these Jong-suiferiug Ireland, and the sufferers by children of our own land? Ihave waited to seo sone generous person make 8 atart fo thie dl- rection, but In valo. Now I propose that THE TRivUNE undertake to raise a fund for this pure bore, nnd call ft the “ Lincotn Fund," in mem- urs of that noble nan whose life was given for this people, and who ts enstrined in their hearts asaaniat. Inctoscd please thud $1 for the * Lincoln Fund.* I wish it were millions, that T inlwht bring from the South every man, woman, and child of color and place them on the broad acres of the West that our Government gives ty every settler, aud provide them with means to support themselves, where they could feel that our “Starry Banner” walving over them meant Freedom sud protection for them ag well as the white man. VITA The Poles Exonerated, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cnicano, March 27.—Please graot a small place in your paper for the following answer: Lhave real in Tue Trinung on the 24th and 26th inst. not without astonishment, that the Poles are at the head of the Socialistic and Com- munistic Boclety fn this city. Aaa Roman Catholle Polish priest I know my countrymen vory well,and f am firmly convinced that ofoearly 20,000 Potea living now in Chicago not ten be- Jong to Lhat Soctety ant are actual members of the same. If so,2 must state that the ten above mentioned are nat Poles, but some uneducated and Polish-speaking Individuals who never were good Poles or workinemen. ‘The polltical organ- tration ainong the Puies In old Polund, which ts free of such a calamity ax Soctallem or Com- munlam, wae, os every learned man kuows, aristocratic and democratic. “Here in this coun> try the Poles belong to no special political par- ty, consequently not to Socialism or Commun- ism, I would be very glad und obliged to Tux ‘Tuipune if it would give me out of the Social- {atic Hat the names of those Poles who belong to said Boclety. It ts, a8 under- atand, & mistake of the roporters, who are perhaps falsely inspirated by some Russian aplen of whom there fs not a small number In this city and conutry, who are pald by the Rus- alan Gorernment, in order to biame the poor and everywhere persceuted true Poles and give tothe Kussim Government the occasion for further persccution in old Poland. It seems to be, too, a well-calculated programme of the other Socialistle nations {n order that the Poles could got yet work from omployerr. THE ‘Taisunn knows very well how the Germans, represented by their pre: re insoired agalust us Polanders.” How could, then, the Poles be their leaders, as they were represented as belng fn Tau Tutuunz? Thatis the reason why 1 must assert that the Poles’ pernicious re- Jations and fusinuations as published in Tre THiBuNe aro fulsc. The Poles at this time, as faras I know, have here no .special political taint. Tus Rev. A. MIELEOSZNY, Pollsh Pastor of Trinity Church, 660 Noble str: Col. Ingersoli’s Sunday Lecture, To the Rditor of The Tribune. Mrnwaukee, March 27.—In your Monday's {ssue, among other valuable reading matter, wasn report of a sarcastic lecture delivered by Col. Robert G. Ingersoll on Sunday in Chicago, From my atundpoitt, and that of thousands of others who read your paper, that lecture ap- peared the very opposite of “vulgar and flip- pant,’ as your head-Hua expressed ft. I have read Tux Trinune for maoy years; have al- ways felt very friendly to it for the falr, gener- ous way iu which most mattery were editorially treated. It isa political organ, and its mission ingreat part to cultivate the political and financial views of the people, I, however, think Vat Tne Tamune takes decidedly im- proper liberties with its readers when it presumes to give a verdict In relicious mat- tera, With one, no matter of belief stands above argumeut or ventilation; with another, belief 15 blindly accepted os inspiration. One applies common-sense aud historical research; to an- other, the curtain thatfovetls it fs sacred and invlolable,—the force of lugic applied to litt the veil appears to him ss sacrilere, If Mr. Inger- soll'g ylews meet the aoproval of a body of your readers, or are of intercat to them, [tis a matter of business with you to print them, Your personal opinion would be in ptace if {t were necessary for you to give it to the public to prevent wrong moral teaching. As long us your readers can only be affected in a matter of pellet you must allow them to be their own paige, ‘Ae for the communication of 8. L., in your {esue of the 27th inst., I would not notice ft if it were not that he speaks fora class. What Is it that causes him such anziety? If hfs are the correct teachings, what harm can come of Haten- ing toa perverted mtsbeilover Wke Ingersull1 That the latter is not alone in bis position, Low. ever, can bo inferred from the cbaracter and number of his audience. Stull, if 4. L. had beard Mr, Ingersoll tosteud of a Christian min- {ater, he would hayes lost caste among his, or as the case may be, her, friends. Why this intal- erauce! Cc. aM Iillnols Temporanco Enactments, To the Faitor of The Tribune, BioosinGron, I!]., March 27,—The Temper- ance Jaws of this State are all-sufflicient. The sellers of spirltuous, vinous, and matt Mquore are now held respousible for alt damages result- Ing from thelr acts {n the solo of intoxicants, Still more, the Jandlord ts also held respons!- ble. Before the applicant can obtain a leense he must give o bond in the penal sum of $3,000, with at least two good and suflicient securities. ‘To sell without a Heense ts a crime punished by flue ordmprisonment in the County Jall, To sell to minors fs also a crime, with like penaltics. Outside of incorporated villages or cities the County Board of each county may grant Ueeuses upon the application ofa petition of n majority of the legal yoters of the town; If not under townaliip organization, then a majority of the legal voters of the ejection precinct or afstrict, Each eense {s put at trom $50 to $800. 8o, take the law as ft now stands, and it completely holds the salvon-keepers at bay. Our preacot law should satisfy the temperance people, nnd can legiti- mately be called stm ptuary {0 tts operation, ‘There ta euch a thing as cuacting toa mauy Jaws, 80 that noneof thei arecpforced, Ani, under this view, the leaders of the temperance erusade should halt to reconnoltre tho fletd. After they have subdued (the enemy they still usk more} after he js dead they still beat him, Lauppose on the principle to show bim what puntalmnent after death fs, S At the present Utne most of the villages and cities of this State graut Iccuses, and from that source receive a large revyenye,—often sullleient to pay the annual expenses of the corporate Government, Revoke atl Icenses and enact proljtition absolute, {t would not suppress the constimption of intoxicating drinks, but 1 would cut off all revenue from that source, Ohio gives usa proof of how prohibition acts. Olio grante pu Heenas; yet her people drink as much intoxicating Hquors as ours, £ suppose the City of Clucinnatt constines as intich Hquor, of all kinds, as Chicago. Cincinnati receives no revenue from this source; Chicago a large reve- nuc. Bo with the two States. Onto receives no revouuo in this traffic; Ilinofs receives a lurce income. Uf prohibition would stop the sale of intux!- canta, It tight do for the temperauce leaders ta advocate tt. ut, ity it will not, then i Is a fatl- ure, pome countics in this State, which have retired tron the outside world, periodically burst forth with the startling news tut prolile bitlon {a 8 suceses with them,—thut prohibition has abolished saloons, and drunken men, and Utigation; that thelr lawyers are dylug of in- auition, ‘This may all be so, but they haya ad- vanced a little too far. Prohibition would be a success, undoubtedly, in the Desert of Sabara, Certainly, there fs no Htlzation jn that locality; neither fs there apy In the camp of Sitting Bull, But you take civilized cominunities, and Ntfira- tion haa been carried on for all tine, from’ the time of Coke, from the time of Blackstone, down to the present. tn fact, Jaw is the great arbiter that brings oF- der outof chaos. ‘Nhe absence of Mitigation to any locality proves ono of two things: ether that go people reside in the place, or thut the disputes wid differences are getticd by the pls- tol, tomahawk, or scalping-kulfe, ‘The man teat says that litigation {sthe result, direct or indirect, of the sale of intoxicating Mauors, fou We subject for the Iunauc asylum, Lot the temperance Jeudere of the present cru- wade beware, sud not be too exacting. ‘There wae o tine when the fanatics covered the etreets of the citles of Matue with spilled fntoxlesting Hquors, forcibly takda from the owners. But an outraged law came forth and vindleated {t- self, und eald such madness wae no better thad robvery, ‘Though the temperance leaders ure mad, yub let there be method ju their madness, D. i. Pinousy, Women avd Temperance, To the Editur af The Tribune, Racing, Wis, March 28,—1 am watehing with much istereat Oiis war that Is being waged acalust intemperance, aud I am sorry to ace that men who cun wicld such able pens as some of your correspondcuta should strive to throw cold water upon the efforts belny made by these women, Suppose they have begun at the wrong end, and suppose they are trespassing upon le- gallty, does not the cnd sought to bo attalued Jostify almost any means? ts not the case’ ove of vital importance? Does a pbysiclan stand aud haggle about the laws of medical jurispru- deuce when the case involves the faue of life oF death? No; rather than let the patient die be willtry some extreme measures, and settle about the proprleties afterwards, Lot us dosoln this case, It has become extreme. It {6 slaughtering our people hy thowsands every = year. It is corrupting = our morality, undermining our health, entallinz upon 08 a race of puny, diseased inen and wom en} t is atriking @ sure and certain blow at the foundations and free inatltutions of our country. Whatavalls this hackneyed cry of “Let the women atay at home and educate thelr boys in principles of virtue and sobriety,” and so'ont Now, we ask where is the bome for the woman to atay In, wheo the bashandl and father is taking the lion's share of his earnings tu the saloon) What is to Keep the bome uver her head syhile she remaina there to teach her chiil- dren, and the saloun-keeper Is‘ draining away tnustof her husband's tucomel Dues she not have tu give ber time and strength to earn a part—nay.ulten the whole—of the living? While she ts probably working by the day for the tread they consume, who (a (netructing her children? Perhaps they spend two or three hours in the public school (ifthere be room for them in the school-house, und if theyare clothed decently, and lf they bare the required books), and the reat of the day they are upon the atreet subject ta all the temptations the: We have the very best of Jawa upon our ute-books, but why ore au many of these iawsadead Ictter? Why aro they not enforced? Your excellent paper five us recently the proceedings of the “Su- joon-Keepers’ Convention.” Among other con- venient resolutions wae one resolving that it was quite Lnypossible for them to determine the ame of ayouth who might visit their place and call for drink; therefore, it wae necessary for them to bestir themselves and see tu ft that at the comming election none but men friendly to their interest te elected, and that thease obnox- fous Jaws be wot ridof. But in the meantime tt Uehooved them toadd to thelr treasury that they might be in readiness to defend themaclyes should any action be brought against them by these temperance fanatics, Perhaps I have not given the Ferbatin of this delectable crew, but I have given the pith and sentiment, If a young of tuexperiencea drug-clerk aelle a po- uon of ersenic for quinine, and by so doing Jaunches a peraon into eternity, the community fs at once aroused, and the newspapers eet fort! the deed, denouncing the druggist, and calling for more accuracy {n the regulations for the sale of poisons; and yet we must stand ailently by andece the young around us potaoned crery day; and {f we raise a finger, or lift our voice to sr- rest the evil, we are “nosering ourselves,” “going out of oursphere,” “ leaving the homes where weareso much needed.” Alas! there aretoo many uobappy mothers who bave no home to leave. ‘Ihe home, and all that makes home dealrable, has fallen before tlie demon. Many of your correspondents treat us severely. They brand us ‘atupid women,” ‘ foolish females, with not brains enough to do more than cick and cackle Hke a set of hens.’ But, brainless and = atupid as = =6we are, we till have to pay taxes. und we are amenable to the Jaws (such as they are) just the same as men; and weclalm we have the right to ask for better awa and that they bo put in force. Experience anid suffer- (ng’are thorough teachers; and some of us have suffered sv long and su much that intellect and iscernment bave become sharpened, and, tired of holding up our hands to careless representa- tives, we now ask for the privilege of acting for ourselves. Weseck to have this evil of intem- perauve, ff oot put away from among ws, at least put under some cuntrol; that thera be some escape for the tempted, some redress for the women that suffer. ‘There 1s enough of the people's monvy expended every year to sustain a good government. We ought tu havo wise legtslation und efilclent laws. Do we have elthert Your paper cave a statement the other day of the expenditure for statlonery alone dur- ing one session of a Legislature of ‘the modest. sum of $34,000, This was an Eastern State; we hope our Western menare not so extravagant, “4 and yet we notice our own bills in that ling ure pretty high, We sometimes wonder wnat tli do with 80 much stationery. ‘They have no titions 1,000 yards long to send {o; nor do ti have to write a acore of secoud-hand petitions to get Une first one heard, ‘These large bills of sta- tonery have always been o problein to who are outside of the ring. We bave sometimes thought the wise Solong amused themselves by playa the old-thne game of ** Consequences.’ ut perhaps s great many of them haye fascl- nating widows to correspond with. Now, with ail these things before our eyes, is it not a shame to stigmatize “fools”? und * faunt- {es those carnest, thoughtful women who have risen upto grapple with a monster evil that cau no Jonger be endured? MOLL. The Temperance Alliance and Mr. Wright. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cnrcago, March 23.~I have been favored with acopy of a protest by the Temperance Alliance against the election of Mr. Wright as Mayor of Chicago, and it reminds mo of a greatfact, viz: that since the world was very young there has been o constant struggle between Despotism and Freedom; that the forces of Despotism have. Rencrally been compact and united, concentrated by unc strong, governing will, while those of Freedom are always divided by opposlngcouncils. When this world-old struggle twas represented by the Roman Ponttif and the Reformers of the alx- teenth and seventeenth centurien, the one party wos compact asa wallof stone and Roman cement, while the other was like loose heaps of building material, divided by deadly animosi- tics on questions of the atonement, baptiam, free will, the Sabbath, etc, ete. Theso aulmos- ities often served the purpose of the common foe,as when Calyin burnt Servitus. Ove fruitfal cause of contention lay in the difference of opinion about the Sabbath, Calvin avd Luther held that this was. a Jewish institution, abolished by Clirist, with sacrifices und ceremonies, while Knox believed its ovservance to be obligatory on Curistians us well as Juws. Each of these great leaders lived thelr creea and bequeathed their practices to thelr nations; 60 wmt while the German and Swiss Protestant leaves it to every miau’s con- science wobserve the day or not as he may think right, the Scotch and English Protestant make penal enactmenta to compel every one to keep holy this one day in the week, So, tuo, oo the question of using Jntoxicating Nquors and selling them, the German leaveg each man to be judge in bis uwn casu to the extent of not be~ coming dangerous to the community, und reatrains drunkenness by punishing drunkards, not the men who furnish them the meaus of getting drunk, So petween the great freedom-loving Chris- tan nations of the world there i oa surious uifference of opinion us to the best methods of promoting Christianity and temperazes; and for tbls diifereuce the feud is go fierve tut each party prefers the success of the common euemy to thut-of the frlend divided by a difercuce of opinion derived respectlydly from nen whom both -nonor. Those who were educated In the achool of Cal vin und Luther prefer the reign of despotiam of the olden atyle to what they regard as the des- potlam of Knox; while the disciples of the Int- ter regard chavs come again as preferuble tw the success of those views taught aud practiced by Calvin and Luther. i Bo to malntain thelr distinctive principles each party proposes to elect a carpet-baeger from the juuth, a chosen representative of the old Roman bicarchy and the Lost Canse, rather than a friend of the Republic, of bumun freedom watt human progress, whu differs “avith him about Sunday laws and probibitory laws. It is certainly well known to every Protestant dhut the Mother Church controts, or rather is, the Democratic party of the land; and, fo Mie eveut of her triumph, thuy aniat expect the most pru- tound reverence for Suniay laws und no whluky~ drinking to speak off "The aticklers for Suoday and prohibitory Tawsy| in this etty did once throw ber Government into the hands of ber rowdles, and that experience infgne satisfy any class uf people for one centu- ry atleast} “1 think thero has been but one Sunday parade in Pittsburg which was not got- ten up by the Catholle Church; ond ft was the one which made Sunday parades possible tn that city. Asthe Church te the same ti all places und tn all ages, the Sabbatarians who propose 10 preserve tie annetity ot the day by securins the election of the Loutsyille lawyer whu repre- sents the Southern und Roman lvetility to Ny- publican institutlons aud to all human free- dom, must have read history to litthe purpose or not at all. ‘Temperance men in their eoparata political acttun are wont tu quote the exumple of Aboli- tloniats; but thu cases are pot purallel, ‘ity gure you ure right, then go abead." If ft were once vatablished U dat prunlbitiot, could or would re the people against the evils of lutemper ance, Dior ong would say prosectite that plaa at all hazarie: Wut it hay been tried tu Maine a long Unie, and the accounts of Its worklugs are wtlug that tens of thousunds of caracet nee men are convinced it Isa fullure, tte success is doubtful, and to fncur o evil In bope of peeurli 8 doubtful ut Hke the policy of the old Abolttlontats, or of other class of mou who faye ever ace compished anything for the good of the race, Every traveler und careful observer kno (hat iu Geruany, where a probibitory law has never been thougnt of, there Ls much fees drunk- ennees thau tu this country, No wonder thy Gerwang ure confident and persisteut in main talning thelr views ou this question, for they have been thoroughly tested fu practice, Thosu countrius which attach all the penalties of drauk- enness to tie man whe es drunk, are those who have Icast of it; aud J insist thut you oever cau wake a temperate vation by teaching the People thas the man who swallows the whisky fa not the responaible party, but that the crim inal stands on the other side of the counter. Astothe Abolition war, the drunkards aro represented as the poor slaves, who are to be rescued from the cruel meshes of thore who make and sell whisky! Now, [labored hard ta° . Urat war, butif the slaves had walked volan- tarily into eervitude, and might havo left on any day they could make up thelr mind to {t, they might have remained fn chalos until the crack of doom for all the voting I should havo asked men to do about it, When a msn's trouble Iles in himsclf, you must cure him, and, i€ he cannot restrain blinself, lot the community reatrainhim. Shut up the drunkards In work- houses und make them earn their own Hyving and that of thelr tumilics, and you close not only our drinking saloons, but oar prisons and alms- houses. Let temperance men get on. the right track before they elect a Democrat to promote teinperkuce, JANR Gnex Swissietu, ——$—— A VOYAGE ROUND MY POCKETS, Adapted from the French, San Francitco Argonaut, There Is no use trying to hide the fact,—last night I was horribly tight. Let him that ts without so throw the firet bottle. How came I sof At an improvised little supper at the Cafe Angials—thot Iknow. After- ward—let mesee~nfterward, L--[ can really recall nothing of what took place afterward. Acluudy curtain bas deacended upon my memory, like and entr’actes curinin In a fairy extravaganza. Samnething dd happen—muet have happened; that everything proves, especially the fact that Astept in my boots, and have a terrible pale and. tired-lookiny face. Nice goings-on, indeed. A man of 28 over- taken by champagne Ike aschool-boy out for a bolidsy! Disgraceful {s no name for it. How oneartham I to find out what fiap- pened last night? Suppose } ask the servant! But no; all be could do would be to say at what time I got home this morning, Cuvier, they aay, from 8 single bone could reconstruct an an- tediluvian animal; let me see if from such polat of departure I cannot reconstruct my existence during the Jast twelve hours. . But where to Jook fur the bone? thoucht! SMfy pockets! . .. IT what shall the harvest be? My purse is—ls empty. Devil! Ha! what papers are these? BIH from the Cafe Anglais; this must ba the most important document. Salon No, 14,!'— Happ! trembles 1 could have betted upon it; is ny favorite room. ‘Total, 820 francs.’? We must “have been going {t, thougn. How many of us were there, and who were wel Probably some of the boys, but which of them? Let tne see if Lean {denti- fy them. “Huitres Portuyatses,’—that atanda for Lucien; Arcachon oysters, he pretends, are the only ones fit to be eaten, Lucten was there, ten toone, That’aone. ‘*Potage s la puree do etbicr." If I am not mistaken, that soun—I meat, that conflagration—was suggested by Maxime. ‘That’s two, ‘Filets de sole a loa doinville,"—rernand, who {s 9 thoroughbred Oricanist, ‘‘Canctons de Rouen a Vorauge,”— re-cise-ly; Polastron comes. from Rouen. "Salado de legumes a la Russe,”—Semenoff was there too, “Bombe o la cardinal,"—whu the devil was he, anyhow? Let—me—see., 1 have it: Marcel 1s Cardinat Donnet’s cousin. Lucien, Maxfine, Fernand, Polastron, Sem- enof, Marcel, and tmyself—the party is made up. Avy women? Probably there were. Cer- taluly there were, of vise these photographs tie most foully In thelr cards, It {a all the tasifon for suppcresses to distribute their photographs by the pack. | That's Henrletta with her galvao- ized amie, This is the eternal Jenny, in pow- der, und smiling over her weather shoulder at the risk of dislocsting her neck. And this is— who isshe? Idont't know that I ever saw her. Stugular! " Not so bad-fooking is No.3; in fact, abe is rather Inclined to be good-looking, Head small und cast in the modera mold; no forebead, very little nose, and oa mere susplcton of mouth. Nothing but eyes, but they are glorious, Aad what lashes! Fatr, J take it; and In glad sho {s, thoagh {don't know why, Those little curls on ber forehead must look lke golden sinoke. Young—a mere child—Ii7 ot the most. Mod- est, 1 Judge from her dreas, which Is puritan- feally platy and high, What a figere! Our forefathers would have compared ber to a wil- Jow, but our forefathers never were particularly strong in the matter of aluites, No earrings, no bracelets. Who the deuce can she have been? Where did sne come from, and how did ebe get there? It ts evident that she sat by me, —in my quality of Amphitryou I can have’ per- mitted nothing else, Imust bave talked with her,—made u fool of myself, offended her prob- ably, and then got drunk todrown my sorrow. Well, in Salon No. 14 there were nine of:ua,— three of the sex to which we owe our mothers. So tuch for the actora; but where Is tha drama t Let me proceed on my journey through my pockets. Twocards: ‘' R. de Fayet Moret, Lieutenant aux Chasecurs a pled"; “Jules Buthot, Cap itaine du Twelfth e. de ligne.” Whetts the meal ing ot this? Tuever knew so many officers fa my ee Thave {t,—there has been a quarrel and wo have exchanged ecards. That's the drama; ove duel, at least; posstbly two, But what with,— what about—with whom? What was the provocation? I know that I am abom{pably quarrelsome wher L'm tipsy; but was I chaol- fenger or the challenged? That left cheek of , mine does look a littic swollen; a blow, doubt less, O Lord! ‘There is a penciled memoral dum on the pasteboard of the Licutenant, * Buls de Bowlogne—10 o'clock.” i Phew! Have I time ror! it is on the stroke of noon. honored mau—posted as a coward by this time; und who will belfeve that I oversiept myself? Thave tardly courage to take anuther step; bus on—on, Let me kuow the worst, A handkerchlet—tluo cambric~a baronial crest In the coruer. Youug man, you're an tho hich road to the gallows, now; pocket-picking or hishway-robbery, sure. (O my poor head, my poor head!) Aud where did that nosegay at iny buttonhole come frum? ‘The littl: pansies are drooping and the thread is untied, {uvver cao have bought auch a trumpery thing from a flowergicl; it was given to moorulse 1 toole it. It was given to me, of course, ‘This is the sequel of the story of thut little blonde, She gave it to me, know- ing I was avout to tight,—probably to tight for her, ‘That must be tt ‘My apprehension redoubles. A while ago L wished to Know oll; now I fear to learn tow much, Whatift T found—— Why, contound ft, this tsn’t my overcoat! My overcoat ls chestnut-colored, and this ove haa the hue of the Corluthian grape! Thove been traveling round some one elso’a pockete! 5 Buty this not being my overcoat, {t follows mit q ‘The duel {sn’t mine; ‘The BIL wasn't atno; The photographs aren't mine; ‘The rarity weren't given to me; No more was the bouquet: And the pretty blonde—she isnt mine; Nor did 1 steal the hindkereblet; - stuk-Raod Gud !~1 must haya stolen the overs coal 5. to’ get there! . 0, hor= Jam a dls- oe SNAKES ARE LURKING IN THE GRASS, Friend, be watchful as you wander— _ Sautkea are lurking in the gravy You niust neds bo very caroful— ‘Phoy will strike you as you pass, What though Qowors gay surround yo Snakew are Inviting in inauraeeg et Ant, untess you're very watchful ‘Thoy will atrtke you as yuu pan What though birds are aweotly alnglog, . Snake are lurking in the rae; ‘Thoy are waiching for you comtag— ‘They will atrike you as you pusa, There are other snakes more pi ‘Thun thoyy lurking In the gras Aud, ib apie of all your caution, ‘They witl wtrike you ax you puss, Thurc's a green-cyed, jealous serpont That te lurking In the grasa Whut though duwore of Love conceal him, Ho will etrlke you as you pass, ‘Thore le Hutred's black snake lurking | In your neighbor's meadow-yrasa; On! be carerul how you trval wi, ‘Or he'll strike you ae you pauy. ( These ia Slandor's epotted viper Hyer lurking in the genwa; ‘Though by vrase completely hidden, ‘He Will strike you a you pasa, Bo be watchful on Life's journey—~ “Snakes ary Jurkloy tn the grass; And, In spite of all your caution, Some will sirlke you ua you pass. ; Martz, a A Sagnclous Elephant, James J. Furolss writes to A'ature from New York: ‘In Central Purk ove hot day, my at~ tention was drawn te the couduct of an ele- phang which had been placed tu an toclogure io the opea air, On the vround was a large. ea: of newly mown grass Which the sagacious unl mal was taking up by the trunkful. and laying varotully ou his aun-Deaten back, Hecontinucd the operation until ble back was completely thatched, when be remalacd quiet, apparently enjoying the result of bisingeuutty. It scome to me that Instinct should bave prompted tho eleptiant to eat tho grass, aud that {t was reason whled caused him to use it imloishig the elfect of the