Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1881, Page 6

f . v THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : TUESDAY. JUNE 7, 1881—TWELVE PAGES. »ol-rowors, representing about thirty nities, ‘Phere are many other lure grow: sent at the meeting where these facts were obtained. ‘The value of the praduet In tho above table isan the Neighborhood of $100,000,—the mark of wool at this Gine being from 20 to 25 cents, In the entire State of Kiusis there are Nort and this department of insbundry ts coming one of the inportant industete contrlbuting Inrgely to the wealth and ma: SITEEP IN KANSAS. Second Annual Meeting of the State Wool-Growers' Association. A Show of Sheep and Public Shearing in Butler fer! Maluronls a tts Commanwraltis qt has been demonstrated beyond ddspute that County. some portions of Kansis are tHarly ed to sliceralsing nid wool-erowing, Kanses Farmer—thoe principal arrl- enltural organ in this sectton—esthinates the ntvnber of she long und tributary te the Over 1,600,000 Sheep in Kansas—The State’s Advantages for h Cult A teeta ii oT belwees ey 7 Hon \ i rt Ww, west Tne a ie i Sheep-Cnlturo, 25,000, of whieh 175,000) were dr iy Sa ee during the year $800, TT finportations Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Toruxa, Kas. June 4.—The second ane nual weeting of the Kansas Wool-Growers’ Assovlation has Just closed, at Emporia, Lyon County, ‘There were 100 members: present, and much interest was manifested In the proceedings. ‘The Prestdent—d. S, Codding, of Pottnwatomle County—reviewed brietly the work of the pust year, referring to the obstacles which ft had been necessary to overcome, and, pointing to the advantages of tho present » clulmed a bright outlook + for Kansas wool-growers. The dust-storms of last summer and fall, and the subseqtent severe winter, lind been disastrous; but. there has been no dust this year, and the Kunsas growers can now point with pride to their produets, which will compare favora- bly with any tu be found in the markets, THE OFFER ofthe State Falr Assoclatlon to the Wool- Growers’ Association, to take cliarge of the sheep departinent at the State Falr at ‘Topeka in September, was accepted by unmuimons vote,—the sun of $1,000 to be distributed as promis, cume priv y from the West, but there wits also it ydurge number of htgh and thoroughbred” sheep shipped: tn York and otter astern Stites, also been a larvae {1 1 lution of the counties lying eastof Great Bend, Chase, Marion, Harvey, Sedgwick, Reno, and Rive Counties all report: Inrge ad- dlitions, most of them from the Enst—many of them weill-bred and some good thorough breil stock. Out of the great number of sheen that have been brought ito Southwestern Kansus the past season, there could hardly fell ta be a doo inany low grades, ‘To this class belongs whuge portion of the Moxiean sheeps but these are very hardy, very prollite, and are excellent mothers; and, when crossed sev- eral thies with the thoroughbred Merino ranis, the fleece Is greatly inproved in quatity and quantity; and the sheep itself, on ae count of hardy constitution and dispo- sition to find its own living, is best adapted for the large flocks so common on the plains, A third or fotirth Merino cross from the pure Mexican breeds produces a yery desirable grade of sheep, and PEIMTALS THE MOST PROFITATIA to purchase and use In laying the foundation of. gout tock, New York State has sent to Kansis man The question of feeding was discussed at | fine rams and owes In tho past year. ‘Only some length, the general sentiment being | and Michigun have also added) many tie that sorghum was one of the best feeds— alien No the ogka af eouttiarie Kanes na anillet being gond if curefully fed, OM. TREAT, FUE ENS WWE AA 8 Mr. Walter Drown, of Boston, of the firm | Breaker, suldltlons during: the season now pentnig. of Walter Brown & Co, dealers in wool, ‘The Te sndeutration of so miny sheep along being present, was called for and addressed | the Arkansas and Cottonwood Valleys has tha “Assoelition, Mr. Clark, commission- | jut been the restil of nuy estermal Intlnenee, . entirely 1 consequence of the nattral ud- merchant, and Mr, Boguam, both of Boston, | yintices and attractions this portion of the also mude nddresses, and wore followed by | State possesses for sheep-lusbandrys tts tatl= pe Mr. RR. We Suyres, of Chleago, who gave tuda between the extremes of heat and valid; yo meh information In regard to sorting and ua clevatliy, i ig to 20H Lunt, Hwan per: batt | TANG Ly eprese! Ve: 4 x selling wool, ‘Ihesu representatives Of Marge | tive grasses,—nmtonue them the very desirable tommission-houses, reported that Kansits | jyurate and Gramm vartetles,—that eure on wool grades were In the market, and that the State fs attracting much attention in the the ground inthe autunn, and retain thelr nutritious quilities during the winter season; Easton account of Its adaptation to sheep- eullure, its never-failing supply of water Tn the spew ? ae brought to Ute Surtane frou wells \ y from twenty * feet deer y -Anaccointwas gives of ranging in tiventy to tifty feet deep, by the: A SHOW Ol SITEEP by a public shearing held nt the farm of A, alot windmill) powers tts cheap Iands aul cheap ranges; its well-lralned soil, always fre fea ypeeearuers, Hiv snail EXPENSE 71 ar Ui Kus.) at which ie Winter-feed necessary Ai eae ae aetac tates nneaboeae | can Be prodiced. ‘Cy aduptublityy ut. the Wuol-zrowers fram all sections of tha State. The following table shows the weight of ievee, weight of careass, and total welght, soll of this region te the praductlon of millet, ree-cora, and sorghum, makes It still is recorder by the couunittee chosen froin she dealers pres:nt: mnore nttractive, especially sinee the latter’ crop Ins proved toby sueh a valuable one for preparing sheep for the imutton-muriet, Ac d, Ulf, OWNER Weight of Weight Total eheepe of fleece. welt, Ww a Ha and ean be rilsed tn lirge quantities ino the driest season, it a nominal cost, THE ADVANTAGES South-Central and Sottthwest Kansas pos- sesses over Colurado, New Mexico, ind torn Loxas asa sheep-country are in the fact Chat It hus equally as healthy climate; the same nutritions winter-grassed, and von- shiernble more of it ta the were: a greater variety of and better summer-grasses; less Tlabiitty to sevore storins thin slung he base of the Mountains, especially In the spring tine. But its freatest advan tiuce over al these seetlons tes ia the fuet that, while We feed Yearling ram... sus ih Average weight ‘of’ rams" Kansas his ull the. favoring elreumstanees Heoeos, 2744 Ibs, possensell by the other loealities named, ‘tt Averige weliht of forty-tive ris, Ih addition, wn abundinee of eb other rams’ fleeces, 243f 1ba, aye | for winter that removes all we of Year ow vel MTA | cllmatic. risk, brags tho . sheep uliret sevour-ohl owe ata ay why the winte in better oshupe, a “Averuse wolghtewes iiecees, “A Ta larger fleece of wool of better qual- 103g Sha, wh sheep-owner ean, wher he ity, nad ¢ desires to dose, convert hls woul-bearlne sheep into niutton, and sell them at a Tind- some proft—something that cannot ve done by the sheep-men of Colorado, New M Averago’ woleht of thicty fleeces, wethers, 21 Ibs, i WILKIE, 0 f-vear-ald rant wile MT si lie eo ame lucy | nid ‘Texas, on account of tho ‘high price of Yearling ewe, tuit. Uren La hny-grain, without which first-class mutton Yeurllug owe, mut-breed.... 74 lo sy | cannot be made, = B, COPELAND, OWNTIL TUE STATE WOOL-GROWENS ASSOCIATION G-year-old rain... eHiY 3d 1812 | fs composed of some of the most. Lntelligent SOUN HARTER, OWNEN, and substiuntlal citizens of the State, and is A ycan ohh is iG Hott uel ty SheauiaeY nvedtnnaitat tis years " a ri ne, y free luvestigation an Ssetisston ov! 4-yeur-ald ewe ry M6 | the selentifle aud practlenl problems pertain= As As SIDINK, OWNER, ing to the breeding und general inanazoment feyenr-old rim... MM 0" | ar sheep, the cultivation of crops best adapted. a 3 to produce tnerensed welght aud vitality of 2-year-ord Aim. es qx | sheep, and by the prompt and fearless” ox- WILLIAM SHAStA WEI, postive of fraudulent or decepllve practle Yearlingwethor, Morino or's 7g 0% Bay y those engaged In the business, tho Asso- elation hopes to muke sheep-culture und wool-zrowinig the conmmading titerest of the State, aud te elevate the reputation of Kangas wool to an envinble position In the Wool-narts of the country, dL, Ke MORE FIGURES, On the day of this exhibition a Inrge_ nium berof wethors were shorn, for shipment to Whuple & Hodge, at Winfield, for mutton. ‘This firma purchased 250 head at $3.50 per 100 pounds, to be sent to St. Louly. ‘The flock averaged 1118f pounds per head. My, Uh! , has also sold this year 100 head of ewes at $15 euch, wins cho fleece, amounting to vbont eighteen pounds each, Mer. Copulunt has 890 ee Cetywayo In Captivity, London Waorhl, © De ove Molen,” or the old mill, whieh isnt present the prison of the ox-King of the Zulud, isu two-sterlod furim-nouke, some four miles aa ape ‘Town. ‘The will has disappeared, put tha isin ood repair, well Dullt, und old sheep, 200 owes, and 101 lambs Gils year. | with linge niry rooma, It would be hard ta dt Avernge welght of yeartlngs’ tle this | a tner view. “Tn thy inatter of seunery und year thirteen pounds, lo has sold 2uo | e2amigdutton tho tive his lite tocompluin of, Visitors to Cetywuyo must by furulshed wethers from this tloek, 2 and $ years oli, with an order “tvont the aottieg of the avernglng 135 pounds before shearing, and intact Toe atin gestern preeau bringing 24.69 per 100, shorn, Other extb- | thea to” the “esciine, whoe he read ftors reported sludlar suceess, ‘There are 70,000 sheep in Butler County. ln the ad- joining county, Greenwoutl, there are 20,000 1", by the crowd of passengers calling ut Capa TOweiita kind of aublegient speciintn. Aauiat the qimes faerlbedt on the visiiurs’ book tire 3 he those of Ketward and George (the two suns of sheep, und $4,000 cattle. ‘Thosy herds | the Prince of Wales weltten in boytste hands, and flocks were started with dine | Pho drawing-room bs ehvory ja aspect und terlor Southern stock, but no | serupntousty clenn, but eatdly turnished wit trace how remutis of their origin, ‘he vattle are largely of high grades, there being 0 number of herds of full-bloods. ‘The best strains have been procured and liberuly aningled with common cattle, besldes the ini portation of pure-blood cows and careful reeding of thelr progeny. Of the 35,000 cattle inthe county there ave none of the Jong-horn varluty. © Improvement in sheep ball a dozen Aan tb kiteben-chirs, on one of which #its Cotywayo tan blue-dorge sult, with» percous sundiog-cap on tis hua. No deaoripiion would, pertips, nit him ot as Fale atatl's fo portiait of bind woolly portly mio hulth, and a cerpilents of a che eure ‘ul tial, i phiatshate Oyo, utd & niet nubile cure ark eae? pty way'e to the life, rhize, Coliversation bicarried onthrough the medium oti Cetywayy rumuricy Uae hu bs hos alsu been pressed to tho utinust, An Ine | tue old * te tearn Regt: bit atds, © My Bon staneu of this ta poled Te ee cater fees | xii do wo.” fle iiked thy youn Princes macht “they were fine boyd and be could ave that the were Of Royal blood. to fiked + Ie aude Molen’; but what was the good of Hiking w thing, he was deut now.) 8 band Langabil remarks the vrewhllo Majesty, " are ice two lt paws (busterds down ‘horg,”—inenning birds who have no home, nota bad paraphrase of David's © partridge on the menting.” He follow uvery step of our conties with tho Burs through the Pr aere er whish Inter- poueee ron aut to hha datlys und on fuaras ng of tho death of Gen. Colley, dletated entirely from bis owe Iden a totter of condolence. fo the Governuret the colony, ltutore leaving “dy gude Maten " tho visitor will bu futra Md to the bot dn taimbor, grout stray Lay, who was among the first to bring sheep into Greenwood County, about fifteen years ngo,—his first fluek betng 100 Mexicans, the frst clipping of which averaged four potnils to the fleece, From this start, and by the tise of merino bucks, he now huge tuck frou which the elipping of this seusan averaged twelve pounds from 600 sheep, A DETAILED STATEMENT of tho wool-crowers presout at the Emporia meeting of the State Axsoclation, the number of sheep owned by excl, and the amount of woo! sheared, 43 given below: eee eerie a Ni =Mvompo dn exeeUunt sondition, and wbout a4 cons Fengad: ne tn dtivbr Jubii tou atilead asy vwhond oxi | intelleetind develupmont thoy mut” resound WY | Courtdress is, though becoiatng vnough, vt 3} AMY) wcanty, ana silts their tne bronzod tures well, 4 Vag | Just a Sergeant's plaid of the Ninutyesirst J 100m | Tartan ns wart of shaw), whieh seems to be cee ag WAU arded us an tucumbrance, They are werry, Oo 1g | Mabteheurted creutures, who ttect the tue vari. 4 an | lesly enol dee golden world of idlouess and ‘uille Doors a ee cry) ‘Tho ox- King, too, ls fond of n Joke, aud the a waa Pais sue ONT ae wk hls hiuxhter a iitreg f é woudenatured chill, © Can you-tse a knob: i 5 Weil,” atid a) ay Cetywayo, "iff can’t du that 1 enn do nothe gam) saan | fis and pleking up am tick ina tow rapid oN Buy | Basses he dlgarmed bla Inquiring friend; thet YAY HERS | inte of iuugitere Literatura tho wrens 0d HAN | solution of mure civitized cuptiy insindrocnce: “ay 73H | sealed boul ta Colywayu, luc Eola OT 1a sey poilosophte refovtiony, hike the Hlustriowt pels: ronba yes Sale eG | pnor of tum; aor weite bis memoirs and revale Sa orien | leetons, Hike hiv greater uncle; nor enn heeven, io yo | Ube bigown bitterest epponcnta. solace an ene CH mate Taroye Tolaure by writhg {unt entur ariivies . far the Nacteenth Century. Thera te ia ro> Vw oy source beyond adivtnul browding over bis own LON Vu soleroried und the vuln bope of a posable i * BEE. -— Occann of WI Flowers. Duran (Coley Recount, wad 7.3 Tho wholo country ts ubloom with wild towers. 2) | Vortoct eens of color Hood hilly, und mica, and, Be b)] valley. ‘Thu growl itéclf ty covers, and the 128 PR) | trees, and vines, and shrubs are fem t alive ving tay | With White, und Yellow, aud partleoloren butters dls ny Mica of beillinut hice, stutonury Mower butters ‘ottereld & Bau, ‘ou Hew, ‘hore are legions of Nowers on every ol Yili an band, Ineludiys many ot the welleknuawn Kustorn ena cm favorita wid hoate of thy protty children of these eae gees an wills, ns dullento wid beautiful a thelr ih Bialte a0 tiled elated, DUL LO 18, ae yur, mtie® “WW, & Pit a8 ‘Chere wre hure bells, and butttredps, und ra Huwlods aul the bee f iho wirvice ry, wud preity white tasdels, mude up of 30 NUtd bell-stupod Howers, alost liku tie Hy. OF the valley, but xeowlus On shrubs, and protty ye blossoms, Uke the Howermg currant, awtboray blossouy, shaded frou white to pink, und wild wWwoet pous and columblie. In ta were re Be end OF uxquisit dowers uf all shapes ei Trot yet abeared. ‘The above report lucludes only sixty-one Gat era Ono of quently ent voufessor who condemns or absolves, CALDERON. The Poet-Dramatist Whom Spain Is Now Commemorating. Characteristics of His Composi- dlonds, in Stylo and Plot. Dramag, Oonseorated to Love and Vengeance, For The Chicana Tribune, While Spain, ty thls glorious twilight of Nineteenth Century, ts wreathing with an Immortal aureole the memory of Its greatest pout, {tinny be of Interest to retrace here the vostralt of one who fy thus reverenced, and Whose renown lag been eehoed far beyond the slerras of his native lind. And yet tt ts noeasy tisk to pletare with a pen thoso no- bly Mneaments which the master hand of 9 areat artist ling in all thelr altel expression; but, nevertheless, sone handed elleate down fo ts, vontours anil ex ten of individual characteristics may be formed by perusing a written deseription of the appearance of Calderon. He stands be- fore us tn hls full-length portrait In an attl- tude of meditation, his countenance tn, re- pose, while larze dreamy eyes seem to penc- trate the soul rather than to a@aze on the ex- terlor workd, A Iife-breathing clement mys- terlously appeals to the beholder who stands enthralled before this powerful person{fica- tlon of tignity and: gravity, lofty genius and sublime Inspiration—before one who to- day composed a drama of terrible jealousy, more frightful than that of “Othellu,”” and tho morrow crented “ Autos Sacramentiles”? all glonming with lyrle eloquence, ‘Che head of Catderon bears much resuimblunee to that of Shakspeare, while hls nose and the graec- ful oval of Mis face reeall to mind the portralture of Racine, Attired In monactal costume, with a lioly medal suspended by a cord from his neck, the conviction Impresyes Itselfon the beholder that the life of the famous poet was passed within the walls of solne motastery, where, untrunmeled by worldly surroundings, his geulus recelyed its Inspirations. But Calderon WAS A SOLDIEI HEFORE IE WAB A PRIEST, and for ten years bore arms with dlstetion In Milan and the Netherlands, by the King of Spain, who conferred on hin He was recalled: the order of San dago; after which he served fm the company of Catalonia, and subse- ud the clerienl profession and beeurne 9 Chaplain in the Aretiopiseopal Church uf Toledo, Before his Wth year he Wad written his first: play, “EL Carro del Ciclo,” which has heen handed aown to pos- terity, and In which we admire bls unrivaled genius; and in his 8tat year he wrote his lust play, Wherein lis lofty conceptions and poat- feal fervor were stilt mulntained, Caideron heaps meidents on incidents, events on events, Hitrigues on intrigues. Whatever may be the immorality of fuets or actors, he has # morality In readiness: God, and the He ls never gluomy; melancholy with its dingy wings never hovers var his scenes; he is gay, sparking; life overitows in hits works, ile creates without reflecting much; he sings and nets, passlag from the lyric impulse and from) Uthyramble uous — conflict passion to a ttimutt of action With oa stroke of the pen, and with oxtraerdinary fervor and rapidity of creation, he runs Across the enchanted world of whieh he ts the king. Hlis rhyme dorresponds with his thoughts, which fly through space Mke feathered arrows when birds traverse the elonds. by battalions; theso verses sustain without effort inimense perlods, marvelous recitals, grand descriptions that carry you away in their onward mareh, or rather in thelr tight heaven ward. THE RUYME COMES AND GOES} If it Is obediont, it is aeepted; if restless, It is disregarded; which Nberty of movement well nevords with the actions of Spanish eayailers, with the eternal clashing of their swords, with the confusion of thelr tutrigues, whieh are constantly conflicting with each other in obseurity,and with the {minense fracas of an Imbroxiio whose denouement only takes place when actors and speetators need repose, Somethuies the poet droops lis wing, du the erisis of great passion a terrtbie ealm beglus; the hymn arises In measured verses, grave and powerful, revealing the painful agitation of the person; and, when this pas: slonate voice has ceased and the action ts reeommenced, the drm moves on In its ac- customed rapidly, Germany, above all other nutions, adimres the Catholle poutry of Spain, and especially thatot Calderon, to whom the Hbrarles of ium have wo devoted ther presses in the. publivation of translations of his works, And yet Spati in the Nineteenth Century does not comprehend the beauties of tho poet whom to-day the King, and Queen, anid “nobles have assembled to honor, But Spain knows that Calderon extab- Ished — the- dranm of hls country, and gave it, for base and dome, for the frst step and anzzting cupola, that whieh, was its stipport and erown,—Cathollelsm. Calderon Was stile beeanse he was complete. Its works inelose te most eloquent expresslons, the inmost pathetic events, the most energotle erm, and the most terrible catustro- that could arise on VHIS CUMISTIAN AND CIIVALRIC YOUNDA- ‘vION. Ho has refined the national poesy without. al reachtius the beauty ot thut of the Gi 2 80 Inimitable In Its perfection; bat Jas displayed ant tmaination more vast. in resions wore elevated, and deseended with: out fear tite depths unknown. Te was great poet, although tho Spantards of the Nineteonth Century comprehend hing but very Hutle, many of them preferring to hint Lope de Vera, whom thoy dnd more lyrieal wn less intlated with comparisons aul exchimations; ethers, whom “French taste has transformed, refect nl anelent Spanish Merature, from the old Gothic poem uf the Cl to the Latinized works of the commence wnont of the Eighteenth Century. Calderon's style ts too profoundly of the olin thes, Hie Is not, ke Carvintes,—that other Molisre who communis sympathy and forves lave,— one of those vist Titalletts witel bring all ideas within thely migneticelvelu. Calderon's fenilees Iwota more soelal phase, and modern nthe dx too fer removed from fin fully to appreciate lis dramas. ‘There ts to plifloses phiziiys da dhs plays——ne sorrowfnl wheltits. ‘ Hae in a ponies who Pe Weal nite fo" te elite) DAYS. DEpDlD,. ia eatitest AOE ME a: Blowlng sky and ange! mata er HEA atlove and glory tor tho chosen ones, fut ts review Caldron fn one of hls drums ECRATED TO LOVE AND VENQHANCE} wall there seo how with his country ho Understands conjugal vengeance, Ven- BUG, NUL a "are tie threa words Whieh ost frequently represcnt the Spanish dra, —words which worallsts Just- ly consider dangerous, and upan which subject wo will Wot vasa any discuxalan, ‘The draws tu auestion ts lminoral and: fe- rovlows, for this axiom; When ono dosirca yengoancu, ho must know how to walt Aust ty be still, and how to strike, Calderon first presents us toa beautiful and quiet scone, A young gly), after having cape tracted o inarrlaxe de convenanee, meets on tho xu morning of tho ceremony a young win with wham she was dn love, aud Wwhont sho belluved wasdend. ‘This powerfl siti tlon opens the drama with profotnd Ine terest. here bo observed that in the dra- pss he author constantly repeats Ut ina: matic art of Spal there ure but few of those slow preparat ions which tema the people af tho North. in the widst of thin ardent soclety aie would not dire te distill passion wn iunalyze Tt, You never seo an tage slows Jy torture bla victlia, and pour tho polson of Jentousy drop by drop Into u suffering heart. UUUSTS POUTIE WITILA SINGLE DIPULBE, Uke the calyx of ‘Trapieal phuuts, whieh sud: denly opons under the sinbeuns, and forth a dieryeat of brilliant dlowers. ‘The inovement of events Is the engrossing sabe Ject of attention, and uot the development of character; the hitter: pleasure belongs only to fh North, which alone fs capable of suels study, Bue let us return to the dramu in question. The youtue gird just made oa bride, ax already elated, received w letter from him whow she had loved. Shestrnzated ngalnst the ¢ fo seu him: but passion always has admirable reasons for committing great folltes, 1 most see him” said Leonory © 1 will pers strade hl to leave the elty. Twill denna Its Ln fact she saw hin, > “ny feet are neck bears the fatal If no lonser,—thare- é moment allow any ot the attends w his life, and don't want to be again » Cady: surrounded hin to suspect: the fury whieh tne 3 fava no has been nriying for the past tbirror + ay . 7 yoars to bave the dend appear to hin, 9. Thave acted well, L have I gureitinnts «1 a eatalind, (snd Be. posttinuly iene ene ne have been att” Ah, thia young mand 1 | hurthomasoaet when thoy toll nin he. must. bo have wlven hina tomb of eryatal and amon: | mistaken. [lis felonds foal vonsidarably worried funent clr ae eynltias to the laws of | over It, for thoy tour It is a presentimont of some honor, L have killed the one, coming trouble, Pitorh to KILL THES OTHER, eee The King shall never tell mu again, that one GEN. GRANT. cannot travel after ho is married. ‘This wieht, this night even, shill endall! Leonor! | sadoau’a Roview of Granta Miltary Charactor. Leonor! hs iets a ly a, tulle. sulle ment at lenyth ene to manifes! 3c! With {i hin}, beautiti) ns eutpable, aniappy as | 2" ie rere ot the military charactor of Deantlttit, fatal destroyer of my honor, thou | Gen, Grant, Badean says: art golug to dle in the midst of all that lit “THs entire career was indeed up to this i ‘This nournfil complaint, wh nothing culpable dn its utterance rupted by tho arrival of Don duah,—this Don Juan being w friend of tho husband, mtleman whom Dow Lope til protested by a Renurots hospitality. Tho lovers were in. an obseurity which rendered their situa: tlon cquivecal, and Don Juan, surprisi te them, prepared to revenge tha honor of lls 'T 4 has tie most brilltan AI tha eles | polnt a prelude and preface of wintt was to Frtend, Cho dover attempted to tly: Lon | nents stint serve My ‘vengeance. ‘Thy | follow. Events were educating hin for tho etna rested hit: ‘nn nwa on rar wind and wayes have ulrenty. performed | position he was destined to oceupy, He vol, ny sword, Will speak for thee thele purty the earth and tines shall do | learned the peculiar characteristics of Anter- tenn war, fy foun out that many of the riles applienbie Ju Europsan cantests would full hime here, Io discovered, years before the Germans, tte necessity of open-order thelr duty, thy night, even this aleht, my milvce aball be devoured by the tire tliat my mand sliall Hahts and © will kill thee while the flames, are roying the home of my of ‘The husband, who ltd entered, Hstened to all this, nti) Dow Luts, profithie by. the obseurity, threw h! wit into the first door he fount open Hane thy mame,” re- peated Don Jaen, who belioved he wis | fathors. Flu ofortht My honor shuit | slitting: his troops beenme protielent In tele THA WS naked Ae elle Wo stilt brud> | Gane pure fram tho ses ke old from’ | fortitieations; his cavalry was used lo the sys- the eruciole!” ‘This resolution was oxecuted,—the palace was burned. ‘The King and Ils Court, ute tem, afterwards so suevesstully employed by tho Ulinns, of monuted Infantry; he fulted the tise of artillery; he percolved that. the day for cayairy charges was nearly past. Me also Invented the long eampaigns: with- out a base, which astonished tie enemy und tha fworld, But, above wl, he wnder- stood that he was engaged inn people's war, nd that the people as well as the armies of the South must be conaitered before tho War could end. Slaves, supplies, crops, stocks, us well as arms and aumunition— everything that was necessary In order to carry on the War, was a weapon in the hands of the enemy; and of overy weapon the enemy must be deprived, “This was a view of the situation which Grauts predecessors In chief comunnd had failed to grasp, Most of the National. Gen- corals in every theatre, prior to lim, had “nur ir is? answered the husband Put’ down your sword, or the potut of mine will pleree your | trueted by the tire, proceeded to the place of henrt.? the disaster, From the midst of the burning explanations ensued. Don Juaninformed | debris Dan Lone was seen to como, forth, his friend that aman was with hig wife, ‘The | He bore the inaniiuate form of his wife, hustand malntalned that it was linpossible, “There she is,” he suid to the King, “ftow and ordered Don Jiento be stlenty he did | beautiful in death! She ts as white as tho not wish hls intimate frlond to fmaging that | ashes which cover my fallen paluce,—a flow- he was dishonored, “if Doan tijured?? he | or devoured by the thimes,—a living splentor sid to Lnself, 1 willbe prudent, and iy | that fire has reduced to nothingness! Look, vengeanes Will bo nn exiunpte to the workh” | sire! This was my wite—a noble and virtue “When ono desires vengeance, be must know | Os womnn! She whom LT loved so much ow to walt Nes there; Eshiull never seo her agai! Now dnd how to bo atill, and how to strike," all ts sade, J will fotlow you to the warl? ‘This ts the refrain of thy plece. Then, turning ta Dan Juans The frlemk departed. Dow Lupe took the “And you, my frien, ifany one ever de Tninp from the band of tha domestle, and, ene Sf mands of you fh what manner ASpanish gen tering a enbinet, there found Dow Lely, the | tleman takes revenge, romembor me, Recall lover of Leonor. to mind Don Lepe,—dne who never told his | attempted to varry on thotr opera- ‘The latter, perfectly composed, threw his | wrongs,— tong us i thoy were ishting on mantic over his shoulder, and advanced with | wito NEVER BREATHED 11s VENGEANCE.” | forelgn nelle. They sought oat His sheathed sword hinuing at his side. He | rpyg wrote the poet whom the two | Hutelivre urmiles, | to capture pasts ng had been pursued by assasins, lie sid, and | gehlegets honored with thelr commenti: win by strategy pttre and simple, But this had thrown himself Into the frst house that he arrived at; he was at the morcy of him whose domicile he had entered. “Now, suilor, added he, “punish mo with death; tet me dia honorably. Lean sueritica ny life, ny soul, ny future, ton gentleman hike yon, who believes hhngelt offented, who at lenst will save me from falllng under the stroke of a raseally murderer.” Don Lope was not duped. Ife listened, and afterwards politely conducted Don Lite —this same Don Lula, the objectot iiiy jenlousy—to the open dour. Leonor believed herself saved, All appeared cating but the hottest rage was burning In the heart of Don Lopes “When it coneerns vengennee,? he agiln repented, nt the moment a second day hud ended, Sone must suffer tind be silent; one must walt?) You hear ine cessantly these terrible words; eal thie they ure heard, the spectator trembles. ‘Truly they uronse excitement and interest. Emotion does not cease; the heart beats quicker and quicker from seeno to scene, "Throw all this pleco tn a modern thentre, and the greutest success would nttend It, Nothing could be more touching than the situation of Leonor, nor wore frlehttul than the calm- ness of thy Spanish husband, ‘hese oss tially dramatic situations are felt from tho first Instant, wid need no commentary; they have nothing to do with tho study of eharac- ter,—they arise from passion, Don Juan, the frlend of the husband, is profoundly jealousof the honorof his friend, inethotl-was not sutliciont ina civil war, ‘Tho passions were too intense, the stake was too great, the alternutives were too tremendous, twas not victory that elther side was play- {ng for, but existene ff the Rebely won, they teatro dia Nation; if the Government succeeded, It nnnihilated a rabellion, It was hot enotigh nt thls emergeney to fight as men fight when their object is merely to outwit or even outnumber the cnemy. This enemy did not yield because he was outwitted or outnumbered, It was indispensable to an- aihilate urinies und resotrrees; tu place every Rebel foree where it had ne alternative but destruction or stibmisslon, and every store or supply of avms ur munitions or fuod or vlothes where it could bo reaghed by no Rebelarmy. “Granvs greatness consisted in his per- ception of this conuition of affalrs, and lily adaptation of ail his imevang to meeting It. When he beenms Generatin-Chiet he at once conceived this tden, and understood tha terrible nature of the task he must assume, Ife nine all his plang and combinations with this In view. ‘I'he scope of those plans in- eluded the entire Republic, ‘The Army of the Potomne at the East and Sherman's forces at the West vonstituted the two great motive powers; but in Virginia, Butleron tha dates and Sigel in the Viton were to nssist Mende ou the Rapidan, while at the West Janks was to meat Sherman, both marchin toward Mobile. All were combined and dy rected with « common purpose and a central vies and tholr praise, but to understand whom you mus tleave the Ninoteonth Cent- ury and Imagine you are In Spain, ‘To the right you hive the convent; to the left, tho uto-da-fe; and overywhere the crucifix. Before you are the wild sierras of Alpu- urres, nd the yellow touses of Madrid are niull view. ‘Then read this poetry wihitel rolls brilllantand rapid through the wind- ings of the drama —a deanna whien glides, files, and passes with the sonorottsness of a inagle Instrument of musie, M, TLALLOwELI. ROBERTSON SMITH, Tho “ Meretic.?? Loudon World. Passing along Union street, Aberdeon, in a westward direction, about 2 o'vlosk of an afterneon, whun tho colteges of the Granit City wre in session, tho chunces are that you willmect—or might have mot before bo was sugpended—n siimiy-bullt young mun of smull stature, Accompaulud probably by a student.— a budding alvine,—to whom he fsuhattiig obeure fully, and carry lag beneath his arm a few books, thore ts very little about his goucral appearance tonttrnct tho attention of a stranger. If you happen tostund naldo for 4 moment, however, you will peroelvo that ono of twa porsons, procoaiing in the samo direction as your- 6 7 sire: solf, nudyes bis companion xs thoy | alm, ‘These combinations were sometines fasted. line “Tphise Pend meatiuiey pass tho little wan, and both turn und | {ntorrupted and thwarted in thelr de oblige lilt to perform the task, ow enn he | look atter nim. A moro boy be looks, and yet | velopment. Grant and Shernan ench mot ‘doit? WHLit notoitend him more? Would | there ts something unusually striking wbout the wniny obstacles before either sut down Jn itbe better to allow him to repose in at | round, cheerful, honrdtess face and dark brilt- | front of the stratextienl! objective point of his shameful ignorance that protected his happl- hess? ‘Thly uncertainty puted btn when Don Lope appeared, end,” said Don Juan, “ wo are none; L would consult you on ascruple that Lhave nt heart. You shall advise me? And, wider other names, Don Juan recounted the situation of the funily who had received him wider thelr roof, ‘The suffering of Dow Lope while his friond was spenkings his disshnulation, which did not hetvay hint; his resolution of yenge- ance, which guined renewed strength; hig Internal and intense emotion, that swelled np without overilowing,—all this: was imagutti- cent. Che two friends listened to each other without uttering a word about that which concerned thom both. ‘They left ewch other, Don Lope met the King, who asked him if he would remain with; his wife, or follow ha to flict In Africa. ou. “1 will follow you, strd.” “Pale enre,” sitll Dan Scbustian “ Tus- bands who goon a voynze have often trou- blesome alfnirs at home.?? ‘Tho words of the King wounded Don Lope, whose pride. was aroused; he believed all had been divined, ‘Lhe sceret surrows of lis soul he thought had been reveated—thiy tosh painful cinotlons exposed to view, then army. Butler and Sigel both fulled in their voGperation in Virgliia, while Banks falled to eodperate before Movlle, Grint himself entered pon an encounter as terrible ay that of Christlan with Apotlyon in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. ‘The straggic was prolonged and bitter, and the Natlonil com- munder received ag well as inflleted appalling inant oyes, shaded bya soft wideawake hat— soinothing which tults of hard stuay and deco thought. Ina few minutes ho leaves tho stu- dont, and, hurrying along Crown atreot, enters tho dvor of bis house. You thon discover that the parson you buve been watehing fs none otbor than Mr..Willjam Robertson Sinith, a Froo Chureh Professor, the neeompliahed sebolar, tho | los4; but he persisted In his advance anid learned writer, the keon debater, who hus, dur | carnage ind assaults with that awfil com ing the past fow yours, fulrly outwitted tho | posure ad comldence which to many nature o athors and Hrotiiven™ In-Goneral Assembly, | fe nut only inscrutable but absolutely repel- and who nae shaken cocteviast{dal Scotland to its | jine, but which nevertholuss was the especial very contre. lity whieh e1 e ree Cary pivin bouso outside is that thabitea | duality whieh enabled tin to succved, ; ig by Mr. Robertson snilth, and, ns Lecurnca tha | Wished lis armed through such a month o| rosiduneo of # acholur, It 1s us plain naide. Ho- | couselesy and seemingly resultless battle ay tho yond aifexcellont Hbears, furnished with all the | world has hardly ever seen; stealing, how= atest tending worka {1' thoulozy, philovophy, | ever, us he know, the blows from waich his aud philology, there [3 very little fora visitor to | antagonist would never recover, In the notice, Pho only residants in the house ure the | \Wilderness the Rebellion recelyed Its death. Professor and his housekoopor. Hu sotdom en- | gtroke, It lingered mouths afterward, wid fortaing company, oxeept when wome of bls | atthe skill and strength uf the Nation ind frionds from tho Sauth—Prut, Candlish, or may alto push the bind hap Prof. Lindsay—pay ulm visits and thon a | {ts soldiers went aig as inno He lye few of tho Toca! clonty of his Church, ono of | 0 the hort, but e icon ae iu May, his colloayues in the calivgg, and several others, | 1dtt. But for just this terrific strife, just this persistent attack, Just this bloody wage, the resttlt would have beon deferred ‘or dif- Are invited to meet thom, Tho Professor's yoiu- bility Is great, and be Koops up a runuing fire of ferent. s But the Rebels folt that this commander could neither be deterred nor avoided; that talk'the wholu evening, ‘fhe noxt move on the partor his friondsat Presbytery. Synud,or Assen- no skill nor fortitude could elude or with- stand tho man who wielded such weapons bly fa discuased, and nuiny of what'his oppo- nents consider felonloua little schemes aro with such unintermitting power, ‘Choy lost not only force, but licart, fn the Wilderness A SUBLIME MoNoroa‘or PRIDE, that tho Spanish poet knew go well how to ereate. Me did not allow a word of love to esenpe,—nol nt senthnent emanating from the heart,~not, an allusion te his happiness de- latched thon and there. Tho charges which have beon brought ugainst Prof, Sith by a sevtion of his Church uve beon as varied as they bave been numerous, Approuching Holy Writ as Hobrow scholar, unsurpassed at the cay Heit. nun finally all things were ready and a 1} prosent day, hy tis played bud havos with sume | stroyed. Not the words of tha Kine had | of tho otd traditiond! notions whieh, In Scotland | the great blow was struvk, {t was seen how fallen on hing like fire, $e thought only of | particularly, have gathered around it. Ho | conpleto had been the preparations and com- hhuself. Had he not been liberal with the | questions whethor Mosos loft in writing any othor Dinatlons whieh had preeeded the end; how absolute the execution of the scheme devised ayear before. Lee surrendered because he Jaws than the ‘Ten Commandments; looks upon the story of Ruth, nots a iteral picture of whut oeurred, but nea “gracofiul prose idyl"; poor, Just towards the soldier, compnssion- ate towards the werk, loyal to the gentle: inan, courteous to ai? And yet he must much of what ‘fs generaily ascribed to Solomon | had nothing else to do, Ho could nat ran submit to the raillory’ of 5 liv | Qe'thinks was nobweltton by niin ae alle whlle | away. Jultiston, and Maury, and Richard. tached to a historical nunc, Mr. Smith was born at Kelx-Tough, a beaue thul apot neur tho Valo of Alford, Aberdcen- shire, in 17, Ho Ifthe gon of tho tev, Witthan Pirlo Smith, B.D. Free Church tministor there, ‘The lad muy be suld to buve oceupled an educi tonal hotbed for tho frst dozen years of bis life, Ho vould read Hobrow at 6 years of nye. Ile was cdueated at Aberdven University, whore ho hud a moat distinguiabed carver, ariduating aetly thie same reason, ‘Lhe varius victories were not haphazard; It was not that cach man chanced to come outright. All the ar Tangements were inde tn udvance, | Ariny: after army cama up to surrender, ) pleces of chess In a complicated amo, when the beaten plnyer has only one move for ouch, and that to give it away. Nor was It nly eens, of Appomuttox, ar because the: Nol” said he; #4 do not flye to reform the world nod women; I live for vengeance. He shall know—this King shall know—Dor dans and the world shill know hing and centuries sliall len how a Spantard seeks revenge? In fact, vengeanee wus approaching. It many reallly be Single, after the dramatic seona where her lover L with Was surprised with honors in togle, puilosophy, und mathenttt- rt, that the lessor Rebels yielted, jer by Her husband, that Leonor sould wish | less After teuving Aberdeun uo spane povorn) | Ml lost heart, that the fessor [Rebels ytetiiey, te seo again hia whom she loved, ‘The povt teat at the Universitiog ar Boeliny Hann, and | for Stoneman, and. Thoinas, und Wir adintrably palnts this Inevitable progress of | Gottingen, hlanttention walle tons bang word | son were in his ‘rear, while Shermun pussiony While augments, wlth linger, is Seer Rum Som Hor tecirelag ey | wis In front, and. Sfeade und Shor- Tronaied by peril, and which exposes Itself i Scotland, and whou only #t yours of ago, he was appointed Professor of “Oriental Line Auages and Old Testament: Exeyosls in thy Free Church College, Aborduon. — jtls distinguished tatents and agholarly resoureh soon brought bin inty notice. and hy was chosen ag 2 inember of tha ible Rovidion Committee. He was, more recontly, eugaged as onu af the statt of contrib. ‘tors to tho new edition of the Encyclopedia Brituanien"; and itt in conneation with tile writings on Uiblicat subjects to this publication Quit tho proceudtugs tor poresy wore rst tuken. it {4 now over four years sliced Prot, Sinith's article on tho Mible appeared in the Eneyclo- podia. Soveval of the viows ect forut requrding idan were approaching from the north, ‘Lhe troops that escaped from, Mobile were be tween Canby and the cavalry, and ifthey had trietl could have done nu belter than thule fellows. ‘Tho Rebellion was conquered at all polnts at the sine ime, It Ind no armies excopt In front of greater ones. [t had no Bu nites except separated from its urniles. Tt had no arsenats, uo armorles, ne vallronds; vet fe surrendered a thousand cannon and wo itindred and seventy thousand soldiers, “This was not the result of brute foree. This was not inere oulnumboring or over- continually to newdangers, She areanied a rentlezvous with Don dda bin country man: ston, situated on an daland xt some distance from the shore. Attho moment Don Lula was sueking a bontmun to conduct hin there, Don Lope, tho husband, appeared upon the seene, 8 pulltely vecosted the young lover of his wife, and asked him) whom he was seeking on thlz shore. *!.A bontiman to cone duct me to the Quinta of the King.” “2 WILL CONDUCT YOU MYSELF,” engerly answered Don Dove. who Wal mada Avarrangement with anoiher besa, “Ll | some: of tho bows of Sorippire—notably the | Whelnng, 1t was the disposition of the promlsed ane of my frlends uw visit iim at | writings of Moscs—woro ry siderably in ad | National armies botween, aroun art hinong ils Quintal’ An? thought he, “the mo- | vance of those gonuntlly entertained in tho | the Hebel forces, as well us the incessant ment to revenge myself hus arrived.” Don | Church to which he belongs. ‘Thuso views | blows dealt by those armies, which mada tt Tags seeretly congratulated himself on the | M!ekht howover, | hiye mesed =o unno> | lispoxsible, after Appomattox, for any organ- courtesy whieh the: husband) extended bea gee Prot. Smith's abiiltios not ox | ized Rebel force te nuke a move in ny le jesus, of an Estublighod Church Professor da Edinbu vorstts, WAY, with the evident intention of at ance Selle act Prof, Sinith's reputation, and going an injury to “the Coureh over tho way,” called attention to towards hin. However, Don Lope was niur- anuring to hb shall del? Ag * Cun it bo rection that did net entail upon itself abso- Jute aud linmedtate destruction,” Se ELECTRICITY, . Hots inimy hands? He Don Liles asked, inaudiblys possible tat the hnshaad con. duets me to ils white? Is it within the bounds When Prof, Smith tes f tho pulpit ort rr uppronohed and was ubout to | it Ghuaaw, Hine ur otner of the ius | Disewastow of the New Avpitentions of guldy the boat, “Don Lope would not cone | f¥o8 i Beotlund the ourehes ure crowded, | the Vorco~Thte Iullway at Berdin— sunt; he obliged the man to remain onthe inl in a resent Godaaiin bunds at Fillo to ual Hlows- Worked: (ausss Ligiteds shore, and ordered hiny to awall the arrival | Gosarul proucher. itis plieo ts fi tho classe ‘Trains Drawn—A Benoilvont Gontus, of wu domestiy, and charged him to say that | or igoturoshatieaind noe. tir eo cuureh.. Daring In dizcussing a lecture délivered before the his muster would soon return, hg haut mane k ane | te Seam ne bet A ansponsion, rok, nk sistod Society of Arts in London by Mr, Alexander ih! Hn Laug, |. arg I, YIe. purpuaes, |. 5 tho Y i ih PAR AOROTT ny erase if ee Hi toy Ni ae yBiaie Kaan ate ston of power b thes Wout bt exert learty edmewurert Bti Bipol | wen beveatehed Mest td, ole ibaa wale de att Bs SUIT Hie cluniuatio:la ayeaie GE TetEn iGploe nf anuny nuclone iadoriptiona torus Cauad | Ue ceale Wiki 8 stblew The bark departed, “My Heavend sald } Se?! By hte wT play a conspicuous part In tho futuro of the tho boatman, who saw his Hitle craft ape | ape monumental atmos and balidiais thors, | rn, hi lt la "it says, prodeh the othar sliore, “Ht fa strange nod Mt pee aaah Altova son wo to de Reena have Wtherto, deemed on comes; when will this domestic arrivg!? | cipher. Ro nis buen again und again wked bi : fee 1 in of What ‘do Lf seo? ‘The bark has capalzed? | to leave bis chal for ovotpations more dis- | Gorful and almost perfect In the domuin o! Cilone can save thom! Dut Cbelieve dhe | tinguished and romuncrative; but he continues | practien! sclenco was about to vanish way, wator win bo thole tumht In faut, Dare to. atek re Pear erated Anew competiter enturs the fleld, armed Meee eye wet tueraices Guo oat, wud saved | vtundueds of tho Froe Church. ‘Yho youth and | With a subtle and irresistible power, Muah by Neeley leaving Don Lule to | tiunrot scotland ts on lia sido; und whether | and promising not merdly to por WEesUo With Che Wovens bu win thls lat ftaht or lose ft. ho will have the 2 vay, be Leonor awalted the ‘arrival of her lover; | sutivtiction of having done much to udyunce | form ald things in a better way, but she appeareat to have a preseutinentof her | tho real aud permanent interests of truth, to accomplish that which has been hitherto Hosthny, maul cS hyn of yarrow uscontted | ch unattumpted, if not altogether undreamed rom lier Boul, hu wis dn her boudulr, of, Even the rallway—the porfection of mechanical and enginceriug art—is not se cure, It may, Indeed, romainy but there faba ata not only loge ite imps distinguished schular aud nhlest debater, but ong of tho most sincere Uibival critles which tho century hus produced, ——— ol It tho Free Coureh parts with Vrot. Sinith tt will tombling and agitated, when A CRY FoR MERCY REACHED HER, Jt was from a man strageliye agalnst the A host Story, suems a possibility of undergoing a’ change Waves, and who called on God to save his | The Kotchumvilte (Ploga Ce N.Y. dnnl, @ Whatisthis imourntitoutery thatthe | rospendoutot thu Gaver Gracie telisiho ters | Witch will make It a uew thing altogether, night-winds bring me?” she exclaimed, “She | lowing story: Quite o siuguiar elruumstancu | Experimental railways worked by electricity Inut not recognized tho voleo of Don Lily, | bupponed to Mr. dwight Cudy last “Toursday | have been known for about two years; but a “ tle’ Y | Ovoniug while on hia way home fram Nort 0 Tie aa deesenties Ut Alle analog andy Sa it bo comomborat that it saws | commencement has new beow made in a sounds had Ged her soul, when Don Lope, | Yes dark night. Fe wax neceamary vor bin te | busluess-like form, and the suburbs of Berlln puse by the leaped from tho are now witness to the opening of a public hor iasbatde alt alisharehey tehuinvilly Cometsry, in whlet, soind Beyen oF ciybt years Ugo, tha remulus o: water with his sword stl! hanging wt hls | 4 mun by tho natie of dures Uoyloa wore ine | ne of rallway in which the iwotive power alde, terrod, and those of bia wity alvo, wo hue | takes the shape of electricity. ‘The begin- “1 then touch theengaln, Ocurth} Lenor, | lieve, ‘It scoms Mr. Cady was fumiljarly ace | ning iy amall, but it ls rent, and as italready my beloved, heaven has blessed mel Tshull | quanited with Mr. Hoylug, for bo ea us bo resente the sppedrones Of success Wwe muy ugnin meet thee, Lenor!” Don Jean, thy | ieured the cornor ja which be was laid terest | look for Its extension, ‘The Pristan ae friend who had arrived: on thy scene, and | tatall at once Me. Hoytesuppeared immediately | tharitles huve — officinily decided Zenon, the wife, Htstenod to the recital of | befory bin, nos imate tian two four dimant. wid {tho vehicle thus travuilng on rally is Dow Lope “A terribly aceldebt,” he pail hand and anid, “Haw do you do, Waele diuinyr’ | 8) truinecar, and ee poe, om a A pad nearly cost lin is fife, even as it had | to woieh the dead wan’ reaponded, 1 au all | higher average speed than ning English taht Hetuge shige rises cE vce nk | ERE HERR AM NE eae At Sag a | vate “trau-cut te fo seuliey au elvctrieal Bal ‘ofa tis huttxe, bar! at | wid; How 18 0! reine w-canller C1 g ctrle: curcied them had overturned, aud Don Luts | wenn” wutd tho dead, ian vearrlage, very well capable of porforming in a ti ew Leviton fell fauting, whout | kite "apa Adu wer tommpaltea ta aint tiles that amount of iis news Leonor ninting, withou it . cuinpelled ta expen Uwiee that any of uitering a single words (vtine ther nine | Guuppeared we quickly and quietly ag be came. | Te there is no. reason Wily several eat Mr, Cady ways Uncle Jitnary looked and talked as Qaturutas ify itwell, and Uls bund felt ward and just like any live ian’s bund, fe ways bu dida’t Teel frightened In che lenst until Uncle Jimmy disappeared, aud then bo never waswo weured in ‘ tons would regurd ug tho hight of atrocity, but which this extraordinary clvillzation maintained was sublime) her husband ralsed ber, spoke tender worda, and did uot for 8 Thages, cach with Its own vlectrieal appll- anew. should not be folnud fone tral. ‘The wiailve power Will thus be equal to the sur- mounting of steep grudients, and the wa- SUNN en ehinery could tn an Instant be relat tho most eltective brink ea Wer A prawowtl Wns put forth soe tn back for constricting an averhesd ste’ railway in Herlin, on- tho Stemens feet Halske system, x valeutatlon way ented Into us to cost, Tt was thon estimated rel first cost for the railway and all itn ssorles would be under £1300) ber 4 ile The rolling-stock would be of shill exta te, but ft was shown. tht if 200 trains i Nt, dy, carrying on the average tive ar six yer gons cach, at the charge of ap y per mite for each passenger, wll the expenses woul be patd, Including depreciation and repay it andd per cent on capittl Unturtungieg’ {hore were objections to the scheme, Peas abhorred tho fdea of ratlway passenizers ce? Ang in ut thelr rst-loor windows, “unl tg Kmperor did tiot wish to seeane of the hy “ yomest thoroughfares of the Capital ane fizured, Heneo the concession was ‘net wranted, and the project remalus, inate ithe practlenbility of su ct a ho practicability of an electric rallway already demonstrated. People ;fallveay i u for themselves wt the Crystal Pat German Capltal gives yet more. ¢ hea | i proof, ‘The great poteney of the Invenee consists In the transuilssfon of fnetyeuton current by a slmple wire, Whether t Hroue aenble or mere strand, nothing can be facile than this mode of ee meee The wire can be burledl or Wig lott i twisted and turned in any dostred iireetlooe Thy distance to whieh the current ean 4 conveyed and the amount of energy fost | the transit are matters whieh more Tine diately affect the economleal aspect of the question, But allowing that only halt the power expondted can be recovered and turned to neeount, MrA, Sletmens shows that cheap. ness would be elfected In any ine stances | as compared with the’ usg of sinall stenm-engties, ‘The idea Is that of aceutral station, where powerful steanrenghies, working on the most econo. teal prinelples, would” driya a nuber uf electrical machines to protic the required currents. It would be easy to lay wines Trom the contral station, i tho same way wa see tham now lald In cast-iron plpes Inthe city. From these main whes there would bg Junctions lending into the houses, and thers would be ne dittealty in providing two sey arate currents,—one for lghting and other for power,—to be used ns’ required, Already woe have the city iWhiminated by currents generated at on distan thought impracticable. ‘The transi power by the electric current is sli only by the Slemens Rallway, but by other applications. Cranes are wor! ropes are pulled by this agen near London, while double ta also a thrashing machine ha by ® Gramine machine tn France. Dr, Sie mens Is making the electric current perfor all Kinds of handiwork it hls country residences near ‘Tunbridge Wells, the resuit belng that one man ut the farm fy envied to do the work which otherwise woult secupy three,—n fact which may elulin attention fray, the agricultural interest hard) pressed by foreign competition, Sir Willian Arustrong has tttilized the: power of falling water for the working of a machine whereby he galug sulltciout electricity to Night up thirty or forty Swan lamps. Dr. Siemens turns a wire fence to uccount by making It tike the return current. It fs to be hoped that no ine genious device of this kind will lent at any the to an Unexpectet mishap. ‘Tha danger ot meddling with cold tron may assume tne wonted proportions, if powerful eleetric eure rents aro to be traveling along wire fences and other unsuspeeted places, Electricians may demunstrate that there [sno pussiile danger under stich elretinstances, and we intist prestine they are right. But It seems only tov probable that now and then there will be an aceklent of some kind, arising from wu wnisuspected contingency ‘The unfortunate Russlan sailor who per ished on bourd the Livadia while handling one of the electric lamps appears thus far to afford the only instance of disaster arising from the power of the electrie current. But we cannot forget that thore fs an enormous force at work, und where tlis ly the case there must be Just a chines that It may now and then escape from control. hvaddluon to the proposal for establishing 9 central sta» tlon whence the power should ve transmitted to the points where its uso was required, Mr. A. Slemens suggested that seconstar batteries, similar to those constructed by M. Plante and Improved by M. Faure, sliould be employed to receive the electricity and keep it ready for use,—in the sume manner ag gas is stored larga holders, and ay neoumulators are used in con nection = with hydraulic machinery. But the qustion “arises, .whether by storing this tremenlous ‘force wea.o likely to erente any new source of peril. cor the prosant, olectrielty wy pears to be the most beneficent of genil. i threatens ns neither with fire, explosion, nor suifocacion. It will Iyght our dwellings without creating smoke, and will give us nll the power of the steam engine without the nulsance of Its presence, ‘Tho engine—or a motor of some Khid—must indeed be employed, but it may be a tulle dis- tunt or more froin the spot whore its power is tinally given out, Letus hove thot uth. ing Will shake our contidence In this new and potent agent. If Fenianism or Niblitsin were uble to bottle up the Nghtning, and let [tout upon us at pleasure, we might tid cause to complain of the Ingenulty of modern electricians, For the present. there 1s happily the prgspeat of much that will henetit mankind. — Eleetrlelty displays all tha properties of a most obedient servant. It is sald to dlifer from water or alr tn having no “nites” or Inertia, Lt Ig Smponderable, and loses none of its energy in turning a cote ner, Applied to w rallrowl train, tt could be mude toturn every wheel, and not merely the two which are “now driven by steaun in the locomotive, Dr, Siemens states that bya system of overhend wires it would even be possible to give electric propulsion to an au nibs on an ordinary road. In connect on with the forthcoming Electrical Heshiblutona Paris, thore fx to bo a display of electriea le comotion, which, ulthough not quite equal to that of traveling: by electric power on a of dinary rond without rails, will yet be elie acterized by great simplicity. ‘I'he subject fs altogether one of Lmmunse practical lnferest, ‘and We are not surprised that the Society ie Arts found ft necessary to urrunge {at : dlscugsion of Mr, A. Siomens’ paper slow be resumed, ———— A Nevada Story—'Tho Ntranze ‘mrea that Got Mad and Made Muclf Utterly Dis agrecable. sei Virginta (Nev) Haterprise. Axgentloman ot this place hig a tree whch Ht a species of avauin, It was geowa fron Lia Drought from Australia. ‘Tho tree $s om ange Ing eight feut in bight, aud it 13 fn full an and growing rapidly, [¢ 4 teguminouss a vory clearly shows tho churactoristics of iy mithosa, or sensitive plant. Regularly € if evening, about the time tho *elickent 29 V7 roost,” the tree sues to roost. The ieares' Sak toguthor, and tho onds of tho tender twiks Ty themselves up Ike the tall of 1 well-con Loe Me After uno of tho twigs hus been vitonn aiidled, the eaves mave uncusily und are sort of inild commotion for tt intaute oF rend All this was known about tho tree Tutt ie only yeaterduy thut it wis Mligeovered | than {roa hud {1 {t meh more of tite and feel OT) it had over bofare buen credited with, ne rast being tn quite a small paz, ony whieh IW autyrowing, 1 was thought best to IVY ty of nich lurgor size, Yesterday afterne tree wits transferred to Ita new quarters, i eat ure fbeuperaten of its removal to of ita ability. a arriving a¢ hla reaidanco about tho tine joteog had dude Aransplanted,- the weer Lge Bos tape sda at + womniyi bal asking whatewnes ape bo waartiald: chat toy transplanted the tree necording 10 order edly the operation bad" made it very mad” Hire had tt bogn placed in bts new quarters eons tho leaves bugun to stand up in ull ’ ko the bale on tho tall af au unity soon the whole plant wit a oad huve been bnuured, butat the sane ve it gave qut an odor moat buy rent ani ntl fog. —Junt auch ne smell ag is givon ot OY Thame snukes and many othor kinds of armor tt ete Ter when teased, ‘Thts odor go tiled He eet and was so slckentng that it wis fou ae sury to open the doors and windows, Ci ogg tullyan hour before the plant calauel and foldod [t leaves In pence. it Raa bly not have given up the fight even Bn gare not been that Ita tine for going tO TT tbe rived, ftia probubly needless to tld tee of Whole bousohold now stand tu nut alittle ee the plant us being a thing moro antins tlle) than vexotuble, fous ‘ked y at Chariton an ‘Toit aE RICORD'S Vit Hostores Nervous and Hhysical Webllity. ete ly vegetable, Boxee uf 5) pilis, $1.75 & None Of LEVASSOR, W bis suv Kichellon, genuine without the French trade-tare of ture of 8, B, SIGESIOND, General AT TION.~A turmer agent of tulny ls num ary spurious Inftation of thy eolubrated 127. 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