Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1874, Page 7

ONSTER LOOSE. (From Once a Week.) | _ One February morning, about ten years ag. & man of between thirty and forty sat in his | lodgings, on the drawing-room floor in Museum street, London, writing. His table was thickly strewn with old books and engravings, some of the former lying open, others with numerous slips of paper sticking out from between the | THE GREEN-EYED Beston’s Great Literary Event of the | Season. A Bew Poem by America’s Poet. he great literary erent of the season has | Bere re ten ae Tonntiion'e neon of “TSe | Hanging of the Crane,” which was resd in Bos- | ten Thureday evening by Mr. Si¢ney Woolet, of Louien. The ge and intelligent ience assembled, and prev te the reading of the poem Rev. Mr. Murray delivered hisnew lecture on “Poverty.” Then Mr. Woolet was introduced and went on with Mr. Longfellow's poem, as follows: The Hanging of the Crane. (Pendre la cremaiiiere, to bang the crane, is | the French expression for a bouse-warming, or | the fret party given in a new honse.| | 8 History of the Drama backwards, taking the nineteenth century first, and then going to the eighteenth; and, as he had accumulated enough mabuseript for {two reaching George the Third’s reign, and pro- posed to get as close to the Fi it threatened to be voluminous, exhaustive, and costly work. Fortunately, however, he never dreamed of its paying. He was a batchelor with 4 fair income, riding hobby horse, and it was = hearer that a thoroughbred, or even & hack. ights at, and gon 1) the gnests | Cheaper, but not so conducive to .per- Sant Reamatng cies shore ntionres jects | bape, for he looked pale aud nervous. Indeed, To celebratethe b bis general appearance was delicate, his figure In the new 5 small and slight, bis bair and spatse whiskers sty A pom ti b burns the color of tow, his eyes weak and prominent, Se ae and at any sudden noise he started. Even ao - ina small a matter as the mest coevent opening the © fort , O happy 4 ¢ door startled him it did not seem to com- fem anne beoteie te since pose his nerves that she announced a lady. Ane the myriad homes of earth, ‘A indy! What lad e acked. Like a new star Just =; to birth “She wouldn't give ber name,” replied the And rolied on it» harmonious way Into the boundless realms of space! k her, tell her” he began; but the en- So said the gues peech and song, As in the chimney, burning bright, We bung the iron crane to-night, And merry was the feast a cut bis directions short. He rose, and hurried forward to offer a chair, £0 disclosing a limp. Directly they were alone sbe raised her veil: the man literally staggered back, and caught hold of the table for support. “Hush!” eaid the lady, placing her finger on her Jip as her she went back to the door, which she opened. Satisfied that the girl had gone 1 Ard now I sit and muse on what may be, in my vision see, or reem to nee, ng vapors interfased with tight, hat gleam and fa r leeper shai down stairs, she returned, and exclaimed— Sivk and elude the sight. “Oh. Mr. Peters! Do you kuow anything of For two alone. there in the ball, my husband?” : . is spread the table round and sist; ‘Phe poor man sank down in a chair, and col- Upon the po ver ehir lapsed. ‘The evening lamy is visitor searched about in a rapid yet self- The light of lewe porsessed manner, and found g asses and a d2- ater a cupboard. Not that, not that,” he murmnred, as she offered nim the peculiar sherry .which was lett out for the benefit of « thievish land-lady; and fumbling for bis keys, he managed, thongh with shaking band, to unlock @ compartment of his Writing table, in which a bottle of the wine re- served for his own drinking, was alwaye kept. Wonderful is the instinct of self-preservation; a pe set! to be hungwt nine bas been known Of love that says nc ours, for ours is thine and mine @ to come between like a screen, f land and sea, And whatsoever may betide ‘The great forgotten world outside; want no guests, they reeds must Each otber'’s own best company. be Tr. to refuse portat eight because he was subject to ‘The pictcre fader; a2 at a viliage fair the gout. A pt wman’s views dissolve mn the air, When he had swallowed a couple of giasses of To reappear transfigured on the screen, So in my fancy this; and now once more dn part transfigured through the open door Appears the self-same scene. Seated I see the two again, But not alone; they entertain A little angel unaware, With face as round as is the moon; A royal guest with flaxen hair, Who, throned upon his lofty chair, Drums on the table with his spoon, ‘Then drops it careless on the floor, To grasp at things unseen before. Are these celestial manners? These ‘The ways that win, the arts that please? Ab, yes; consider well the guest. And whatsoe'er be does seems best; He ruleth by the right divine # heeplessness, eo lately bor ‘D purple chamoers of the morn, A€ sovereign over thee and thine. He speaketh not, and yet there lies A conversation in bis eyes; ‘The golden silence of the Greek, ‘The gravest wisdom of the wise, Not spoken in language, but in looks More legible than printed books, Ag if be could but would not speak. And now, O monarch absolute, ‘Thy power ts put to proof; for lo! Restless, fathomless and slow, ‘Khe nurse comes rustling like the sea, And purhes back thy chair and thee, Aud so good night to King Canute. wine, Mr. Peters revived a little. ‘Then the 1ady continned— “You do know something, or you would not be so agitated. Ob, pray, relieve me from this horrible suspense. I cannot draw money or any- thing until there issome proof. Tell me, is he deaa?””" Mr. Peters shuddered. “{—I don’t know. How should I know? I was pot aware, when | saw you iast, that you hada husband. What makes you think—"” “Iwill tell you,” interrupted the iady. “I am now twenty-five. Seven years ago | was married to a moneter. He was old and fright. ful; but my parents were very strict, and thought all plessure wicked, so that I was glad of any excuse to leave home, and when they of. fered him to me I took bim without hesitation. He was rich, he made good settliements; but, ob, his jealousy was fearful. He did not shut me up—indeed, he rather courted than shunned society, for he had a horror of bis dominant pas- sion being euspected; yet anyr“1v could see it who had eyes, for he could not conceai .- * bit. It was not only of me he wag jealous. He had quarreled with all brothers and sisters, because he thought bis parents loved them best; he had &® favorite dog poisoned because it grew too fond of aseryant. There would be no end to enumerating instances of his mania, for it amounted to that, some of his extravagances Were quite inconsistent with sanity. We never bi a house of our own, but wandered about from place to place, living prineipally on the Continent; and being utterly inexperienced in the ways of the world, I attributed this to a love of travel and — of scene, and did not discover that bis restlessness was in reality caused by the civility of some casual male ac- tance towards myself, till after his first “Dael !"* “Duel. He was born and bred in Germany, and his ideas about many things were not at all English. I believe he considered killing any one pot only pleasant, but something to bs proud of.” Mr. Peters groaned. “Was it not shocking?” continued the lady. “Well, though air was gray, he was very strong and active, and ® dangerous antagonist too, I believe, with either small sword, sabre, or pistol.” “ah “It was at Di Iv. Az one who waiking in the forest sees A lovely landscape through the parted trees, ‘Then tees it not for boughs that intervene, Or as we see the moon sometimes revealed Through Gritting clouds, and then again ¢on- cealed, So } beheld the scene. ‘There are two guests at table now: ‘The king, deposed, and older grown, No longer occupies the throne. ‘The crown is on bis sister's b A princess trom the Fairy Tales; ‘The very pattern girl of girls, All covered and embowered t Rose tinted from the 1 Ane sailing with sor From far off Dreamiand i Above their bowls with rims Four azure eyes of deeper hue Are looking. dreamy with delight; t emerge € ocean's rounded verge, g throu t they gaze, yet ype, and abont six months after our marriage, that I was first made an excuse for bloodshed. A polite young Frenchman, who hadsat next me a few times at the table Whote, and danced with me at the assembly rooms, was so civilas to offer mea bouynet, and monster wounded bim in the arm for it. After that, I lived in a perfect state of ter- ror, leat by some careless word, or even look, I hould bring about a calamity, and for some me I eucceeded in avoiding any excuse for quarrel; but a year afterwards, at Heldeiberg, & German professor wrote Sangerit ode upon me; my busband cut bie nese off with a weapon bey call aschloger. He never ill used me, or eyen upbraided me—indeed, I gave him no ause; but he watched me as a cat does a mouse, +o that life was a perfect mightmare. I asked bim ove day, when he was ina soft bu ything in my manners or dr. aking, which excited his unw é scene, < vapo: And the moon’s pallid d And row I see the table w As round a pebb S Dilates a ring of I see the table wider grown, i see it garianded with g As if fair Ariaone’s #n Out of the sky had fallen down: Maidens within whose t A sand rest Forth reaching to the cx No,’ said he, with a grim calmness which made me shudder; ‘if there had been, I should have shot us.” ‘ey? [ exclaimed. *Yes,’ he said; ‘you first and myself after- wards.” Flatter awhile, then quiet le, “He bated England, because he could not .ike timid bir t fain would ty, fight duels there, but he was obliged to pay But don eave their nests; periodical visits to this country on business: and And youths, who in thetr strength clate as this conversation took place during one of Challenge the van and front of fate, them, I went straight to my family lawyer, and Fager as cham 0 be he took me before a magistrate, and I swore In the divine knight-errantry the peace against my husband, under whose root ] never again stepped, and in due time I get @ legal separation from him, my success ing principally due to his own violence in the witnees ben, wears he gave vent to the most atrocious sentiments. But though we were separated, he did =ot give up watching me. At the most une*pected times and places he would turn up, generally disguised; and if any man happened to be in company with me on several occasions ranning and to speak to me rather more often than t> the others, I was sure to receive a larconic note warning me to shun that new acquaintance; and since ] darst neither disobey nor disclose the tyrannical order, I fear that I acquired a reputation for fickleness and perfidy. Little did my censors know the nervous distress occa- ‘The gloomy mills of Death. tioned by the idea that an eve is always upon And now. like the magician’s scroll, you. I feel as if it were on me now.” ‘Thet in the owner's keeping shrinks ” “Goed gracious!” th every wish he speaks or thinks, “Compose yourself, it was but a fancy. I rill the last wish consumes the whole, have neither seen vor heard of him since last ‘The table dwindles, and again August. That would be a relief; bat his man of I see the two alone remain. | business has not heard of him neither. [t is not ‘The crown of stars ix broken in parts; only that be has not transmitted me any money, Its jewels, beighter than the day, he has drawn noue for his own use. Every other Have one by one been stolen away means having been employed to trace him with- To shine in other Lomes and hearte. out success, Fat last thought of you. We met, One is a wanderer now afar you may temember, for the first time at the in Ceylon or in Zanzibar, Kichmond Easter bail, fer wards, whether « regions of Catbsy; by aceident or design. né is in the boisterous camp, Accident, pure accident, madam, I assure "Bid clink of arms and horse's tramp, you.” And batie’s terrible array. . Of youth, that travels rea and land Seeking adventures, or pursues Through cities and through solitude: Frequented by the lyric Muse, ‘The phantom with the beckoning hand, ‘That stil! allures and still elades. © sweet illusions of the brain! © sudden thrills of fire and frost ! ‘The world is bright while ye rematn, And dark and dead when ye are lost! S acdow brook, that seemeth to stand still, lichens its current os it nears the mill; Anc so the stream of Time, that lingereth Fn level places, and so dull appears, Runs with a swifter current as it nears The m ui sexcuze s’accuse,” said the lady, smil- in #1 xnow it, I know it; though I cannot pro- pounce it. But still, madam, though I own ap- pearances might have been againet me, there was no design whatever.” And the poor man wiped his forehead. “You are not a flatterer, at any rate,” con- tinued the lady. ‘Well, the accident recurred quite frequently enough to exasperate my bus- band; and as | saw him disguised as a wail acbing heart, of wracks Disabied on those seas remote, Or of some great, heroic deed On battle feld, where thousands bleed st one hero into tam it float pain, And trembles with a secret drea Lest there among the drowned or She find the one beloved name. vr. After a day of clovd and wind Sometimes the setti And tonching all a rain sun breaks oat again e darkaome woods with light, Smileson the felds, until they langh and sing, ‘Then line a ruby from the horizon’s ring Drops down into the night. Wbatsee lL now? The night is fair. The storm of grief, the clouds of care, Tbe wind, the rain, have passed away: ‘The lampe are lit, the fires burn bright, ‘The house is full of life aud light It @ the Golden Wedding ew come thronging in once more, a sound along the floor, ‘be ti children crow: the stair, And in snd out and everywhere Flasbes along the corridor ‘The sunshine of their golden hair. On the round table in the hall Anotber 4riadne’s Crown Ont of the sky bath tallen down; More than one Monarch of the Moon Neg ocre | with bis silver spoon; The light shines over ail. gfertanate, O happy dost aie e a Abe anclent bridegroom snd thé bride, Serenety me ‘on the eT je bold well- pleased on. Their forms and features multiplied, Between tro Sersianet ot im two bar crores Or lamps upon = bridge — Streteb on and on before the eigut, ‘THl the long vista endiess seems. BP" All the cotton mitis at Pall River, Mass. = are now running only th: week.” fears Somer cent in Boo han | Sim come mp rite mer oge Re ad at Just been appraised, aud ts valued at $134,738. —. ve him, and halted, too. Irathes 7A spiritullst tamily at Chittenden, Vt., Tegretted this British excluslvenase Row, for a advertives the price of beard “including Song clin Eatens the Journey when youbave seances. 8 Jong climb up @ steep bill on a warm day. | leaves to mark certain places; for he was writing | octavo volumes without | as he could, { trance of the visitor in question, closely veiled, | marshes; then came the narrow neck of a lake, which I ina boat inge- = fastened to both banks by the same rope, by haulingon which yon ferried yourself over, after that it was pretty ee ‘ing to cut off a corner, I lost the tri but asit wasa Perfectly clear day ‘without a wreath of cloud or fog visible, that did not mach mat- ter. Ihad only to keep on going up, unless the ascent led me away from the principal summit, which was visible nearly all the way. “At midday, I came tos gap in the side of the mountain, the rite of s ong deserted mine, as was shown by a ehaft which had been sunk directly in my path; and I shuddered as I peered into the unprotected abyss, and thought that if clouds had settled down upon the range there was nothing to have prevented my walk- ing right into it. “T had taken a light lunch with me, and this feemed a good place to rest aod eatitin. So Isat ae the shadow of 4 rock aud refreshed myself. “I was interrupted in this pleasant employ- ment by & footstep; and looking up I saw a man standing before me, with his arms folded on his chest, and regarding me in a threatening manner. I need not describe him to you, madam—it was your husband. “Your name is Peters?’ he observed. ««s¥es,’ said 1; “but, pardon me, you have the advantage of me.’ : « «T seck none,’ he replied. ‘Yon desire my death, and I have followed yon here to give you fair and equal chance of compassing it. desire yours.’ My dear sir,’ said der a very great mistake; I towards you. Why should I a perfect stranger? Because you could marry his wilow.’ nd ther, madam, ho wientioned you, and said that he had been watching me : month past. And he pnt a most extraordinary interpretation uponour innocent scx 1aiatsuce- ship. “When I protested that he was in error, and that Thad not even known till that moment that yon were a married woma: said that such & cowardly evasion should avatl me noth- ing, and, Producing a brace of pistols, he chal- lenged me to fight him. «} explained to bim that if he had any cause of complaint against me, which was sbeurd, he had his remedy at law; that the practice of dueling was foolish, unchristian, and obsolete; that no one had fought with deadly weapons in this conntry fora quarter of a century; that i¢ we now revived the custom, the survivor would be hung. ‘*«Not 80,’ said your husband; ‘we are alone, and ina desolate part of the mountain. The one who falls might lie here for months before his skeleton was discovered; and who would suspect how he came by his death? But the safety of the survivor can be yet further se- cured; he has but to drag his defeated enemy to the biink of yonder mine shaft; littl would suffice to tumble it into the gulf; and then, what trace would be possible? Bat Iam here to fight, not to argue. Here is your pis- tol—loaded, but not capped—and here are caps. Stay where you are, and I will take u = posi- tion near the edge of the shaft, which will save you trouble if luck attends you.’ *«Do not flatter yourself that your precau- trons will avail,’ I cried, in considerable trepi- dation. ‘Murder will out; and you will forfeit your life for mine.’ “*That makes no ods to me,’ he replied. ‘Fops like you have made life an insufferable burden to me.’”” — man! bow he loved me!” sighed the ‘you are laboring un- have no ill-feeling wish the death of ly. “I could hardly believe that he was in earn- est,” continued Mr. Peters; «but he retired to the spot he had mentioned, near the mouth of the hole, thirteen or fourteen yards off, and presently cau? Outs ***Have you capped your pistol had not, but did s0, mechanically. I do not know why, for { think I had no intention of one athim. But, in truth, 1 was like one in a dream. ““‘After I have counted tive, it is lawful to fire,’ he eried, presently. “TI had seen ‘The Rivals’ performed, and knew from Bob Acres how to stand so as to show the smallest front to the adversary. I also held my pistol pointed towards him; covering my body with it and my right arm’ as well as f could. “At that moment I remember that agleam of comfort shot across my mind—Was it ali a prac- tical joke? ** “One, two, three, four, five!’ “] felt'a sharp pang in my right leg, which, I suppose, caused me to clutch the weapon [ held convulsively, for it exploded as I[ fell to the ground. I knew that I was hit, and determined to lie quite still, and pretena to be insensibie. [ had heard that such a plan answered with bears and thought it mght with duelists. Only—oh, horror!—he would come and drag me to that awful hole, and thrust me over the edge. bave a far greater dread of falling from @ height than of any other kind of death, even that by fire. It is very foolish and illogical, for such an ending must be painless; but it is not a matter of reason. The cause is purely physical, and has eomething to do with the brain or stomach. [have often ex- gerimented upon myself, and observed—on the brink of a precipice, I lose my humanity and become the most ignoble of reptiles. { don’t suppose there is any meanness, any crime, [ would not swear to commit to save myself from being shoved over. { determined to grapple with my foe in good earnest when it came to low I regretted that m: had gone 1 was quite ready now to shoot him with it when he stooped over me. “But be did not come. When aminate, I sup- pore, had elapsed, J opewed my eyes and glanced round—he was not near. I cautivusly raised my head, £0 as to see in the direction where he had jast stood—he was not there. I satup. Where had he gove te? “The blood was flowing rather freely from a wound in my leg, justabove the knee. I tied my pocket-hanikerchief as tightly as I could round the place, and got ou to my feet. My burt did not, to my surprise, prevent me from walking, so L advanced to the edge of the shaft, and ssw—bls pistol.”* “Well, well.” said the lady, “pray go on. Here, take another glass of sherry. Taat is it. Now, what next?" “My first idea was of relief, that if he was prowling inthe neighborhood, he was at least unarmed. My second—ob, madam, you can guess what my dread was, and, alas! is. My Fg went offsit was pointed in his direction; @ Was standing on the edge of the pit. Oh, the thought bas been wearing me to death ever since, though [have never before uttered the thought that perhaps I am a murderer!" And Mr. Peters buried bis tace in his hands. Then you never saw him again?” the laay ed, when he was calmer. Never. I looked up and down the mountain, and to either side; but I wasalone. I kicked the pistol into the sbaft, and threw the one [ still held in my band after it, and listened; bat fever heard them fall. Then I went on my way, and strack the proper path; but before! bad ot atbousand yards higher, pain, the loss of blood, and horror, caused me to faint. When 1 came to my senses again, a man was etooping over me with a flask in highand. Inreply tohs questions, { told him that I had met with an aceident while pistol practicing, which was literally true. With great ditiicuity, he helped me to the top of Snowdon, and there I got & pony, Which bad carried up some lady who kindly consented to walk down, and was taken to Lianberris, where a surgeon dressed my wound, and atttended me til! L was fit to leave. Glad enough was I to get rid of him, for I was always dreading lest he should ask how I managed toinfitct a wound with sucha direc- tion on myself; but, happily, the idea never seemed to occur to him.’ “Why did you feel that dread 2” the lady asked, soothingly. “Why did you attempt to conceal what had happened? My unfortunate husband brought bis fate upon him-elt. You could not possibi y incur any blame.” “Could I not, though?” replied Mr. Peters. Ab, madam, you know little o¢ the English I which would never enter into the rights of the matter. Two men met and had @ duel; one was kil ed—therefore the survivor mast be hung. It would not take into account that this unfortunate survivor was forced into his un- lawful position against his will. He must trust to the jury for that; and a jury Is generally hys- terical, and guided by its sympathies rather than its reason. If my counsel put forward your husband’s antecedents, expatiated on the virtues of his persecuted wife, and the inno- cence of former victims, with more persuasive eloquence than the eutor could to employ when hoidt who had prove: manage ing me up as @ wily seducer, made the destruction of domestic = eS the one objectof his life, they wou! ubtless acquit me; if the crown lawyer were the most ee. they would convict me. And the inees would be in favor of the lat- ter, for most jurymen ‘are married, aud are, ready to sympathize with a jealous husband.” sll li a Bay, | Sngine with Rap! rap! Up came a letter in a lady’s hand. Mr. Peters tore it open. “Daan Ma. Perres: You need not trouble about that matter. T have heard from my hus- band. You did not hit him'I suppose: all events, he must have got amay. waxy nickly. But he bas had a bad fever, and been delirous, and that accounts for his silence so long past quarter-day. If you wish to see “Wish to see her! Good heavens! Notif I know it. Whew!—what a relief!” cried this most ungaliant of men. tenets owe The Way Hing Christian Caught Salmon, The ki given his Icelandic eubjects a reception wd Yesterday be was walki about the town in in clothes, accompany only hiseon. T eople could hardly be- LS lieve that tha tall gentieman who returned all salutes was ‘ his majesty,” but phographs and engravings of him are 80 numerous that they could not be long deceived, though they were evidently surprised. Then he took @ ride of five miles into the country and caught salmon. The process of fishing in which he induiged is not difficult. Phe river ows in several cban- nels over its bed of lava, and 1s dammed so that the water runs into large boxes, and tumbles through a bole in each box, making a alight fall. ‘fhe hole is guarded on the inside against exits by long, converging sticks, and the adventurous fish, swimming up the river, find the littie water-fall flashing before them, seewing to come from a pleasant pool above, and jump it with force sufficient to plunge them into the box; and there they are safe a8 mice in ® trap into which they have crawled through sharp wires that yield them admission readily, but ferbid retare. Tbe salmor well known power ani gamenees in jum ing water-falis gives rise to this contrivan.e. The king caught the salmon by inserting in the trap where they were taken a basket net on a pole and scooping them out. In this way fitty- one werc captured during his visit, the largest weighing tweive pounds and a halt. When hia majesty was weary of ladling out the fish be passed the spoon net to his son. This i# certain- jy not asportmanlike methoa of taking a gama fish, but it is very effective, aud perhaps it is all the same to fish, if they must be caught. On Sonday, we are informed, the traps are openet and the fish allowed to go up the mver and lay their eggs. The time was when the fish were trapped every day, but this was found to be so destructive that it was abandoned. The per- mission given the salmon to run one day in seven, we are assured, is sufficient to keep up the supply. We had a ride to-day to the sai- mon fishery, where the king distinguished him- self, and found the ponies of the islands, as the English would say, quite jolly. They go sone very smartly, and are both Bg d and tough. It is fanny admirable to see them rattle along with dainty and nimble steps over the everlast- ing lava, swift and sure-footed under burdens that would seem sufficient for a large horse—a’ a animal, by the way, that could not get alo here at all_—[ Letter? of Murat Haleaee oe rtlstiers of Maret Balste A CovRacgovs Cuizv.—The Pall Mali Gs- zette says: ‘+ Letters from St. Petersburg speak of aremarkable feat of determinatien on the art cf General Trepofft, the head of the St. Petersburg lice, who had given in earlier life extraordinary proofs of personai courage. A fearful double murder was recently commit- ted at the military academy of the wy 2 by a policeman, who, being attached to the female servant of the doctor of the establishment, fan- cied he had cause to suspect her of infidelity. EH entered the doctor’s quarters to up- braid her, he ended by taking up a carving- knife and killing the unfortunate woman on the Spot and then slaying the doctor himself with itin his study. Here he locked himaelt in with the instrument of bis crime, and yowed he would despatch the first man with it who at- temp*ed to arrest him. The police summoned to the spot were awed by his apparent determi- nation. while some proposed to shoot him as a wild beast, and a party went in search of a fire view to drench him into surren- der. A report ef the occurrence reached Gen- eral Trepoff. Springing into the droschky, which is kept ready for emergencies, the Gen- eral wason the scene in afew minutes, He or- dered the door to be burst open, and then en- tered unarmed. As expected, the murderer retreated into a corner and prepared to sell his life dearly. The General approached him un- hesitatingly, with the words: ‘Well, my friend, you have committed a pretty pair of murders, and I hear Pag are going to stick any one who tries to take you. Now stick me; for [ have come on purpose to take you myself.’ The wretched man was s0 awe by the quiet ani authoritative manner of his former superior that he lowered his weapon and made no revly to the challenge, and two of the police officers who had followed Genoral Trepoi sprang on him and secured him without farther resist- ance. Jtis not surprising that the St. Peters- burg police. in relating the story, declare taeir chiet to be the bravest man in Russia.” A Hicutaxp Hur.—The Pall Mall Gazette, in a review of Miss Woodsworth's book of remi- niseences, says:—‘A series of rough adventures brought the travelers to Loch Katrine, and there they obtain shelter for the night in a little hut built for visitors to the Trossachs) for the ‘Trossachs were visited and admired bafore Scott wrote his ‘Lady of the Lake.’) The whole scene is charmingly described, but it is espe- cially interesting as showing how ready Mi Wordsworth was to discover and to enjoy simple pleasures: ‘We caroused over caps of coflre, laughing like children at the strange posphere spread along the walls and above our heads in the chimney, where the bens were roosting like light clonds in the sky. We langhed and laughed again in sptie of the smarting of our eyes, yet had a quieter pleasure in observing the beauty of the beams and rafters gleaming between the clouds of smoke They had been crasted over and varnished by many winter#, till where the firelight feil upon them they were as glosry as black rocks on sueny day cased in ice.’ One ot the apai of the but was given up to the co breaktast,’ Mixes Wordsworth write " housewife was milking behind the chimney, and 1 thonght I bad seldom heard a sweeter fireside sound; in an evening, sitting over a sleepy, low-burned fire, it would lull one like the purring of a cat.’’ Miss Wordsworth pos sessed in no slight n ure the percep:ions of the artist, and might have been herself an artist or a poet had she not with a magnificent but perhaps unconscious generosity dedicated all her powers of mind aud body to the service of her brother.” NaPLES,—Charles Warren Stoddard writes to the San Franciwseo Chronicle Dashing through these forests of vines, and between bills that are very rugged and very beautiful, the train rashes suddenly oat upon the slopes above Naples. There, to the leit, overtopping everything, with a littie feather of smoke on its crest, stands old Vesuvius; and below us we e eg eee of the bluest bay and the green- est bills al it, while just in front of us noisy, norsensical Naples epreads in all directions, as if, like its inbabitants, it had nothing to do but spraw! out along the sea and absorh Meditor- ranean sunshine. Here in the town we havean occasional broad and busy street that woald do credit to any city on the continent—a stree: more modern, more lively, and in some respects more interesting than any in Kome. Naples is the largest city in Italy; it has halt 4 million inhabitants; it has three hundred churches, ‘mostly devoid of interest,’ as the guide-book remarks, with a regard for truth that is quite astonishing for a gutde-book! Naples is a city that bas outgrown itself, and, spilling over the cliffs that shelter a part of it, it has spread along the great crescent of the bay under the clifts and out into the water in some cases—tor much of this lower and newer portion of the town is built on new-made ground. Qneof the chief streets of modern Naples (the town is divided into the old and the new) is now in eouree of construction along the city tront, and itis truly a splendid work anda remarkably fine drive.” Screwtiry , CuRIOvS AND U ; common cat-tail of our swamps, scientifically known as (ypha latifolia, is susceptible of beiug used asa food, for which purpose it is highiy esteemed in some countries. The aut is per- ennial and propagates by the formation of un- derground stems containing much starchy mat- ter. In southern Russia the young shoots when they pash up in the spring are cut and tied up as as is for our market, and sold in all the mar Boiled as asparagus is boiled, and seasoned with salt and spice, it ts nounced quite delicious by travelers who ave partaken of it. This plant is found in more or less abundance in swampy places all over the United States, and may be very easily troduced into places where it does not grow loring matter for god whole- “4 by chemists in Ger- if i ye Ef Lawn poe. Senaniesaeh The followi: suggestions for selection lawn trees, which ee ud in the Independent, are ¥ of attention: The rale that forbits fruit trees on the pleas- urelawn oe with some generous ex- ceptions. Many varieties of rs make fine lawn trees, £0, also, the English cherries. For Syenues, rows of the stately Batfam pear are as as Lombardy popiars—aliowing neither of them to be of grest valine for shade. There | are even varieties of apples that take a form | compact and symmetrical or graceful encugh to work in with groups of purely ornaments | trees. eg these are the Spy, the Kirkland and Belle Bonne. Among dwarf trees for a small lawn nothing | can surpass dwarf cherries, either for form, | blossom or frait. Look out for borers and plant | mostly the Early Kichmond. Among the American trees there are certain- ly few to surpass the basswood or linden. It has j more good qualities than any other, bat it lacks, | of course, any value for timber, It ix graceful as well as symmetrical in outline; its foliage is rich and generous; it is capital for shade, it colors finely in autumn; and, above all, it is a fine honey tree. When in blossom itsends out a spicy breeze that is simply exquisite. I haya my bee-house iv a grove of linden, planted for that purpose. though not weeping, like the A elm, it ipnot sti? either in outline or growth — at least, no more go than the maple. [ts shafts | are as straight as an arrow can tly, and you can hardly induce it to take ona growth un- saited to the lawn. In planting elms—which, cf course, every one does who owns a large lawn or park—care should be taken in selecting not only varieties, | but specimens of the tra -Some specimens show very early Indications of | & weeping havit, a rich foliage, and rapid rowth. Others thrust out their arms like Goxers, ana always stand on the defensive. No a'tention or care will make 1 trees of them. | If such have been planted, get others, fresh and shapely, and plant near them. Let the old ones stand fill the sew ones can give shade and are crowding, then remove them. Among lawn trees one of the finest is ancmalous, thoruless. three-thorued acacia. triple-brancbed thorns are all the name. Seedlings of the thorny variety will oceasion- lly come free of every vestige of even a bria~— smooth enough to climb and slide down, boy fashion. In these we get that delicacy of to- Mage which distinguishes the acacia aud is so peculiarly fine by moonlight. One of the best protections against the borers, that attack apples, quinces, and at times the beech, ash, and other lawn trees, is coal ashes, hite weeping elm: | Sta . | picate with spalication may oct pressed down. in quantity according to the size of the tree. The part that needs special protec- tion is the coilar of the tree, where the bark is soft. Coal ashes are porous, and allow the air to reach the roots, so that @ mulch of several inches will do no harm. The American oaks are almost universally neglected in nting lawn3, but no foreign trees can possibly surpass a grove of the differ- ent varieties that honor our foresta. Add a grove of walnut and another of hickory, if pos- sible. If there is not room for a grove. least have specimen trees. Then give the Norway maple room with your native maples, without fail. 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ME COLUMBIAN US(VERSITY LAW ‘The exer: ises of this Lax Bonool which m bere pearly a thoneand « Till be resumed en WE pie Torober, eckck P m.at the law B 4 Sth street, Detwren D acd B strane “The | on 7. Faculty <f instruction during the ech. which lasts cight months, will be as follows JAMES C WELLING. Lt bp. President, and Lecturer on English Literacure SAMUEL TYLER, LL. p., Prof: ssor of Equity Jurispradence, of Common Law and Kavity Pleading, of the Law of Bvidete, aud the of Partacrs: WALTER 8. OOX, Feo, Professcr of tho Law sl and Pareonat Peoparty of Contracts, sud of Crimes and Misdemea>ors THE HON. WILLIAM B. LAWEBESCE,LUD Professor of the Law of Nations, THE HON CHARLES CO. T Protessor of Legel Practice. GRORGE F. APPLESY, Ee. Lecturer on the Application of the Science to the Practice of the Le On the opening ef the School, at th tims and place above indicated, sn address will be delivers! by WALTEE 8. OOX, Erq. the newly appointed in @racter of the Junior Olves. The stamnt of the Behool and membe tbs Dar ip Washington, es ‘Well as cid end new students, are iaviied to enent Pith fees of the Schoot fall or in monthly that stndents. The post gradnate course of instrnetion in the tech nical ein | Tbe directed a ES 0, NOTT, of th tes Conrt of Claims, A course of lectures on PATENT LAW ivered during the year if a snfficioat Unite! 5 iz to is JA + Presi wi Ac ¥ Dunbarton sud Montgomery streets, G th, at 7 Oct 8 B free lecinre on oft Fr * will be delivered evening. Tevtus. 96 per onarter of 24 ase days, MUNDAYS and TaGUBSDAYS oct] tw C.H. NOUN )BENCH DANGUAG PBSBCH AND tober 2, 1874—6 30 o'clock. ISTBERT NOBTHWEST. All interested in the French Language are invited to attend the first annasl opening of the Oercle Dramatique and of the Boole Francaise. Free Le. ture and full exposition of the programme avd course to be followed one the year. PROF. L. RUGENE COLLIERE Go 1530 septs St M'LLE V PRUDOMME. MEDICAL Darasraant GEO! 261m MED ON, COL STR ERTS. WISH AST e will begin OOLDE wr of Prin- i and Practice of Pe Flo rcfeesor trios men and Diseases of Obi prudence. J. Harry Thom: of D of Women, and Clini ert Beyburn, M.D , Professor of Htete! song, and Clinical Barger.” Ben). 8. Hi ¥ eam emirtry anc Toxicology. rwick “vans, MD. Professor of Auatormy, ph Walsh. M’D., Professor of Pb. ases of tlie Kye’ and Kar. Clinical Lecturer on die wrircet Nw ree, . _#ep28-colm Washington, D. ADAME SCELIECKEB and MISS ENCE SCHLIECKER have returned to t! city and are prepared to receive their Papi t Freveh language acd in Muvic,( Pian Singing. Besidence, *26 lath street. BESIPENT’* COLLE CAPITOL BILL, B. 0. ‘The First Annual Sesvion of the seveval schools Scmposing this Inetitution will commence on MON DAY, October 5th, 1874 ‘The Tostitviton ts following #chools: © School of enages, Lettres, Basiness, Arta, School of De Music, Preperatory School, and School of Spec Instrnction. 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