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TIHE PlATEll.
BY t. N. MT. Jo(iN.
l l.w little ye Len,
Ye wrenem sel nmen,
By courtery styled "gentle r.taders,'
(If how mune you owe
To ther noble Typm
And his army of folders and feeders!
The I't vt m7 sing
n lo lyr'd .tring-
Of his Miu-ei, his Inve., and his urae.;
But sh! he'd slg small,
If he warbled at all,
Were it not for the chases and came.!
The writer of action,
Who.e beautiful diction
I gl:e, the. '(nk, eie nings of winter,
tI'. mInit W..iii t" le'ft
Lenc a casket bereft
Of its key-if not picked by the printer!
The annallst. too,
That brings to your view
The wonderful story of ages,
Would, sure, be am dumb
Ac a clam or a mum
nmy, If unbo y made up his page!
Then wbmho doth read,
I beg him take hbed
To the kmean theme tasmon convey him,
Vis:--Now that you know
What a tremure yon owe
To the Printer, be certain-to pay him!
THE LOVESOF TBE GOLD.MINEB.
These men are mostly shy w'th their
letters and their tales of love. That
was a sacred ground, upon which no
strange, tlde feet couldpas. No gold
hnnter here perhaps, but had his love
his only love, without a change or
1ssibility for changing the objeet of
his devotio even if he had desired it
Men must love as well as women. It is
the most natural and, consequently the
most proper thing on earth. Imagine
how inteasifle and bow tender a man's
devotion would become under circum
-stances like these. The one image to
his heart, the one hope, her. So much
time to think, bending to the work in
tite running waters undcr the trees, on
the trail beneath the shadows of the
forest, by the camp ad cabin-re, her
face and hers only, with no new face
rising up, rosing her path, confront
ing him for days, for months, for years,
see how holy a thing his love would
grow to a, This. you observe, is s
new man, new manner of lover. Love,
I say, is squirement, a necessity. It
is as for a complete man to
love as it is for him to breathe pare air.
And is as natoral.
These men, being so far removed
from any persona contnet with the ob
j] ta of their afections, and only now
and then at long intervals receive let
ters, all marked sad remarked saoss
the baoks from the remailiags from
camp to camp, of course, knhaew no in
t rruptions in the current .of their do
voton, and loved in a singularly earn
est and sincere way. I doubt if there
be anything like it in history.
When men go to war, they have the
glory and exitement of battle to al
lure them, then theeyes of many wo
men are upon them; they are not
looked up like these men of the sierras,
with oul their work and the one
thing to think of. When they go to
sea, the sailors find new frees a every
port; but these men, from the time
they crossed the Missouri or left the
Atlati coast, have known no strange
ha, rdly heard a woman's voice till
thse r ned.
I was i the codence of one young
fellow here, very and very ver
dant, not of the t at all; in
ft, he was of P l thas far as
he had yet developed, ad not a repe
sentative sm at all. Bt he is the orl
one who took mea wholly inate his eon
denee, sad of whom I ao trthfully
speak bthe crd, as they sa. He had
three letter stained, and worn anad
torn. They lookedas old as some of
the sacred relies you e under the
eases in the British m eum. These
letters wene his teurese. True, he
had a bag or two of bowis knife,
a pitol, a pair of lk and, what
was mally a marvel and a mark of ex
tra v , a extrared naanel sairt;
but th wee tries. These three let
ters wp the boy's chief pride Every
Sunday, up on the hillside, where a lit
tle sun broke through the eedar tops
and split itself ia saifting pools and
billows along the lev we two, would
sit and read and re-read these tt
and t.lk, and think, and phl, d
prophesy in a way that was a earnest
as it wa absurd.
I remember bt oe of these letters
entirely, the tamest and shorte one.
Bat that eoe, no doabt, is qu aogh.
Ithadnodate or pom r and was
signed eriad only, with a small ini
ti letter. The nae was followed h
my stars, the signiSiane o which as
S too wll hknow to rssat:
S"mi deearlove I waatto see you so
bad I was in the i loite ylarday
when yo druw the eows pt car hoee
on yre spoid b mad r de you thra
the wa , tain k hoe l isso a e oly
ho holds hi a out to msth ad stes
t IP yey mst lear him to lift his
legs ulk ad t s so lage
stik hd ouMt kile rattle make
to aa about an er beos ma dew
i wl l l nto drvk eithe shape hum
aof the bte ad It wll be ry Ion
S- asll Rr tolepoq Ithink m_
siver tel. and yen n s,,m,
- an lls - MJ- ll
will atq ar
e i tholben e
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s.-m
Itae
RI:it it c.l:m to I iin at last. Thegreat,
hi;. u',v t:et lay like a howhler in th.
trail )whef':e him, that he. coleli not get
aro:und, yet he c.ild not muster cour
age to n giut : aid ano le sat down on
the I .v.; nd had his face in his hands,
and weplt lake a child that hle was. Shl
had married a man with a beard, a
great, six-foot, raw-boned, musculat
mouster, with a ranche m.d herds of his
own, and ihands like slabs of pine.
This yonug man's name was (;inger;
or, at ' - at that is the name, and the.
only n'lmne, by which he was known in
the mines.
In this forlorn state of mind some.
how he and the m an with the leather
nose came in contcas, and they became
sure friends.
I have observed that m the mines,
where men mate tog. ther, much as man
and wife in civilization, you rarely see
the strong mated to the strong, or the
old to the old. The weak are attached
to the strong, and the strong symla
thise with the weak. Here is some
thing t, think about.-Joaquin Miller.
German Student Duel.
Pitt(em Miamutes' Pightilg.
The fighting attitude of your civil
ized duellist is peculiar. Right
side forward, knees straight, feet twelve
inches apart. Right arm raised over
and in front of the head, the elbow
bent outwards; the 8chlager, slanting
down toward the left, completes the
areh. The arm is never moved; it is
the guard, and upon its being in pre
cisely the proper position depends the
wholesome of its owner's skin. The
ants are made entirely by tWe turn of
the wrist, the object being to over
reach your adversary's guard, and slice
his countenance with the lower end of
our sword-blade. At first, before the
blood begins to flow, the contest is not
awe-nspirp to the untutored savage.
Holding their left hands behind them,
the ehampio eclash awayfrom the right
wrist. The outs are given in rapid al
ternation, the "recover" being instan
taneous ; cut and recover take just one
second by the watch. Theblades strike
fat on the padded guard, and bend over
toward the heads, but do not quite
reach the skin yet. Flap-flap ! flap
flap !-first oneandthenthe other. Shut
ting his eyes and abstracting his mind
from the present scene for a moment,
the savage can fancy himself once more
in the back yard of his boyhood's home,
where Michael and Bridget are beating
carpets. Flap-ap ! carpet-beating for'
all the world! Now comes the first
pause; no casualty as yet. Seconds,
support the weary riht arms of your
pialn ad straghten out the blades
of swords, for the soft steel is al
readbe out ol shape. Our Ameri
can rather more hopeful; he in
tesds to do execution in the next round.
Ihe countenanme of his advrsary, a
veteran at the business, is inserutable.
Never mind; it will become open
enough, let us hope, ane all is done !
Time, gentlemen ! Guard, again.
ois! af you go, Flap-flsp ! flap-flap!
Suddenly the seconds interpose their
swords. Somebody thought the Ameri
can was touched. Heis pt in a chair,
and his thick hair pulledover and ex
amined in a way that reminds us of the
monkey's Cage in the Zoological Oar
deas No find, however; itwas a false
alarm, and the combat continues. Now
we begin to feel exmted !
Be eanaught it this time, sad no
mistake ! Saw you that look of hair
jump into the air, as if suddenly de
claring independece ? It falls, but
not sooner than the blood rushes out of
doors, and loods one side of our coun
tryman's face. He looks surprised, and
somewhat disconcerted; but so keen
are the blades, the eat is at first seare
ly felt, the blood precedes the pain.
He is led to a chair, and cold water anad
sponges are freely applied for a minute
ortwo; then he must stand upagai,
his fifteen minutes not being up,
cotinue the contest. We fancy the Ina
dia. fbeinhimhas been touched; he
wants to take a sealp too. His guard
seems more secure, his wris more suop
SNeverteless, the first seven and
amintes elapse without further
incident. There is an intermission of
a few minates for spngi disosion,
and smoking; betin there is -o
amon the auardsof civilimtion.
_aytLhe men take their places
again Abdmerioam'shead is aegis
amd toifeela littleso ad stiE~ Heisa
at~atld obj he bel, is radnig
on his hopet and h as it isatdoe,
ame to Soao here as a lagt erlsl a
ored b the w dust. Will hesime
eed i  wsaering o nts with tbht
steid trgaost o hs Tbe svge
hnttord to g ha be, s bond Cmda
eaer -- hopes so! H! t ismdn
r enugh. T lhw-a iighbta eta
tMu f t ur o an a lmostaimpeo
eSptib wae rig of the ard; oar
dearrs wothes to the
espieebbi blod
im d amou Ha the
b a mm year left
ta. the - neatly
a 1. ."the hbot
ma atswing the gimn a
sea. tezm is wt
Uh insauyilr
4 7 ' Lr
ping"
Physiology of a Sponge.
If we. take a ntors -l of a toilet-lnpnve.e,
:aoil put it under a mticro'pe of md- i
arte p., ver, we fhlud that it is made
of a mass of comlnxiucated net-w. k
'here is more or less regularity in ti.
meshes ; and these are fundl of vaariousl
patt' rns in the different species. This
heap or mass of net-work, commonly
called a sponge, is really the skeleto{,
of the sponge. When living it. is cov
ered with, or literally embedd-ed in, a
Slairy, gelatinous, or albnminons sub
stance. But this is so unlike orlinarv
animal tissue, for it seems, really, tissue
less, that it has received the technical
name narcode. This saroode tills the
meshes above mentioned; and is held
in place by innumerable tiny spicules,
mixed in, so to speak, like the hair in
the mortar of the plasterer. So little
consistency has this sareode, or sponge.
flesh, that but for this natural felting it
would dissolve and flow away. Now.
take an ordinary sponge into the hand.
We obser.te several large apertures, at
or toward the top. These are called
the oscula. They are the exhalant
vents of the entire system. At these
openings is expelled, with some force,
the water that has been taken into the
living mass, and deprived of its nour
ishment. But how is the water brought
in through that glairv saroode? Be
sides the osenla, which are few, and
readily seen, even in the skeleton, they
are innumerable tiny inlets known as
pores. These are not visible in the
skeleton, as they really belong to the
sponge-flesh. These pores open into
the meshes, and enter direetly certain
little cavities, o*' chambers, that stand
connected witli cireuitous passages,
which finally lead to the large outlets,
or osculs. The pores are very small,
and yet, compared with the ellsa, are
very large. The little chamber into
which the pore opens has its walls built
up with these uniciliated cells. Now,
it we could only peep into the privacy
of that chamber, with its walls of living
stones, without aaking any disturbance,
we should And every cell lashing its
cilium with great vigor, and all in such
harmony of accord, that it would seem
like
"nB-sng time. time, time.
Ina sort of Rncte rhyme."
The beating of each lash is doubtless
downward. that is, inward; t . effect
of which is a vacuum above, into which
the water presses through the external
pore. A second result of this down
ward beting of the cilia from a myriad
of cells is, the impulsion of the passina
water through the ramifieations leading
to the oesuls. Thus the running of the
waters in the sponge's ancient " Runic
rhyme" Every sponge, then, has a
very complete aquiferous system; its
conduits, at the entrance of and along
which the busy one-lashed cells oconpy
themselves forcing the water along; and
the osunls, which may be likeLed to the
outlets of sewers. Dring this airela
tion of the fluid through the living
mass, the sareode obtains its nourish
meat, and the skeleton its growth by a
sort of absorption, or what is known to
the physiologist as endosmoti action of
the cells We have then mentioned
above three elearly speeialised fune
tions, as represent pe vely by the
inhalaat s, the ahlant osela, and
the a eells. And it is eartainal
a matter of prime importance that eac
ell should have ts single lashb. In
eact, it raises it to the rank of a pasha
with one tail, in a community where all
are pashas of this dignity, and each one
acommioner of the water department.
and a commissionary of subsaitence.
"Both the oscola and pores can be
closed at the will of the animal; but
the osula arew permanent apertres;
whereas the pores ae not coustant, but
an be formed afresh whenever and
wherever required."--Ppular &ctence
feaqua Miller's Definse of the Mo
In a criticism on Mr. Jaqunin Mil
ler's " Life amongst the Mod " the
l[ aondnta ys: He, the au
thor, was himself, in habit, thought and
eelipng next to an Indian. Hence
the idiosynoerasy of his work. The red
man, he delare, ean be the worst anad
the best of human beings Confesmedly,
in its pablished firm, the narrative is a
romantic plea for the poor savage, who
"has ano desire for wralth," who bh a
beesn erupesolely by European in
hence, who onl kills one strnge fo
very o( udred his oe re that fall,
ad whohasbm etirpatd by a bar
barity styling itselfeviat With
respect to e fatal event of Januar;y,
1867 we haves a amakable pri-ag:
"io mlbly it was a mamma, bet the
Indian aecountof it abowsthem to hae
bess as perfestly lustifed as ever oe
hma beng ea be for taking the life
of another.
" Iheabees frem that day to this
havrggd Cith led the ladian is
this mm Iede I d yet ; I sim
Stellwhat I akowof this mJter, as
- posible, ad let it pass
m m" m , as it is roiled, c
earndin the fit math of theysar
157. The wites w es by the
ldiu in a t5wg k m,, hl5 -_
--is- semn he minrbasle ing
--ema os drp to the sts -
The wet a the story tom ha s -
LL mlar, spt. The ea be as m
sue thst thee is not aviewto
be takes of this misserae strife not
tugetheer favorable to the whites; ye
e the writer discoverel beforelong
bat hem.. tab. the fel asai- his
own aias
- latsd m humier_
a a to s is -
V brama n
Charms.
Iit*. of Ancie-nt Smpelisu*aloml.
(li.1 eharnms latlt with ,v, r-v ,1 sibhle.
r'lation of lif.. 'l'hu.s : "' I.t hare if
Vioi want toi I.i k haunlonrl for uiue
Lays after." " Pit a hei.n's heart on
,our wife's left sile while halht is asleep.
i le'l she'll tell all her secrets." " Swal
loiw a nole's heart, fresh and palpita
ting, anid y "u'll at once he expert in
elivinattion." "Quartaln aglel yiehld not
to ordinary medicine ; so take of the
dust in which a haiwk has been rolling,
tie it up in a bit of white cloth with a
red thread, and wear it; or elte knock
out the eve of a live lizard, and wear it
wrapped in a bit of goat-skin." These
are from Pliny, who also teaches that all
medicinal herbs should be gathered.
pick-pocket fashion, with the right hand
poked through the left armhole of the
tunic; you ought to be clad in a white
robe, with naked, clean-washed feet,
and to have just offered an oblation of
bread and wine. Worms out of a goat's
brain are good for epilepsy; so is a rivet
taken from a wrecked ship, inserted in
the bone out of a living stag's heart,
and then make it into a brooch. If you
see a shooting-star, count very quickly,
for you'll be free from inflammation as
many years as you can count numbers
while the star remains in view. To
cure cataract in the eye, catch a fox,
cut out his tongue, let him go, dry his
tongue, and tie it up in a red rag, and
hang round the man's neck. When
somethine has got into your eye, rub it
with five fingers of the same side as the
eye affected, saying thrice: "Tetune
resoneo bregam gresso," and spit thrice.
If you would escape stomach-ache, take
care that you always put on your left
shoe first, and wear on gold-leaf the
letters L * M O R I A, written three
times. For toothache, say "Argidam
margidam sturgidam" thrice over, and
spit in a frog's mouth, solemnly desir
ing him to take the toothache. If any
one has swallowed a bone, gently touch
the month with ring-finger and thumb,
and say nine times : "I kiss the Gor
gon's mouth." This is soveregn ; the
great Galen himself testifies to the value
of charms in such a case. These are
from Marcellus Empiricus (the quack,
as he well deserves to be called,) who
flourished about 380 A. D. But this,
from Albertus magnus, is the most won
derful of all: Gather in August the
herb heliotropion, wrap it in a bay-leaf
with a wolf's tooth, and it will, if placed
under the pillow, show a man who has
been robbed, where are his goods, and
who has taken them; also, if placed in
a church, it will keep fixed in their
places all the women present who have
broken their marriage vow. "This last
is most tried and most true." La# a
wolf's head under the pillow, and the
unhealthy shall sleep sweetly. His
flesh well dressed and sodden, given to
eat, cureth devil's sickness, and an ill
sight. For disease of joints, take a live
fox. and seethe him till the bones alone
be left, adding oil during the seething,
and use this as a bath right often. Let
those who suffer from apparitions eat
lion's flesh; they will not, after that,
suffer any apparition. But the king of
beasts is condescending : "For sore
ears take lion's suet, melt in a dish. and
drop into the ear ;" which makes us
think either that lions were much more
plentiful, or sore ear mnueh more dis
tressing, than now-a-days. Fancy in
"the Chepe" the announcement : "A
fat lion killed last week of his suet a
little left. To prevent disappointment.
apply early." For tear of mad hound,
take the worms which be under a mad
hound's tongue, snip thenm away, lead
them round about a fig tree, give them
to him who hath been rent; he will
soon be healed; or this: a hound's
head burnt to ashes, and appliat 1 on the
wound, easteth out all the venom and
the foulness and healeth the man. And
sn goat's grease enres dropsy; dog's
milk helps children through their teeth
ing; gall of a wild bMek uingled with
ield bees' honey makes the eyes bright;
a hare's heel carried in the pocket keeps
away stomach-ache; a hare's brain in
wine cnres drowsiness; burnt hartshorn
in hot water kills worms; and so on.
All the Year Round.
Cha sd checks.
Smashing trunks is not the only pas
time of depot attendants, nor is smash
ing the only ill-fate to whieh the " Sar
atoga" is liable. There is another way
of making the traveler miserable. Pro
beblyit is not necessary to sv that a
hak driver has been arrested for it,
aad it is tbherefore a shrewd triL Tb
person in the gam takes a ibort trip
and takes his trunk with him. It is
nell known that truaks have no legs,
and emanot run away; so truaaing in
this fat, the baggage in(atr. in the
smaller places are very apt to leave tao
tr ksin sa heapauntil the ers arrive.
This is the oportuity that the design
liu traveler ss in view. He steps up
to a i his truakis all right Inloo.
iitover he takes its heek ol ad
a-d pus that trunk's ebeekl upa bhis
plece ogSfThem bswmdes
-wy i .On somebin_ al deat
-atio e takes te trunk to which his
sh-k tise him sad drives or with
it. Thseare,e feourse alrmtof
- -es" in the mtar, but the epeti
mt pays, ins. the p- diepd of
is aly tield s d ~ted d utterly v a.
Ti ues disamty, now that ths game
isszposs is how to pta cheek to it.
Phqk who have mythg valauble n
thisworld, sd who k it aout in
tranks m red th is d bhave some
thin to werlyoverh.Ammr they mae
Strip on theo eam.
Ta Amsinaca Pnie--Mr. Walter
-n of thlesalo ville Jolral told Emily
laitbhfuinll that what Thacker·y aid of
seapes: "TLhelothl iL om  of tshe
,the d~ies might be better
-r·~-~ kthel
of atb
kg m
The Nile.
The .;,nr,.,s of the N iloaere cemt inl I I
in tlhe rain-l,.n.sol f thb ,-,1at.r, wlilh
pour tihenmeel s ,w ,ow , tellu foren.t
plateau, form int,' a :t a ri o.r,' ,
and tinally collect in e In, ,ouis lakei ,
tihe precise number and imlportace of
which are yet to be determined. From
lBaker's Albert Nyanz l, the most north
erly in latitude, and lowest in level, of
these inland seas, the Nile runs toward
Europe, and plunges into the 8shara.
From its great equatorial reservoirs it
receives a sufficiency of water to main
tain its existence throughout this land
of fire, where all other rivers are speed
ily extinguished. But the Nilenot only
flows through the Sahara, it also over
flows the flat country lying near its
mouth, and, casting mud on the surface
of the sand, creates that meadow which
is called Egypt.
Now this black mand does not come
from the lands of the equator; the wa
tars of the Nile are clear, or white ; and
although the lakes can keep the Ndle
alive in its journey through the desert,
they cannot make it overlow. Whence
then proceed these rich soil laden aad
rednndant waters to the weary Nile ?
On the right-hand side of that fow
ing river, between its waters and the
Red sea, a cluster of mountains rises in
the air. These are the Highlands of
Ethiopia, the romantie Abysinma, the
Switzerland of Africa; and down these
hilly slopes, at a certain season of the
year, rush two noisy streams, the Blue 4
or Blank Nile, and the Atbara, which, i
stripping their country of its black
upper soil, fall into the Nile, and be
stow upon it such a w alth of water,
that, an soon as it escapes from the
rocky walls which line its course in the
Nubian desert, it is forced to overflow.
Thus the Nile is created by the rain
fall of the equator, and Egypt by the
rainfall of the tropis. If the White
Nile did not exist, the Black Nile would
be nothing, it would perish in the sand.
But if the Black Nile did not exist, the
White Nile would be merely a barren
river in a sandy plain, with some Arab
encampments on its banks.
Divisibility of Maittr.
Let s dissolve a gramme of reein in
a hundred times its weight of alehobol,
then pour the clear solution into a large
flask full of pure water, and shake it
briskly. The resin is precipitated inthe
form of an impalpable and invisible
power, which does not preepitibly cloud
the fluid. If, now, we place a black sur
face behind the flask, and let the light
strike it either from above or in frhet,
the liquid appears sky-bue. Yet, if
this mixture of water ad alehobol,flled
with resinous dust, is examined with
the strongest miaroseope, nothing is
seen. The sise of the grains of this
dust is much' less than the ten-thou
sandth part of 1.-25of an inch. Moren
makes another experiment, proving ins a
still more surprising way, the extreme
divisibility; of matter sulphur and oa
gen form a close combination, call,
by chemists, sulphurie-acid qas. It is
that colorless and sufoating vapor 1
thrown off when a sulphur-match is
burned. Mor confines a certin quan
tity of this gas ina receiver, places the
whole in a dark medium, and seds a
brght ray of light through it. At first
nothing is visible. But very soon, in
the path of the luminous ray, we per
ceive a delicate blue color. It is be
cause the gas is decomposed by the
lnminous waves, and the invisible par
tioles of sulphur, set, free, decompose
the light in turn. Theblueof the va
por deepens, then it turns whitish, and,
at last, a white cloud is produced. The
particles composing this cloud are still,
each by itself, invisible, even under
strong microscopes, and yet they are
infinitely more coarse than the primi
tive atoms that occasioned the sky-blue
tint t first seen in the receiver. In
this e x menwe pass, in steady pro
gres m the free atom of ulpbm,
parted from the oxygen-atom by the
ether-waves, to a mass apparent to the
senses; but, if this mams made up of
free moleulea which defy the streagest
magaiflers, what must be the particles
which have prodaeed those very mole
nlesm t-Populr &cuse M_sItly.
Asecti e t uMaks r tr Dad.
From James Frbea's Memois the
followig intrtin eont is extra
ted: Oneofa sooti part uader a
hani·a-tree, killed a lmokey sad I
arried it to his teit whi was sooe1
srrsouaded by foer fifty cthe tribe, 4
who mailen get oise, sad seeamed di
ped to attack their ggesor. They
rereated whbm be m his ~ow
lia"-pisc tohe elhs ofwhis
wi, m etda am l o pm-I
omeea d.nyoddwtlk To e et ter .
troop, however atood brin ad, chat-'
tering frsudy; the who
felt some litLet o com
taore, ad n othY eat of fringwould
suee to drivse Atl mgho
am to thm deor of the tst, d fd
L threats o a mv, bga a Irmerat
able morsiag, sad b the st espre
-ive gtae tosemed beg fa the dead 1
body. Itw give to him; e tok it I
arowrfnin hdis ar d bore it
fire sone of the monkey race.
been well said trhat the hitlory of most
Eumre asem might be gathered
true ofOrst e mria. rcha
our ali mid or a atia state my
The deing weear i the rosas, the
trefs or io n, the Span
ish armado ad the urtated strife ci
Olavlier ad haead, with its in
tvaen eeae of (rthelenm, all have
beanam d down to th revelation
ct 16U1, the mits rseblli ad the
death ot Napolesa. I in strange to
meet o these old arls sad rhymes the
haeme ta - - smem
~rn d tL ,them We
f l e seI
ej isty
ert-m se
Moslem A -ica.
I 1 . .1
i , . , b' . " .1 . I 1i
i i . ;ti le l.. -t., .. t'. 1. " * i...:
land. i I & 1 tl .. , - w r,
strongly estai bal. 1l, :0l,1 tIn r,,.- of
their onltls,st a yet to h see.,n f.arl I:iy
inland. BIt in M)oracec, thy wr, t
tied only on the coast. Algeri:l was
wisely and temperately governed unider
the republic; and Cicero descrilws it as
a peaceful province ; buit, when the ,atl
days of the empire came, it was de
graded to a cornfield, anti was forced to
feed, at its own expense, the Roman lax
zaroni. The governors became satraps,
the great land-owners were accused of
conspiracy, that their estates might es
cheat to the crown, and the people were
made agricultural serfs. Moreover, the
wild region between the Tell and the Ha
hara contained the game-preserves of
Rome. The lion was a royal beast, li
oensed to feed on the cattle of the shep
herd, and on the shepherd himself if it
preferred him.
When the Arabs invaded Africa, they
did not merely settle on the coast. This
people, eeccustomed to deserts, con-{
quered the whole country ; but they al
so added persuasion to force, recognized
the Berbers as their kinsmen, declared
them to be Arabs in their ori in, and al
lured them to accept the mission of the
prophet. The two races mingled, and
thus the nation of the Moos was
formed. At that time Jews aboundedin
Barbary: their brethren across the
straits were being persecuted by the
Christian Ooths ; and the African Jews,
it is said, instigated the invasion of
Spain. The Moors treated with indul
ence the Europeans whom they eon
quered, and acquired the arts of the Ro
mans and the Greeks. Andalusia civil
ise Africa; and the city of Morocco be
came the rival of Cordov ad Seville.
Between the literary men of the two
countries an amiable controversy would
often arise as to which might claim pre
eminence in learning and the arts, and it
appears to have been allowed that Mo
roeco was not inferior to Spain.
The existence of a civilized North Af
rica soon made its influence felt across
the desert. The camel was unknown in
Carthage. and but rarely employed in
the Roman days; but now thease ai
mal were introduced in thousands, and
the Sahara voyage could be made uith
comparative facility. Arab travelers of
piety and learning took up their abode
in the 8ounds, and the Moslem mission
work eommenoed. Mosques and schoolm,
palaces with glass windows and paintedat
walls, sprang up on the banks of the
Niger, and the glories of Granada were
refleeted at Timbuetoo.
Negro nations were speedily con
verted; crusades werewaged against the
pagans; and negro Moslems. in turban
san tobe, converted pagan kingdoms, a
the Arabs had converted Timbnu e.
Thus the work was continued from cen
tury to century, and thus it is still ao
in on. In Cairo and Constantinople Is
lam may appear to be decaying; but in
the heart of Africa it is young, vigorous,
victorious, as in the early days.
The aegroes, under the iaflnence of
this religion and its accompanying code
of laws, appear to be an altered people.
Restrictions are placed on polygmy and
slavery; the position of the wife is ele
vated: drunkenness and gambling are
abolished; clusters of wretched hts
have given plae to walled towns, with
muniipal governmets; and immense
r-t ioanae been opened up to travel
sd totrade. A large part of the o
daa bs, in fat, sesed to be Africen,
and has beleme Asiatic. The inhabi
tants are bleak, but their laws, manners,
and religion, are no ' those of the
aegees, but of the A Their mia
atrls ae men who go about ehanting
vwes of the Koran through the nose;
ftetshmeea saintly adventurers,
who travel m ehief to chief, sad from
mak every yer the pilarmage to x
a. May peribsh on the road, ad a)
tm hom the oly City ain very an
oly eae of mind; for, as theTarturs
a of Meeea. "The tor i darkt itshe
feot;i" a itwas w ritten by the Ovid
of Arabia:
As wwarm iwssl e s t be."aasiaf
But the very web.ea aof Maces
d- red enthusIam into sverity
ea wrath; adevery year t eis a
stea bk-water abigoty into Tre
ty, i ibshldia, sad the Souds; the
most distan a bem g always the
ucot deveot, as in Oriestal empires the
The Geedioo1 Times.
. Louis lgare, of ti Coerir Ma
nielpal, Paris, has juL published as
writes that in Jan 1851, Jaques Tor-,
- ne alaamed the Shearer, maaed
sm ud ed medt a the stall of
dthebnhr, Miel Saint-Ta. An
ibaqry w i ad d it was foud
~at the semed waso old damder. A
sen arpot was addrssed to the pro
ret of Pais amping the ealpitto a
prisioer, ad danding i the name of
aeoporatian outragedby th Infamy of
one of its members the ation ad
the death of Pierre Badel. The
stb thear At the psen ad oved
hos in the pllay ead thae to pe>rs
ple t at wbas rsepate nb
The Arena of America.
C.v't a ntoin,.tiry gli: , o r th '
l,|r ,:,: (of tlh: a t,:l con, Utin, l t. Y "1
w.ll se.1 : " ,u r ce tlhat it i; the most t, -
p,:, er I. t, e"%-r I, " I :n olINrtu :tv to)
e, x.rt itself. lI,I.n.mlber that unin it
ftrty milli,oni of 1,eilugs are alre:.Ily
jplceld, atwl that the future will doubtt
les+ eontrih it . its anllnlal millions in an
ever-iincr"e:,-: .u atio. Yol will also note
that, t*loeking in from abromul, come the
Celt, the Teuton, the African, the Az
tec. and the native of far Cathay ; all
rushing in to form parts of one huge
conglomerate mass of restless humanity,
upon whose flat depends the realization
of the highest hopes ever yet formed of
approaching the image of a utopian
commonwealth. Surely never in any
preceding record of human history has
there been a fairer opening for the full
development of the noblest aspirations
for good, which the Divine Being has
been pleased to implant in the bosom
of his creatures. Here is ample space
and verge enough for th," most far-Fee
ing istesman, the most persuasive ora
tor, the most profound philosopher, the
most exalted philanthropist. Here is a
field the like of which Aristotle or Pla
to never trod. Here are problems on
which Cicero never could have specula
ted, or Bacon exercised his wonderful
i sagacity. Answer me, if you can, I
pray you, shall it indeed be that this
marvelous scene will be occupied by
actors worthy of their place, who will
strain their utmost powers to rise to
every great emergency, and do for their
fellow-men all that mortal power has
been able to effect, since the forfeiture
of paradise ?-C. F. Adams.
Dorin Oux's Dm.-It is observed
that each person is competent to be
something which no one else can do.
The further we get on in life the morn
noticeable does this become in refer
ence to ourselves and others. The
idiosyncracy, the aptitude is felt at first
only as a vague yearning. Inevitably,
in one or more points, our interests will
clash with those of our neighbors, even
when we are carrying aut what we
deeply feel to be our appoined life
wtrk. This clashing beets skpticism.
We ask ourselves again r..ad again
whether it can really be our duty to
conflict with and pain others. By and
by we learn from experince that if, in
doing right, we give pain, it is not our
fault hNo more our fault than the feel
ing of pain is the fault of him whom
we affect disagreeably. The doctrine of
fatalism has in it much that is inontro
vertible, and may well be instanced to
thiseonnection. Bydoingbravely and un
swervingly what we feel drawnon to do,
we are sure to be doing well, no matter
how great the hue and cry raised against
us. Indeed, a disturbance caused by
any line of action is direct testimony to
the power and efficacy of such action.
The lesson taught by history in this re
gard is one of the first to be distilled
from dry. isolated facts for the behoof
of youthfl learner-Golde Age.
Tux CIucti'.row or WAsrr.-The
principles involved in the circulation of
the waters of the sea were beautifully
shown before the Royal geogaphical
society recently, b a simple experi
ment A wtmr , withplate- sides,
about ix feet long and a foot deep, but
not more than an inch wide, was filled
with water. At one end a piece of ie
was wedged in between the sides to rr
present the polar cold, while the troe
Swas repesmated at the other
y a bar of metal laid acres the surfutS
of the water, the end .ar
which was heated S t lain } r
Bedi col matter was t put i.
tL wam d so that the acrrnt coal
betred. Th blue water, chilled b
contact with the ice, immdiately fell
down to the bottom, crept slowly along,
and g ally rose toward the surface,
at thequatorial end, after which it
gradually returaed uloa the surface to
the starig point Th red water
rept rst along the surface to the polar
end, then fell to the bottom just as the
blue had dome, anad formed another
-rtu, creepgbreck along the bottom
and oaming to the surface. Each color
made a dstint cireulation during the
half hour in which the audience viewed
.he experiment.
As hln von Smoams.-It is stated
the opposition of the eir manufaetur
ers to the adoption ofthe aew cigar
stamp bot, which the commissioner of
intersl revnuea has submitted for ex
-iastion, doas not rise solely rorm the
faet that the box is patend OOne of
the box at the timu it s examined
here, wa that the manufaeters could
not take the eigars out of the box and
atthem in another box bearing a dif
rt hrand. It appes to be eone of
mast peoitable trelMs ofl the trlde to sell
the sam lt of eisgmr to astermers
er di t4 tbrands, sad to shift
them from ce boe to another, acording
to the character of the cdes and the
caUdition of the staock. Thees praetiees
the ota o these baes, it is said,
wald ou far the reanon that the
siga could not be changed to a difer
eat box after the stamp ad brand had
been ses affed.x
-The law of coagres al lowinl 10
ares of the publi lands to my pean
ten years f res of umber is r
dared slaner by the
decision of the liud cmmimior at
Wahingtou, who as- th mer muet
plant forty ·sr eof tmrees in a single
year. To break anl plant forty me
weold ecst the hamer more than $180,
a sum wieh few farmers n afdbord to
espend for that purpose in me year.
-Meothers will do well at this as
lof the year to Lkeep their childremn in tbh
bease, cool ad quiset. Aloge id
walk the watermelon iw tme lm
taker go beand in hand; typhbid tfever
sails in an invisible shelp on the lake
of the green-;eem: andehume