THE  BUBAL  WEV’Z-VOB'KEB 
OCT. 
If  It  be  not  the  workings  of  some  sprite  full  of 
mischief,  wlnvl  fs  Itv 
Again,  I  llml  mj-sclf  putting  chlorotlyne  on  my 
hanflkerchlPf,  because  the  bottles  Imvc  been 
changed ;  and  when,  In  a  nt  of  passion,  T  flash 
down  (he  tuisty,  ethcry,  peppemilnty  paln-naser, 
take  a  clean  pocket  handkerchief  and  scent  thnt, 
I  llnd  1  am  doing  11  with  I  he  tincture  of  myrrh,  or 
the  gummy  slun  the  fellow  bored  me  Into  buying 
when  last  ray  hair  was  cut. 
Only  a  week  ago  1  had  ray  breakfast  spoiled  by 
a  lett  r  which  came  by  post.  It  was  us  follows 
and  there  was  an  Inclosuro: 
Nu.  Iv!  JKKMVK  ST.,  Friday. 
Sia:— I  am  at  a  loss  to  imdcrslaml  the  raeanltig 
of  this  note  and  I  should  be  glad  K  you  would  cx- 
nl.aln,  for  I  am  a  man  who  tnakea  U  iil.s  rule  n<  Ith- 
er  to  borrow  nor  feral  money.  If  you  had  any 
Ideas  of  the  latter  kind  in  Bending  It,  believe  me 
that  a  frank  roqucBt  would  have  beenbetur.  1 
am  your  obedient  servant, 
J.  WKMSKY  I’l’ItNOW. 
To.  T.  Wooi.tv,  Kbii. 
I  was  amazed  and  sat  with  the  note  In  my 
hand,  unable  to  comprehend  It.  I  had  asked  I’ur- 
nowtocome  and  dine  with  me  at  the  I'urucoa 
Club  and  wouldn’t  have  asked  him  for  money  for 
the  world,  nosldos,  1  didn’t  want  any— ju.st  then. 
At  last,  hy  way  of  solving  the  tn.v8tery,  1  look 
up  Iho  inclosiire,  to  read.  In  my  own  hand : 
NO.  144  IlvK  St.,  Monday. 
Dkau  Oi.n  J50Y  I.et  me*  Imva  that  ton  pounds, 
there's  a  good  fellow.  You  nromised  It  before 
Christmas  and  It’s  now  May.  I  hinc. 
'1.  Wooti.v. 
of  Napoleon  I.  was  a  model  to  Canova.  The  dis¬ 
tinguished  poetosa  and  nohlo  prlncc.ss,  Victoria 
fHjloMita,  Itlssald,  innuenced  Michael  Angelo  la 
his  type  of  female  heads. 
Among  the  old  palmers,  had  I  space,  I  could 
find  pages  of  similar  insunecs.  It  l  chose  to  con¬ 
sult  historical  rclcrema^S.  Ot  the  modei'ii  painters 
1  have  room  for  only  two  imslanccs,  though  hun- 
dnsls  could  ho  found  If  desirable.  Trumbull,  who 
went  Ut  Knglnud during  the  Warof  I ndependctico, 
was  thrown  lido  prison  as  a  spy ;  during  his  liu- 
prlsoumcnt  ho  occupied  himself  lu  paluilug  a 
picture  representing  the  sorUe  of  lilbraltar. 
Among  the  principol  loregrouud  tlgures  wa.s  a 
young  Kngltsh  ofTicor,  wounded  and  dying.  The 
artist  touud  It  dinicult  bi  satisfy  himself  with  the 
action  of  this  flgure.  .sir  Thomas  Uiwrence,  then 
commencing  lUs  career,  came  one  day  to  tlie 
prison  10  visit  the  rising  Atncrloan  arllst.  Trum¬ 
bull  expressed  big  dlssattsfuellou  In  repud  to  that 
particular  figure,  when  young  Lawrenco  threw 
himself  Into  tlie  action  of  the  wounded  Itrlton. 
I'he  artist,  pleabed  with  his  poso  and  form,  painted 
from  him  the  most  louchlng  Im  ldcnl  la  t  hat  re¬ 
markable  pleUire,  thus  proiltlng  by  Lawrenco  as 
bis  model  and  perjietualirig  a  portrait  of  him  at 
the  same  time. 
ARIZONA. 
In  isr.3  that  pari  of  i  he  Territory  of  New  Mexico 
south  of  latllude  37  and  west  of  longitude  109,  W'a.s 
ereclo  I  Into  a  separate  Territory  and  tiamer.  iiri- 
zona.  Subsequtmlly,  In  l.sOfi  that  portion  of  the 
TerrlUu  y  westof  longlmdc  114  and  the  Colorado 
Ktver  was  doUiched,  becoming  part  of  Nevada. 
CV 
Yes,  T  wrote  that ;  but  It  was  to  .lack  snorU-r, 
who  owes  me  iio  end  of  borrowed  money,  whh'h  I 
get  b;ick  a  Utile  at  a  time.  Hut  how  did  Tuniow 
get  It’/  stop— no— yes— no— to  bo  sure  1  did.  l 
wrote  t  o  hot  b  at  t  Ue  same  time  and  rhe  not^js 
must  liiivo  been  put— yes,  I  deUberately  say  lu  a 
whisper,  mind— /»"/  In  the  wii.mg envelopes! 
1  was  aghast  for  a  I  Imo— It  seemed  so  horrible; 
but  at  last  1  recovered  myself  sullleleiitly  to  take 
my  hul  and  got  to  the  telegraph  ontcc  to  send  a 
message  to  I’urnow,  tolling  him  It  was  a  mistake 
and  that  ho  must  come  directly,  lor  1  had  ordered 
a  capiuil  dumer  at  the  club. 
1  got  I  hat  message  very  cleverly  within  t  wenty 
words, got  oiu  uRlillllng  and  was  Just  going  to 
hand  both  to  the  pleasanHooklug  young  tele¬ 
graph  clerkess,  when  a  horrible  Ihouglit.  ran 
t  hrough  me  like  a  ehlll  and  l  stood  as  If  transtLx- 
cd.  .luck  .'^nortcrliad  got,  I'urnow’s  noU:  and  Ac 
would  come  to  I  he- club  to  dinner!  Wor.so  still, 
to  mo,  as  we  sat  together  with  coffee  and  cigars, 
he  would  burrow  another  ten-pound  note  of  me, 
or  perhaps  be  kind  enough  lo  take  It  In  two  fives. 
What  was  1  to  do 7  I  dare  not  bring  those  two 
men  togetlier.  I  did  not  w  ant  .Jack,  ch  !  It  was 
dreadful.  Kut  iho  dlnuer  wms  ordered  and  might 
just  as  well  be  cat  eii;  sol  went  away— making 
the  pleastng-looktng  young  telegraph  elerkess 
look  upon  me  ns  very  si  ratigo  lu  my  ways— and 
wrote  an  ejcplauatory  letl.or  to  I’uniow,  appoints 
lug  another  day  for  the  dinner;  but  !ie  declined 
to  come,  and  1  feel  sure  he  believed  my  note  Ia)  be 
a  try -all  for  money. 
Hul  .lack  SiHU'tor  came  and  ate  my  dinner ;  and 
as  1  said,  so  he  did— lie  borrowed  two  lives  over 
our  coffee,  whlidi  sum  he  will  uevc*r  pay. 
It’s  an  awful  position  lor  a  man  to  be  In,  and  l 
suffer  from  It  nt  every  turn.  I  have  found  my 
gun  unaeenuutubly  rusty ;  in>'  nshlng  Hues  hor¬ 
ribly  tangled  and  my  lop  Joints  broken.  1  bave 
found  my  eholco  cigars  moldy,  my  soda  walor 
without  a  fizz  left  In  t  he  bottle,  my  tea  disappear ; 
and  the  number  of  umbrellas  that  have  delibcr- 
OUR  COUNTRY; 
ITS  ACQUISITION  AND  DIVISION. 
BV  LESTEU  A.  KOBEUTS. 
[Continued  from  pase’.'ijO.] 
NEBRASKA. 
IlY  action  Of  Congress  In  1851,  the  Territory  of 
Nebraska  was  lormed,  covering  tlie  area  beiwoen 
latitudes  lo*  and  49‘,  and  from  .Minnesota,  and 
lowawe-sl  lo  the  Uoeky  Mountains.  From  this 
was  set  off  In  tsfil  lo  CoJonulo,  the  portion  west 
of  lougltUdo  194  and  south  of  latitude  41,  and  to 
Dakota  all  above  latitude  4X  and  IJic  Niobrara 
Ulvcr,  and  lo  It  was  added  a  triangular  piece 
bomided  by  tJic  Kooky  MoiuiUilns,  luUI  ude41“  and 
longltudo  UO^*.  In  isoa  there  was  set  off  to  the 
’rerrlUu-y  of  Idaho  the  panUlologram  bounded  by 
the 'list  and  iUd  parallels  and  the  meridians  UM 
and  no.  'I’lils  left,  the  Territory  with  boundaries 
its  follows,  viz.,— norlh,  the  43(1  parallel  and  the 
Niobrara  HIver;  east,  the  Missouri  Ulvcr;  south, 
the  40Ui  parallel  to  longitude  ma  ami  the  list  par¬ 
allel  between  the  lOid  ami  toilh  merldiatiH  and 
west  by  U)2d,mcrUllan  between  longit  ude  40  and4l 
the  104lh“,  between  longitudes  41  ami  43— which. 
In  1807  having  complied  with  the  roiiulrcments  of 
Congress,  becumo  a  State. 
IDAHO. 
The  Territory  of  Idaho,  as  eonsl.ll.utod  by  act  of 
Congress  In  is<;3,  Included  nil  that  portion  of  the. 
Louisiana  ecsslon  l.v  ing  between  the  e.istaji  n  boun- 
darle.sof  WashlngUm  and  Oregon  and  the  l04th 
meridian,  logclhcr  with  Iho  area  lying  between 
the  41st  and  4/<l  panallcla  and  the  moth  and  noth 
meridlnns.  The  boundaries  of  the  original  Icrrl- 
tor>'  have  been  cliangeil  at  various  l  imes.  As  now 
eonsUluD-d,  It  ks  very  Irregular  In  form,  having 
for  Its  boundiirlos  on  the  west  longitude  117*  04' 
and  theMmike  Ktver,  touches  the  491  h  parallel  on 
the  north  to  longitude  i  to,  then  on  ihal  meridian 
south  to  latllude  47  45,  1  hence  following  the 
coui’Sfl  of  the  C’umr  d’Alene  and  the  Hiller  Koot 
and  the  UockT  .Mountains  through  their  various 
curves  ami  windings,  till  they  rcacdi  the  lllth 
meridian  in  latitude  41  32 ;  thence  down  that  me¬ 
ridian  to  latll-ude  42.  which  parallel  forms  Its 
southern  boundary.  This  irregular  boundary 
was  made  from  the  fact  that  the  mountains  on 
the  easterly  side  arc  almost  Impassable.— [To  be 
(Old  Innod. 
'iiljf  litcniri)  Mo  fit 
TEE  NOVEMBER  MAGAZINES. 
CHURCH  MUSIC. 
Soft,  through  the  rich  iUmnined  raiicB. 
All  down  the  iiiide  the  BimliKlit  raius, 
And  Beta  in  red  and  jinri’le  stains. 
And  mid  UiiB  Elory  1'''’'“  skies. 
We  hoar  the  orB'uu  \otec  iiriBO. 
Ila  wlngB  Iho  waking  Bpiril  tries; 
It  fliillcrM,  Imt  it  cannot  soar. 
Oh  !  Iicavcidy  luimie,  let  iib  I'enr 
Our  wocp,  our  Joi'S,  In  Iheo  unco  more. 
All  wilt  thou  Thou  miik’Kt  no  choice. 
Hearth  that  comi'lnln.  hoarla  that  rejoice, 
Find  th(!c  (heir  all-rcvoallng  vuice. 
All,  all  the  Bonl's  nunttcred  tilings 
Thou  l»eare«ton  tb.v  mlvhly  win;rs 
li|i.  Ui'  until  the  arclicd  ruof  rlngH : 
Now  soft  -as  when,  foe  Im-ael’H  king, 
Youns  David  swept  his  Rweut  liiirpstriiiK ; 
Now  loud -as  nn.vels  anthciniiiK. 
Oh  !  tell  what  inyruid  heads  are  l>ent. 
Oh  !  Icll  w  hat  myriad  liearts  rt'i>eut. 
lie  w  dl  look  down ;  He  will  relent. 
It  dies.  Tlie  hiat  low  strain  departs. 
Willi  deep  ’*  Anien"  tliu  warm  tear  starts. 
The  iHiacc  of  Kdou  hits  onr  hearts. 
[Katherine  Saunders. 
-  «  « »  — 
UNSELFISHNESS. 
COLORADO. 
As  early  as  HmS  iho  discovery  of  gold  lu  tbo 
vlelnlly  of  the  present  site  oi  Denver  induced  Im¬ 
migration  lo  t  his  part  of  the  public  domain,  which 
increased  rapidly  and  in  ls6l  the  poimlatloii  had 
bwomo  so  nuiueruus  as  t/i  render  it,  advisable  to 
organize  a  Govenimcni,  which  was  done  In  isoi. 
atcly  gone  away,  1  daro  not  enumerate,  for  my 
hiike— not  yours, 
Kiiough.  I  aril  the  Haunted  Man,  andmy  sprite 
will  not  leave  me.  He  puts  fuel  In  my  fiockets, 
rubs  my  hat  nap  the  wrong  way,  blunts  tlio  edges 
of  my  razors,  breaJes  the  i.ect.h  out  of  my  comb, 
and  In  oue  way  or  another  reduces  mo 
state  of  a  hyiwcliondrlacal  dyspeptic, 
said,  1  icU  H,  jou  In  a  whlspoL  lest  evil  should 
coiiio  upon  me  seven-fold ;  for  luluo  Is  a  malignaul 
sprite  and  to  you,  good  reader,  l  wish  a  happier 
fate. 
into  lUe 
.\s  before 
A  Territory  was  lormod,  eouiinislng  auidi  portions 
of  the  Uien  Territories  ol  New  .Mexico,  Utah,  Ne¬ 
braska  and  Kansas  n.s  were  Included  between  the 
3Tlh  and  list  parallels  of  Intltude  andlhet'jtli 
and  32d  meridians  of  longitude.  SubseiiuenU.y, 
several  at  tempts  to  frame  a  Stale  (.'onst.ltutlon 
were  made  and  petitions  loi  ndiiils.slon  to  tho 
Union  were  sent  to  Coiigi  es.s,  but  all  were  with¬ 
out  effect  until  lUe  present  year,  when  congress 
pa.sRCd  ail  act  wliluh,  being  ratlllcd  by  the  people 
ol  the  TeiTitxjry.  Colorado  boeamo  a  «i,ato  on  the 
4L)i  of  .July,  1870. 
H  AKPEK'B.— The  eurrcnl  iianibcr  lltly  closes  tho 
LI  lid  volume,  and  the  prospectus  of  t  he  succeed¬ 
ing  volume  Lb  replete  ■with  attractions  which,  we 
doubt  not.  will  be  more  than  realized  by  fortuimUi 
subscribers.  The  Initial  paper  In  tl its  number  Is 
a  handsomely  Illustrated  fairy  talc— Magnus  and 
Morna— by  Mrs.  .Mt-uH-K-Ciuiu.  Next  following 
la  an  article  on  Medlraval  Furniture.  A  I'urttfiu 
tientletnan  In  Nciv  ICiigland  Is  descriptive  of  Uie 
llle  and  career  of  .Ions  Wintiihof,  and  In  An  Kn- 
gllah  Woman  among  tho  Hlmalnyas  wc  have  a 
pleasant  niirmt.lvo  of  travel.  The  short  stories 
are  not  as  good  as  usual,  but  the  serials  rn.alntaln 
their  Interest.  This  Is  especially  into  of  A  Woman 
Hater;  (pilte  the  most  brilliant  novel  of  the  day. 
Mr.  Ci’KTis  In  ills  Easy  ciuilr  Is  us  felicitous  iis 
ever,  and  tho  Drawer  Is  a  peipct.iul  warning  to 
sour  dyspeptics. 
sciuBSEK’s.— Wc  are  not  os  yet  snniclently  calm 
and  In  our  Usual  editorial  mood  to  speak  ration¬ 
ally  of  this  magazine.  How  any  one  cun  rcsl.st 
the  e.\qulBlte.  Illustrations  and  the  appropriate 
loltcr-iiress  that  accompanies  them  Is  beyond  our 
ken,  as  is  also  tho  eouundrutn.  How  can  they 
make  .such  a  book  for  the  money?  The  loading 
paper  Is  by  H.  ceaiik  on  The  charter  Oak  City. 
Well, -well  don’t  llsum  to  our  maundering  but 
buy  tho  mag'uzlne,  and  nnid  an  instructive  paper 
ou  ’fho  Boglniilngs  of  Life,  and  afie.r  admiring 
Pictures  from  Koine,  just  say  If  you  can  how  It  Ls 
that  Dr.  iloi.LA.ND  ronlrivcs  to  bag  such  capital 
short  slorles.  The  poetry  Is  plcuiltul  and  .above 
the  nver;igft,  and  If  any  oue  can  read  In  Urlc-a- 
Kr.ac.  the.  touclilng  story  of  The  Fair  Isollnda, 
whos';  I'ame  it  was 
“ - the  youuK  Oronoco,  in  doiiblot  and  hose  cx- 
Ha,  ha!  Hy  Jove,  what,  tun !  Uve  just  turned 
t  his  out  of  uii'  desk,  where  ll.'s  lain  Kir  six  months. 
]  meant  Di  send  it  to  a  magazine,  and  here  U  goes 
at  last-.  If  any  one  will  have  IL  Hul,  1  8.ay,  the 
splrli'B  c.xorcl.sed ;  gone,  vanished— everythiug’s 
in  Its  place  and  there’s  it  place  tor  ei  cry  thing. 
Apple-plc  order  and  sunshine;  unliy,  peace  and 
concord.  tJ  pluritiu.^i  nnum — i/on(  soil  qui  7rat/  y 
jjpnse _ jtn'Hs  el  inimiwti,  I  Excuse  my  high  sjUiits; 
It’s  all  due  to  St.  Lydia,  who  took  pity  upon  my 
forlorn  lot  and  married  me,  driving  all  sprites 
away. 
1  sny,  though,  only  think !  Jack  .Snorter  ha.B 
como  In  lor  a  plum  and  no  sooner  did  he  hear  that 
1  was  going  lobe  married  Lluin  he  clapped  a  check 
for  a  cool  liuudi  ed  into  my  hand,  saying  that  ho 
didn’t  know  how  wc  slood,  but  we’d  cry  quits  and 
Unit  would  pay  the  tilp. 
This  comes  unknow  n  to  St.  I..— Ora'c  a  tyvehc. 
ARTISTS’  MODELS. 
NEVADA. 
In  1801  a  iKirtlon  of  the  eiistern  part  of  the  stale 
of  California  and  that  part  of  t  he  then  territory 
of  Utah  w'estof  Ue  SSLli  meridian,  w’crc  given  a 
Territorial  Government  and  named  Ncvaila,  and 
111  t'Sfii  It' was  made  a  .state,  to  which  w'as  added 
In  isof.  aiiOLlior  portion  irom  Utah  and  also  about 
12,01.1(1  square  miles  from  .\ilzoua.  This  left-  the 
SUitAi  with  ns  present  bauudarles,  viz.,— north,  the 
42d  parallel;  east,  the  114lh  meridian  and  the 
Colorado  Klvcr ;  and  south  and  west  a  line  drawn 
from  the  Colorado  Klvor  In  latitude  35,  to  Lake 
Tahoe  in  lutUudo  39 ;  thence  uoith  ou  the  I20th 
meridian  to  the  42d  parallel. 
It  is  proper  to  remark  that  California  has  not 
yet  ceded  that  portion  of  Nevada  that  wnis  for¬ 
merly  ItLCludcd  within  JicT  boundaries. 
tensivi', 
Who  Htood  by  the  Krim  iiorteiillis  with  mien  cxlromcly 
jifaiBive. 
Ycb,  Bl.xid  l.y  the  castle  moat,  as  handsome  as  oue  could 
wish,  with 
AgUd.'d  daxror  in  hand,  that  hi;  haughtily  cleam  d  a 
tisU  with." 
Without  a  feeling  of  “  cxintemporancous  human 
Interest,’’  then  ho  Is  base  Indeed!  Altogotber 
this  number  Is  eharmlng,  and  If  you  mean  to  do 
wlt,hout  It,  we  can  only  reiterate  I’uneh’s  adv.Ce 
on  another  occasion, — *'  Don't !’’ 
In  his  own  mother  Raphael  found  the  model  for 
his  unsurpassed  maternal  creations.  The  Furna- 
rlna  was  his  model  fof  the  possessed  boy  In  the 
“  Traubllguratlou,’’ and  her  imago  is  recognized 
in  others  of  his  works.  Mlch.ael  Angelo,  for  a 
figure  which  Charon  Is  driving  from  his  bark  Into 
Hades,  finds  hJs  model  In  one  of  the  cardinals- 
one  of  his  greatest  detractors  and  blltei’est  ene¬ 
mies.  Andrea  del  Sarfo  and  Correglo  are  said  to 
have  painted  their  Aladounas  and  angels  from 
their  own  wives  and  children.  Leonardo  da  'V'lncl 
chose  as  his  nnjdel  for  Judies  an  Ill-favored  man 
In  power  who  was  trying  to  ruin  him.  Tho  sister 
DAKOTA. 
In  1801  all  the  public  domain  between  the  west¬ 
ern  lines  of  Jllimosota  and  Iowa  and  the  Kocky 
Mountains  lying  north  of  the  present  State  of  Ne¬ 
braska  and  of  the  43d  parallel  west  of  longitude 
104,  was  constituted  the  Tenliory  of  Nebraska. 
Hy  tho  formation  of  Idalio,  Montana  and  Wyo¬ 
ming  at  different  tlmixs,  the  urea  of  DakoUi  was 
successively  diminished,  enlarged  and  again  dl- 
mlnishod  by  changes  in  boundury  Hues  too  com¬ 
plicated  to  bo  easily  described  or  readily  under¬ 
stood  without  diagrams.  The  present  bfumdarles 
of  IheTerrlioo'  arc— north,  t he  49tii parallel ;  cast, 
the  western  Imes  of  MHmcsotfi  and  the  Hlg  Siou.x 
Kiver,  dividing  It  from  Iowa,  south  by  the  Niobrara 
Klver  and  the  43d  parallel  and  w^ost  by  the  104th 
meridian.  There  is  also  belonging  to  Dakota  a 
tract  of  about  ’2,000  stiuare  miles  lying  westof 
Wyoming  lu  the  northwest  angle  formed  by  the 
44tli  parallel  and  the  iin.h  meridian. 
.ST.  NiouotAS.— The  girls  and  boys  have  the 
nsual  f(.!a.st  of  good  things  sprciul  before  them, 
with  a  promise  of  more  of  the  same  kind  to  follow. 
Ati.antio.— .Mr.  IlitSKV  J  ames,  Jr.,  continues  to 
make  Ids  serial,  Tlie  American,  mijst  absorbingly 
Intertistlng.  It  Is  a  pure  luxury  to  revel  In  the 
language,  alone.  An  tdd  Woman's  (Josslp  Is  a.s- 
Burcdly  very  pleasant,  rciullng.  Would  there  wen.* 
more  “old  women’’  like  FB.tNCE8  Anns  Ivembi.k, 
and  Unit  Mr.  H0'vki.i.s  had  a  reversionary  Interest 
In  Lh(.(  labor  of  their  brains !  Tho  Asoeui  of  Tak- 
honia,  .Miller  .Mlch<.‘l,  The  Hatties  about  AtlanUu 
lu  Two  Worlds,  Kottcry  at  the  Centennial  and 
other  papci’s  go  to  make  a  number  that  yields 
liron  table  as  well  us  pleasurable  reading. 
(Jai.axy. — I’hoso  who  vainly  Imagine  that  a 
magazine  cannot  bo  made  Interesting  wli  liout  tho 
aid  of  pictures  should  buy  the  November  Galaxy. 
Its  conduelors  well  maintain  the  spirit  of  its  name, 
by  kt.-cplng  in  their  Jirmumenl  “  stars”  of  the  first 
magnitude  only.  M  r,  Coan  tells  all  .about  1*  Ight- 
Ing  by  Machinery,  and  if  warriors  could  only  be 
molded  as  are  bricks,  ibc  Peace  Congress  might 
aiiproprialely  delights  in  wfir.  .Strange  to  say,  this 
magazine  hasornliled something  seasonable  about 
household  art.  t^uecr  that  they,  too,  have  not 
seized  a  copy  of  Vlolot.-le-Duc  and  expatiated  on 
hard-seated,  stiff,  straight-hacked  chairs!  We 
yearn  for  more  lulormuiion  coucenilng  a  fire- 
pluco  that  would  serve  e(iually  well  fora  barba- 
cup  or  blast  lurnace.  J.  o.  ywissuEtM  tpeaks  of 
AmtTlcati  Character,  and  K.  G,  Wii itb  eonlrlbutes 
his  second  paper  On  Kcudlug  Shakespeare.  Tho 
Silent  Wooer  becomes  audible,  and  Mr.  Rhodes 
asks  What  Shall  Wo  Eat  ?  Fanny  R.  Fecdoe  has 
something  to  say  of  Oriental  Legends,  and  the 
Editor’s  Ideas  are  quite  luminous  as  seen  through 
the  Nebulte, 
It  Is  clllllcult  to  find  la  these  days  of  buslle, 
crowding,  money-making  and  moiiey-spciidliig  a 
t  horoughly  unsfdflBh  person,  one  who  ihltiks  more 
of  his  fellow-man  than  himself ;  svlio  8tari(l.B  ever 
ready  to  .assist  the  poor,  rals{(  the  fallen,  cheer  the 
sick  and  comfort  the  sorrowing,  and  yet  It  seems 
to  me  that  there  cannot  be  a  more  desirable  dis¬ 
position  or  moio  lovable  character;  this  would 
be  a  very  different  world  If  the  spirit  of  iin.BClilsh- 
ncs-B  were  thoroughly  ami  extensively  cultivated. 
There  would  bi?  more  charily  for  the  sinner,  more 
prayers  for  the  stray  trig,  more  Christian  love,  more 
tIUiil  (hnoilon.  more  lender  mothers,  more  home- 
loving  husbands,  U.«s  delight  lu  sen  iidal,  mory  hor¬ 
ror  of  guilt  and  pity  for  the  Icmpuai. 
How  the  dark  places  of  life  would  brighten,  and 
juilhs  never  known  lo  sunshine  and  virtue  gleam 
with  awakened  radiance  were  Um  w^orld  to  grow 
and  blossom  wUhthe  plant  of  nii.sem.shuc«s.  'I’nie, 
It  Lb  liere  wc  see  the  fruit  sonieUmcs,  and  not  al¬ 
ways  In  the  rich  man’s  palace.  There  are  plain, 
verdant  JiLsh  girls  tolling  In  onr  kltchcu.B  wlio 
might  well  set  before,  us  cx.unptcs  of  ut)seliL.h 
devoUon.  Have  you  ever  noticed  Isiw  tlie  hard- 
earned  wages  of  some  unlcltcird  servaut-glrl  Just 
from  Ireland  are  ho.irded  up  tri  bo  sent  to  the  ati- 
sent  parents  In  tho  “ould  counlhry'/"  how  she 
will  deny  herself  many  a  needful  article  lu  order 
to  Bcod  t  he  money  to  the  loved  ones  7 
Not  he  who  gives  the  most  lo  tin)  Clmi’cli,  or 
subscribes  loudly  lu  causea  or  charil.v,  whose 
mime  Is  praised  lor  Ids  benevolcut  gilts,  not.  he 
always  poBSCsses  in  its  serene  [mrliy  tlvat  pearl  of 
great  price,  unselfishness.  .Soe  that  lonely  woiini n 
hi  yonder  tcneiufiit  hou-se,  watching  over  a  sl(;k 
neighbor  In  the  silence  ol  tlio  night,  wlien  the 
world  is  asleep  and  iiuoonsclous  of  the  wavcBOf 
somiw  rolling  over  it— expecting  no  rclnrn,  for 
her  neighbor  Is  as  poor  as  herself.  She  will  re¬ 
ceive  the  reward  at  lust,  when  pe.-haps,  the  giver 
of  lliousanda  will  be  claascd  among  tho  selfish 
ones  of  earth.  I  siqipose  a  mother’s  love  for  her 
babe  approaches  the  ucurest  to  our  Ideal  ol  un¬ 
selfish  human  iiffeoilon.  Whut  sacritlcp  will  she 
not  make  for  her  child,  the  llllJe  helpless  being 
that  can  give  no  returu  7  When  puln  enwraps  Its 
little  frame,  bow  strong  she  is  to  carry  the  poor, 
sufferlug  oue,  bushing  lu  her  nerer-M  earylng  way 
the  pitiful  cry  of  distress;  no  thinking  of  self 
then;  that  thought  cornea  when  care  and  watch¬ 
ing  avail  no  more,  and  slio  secs  her  darling  lying 
in  Its  coflln,  the  baby  soul  gone  home  to  God,  lo  a 
deeper,  sweeter  love  cveii  than  a  m(Jt.hor's. 
In  traveling  through  Oriental  lands  one  would 
readily  suppose,  alter  a  brief  sojourn  In  ICgyj)l, 
that  Uie  natives  were  wholly  and  completely  en¬ 
grossed  In  self,  for  the  Incessant  cry  of  the  Arab.? 
in  the  slrcet  Is  “  Hakshriesh it  meets  the  foi- 
eigaerou  Uls  first  arrival  lu  Hie  harbor  of  .iVlex- 
andrta,  follows  him  to  the  thronged  bazats  and 
narrow  streets,  assnlls  him  on  the  banks  of  tho 
NUe,  rings  after  him  on  the  steps  of  the  Mosque 
and  summit  of  the  Pyramids,  niid  mingles  wiUi 
his  memories  long  after  the  l-igyptlan  shoivs  have 
faded  in  tho  past.  Hut  those  w'ho  have  bad  a 
longer  and  more  personal  acqualiiianee  with  Hie 
InhabltanLB  of  the  land  of  tho  l’harao)i-s,  know 
that  ibey  never  let  a  fcllow'-belng  go  hungry; 
they  share  their  humble  meals  with  those  iioorer 
than  them-sclvcB,  and  If  tho  parents  of  a  child 
dlo,  some  woman,  gcucraJly  u  eldldluss  one,  emnes 
forwai’d  and  adopts  the  lit  tie  one  as  her  own. 
They  have  no  need  of  orphan  asy  lums  on  the 
banks  of  tho  Nile.  While  tho  people  arc  thus  un- 
selllah  with  each  other,  they  wlU  call  for  a  “  pres¬ 
ent”  the  ffiomeat  a  foreigner  shows  his  lacc*  or 
his  purse. 
Exalted  above  all  other  plotures  of  unselfishness 
to  which  the  world  can  find  no  piiralle),  Is  that  of 
Christ’s  life  and  death  on  this  selfish  earth,  leav¬ 
ing  us  such  an  example  of  iterfect  unsclflBluiess 
as  no  human  power  can  surpass.  WUhsutdiau 
example  bi.ffore  us,  how  can  oarlh  bring  forth  so 
many  barren  souls- murderers,  drunkards,  Hal's, 
forgerers,  in  laers,  seaudaJ-iovers  7 
would  that -we  might  uke  Uds  divine 
more  into  our  hcari.s,  and  so  shape  and  myid  luo 
restless  course  of  our  lives  that  they  may  grow 
more  and  moni  like  the  l>li.*ssed  original  Klvaii  us 
to  imitate,  even  the  Itedeemer  of  the  .sons  or  men, 
our  guide  to  a  path  of  pure,  cheerful  C’liriBtuui 
uuseltlBlineBS. -iS'ure.  Keahle.'i  iiunt. 
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