a= Artists and Tailors. Your stories of Huat remind me of another, hardly less amusing, and, like yours, illustrating his sense of the dignity of his art, and his peculiarly pndignified way of showing it. Daring the last winter of his life, he one dav called upon sn artist to look upon & portrait which had been re- turned with some expression of dissat- isfaction from the subject and owner, and to give his friend, the artist, the benefit of his judgment in the matter of changing and so improving the pic- ture that it should *‘pass muster’ asa creditable work of art, even if it did _not quite suit the taste of the patron. The chief defect complained of was the complexion which was thougnt to be sallow; and it was true that in the process of giving the flash & warm glow the artist had given an imapres- sion of local yellow in the flesh tints— go strongly marked that the c>mplexe jon was yellow. When Mr. Hant en- tered the studio, he looked at the por- trait as it stood upen the easel, and gald: “They think it is too yellow, do they? They always think it is too something except good. Your yellows are all right with your reds and the general tone of the picture and that is well enough. Look at that bit of sky in your landscape | pointing to another picture.) Isn’t that good for sky to your trees and foraground? But it isn’t much like that,” looking up at the light which poured through the window, “and who said it was ? The fact is, peonle don’t know anything about ar‘, and the more they know about other things the less they Know about that. But they ‘know what they like,’ and they don’t mean fo pay till they wet it. “They rank portrait painters with ¢ailors—no fit, no pay. We ought to make a stand sgainst the unreasonable demands of the public, and let the patron share our risk, Of course, we all do the best we can, and we should be psid for our work just as we pay our doctors and lawyers; whether they bring us th rough or not. + 7 would have an order fr a por- trait mean the best thing that I can do with a reasonable effort, and that should fulfill my obligation and entitle me to be paid. Of course I like to have people satisfied when Iam, but 1 am thing about my work and they don’t, and when I am willing to let a picture go, that ought to stand for something, whether they are satisfied or not. Bat then there is another way. You know we should all paint better portraits we didn’t cara a d—n for our sitters. order a portrait I should say, ° I will not take your commission in the usual pay vou $1 an hour, and if you like the picture when I call it done, you can have it for a stated price, and if you don’t like it you needn't take it— and there will be no favor either Way. I could turn out something pratty good. I know I should have a good barber does his vielim, and if he dared to open his head about art or anything improving, I'a stop his yop with a paint brush. “I'd just have my Way till I got through, and then he could have his— take it or leave it.” RE Density of the World's Popula- tion. 11 the seventh volume of “Die Be- volkerang der Erde,” published by J. Perthes, we fi 1d that the earth, on a space of 136 088 872 square kilometres, counts 1,433 887 500 inhabitants, mak ing on an average 10.5 inhabitants to every square kilometre. Earope ls the most thickly populated portion, with 34 inhabitants for every square kilometre, then Asis with 18, Africa with 7 America with 6, and Austra lis and Polynesia with 05 Of Eu ropean Hiates, Belgium comes first with 188 Llahabitants per square kilo~ metre. the Netherlands with 123, Great Britain with 112, the Az res with 108, Italy with 99 Sap Marino with 91, Germany with 84 Loxems- bourg with 81, France with 71, Bwitz- erland with 69, Austria with 61, Liech- tenstein and Denmmk with 51, Portu- gal with 46 Roumania with 41, Bervia with 35, Spain with 33, Bulgaria and Greece with 81, Montenegro and Tar- key with 26, Bosnia and Herzegovina with 22. Russia with 16, Bweden with 10, Norway with 6 and Finland with 5. Of Biates out of Europe we take Japan with 95 inhabitants per square kilometre, india with 67, China (ex clusive of neighboring lands), 87, An pam, 48. The United States has only 5.4, and Chili, the most thickly popula ted of South American States only 4.5, Excepting the Polar regions, the most thinly populated countries are Canada with 0.5, the Sahara with 0.4 and Bi- beris with 0.8 inhabitants per every pquare kilometre. A pairof chalices with patens, in the Bragenose College, Ox- to have a halls BACK SEATS. seat, thou man who tolls for bread ; Although thy limbs, like steel, be tough and strong, And honest thoughts may fill thy shapely head, But you lack gold tosway the publie throng. Take a back seat, hard-working woman thou, The aisle tread softly to uncushioned seat In church where rusting silk and powdered brow Have precedence o'er those whom YOU may greet. Take a back seat, thon man of courage high; The flashing sabre in thy hand to lead [he surging host, when Wars loud din was nigh, Sweet peace withholds—'tis money that you need. fake a back seat, brave woman who hath, stood At slick man's couch when icordhing fever flame Subdued ceherent thought~thy faithful blood Course on and thrills al DUTY 8 sacred name Take a back seat, young man, who guides plow; You work for bread in suminer heat and; sun; Thine bands all hard, and swea'<drops on thy brow . Are plebeian brands for jucre’'s lords to shan. Take a back seat, young maid, with weary bands The wash-tub and the kitchen be thy goal; Imperial custom thy fixed inate commands, And smites the Inspiration of thy soul, Take back seats, all ye men, Who move the world By !abor in the work-shop or the fizid ; A gilded goddess trails your banner furled, Nor waves a fold o'er labor's hidden shield, To golden sceptres bow Lhe rons of men In stately hall and in the euburenly fold; But prayer and €choiDg sOUg are futile when The path to heaven 1s seught throu bh glim of gold, 4 tn ; Cavanaugh's Trust, Very few people know the insid history of Bristow’s fight with the express companies when he was Bec retary of the Treasury. The ex} ress companies made what Mr. Bristow thought exorbitant charges for carry- ing currency to the great distributing point, the New York Sub Treasury. He told the companies that a lower rate must be conceded or he would take the business away from the com-~ panies. They wera defiant at that time. Hundreds of thousands of dol- lars were being shipped daily and the express companies oftered the only gsecura way for the carrying of these great sums, and so they charged ac- cordingly, being ceriain, as matters then stood, that the Becretary could not get along without them. Sudden ly the express people were potified that Mr. Bristow had made arrange iness unless they came to his terms, New York in the most Ouoly Mr. Bristow, mitted to mysterious way. the 8 10-Treasurer in New York knew the way the work was done. The ex- belief that Bristow would not dare to continue to assume the personal re- work went on undisturbed for several weeks without loss or publie scandal, the companies finally gave in and were glad to make new contracts for what Bristow was able to pay them. This is the way the expriss com panies were circumvented. The Bec etary selected a trusty special agent of the Treasury, who simply put the currency in a valise and went over to, New York as an ordinary passenger on the night train, Thomas Cavanaugh the Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms under gallant Colonel Hooker in the H ruse, was the special agent selected for this work. He is a tall, broad shouldered, deep-chested, manly looking specimen of humanity. His square, resolute, sun-browned face is accentuated by a erisp, curling mustache completely hiding his mouth. His straaght nose, clear blue eyes, and square jaws stand out in a face remarkable for its com= bination of good nature and iron res- olution. Cavanaugh used to set out from the office of the Secretary of the Tressury after night with a valise simply stufl=d with Government cur. rency. Ome night he had in his bag $750,000 in greenbacks. Every dollar ever intrusted to him was safely carried. Not a penny ever was lost, His pay from the Treasury was his regular one, eight dollars a day snd his traveling expenses. He gaye no bonds for this work, as the law recog- nized no such wey of carrying the funds. The Secretary had absolutely no protection beyond Cavanaugh's individual honor. If he had run away with an odd half million at any time he could not have been prosecu- ted for more than s bresch of trues. In the earrying of this meney Cavan. aug h carried more than his ite in his hands, If it were even suspected that he was carrying such sums over in 8 seo to start out with his money in one hand and a revolver in another hid. den in the pocket of his great coat, A close coupe took him down the avenue. In the sleeping-car toward the last he slept bat little, Bome one was always reaching across his gasted throat for the money pisced in his trust. It was a great ralief when this dreadful re- sponsibility came te an end, and he was able to go back to his ordidary duties. To-day Cavansugh Is sgain carrying Government money. He is the official who takes from the Trea~ sury the money needed in the business office of the Bergeant-at-Arms’s office, where the members are paid. Bavok cashiers and men of high trust could find much to learn in the rugged, un- assuming integrity of Thomas Cava. naugh. —— A Story About ‘Home, -\ cet Home "' John Howard Payne, the author of “Home, Bweet Home,”” was a warm personal friend of John Ross, who will be remembered as the celebrated chief of the Cherokees. At the time the Cherokees were removed from their homes in Georgia to their pres ent possessions west of the Mississippi River, Payne was spending a few weeka in Georgia with Ross, who was occupying a miserable cabin, having been forcibly ¢j-cted from his former home. A number of the prominent Cherokees were in prison, and that portion of Georgia in which the tribe was located was scour:d by armed gqiads of the Georgia militia, who had orders to arrest all who refused to leave the country. While Ro s and Payne were seated before the fire in the hut, the door was suddenly burst open and mx or eight militiamen sprang nto the room. The soldiers lost no time in taking their prisoners away. Ross was permitted to ride his own horse, while Payne was mounted on one led by a soldier As the little party left the hovel, rain be- gan falling, spd continued vntil every man was drenched thoroughly. The journey lasted all night. About mid- night Payne's escort, in or ler to keep himself awake, began bun mipg: “Home, home, sweet, sweel home," when Payne remarked: “Little did I expect to hear that song under such elrcumstances snd at suchatime. Do you know the suthor 7?” “No,” said the soldier. “Do you id “Yes ' answered Payne. “I com- | posed it.” “The devil you did, You esn tell that to some fellows, but not to me, Look here. You made that song, you swy. If you did—and 1 know you | didn’t—you can Bay it all without | stopping. It has something in it about | pleasures and palaces, Now pitch in | and reel it fl and if you can't I'll | bounce you from your horse and lade you instead of it.” The threat was answered by Payne, who r:peated the song in a slow, subdued tone, snd then sang it, mak- ing the old woods ring with the ten. der melody and pathos of the Ww rds, | It tonched the heart of the rough sol- dier, who was pot only captivated but convinced, and who sald the com- | poser of such a song should never go | to yrison if he could help it. And | when the party reachod M lledgeville | they were, after a preliminary exami- | nation, discharged, much to their sur- prise. Payne insisted it was because the leader of thesqiad had been un- der the magnetic influence of Ross's conversation, and Ross insisted that they had been savod from insult and imprisonment by the power of “Home, Sweet Home,” sung ssounly those who feel can sing it. The friendship ex- isting vetween Ross and Payne en- dur sd until the grave closed over the mortal remains of the latter. ct MA - ! A Railway Story. m— It was in the smoking car on the New York Central, There was one chap who was blustering a great deal and telling of how many duels he had fought, and behind him sat a small man r:ading a magazine, “Bir?” sald the big man as he wheeled around, ** what would you do if challenged ?"’ * Refuse,” was the quiet reply. “Ah, I thought as much. Refuse snd be branded as a coward! What if & gentleman offered you the choloe of a horsewhipping—what then ” “ I'd take the whipping.” “ Ah—~I thought so—thought so from the looks of you. Buppose, sir, you had foully slandered me?" ‘| never slander.” “ Then, wir, suppose I had coolly and deliberately insulted you; what would you do?” “ I'd rise up this way, put down my book this way, and reach over like this and take him: by the nose as I take you, snd give ita three-quarter twist—just so!" When the little msn let go of the big man’s nose, the man with the white hat on began to crouch down to have been attacked. If he had been: robbed, nothing but bis death in de- fending his trust could have saved him | from the scandal of being cisssed by many ss a guilty participant in (he robbery. Toward the last Caves psugh became yery nervous. He used get away from bullets, but there was no shooting. The big man turned red—then pale~then looked the little man over and remarked : “ Qertainly—of course—that’s It ex. actly!” And then conversation turned on the general prosperity of the country.; Magnetic Dreams, One of the fundamental doo trives of Schopenhauer’s philosophy fs that the world as we know it has not an Independent ex- jstence. Like Berkley, he held that it is merely an ‘‘appearance,”” The only real existence, he maintained, is ‘ithe thing in itself; and the ‘thing in {teelf” he identifi :d with the will. In ordinary cir:umstances we know the will only as it manifests itself under the forms of space, time and casuality; but he contended that there are states of the briin in which we pene'rate behind these forms, and come into contact with the will as it is In its own nsture, At such times we escape from the system of intellectual illu- sions, which it is the business of sci- realm of absolute truth, which sonsti- tutes the proper domain of philosophy, Even memners of the 8ciely for Psy- chical Research are not likely to take up higher ground than this; and they will certainly not surpass Schopen- haur in the confidence with which he crew conclusions from his ultimate principles, The states of the brain which lead to such surprising results occur when we are in “a magnetic sleep,” nnd a8 magnetic gleep may be ¢rduced when we ars asleep in the ordinary way. It does not follow that If we fall into a magnetic gleep we shall have mag- netic dreams; and, if we do dream magnet! zally, it does not follow that we shall remember what we have dreamt. A maguetic sleep 1+ far deeper than ord'psry sleep, snd in the slow process of awaking from it we may forget the spectacle which it has enabled us to see. Brmetimes, however, the impression which the vision has produced on our feeling re mains ; aod on these occasions, if the vision has been one of common dissster (as it commonly isin the wor t of possi- ble worlds according to 8 shopenhaner,) have what ment of evil, and our presentiment 18 sure to be realiz *d seoner or later, At other umes our magnetic dream —that is, our perception of realities— may be transformed into a sort of alle gory which ie capable of different in- ter pretations. predictions of the Delphie which frequently could not be under- good until they were fulfilled. penhauer was not of however, that our mysterious visions in their original form invariable pass from the memory ; and he gives an example of one which be himself had an opportunity of studying. This in. stance seemed to him all the more re markable because it related to a mat- ter of little importance. we One day he was writing & letter in great haste, and when he had finished the third page he intended to strew writing-eand over what he had writ- ten. In his hurry he seized the ink. stand instead of the vessel containing sand, and dashed the contents over his letter. As the ink poured from his desk he rang for the masid to wipe t from the floor, When she was en- gaged in doing so, she said : ** Last night I dreamt that I shouid be wip- ing ink-spots fiom the floor here.” “That is not true,” answered Schopen- hauer. “It is true’ she replied, “and when I awoke I mentioned it to. the other maid who sleeps with me.” Just then the other maid hap pened to enter the room in order to call away her fellow-servant. BSchop- enhaver, advancing to meet her, at once asked: * What did this girl dream lsst night 2” “I don’t know.” “Yes, you do; she told you when she awoke.” ** Oh, to be sure,” the maid then sald, * she dreamt that she would be wiping ink-spots from the fl or here.” Bchopenhaver gravely points out that this anecdote s not only suf ficient evidence for magnetic dream- fing, but that it establishes the truth of the doctrine that everything happens in accordance with a fixed and neces- sary order, p——— Strategy. ——— The agent of a minstrel show, who Route the other day, happened to take a seat opposite a Boston drum- mer. Each wore a pin with six dis monds in it, and displayed two watch chains. The coincidence happened to strike a solid, cid fashioned farmer as rather curious, and, hitching along men, will you give me honest answers to a question or two?” They said they would, and he continued: “What time is it by your four watches?’ The agent replied that he only had one watch, and that did not tick, while the other confessed that he had none at all. “One more question: D'd you buy your diamond pins at the dollar store?’ The two men looked at each other in & troubled way, and then in- formed the blunt questioner that he had reached the Limit, “Oh, well, 1 didn't intend to be sassy,” he remark. ed, as he fell back; “I'm sparking a widder up in Wood county, and I was thinking that if I could buckle on & dollar diamond and harpass on two watch chains around me she'd either kick or eave inside of & weak." The Massacre of the Mame- lukes. bs This Citadel, Cair>, was, in 1811 the scene of the massacr of the lust of the Mamelukes by Mohammed All, a deed of base treachery, but of consum- mate and successful policy ; a coup d'etat, in fact. The Mamelukes had risen from the position of slaves 0 that of Sultans, The Circassian dy- nasty producad a race of military princes who waged war with tbe Otto- man Sultans. The last but one, Bal. tan Ghoree, was slain In battlein Myris, and hig successor, Tomar Bey, was routed on the plain between Cairo and Haliopolis. He was taken cap- tive and hanged, and his bead stuck on the malefactors’ gateway, Bab Z wayleh. Though the supreme power had thus passed away from them, the Mameluke aristocracy still maintained their ancient valor, till their brilliant cavalry was routed by Napoleon at the battle of the Pyramidg, and but a small remnant left, These Mame- juke nobles had helped Mohammed Ali to the Pashalik, but it is suppos=d that they had changed their minds, and were plotting to desiroy him. At sll events, having used them as the ladder of his ambition, he found it ex- pedient to get rid of them, He there fore invited them all to be present within the Citadel, when a Pssha was to be invested with some military com- mand, Four hundred and seventy of these magnificent beings accordingly rode up in great state, but when turned to depart they found the gates closed, and from every corner s& mur- ferous fle of muskeiry rained upon them. From this horrible one alone escaped, namely Caruage rampart, a fall of forty feet. Hapoily he lighted on a heap of rubbish, and though the horse was killed the man escaped, and, giving himself into the eare of the Arabs, found protection houses of the Mamelukes were plun- dered, and sll their relations, num- | bering about 1000, were murdered and the gate of Bab Z wayleh literally | covered with thoee ghastly trophies, | tue heads of the slain. this It is said that | from final massacre one olher veiled, escaped his foes. This man had been the Pasha's prime favorite and the story goes that, without show- ing any special disgust at his Iriend’s tresch ry, he returned to his post of favorite, and even repeated the little joke of dressing up as an Arab damsel, who, appearing before his Highness as a suppiiant, pleaded her own cause with volability, and carried her nse, whereupon, removing her veil, ghe displayed the features of Ruleiman, who is effi -med by English eye wit nesses to have continued for many years the cordial friend of the Pasha and other great folks in Cairo, —Gor- dm Cumming, the Magazine, in Gentleman's - gw A Strange Story. Josiah Gilvert tells this strange story in the London Spretator: A son of a family named Watkinson residing at Lanenham, Suffolk, had gone to America, Ooe summer San- day afternoon they were attending service, and occupying a large square pew nesr the pulpit. It was hot, and the door of the small building was wide open, abd one of the party who sat looking down the aisle could see into the meeling- house yard, which was shaded by tall trees, Buaddenly, to his intense sur- prise, he saw the absent brother ap- proaching through the trees, enter at the chapel door, walk up the nlsle, come to the very door of the pew itself, and lay his hand upon it, as if (0 take his seat among them, At this mo- ment others of the amily sitting so that he was only then within their sight, saw him also, but at that mo. ment he vanished. This strange occurrence naturally raised sad forebodings, but in ecnurse of time a letter arrived from the sub. jeot of them of later date than that of the vision, and it appeared that he was still allve and well. He was then written to and ssked if anything peculiar had Lappened to him on that particular Sunday. He replied that it wha odd he should remember anything about a Bunday so leng passed, but that certainly something peculiar had happened to him that day. He had come in, overpowered with heat, and had thrown himself on his bed, aud had fallen futo a sound sleep, and had a strange dresm. Hs found himself in ‘front of the country chapel; ser vices were golng on ; he saw them all, the door being open, sitting in thelr pew, he walked up the aisle, he put his hand on the pew door to open it when, suddenly, and to his chagiin awoke, It would be interesting to know whether such a story is known to say one else. If authentic the question arises——can sleep release the soul like death ? ——y Scientific Notes, Canterbury Cathedral Is soon to be lighted wi electricity. A diamond weighing four and a half carats and enveloped in its native rock has been given to the Parls Museum of Natural History by the Director of the Compaigne du Cap. In New Z=aland., Mr. A. T. Urqu- hart states, earthworms not only leave their burrows but climb up trees in search of feod in the night or at a late hour if the morning is damp and Warm. By the end of spring it is thought that the whole of the new pipe line from the Bradford, Penu,, oll regions will be finished, Already five or six miles have been completed: It will strike the Delaware at Philadelphia. Japan is keeping fully abreast of Western nations in the introduction ot new inventions, One of the latest signs of thie is the extensive use of the electric light in several of the Gov- ernment establishments at Yokohama Four German expeditions ar: now prosecuting their researches in Africa, two from the east and two from the west side of that continent. Very in- teresting and meccurate repors of the several journeys are looked for after the explorer: have revised their jour. nals, Dogs, under favorable conditions, to an sge much beyond that which is sesigned to toem. Mr. R. Cordiner, of Oxford, England, knows a black retriever aged 31, and there is no doubt that others are acquainted wi h like aged individuals of the ca nine species. says H. Herve Mangon, produces milk which, if ¢ lected, would make sa stream 3 feet 4 inches wide and 1 foot 1 inch deep, flowing night and day all the year round. Msn, young animals, and the butler and cheese factories utilize this im- mense product of the farm Papers read last month befor: the Academy of Beienoes, Paris, go to show that the several electrical systems of France, cal point of view. The data from which the results wer: obtained had been collecied during the lste exhibi- tion of electricity in the French eapi- Altogether from the reports received, the Iste transit of Venus was observed under what may be called very fair atmospheric conditions, and it is need- less to say that the men employed to note the facts which the phenomenon presented did their task well. A good long time must elapse, however, be fore the actual resulls can be ascer- tained, Among the discoveries made during the botanical tour ef Mr. John G. Lemmon in the mountain ranges along the Mexican frontier of Ariz na were two or three varieties of Indige- nous potatoes. Thev were found in abundance in very elevated meadows, walled round by peaks, 10,000 feet above the level of the sea. In size they did not exceed that of walnuts, Death from cold may be simulated for a longer time than is usually sup- posed in the case of the higher ani- mals. Rabbils were shaved by MM. Richet and R ndeau, and inclosed in flexible tubes through which Chere was a flow of salt water, cooled to 7° C. until breathing and the action of the heart ceased. After suffering these mammals to remain in that condition for half an hour vital functions were restored. China, instesd of seeking for outside means of educating her youth in what is valuable in Western systems, has begun to establish curriculums at home similar to those observed abroad. In the Pun-yen district of Canton a modern school, as it may be called, has been successfully established by the native population under Govern. ment suspices. Other institutions of a similar type are likely soon to be es tablished. M Hartig estimates the specific vol- ume of green.wood constituents a= fol lows: Hard green-wood, fibre stuff, 441; water, 247, snd air, 812. Soft greenwood, fibre stuff, 270 ; water, 885, and air, 8303. A certain smount of wa- ter, varying from 7 to 8 per cent. in all, is incinded in the fibre stufl, showing that about one-third only of the mass of the timber is really solid woody fibre and that the remainder is filled either with water or air contained in the cells. He ints A A Preferred Poker. Li fer dealing in grain? * No, Ta when I feel like speculating I go to a regular poker-room, conducted in a first-class manner, and lay down my money. It Is far mire to me." “How “ Why, I know just how long it will take me to lose $500 and get Lack to the office, and I don't have to waste time, put up margins, Ifa tree were to break a window what would the window say * Tre mend. us, .
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