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, .