The article deals briefly with the life history of this personage
—to whose statue in Rome, history tells us, an American col
lege president once took off his hat. But aside from all that
the article in the Touchstone describes interestingly the check
ered career of the great Italian patriot.
"The name Garibaldi at once suggests the most popular
heroism. He is the popular hero of Italian freedom, a George
Washington, so to speak. Not only did the hero of the red
shirt cherish the liberty of his own country, but wherever his
strong arm could wield the sword against oppression his ser
vices were given. . . . Vast armies were not at his disposal.
His force consisted of a few men, who, like himself, were
patriots struggling against tyranny. His daring, his power of
inspiring, and his spirit of enthusiasm were the, real elements
of that struggle which was to drive forever from Italy the
plundering enemy.
" Garibaldi was the incarnation of the character which pro
duces history at great times. He possessed those elements
which constitute greatness, and his country may w_ell feel
proud of him, as is expressed by the reverence in' which his
memory is held."
Judging from the current Punch Bowl the mid-year exam,
"Reign of Terror," must be raging at Pennsylvania. The fol
lowing, after the manner of Him of Naishapflr, will serve to
show the general despondent mood of the January Punch
Bowl, it is a rather ingenious perversion of Old Omar:
EXCERPTS FROM KHAYYAM.
The little Crib I wrote the Answers on
Twin'd ashes—when it Pass'd me: and anon
Like hair upon the young Professor's face,
I made him think me wise; and then was gone.
Think, sluggard, in this University
If Re•exams like typhoid germs were free,
How Hunker after fiunker with his nerve
Would make another Stab for his Degree.!
Myself when Fresh did eagerly frequent
Booz-Clerk and Pool Shark; and full oft I blent
Tobaccos for a Day's luxurious dream:
And now I have to cram—without a cent.
With fools the seeds of Wisdom did I throw,
Into the blessed gardens where doth grow
The fragrant Weed; this harvest now I reap—
A box of Ratheses. I'm happy, tho'.