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Garrick.

The anecdotes of Garrick convince US
of his genius more foreibly than by even
the traditions of his acting. At friends
tables he would s6metimes do what be
called his rounds, striking every cord
of passion, touching every note from de-
SPAR to eestaey. His two favorite imi
tations were extraordinary; the one was
of that Of man who, playing with his
child at window, lets it accidentally
fall. Garrick used to give the grief and
final madness of the man, moment be-
fore so happy, till there was not dry
eve in the room. The second imitation
was that of pastry cooks boy, who ac-
cidentally drops his tray of tarts in the
gutter. His face in this expressed an
extraordinary transition from stupid sur
prise to terror and hopeless grief. He
challenged Preville, the French actor, to
see which could initiate best drunken
man ON horseback. Preville was event
ually pronounced not to be drunk enough
in the legs. The stories Of Garriek are
innumerable. He is said to have frigh-
tened footman who had murdered his
master, by assuming the face of the muir
dered nan. Garrick is reported to have
sat to Hogarth for aportrait of Fielding,
whose features he initiated from mem
ory.-Belgraria for February.
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A Few words In Season.

The London Saturday Rerielc, which
is eertainly-whatever else may be said
of it-one of the ablest and most
thoughtful of the English journals, has
these reflections
In the United States we see the in
fuence Of money in its worst and most
unblushing form. Of all dangers to
which the great Democracy is exposed,
none is so conspicuous, and none SO
generally recognized by all thinking
men, as the danger Of downright peeun-
iary corruption. An effort is being
made in England to bring to justice men
who are accused-rightly or wrongly
of having defrauded the shareholders
of a great financial company. What
ever the result, no one doubts that the
case will be fully investigated, and that
the Judges will do their duty without
fear or favor. But in New York the
leaders of commerce appear to be
above the law. They use their power
without restraint or eOneealment for
transactions in shares which fairly aston
ish the enterprising British fnaneier,
and, when an appeal is made to the law
in consequence of quarrel between the
conspiratOrs, it turns out that each of
them has a Judge in his paw, and is able
to drag the machinery of justice through
the dirt Of the most unblushing cOrrup-
ton. Certainly no spectacle has been
exhibited in England half so demOra-
lizing to the public mind as the whole
course of the rival maRipulators Of the
great Erie railroad. Money has doubt
less great influence upon British Par
lament, but at least it does not influence
members in the repulsive form of direct
bribery. The taxation Of the country is
doubtless determined in great measure
by rich men but at least we are not told
here that mere than half the revenue
escapes through mysterious leaks be-
tween the contributor and the national
exehequer, and we are entirely free from
such mysterious but powerful agencies
as the notorious whisky ring. The
influence of money in England acts
through what, by comparison at least,
may be called legitimate channels and
we are not disgraced by paying one set
of taxes to the public and another to
the plunderers of the public revenue.
The wealthy classes may be powerful,
but they have not the power to mold
tariffs with an exclusive view to their
own pockets.
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What the Poetry Bu=iness is
Worth.

London Corresp 1ndenee Chicago Tribune.l
Shades Of the poets arise a laureate
selling his verses fer eighty thousand
pounds And there are people who call
this a prosaie age When Mr.. Tenuy-
son decided lately upon inviting tenders
for the exclusive right of publishing his
works, considerable curiosity was ex-
cited. The largest bidder was Mr..
Strahan, a publisher comparatively Of
Yesterday, who has become known al
most entirely through the sixpenny
periodical entitled Good Words. Mr..
Strahan offered the poet four thousand
pounds per annum for twenty years Tor
the privilege Of publishing all his works,
past and future, and the security being
good, the offer was accepted But many
think Mr. Strahan is buying gold too
dearly. Suppose another poet springs
up and eclipses the author Of The Nay
Queen. Or suppose the public taste
changes and goes over to Swrnburue.
Walt Whitman or Robt. Browning
How is StrahzR to get round the corner
with his $1,000 every year, But tins
gentleman has given layishly for some
wears to secure leading names. For his
magazine he has caught two or three
Cabinet Ministers, two Arehbishops and
three or four Bishops, to sag nothing Of
eminent scientific men, and this has
simply been done by money. One, two,
three, four, and even fve hundred
pounds have been paid by him for con-
tributions Of this rank. he is. Scotch
man, and ought to know best but to
timid men he seems overdariDg. An
extraordinary story afoat as to this COM
petition. A gentleman who had the
opportunity Of forming the acquaintance
Of Tennyson, some time ago, begged
Mrs. TennysOn's acceptance Of a splen-
did ermine mantle worth 9l00. A
little later, he competed with other for
the poems, but was not successful. l
hardly expect you to credit what fol-
lowed, but the statement is said to be
true. He wrote tc Mr.. Tennyson, and,
referring to the mantle, limited that it
was given in the belief that the publish
ing would be accorded to the donor,
and, as it was otherwise, he would
like the article back again. Ten
nyson instantly replied that, as the man
tie had been worn, it could not be re-
turned, but, if the bill Of its cost was
forwarded, a check for the amount
should be written forthwith
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ANEsTHETIC AGENTS.

The Dental Hospital and the Odon-
tological Society of London have re-
Gently been conducting an extended Sc
ries Of experiments on the value Of prot
oxide Of nitrogen or laughing gas as an
anesthetic agent Trials were first
made as to the effects Of the gas upon
domestic animals and birds. and the con
clusions arrived at were that pure prot
oxide of nitrogen, so administered as to
be free from air, was a powerful anes-
thetie, of more rapid action, but more
evanescent in its operation than ehloro-
form and other anRsthetics IN use that
if given too long it would produce death,
but that even when death appeared i'm
minent from its use, the admission Of
fresh air to the individual inhaliDg it
quickly caused the disappearance Of all
uncomfortable or dangerous symptoms.
Encouraged by these results, human sub
jects were next placed under the inhu-
enee of the gas, and after a careful exam
nation Of its effects in 1880 cases, the fol-
lowing report was made: In regard to
man, the comparative advantages Of nj
trous oxide are It's rapid actiOn-the
time for the production of the required
fnsensibility being from So to 81 Sec
onds; the rapidity with which patients
recover, viz in from los to $50 seconds
from its first administration, the patients
able to get up and walk away within four
minutes, without any unsteady gait or
unpleasant feeling its tasteless and non
irritating characters the freedom of pa
tients from nausea, and the absence of
any after effects which sometimes follow
ehlorOform. Its disadvantages as an an
aesthetic for man are, its unsuitableness
for long operations, or those followed
by much pain; where delicate operations
are to be performed, the muscular
twitchings it sometimes produces are in
convenient; the difficulty Of making the
gas, and the necessity in its administra-
ton of cumbrous apparatus and, lastly,
the difficulty Of obtaining it pure.
The final conclusions drawn were
that protoxide of nitrogen is not useful
as an anesthetic in severe and prolonged
surgical operations, but acts well in minor
cases. Children, it is stated, are most
readily affected by the gas, remain the
shortest time anasthetized, and recover
more rapidly than others. The reverse
Is the case with women.
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be urged that such works Of art would
scarcely have formed the table service Of
i Roman general engaged in savage
warfare that the Cherusei did not in
habit Hildesheim, but the Chauei, who
were the allies of the Romans, and as
sisted them in their fight against their
German friends (Tae. Ann. L. 60, III.
17) in Is or 16 AD. The pieces might
come rather from a temple in Asia Minor
or Mesopotamia, where the Deus Lunus
and the Eea Syria were worshipped.
The little Hercules possibly indicates
Nero, whose cradle was guarded by
dragons CTac. Ann. XI. il, and perhaps
Nero presented this spoil from a temple
to chief of his German legion. On
the other hand, it is urged that some Of
the Cherusei might have lived on the
spot, that Yarus had been in Syria, etc,
etc. 1t does NOT seem to have been fully
taken into consideration yet that this
treasure, though so valuable in our eyes,
would have been by no means a great
matter among the Romans of the AU-
GUSTAV period, to which it unquestiOn-
ably belongs. The argeatum UiGtOrUna,
or travelling silver service, of an official
sent to the provinces, was thing very
well known. A cotemporary of Cicero
bewails the use of silver kitchen utensils.
As a proof of the poverty in which
DOmitian spent his youth, it is alleged
that he did not even dine off silver.
Aurelianus first removed the prohibition
that had been laid before his time on
gold dinner services, which had bsen
made a special court privilege, while
Marcus Aurelius ordered his own plate
Containing numerous gold, crystal and
murrhynia drinking vessels) to be sold
by public auction to pay for the war
against the Mareomanni Itwas he, also,
who again permitted the general use Of
golden sofa covers. The story of the
man, pretor. who stole a golden cup
from Claudius' table, and who was in
vited the next day, when he found an
earthenware cup by the side of his plate,
is we'll known.
All this treasure trove had evidently
been buried in a hurry on what occasion
we leave to conjecture also whether
Galgenberg (Gibbet Mount may or may
not have been hallowed spot from old
en- times. But what we should be glad
to hear is that the excavations have not
been stopped on account of the unfor-
tunate provincial jealousy already ex-
hibited by the HanOVerians. who hate
the notion Of having these things taken
from them to Berlin, and squabble about
this point before they even know whether
they win remain there or be sent back
to the Hanover museum. Many rem
nant still lies to a certainty buried on
that spot-e. 9. the base of the crater,
which by It's own telling weighed "eum
basi about forty-one pounds, together
with several other vessels Of which only
fragments have as yet been brought to
light.
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"MiIes O'Reilly's" Poems.

General Halpine's sad and sudden
death has given an increased interest to
the writings, which in themselves are
worthy of note. Not by birth son of
this country, he became so thoroughly
such by his own acceptance Of her faith,
and his brave and enthusiastic defence of
her flag, that he seems to belong to US.
1t has been many times and variOusly
said that the songs of country are of
more Importance than It's laws, and per
haps Miles OReilly's loyal songs did
more to mould the sentiment of the peo-
pie during the war than can be measured.
1t is said that SambO's Right to be
Kill" effected an astonishing change in
the prejudice of the Irish against the
negro, and made possible the admission
of black soldiers into an army in which
so many we're Irish. Some of the poems
in this volume are so delicately beautiful
and show so much true poetic genius,
that we can but regret that Gen. Halpine
had not devoted himself with more
earnestness to its cultivation. This
volume will be to his many friends a
pleasant reminder of his kindliness, his
gentle consideration, and his faithful
friendship.-Book Table, Hayper's
WdQdziRe.
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Lady Byron and Her Husband.

She loved him to the last, with a love
which it was not in his own power to de-
stroy. She gioried in his fame, and she
would not interfere between him and the
public who adored him any more than
She would admit the public to judge be-
tween him and her. As We have said,
her love indured to the last. 1t was her
fortune which gave him the means of
pursuing his mode Of life abroad. He
spent the utmost shilling Of her property
that law gave him while he lived and
he left away from her every shilling that
he could deprive her of by his will; and
what the course Of life was, which he
thus supported, he himself has left on
record. Yet, after ali this, the interview
which she had with his servant after his
death shows what depth of passion lay
concealed under the calm surface Of her
reserve. 1t will be remembered when
Byron knew himself to be dying he called
to his man Fletcher, and desired him to
90 to Lady Byron -. Here his
utterance became unintelligible, till he
said, " You will tell her this ;" and
Fletcher was obliged to reply, & have
not heard one::syllable that you have been
saying. Good God p' exclaimed the
diving man but it;;was too late for more.
Fletcher did 90 to Lady Byron; but
during the whole interview she walked
up and down the room, trying to stihe
her sobs and obtain power to ask the
questions which were surging in her
heart. She could not speak and be was
obliged to leave her.--Harriet MarttHeaU.
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EaInineS.

In the year 272 the Britons we're COM
PEELED to eat the bark Of trees
In BOG, thousands of Scots died from
the want Of food.
In $40, 10000 English starved to
death.
In 45O, it is said, the scarcity of food
in Italy was so. great that the parents
devoured their own children.
In 739, s2S and 954 England, Wales
and Scotland lost thousands of their
inhabitants by starvation.
Famine again desolated these eoun-
tries in the years 1857, 1895, 1851 and
1915. During the last visitation, horses,
dogs, cats and the most lOathsonne YER
min were greedily devoured. There
we're six other seasons Of flmine reach
ing down as late as 1895.
A most dreadful ealamitv Of the
nature visited the Cape de Verbs in the
year 17T5, when 10000 persons died Of
starvation, and also in 1911, when some
of the islands lost from One-third to one
half of their population,
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THOMAS II. BENTON represented
Missouri for thirty years continuously
in the Senate, from 1921 to 1851, and
wrote book entitled Thirty Years in
the Senate" VIM. r. King was Senator
from Alabama for thirty years, although
not continuously. Daniel Webster SER
we'd twenty years. Mr.. Clay was once
appointed and once elected to serve out
unexpired terms, and was three Tunes
elected for full terms, in all nineteen
wears. Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, has
been four times elected United States
Senator, although he has not served the
fi,ll terms. Willie p. Mangum served
three full terms. Nathaniel Macon, Of
North Carolina, served the longest, hav-
ing been thirty years continuously
in Congress.
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AN Indian come to a certain az mt
in the Northern part Of Iowa to procure
some whisky for young warrior who
had been bitten by a rattle-snake. At
first the agent did not credit the story,
but the earnestness of the Indian and
urgency of the case overcome his scru-
pies. He asked the Indian q how much
he wanted p " Four quarts, answered
the Indian. -Four quarts, repeated
the agent, with much surprise, " as much
as that?o "Yes," replied the Indian,
frowning as savagely as though about to
wage a war of determination on the whole
snake tribe. -Four quarts-snake very
big"
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"I LOVE KATE, +"

engraved upon 1.-THE bullet being the
same with which Griffith was wounded in
the duel with Neville for her sake-re-
yealed to the second wife of the biga-
mist--not Mrs. Ryder-the fact of the
existence of his first wife, whom he had
deserted, but whom he had determined
to deceive. In this second article the
ground was taken that Longfellow, EN-
erson, Agazziz, Holmes and Whittier,
could not lend their countenance to the
publication of Mr.. Reade's story, nor
Mrs. Stowe, Miss Carey, and Miss Pres
colt, afford to have their articles appear
side by side with it. The third article
is fully described in It's title. On the
18th of October, 1866, The Round Table
republished Mr.. Reades famous Pru-
rient Prude letter, with an editorial
article in WHICH he was called in the cap
ton as well as in the text, can English
Bully" The threatened lawsuit was
treated as of little moment, and the crit
les declared that Mr.. Reade's name could
no longer be pronounced in any respecta-
Die nOueShOiu III tue lduu3 anu clOSeQ Dy
hoping that this suit at law would bring
to light some redeeming feature in his
behalf.
Mr.. Reade lays his damages at s25,-
600. The defendants deny that they
were the proprletors Or publishers of
The Round Table, but admit that they
were its conductors. They deny malice
and say that the articles referred not to
Charles Reade, but to his book, which
they aver was matter of honest criticism.
They say their statements are true, ex-
cept where it was said that Griffith
Gaunt had been offered to and refused
by sensational papers, in which they had
been misinformed. They allege that
their opinion was generally indorsed.
The case was opened yesterday by Mr..
Frederick Gallatin, for the plaintiff Af-
ter the facts had been briefly stated, and
the alleged libels read, the book " "Grif-
fifth Gauut was offered in evidence, and
Mr.. George Vendenhof placed upon the
stand to read it to the court and jury.
Mr.. Vandenhoff began the reading few
minutes before IL O'Clock, As he pro-
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"A recent statistical publication says
thta in the United States there are 542
daily papers, 4425 weekly, 277 monthly;
total 4244. The number Of printing
Offices exceeds 6000 In addition there
are Sc tri-weekly papers, So semi-week-
"; by-monthly, and twenty -four quar-
terly, making the total number Of all
American publications 5734, or, of
newspapers proper, total of 1858.
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THE HOTEL DfEU, the Oldest Of the
hospitals in Paris, dating from about the
year $50, will soon be entirely removed
from its ancient site, and the spot that it
occupies will be converted into a splen-
did square facing the cathedral of Notre
Dame. The question of rebuilding the
Hotel Dieu has been in agitation since
1872, when it suffered from an extensive
confagration, but the place to which it
should be removed caused such differ
ence of opinion that nothing was done.
The contest was principally between the
advocates Of a central situation and
one on the outskirts of Paris. Within
the last few years, it was resolved to re-
build on the Isle de la Cite, in the very
center of Paris, and a large space of
ground was provided by the purchase
and demolition of the old houses on the
selected site. 1t is now reported that
the new Hotel Dieu will be completed
in 1869. Several Of the ten pavillions
which compose the hospital edifce have
already reached to the hight Of a third
story all the others have two floors
entirely finished. There will be eight
court-yards between the different wings
of the building, and the eastern and
western sides are to be connected by a
long gallery,
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The Pie Boy Who Became a
Prince

The first Prince Menschikoff was a
pie boy at Moscow, and was delivering
things at a nobleman's kitchen one day,
when Gar Peter the Great was expected
to dine at the house. While waiting
about he heard the nobleman give spe-
cial directions for the preparation of
favorite dish Of the Cars, and after
ward, while the cook was absent, the boy
saw him place something in dish which
he believed to be poison. As soon as
Menschikof saw the Gar in the street
he cried out his rolls more loudly than
usual, and even began to sing, and ap
preached the Gar to make himself seen.
Peter called to him, and asked him some
questions to which he answered so hap
PLY, that the Gar said, | will keep
the in NV service" Menschikof ac-
eepted the offer with JOY.
At dinner time, without orders, he en-
tered the banquet hall and stood behind
the Gar. When the dish appeared, he
bent down and whispered not to touch
it." Peter got up, and with smiling
face, made pretence to take the boy in an
adjoining apartment, when Menschikof
explained his suspicion. Upon the Gar
returning to the table, the Boyard again
offered the dish, and Peter asked him to
sit by his side and partake with him. The
nobleman colored, and said it became not
the subject to eat the same as the emper-
or, who, seeing his embarrassment, took
the'plate and offered it to dog, who
swallowed all its contents. But few
moments afterward it began to run and
howl, then staggered, fell and soon ex
pired The Boyard was secured, but the
next morning was found dead in his bed.
Menschikoff had to sell rolls no longer
the first step to his rapid fortune was
made, and his descendants are most
powerful family in Russia to this day.