, 1869-03-07

:hsn be only in the fear OF The spectators,
Now lhst duelltng has gone out oi fashion,
md discharged Captains Who kare signalized
themselves IN war are rare, our old sxash-
a fact and dctiop, on the staxe and otr 1t. To T.
- SD re We have a few travellers OF ofslightly apo.
.ryphal courage, and more than doubtful &C.
.uracy, whose books Of periious adventure
md bEeathless dangers are to Us what Bonn
,astes and Bodadl we're to our fathers as
military swazger and hls hars's heart. But
,e Is Iery weak Initiation Of the old hrs-
ster and, on the, whole, this special family
Il the pumpkins have dTtndled into in.ixnl-
|eanes and their place Knows them no . more.
ve.J often the pum pkin has wifa whose
ibze Is as close as his Is l1ose, aud whose na-
ure Is as tough ~ hts u soft 4 hard eyed. |
hin-nppSd, tenacious woman, who speaks
title and boasts not At all, but who does Al
he wiahes 10 do, and whose 1rou Will plns
aer pumpkin 10 The wall - tte spear OF Tho
Bushmaa pins the elephant or the 1hlnocesus.
II Is very curious to see how blatant htus.
ertup nan, who Il 80 loud and confident
abroad, knocks under st homei and how tho
h{gh;c1rated b deportmens Wnteh carries things
into the meek submission of the henpecked
husband a. soon Us the house-door closes On
him. and he Il subjected to the pltlezs
sr alysis Of home There Is no questiou of
flourish then; md II BY chance tho am
bilious crest ahonld try to display itseli
cisive words Of keen-edged k'nd, and her
pumpkin Is made to feel sharply enough
The difference existing between fora
and pulp. Yet 1t Is almost mel
aneholy 10 see one ot these aourashlog !
fellows subdued. Pumpkin a. be maj be, Il
pride and inyo,nntarily sne'a 90
VII N him rather than With that ten2clous,
hard -m1uthed villa of hls, who would BE- none
the Torsc perhaps Tor little Of hs1 husbAnd,s
sottness, aud with leks than her own hard
res1 How often, too, thcse big fello ~ have
shAky abrn. A saals. wizy nghsr~elght
viii do twics II much as they not, OF
conrse, where uuscIe only Is wanted, but
vhere The question Is Of endurance. Large
heavy men knock up far soouer than Inc
hcht-wefghts aud though slzo and weight
count for somett Ing At certain aIaes ana gu
occaslons, fibre and teneeisy 80 for mofe U
the lore rau. In the Crtuea, the men who
drst dropped or ttom expo sure aud p.iTatsoo
Terc the nsgnidcently-huil guxrdAnfn-
usn apparently bred aud fed to the highest
po,ut or physical perfection; While me
be admired In them, stood the strain ganely.
aud we're brisk ard serviceabte when tho
oihers were either dead Or IN hospital. 70
far ~ We have coma yet, ve mars uos e3lStd
iha DIT blem Of bow TO combine touxhness
md blQness, solidIty and size, -bnt Tor, the
SUCCEED m the other. AsnY Of the. DARK
skinned races aru pumpkins IN Why Tneir
fashtpg black eyes and sWarlhy akins seem
10 be Instinct with passion they LOOK Ike.
living furnaces d]led with flames and molten
metal, terrible fsllowt, dangerous to NEEDLE
witt nrd almost impossible to subdue. Bat
uine times out Of ten va ind them 10 BE-
ptat,ellousIy meek pe1sonsi tinid. RneuAbla
to law, unable to si7a offence and incapable
CT taking it-limbs uasqueradlnK n tiger
stlrs. a tairfaccd Anglasa1on, With his
iieht b1ue eyes. his more pluck >.pd pish In
HIM than brigade Of certain Of these dark
kk1lued men. He has less ieIocityy perhaps,
than they WHEN they. arc tharougnl5
aroused, though our good.humored ssG=.az
Saxon is BY NO mesns des'itu { Of ferocitY on
occasions when bis blood Is up; but I. t. fe
| tpctty ofthe brutal and hindReon stand up
| fight ki1d--the ftfocIty oil strength fairly put
| out against an adversary, bot the uxertsh
crne1ty which il almost always found when
moral weakness sud physical submission hive
momentary triumph and reaction. Coward
| lg men arr like women In their reycrGe Wher
once they gel the upper hand; and Iheir re.
yenge is more cruel than that OF ths habit
ually brave man WHO, after fair light, oyer
throws his opponent. eon1e Of the dark
skinned races look the very idesl Of the mel
| ooramAtlc rn10al-GpffSt!c. pf14AOQA p21nlee
With broad black lines, AID up 10 any 1moun
Of deeds OF daring asd ot crime; but they ar
orly pumpkins ~ The core We need not e
80 far as Cslcutta to 6ud them; we get ex
smples nearer home. toth 10 Hound4ditcl
and in Rome for both Jews md Itattana arr
| toft-corad men IN spite OF their pAAejouht,
ouisides, and hokh Iuuld be better for Al ex
trn twist and touQhness In thHt hbres.
:. Intellectual pumpktns arc Is common a
thoae Of tho more specially phYsical Kind
You meet with philosopher and f" thinkers
l-pGsh,Ps they are poets, perhaps, po.islci.n
which. Ehen you reduce !. 10 its essence, 70
ind to be platltude worth nothing Whtppe
c1eAm, without aHy foundation ct solid pud
ding. II they are OF the philosopaic sort
they quote you flchte and Hecef, TO the be
wltdefmnt Of your brslns unless you hav
zone into tue metaphysical ,upzs on your ow'
account + but they might hare put all The:
hGve said into h&N dozen words of thret let
ters, like chi1d's 1rst reading lesson. Th'
douHsh Imposes, acd people who cannot AZ
sl5se take The whipped crt an Tor solid pnd
ding. and think thai platitudes dsessrd IN ~
RaIb Of FIchte and HeEel ar ulte1ances Tor
thy OF deep respect and aduntinG wouder
al the professions witch talk, +lther BY wort
OF month or In print, are specially glTep i
this manfestatton ofpumpk uhood. PreacneI
small tnhr1tance With \ tn rsmenaons asuup
tiop Of vital force and vigorous RloHth; au
| weak bands, with WeakeE heads, 1ud supper
and shelter In their foliage, Poets, too. Wit
q. knack for turning out large moutds Il
!. which they hare run very small IDEAS AZ
We not cur Upper? hiss We not our "'5a ea1'
. Montgomery IL few Others that we Nigh
catalogue II Ne CARED f5t Tho tssk4 each wn
.: mis- mnl, ,ifar,ons female following. and I'll
I,lpiritpxl hareun Of ardent 2dmirerAf Alfal
. tsts-thas Is. the meu who create, Or Eashe
, who assuIne 70 cfea Carr liable to h&rovc
+ pumpkins when called on to show shet1 Sclre
. soud wood. 1hey tslk Rrandiy enough. bu
| when thcY have tc translate Their works int
; deeds, too OFTEN the noble aims aud lu1mort1
.. Efforts they have been Advocating tail of Int
r pulp &C. water, and We have botches and DO
.. l,heilels msteAa o{ masterpieces a0d high zr
, PethAps We may take. 1t a. rule nj eoe1
; |iTho t4lk much and boass ratdly are OF Ii
best elaborated II silence
EtropK yl.aErd women arc often pur
|!pnmpkIEs with very corrugated outstdf
, II Is astcnlshIrg how soon they break Gowr
. |,1nd, for III tAelz steru AID povtfal ioos.
: s:nk under burdens Under which hra.l lit!
! creature, light As thlstledowp, will GID
quite e1auy. Women with bIsek brous an
! harsh vcices-brt3ar desses by appearance, o
: like the typical HerodtaA ui uutnsg g1nai1v
attist-are Often thegUtiest and most plth
: o1i:e compa8sinnately toward their infanst
Or crvirdlca'iuK their wcmanhood by meeki
!. Ssvitg z on their husbands buttons, OF weep
!. iIg at bis rebokess while \ fzlr, sllTei
' tcnGped, lsnRu3d lady, - soft = Il she wer
t | eTesm and rose Leaves, will give up her ba5te
, ~ 4 prey to uufeelinE rurses; and let he
! husband 20 buttonIess a1d IN rags~ while ah
I lounRes before The frc indifferent /
). hs WRATH and -ealtous: 10 hh wrongs
1no loofs "a: Il .ihs esnld ase he
fsts, when annoyed. who is absolutely s!rat,
Of her servants .snd the maid l. always th
, mistress when the one y abse and the othe
) pulp, Heaven be Pn.:sed that the strong
through. II they Hero Is hard rs they look
the world wonlcEo but queHiy, End socGet,
would hsye r,<ke new Ia ~ for be PROTECTION
: Of 1ta weakst male members Bnt nsture j
| ue7c1ful - ven - spo1sive. md while 81
: miaahk sSpeet, taka cars that the cor
, knalI, no: always ,cofffspond to the rfnd
Lie the Ateniau imaXes OF the &atsr Ys1ie]
) enclosed = god, the black.hro.ed hriksnd
{ eftes and the men OF magnificent deoortuen
/ aIo sometimes impostors Of a quite aulab,
:. kind; and Nheu you hare once. learnt b
heart the false zna1ogfes Of form, Yuu Vii
eea.r 10 far your tTpfczy Herodf1s, to b
i Impressed by your copy of the Prince Regent
, Of be fna1encsd BY yotr wo-d7 Hese1al
, talking plaasudes ID tia philosophic dialect
: London Saturday Rertza
: Tumble EacoRnt1 Hsswten Z MAJ
. ard &LGo0s
A few evenings sfnca NandeEs' Aeuagerit
wss the ecene Of extrprdlnarE excitement
: Ehtch would have p9yed fatal bad 1t moi
= been for the woaderfnEoolness and presence
OF mind OF MAccqmd On :he evenlng In
!. qufsticn, at the laat fsIormance, 4acc3uo
> entered the cage OF tlfrs, and after pntuog
i them through their p|Iormances entered the
n next cage, which Is largest in the eollec-
| II y 70
. Lions Of prodlgious Il. one ot whien is with
d out a rnane, II has On several
h >occasions' proved }saxy troublesome 10
h deaf with. D4g she eTentux> the
4 whole ot the kdous. had shown =
j. VET rthtlt3ouA E1ls' 50 fkat h1c.Nm0 took