The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-02-14
John Ru XII

to the cause of art and of what he considered
truth. As everybody knows, ne was born
10 wealth so considerable As TO allow him 10
indulge all his tastes and whims. and 70
write without regard for money or pro1lC.
hardly know of any other author of emil
nence who in our time has worked with so
complete an Independence of public, pub
Usher. or paymaster. | do not suppose Rus
kin ever wrote one ne for money. Some
of his works must have brought him in
good return of mere pounds and shliilngs
but thev would have been written just the
same if they had never paid for printing;
and indeed the author i always spending
money on some benevolent crOtchet. lie
was born in London, and he himself at
tributes much of his early love for nature
to the fact that he was accustomed for two
or three years TO no other prospect than
that of the brick walls over the way" and
that he had - no Others nor sisters nor
companions | question whether any
body not acquainted with London can un-
derstand how completely one can be shut
il; from the vast pure face OF tree nature III
that vast city. In New ork one can
hardly walk far in any direction without
catching qlimpses of the water and me
shores nf nw jersey and Long Island.
But in some of the most respectable middle
class REGIONS of london, you might drudge
away or dream away your life ana never
have one sight of open nature unless you
made Il regular eXPedsi sioa 10 Iiiiu ,aei
Ruskin speaks somewhere Oh Tue sOIahSe
and exquisite delight which tno 0oN S H'.S
'eelS when he treaGs on the grass, IN -.
erv biographical skefcn of MIN recall, --'iS'' i
passage in his writings which tells Us OF tiIS
first thing he could remember as an event
in his Iite--his being taken by his nur-e 10
the brow of one OF toe crags overlooking
o,,I rh.A - INF
gled with awe. that had in looking through
the h,llows ia the mossy roots over the crag
into the dark lake, and which has associa-
ted itself more or less with all twlnlng roots
of trees ever stree.
Rrskin Travelled much. and al a very early
age. through Europe. He became familiar
with most of the beautiful show-paces OF
the European continent when boy, ana L
believe he never extended the sphere of his
travels. About his early life there i little
To be said He completed his education at
Oxford. and more successful than Arthur
Pendennis ne went in for prize. He WIS.,
| tied the continent, more especially SwltZer-
| land and Italy, again and again tie marrl-
ed n Scottish lady. and the marrsge was not
! a happy one don't propose to 90 into any
of the scandal and talk which the events
createi: but | may say Lnat the marriage
was dissolved without any moral blame
resting on or even imputed 70 either nf the
parties. and that the lady afterward became
fhe wife of Mr.. Nlllais Since then Mr..
Ru.kin has led Il secluded rather than
lonely lite His constitution is feetle: he
has as little robustness Of physique as can
be conceived. and no kind OF excitement is
suitable for him. Only the other DAY ne
sank into a condition of such exhaustion
5ha- for a while il WAS believed impossible
| ne could recover. AT one time he used 20
/ appear in public rather often and was ready
I to deliver lectures on the ethics oi art
wherever he thought his teaching could
benefit the ignorant or the poor. He WAS
especially ready TO address assenblages OF
/ workingmen. the pupils OF charitable m
( siitutionS fO- the teaching OF drawing. |
/ cannot remember his ever having taken
/ part in any fashionable pageant Or demon
/ stra.ion OF aTv kind. OF late he has ceased
To show himself AT any manner Of public
meeting. and b" al 'reSSes his fayorlte work
| iugmen through the medium or an irregu-
lar littse publication. sort OF perlodlcal or
tract which he call, "Fors ClavlSera" OF
this publ anon Il send copy" ne an
nounces." :" ~ each of the principal Journals
and periodicals. 10 be noticed or not az their
pleasure; otherwise, | shall Use 30 adver-
tisementS." The author also inform Us that
the tracks will be sold for sevennence
each. without abatement on quantitv.
doubt whether MANY sales have taken place,
or whether the reference 10 purchase IN
quantity was at all necessary, or whether
indeed the author cared one way Or the
other.
| In one Of these printed letters he says
| The scientific men are busy as ants. eN-
amninu the sun and the moon and the seven
! stars: and can tell me all about them, | be
| leve by tliS time, and how they laove.
| and what they are made of And do not
care. for my part. two copper spangles how
/ they move or what they are made OF. |
/ can't move them any other way than they
90. nor make them of anything else better
wonderfully sharp and practical ii. few
page. or, Mr.. RuSkin did not brOach his
nropositiop TOR the founding OF 4 little
modern COLONY OF labor il England, where
| bOvs and girlS alike are 10 be taught agr1-
! cultur,, vocal music, Latin, and the history
of nv. cities-Athens. Il Dme, Venice. Flor
enre and London. This scheme was hroach-
ed last August, AMI it is rather soon vet
even to ask whether any steps have been
taken To pur il into execution but Mr.. Rus
kin ha; already given five thousand dollars
to heuln with, and will probably Give good
deal more before he ackno Wedges the newt
shIe failure. Kuskin lives in one OF the most
beautiful O: London suburbs, on Denmark
| Hill. ~ the south side Of the river. near Dul-
wich nnd the exquisite Syndenham slopes
where the Crystal Palace stands. Here he
indulges his love of pictures and statues
and of rr,r-when tie is not i'll mood Tor IN
! resf-and EouriSheS philanthropIc schemes
of eccentric kinds. and is altogether about
the nearest approach to an independent
srlf-sutficing philosopher our modern cay
have known. Of his lite as a private cltl-
zen this much i about all that II concerns
| lis 10 he3r.-GdtGrv
Two newsbOys, VS. the Commercial Bull
leiin, were standing before cigar store,
when one asked the other. " Have you got
! three centSs" Yes We'll, have wo
cent, give me your three, and will buy a
fye center" "All right" says number 2
handing out the money. Number enters
the store. procureS the cigar. lights it, and
pufs with great deal o: satisfaction.
Come. nov. give us pull says number
=: Il furnished more than half tae money!
Il know that" saws the smoker; 'but then
I'm president, and YOU being only stock
holder. you can spit"
| NEURALGIA.-A case of obstinate neu-
ralgia was cured by Sulphate OF nickle in
doses of half grain three times a day. AT
! ;he end of one week the dose was incr' a:ed
| to one grain. Its sedatjve action was speed
ily manifested in reducing the pulse and
procuring sleep, all symptoms OF the psrOX-
'Sm disappeared Med. ard Surg