, 1873-02-02

portion Of the entire fe"1er route aal Est tae I'll -
ancacd Of sandstone, clA, and slcte so i 'saoat
q shadow Of do,bt, the work ran t'o done.
We shall net dclsy ioa7 upon :he lrSntases to or
Eeoubiis Of t!.:; st.i7cs1a! Oar tsa1 Us Lar 10
show it's feasibility, All to iate1es the lu:. IN the
enterprise w. nay i,ve7s-, s:1l that by ting con-
etcuc:icn Of this e.n.l fer the I-sest vessels the
Length , 81 msy s;G t:saing l snas7 a ~ y sa2 81
rope, tho Teha1utercc Canal gives tho Gn!1od sas
lighwsy to China and J:paa, EsaAiE9 ths a,n Of
fair opportunity 70 win to tr=a, q Il. the V5tc7n
American coast, and The iar eastern lsus. 1ac-ea:ea
commerce bnt direct intercourse WITH th, orient, n,d
independent routes by will be tie pccrliar rerl
Of the United States, In the completion Of tha asa-
South American con,ae-ce has bccn al1nost wholly
absorbed by Europe. When the work shall ba Enisaed
the western eoas: Of South America IS vel as the east
ern will 10 Elsdo ribu.2zy to the commercial great
ness OF tLis Eepubuc, uad the canal by cutting the
two continents apart, viii also bind them closely
Ths mcrc CT relation Of oar own Atlantic and Pacific
ports sug 3ests tho Indispensable ccadion OF canal
TO make homogeneous people N ~ commercial r.
now 20 sai from New York to San Fscncisco conse
quently b1t few people double the Cape and thozs
I'D Of canal It IS pleasare-trip Of fiss Thousand
miles, Ill the way by water h TIC novelty Of sailing
over mountain pass thrown In, giving sea~aek PTS
9engarD chnnce to wall, they pc1se, IN the very
middle Of the voyage.
The next illustrated article is q In and Around
Bangkok" by George 3. Bacon, which unveils
come Of tho splcndor and squalor of 6am,--a
country to Which ua3Saziniats have taken sud
den fancy.
rnr sun.
"How Men Learned to Analrze the Sum-" by
James Richardson, is q scientific paper. pro-
fusely illustrated With diagrams and drawings OF
clear glasa to Eirchods s compound sree:Toseops-
No2a B-oo,za gives curious account Of tho
fate OF the
hAS RAFAEL pITALAS5TEHY,
socialist experimon. .. San K.tao California,
which, was started Oh tho gcaeral plan Of Proud
"Iittle Miss Freu, is new story by Hiss
Philip Gilbert Hamerton opens up, in his
trenchant style, ono phase Of
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
which, il not ne,7, is put with now force. He
writes in the form Of q letter to young gentle
man of intellectual tastes. who, without having
AZ Jet any particular lady in view, had express
ed, in genea1 way, Lis determination to get
married He says:
upon the most powerful Of alt our instincts, and that
it show ta own justification in its fruits, especially IN
the prolonged aud wAtehfal ears Of en1dEen t nas
is ona set Of effects resulting from It to Which
ably tt1o attention bas been paid Hitherto mean 1a
elects upon the intellectual Ie- Surely they desoEVe
consideration by nil who value culture.
/ believe that for a intellectual only t1o
COURSES open: either he ought to marry sono sin
pIe duttful woman who will Eelr him children, and
Sec to the household matters, 2aa lore him In ntruaul
grit without Jealousy Of bis occupations, else, GA
the other han hs ouxh 70 ar maFey nfn r
school experiences and willing 70 become his conpan
ion in tho arauous pa.hs OF intellectual lshos
remember dining In country inn with m EneNen
officer whose ideas vera B1ngulnriy unconventional
We were waited upon By our hosts daughte, bean-
full gir whose manncrs were remafe9n!e 1os toelr na,
-n1zF TIN
thgt no indy Of rank eonld be moro taan
she was and my companion said BIS thought gentle
man might do 1n At ass tnat ra 10
far from the carea and vansdes Ut tho world Fhas
sort Of dream which lss occurred no doubt 70 many
An honorable man: soase men have gone 80 tar Is t.
try to mako the dream reality, and have bay
married. the beautiful peasant. But tho e'ta'
Guilty is that sho does not remain sfhas shs H. fne
norancc which, in ner natural condition, Wns charm
ing nafrenc becomes an srri:atins defect Il, how
some simpo-aearted paaaant-gr, and Keep her cart,
fully in her original condition, seron.iJ believe thai
the venture would be less perous to his culture :t
an alliance with soZne woman OF our Phlltsttne
classcs equally incapable Of comprehending bis paE
suits but much likely to Interfere with them
once had conversation this subject with 1stin
eui.ned ed artist who Is now widower, and 1Eho Is
not likely to bs prejudccd ngainst marriage b
| his own o1po.encc, rh:ch had baen IN Unusual,
might marry either paIu-:niuled woman, who woult
occupy horse exclusively with household matters anc
Life hut he was ccayisiced that marriage Wnsch e1
posed him to untatsagent criticism and intesfere.c
Eou!d Be dangerous ii highest degree. And Of III
two kinds of marriage which he considered possible
preferred the fo.zcr, that with the entirely ignoran
be anprehcpded. Il considered tho asst Madam
Insres the trae moae1 OF artists wife, b
cause sho did al II her power . to guard NJ
lie and never herself disturbed it, acting the part
! brcak-water which protects sraea Of calm, an
never destroys tho poaco that It has nade This ma
le true fer artists, whose occupation il rather eshe
than intellectual, md docs nat Get uch help CT BENG
st from tall; hut :ac ideal marriage for . U.n .
eanali;y of companicnsnir Or If rot equality q 1eas
interest," That this ideal is not nero dream, but M
consolidate into hanpy reality. several eaample ~ :
relieve from, anxiety about yolr chances Of fnai1
such companioanLip. The diTcren. education Of III
e cSoaS Of eu,e
education l.g 10 10 gone through It ra7ely happen
tha. there is resolution enough for this.
The want OF thorotebncss and reality In the educs
ton Of both eexe3, but reciy In that OF women
1nor be attributed to sort Of pulley which Is not VIZ
favorable to compantonar IN nia;:,ea as = arpcar
do not learn, in order 70 g:o wo.aea degree or Re
srect for mems nttataucnts which they would not
Critically, whilst girls are tanght arts and language
which until recently we're all but excluded iram on
public schools, anu won no rank .: OUT nniyeEs1es ,
mon ground to meet upon and the absence Of ser.ou
mental discipline i'll the training Of women made teen
| tr,lIspcscd to submit to the iTksomeness Q
| that earnest intellectual 1atror which NIGH
baYa rau1eed tho de11cjeacy. Tic total lick Of &C
curaey Il thciz mental hauits vss them and is stu to
the immense majority Of women, tho lesst easily eur
1noputab.e trnpcdi1nent to culture. Tho history
ruauv marriages which hare failed to reaze intc!lec
tua cornranouship Is comprised in sentence wh1cs
vas actually uttered BY OF the most accousphsne
| OF nv friends: " She knew nothing when marr5c
| her: tried to te1ch Eer souething,-it made he
| maryland gave 1t up"
| LITERARY MEN ...
are talked to in eensiblo strain in tho editor;
department. Tie following sentences bca
plain markB OF the sprighly pen Of W1. Hot
land:
There is great deal OF curiosity among literary tnc'
In regard to the hahts of each ottlar. Msn who n'
their work hard, their health poor, and their Iroduc
Eo1 slow arc always curious concerning tue haols o.
those who accomplish great dea with apparent case
| soma men do all their writing in the morniug SOM
Of them even rise before their households, and u
half their days work before breakfast Othcrs DO no
feci Like going to work until after breakfast and e1.e
exercise In The open MR. Some fancy that tney ca
| only work IL the evening, and some o. these mus
wait for their hcst hours until all but themselves ar
as1een Some caunot their brains At all Immaculate
ly after exercise. Some smoke Ehtle "rlslng som
Write on the stimulus Of Coffee and some On that OF ~
cobo] Irregularity and Grange whtus arc suppo3gs
to be characteristic Of genius. Indeed, ratHSs 1el