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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-19
harpef's Magazine for December,
1874.

4 Characteristic feature of HARpER's
AAeAxuS 10 the sxpansive development
OF the SUBJECTS treated In Its illustrated
articles. To give example would be to
recite the contents Of volumes. Thus.
in Its articles of travel, HAMPERS Maya.
ZINE, Instead of moving ever large ex-
tent OF country, takes up some subject
full of lnterest-as in its recent articles
Of Newport. Marblehesd, and Portsmouth
and leaves no important feature un-
touched. We have striking instance of
this method in the opening article of the
December Number-the first part of a
magniicen.ly illustrated paner on st.
Augustine, from the pen of CONSTANCE
FESIMoAE WooLS0N. II Is evidently
the result Of patient study; but the author
has looked upon the old city with
fresh eyes. and has invented a new style
OF treatment, weaving the thread of TO
nance with that Of travel. Her story Is
embelished with twenty-five bright illus
tra.ions of scenery and character. Miss
WooLsoN also contributes Floriia po-
EN-, pine Barrens."
Professor SIMON NHwcoMB contributes
Q popular article, amply illustrated, on
THE coming transit Of Venus"
Nothing could be more timely than
Mr.. CGNwAY's third paper on "Decora-
tive Art and Architecture in England"
which, among other interesting features,
describes L. Alma Tadema's house, the
decorations Of which were ruined by the
recent great gunpowder explosion. Illus.
trst;ons are gwen of thess decorations,
with q portrsit Of Tadema.
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The necessity Of a popular medium for
the representation of the productions
of our great artists, has alwas been recog-
nized, and many attempts have been made
to meet the want. The successive failures
which so invariably followed each at.
tempt in this country to establish an art
journal, did not prove the indifference of
the people of America 10 the claims of
high art. DO soon as proper apprecia-
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were shown, the public at once rallied
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iect. The literature of THE ALDLNE
is light and graceful accompaniment,
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such technical dispositions as do not in
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work.
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a painful incident, Of which We learn the par
';etia The Oriental mind appreciates tho dignity
nfi,G Of Repubcan s President. The Rev J. P. New
nan. n in the course Of his tour Of inspection
1snn a1an tho consulntes of tho world. took walk
Yodao and ttsntea Gsmnal &c eoa5
during the 9Gp s wss pepsed SO be upon
1';s 1Gs ran1 Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman, Chaplain Of
Preeident Pre- Grant" and sent il to ths authorities
and soon % ansTe1 eeo 9op oaGa hat Gara mug
tns r. nsso nre.aat Of suoent1s h'Fh zsnk to fo'
a.,xe ~ tho wit Of such IA August Aue1aaAo
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now accompanies work equaling In beauty OF
execution the most famous estabushnnent9 OF
the kind in Europe. No expense II spared TO
procure the finest material and to finish exquls-
ite nogaics The number Of tints employed
is said to exceed those used IN tho Pope's fac~
tory, by seyeral Thousand. The cost OF moaa1cs
is so great as to render them an Imperial luxury.
A single work often occupies number OF
artisans for years. weighs several tons, and de-
mands an outlay Of thousands OF POUNDS.
Moscow rates far below ST. Petersburg IN its
Artrtreasures and Art-attaiuments yet here
Government is diligently at work stimulating
artistic taste and talent. Situated under warmer
sky, and nearer the centre OF tho old byzantine
civilization, the city presents strange ma
picturesque combination OF Onentahsm with
Europeanism. There is not much to instruct the
mind OF tho architect, yet brilliant color1ng
and fantastic outline meet the eye ct
eyerv turn, and strongly stir the 1magl-
nation In studying the advantages for Art
education in Moscow, everything points to the
conclusion that the city NAV eventually nourlsh
and sustain the chief Art-school Of Russla. In
fact it's nucleus now exists in the Stragonon
School, organized in 1926, for the instruction OF
the people in the elements of design. Upwards
ct 500 pupils arc annuity taught IN IT'S classes.
which are open to both Bexes. In the recent
International Expositions OF Europe. Russia has
disDlayed a remarkable advance in Art-educaron.
and developed promising germs Of national
style. Her material resources are vast, her en-
Dire extends over sixth part Of the territory OF
the globe, her population amounts to 10,00o. .0oo,
and her revenue to csc, 900, 600 sterling. With
intellectual forces in proportion and effective
operation, Russia is achieving career In devels
opment and requirement TINT challenges the
worlds wonder and admiration.
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Sn1o E1o1m,s Stories.
SAKE HOLM's STORIES. New York: scribner


SAKE HoLM9 STORIES. New York: scribner,
Armstrong + Co.
1t is safe to say the half-dozen stories COM
prised in the above volume are among the most
original and powerful that have been contributed
BY an American writer to their department Of
fiction. "Esther Wynn's Love-Le:ters," which
opened the series as they appeared in Scr1tner's 5
Magazine, instantly arrested attention by its
vivid, poetic imagination, ite fine, delicate
touches of feeling, and it's passionate fire. It
was followed by "Droxy Miller's Dowry," =
story OF similar force, but more subdued and
cool in tone, and with wonderful incarnation
Of pure, beautiful, spiritual womauhood moving
through it, tho central, inspiring motive and
figure.
a sequel, 1.-THE Elders Wife," did what Sc
quelB seldom do, sustained the primary concop-
ton and carried it to lofty conclusion. It pre-
eentcd successive portraits Of woman Is bride,
wife, mother, and teacher, which hare scarcely
their parallel for 1oveliness and sanctity. They
show, better than the most elabosRto disquisi-
tions. could, what refining and purifying inda-
ences every good woman may diHuse through
her household and over q community, every
woman who 1iyea in close communion with Truth
ind Nature, and looks for the Law OF her conduct
to the instincts Of = fresh. uutrammeled, End
upright heart.
Another OF thcse stories. which has embodied
the nIGneeL mural leaeUll, Ii Aoh Ouo tuAuaA
Kept He: Husband II is as efficient counter
active to the designating aud demoralzing
social theory which would cherish aud consecrato
sclhshncss, and loose all bonds the moment they
fctter impulses, as could be desired. It ia high
IL ideal, and still not out OF the bounds OF tho
real. The wlfe's subtle, tenacious. victorious
struggle for the retention Of her husbands love
Was almost superhuman. Yet it furnishes an e1-
ample. like that Of the Savior's Divine virtues,
INDEPENDENTLY perfect, but not inimitable. It
touches NTH immense lmpresslveness the ono
true wsy OF reciaiminS wandering affections to
lure them back tenderly, patiently, though it
cost the expenditure Of the entire physical,
moral, and mental forces.
L volume Of stories like these Is worth = whole
library OF scrmons. /. reaches, by tho charm OF
fiction, multitude Of readers which didactic
essaya cannot encounter. It's author needs
no pulpit, no platform, from which to address
mankind and e1hort them to wiser and ho1ier
living. In the privacy Of her closet, under the
ehe1ter Of : nom do plume, n tho gulse OF 1o-
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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS. BIZ
i1s.I1r V. SIXTH, II. A., Barrister-at-Law, Fellow Of
Kings College, Cambridge. Philadelphia J. 3. Lip
piacott ]: Co.
GLAND. BY Lord CAHrnELL, Author OF " The
Live. Of tho Lord Caaneel:ors Of England" In -Four
Volumes. Toi. II. Boston !: Este4 l. Lauriat.
TIE YOUNG MAGDALES AND OrHza EoEIs- By
FRANCIS S. SIXTH. phi1desphia: r. B. Peterson
i Bros.
Mrs. ARNISGToN'S OF, The 6urEa1oz sL By
D. THEW WEIGHT. Boston: Lee Shepard.
THE IARTYRED CHURCH. Dr. W1LL1AN F. GILL
Boston Shepard + GILL
COMPARATIVE POLITICS. BY EDWARD 4, FEE
MAN, Hon D. e. L., Late Fellow Of Trinity College,
Oxford. New York: Macmillan l. Co.
EUROPE VIEWED THROUGH AMERICAN SPEC
lACLEs. By CHARLES CARROLL FULTON, Editor
OF tbs Baltimore Il Anaes7ean. Philadelphia: J.~D.
Lipptucott l. Co.
, 1874-02-14
"SUNHf " iTAlY." i"

FLORENCE, Dec. 30, 1879.
If ve could exchange "sunny Italy" with Its
chilly air, great rooms, small tite-places, and
smoky cbmneys, for tho genuine! comfort OF cold
weather in Wisconsin or Chicago, know one
fellow who would be willing to give up his
chance Of secing Rome, even though he is SO
near to it.
l have gotten SO surfeited With the treasures
OF art that it is with positive dismay that hear
Of rome magnificent gallery or splendid church
which one IS morally bound to vieit.
40 tourist has so well described my feelings
about = majority Of the "oId Masters as
Mark Twain; ami, when you go out of
a sunny street into great cavern 'of church,
where the pavement freezes through the soles
Of your shoes in about five minutes, and the
cold settles about the roots Of yonr hair IN
minute aud half, yon are not in condition to
admire some abominablo Pagan picture Of the
Last Judgment. unless indeed the flames IN the
lower left hand corner Of the picture could have
some power to wc-m the great barn where 1t
hanes One needs, for the galleries OF Italy:
First, a warm slsull-cap (for chu1ches); second,
a very hcavv ovcrcoat. lined with fur; third, a
17air Of mittc,,s; fourth. pair of Arctic over,
Shoes; fifth, thicker hannels than you would
wear anywhore else on the face OF the earth.
, 1874-02-14

SIX WEEKS IN THE SADDLE: PA1ErEn's JouH
NAL N ICELAND. By 8. E. WALLER. London

SIX WEEKS IN THE SADDLE: 4 PA1E1En's Joun-
NAL N ICELAND. By 8. E. WALLER. London
Macmillan l. Co.
lfr. Waller hadread the 1ce1andic saga, "Burnt
Njal," and WAS fred with desire to visit
the scenes Of the tragedy, aud bring back in his
portfolio sketches Of what was most wild and
picturesque. straghtway ho took passage in a
little Danish steamer that plios regularly be-
tween Copenhagen aud Reykjayih, and. after
weeks rough voyage, Was landed At the Capita ]
Of tho 1emote Arctic island. Hiring guide and
buying NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ia not wheeled
vehicle Of any sort in 1celnnd,-he imme-
diately started for the point OF his dcs:i-
nation. His traveling-kit embraced Little
more than his painting materials,
flask OF whisky, and the regulation tooth
brush and pocket-comb. Ha relied upon tho
hospitality Of the natives for sustensnce for
himself and trim, and, during his journey ct 500
miles aud back, nas supplied with the pest tie
land afforded. and not farthing OF recon:pcnse
accepted. This WAS noble hospitality. 80 fa: cs
intent was concerned but it Kept him Gu c
etarvation-det. The most surptuous faro thu:
could generally be provided was fish dried to
0 hatchet, rancid butter or tallow, cheese, al..i
milk Churches, which are invariably Used IS
barns when not in reputation for religious sa.-
vices were often his shelter st night, add bogrl;
and blanket his uneasy bed.
Not much incident varied his travel. 1t was
daily ride over bogB or lnva-beds, through @
bleak aud barren country, now ta1le and nov
bold and wild. Once in his entire courso, bo
SAW an ash-treo which had reached m altitude
Of 80 feet. With this single exception, the
foliage Of the island WAS limited TO sparse
growths OF willow and birch, not exceeding or
fleet in height. The herbago consists Of rare
md scant patches OF grass, which the inhabi-
tants guard with vigilaut care, cutting It, where
in sufficient quantities, for the use OF their
cattle in winter. Horses arc turned loose to
find nouriahmens grazing dry stubble, or to
perish.
Yet this desolate and destitute island is fire.
qnent resort for English sportsmen Fish and
wild fowl abound, and these; with strange aud
exceptional scenery, nttract the adEenturer.
Our tourist met numerous parties encamped,
and equipped with every appliance for sport and
essential for comfort, pursuing amusement in
this out-of- the-way place. volcanic desert in
the FEigid Zone.
Mr. Waller is good traveller, enduring every
sort of discomfort with inperturbable good
humor. He has omitted description OF tho
Geysers and Lit. Hecla, with which the intelli-
gent reader is supposed to be familiar, and given
a readable account OF that which was peculiar to
his experience.
, 1874-02-14

Tho mildness OF the present season. says the
PuU Mall Gazette, though unusual. bears no
comparison to that of some winters >'long gone
by.' In l172 the temperature Was 30 nigh that
leayes came ont on tho trees in January, and
birds hatcbed their broods IN February. In In
raidcns Of Cologne wore wreaths Of violets
md corn-aowcrs At Christmas aud On Twelfth
Day: In 1921 the trees lowered in the . month sn.i
Of March, and the vines in the month Of Apr1i;; ;
Cherries riponed in the same month, and
grapes appeared in May. In 1872, the trees were
covered with leaves in January, and the e. birds
l1atched their young III February. as in 1172 IN
1885. the Same :ling wns repeated, and It ls
added that tho corn IVES in the ear At Easter:
There WIS in Franco neither emo" nor frost S,
throughout the winters Of 1888, 1907, 1909, l6l!
and 1860 finally, in 1862, even in the north OF
Germany, the e:o7es we're not lighted, and trees
Llosso1red in February. Coming to later.dates,
the winter Of 1s4647, when it thunde-ed At Pans
on tue a6th Of January, aud that Of 1856, tho
~ vcar of tho great inundation of the seine may
ia mentioned as exceptionally mild.
, 1874-02-14

but the effect Of much OF this expenditure ia
bad. While the one person can afford to be thus
lavish, the ninesy-nine cannot. While it may bo
quite within Mrs. Smith o means to spend 81. .Oe0
or 81 500 in giving the juniors OF her family .
party, Miss Maggie Browns mother might find
it altogether out of the question to spend $500.
Still, sho feels anxious that Maggie should ap-
pca- as an associate Of the little
sent to their party, Stirred as q d
upon her dress. Though they do not keep car
riago, Maggie must to sent in one, and It must
also call for her. 70 this adds another SC. II
Miss Maggie is invited and goes to but one party
week, this will cost no inconsilerable sum ct
the end OF year. Children speedily learn from
thei. elders that it docs not answer to wear 8
dress too often, aud soon grow cIamorous for
many chaoGes. Tho calriase-hiro Alone for the
year, would bo s3l2. Il 10 not likely that any
young Miss will go so often; but dozen such
parties in the season wouli be sufficiently ex-
pensivc, to say nothing OF the decentralization at
tendant tllereupon.
Miss Maggie Browns mother feels that she
must return The civilitiea that her daughter has
received SO, having no lawn, she gives
An INDOOR RECEPTION.
She limits her expenditure TO inyitation-cardB
aud orders OF dancing; and the number OF guests
to so, as being more within the necessary bounds
with which she muat coltent hcreoIf. Tho sup
Per is accordingly less expensive. Her outlay is
about aS follows:
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TIE TUNNELS AND WATER-SYSTEM OF CHI.
CAGO: UNDER THE LAKE AND UNDER TaK RIVER
Illustrated BY WALLIS. Chicago: J. NJ Wing Co.
This is \ timely and valuable work. Our
water-systom and tunnels under the river have
always been the admiration Of strangers, and
intelligent people everywhere ha7o been anxious
to know tho means By which our city secured
for itself the use OF the pure, sparkling waters
Of Lake Michigan. Tho work before us gives
tao history OF the whole subject. the difficulties
overcome in the constructor Of OUT tuunela,
end the mcans By which tho several works wcre
constructed. The book is elaborately illus
trased, 20 that all can readily understand the
text. It is d very valuable contribution to the
his:cry OF the city.
, 1874-02-14
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BEBEE; Or, Two LITTLE WOODEN SHOES. By
"OU1DA." Philadelphia ]. B. Ippfncott l. Co.
When ne take up one Of "Ouida's books, ne
are sure that We have = masterpiece in hand,
glowing with splendid and captivating attributes;
and we are quite as sure that it will have some
giant wrong between man and woman for its
subject, and depict it in go hareh and ruthless 4
manner as to hurt our moral sense and irritate
us against the work and the author. There is q
sad history written on "Ouida's" heart. She
has suffered some grievous fate, which has
poisoned the fountain OF her life; and she
avonges herself by infusipg it's venom into
everything she writes. She presents tho soTrow-
fu1 spectacle OF woman endowed With uncom-
mon talents, using them, with spiteful delight,
to defame and degrade both man ard woman-
kind. The sentence which Ruskin pronounces
upon the pictures OF Doree: " Bad, with an
awful power! !" inyoluntarily rises mp against the
books OF Ouida," although applied to them,
it may be charged with exaggefation.
There fB q likeness between the genius. and
most probably tho career, OF this unique En-
ept century in France. Their names may fever
have been coupled before; hut had "0uida" been
Of tho same nationality as George Sand her
works would have been held in much higher es-
tcem. AS it is, their origin creates = strong
prejudice against them. We cannot accord to =
woman trained amid English customs Of pro
priety the license which we allow to one who has
been nurtured III the lax morality OF tho French
school. "Ou,da ~ should have had her home in
Paris. Her cynicism, her biting sarcasms, her
disbelief in goodness. her uockery Of the
somblance Of honesty aud generosity. would
have been in keeping there, and applauded as
piquant adjuncts to her brilliancy.
"Bebee is a fair sample OF "Ouida's +"
ability, with fewer caustic jeerB and taunts than
usual in her books, but with current Of bitter
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uta Cost ,oos''s
" course, this is e1trayagance. but it is OF
y staaodesn extravaganza VIC arc writing and not OF
ne ordinary, necessary social amenities OF life.
taat the lesser sum is fair estimate OF the cost
u u Lawn Party given to child, we hnTe found
~ 90 oe tue case By inquiry; and that the latter
san has also been reached,
r. IS ALSO FACT.
- -, al thinking minds this seems simply scan
,ss. aalo1s. few may be able to atford it; the
sI.s saIo.s thst Ill expenditure of money
oos.h faIls within persons income
s1rapaaasf*A Of koeRa good, .Hkaasnah % at Fltes
ss'4 " Ta<lops branches Qt axt q machsQlsna,