New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-07

vigorous; and our regular army furnish such They
need army numerous than we nave ~
less than Indians they need the executive courage
TO which democracy and the newspaper, nd
justice are Indispensable IN dealing with danseI na
Indians, and far az we fan 10 snppiy an ha worse
fail OF success Attempts at CANCELLATION III oo
than useless unless ihero is proof, manifest TO their
savage understanding that such h''oWp'7 uo "''P
coed from weakness or fear
Among other articles OF interest are an excellent re-
view ~ the Hon. Henry Wilson'S Rise and Fail OF the
Slave Power" contributed by the Rev James Freeman
Clarke and the continuation OF Charles Wingates
count OF the RI So and Fall OF the Tweed Ring.
Another eminontly respectable publication ls iHe
Boston Medical aud Surgical Journal, OF when hulu
Houghon OF the Riverside Press have Just become 'no
nnbshors making nj once great In IT'S ex-
terna appearance The number for jan contains QUO
article of much interest for unproessiona 'e"uei
brief paper by DR.. Oliver Wendell HOLMES oh INV
Physiology Of VersGcation" DR. Holmes uaih'
that we are governed in our apparently 'o'u''"i'
actions By impulses derived from many obscure
which act upon us almost without our ooghlIanoe' Inv
system egslates largely for our habits poy
and menta and its condition has no insignncdnt enecI
upon our intellectual aud spiritual states I'VE are oo
mapded 70 considerable extent by dosyncacies and
,parmtes The secret diversity, as social be-
ings lies far peptc capacities IN our lndr
ference to exposure liability TO suffer from IT, In our
sensibhty cold and heat TO the air OF iventllaed
rooms in the varying OF sleep require In the
degree Of our ability TO bear strong light In the quick
dulness Of hearing In the greater OF lees ue
gree Of fatigue induced By the standing posture ana III
the demands OF internal organs which have will IL not
a Of their owD than friends who call us eood
companions otherwise are always ready 10 DeleVe'
These ideas open tho way to an odd train OF specua
tons do they mott In view of them what does lndi-
yidual Immortality meant Slal be i, when nave
put off this mortal coil which 30 modhes the very M
tue Of my inner life But the Doctor docs not foo" Ills
ow hints the region OF metaphysics In TINS paper
proceeds TO speak Of the relation between
and mental rhythm-iD other words, between Dreaming
and poetry He finds that the average rate OF respira
ton is twenty times to the minute Inc iatal IaeHS
| NJ the octosyaDc measure so often noticed has a
natural cause The why eight syllable verse IL
so snguary easy to read out loud Is that IL ioio"s
more exactly than any other the natural rhythm oi
respiration In reading aloud from "The Lay OF INC
| Last Minstrel" or "In MemOram," or HiaWatha -
all written this the first Two III iamolcs thc
last In troehaics-t viii be found that about twenty
lines will probaLIy be read in minute Aud, as the
ordinary reader breathes about twenty times in min
ute he will pronounce one line 10 each fespr''on'
taking advantage Of the pause at the close 10 Drehe
His task thus easy since respiration taxes care
ofitself. But the tensyable lines OF POpes Homer
will tax him much more; and twelve-syllable
lines like those Of Drayton's Polyobion are almost
ntoerabe TO read from their intensely unpbysloogi
cal construction Nothing in poetry or In vocal music
is widely popular that Is not calculated with strict reor
ence to the respiratory function All tue early oaiau
noetrv shows how instincvey the rcciters accommo-
dated their rhythm to their breathing. "Chevy Chace "
or the Babes in the Woods be taken as examples
in verse and God Save the King" is good musical
Illustration There Is unconscious adaptation too
of voluntary life to organic rhythm but that leads us
further on.
JR Osgood Il Co. have nearly ready another volume
Of Mr. Rossiter JohnsOn's fascinating Little Classies-a
set Of books always getting out OF print because every
body falls IN love with tbem. The new one Will be ent
tied Laughter" aud 1t oddly as 1t seems
to me- with Dickenss Christmas Carol" at which l.
for one, have cried much more often than have
laughed. L. C. NJ