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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

II ~ WNNN HIN
New Orleans, La,
or NJ. A. Dauphin, 81
No. 2I2 Broadway, New York,
Or MOI West Court street, Memphis, Tenn.
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OPEN RaiiT0aas. CLOSE.
--
sp-n,m Gin. LOUSY. 3 Mem. $50 am
Il X Local and
through malta.
$50 Am Gin. LOUSY. n MeA, IL W pm
X r through mails.
eSOp.m Chat. & Mem. r R 8 % am
Local and through
mails.
y mp.m lChatta. d Nom. R 10 80 pm
through mails,
ns0 An Mem. y GroD. h n. IL ~ am
u@g.m Men: 81 R;ERE-p t?S pm
SCAM acknowledgements 100 pm
Rfv. q 9th. Nails.
pA.ms Memphis and Friar'E ASO PM
Point Agent.
ZOO amt Helena &Frisr' sPoint AU PM
Postohioe.
90 a.mt Helena 4 Clarendon 4W p.nl
cant NN: :% asrsysPT st ;AssS; Sc s s /. .
m.nllst Louis 4 Mem.As't lN p.m
I'd a.mt Osoeola&Mem. Agent. " pm
FmRmflEt. FranoisRiyerAg't. 4 SO pm
iMamflArkansas RiverAgentl ~ pm,
ima.mflWhite River Agent. % pm
Am p-ms Nom. to HollySpr' gat . % am
Miss. Stage route.
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The James Lee, in command Of
Captain Stacker Lee, is the regular
packet leaving at 5 p. M. to day for
Helena, Friars Point and all inter-
mediate landings, carrying the mail,
paying strict attention to all G. 0. ID.
and other business entrusted TO her
care and making connection at Glen
dale with the Mobile & Northwestern
Railroad. Captain Lloyd w. Whit
lew presides at the desk, and is a.
sisted by Plat Rhodes and Arthur
Browne.
The James W. Gaf, from the Ohio
river, arrived at midnight with 500
tons Of freight and a fair list Of people,
She had fine weather to discharge her
cargo, which is all out, and is receiv-
ing to leave tomorrow evening with q
return trip for Cairo, Louisville, Gin
cinnati and all principal way landings
making close connection with the diff
ferent railroads centering at Cincin'
natl. and giving through tickets to all
points East at very low rates. Cap.
tain r. w. Wise commands, with the
Office in charge Of Captain james
Surtees.
Miss Fannie L. Montana. the accom-
plished daughter Of pilot Ferd Men.
tana, was last night united in marriag,
to Mr.. James Corwin, a we'll know
and popular young man of this city
The ceremony took place at Gracl
Episcopal church, the Rev. Edga.
0rgain officiating. Immediately afte
the ceremonies the newly marrieI
couple with a few invited friends re
paired to the residence Of the groom
where an elegant repast was spread,
pleasant evening enjoyed aud conera0
ulations extended,
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sMondAy, wednesday AID Friday.
tDaily.
iaunday, Tuesday and Friday.
Tuesday and Friday.
"Wednesday and Saturday,
6TuosdAY. Thursday and Saturday:
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POSTOFFICE,M MEMPHIS, TENN.

Arrivals and Departures of Mails.
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Captain Henry Ccoper's puuctusl
Lee line steamer Coahoma is on berth
to leave at 8 p m. to-day for 0sceola
and all way landings on the upper
coast, and will attend promptly to all
business entrusted to her. j. w.
Smither is her chief clerk, and is as
sisted by John Haley and Will Lash.
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IA ARRIVE.
Mail \ pe,sen scr, daily -. ooo-
Except sunday ......- 4.U pm. s:VJ9.1.
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Memphis and Lfttle Rock.

Nashville, Chattanooga & st. LoHis
Railway.
MoWHSzIH RoUTE TO NASHVILLE 4 SOUTHEAST
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains
Lon,syiilo Depot, Head of Main ST.
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TINE TABLEs

L,"'svn', sna Nashville .Rai'rO''
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chesapeake. Ohio q southwestern
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Captain Joe Carpenter, who is we'll
known here, is reported in trouble.
Some time last summer he pretended
to buythe Dick johnson and swindled
Captain John j. Sinzieh out of 500.
He was arrested a few days ago in
New Orleans and taken to Evansville
where he will be prosecuted.
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Trustees Sale
Thursday, December 29th, 1881,

Under a trust deed, to nae executed April
) 18th, 1879, by B A Hilderbrand, recorded
book rs. mage 5l5. I will. on
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
20. CARRIERS ADDRESS tccas5
OF THE
| LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT,
WAKE rr! wake up! the mornings
January i, 1881.

.
WAKE rp! wake up! the mornings
rays
Have touched the quiet earth.
Aud cannons' roar. and voices ring,
Proclaim a New YEARS. birth.
Why slumbering lie you in your beds,
List to the joyous chime
That GENES from dome and turret gray,
10 greet the child of Time.
An infant, yet in swaddling bands,
An untried, weakling thing,
4 bud upon the gnarled tree,
A single note of Spring
a whisper from the whiriwina caught,
A drop from oceans vast,
4 twinkiing from the eternal years
Upon our pathway cast.
A space for mirth. for hope, for love,
For grief, despair, fol hate,
4 span in which to conquer well
Or yield TO adverse fate,
\ sputluss page on W hich 10 write
d eds suiled or sublime,
Potent foy good or i'll it comes
| To every race and cline.
The old year in it's bosom folds
It's hours grown old and gray,
Which chanied hymn, or requiem saiis
For birth. or lite's decay.
It'll numbered with the ages gone
1t passed. The glorious sun
rriumratant leads the advance guar,
| OF Eighteen Eighty-0nc.
10 you, my patrons, may it bring,
From mind and thought aud ftela
Such precious gifts, such varied store
AS Heaven alone can yield.
May every dawn you richer find
! In all that brings gooa eheer,
The Carriers wish to one and all
IL Happy, Blythe New Year!
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12

4 LBERr son, a Photographers.
4 \ Washington street. Old pfct,rts
enlarged. Frames, albums, brackets.
ehromes, etc, for SALE.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
4 AaRRGfg ESCAPE.

During the Winter Of 1865 6 the
wliter was connected with a United
States SpEvey Company, engaged III.
femarking and stalking the interna
tional liac between the upper British
Provinces and land belonging to Tie
United States, near ths { Red River of
tie North, on territSry known al
that time as North4n MinIfesota.
II wps here that the GLOWING aaven-
lurc, which | am ABOUT to relate,
occurred.
A company of three Of US had
been sent by the chief to explore q
medium sized lake, through which
the international survey line ran.
Our business was to ascertain how
much Of the lake lay within Uncle
Saui's limits.
We left camp about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, and after weary
tramp Of five miles through a forest,
our way obstructed by logs and un-
derbrust, we arrived on the shores
of the lake. II was a dismal place.
No habitations were near-nothing
met the eye but the level stretch ol
ice upon the surface of the lake, and
a Wilderness of tall pines, spruce
and birch, surrounding it on all
sides.
Some time was consumed in find
ing the marks left there by former
surveying company, aud ascertain.
ing the course marked out across
the lake. But at length this was
accomplished, and we prepared t,
start for camp, being at the lower
end of the lake, or the point farthes'
from camp. One of my companions
whom ! shall call leighton, hat
brought his skates. | never lef
camp without mine, not KNOWN,
how many weary footsteps the,
might save me, for the country wa
nearly one third swsups and sinai
/ axes.
Bat The third man Of our Fart
had no skates. He was a good na
turel rollicking Erisllniaa by th
name of Jimmie McGnire, aud wa
what is technically known as an n.
man, that is TO say, it was his dat
to be always provided with an aa
for The parposc of blazing" trees
eating poles. stakes, etc.
i Jimmy had no skates, so afte
strapping oars on, IL was agree
that he should stand before us wit
/ his feet little forward, and brace
| for sliding, so that we could pus
him a!png as we sha.cl across ii,
four or Eve miles Of ice that coyere
the surface of the lake.
/ II was coming On night, as "
started Off, but a fall moon was ri!
;, ing, and we did not mind it. as W
had just finished hearty lunch {
cold ham and bread that we ha
q brought from camp with US. II W;
easy enough for US to attain a big
. rate of speed, and the Irishnan III
Ilouhtsoily never had such q sllt
8 before. The laso Of speed at wiile
we pushed him along almost mac
lis beote smole.
In less tiiaf fifteen minutes we Il
proachea the other shore, and he
we slat kened speed. Just tileD '
!, saw somc isiua Of animals iarling
amp out among The ;snderbrush, Ill
a lot Of dogs al play.
I We stopped abrup,l,, almost p'
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12

ATTENTION Consumers. and es
peeially store keepers who are deal
ing IN cakes. defy competition in
tie way Of pficcs--for tie balance
let the puhtic be tile judge. So, If
Yon want 60 save lime and money,
t,ay ss,tlr hot bread, sweet rnsks, and
all kinds of cakes al Girard's bakery
Iitisteaa of getting Your cakes from
New Oiieans, which are fully a week
lol,l when they arrive at this place.
ii bake every day. Thanks 10 Hust-
myre, Of the Re.l7Piow, for his Pme
woots customers, whom lie sends me
Ito bny their light brcati and sweet
ginger hrcatl. Cone everybody. loQ
I'LL know where be keeps.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT New ORLEANS, la,

LAND OFFICE AT New ORLEANS, LA.,l
Dec. l3, 1880.
NOTICE is hereby given .hat the fol-
loving named settler has filed motion
of his intention 10 make final proof in
support of his claim, and secure final
entry thereof. said proof to be made
before the Judge or Clerk of Court at
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La, on
The 18th January, 1880. to-wit: Joseph
Babb, Homestead No 1877, for the NE
Il of S-W Il and NV IA of S-E 4 Sec
ton 33, 7. /, N. 2 ", Louisiana lnerid-
ian, and names the following as his
witnesses, viz: James Calhoon, E. Ci-
cero Moore, james Babb and +. B. Cal
hoon, of Rapides Parish, Louisiana
GEO. BALDEY,
Dec. 22-5t. Register.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
DEMOCRAT. 4. IT
TERMS:
Vel. 36.}

THE DEMOCRAT is published Weekly
at Two DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS per
annum ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS
for six months - PAYABLE IN Al'-
VANCE. "a
ADVERTISEMENT inserted at the rate
Of ONE DOLLAR per square for the first
Insertion and FIFTY CENTS for each
subsequent one. Ten lines or less
(brnvier type constitute square.
OBITUARY NOTICES. Marriages, Pubic
Meetings, Cards of Thanks, etc, to he
paid as advertisements
PERSONAL CARES when N3miSSahle--
charged double the usual Advertising
rates.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
NO. 49,.

Der wolves presently caiiie o"o 'iou'
the cover of brush. Five of them
raised their long noses and gave
vent to tie long, bison curdling howl,
with Which all frontiersmen are ia
mliar.
'iiowley father, we shall be al
ten" trcatled Jimmy.
It ,eytaip'y locked IS ilshis fears
would be realized, for the wolves
were apparently sery hungry, and
we noticed, with a feeling CT terror,
that ti.ey intended to attack us OH
the ice.
s,No time to he lost, Colonel" said
Leighton, excile,liy. "We must put
l1aeh across ,he lake, and go around
lheni.'
Hastily getting Jimmy before US,
we turnrd and shot off with arrow
Hike swiftness. But the wolves at
,co ,o,, ., ,he leo and rave swift
chase. They slipped considerably
at first, hut after getting under full
headwaY. they made long, rapid
bounds, and gained on US every mo-
ment. Besides, .|immy impeded our
,,rorress ye,v much Still. we
=, ,oa ororv ,o,va CONTESTED, every
;n,,, f.w minn,as mora. shaved
| ,bat somenew device must be at
temnted or they would attack us.
We could distinctI, hear their short,
nanti,Ie breath. and the swift pattcr
), Of their feet,
"Colonel we must aodge!" said
I Lei,Lton as he gave a quick glance
over Ills shoulder. aThey are right
nnon us.,
J. "a rcaa - cxelaimed. aNow
f to the ricl,lr'
{ And as / spoke we made a quick,
] short curve. The result was more
: than we expected. The wolves, of
course rond not stop at once. bet
went sliding BY us on their haunch-
les one Of them SO near.as to snap at
al.mv leos. But.in turninol too short
i we unset Mcclure. who went down
in spjte of.us. else we should have
! gained fair start Of the wolves be-
8 fore they could have stopped their
momentum so as to turn.
i As it was. Jimmy had .slewed''
! aron,,, when we tnrned. slipped
!, from our grasp. and went sliding on
4 his hack in ncarlv lhe direction Of
5 the wolves
As the Irislman rose.sto his feet
) l,he wolves turned and rushed direct
l|lv -, him anlv few rods scnaratino
I them. while nv companion and
e myself we're several rods further
] away.
But we had no idea ofldeserting
the faithful fellow, though tile se-
I duel proved that Jimmy WAS master
/. Of the situ..tio and the hero oftthe
S hour, after all.
s As the wolves sprang forward with
0 open jaws, feckcsl with foam, Me-
II Guire unstrnpped his trusty ak from
y his back, audpoised it for blow. -
5, The opportunity was at hand. A
q long, gaunt wolf rushed forward, and
II made Il spring directly at him, With
: swift circle OF his ak, he fairly
y split the brute's head in twain. An.
. other wo'f,qaIck'y followed, and the
II inyincible az crushed in Ills skull
The next wolf waseree, and seemed
y inclined To hack out. but. jlIEiOy'
a.. n, ,d n;,h 8; ~
se .,,r;,a - ,ova,aa J. si,e,ona hlou
IS ID, h,ata ,he h,r,.,s hact an5
= ' }.
WIN ie'it'' i'ua's Ana "''en''s : !
> fl3anuerea on the ice.
X This was the end. Tile remain
IS, ;,c ,l,yoa s,n,t, away aud wpea soo,
s, s, IN, j., IL 49,.
o. 'A's :, $50
= iMa an Guns! Dia we shafi'h
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rofalrnr month 90
Annual incidental lee ------------- l0 w
No distinctions shall he made between
Cadets, hot!er boarders III or out OF The
University.
Cadets shall be required to purchase
their own text hoeEs. ard provide them
selves with tie uniform designated by the
regulations.
1t is tie intention of the B ard to pro-
ceA immediately will, the organization
/ # the Agricultural and Mechanical de
! par! tnent.. To ttii; end it has secured the
services OF experienced and coinpetent
! instructors.
| For further nsnmatinn, address
! LEON JASTE EMSEI,
/ yie-preSi,le,.t of Hoard Of Supervisors.
/ B&lnu Rouge, Sept. 25th, $50.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12

BUSINESS DIRECTOR z.

TARRIS. JOHNNIE. Wheelwright
| I and Blacksmith. Shop corner OF
Fourth and Murray streets. WORK
executed with dispatch, on reasonable
terms, for cash.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12

A MEXICAN Sewing Machine CO.
n SelfThreading. Self. setting Nee
die. Automatic Tensions. W. K. Wea
yer, Manager, Front street.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
4 cue Cure

Is a purely vegetable bitter and power
full toni... and is warranted 6; speedy and
certain cure for Fever and AgUe, Ch!iiS
and Fever. intermittent or Chill Ee"
yer. EseIaittent Fever, Dumb A9ue,
Periodical or Bilious Fever, and all
maiarial disorders. In niastnatic dis
tricts. the rapid pulse, coated tongue, thirst,
iassitude, loss of appetite, pain IL the back
and loins, and coldneSs of the spine and
eytremities. are only premonitions of
severer symptoms, which terminate IN the
! ague paroxysm, succeeded BY high fever
and profuse perspiration.
It is startling fact, that quinine, arse
aic and other poisonous minerals, form the
| basis OF most Of the '1IFeveE and Ague
| Preparations,' - " Specifics "SYrups,' and
"Tonics." in the market. The prepare
tions made from these mineral poisons,
! although they are palatable, and may
/ break the eI,ill, do not cure, but leave the
nlalarial and their own drug poison IN
the system producing tui!iisn, dizziness,
ringing in the cars, headache, vertigo, and
| other disorders mere formidable than tho
! disease they were intended to cure.
AYERS AGUE CURE thoroughly efadicates
| these noxious poisons from the system.
| and always cures the severest cases 1t
contains 10 quinine, mineral, or any tsnns
tha6 could injurc the most delicate, pa
ticnt; and its crOwning excellence, ahove
its certainty to cure, is that it leaves tie
system as free from disease as before tie
attack.
For Liver Complaints, AYERS AGu>
CURE, by direct action Gil the. liver. an
hillary apparatus, drives out the polsolls
which produce these complaints, and stm'
ulates the system to vigorous, healthy
condition.
4 We warrant it when taken according tc
directions.
sPrepared by DR.. j. c. Aver e. Co..
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
GOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
Prof, EDWARD PETzSCH,

WILL GIVE IN sszs
w structians on A 81 Sss:ss
the Piano, Flate, s .
Brass Ens,rnmears ~ ~ sss-.g
Etc. Vocal Music SSg
a speciality. Win also teach thorough
base. composition, and the theory of
Music generally.
Music arranged and composed to or
der for String and Brass Bands, and
Pianos.
NV 2i-5m.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12

CTrLl ~ ROGERS; Ho', Gas:n;Is;ss RGss',ins. Wing.
chants. Dealers in Coal, Lime, Ce-
ment. Hay. Oats and Bran. The high
est market price paid for cotton seed.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
7. G. MAuNING,
ATTORNEY s &C0JNSEl0R at LAW
ALEXANDRIA. LA.

: 5lsugsCRIBG FuR
> THE DEM0CRAI /
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12

nAVIS, JAS. s., Wheelwright aud
I J Blacksmith; Horse -shoeing a spe-
cialty. Shop on Beanrcgard Street, in
rear Of Exc lsior Stable.
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ALEXANDRIA,;

BUSLNESS DIRECTOR Y.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-08-11
The Ex.Premier.

Because Lord Beaconsfeld achieved
the highest place which British subject
can fill, therefore the world will have it
that he started from the lowest. He did
nothing of the kind. At the commence
ment of his career not only was not ev-
erything against him, but everything
race alone excepted-and as the splendid
quality of his brains were due to his
race, that is an accident than can scarcely
be called misfortune-was in his favor.
His father was distinguished man. the
intimate, the guest and the host of men
as distinguished as himself in easy and
even affiuent circumstances. Before he
was seventeen young Disraeli had met
every one who was worth knowing in
London. The plecocity of his genius
was as remarkable as its vitality, and he
had both heard and profited by hearing
the most brilliant takers of the day.
Then came his own personal successes
in literature. He had sufficient allow
ance from his father, he had the COM
mard of as much more as he required;
he was never seriously hampered by
debt, he was never without funds
to fight the battle of costly elections,
or to take pleasure trip to
IaTlS, WHICH tliOoC ""o "Pe w ~
rather an expensive affair. Before he
was -thirty-two years, that is,
after he entered the House of Commons
he married lady with five thousand
pounds year. His own private means,
independently of the fruits of literary
abor, were one thousand three hundred
pounds q year. Within, therefore,
couple of twelve months Of the the active
commencement of his political life, Mr..
Disraeli had an income, the purchasing
value of which was at least equal to eight
thousand pounds year at the present
day, and would, on any emergency,
command the use of as much money rs
he equired from the wealthiest commu-
nifty in the whole world. And it was
right that he should be able to command
it. The Jews might we'll be proud OF
him, and he, in his turn, was never
ashamed of the Jews. His Hebrew
origin may have been the cause of GER
tain amount Of vague and vulgar preju-
dice against him; but there is no evil
dence to show that upon any given oc-
casion it was practical obstacle in his
path. 1t did not dim the brilliancy of
the debut which he made in London So
ciety before he was twenty years OF age.
1t did not diminish his popularity as q
platform speaker. Mr.: Dis
raeli's pecuniary fortunes continued
steadily to improve. He otlarge prices
for his books. He inherited several
legacies.
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Gov. Grifln's Ancient Joke.

"Mr. Smith, you said you once offici-
ated in the pulpit; do you moan by that
that you preached?"
mo. sir; held the light tor the man
to preach"
''Ah, the Court understood you differ
emily. They supposed tho discourse
came from you"
mo, sir; only threw little light ON
it, Albany Argus.
We find the above in the Argus yes
terdsy morning. We wrote IL nearly
thirty years ego for the Albany Dutch
man; Since that time il hes travelled al
over the world, Il now comes back 70
Albany 10 takea irosh stnrt. JOKES never
AZ. They aro - imnostal - ~ s1nxs.
-fAlbaay 1veaing Pest.
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SELECTED MISCELLANY.

A Chicago author talks of death as
''toeing the golden scratch"
Quarrels would be short-livcd if the
wrong were only on one side.
'"To win. work and wait-but work q
good deal more than you wait.
Beautiful are the admonitions of him
whose life accords with his teachings.
Manageable you men belong to the
surplus population.
Judging from his name, Professor
Dragamanoff would make good police
man.
There is a five-legged mule in Mis-
souri,. This seems to be adding insult to
injury, as well as a leg to the mule.
Good temper is like sunny day; it
sheds brightness over everything; it is
the sweetener of toll and the soother of
disquietude.
The universal heart of man blesses
flowers. He has wreathed them around
The cradle, the marriage altar and the
tomb
The solid colored mating in India::red
shades is beautiful for summer rooms,
and forms pretty background when
strewn with rugs.
Socrates said that there are two sci
ences which every man ought to learn
first, the science of speech, and, second,
the more difficult one OF. science.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man, than this, that
when the injury began on his part, the
kindness should begin on ours.
Those passionate persons who carry
their hearts in their mouths are rather to
be pitied than feared; their threatenings
serving no other purpose than to forearm
him that is threatened.
Life is divided into three terms. That
which was, which is, and which will be.
Let us learn from the past to profit by
the present. and from the present to live
better for the future.
Gen. II. L. Clingman, of North Caro-
lima, is out in letter favoring a new
party in that State, and some of the
Democratic organs say he wants to play
the role of General Malone.
After all the talk of scholars there are
but two sorts of government; one where
men show their teeth ct each other, and
one where men show their tongues and
lick the ieet of the strongest.
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Prophetic IntlmatiOns.

A writer illustrates Dryden's remarks,
"What the child admired, the youth en-
deavored, and the man acquired" by the
following references to the boyhood OF
distinguished men:
No need of spurs to the little Handel
or the boy Bach to study music, when
one steals midnight interviews with q
Struggled clavichord in a secret attic,
and the other copies whole books Of
studies by moonlight, for want of can
die churlishly denied.
No need of whips to the boy painter
West, when he begins in a garnet and
plumbers the family cat for bristles to
make his brushes.
There was an intimate connection be-
tween the miniature ships which Nelson,
as q boy, sailed on the pond, and the VIC
tories OF the Nile and Trafalgar; between
the tales and songs about fairies, ghosts,
witches, etc., with which the mind of
Burns was fed in his boyhood, and the
tale of Tam O'Shanter.
Michael Angelo neglected school to
copy drawings which he dared not bring
home. Murillo filed the margin Of his
school books with drawings.
LIE Brun, in childhood, drew with a
piece of charcoal on the walls Of the
house. Pope wrote excellent verses at
fourteen. Madame de Stael was deep in
the philosophy Of politics at an age when
other girls were dressing dolls.
So Ferguson's wooden clock; Claude
Lorraine's pictures on the walls Of 9
bakers shop; Chantrey's carving Of his
schoolmaster's head in . bit OF pine
wood; Napoleon pelting snow balls d
Brienne, were all hints Of the future