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T1B0UGH III IIIDS.
Adventures lit the Arkansas
andJted hirer Regions Half
a Century Ago*
PERSONAL, RF.MI3iISICENF.CES OF CTIi. TO. ^SPARKS,
THE AUTHOR OF '‘FIFTY YEARB AGO.”
(Concluded next week.)
The conntry throngh which we were passing
was almost mountains, tbe precisions and tow
ering hills forming deep gorges, throngh which
we were compelled to go, afforded abundant op
portunity for an ainbusb, and the Pawnee knew
the wily aud warlike character of the Lipan,
and feared if Ool« cone reached his town in
safety, his bai.d would follow and attack us.
We were realty, much nearer the Lipan vil
lage than we had supposed—and oniy learned
this as passing through a gorge dividing two
prominent hit s when the war whoop -rom
the summit cfone of thtse warned ns that
pursuit o‘ us. In a moment
who, with
L pan’s were in .
on. tittle baud r^ded f totteJ,ohieE he . r
a few^ "O.dsot^ llje densest concealment the
woods’ i.fforded, all dismounted, aud a few
were left 10 guard the horses, whilst the main
body followed the lead of Cbaieo, stealthy as
woives, to ambush the way he supposed the
L'Dars would come. Ail was silence now.
G'lminot and myselt had been ordered to ac
company tbe chier, and with his two sons we
were by his side in advance of his brav s, oon-
c aLd by a fallen tree, from whire we could see
to tbe summit of the hill, whence came the wild
yeti of defiant war. The bowl or a wolf cauie
tirui beyond ihe bill. Iu a moment all were
ordered to return, mount and proceed rapidly
on. Soon we were approaching a mountain,
seme miles away. lnieivtning was a plain, fo
sparsely timbered that vision was unobstructed
lor mil* s.
Gt.uiela was under the guideand guard of her
br* tlrers. and I was ordered to accompany her
fatLer. Jn silence we hurried on into this plain,
when I was ordered to ride alone to the menu
tains base, »Dd to watch for the evidence if
there should be any, of the Lipan's preceding
rs It was a hazardous ride. “When you reach
tbe stream at tbe base of the mountain," arid the.
chief ‘‘and you find no trail—stay.” And he
turned and rode back to his band.
It was evening when all had assembled upon
the banks of the stream. Into this, all went,
and rode up it, until reaching a point where a
rent seamed to divide the mountain in twain.
This cleft was narrow, and through it came a
small rivulet, noisily babbling and tumbling
over the stony bed. The Bides were perpendic
ular. it aching up hundreds of ft-eb Through
tins canoD, led by C'ha'eo we wept. It was a
gloomy chasm, only visited by the sun’s rays at
meridian—large stouts projecting lrom linse
precipitous sides th-estr niegly huDg over the
ebsc-m, which was gloomily shaded, and which
was growing almost iu!o twilight as we threaded
along tbe narrow defile. At length we reached
an opening occasion* d by the retrocession of
the cliffs forming a sort of cave—beyond this,
these ilifl.s again appiotcbed each other, but
leaving a more extensive opening into this cave
than that through which we had entered. Here
we found a large gushing fountain, pouring out
its waters from the mountain's t a-e, and fur
nishing tbe stream through which we came.
These ledges, like^braces, were pointing from
trie mountain, do«vu into this cave. Aud there
arur m the scene, as well as security to our
litUe b-rid ot some forty braves. Strict, sil>-nce
wrseij iced, tech man picketed his horse,
and spreading bis brffdo rob. upon the tnick
long grass, threw himself down to rest ana
n<ar bis horse. Our evening meal was eaten in
silence. Immediately upon coming into this
well-tike opening down to the mountain's br se.
sentinels were placed at each entrance of our
retreat. Tbe hunger of r.ur hoises was soon
appeased and they stretched themselves upon
the gr» s.->, as tbf ir riders, to i» pose. The moon
light from the E.ist began to tip witn light tbe
mountain peakr, making more striking the
beauty and grandeur ol the scene.
Tbe Indian, when apprehensive of danger
ele< ps lightly, and is surprised by the slightest
noise ; and foraging or war parties are rarely
surprised. The chief, or bead men seem never
to sleep. And to-night Cbaieo moved sofiiy
about tbe camp in tbe uncertain light, like a
specter. The anxiety of njind drives sie ep from
tbe eyes of the most weary, and despite my fa
tigue, 1 w t h8 uneasy aud wakeful. Night
waned, and the moon had gone over the moun
tain, and was wading the blue ether in the West
when there esme a loud murmuring noise like
tbe wind gently, but steadi-y stirring the forest
foliage, it increased, and the chief went bur
ridly to tbe sentinels. L 'uder it grew, and the
braves began to lift their heads from the ground
and listen, still the he-vy rumbling sound in
creased. Chalela like an elfin sprite glided to
my side, and whispering, bade me rise up and
prepare to meet the impending danger. Toen
is quickly aDd as sofrly stole away. In thun
der font s the Doise approaches- when at a sig
nal from the chief every brave was up and
instantly on his horse.
It was an immense herd of buffalo moving to
the Sontf. The herd of the column was coming
through the port hern entrance to the cave, whicn
was much larger than the southern outlet, and
though they oid not stay, or stem frighten' d by
our presence, yet they tame in immense
numbers, when but few could escape through
the long canyon through which we had come.
They were spreading in fearful n urn tiers over
tbe little space of our occupation. Our horses
were frightened and were with difficulty re
strained a3 the dense black moving mass ap
proached.
The order was given by the chief, to ride up
tLe projecting spur of tbe mountain as far as
pcs-ible. The order with alacrity w'iih obeyed,
the chtel being last to seek sate*y fiom tbe crush
ing mass, crow die-g in upon tbe little space
cunfintd by the mountains. Denser. acd more
close, became the diias every moment. The
open span on either side of the acclivity we oc
cupied was packed, and an attempt was made
to scale the sides of this and drive rs tiom out
retreat. In an instant Chabo sprang from bis
horse,and aiming as best he could in tbe deceit
ful ligbt, fired bis rifle upon the front of the
scaling buffalo. A quick and heavy faii an
nounced the successful shot. At once the herd
were in frightened commotion, rushing as best
they could away from our vicinage, pushing and
goring each other in their madness. Some
were crushed, many crippled in their fiautic
commotion.
Adov. n the gorge precipitately they hurried,
pressed by those crowding in the rear. And the
day was beginning to dawn before tbe last had
passed from the cave into the canyon, when
we renewed our march through the canyon
leading north from the cave.
With the coming morning there was the mut
tering of distant thunder, and the spongy va-
, black and lowering, went hurriedly before
chasing wind. Out march was rapid, bat
regular, the chief in front, followed by his
band. Every suspicious place was avoided, fear
ing an ambush. The autumn leaves fell away
from their parent stems and went hurrying, as
they rode the blast. Grants, air marching, went
screaming to the South, and the chill of winter
was in the air.
Onward, at speed we go, fyx. Red river must
be reached and crossed ere it was night; for
onr chief was conscious we were pursued, and
security was beyond the river. Night was upon
us ; we readied and pluDged through the bloody
waters of this filtby stream. Tbe rain was com
mencing, and as speedily as we could, we pre
pared with the long canes, a shelter from its in
clemency.
This was but partial protection, and when the
morniDg came, we were wet and uncomfortable,
and almost without food. It was a night never
to be forgotten, and if possible, never again to
be endured.
We no longer feared the Lipans, and moved
slowly from tue mucky swamp to the higher
land beyond. Hunters were sent ahead, and iu
an hour we had reached the rolling land, and
where the timbi-r was less dense. S ion our
hunters returned with two deer, and halting
near a rivulet of running water, we prepared a
‘.east.
The clouds were breaking away, and between
tharitts the blue sky-iand noonday suu&howed an
agreeable ol ange. Our coat s i was Earthward,
aud we kept within the timbered lands, whilst
our hunters went in advance to kill our din
ners.
Tbe wide,undulating plain is oponins? to view,
and the young br>.ves are merrily dashing for
ward to gain th<s». They are the Pawnees
home—on these, with his bow and arrow and
fleet pony, he feels sure, and fears no enemy,
tie courts the open fight—the Lipans the covert
ambush in tbe dense foil st.
Still we keep the timber in view, as north
ward we go through the prairie. At night, by a
beautiful branch, we make our oatup, in a forest
which borders the stream, coming down from
the prairie. Weary from our long ride and the
discomforts of the preceding night, our camp
fir*s were soon made, and our jaded horses
picketed to gr> zc on the scanty herbage around
them. Sentinels were sent to watch and guard
from secret foes.
Soon all was still. Our camp fires replenished
burned brightly ; the stars twinkled, aud the
little fcranen rippled and tan along through the
wood. Tue breeze had gone to sleep, aud
around each fire reposed iu sleep the tired In
dians. A boding fear made restiess the uneasy
sleep which oppressed me, and I was wakeful
through all the night.
The morniDg star in nndimned brightness was
climbing up the blue ether in the east; the camp
fires had burned out, save here and there the
dry «nd of a faggot slowly charred, and at mo
ments sent out a feeble nh.ze, slightly illuminat
ing (he darkness around it. As this flickering
flame blazed up from one of these, it disclosed
an ludiau peering about him curiously. It wss
Oclocone, steathiiy and intently enumerating
tbe bravts sleeping around.
Near me reposed the chief. I touched him
enough to arouse him, aud, as he rose up, he
saw the boy, and with a wild yell aroused Lis
warriors. All were up in an instant, and iu
chase of ihe boy.
Ho had avoided the sentinels—stolen into the
camp and was counting the braves. Q tick as a
frightened de.-r he dashed away through tbe
woods, doubling and turning. After him in full
chase followed his toes,
Agaius he turns and darts across the ri'l into
the thicket beyond. A ter him goes many an
Indian fleet of foot. The sentinels call and are
answered by the pursuing braves. Headed and
turned at every point, boldly he recrosses the
riii,and, dar ingliBearpeci**-^-—-s'*
he kaiow.* i**» « *<»•*•»
iTTey fear the open tight, and will not follow
there. Mounted and moving, we went at speed
into the prairie, cuanging our course to the
west and away from the woods. Th,- chief was
in the lead, at d bade me ride with him. Closelv
following, and at an easy pace, came the red
warriors in single file, Cualalain their center by
her brother. Gilmiuot rode with the other
brother, who kept close wi tch upon him.
‘Pale face,’said the chief, putting b;s hand
npen my knee, as! rode by his side, 'tor you
iny daughter deserted her people. Will you
return to my town and make her your squaw
and with us live and be a chief ? Sue gave up
every thing tor you; will you make this return
‘or her?’ He paused aud looked me steadily iu
he face.
‘Aly chi» f, I replied, ‘far away in my own
home I iove a fair maiden, who waits for my re
turn to her. I have given my love and promise
to make her my wile. Would you have me prove
fa se to her, and leave her to pine and die, re
turning to her no more ?’
There whs commotion amongst the marching
braves. Our braves left in the rear to spy and
warn si.o ild a foe appear, came rapid'y up,
nor staved his speed until by the chitf a side.
‘Far in tbe rear the Lipausin force follow our
trail,’ said Ihe young biave,
A signal was given. We halted and the band
closed up around the chief.
■Shall w e flee, or stay aud meet in battle our
following !o<s ? be asked iu council.
All answered, 'As you will, so will we.’
Follow me. said the cuiet, aud our march
was resumed in quicker pace.
The brown, grassy waste of wild prairie was
all around us ; the long swelling hills undulated
all the plain, rising at points into sharp aroliv-
i'ies. These rose blue and sharp upon onr way.
We reach one of these, and turn its prr j ctin«
point, and were halted by the chief s command
‘Here we will rest,’ sdd he, ‘and from this
concealment spring unawares npin our foe.’
lieliiopee, the young-ht son of the chief, was
sent back upon the trail to watch and t.uiely
warn us of the Lipans coining.
Dismounting and standing near onr horses,
every arm. gun, bow and q uver was prepared
aud made ready lor the conflict.
Chaleo mov d turough the array, scrutinizing
every face, anil inspiming each one with some
word of confidence and encoTagement. 1 lien liaricy will
coming to me he led me to the rear and s aO.h of June,
ciently away, he stayed and said ■ 0 - v n and receives
"Pnle face, this is no fight , .t.'tv^aS^ce rent.
THIs^fL EYE.
The Fell v Jie Dead.
We may be slid no] Jb above the terror of
ghosts; but for long $ Jtbey were a cause of
misery, a cruel nigl.’ke preying upon the in
fantine mind of mau t slept or lay half awake
in itB cradle. Death as believed to change
men much for the friw and to transform even
their nature. Tvlwnf brought together many
ins aoces of this bw:
•The Austral ianmy, been known to consid
er thegbos s of thJiii'iitied dead as becoming
demons New Zefniers have supposed the
souls ot their deafc become so changed in na
ture as to be maliptd to their nearest and
dearest friends itje^Tne Caribs said that of
man‘s various sol seme go to the seashore
and capsize boatithms to the forest to he evil
spirits. AmongJ^fc nx Indians the fear ot
the ghost’s V6Ug<y|y,s been found t-> act as a
check on mnrdej«j/g me tribes in Central
Africa it may befil u,at their main re'igions
doctrine is the bff in ghosts, and that the
main oharacteri'Of these ghosts is to do do
harm to the hi i'esTb h. P .tagoniuns live in
tenor of the s<| ot ihtir 'Wizards. which be
come evil rlemoifrer dea;h. Turanian trib> n
of north A»ia f their seamans even more
when dead Haute, lor they become a special
class of spirits, v ur-i the hnrttuie.t in ail na
ture, ana who aiig^* 1 . 0 Moog.de, plague ine
living on purpoi-bv^pke them br.ug offerings.
In China it is ild that tht multitudes ,,f
wretehed destiunpirhs in the world below,
such as souls of ®rs and beggars, can sorely
annoy the livitiaejfc/ire at. certain times they
ate ppe s-,d wigff ring's of food, scant and
beggarly; and a L who l’or.is uaweh, or fears
a mishuu in busies, will prudently h-ivs Hum
mock clothing 4 mock m ,n*y burned for
hese 'gentletneif the lower regions. 1 N >*ions
of this kind are fely pr, valeut in Irido-Cuina
and India. Tbewbole orders of demons were
formerly hnmauuls, especially of people left
u buried or s aity plague or v olenc <; of bach
elors or women \» died iu chiidlnri.li,, n i who
here-.-forth wrealjeir veug«auce*on the living.
And we r-al idxpnuller’s ‘Airtordiscoe S u-
dien’: ‘Arwit &n<fcinnnd were great Iriends.
They swore eteri- friendship, aud that the
first to die woulaDon be followed by tbe other
to the grave. Art's hour came, aud he was
buried, with his >rse and dog iu a c ,veru. A---
round did not 1c:delay to fulfil his promise.
Accordingly hesuserl the sepnicber to be
opened, entered and took his seat near tbe
body; then tbe li^e stone was rolled on the cav
ern’s month, ande was sbnt from the worid.
It happened thsdme days afterwards the
Swedes, led by Rt.invaded the country. B, -
ing apprised th th^ -mound contain -d rich
treasure, they preeded io open it. Aamond
was discovered, hasgiy he glared with clothes
tora and dishevel aatr, bis white fate smeared
with blood. Hateclared Arvit came to lite
again ferocious fm hunger. Arwit, after hav
ing devoured thf sh of tbe hors and dog, fell
unawares i:p>nhtriead and bro«her, and bit
off his left ear. « ery night the lia t e raged
air, sb. He, Asutiu, with ids unbroken sword
had split Arwii’s nil and .-.u a-ned his ribs. 1
This story throi a lurid tight on what was
believed to be tc state of tne defunct souls.
Net absolutely d«i, they were const lutly star
ving; at mosttim they remain motionless, but
now and again tiy would be relieved by some
water, some droppf milk, or blood or boney,
by the wind br; iug them smells of viands,
fumes of sacriflo, wrtttch they eagerly wn.ffed.
Dire hunger them to fall u; oa all
carrion. The JjjHjPSortok cf Greenland, at
tacks the dead heaven aud spoils
teem, ^hei -ilare t‘^
famine itself
iu^ery nHuger,
It auuntr eirywhere,
the very
vour cot only d. ad corfBed but also the living
b ail s, for in former times 11 ailment w-s sou-
posed to be the work of a emou who proved
upon the vital parts, fed upj man’s substance
like some bidocus tap- wod loca el in the en
trails. They are the serve* of d. a b, the em-
issaues ot the grave. S >m«t is true, protect
their kith, are w, 11-doers tql.e.r families bir
doe,s , f evil to all otbeis.
during the twelfth »- : ,. urv
went home from a burial, »
too *u P erircumbent 0 f the poem, he treated me with oo.ifhmely,
-tnrv 1,1 Bohemia, contempt and indignity. In short, nir, I, the
ir a . a .a if X X ll> a a r. non tow a! tk A a 1 An
Wbllt Ut/Ui'l *» Wiu « I - 4^y
chips of wood above tbe sboun
looking behind—a delicate hint
to lo ter among his former friends,
and Etonama?, of S-uth Am^ric**, cloSsr^e
mouth and nostrils of the dying, that
might not escape and pounce upon others. Not,
satisfied with this contrivance, Peruvians stitch
thf s.v apertures with a strong oord; others fss-
tened the arois of tbe dead (Polynesia), or tied
their toes (Caylon) or pounced their bones(the
ancient Biueanat s), or bottled the powder in
closely fitting jugs. Another device was to eat
Ihe body raw(Australi»), or roasted(Polynesia).
Bv chopping the bones, ex'racing tie marrow
i nd ingesting it, one was sure t > give a final
quietus to the deceas-d, and bolt in all his
strength and virtu* s Among the always prac
tical Csiinese, special offi-'era were appointed by
tbe Crowo to hoot and shout at the obnoxious
shen to frighten them away, as if they were
mutely a baud of sparrows or pilfering mon
keys.
flulV^ people poet of the future,-!, the inventor ol the i lea
witt^S^wand of condensation and comprehensiventS|^-I, Bir,
was bounced. ‘
A Poet of the Future.
I had an interview not long since with a poet
of the future. He kept a book-siail and pedetied
‘The New Y irk Weekly’to d-spep ic school
girls. But he had a soul; and he wi.s possessed
by »u id-a.
Meeting him and coming to know him I grew
inieiV-Hted in ms soul, so I seek here.to set forth
his idea.
He was not beautiful. He w is no Antinous.
He was no Apollo. He was no operatic tenor.
He was r.ii her plain. He was short, not to say
hqmt Ha was stout, not to say tat. Ha was
round, not to sav globular. An t yet he had a
soul and an i I- a and be was a poet of the future.
For the p-e-mot he had a great content t. and
I tar the teelmg wi s mu ual, asheuever by any
accident succeeded ia disposing of any of his
po- tic w*r*-s.
I went to bis stall one day and fell into con
versation with him. I say ‘fell’ advisedly, lor
his talk was so deep I could not always touci
bottom. But these more iLComprehensible
parts of his di-c -urse 1 consequently remember
bat ill, and shall not now at e upt to set dowt.
I happened accidentally io m-ke a remark
abont the remarkable propeities ot the number
nine. I do not know just now why 1 made tbs
reu a- k. but make it I aid. And it set him eff
Hs coughed s’ightly, and said:
‘Nine is scarcely us queer or as weird as seven.
I have begun a poem « n Seven —‘
I remembered that Woodswoitli had done the
same, but I held my peace.
He continued:
•Here is the first stanza:
^Miit and stage Artist^ ,
WII.V Tlirr. 5%
(ontrovv^iio Longer a \ital
ami ^itweeii Cliurc4
^ive,
The Rev. Mr. Froth in {fhai.
ins and Criticising the Work nsider-
Modern Actor, w
Feven was the sacred number
Of the ancient Greeks,
Seven were the men wiioseslumber
Lasted many weeks.’
Re paused for a moment, and said, with a
sigh:
‘Teat is not all, but it is as far as I have got.
•Y-iU find poetry a very severe tasl ? I asked.
•I do, I do!’ he answered, with noble enthu
siasm. ‘But [ lisp in numbers, tor the num
bers come- A similar remark wrs made by one
of the poets cf the old sohoool. Numbers in
deed have a singular lasciuation tor me. Nambar
three, lor instance; 1 have a poem on that. Here
ills;
Number three was weird and mystic
As you lean, from this artistic
Distich.’
I did not like to tell him that, a three-line po-
JOO«i til cur (iutuu. M ” XV.
‘Th* su two poems form part of my‘Bock of
he said.
i the whole they
are mnchievons beings. Thche 1 bv them any
man or ummal sickens r r < s;the flower wi-h
ers which they gr, z -. The tXl ract and absorb
the essence of thn gs whiebtbsy touch. They
pass over the otchards a* killing frost over
the young w eit as a bl g f.jg wind. If they
enter a u.hq who be of theifiueage and of their
especial tavornes, oy a raremiracle be may be
come a genius a seer, otprophe*; but as a
rule he is turned into a fool,a de noniac or an
epileptic. If they enter th# victim but en p-is-
sunt. their presence m^-anss* eyes, oppresXu
t-ver, gout, rheum uism. a| oib*- r ailments’
Wuatsiys the folk-lore? wno steps over
the grave gets a rash; hb whirt-ads ihe epitaphs
on the tomoston^s, his meal* is weakened^
He who smells 11 »wers gatb|ed in cemeteries,
loses the scent. . . . L&ers are estranged
when earth from a cburcbkrd is thrown be
tween them.’ How shonldlaot the gho-\s bo
drea led? They are pesfiltnji,, they are B-ack
Death, which carries of potations at once.
Wnen they are p. ckec close tLctber, they push,
rend, and tear; they cause jhrthqnakes iu the
subterranean depths, and in[ the atmosphere
storms, tempests, and cyoloin. Witches are
fiendish souls, which have ifkated themselves
in the human body Ike a orab in a strange
shell, or huvo bteo oalbd up by some cor jurer.
The Australian Kirraj. goes and sleepr on a
grave for three ntg&is ouseouiively, then ghosls
enter his belly, devour some visi^ra and settle
there i -stead. H*ncebr-b th,- Karreji will be
<*a#k o.bor fo k s entrai
afar, by artlut ojw rivanoes, or by merely
ing on his vie ‘WhatA ,J ipoor, south ludi-, a
nag, wuen angthe mi suy ole. will get at ntgut
to the top 08*0 doofjU w«!,oh lies oer intended
victim. Th handle’s bi; ia theroolshe reaches
Number,
‘A rirenin-book?’ I asked, irreverently.
‘Y-s, sir. ti-e b"ok of a poet's dreams— the ex
ecution aud exemplification of my idea.*
1 asked him what the idea was,
‘It is contained in two words,’ he said ‘in
two words - Gomprehens*ventss and Gondensa-
‘TbeStage,’theRev. Mr. Frothingbana said las>^
Sunday morniug, ‘has a prominent pluf- 0
among the controlling forces of mankind. It 1
should, Roeordiogly, be neither slighted, de
spised, Dor set aside as of no account. It teach
es movis. actuates and inspires men and wo-
uieD, old and young, and it is high time that
tne old quarrel bet-veen the pulpit and i*, which
was > a uast and honest while it la-ted, shonld
be ended. It tad its legitimate causes but
they exist no longer. No thoughtful persoa
who knows the needs of society should ever al
low himself henceforth to speak lightly or dis
paragingly of an institution so universal and
popular as the stage. The quarrel should be
ended, too, because neither tue pulpit nor the
s age is what it was when it began. Pulpit dog- /
mas have fallen into discredit, and that doct' r
of divinity wio should tell a class of students
in these da. s that the representatives acd fol-
loweis of religion are united agau sc the stage
would talk fooliBbness. even for a ri< c or of di
vinity. The character of the stage >• s been so
far changed that all of its worst teatn<e-i have
been pruned Hnd there is n*» longer anything or
a shadow ( f anything to offeud the mn3t fastid
ious taste or to wound the most delicate sensi
bilities in any of our first-class theatres. Ladies
aud gentlemen go to theatres without being
ashamed of themselv; s and without forg'ting
tor an instaut whaf. becomes gentlemen aud ti
dies I bave so»‘n doctors of divinity in p'ay-
bonRes in New York, in London, iu P r’-S and
the Little Ciurch Ar on: d the Cor^r h is among
its most respected meu bars ac’or J n 1 eo're-^s.
Thus the two profiHsious rniugie. Ac <»:s go
into society and society goes to the play. Toe
time has come, then, tor argnnieut, u.»t 'or de
nunciation, and the argument should be fair
and the discrimination jn«t.
•It has b«en said,’ Mr. Frothingham went, on,
after prem'sing that the offices of the stage and
pulpit were distinct ‘that the stage is superior
to the pulpit becaesa it draws the most people.
Is that an argument? The worst and most dis
creditable thioi s are apt to be the most popular.
I will venture tUat more people went to Gil
more s G.rden week before lest than to all the
theatres together ; a bnll-fi.ht, a dog-tight, a
bear-snow will attract more people t an ‘Ham
let.’ Emerson's-N ,tnre,’which has w >rk al a
revolution in literature, had been published
twelve years betore 500 copn s were sold, and -
conid mention a novel ol which 12 000 copies
were Sold within a fjrtuight at’ f er publication.
In music, where one per.-OL- pla‘s Wagner or
B'-tt iOv,-n. one hunir'-d pla s Off't-bach. In
painting, it is no* Raphael who dtligh's, but tne
oue who excels in pn. ingon the strongest oo*:-
trant of coiors and thus appea's to the !o ®r
senses. Is all this an argument against whac is
really best? I tiust not. It i“ to the credit of
the pulpit that but few people fl ok to it, it they
are the best people. The theatre is to amuse,
not to instruct- That is why ij cannot be com
pared with ,he pulpit, whose office is'o educate
lV9 r ft»^o so. Ilmn b ' Ci ' tV ' W1 ' tr - li -- V ' L ^
•Agi i", the stage is illusive, delusive,a'niceia!
We go , 0 the theatre not to se« hfe, but a
*1” a .!” U ^-itrtaii, phases ot life. It
t
pn.
not
There !s U n e ;. bQt °r rfHI,0r ’ whioh , ’’ i nddresned
J.tiers is no logical eonueciiou berwem,
traDspi.fs o, the e'a : ;e and actual life. Jf„.V
thing revoiiiue, iu ».■> >. a
I asked for further explanation, which he
willingly grunted.
‘Ait modern poetry is too diff.-ss—it lacks con
densation. And all modern poetry Is simple—
l* lucks comprehensiveness. I write in a con
densed form for readeisot comprehmsion. Thu
here is an epic of mine. • *
I trembled as he took down a roll of MS. An
epic-and iu warm weatn*«! I began to fesr
had erred in my temerity. Bat his first wor s
-ass lr.i.i -as.
‘My epic is an illnstration of my theory ol
condtrsation and comprehensiveness. It is
four iines Jong, and yet itcompreheuds the sum
ol two lives.’
And he read with great impressiveness;
g revolting is to he done ti-e m a in-uu,
left to prey upon k iMs not do '
scene is not laid in Broudwav.
pr-llly^Tup
I. d-iesu iT*'. k -
meanHid V ° f F ‘ ftb ^enu., bur lS
laye,s ot time over it. Accordiiu
go, s above and below are lou t, sJ
of *he very vir: u s which ever* -•-
anu men cry like babies over i
'he sleeiif
end is in ^
b u, who,
will be
in our peril yon and yr>ur cav> a*. 0 .avA
for us, join ns new. P
Lipans prove too stion
chase lor us, and 1 shift
A aV t0 b9
be3t
sleep our long sleep, viol/ Ve'-T’ ju8t 141 A ' nerioftn
prairie, and you survive, ? 8 ,\ Le , m,,st
the arrow aud the b ' w MnT f. iv* e * ss'A “ Laghsh lady say
through her brain andt^-® >’xS>? c ‘ ^‘'i p F^ n Eaglish gen-
slain, better than captit '^*©‘1;*^''.
\Vi ^‘ijrlottesville, Ya.,
v ^debrated his ,75 .h
iw ^\ r s rom Rome, says :
—-——? — — captit . ■_
He rode buck to his tah A /ster
horses still, anxiously
HeiitiDel id tii« rtar upc ^ *% love
It was not long that y <s V . f him.
speed, and informed J* b * 8
Lipan warriors were vh'a^.ing aud
idly approaching. h and the
away. ‘All were ur^t tbe
grass each warrior '-he iater-
nipped the gr,-s near so1 '
and full of fierce deterrn^’ k v>® U1 v e
the movements of their o
(Te be oontr^s,,*^
^ 0 t ff'&tmus
h
J- ff-irsou’s
\ V. Americarj placed
A 0 «^ vb P urer Christian
ici l* has never lived
-d>-
North Carolina.
The Economist says Uon.ee *♦«''
5,000 acres of juuiper land iu
1
for Depot, of the
thota 'Bailroad, Isaac
whila s'; 0 ' and the father
fainiVf ^ife in a diapute
ing tc*t h | he b a r of tbe
^drink. Waller
^attends the bar
oo
^’i’sun, charged
.? but 10 aud
'for an office.•.
.-^Aat behind ane
• < : with his figt,
'* L
the biler. hW tbrad, wix s • other
A wit hoiAtbui ska draw; the
bad ever th^^" remove tue ribs
plied: ‘B i »i|v^ ar ions sibstances
score, I ad *:d • •*
let you live, at r‘*iaace with the
JP Sa *^ to have
A newsboy t hVlerpillars, by
up selling i,\ p* iV or bv i ail.
merizing l)|4 « i . aoBg t he flocks
said he, ‘X-,p r |laj ,, ni gj Vfa bl i0 d
one of his ,c<3 i?8*j, much on the
b °y- l 5 fl-ted no won-
Orders wtr gH e V lolks wore
the editors o.t heitbte recently,
men, that gi,; frt boras burned
its way, bat it is q| ’. Iu fact,
to request that Jfbost 1 of these
any shaped , Jhe si
er!’ Editor4*l
‘I know nhn
preny as thi^|_
sweetheart, i s be p:
eveuing. The ( stor
lady's brow oj qui
young man piucue
is this one. dflar.’,
^ |tne n
New Z *alaod/fk* 0 tof • as fast
rabbit pest. At ll e Sedge the
•k'J 000 acres in frmrl, dtsfimbed
stroj ing them vi
COO. and tbe skinfc
A member of the L'_
rendered whole dist
mated that a opuplfi,
increase to tbf euqi:
tm
THE EPIC OF THE SEASONS.
He had met her In the springtime, when the ear
ly buds appear;
He had courted her in the summer, when the gayest
flowers are here;
He had married her in autumn, when thefalliu
leaJLis sear;
And he Buried her in the winter, when the trees
\were bare and drear.”
I acknowledged that this was comprehensive
—with a vengeance.
•It is comprehensive, but it is not as con
densed as I should like. Tae lines are too long,
it is too diffuse in its versitioatiou. I bavo im
proved on it in other poems. Here is a sonnet
of mine, which I think is a novelty. Ds jou
know the rules ot tl-e sonnet?*
J o->nleased to some familiarity with them.
•Then you know that the sonnet consists of
fourteen lines Now my sonnet oonsists cf four
teen words, aud each of the fourteen words is a
monosyllable.*
f told him this seemed to be comprehensive
ness ami condensation raised to the nth power
and I asked for a sight of the quatorzain. ’
Tuen he read it to me, with many eloquent
gestures:
he thick
e dsmi-
eppianse
to deafcf. ut,ir Dcady
In ihe third piece there is, should ^
must always be a d,vorc • hfltxJn ,. b * and
an arrint aud as a mau. V;ceera &0t0 *‘ 118
tor as a mau as summarily as ft dV« HC *
obant or tinanoinr. But asan i - tbH nji ' r ~
sibilny is laid aside. It is^iiis wh t , b, V’ 8 k°»-
presses his individuality the # h<J “n p *
art. If austerity ot conscience 4 ® Ct
art, art is spoiled. I: is so in mb ” f'^ re3 * bb
It ;s none of onr concern who Daima “ rt '
“ a do» e . P a “,.f 'Za
nray paint a very bad uiotnr M eAu ^
wry be a very Id man. Ou the o her ha^i"" 1
preacher is suppos 'd to be a good h * a
character and hi,, preaching must he
It is his business to set forth moral
a moral baekgroud. worat truths u om
wan. Hw
ate tJ.
Pi7, and
t hlJ' lek i rt “ f ’j D tbe Dext P'aee- must
that makes it necessary thac the ' \
not bo far in advance of the people u? whom^S
looks for patronage. But a preacher lt
pected to keep to ,he level of the momls of tT
community with which he is dialL p he
surnes a position above society H« f • a j ’
the divine law and holds np the highesl s^an^
ard of goodness. If he descends to t-e i ev “of
the community he is deserted, disapproved and
denounced „s a trickster. That is looked for"*
bun which wouid throw an actor assuming *
eonnet,
Suggested by reflections on the vanity of human
, gro« r -tur:es,
jgefui ropean
tin th catholic
|tood
a day® study
' ft8 I t>le that
yerrulead, so
t n g e>nds of
iRuthjenerai
action anil the eiuutincss of humanity itself.
Why
Should
Good
Die?
Would
I
Could
Cry!
Slow
Loll
Tears:
No
Soul
Fears,
‘It seemed rather pessimistic at first,* I said,
‘but you come out all right. ‘
‘And vet,* be answered, sadly, ‘Ishould be
justified in being a pe simist. Iu thetxecn-
tion of my idea, in attempting to condense aud
comprehend, I sought last April to get printed
a poim composed on ‘Winter Lingering in the
Lap of Spring.* It was suggestive both of
‘Suow, Beautiful Snow,* and of ‘Haii, Gentle
Sprieg,‘ which I had dtxteronsly blended in in
tricate harmonies.* And h* rn be sighed, and
his voioe took on a tone of in- ff ble sadness ‘I
took it to an editor, and before he had read the
first stanza, after he had perused only the tit 1 '
into discredit. But should the stage, because
rt amuses, be derided? Not in the ieit
There is no more nonoruhle work than th-,t ’
swee.ij, lun0 cently and honestly diverting ani
rtcreaung men and women. Amusement takes
the bitter gall from pain, and sting from
U nulies the knotty fibre of pnzzlSd bwirV^
!n < !s'liL\ e . rUln,i °* th '’ UJ,asmA Of meiaucii'dv
and restores men to their natural and free
tions with each other. Aotin
‘y.
i,i-
it doae humane]y, and tae high ^ at * u ^ arls >
not B’SiSTdcwrvJj
not merely
are pfe Ks ms who are attaining wTth i it1he Ul beh
est refijemenr, and refinement of ih, u
retinement of this kind
x j -—-Ation of chirr oter. lofcinA<ii
of demeaDor and HueiiesA u., • ^
the aromatic fragraJce^rohariirr^whmrVo
real artist of tiie pal pit or sraaa n*r»i u **
the stage Lae before U a pioud futui aud °th«
time is coming when the theatre will U ‘ oue of
there6nuuifc£it ^
Falatable Medicines.-
honey-eyed nrep i>. reiie,
1 J* rV Cherry Pectoj-aj
lloi fi, w
•ugai-siiod over the patateTalid h,s K J, «»e
that imparl t> vi. or to lira - v , uu saar8 t' 1,r hai-*an»-cia r
dUease^Wa. 1 ;;jor t d. J "p C -,.ri u l, ;; r 8 i ;
Smatterer: *1 toil
could translate Vt-
Glarsical pi*-*
ed ly): *'
n\v Saar Fall,
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