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HEEOXTHBBANGBL Picturesque Description of How tho XJoys Drive the Cattle. A picturesque , hardy lot of fellows , these ' 'cow-boys , " as they sit on the ground , by the fire , each man with his can of coffee , his fragrant slice of friec bacon on the point of his knife-blade , or sandwiched in between two great hunks of bread , rapidly disappearing before the onslaughts of appetites made keen by the pure , invigorating breezes of these high plains. See that brawny fellow , wi.th the crisp , tight- r > ' * curling yellow hair growing low down it on tile nape of his massive neck.rising straight and supple from the low col lar o ! his loose liannel shirt , his sun- browned face with the piercing gray eyes looking out from under the broad brim of his hat , his lower limbs clad in the heavy "chaps" or leather overalls stained a deep reddish brown by long use and exposure to wind and weather , his revolver in ' 'its holster swinging from the catridge- filled belt , and his great spurs tinkling at every stride , as , having drained the lost drop of coffee , he p uts down the can , and turns from the lire toward the horses , picking up as he goes the huge heavy leather saddle , with its high pommel and streaming thongs of raw hide , that has served him as a pillow during the night. Quickhy his "cayuse is saddled , the great broad hair-rope girths tightly "sinchecl , " the huge bit slipped into the unwilling mouth , and with a bound the active fellow is in the saddle. Paw , pony , paw ; turn your eyes till the whites show ; Jay your pointed ecirs back ; squeal and kick to your heart's content. Oh , buck away ; you have found your mas ter ; for the struggle does notlastlong. The practiced hand , the heavy spurs , the stinging whip soon repeat the al most daily lesson , and with one last wicked shake of thehead the wiry "cay- use" breaks into his easy lope , and away go horse and rider to their ap pointed station on the flank of the great drove. The others soon follow , camp is bro ken , tli § wagon securely packed ready for the road , and thevork of the day commences. The cattle seem to know what is coining. On the edges of their scattered masses Ihe steers lift then. ' heads and gaze half stupidly , half frightfully at the flying horsemen ; as the flunks are turned they begin clos ing in tO'W&rd one another , moving up in li-tie groups to a common center. Now and ihec a steer or some young bull mra hoadttrong or more terrified than Lss comrades , breaks away and canter off clumsily over the prairie. In a moment he is pursued , headed off , turned. cd driven in toward the herd again. AJ they "close in mass" to use an apt military phrase "rounded up" on all sides by the swift-Hding cow-boys , they arc gently urged onward by the drivers in tho rear , until the whole herd is slowly moving forward , feeding as they go , in a lo flo wide column , heading toward the break in the mountains that indi cates the mouth of the canon thiough1 which it is { o p&as. Gradually the prairie is crossed ; quiet'y ana gently the nervous brutes are crowdediuore aosely ! together ; two or t hree of the men gallop on ahead to th ; opening of the pass , guarded by two cone-shaped mounds like redoubts thrown out to protect the entrance to the fastnesses of the mountains , in or der to bead off stragplcrs and to turn the leaders of the herd into the narrow trail that runs in between the high , tree-covered , rocky walls of the can non. Spso-o-o ! ! gently call ing , quietly and patiently urging , the drivers bunch tho horned multitude together into one almost compact mass. So-o-p ! Sol gently ! gently ! push , boys , push in from both sides , curb your horses , ieep them quiet. So ! so ! drive slowly from the rear , press on slowly , yet firmly , until the head of the herd en ters the pass. Patter ! patter ! patter ! the rushing , confused roar of hundreds of hoofs striking the hard road-bed , a queer sound , filling the air with a lowyet penetrating noise , like the falling of millions of hailstones on dry leaves , not the heavy and sharp ringing tramp of iron-shod horses , but a shuffling , soft , although distinctly marked muffled rolling , something like that produced by the distant passage of a "heavily laden freight train. Slowly , irresistibly onward through the wild canon the frowning walls of sand stone and gigantic pines towering on one side , on the other and below , rushing and foaming over its rough bed , the river pushing like a stream of liquid lava from some vomitingcra- ter , long drawn out in a crowded , dense column , on the narrow , winding trail , moves the mighty herd. A thick , smoke-like cloud of yellow dust- through which the sunlight breaking lights up the tangle of horns , swaying and tossing in the distance like foam cresting the angry billows of some dark , storm-lashed torrent hovers above ; a heavy , sweetish odor fills the air ; and mingling with the pattering rush of the hoofs and the roar of the stream comes the occasional booming bellow of some frightened steer. Very slowly and cautiously the herd moves forward ; sometimes there 5s a halt in front ; those hi the rear crowd-up more closely ; very gently , and with soothing cries , the experi enced cow-boys urge them on again. It is ticklish work , for a momentary panic may drive scores of them down theprecip'itous sides of the mountain. Already this morning an unfortunate steer , pushed in a sudden , panicky rush of his companions over the edge of the trail , has fallen down into the foaming tcrrent , and been dashed to death on the jagged rocksv a hundred feet below. Riding slowly in the rear , look along the trail andoverthe backs of the advancing cattle up the canon ahead Sometimes the road descends until the stream licks the earth at its side , spreading in little shallow pools across it , sometimes cutting through it , as it curves abruptly around some point of xocks , only to recross it again further on. And now the canon widens , and , lucceedinc the hish rock walls and great trees , its sides gradually merge into gently rising , grass-coveredslopes , the river too is broader , its surface shining like polished silver , and be traying its onward movement only by an occasional soft ripple and low lap- lap of the water against its overhang ing banks , from which breathing out the sweet fragrance of thousands oi newly opened buds , the wild rose bush es hang down their slender branches. Away up the slopes , dancing and nod ding their pretty heads in the soft breeze , the gayly coloredyild flowers yellow sunflowers , daisies , blue harebells mingle their bright hues , melting into one another on the dis tant round hill-tops , covering them as with a carpet of the softest velvet. Let the herd move more easily now , drifting slowly along , and opening its ranks a little , so as to enable the hun gry brutes to crop at the fresh juicy grass as they go ; you have leisure to open your saddle-bags and take a lit tle lunch , stir le pouce , and a "swig" of whiskey and water , if you have any. Or you can light your pipe as you let your bridle fall on your caytise's neck , and lounge inyoursaddle , foldingyour arms and resting your elbows on the ( fat , round top of the ' high pommel , keeping , however , a'watchful eye on your charges lest some adventurous two-year-old wander away from tho drove and lose himself in the deep cou lees or ravines that , cutting through the rounded spurs cf the hills , run down to the edge of the trail. " Al though the sun is now high in tho heavens , atid pours down the full pow er of his rays , the breeze tempers the heat , and there rises no blinding , choking dust from the soft grass , ex cept a little cloud now and then where some tyrannic bull or surly steer wid ens the space about him by a short , vicious charge afc some encroaching comrades. The afternoon wears slow ly away , the herd constantly advanc ing except for a short halt no.w and again at some inviting spot , where the grass grows luxuriantly or the stream crosses. The hills are smaller , there are wide openings between them and soon a broad plain , rich in the jnar- velous color of its shifting light and shade , and covered with brown wav ing grass and great patches of bluish- groy sage-brush , fitrelches to the far hori/pn , flat and apparently level as a billiard table , full of promise and rest and refresh men t for the hot and tired beasts. R. P. Zogbaum , in Har per's Magazine for July. ' The P6ct and tlic Xoblc. From Studies in Russia. A young poet had written a most ; scurrilous poem , in which he had de- | scribed and libelled not only the Em- ! press , but also all the Grand Dukesj and Duchesses. Some one , the censor of the press , went and told the. Em press. "The man had better be sent ! oil to Siberia at once , " he said ; "it is' not a case for delay. " "Oh , no , " said the Empress ; "wait a little , but tell tho man I desire to see him at 6 o'clock" bo morrow-evening. " When the poor- man was told this , he felt as if the last hour was come , and that the Em peror ( AlexanderII. ) must intendhim- , self to pronounce a sentence of eternal ! exile. He went to the palace , and was shown through all tho grand state- , rooms , one after another , without see- ; ing anyone , till at last he arrived at a small commonplace room at the end ! of them all , where there was a single ! ; able with alamp upon it , and here le saw the Empress , the Emperor , and all the Grand Dukes and Duchesses- whom he had mentioned in his poem. . 'How do you do , sir"saidtheEmper or. "I hear you have written a most ! ) eautiful poem , and I have sent for' you that you may read it aloud to us ! rottrself , and I have invited allthe' jrand Dukes and.Duchesses to come ihat they may have the pleasure of learing you. " Then the poor man jrostrated himself at the Emperor's eet. "Send me to Siberia , sh-e , " he said , "force me to become a soldier ; only do not compel me to read that ; oem. " "Oh , sir , you are cruel to r use me the pleasure , but you will not je so ungallant as to refuse the Em- iress the pleasure of hearing your verses , and she will ask you herself. " And the Empress asked him. When le had finished she said : "I do not think he will vrite any more verses about us again. He need noc go to Siberia just yet. " A nobleman had entered into a con spiracy against the Emperor , and was sentenced to Siberia. His eyes were jandaged , and he was put into a dark carriage , and for seven days and nights they travelled on and on , only stopping to take food. At last he felt ; hey must have reached Siberia , and , n the utmost anguish , he percei rd ; hat the carriage stopped , and the miidage Avas taken off his eyes , and le was in his own home ! He had been driven round and round St. Peters- jurg the whole time ; but .the fright quite cured him. The Nail of tlie Future. American Machinist. " Iron cut nails are fast going out of ashion. Steel cut nails are driving ; hem out. Wire nails are coming into use f ith great rapidity , and the de signing of machinery for making them s taxing the inventive ability of many ; ood mechanics. It is the opinion of some who have carefully studied the mechanical and metallurgical pro gress that steel-wire nails are destined ; o come into common use in the near uture. Old Bessemer rails will come upon the market in large quantities > efore many months have passed , be cause they are wearing out faster than was thought possible in the earlier days of steel tracks. Mr. Masters has shown that they can be melted in an ordinary cupalo and molded into good castings , but it is believed that they can be utilized with more profit by drawing them intowire. . Old steel rails can be readily worked into wire of good quality suitable for nails. A mill has been erected in _ _ Syracuse for making wire from old rails , but it has not gone into operation. How fast steel-wire nails will come into use de pends largely upon how fast old steel ails are thrown upon the market. JENNIE JUNE IN EDEOPE. and Wonderful Munich Sculp ture Taken From the Palace of Sardanapalus. Paintings by Bembrandt , Raphael , Ban ! , Goldo and Correcjlo The Eoyal Palaca and a Gold Bed that Cose 800,000 Jflorins A Monarch Who Prefeis Music to Hen and "Who Lives In the Country. Special Correspondence. MUNICH , BAVABIA , August 17. "Do not go to Munich. " said everybody. "Hot , dreadful place in summer , with nothing to eat or drink but bread and cheese and beer. " Condemnation naturally makes a certain amount of impression upon ignorance none of the party had ever been to Munich , and only one was anxious to see the mother of so much of our modern art. The general impression was that Mu nich w.as musty , and smoky , and old , and generally unfragrant , and like the of ' " " pictures the'"Impressionists" of the Munich school which , howev er , are not old but usually very young. But we came to Munich all the same , and were surprised , as we have been everywhere , to find such bright and open spaces , such lovely squares , such handsome buildings , such youth , such enterprise , such new life in the midst of the old , and in the capital of a king who is not social , does not love cities ; In short , separates himself from his people , though neglecting nothing that can conduce to their advantage. Munich is the Mecca of thousands of young art students and lovers of art , or who suppose themselves to be such , and imagine that the sight of what they have done will be enough to in spire them to do likewise. Especially in Munich is the peripatetic copyist to be found , carefully following the let ter of the original work , and wonder ing perhaps why it is not informed by the spirit. At least that was the at titude of one would-be artist , with long hair , who was diligently copy ing a Rembrandt. It was nearly rin- ished ; the lines were all there. It ought to have been exactly like the original , but it was not , and with cap set to one side he stepped back from his easel and evidently tried to criti cally survey his work. What was the difference between his picture and Rembrandt's ? Just the difference between Rembrandt and himself , neither more nor less. Was he able to see it ? The male copyist is generally young and has a pretty good time , even if his commons are short. He is not afraid of mounting stairs , nor of finding him self in a highly seasoned neigfibor- hood ; one attic is as good as another to him , and he has plenty of comrade ship in his daily fare which only cost him a few pfeing ( it takes five for a cent ) of bread and cheese and beer , or [ pr a treat , bread and sausage and the light wine common and cheap through out Germany. But with the women it is less easy. Some of them are old and worn looking , and it is pitiable to see them at a time when they should be enjoying well earned rest struggling in new "and difficult paths to obtain a livelihood. Others are young , and coquette with art , as they do with their ruffles , willing to believe that ihey are destined to become great , be cause they can daub a teacup or a wooden plaque , while here and there are many earnest workers striving in their own way to do good work and strengthen and improve their own powers. The work is one that tho mitators who come to the homes of mcient art do not turn about and go jack home again more quickly than ; hey came. The best that can be done n this field seems to have been done , and the best that we have to dayis but a copy and iteration of the past"It is jractical inventions and mechanics : hat to-day is king , but in imaginative conceptions and the working out of jnlliant fancies in4lovely and poetio joems we seem only to be able to copy ihat which filled the world with beauty centuries ago. The growth of Munich is an art centre is not , however , in the ine of its ancient achievements. These aid a foundation of strength in truth- ul drawing and graceful form. They ; ave to Munich its beautiful specimens of architecture , as fine as any in mod ern Europe , but the art of the draughtsman is little valued by the irtist of the modern Munich school , lis aim is color a good thing in its right quantity and place. Where to begin in Munich is the question. Shall it be with the Maxi milian Gallery , a handsome structure with a fine facade , with royal palaces , he old and new Pinakothek , or the Bavarian National Museum ? It is diffi cult to say Munich is a city of surpris es. Here a Roman arch , there a Greek gateway , everywhere sculptured tig- ires , which produce in the mind con- used images of kings and poets , he roes and philosophers , warriors and artists , as you perhaps drive or walk > ast them with a guide , whose German English or German French reduces the confusion to absolute chaos. The "Propybrea" gateway will perhaps ad mit us as well as any other entrance. , [ t is on the same square as the "Glyp- .othek , " or Hall of Sculpture and ic s an imitation of that in the Acro polis. Its colums are Doric on one side and Tonic on the other , and it is adornod with bas-relief representing the Greek war of independence and the of Otho. The " reign King "Glypto- thek" is suggestive of Greek art ilso , althougnthe interior might be Pompeian or old Roman. The Halls , of which there are thirteen , are devo * ted to ancient sculptures , are divided into Assyrian , Egyptian , Hall of In cunabula , .aSginetan Hall.Hallof Apol- loBacchusNiobe , Hall of the Gods , of Heroes , Roman Hall , Trojan Hall , Hall of Colored Sculpture and Hall oi Modern Works. The Halls of the Gods , of the Trojans and Heroes are ornamented with frescoes by Cornelius and with reliefs by Schwatnhaler. .ZEginotan Hall contains fragments from a temple of Minerva found in tho island of JEsrina , and which are con sidered of great importance. They consjst of parts of two groups repre senting scenes in the Trojan war. The faces of all antiques seem to be vacant totally destitute of expression the energy and intelligence are ex pended on the anatomy , which is splendid. The collections here must be invaluable as studies , and are so varied as to embrace the entire field of plastic art Of the gods and heroes , poets and philosophers , most of them are familiar to us in plaster casts or copied busts in bronze or marble. The Hall of Colored Sculptures is interest ing , and.that of Modern Masters con tains the "Adonis , " by Thorwaldsen ; "Paris , " by Conova , and "A Disputed Raphael. " The halls are lighted from a central court or quadrangle and the entrance to tho Assyrian Hull is guard ed by two colossal lions with human heads casts'from the originals in the Louyre which were taken from the palace of Sardanapaus. A group de signed by Wagner of Rome , and exe cuted by Schwanthaler , represents Minerva as the patron and protectress of the "divine" art. Each hall is dec orated in accordance with the objects and the period they represent , with which it is filled , and in the niches on. either side of the entrance are marble statues of mythical or historical per sonages , and at the oides persons fa mous in the history of sculpture Thorwaldsen , Canova , Ghiberti , Peter Vischer , Michael Angelo. Schwan thaler and others. The Maximilian Sallery occupies a commanding posi tion above and beyond the Maximilian Bridge , which crosses the Isar , and at the end of Maximilian Strasse , a fine street which the river divides from tho gallery and the park. The edifice was founded and built by Maximilian II. to give a post-graduate course to stu dents who exhibited special aptitudes 'or various departments of civil ser vice , and it was completed with funds which he left for the purpose. It is a grand monument to his memory and jontains some line historic pic tures ; among others the "Construction of the Pyramids. " by Gustav Richter ; Kaulbach's "Battle of Salamis , " a "Crucifixion of Christ , " byHanschild ; igures and costumes painted from : hose in the Oberammergau Passion Play , and a "Nativity , " the last work of Johan Schrandolph , done when he " was seventy-nine. "Other great pic- , ures are "Luther Before the Diet at kVorins " Sehnorr ' "God , by , Piloty's de Bouillon " "Elizabeth of frey , Eng- and" and "Maximilian , " "Peter the jreat ( in a workingman's dress ) Founding St. Petersburg , " byKotze- Dal , and others which I have not time or memory to enumerate. Piloty is ; he master of the Munich art of to-day " and stands as the exponent and repre"- sentative of the new school. Of course the Maximilian Gallery is onlv the soup before the dinner com pared with the "Old Pinakothek , " which is the glory of Munich , etnbrac- ins the famous Dusseldorf Gallery and the cream of many collections. The name is from the Greek and signi fies a repository of pictures. Like most other important buildings in Munich , it is modern , not having been finished till 1836 or ' 37 , and is in the Rennaissance style , with , as has been said , a suggestion of the Vatican about it.- It is adorned with upwards of twen ty statues of celebrated painters from sketches by Schwanthaler. There are eleven large salons and twenty-four small rooms or "cabinets , " all crowded with pictures arranged in proper chronological order , with tho name of the painter attached to each picture , there are no fees at these galleries , and they are open daily except Saturdays. Even the Bavarian Museum , one of the - a4 * * . Gnest and most perfect in the world in its collections of tho art and industry of all ages , is open free on Sunday though with the exception of Wednes day it charges a mark ( twenty-five cents ) on the other days for admission. It is a curious thing that a Govern ment for the people and by the people does as little as possible for tho people probably on the principle that what is everybody's business is nobody's. While all over Europe , the collections , the galleries , the museums , the parks , tho palaces even those which nomin ally belong to the Crown are only held to be taken care of for the people. Individual gifts and benefactions of this kind ate subject here , as with us , to the will of the person who bestows them to his opinions and prejudices. What a Government does it must do for the whole , and especially for those who cannot otherwise obtain what it has to give. Thus the poor who have their work every day in the week , have free churches , free galleries , free museums and music in the parks in the afternoon to brighten their work on Sunday , which is m truth a day of rest and enjoyment to them. The old kings and dukes and electors have left a legacy to tho people , far beyond any aggrandizement power or money could bestow in these accumulated treasures , which were obtained often at much in dividual cost and sacrifice , preserved against the will of the turbulent who could not understand , their function or value , and left ns the most valued of all legacies to tne whole people. The wonder , too , is that the amazing amount of work should have been ac complished in so brief a time. Art in Germany in tho collective form did not begin till the sixteenth century. Albert v. was tho first royal coUector , and his taste was more for what we should call bric-a-brac than paintings. In Germany , however , we realize , more than elsewhere , how truly uni versal art is , and in how many forms and ways it can find expression. Tho utensil is as truly a work of art as the picture ; it embodies form , feeling and color , and though painting is best adapted foi ? showing life"without movement and stories without w-0rds that is to say , is a more flexible and adaptable medium than stone , wood or metal still it is all the more glory to those who succeed in extracting from these the vital principles they hold. I stop at the threshold of the old Rina Epther I cannot enter. It seem ed sacrilege to enter in haste the pre sence of Eubens and Vandyck , of Murillo and Durer , of Holbein and Temers , of Raphael and llembrandt , of Guido , Reni and Corregio , of the great masters of every school , not only in full dress that is , as seen in some one great painting or piece of sculp ture , but in smaller works and sketches , en famille , as it were so that with time and care one could study not only the historic sequence , but establish a personal friendship and intimacy with the illustrious dead. A short trip is well enough for a first bird's-eye view of Europe , but when one has found out what there is that one wants , it is best to devote one's lime to this , and not waste it or diffuse one's self over unimportant ( to us ) objects. Among the most interesting are the Molgemut and Durer pictures. These are painted mostly upon wood. There are twelve Durers , including his por traits of his master , Wolgemut , and himself. Rubens and Rembrandt ars magnificently represented , the former by seventy-six pictures , including cabinet sketches. Theso comprise "The Last Judgment , " " .The Massacre of the Innocents , " "The Battle of the Amazons , " and the famous portraits of the artist himself with his first wife , Isabella Brant , and of his second , the beauty , Helena Fourment. The Rem brandt series of Scenes from the Life of Christ arc among the most remark able works of that great artist the "Entombment" being considered the finest. The "New Pinakothek" con tains only modern pictures , and less than half the number in tho Old Pina kothek. It is , therefore less impor tant , yet the writer would make a ' gieat 'mistake who should neglect to pay it a visit. The building is in the Byzantine style , with exterior frescoes after designs by Kaulbaeh. It was built out of the private purse of Lud- wig L , and the collections were also paid for by him. In Founder's Hall on the ground floor is a fine portrait of the king painted by Kaul bach ; also a model in plaster ot the Quadriga , which ornaments tho "Arch of Victory , " and which was designed by Wagner in Rome. The lions are of heroic size. There is a superb vase of malachite in this hall , presented by the Emperor Nicholas , and some very beautiful porphyry vaces. Near the Quadriga are doors which admit the visitor to the Porce lain Rooms , where upon porcelain are exquisitely executed copies of the most famous pictures in the Old Pinakothek. These afford an admirable opportunity : of studying them in detail. Von Kaul bach is the artist best represented in pictures , and particularly in sketches , in this gallery ; but there are some very fine and striking pictures by : Piloty and other artists of the Munich > school "Thusuelda in the Triumphal Procession of Germanicus" by Pilotv , "The Attack of the Red Tower" by Defregger , and "The Destruction of 0 Jerusalem" by Kanlbach. "The Del uge" was the last work ( unfinished ) 1 of Karl Schorn , and the "Lord's Sup > per , " also unfinished , tho last of Heih- rich Von Hess. Some beautiful land scapes are by Zwengauer , and there are fine Scriptural scenes , with fig- ures , bv Scrandolph , whose sion" and "Christ Healing the Sick" are among them. Angol.ca Kauffman Is represented by two works "Christ and the Woman of Samaria" and n portrait of tho hereditary Prince Louis , afterwards King of Bavaria , at nine teen. There are numerous royal por traits , a series of portraits of artists by Kaulbach , and many historic sketches in oil ornamental frescos employed upon palaces and public buildings. Winterhalter , Brakelaerand De Keyser of Antwerp. Achenback of Hesse Cassel are names which look familiar as we take a hurried look through the rooms , coming back always to Kaul bach and Piloty , to Schrandolph and Heinrich Von Hess. The "Antiqua rian" consists of five rooms , the most attractive feature of which is the well- preserved figure of a young girl not more than seventeen. In our visit to the old palace designed by Peter Candid , wo saw not only the state apartments , usually shown , including the Niebelungen rooms , with the magnificent series of frescoes bv Sehnorr , and tho portraits of tho thirty-six beauties , but the private ' apartments , which contain some treasures of extraordinary value. There is one * room , a fancy of Queen Henrietta Maria , which is finished en tirely in exquisite Mosaic , and con tains a portrait of Beatrice Cenci so finely executed in Mosaic that it looks like the most delicate painting. The carved ivories , the porcelain , tho rich embroideries , and the metal work in these beautiful rooms dwarf even the "mirror" cabinet a boudoir lined with mirrors , and the gold bed , which cost 800,000 florins. The king X does not occupy these apartments , but lives in his "Winter Garden" when ho is in Munich , which is supplied with a lake upon which he can row , a prom enade upon which he can walk , and a 1 band which plays for his especial ben- i- etit. An oval roofing of metals and \ " tti\ \ glass on the top of the original build- i ing between tho tower and the colonade , is the exterior of the 1 Winter Garden , but it is dwarfed in the picture and does not show its length or proportions. There is a beautiful and well-kept garden be longing to the palace which is free to u the poor , and especially to women and * i children , all the time , and one cannot ; , but feel some admiration and sympa- > thy for a king who likes his life in the ' 'i ' mountains better than the life of cit- t ies and prefers music to men. , The Bavarian National Museum of Munich has a world-wide reputation j [ which cannot be helped by any words V of mine. It is simply incalculable in objects of arts and industry collected from and representing every part of the world , from the time of the Ro mans till to-day , but making a special task of presenting the development of the life and industries of Bavaria from works the most minute to those of largest proportions. Coins : through this museum is the work of weeks { One feels that to merely enumerate \ the objects would be tile work of a lifetime. We envy friends who are to remain and give time to the examina tion of these and other "Munchen" treasures , who will hear the grand music at the Niebelungen festival and take the beautiful city in its galle ries , its gardens , its collections , its in definable charm , in a satisfactory manner. Munich ia said to bo a very cheap I \ city to live in , and one could well be lieve it after lunching at two or three of the town restaurants. Carriage hire , too , is very cheap , but nothing is cheap to the short trip tourist , who must live in high-priced hotel , em ploy a guide and keep carriages wait ing while the places he wishes to see are visited. Moreover here we found the first deliberate extortion and mis representation practiced upon as at If a hotel which stands first upon ' r Baedecker's list , but did not scruple * ' \ to make a considerable overcharge for a very inferior table d'hote dinner. Copyrighted 1885. A Butterfly as a Mimic. By the margin of a small stream I jaught "Leptocircus virescens , " which Jerives protection from mimicking the liabits and appearances of a dragon- " lly , in a crowd of which it is often"to be found. In form it reminds me of the European genus nemoplera. It Hits over th top of the water flutter- ing its tails , jerking up and dovrn just \ is dragon-flies do when flickin"the tvater with the tip of their abdomens. IV hen it settles on the ground it is liflicult to see , as it vibrates , in con- slant motion , its tail and wines , so hat a mere haze , as it were , "exists f" v yhero it rests. Naturalist's Wander- \ t ngs. Tlie demonstrated fact that a huge Iron- lad , coating millions cf dollars , can be innfe y one blow from a properly placed torpedo , las caused all the leadini ; nations to busv hemselves with the double prob'em how to nake their ovrn torpedoes effective and bow parry the attack of an enemy's. The tor- icdo tested near Washington a few weeks nee penetrated a cliff of solid rock a distance f s-r feet. Such a torpedo would sink the freatest iron-clad in Europe in Ies * than tea ninutes. David , the Email man , would knocK 3oliab , the giant , out in a single round. Ihlcayo !