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THE HESPERIAN STUDENT.
The green pint of leaves consists of
cells so arranged as to suit the climate or
locality when! they grow indigenous. In
some plants the cells are very loosi'ly ar
ranged so as to leave a great number of
air passages for a free egress of moisture:
in others the cells are very compact and
Woll does .Mr. Ituskin say, "Science gives
lectures now.a.dnys on botany lo piovethat
there is no such thing as a ilower, on hu
manlly to show that there is no such
thing as a man, on theology to show that
there Is no such thing as a Clod but only a
se-ics of forces." Tin cnnrhulm, ,i.
their position changed in order to hold all dueed from the above citations are
front, and gazed upon the glowing and en
thuslastlc face of the singer. Mr. Olney
was seated in an arm-chair, rocUimr irentl'v
forward and backward, and cccasionallv
fnu !.... 1.1. . . ,., . ... J
Wliuro ll rnliiH mid khowm iilwnys;
Anil take motoSt.Thonuif,
Where tlui lovely eurthquiiko phi.
Anil tho hurricane lx lighted
ly tho neut MitcnaoV blaze."
the moisture possible
See how clearly design is shown in the
different varieties of cactus, growing as
the do in countries which have long hot
sea-ons during which little rain falls,
when their stalks and foliage above and
their roots beneath, being early cut oil' by
drought, the plants rest securely in their
compact bulbs, tilled with nourishment,
and retaining their moisture until the
rainy season comes, when they put forth
leaves and buds with great rapidity, milk
inir what was an arid waste of sand green
with foliage and gay with blossoms in al.
most a day. The leaves of the Oleander
furnish another instance of peculiar con
struction. While most leaves of plants
have only two layers of cells upon the
upper sui face those of the Oleander have
four, of hard, thick-walled cells, arranged
on end and closely packed together. All
who have grown this plant know how a
thrifty plant taken from the garden in the
fall and placed in the cellar, soon from
lack of moisture the leaves become dry,
often curling up, and the plant looks dead.
But when planted out in the spring time
the leaves soon become bright and green
flowering much more profusely than one
that has been growing all winter.
4th. Carnivorous plants.
Howstrange to think that plants cat in.
sects and how curious the contrivance pro
vided litem lor catching their prey. The
com
pletely summed up in an extract taken
irom .ittcli l.mnu Aye. "It is impossi-j
oio 10 conceive too grandly of nature, or
of the unbroken harmony and continuity
of its movements. Tho very inagnlll-
cence of Us order is only a Anther illus
ann.ngl.lslaeewithareal red bandanna,; A Ncb'rnskan add, in something of the
....... ... o.,H, , m.r ,AVimy roared, '., Htriiin,
.. .....i m. mei mi me Dull. I IhuilKlit 'twould be
rlKlit
To pretend tluit woneer liml met till Unit night;
Hut w lion the captain n me lie eamn n r ty
elmnee.
Anil iixod nio nil Tor to Join In tin? dunce-."
The remainder of the song I cannot recall.
I do not think I ever heard It before or
since. But the Imnrcssimi mnl. i,.,.
I ----" ,.v till, ri, u
Anil take mc down to Khukiih,
Where the pay itriiHKiiopper prowl.
Anil tnko nu to Ncbrawku
Whore tlui Kttrl.x wind o'er growl-.
Or i?o1h down upon Um lmunchex
And Inyn back It earn, nnd howN.
It Is the constancy of Nebraska breezes
that gives ns such a dry, healthful climate.
ftltftll T jltlw. ...1...1 j ... . .
miuwii wi 1114 1111' WIN1I11111 IMP ti ll'n l I wi III Illli lititii .. ........ i I tt
'" "v" "- un I " inv uiiiv; itiia llllllllllllll. f'irlimu onnw. rii. .. .. . . .
very though, of a divine mind implies the thing was due to" the utter .,SoV Mr ' "'"urommst as a 1,1st-
pertection of wisdom, or, in other words, . Olney. He did not appear conscious that '-
ol order, as its expression. The more, he had an audience, and entered into his ' ''()l,ll'ss ,() " f()dncss for the listener
therefore, the order or nature is explained work with an artist's fervor, and with a ' w,' lllys M" l'ml),,rfer( h-H Hutgue. Tho
and Its sequences seem to run into one ' confidence in his ability to do the thing I Mo(,(!a wm! '"-'customed to sew up the
nnothet with unbroken continultv. onlv I "handsome." tlmt T mm- r,.,..,'i..,.. ..,. i uuniths of those women who were notori.
the mo'o and not the less loftily will we ! something morally sublime. Ions gossips. I am not so sure but that the
custom will bear transplanting. Isocrates
be able to measure the workings of the
divine mind.
Iacoii.
Svrups from my Note Hook.
IV.
OUH l'ATUON SAINT.
It may not be unimportant to us, as scliol
ars, to know that our patron saint is St.
Catharine, of Alexandria. There is anotli-
I er St. Catharine, she of Bologna; and an.
other still, St. Catharine of Siena; both of
whom were, undoubtedly, very excellent la
dies, and as much deserving of canoniza
tion as most of the papal enthusiasts who
enjoy that honor. Hut St. Catharine of
Alexandria, whose legend is very line, and
whose supernatural marriage with the in.
fant Savior is a favorite subject of art, is
vr.
THK 01.0 AND THK NKW l'AUANISM.
It is wonderful of what kindred bone
and sinew are the Old nnd the New Pag
anism. An ancient Roman poet, Catullus,
in the famous ode Ad Lesbia, says
"Vhamus, moa I.ebln, atque nmenum.
Ilumorctquc Houuni tecrtorutn
Oilmen untus aestlmemuK nssln.
Sole occldere, et redlre poBHiuit;
Noble, cum fcmol oocldlt brovl lux,
Nox cot perputuii mm dorniluniln.
Ua nd Imaln inlllln, tlciiuk centum,
Delu inillo altera, iloiudu centum, etc."
"Let us live and love, my Lesbia, and let us
regard all the llitn-llam talk of austere old
age as of the same value. Suns set and can
rise again ; to us, when once the orief light
goes out, remains a night of perpetual sleep.
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
then another thousand, then another bun-
whole plant of what is called Catch-lly I Pllrones.s of education, science, philoso-1 tired," and so on.
Pink is covered with a gummy substance P'O'. d of all btudentsmul colleges. "As j Nw all this w
- . ..a .. . -. ... ...
I when flies or other insects alight' Pir"Hess ol eloquence", says Aldmo. Clem-1 simon-pure neatlien. Ueath w
it, they arc stuck fast. In summer time I l'u,, "'S'K' v,"it'' or "II diseases of the , him the end of him, and he was not d
and
on
you can see one of these flow
twvereu wmi gnats, ines and mosqu
Another more striking is that or J)rocrt
rutumUfolia or Sundew. This curious lit
tie plant, instead of leaves closing upon
its victims, has long, rcddiMi hairs tipped
with smnll drops of a clammy fluid, ap.
pearing like dew glistening in the sun.
shine. An unsuspecting insect, seeking
to allay its thirst or obtain food, sees these
glistening drops, eagerly alights upon the
leaf, when the long hairs suddenly fly
bnck upon him. Did we ever realize
charged a youth two prices, because he
would have to teach him two sciences; how
to talk and how to keep silent. Having first
learned to talk we should then be able to
listen, and listen well.
This silence should not be like that of a
stone, arising from inability butthat of con
scions power. Where there is exclusive ret
icence, the suspicion is engendered that they
are like the cracked bell which refused to
ring lest it revealed its defect.
To those who wear a profound look the
saying of Fox concerning Lord Thurlow
applies, '-I know Thurlow must be a great
hypocrite for no one can be as wise as ho
looks."
Shakespeare says :
There are a IiohI of men whone vicnjreti
Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond;
And do a wilt nl FtllliHw entertain,
With purpoHo to be drenned In nn opinion
Of grnlty, wicdom, profound conceit."
The golden mean lies between too great
reserve and extreme loquacity. Convcrsa-
natural in
as to
ot dispos
ers literallvl 0llKut'" malady peculiar to extempore , ed to forego any pleasure, nor listen to the tion should resemble playing on a harp
niosquitoes i sIH'kers; chiefly, in so far as my own ob-. moralatics of the "sere and yellow leaf," where as much depends upon holding tho
scrvation extends, in the torm of Inmenc. ' out to make the most ol present opporluni-
iler date Is:l07; and her burial place was ' ties. Consequently, he says to his girl,
Ml. Sinai; from which the famous convent , "Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred;
of St. Catharine, founded by the Kmpress I and keep on giving me thousands and bun-
Helena, takes name. dreds.and let us be happy in that fashion
St. Catharine was iiIm patronc of Yen. i while we may, for that is all or it."
Ice.
V.
And Matthew Arnold, a poet of the mod.
em classical school and a son of old Dr.
Thomas Arnold, whose written words still
stir devout thoughts in many spirits, lias
got back, by the emancipation of science,
(usque sentiment and ludicrous Knglish! Ah.lovt, let us be true
MINUS OK THK I'KOI'l.i:.
I was a boy of thirteen, when I discover-
ed that there is a vast body of popular songs
that flowers were cruel nnd deeentive'i which arc not down in any of the books.
Perhans the most wnndnrful r ti.iu i.t.,.i , nor recognized as of resiieetable narcntairc
;f Plnnfe is the Dionea or Venus' Fiy.j but which enter into the joys and sorrows' i Sm
1 raj), common in some of the Southern of ' Kr'il1 " ''' humankind, to the nl. . Lny ko llu, toW r lirj.i,t Hr,u0 r,,rlM.
State. On the summit of each leaf is an mo l,,',M' e.vlu-lon of verse-, more litera- lint now I only liLnr
arrangement which acts liken steel trap I rS- ,Iow ofl,!" I,avc "'Ml-'d ) listen to ItH mulancholy. long, wlilidrawiiigro:.r,
Themoment a fly aliKhts upon its surface astableboy.a wood.sawyer,orliouse"lielp", I "'',,r,im,i'.,,; '" 1' "!,,lh
""b" i,h us sunacej J' - ,, Of the nigbt-w hid down tho vact edges drear
and brushes against any one or the se'venil i who was trolling some song lull ot gro-1 ..... k , nhlm-les of the world.
long bristles that grow there. Then the
trap suddenly closes, often catching the
intruder. The more it struggles to gel
free tho tighter it is pressed, and after all
motion has ceased within the trap slowly
opens; ready for another victim.
I might further point out the means for
scattering the seed, the adaptability of
leaves for special purposes. Can wo not
see in all this the work of a designer
Why does the majestic oak bear fruit only
as largo as tho end of your thumb, while
the squash vine bears fruit as large ns a
wash tub? Why does the juice or sap of
some plants yield such delicious sugars,
nnd others the rankest poison ? Because'
it is natural, you say; but, frnnkly, how
tinnB.naT?ro t0 8?urae ch contradic
Mohb? If one yields poison, why not all?
cords as vibrating them to bring out the
music.
Madame Hecamier, the most beautiful
of Erencli women, was noted for thnt at
tractive reticence which draws out and
wins people. She was noted for her cour
teous and uniform attention. She drew
out her fiicnds, and dazzled by their own
brilliancy they gave her credit for
thoughts which were in reality their
own. Make your companion pleased
And the question always occurs to me,
" Who can set such w ords to music ?" Hut
somebody evidently docs it, and the music
is frequently very tender and pathetic.
I shall never forget a Fourth of July boat
riilfj on Crooked Lake, New York a sheet
of water as beautiful as any in the wide
world. The trip was memorable, not for
the beauty of the scene, not for tho glory
of the day, and not for the great and happy
company who were my fellow passengers.
The memorable feature of that memor
able occasion, was a song volunteered by
Mr. Olnoy, to an audience of several bun
dred people, and sung with a volco so loud
that he evidently intended to be heard.
Boy of thirteen ns I was, cold chills ran
down my back as I pushed forward to the
to the identical standpoint of Catullus, and I with himself and he will never tlnd fault
exclaims ! with you.
Robert Burns exhibited tine conversa
tional powers. Possessing a singularly
vivid imagination, a flue flow of Inn
gunge, having a voice and expression of
countenance Hint varied to suit the senti
ment, he fascinated by thoughts ns strik
ing and beautiful as the rugged Scotch
scenery of his native home.
Addison, whom Mary Montague con
sidercd unsurpassed in serious conversa
tion, was ever a deferant and respectrul
listener. Like most Englishmen ho was
never garrulous unless wine loosened tho
spell that bound bistonguo.
It is well occasionally to diversify our
conversation with a few brilliant flashes
of sllenco. To those, who like tho
stream "go chattering on forever," tho
Persian proverb applies: "I hear the
sound of tho grinding but see no meal."
Let us follow tho example of tho French
soldiers at Fontibras who with beautiful
politeness requested tho enemy to fire
flrst. It would also bo well to keep tho
scriptural injunction in mind, "Bo swift
to hear but slow to speak." G. M. L.
To one another!"
lie sees faith going; he believes little or
nothing; and like Catullus, as his last and
only resource, turns to his girl and asks
her to love and be true to him. "Ah, love,
let us lie true to one another!"
Thus are the old and new pagans alike
thrown back on " Basin mille, deindo cen
tum." They see no particular hope in tho
future, and vote sexual reciprocity the only
tangiblo happiness.
VII.
COMPANION VK11BK8.
When Mr. Seward added Alaska to our
national domain, nnd attempted tho pur
chase of tho island of St. Thomas, some
one wrote in the N. Y. Herald
" O take me to Alaekn,
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