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Dry-Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Fancy Goods, Notions, Cotton Yarn, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Queensware, Wooden ware, Tobacco and Cigars, Brooms, Baskets, . With your fingers you can touch the very bricks— large, square shaped and massive—that were "thoroughly" burned, the very mortar, the slime, now hard as granite, hand led more than four thousand years ago bv earth's impious people. From the summit of the mound, far away over the plain, we could see glistening, bril liant as a star, the gilded dome of a mosque, that caught and reflected the bright rays of a morning sun. This glittering speck was the tomb of the holy Ali. To pray before this at some period of his life; to kiss the sacred dust of the earth around there at some time or other; to bend his heavy body and count his beads is the constant de sire of every devout Mahommedan." A SHREWD WAY OF CATCHING TIIIEYES.—The Paris papers reveal a new style of theft by which jew elers are losers. The thief enters the shop of a dealer in diamondsand pearls, and asks to see some small unset stones. He is well dressed and wears colored spectacles. The stones are laid before him, spread on a paper. Being very near-sighted, as his glasses prove, he is obliged to bring his eyes so near to the gems that he can pick them up with the tip of his tongue, and he keeps them in his mouth until out of the shop. If he fears detection, which seldom oc curs, he swallows his treasure —whence the slang name "swallow it raw" giv en to this class by the thieves' fraterni ity. One of them was caught the oth day. The diamond merchant, put up on his guard, said he had no small stones, but would have a large supply the next day. A policeman was in waiting; the diamonds were laid out upon papers previously impregnated with an extremely bitter drug, which when the thief put his tongue to them acted so violently on hissense of taste that he instantly rejected what he had just taken. The policeman appeared and the thief was taken in the act. REPENTANCE.—Nothing is more misunderstood than the nature of repen tance# Too many imagine it is merely to cry for mercy; or, at most, only to be sorry for what is past. But true repen tance is a thorough change of mind, which always produces a corresponding change of conduct. VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,419. RECEIPTS FOR FITS. Though no doctor, I have by me some excellent prescriptions, and shall charge you nothing for them ; you can not grumble at the price. Weare most of us subjected to fits; I am visited with them myself, and I dare say you are all. Now, then for prescriptions: For a fit of passion, walk in the open air, you may speak to the wind without hurting any one, or proclaim ing yourself to be a simpleton. For a fit of idleness, count the tick ings of a clock. Do this for one hour, and you will be glad to pull off your coat the next time and work like a horse. For a fit of extravagance or folly, go to the work house, or speak with the ragged and wretched inmates of a jail, and you will be convinced. "Who rnaketh his bed of briar and thorn, Must be content to lie forlorn." For afitofa mhi t ion, go i nto ach u rch yard and read the gravestones. They will tell you the end of ambition. The grave will soon be your chamber-bed, the earth your pillow, corruption your father, and the worm your mother and sister. For a fit of repining look about for the blind, and visit the bed ridden and afflicted and deranged, and they will make you ashamed of complaining of your lighter afflictions. LEATHER BREECHES IN THE OLDEN TIME.—How changed are the fashions from the olden time! in former days, remarks a contemporary, working men and mechanics and country people universally appeared in their leather breeches and apron, with baize, red or green vests. Working boys did the same. How changed, we say, the times! An apprentice has now a suit of broadcloth, in cut and style of the latest fashion, with cap, hat and boots to agree. But in the primitive times, all these things were strikingly differ ent. A young man of eighteen was genteelly and handsomely dressed in a pair of buckskin breeches, black or "buff" every week for his Sunday ap pearance at church, llis legs were covered to the knees with blue yarn knit stockings and his feet protected by coarse leather shoes, well greased and surmounted by brass buckles.— Remember, too, that he wore a checked or speckled shirt all the week, but a snow white on the Sabbath, and this he carefully took off when he came home, folded up and laid away for the next Sunday services. After long wear the leather trouserloons became greasy, and growing older, were only flexible when worn, for there were no stoves, furnaces or heaters to warm their garments at. PREDESTINATION.—A Missouri pa per contains the following which will pass without much urging: •'Do you believe in predestination?" said a captain of a Mississippi steamer to a Calvinistic clergyman who hap pened to be traveling with him. '•Ofcourse I do." "And you also believe that what is to be will be?" "Certainly." "Well, I'm glad to hear it." "Why?" "Because I intend to pass that boat ahead in fifteen minutes, if there be any virtue in pine knots and loaded safety valves. So don't be alarmed, for if the bilers ain't to burst, they won't." Here the divine commenced,putting on his hat, and began to look like back ing out, which the captain seemingly observed. "I thought you believed in predesti nation, and what is to be will be?" "So I do, but I prefer being a little nearer the stern when it takes place." ANALYSIS OF FOOD.—It is stated that a hungry man who sits down be forea pound of beefstake, tender, juicy, and an inch thick, and eats it, will find upon analysis that sixty-five per cent, of his steak was water; that eighteen per cent, will go to give him an alder manic fleshness; and that fourteen per cent, is assigned to warm him, and make him feel comfortable on a cold day. Of the flesh-forming ingredients, accor ding to l)r. Play fair, everyone, on an average, requires ninety-two pounds annually to keep up a proper bodily condition. If not obtained from steaks, then it must be secured from something else. Cheese is a great flesh-former (Bo per cent.) and, taken with beer, speed ily conceals all traces of unsightly bones. Two ounces of flesh formers per diem will keep a man alive if he is not forced to labor, but hard labor requires six, or the body will run short of starch and sugar, and go behind-hand in health and strength. In 100 parts of wheat there are 10 pounds of flesh, but there is nearly double the amount in the same quantity of oat meal. No DEFORMITY IN HEAVEN.—Dr. Holland has the following reflections on seeing a little lame boy who was singing ache* rful song: "It is pleasant to say to him and all the brotherhood of ugliness and lameness, that there is ev ery reason to believe that there are no such things in heaven as one-legged or club-footed souls—no such thing as an ugly or mis-shaped soul—no such thing as a blind or deaf soul—no such thing asa soul with tainted blood in its veins; and out of theSe imperfect bodies will spring spirits of consummate per fection and angelic beauty—a beauty chastened and enriched by the humili ations that were visited upon the earth ly habitations." THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. If all the Southern States are adr'fe ted, the full electoral vote will be3j.'; i absolute majority required, 159. Revolutions never go backward, and the present one will progress steadily, ' bringing in under the Conservative banner other States, and confirming by increased majorities those that have already cut adrift from Radical rule. No one, it is to be presumed, will de ny that the following States are abso lutely and hopelessly lost to the Rad icals for the next Presidential contest, viz; California, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio. They poll 119 votes, leaving 40 to in sure an absolute majority. With pre sent prospects, can there lie any doubt but that they can be readily obtained ? Indiana and Illinois give twenty-nine votes. Will not both of these States wheel into line? When we see in one year a change of 45,000 in the Radical majority in Massachusetts, may we not even hope for that fossil State, and still more so for New Hampshire and Maine? Then there are several of the Northwestern States which undoubted ly will cut loose from Radical rule with in the coining year, and it will be im possible, with all their hardihood of ac tion and defiance of the Constitution, for the extremists to negroize all the Southern States, so that some of them will undoubtedly vote for the Conserva tive candidate. Though it will take some time to reform the S nate, the Radical rule will be destroyed in the next House, and all power for further mischief taken from them. Let us then be be thankful for the bright skies above. We have an abiding convic tion that the Republic is saved.—-Na tional Intelligencer. A THRILLING SCENE.—About half past eight o'clock yesterday morning, the dwelling of William Sautage, on Wight street, between Campau avenue and Chene street, took lire during the absence of all the members of the family except the young children, who were locked inside while the mother went to a neighbor's. The flames spread rapidly, and before any effort could be made to check their progress, the entire building was wrapped in a sheet of fire. The agonized mother rushed into the burning building with the intention ofsaving her babes, but the smoke and hot ait stifled her and she was compelled to abandon the un dertaking. Jt seemed as though the children must surely perish, so fiercely did the destructive element rage; the flames leaping and curling above the doomed building like a mass of writh ing, angry serpents. The mother was in despair, and her screams for help were truly pitiful. Finally a young man, named William Plass, determin ed to undertake the rescue of the chil dren. Wrapping a wet blanket about his person, he sprang into the building, and groping his way to the kitchen, where they were known to be, he brought them forth in safety. Five minutes' delay would in all human probability have sealed their fates, but happily they were uninjured, abhough their clothing was considerably scorch ed. The grateful mother could find no words to express her joy to the heroic preserver of her children. — Detroit Free- Press. How NAPOLEON TRAVELS.—The special train in which the Emperor Napoleon went with hissuite from Par is to Saltzburg, is described as exceed ing in comfort and elegance anything of the kind that has hitherto been known. The train consisting of nine carriages, communicated with each other by tastefully decorated bridges. In the middle was a handsome sitting room, furnished with chairs, ottomans, sofas, mirrors, pictures, clocks and chandelier. On one side of the room was the dining-room, and on the other the Emperor's study. In the middle of the dining-room there was a table, capable of being extended or contract ed at pleasure, with easy chairs placed parallel to the sides of the carriage.— The Emperor's study contained an elegant writing table, a clock in the style of the renascence, a thermometer, a barometer, and a telegraphic commu nication was established with the apart ments of the various Court officials traveling with His Majesty. Next to the study was the bed room of the Em peror and Empress, with two beds placed transversely against the sides of the carriages. The dressing rooms were attached to the bed room. The remaining carriages consisted of a kitch en, a wine cellar, and the apartments of the Emperor's suite. There was al so a conservatory filled with the choi cest flowers. CAN ANY ONE TELL?— Can any one tell why men who cannot pay small bills, can always find money to buy liquor,and treat when happeningamong their friends? Can any one tell how young men who dodge the washer woman and are always behind with their landl >rd, can play billiards night and day, and are always ready for a game of poker or seven-up? Can any one tell how men live and support their families who have no in come and do not work, while others who are industrious and constantly employed, half starve? Can any one tell how it is that a man who is too poor to pay for a newspaper, isableto pay a dollar or two a day for tobacco, whisky or cigars? —lll-natured peoplesay CharlesSum ner is to change the title of his lecture from "Are we a nation?" to "Am I a husband?" —A number of Pennsylvanians are buying farms in Tennessee, especially in the neighborhood ot Chattanooga. —General Grant has issued new reg ulations for the examination of appli cants for appointment in the Regular Army.