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From the Pittsburgh Gazette. 1
Hetaey and I .ire Out Onc More.
UY H. ELLIOTT M'np.IDE.
Ik-tw-y an.l I are out nm.-e more we've Lad
a trariiig ilht :
Ve au.i talked, and .-l.ihcd around
I trll you 'twa a igLt.
I kinder wih we La.hi't fought ; it st-Uis a
little ijuecr
That we -au't live like other folks, aud be
col. tented Ltre.
THE JLTTIC L.ODGK11.
XUMIUvK IK
lar, arul I am not sure but that she ly to fur-t-t, the loaf of Lre-i.l "ivm
had matle an extra loaf, in cxiec-tatk him bv the tailor's wife whi-n Le wlS
ot another call from her neighbor, but starving.
h dU not come, and in the course of 1
time Sally had enough to think of j
witUout leavmir her own room. Mat- I
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lbOl'T YMSXh. by a Wtman.
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tin- k:i:.l tier wr:tt-n bj
i:i i'Vi-1 v hnii-i-li .Id. its i ii
, i; prrticalnv wi.l ire
N . t w i ; li-t..u..in,r tiit-
..y treated, it s writ-
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of ('itiil.rl. tle i f
'!'!i "ii 'xl f ki'ln-. t
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. .. i'.-. The l'r . u n ver a ly
it w : .".T'f'-i t' . il f
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:ni t!--;t - irat'ki.iir. Pearl bine.
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New Yoi .-. ; t ltroud Itosioii.
lUtt Uetsey has a temper, tir, and
ieiajer, tt).
And when we io:i:raence to fight, we fi
me Laltlc tliroUj.-ti. j
In this, our lates-t intle fuss, the fairly
s rui:ehed me down;
She grabbed my silver locks, aud tore them
from luy crown. . j
She thra.-died m with a hazel ttick it might
be called a jMj'.e
And the n she t racked me on the head with
twenty lumps of coal;
She took nm by my Iioman uose the handle
OI my head !
She wrung and twiMed it about Oh ! gosh
ens how it bled .' ;
She said I'd never bought for her .anew and '
fehiiiT silk.
And then !he riung kerslosh on me a crock '
of buttermilk; j
She said 1 was an ugly man a mean aud !
lying cheat
And up her foot went, suddeu-like, and I
went oif my eat. j
"Now, Cale," tiiil .he, "just sit vou there, '
and lteu while I talk;
I'll show you now I am bos, and make vou '
toe the lialk.
You are a j.retry man, oh, dear! of high and
moral tone,
To lounge about that driuking hole, and
leave me here alone. i
The tailor lived on the second floor,
and did his K-st to make his living fat
his Wile .lllil fiinr -bililr.ti
Down stairs tin- sm-ill tnbnnnUt 1. i . ..5. 'l J1 -T ! J.YJOCJ,'
.. . - ' - v"--- "'vui, irauuu' iier own room. .uui- i
lived m a state of pcn,eturd anxiety ters did not prosper with the familv. ' oxe of the most exiev-epimky fev
abotit the tailor s rent, which he gener- Little Lena had the scarlet fever and j olutions ov kecofi. '
ally gave up piecemeal, and with lay for a loner time at death's door,
groans, as people glvc up their teeth, aI the work with which the mother 1 On the 11th of Dc-cemU-r, IT'.i at
r. , ... . UK1 I1UL "i5U lo l,a.v u neipcii to fill the family tUie was ue- t-igiit o clock m the morninc. the IVv
oui icause oi tne shortness cessarilv nerrlettod nn.l h.-r .ustovners 'I Algiers wa
his bilb
ol iiiiuls, common to many people.
L"ii in the attic lived the single lod
ger, of whom no one knew anything.
His name w as Smith, but what did that
tell when it was so common ? He w as
lean, and had hollow cheeks and anx-
ci iiiosii JKs tr scjjjxci:.
l't 'M IE Y S 1 ll.l.AR.
This remarkable shaft is situated
about two miles from the southern
gate of Alexandria, the fatuous eit v of
j Lower Lgvpt. and once its capitol. It
J is composed of rel oranite : the cap!
! tal. which i.- nine feet high.' is Ouin-
tiiian. Wltfi tvj'ii leaves .ntd tiof iii.h-Tit.
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grew angry and left h-r.
Then the babv died,
babv !
The mother wept bitterly. The
lather also Ioneed to ween, although
distributing psy to his
d. T
bae. whic h is one solid block
! soldiers in the courtyard of l,iJ1P1t,141 I ot marble, fifteen feet square, rots on
tin ! The ;rand Treasurer was with him U la-Vt'r of tone. Ih.uii.1 tognher
i K-side his secretaries and the nsnnl di. I V1
. V . business was, or that poor household. Finally the last
if he had any, no one knew. Perhaps atlliction fell 11,11 the tailor a felon
he wore stockings. The poor apothe- on his riirht thumk
t-ary of "Homeo andJuliet" put him i There "was an end to all it seemed
in mind of his attic lodger, when, Ik?- ' to both. Nothing Put the hospital and
mg presented with tickets by a theatri- ' the almshouse I fore tht-m. The rent
cal lodger, he went to sjicnd an even- was quite unpaid at last, and the to-
bacconist was in a fury, lie called fo
give him warning and a piece of his
Poor lit
c-cretanes andthe usual di-l ul- uau aua XUv ur
van : anl the numUr of soldiers was I lin'llur(1 are ot one pUve
aliout three hundred. It was under- ! , y l"'g nd nine
childion : , ;.. I itooil that th.- ,11 ovmi i "ei m mameier. me wnole column
- - - " v j v vvifcn. le lUXlfci K. 1M ' - - - hjv ' . , ti i
it was tlieir custom to In? on such oc-
mg with Shakspcare.
'Tie ain't like it in the face, though,"
thought Mrs. Tobacconist; ' his c lothes
is too good, Mr. Smith, that's all."
It was an acute remark. Mr. Smith's
clothes did not fit him too good, inas
much as they were a few sizes too small
for him. As for business, he seemed
to have none. At noon he went out
mind. On the morrow out he should
go. neck and crop. The tailor said
nothing. The wife, wom:ui-like, had
her word.
""Where shall we go?" she asked.
"We haven't a penny in the world."
"It is nothing to me where you go,"
-in hajw
" 'Tis ears ago Muce erst we met; you said
vou love.l me well;
loti said you d always 1- the same
I'lUi We'd dwell:
ou a:d you knew there ne'er wa.s one vou
would so loudly prize."
And while she spake, ah, me.' 'tis true, the
if.irs came hi Lcr eves.
her thus mv Det-
'rr. 'J.-, O'Dti -l"vrl:t ;-m ole line to'
- t s. t li -it sell at !it f ! f i 'lo i.i i s.
. .y t r . 1 1 m K t r?:r: d.. v. Ul a. t
at. ItANAi.i- i. I o . lir'uv.uy. N.Y
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tn ploj men t m :io::jf. ilar er evening':
re-; u i reel; futf iT.strui-tions and valu-
. U.- Hi (inuls si-nl (iri- liV Illilll. Ail-
: mX i i uts reli.ru faii), JI. Vut'.NU
l i r"ell w ie-ll-t.. N. Y.
-wanted for our immensely po
'. v !'s v I'HAKTs. iir large Map
: .1 Siati'f." uh ben lit if ill " Wot irl"
. -veisi fnir; S-ils spielitliJJy. tiicll
s wanted for our new Charts.
'!:i:i and t'liiid." and 'Christ
' in i li en." They tvlb ti:nj a plat e
tiome. II aasis.V l.rmiti HT.
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: -t i.iri i'hys': :i;-. Seat free
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leer. At twelve o'clock he disai-
jeared till midnight, when he let him
self in with a latch-key, and went to
bed without a candle.
"And lor all he told anybody about
himself," said the tobacconist's wife,
"he might have leen a ghost."
I "lut lies civil spoken, said the
tailor's wife, to whom he always said.
"Excuse me ma'am," when he found
her afloat on the staircase, in a imddle
unto the past the li.ain of ' .f i . - i
loll " a-'o I IU',1' iviict nairi, n nieii ill w a s lllll' ie
Vhcn she and 1 stood by the grave of ihr
ling little Joe.
I thought I'd like to say to her, "My Detsey,
to in .1 Weep;
If you forgive me, true it is I will my pre
uii.v kt-t-p:
I'll drink no more. I'll stay at home, for 'tis
a better plan,
And you ran help me, if you will, to be a
better man. ' '
'Twas very strange to s
sey shedding tears 1
I'm .-ure I had not s-cn her cry for mo
than twi-ntv years.
It look me back
15ut lietsey had the iloorjuat then I thought
1 wouldn't speak;
I thought I'd wait and hear her through, if
she would talk a week.
Li.u tie- rio. r I rested still aud sure 'twas
better thus;
If 1 had tried to take a chair there mi
Lave oeeu a Iiiss.
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"Have vou
.Vnd then she spake to me again;
forgot the past '
Have you forgot our sunny life before it was
o'ercast '.'
Ah.' C'ale, I truly loved you then you were
so kind and true
For many years I thought there was no bet
ter man than you.
"Ami when our little diirlings died, Eliza,
Kate and Joe,
They placed them in the quiet vale, and we
were full of Woe;
Vou were so g'K.d and noble then mv staff"
and only stay;
You sjx.ke to !ii- so tenderly, my troubles
p.i.ssccl aw ay.
"Tin- yars went ou and you grew cold you
cared no more for m
And somehow we commenced to tight, we
could no more aure-:
for a loaf of bread and a pitcher of said the landlord, "so that feet Vou
out of my rooms. 1 want thm for
honest people."
"We're unfortunate, but we never
mean to Ik? dishonest," cried the wife.
Then the husband, in an angry word,
bade her hold her tongue.
"It's all the same," he said ; "we will
no to-morrow, and now vou pro, Mr.
Landlord."
Then they were left alone, bemoan
ing their hard fate. There was abso
lutely nothing to eat in the house.
Sally looked at her empty flour bar
rel, at hcY wretched family, aud then
burst into tears.
"It's no use trying any longer." she
6aid. "If the Lord would only take
us. That's all I ask.'
She put the children to lK?d and sat
down upon a chair drawn by force of
habit to the hearth of an empty stove.
Her husband, between pain and anx
iety, was less sane than a madman.
lie paced the floor like a tiger, talk
ing to himself. The bit of tallow can
dle burnt low, the bitter wind rattled
the casement, the ram K-at against it.
"We shall be out in all that to-mor-
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.1 for rut J re evil consciences.
.' A ll ll LIC TAJiLllTS
! r a!i il"ettes of tiie Kt-spira-
'lliri.;t. ( . ','s. t'roiip. Iip-
r.'n: rh, Hoarsenc-s. lrj ness
n!i,pr. r UroiicLial Tubes,
- r ;';e I.unjrs.
' - i.'i-l-u coid, linwcvcr taken.
- .'i nild he ('roil: ;tiy ;ind freely
t ne eii i-ii lut :i n of hln 1.
i r.y ot the attack, and will, in
- i est. re h ai itiy net ivin lo t he
i tr Tablets arc put tip only
: :.ke no sut'Stitutey. If they
oiir ilruaifist.s m-t:,! itt nre
V. if )".. !.. who Will forwrd
. Ito n't ! J by Imi-
I'riee'-'act-. per t.o.v.
'i 1. 1 i'lat '-' N. York.
s le A-'e'it for L". Status.
the llackloards blacker than lie fore,
and was obliged to wade through the
flood with bread and lK?c-r. And the
tailor's wife, who had lived at service
in her youth, even ventured to hint to
her husband that she thought Mr.
Smith a gentleman. However this
fancy the tailor crushed it with a curse,
"Gentlemen don't wear any such a coat
;s that, Sally."
1'oor little tailor, he sat cross-legged
on his board and stitched, and mea
sured nun by their coats. If he had
measured or even mended more coats,
it would have been better for him and
his brood. Times seemed to grow
worse, custom less, the money harder row," said the man
to set. When the little man read in friend in the world."
his morning paper of men who shot i
themselves or took laudanum, he won- '
tiered whether they had four children j
with hearty apjetites, and a prosjK?ct
of having nothing to eat for several '
days. 'o thought of killing himself
lesides he had been told by his eler- '
gj man that suicide was wicked ; but ;
he couldn't help thinking. And the ,
civil lodger in the attic, how did he
fare '( One night when Sally, who had j
K-en mendimr and ironing and patch
ing the family rags all day, was eeo- ! turned, opened the door. Without
"We've got one friend, I hope," said
the wife.
"Who is he?' asked the tailor.
"(jod,'' said the woman. "Maybe
He'll find a way to help us. We have
not been very bad, Sam.''
"Better to have starved Ik? fore now,"
said the tailor. "We haven't any par
ticular right to exiK'ct miracles, that I
know of. Hark ! what's that ?"
"A knock," said the wife, and, trem
bling lest her landlord should have re-
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v.orti. sjii, m. ii grans to
very live m in whowill act
r.i-ss i tht i: "iiiorl !e. t-Jt.ii
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ittiout it. Must have iu No
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h irienic literature,
i-j.Y FRIEND'S SECRET.
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' . ,v"rr.y au'-1 previous health, and
--.. ' ' ''' tri.ir tot ou 1 a uttK.
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1 -'-'"v o-'i' 7-i,..1'01' l,ut ad'iress at one
i LEAN, l'ubiioher, FUiiaUelpkia.
and sijuandered all it
mv heart:
;ie. tl.o,;:;i thi- matter o'er. and.
C aie, we'd belter part."
This roused me up. Said I, "Old IV-ts, you
v jade!"'
(I telt as bi- as seven men and not the least
afraid. )
"I'm sure I haven't slandered all you've
got your money yet;
So keep it all and Use it all, and don't get iu
a sweat."
With that a heavy lick she struck me, and
knocked me on the lioor.
And then she rapped me on the head some
twenty times or more.
She pulled me ea.-t, she pulled tne west, she
grabbed me by tin- hair:
She riung me Hear across the roein and
smashed the roi king chair.
When I got out I came away, and now I
ha ve no home ;
I go away with saddened heart, iu this cold
world to roam,
The tears will come into my eyes, it seems
so lonely now ;
And then I ask, "How will I live?" and
echo answers, How?"
I am a very quiet man ; I hate these fights
and brawls :
I'd rather go and end my days within the
iHior-house walls.
I'd rather le Imth lone and oor, and liTe
ujH.ii the tovvu,
Thau have my Betsey jaw me so and daily
knock me down.
It seems so strange to lave my home when
1 am poor and old.
And go aw ay and wander round in this great
woild so cold ;
It s. ems so strange to leave the one with
whom I've passed my days ;
I should have lived a nobler life and tried to
lucud my ways.
I fear that IWsey "11 c ome to w ant ; she's get
ting old and gray ;
But cau I stay and help her ou along her
weary way ?
No, no, I cau't, she w rung my nose and drag
ged me all about,
And so you sec, it cannot Le ; for she and I
are out.
But now that I Lave left my home, I'll take
a solemn vow
I'll never drink another dram I'll start
anew from now ;
And while I live I'll live aright atone for
for all the past.
And strive to reach that better land and rest
in ieace at bust.
Shiulam., Allegheny Co., Ia.
An Akron, Ohio, cat, relying upon his
nine lives to save Liiu, allowed his tail to
swell, his spuie to curve, and with the
banner cry of hell"' emanating from his
jaws, waded into a buzz saw in rapid mo
tion. The cat was never seen again, but
the boss sawyer, who always stood with his
mouth open while at work, remarked to
his assistant that Le could taste "Uddle
strings and sausage meat Iu the air that
morning."
nomically using up tne lire by cooking
a loaf of bread in the stove oven, she
heard the lodger come in. He went
up stairs and paced the floor he came
out on the entry and creaked the stairs
lie seemed as restless a-s a caged tiger
and Ue had In-haved so for three nights,
instead of retiring at once, ns the tail
or's family knew he generally did by
the creaking and snapping of his bed
stead. "What can ail him?" said .Sally, as
she took her bread out of the oven and
j. ricked it with a straw, finding it done.
'What can ail him? I hope he ain't
sick or uothimr he is so civil, poor
clear."
Then Sally listened again.
"I declare ! he's coming down," she
said. "He must le sick, and there he
is knocking law !"'
Then she ojenel the door.
The lid of the stove was otf, and the
red light flashed on a hungry face,
with hollow cheeks and sunken eves.
The gaunt hand stretched itself out, scooped and in it lay a
and a voice said faintly : j packet
"Madame, 1 know you have a kind
stood the tall, iraunt liunre of the lod
ger in the attic.
"He's come for some bread," thought
the woman, and amidst her own trou
ble she grieved over the thought of re
fusing his appeal.
He made none, however. This is
what ho snid :
"Madame, awhile ago I took the lil
ertvof asking you for bread. Allow
me to return the loaf with thanks."
So he vanished. A whole fresh loaf
lay in the woman's hand. She carried
it in.
"This is more than I exiiec-ted," she
said. "You see (ocl is good.''
She lifted the side of the candlestick
a little. The light flared up.
"Now, mother,"' cried a child's voice
from the -lied, "I'm hungry."
Sally broke it in two. It parted with
singular ease. She gave a little cry.
It had evidently been parted l?efore
and joined together, and from the
heart a handful of crumbs had been
little white
casions (though there wtvs no suspicion
of any disaffection anions them) ; and
when one of them, after receiving his !
pay, arid kissing the Dey's hand, sud
denly drew a dagger, it produced a
great sensation i:i the court. When,
rnttfrswl of repenting him of this indis
cretion, and putting it back again into
his girdle, he proceeded to sheathe it
in the ley's breast, and then to shoot
him with a pistol, the excitement re
doubled. Yet, seriously enough no
IkxIv stirred, except hi inse'f. He rose,
ami "walked a few yard-s"I well re
collect the description of the w riter in
that gazetteer calling out to his at
tendants: "Among so many, can you
not destroy such a villain as tins?"'
and then dropped.
If his Highness could not do more,
it is scarcely imaginable to conceive
how he could have done much less.
Iut his assassin was as prompt in ac
tion as the other was slow ; he no soon
er had his victim on the ground than
he snatched otf the lev's turban. claj
Ied it on his own head, and seated
himself on the throne.
In the meantime a friend of this au
dacious character liad lodged a pistol
ball in the High Treasurer's collar
lione, given him two sabre cuts over
the head, and cut his right hand otf;
while four more conspirators for thev
were only six in all w ere "hard at
work with their pistols and sabres"
among the company generally.
In a recent Amciican description of
a free light, we read that "crowbars
and other sedatives" were used ; and
pistols and sabres seemed in this case
also to have had a narcotic influence,
for the company actually listened with
patience, during all these anarchial
proceedings, to a speech from the
throne, a sort of programme issued by
the new Dey, respecting the system
of government that would Ik? pursued
in future (for the man on the throne
had an idea that the virtue of sover
eignty lies in what he sits on, and real
ly imagined that he was firmly seated
in that supreme power which he had
himself shown to Ik? so precarious even
in a legitimate possessor of it.) He
told them that he was henceforth about
to govern the country on good prin
ciples, and especially that he would
declare war again-t a good many peo
ple who fancied that no danger was
hanging over their heads. "The coun
try is at peace," said he, "with a good
deal too many ;" and he especially
bade them to take notice that he was
a sov ereign "who would do justice to
all," at which observation he brandish
ed his sword alxmt his head in what
was, (totiOticss, icit to fx? a significant
manner.
Then he ordered the drums to leat,
and cannons to be fired, to give notice
to the city of a changed dynasty.
While this was leing done, one of
the chiauses, or messengers, of the
is one hundred and fourteen feet high.
It is erh-etly well polished, and only
a little shivered on the eastern side.
Nothing can equal the majesty of this
monument, which, seen from a dis
tance, overtops the town, and seems
to 1? a signal for vessels. Approach
ing it nearer, I'onipey's Pillar produces
astonishment mixed with awe; and
the Ix-auty of the capital, the length
of the shaft, and the extraordinary
simplicity of the jodestal, excite the
admiration of all travelers.
THE NEPENTHES.
One of the most singular produc
tions of the vegetable world is fonf
in the Monkey Cup, a tropical plant of
the genus Nepviithes. Thispiant has
always excited the admiration of those
w ho have examined its struct urs with a
view to the eoiitri tast e w hich itsostrC
kingly exhibited in the formation of its
leaves. It is a native of India a
soning the atmosphere. P.ut no mu-N
apprehension as lx-ii' oi,rir, ..
niephitic gases is expressed by the
inhabitants. They neither see nor im
agine any sanitary disturbance fr.-m
such a sotine. Investigation shows
that the conferva- is a vegetable grow t;i
actually modifying and purifying i x
hahitioiis passing up through the deli
cate covering. So much for fart. With
us a green pool near a dwelling is de
noiiiiced as a nuisance requiring im
mediate destruction Kcause it will
gene rate disease. Skim oil" the purify
ing conferva-, and that which excites
apprehension and disease from the?
M.:ign:uit surface would soon work dis
astrous eiiects.
MARKET ABLE FISH".
With us, fish die in the boat soorr
after K ing taken from the hook or out
of a net. When the fishermen have
caught a freight, then they sell the lot
on arrival at the wharf. Consequent
ly the fish have 1h.-cii dead several
hours. Their decay is exeeedincrlv
f-iprd. So no one knows in buying a
dinner whether they are precisely fresh
or not. Ice water and ice kevp'npnp-jK-aranccs
long enough to sell otf the
day's stock.
In Chinese markets fish are swfni
ining alive in tanks, so a consumer
makes a selection. That excellent cus
tom is lK-ginning to Th? introduced in
many Kuropenn cities. Some attempts
have Ken made here, but it is ratlitr
troublesome, so fishmongers continue
to consult their profits rather than the
stomachs of their patrons. That i
herbaceous plant, with thick roots, and natural enough, and jK-rhaps in such a
a simple stem crowned with flowers variable range of tc injK-ratnre as we
disjHjsed in branches. The leaves are have hereabouts, fish do not legin to
alternate, partly embracing the stem decompose for a day or two, properly
at their base, and terminated bv ten- cared for in shambles.
drils. each of which snpjiorts a deep j
membranous urn of an oblong shain?. '
closet! by a little valve like the lid of
a box. This apjiendage to the leaf
apjears to be as desigiu-d and studied
a piece of inechai:im as anything we
can min t within Nature's more com
plicated production. The leaf as we
have already said, is terminated by a
deep, oblong tirn ; this in general is
filled with a sweet, limpid water. In
the morning the lid is closed, but it
opens during the hat of the day, and
a portion of the water evaporates ; this
is fcpW-msheil in the nigl.t, and each
morning the vessel is full and the lid
shut. The l-lant grows in a climate-
where the parched travehT is frequent- ''
ly in want of refreshment, and gladly i
avails himself of the waterwhich this
vegetable affords, each urn containing J
the measure of alnjut half a wine glass. '
The use of this plant is too evident to '
need any comment. It is one of the ,
many instances in nature of the lounty
of Providence, who has filled the urns
of the NejK-nthes with a treasure, of
all others the most refreshing to the j
inhabitants of hot climates. j
Whatever is siiiliciciitlv singular to '
Arabians on the shores of the Reel
Sea are proverbial fish eaters, but few
of them ever see one alive. As soon
r.s caught the fishermen kill them for
fear ot violating a precept of Mahom
edanism. if brought alive to land. Cat
tle are also fed on fish all along the
coast, as they are in Iceland.
On rtccoiint ef the phoiphorns and
iodine? in a fish diet, the first l-eing con
' sidered a brain strengtheiier, while the
latter kee-ps down glandular enlarge
ments, it is lK-coming a jopular dish.
, No matter what the inducement mav
1-e, lish is excellent food and eminent
' ly nutricious. Those who suWist on
it large ly are healthy, strong, ener-
getic and active people. What s.nys
, science to that ?
I SE OF COFFEE U ntKE IT (iRiitf?.
J That little or no corfee is consume I
' in those far otf Eastern countries w here
' it was first discovered, and from
; whence it has K-en. diffused over the
: habitable globe, is one of the curiosi
ties cf history. Throughout Yeman,
the original home of the plant, coffee
i Krries are barely used at all. There
is a prejudice against them as to heat
ing.
then closed with wax. Under a genial
sun the core sioii be gins to melt awav
heart. I am so hungry. It's three
; days since I ate anything, and I
! don't want to die."
! "Law ! 1 should think not,"' said
i the woman. "Why, law me, I'm so
: sorry ! And I supiKse you can't get
i a job ? Law, why, do take it. I ain't
! got nothing else. You see we are
j pretty poor ourselves and there oh,
' law !" She was trembling, she did not
; know why. She was thinking to her
! self: "It's like a play. It makes me
i want to cry."
j Then he took the warm "bread she
! "had given him in his hands, tearing
bits from it and eating it.
"I didn't thank you," he said.
"Thank you ! thank you !"' cud went
away.
Sally sat down, trembling still.
To be out of a job and to be hun
gry were no rare things and no tragic
things in her experience ; but this man
had stiired her soul, somehow fright
ened her, and she said, "I hadn't any
busiiicss to giye away a loaf of bread;
but there, now, I couldn't help it.'
Then Sally went to bed and slept,
and dreamed of the hollow-cheeked
lodger of the attic.
There waa more bread to make next
It's fairv-bread." cried Sally, re-
memliering some old country legend.
"Look on it before the light goes
out,'' said the tailor,
Sally oleyeil. She qieneel the packet
and found two envelopes. In the one
was this note :
Madame : Your loaf of bread saved my
life. I know you are in trouble, and yes
terday my luck turned. To-day I am
worth fifty thousand dollars, having won a
lawsuit, that has been pending for years.
Ilcasu accept the enclosure, and believe
me your ever obliged, Attic Loixier.
There was a live hundred dollar note
in the envelope, and when she saw it
she thought herself the happiest wo
man in Christendom.
nni.'.rc .111.1 tl.o 1 .r 1 . .TI t 1...'ors fl h 1 1 1
. -.11 " 1 1 oiiiil.ioi.i,-lineio.v..wi."v....j....-.
pa.ace cook nearc oc giuce ami .i -, hole through the rind, while on
v..v ..,. ......... , . down into the l-ull. It l
bo n.-MPi .o,L.mi i t wiiioii Q.-iri.m nvt.rr. i
body seemed to recover from their stu
por, and the work of cutting his five
accomplices to pieces, after the East
ern manner, at once commenced. Even
Ah liashaw, the new Dey, acknowl
edged that if this audacious rebel had
kept his seat but a few minutes longer,
and until the cannon were tired, the
rovernmeiit would have Ix-en subvert
ed. Never was treas.cn on such an
humble scale so near a success. These
six men were the sole conspirators, but
the inaction of the surrounding sol
diery (to whom they themselves lie
longed) is explained by their ignorance
of the plot, and their feax of ling
supposed to be mixed up iu it. As it
was, the chief rebel was the shortest
Dey on record a King for an hour.
Chambers' Journal.
raise eur admiration, frequently be- I The native name is bnnn. The fa
comes the object of supcr-tinon : this vorite drink is prepared from husks
is the case with the Nepenthes among i of the cotfee lt-an, slightly roasted,
the inhabitants of Madagascar, who ' and then pounded, or rather marked,
iK-lieve that if they overturn one of ready for making a decoction. It has
these vessels of water, no rain will fall ; .1 tea ta.'le. and rather grateful to the
011 that day. j palate, under the term kischer.
MEI.oN wine. j
How true it is that it takes every- j What an old Max Has Noticed. I
body to know everything. Pumpkins : have n.-.tiVoi that aJi men are honest wLeu
t, or .'k-i!fiMis wate'rnic-I- wen watched.
011s grow spontaneously in Arabia.! IW notiml Hmt nrc,c nn,..i 1
nies as well as poniiels.
I have noticed that merit is always mea
sured in the world by its success.
I have noticed that in nearly all things
money is the main objet in view.
I Lave noticed that in order to le a rea
sonable creature it is necessary at time to
he downright mad.
Perhaps they develop more richlv
there than in Persia, where they are
extremely good.
Thev alKti!id in great plenty, im
mensely be vond the demands of eon-
I have noticed that fome men are so
till it disappears, having the shell ; I'"Cst that uecc"y I' them to be
nearly full of a delicious fluid which is , -J'nest iu the end.
called molloii wine. Like the drink of
the gods, it is not to 1? compared with
any other beverage on earth, say the
consumers. A hint here for an ex
periment the criming season.
MONSTER. GRAPEVINE.
A litth wav frm
Windsor Castle.
The
family.
Sallv had cast her bread upon the
waters to find it again in truth. And
when the tailor's hand w-as well again,
there was a patron for him who dress
ed in such a manner that t?am could
Checked Baggage. A bachelor
editor was traveling all alone by him
self. His baggage consisted of but one
extra shirt, and that one a blue checked
one. The baggage man accosted him
gift was the saving of the 1 with
"Yes, sir.''
"Let me see the checks.''
The editor cautiously unravelled the
bundle, and holding up his shirt, asked
the fellow if he could see the checks.
no longer doubt him a gentleman. The 1 An umph ! 111 basao continuendo, and
attic logger wears the finest broadcloth j the expressman was gone.
now, and the tobacconist Ikjw s low as I
he meets him ou his way out, or sells ; A merchant in Tojx-ka recently
him choice Ilavanas over the counter. lost $450 in cash. As his wife and
He stois at the door in las carriage, 1 one of Ins clerks have not been seen
the OUt-of-town residence- of the ;uce-n
of England, ai.d Iwlonging to the reyr.l
domain, there is pruh:Uy, if not the
largest, the most prolific grapevine on
the glol?. In the firt place, it is
eighty-three- years old yet vigorous
and thrifty as in youth. The trunk,
large and rank, divides into two
branches a few fec-t from the ground,
which are trailed in uinc-rent euree-
tions for rods. One entire glass house '
is given up to the protection of the
veteran, which was reputed to have ;
had fifteen thousand bunches, plump, i
full and inviting, when we saw it iu ;
August. In green house chronicles :
that vine is without a parallel. The '
annual yield is equal to a phalanx of,
ordinary vines in their lst cou.Iitioii.
stagnant water. !
The impressitm that still water
in pools and canals where there is
scarcely a movement, is extremely
dangerous, and espe-cially when covct-
f T li IV.. 11. .tie...' O.-i cH'- 1 -I II
- ...-v....iu..-im, I'lujutiviiiB anu
jewels aie often hcught with other j?op!e"
money.
1 I have noticed that whatever is is right,
! with a few exceptions the left eye. the
1 left leg. and the left side of a plum pudding.
I have noticed that the prayer of every
selfish man is "Forgive its our debts,"
i while lie makes everybody who owes him
! pay to the utmost farthing.
i I have noticed that he who thinks every
n.an a rc-g-.e : - v,- y certain to see one when
he !-l.aLs himself, and lie e.ght, in mercy
to Lis LcigLb.r, to suiTeLcler tLe rascal to
' justice.
i 1 l.avc noticed that money is the fool's
wisdom, the knave's lej at.uion, the i-oor
, man's desire, the covetous man's ambition,
, and the idol of all.
I have noticed that nil men speak weH of
; men's virtues when thv are eleaJ, and that
toir.liti:it-s a:e n.aiked w ith epitaphs of the
. good and lit. tons. I.-there any particular
cemetery where the bad men are buried?
ed with conferva', admits of a ques
tion. At the Hague, the capital of j
Holland, threaded with canals, m ,
which no current is i.-i ccptibic, tliey
no so densely cancic-d with a thLk
A i-KNTLEM.vx in North Carolina built a
fire in his Louse ou his wedding day, twenty-five
ye ars ages aud has kept it burning
night and day ever since, and declares his
iutentiou never to permit it to die out while
Le lives.
Josn Hillings gives the foUovvinjr ad
vice to young men : "Dou"t be discouraged
if yer mustach don't grow : it sometime9
and lodges La the attic no longer ; but j since, he is apprehensive that thev ! green .scum, strangers turn aw ay from j hapMi where a iiiiistach Jaz the beat
he never Has iorgoiicn, nor scenic tii.c- wciv inurcieicci 101 tne money.
! them in fe r, us though they wrjv pe i-
u ALing else duz so wcli."
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