WINTERS HOPE. .
I be Autumn dy* ere gone —ell flown ;
The yellowing leeree from off lbs tree*
Are shed. with *d end doleful moao
Of whisthmt wind end mournful hreeo
The cumWrwl earth hear* fer end neer
Those saddening tigus of Autumn'* deUi
And lewdest forest*. motet end drrer
Oppress ue with their chilly breeth
Itnt let tM look eiound once more -
I* there no beam to cheer our sight •*
No nit in there dark clouds Ah ' sure,
We ere not left without eome light ?
No . "tie not eo' KVu while we gene.
See from von htl" the red eun Hue.
Illuming with lui chn nnjt ray*
The eerth thet ell eo darkly lies.
And It) deeorted hedgerow springs
The hawthorn berry, brave and bright;
While patched atop the rwh.ii sing*
111* clear, eweet song with ell hie might.
Our life will dome to Autumn hour*.
And ell may chill end dreary eeetu.
Itnt even then we'll And eome flower*.
And even then eome joyous beam.
Repine not. therefore, tbet thv youth
And manhood's prune eo swiftly flee ;
Lo! with advance of year* come trutli.
New light, new boj>. calm Joy* for Ihee.
—Chamber*' Amrwwt.
A Night of Alarm.
My sister Julia was very courageous.
Incur youth the country was wilder
than now; hut It might he said ot' her
that she was not brought up in the
woods to lie scared by an owl. She
would traverse the tuod unfrequented
paths, wondering at tut timidity.
Tnere was nothing masculine, how
ever in Julia's appearsikv; she was
simply a sweet, jovous child, with an
absence of fear In lier character and a
consequent clearness of perception la
all cases oi snpjavsed or actual danger.
Wliou i vu sixteen. and Julia was
eighteen. my father hired a lalswor
named Han- Schmidt, a who
had been in the British service, and
who, at the i-lose of the war, had de
serted from his regiment.
He was a powerful man,with a hearr,
hnbruted countenance, aud l>oth Julli
and myself were struck, at the very
first, with an intuitive dread of him.
The feeling in Julia hardly took the
character of fear, hut was one rather of
the most intense loathing.
One evening she read of a horrible
murder v that thrilled our blood, and
upon turning her eye* from the pa|-r,
they eocounterad tiaarof Hans Schmidt.
There was something terrible iu that
glance. and, from tnat moment she re
solved that the viilain should is* turned
awav.
A< her wishes and opinions were al
ways of much weight with father, he
took her advice, ami gave Hans his dis
charge.
Son a after this Julia and 1 were left
alone in the house, both father and.
mother being absent upon a visit until
the follow ing day, and we hap|>eiied to
lie without a servant at the time v for we
kept more than one.)
At night we went up to bed and hail
partly disrobed when Julia turned
hastily to ttie window.
"1 declare," she said, "the evening is
so pleasant that it is a pity to remain
in-door*. I don't feel a bit "sleepy; let's
go down on the lawn."
We descended the stairs. How little
I Imagined what was in Julia's heart!
Harry Irving came up just as we reached
the lawn. He was only casually j>ass
ing the house.
Julia engaged him in conversation
and he joined us. My sister was more
than usually lively.
"Where are Tom, and Edgar and
Will?" she asked.
"Ob," replied Harry, "they are over
t my uncle's. They will be coming
back soon."
The three young men oon appeared
upon the road; and, to my surprise,
Julia arose at their approach and called
ns aside from the door.
"Now, Mary, you need not be ner
vous." she said. "Keep quiet aud do
not speak above your breath. There is
a man under our bed—there. Uiert!"
and she clasped her hand over my
month—"a man under our heal, aud the
young Irving* are going to secure hiin."
They all provided themselves with
heavy sticks, and then, guided by Julia,
ascended the stairs.
As to myself, 1 could not follow- them.
Hut remained trembling and leaned
upon the doorstep*. Never did 1 expe
rience a greater sense of relief than
when the assailing party descended,
looking partly ashamed and partly
amused, having touud nothing to jue
tifv their sudden armament.
Julia was iu an agony of mortiflra
tiou and wept piteously; for. although
lull half convinced that her apprehen
-iou* had been groundless, the kieathat
she, who had never till now feared any
thing, had placed herself so ludicrously
In the eye* of those men was insup
portable.
The man, she said, must have taken
the alarm and fled out the back doof;
for she could not have been so deceived.
Our young friends, more in pity for
her mortification than from any belief
in the reality of the night intruder,
offered to remain in the vicinity till
morning; hut she would not listen to
the proposition and they took their de
parture.
I was sorry to see litem go, and
watched their forms till they were put
of sight, for the aflair of the eveuing
had almost frightened me into hysterics.
Julia, however, at once rushed to the
chamber, and flinging herself on die
bed, continued bitterly weeping. Sin
had exhibited herself in a character
which she despised; and her man under
the bed would 1* the talk of the neigh
borhood. i followed Iter, but neither
of us could sleep.
The clock on the mantle piece struck
eleven; and then "rick, tick, tick," it
went on for the next dreary hour. Julia
at length ceased weeping, ami lay iu
thought, only an occasional tigli betray
ing her wakefulness.
Again the clock atruck.but it had not
reached the final stroke when Julia,
leaping out of bed. flung herself uj*>n
an immense chest at the further end of
the room.
"Oh, Mary!" site cried, "uuick!
quick! He b here.' I cannot hold the
lid —lie will get out!"
There was indeed some living thing
inside the chest; for, in spite of Julia's
weight, the lid was lifted, and then, as
the instinct of self-preservation over
came my terror, 1 sprang quickly toiler
assistance.
Whom or what liad we caught? Im
agine yourself holding down the lid of
a showman's box, with a boa-constrictor
writhing beneath; or keeping a cage
top in its place by your own weight
alone, with a hyena struggling to tear
his way out and devour you.
But we were not long in suspense.
Horrid execrations, half German, half
English, chilled our very hearts, aud
we knew that there, in the midnight,
only the lid of an old chest was between
ourselves and Hans Schmidt!
At rimes It started up, and once or
twice his Angers were caught in the
opening. Then, finding our combined
weight too much for ids strength, it
would become evident that he was en
deavoring to force out an end of the
chest. But he could not work to ad
vantage. Cramped within such limits,
his giant power of muscle was not
w holly available; he could neither kick
nor strike with full force; and hence
his chief hope rested upon his ability to
lift us up, lid aud all.
Even then, in the absolute terror tliat
might have been supposed to jg>*ses*
her, a oueerfeelingofexultation -prang
up in Julia's heart.
"I was right, Mary," she cried.
"They won't think me a fool now. will
they ? I shan't be ashamed to see Harrv
Irving!"
Poor Julia! under the circumstance
the idea was really ludicrous; but na
ture will everywhere assert itself, and
Julia hated a coward. Thump! thump!
thump? Lid. and side, aud end, alter
nately felt the cramped, powerful blows.
Then came the lift—the steady, strain
ing lift, aud Julia cheered me wheu the
cover shook, and rose, and trembled.
"He can't get out, Mary! We are
safe; only just keep your full weight
on the lid, and don't be nervous, either;
it is almost morning."
She Jjnew It was not one o'clock.
But one o'clock came, Howl wished
|c was five! Aud two o'clock catue,
FRED. KUIM'Z, Editor nnd Proprietor
VOL IX.
i and throe and tour; and we ho|cd that
j our prisoner had yielded to liis fate,
; w iiich must now ap|Mvu to liiiu inevita
ble.
j A small aperture at one end of the
chest, w here there w a* a fracture in the
wood, supplied him with air, and hence
1 we could not ho|w that he would become
weak through sutlivation. lie was evi
| dentlv resting from Ihe very necessity
of the ease, for his exertions had been
| prodigious. There was a faint streak
I of morning in the sky ; and there. ii|h<u
| the chest, we sat, and watched for the
j gleam to broaden.
Suddenly there was a tremendous
struggle beneath us, as if the ruffian
had concentrated all his energies in a
dual effort. At my end of the chest
there was a crash—and immediately the
Herman's feet protruded through the
aperture that they had forced lu the
Lvard. So horrible now ap|>eircd our
(HYsktion that I uttered a scream, audi
is I do not think I ever at any other
i time could have had Che power to iut
j itate.
To get off the lid in order to defeat
the movement through the ehest end
would have iiistaollv oeen our destruc
tion ; therefore, still bearing our weight
on the chest we caught at the projecting
feet, lu doing this, however, we par
tially lost our balance, and a sudden
bracing up of ihc muscular shape below
>o forced open the ltd that the head,
arms ami shoulders of liana Schmidt
were thrust forth, and with a fearial
clutch he seiiod Julia by the throat.
Just then a heavy crash was heard at
the door below, the foot tramps spring
ing toward us as If some person were
tearing up the staircase with the full
couviction thai this was an hour of need.
The dim daybreak hardly revealed hi*
Identity, hut i had a faint perception
that young llarrv Irving had come to
us io our hour of peril.
>oue time during the morning 1
found myself in bed with Julia, and
several of the neighbors standing about
me. Julia clasped me in her arms and
cried. —
"We are safe, Mary! Harry Irving
was near the house ail night. He re
turned alter seeming to go houie. The
least scream he would have heard as he
at last heard yours; hut 1 am glad you
did not scream before, for now we have
had an experience and know what we
can do."
Hans Schmidt had decides! upon the
chest as a safer hiding-place than that
in which Julia had Brat discovered him.
I'pon the very morning on which
Harry Irving •tunned and secured the
ruffian in onr room, the officers of Jus
tice were sirolling for the old Hessian
scoundrel as the .tippo-spd murderer,
and he was soon convicted and hung.
Julia became the wifeof Harry Irving
and a most excellent wife she was.
Magnanimous ami unrevengeful. she
wa- perhajw the only person who felt
no gratification at the late of old Hans
Schmidt, but rather pity for the ig
norance which had so Its) him into
crime. ___________
T tie * peed of Ball way Train*.
Trains are now ran at about the rate
of forty miles an hour, somenm. .* much
taster.'and generally somew hat slower.
The (asiest ttaius m Kugland run at
sixty miles an hour. To ran at this
iatc, the piston or driving rod of the
locomotive must travel at the speed of
800 feet per minute, or so rapufly that
it cannot be seen to move at all. t.corge
Stephenson, the first to claim that the
locomotive could run at twelve miles
au hour, was called insane until be
proved it. It was but a few years af
ter this that prominent engineers said
that railway trains could be regularly
ran at the title of 100 mile* an hour: aud
Stephenson wa* again called insane
because he said that .VO miles an hour
wa* asfa*tas trains could he regularly
and safely run. But it is now dis
covered that he was nearly right, and
locomotire-makersare no longer build
ing engines to ran faster than at this
rate. But they are trying, instead, to
save the time lost in taking coal and
water for supplying the engines. Oil
some lines a long open trough, forty
feet long, is laid between the rails.
This is tilled with water. As the loco
motive passes at the speed of fifty
miles an hour, a nipe or scoop is low
ered from it into this t tough ; the water
is thus dipped up and placed in the
water box for use by the engine.
Auother invention i* a huge (MIX taised
above the road and tilled with null. As
the locomotive pa*se*, it touches a
spring, tin-ttoi turus instantly upside
down, and the coal drops into the ten
der, which runs behind the locomotive.
The time which is thus saved ml!, of
coarse, make the the trips shorter,
without calling for au increase of
speed. It may le that when you are
grown, rait way trains will not be run
any faster than they are now ; bnt, in
spite of what George Stephenson has
prophesied, I suspect some future Amer
ican engiueer, who is now a loy, will
find mean* of running them twice as
fast as they are now run. and I hope
with greater safety to the passengers.
—St. \ifhnlan for Detembrr.
Tall-Tale l.lpi.
I have observed that lips become more
or less contracted In the course of year*
In proportion a* they are accustomed to
expr—* good humor and generosity, or
peevishness ami a contracted mind.
Remark the effect which a moment ol
ill-temper and grudgiugness has upon
the lip*, and judge what may be expected
from an habitual series of such move
ments. Remark the reverse, ami make
a similar judgment. The mouth Is the
frankest part of the face; it can't con
ceal iu the least its sensation*. We can
neither hide ill-temper with it nor good ;
; we may aflect w hat we please, but affec
tation will not help u*. In a wrong
cause it w ill only make our observer*
resent the endeavor to Impose on them.
The mouth is the seat of one cl* of
emotion, a* the eyes are of another; or
rather, it expres*e- the *ame emotion*,
but in greater detail, and with a more
Irrepressible tendency to he in motion.
It Is the region of smiles, and of tremb
ling tenderness; of a sharp sorrow, or
a full, breathing joy ; of candor, of re
serve, of auxiou- care, or liberal sym
paihv. The mouth, out of Its many
"-inabilities, may lie fancied throwing
up one great expression into the eye—a*
many light* iu a city reflect a broad
lu-tre into the heavens.— Leigh Hunt.
I rrark (osrlahip
In France the parents of the inter
ested one* first consider the matter of
their marriage. "Is-ok, Monsieur,"
says Ma'ma, "here is my daughter, and
all her graces and accomplishments, and
ber good heart; and here, is the dower
I will give with her." "And here,
Madame," nay* Monsieur, who is very
likely her neighbor or friend, "here f
my son and ids probable inheritance;
his education has been what you know ;
his profession and talent, what yon
know, also; as to his amiability you
shall judge, for I'll give yon every
opfiortuiiity of observing; and more
over, when he marries, I will give the
boy—so and so." The youngsters meet
and, unless they are verv difficult to
suit, are obliging enough to further
their parents' plan. And, on my word,
i believe them more dutiful In the Old
World than in the New.
Ax oi D OENTI.KMAN, who wa- always
boasting how folks used to work in Ids
young days, one day challenged his two
sons to pitch on a load of hay as fast as
he could load it. The challenge was
accepted, the hay wagon driven round,
and the trial commenced. For some
time the old man held his own very
ereditably, calling out, "More hay!
more hay!" At length, struggling t
keep on the top of the disordered and
ill-arranged heap, it began first to roll,
then to slide, aud at last oil' it went
from the wagon, and the old man with
It. "What are you doing down here?"
cried the boys. "I caine down after
hay," aoswered the old man, stoutly.
THE CENTRE REPORTER,
I The % <- n.tr rihnl nn.l tsgla Skull*.
Among the thus tar discovered bit
* i mnn remains referable to the lar dis
taut epoch under notice, the Neandei
'' i ili.il skull, already mentioned, and
'' j that ot the Kugl* caveiu liavechleHy
excited interest in the learned, and
'' cauaeil much "peculation concerning
the physical and intellectual otialllie*
> ol the ptittiev si inhabitants of Kutope.
i 1 I'he tirst named skull, or rather skull
* fragment tor tt consist* only of (he
upper portion of the cranium l>eloiig
tng to a skeleton wtiicli was (nmTi
I ISA? ui a small grotio in the Ncander
. thai, or N. amlei Valley, not far from
i Ousaeldorf. Ivtienish I'ruaeia. Quarry
, ing operation* led to the cleariog of
tlie grotto, situated about amy foot
strove tlie lw-d Ot the *mail river Ihl
. ! sel, which tlows through the valley. It
! coutaiucd a hortcoutal layer ot liartl
loam intermixed with rolled gravel, a
( drill Ueironit identical with that occur
ing in all eavea of the I Round \ alley,
' ami ill which twines ot extinct quadru
peels are sotueliuica touud iinbeddrd.
in tin* grav. ll> loam of lite Neauder
1 thai gtotto the workmen found, two
! f.el tielow tlie suit ace. a huiuau skele
" i ton, which they threw out lu an uucon
-1 ) scums way, and which would have
: tierti lH>t to science hut for the inter
- t ere nee ot I'rotesaor Fuhlutt, of F.ller
t'eld, who lescued froui total destruc
tion the Upper part of the skull, the
. ihigti aud aim t>our*, a collar hour, a
part of the pelvis, a shoulder blade,
I | and sevetal fragment* of the rib*.
j These lem.itu* ate uii.loilltledly of the
1 I highest antiquity, possessing the same ,
q ialittes which clintaclrriie the bone*
. j ot the uiHtuiuoih, cave-bear, etc., oe
I i curing iu the neighboring district*, aud
inclosed tu tlie same kind .>f loam that j
contained the skeleton. i'rotesaor* ;
Fuhlrott, \ ogt. and other authrupoto
gists tlierefote conclude that tlie Ncan
i derltial man lived together with the
. mammoth and other txtinrt animals
iot the drift period. The lardy proba
bly had lie*u washed into the gtotto
duriug the high waier. I'he skull was
1 tirst de*rt!cd aliatouiically by Protes
tor Schaatl'liauaen, of Uoun. lie poin
ted out its enormous ridge* alrove the
* oi bits of the eyes, liehtnd winch the
froutal bone t* considerably depressed.
■ its elongated, elliptical shape, uarrow
i and low forehead and unusual thirk-
Ut-*s. Tin- other bones of the skeleton
. t corresponded in length to those of a |
European of middle stature, but thev i
were much stouter, aud exhibited a
gieater development of the muscular
' ridgea. On ttie w hole, I'rofessor Schaaff- j
hau>eti come* to the eonelusion that
tlie individual to whom the Neander
thal skull belonged must have lieeu
distinguished by slight development
; ot brain auil uncommon strength ot
bodily frame. According to Profe*sor
Huxley, the skull iu question i* the '
if most ape-like of the human crania yet j
discovered, aud Professor V ogt ex pre#- 1
ses hinisell to the same effect oy stating
tiiat it has more of the simian or won- I
key type than any otlirr known race
skull. Vet Huxley is far from regard
ing the Neanderthal bone* a* the re
mains uf u bring intermediate between
man and ape*. At most, he sars, thev
demou*trate the existence ola man
whose skull may lie said to revert some- :
what to the pithecoid or ape type.
Both Huxley and \ ogt detect in the
Neanderthal skull au approximation
to the crauial formation of the Aus
tralian.
The Kngis skui), likewis> fragmen- ,
tary, but more complete thau the ooe
inst described, wis found, a* we have
stated, five feet deep imbedded in a
breccia, in juxtaposition with tlie re
main- ol (tie ilmiocerp*. reindeer and
horse. This skull indicates a bighertype
tlian that of the Neanderthal. Accord- !
to Huxlev, "tliere is no mark of deirrn
dation. about any part of its strticture. i
It is. in fact, a fair average human
skull, which nnght have belonged to a
philosopher, or might have contained
i the thoughtless brain of a savage "
Harper * J/<iy<i-ine.
The vfcMUkle IMallnrtlaß f 4■l am ill •
lor I'Mil
Kev. Ir. Wecli'ler. rabbi of the Jewish
church in New Haven, read a very in
teresting {taper on the above topic re
<-cully before the hndv of ministers j
assembled at the Weekly gathering of j
the Mi ulsters' Association Iu that city,
in |iart as follow*:
j in the llth chapter of Is*v Ulcus tiiere
' an- specified the various 1 leasts, birds, i
fishes, and reptiles which are distln-1
gill shed by the terms clean ami unclean. >
I'iie former are permitted to be eaten
and the latter are forbidden. There arc
■ also laid down certain rules fur dla- j
tlngulshing generally those that are I
clean from those that are unclean.
Fir-t. with regard toquauru|M-d*. All
beasts that hare their feet completely
cloven, above aa well as below, ami at
the same time ruminate or chew their
cud, are clean. Those which have
neither, or are one or the other, are
u nrlean.
2. The systematic distinction of Ashe*
i especially clear ami -imple. All those
having tin* and scale* are clean; all
other* unclean.
3. With regard to bird* no particular
charac critic* are given for dividing
clean or unclean, but judging
from those which are specified it must
la- noticeable that bird* of prey a* a
general rule are prohibited, that i* those
with crooked Ix-aksaud sttoug talon*
with which to prey on lc*aer fowls or
animals or on fish are prohibit—!, while
those which cat vegetables are permitted
to be eaten.
4. With n'-|*-ct t<> *cr|ent* and Insect*
it 1* declared that all Creature* that creep
going upon four, and whatsoever goetii
upon the belly, and whatever has more
than four feet among the living things,
are an abomination.
Beside* the general distinction already
noticed auother ia made, relating to
whatsoever goeth upon the paws among
all manner ol beast* that go upon feet,
being therefore pronounced unclean.
The literal translation of the Hebrew
would lie "(minis or hands," and there
fore thia probably refers to those ani
mal* w hose feet resemble human being*,
such a* a|H-, monkeys, etc., ami all
creature* of that genus, together w itli
Ix-ars, lion*, cats, dogs, frogs, etc.
The Talmud draw* verv closely the
line twixt cb-an and unclean animals.
There have Ix-en written varlofls e**ay*
upon thedietary law s, which show much
raw-arch and investigation. There are
strict rule* laid down how animals
should lw- killed; the knife must tie
•harp and smooth; the killing must la
done at once, and not gradually, and
without any interruption. Beside* no
animal must be killed for food on which
there is the least blemish. Then it i
decennary that the animal thii* slaught
ered must l*.- strictly examined by a
comjM-tent |*-rso!.. w ho Is well versed In
the laws which the Rabbi* have laid
down a* a test to pronounce the meat tit
for use. Every cruelty to nniinal*
should have been avoided, which Is In
conformity to the laws of nature and
civilized society.
A very learned commentator says:
"Miat of the creature* which are pro
nounced unclean were in high e*teem
and -acred among the heathen, as the
swine was to Venus, the owl to Minerva,
the haw k to Ajwdlo, the eagle to Jupiter;
therefore It was decided that all those
would Is- unclean, which w ere esteemed
by the Egyptian* aud other nation* to
lie the instrument* of distinction, aud
those to IK- clean which were not so
est- em -<i. The restrictions, therefore,
which were made with resjiect to diet,
especially the division of animal* into
clean and unclean, were eminently cal
culated to prevent close connections
with Egyptians and other idolatrous
nations.
To promote health and comfort in the
distinction of animals into clean aud
unclean, particular reference seems to
have been made to their suitableness for
food, those being accounted clean which
afforded a considerable protiortlon of
wholesome nutriment, and those being
considered us unclean which were of a
gross and unwholesome nature. Solid
footed animals, such us the hare and
many-toed animals, such as the cat, etc.,
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: are prohibit.*!. 8001, which tiave
! cloven feet, such w the ox, are oon
' siderel a* pro|'i lor loikl, sod there
i fore jieriiiltbHl. The former are unclean,
w 111. h U explalinil a* unwholesome,
..(fording a gross nutriment and ofien
ttie paieiil or scrofulou* disorder* ; the
Liter clean, affonltng wholesome uu'rl
nienl, and not Lying the foundation of
any disease. Humiliating animal* digest
their food better than those who w*l
low It with little malleation, aud there
fore the dc*b contain* more of the Mitc
itantlal Juit-e* and L more esy of diges
tion and iTMisequeutly of assimilation to
the solids and fluid* of the human L*l> .
j On this account they ara leruicl clesn,
which la explalne.l as |>ecullarl w hole
i -ouie aud ut for use. Tlie animal*
: w hloli do not rumluate do not digest
itieir itsNt so well and hence they
Abound Willi gums and aiiiiuai Juices,
! which yield a comparatively unwhole
some nutriment u> the human -vMeui.
Kreu the uuiinal* which have biti.l his'l*,
i but do not chew llielr cud, such a* llie
swine, and those who chew their cud,
but are not bllld, such a* the hare and
I rabbit, air forbidden, ts-.*au*.- .xui|sira
' lively Inuutrillve. It 1* well known
the tnewi of the swine ha* been con
' slderiHi bj oianv for many centuries a*
w hole-ome, and yet of late then- ha*
! been dl*x>vered a hidden disease lu it*
rtesh, whicii deiuonstralea beyou.l die*
' (>uie that the old Jewish law, not to eat
I he meat uf the swine, is tug out ol dale
and still useful. Ou the same ground
the wise law giver has forbidden all flsti
i that have not both Bu* aud seal.-*,
; because they * a rule abound in grow
1 Juice* and fat which toil few are aide
U> digest.
Muse* fortwde the use of p>ik, of the
hare, etc., of fish without scales, and
tins, and all kind* of heavy meals, a*
the fat of the bullock, etc., an Inhibition
supremely wise In a oouutrv where the
rxceasive heat, relaxing tile llbcr* of
the atoiuarh. rendered digestion |*scu
liarly slow and difficult. "Hie tle*b of
the eel and tome other lLh.*ay* Ijtrcher,
thickened the blood, and by checking
the perspiratiou excited all tiio-e mila
dies couiiected with leprosy. From
ttiese and similar view* of the dietetic
character of the Mosaic distinction 'f
auimals into clean aud uucleaii. It 1*
evident that the fo.*l allowed to the
Hebrew jieople a* a nation were the
gentler sort of creatures and ol most
c-omtuon use. such a* were bred about
their house* and in their field* and
were, iu a sort, duuieaUc. 'lliey were
creatures of the cleanest feeding, and
w htch gave the most wholesome nourish
ment, and were of a L'tter taste, and
might tsr bad In greater pieuty and per
fection by a proper care of their breed
ing and feeding. They seemed there
fore to be naturally dt to lr chosen a
a better kind of fond. It surely cannot
is* a matter of indifference w hat a j*er
son eats and drinks, to develop a true
religious character. Bt prohibiting the
eating of those animal* which by their
grow and unabolrsiiur nature a- food
would Induce or increase any vlclou*
pro|M-n*llina, by symtsdiiiug the distswi
lion# and conduct to be encouraged aud
cultivte,l.or to L-abhorred and avoided,
wa* Israel to become a holr nation.
t*lss*al Ststa* *t lb* l#S SMk
lw Indie
Some mile* from ('alliaua He* au an
cient seal of Jain* dominion, Karkul, at
present a considerable town, with
througed bazaar street*; and a few
follower* of the vanquished religion tlll
reside near the moiiiimenia of their de
parted greatness. I'pnn th< outakirt*
of the town rl*e* a rocky hill of gener
ally rounded form, like a basin reverted,
approaching 30 feet In height, It* l>ae
rough and buhy, the npjer slope*
smooth and strep. I**>klng up at the
hill from a diatame, the enchanted
castle* of fairy tale* come hack to mind,
for on the top l wen a caatle-like wall
pierced with a wide-arched entrance,
and a dark gigantic form towering over
it m aUt-high Thl* I* one of three cob**-
#al *tatue that are found In thl* |url of
the country —statue* truly Egyptian lti
aire, and unrivaled throughout India a
tletached work*, tin the hill-top a
crenellated quadrangular wall lne|o*e*
a *ioue platform tire feet high, on which
ri*r* the atu|tendno# image, forty five
feet In height. Nude, cut from a single
ma*- of granite, darkened by the m<-n
--soon* of centurie*, the vast statue *tand*
upright, with arm* hanging *traight
lnit not aw kw ardly. dew n the side*, lu
a |**ture of runewhat *tlff hut *iinple
dignity. The torm and lineament* are
evidently the Mine with those which,
from Ceylon to China arid utmost Tar
tary, have handed down with unvarying
tradition the habit a* he live*! of that
■a t wondrou* of mortal* that ever
worefle*h, Iluddha Gautama; forasstir
e*llv no other mere man ever *pread *o
widely, and maintained so long, a su
preme Influence over *o tnnnv successive
itu 11 lon iof soul*. Remarkable It 1, too,
that though born in India, the feature*
show nothing distinctively Hindoo. The
hair grow* In clo*e, cri*p curl*; the
hroad, flesh) cheek might tnake the face
seem heavy, were It not for the marked
and dignified expresnion roll fern*! by
the calm forward-gasing eyes, and aqui
line nose, Homewhat pointed at the tip.
The forebear! I* of average size, the lip*
very full and thick, the upper one long
almost to iigllnea*. throwing the chin,
though full and prominent, into the
shade. The arm*, which touch the body
only at the hip*, are remarkably long,
the large, w ell-formed hand* and finger*
reaching to the knee*; the exigencies of
the (mature and material have caused
the shoulder*, where the arm* join, lo
be rather diapro|>orliniiately broad and
massive. The feet, each four feet nine
tnchea long, ret on a stand wrought
from the same rock, that seems amall for
the Immense sire and weight (eighty
ton*) of the statue; a lotus stem spring
ing at each foot Is carried up In low re
lief twice round each leg aud arm. A
brief inscription at the aide below tell*
that the Image was erected by King
Virapamlya In 14112 to liiihiihalin, sou of
Vrisnaba, the First Tlrthaukara, of
giant race, himself a giant, ami there
tore ao represented, hut still In the *ha|>e
of the founder of that faith whence the
Jalna heresy diverged. A low- cloister
rutiß round the Inner side of the Inclos
ing wall, and a ina-sive stone rail of
three horizontal bar*surround the plat
form. Once In sixty years the scattered
Jalna gather from all quarters, and
bathe the colossus with cocoa-nut milk.
Ilnw Alcohol enters the Wjslein.
Again, when taken in by the more
ordinary channel, the Lnmarh. it Ami*
It* way by two route* Into the circula
tion. A certain portion of it the
greater jiortlon of it—in absorbed direct
by the vein* of the alimentary surface,
find* It* way straight Into the larger
veins, which lead tip to the heart, and
onward with the course of the blood.
Another portion is picked up by small
structures proceeding from below the
mucous surface of the etoma*h, and
from which originate a series of tine
lubes that reach at last the lower por
tion of a common tube, termed the
thoracic duct—a tulie which ascends in
front of the spinal column, and termin
ates at the junction of two large veins
on the left side of the laxly, at a jiolnt
w here the venous hlood, returning from
the left arm, joins with lite returning
blood from the left side of the head on
its way to the heart. It is so greedy for
water that it w ill pick It up from all the
watery textures of the ixxly, ami de
prlve them of it, until, hy Its saturation,
it can take up no more, its jsiwer of re
ception being exhausted; Hfter which
it diffuse* Itself into the current of cir
culating fluid. When we dilute alcohol
with water before drinking It, we
quicken its absorption: and, if we do
not dilute It sufllclently, it is diluted in
the stomach by the transudation of
water in the stomach, until the required
reduction for Us absorption 1* effected.
—P'sj'vhir (kit ncc Monthly,
KIKhT SNOW
llefor* all Lavas *r* shad
VVbila ysl Iha guld and rvt
llilgWau* lias Im>u*li
A auddaii flurrv aliskaa
Aud wtutar aauds til* flskn*
llsfttr* Ihr |dowr
Nu are our day* aia *| l
While yet lte while aud re t
I'lUtg to the chaeka
Time flutter* with hi* win**
Vltd whtleiiu.l feather* fllUi*
Aa reel ho seek*
Hr.lil* lurllr* Ami Ita.llr Mutter
One of tlie mo*t abundant aud useful
animaL ot tiojucal Noulli America i*
the turtle, winch vields to the uativt-a
a Ltge supply of ttsxl in it* th-nh and
it* etitt*. So eagerly and tuceaaantly
lias the animal Im-cii hunted for many
years that, Hleat as ale lie liuiiilk in il
the piesetil time, they haveauaceptiblvr
dimunalo-tt it bio a quite leceut peri.Hl,
and the day aeems not tai distant when
It mav IN- altogether cxlel initialed.
According to Mr. Fianr Keller, theiv
ate five nfa-cles of turtles living on (he
Amazon aud It* affluents, tlie laigest
and moat valuable ot which Is called
the lartai tig a. The market price of
ibis specie# ha# doubled during (he la*t
haltdo/eu years, sliowiug that tt is
growiug giadusliy mote scarce. It is
hunted at all aeasons, and the annual
slaughter in i noiuious.
lu the mouth of September the tur
tles visit the sandy shoals ot the rivet*
to dr|M>sit their eggs, and ale then as
sembled in increUible uituiL-r#. Jo
blind ale they to all danger white eu
gaged in pioviding ioi the peipetua
lion of iheir spec tea, that the) easily
L-coiue a prey io the hunter, who has
otilv to turn as mauv ou (heir l>a< ks as
he iias a tulud to, aud alter wards dis
patch thetu at bis leisuie. At a single
jsiint, i'raia de I'smuiida. ou the )la
deira Kiver, 3.0U0 to 4,00i> turtles are te
gularly caught in each layiDg-weasou.
heaides thiMw. amounting to many hun
dreds, tiiat are taken by passing caium
tor immediate consuuiptiou, or to lw
kept as live stock.
The turtle wnil wonderful rapidity,
digs a large hole in tile sand, a tout and
a bait deep, wherein it lay# tram If to
3tlU egg*. So great is the throng of
builders iuteut upon the same work
and eager tor au opportunity, dial the
nest* already made are of leu biokrn
up and their ronteut* wrattried about.
1 it (he depredatious that the turtle*
unwittingly practice ujion each other
are as nothing compared wuh those
whirti they suffer fnui mankind. The
havoc nude of their nest* by the egg
hunu-rs is almost Iwyond couiputatlou
Oh the Madeira alone, adoul t.i'000
eggs are annually sacritice.l tu the
mauntacture of butter.
This milMinncr u chiefly ul for
lamp-oil, yet in the ranfiae of the nt
llvrs It la "of ton employed 111 rooking.
It in a villainous compound, brtug
made with a magnificent disregard of
pnritv aud rleauliuraa. both m the ma
terial* ami in ibr pt *•-* ot matitifac
turr. The eggs *rr dug out of the
umi, aud thrown—whether fireb or
addioi—into tlir rauor of the buutrr.
The shell* are broken by treading upon
tlietn, and the fat yolk* mingled in a
thick yellow fluid. Exposed to the
ray* of the *uu, the oil rtae* to the sur
face, I* skimmed off into jar*, and l*
then read* for uae "The decomi>o*i
tioo of niaiiifold impurities," aav* Mr.
Keller, "and the cm umstanrr that of
ten aorue of the egg* have been already
half-hatched by the *un. give# it an
aitominahlr tlavor. recalling Lo mind
ItuMia-ieather aud taowrir*."
The tartaruga aud other turtle* are
hunted with the bow and arrow, out of
the lay uig neaooii. A louir. tine ntrip of
pinrapple fibie 1* attached to the ar
row-bead and wound about the aliaft.
Tbi* unroll* a* the stricken animal
dive*, and the loosened shaft, tloatinir
on the water, *how* lite iMUltluti of the
victim. 1 lie tinherman ha* then but to
haul in hi* I'tey, and, a* noon a* it rea
rbe* the nuifaee. finish it with a heavy
blow.
Itptrli *1 *|.c-rnlloB la I rra*r
liars.
It i* the element of chance the
gambling fibre of tire trader -winch
lend to financial nprculatrons au invin
cible attraction. In the middle ago*
it was unnecessary to aten l<eycmd legi
timat*' trade to eujuy all the emotion*
ol the gamester. There wa* plenty ot
excitement iu the ordinary cturae of
business. Kerry venture wa* a deajte
taU- east. It was long odds against the
arrival ol any cargo anywhere. If life
was unsafe, pmiwttv in transit wa*
wotth very little <>n leaving
the harhot of I'oataiitinople or Trebi
z.ond, llie argosis had not very far to
travel to Venice, tienoa. or Maraeillea;
hut the vessels were crazy, the M*i
uera ot the true MeditU'rauesu b.rcd
and the sea wa* Uiica wiui pirate* >
all sorts snd ustioualiuea. lu the IsuU
journey across the I omiueut almost
equal uangeia weteeucouuU-ted. Lui
iw tttr* and Kings, Rultva sua I'riuesw
taxed aud tollesl without mercy, ami
lesaer iMiteutate* eked out Uieir mote
aleiidet right* by the strong hand, aim
either pltimleied luercrisut* outright
or levied heavy black-mall tin Uieiu.
Added to UNA*' IOIM EN danger* weie
the ehatics-a ot war hieaklug out *ud
deuly anil atopptug opeiMitou* aao
gvtliei : of the luiyaisitiuu i eiuoatgoe*
to pievrut the maiclty ot cs-italu coui
iniMiitie*, ami the plunder ot aiitlnolMtl
aud unaiitliidired pvisohn. Taking all
these link* together lite wondei is not
'hat rotumeice Was i elite ted, but thai
auy existed at ail ; aud the tact that
(Mies of aweet altuotms, tuu* ot Hot
■ leatix wine, and silks Irmu the Ini
Kaat readied thta country, r fleets ttu
tueuse ctedit ll pou the euuipiiM-ot ihe
comuieicia! woild ot thai day. The
juolii* of ib,. oidcu tluie mu*t hae
oeen enormous to cover the link, aud
probably the wide margin of profit ex
plain* ihe iiuiueuse loiuues realized by
Jacques Coeur, tile Fuggel*, aud Ule
gieal lamtlles ot \ enlce and tienoa. A
voyage waa, as it Was Called, a "veli
tuie,' which would make "either meu
or mice" of the adiciiiurvr*, Dm lug
llie spec II lat ue and exclllug times, the
lu venuou ot (till* ot exchange and Ule
ealabitahiueiil ol the two gieat batiks
—that ot St. iieorge, at liriiM, and the
Kauk ol Aiusu-tdaiu—had, lo a oeitalii
degree, spoiled bi igaudsge a* a regulai
pioiaaniou, uy reudeiiiig Ute frequent
tiaiinler of hard cash lean necessary,
but, by tbe introduction of paper mo
ney, pio\ ided a gloat opportunity lot
the oaring *pn its ut the luture. The
great banks of tienoa and Amsterdam
were toumled on the coufidenre ol
uierehuuta iu each other, aud then
oread ut other uieiulieia ol the commu
nity. The hanks ot Kuglaud and ot
I ranee were called into existence by
the want* of the Government, and in
the latter case supplied an extraordi
nary medium for speculation. All Ihr
I'etir Hound.
The Venetian Slaty
In the sixteenth ocntnry Venice kept
in |K>rmaiient employment nlxml sixteen
thousand men. The pay of these was
exceptionally good, and their privileges
were great; their sons, at an early age,
were entered In the workshops, and in
structed in some one of the many trades
carried on in them; they themselves,
when old, were pensioned or admitted
Into a hospital established estieclally lor
the navy. On the other hand their
work was severe. They w ere not only
workmen, but soldiers, trained to the
use of arms and the strictest discipline;
their leading men, foremen ami over
seers being in turn their sergeants,
lieutenants and captains. The govern
ment, in ail working details, was In the
hands of practical men, chosen from (lie
workmen themselves, the highest of
whom, with the title of Grand Admiral,
exercised superintendence over the
whole. Hilt the supreme command was
vested in the Provedltor General, a
noble of high rank ami distinguished
service, either as coinmamler H float or
as statesman ashore. It was a marked
peculiarity of the Venetian Constitution
that untried men could not hold any
liii|>ortaiit office; itieir public men hut
n> sci ve a long and laborious apprentice
ship 111 #lltmld|tta(e |Mcdtioii* ls-fore
they were considered qilllllied to lake
any prominent part in (tie nffnlr* of the
Slate ; allil ailihlkt a |wsipie on |meollarlv
nautical few could inouiil I tie several
•lep* of a long career witliout otMaliiing
i an iuoiglit Int.. the emiduct of naval
tuisine**. At (tie end of tlie fifteenth
| century tlie isuitrol of tills enornuKi*
ewialilLliment u touud to tie beyond
(tie |M>wcr of one mall, and two as*tstauta
were ip|M>lnte.t, one a* Provetlltor of
j the aiseiial, who liad tuore especial
i charge ot the armory; the oilier as
I'rovedltor of artillery, whose title eg.
j plain* lt'lf. Contrary to Venetian
j usage, wtdch limited the duration of
public office to sixteen month*, these
three were apjMtiutcd for a term of three
I years, one going out each year ta rota
tion, so thai the luajoritv of the three
were at all time, thoroughly conversant
with the detail, ol the aduiinlstralion,
t hsrsrirr lslsll*r*|ih)
At a recent meeting of the l'vchologi
! -al H.H-tety of Isuidon, the \'(<>e-l*rel
dent, Mr. <J. Harri*, read a paper on
j "t allgraphy a# a Test of character."
; After -oiiiiueutlng on the variou* modes
| by which character I* exhibited, aud
> upon the lullnite diversities of hand
. writing, the author proceeded to poi u
out liir |wculiarilie* of the latter which
dLplsy tin- distinctive qualitie* of tlie
writer. Hi* theory was Illustrated by
! die exhibition of a number of original
■autograph*. Including those of Na|>olroii
1., Wellington, Nelson, Brougham.
Horn Tis.ke, Souiliey.Cow |ier,Sheritlau,
I'ohL-tt, Bulwer I.ytton, and Charles
Iffckeua, tlie contrast Itetween the
writing of the last two being *|eciaily
dwelt upon. A lively discussion, we
are told, followed ttie reading of the
(taper.
There is no gain*aylug the fact that
character may t>e read from hand
writing, but not by any mean* from all
liaudw riling. In the tirst plate, there
mut he character In the writer, aud
among the million* of mankind who
use the jeii there *rt lamentably few
marked and distinctive Individualities
Ttie multitude of people have no aim
but to be copies of each other, to do and
to be in every event of life Just like their
fellow*. It is impossible to expect from
ttiese baud writing that will show any
thing *ive an atisoiice of character.
Ileuce it is that the idea universally
prevails that mere caligraphy mean*
nothing. Nevertheless It does convey
a great deal of meaning. The old saw
that • •Straws show which way the wind
blows,** find* • ju*t application in ibis
as in many other thing*, and masterful
trait* a*rrt them*elve# in the penstruke*
a* in every other act of a human being.
Wbeu you see a notably prominent,
vigorous, reekles# style of caligraphy,
you may be pretty #ure that the writer
U a pcraou of a bold, dashiug, indei.ru
|ct disposition, that overrides all bar
riers aud thrust* a-lde all ImiMwlirneitts.
A penmanship full of flourishes lndl
c-.tr* a character fond of ornament aud
addfclad to vanity, t ramped writing
and crowded lines proclaim that econ
omy, perhap* (tar.imonv, I* a strong at
tribute of the w riler. A distinguished
American M-ieutist whose passion L
study with the inicrosco(ie form* such
inintiic letter* when writing that there
la almo-t a necessity for using a tnagni
fying-glas* to deri|her Uimo. h there
nothing mora than a fanciful aignl
fleam* in the ixtnncctioti hrtwran this
man'* writing and hi* dominant ]*•
•inn ?
it requires training to interpret hand
writing, aud scry seldom i* *>> atten
tion whatever given to the *uhje**t. Yet,
when once the mind has lcen lod to it,
there I* opened up an Interesting and
prolific source of entertainment. Noth
ing 1* nmre delightful, and it might be
added more novel, than to meet with a
consistent, complete, and harmonious
character that express*- in all Its opera
tion* the symmetry and wholeness of
It* nature. The chirograph)' of such a
character will l>e a dear, certain com
mentary. telling It* story a* plainly a*
a js-rfect picture or* piece of sculpture.
Spsralallaa* OerlveO from • Mkall.
Hv a singular coincidence, the casual
finding of the mutilated aknll ot a ru
minant helped to evolve.independently,
from the mind* of (ioethe and of Okrn,
full and distinct conceptions of a new
theory of the bony lramework of tbr
head. Kadi of theae thinkers conceived
the idea that the skull, instead of being
la* had been nuivrraally supposed] an
altogether pecnliar atrurtnre, waa in
reality similar in composition to the
bsckloue, or spinal ctilninn. The
harkboue i# roarle of a series of ring*
of hone mutually adjusted, called ver
tebrae. Goethe "and <>krn conceived
that the skull waa alao made up of a
series of vertebra' -much alteted, how
ever. aa to aire and shape, from those
which form the spinal column. This
idea, once emitted, was rapidly taken
up by Oken's countrymen (as at later
periods thev have vehemeutly taken
up tire ideas of Schwann and of Dar
win;] and Spix, Bojanti*. and C. li.
Una further develojied and modified
the original idea. Nor did Oken'a coun
trymen by any nieana stand alone, for
l>e lilainville and (i-oflivv St. ililaire
in Frauce. and Goodair, Madiae. and
Gwen in the Itritiah Islea, more or leas
accepted and modified, ia diflerent
ways, the hypothesis propounded.
Oken, indeed at once pushed his spec
ulation to extremes; expecting, on a
priori grounda, to find the w hob- trunk,
with its ap|M ndages, represented in the
head. He was by no means content
ith assimilating the sknll to the back
bone. hut iuaiated on finding the arm*
and legs, the hands and feet, even the
fingers aud toes, of the head ; imagining
that the last-mentioned members Din
gers and toes] were represented by the
teeth! Such a conception may be taken
as a good example of those fanciful
notions liefore referred to, which, not
lieing sustained by objective facta, are
surely destined, aa was this, to die out
and to disappear.— Tht Contemporary
h'ceirtc.
The lllsheai Bsastals Islhr Wsrld -
Sal la Asia, Hal aa Islaad Waadrr.
For many years past Mount Everest,
in that portion of the great Himalaya
range which occupies the western part
of the strange kingdom of Nenaul Im
mediately north of India, has been re
garded a the highest mounlu'n In the
world. It Is known to the XepaulOM
a* Oaurlsankar, hut the English named
It Everest, In honor of a distinguished
officer of the British Indian topographi
cal survey. It-* snow-capped summit Is
29,002 feet, or nearly five mile* and a
half, above the level of the sea. Of
course no one lias ever ascended It to
this height, but Its altitude, like that of
the other lofty peaks of the lllmslaya,
was awertaliied by triangiilntlon. and
until the present time It ha* not been
*up|tosed that any higher land existed
on the earth.
It the news lie true, however, which
ha lately come to us from the more
distant east, there Is a loftier peak titan
Mount Everest in the great Island of
Papua or New Guinea. Thl" Ta-t re
gion. extensive enough to form six
states as large a New York, Is as yet
almost wholly unexplored, except along
its coasts. Ly 1"K close to the equator,
where the Indian ocean and the l'acflc
meet, it is the home of the cassowary
and the bird of paradise, a country
grand in its scenery, rich in its vegeta
tion, and abounding in curious ami
beautiful forms of animal life —the
veritable wonderland ot the globe. An
attempt to explore the unknown inte
rior of the island was made from Torres
Strait, which separates it from Aus
tralia, by (apt. .1. A. IiHWHon, in the
year 1872, and If we may believe his
published narrative of the journey,
which lias just appeared in London, lie
advanced several hundred mile* Inland,
and about midway between the north
and south coasts discovered a mountain
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance.
I-' 7H,1 feet liigii, whicii tie uainest Mount
Hercules.
Tit* height ol the inounlain—ver *lx
mile*—L not the only remarkable thing
about It. Its apparent elevation i* but
little less than lu actual rlttvalinu; fur,
iu-tead of rising from a lofty Laid* laud
like the plateau of I'eutral Ada, It stand*
In a compilative!) low plain ouly about
two Uiousaud feet above tlie ocean, aud
this gives a clear riaeot autre than 3n,(po
Oet aLivelhesurruundlngrountrv. The
traveler staudlng at iu luu*e oaild look
up and see its snowy peak towering
i,uun feet skyward from where he
flood. I'nder such circuiu-laDi-ew the
altitude of a mountain i appreciahxl.
t 'apuiu tall* u* tbat be uti-
I dert.uk the aacwnt, fortnldahir a* If ap
l*-arel. He did nd reach the top. but
we believe the achievement which he
1 relates is unparalleled In the ramrd* of
mouataineerlug. Acomnanted by one
servant, he set out ftviu the (nut at four
o'clock lu the morn lug. Tbyy paasad
through dense forests In the lirsl tiro
ihouatMl I eel of js-rpendluuLr progrtva*
lotind ti.e limit of tree growth at eleven
thousand feet, and by nine o'clock had
rear hed a point fourteeu thousand lect
above the aea level—almost a* high a*
the famous Matterhorn. A thousand
feet higher w a* the *now line, and they
liegmti to suffer from Ute cold. Aa limy
pressed on, tirow*inea began to over
cuttle them. "Nothiug was visible but
n.w of tlie moat daacliiig w Idleness.
Kvery peak and crag was uarmd whir
It, and It hung over ths udge* of tb
cliffs in long ti.-.. y maasa*. I'ttelr aye*
were affected by Ibe glare, and ihey felt
theuiaelvex growing more and more
leihargii . "At leugtti blood began to
flow frntn our nam and ear*,' aaya
t'apt. I.BWM.n, "and tnv head ached iu
a distracting manner. 1 aaw that our
only chance of preaervlng Ufa wa* to
retreat without delay; for we were fa a
pitiful plight. Our Ilpa aud gam* and
the ikiu of our hand* and fa* were
badly cracked and bleeding, aud our
eve* were bloodshot aud wo I leu to an
alarming extent. The thermometer bad
•unk U> twenty-two degrees below
freeling |s>lut, and the air wa* *o r*ri
fled Hist we were gasp lug, ra titer than
breathing. (Air •laves lej] frutu our
grasp, and we could aot pick them un
again, so benumbed were our arm* and
hands. It was now one uYl.*-k, and
tlie greataat elevation we had attained
was 23,314 feat.
They then turned bnek, .leseended to
the limit of the snow In three hour*,
and arrived at thefr camp at Ute base of
the mountain about half paat seven In
the evening, Ttiu*, in flftceti hour*
aud a half, thev had aaoeuued an abso
lute height of 23,000 feet, to au eleva
tion which we believe L greater titan
any ever before attained by man upon
the surface of the earth, although ha],
looniata have oocaaionalty gone higher.
Tk Issai LsS; *1 Lass aa*
Ipeklng of high life ITS England In
the last centurv, a writer ways: The
young lasly, no longer under the ttrlct
guardianship of the lady chatelaine, I*
' lateen by her mother from the country
a* too dull an abode, to shine at court In
I (he metropolis. At sixteen bet figure
j i* imprisoned in stiff Iron wtay*, and her ;
bead delivered over to the nuuiagetnent
of a halr-dreser. Her deportment,
next to drea*, is her f!r*t eon-ldcratlon ; !
ahe learns to walk in high-heeled shoes J
tud U> manage gratefully her hoop aud
her train. The dancing-master In
struct* her in the stately minuet antf'
' gavotte, and ahe has Isnwan* fhsn an- !
■ >lher prtdensot in lire management ol i
i her fan—liow to handle, flutter, and j
furl Uii* necessary adjunct to the toilet. 1
She trouble* little about the antiquated 1
! occupations ol her predecessor*, of !
■ gathering herh* and cna|oiihdiitg my*- i
Iterkm* drinks for ailing old women or
sickly hat*--. Stie give* no thought u
the quaint rookery mdpes CWfefully 1
I treasured up in the crata|d hand *f
perhaps a great-grand mother. lie* only
j "-are i to compose w ashes to increase ,
' the falmes* of her skin, paste lo w hltcn
her hand*, and Isflom to counteract the
effect* of tight-laring aud late hour*. I
The groat study of her giddy bead i* I
how ahe can neat adorn her person. ,
(irswseaa e.otly Mechlin or Bni**H* pln
; ner* and ruffioa. and rnstle in hr<r*dea *
and satin* to ca|givabe her admirer*.
At length she succeed#, and P*oaM
the bride of Some re-ideiideut Iww, t
with wig. patches, anufr-hox. cane, ami
breloqne*.
Ilsairfesl* Wiser le*
My entire household, aays aw titer, 1
full of satisfaction over the fact that la
have just driven the axe handle into)'
the axe and wedged It there, *o It cannot ,
under any dNMMnMI crane out. 11l
may read'like a small matter to ynu but
do you know that that belvr had been
loose for nearly five years l Ye*, for ,
five years that axe ha* flung itocll (
aero** the yard whenever I struck a j |
heavy blow, leaving the helve In niv i
hand*, arid 1 suppose that 1 derided ,
more thau a thousand lime* trtgoin aud
get a hammer and chisel and fasten the j
helve In. I was thrown down and had ! '
my arm broken by the axe flying of, , J
two girl* had their noaes broken, we '
spoiled the atove hollers, nearly kilted i j
three hoya, and yet I didn't fix tire axe j
until to-day. Foster wa* telling me the |
other day that he had finally glued the | (
knob on the bureau drawer, and he . ,
seemed greatly relieved. 1 remember | j
when the knob was knocked off—a I- ' ,
most seven year* ago. 1 was helping 11
him move the bureau wheh the acci- < i
dent occurred, and I never wraa in the
house afterward* without Inuring Mr*, i
Foster say—"come, Henry, hav'it't you I
got time infix that knob tht* evening J" i t
—"Yea, Martlia," lie would reply aud ( t
vet It was seven year* liefore he gf>t lo I
lalßsatt'kfaa Plw**
i
Suae interesting tcsulta were given ,
by Mr. 11. M. Taylor, Fellow and Tutor ,
of Trinity t'ollcge, ( ambrldgc, in a p- j
t>er "On the Relative Values of the \
lleces of Chens," read before the Rrit- i
ish Asaoelatlon at Bristol. He found (
by a mathematical process thai if a I
knight and a king of different colors j t
w ere placed on a chess Inwrdu random j
the islds against the king being in chock
w ere 11 to 1; If a bishop and king, .11
to 6; if a rook and a king, 7 to 2, and if
a queen and a king 23 to 13. if how- ;
ever, we consider only safe check {I. e , ,
cheek In w htch the icing Is nnahle to '
take the piece) the odds are rrapectlrely | 1
II to 1, 131. to 13, R to 1, 10? to 37-
From these numbers we can obtain a j'
fair theoretical measure of the relative ''
value* of the pieces. Thus, If we take j :
as our measure the chance of safe oheefc, I
llie value* of trie knight, bishop rook, i'
and queen are in the ratio 12, 13. 24, 37 i 1
while the value of these pieces ih Lhe !
same onler, as given by Thvinnton, are
3.oft 8.80. R. 48, and the value of
the pawn being taken as unity. Mr.
Taylor remark* tliat the v.-tliieafapawn 1
dc|iends so much on the fact that it 1* , '
possible to convert It Into a queen that ! j
the method doo* not appear applicable 1
to It.
TUe first Printed Bonk
The llrat printed l>ook on record Is
"The Hook of Psalms," by John Faust
and IVter Seine fl'er, in 1457—precise
author* adding the date August 14th,
probably meaning that it was flnjsheu
on that dav. The work which most
signalized Faust, ami his art, wis the
Bible, which lie begun in 1450, and 11 n
islied in 1400. Comes of tills Bible he
carried to Paris, w here he offered them
for sale as manuscripts, and had the
niisfortuur to l>c imprisoned under the
suspicion of dealing with the Evil One,
for the French could not understand
how so many books should so exactly
agrec in every letter and point; nor
could the unfortunate printer obtain his
release till be had divulged the method
hy which his books were produced.—
Ttu SUrtoUi^fr,
so. .
torrwr oouax.
/stv Win* /am#.— "Mother, the bir
•lm all love father," said a littHe boy
of five years as be stood with bis mo
ther watch in* the robins enjoy iog their
morning meal of cherries from the old
tree that overhung the boner.
"Doe# anybody else love father,
('bailie f"
"Oh yea—T love him. and you love
bun ; but we know more than the birds.'
"What do you think is Um reason the
birdie* love voor father f"
Charlie did not seem to hear this
qnestioti. lie was absorbed in deep
thouiriiie
**Mother." at last he said, "all the
rreatoitw love father. Mv dog iaal
tuost as glad to eee him aa be ia me.
I'uHsy, you knew, always eomes to bin,
sod stows to know exactly what be is
saying. Even the old row follows him
all round the meadow, and ihe other
day 1 eaw her licking bis hand lost a*
a dtg would. I think it is becaua
father loves them, mother. Yon know
be will often get up to give pussy some
thing to aat- and he polls carrots far
the cow, and pats her, and talks to her;
iid>imt-ho I think bis voice never
sounds so pleasant as when be talks to
the ereatnrn*."
, "1 think his voice sound* pleasant
when he la talking to his little boy."
Charlie smiled.
"Father loves me," be said, "and i
, low luiu dearly. lie lores the bitda
i 100, I am sot*, lie wbietlea to them
every morning when thrv art eating
cherries, and they are not • bit afraid
,of him. though be ia almost near
enough to catch them. Mother, I wish
all things loved me as well as they do
lather.
"Do as father dose, Charlie, and they
will, lxtve all tiring things, aod be
kind to them. Do not speak roughly
Ito the dog. DoaT putt pussy's tail nor
chase tie lira*, nor try to tlighten the
row. Never throw suwes at the birds.
Never hurt or tease anything, hpoak
gently and lovingly to them. Feed them
and eeek their comfort, and they will
, love you. and everhody that knows yon
will love you too."
"And wouldn't that be sweet V said
j Charlie, the smiles breaking all ever
I his fare- "How 1 would like to have
all the dear little birds coming about
me, and not bejug a bit afraid' I'll try
to be lost like father."
The Story of a Little I'Hmeem*. —Quern
Victoria's (iaugbtore have si! bono very
carefully educated indeed ; and ae for
Qoern \ irtorts herself, why. when she
•as a little girl there seems to have
l**ea no end to the things that went
expected of her little ladyship. It was
not until ah# was twelve year* old that
she uuderswed that she might come to
be queen. Being only a neico of the
reigning monarch. William IV., who
had no children, her wise mother did
not want Vietoria'e head elated with
dreams ofncrownsbv might sever wear.
However, she ooe day discovered It by
what we may call aa artauged ane
dent, for n genealogical table was ahp-
Sd into ber history and there little
i*t found it. She took it op, no her
old govern una# told Hie story, and read
ing it said:
"I see that I am nearer the throne
(hat) I thought, i never saw that bo
i hue."
"IT was never thought necessary that
vou should. I'iincess replied the gov
"Now." said the child, after some
momenta of thonght. "many a child
would hoasi. but they don't know the
, difficulty. There is much splendor,
: bat there is more roMpoaaibihiy-" The
princes* lifted np the forrfiogar of ber
right bund aa die spoke, and than pnl
i ung ber little hand into her taacher'a
*aid. "1 will be good. I understand
now why yoo uiged me aomnebto
Irani l.stio. My cousin Augusta and
Mary never did. but yon told me latto
is the foundation of Fughah grammar,
•md all the elegpnt expressions, and I
learned it, as you wished it, but I un
derstand it bettor new. I will he
good."
T%e Xossil Hmrer*.— The buds make
great fan of human music. Do yoo
know why 1 Because it has law*! Now.
their music has laws, too. bat the dear
little thing* don't know it. A robin
' friend of mine, sitting on a window-sill
lately, beard a mnwic-mnwter giving a
Utile gvrl her mnatr lesson. He thinks
it the tmutual thing in the world. Mid
owrw me, on the authority of the ma
sk-roaster, that human music is made
entirely by Hule hobgoblins, wba cany
ibe sound* up and down the mntical
scale or ladder, slowly or rapidly, acv
xirding to order*. Mr. Semi breve, be
way*, is the slowest of them all. Next
roams Mr. Minim, who ia only half aa
alow a Semi breve ; the* Mr. Crotchet,
who is half as alow as Minim; then lit
tle Quaver. who Is half a# slow a* Croc
cbet: then Semi-Quaver, half aa alow
a*Weaver, and finally Demi-Memi-Qoa
vir, (be livelier little chap of them all.
who can run up and down the whole
flight, while slow old Semibreve is rol
ling to the nett *tep.—AY. Meholm.
Finger-y<*3* SU Tnchut Aoag.—At
first I couldn't and wouldn't believe it,
Uat when 1 beanl the little fellow any
that be rend the statement in tfoverndr
Seward's book, I gave in, fur of coarse
a governor is expected to tell the exact
truth on all occasions.
What wast f
0. did n't I -. ell you T Why the little
chap said that rich Chinese mandarins
wear long linger-nails, sometimes aa
long ae six or eight inches, aa a sign
that they do not have to work. When
nails are aa long as this, they are pro
tected by oaaae ot bamboe or of sold.
The nails are polished and attuned like
i tortoise-shell.
This is good news for lary boys. All
they hare to do is to work their way to
China, make their fortune there, and let
their nails grow.—& ,V Mo*.
The ll'tal Of TBee.—You never beard
of sucti a thingt Why I'll warrant
yon 've alluded to it often and often,
without knowing it. Didn't you ever
pcak of such ot such a matter coming,
going, or happening in "the nick of
time f" Very well. The little School
ma'am says that nick cornea from the
Herman word Xirltn, to nod or wink.
So the nick ot time, ia the wink of time,
or my name is not Jack.— St. .Yiisslg,
Bmallftil W •men.
Writing i>f a performance at an amphi
theatre in V crona, a correspondent says:
Kvery one of the spectators at Verona
would be recognised as Italian, aad there
were among theiu eyes as blue as opal,
and hair as light a* the most bleached
Saxon locks. Still, the Italian charac
ter was plainly marked in such faces;
there was a childlike twinkle about the
eye, a careless, tmprovident look that
mark* the common people almost uni
versally, and every movement of the
features betrayed the Impulsiveness of
the Italian nature. Corneller faces than
those of the Verona gtrls are rarely seen,
files of powdered hair adorn the head,
ami a black veil daintily adjusted give*
grace to every pom; nor do they scorn
to plentifully besprinkle the rich skin
of their face* with a coarse white powder,
which heightens by contrast rather than
suhtiucs by supination the rich, glow
ing, yellow complexion.
Onitlimi. fhe Terrible Plwa
At a recent meeting of the Academy.
11. St. i'tair Heville, a distinguished
French chemist. offered to the gentle
men present a light vial containing
about tU'lecu pounds of omnium, the
mostdeadly poison known. In a short
explanation, At. IVville said that twenty
pound* of that inctal would he sufficient
t<> poison the entire population of the
world One-thousandth part of a grain
of osraic aeid, act free in a volume of air
of 100 cuhic yard*, would posses* such
a deadly influence that all the persona
respiring this air would be nearly killed.
Osmlc acid is so much more dangerous
that no counter poison is known against
it.
XIWS IX BRUT.
—The annual sale of Florida curiosi
ties Is said to amount to SIOO,OOO.
—One hundred and eighty well* ar
now going down in the oil region*.
—The late William B. Aster had
$1,000,000 invested in Mansnrhuaotta
hoods.
—Harry Mclggs, the Callfornlan and
Mouth American railroad king, la dying
of softening of the brain.
-Thrrs arc 2d inorr seniors at Har
vard than at Yale, To more juniors, .Hi
more sophomore-, and *5 more fresh
men.
—Professor Procter Is lu his thirty
tilutli year, has * rlUen twenty-three
I took*, aod has a wife ami eleven chil
dren.
—Mrs, Ida Greeley Mmllh and her
husband hare settled down in the old
house at home on the model farm at
< happaqua.
—The Ohio Penitentiary has now
within Its walls 1,213 convicts, being
the largest nmuUr In the history f
that institution.
—Tire receipts at the White Mountain
hotels lest summer were:—At IheCraw
ford and Twin Mountain, $106,300; at
the Fabyao, $60,000.
—Pennsylvania lias eighty-six town*
that end In "burg." This shows what
profile can accomplish when they brace
their nerves and set shout a tiling.
—Acollcctioe will he taken up in the
(>ublk school* of Virginia, on January
•, the birthday of General It. K. Dro,
for the brnegt of the ler Metiuinent
Fund.
—The late Amarn Walker was quite
suowMfui aa a practical financier, what
ever may be thought of his theories, ae
be left property aruountlog In value to
$72,200.
—West Ctiester. Pa., having recently
decided upon starting a public zoologi
cal garden, some generous citizen has
already made a contribution by sending
In a est.
—Deer are tiousualh plenty in llie
wilds of Kamllten county, X. Y., ami
are in very flue condition owing to the
great abundance of beech nute in the
lores** lSeas.
—The New York Produce Exchange
has adopted die rule that a seller of
property has a right te demand payment
for that property on delivery of the title
to the buyer.
—Governor Kemper, of Virginia, re
commend* the exemption from taxation
for a limited ttme. of the property of
immigrant- and of capital invested in
: manufacturing.
—Mr. Chauncey Rose, a millionaire
llvhta in Ten* Haute, lud., has during
the last twetty-fh<- year* given awav
nearly $2,<K*U*W for charitable and edu
cational purposes.
—Montgomery Queen. tii* showman,
ha# tioufcht out* hundred African o~
u-ichee, and w ill attempt their ar llmati
ration cm hi* farm near Haywood,
Alameda county, California.
—Ther cdfer a premium at the Oregon
state fair for the nun who tills the
most squirrel* In the coarse of the year,
and It went, this year, to an old chap of
over 70, whose tally vu 13W.
—William H. Brown, of Pittsburg,
who lately died. u called the coal
tit*. lie waa a poor hoy, hut died
worth S£,OOU*<XK> and we# one of the
largest coal shipi# r* la the world.
—A theater box-office keeper In ban
Francisco, has been elected to the Stat*
Legislature. He jwwuoaui to move hi*
friends to tiers by hla eloquence, and
make hla opponents take back seats.
—in the tecent elections In Nebraska.
Mrs. Mary H. Le CJarq we* the success
ful oandklatc for superintendent <f pub
lic whoot- in Franklin county, and Miss
Alice A. Burdock in Ifarlcm county.
—An adopted daughter of Henry Wll
son Is Hring in Norfolk county, Mass.
Her name is Kva Wilami; she is ten
years old, and is said to he a bright,
midlife lJl child, Jore.l M evert one.
—'Tli* ladle- of. ihe Mount Vernon
Association of Richmond, aie going tn
bold a grand On tennis I ball cm the Jttd
of February, at which all of lice dresses
sre to be in the style of KM years ago.
—The Legislature of California has
cnacied a law which allows carry dti
aen who will plant trees and main tali.
• beta for three year*, a deduction front
hie taxe of $1 An- each tree we planted.
—Mr. Wylfe, the checker player, has
just finished a aeries of on* hundred
and three gam*-* in Hartford, (X, of
which he wou ninety-three game#, and
lost two game#, while eight games were
draws.
—Mr. Ferrl*. * hunter near Bitter
Creek, Wyoming, killed .125 antelope In
three day* tbi- winter. His profits on
Last winter'* bunting amounted to over
SI.QOU. Bettor hire him to hunt for
Tweed
—Governor ('arrol, <f Maryland, has
sent to a large number of "state* for
copies of Ihe various election laws, in
order that the best provisions of each
may be embodied In a new law for his
own state.
—The maddest man in Wisconsin is
John Leigh, of Oconto. He was a can
didate for member of Assembly, mid.
being a conscientious man, voted for
his opponent, who was elected by ju*t
one majority.
—Gold I* found In Urge quant It Us at
Canton, Ua. Mr. Dial, of Canton, is
said to be panning out one hundred dol
lars' worth a day oy washing the earth.
There Is a great deal of excitement
about tt around Canton.
—Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, who has
ao much prolonged experience in litiga
tion. is in Washington taking prelimin
ary measures In her suit against her
former counsel, Caleb Cushing. United
States minister to Spain.
—B!hop 1.1 ttlejohn, of Brooklyn, will
officiate at the consecration of the new
American chattel at Rome. Italy, on the
26th of March next. The chapel is
rapidly approaching completion, and
has in Its corner-stone a brick front
Independence hall.
—Ninety mechanics and artisans,
with their families, have emigrated
front Pennsylvania and settled on Hood
river. Oregon, and over three hundred
will follow in the spring. r i nt-y intend
building a college, a woollen' mill, a
grist mill, and other educational and
industrial establishments.
!
—A lesson for the strong-minded fe
male* is conveyed in a recent election
In Hardin county, lowa. There wen
six candidate* for a petty office—five
men and one woman. Sixty women
voted, and not one cast a ballot for the
"lone woman," but turning up their
noses at her claims for consideration,
they elected a man.
—There are enrolled in the public
schools of the United States 8,1100,000
children, in the last fiscal year the
average dally attendance was 4,500,000.
Thirty-seven States and eleven Terri
tories report an increase lo the public
school Income of $233,000, and in at
tendance of children 184,000. The total
sum raised during the year by taxation
was $82,000,000, and the oust of public
Wueation was about $71,000,000.
—The winding up of the going part
of the great clock at Westminster, Lon
don, foe weight of whose pendulum is
680 pounds, takes ten minutes, but the
winding up of the striking parts—the
luarter part ami the hour part—takes
ve hours each, ami this has to be done
twice a week. The contract cost of
winding up foe clock Is £IOO a year.
The error of the clock amounts to only
about one second for 83 days in the
year, and there is no other clock in the
'world of which the same cau be said.
I'OWKK or IsiAGiXATiox.— The other
day a Dctroitevr, says the Frit Prn,
took home a book containing several
anecdotes showing the power of imagi
nation, aud, after reading them to his
wife, he tenderly said:
"Now, Angehne, vou may sometime
Imagine that yon hear me kissing the
servant girl in the other room, and you
see hoM nase It would be to, accuse me
of such a thing."
"John Henry," she replied, in a
smooth voice, "if 1 ever imagine such a
thing, you'll need a doctor within fifteen
minute-, no matter what that book
says!"