Some Physiological Error*.
One of the notable examples of popu- i
lar delusions reganting bodily *tructnrr
ts exem plied by the belief
that the third finger was selected as the
bearer of the wedding-ring because *
particular nerve placed this member in
direct communication with the heart.
Over and over strain has this belief boon
expressed, and in the belief is found an
apparently satisfactory reason why the
third linger is thus honored. The i
slightest acquaintance with physiologi
cal science show* that the supposition
referred to has not given a germ of prob
ability to show on its behalf. The ring
finger is supplied with nerves according
to the rule of nervons supply in the
body generally, and, it need hardly be
said' without tie slightest reference to |
the heart; the nerves of which in turn
are supplied from au independent source
and one quite dissvViaUvl from that
which supplies the nerves of the hand, j
Equally curious and erroneous beliefs
intrude themselves into the domain of
medicine and surgery. Thus, for in
stance, it is a matter of ordinary belief
that a cut in the space which separates j
the thumb from the forefinger is of ne
cessity a most dangerous injury. The
popular notion regarding Una regiou is
that n injured mfiioted thereupou is
singularly liable to be followed by
tctsnu* or lock-jaw. There exist not the
slightest grounds for this supposition.
Lock-jaw, it is true, might follow an iu
jury to this part of the hand, as it might
.uipervene after a wound of any of the I
fingers. But physiology and medicine
alike emphatically dispel the idea that
any peculiarity of structure which might
predispose to "the affection just named,
exists chiefly in the regiou of the thumb,
it may be tiiat the difficulty expeoienced
in securing the healing of wounds iu
this portion of the hand—owing to the
amount of looe v tissue tuid to the free
movements of tin- part, which it is aluisot
impossible to prevent—might favor or
predispoao to an attack of tetanus, lint
as the fs.atae remark niav l>e made of
many other portions of the body, it fol
lows" that the thumb regiou possesses no
peculiarity whatever in thia respect over
any other part of the frame.
A very common idea, but one found
ed on no certain or fesible grounds, is
that which maintains that our bodies
undergo a complete change and renewal
of all iheir parts every aeveu year*.
The •' mystical nature "of tlie number
seven, has hail an unquestionable effect
in originating this opinion; and although
the age of fourteeu, and again that of
twenty-one may be regarded as marking
the attainment* of youth and manhood
or womanhtxxl respectively, yet phyan>-
logy gives no eouutcuanee to the popular
opinion that of necessity these periods
are of those sweeping bodily changes.
On the contrary, it might be shown that
the periods at which full growth of body
is attained varv with climate, race and
constitution—that is, with the personal
nature, and with the physical surround
ings of individuals, communities and
nations. The true state of matters, as
disclosed by physiology, leads us to con
template actions and changes which are
of infinitely more wondrous kind than
those involved in the idea of septennial
change. For if there is on# axiom
whien phvaiology maintains more con
stantly then another, it is that which
teaches that constant and never-ceasing
change is the lot of life from its begin
ning to its end.
Johnny's Kssaj on the Ant Later.
Ant eaters ketches em with their
tangs, wich is long like a wenn, and
gnm on it, same as hop todes tuugs.
The eater it finds a place where the ants
is to work, and lies down, and pays out
its tung, and shets up its eyes. Then
a ant comes there, and takes a look, and
- ys to the other ants: "This duffer
has over et hisself, and gone to sleep
without finishing his last werin, lets
take wot is left for our own selfs."
But when they have all got hold they
'stick fast, and the eater it opens one ey,
like sayin: " Ime reddy if you are," and
• then it touches a spring, and the tung
is drawed IU quick, and them ants is as
tonish.
And now 111 tell you a story wich aint
true, jest for a change.
There was a ant eater wich had lain
out his tung taat way, and a ant come
up and said: " Hello ! wot's this ?"
The eater was so hungry he cudent
wait so he said: " Why dont you see ?
That is a nice red werm."
But he had to pul in his tung for to
say it, and then the ant said: "I was
jest a l osing for a worm like that, and
if you hadent grabed it so quick I would
have took it my own self."
Tne eater see he had made a mistake,
BO he said: " I know where there is a
other worm, same kind. You follower
me and He sho you."
So the ester went of a little way with
his back to the ant, and laid oat nis
tnng agin, and wen the ant had cum the
eater winked its i, like saving: " Do be
carefle, or you wil friten the werm, an
he might git away, ooa you see I only
got him by the tail."
Wen the ant had looked it said: " You
can't fool me smarty; that's the same
old werm wich yon have had in yonr
mowth. Ime hungry, but I dent want
no boldvs second hand vittles."
And the eater it didant dare to say
tw&sent so. cos it wad have to pnl in its
tang agin to say it; but after the ant had
went away mad then it said' " Its rnity
hard to be silent under a unjust suspi
cion, wen natnr has give me so mnch
tongue for to deny it.— The Argonaut.
A Deaf Man's Musings.
Words confuse ideas; use as few as
passible.
There is a discount on the most per
fect happiness.
The blush of a maiden is nature's sig
nal of warning.
Not one man in a thousand marries
the girl be most wanted.
Satan is always ready to give advice,
but he exacts high fees.
There are many moral people whose
virtues somehow seem to be a misfit.
D soontent is a vital element of civili
zation; without it there would be no
progress.
The quiet fellow in the corner who
lets his rivals do all the talking generally
marries the girl.
If mankind were tamed into different
kinds of food a mother-in-law would
make horseralish.
There are people who should be known
as "tapeworm talkers." They are a
terror to all busy men.
Every man coming to au obscure old
age thinks he would have achieved wealth
if
Let young men be patient in their
wooing, for a maiden's love may be cold
on her lips yet warm in her heart.
If " immediately the cock crew " every
time a man lied in these latter days,
what a din there would be !
In the quiet of the early morning wc
should laden our hearts with kindness
and good will for use daring the day.
Utilizing Head Animals.
While on the subject of animal refuse,
says the Scientific American, we will
refer to the manner in which certain
dead animals are utilized in France.
Every portion of a dead dog,for instance,
is converted to some use; it is boiled
down for the fat, the skin is sold to
glovers, and the bones to make " super
phosphate." In Paris the carcass of
a horse is worth more than elsewhere,
inasmuch as the working classes eat the
best portions of the flesh. The hair is
a well-known refuse ÜBed by the up
holsterer; the hide goes to the tanner to
make thick leather for bank ledgers,
etc,; the intestines make coarse gnt
strings for wheel bands and lathes; the
fat, which from a well-conditioned horse
amounts to sixty pounds, finds a ready
market; the hoofs are used either by
turners or makers of Prussian blue, and
the bones go to manufacturers of ivory
black and to turners. Even the pntrid
flesh is allowed to breed maggots, which
are sold as food to fatten fowls. The
final residue is used by rat catchers to
trap their prey, and the skin of the
captured rat finds a ready sale among
farriers on account of its delicate fur.
A statement that has frequently gone
the rounds of the papers to the effect
that most of the " kid " gloves of com
merce are made from the skin of this
rodent is probably untrue, since its
small size wonld preclude its use for
anything but gloves for children.
Anecdotes of Morrissoy,
A Washington correspondent gives
these anixslotes of the late Senator John
Mom'amy:
Tw > or three incidents connected with
Mr. Morrissey's first official appearance
iu Washington are not unworthy of
mention. The day after he arrived tier**
to take his place ill Congress he was
seated in the burlaw a shop of Wdlard's
hotel, when " Beau Hickman," well
known as " the champion gcntleniau
beat of America," approached him and
said. " Mr. Morrissoy, permit me, sir, to
congratulate you ujxui your election to
Congress, to a jswution, sir, which 1 have
no doubt you will adorn." " That's not
bad," replied Morriasey, " but what
does it cost?" " Oh, only replied
Hickman. "That's cheap," aaid Mor
riscy, and then handed him the money
without another word.
Shortly after he came to the capital
Mr. Morrissey l<*ariiod that t'olfax, who
was tiien the Speaker of the House, was
an inveterate smoker. Acting ujxm this
knowledge ha went to him and present
ing a neatly papered parcel, sanl: " Mr.
Speaker, 1 want to talk to you alxmt IUV
place ou the committees, "but Mow 1
say word let me give you the boat box
of cigars in America." " Ah, yes, said
Mr. Colfax, very lunch embarrassed,
" but, you know that is to sav -all the
important plae<a belong bv right to the
old member*." " OertaiuW," sanl Mor
nsaev iu his own blunt, hearty way,
44 that's just what I thought, and what 1
want you to do for me is to put me at
the tail end of some committee that
never docs any work " "Oh, that's
easv enough," said Colfax, evidently
much relieve*!; " I'll do just what YOU
want." He kept his word, and Mr.
Morriasey was appointed to the Com
mittee oti Hevohitionary Pensicus, which
meets about once in five years.
Morrisaev, unlike most of hi* assiei
ates, was not ambitious to figure prom
inently iu "the "Congressional three
torv," and when Major Hen Perlev
Poore, the compiler of that work, called
ou him for a short sketch of his life, and
asked what his profession was, the
uewly-alectod Congressman said, with
some bitterness, 44 Well, 1 suppose you
hail better put me down as a faro
dealer."
"Oh, you don't mean it,"said Major
Poore. " Can't you give me some other
occupation ?"
•• Yes, of course 1 can," replied M r
--riasey. 44 Give me credit for mv old
trade if you will; call me an irou
molder, for that's wiiat I am if I'm any
thing." And he appear* in the 44 Diree
tsrv" as an iron-molder.
How a Hatter Advertised Himself.
A Now York correspondent writes:
There are human connecting links as
well as material on>s. Geniu, the hatter,
who died two dan ago, was one of the
former. Although his year* were uuder
sixty, the report of his death carried
many New Yorkers ha ok nearly a gener
ation, to the time when Jenny Liud
made her debut in New York under the
management of Rarnum. Itaruum and
Geniu were neighbors, Barnum running
the old American Museum, where the
Herald building now is, and Geniu keep
ing a hat store next door, ou the site of
the present Park Bank. Genin believed
in advertising and left no stone unturn
ed to draw public attention to his busi
ness. The arrival of the " Swedish
Nightingale " raused a great sensation,
and of course Barnum fed tha tlame of
curiosity without stmt. He bad engaged
Castle Garden, then the only concert
hall of any note in the city, for the won
derful songstress, aud he advertised her
tremendously, for those times. An auc
tion sale of tickets for the first night
was annouuced, and so great was the
furore that but little else was talked of
for several days. A great crowd attend
ed the sale, and when the first choice
was put up, Genin, who was resolved to
make a hit, started at a high figure,
though I do not recall eiactly what it
was. A lively competition sot in, but
Genin had made np his mind to carry
off the prize. The first choice was final
ly knocked down to him for $225. It
was then considered an enormous figure,
and its effect was to advertise Genin so
thoroughly that his name became known
all over t£ie country. His business in
creased greatly and"he made mouev fast.
Early in the war, however, his health
failed, and he retired to a country borne,
where he spent several years a martyr to
disease, (renin's name was almost for
gotten till it appeared among the death
notices. Then all the old residents re
membered him as the man vtfio had
paid $225 for a seat at Jenny Lind's
first concert in New York.
Shatn Buildings in Brazil.
A recent traveler in Brazil mentions
some instances of architectural shams,
which excel anything which we have to
show. He describes a couple, byway
of examples of many:
"I had expected to find Santa Cruz
merely an Indian village, but as I ap
proached it, the church seemed to me an
imposing structure. After getting a
glimpse of it we struck into a bit of
woodland, and when we again emerged
into the open plain, I saw only some
palm-covered huts and whitewashed cot
tages. I saw also a number of fisher
men, barefooted, bronzed women, in,
flounced red, yellow and orange-colored
gowns, and here and there was a black
vestured Portuguese, with s white neck
cloth. Bnt there was no chnrch to be
seen. It had vanished. And yet I could
not have been mistaken. I had observed
it clearly. The facade was iu the usual
South American stvle; it was painted
white, and in that clear air one can see
a flv a hundred feet off.
"Where, in the name of Santa Cniz,
is the chnrch ?' I asked of my guide. By
way of reply, he pointed to a dead wal 1,
not more than three feet thick. I shook
my head, and cried out, 'No; I mean
the chnrch which I saw a few minutes
ago.' He langhed, and a few more steps
cleared tip the mystery. The church
which, seen from the front; looked like
an imposing structure, was only a dead
wall, a yard thick, buttressed np, bnt
without vestige of side walls, rear, or
roof. This wall was really all there was
of it. Several steps led np to the portal;
passing which, as many more led yon
down into n lint, not mnch larger than
the others in the village, and like t em
utterly devoid of all attempts at archi
tectural ornament."
Another sham structure was the treas
ury building of a considerable town. Its
facade is by no means devoid of preten
sion. bnt the front ia all there is of it.
Trepoff.
General Trepoff, the suspended pre
fect of police at St. Petersburg, had
suffered from several assaults before he
was attacked by Mile. Vera Hassnlitcb,
who recently attempted to assassinate
him and was acquitted by a jury. Fif
teen years ago, in 1863, the general, who
was at that time chief of the police at
Warsaw, was the object of a formidable
onslaught on the part of some half dozen
insurgents disguised as peaceful rustics.
These sham peasants had taken core to
arm themselves with hatchets, which
they carried loosely in tbeir girdles as
part of their ordinary equipment. It
was Sunday morning, and Gen. Trepoff
was returning from cbnrch in company
with his daughter and his (laughter's
governess, when the disguised revolu
tionists approached him. A general
attack bad probably been intended, in
which case Trepoff must have been
killed. Only one, however, of the band
had nerve enough to strike the blow ;
and he, instead of inflicting a mortal
wound, only succeeded in bruising and
lacerating TrepofTs shoulder. The gen
eral seized bis assailant, disarmed him,
and gave him in charge to the police,
who, of course, were at hand. The rest
of the band took to flight, and endeavor
ed to escape through a shop which bad
a doable entrance in front and in rear of
the honse. Five, however, of the sham
peasants, who turned out to be " execu
tive agents," or, as the Russians put it,
" hired assassins " of the revolutionary
government, were caught, brought be
fore a tribunal, and—not being tried,
like Vera Hassulitch, by a jnrv of their
own countrymen, but by a commission
of Russian officers— were sentenced to
death and hanged in ghastly and fantas
tic costumes said to be of traditional
mediaeval pattern.
limiting the (iiraffe.
The most general and successful
method of liuutiug this uoble auuual is
the one practiced by the sword hunt era,
or Aggagecrs, in Southern Nubia. They
are mounted on the swiftest dromedaries,
aud as soon as a (lock of giraffes has
Ixaut espied iu the steppe, the Luuters
assemble. They use uo saddle, and can
keep, therefore, on the top of the fatty
protutterance only by a linn appliance
and grasp of their muscular knee joints,
Their bodies are of a dark bruume hue,
and are always shining with an abund
ance of grease. From the left shoulder
dauglos the long and broad cross lulled
sword, sheathed 111 a reddish-colored
leather scabbard. The party is followed
at some distance by an attendant, who
carries water iu a leather bug, and raw
norghutn grams previously aoakixl iu
water. This fixsl, called hrlilrh with
a mouthful of Water, constitutes all the
ftsnl that the frugal giraffe-hunter
stands in need of.
A careful search lias finally revealed
the sjHit where a little t!*x*k of giraffes
has gathered. The hunting company
approaches most uois>leaslv, biding it
self when jsissible beldnd tnxw and
thickets. Wlmu near enough, the rider*
emerge from the thickets, and by loud
clicks excite their divuiodartoH to sjassl
ou with their utmost power after the
game. Then then draw their swords,
their strange hunting weapon, the blades
glittering brightly ui the sunbeams.
The doomed victims soon become aware
of Lherr persecutor*, aud in tlieir rapid
fiight wave their loug necks forward aud
backward. Dry branches break and
crack under the step of their quickly
moving hiH>fs; stones, pebbles, root*
and earth are whirled iu all directions,
and ckmds of dust till the atmosphere.
Iu a ihvqxTato, frantic chase the hunter
follows his game, which cunningly tries
ti> evade or outstrip its unmerciful pur
auer by cross-steps aud jumps; but the
deepoudent Uxk of the exhausted victim
already presages that its doom is sealed,
and that au escape is utterly impossible.
| The velocity of the pursued is no longer
equal to that of the pursuer, and wheu
its p.ice txigms to slacken, the livid
tongue, covered with froth, protrudes
out of the mouth, aud the glaring, des
perate eyeballs starting from their txx'k
ets, exhibit the anxiety by which the
animal is consumed. \Vheil the huuter
has arrived at a sufficiently short dis
tance, he leans forward ox his seat, takes
aim, and with his ponderous sword
hamstrings his victim. Rarely is a
second blow needed to fell the colossal
frame of the pursued giraffe. The ani
mal falls panting into the grass, or
crunches down upon its hiud legs in con
vulsions, aud kicks to right aud left,
whirling up clouds of dust.
By a loud cry the Nubian sportsman
. announces his victory, and calls together
! his companions m the chase. Those
1 who are not actually engaged 111 pursu
' ing or slsviug another victim from all
I sides readily respond to the call. They
i dismount from their dromedaries and
dispatch the victim by a few sword-cuts
into the throat and the extremities,
j They ffay the animal on the spot, and
divide the meat among the party, who
cut it leugthwise into strips. When the
' meat has been thoroughly dried in the
I sun, it is used as provision, and stands
in high favor with hunters and travelers.
*
Street Scenes in Cairo.
The streets of an Oriental city are
good schools in which to study the man
-1 uers and customs of the people. Place
1 twenty Arabs in a coffee-shop, and they
; will not make as much noise as three*
; Americans. Only one man sja-aks at a
i time, the rest listen, and, what is sur
prising to au American, never inter
' rupt.
But let there be a quarrel in the
i street, and in a moment, each one of the
quiet men is changed. They will run
: out, talk, gesticulate—evervlxxly puts
'iu a word. Ala ly one day saw a street
qnarrel in Cairo, Egypt A boy upset
a cake seller's trav.
"Xalabook (Curse your father !")
exclaimed the angry pedler, demanding
six piastres damages.
A crowd gathered, and every oue gave
an opinion. Neighbor* looked out of
the windows, and smiled or fruwne*L
There were lots of talk, much gesticula
tion, and—that was all. In an English
crowd there would have been half-a
dozen broken heads or bruised noaea.
One clay the little boy of a poor man,
living near the lady's house, died. The
father, as usual, came out into the street
for sympathy. Leaning his head against
the wall of a house, he sobbed till the
tears literally wetted the dust. So in
tense was his grief that he did not tear
off his turban or mend his clothes, but
clapped his hands and cried :
"O my hov! omy boy I"
A Wan-seller opposite shnt his shop
and came to sympathize with the poor
father. Passers-by, gathered around
him, said not a word, but looked their
sympathy. Two merchants demounted
from their donkeys and joined the sym
pathizers. All waited till he weut home,
to which many accompanied him with a
respectful air.
It seemed strange to the lady for a
growu-up man to go out into the street,
and call upon the passers-by to grieve
with him. Bnt how like the wail of the
prophet Jeremiah : "Is it nothing to
yon, all ye that pass by ? Behold and
see if there be auy sorrow like unto my
sorrow !"
The same lady went to the bazaar to
bny a carpet. An old broker, standing iu
front of a coffee-shop, had one on his
shoulders.
She asked the price. " Eight napole
ons," he replied, spreading the carpet
in the street, to the inoouveuience of
public travel.
"Three hundred piastres ! O uncle I"
she said, looking as though the carpet
was of but bttle value.
" O Muslims, hear that!" cried the
broker to the gentlemen sitting outside
the coffee-shop. " Look at this excellent
carpet! Three hundred piastres ! By
the faith, it is worth two thousand !"
" I wonder," answered one of those
addressed, " that an old man as thou art
should tell tis that the lady, who is a
traveler, and a person of experience,
values it at three hundred piastres.
Thinkest thon we will give thee more ?"
" Give thou, O lady," snggeated an
other, " four napoleons, uud do thou,
O old man, take it."
Tiiat settled the
East everybody gives an opinion; for are
not all Muslims brethren ? And why
should not a man's brethren aid him in
baying or selling ?
A Persevering Utile ItinJ.
A notable little bird often met with in
Europe is called the turnstonc. It has
earmal this singular name by the man
ner in which it procures ita food, which
i by turning over, with its strong,
curved beak, the stones on the seashore,
in order to obtain the insects under tliem.
Walking along the seashore on the
Scotch coast, one day, an eminent natur
alist once saw two of these little birds
trying hard to turn over a cod-fish, but
as it was six times as large as themselves
they found their task rather difficult.
Still they set bravely to work, pushing
away first with their lulls and then with
their breasts ; but in spite of their push
ing the fish would not turn over, so
they ran round to the other side of it,
and began to scrape awav the sand to
undermine him, so that he might turn
over more easily ; and then with fresh
energy they set to work, but still the
heavy fish would not move. They tried
again and agaiu without success. Pres
ently another turnstone came to their
assistance. There were three of them
now, and after repeated trials and fail
ures they at hist succeeded in rolling the
fish over. You may imagine how much
they enjoyed the rich feed of insects
which they found where the fish had
lain. Their energy and perseverance
might be copied by many idlers of the
human race.
Health Never*.
Never eat in a hurry, because it causes
indigestion.
Never speak in a hurry, because it is
ominouß of instability.
Never think on going to bed, because
it makes wakefulness.
Never eat between meals, because it
produces irritation.
Never dine in excitement, because the
blood is called to the brain which
ought to go to aid digestion.
The l'ursee*.
A Bombay correspondent writea: The
l'sraecs came from lVrsia (wheuoa their
tiiiuiel itud settbsl in lndis nearly 200
\eara ago; Bombay is tlieir ehief abid
ing place nl pnweiit, and I am told thai
tliev number nearly 140,000 in this cily
alone. Hoiue of them possess enormous
wealth, and several houses, among the
tluest in Bombay, have l>eeti (minted out
to me as the projierty ami homes of Par
si'es. tlonerallv they are liberal with
their money, so far as public bcuevo
louoo g>ss, but they are by no means
the prey of htreet-licggar* or of any
oilier |erHon who would impose on them.
Hospitals, fountains, gardens, sclusils,
and the like owe their origin to I'liraeea,
and some of Uieir naiues have ttocomo
honored out of ludta as well as in it. The
I'arsoos are worsltipera of fire as the
symbol of divinity, and when they came
from Persia they brought the sacred
ernbera with them and keep the tires
burning per|>etiiiiUy on their altars Fire
Iveing sa*rel, they naturally worship the
•tin as the great representative of divine
power, tint the supposition that they
worship the sun ss that power is moor
root. They will not use tire for any lg
noble purpose, and consequently it is
not polite to offer a cigar to a Foreee;
they do not take offense if a stnuiger
smokes in their presence,but anv gentle
man who lives here and understands
theui would quietly remove his cigar
from tiia mouth while conversing with a
Poraeeof his acquaintance. They neither
burn nor bury their bed; tlieir corjiaes
are exjiosed where they can lie eaten by
th birds and Uieir bunea are swept iuto
a deep pit where they remain until des
troyed by the action of the elements
On one of the htgliest hills of liomhav
are the ao-called "Towers of Silence,''
where the bodies are thus exposed; the
name is a free translation of the Peraion
one, which literally rendered iutq English
means nothing more nor less than
"tomb." Strangers are rarely admitted
to the inclosure, ami uo Parwoe except
the few employed alniut the place may
enter the towers Through the kindness
of Mr. Coma, a wealthy am! prominent
Paraee, 1 was enabled to see the towers,
and had the advantage of his personal
guidance and explanation.
We cnU-rtNl by a strong gateway and
ovur a paved path, which is the route of
the funeral proceeeious. The incloetiro
has a high wall, over which it is impos
sible to liiok without a scaling lmbU r.
llio yard is perhaps two acre* ill extent,
and contains near the entrance a build
ing, where t* an altar with the saertsl
tire and a temple where funeral parties
come to pray ami the priests to change
their apparel after the service* areovcr.
There is a neatly-kept garden here,
which is tended by the employee of the
place, aud from Uie windows of the
temple there is a fine view of the city,
the hay, aud the aurrouttdiug country.
The otiier structures in the inclosure
are the famous towers, nine in all, sim
ple circular structures of uluotercd ma
sonry about twelve foot high aud pcrftaps
thirty tu diameter. Iu Uie side of each
is a double door of iron, where the bear
ers cuter with the bodies of the dead;
in this door no visitor, whether Chris
tian, Hindoo, or i'ursee may enter or
even look, save, as before stated, Uie
priests aud attendants. Wo were not
allowed to go nearer thnu within tw< uty
yards of the tower*, ami Mr. Cams ex
plainest that the pro'iibition extended b
him as well as to us, and should he on
late it he would he compelled t>> purify
himself by careful ablutions atnl cluinge
of apparel. This i leusur.' was alaptwl,
he said, to prevent Uieiipread of disease,
and so great is the prei-.iufi.vn that the
priests and Ivearers must jn*rf. >nn the'.r
ablution and ehmge after each fuuerai
ceremonv.
A* we approaches! the toiew their
aeeti were painted out. Olio wn lor
murdererrt auJ atuci,la, au>l waa <x>n
lidrrad UQOOueeorntetl; tlte rest aere
alike, or so nearly so that the difference*
were not eaeeutial. On the tope of
two or three towers, the one* most iu
use, vultures were rooitiog aud evident
ly waiting eagerly for the arrival of
procession. There were, perhaps, fifty
or more —I did not count them— and Mr.
Cama said there were others that were
so fa! and heavy us t< > be unable to fly at
all, s> that they remained constantly
withiu the towtira. When a lody :•
brought there is a stir among the birds,
aud frequently they attack the heartrs
in their eagerness to get at a corpse, fio
violent are they at Union that the bear
ers afe armed with sticks, aud use them
vigorously. An hour after a body has
been placed on the iron grating, and the
bearers have retired aud closed the door,
nothing but bontw remains, and the
birils resume their places t • wnit for tlie
next arrival. The funerals generally
take place in the momuc jnst after sun
rise. or in the afternoon before sunset;
never at night, aud rarely in the middle
of the day.
Effect of Hard Mater upon Animal*.
Horace have an instinctive Vow for
soft water, and nfur liard water )f they
can possibly get the former. Hani
water produces a rough and Marine coat
on horses, ami rentiers them liable to
gnpes. Ihgeons also refuse hart! water
if they can obtain access to soft. Cleg
horn states that hard water m Minorca
causes diseases iu the system of certain
animals, eapeciallv of sheep. So mtich
are raw horses influenced by the qnality
of the water, that it is not nnfrequent to
carry a *upplv of soft water to the
locality in which the race is to take
place, lest there Wing only hard water,
the horses should lose condition. Mr.
Yooatt, in hia book called " The Horse,"
remarking on the desirableness of soft
water for the horses, says, ** Instinct or
experience has made the horse himself
conscious of this, for he will nerer drink
hard water if he has access to soft ; he
will leave the most transparent wat< r of
the well for a river, although the water
may lie turbid, ami even for tin tan 1
diest pool." And agnin in another place
he says, " Har.l water drawn fresh from
the well will assuredly make the coat of
n horse unaccustomed to it stare, ami
will not (infrequently gripe or further
injure him."
The lire*! Bell of Morovt
At the bono of the Tower o! Ivan,
writes a traveler, we paused t> examine
tlie great bel! of Moeeow, which is sur
mounted with a globe and a cross.
What a history has this liell ! Cast in
the reign of Boris Qodnnoff, it fell and
WHS broken in the reign of Alexis. It
was reenst in aud weighed two
hundred and eighty-eight thousand
pounds. Twenty years Inter it was sus
pended from a wooden beam, where it
reraaiued for eighty yearn, whan it again
fell, and its fragments lay on the ground
for thirty-three yearn, when by order of
i the Empress Anne it waa recant. Dur
ing a Are which occurred four yearn
later, it had another fall, when itn side
wan knocked out, and it remained buried
in the earth till IKW, when the Emperor
I Nicholnn had it placed upon itn preeent
pudental. Itn prenent weight in four
nnndrednnd forty-fonr tlinnnand pounds,
ita height in nineteen feet three inches,
and ita circumference in sixty feet nine
inchen. It is two bet thick, and the
weight of the broken piece in about
eleven tonn. The exterior in ornamented
in relief by repreacntationn of the Em
peror Alexin, tho Kmprenn Anne and
religioun charaotern.
A Female Men Tamer.
Eva Kleacht, a young Russian lion
tamer, in really a remarkable nort of a
girl. She waa wrecked at sea with a
circnn that waa making tho tour of tho
world. Mont of tho company were lost,
but Eva wan picked up by an American
ship and brought to New York. Tho
Russian Cornell furnished her trannpor
tation to Paris, whoro nho thought to
find work, but could get no honorable
employment. Hbe would accept no
other and heroically gave herielf np to
the police HH a vagrant. She waa sent
to the St. Lazarre prinon for women. A
newspaper reporter, who happened to
pass through the prinon yard one day,
was so much impressed with her noble,
innocent face, that he asked who ant!
what she was. Ho heard her fitory, iu
terowted friends in her behalf, and finally
the director of the great Franooni Circus
offered her a place. She accepted it,
wa releaseikand now draws great crowds
; to the circus nightly by her performance
aa a horse tamer.
NEWS SUMMARY.
Unatai it suit Middle Stetee
Lout* llohmk", aged live, shot and killed tils
btotkof JotUL aged three, wltti a pistol tlisl fit
found In a bureau. The uufortuuale affair
owirml tu Brooklyn, S. Y.
The permsneut eitilt>itlon at Pliiladnlphla,
which liss lixin iviosetl tor souin Uuls to allow
of a thorough renovation U again o|>eli. Hens
tors Wallace, lUalne. Itsvard and other die
t trig ma h<| visitors took part tu the o(N>umg
ceretuoules.
Ttie aiocntive commutes of the National
■ •arty of the l ulled Htates held a meeting in
Sew York for the purpose of discussing plans
for a solid organization of the party, and t<<
pir|iaro for tne fall campaign. Br. I>. It
Htnigeon. of Toledo, Ohio, presided, and rep
reeouiaUvos of about thirty Htates were
preselit
Hti men were publicly whlp|-ed In Newcastle,
IM. the olhi i day each reealviug twenty lashes
Jason Hcrltmer, who lives on a small fartu
near Augusta, Me., attempted to murder his
whole faintly will, a spade A girl of thine was
struck and kilted a hoy of five sustained a
fatal fracture of the skull, arid a Iwtw of one
year was fatally Injured. Hertbuer's wife and
sou, Albert, a hoy of eleven, sucoeeded tn get-
Ung away unhurt. The falhei attempted to
conduit stiuiidi, hut waa arrestml before he
Oould carry Ills design into execution.
llatlieruie K lleeeher. sister of Henry Ward
lleocher. died In Klunra, N. Y., ou the lXlh,
aged seventy eight years.
Iteoellt defalcations (I. It Watrrmsn was
arraigned in the po.ioe oourt of I.awrtuiee,
Mass., chargnt with sn.twaallng fllNitsiu fiom
the PM IAO mills oor|Hiraltou . he pleadol not
guiltv, but was committed fur trial J-dwtu
■V ilall, el-president of the Merchant* Na
tional llauk of Whitehall, S Y . w* arrested
on a charge of cuibeaaluig fiIUO.tKJU, fmuls of
tiie luaUhiiiou, and was brought to Troy and
held in HU.OOO hail for eiaminaiiou.
Home damage lis* tweß done tu the young
crops and vegetation hy the recent uuusnally
cold weather. The northern JMUIS of Yriui)>iit
and S'ew liampsbire were vlsitod with a snow
storui. and heavy frosts prevailed all over the
New Kngland and Middle Htates.
Mathew McXViuald, a atorekoepar of Pough
keepste, N Y , blew his brains out with a
pistol. Probable cause, financial embarrass
mauL
Msjor-tieueral Tliomas H. Ilaklii. fXNßUisnd
uig the seooud division, national guard of the
Hlale of New York, died in llrooklyti <<u the
IJUi, sgad forty seven years, lieueral Ilakiu
waa Urt known as a member of every team
re| <r< in-uting America hi the international ride
matches, and last tear he was captain of the
Amer.can team at (^reedniour.
lis 11. Wright, town treasurer of Houth
HsdleV, Msse . Is dlsCOVartxl to have apt r.e
prisled t'.'S.POn of Ihe town fnnds. He has
leen highly res[K-cted and proprietor of the
principal st.we in the towu. He disclosed his
own guilt and has given up all his tforierty,
winch will probably cover one-third or the
town's loss. He claluis to have stink the
money in business and hoped to repay It all.
'Hie second annua! t ueh show of dogs was
opened at Ullmoras Harden, New Y)rk city,
the other dev. There were about one thousand
dogs ou exhthiUou, comprising every variety of
Oaiiiuo,
The convention of the penusvlvania liepub
hcans fir the uominatn it of a Htate ticket was
lwid In Harrubwrg. Mayor HCokely. ef Phila
delphia, was chosen chairman The ticket
nominated was Pur governor, Genwrol Henry
M. Hoyt . for snpiretu* Judge, James P. Hur
rett , for Ueuteuant-govoriior. t'harles W.
Ht>*ie ; fur secretary of internal affairs. Aaiou
1 K Dunkel. Ihe platform adopted does uut
allude to the Adnili ltrs ton, I wit op|ses fn*
trade and the tariff bill; Jarlins that labor
and American commerce should be fostered hy
U>e national government ; asserts that the
public lauds should he reserved for actual
settlers , opposes the paymout of " Southern
claims" and unjust freight discrimination ,
syui|iat!ilrea with Southern Itepublicans, and
endorses the State ad n mist ration.
The New York Legislature has adjourned.
Mrs. Lydta Sherman, wlio sis serving a life
uuprts umcnt in the t'onuecticut State prlsou
for lx>nsuutng her husbaud and w h)se escape
and recapture some mouths ago will t*> rrmem
twred, is dead. After ber "i>leUi>e for kll uig
her husliaud she cuufessed to having J-olsone i
three husbands and four chlidrwu.
Tweutv thousand barrels of ull were lost at
Bradford, l'a.. hy the bursting of It W. Ktans
; Jt Co s oil lank.
Western and Southern Stale*.
Isaiah ilvahs, (oot rod aged twes.tr thriw
was huug at AmHe. 1.0.. for the murder of
Ktward blowers, aged eighteen, at a picnic in
July, 877. Evans confcsse! the murder and
saei whisker brought him to the scsff .d.
Near Littleton, W. Vs., lrsna ltsrtl"tt. an old
farmer, aged eighty rears, cut hi* thr- at with
a razor. O.d age and tumble led th the act.
Au I>. Wkldrun. treasurer of the village of
llvke Park, near I'lucagu. Hi. was discovered
to be a defaulter in his account*. He owes the
town about 17.1,000. and it is lb ugbt lie wt I
not be abls to pay in art- thai. fll.OuU of this
sum.
The boil<-r of art engine at Gox • coal mine.
Tamarua, lU., exploded, instantly killing John
evxnpsou. a member of the tuwu counei ;
Horace Morrow, a miner, and wounding threw
small bova, who were plaving near the engine,
two of whom died soon after The boiler was
blowu about 150 yards.
The eleventh annual convention of the
Arnerlr.au Hallway Master Mechanics' Awvli-
Uori of the I'tilted States was held In lUcti
mund, Va.. fifty delegates from various eec
tions of the t'mon being present.
A large number of dispatches rv-vdveJ from
various points throughout the \t est ludieale
that the recent tnwvy frosts have resulted in
Considerable damage tn soma of the crops. The
lajury, however. Is chleftv conflned tn garden
j lauts and small fruits, such as grapes. obw
n-s. peaches, etc. Ilia gralu cgup has tuffarej
ilUle
Cincinnati new music hall a large and
handsome strurture was ded. -ated with im
p-sing musical ceremonies Ui the proSouoc of
an audience of 6.000 jersoua.
The Ohio Ix-gtalature has adjourned
The Ohio liem-ratic State conventK-u will
ha hakl at Columbus June 36.
St. Agne' Female Academy at Memphis,
Tenn., caught ttrr an 1 was enUrly destr .red.
I>os estimated at >50,000; mertranoe #25,000
Mrs. Anne Itarbera Kors arrived tn llaiu -
mre from Havton. Ohio, intending to leave on
the followiug dsy for Oennanv. At she did Dot
c >nir down to breakfast on the next morning
at the hotel where she was stopping, law room
was broken u|>eu and she was found suffocated.
She hail blown out the gas tustead of turning
it otf when rwtinng .
From Waahinfrton.
The treasury holds gStI.OOfI.AW In I'nfted
States.'bonds to secure the national bank circu
lation* #13,51H,000 U> secure ptibllc deposits.
Profcwwnr J- -eph Henry, of the Smithsonian
Instituti-. dissl iu Washington on the 19ih. aged
eighty-one years, lto was a well-known wrlenust
snd had been oonnedsxl with the Smith soman
Institute since Its organitaUou in IM6.
The Senate has onnflrmad the nomination of
<;■ i.rge F. Cutter U> be tvaymashw-general of the
navv and of William H. Hunt, U> t>e Judge of
the court of claims. !t has also ratified a treaty
with France, providing for a convention at
Paris next summer, with a view to the ait opt ion
ef a metrical system of weights and measures
It Is cx|>ected ihat all the principal European
nations will participate in the convention.
The President arid Vice-President of the
I'uiU-d Htat-ea, rcpresentativea of the rxoroUv.
departments, mnmbar* of Congress, the u
--i preme court of the Cnited States, the judi isry
of tii* a Dwtnct of Colomioa, th< c mrtof claim*.
Sir F.dward Thornton, the Japanese mmtsV-r
1 and other* of the diplomatic corps, the Acade
my of Natl >ual Science*, the Philosophical
Stir let* of Wasliington. the Alnrani Assoaa
tihn of Princeton Oo lege- officer* of the army
and navy, the Washington Monument Seven ty
Mid a large concourse of citizens ath-oded th*
i fitters) of Pnifaeeor Henry, late secretary of
the Smithsonian Institute.
The Senate committee on pension* ha* agreed
to re|>ort a bill to increiw the pension* of all
soldier* who lost both legs, both arms, or both
eyes, finm fSO to a month. There are
only sixty-five of these cane*. In thirty-three
of them the soldi*r* have lost both leg*; in
thiriv-one of them both hand*, and one sol
dier lost both band* and both legs.
The Senate postal committee has decided to
report a* amendment* to the annual j*>*t road*
hill several measures heretofore agro- l upon a*
separate lulls Among thein sr<-the lull* provi.l
ing for a new classiiloatlou of mall matter and
ttu- registration of oeWMpajxirsadißittisl to pound
rate* of |*>*tage. and regulating the com)>ena
tion for railway transportation on the basis of
both car space and speed of trains.
Foreign Nowi.
The steamship Sardinians, from Liverpool for
Qnel.ec. caught fire while in the harbor of I*>n
dondrrry. Several pass* nger* were kill
<*l and a largo iniaitwr more or lee* seriously
in lured.
A Berlin dispatch say* the Herman govern
ment has dec ded to decline the invitation from
the t'ntted State* to attcud the international
coinage congress.
As the Km|*>rer William of Herman* was
returning from hi* usual afternoon drive in
Berlin acromion led by hi* daughter the (iraud
Dochcws of Baden, he was tlr**l upon ttiree
times, but all the shot* tn!*ed their mark.
The wonld-lieassaesin then attempted to escape,
but was surrounded ami capture*!. Another
man who was atiiqmsed to be an aoeotupltce
was also arrest**l. The affair caused great
excitement throughout Berljn and large crowd*
fmm all part* of the city e*-embled before tlie
palace, singing Uie national alithom and other
wise expressing their loyalty ami sympathy.
At a preliminary examination the man who
fired the shot* gave liis name a* lloedel, hi*
age twenty-one. He denied firing at the F.m
peror, and stated he meant to shoot himself
publicly in order to show Uie rich the present
condition of the people.
The St. Petersburg OfKrial Metniyjrr pub
lishes a proclamation calling for subscriptions
" for the organization of a volunteer fleet, in
order to defend the Just cause, in case the
adversary of Russia should provoke war."
('ontribiitions will be received in Ht Peters
burg, Moscow and other towns. The Czare
witch will receive the subscription* made in
St. Petersburg.
Turkey has proposed to increase her import
and export duties twenty per cent during a
year to provide fuii'l* to send homo the Rott
iuelian refugees. These duties are subject to
the control of the maritimo powers. F.ngland
has consented to the propoeed increase, but
America lift* rofiil. Italy ilsclar** Out alia
11)11 at Mbmil 111" • I ileal!) m to parliament.
Austria *nt Friiiiw luta iut niimrad, but It
la tmllevixl I lint Ilia latter will consent. A ban
of I,(km,too Turkish pound* ha* Iwen already
coucitidol ou the baals of increased due*.
Hit hundred isirsnlis have lost tholr lives by
kli earthquake si I "S, In Vsuezuel*.
Preparations sre being made in Panada for
coast sift frontier itsfsnos. and the tulilUa
have I ■esti eu|>|)liod Willi arms and aiuiiiunttlen
sud ordered to hold themselves In readiness to
inarch at a moment's notice,
The tiitsMitlimisl chain tihoishq. two-mile
tx-st rare l-eleen Edward llaiilon, of Toronto,
and Kred A PlaUled, of Sew Vurk, st Toronto,
was noli hy llaliloii, who led at Uie ttlilsti by
four ljat lengths.
A visit to the Amertraii section of Hie Paris
Pi|s>sltlou has Iwcu made by Uie I'rinos of
Wales
A tiermali pal-ef publtahes a rejuirt that
ttrere is a plot <lll foot to establish Uie rejrtMillc
of Turksy With Mi)U)at Pasha a* president
The lower house of tile Hungarian thai La*
l*s. d a Ull granting (MI.UUU.UOU florins (I'JV.-
ldd.OuOl for war pmi*tse#
Mr Okuhn. the Japanese mluister of the
Ulterior, has been assassluated. He is stitnd
to have I <tmii s defender of all the reoeut rw
forius in Japan.
hWNtIHkNSIONAI. Ml MAM%,
ate.
The U'l authunzmg the eilvndlture of
tM.(RK) to strengthen the foundation of the
Washington monument we* paeeod Tit* tail
hi si the bankrupt toll was taken up, aud
the am ; luient fixing Hern 1 for th* time to
repeal war aitopted. after debate. An amend
11 lent atrlkuig out He|<L 1. and making Use lull
take effect uu Its | saasgo, waa offered and
rejected. The bill was then passed bv 27 Ui
'JI The jsiat office spprotmaUou Ull was
. ailed up, hut wtUsoOt action Use heuabo ad
journed
The death of prof. Ueury, of til* Hmlthao
iur.il Institution, was announced, and a luinl
resolution to adjourn ou the day of funeral was
agreed to .tloiisldaratiou of the post office
appniprtatiou UU was resumed, and after
some debate, Uie point of order that the
amendment providing fur a sulaidy to the Bra
zilian mail sU-Xm ship hues could not he re-
C. t *evt hv the Heuate. was Sustained bv * vote
of :i'J to li The I*ll was then paseed .. ill*
A I .at* on the specie reeum|*tou s< repeal Ull
Was reetwned without stUWi. Adjourned.
Ihe Ull to provide a Ore-proof hui.diug for
the liureau of engraving and printing waa con
sidered, without action The concurrent ree
otutmris regarding relation* with Mexico were
called up by Mr Morgan, of Alabama, who
*(>oAe tn support of them. They werwreferred
t . the committee on foreign relations. Ad
journed.
Ill* hill lu subsidize the Brazilian s'sauui
hip hue was reixirted from the committee on
(•ost office* ..Mr llutkr, of Houlh Carollua,
subrultlvd a concurrent reeolutlou croviJmg
for a commission on army reorganization, con
slating of two senators, three representatives
and three army officers, to report at the next
srsstou of (Vingreev The Joint reecluUon to
pnut SOi,ool copies of the agricultural repiort
and S.OUti copies of the colonial charters was
agreed to The hul to repeal the resump
tion act come up. and Mr. Matthews read a
long argument on the general financial policy
of the girremeient, closing with a motion to
adopt, as a substitute the bill introduced by
him in November last- He advocated ralssaes
of the notes after tbe.r redemption. No action
was taken A substitute for the House ball
to esUhhsh a iwrmaurtit government for the
I >.-tnct of t'olumUa was reported from th*
district ooeuuitttc. Adjonrned.
BIMI.
The lioass committee on naval expenditure*
recommended at ropnatim; W. 117 756 to jiav
certain naval claims, aud d:n. t*d th* cancal
latiou of naval contracts amounting to t8.6u0.-
000. A claim for pan&Mil for store* nod sup
pi e* taken hy the Vedaral Ann) la Virginia
gave rue to moli healed A hate, wraughng,
aud cuufusHiu, daring which the chairman
called upon the scrgeant-ai arms, but cooler
cvfuasrl ]>rcdoaunated before his services were
required. When erder was restored the hill
was paasej The Ull fixing the salaries of
di>u.ct attortievs was reported from the ooai
rr.itlee on the department of lustier, ordered
ponied. si.d recommit'ed Adjonrued.
Mr iathsm, of New York, introduced a
Joint r. solution authorising the President, if
tn tii Judgement it may mn-ui to
increase the army during the rwf of Con
gress It the enlistment of volunteers not ex
ceeding 75.00U tn number Mr. Hotter, of
Now V<>rk, introduced resolution t > investl
goto ahegnd frauds m Florida Mid 1-ouisiai-a
afloolitig the result >if the otor
tin. Various paints of order were raised,
which were onfTVlrd by the sjwaker Mid hlw
decisions sustained br the Uuiwe. Mr. title'
of Maine. acted to lie allowed to offer an
in "hunt t< oxte J the investigation to
oU.gr BHtte, but Mr. I\4tf refused, and
Moved the prevtoo* questitol. A vote
taken on the moUott, and the RejHibUeaiis re
frained from voting, leaving the Ho we with
out a quorum. Mr. Hotter thou moved to
adjourn, the wreicr atoltog that the reeoiu
tiou would hold lie pled* until its;-wed of. ,
Tba army anwopriai; n t ill was reported, and
Iha Hone* u.eo adJourtsM.
TW H< <n~ took up in tha regular order the
rrwnlutfc'ii relating la ttia allagcd fraud* m
F lorula and Louisiana. the quaalioii twuif on
seconding the demand fur the previous que#
tion. A on the [irevioui day the Republican*
Main refrained from voliog and the result
sat no quorum A call of the House showed
315 memts-ra present. hot a second rote re
sulted aa before, and the Ilouw - adjourned.
A Famous Hatter,
i Taat was a fatuous ratter that a St.
Olair Street man purchased last week.
He couldn't retnemWr, Us said to his
wife, just how many rata that dog had
slaughtered at cue muing, but it was
, marvelous. There waa no
doubt a Wot it, for he learned it from the
man of vlu>m he bought the dog, and
aurely be ought to know. The dog was
industriously polisliing a bone while his
.wrier was allowing and holding forth
<>n his good points, when a rat waa ob
served to come •> at from under the honae,
and go sniffing about, after the manner
i of its race, on tlie hunt for something |
to eat, and gradually drew near the fa
mous ratter.
" Sow watch him!" whispereil the
owner, while hia eyes lightest np witli
the excitement of anticipated sjsirt;
••just keep your eye on him !**
" Why, the dog doesn't seem to aee
him, does he?" aaid the lady of the*
house.
" That's all right, be is laying For him. <
You'll see some fan directly. There, he
see* him now."
" Yea, but what makea him stick his
tail between hia leg* that way, and bris
j tie lip o ?"
" o that's all right. I guess he does
that tiecaunc he's mad. Don't say a
word!"
The rat approached nearer and nearer
to his doom: the dog tremble*! with ex {
ffitcment ami anxiety to get at the game
—at least that's what his owner said—
when the olieoky rodent, after getting
within aWut a foot of the bone, skipped
up and seized it, and shot back into hia
bole as though he had forgotten sernr
i thing, while the famona ratter let out a
shrill chorus of yelps, and nearly tripped
] his disgusted owner up in shooting
around anil lietween his legs to escape
legion* of the imaginary rats. — Clcvc- ,
land llemid.
Poisoned Spears.
In an interesting series of letters to
the London AYWti from the New Hebri
des, a group of islands north of Aus
tralia I h> longing to the I'araguan group,
whose inhabitants are extremely savage
and tliiuk nothing of making a meal of
a missionary, Mr. L. Layard describes
the dreaded poisoned spears of these
islanders, made with long carved points
of human Itones. These point* are
formed front the leg-bones of either
friends or enemies, a thigh-bone being
I split into four points, while a shin
i twine suffices for only two. The natives
are very particular abont the selection
of them. They say that the Imne of a
person under twenty is too weak and
spongy ; from twenty to forty they are
at their brst. After that age they be
come too brittle. Some spears hare
ss ntHtiv as two hundred or two hnndred
and fifty |mints ami splinters fasten. .1
on them—three or four vastly exceed
ing the others in size, being in fact the
main jHiiut*. A fragment of one of
these remaining in the wound is nlmbst
sure to prodnoe fatal results, as the
cellnlnr structure of the bone is of
course, impregnated with the virus of
the body that has decayed around it
i They are used f<* arrows also, and
barbed for the purpose of being fixed
I in the wound long enough for the
poison to mingle with the blood.
Jerry Huekntep, an elderly colored
man living near Lilierty Mills, Va., re
cently met a singular and terrible death.
The show of John Robinson was moving
from Orange Court House to Madison
Court House in Virginia, headed by
several elephants. The old man was
attracted by the procession, ami ap
proaching the caravan was attacked by
one of the elephants and crushed to
death. His body was shockingly muti
lated, and death was almost instantane
ous. When overtaken by the vicious
beast the old man was on his way to
work and had liis dinner in hia pocket.
It is supposed that the elephant sniffed
the lunch and attacked and killed the
man to get it, as no provwoiAion was of
fered.
ItoumanUn Town* ud Cltle*.
Perhaps the moat remarkable feature
of Houmant* is the enormous iliffer*noe
I net wren the villages and tha town* of
moderate Nie, a* well a* of the oitie*.
I cutis Blanc EAR* that in France thrrr IN
an aliviM Ivetween the city and oountry;
mid HUM would certainly noitii to be the
ease in the Wullacbiau principality. The
towiiH are full of activity, and in orr
tain kind* of trad* manifest real energy,
but fjve milna from any town moat of
the village* are wmi - barbaric. No
Itoumauiana whom I met oonld give me
the true reaaou for Uiia fact. They apoko
with diocouragod tone of the burden* of
war and Uie alow prog re*# of educatiou
oouaoqurnt upon the poverty <1 the
oountry. Hut it muat not Iw supposed
tliat Kou mania ia indifferent to'the
cauae of national education. The eon
etilution provide* for a lil>eral primary
inatruntion, and render* it oompnUory
" wherever schools are natabhahcvi.
Each village or district ia auppoeod to
provi le funds for the aupport of free
nclioola, but the villager* plead their
eitreme imaerv a* an excuse, and prefer
to keep their children steadily at work
a* aoou a* they are atrong enough to go
afield, rather ilian to aaoord them time
to atudy. There were, nevertheleaa, but
a few year* aiuee uearly aixty five thou
aand rhildreu frequenting rural primary
arhoola, and tweuty-aevcu thouaand were
receiving elementary education in city
arhoola. Instruction in Hon mania ia
divideil, aa in Prance, into three gradea
—primary, secondary and superior or
lirofeaaioual. In the htgheat grade the
tollman uuia have numerous eatabltah
mtnil* which will bear favorable
comparison with aunilar oiuai in other
lands.
The khan, the monaatery and the
villager'a hut being the optv aheltera for
the traveler arroa* the mighty plain or
through the rugged mountain# of the
|vriticipality, it in not astontahmg that
wlxcu he arrivea iu Bucharest, th*
capital, he ia ready to beetow upon it
all the extravagant title* which it haa
received during the laat generation, auoh
a* " The City of l'leasure," "Pari* in
the East," •' The Wauderer'a I'aradioe,"
1 etc. After muutha of weary wandering
in Turkey-in-Europe, he who reaches
the well-kept and riandaome atreeU of
the new quarter of Bucharest, who finds
himself once more dwaled by the glitter
of European uniform*, and surrounded
by evidences of Ituury and fashion, the
very memory of which had l>eguu to
fade from his mind, ia amazed and
enchanted. It i* like coming out of a
dreary desert directly upon a garden
filled "with choice and Iveautifnl flower*,
with rippling rivulet* and plaahing
fountains. tUtxpard King, in lAppin
cott'a.
Shipping hoods by Mall.
For one oent per onnce or sixteen
t cents per pound, a parcel may be Mint
per mail from Sew York to any part of
the Union. Printed books and aome
other printed matter are charged at the
; rate of one cent for two ounces, or eight
cents per pound. The one cent per ounce
claaa includes almost all lands of mer
chandise and aamples of merchandise,
seeds, cutting*, roots, scions, models,
lithographs, engravings, etc., etc..
Packages must be so wrapped or en
veloped with open aides or ends that
their contents may be readily and
thoroughly examined by poatmaster*
without destroying the wrappers; but
seed* and other" article# liable from their
form or nature to loss or damage unleea
specially protected, may l>e enrfoaed in
unsealed bags or lanes, which can readi
ly be opened for examination of the con
tents and recloacd; or sealed bags made
of materia) sufficiently tranaparent to
show the contents clearly without open
ing, may be used for anch matter.
Amrrlraw K&fclMta al fyrta
Feats. W odisesday, Mo 1, 187k.
1 Bf Csfcls to lbs IwxaM Prsss J
The display of scales by Fairbanks A Co.,
Sew Tort. Is verr grand, and creditable
U> the exhibitors, showing the advancement
made by them over those of any other Ameri
can or foreign manufacturers, and reflate
gn-at credit on American workmanship The
exhibit surpasses ail others in merit at the
Harts World s fair.
Ma*>n A Hamlin, who took the flrri medal far
their aaUuet organs at the Expoartjoa in IM7,
aud have wen the higfaact honors at every
world's exhibition stnor. are bare m somprlttloci
with a flue lot of organs. He vera, other Ameri
can makers exhibit, but few if any of than will
venture to compel®
The Mrtasrv Reaper.
W a believe that ww confer a favor on the
farmers by directing their attention to the
.(tirumor litoprr, bailt by Jikvrw, fiatt A
Oct., of PoogUinptit, and I6J Qrrmtr,ch
sfrvef. ,Ve*r York, who are so well and favor
ably known as the bandars of the famous
UucA-ryr JMoveer* and Hrtiprr*. The Adriance
lloaper Is fitted to meet the wants of those
farmers who prefer a separate and distinct
machine far resgang. The name of the build
ers is a sufficient guarantee for the excellence
of its material and workmanship j bet nothing
abort of a personal inspection can enable the
farmer to appreciate the remarkable ingenuity
of 1U devices, or the admirable manner in
which It combines aimpheity with efficiency.
It is a light iron reaper, with one driving
wheel. The rakes are operated in a maimer
similar to that which has - reved so snccweaful
on the ltuckeye Harviwtei, but are still more
perfectly under the control of the driver. It
is of vary light draft, but very strong. The
ease with which the platform can be Ultod flu
it especially for nee in lodged grain it will do
geod work in all kinds or conditions of grain,
and its folding platform makes tt as portable
as ths Buckeye Mower.
With an A finance Ilea par and a New Mods!
i Buckeye Mower a farmer i* enabled to gather j
hi* a raw and grain crop with the least degree
of discomfort te himself or hi* team, and with
tha most satisfactory results.
Meters! feeleettew.
Investigator* of natural science have demon- j
*trat<t t>evond cootrovwrey. that tliiongbeat
' the animal kingdom the "survtvaJ of tbe fitteet'
i* the onlv law thai vouchsafe* thnft and per
petuitv. Doos not the eame principle govern
the commercial prosperity of man ? An infer
ior cannot supersede a superior article. 11l us- -
trative of tin* pnrociple are the famtly mwdi
oiues of It. V. I'ierce. M. I> . of Ruffalo. N. Y. ,
By reason of superior merit, they have outri- ■
wiled all other medicine*. Their sale in the
foiled State* alone exceed* one million dollar*
j per annum, while the amoaut exported foot#
tip to several hnndred thousand more. No I
Imdnew could grow to such gigantic proper-
Hons and rest npon any other lsi than that
oftuerlt. It i* *af<- to say that no medicine or j
combination of medicine* vet discovered equals
or can compare with Dr. Pierce * rtoldeh Modi- .
cal Ihsoovery, for the cure of cough* cold*,
and all pulmonary and fatood affection*. If the
bowel* be constipated and liver alugguh. hi*
rieasant Pnrg*Uve IVlleU will give | worn pi
relief; while hi* Favnnte freecnptiou will )*<#-
■ lively, perfectly, and permanently, cure thoee
wcakneasre and "dnuigmg Jown ' neneation*
(leculiar to females. In the l'eoule'a Common
Souse Medical Adviser, an illustrated work of I
nearly one thousand |<agea the iHx-tor has
fullv diactxsae 1 the principle* that underlie
health and sickness. Price. #1.60. post-paid.
Adapted to old aud voting, single and married. I
j Address R. V. Ivroe, M. D.. World'* I>i*pea- j
sary and Invalid*' Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y.
A r.sines ier a sitsrirs.
A firm in New York seems unfamiliar with
the l/ontton story of the man who offered to
sell real guinea* at a trifle, but could And no
buvera. Deo. P. Howell k tv>., - the "Newe- i
iiajier Advertising Bureau." propose for one
hundred (?) dollars, to put a ten-line adver
' tisement in some thirty standard week lie* aud
to alide It Into a thousand other weeklies free. .
I>o they expect people to take the offer* Any
one a "quainted with the high rate* of these
standard weeklies can see that the thing i*
ridientoua. Rowell A Co. mmt know very
well that acceptance* of the offer would be so
many items to charge to proflt and lose. We
retract our insinuation atont their ignorance
of that Isindon atory. They pmtiablv know it
too well and are shrewd enough by taking ad- ,
vantage of that human trait at which the story
• hits to make a stroke for fame a* men of
I startling liberality, and at the same time run
no risk of pecuniary !o*a.
CHEW
The Celebrated
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Wood Tag Plug
Tonaooo.
Til Ptottku Tonaooo Cowan, 1
New York, Boston, and Chicago. t
We caution our reader* to beware of diph
theria. pneumonia, Influenza, bronchitis, con
gestion of the lung*, coughs *nd cold* at thia
season of the year, (let a bottle of Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment and Seep it ready for in
stant use. It may save your life. It has
saved thousands.
Iletlclowa Cooker*.
light, white, wholesome biaonite, roll#, .
breed, and elegant cake, crullers, waffles,
doughnuts, mnfflns, and griddle cake* of every
kind, re alwav* possible to every table by
using Doolev'a Yeast Powder.
Sheridan's Cavalry Oondttien Powders will
positively prevent all ordinary disease* com
mon to horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and fowl,
besides constantly improving them. Beware
of the large packs; they are worthless.
far dll dtMwwe inaldont to tbd "
tug U> children. It follow- tho child tnm pshs
rnitM wind ooUr, ragnlato* tb# bowolt, wxJ by
girt tig mtief gad health to tho child, plwtwdk
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same one week in a lift of One Thousand Coun
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