FOR TUE YOUNG PEOPLE. liramnur In lllij-mr. It is seldom that one sees so much valuable matter as the following lines contain, comprised in so brief a space. Every little grammarian just entering upon the mysteries of syntax, will tint! it highly advantageous to commit the "poem to memory, as by so doing many a " black mark " will he avoided, for with these lines at the tongue's end one need never mistake a part of speech. 1. Three little wonts you olten we, An- Article* — a, an, and thr. A Nona's the tuiltic of anything, A irluml or ijiinli n, hoop or tiring. A<t|ecliv<\s tell the kind ot Noun. \ ami, tin nil, pritty, sUk, or brou i t. Instead *>l Nouns the Pronouns ulninl Her head, hit luce, i/our ann, my luiiul. 5. Vcrhs tell ol something to lx> done— To riti'i. tonnt. ting, lough, jump, or run. j I, How things nre <l*nn-the Aitverba tell, A- tloulg. guirhlg, ill,or irrll. 7. I 'onjuiH I ions join tin- wonts together— As men mil women, with or whether b. Th*- I'n-po.-ilion stnmls bciore A Noun, us hi or through u door. 9. The liiti-ijis lion shows surprise, A- oh how pretty — uh ' how wise. I lie whole arc culled Nine I'uiisol Sp<-*-< i■. Which rending, writing, speaking tench. An I ti(l-rirroiin*l t'nstle. Not a castle that bad been sudtlcttly | swallowctl by a hungry earthquake, ; neither bad it been buried for years ami years beneath the stones and ashes of an active volcano. It was indeed a < uriolls affair, tliis castle about which 1 am going to t*-ll you. for it was planned and built under the ground. The only visible part of it ; was a *|it*- -r little turret in which could lie discovered not tin? least trace of loop holes, wirulows or. doors. Tin- fortress itself eontnined a number of mysterious winding pas-ag* - ami graduated galler ies, and though the walls were smooth and must perfectly liard-tinislied, they were ban- ami gltannv enough, and no old paintings from tin* master-artists were suspended tln-re. There was many a nii-be and alcove too, alike utnlcco ratetl by flower-vase <>r statue. Not a , ray of light was ev*-r permitted to enter | its cheerless apartment* >r dispel its | melancholy gloom. As for tin* master of thi- hidden cas tle, lie si-cnn-d only intent upon enlarg ing his subterranean domains. With wonderful -kill am! never-flagging ener gy, lie continued to construct new pas sages ami apartments, adding a chamber here and a hull then*, with apparently u*i other purpose than that of making his lierinetii-at stronghold unmistakably complicated anil sei-ure. This castl*- was lo*;ated in th*'midst of a forest, an*l f*r many days I climb*-*) a tall IMS-CII tree that overshadowed its visible tower, and strange to say, every day at precisely twelve o'clock, I was rewarded with a sight of the princely architect himself. As he never varied in his time of coming to the surface, I at tirst inferred that In- doubtless obtained bis luncheon outside, and came up at the proper dinner hour to secure it. Hut I afterward dcrid* d differently as you will see. Earm >tiy *!• -icing ti intimate ac quaintance with this interesting stranger, I on* day d*---ended from my observatory in tin tr*-*-. and with shovel in my hand, awaited bis noonday ap pearanc*-. Su*l<lenly In- came to tlm sur face. ami in a twinkling ! placed my snail*- und* r tlm base of the tower, and tossed this Imrnmt l*>r*l into a deep bucket, whi*'!i I bad placed at a conve nient distant * The nnv* -incut was too smlilen to all*w him any hope of *-scape, and I carried my prisoner home in tri umph. but -ism made the discovery that I had no i M jgarly straggFr in charge. On the contrary, 1m appeared t<> b- a right royal r*'*-lu'-. ll*- xvas richly clad in a very soft velvety fur suit. *>r dark lead color, tin tip* of the coat-tail, pants, and waist-bands being trimmed with a hand of pun- whit**. The cleanliness of hi- fur was -imply marvelous. Huri*-<1 in the inrnl and earth as it had Iwcn in its little underground dwelling, still its j coat was beautifully fresh anil free frotn I -pot or dust. Although lie evinced great strength, lie was diminutive in size, tlm length of his body being no quite Ave indies, though his amootli, narrow coat-tail dragged about an inch on the ground, and I wondered how h c kept th*- whit* pointed tin so glossy and and unsoiii-d! He was *!*■ ide*i!y stout and "tliiek--** t.'' ai it bis pretty oval head was joined dit'-etly to his sleek lindy without any visible neck. For some days I belicy-d him to be a blind mute, anil tlmrefor** did n**t wonder at I bis indifference to the gloom of his sub- j termncan quarters. but after bringing ' my goml miero-coix- into requisition. I I discovered that bis * yes were not only very minute, but that they were almost hidden by his soft fur robe. Hut they were there, two very bright, twinkling eyes, actually small* r than a grain of mustard -<-*-d. anil evidently adapted to nocturnal explorations. flis sense of bearing, too. appeared to bo very acute, though i could discover no appearance of an external ear, If struggled while I held his fat, broad palms in one hand, and Ids curiously webbed-feet in the other. After a time I succeeded in forc ing hi* unwilling jaws apart, and, to my astonishment, then- were tldrty-six sharp little teeth, and all bis own too. it seemed ratln r unfair, thus to treat a helpless prisoner, hut I excused myself Mithegroui that I was only seeking for information. Then I untied Ids hands and feet, and threw him into a tub of water, where I was delighted to see him swim like a tisii. " Wlmre could he have learned to do this?" I cxriaimcd; and tln-n I triisi to imagine that his castle-grounds might[he beau ti flu I with fountain sprays and silver lakes of Ids own construction. I took him out of bis hath, smoothed and dried bis lur rolie, and placed a rich repast before him, which was made up of earth-worms and ground nuts. This lie devoured very greedily, even exhibiting a degree of ferocity as In* hunrh*il liis round back, and ravenously pushed tin* food into his mouth with his fat, chubby hands. And now allow nic to introduce you to(tliis curious little king-architect of the Under-ground Castle. His family name is Tulpidir, l>ut he is generally known as ,S •ulopi itotuUirn*. And MI, after all, lm is only the common ' blind mole," whose little hillock* here and there ore familiar to every one. And yet, by patient and cnfbful ol*servation, we And that he is a most interesting little animal. His small body is n cnml ina tion of mechanical implements. His long snout serv/'s us a crow-bag, pick axe and spade, ami his whole irame is an ingeniously complicated machine, each part *f which is well adapt***! to its purpose. By tie' constant rubbing of liis sides against til*'wails of bis dwell ing they iK'i-omc smooth and luird, mi that lie scarcely carries any dust upon Iris body, though when I threw him into tlie water I found tlint a little dirt settled in the bottom of the tub. The little creature searched deep into the eartli for insects, tender roots, and worms, ami it will even sink a well to supply its young with water. Every spring and autumn from four to live baby-moles are added to the family; ntid as my little captive was born and retired under the ground, ho naturally-soon began to pine tor his "na tive element." So one day I carried him back to the ruined hillock, and, quicker than.aflasli, he disappeared beneath the surface. As bis tower had never been rebuilt sim-e liis capture, I infernal that he was the sole occupant of the hidden castle. Immediately on bis return all other mound began to form, and as | watched it from day to day I discovered that his noonday visits outside were for the sole pur nose of getting rid of loosened earth, whirl! would otherwise lie ill hi way. though why lie should select just that hour for hi* "out-door " exi-rci-c I cannot imagine. Muring the months of dune and July the males and females mate, and at that season the males en gage in deadly eonlliets with one another, probably through jealousy and rival ship.— (!ol< lot Ilijur.i. A Ituttcrlh Collector. Mr. Metzger, a resident of Albany, X. V.. has one of the largest and lines! col lections of butterflies in the world. It took Mr. Metzger twenty-live years to gather them. From Russia,' France, fireat llritaiu and Spain; from Florida ami lexas; from Maine and Canada; Iroin the woods of the North and the groves of the Sotltll. these marvels of nature have bis-n brought and now pre served in a manner maintaining tir living features, tliey present a picture of beauty simply indescribable. There are oxer ten t h<>usand of these richly colored llies, and they are a study indeed. The writer suggested they rmire-ented a for tune. " Ves," said Mr. Metzger, with a shrug ol his shoulders, "but I never sell a tly. That I would not do. Some times 1 want a particular tly from abroad, and it co-ts me often ten or twenty dollars, but le-ing a poor man I endeavor to effect an < \change with my duplicates. Others more fortunate than lean buy them outright. I ion line my collection to tin-latitude of tie Northern Hemisphere. There i- a tly named after me, and over in that corner is one that is simply priceless. There are but two known to exist You see that delicately constructed insect. That isof a remark able family. It hat* h< -as a butt, illy in September: ii\ es through the frost of winter; cold, however intense, cannot kill that gossamer bit of (tod's handi work. but when the spring comes and the -oft nights of May makes all nature lovely, this little thing gives up its eggs and dies. Its mission i- over. There is the common moth. I low graceful and dainty it is! Then- is the outcome ot the tomato worm, which has desolated acres of tomato* - in • * rtain years. There is an insect of which tie- male only i winged, and yonder a tly of ue-tali*- hue, which is considered by us very valua ble." " Have you caught many of tin -* but tcrflii - yourself?" "The greater part of tln-m. When a boy in the old country .-it was my hobby, anil for eighteen vears in America i have been busy. Even in this neigh horhood I am out nearly . very summer night, bunting for my treasures. I will spend all day in tin- woods, or all night, for that matter, in search of what I want. In this way I go! many tli*--* that J bad not. anil many that are wanted abroad. lam an enthusiast, of course, and take gre it care of what I have." " To you, tln-n. it is a delightful o*-* u patimi to search tor and find a m-w hut tertlv." "It is ndi-lightfu! upation. Every tiling in nature is Uautiful, not niendv butterflies. Take the Idrds or fish, or different insert life. It is a study of man for which a lifetime is tool short Nature i- as -j. h ami liotiutiful in auty as in utility, and it is pleasant to lind this out by personal experience," Ilnrdette's •• llan keyctcm*." There's bound to lie trouble in tliis old country yet. They an Taunton Massachusetts and Macon ' icorgi i mad. l'roh.ably it is In , nuse man was i r* ntol from the dust of the earth that he is stili advised by bis friends to " get up and dust." "I am going to Colorado for my health." said young KccpUup to oiil Itobysbeil, the other day "All!" re plied tin* old man, " nd when did you leave your health tlmre?" Over on West Hill a man wants to match bis lured girl against time lor to smash one tboiisaml i-bina cups in one thotisaifd quarter hours, gate money to go to the man. and pti-h shots barred. "When I was a boy." said avers prosy, long-winded orator to his friend, "I used to talk in my sleep." "Ami now." said bis friend.' "you sleep in your talk." Hut somehow, that didn't seem to be jut exactly the point the orator was going to make. • "What a horrible, base bawl;" the frog shouted, from the shade of Ids lilly le if in the pond, to the big red row who was trying to sing "The last rose ol summer," on the bank of tlm pond. "What an awful croquet." sighed the cow. contemplatively turning tier quid while she looked around for some boy to clias" across the meadow. A correspondent who signs himself " Inertia." wants to know " what is the lest cure for laziness?" Well, there are several good cures, but suppose you trv carrying a new laid hornet* nest around the block every morning, for a week There wouldn't Itc anything lazy nlHuit you during the latter part o7 the prome nade. and unb-ss the nest gives out before you do it will prove a pcrfn-t cure. Evading the Cnstoms lluty. An amusing anecdote on this subject was lately told at a public dinner by M. Ferdinand I tuval. Prefect of the Seine. He said that the octroi men of Paris, who levy the municipal barrier dues, are a most vigilant set of fellows, but that, having boasted of th ir merits, lie (the prelect) had been caught. A friend of bis, living at St. Cloud, had made a small ln-i that be would introduce a pig Into Paris, in bis brougham, without the octroi men detecting it. M. I Rival took the l>et, and strict orders were given at nil the gates of Paris to look out for the brougham of the friend in qu***tion. Within less than a week, however,the prefect received eighty centimes, amount of duty leviable on a pig, and a request to collie and assure himself that the <|Undru|cil had been successfully smug gled in. It turned out that the pig. killed and scalded, had been dressed up in women's clothes, and had bis-n driven into Paris waled triumphantly on the Iox beside the coachman. A MAKKIAUI: HYI'ItOXY. The Curious MarrUnr Ity whlrh a Ho man In Nrvr Vork Mnrrlr*! a Man In Holland Nrrklnic to Annul the Mar* r law. I I"' rather HiriKUliir fact <f a marriage solemnized liy proxy has I teen lirnUfjlit to the notice of Dr. John T. Magic, Keg iatrar of Vital Statistics, of Mew Vork parties to this marriage arc .lolin William Adrianus do Vlcttcr, a resident of Kottcrdam, Holland, and Mrs. l/iuisc ,Stall I, of Mew York, ami the proxy, tliroti gh whose Intermediary services the marriage watt solemnized, is M. Margat I'auer, a resilient of Mew 1 ork. fhe eertitieate of the marriage was found on record. It was dated May <>, 1*77. and was duly witnessed. The certificate shows thai tie bridegroom was at the time of the marriage a wid ower, sixty-one years of age, and a resi dent of liotterdam, \\ hili' the hride, who was a widow, was forty-two, and re. sided in Mew York. Mr. Holdzier, a lawyer, stated to Dr. Maglethat the trail* scrip* fi< >lll the record was required in certain proceedings which lnid heen in stituted to have tlic marriage annulled, and the tirst step in the proceedings re ferred to was to have the record of the marriage hy proxy expunged from the records of the Health Department, and an application to that efleet would, lie said, lie at once made to tie Hoard of Health. To sustain the application, a lllllllhei of allidavits have heel! made, from which it appears that De Vleller and Mrs. Stalil met in Kotterdam, Hoi land, several year- ego and Is runic hi til it lied. Hi lore any marriage was sol emnized between them. Mrs, Stalil rami' to this country and settled in Mew York. Paurr, tie proxy, {a a mutual friend of t lie parties, anil nil leaving Holland to yi*it Me York. He Vlcttcr, 'iM-ing anx ious to marry the widow Stahl. made I'auer his pi oxy, and gave him a powi-r of attorney, prop<Tly drawn up and at tosted, to represent him at the solemni zation of the marriage. The widow hud no objections to the ceremony licing per formed in the manner indieat i d. and they went In fore tlic Hev. F. .1 .Schneider, who performed the marriage ceremony* 1 between Mr. Stalil and Pauer, ax proxy for hi- friend I• Vletter, and had the •ame recorded. Mr-. Stalil. or Do Vlet ter. vi-itid. Hotterdaru shortly after the ceremony, hut only remained there n ' short time. Sle urged In Vltlcr to re turn with her to this . oiintry, hut as he was di-inclincd to do -*. -h* left him in ; Kotterdam and returned to her home in Mew York Since that time, over a year and a half ago, she has not sts n her husli.iiid. It i-also stated that tin mi soti Mrs. Stall!, otherwi-i Mr- D Ylet tcr, i more than ordinarily anxious to have such an anomalous marriage dis. solved is that she has formed an attach ment for a young Herman living in Mew York, and that the only imi" dim*ut to tlnir speedy marriage i- tin- union liv proxy, which it is now -ought to annul, it i* believed hy the atitlioritii - of the Health Department tliat the marring* is not legal under the laws of the State, and that there will Is- no diOlciilty in having the same -i t aside, leaving Mr- Stall! fie, to eontatet a new marriage. 'I In lh v. Mr. Si hneider, who -id< inn- ' zed tlie marriage hy proxy, - lid tlint lie bad a power oi attorney, subscribed to on Mat h-11. 1-77. hy D-- Vletti-r lie fore A.t'. \ an Wjngnorden, a notary pub lic at Kotterdam. Hoiiand. and atu-sted by tie signature and seal ol tile United St it< - 1 IOMQI at that phu I . whit li tm |M>wep. M Margat I'nii' r " 1-qn < ially com lude in the n one of tie- undersigned, (De \ i titer)and in hi- bdul( his pr<>- po— d marriage to 1 > ime it. uter, widow of the late Herman Stahl. r< sid ing in New Ymk. Also to OWN and jw rform tie n-quircd d'-ciaration of mar riage Iwfiire the nv.uir.sl oflio r* of the •state, and In fore ail other o 111 I a rs of tlic government. State ami < hurh." Mr. St lineidi i hold* that the marriage was jM-rfe. t|y legal, lith hy the* anonieal law and under the law* of the State, and that it i- valid and landing upon Isith parties, lie further - iid that tie mar riagi 11 n moti) vv as i- ilorm*d at No. SM Ea-t Tenth stps.t. in the pre-Miei of quite a numlwr of the friends of Mrs. Stalil. A tireat I'lare for (lister*. Howard Pyje writes nlwiut (Ti*tieid Md., in Jl'ir/* r'* IfijuaV as follow-- A g<neral whiteness ilium*-* theatre* t* f Crisficld: a * rip rattle of loose shells sounds under the trend of the jx-de*- trian: a salt hr<<* KR blow* from the Itcau tiful water* of Tangier S>mid. tainted, alas! by a sliglit odor <if di fun. t oysters. Oysters, oysters every win re, in barrel*, in isixes, in cans, in bucket*, in the shell nnd out. Hut little business is carried on here except ovstering: a little fishing and a little crabbing, peril Bp*, hut noth ing cjsc. Ihe railroad that run* through tlie length of the town, terminating at the strain)*!>at wharf at the liarlKir, rest* on a road-lied of ov*tcr slu'lls. as tirm and soli,) as can In' ilwlml. Along this an l in the ldc streets collect the house*, all of frame, varying in archil** ture from tin* cottage to the negro shantv. Along the water * edge are a number of large bam-lik* building*—tli*' ov*t*T pa* king liouses. Here tin* chief int*Te*t of ( ri- Ji<-hl rrntm—tin* " shucking " or open ing of oysters, and the sultscouent •'packing, 1 ' or closing tliem in k< ttlc* to be distributed over the rest of the country, t 'onsidemble freight expense; i saved hy tliis nnsli' of exporting thent j without their shells, ami in cool weather they will carry for days in tln-sc kettles as frisdi and good as they Would in the shells. The oyster* arc generally shucked early in the morning, *o as to'be ready for the tirst northward-hound freight j train. At the first glance into a shucking- : house it looks terrible dirty, with trick ling oyster juice and piles of muddy i shells, lint in the shining pan in front I of the shuckers are i|iiarts of clean, fat. succulent oysters, looking tempting enough. It is stirnrising tosi*. the quick ness and dexterity witli which a slacker op. ns an oyster. She use* a sharp little knife, and doe* not break tliccdge of the shells. She seizes an oyster, inserts the thin knife between tin* shells, then with a quick turn of the wrist the slieli is opened, the oyster i ut loose and dropped into the pan, all with one movement The season from Septemlier I, l>C7. to •lunc I, ItO*. was extraordinarily |*><r, on account of the warmth of the winter, lut nn idea can be obtained of the quan tities shipped from this point when the reconl informs us that 85.000 barrels of shell oysters and .'too.ooo gallons of shucked oyster* were shipped during that season. " Meyer," says a writer on etiquette, " take bits out of your mnulli with your hand.' 1 lie is evidently writing for the lower class of society. I'coplc of tone and culture never take bits out of their moti tli with their hand*. The remove them with a tire shovel.— Hbrrid/mm Herald. How Humes Travel, Travelers, observing the likeness o children's games in Europe and Asia have sometimes explained it in this wise: I hut the human mind being alike every where, the same games are naturally found in different lauds, children taking to hockey, tops, stilts, kites, and so on, each at its proper season. Hut if so, why is it that in outlying barbarous countries one hardly finds a game with out finding also that there is a civilized nation within reach from whom it may have been learned? And, what is more, how is It that European children knew nothing till a few centuries ago of some of their now most popular sports? For instance, tlieybad no hattlcdorc aud-shuttle-eock and never dew kit* ■ till these games came a-ru*- from Asia, when they took root at once, and be came naturalized over Europe. The origin of kiti' Hying -.emtio lie some, vvhere in Southeast A*in, where it i* a snort < van of grown up ne-n, who fight their kites by making tln iu cut olu- an other's til ings, and liy bird- and mon sters of the mo i f.iut i-tic shuiH't and colors, especially in Chill i, w here o|d gentlemen may be seen taking their eve ning stroll, kit*' string in hand, al though they were leading pet dogs. The English boy'* kite Hp pears tlui* an in stance not of -|Miiitaneous play-iii-tiiii t. but of the migration of an artificial game fropi a distant center. Mor is this all it proves in th. history <>f civ ilization. Within a iintin v, European* IMS-Olll ing acquainted with the South .s. i Islanders, found tin m down to New Z*-:i land adepts at llying kites, which tiny made of leave.* or hark cloth, ami called maun, or bird. Hying them in solemn form vv itli accompaniment of traditional chants It looks as though the toy reached Poly in -ia through the Malay r* gion. tlui- belonging to that drift of Asiatic i II It UP whit h i- > v idi ut in man v other point- of South S. i Island lit* I lie geography of aliothei o| our child I'll diyi fsioiis may he noticed a- niateli ing vv itli 111i-. Mr. Wallace nd.it< - that In iligone wet day in a Dayak lioll-i- ill Honieo, lll'thought to aliiusi the lads bv taking a pice of string to show tlu'iu "cat's i radii-." but to his surprise he found that they knew more about it than lie did, going off into figure- that quite poisied him. Other rolyneniaa* arc skilled in this nor-, ry art. * spis i illy the Maori* of New Zealand, whoeall it imiiii, frm tli*' nam*' of tln ir national hyro, bv whom, according to their tra dition. it was invented: its various pat terns p pres.-nth rain.. -, In.tl-. peojiie, •'Hi'l even episodi sin Maui's life. >i|i ha hi- fUhinx up New Zealand from the bottom of the -a. 11l fa* i , tin y luiv* tln ir pietorinl history in " eatV-erayJl* and vvh.itevi r tln-ir tradition* may I*, worth they stand good to show that the game was of th* t i in*- of tln-ir forefather*, not lat* y pi. kill up from tin Kun.p. an-. In the ftandwh h l-i inda and New Z* a lalnl, it is on r- op that tin lialiv*-- wi re fourul playing a kind of draughts which was not tin KurojH .iii game, ami w hi h ■ in hanliy I>< ac. minted for but a- aiiotln rr< -u!t of tin drift of A sialic civilization down into the Pa* ifi< 77*. t'lirhiif/liily /'< t u t/•. 111*1 he Itel a " Itjiisr," No barlnT ktn.w .lh whom In may shave, ami tin - man who rush* - into a shop and drop* into a lwrl** r-* liair. without -.- ing who *'• upii s tli*. m xt < hair to Ilie right or left may get badly left, H* a i :l*c prov d ya-stcnlav. A -o,i<| old citizen ill th<- w h<>lc-:ie li.wl*' wa* taking it ' asy, bis fa* •• covens! witli latin r. win II in < am*' a young in >n who Hung *'ff hi* eont. Isitm* is| into a . hail , ami ' ailed out: "Hurry up. now. for I iiui-t g* t bn k to tln -top (" fori old HI ink <!*•< ~r In will rai- Ned! Hang him. lie won't even give a man time to die!" Tin- soiid eiti/.*n turned hi-fan t,> glan* <• at th other, and tin- Imrhrr ' nolicsl a reddening of hi* face. "(ioingon a vaiiition ilijs -Uinmer"" u*k*'<lthe barlw r who was pp.paring to slim e the young man "Vacation! How tin <leu<e can I g. t aw ay from old Blank? Am! if I * oiild h*' pat* *ii' ha stingy , contempti ble-alary that I couldn't afford even a riib on tlic fiTryboat!" " Why ilon't vnu ask him for a raise'" "jiu i n 'i th*' barter. " Why don't I ak for tin hand of hi* freckle-nosed daughter. Ib-'d *ii*- ' liarg*. in*- in a minute, though he'* mak ing money ami can afford it. If the old hyena would have a stroke of apo plexy the junior partner might do some thing, hut -in Ii eliap* always live to Is a hundred year* olu.'' Conversation e*-a.*<al hete. the -idi*i man got out of hi* chair, took a brush- ' ing and s.u down, and win n tin' elerk : arose from hi* < hairnn*l Mirm-d aroiiml i snow-ball* would have looked black tws*jde lii- face. )|c tri'd to ln\V an*l *peak. but -"mi tiling wouldn't !*•( him, and win n In' started to put on bis coat beheld ii tails up and collar down. He was still struggling with it win n tin 1 solid man rose up, ionk*sl around and I walked out. saying never a word. The barlier* w* t tlie voting man's head an*l held cologne to Ills nos*-, but lie walkial ; sideways when he went out and there was an uncertain wobble to bis knees. In applying for the vacant positi*nT to day state what h>p you shave at. /<■- troii Frtr /Vtt. Prime Minister ami t'ardinnl. Tim following curious paragraph was deemed of sufficient interest by the !>>n d*>n eorres|sind*nt of the Mew York /If mid to s*'n*l it by eahletothat jour nal. It refer* t<> tli" present Premier of England ami Cardinal Newman: On most Saturday afternoons in the last year of the first decade of the present century two l*>y*. aged respectively nine and live, might have iss-n seen playing in the ground* of Hioomsburv square, liondoti. The Isiyi, both nati'vea of the s*|Uare, offer*-d the most complete con trast t> each other in appearance. The younger, whose head was profuse with long. lilaek. glossy ringlets, was a child of rare Jew Isli type of Itenuty and full ot life and activity. The other was grave in demeanor, wore hi* hair close cut. and walked and talked and moved in a wav which in young pmple is en 11**1 "old-fashioned. I!•- was of pure Eng lish race and puritanical family. The names of the eliildren denoted these dif ference* as much o* their appearance*. The one was IW>i\jamin Disraeli, the other John Newman. Sixty-eight years have passed since then ami much has happened in tli*' meantime, but nothing more wonderful than that the handsome little Jew boy slum I*l hecime a Christ lan ami prim*' minister of Protestant Eng land. ami the puritan lad a Catholic and a cardinal of the holy Roman Church. Extremes—A lady clutching her dr*-- tosave it from the mud meeting a g*n j t lent an grabbing Ills hat by the crown ' in order to IKW. TIMELY TOPIC#. It was recently wild that no n ,. w heathen temple* were now building in Northwestern India, hut a missiojjiirv writes home tlint the people urn " stifl mini on tlx-ir !doli<; almost every house ha* them: new temples arc constantly being I>ll i)t in honor of these idola, ami the religious Imtliing-jilin'o* and assem bly-ground* arc crowded." In New "York city there arc dealers, incredible a* jt may sound, who in nice it li ving by buying broken meat, given a* aim* by tender-hearted servant* to im portunate lieggars. Tlx-e meridii ant*, from out 1.1 their driv's receipt*. M-Jeet -M il lumps of ne at .F half-pi.ked IK.II>- a- will prove s.iitlije, and at nightfiuj I'f I til reel to til. ... -' „ i e., where the. .li-pn.e ot tle ii on at ..| \ war. .. Theii tie - rap* from th> tab! - of the ri> h are resold. A wealthy old ?• ntl. inaii living in Merlin fell in love with tie- voting daughter of a poor widow. 11 < woo. .1 ami won the girl. and In-fore tie wish ding-day arrived, he made n will leav in? le rail hi* property, amounting to M-V"- era i hundred thou*aiid mark*. The mariuge was ,ch-brnted in brilliant style. ai.l the wedded t.air with their gu> -t--at down to breakfast. Sear. . V had I lie feast in? began, when the unli able bridegroom droppeil hi* knife, and sank hack in hi- elia'r. d< ml from In-art A iigllllxiUM' k>*<-per In III' the luoutli of tin- I'ntoruae ha* <l.-\ i-.*l an in?, ui "U- plan for the slaughter of tie ilu< k tuid gnrae which light on a -anil bar n<ar hi- -tution. lb: ha* a battery of t w.-iv. muskets (irmly fastened to two In-avv timber-, six iilmve nii.l -ix lielow; tlx-- are heavily loaded ami eonncct.-d xx-ill> tin lighthouse by n long wire tahjc A -....n a* h<- see* gi. -e mar enough le puli* hi* eabli and cxplodi** all tin* miie at om e. and tin n tak. * lii* -kill and pi' k-up tlie ?am< . Hi-most -u • -fui -hot thi* y.-nr j!ave hiiu thirtv-thre. A N. w York veterinary surgeon :u -<ii J- —itixi-ly that \. i tin- saliva of a dog may communicate hydrophobia. "One of tli>- most marked RHIM* <>l I'Mlronhobia that i-ver occurred in thi < i .. Ix-say*. " vvas that <f a gentleman win. had ala.wed ;l pet slut to Ink his fa. e. Tlie animal had shown no symp tom- of ma<ln>—. and did not afterward I. - ..me mail, so far a* I atn informed. I In victim iuul a slight abrasion of tin -kin on lii- fa/ .-, and allowed the er> a tur li< k it. with nn old-fashioned faith in tin Ix-aling virtue of ado?'* tongue. . 11.- di.-d within four wi-ek* of pro iiounccd hydrophobia." There i. a stnrv tliat aw.withy <"hi <a?<> tIXT. bant lately pr> vent.d tin breaking of hi- w ill by eallin? liis r> la tiv. * alx.ut his di-ath-bed and ?ettin? tt.i'in to moke affidavit before a notary that In was competent to moke a wilj, \ ft. r the funeral it was found that all hi- property was given to a lunatic asy lum. Then the heirs tried to have the .will e( aside by showing that tlu>u?h -am at the |at. in 1*75. when tin- will wa made, he was ravin? mad Then-up on the executor produced aw ill exa.'tfv like the first, except that it vv signeil and witn. --.-d af. w minuP - Iwfor tin affidavits a* to tin IHIIIIII'I sanity WERE tak' n. It seem* that the common prople in Sh drtido n.t cont inu* the family name fi'-in father to children. Indwd, they h • ro family name. Tlx-mum t tin hi d give* n<> intimation whatever of the surname of the father. Thus, sup no. a man i-named P< t<r olilson. his l".\ may re.. ivetlie nam.-<>f John P> t> r *>.. an>l hi* grandson perhaps I'< t r tlohn-on.tlx -urnamc* tx-in? formed from tlx* given name of thv parent, and thus l.ein? changed witli every generation. It will Ix- sif-n that this mak>- it impo*i- I hie to trace families. Tilts custom II.M-S not prevail among the higher ela-sn* in Sweden. hut is univ.Tsal among the common people who com- I x.*>• tlx- greater pirtion of the emigrant* thi* country. A r.-tnark able cues of lynching ha- oc curred at ( hevenne, Wyoming. A man named Dug Herd. who had been guilty •>f a crime particularly obnoxious t>> th> citizen*. was takm out of iail. ilu n. with unusual i-un>'*y. tlx- lynchers ai- ; lowed Rxsl to s.'L.* t til.' HX UKHI of death nx>st agm-nhle to liim: and when he Mated that he would prefer to He hanged, they went stil further in tlxir courteous regard f>r hi* feeling*. ami allow>*l him to IM- hi* own exccutinner. He took tlx r.pe in lii hand, climbed a telegraph pole, fast>'n<*l one -n>l around tlx top. ami formed a nrwe-e in the oilier end through which lie passed hi* Ixwd. Then he made lii* last dying spec, h, whirl) wa short, being no more than "tJood-bve, boys," and, jumping ofT. was laun. lii-d into eternity. . tonling to the Springfield (Mass.) I,'ifHfhl tmn, "an effort is Ix-ing maile to orovide a p>-nuanent ex hi- 1 hition building in Moston for the indus trial nnxlu. t* of New Kngland. The New V.nglaml Manula. turcrs' and Me elianii-s' Institute, chartensl by tlx- State. s* ks to erect a suitable building for the hni.llng of stated fairs and cxlii- j hition* anil for the permanent exhibition of such products a* our manufacturer* *hall find it for their interest to leave in the building. The proposition i* to make each exhibitor nay a small rental for the spaee oeeupied. and to distribute the interest in the undertaking a* widely as possible throughout New England. ! the shares being put at twenty-fire dol- ; lnrs. and no one man ran take over four shares. A fair will beheld as soon as a plaee and funds are secured ; and there after annually, beginning the first \V>-d --nesday ot September." Mr*, .lane wrey Swlasheltn, in an open I etter to the Hush Medical College, . stoutly nwffirms IUT Iwlief that in the ! early part of this century a thrown of Chester rounty. Pa., awjuirrxt and kept until liis d>wtli in extreme old age a very widespread n-putation for curing hy<lro nliohia; that lie guanhsl his secret . am- | fully and always carried his medicine with liim. and it was known to he a root whi-h he himself i>n>cure.| in the woods. I lie stewi*! a portion of this root in a pint of sweet milk, which he himself drew from the row; stewed it slowly and stirml for a hall hour; then gave it to his patient fasting, i. t., lrcfore break fast ; permitted him to take neither food nor drink, except water, for six hour* iftcr taking the milk, and repeated the .loss on three sueeessive mornings. Upon the old man s death a son soid hi* recipe for sl, and it was simply two ounce* of elecampane root Stewed In a pint of milk, j and given so that the dlgrwtivc organs would have nothing to do hut appro priiip- it. Darmstadt, Uermany, is the region ol romance. A young man, son of a pro f.*(Hor in the gymnasium, walked with hi* betrothed, n young and pretty girl, to I a porxl some two miles <,(} in thi- adjoin ing WIKKI : tlx'y tlx-r>- ti.->| tln niw-lvi-* Uy getlx-r arxl jumped in. intending to end their troubles in suicide; however, the J > old wat'-r brought tlx- g.-ntleman to Ilia sense* and he <-ontriv'd to fr<*- himsell : arxl s' lnmlile <>ut, leaving the jx<r girl, in spite of h'-r eric*, to drown, which *h ; did. He wae M-nUtii-eil t<. three y> ar* and nine month*' imxrisornrx-nt f.,r tlx ..fl'en. i. Now for an inciih-nt of a l<-* ti j ■!.- sort. Tlx- Darmstiuit Kootl.ali lull. < >.III)X>-> <| of Kngiisii IKIV* rexiding 11x re for education, got up a "> ali<-" '•all. I Jlfee of Ihe IlioMt adventurous pii'il* hired Ixurd* for tlx' oe< a-ion, but instead ol carrying tlxm home in their i i per wrapping- from tlx- hair-dresser'*, they utiwi'i-ly put tliern on and then wiilkisl liome. It was late in the even ing, y't not M> dark hut that the (Killce -aw MirneC ing <littig<-ror.s in tlx- pr>x <-<-d --iiig. I lie IK>\ - vv.-n- lined fifteen shillings ' U'll. In.li.in Trappers, Mixlsen May. Alxiiittlx- first of Novenilx-r, wli.-n the animal- h:iv> got tlxir wint'-r i-oats, and fur i* " in M-a-on," the Indian tnipi-r -ays out lii- tiap|.irig walk for tlx- win ter, along vvl.i. h lie plaie. a line of trap* from ten to lift. n mill-* in Icngtli. t>nce or twi. < a vve. k i.. make* tlx- round of thi- walk, and gatlx r- -u< li fur- a* may 1 i-auglit. Most of t}.• finer Airs are taken l.y mean* of tlx- WIKMIIH diad-fsll aixi -l> . 1 trap-of various si/g-*, tbe larger fur-le aring animal* l in? > itlx r -bot, ' aught in -iiar> -. or killed by tlx* jxiis oix-d halt. toward lli> ,att'-r >nd of March the Indian trapix-i- l>-av> tlx-ir bunting gi oiind*, arxl make a jourrx y to tlx- fort* w th the pr>Mlu>-ts I tlx-ir winter's toil. H. re t|,cy come, moving through the I f>>r>-t. a moti>'V throng. The hran-s mar- h front. t>> proml and lazy to carry nbything but tlx ir guns, ami not aw.iv- doing >v> n that. After tlx-tn . orix tlx -i,uaw-. Ix-rnling und>r load*. >inv ing dog-.or hauling hand-* led* laden :tb meat. fur*, tanmvl d>*-r-*kin* an>l infant*. Tlx- puppv dog arxl in>'vitable h.'ii.v never fail HI Indian lodge or pro •>*ion. The . In', rfui *j* ta> le of the twopa. ke>l togi-tlxr upon the ba/'k of a woman i* not of infri'tuint iKcurnmce. Day after >lav tlx mongrel party i>.ur m-yson. until tlx fort i- reached. Then COIIX* tlx- triule. Tlx triui. r M-paratea tlx-fur-into lot*, rihu ing tlx- standard valuation ui.n ca- li. Tlx-n he aihls the amounts together, and inform* tlx- trap pi r that he ha* got -ixtv or seventy "-kin*." At tlx- -ami- lime he hand* lii- customer -ixtv r seventy little bit* of WIMKI. O, tlint the latt> r may know, by returning tlx•-> in payment f.-rtlx gmufti for vvbi. b b>- really bnrt>-r lii - fur*, just how fa-t lii- lurid* d>-> ri-an The iirst net of tlx- Indian i- to caned tlx- debt . oiitrai t>-il for ailvani > - at tlx Is-ginning >.f tlx a-oii: tlx nbe x->k- round upn tlx hax— of . iotb. bhuiki-ts. i-p-., and after a long vvhi.' ivmi-luih -to liav > a small white caiK>t> f>>r bis toiidling l*y. I ix pri- i i- t"el him. arxl Ix liand* back t> n of hi* littlepi>* > - of WCKHI. tlx-n looks alsiut liim I>r soiix tliing > .->. Every thing i- larcfu'ov > vamined, nn>l vvitfi i-aidi pur> lias- t lx-r>' i* a > <.nt>-*t ova r the apparent in.-piatitj ls twc-n tlx amount p < iv<l arxl that given. In the Indian's opinion.iiie *kin *!x>ti)il pay foron>- arti cx of iix r. liandis> , n>> moU'T wliat tlie value of the latter may I* An>l lie in -i-t. t>M., upon -el>. ting tiie *kin. The ste* ivar.l and w • igliitig balance are his - ia objects of di-fike. 1!• ,!<„• not know wliat molii inc that is. That his !• t and sugar should be balanced against a bit of imn, conv • \* no idea of the ri-b*. live value* of pi-itrii - and mercjiandi*g to him. lie in-i-t- U[M>n*making tiie bal anc. -wing even IM-twii-n the trailer's CIHI- and his own furs, until a new light i- thrown ujK.n the question 'of st<. hard* and scab-* by the acceptance of hi* proposition. Tl). n. when ix-finds hi- fine furs balanced against heavy blankets, lie concludes In abide by the old method ot letting tlx-white trader divide the weight his own way; for it is clear that the sodvard is a V>TV great medicine, whh h tx> lifave r-an under stand. When the trapper lias -jx-nl all his lit tle pject-s of wiMMi, and a*k* for further advance*, he i allowed to draw any p-a sonal.ieamount: for. contrary to tlx-rule in civi 1 izol life, a debt i* seldom lost savi by the death of t lie Indian, llenvay change his piooi' of nlK>de hundreds of mile*, but lie still has only a company's jn>*t at which to trade. The company lias always lvn a gooil friend to liini and hi-, and pays when he can. lie knows that, wlp-ii he liquidates his old debt, he can contract a new one just a* big. No attempt was ever mad* to cheat liim. and tliep- neviT will be. Whi-n he is ill lie giK-s to tlx- ni*re-t fort, and is cared for and attended until he recover*. When he die-* hi duty well he gits a present- and lie never performs any iatxir without P*eiving fair compensation. Siteli humane treatment strongly binds the Indian and half-breed to tlie com pany. IT. M. noh.mton, IH Harper's Magazine. . ( anarv Bird and Chippy. A lady wlm livi* on Olive street relates the following: A few days ago there fell in front of her window (Torn a tree a "ehippy," or ground bird, sueh an chatter about the parks and stm-t*. It aer>med warie*l and crippled. She jvickisl it tip, carried it in the house, fed It from her own mouth, and at night placed it in the cage with her canary. Tlie canary at onee bestowed Upon the new-comer all of the attention of a mother, and nestled beside the littl stranger during the night, in tlie morn injr the lady placed the chippv in tha window so that it might have tlie privi lege of regaining its freedom. It plumed its tiny wings and went sway. The canary mourned during the day as if he had lost his mate. In tlie evening th ehippy came back and perched upon tha window. Tlie sash was raised and it flew in and nestled upon the cage; tha canary at onee struck up his liveliest notes aixi seemed gratified. Thi* waa repeated two or three days, the chippy going each morning and returning ID the evening. One day it went away and did not come hack. The ranary drooped, and the next day frll dead from his l*crrli in the sunshine Uiat played over tlie glided cage in the window. That night the ehippy returned, and during the evening it mourned over its dead 1 companion. In the morning it clung to tlie cage until it was tinned out. For a : few days the empty cage was hung ia the window, and on each succeeding evening the chippy returned and chirped as if it was grief-stricken. One day it brought a worm in it hill, dropped it in the cage, flew away and came hack no more.—W. hmb Times.
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