Consistency. '1 hare a time to wake and a tune to sleep, A time to sow, a time to reap; There's a time tor work, a time (or play, j A time for baate, a time tor delay; There's a time to rejoioo, a time to weep, A time tor the living, a time for the deep; There a time tor hope and expectations, A time for fulfillment and realizations; Poor mortal, whatever thy lot may he, (hiltivate flushes ot consistency. There's a time lor love and a time lor hate, A time to augment, a time to abate; These'* t*my to adhere, a time to secedo, A Binj 1 o Srootid and a time to bleed; There's a tftne to endure, a time to forbeat, A time to do and a time to date; There's a time lor silence, a time to untold, A time lor the meek and a time tor the bold; Poor mortal, whatever tby lot may be, Cultivate (1 tubes ot consistency. There's a time to abide, a time to absterge, A ume to caress and a time to soourge; There's a time to intruat, a time to decry, A iinte tor decoy and a time to espy; There's a time tor jtistioe, a time lor right, A time for pity and a time tor might; There's a time tor the noble, the good, and the true, A t line to gather and a time to strew; Poor mortal, whatever thy lot may be, Cultivate flashes ot consistency. Char let A. Fitchtr. The Red Flag at No. 54. (MRS. GKAY TO MRS. THOMPSON.) L\ tis-in Ned from California, Ni vadn N< iv Mexico, find nH either places re>- * jovri the Rocky mountains, has been pa\ tngut a visit. You know just what a joliy good soul Ned always was, and he is just as jolly now—as why should he not be, with an income of six or seven thousand a year? Beside that my poor Georges eighteen hundred hides it* diminished head. He is handsomer than ever, too —the same merry brown eyes and chestnut hair; but, in addition, an nppcautuce, an air so altogether distingue that our neighbors a)! j go to tneir windows to gaze after him. Well, do you know, the mo ment heap; nred I set my heart on him for our den-' old friend Adelaide, who shall not waste her sweetness on the desert air if I can help it. You know I always had a fancy for matcluuaking, though, to confess the truth. I have n< vi r yet scored a success in that line; rav two predestined affinities always fly off" at a tangent just as I flatter myself it is un fait accompli. (You will per ceive I have not forgotten quite all the Ft (nch we learned together at the River side seminary, notwithstanding my years of devotion to pies and puddings. I will keep a little of it out ot respect for the memory of poor Mademoiselle Laurent who worked so hard to driii it into me). 1 ut Adelaide and Ned have been cor • onding a year or two; bespeaks ot II with great respeet—as how could he otherwise, of course?—and I lmve fondly hoped that his mission to the j East may have more relation to thM affairs of the heart than to mining- j stocks, as lie pretends. Well, soon after his arrival three j wi' ks ago, Ned and I wire sitting in ' the dining-room a.one; tiie children I had ftarti d lor school, and George had j kis.-ed me and gone downtown, after •o imnr's talk with Ned about ranches, j MM burros, and gulches, and canons. N it that I was alone with our visitor ; the conversation took a confidential i fur bordering on the sentimental, and I it i ur-uance of the idea uppermost in ! inv mind, I told him 1 thought it m>> rious, providential, that be Lad j not fallen a victim to some bonanza j pnneiws, op some hewitbing scaurita ) vvi'li no dower but her beauty. \ud by the ay." I went on. " what wio- ever the trouble between you and ! the captain's daughter?" You remember of course, Julia, how much we heard at the time about that allnir—bow during the war I used to rene to yon, even during study hours, the h tters I had received from brother Jim, stationed at Fortress Monroe, giving the details, in Jim's rather ■jii meal style, of the serious flirtation in progress between Lieutenant Ned, ol Company C, and Captain Harring ton s pretty daughter, of the regulars? And afterward, bow some way a siiMfow came between them —notiody c/uiid tell how. oniy that Ned was IrnMy, and had exaggerated ideas of a ii.i.u's prerogatives, ,'perhaps, and Miss Harrington proud ana shy r 80 it was im gotten. And now this same lieutenant, after h it-breadth escapes from shot and sin 1. and scalping Apaches, sat there in an easy etiair by my Baltimore in T and actually turned pale la-cause 1 1. ationed the "captain's daughter!" Li is indeed la grnnde passion. * had nothing to communicate, however; bade me consider that we w re always great fools nt twenty-one, ■nil likely at that time to get caught in a trap, or, on the other liar.d, to throw our chances of happiness away, just as it chanced to he; lie became silent, and I had not the heart to rally him as he > ant there watching the floating smoke of iiis cigar with a far-off look in his eyes—knowing as i did that he had gore hack fifteen years, and that he was winking the moonlight bench witli pretty Lottie Harrington, while the band of the regiment played in the dis anoe. I mm the sublime to the ridiculous it 1- always my fate, dear Julia. Bar in v, the factotum of the neighborhood, i)-l i ed at the window, and nn I raised Ha sash, "A fotne morning, mum," said i'; "there's a red flag oat at Number 54. nod I thought I'd he after eomfn' to II . ye. 'Tie a toinc house, and a foinc 1" dy, in 1 ire's the pit*." Yon see Bnrney known my weaknens, and tie iisri bi-.ea tne a lew days before nn ani mated bidder at nn auction in tlie mil liboi hood. "Thank you, Barney; I 111 ink I'll he on hand," I replied, clos ing the window. "A foine leddy," to he sure; I had "fti n met her—a fair-faced woman. Plainly and tastefully drinsed, walking with two charming children. Ho house termed the abode of peace and cointort, so tar as the passer-by could judge, and wiiat could nave compelled the breaking up of so cosy an establish ment? At all events I would tot stop topeculate—it was possible here was mv opportunity to secure a handsome sideboard at a bargain. As I wished to be on hand in time to look through the bouse before the sale began,! asked Kwi to have the goodness to excuse nn •n honr or so. Jh, I wilt go with you, Mrs. Too- di s." said he, quite gayly. and ran up tairs-for his hat and cane. 80 off we Went to No. 54, where the flaming fIUK anuounccd the desecration of household gods. We were ndmlUP" by tne man in charge of the sale; and such a charming abode 1 Not a down right curiosity shop, the effect ot deco rative art run mad. but such taste and ingenuity eve sywharcrvisible. F'tfpJ o 1 with shrewd, hatif ■web, booftmitr-J house keepers, "second-hand men," eoeing the engravings and pretty water evlors on the parlor wall, running their greusy fingers over the keys oi tiie piano, turning chairs topsy-turvy, and shaking tables fo sag hpw firm onllieir legs they miwitJhcJ r lir tldi bay Window was a larjp stand ot ©egutitol tUdtty plants 0! wlneh I resolved to carry off at least half. The two floors above were neat and plensant; but it was the second story back that wrung my heart. It was the nursery. Toys and personal ar ticles had of course been removed, but there was a pretty little bed beside the large one, and two cunning little rock ing-chairs- The windows looked out on a pleasant garden, and here was sit ting old Mrs. Wiggun, with whom I haaa little acquaintance. " Such a charming house," said I, '• is it not a pity to break up this pretty nest? Do you know the familyP" " Poor Mrs. Graham! She lived here with it. children so comfortably and happily,, two or three lodgers on her uni^er.floor, until a lew rtunt 119 gigo slh rosf eve rything ov the failure of a banking-house. Site had no relatives in the city; litis struggled on, tried to get boarders, but the location is too re mote; she sees no way but to give it up, place her children with friends in A lie country, and try to earn a liveli- . "hood hy painting. She is said to be an ■ye will lit artist, tboughj'm no judge upacib- Tfccaaattf MMiwn pictures, I believe. She is shut up in the back parlor; everything taken out of it but a chair. I saw her a few minutes ago. The tear were running down her cheeks, hut there she sat, bravely stitching on her children's winter jclotlies, sewitig on the last button, and mending the bust stocking— poor tiling, Tlisro are the little iimoccntj? play now in the yard.*' > v U U'Hi I Mrs. Wiggan tiersejf (although she I had nn < the ttbsf chamber set) wiped away a good generous tear; rny eyes wiTe dim, and 1 would gladly at that moment havt' relinquished the best bargain in sideboards. Ned, too, the dear old fellow looked awfully sorry, as lie gazed meditatively out of the window where the bright-eyed little girl and the boy witli fair long curls were loading dirt iuto a tiny cart witli a miniature shovel. Troll} the floor 1 abdv£ came the sharp rfhg of the aue ! tioneer's voice: "How much, how much? Six dol lars, did you say seven? Six dollars, seven dollars —gone at seven!" The auctioneer descended with bis followers into the front chamber. Be fore I knew it Ned was there, and in his impetuous way was bidding in a fashion to astonish the second-hand men. He swept everything before him; Mrs. Wiggan, to be sure, stood him a little | contest on the " set," and I laughed to see her glare at him. while he was so j absorbed that several punches with my ■j parasol bad no f fleet whatever. " Was | there insanity in his family?" I asked myself. By the time we reached the parlor the second-hand men bail slunk ' away, the huarding-house keepers looked ' aghast. I made a brave stand for the | sideboard, but it was of no avail; and indeed most of us sat down leaving Ned and the auctioneer to themselves. Every j article from the second floor down was j purchased that morning by the distin j guished stranger. This amusing turn of affairs rather ! confirmed my Popes in regard to Ade laide; of course, thought I, he eannot j rid himself entirely of those old recol -1 lections; but he knows very well the Sterling worth of Adelaide, and what a harming, intelligent, devoted wife she will make All p d gone but Ned. myself and the i auctioneer. The latter knocked at the d >or of thebaqk parkqr. " Come in," said a voice, and the burly man swung the doors aside. The mother was mak ing an effort to rise, but the little fellow With the fair euris was chngiing to closely about her neck that she could not readily free herself. As she anise and came forward we saw the traces of tears, the paleness oi her face, the trctn dlottsness of her whole form. From Ned, who was standing just he hind me. I suddenly heard the words: " My God! is it possible?" and turning saw him with a face most indescribable in expression. Of course there was no doubt about his being out of his mind— too much auction had made him mad. The inlet ioneer, after opening the doors, bad been called suddenly away, ami we three now stood theTe— those two gaz ing at each other, aad I at both. " Edwin!" at last said Mrs. Graham ; "Edwin!" with a voice and smile so sweet and sad that I did not wonder at wiiat followgfl. -r v his arniWoward flHjha •hy and SIU Lw take a—w all ear preSSy things?" "No, my darling."said Ned, lifting the child far al>ove his head, and then bringing the round cheek to the level with his own lips," all your pretty things will remain, you and mamma too." " And you, too?"said Bertie, cordially. "I iikfs you." Ann so these two, aftcf years of sep aration. were brought together again. And in such an odd manner, too! I couldn't help thinking how differently 1 should have managed It, had I been w 1 iting a story instead of acting a part in r ai life. I should have found Mrs, Graham first, and sympathizingly woe her to tell me tiie story of her troubles Of course the watt al hare m< ntpng <1 N'd, and of course I should have wen at a glance that she loved film still. 4nd then I should have been the good to bring them together. and merit' and reo i\e their life ions thank*, and instead ol that, here wns Harney acting the part ofthe una el wliliout know in e it, and ID y one achapcefbr a romantic adventure spoiled forever. It waa tkfimeiu.—abominable, and than my plana for Adelaide and Ned. of course it waa oieat they never could auocaed now. Ami yet I felt delighted, i went home leaving Med at No. 54. Wliat n heavenly change for Mrs. Graham! How different from that of tfeefnomingioqked the sunlight oi this atelnami. pi<tr iiome intact —her little ngn-i sijelylnrfc-— #ie prospect of the loneiy garret faded away like a fright ful dream. And Ned, happy as a clam, for having remembered tiie widow and the futherless. I had them all to dinner thatlnlglitl * Mrs. Graham is charming, i I will ny it 'even if Adelaide dies an old maid. There will be a wedding soon at No. 54. I have already received as a present a sideboard much handsomer than Mrs. Graham's. Barney will be provided for, and we-sludl ill Ale|s tiie dny that Cousin Ned wMX> tic auction and bought up \h<r efftire establishment— including a widow and two children not ontbs liet. It isvime for me to look after the din ner; but I thought I must write to you this little romance of my humdrum fcfb. A ever your old cfium, —Ehrich\s Quarterly. EMMA. J , -- 1 * - 1 he Orient. The native bazaars of Cairo and Al exandria reveal to the traveler at a g lance, the character of the Orient; its c heap tinsel, its squalor and occasional richness and gorgeousness. The shopc on encli side of the narrow street ars little more than good sized wardrobes, with rooms for shelves of goods in the rfißk. InJ foio®i nArchant to sit cross legged in front. There is usually space for . a customer to sit with him anil, indeed, two or throe can rest on the edgo of the platform. Upon cords stretched across the front tiMJK specimens of the wares J for sale. Wooden shutters close the j front aunight. The little cubbies are not places of sale only but of manufac ture of goods. Everything goes on in the view of all the worjd. The tailor is stitching, the goldsmith is blowing the bellows of ills ttny forge, the sad dler is I'cpukipg. the old donkey sud dlv s, the shoemaker is cutting red leather, the brazier is hammering, the weaver sits at hts -Httle loom with the tieadlc in the u'liUntil—every trade goes fin, adding its ujgn clatter to the up-J oar. I 1 What impresses us post is the good natture of the 'Jlrong tnrier Vying eir cuissuances. The "stiket is so juutow that three or fQjJrpeoi lejabrtast make a )aui and it is fuMted wilb those mov ing m two opposing eu Tents. Through this uioss comes a d*ni ry with a couple of pppicrsof soTHa *f b rieks. or bundli* of scraggy stickwr-or a c&QieljmMes in, loaded with buil ding joists or wi to lime, or ivTurkish otcerwit|i agayjy-capiiri soned horse' impatiently staaiping; a pirfsr slams along wltli a heavy Ixix od bis back; tiie water parTieT w.Ui his nasty skin rubs tb|<)Ugh; the v nder oi swegiqess finds rootu tqr bis 1 1.. ad tray; the orangeman i*eis lis curt into the tlinmg; the Ja* ametjoneer crlos his antique brnwH and nuira antique rai ment. Evcryi>tijMß jciticdaod pushed and .jammed; bufewvei ybodv is 1n an Imptrfurhaliie gmxt iui nior, for no one is rdMMy in a hup ry, pn wimti v i. i as liasTflcl'l m d will be. And whid 4 ooßiuopdJUag pace It is! We uieef Turks, ( (J )pt, Egyptians. Nuldans. SyriaivfcArmii.ins. Italians; ta'tours'. dervi.sh^T welees," or Itlos lemWuearly naked, pr<*ivitiiig the ap pr-anuy-e of men who lifve been buried a long time and reretuiy dug up; Greek Sriesul, Persian paruees, Algerines. Hin oos. negroes (rotn Dafour, am! blacks from beyond Khartoum. The traveler baa come into a country of holiday which Is perpetual. Under ! this sun and in this air tlir-rc is nothing J to do but to enjoy life and attend to re- j iigion live times a day. We look into a mosque; in the cool court is a fountain ! for washing; tin mosque lis sweet end j quiet, and upon its chma matting a row of Arabs were prostrating themselves in prayer toward the niche that indi cates the direction of Mecca. _ We stroll along the open streets, encountering a novelty at every step. Here is a musician, a Nubian, playing upon a sort of tambour on a Irame; a picking, fepble noise he produces, but ,he is accompanied by the oddest char acter we have yet seen. This is a stal wart. wild-eyed son of the sand, roai black, with a great mass of uncombed, Jisotdered hair hanging aliout his jou.dets. His only clothing is n brcechcloth, aiaj a louml shaving-glass bound upon his forehead; but he has hung about his waist heavy strings of goats' hoofs, and these he shakes in time to the tambour, by a tremulous motion of his big body as he minees about. He seems so vastly pleased with bimsilf that I covet knowledge of ids language in order to tell him that lie looks like an idiot.— (!harle Warner. Dog Against Coon. Being in a tobacco store on Gravler street, New Orb ans, Colonel Boyd fell '*> praising ~-bis bicodod dogs of the terrior and t>nll species. His extrava gance provoked the remark from Colonel A. 1). Wilson, a bystander, that his colored porter owned a coon which could whip any fighting dog in The talk became a dispute ghd the dispute grew and out of it came a wager. The fight took place at Nelli gan's, once the great "sporting" cen ter in New Orleans. The rules for the combat were drawn up regularly. Boyd led out a hull terrier named Bam. The dog weighed thirty-fire pounds He'.was a ierriblo thing of bone and teeth. The coon was a veteran, with Jong claws and teeth and heavy fur. The bets ran: A 91,000 to 9500 that tie coon would give in in ten minutes; •fx. 000 to 9260 in ten minutes: 91.000 to "flbo in one-half hour by the watch. Several buckets of water were placed in the ring for Andy's benefit. By the time all was in readiness 95C.000 h-d been staked on the resuit. ami the bet tors were all men of position in society. A member of Congress, the sheriff and ail the city officials wore present. The fight was opened -by a dash of the ter rier. For a full minute the Neasts rolled in deadly embrace over the areas and the fur flew. At the end of the first round the dog wasn't such a favorite, though he still led. KoOnd alter round wss fought until forty-five minutes had been consumed. The coon with singu lar cunning upset the Wuukets of water law -dtist so that the dog slipped -e and Uitrr. The fight ended in the complete oim-omfltureof the dog, which died on the following day from its WQundg. But where was the society 9>f the suppression of cruelty to ani mals P And yet, considering that the combat occurred on Clsrtslmas day, 1855, the 8. F. O. A. were not to blame perhaps - The rdfitalk of *r*M land in Knglsnc this year show a considerable increase, while those of corn land show a cones ponding decrease. Tin ELY TOPICS* It is now tolerably certain tliat by the year 1883, when,. tiie Jlsw York word's fair it Jo open, the Brooklyn bridge ttiel|iideVi til isFlwiitie) wilb both be finished and in constant use. A writer in the Scotsman avers that out of 35,000 hams imported into Ham burg last year, 287 were found to con tain trichina), while of 14.000 sides*>f bacon eighty-five were found to Ucmtfrc seriously infested. hoWlif in ltM, NKii W itfWiffnts of travel on railroads and Steamboats on all the rivers, lakes and sounds coin mined. Little Wolf, who was sixteen years old when the declaration was signed, but who, nevertheless never saw Wash ington nor acted as his body servant, died recently id ijisyrigbratn, near wh'td he was bun* ife fTfO, fa (he Bt. Ctorx river in Wisconsin, five generations being present at his death. A list of the railroad fines either di rectly or indirect ly under the control of Mr. Jay Gould has been published, by which It appears that he now operates, under the Wabash consolidation, about B,lfW miles, or nmrlv one-tenth of the entire mileage of the United Sti.tes. It is safe to say that, as far ac li ileage is concerned, this is the largest combination of roads the cpntt'ol oi any one individual or corporation in the world. William Pcnnix was jolliest feJ low in Lynn county, Ind. He fiddled and sang at the country gatherings, r rode recklessly in horse races, and was seemingly incapable of a serious thought* Mis* Bundy shkred Jn the | general estimate of his character, and laughed when he attempted courtship. He declared ibat for once he was in earnest, hut slit-would pot listen. The dead bodies of both were (band in the roiul a r cw days ago. Pcnnix had I proved his sincerity by murdir and suicide. * | The frequency of suimmering in tiic 1 south oft rane is found, on investiga tion, to equal twelve or thirteen eases in every l.otiOof the population, while in the eastern departments the proportion is only one to that number. It lias been assumed that the defect was, in many iiuitaneea. ti muluted to avoid military conscription, but m-cording to the Abbe Petitote tliereare two districts in the Bouchcs du Rhone where ail the inhabitants— some 16.000 stammer. He ascribes this to long-continuod in termarriages among the communities, and to a consequent degeneracy of the race. ■ t Profesaor Bt-ncke, ol Marburg. Ger many. after mca*firftigtf7o human hearts, says that the growth of that organ is greatest in the first and second ytars of lite. At the end of the second year it is doubled in size, and during the next five yiurs it is again doubled. Then its growth is much slower, t<lough from the fifteenth to the twntieth year its size increases two-thirds. A very alight growtli is then observed up to tilty, when it gradually diminishes. Except in childhood, men's h arts are decided.y larger than those of women. One of tbfe results of the ninny civil warn which have been waged in Spain is a list of officers out of nil proportion to the strength of the armed forces. Each party as it has succeeded to power has been obliged to reward its adher ents In the army by giving them pro motion. and thus the list of oflicers, ol higher rank especially, bnve continu ally increased in length. At present tl.< re are no fewer than sßh generals on the active list of the army, though the total strength of the latter, cvt n includ ing the national guards, provincial militia, and the earabineros, is barely 150,000 of all ranks. Sonic years tinoe a cluster ot women, in association with Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, founded a society whose purpose w;is to bring the influence of women to bear in the promotion ol peace. Their annual meeting recently took place in Boston, and addresses were Jmado by Mrs. Diaz, Miss Selma Borge Miss Jen nie Collins, Miss Horatio Ware, and others. One of the speakers illustrated the blight of war by mention of the single article ot gunpowder, of which the annual production for military use was Mated to be one hundred million pound*, which would be equivalent to ten million pounds of fertilising nitro gen, again equivalent in productive ca pacity to five hundred million pounds of bread. Theorlgih of the fnmidar abbrevia tion 88., so often seen in legal docu lents, has caused not a little discussion. n exchange says that the received opinion that SB. is an abbreviation frr ■ciiicct is correct in substance, it sGWI. however, not simply for scilicet, but for IbrftS r- pistil lons ol the word. The court crier prefaces announcements by " Ucar ye, hear ye.'titiff tyc," and in like mafli ner writs and memorialist courts are prefaced, in contemplation of law. by a thrice repealed UHp itgkigawn." or "-Know nL.' JOd? <l seiiicut if dotlbled to f\jii fcDcftion, in ahalojry wiVi taw MmUlsfc W of M doubfc, jpitial as an abbreviation for plurals apdsUffilatjyqs. / . A Glass Mountain. Another marvel recently brought to light hptfil Ykil>*sm>n4 barf, of Nk>rth , A ineflea. |i notkiingl lepi(tln a moun tain of obsidian or volcanic glass. Near lite foot of the Beaver laka a band of explorers came upon this remarkable mountain, which rj*4s in columnar cliffs and rbpfiicif bosses to many hun drctls of feet in altitude Jruui hissing hot springs at the itnivis of the lake. As it was d'sirahle to pass that wav, tlui party. had*> cat roadthrpuait the .awep giatUy'Harritmde. gjHwttwy ef fected by making hugs tires on the glass tolhdtoMtoly Ufl* atid XpandU. *ii4 then dashing the cold water of the lake against the heated surface so to suddenly jkjol and br ak it up by skrinkage. faa swoas tain, then broken up small by sledge hammers and picks, not, however,with ^rk.CTXA^f'SESß gHus or tneseTocalltTeii lias from time immemorial been dresged by Vis In dians to tip their spears and arrows. Superstition. It is amusing to read the books and treatises written a hundred years ago and to note hour thoroughly the minds of una were irfibmd with .su peril it Jo us ' rallacies. Even tiie WTjtrnr themselves were in the habit of taking things for granted wh'cb we in these latter days are apt to reject as tfie grossest absurdi ties. There were those who knew that the delusions of the Salem witchcraft *HWre carried altogether 100 far, pno tlmj rrfany pfoplo Were 'towj aeodivf-d by designing men, but tiny at the same tjjpc believed that thefe was a grutl dlfcl of wIV bcrafV practiced, jiW tfat £St wiUfbes could only b" ketotfoutlet tb* lipW# by • out :m<l and that even This wTls of no | avuil unless aided and assisted I y the | potent talisman of a. horseslnre nailed over the outer door. No wizard or witcli, however powerful, could ouike any headway ngninstthls great remedy, and he who bad plenty of horseshoes to ward off witches was regarded by bis neighbyrsa# yu>rougbiy fortified against i lb thpse pa flkvas considered a fla grant ease of flying in the-face of tiie Divine Providence to plant corn or po tntoes in the wrong time of trie moon. Occasionally, however, there would be a difference of opinion anSOfigtbe oraclss of tiie neighborhood as to what consti tuted the wrong or right time of the moon, and each oracle having his ad herents, the dispute would breed a neighborhood quarrel uk useless and foolish as was the war yl the roses in Great Britain two ecntuf ics ago. But, while it is to be hoped thst man* king is gradually outgrowing this non sense, the fact remains that there is yet a great deal of old lea ven of superstition left in the uiinds of people of the present day. There are many persons in the State of New York who claim to be in telligent, and who would keenly resent the imputation of being superstitious, ; who will not begin ifjjfoeepf woA, at make* oontract, or sf> <4> a jotjrnty o| Friday. They own give norwsoh for if, and if pressed for one, are apt to reply that they are not in the habit of com mencing any business on Friday, and that they wi re brought up to believe that Friday is an unlucky day. If w" were going to trade hort-'-s on that day it might be that we should mak- an un lucky deal. But then it would be all the more fortunate for the party of the seeoad nart, <g)d he could truthfa.lv my that Friday Was a luet-y day for liifn. hei-auseour experieneo teaches Us that it is a very unusual horse swop where both the oontraeting partfes are beaten. We have know tolerably intelligent men who will not plant cucumber seed except upoi the morning of the first Sunday in June at four o'clock. By adopting this mysterious system, they claim the bugs will never trouble tliern and that the crop is or tain to be un molested by these evils which would otherwise inevitably destroy the fond hopes of the kitchen gardener. And very many learned men are very ner vous about sitting down a' table where they make the thirteenth in number. | When that fact is discovered, many of them doubtless feel as if they were hoar- | ing their death warrants read. There i 1 tLa'. Implanted in the human breast that makes us dread the weird, j mysterious, and unearthly, and it will i take ages of philosophical research and disquisition to entirely eradicate super- ' stitious tendencies from the human ! mind. By that time the votaries of church fairs and the patrons of lotteries ! will have ceased to believe in luca, and even if they should try to procure the j ticket that is to draw the capital prize, they will estimate the probabilities at j he true tandard. namely, one In one ' hundred thousand. They will not place any reliance on the dreams that they may have concerning the lucky nuni- j bers, and spiritual mediums will have to work for tbeir daily bread. But that time is now in the dim' vista of the dis tant future- and until that lime comes people will have to be vers- careful about first seeing the new moon over the left shoulder, and must rigidly ob serve the signs and omens that Uieii ancestors so earnestly believed in.—Al bany Time*. Going to a Fire. One of the most exciting sights a stranger can witness in the iow< r part of New York is the fit p department re- j •■ponding to nn alarm of tire in tiie day- ' time. A representative of the f\renuin , I Journal describes a scene familiar to all I our citizens, but one that many of our readers have probably never witnessed. | We chanced to be in Broadway a day on two since, says the writer, when the •tie*-t was crowded with vehicle* of all kinds, and the sidewalks with a regu lar procession ofpedestrians. Suddenly the gong of an approaching steamer Bounded with it* sharp sudden and continuous jingle; there was a rush of teams to clear the center of the str. et, and a rush of polieemen to aid the drivers in getting their vehicles against the curb; then eunc a fireman running for dear ,ifo. shouting "clear the road." and righLiwhuid hint came the r. tiie torsion jlia gnllop, and a u!otkd of smctxi' ifJHTng front the smoke stack a moment, and wa*o*e, Tim, cn rac a book and ladder truck, witli sounding gong, irs<* on the Jump, and the mem bers ttie company Clinging to their precarious perches on too. Next eaine the salvagcxoru*, gong founding, horses urging thgni if tllefr IJves I umtimir It tm • Tasting' Out a moment, but quickr ning to the pulse of the laziest onlooker. Thousands of persons had stopped to eateh a glimpse Of the passing ttirmn,and for over a mile Broadway was jammed with vehi flc* and jiedepirians, ail <| wbom fugt JuYieg out M maid roiln| for the tiri men. on wfu>ffp speeii might depend the Wf perWf d Uvea of some of oar (4t* zi-ris. To asi rnngcrthe siglit must have laasn a thriilingaae. and imprevscst him. with the efficiency or our tire depart neiii We. know that to our seltirr* '-fi® apparatus sc atned Tike Hie movement of artillery to Ulc frott and to ptedMte Ml impending battl*. And bo it was a battle—* tight between tile trained firemen and an •■peiiijr wa ol(i m Um earth or the lieatMn, slid one that has scourged mankind ainee lime was. A", rxccijcut cement, f.n; unitiua broken glass may be tnatle by dissolving in a ptpkin over tta?tin.)(taking aape-.'hil I enre ftiat it does not boil overj one potent glue. raajyg® IMH > is i Jlihe.climata might, tuTnss Dr. Theobald Fheher, be*more *4l j Improved by the planting of eats than by forming an lnlandsea. KKLIUIOL'M NKWH ASII NOTKH. Philadelphia Baptist churches have within a yntr paid debts aggregating Ml,ooo. lift, ween 300 and 400 Hindoo families in Belasore, India, have recently abjured hcatlK nism. The National Bible society, ol Scot land,rank* #s one of the three largest in the, world, it fhOonu- having been 9132,- 000 lual year. It cinuhtted Bibles. The vot< ol HI to 5120 on the'juration lidioi ilte col people to hope for ttyo cam lon of iicl an - nicar FdltV? t, hpdist tfetferw fojiih rrttee. * An Adventure at Laehlne Rapid*. Cttnndian tourist*, or those famidar with the river St. latwrenr", need not to tie told of the picturesque danger of the Laehine rapine. Many tradition* and aome authentic stories are preserved ol la. kl(*s peiwonswL© have been .ngUjA-d l£< re, i*id the "ahootlng 'of the rapid* even by skillful pilots i* alway* an anx ious and delicate piece of work. Another Bad < xample wan recent.y added to the record of calamities at this celebrated locality. In this ouee, a* in others, the presence and exertions of m famous pilot—named ibtillebout in the present instance—failed to avert the catastrophe. Ten lumbermen,under I)ai.- h-txiut's command, started in the morning from Caughnnwaga village* to make the descent of the Lscbioe rapid*. Ah other raft under Bnptiste, also a weil kaown pilot, set, out at the same time from toe Barne place; and those who were on Ooard the last raft saw all that happened to the cr<w of the first one. It seems tOat, by some mischance, I)ai!!ehout swung hi* raft opt of the right channel at a critical moment. lie fore be and his men could ret; ieve tic ir ! error their oontrol of tlj rift was gone, i In a ft-w moment thry were <lriviji with ' awfni velocity into the Vortex of foam ' ing waters that the tourists' steamers ; pas* through when running the rapids. ! Those steamers. altered with match tens ] dexterity, and having their engines to I steady their course, get through habit i naiiy in safe*" i.utwiiu a raft, having ' nothing but human strength to shape I the course, it is, of course, iar differen'i j Iu wasro.,ed j ovsrand ovet :nd hprl.-d in erery4Jr■<> j tion. Bheiiad to go through a ruiJe of j tumbling, m < tbing waters—lor the most | part indeed hail a cataract—la-fore she (or uny fragment* of h-r couid emerge i nto the smooth safely ol the river below. The spectator* saw a moving ana extrn | ordinary *ight. Ixig* sixty feet long were tossed in the air like so many twigs. Piece by piece the rait broke asunder. No power on earth could aid her wretchod crew, and it seemed inevii ■ bie that they mu*t perish to a man. But it whs otherwise decreed. Despite this :>mazing ordeal, and d< spit- most of thier numbt r being frightfu.'y bruited, eight of the eleven occupant* of the. rait w<nt through the rapids alive. Not only that but they managed to cling to portion* ol their shattered bark so as to te rescued at last by their brother lum bermen who had seen wit hem being ab.e to aid thun in their peril. The rc mnining three raltsmen perished; and the wonder i*. according to the reports tliat have reached us, that there shou.d have been any survivors at ali from a catastrophe which in former cases ha* usually be en fatal to every m n con ccrneo. Badgering a Witness. The court and Jury, as well a* the | spectator#, generally enjoy the scene . when a lawyer, in an attempt to bndg t i or hrowbent a witncss.coiiic* off second. best in the encounter. A correspondent ; recalls an amusing incident of this sort which liappened a few years ago in tir Albany court-room, j The plaintifl". who was a iady, was j called to testily. She got on very well, and made a favorable impression on the ' ury under the guidance of her counsel Hon. Lyman Tremain, until theoppo# | lag counsel, Hon. Henry Smith, sub jSCWd her to a sharp cross-examination, j This so confused her that she became ; faint, and fell to the floor in a swoon Ol course this excited geneiai syui : patby in the auaivnee. and Mr. Smith saw that his case looked badly. An expedient suggested itself by which to make the swooning appear i like a piece ot stage trickery, and thus ; destroy sympathy for her. The lady's ' face in swooning had turned purple red. and tins faot suggested the m w line of attack. The next witness was a middle aged lady. The counse. asked : " Did you see the plaintifl faint a short time agtir" - " Yes, slrj* " l'eopie turn pale when ttiey faint, don't they A groat sensation in the court, and an evident confusion of witness. But in a moment she answered: " No, not ai wavs." " Did you ever hear of a case of faint ing where the party did not turn pale?" "iTfes. sir." _j vj-a you cfcjjig-ar such a case?" Yf s, sir." " When?" " Alsiut a vear ago." *• W hem wuritr " In this city." •' Who wa* itf Bjkthi* time Lfe# texcitrmu wa* o intense that eviryhod v otu imm *n>- lously far the rflufyi It". af pti^ptly, with a twikVi ifMko wftMKs'hyv.ar.d a quiver on #er lip, as if mini suppresed humor: "Twaaanegro, sir.'' Pcai att'V peal of laughter shook the court-room, in which the vencralue ldgaf]oii)4d.| Mr. Baiith lost his cxf. t£i say << isp< r. Milton married the daughter of a country squire, and flvcd wfth lier but seffTtTTOi. Suoscquenily7 however, she returned, and they bred 'itf"fT'Y<L ''"l'ttV togesjgtr. jrf7| |T y The Ji'.u-li 1 uktev of;, if than 1# g< neraliv supposed, and the dangir of keeping hives, espc ciiuivlTwiU. n pomtjai out hv At. D'lpech. speaking tor the hygieiiio cciiec.ii of the, department of Hie Seine, to whm the question tisd been reffsrred ** he police, erent itHxin venienc having anst>utruju hcc cultmv sting o <k\ ,l fpp e *sl lhat eapeciiaL Bang# lit Mild* aucli abound * bfilng changed in chamofer by the poison. can to longer excite the motor fc#rv an>l asphyxia rapidly supervenes
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