CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Sharks generally turn on their sides
to eat.
Tho razor-Ash, though it lives in salt
water, seems to abhor salt.
Tho ancients believed that tho lynx
9 could see through stone walls.
Tho tusks in a full-grown male ele
phant sometimes are ten feet long.
A turtle's head that had boon cut oft'
several days lately bit a duck's neck and
* killed tho fowl, in Talbotton, (a.
" Butter was tlrst made by the Scythians
and Thrncians, and was at tlrst used as
au ointment for baths and as a medicine.
Whenever anyone of a herd of hyenas
in their native state is wounded, its
companions tear it to pieces and devour
it.
Iu the growth of all animals tlie v
pass from tho simple to the complex.
The young of tho higher animals repre
sent tho full growth of tho lower ani
mals.
It is said on the best authority that a
toad frequented the steps before the
hall door of a gentleman's house in
Devonshire for upward of thirty-six
years.
M. St. Pierre once saw a vast number
of ants overcome a centipede. They
seized it by its legs and bore it along as
workmen would have done a large piece
of timlier.
An English baronet says that an im
monse army cf " snow" geese flying
against a Southern California sky pro
sent a spectacle which is worth a year's
voyage to see.
A Ilea will eat ten times its own weight
of provisions in a day, and will drag
after it a chair a hundred times heavier
than itself. It leaps a distance of at
least two hundred times its own length.
Suppose a sapphire as largo as an
olive of ordinary French size. It would
be worth here 91,500 ; an emerald of
that size would lie worth SB,OOO, a dia
mond $15,000, a ruby 940,000 ; an opal
of fine color of that size would lie
worth only SI,OOO.
A Hungarian ehemist has been show
ing in Paris some remarkable experi
ments with a new light-giving substance
that burns with so little heat that it will
not set fire to the most inflammable
fabric. The burning liquid can be held
in the bare hand without discomfort.
This new illuminating fluid is one form
of that Protean substance, petorlum.
Japanese auctions are conducted on a
novel plan, but one which gives rise to
none of the noise and eonfnsion which
attend such sales in America. Each
bidder writes his name ami bid upon a
slip of paper, whieli he places in a box.
When tho bidding is over the box is
opened by tho auctioneer, and the goods
declared the property of tho highest
bidder.
It is well known that certain fowls
fill their digestive appiratus with grand
and pebbles, which act as millstones
in grinding up their food. Recent in
vestigations show that other animals are
addicted to similar habits 011 a larger
scale. Seals swallow stones weighing
from one to two nnd sometime* even
three ponnds each, while one investiga
tor found, not long since, ten ponnds
of these boulders in the stomach of a
sea-lion.
The lion has often been seen to
t despise contemptible enemies and par
don their insults when it was in his
power to punish them. Ho has been
seen to s|re the lives of such as were
thrown to lie devoured by him, to live
peaceably with them, to afford them |>ar
of hi< subsistence, and sometimes to
want food himself rather than deprive
them of that life which his generosity
had spared. The lion is not nsually
cruel; he is only so from necessity, and
never kills more than he consume*.
When satiated he is perfectly gentle.
Manners.
Manners are lietter distributed than
they have been, the last century having
particularly disseminated them. They
are now less observed in tho East and
more olmerved in the West, for the civ
ilkd globe steadily tend* to homo
geneity. Great cities are more polite
aocimlly and less polite commercially
thau small cities, the former holding
that they have no time in business for
superfluous phrases and hollow conven
tionalism. This is a mistake ; no more
timo—not so much,'indeed—is required
to be civil as to be rude, and five
seconds of civility is worth more than j
h five hours of rudeness. All who have
tried civility have found it remnnem
tive, and they always will find it so.
Every one discovers the fact in his own
case. It is almost as much a law that
people will ileal where they are well or
politcdy treated as that water will gain
its level. What man has memory so
# poor or sensibility so small as to forget
the place whore politeness goes with his
purchase? I Joes he not invariably re
turn thither? Will ho not put himself
ont to liny again of the man who under
stands his interest well enough to be
uniformly courteous ? More business ■
we venture to say, based on polite
news than on capital, for politeness is a
sort of capital, with the advantage that !
it may be increased at will .—Chicaqo
Tribune.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
If a child Imh u bad earache, dip n
| plug of cotton wool in oil, warm it and
place it in tho oar. Wrap up tlio head
and keep out of draughts.
Hick-headache can oiton ho greatly
, relieved, and sometimes entirely cured,
1 by tho application of a mustard piaster
at the base of tho neck. Tho plaster
should not be kept on more than a
| quarter of an hour.
Blooding at the nose can bo stopped
by vigorous action of the jaws, as if in
progress of mastication. In the case of
a child a wad of paper should be placed
iu the mouth and tho child instructed
to chow hard. It is tho motion of tho
jaws that stops the flow of blood.
To cure corns, take one measure of
coal or gas tar, one of saltpeter and one
of brown sugar; mix well. Take a
piece of an old kid glove and spread a
plaster on it tho size of tho corn and
apply to tho part affected ; bind on and
leave two or three days and then re
move, and the corn will come with it.
The following is said to bo a euro for
hoarseness: A piece of flannel, dipjied
in brandy and applied to tho chest, uml
covered with a dry flannel, is to bo worn
l at night. Four or si\ small onions
boiled and put on buttered toast and
eaten for supper arc likewise good for
a cold in the chest,
j Each inhalation of pure air is returned i
j loaded with poison ; l."> 0 grains of it j
| added to the atmosphere of a bedroom
I every hour, or 1,200 grains during the !
i night. Unless the poison-laden atmos
phere is diluted or removed by a con
stant current of air passing through the
rooms, the blood becomes impure, then
j circulates sluggishly, accumulating and
' pressing on the brain, causing frightful
I dreams.
To cure ingrowing too nails, one au- !
; thority ways: I'ut a small piece of tallow i
j in a spoon, heat it until it becomes very 1
i hot, and potir on the granulations. Pain
| and tenderness arc relieved at once,
1 and in a few ilays the granulations are j
j all gone, the diseased parts dry and
; grow destitute of all feeling, and the
j edge of the nuil excised so as to admit
!of being pared away without any in- j
i convenience.
An exchange says: That painful af
! flietion, a felon, can readily lie prevent
| ed by moistening the finger with the ;
I tincture of lobelia in the early stages
!of the attack. If allowed to progress
j too far l<efore the remedy is applied it
will have no effect. If it cannot !>o
! conveniently obtained, rook salt pul
j veri/.ed, after being dried in an oven ,
and mixed with an equal part of turpen
tine and applied frequently, will destroy
a felon in twenty-four hours.
Tire following is said to lie a cure for :
hydrophobia: Take two tnblesjtoonfnls
of fresh chloride of lime, mix it with t
one-half pint of water, and with this
wash keep the wound constantly bathed
ami frequently renewed. The rldoridc
gas possesses tho |iower of decomjiosing
the tremendous poison, and renders mild
and harmless that venom against whose
resistless at tin k the artillery of medical :
science has lieen so long directed in
vain. It is necessary to add that this
wash must lie applied as soon as pos
sible after the infliction of the bite.
For neuralgia in the face or otlur acute
•affcTing elsewhere, the following ,
remedy has lieen tried with good effect:
Ont a thick slice of bread all across the
loaf—fresh bread is liest. Soak one
side tor a minute in lioiling water, and
rapidly sprinkle cayenne jiepjior over
the hot side. Apply while still smoking
hot to the i*aiufnl surface. The bread
retains the heat long enough for the
cayenne to begin to act, and cayenne
doi-s not affect delicate skins as mustard
docs. It acts as a mliefacient, but not
a blister. Another excellent remedy
for congestion from cold is to apply a
ponltice of flaxseed meal and cayenne
pepper. By keeping a bit of oil silk on
the outside of the ponltice cloth it will
retain both heat a.i.i moisture for a
long time.
Russia ant! Its Rulers.
The area of the Russian empire is
8,012,055 square miles. The population,
including Poles, Finns, Caucasians and
Asiatics, is H5,<185,045. The area of Uus- 1
sia proper is 2,012,801 miles, and the
population 65,704,650. No other coun
try in Europe lias as large a territory or
as many inhabitant*. The Into czar
ascended tho throne March 2,1855, after
the battle* of llalaklaraand Inkermann,
and in tho midst of the siege of Holms
topol. His reign was exactly twenty
six years and eleven days induration
His father, Nicholas reigned thirtv
years (1825- 1855), and his great nncle,
Alexander 1., twenty-four years (1801 i
1825). There have been but throe czars
of Russia in tho present century. Alex
ander 111., now on the throne, was thir
ty-six years of ago March 17, and will,
aides* ho meets an untimely end, live 1
to complete the century in four genera
tions. The last czar of Rnssia who met
hi* death at the hand* of an assassin
previous to the late emperor was Paul,
the son of the famous Catharine (17516
1801). Spite of the repeated attempts
upon the lives of the rulers of Russis,
the average length of reigns in that
kingdom has been greater than in most
other countries of Europe.
LADIES' DEBARMENT.
A Wort) of Ailvlrr.
Why are girls so injudicious in their
toleration of dissipated young men ? It
is very often the case that a thoroughly
good girl will deliberately marry a man
who makes no secret of his hail habits.
What can she expect but misery to
ensue. A life partnership should not
be entered into without at least as much
caution as men display in making busi
ness combination for limited periods,
No man selects his bnsincH partner from
among men who drink much liquor or
have other hail habits. As for mere
manners and the ability to make one's
self agreeable, they have not themselves
influence enough amongj'men to secure
a dollar's worth of Credit or to justify
any one in . holieving'thoir possessor on
oath. A girl who is not old enough to
have learned what are the standards by
which men are tested would bo far
surer of a happy life if she were to let
her parents select a husband in the
prosiest manner imaginable, than if she
were to make her own selections in the
manner peculiar to girls. A life partner
ship is not easily dissolved.
(It-mum (Jit-lit.
Tlieir life is far different from that of
American girls, and we could hardly
fancy anything more prosy than the
home life of the high and well-born
German girl. They are educated pre
cisely alike, the range of study being
limited. The common branches, l-'rench
and sometimes English, and a few small
ornamental accomplishments complete
the list. The statement that American
girls study the sciences and sometimes
Greek and Latin causes from them man
ifestations of surprise. The traditions
and prejudices of their class are care
fully inculcated. Any woman who does
j think or act in opposition to the con
ventional standard is looked upon with
j distrust. Hut tin ir domestic education
is carefully attended to ; whatev4 tlieir
rank, they master all branches ami steps
of housekeeping. Their wedding trims,
scan and outfit in bod and table linen is
generous in quantity and Wutiful in
texture, ami usually made by their own
willing hands. An engagement with
them is as solemn ami binding as a
marriage contract, and unfaithfulness
in either sex is an exception that meet*
In-arty eond em nation. Tlieir simple
ness ami quietness of life is a reproach
; to the lives of the idle, ease-loving, friv
j oloua girls of many other countries.
Nrww rtml \*tr frr \%"nrn.
The Baroness Burdett Contts is not
coming to this country, as was re|orteil.
She ha* recovered from her recent ill
| no**.
Carlyle though* worm n were especial:
ly titt. il to IK- doctors.
The Massachusetts society for the
■ higher education of women lias a bal
ance of eighty-two cent. in its treasury.
" There isn't spirit enough in a score
of Mormon women to make one bright,
wide awake New England wife," writes
one who boa recently settled in bailing
distance of Sidt Lake.
According to the Washington cor
respondent. Mrs. Garfield looks more
like other ladies than any other woman
in the United States. She constant It
reminds them all of notnelxxly clc.
Women of the world never use harsh
expressions when eondemring their
rival*. Like the savage they hurl ele
gant arrows ornamented with features of
purple and azure, but with poisoned
point*.
A lunch given by a New York lady to
four of her friends cost 8110, or $22 a
plate.
I-ady Walter Campbell and Mis* Hal
•lock, though not professional beauties,
are gaining celebrity as among the pret
tiest women in I<omlon, and the society
jmper* seem likely to n.ukc them pro
fessionals in time.
Sao City, lowa, lias an orchestra con
sisting of ten mendier*, all voting ladies
of that city.
The widow of Judge Crocker (Cali
fornia's Crn sns) has bnilt a large green,
house for the benefit of the poor, who
are allowed to help themselves to the
flowers.
An aged woman named Mrs. Roso
Naey, living in Syracuse, lias kept u cof
fin in the house for twelve years. She
sent it to the undertaker's the other
day, to have it rot rimmed in modern
style. Mrs. Naey is qnite poor, and she
bought the eoflin and a lot in a cemetery
so as to insure herself against being
buried in the potter's field.
(-'■• Man Voir..
Plaid stuffs are need for sunshade lin
ings.
Panama straws are much used this
season.
Ribbon velvet ia used to trim chil
dren's dresses.
Shark-skin handles are seen on some
new sunshade*
The sliaded ribbons are u*ed to trim
Jajwnoao foulard.
Overakirt* of lace sLawls will be much
worn this summer.
Spun silk is substituted for surah in
fine Underclothing.
Daisy clusters are the most fashionable
flowers for children's hats.
Embroidered cream white hatisto is
used to trim India muslij.
StrijH-H of steel on nets are nocd to
trim block grcnadino dresses,
A mixture of pink anil blue is most
popular in Scotch ginghams.
Embroidered muslins arc revived as a
material for summer dresses.
Spanish lace lias quite superseded
fringe us a parasol trimming.
Basques of shaded satin are worn
with bluek surah satin skirts.
Tweed is made up into shirred dol
mans, and very bully it looks.
Satin surali is embroidered with mice
and lobster i and made into nccktic-s.
Sun umbrel Ins twenty-two inches long
are to bo carried this summer. Sun
shades have a radius of eighteen inches.
Satin foulards with odd printed fig
urea will be worn this summer. They
arc mode tip with great quantities of
lace.
Sonic of the new cuffs look like fold
ed satin scarfs fastened around the sleeve
with a IK>W with tasseled ends on the
top.
Some of the summer bonnets are to
be exquisitely simple, having no trim
ming but a spray of roses und a muslin
scarf.
Riblmns shading from rod to yellow
and looking as if cut from the up|M-r
half of a rainbow are used on black
j lionnets.
India linen with hair stripes of bright
I color is used to make summer suits.
I he tinted strijHis are in hair lines and
| are silky.
Tin- outside of the |>ara*ol is chosen
' to match the suit and to please the
l world in general, the inside to lu-come
the wearer.
The stuff which is calli-d nun's veil
| ing, but is not, although it is very
pretty, is now produced in plaid patterns
, for street suits.
A coarse woolen toweling, *trij-d
with hair lines of bright color on a dull
ground, is combined with plain stuffs
for summer gowns.
Tin- new collarettes hnic a pointed
opening at the throat and many are
without any niching al>out the ni*k.
being finished with simple sliirrings.
The coral-pink rose* and other flowers,
beautiful as they are. are so very unbe
coming tlmt they can only bo employed
on the outside of l>onnet*.
Black cashmere mantles lined with
satin are made up with four rows of
gathering on the shoulders, a sat in
i lined frill in the neck, fastened y a bow
with long ends.
"The Cricket" is the name given to
the little stringless lionnetsof jxin njiine
straw, trimmed with loops and fold* of
shaded ribbin and a hunch of b-11-like
flowers.
The New Function of the Pre-..
The wonderful growth of the news
paper press, says the J'lumbfr, is one
of the marked features of the country.
The \a*t circulation of every class of
journals is phenomenal. No intelligent
|H-rson can help taking one ]>spi-r, while
nro-t persons read several. Steam and
electricity have ab>li*hcd time and
space, so that the jonrnnlist now records
the world's daily history on the date of
its occurrence.
We sit down to breakfast with a feast
of news from Bombay to the Golden
Gate. The reader'* breath is almost
taken away by so much matter. It is
tiewildcring, and few without the aid of
the omniscient editor can take it all in.
As a fact, the man who write* the head
lines or the editorial summary and com
ment really guides public intelligence
and opinion.
To attempt to grap the whole of the
contents nt a sitting is a vain task. Few
|ersons have the time to do it. and each
reader pick* out just what sjiccially
interests him and merely skims the
i rest.
There is hence a natural liking for
the pa|>ers that eschew verbiage and
padding anil lioil down the news into a
presentable shape. Bnt something
more is neciswary. We need to have
the m-ws sifted as well as condensed,
the chaff and error a* well a* the verbi
age thrown out. and nothing printed
that isalmurd, or willful, without empha
aizing this fact.
Colored Horse 1 Flesh as Food.
The latest horror from England, says
an exchange, is diseased home flesh
treated with red ochre to give it a
healthy appearance, and then moon
factor oil into l>eef sausage. A meal
e.>m|iosod of this, with breod made from
chalk, potato flour, alum, etc., duly
i lubricated by oleomargarine, rounded
1 off with Chicago cheese, that is, trans
mogrifled lard, and washed down with
a decoction of burnt beans, softened by
a preparation of calves' brains and
chalk, byway of milk, and sweetened
by an extract of old rags and sawdust,
bleached by acetic acid, might not as
tonish the stomach of an ostrich, bnt
certainly would fail to restore the ex
hausted physical strength of a tailoring
man. Yet it can hardly be doulited now
tliat many a toiler makes jnst snch a
meal, and pay* the price of wholesome j
food for it.
•
MORAL AMI RKLIBIOFK.
■
Tin* KilHiiiir ol Mnrrlsici-.
A true marring! i* always a religious
ai l in itself, because religion mean* the j
binding of ono to another in a pun- and j
tnie union. Ho the Scriptures never 1
command thin relation HO far an I can
remember ; they only recognize and j
guard and bless it. The man and
woman in a true wedding become bun. 1
band and wife because their Cri-ator
made them for each other, just OH he
made Adam for Eve and Eve for Adam
in the garden. I say the true match in
the rule, and in the vast majority of in
stanceH those who come to the husband
and wife were made to be husband and
wife. Yes, and very often in the faee
of our sins and follies, and not nt all by
our discernmg, the great sacred gift is
given which makes a heaven for tis when
we would make jx-rdition for ourselves.
To Itclicve, as some do, that disapgioint
mcnt and misery come of most mar
tiages is very much like believing that
in this world the devil has dominion '
over most soub. Thomas and Marv sit
in their home and womh-r how John
and Susan manage to get along on so
small a stock of esteem, ami Thomas
and Mary shake their heads over John i
and Susan. Hut you timlthat somehow
there is better with the worse, as
there is worse with the b-ttor
Very tender and true they are apt to be
when sickness takes the children very
i *re. They weep together over the lit-
I tie graves. We see only the surface,
| w<- note only the dissonance. It is like
the chimes of Trinity which fall so
! sweetly about the life below, that those
to whom the*, are but the oci-omjiani
! incuts of life do not heed them and arc
j hut dimly aware tlu-y are pulsing
| through the bus-, marts. Hut let them
■ strike a harsh discord and a thousand
S faces will IK- turned to Triniti spire in
wonder. They hear that, and that in
the truth almut our life Still i goon
to say that what you an-saving to -our
selves j fist now is quite true; there is a
great deal of trouble in this land of
ours, rising directly out of this relation
j of husband and wife, and trouble that
i cannot be brought within the lines that
I have trh-d to draw , but breaks out and
flames up in quite an infernal way Ikv
fore the world, so that we have to ask
sometimes what w- are coming to and
whether there is not a threat in the air
of a disruption of this sacred social
order— liberty running to license, love
driven from her throne by lust and this
new world of ours threatened with ruin
through the vilem-ss which destroyed
the old. It i natural also to try and
find where the reason lies for these ap
palling evil*, which d<> not merc|\
threaten us, but are on us, and whether
they max not b" met. J{r.r. }',•>!, rrt
r.41,/rr.
Keliflau. NFWI AND Sales.
Ihe liondon religions tract society
has circulated nearly Ml.dOtt.ttOO books
and tract* in HtO different languages.
T1 ic English Presbyterian church con
sists of '.171 c<mgr ation*. with 55, \W
memlicrs, an increase of al>out fOO.
There are 1.578 ministers among the
Tunkers, or German Baptists. Of these
dtsi are in Pennsylvania. 21* in Indiana.
227 in Ohio, 112 in Illinois and LCI in
lowa. The denomination js representesl
in twenty States.
The American Sunday-school Union
reports for the year just closed 1,415
new schools organized, in which there
arc 52.118 Scholar*. In the previous
year there were organized 1.277 schools,
with HJ.728 scholars.
There arc now supposed to la- in Paris
7"i,tHKi Protestants, among whom arc
.to,(N si Rcfonneil, DO.tMHt Lutheran and
1 m,mm > of other denominations. This is
an approximation. Abuit aeventy-five
pa-tors attend to the spiritual want* of
the Protestant population.
The governor of Kansas denies the
rejKjrt that the new prohibitory law of
that State interferes with the adminis
tration of wine in communion services.
He s„ya the law has bi-cti pronounced
constitutional by the supreme court.
Tin-associated executive committee of
Friends on Indian affairs met recently in
Baltimore, delegates from eight yearly
meetings Wing present. Reports
showing gratifying progress of the
Indians at the various agencies in civil
ization, education and religion were
presented. It was stated that two of
the fighting Modoes of the Lava Beds
had died exemplary Christians.
The Rev. Newman Hall, in speaking of
flic need of "revivals" in I<*ndon, says
that, taking a rough estimate, it is con
sidered that in round nuniWrs london
haa four millions of )>eople, of whom
one lialf might at one time W at
churjh; but of these two millions
there is only church accommodation for
one-half, and of these cue million of
eoato, only half a million an- at any one
time occupied.
The Methodist* of the United States
nnmWr .1,321,(100, and are divided into
fifteen organizations, though the great
bulk of the niemWrship is included in
the Methodist Episcopal, the Methodist |
Epincojwl South, and the African Met ho
dint Episcopal. The division Wtween
the first two was made in 1843 on the
slavery question, sad the last was sepa ;
rat ■<! on the color line in 18HJ. Tin-
Methodist Protestant is the out
come of a struggle in the Methodist
Kpincopal on the question of Jay repre
sentation and id volition of the presiding
eldership, ami does not differ on other
IKonta with the parent body. Tin
hviuigelical association a Herman
Mothodint 'KMIT, with it* chief mcrnler
nhip in Pennsylvania. The Amerieati
Wenlejan connection wan formed in 1843
by Methodist ul*>liti<mi*t*, who winbel
to take a religion* stand against slav
ery. The Free Methodist i* u cbnrch
formed in 1860 by those who believed
that Methodism wan getting too world
ly, and the Primitive Methodist is the
j result of similar though earlier depart
ure. The negro Methodist* also have
several separate sects. The general
Methodist feeling is that a union of roost
of these churchesmight now be effected.
Duties of ( tthiuet Officer*.
The secretary of the treasury lias
charge of the national finance!*. He
digest* and prepare* plan* for the
improvement and management of the
revenue and support of the public credit.
; He superintends the collection of the
! revenue and prescribe* the forms of
keeping and rendering all public
accounts and making returns; grants
I all warrants for money to be issued
from the treasury, in pursuance of
appropriation* by law: makes rejjort*.
and give information to either branch
of Congress, as may be re piired,
respecting ail matters preferred to him
l>v the 8< nate or House of Represents
i tives, and generally performs all such
service* relative to the finances as he is
directed to perform: controls the
erection of public buildings theeoinag
and printing of money, the collection
of commercial statist. the marine
hospital*, the revenue-cutter service, the
life-saving serv ice. I'nder his superin
tendence the lighthouse U>ard dis
charge* the duties relativ, to tlie con
struction, illumination, inspection and
superintendence of lighthouse*, light*
! vessels, lxwcons, buoy*, sea-marks and
their apjx-ndages; makes provision for
the I ray merit of public debt under
enactments of Congress and publishes
statements concerning it. and submit*
to Cxingren* at the commencement of
each session estimates of the proliable
receipt* and of the required expend
itures for the ensuing fiscal year.
The secretary of war performs such
duties as the President, who is the com
mander-in-chief, may enjoin njsin him,
concerning the military service, and ha*
the sujiornitendenoe of the purchase of
army supplies, transportation, etc.
The secretary of the navy has the
general superintendence of const ruction,
manning, armament, equipment and
employment of vessels of war
The secretary of the interior i
charged with the *npervin n of public
business relating to patent* for inven
tions. ]tensions and Ixjunty lands, the
public lands, including mine*, the In
dians, toe census, when directed by law,
the enstody and distribution of public
documents, and certain hospitals and
eleemosynary institutions in tin district
of Columbia. He also exercise* certain
1 (tower* and duties in relation to the
Territories.
The )x>st master-gen era, ha* the direc
tion and management of the postoffice
department. He appoints all officer*
, and employes of the department, except
J the three assistant postmasters-general,
who are appointed by the President, by
and with the consent of the Senate : ap
(Hunts all jost masters whose coni(<ensa
tion doe* not exeeed Sl.OtNi; makes
postal treaties with foreign governments,
by and with the consent of the Presi
dent; awards and execute* contracts,
and direct* the management of the do
mestic and foreign mail service.
The attorney-general i* the head of
the detriment of justice ami the chief
law-officer of the government ; he rep
resent* the I'nited States in matter* in
volving legal question*: ho gives his
advice and opinions on questions of law
when they are required by the President,
or by the heads of the other executive
departments, on question* of law arising
u|on the administration of their resjvect
ive depart mont* : lie exercises a general
superintendency and discretion over
United Rtate* attorneys and marshals in
the Rtate* and Territories ; and he pro
vides special counsel for the United
State* whenever required by any depart
ment of the government. Recently we
gave a statement of the Secretary of
state. In regard to questions of policy
and matters of importance they consult
the President, and are often consulted
by him.— <'hicapn lter-0 r<tn,
A Wonderful Tree.
A tree that give* and cure* the head
aehe. It* name alone. "Orcadaphne
t'alifornica," i* almost enongb to give
on* the headache; but if you rub its
leave* on your hands and face a diort
time you will get a headache, and it
your head aches rub it on your hands
and face and it will drive it away. This
obliging tree is an evergreen, with a
strong, spicy smell, and I am told that
it is found in California.— /Vorof
MimtUy. y/
There are in New York city 33d 1-2
mil** of paved streets.