MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. Knlor llc XVorlil. The world and all that in it is con tributes to your enjoyment if you wil' it so. The night in yours. It brings you tired natnre's sweet restorer, balmy sleep. It often brings you pleasant dreams—dreams in which you repos sess and live over the enjoyments of tho past. Stars and moon throw their light over your pathway. , Morning breaks for you, and it is your own fault if you keep your eyes shut when it is purpling tho east, and awakening the animal world to renewed life and activity. The beauty of the waterfall is yours, al though the water may not turn your mill; and the bright green grass is yours, though tho hay that it makes may he another's. The bird ; sing for you. At this season tho robin, the wren, the thrash, the cuckoo and the lark are giving daily concerts free to all. Enjoy yoar family, the companion ship of vonr friends, and when you are alone, solitnde is greatly to be enjoyed. Enjoy your walks—a drive with a good horse, if yon happen to have one; why not? Enjoy all innocent pleasures and amusements—enjoy lifo all that you can—and be grateful f or your oppor tunities of enjoyment even if they are not as plentiful as you wish them to be. ilrliciou* New* and Notr*. Ex-Governor Judge Joel Parker, of New Jersey, has joined tho Presbyterian church at Freehold. It appears that thero aro twenty-five distinct Methodist denominations in tho world, with a total of 4,030,780 mem- , bcrs. The African Methodist Episcopal i church claims that it has 387,56(1 mom- ! Ikts and probationers, against 215,000 | reported in 1879. Tho First Protestant church in Albu- | querqnc, Now Mexico, has jnst been j opened. It is a Congregational society, the only one of that order in the Terri- i tory. A Roman Catholic paper Hays that had the church retained all her chil dren thero should now be in tho country from 20,000,000 to 25,000,000 members of that church, whereas there aro now 1 less than 7,000,000. It attributes the great losses to the influence of the pub lic schools. The Baptists of South Carolina, ex clusive of the colored churches, have 639 churches and 55,183 members. There were 4,298 baptisms last year, and $40,258 was raised for missions, education, etc. In several parts of the State white ministers hold Ministers' institutes for the l>enefit of colored ; preachers. Seventy-nine of the one hundred Congregational home missionaries in j Kansas report that they aro serving 137 churches and ninety-seven nut-stations, i Dnring the last year they organized fifty-three Sunday-schools and twenty- j two churches. They report 279 con-1 versions and 352 additions to the chnrches on confession of faith, and i 420 by letter. A table on the ratio of ministers to members in various denominations ] shows that in the African Methodist church there is one minister to every j 224 members: Reformed (Dutch) cbureh, one minister to 147; Presby- I terian, one to 114; Protectant Episcopal, one to 100; Congregational, one to 107: Methodist Episcopal, one to 144. The average in seventeen denominations is one to 111. A Lively Encounter With a Buffalo. Buffalo hunts out on onr Western plains aro not always void of excitement and romanee, as a young gentleman from Mississippi will testify, who recently engaged with several others in <>ne of i these hunts. It so happened that he had become separated from the rest of the party, and was hiding behind a sage bnsh, waiting patiently,to get a shot at a large herd which seemed to be coming in bis direction. He had not long to wait before the excited herd dashed by and disappeared ornid a cloud of dust, leaving bch'nd an immense bull which had been wounded by the gentle man aforesaid. As soon as tho canse of his misfortune had been discovered the animal dashed upon him, giving him barely time to jump as the infnriated bnll paused directly over the spot where he had stood. Things liegan to look more alarming than interesting, bnt there was no time to consider the mat ter, as the animal was again U|ton liim, and again be had to jump. This ope ration was repeated four times, he man aging meanwhilo to get in several shots, bnt without effect. As he was jumping for the fifth time to escape the assault, his foot slipped, tho bull's born passing through the calf of his leg, completely severing tho cord and leaving the ad venturer in a helpless and critical con dition. The animal came bearing down npon him for the last time. With barely strength enough left to raise his rifle, he fired, and, to his unbounded relief, managed to lodge a ball in the animal's brain. Ha waa picked up by his friends soon after in a senseless condition. The Rrird Anions lln Ancients. The history of the beard in oh ancient as that of man himself, and since tho earliest written history in found in tho East, to that part f tho world must we go for tho llrst records on tho subject of pogonology. Among tho Orientals, whoso customs and manners aro loss subject to change than those of West ern nations, tho beard has always been looked upon as imparting dignity to the countenance. To the general rule, how ever, the old Egyptians form un exeep. tion. According to Herodotus, they only allowed tho hair of tho head and tho board to grow during the period f mourning; at all other times being carefully shaved. It will be remem bered that when Joseph was sent for by Pharaoh ho was obliged to sluvo him self ; but a curious custom of the Egyptians was that of sometimes wear ing a false heard mndo of plaited hair and of a peculiar form, varying accord ing to the rank of the wearer. Com moners wore only allowed small boards, barely two inches long, while the beard of a king was of considerable length and square at tho bottom. Tho beard of a gad was distinguished by its being turned up at tho end. lJy this means tho figures of gods and kings in the sacred subjects of the temples are easily dillerentiatod. Tho allegorical con nection, also, between tho sphinx and tho monarch is plainly shown ly the form of tho board. Yet, notwithstand ing this custom, the Egyptians' abhor rence of tln boarded Greeks and Asiat ics was so great that no woman would on any nccouut allow a bearded man to kiss her. Ladies are not quite so par ticular nowadays. Among the Oriental Jews, and tie- Arabs, Turks ami Mohammedan triWs of Central Asia, and of Afiica, the beard is still regarded as sacred. " l'\ the beard of the Prophet," still remains the highest and solctnnest oath among the faithful. Pugonstacher, in an old treatise) on the subject, says that among the Turks a long beard W AS held in such respeet that a man with such an append ago was deemed incapable of • false swearing. Hence, when any one had a weak case in court he looked out for long bearded witnesses, who, however, most probably knew nothing whatever of the matter in dispute. And he usually won the day, unless his oppon ent, equally artful, confronted him with witnesses with superior hirsute adorn ments. There is a sweet simplicity ahont this superstition and its jieeuliariy Turkish application that is eminently edifying. The Mohammedan priests of the Indian Archi|>elago, in imitation of the Arabs, are foml of wearing a Ward, but the utmost results of their painfully careful cultivation are a few straggling and incongrnotis-lookiug hairs, which, BO far from gaining the desired effect, only make thorn objects of galling ridi cule. We may hero note, in contradic tion to this absurd habit, the custom pursned by most nations scantly fur nished with Imiron tho face, of plucking out, at an early period in li'e, the hirsute caereseences which no amount of pains and trouble oonbl ever render respect able. As with tho Mohammedans, the heard was much est emed by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Wo know how- Homer speaks of the beards of Nestor and King Priam. It was, moreover, considered to be a symbol of wisd mi; Socrates was dabbed t/ear to have worn the Ward in its integrity, for they shaved the upper lip. According to Athenians (Lib, 1,1), tho custom of sliaving introduced by Alexander the Great, who ordered tho soldier* to 1 clip their beards before the battle of Arbela, because a short beard wonbl offer no advantage to the enemy when fighting at close quarters. At a later period the whole Inward was *haven, and the portraits on Macedonian coin* generally represent the kings without beards. Among the ltoma:.i the beard I was originally worn long and cut or clipped daring times of mourning. Pliny (Lib vii. 59) says that one Licinn* 1 M:i nas introduced tensors into Italy from Hieily in the year 154, P. It. C., lieforo whieh date the Roman* did not eut the hair, and he fnrther mention* that Hcipio Africann* was the first to ; adopt the custom of shaving every day. I From this time the wearing of beards was continued chiefly by philosophers, priests and soldiers, or in contrast to tho previous habit, as a sign of mourning. Successful Hunters. Two Englishmen recently returned to St. Petersburg from a successful bear hunting expedition in Russia, after an absence of three weeks, during which they traveled 1,500 versta in sledgea and 150 in snow shoes, through dense tan gled forosts, over frozen marsh and lake, the thermometer often standing below zero. In the course of twelve days actually devoted to hunting they killed with spear and gnn no fewer than twenty-threw Wars of all size*, to the great satisfaction of the peasants, who w crop* and live stock suffer heavily every year from the lavages of these animals. The horse-trough is a famous water ing-phce. Dr. Carver on Bow* ami Arrows. "You wo," said Dr. Carver, as ho de posited a whole ah oat It of bright ly foathorod arrow* on a table, took off his umbrageous felt and drew up a chair, "I must bo shooting something or other all the time. If it isn't u Winchester it's a boa- and arrow. Pretty, they are, but most too fluol Fancy things, these arrows, for handsome young ladies to shoot on grass plats at straw targets* Now an Indian arrow is a good bit longer—maybe thirty-two inches and when a Sioux draws it chock up to the bow it fairly hums when lie lets it (ly. An Indian arrow has grooves cut in it behind the barb—that is to say, tho ones they use in hunting—so that tho blood can flow; other wise tho wound would swell and spoil. Tho lighting arrows are nasty things. The barb is so put on tho shaft that when it hits you, the steel, tho old hoop-iron, stays in the flesh when yon go to pull out the arrow. Dear sakes, what ugly wounds 1 have soon them make ! An Indian hoy he gins to handle a light bow when lie tod dles, maybe at four or five years. His bow is taller than he is. lie shoots at everything round the camp. When Ir is twelve he uses sharp arrows. A boy must bo strung at eighteen t-> ore a man's bow. Now, a white man who takes an Indian bow for the I r.t tunc, has all lie can do to bend it. It needs some strength but more knack. Tho bow is made straight. When it is strung, the cord, when in tension, almost touches the how. It is thick, some four and a lulf or live feet long—that is, their hunting how—and lias extra stiflues by having sinews pasted on it. I have seen We shcasa-has-ka thai is, the long man and ho was the best of the Ogulalla .Sioux, kill an antelope with his arrow at I'J.I measured yards. We-shessa has-ka was nearly seven feet tall, ami a good Indian. On horseback, broadside to a buffalo, I have more than once known that Indian to sen 1 an t urmw through a big cow. The arrow hung out on the other side. Th< low for horseback arid for war i*a trill" shorter, ami may be stiller. Vou do not draw the arrow to the eye, hut catch aim as I do when shooting from the hip. That can be ac jnirod only by long practice. The string is drawn by tho clutch of the whole lin gers, though some of the tribes use the thumb and three fingers. The long man could shoot an arrow in the air out of sigiit, and so can I (the doetor |Kiintod to an arrow buried up to the feathers in the ceiling of our oflice, his own js-i-nliar ornamentation of th< h'nrf%t unil Si>-run sanctuti >. 1 think that in a couple of months 1 eon Id get into perfect practice, for I used to hold my own with any Indian on the plains. Sometime* after 1 had been shooting with my Winchester an Indian would come np and show his l>ow, and tell me his bow was ' much'— good,' hut then I used to take his own bow and beat liim at it. " To pass away the time when I wa* at the Brooklyn Driving park, I bought an English IJOW ami arrows of Ilolborton and soon gut into tin- trick of it. I hit blocks of wood thrown into tho air quite a* often n* I missed tin m. Tin English bows and arrows arc fancy, but good. I would rather have an old Sioux one. made of hickory or ash, hut tin- lioss bow I ever owned was made by buffalo ril*. An Indian carries his quiver of arrows over his right shoulder, so that ho can get hi* arrows quickly. When he has discharged one arrow, with the same motion tliat lie ns# - in pulling the string he clutches anotln r arrow. If he shoots ltd yards he has three or four ar rows in the air all going at tin* same time. It'* gn at fun shooting at a bird with a long tail that flies over the prairie. Knock out hi* tail and his steering apparatus i i gone. I have knocked tin- tail ont of many a one. and so caught him in niy hand* when he tumbled."— F'irtxi ami Sin in. Hellgion of the President*. Washington and Garfield were the ' only ones who were church member*, bnt all, one cxreptcd, were men who revered Christianity. Adams marrind a minister's daughter, and wa* inclined to Cnitarianism. Jefferson was not a lieliever, at least while he was chief magistrate. Madison's early connec tions were Presbyterian. Monroe is said to have favored the Episcopal cbnrch. John Adam* wa* like his father. Jackson was a Methodist, and died in the commnnion o.' that church. Van Bnren was brought up in tho Heformed Dutch church, but after ward inclined to the Kpisco]>al church. Harrison leaned toward the Methodist church, and Tyler was an Episcopalian. Polk was baptized by a Methodist preacher after his term of office expired, Taylor was inciiiyd to the Episcopal communion. Fillmore attended the Unitarian church, and Franklin Pietoe waa a member, bnt not a communicant, of a Congregationalist churoh at Con% cord. Buchanan was a Presbyterian. General Grant attends the Methodist church, and Prosident Garfield is a memlier of the Church of the Disciple*. Hitting Bull says he'll " be hanged if be surrenders." •LOVE COM Kill EH. Plfp Krtflicr Amusing Orir*. A young woman of Springfield, Mass., was determined to circumvent a young man whom she suspected of a desire to escort her home from t he Baptist church sociable. The entertainment was held in the basement, and sho laid a plan to gain the uudienco-room above by means of the buck stairs and to escape thence to tho street, while hor would ho cava lier was preparing to pouueo upon her at the basement door. All went well nntil a false step in the dnrkness sent hor splashing into the baptistry, which had remained open since the previous Sunday. C'huiles 11. Leigh ton is a young man of Sea Cliff, and Miss Eva M. Loiek is a hello of Brooklyn. They were en gaged to bo married last winter, but Mr. Brighton, for some cause unknown, sought to break tho engagement. Miss Lcifk admitted that it is always u sad thing to take a love case to court, hut she did take the case in question there, as well as tho following letter, which she had received: "You dear, darling little sugar plum, you re as sweet as a lamb about six months old. 1 wish yon to comn up on May Leave the house about 2:30. I wish yon would work u motto ('.Sunshine After the Clouds') for mother. She says for you to come up, and I wish you to tell your mother to l t your come for my sake. I'. S.— Try to work tlmt motto if you can and let nx- know if you ran. I*. S. -I will write to lot you know all about it. " (.*ll AS," When the letter was read in court Mr. Lcigliton's affection apparently re turned. 11" at once sent for tho Itev. Dr. Hall an-1 defendant and plaiutif) were married. Fort Branch, Indiana, was excited when Mr. .la-per Doug la-, a bachelor and prominent citizen of that town, brought home u bride. From a confes sion bv Mr. Douglas it apjx-ar* thnt he sat by his lonely firi-xido one night, r • cently, reflecting upon tho lon s of his youth. Tho old rhyme rami to him : " Anna lis* gi.in en ■ mi—ion, • XT t<> the S • ith ' a Kinnrrs ; N< 11 i a wi'tow, kr<-j huantrrs, ni l • '■il. hi r i in dinners. "••harlotto and SU-OJI MM) liattu, Mary, Jan.-, Loot and Maggn ; I'onr ar- married an 1 plump, two Mai-tins an 1 eTgg>," He was sad at heart, and liofr.ro he Went to sleeji that night he mailed to a Chicago paper an advertisement for a wife. The most kind response and the prettiest pic ture came from Htormville, Miss., and thither Mr. Douglas went for his lady-love. The courtship lasted twenty-four hours. With one of his arrow-i for a goose quill Cupid ha* written for the San Francisco papers an account of a nni-pie wedding that occurred there. A dandr employe in the United State* mint was accepted by the madrap daughter of a respectable citizen for the purpose of re venge. The wedding honr was fixed for a Monday evening, and a numlw-r of guests, all of whom under*torsi the hoax alx.nt to IK* played, met in good time. A white-haired old gentleman consented to act a* clergyman, and the eeremonr wa* |>oriormod in a dim light in the I>ack parlor. A* the dandy groom turned j to salute the bride, the latter threw aw ay a close veil and a blonde wig and disclosed the feature* and mustache rd the dandy's fiery rival, a fighting fellow, who. if necessary, could act the part of mother-in-law as well as bogus bride. The guests threw np their hand* and feigned amazement, and some of the madcap's fair friend* seemed to faint. As for the shrxMnsl and angry groom, he slammed the front door after him in a rage. A vonng woman, who i* described a* "one of the loveliest and most si -com - plishrd uanghters of ('heyenne," while riiling through the streets of that lively | city a few months ago was thrown from her horwe. A Spanish lad sprang from the lamp-post against which he had been leaning and endes\ orcd to prevent the j accident, bnt the only assistance that he conhl render was to lift the lady from the gronnd and bear her into a neighboring house. Then, sighing for further sight of the fair one, the yoath resumed his duty at the lamp-poet. As for the young woman, sho sustained an annoying injnry. It was nothing less than the fracture of one of hor front teeth. The delicate pearl that flashed through " lips within w hose rosy lsby. rinth when sho smiled the son] wa* lost," was hopelessly crushed. Beauty in distress appealed to art; the young woman went to a dentist, who promised to search high and low for a pearl of the proper size and brilliancy. The search was made faithfully, but not until the dentiat saw a young Spaniard lean ing against a lamp-post did bo find the coveted price. The youth gladly sold one of his teeth for 1100, offering all his stock in trade at the same terms. The tooth was submitted to proper treat ment and the young horsewoman ap peared at a ball on tho following even ing apparently none the worse for the accident. Bnt, with a woman's curios ity, she would have given her head to know whence came tho tooth. Time passed. The Spaniard made a fortunate purchase of stock with his hundred dol lars, and not only began to patronize the tailor, lint indulged in a hank account. One evening ehaneo threw him into a select little party, where the fair rider happened to be present, and he related his dental adventure. When ho smiled and ]x)iuted to tho vacant place in his mouth the young lady gave a little shriek, llor secret w.;s discov ered, and now the Cheyenne and Denver papers announce that the Spaniard will soon got his tooth hack at the altar. An Antediluvian .Monster. There have recently been discovered in Siberia the bones of an antediluvian rhinoceros, which may give us an idea of what kind of people and animals in habited our globe in ages gone by, and what sort of winter they had to endure. This rhinoceros was taller than the modern beast by some six to seven feet. It was discovered comfortably imbedded in the banks of one of the alllueuts of the Tana river. When the bank first broke away the whole skele ton stood there in magnificent propor tions, a revelation 'if a lost age. Pro fessors of pal—ontology arc rather scarce in Siberia, and so it happened that the river was allowed to wash tin old monster awav. Its head and one loot have been rescued, however, and are now in St. Petersburg. Besides its ■n jcriotity in si,—, this ancient monster had the advantage of being clothed in n thick coat of long hair, which enabled it to live among icebergs and in a tempera tare that would have frown the effem inate Polar bear and made an icicle of the cunning Arctic fox. There was a j period when the t/orth of Europe Kug I land, France and Germany were in i habited by monstrous heists, birds and reptiles. The fabulous roe has been i discovered in New Zealand, a bird measuring thirty feet from head to claws. The sea serpent is no fiction. Professor Owen constructed, on a re liable scientific basis, a reptile that ! would measure some sixty feet in ! length. A great portion of the ivory i used to day is the product of an extinct j sj>ecies buried in Northern Asia, which the Hilx-riari "resurrectionist*" sell !to P.ussian tray the appearance of a waterspout. ' I have seen this remarkaide phetiomonon before, but never on aacli a gigantic 1 scale. The first oneweaaw wa about six miles away. A stream of wat r accrued | to rise from the level of the ocean, and at the same time another stream de scended from the h streams met about midway lictween sky and water, and then legnn I to move rapi lly to the eastward. The base of the waterspout appeared to le nearly a quarter of a mile wide, and . then it tajerod toward the middle into an almost imperceptible line. Suddenly it - broke, and there was a mighty heaving j and tumbling abont of the waters in the j vicinity. We saw twelve spouta that i afternoon during some heavy rain squalls. At one time I aw four of them at once. They looked like the lofty spires of a cathedral. Through our i glasses wo could see that the toj>s of the ! spouta were lost in the clouds. It ia a scientific fact that the discharge of a cannon in the ncighlwrhood will al ways cause these water columns to hrrak. The paaaeogars insisted that the discharge of a pistol would create sufficient vibration in the air to destroy a spout which was a mile away. 1 loaded my revolver and fired twice at the spout. At the second shot it broke. II don't know whether it was the result | of the firing or not, but at least it is a remarkable coincidence. Kvcry time a spout burst, the top pert of it cowed to vanish into vapor, but the under part would rook the sea for mi lew, ami our vessel experienced the violent of. fects. In fact, all that afternoon the water waa disturlwd. Several time* it was thought we would have to change our course, bnt the spouts did not ap proach too near for safety. The V iterant. I I'"I Tl'l<-UMI. 1,1, III.' IH* $! vi-r will,< u , |( 'iiijittcrx wit I/, tnn. " _ In tie- whit. (Itfcwii I hear tii'' village r.himtn, 111 tbo <•/>!,) ilunk it# X|>:irklillg light* I IMA. I In- .i. ,r- r . i:\itm' |to m ttr*UwO 1 lISVt tho w,l*, - of th- ICCMI they HUM \\ tin (l v tlu-ir 'l'wim nii'l mi'ing, only s*y, yonder strolling vsgreat l.y the way." I In- .|tiiveritig Jims ol morning mi* that lim Atxwe III' hollow, where at .von tide By it,. ►) ,w, .I..**!*!, #tr.mn th.hyle cries 111. duning j,.*,1 wh/f wu-r-n|ii :it flower fallen !■[,, iee, n \ll tie wi'l' i .mniry stirl.-** h<* and *UII Only the nobbing wave thai < no arel cmoa, Only tlio panting of th> water-mill 'lull tile drifting who of a [wain. Dying a av into the elntiile rma <•!:. If mi: ' I ait an I altimle r with the dJ. Oul> a siioliiag .* grant by the way. g.jjl Into that mysti ■ world we never aee, yjnvor. j liter tie wle at fl' I'U ati'i tie marsh.* cold, 1 'tiding ii'T hand. tin- day g.ew placidly, 1/ aung le Inn.l h. t :■ f r loti gift of gold. I/i! tie- full rimoti, fat m tie dinky air, jffSß Luke a wliite )< wel m a luaeleu'a hair *ggi) Hhivi-ra light barlet Oirough wood and orchard spray, JJ .Vnd over me, a vagrant by tie way. Flagrant a- musk a blowm. I plum tree II tags ov< i the barn-yard rail* its milky bouglia. Hp tie oi l gateway long wild tee iw heat cluvg*. In the barn's shadow b>- tie trareiml com Tie hr 'ad, low door swing* upon to invito I le wanderer l" ,t r< fug. from lie night, And nus>nb< IM Mij.jntig through VIEW UM hay Fall over me lie vagrant by the way, Hood-teh and ebb it mailer* ant to me; Hotueh --I roam, but ever | < ae< full). • inly tie mighty Won! ebuv. iati sue Over, beyond all wrong aiel m> ,t< ry. The Holy ('hil l witliin tie manger b,rn 1 tie wander. r m th. by way* will not Mora, AMI tie great TUW.T unto whom 1 pray Will not foraake ihe vagrant by the way. J/'IU" J/'IU" H'/ilhuy. in (jt'iml (innpitMjf. I'tM.FM I'ARAfillAl'HS, earcd al ; seven detective* couldn't find him in nine weeks. Hut a shrewd p<>l:tw*an ! got the mayor to apjxiint the man k> office, and two hours later he came in on \ the run to be sworn in. " How tilings do glow this weather,** said the deacon *o Biothcr Atnaa. , " Yea, titer do," replied the brother. "Last night I board you say you caught forty fish, and this morning I hoard yow toll Mr. Hinith it wa one hundred and fifty." A little boy who was to paaa the after noon with the doctor's little daughter was given two pieces of candy. When he returned, his mother inquired if he gave the larger piece to the little girL I "No, mother, 1 didn't. You told mm to give the biggest piece to the company, and I wa* the company over there." llHtory of the Potato. The potato ia a native of tha new world, and took it* name from the Indian word fsi/o/.u, which was subea quontly called by the different nation* ja* follow* : English, potato; Spanish, batatta; French, palate; Italian, patata; Portuguese, batata; Spanish Aiuerioa, l)a*. The |>otato was first found in spon taneous aimndance in latitude thirty, five degrees south, in bVO. The fomer Indians of MinoesoU used large quanti ties of the wild potato, which formerly, and we suppose now, abound* in differ* ent parte of the Htate. The French called this wild root or tuber ; aaiaaa de terra The Dakota name waa umda, or tam,in. When properly cooked aad prepared it waa palatable, aa we know from experience.