CLIPPINGS FOB THE CURIOUS.
The cataract of Niagara recedes a
yard a year.
Pins are first mentioned in the Eng
glish statutes in 148.').
Bone shavings are used for caso-hard
ening small articles of steel.
The nnmber of air cells in tho lnngs
of a grown man are 000,000,000.
The earliest account of a diving boll
in Europe is at Nuremlmrg, 1864.
A hen will lay upward of 140 eggs
per annum, and bear ono or two broods.
Tho Emperor Justinian introduced
into Europe tho silk worm, from
China.
At the beginning of the present cen
tury the English laws made 100 crimes
punishable l>y death.
The zone of the camel is said to ex
tend from Northern Africa for 900
miles to China. A camel's avernge load
is 1,200 pounds.
Bt. Macarius, having one day killed
a gnat that stung him, lived six months
in a swamp, exposed to the bite of
every insect, as a penance.
The thermal properties of the baths
at Carlsbad were first made known by
the howling of one of Chnrles IV.' B
hounds which had fallen iu.
Franklin, who died in 1790, was
grandson of a man born in the sixteenth
century, in tLe reign of Elizabeth.
Three generations, thus extending over
two centuries.
When Mrs. Samuel Slater, of Paw
tucket, R. 1., was spinning some cotton
into yarn about 100 years ago, she ex
perimented to see if it couldn't be mode
into thread, and it was to this thought
of hers that the world is indebted for
cotton thread.
In the treeless steppes of Tartary and
the pampas of South America the in
habitants make up for want of other fuel
by burning the bones of cattle. It is
generally considered that the bones of
an ox will produce enough heat by which
to cook its flesh.
The wild dogs of India run by nose,
and, having made themselves acquainted
with Rambnr or other deer in the valley
or jhecl of the jangle, they sejiaratc and
lie in wait at the different passes from
the ghat, cronching on the high ground
above the paths taaen by the deer. One
or two of the pack then go ronnd and
ronse the sambnr, which rushes up hill
by one of the many paths. The dog
which lies in waiting springs at his vic
tim and fixes to his throat, and the others
soon run into him.
The carious castom of preserving the
tears shed at a funeral is still carried out
in Persia as in oiden times. The tears
are bottled in the following manner: As
the mourners are sitting around and
weeping the masu-r of ceremonies pre
sents each with a piece of cotton wool,
with which he wipes off his tears. This
cotton is afterward squeezed into a I Kit
tle. and the tears are preserved as a pow
erfol and efficacious remedy for reviving
a dying man after every other means
have failed. It is also employed as a
charm against evil influence.
The Champion Snake Storj.
A writer in a Western paper tells how
he was blasting with gunpowder sotno
largo and tongh logs. From one of the
log* thns split open crawled an enor
mous serj ent, which was easily killed.
The man who tells the story continues
from this point as follows: "Onstretch
ing it ont I found it to be thirty-ono
feet two inches in length, and the
thickest part of its body measured
twenty-nine inches in circumference. j
It was a different species of serpent
from any I had ever seen before. Its
tail was armed with a sharp-pointed
and curved horn; its body was varie
gated with alternate brown and dirty
yellow stripes, and on close examina
tion I discovered that it had been to
tally blind, its eyes seemed to hsve
turned into a roflectionless, bard, bone
like substance. This explained its un
decided, hesitating movements when it
first came from the log. A strange
crease appeared about the neck just
back of the head, which I found
to be caused by a stout thong of
leather, shout which the flesh of the
serpent had grown until it had sunk al
most out of sight. Catting this thong
and removing it, I fornd attached to
its under side a copper plate which had
heretofore been bidden by the body of
the snake, and on one side of it was
scratched : "D. Boone, April 15,1859."
I split the log in two, and near the
lower end of the hollow I fonnd where
there had once been an opening, but
long years sgo it had been closed with
a plug made of oak wood, about and
over which the maple had grown until
it was almost coooealed. The dead
appearance of the small portion visible
of the oak plug was all that called my
attention to its existence. My theory
of the matter is this : Daniel Boone,
many years ago, on the dato recorded
on this piece of copper, caught the
anako, then young and small, fastened
the copper plate about its nook, and
imprisoned it in the hollow of the tree
by means of the oak ping, wbero Lis
■nakeship had remained until the day
1 had delivered bim to free air and sun
light again."
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Tho glucose product of this country
is said to bo over 1,000,000 pounds a
day.
Tho sense of touch in eyeless fishes is
shown by experiment to be extraordi
narily developed.
When tlib foot of tho midgo iwin ac
tion it has the appearance of a horse's
foot in miniature.
Paper belting is now being used in
Japan, and ia said to have been found
stronger than leather belting.
Tho timo necessary for tho complete
destruction of tho human body is esti
mated, in France, at five years.
A German chemist, Dr. Schal, has es
tablished the useful fact that wood im
pregnated with parafine is preserved
from rot.
Abernethy used to say that "of the
largo quantity of food a man swallows,
one-fourth supports him, and tho rest
he keeps at his risk."
Sir John Lubbock estimates that
2,000,000 animal specieH have existed on
our globe, of which only about 25,000
arc as yet on record. Ho places the
number of recent species at 700,000.
A peculiar phenomenon occurred in
August on a mountain of Rhenish Prus
sia. In the side of the Brenncnde Berg
a pit of about a hundred square yards
in area suddenly opened, emitting a
great volume of flame and engulfing a
house and its inmates. It is believed
that the cause of tho catastrophe was
the ignition of gas rising from a petro
leum vein in the depths of the moun
tain.
Switzerland, writes tho Geneva corre
spondent of a London journal, has an
other lake. A large mass of rock and earth
fell the other day from a mountain-side
at Somnix, in the Orisons, blocked up
the course of the Jobcl, and converted
the valley into a lake. Tho village of
Snrrbein, hard by, is in great danger.
Tho numerous land-slides on a large
and small scalo in Switzerland during i
the past few years must have produced
a good deal of scratching and grooving
that will do for evidences of ice scratch
ings for those who want them.
An Eccentric Family.
Mentioning the name of Goelet calls
to my mind one of the most curionsand
eccentric families that ever existed.
Those readers who have over walked up
Broadway will he likely to remember a
great brown stone residence which stands
on that thoroughfare at the corner of
Nineteenth street. It is placed back
from the sidewalk, and ia surrounded
by an iron fence at least ten foet high.
That old house has stood there a great
many years. The windows are alwaxa
closed, ani the only sign of life abont
the place is to lie found ' n the various
animals and fowls which roam about the
vard. A cow, sometimes a horse, and
always various kinds of chickens and
imported poultry may be seen there.
The place covers three or four city lota,
and mast be very valuable. It is owned
by the Ooelet family. Whotlier any of
them live there now or not I am not
able to say. It would take a detectire
to And that out. But up to a couple of
yearn ago the mansion was occupied by
one of the former generations of Goelet*.
He was reputed to be enormously rich,
yet he li ved alone in that vast mansion at
an expenditure which, I have been
told, did not often exceed a dollar a
day. The old man kept his money in
tho Chemical bank. He did all hia
business himself, collecting his rents
and attending to his taxes and other
matters in person. I have heard, I
don't know how truly, that he had a aon
of whom he was early very fond. Once
on a time he discovered that son, in
whose hands he had plased the care of
his vast estates, in the act of swelling
his own income to the loss of hia idol
izing parent. After that old Ooelet
went into hia ahell, so to speak, and
devoted himself to hoarding hia wealth.
He used to come oat in the morning,
winter and snmmer, walk down to the
bank, make a check for a few dollars,
bay hia day's previsions and go back
home. Ono bitter day, when the snow
and rain were falling, ho canght oold
daring his long walk, and within a few
weeks he was dead. Bat tho old honse
on Broadway is just the same in look
now as it was daring his life. Snch is
the meager story of one member of a
very rich New York family.— Now York
Lrttor.
A Thrilling Nrrne.
On do Hmith. who owea everybody,
had a Tory narrow eacape yesterday.
He waa aUnding on the track of the I.
A O. N. It. It. and.did not notice the
approach of a train nntil eecape aoetned
impoaaible. The crowd ahnddered and
averted their heada. In vain d'd the
engineer whiatle down brakea and re
verse bin engine. A moment more and
Qua d Smith would have been era*bed
oat of all aemblance of humanity, when
Qilliooly, with rare preaenoe of mind,
called out.
M Cius, there'* your'wanh woman I"
With one bound Ooa cleared the
(reck and waa in aalety. Texai Sifting*.
. TIIE FAMILY DOCTOIt.
Trrmmrnl of lllabrlra.
The following appeared originally in
tho Now York Journal of Commerce:
NKW YORK, April 20, 1880.
Editor of the Journal of Commerce :
A gentleman in the South writes me
his wifo having suffered for the past
two years with diabetes, and having
had various doctors without success,
desires to procure a recipe he says was
published in one of the New York daily
popers by the proprietor of the Windsor
hotel, who was cured in Paris, France.
If you know of this recipe, will you
kindly publish it? H. M.
For the benefit of the good lady at
tho South, wo reply that tho most ex
cellent gontlem&n, since deceased, who
published tho remedy, did so from mo
tives of pure benovolenco. It was not a
" rocipe," but a bill of fare, the only
cure lor diabetes being a prompt and
thorough change ot diet. All starchy
focd must be wholly avoided. Oysters
aud clams may be eaten raw or cooked,
without flour. All soups in which
there is no flour, rich, vermicelli, or
any of the prohibited vegetables. Fish
of all kinds and meats of all kinds
except liver. Beef and mutton arc best,
but tripe, ham, tongue, bacon and
sausages are safe for those who like
them. Poultry and game of all kinds,
but no sweet jellies or sauces with
them. Salads, including lettuce, cu
cumbers, water cresses and cabbage.
Celery, asparagus and tomatoes are
wather to be avoided.
Potatoes, beats, carrots, turnips,
parsnips, peas, beans and rico arc abso
lutely prohibited and must in no case
bo touched.
Cauliflower, spinach, cabbage and
string beans are recommended. Hour
apples, cot in quarters, dipped iu boat
en eggs, rolled in cooked gluten, and
fried in very hot fat, make a good sub
stitute f> r potatoes.
All kinds of tart frnit, especially
peachos and strawberries with cream,
but no sugar, may l>e froely eaten.
Milk in moderation, cream, butter,
buttermilk, and all kinds of fresh
cheese, especially N'cuchatol, arc to lie
eaten.
Positively no sweet cake, no bread
from ordinary fionr, and nothing that
contains sugar or starch. The gluten
flour from which starch is wholly ex
cluded may lie purchased for twenty
five cents a pound, and from it bread,
rolls, pancakes, fritters, mushes and
puddings—without sugar or molasses
may be made and freely eaten. No
pastry should !>o touched unless made
from the gluten fionr.
Nuts are allowed, and eggs in any
qnanity and shape ate highly recom
mended.
Coffee and cocoa with cream—glyoer
ine if liked, but no sngar—may be
drank in moderation. Tea is not as
desirable. No spirits or malt liqnor,
nor sweet wines.
Eat slowly, drink chiefly at the end
of the meal, and not much between
meals; take cold or tepid baths in tho
morning, and exercise afterward, and
stick to the diet the year ronnd.
We know a lady who was suffering
from diabetes, with an intolerable
thirst, night and day, that nothing
wonld alleviate. She had an interview,
over a year since, with 0. C. Waite, of
the Windsor hotel, who himself adopted
this regimen after consulting tho best
physicians in Europe, and she followed
his example Her disease was at once
arrested, her thirst wholly relieved,
and she enjoys very comfortable health,
which fully pays her for the self denial
at the table.
Lewhe* and Shooting Flah.
Leeches are among the carion* |>e*ts
which swarm in the moiat place* of a
Malay jungle. Directly the earth trem
ble* with a man'a atep, the leechea
stretch themselves oat in savage thirst.
By some mean* they manage to make a
lodgment on his body. Ho may not
feel them at first, bat when at his jour
ney's end ho strips for a bath, he finds
a score or more of the little blood
sucker* fastened to his legs and gorged
with their sanguinary dinner.
He pnxr.lss his head in vain to dis
cover how they managed to get np his
trousers-legs. Bat on resamfng his
joarney, he tios his troasen tightly
round the ankle, places them in his
boots, which he anoints with lime-juice,
an abomination to the little peats. Only
in this way may they be kept off the
person.
Another curious specimen of tropical
life, though not a pest, whieh the
traveler sees, is the little shooting fish.
It is an expert marksman, and kills his
game bv a water-shot.
An English gentleman, who kept one
in a basin, reports that it would swim
round and round, watching for a fly or
ant to appear on the edge of the vessel.
A§ soon aa one was in sight, the fish,
poising itself, would shoot out a drop
of water with such dexterity as to cause
the animal to drop into the basin,
where it was speedily swallowed. He
also says that when three or four of
those "shooters" are eonflned in a
basin, they will fire in tnrn, with singu
lar regularity.
PEARLN OF THOUGHT.
*
Ambition is the evil shadow of aspi
ration.
It tukos a bold man to roll his own
idea into the world.
Tho history of your fortunes is first
written in your life.
Never present a gift, saying that it is
of uo use to yourself.
Bolter bend tho neck promptly than
to bruise the forehead.
No man is more miserable than he
that hath no adversity.
Act well at tho moment, and you have
porformed a good action to all oternity.
When respiration ceases, our educa
tion is finished, and not a moment
sooner.
Most of tho shadows that cross our
path through life, are crossed by stand
ing in our own light.
Bolf-denial is the most exalted pleas
ure, and the conquest of evil habits the
most glorious triumph.
The fortunate man is he who, born
poor, of nobody, works gradually up to
wealth and consideration; and, having
got them, dies before he finds they are
not worth so much trouble.
No man can go into bad cornjamy
without suffering for it. Tho homely
old proverb has it very tersely: "A
can't bite the bottom out of a frying pan
without smutting his nose."
Every increase of knowledge may
possibly render depravity more depraved*,
as well as it may increase strength
of virtue. It is in itself only power,
and its value depends on its application.
let a man take time enough for the
most trivial deeds, though it be but the
paring of his nails. The buds swell im
perceptibly without hurry or confusion;
as if the short spring days were an eter
nity.
The appreciative eye which discovers
real merit, and rewards it by increasing
trust, which discerns unfaithfulness or
slackness, and visits it with just rebuke,
is a potent influence to produce good
and true work.
Battle With a Hat.
A few nights ago a Hartford man
heard a rat in his sleeping-room, and
on striking a light found that his rat
ship had evidently lost his way, for he
was running wildly about seeking a
place to escapo. The gentleman opened
a door to get a broom or aorne other
weapon with which to dispatch him,
and the frightened rat taking advantage
of the opening scampered across the
room over the man's bare feet and out
of the door before it oouM bo closed.
The rat ran down the back stairs and
into the kitchen, followed by the man
clad only in his night robe, with a
karoaeno lamp in one band and a
broom in the other. Before beginning
the tight in earnest the gentleman let
in his young dog, thinking this would
bo a good time to initiate the animal
into the mystery of rat-killing. The
dog got his eye upon the rat- a largo
old fellow—and skulked off into one
corner and lay down. The gentle
man, seeing his " pnrp" was not
to Ire depended upon, "went for"
the rat with his broom. He brought
the weapon down with a vengeance,but
the rat wasn't there. After two or
three mis-strikes the man's " dander
rix," and the battle was vigorously
waged. The rat circled round and
round the room, followed by bis hnmsn
foe with high-lifted lamp and swinging
broom. This animated aeons also
frightened the dog. and bo went round
and ronnd the room with master and
rat, adding to the uproar. The rat was
so desperately scared he at laat, in
sheer desperation, sprang toward the
man, ran np bis legs and half way up
hia body before he was dislodged. This
sodden onslaught caused the gentleman
to retire for a few minutes, and when
he returned he was in fall dress, with
rubber boots on and breechos legs tacked
in at tho top. No mora rats on uncov.
orad legs io his'n. Now he was ready
for the fray again. Bat where
was the rat? He was nowhere
to lie seen. The gentleman looked in
every nook and corner for him, but he
was not to be found. The dog still oc
cupied his corner, and was trembling as
though badly frightened. Hia master
spoke kindly to him, and the animal
came toward him, when, lo I the rat was
exposed to view. In his fright he had
taken refuge under the dog. The gen
tleman onoe mure went for the rat, and
tho scene was repeated, the rat again
running to the dog for safety. He was
dislodged from this retreat a second
time, and onoe mora when hard pressrul
be turned upon his two-legged adver
sary. But before the rat could olamhsr
np his person a blow from the broom
stnnned him and a boot-heel finished
the fight. The skitmish lasted about
half an hoar, no rat ever before making
a mora drapeiato straggle for his life.
Bat the odds were " agin" him from the
start, and onoe more victory must be
credited lo tho enemy of the rat raoe.
The grand old book of Qod still
■lands, and this old earth, the more its
leaves are turned over and pondered,
tho mora it will sustain and illustrate
the sacred word.— Prnfmfjr Dana.
TOPIC:* OF THE WAT.
Over 920,000,000 is now lying in the
United States treasury waiting for the
holder* of past due and called bond* to
auk for it. Of thin amount about $lO,-
000,000 ia for matured bonds, on which
intercut ceased at various dates before
January 1, 1887, or July 1, 1881. The
other 810,000,000 in for called bond* on
which interest will cease October 21,
but which, with interest to Octol*>r 21,
will bo paid now on presentation.
During the post year tho progress of
discovery at Pompeii has been rapid.
Several ver, important houses have
been opened fcr the first time since
their memorable closing up in the early
years of imperial Ilome. One of them
is built and furnished on an entirely
original plan. Some of tho statues found
are of bronze, and are said to be of ex
quisite workmanship. Furniture dis
covered is also of high excellence.
The first official (Sunday-school census
in the United States is now Wing taken
by the government. It is under the
charge of Mr. John D. Wattles, of Phil
adelphia. Circulars containing a num
ber of questions are sent to every super
intendent. These questions cover the
number of teachers and children, the
ages of the scholars, the number, value
and character of books in libraries, the
property owned, the money collected,
and tho increase in attendance since
1870. It is thought that fivo or six
more months will be required to com
plete tho work.
Some interesting statistic* of mortal
itj among railway travelers appear in
French jonrnals. With commendable
candor, France is given the firat, and
of course least enviable, place on the
list, her railways killing annually one in
every 2,000,000 passengers, and wound
ing one in every half million. Eng
lish railways kill one in every 5,250,000,
but surpass those of France in minor
casualitiee, wounding one in every third
of a million. Belgian railways kill and
wound one in every 0,000,000 and 2,-
000,000 respectively, while Prussia only
kills one in eTery 21,500,000, and
wounds one in every 4,000,000. Ilonndly
speaking, French railways kill five
times ns many as English. English not
quite twice as many as Belgian, and
Belgian nearer thrice than twice as
many as Prussian, which arc much the
least fatal of the fonr.
Who would suppose that in the Btate
of New York 757 persons could have
been fonnd with sufficient faith to file
claims for 5V7 veins said to contain
gold and silver ? Yet such is the fact
as shown by the records in the office of
the secretary of state in Albany. The
disparity between the nnmberof claim
ants and the number of veins claimed
by them is explained by the fact that in
many cases men who own the land*
hare taken out claims to protect them
selves and their farms from the claims
of others. - Although the law declares
that locators before they can work their
mines shall procure from tho owners of
the lands a written permission to do so,
it also provides that if this permission
be refused the miners msy procure from
tho supreme court an order permitting
them to enter upon and break np the
lands in question. In order, therefore,
to avoid tedious litigation and annoying
suits, the farmers have in many cases
made things secure by filing claims
them selves.
Prosecutions for " insulting the ma
jesty" of Emperor William has been so
freqnent in Germany as to have given
rise to great abases. It has been found
so easy to accuse an enemy- of having
in private conversation nsed some disre
spectful phrase concerning the emperor,
that surh charges hare repeatedly been
made without any foundation whatever,
and in a number of flagrant cases the
perjnry of the complaining witnesses
has been proved so clearly that they
have been convicted of it in the oourta,
and sentenced to long terms of impris
onment. One of the latest cases of this
kind has been that of an artisan of
Pfonheim, named Theodore Schneider,
who aeensed an officer in the army of
"majesty insulting." Investigation
showed, however, that the accusation
was untrue, and that, instead,. it waa
Schneider himself who had used the
unlawful language. When this was es
tablished a guard was sent to arrest the
men; but he forestalled it by blowing
out bit brains.
The St Petersburg correspondent of
• Paris paper reports that a man, whose
name and pnrpoee are unknown, was
pnt to death a ahort time ago bj an in
furiated mob for trying to approach tbo
cur's carriage. According to thi* story,
the csar, who was staying at Peterhoff,
drove to Strelna to attend a state din
ner given by tho Grand Docheaa Con
stantino. The emperor retsrned at 9:16
in an open carriage drawn by three
homos, and tho whole length of the
road from Strelna to Peterhoff was bril
liantly lighted with eleetrfo lampa and
"Bengal Ores." Both sides of the read
were lined with soldiers, and large
crowds had collected to see the cur
pass and to cheer him- Jut as the
ferriage vu nearing the ptlMe gmtm,
however, a man broke through the
ranks of guards qfid ran toward the
carriage. He was pushed baek by the
officer, and the mob threw him to the
ground and literally hacked him to
pieces with knives. By the time the
police could interfere, tho man's body
was mangled past recognition. There
was nothing to show that his intentions
wore murderous, and it is quite possible
that he only intended to throw a peti
tion into the imperial carriage. The
czar was not informed of the matter
until the next day, and the French cor
respondent nays that the Itussisn j>apen
w ere forbidden to report it.
Our country has buried eighteen
Presidents, whose graves are scattered,
and yet nine Htates include the entire
number. New Hampshire has the grave of
Pierce, and Massachusetts holds the
two Adams, father and son. New York
contains Van Buren and
while Pennsylvania only has Buchanan-
Kentucky can boast the grave of Taylor,
while Illinois is honored by that of
Lincoln. Ohio has two—Harrison and
Oarfleld—both cut off soon after the
owning of their official career. Ten
nessee hss three, Johnson, Polk and
Jackson, while Virginia, the " mother
ot Presidents," has taken five to her
losom in final rest—their names being
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe and Tyler. Looking back on the
past, what a long interval occurred be
tween the death of Washington and
that of his successors—nearly twenty
seven years—but then it brought the
death of two in one day. The largest
number of ex-Presidents alive occurred
when John Q. Adams began his ad
ministration. At that time old John
Adams, with Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, were not only living, but were
in full possession of all tbeir faculties.
The smallest number of ox-Presidents
is found daring Hayes' administration,
when the number was reduced to one
—General Grant.
An international exposition in the
field of public hygiene and life-saving
is arranged to take place in Berlin next
year, to continue from June 1 to Octo
ber 1. Itjrill cover exhibits relating
to soil anosr, streets, roads and publie
{■arks; sewage and drainage, publie
water supplies and illumination, food
supplies in large cities, public washing
and laundry establishments, free baths,
school buildings, dwellings, tenements
of the poor, factories sod other build
ing* in which large numbers of persons
labor, inns, restaurants and coffee
bouses; chemical, powder and other
manufacturing establishments of a sim
ilar character, rural dwellings for the
poor, country places for reeidenoe, nu
triments, travel by railway, steamboat,
electricity, and with horses; clothing,
contagious diseases, institutions for the
sick and disabled, funerals, cemeteries
and morgues, and veterinary medicine
and surgery. The department of life
saving will embraoe exhibits of an
equally varied and comprehensive char
acter, including fire escapes and appa
ratus for extinguishing fires and rescu
ing from burning buildings; protection
against lightning, floods, explosions,
mining and navigation disasters;
machine, mill and steam engine acci
dents; temporary expedients in the
resuscitation and restoration of persons
injured by drowning or other disaster,
and of the sick and wounded in war,
and ambulances, hospital*, barracks
and hospital ships.
A Hair Market.
A Pari* letter atetea that a hair mar*
ket haa recently bean held at Belli
narea, Allier county, which *ai attend
ed by women from aweet aixteen to ren
: arable aixty. There were four hair
| buyera. Each had hia booth, whose
front waa filled with cheap, gaudy,
calico clothe, worth at the very outside
twenty centa a yard. In the booth
were two men, both armed, one with a
pair of scissors, the other with a yard
stick. The former would aak in an
arrogant way, aa if be did not want
hair and waa doing a very great fawor if
he condescended to tonch peasants'
hair: '• What do yon want in exchange
for thatr "Fifteen yards*" "If I
give yon four, eight, thirteen (this fig
ure wee rarely exoeeded), you may
think yonraelf very lucky I" The offer
accepted, he cute the hair, and the other
man measures the agreed number of
yards. Sometimes the " merchandise"
is refused aa being the heed
ia too old. It takes about five yean for
a decent fleece of hair to grow.
Indian We-tag.
A stalwart Indian appeared the other
day at Aylmer, Quebec, with e dusky
companion by hia ride whom he wished
to wed. Doth parties seemed to be re*
joioiog at the prospect as they repaired
to the church, but suddenly the maiden
changed her mind and positively re
fused to bcoome hia bride Big Indian
told her to go home and bring him back
all the presents be had made her, and
while she waa absent he scoured another
vutaw, fNffi her the costume intended
for tbo on th*t had discarded him and
married her. Only two hours were lost
by the entire transaction.—Toronto
Qbb*.
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