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VOLUME III.
Mlscdlaijjus Sclcctlond
A CHINESE STORY.
iit c. p. cnAscit.
Kono arc so wise ns llipy w ho make nri-tcnso
J know what fate conceals from mortal sense.
1 his moral lrom a tale of Ho-hang-ho
Might have born drawn a ilnmsanil years nun.
I;ongerelliclaysof spectacles and lenses.
When men were left to their unaided senses.
TW fh!nnS glort"sl8"nted f''"ows, Chang and
Over their chopsticks Idly chattering,
a. ! t0 ' '''sputinff which could see tho best:
o V,"?.1, "K'y nRr'',l tojiut it to (he test,
baid Ulang: ' ' A marble tablet, so 1 hear,
L . 1 1 ylw '-m e lemiue near,
n itn an inscription on it. Let us (to
And rend It fsince you boast your optics so).
."-viiiin nt n vii I ill II IIIIICO
Jn front, where we tho letters Just may Into
J hen he who quickest reads the inscription there
War ''0r k,-'en,'t c"c lienoelurth shall
' Agreed," said Chins ; "but let ns try It soon:
suppose we say to-morrow afternoon.'
Nay, not so soon," said Chang:
"I'm bound
To-morrow, a day's ride from Ito-hang-he.
And shft'n't be ready till the following dnv:
AtiAi.. ft..t "
c ,, ,
T?meZ"
- . vii iimi.iiny u-i us say
Ami to the t,;uo nnt t nun .i r.i
i 'lion rne laim-t
To the illustrious dpitit
'1 heel)
f of mandarins, tin. n-innt finh-li.... it
Scarce bad he gone when stealthily came Chang.
Who read the sump, Imt iwuvin ni.n. oi
Spied in a corner what Ching failed to sec
J he worils, This tablet is erected here
Uy those to whom the great Uoh-li.ing was
dear,
So, on the n
As babes, oi
d day both innocent
course these honest fellows went
jnu iook iiieir distant station: and China- Raid.
I can read plainly, ' To the illustrious dead
t he chief ol mandarins, the great Cob-Hang ' "
'And is that nil that you" can spell I" said
Chang.
" I see what you have rea 1, but furthermore.
In smaller letters, toward the temple-door,
' 1 lo moiei is erecieu nere
ojy inose to whom the
dear.' "
great Uoh-Iiung was
"My sharp-eyed friend, there arc no such
words!" said Ching.
"They're there," said Chang, " If I see any
thing
As clear usdnylight!" " I'atent eyes, indeed.
You have!' cried Citing. " Uo you think I can
not read V"
"Not at this distance, as I can," Chang said,
"11 what you say you saw is all you read. ' '
In line, they quarreled, nnd their wrath In-
creAsed ,
Till Chang said, " Let us leave it to the priest:
Lo, here he comes to meet us." "It Is well,"
Said honest thing: "no falsehood he will tell."
The good man heard their artless story through,
And said, "I think, dear sirs, there must be
few
Itlest with such wondrous eyes as those you wear.
There's no such tablet or inscription there.
There was one, it is true; 'twas moved away,
And placed within the temple yesterday."
Lippincolt Jor April.
"ONLY AN OLD HONE."
Acks an 1 ages ago tills world of ours
was not like what it is now. Where we
have land, hard, firm, and rocky, there
were seas ; nnd again, where we now have
seas there was land. In fact, it was all so
different that had you lived then, as I did.
and survived till now, you could tell
strange stories of the changes - you had
witnessed.
My first introduction to life was in the
huge jaws of a megatherium ; for I was
one of its teeth. I had many brothers and
sisters ; wo were a very united, loving
family. Now we arc all dispersed. I do
not even know whether they are living or
dead. You wonder, perhaps, that I can
speak so calmly on the subject, but if you
had lived ages as I have, you would know
that one cannot mourn iorever.
A wild, merry life we led in those days.
I should not like to return to it now, but
I enjoyed it then. The woild was at that
tiineamuddy, marshy place: even the linn
land was not very stable. What else could
you expect? Those iron rocks you see
now were very young then, and just
forming, and a fierce battle they had to
wage for their existence, what between the
lire, and the water. There were no men at
that time, nothing but animals, huge
trees, and plants ; and a line time they had
of it.
My master was a sociable creature, lie
was the eldest of a large family of The
riums; his brothers were called Ano,
Anthraco, Paleo, and Dino. They all
roamed over the ground together, seeking
food, and lots of acquaintances we made in
our wanderings. There was th-i family
of Pons Masto, Smilo, and Glypto; but
theV were small creatures, and wo rather
looked down on them, though they were
agreeable enough in their way. Much
more interesting were tho Sauri, whom
we came to know on tho shores of a huge
lake. They were called Ichthy, Pleslo,
Megalo, and ldo. The only objection to
them was that they were rather inclined
' to conceit, for they would insist that their
family was older than ours. As if that
made them a whit better 1
Ah ! if you had known all those fine
creatures, I am sure you would only pity
their puny successors now -living in the
world. With their nice names, too! It
seems to me such a pity those good old
cognomens are gone out of fashion.
As I said, it was a curious living world
then giant reptiles trailed their bodies
on tho sand, hideous winged creatures
darkened the sky, and our colossal selves
and friends stalked through magnificent
forests of pines and ferns.
Well, I suppo.se, nothing can last for
ever: I have found it so, at least. In my
experience of life. So our free, joyous
existence came to an end too.
There was a grand upset of the whole
world; the sea rushed, over the land, the
ground heaved and tottered; in faet, it was
a convulsion of the system, and all then
living on the globe perished. What be
came of my master 1 do not know, for I was
dashed out of his mouth. I was tossed
hither and thither for a very long time,
during which I witnessed several more of
these revolutions, being now upheaved,
now buried. Wherever I was thrown I
met with general contempt. I was named
" An Old Hone," and no one paid me tho
slightest attention.
At first 1 was inclined to resist this
treatment, and to despise all those per
sons 1 came in contact with, for the Jays
when my master had stalked the forest
were still green in my memory, and I for
got that I was no longer in the same po
sition. - A tooth under his mighty protec
tion and a solitary tooth cast by itself
upon the world are quite different things.
So I am afraid I made myself very disa
greeable, and if any stone, plant, or In
sect was kind enough to speak to me,
doubtless taking pity on my miserable ex
istence, I would turn from it with con
tempt, saying that such small creatures
were quite beneath my notice. If they
had known tho days I had, and seen my
master and his friends, they would not
have dared to address even one of his re
mains. No wonder that they 60on gave up
speaking to mo, seeing how I despised
them. Ah ! I have grown humbler since
then much humbler. I learned many a
severe lesson as the centuries rolled on!
and if I had my life to live again, I do Hot
say but what I would live it very dider
ently. 1 got my pride taken down, how
ever, as 1 say ; but it was sharp, painful
work, and if I had ben wise, and recog
nized my changed position at once, I
mltrht have saved mvself a world of suf
fering. Now I know that each state of
the world Is tho host for the time being 5
but I Flint mv mind to Hint truth then.
Meanwhile, as I was changing in char-
iiukt, no atso was the earth lor it was
consolidating and hardening. The whole
mass was becoming packed together, and
there wan so much material to be dis
posed ol that there were tight squeezes In
places so tight that sometimes fractions
rocks broke out lu tire and flames, and de
clared that they could not and would not
stand it, that they would have room to ox-
panu as tney chose, ut course In this
general squeezing I got much crushed,
and wherever I was pushed I met with
insult. Even the little room I took un
Jjras grudged me.
Finally I got thrown In with a company
01 minerals, who hem themselves immeas
urably my superiors.
" It's a shame." I often heard them iln
clare, " that that bit of old bone should
be in our way."
bo they rubbed and knocked against
me, pushed and jostled, till they di.1 suc-
ceeu in iretting me to Jess than hall my
original size: and even when everything
had subsided, and I had found a tinv eor-
I ner to rest in, they often cast jealous eyes
were not Pleasant com-
panions; but 1 bore all their unkindncss
in silence. I remembered how disagree
able I had made myself to others, and
felt that I was paying a just penalty.
If I could have gone away, and left
thetn the space they so unwillingly
awarded me, how gladly would I have
done so ! But there was no possibility of
my escaping, buried as I was, deep in the
earth. So I lived on, sunk in my little
hole, as far out of sight as I could, quiet
and unobtrusive, never speaking unless I
were addressed, which did not happen
twice in all the ages. My whole exist
ence was a deprecation for my unwelcome
presence.
I think they might have been kinder
when they saw how humble I was. How
ever, they were not: nnd perhaps it was
as well, for I was only a scrap of old
bono, I kept repeating to n-yselt only a
fragment of a once mighty monster; but
such a poor fragment that I very inade
quately represented him. It was better I
should leave it alone than attempt it, for I
should only have met with ridicule and
incredulity.
Of course I knew nothing of the flight
of time; I only know that it was centuries
I lived down there, an old bone among
those aristocratic minerals. And, as the
years rolled on, I think they grew to de
spise me more and more. If I could have
done anything ti make them improve
their opinion of me, I would have done it.
But I could only remain quiet, and think
back on the grand old days when we had
led such a free, wild lif-!, my master
and I.
1 don't know why the minerals thought
worse of me as time passed. I think it
must have been because they had nothing
to do. and it was a little amusement to
them to abuse me. Anyway, they often
called out to me in injurious tones, that 1
had lost my only beauty my line white
complexion; and they wondered I 'was
not ashamel to show my ugly, changed
face in their circle. I bore it all in Eilencc ;
what should I have gained by replying?
And if I had lost my complexion, how
could I help it, I thought ; we none of us
improve by age, I suppose, and if they
were indestructible and unalterable I was
not conceited enough to think I was.
You see, it was not a happy lifeI led
down there, but it, too, camu to an end,
us 1 say I have found all things do in this
world, if we only wait long enough.
Great disturbances occurred about us
after our long quiet. I, accustomed to
such matters, thought they foreboded an
other convulsion, and, as mv position in
life could but be improved, I hailed the
sounds gladly, rejoicing at the thought
of release from my neighbors. I was
somewhat mistaken. The disturbances
and noises 1 heard were causod by men,
i nose, ncings w no were at tnac time stran
gers to me, though now they are familiar
friends.
A shaft was being sunk in the ground ;
for the place of our abode had been pro
nounced a vauable mine, likely to produce
copper. Daily the intruders came nearer
our dwelling, I could hear them ham
merinsr, breaking, and rending. My
neighbors grew alarmed; they had no"t
wished to be disturbed out of their even,
peaceful existence.
At last one day the men penetrated to
us. With curious eyes I looked upon
them. They seemed so tiny to me after
the living beings I had been accustomed
to, and I thought how one tread of my
master's heel would have crushed them
to atoms. But they were well-looking,
well-formed animals, and I took rather a
fancy to them from the first.
How relentlessly they tore awav mass
ufter mass of ore! 1 really felt quite sor
ry for the minerals, unfriendly though
they had been ; they seemed to feel the
separation so much, and resisted the in
struments as long as their strength would
allow. The mass in which 1 had nest'ed
was torn oft' too, and we were all convey
ed into the outer air. Here we were hand
ed over for inspection to a man who di
vided worthless pieces from valuable, and
I was fully prepared when my turn came
to be thrown away as a useless piece of
old bone. How could I know that time
had wrought a transformation in me?
Judge, then, of my intense surprise,
when, having examined me closelv and
turned me over and over in his hand, the
man called our,
'We have indeed a find here. See this
splendid turquoise I have discovered im
bedded in a piece of copper. How beauti
ful it is ! what a lovely blue !"
It really took rr.e some moments before
I could realize that was tho object of
these praises.
There was no doubt about it, however,
for 1 was handed from one to another, and
ardently admired, till at last the tinder,
folding me carefully in a piece of soft lineD,
filaeeu me is his waistcoat pocket, saying
io would ask a jeweler about my worth.
I wag as curious as he about the verdict.
f could not understand wiiat had happen
ed to my poor, humble old sell, and how
I, so long despised, should suddenly have
assumed value in every one's eyes. I did
wish the copper could have seen my tri-
uttipn, and witnessed In what estimation
men held me. Then tho recollection that,
after all, I was only an old bone rushed
over me ; I was perhaps unconsciously
anting a delusive part, and when the jew
eler saw me I should be found out. For
how was it possible tlia I euld have be-
como a costly thing, unless men prized
old bones? and that I could hardly im
atrine. How glad I was when we arrived at the
jeweler s, and 1 was taken out of my en
velopc and shown to him !
Ho was a wizened-looking old man, who
wore a pair of spectacles, and seemed to
look me through ana through
" A very crood turquoise indeed." he
said ; " very. I shall be glad to buy it of
you." Ana ne named a sum lor my pur
chase. It was not immediately agreed to;
some tittle Dargaining occurred, Due it
ended in my becoming his property.
" Hut do tell me," asked he who had
found me, "how came the turquoise
among toe copper r
Turquoises," replied tne other, " are
bits of old bone, nothing more. Br con'
tact with the copper they obtain their ex
1UDGAVAY,
quisite cerulean blue. Tho ore this has
lain among has changed it t a jewel.
Who knows as what it began life?"
I was grown more astonished than ever.
This was too marvelous truly, that the
copper, the pdneral that had so despised
tne. whoso taunts and insults I had borne
patiently so long, had been the means of
changing my whole being into something
most precio'us. It was too curious 1 It
took me days to recover from my aston
ishment! I had led a despised life so long.
I could not grasp that I was suddenly of
importance ; but I was ; there could be no
doubt about It.
The old jeweler polished me lovingly,
praising me more and more as I increased
In beauty, under his hands. Then he set
me in Jffcldell ring, and finally exhibited
me in his shop window, naming a large
sum-for my purchase.
" And I have been only an old bone," I
kept repeating to myself, again and
again.
One thing I determined, that returning
prosperity should not make me proud
again ; I had learnetl too thorough a less
on for that, and I resolved to love, and to
do all in my power to serve, those mor
tals who had raised me from tho lowest
depths of degradation to such a height of
value and esteem.
I was soon able to become more active
ly useful In their behalf; for I had not
been long in the jeweler's window ere I
was purt'hascd. I passed into the hands
of a lovely young girl, who presented me
as a souvenir to her lover on his leaving
the country for time. He kissed the
slender hand that had slipped me and my
golden band upon his finger.
" I shall think of you nnd your blue
eyes, sweet," he said, "whenever I look
on this azure stone."
Then they parted.
We roamed through many a foreign
land, my new master audi. We visited
the regions of everlasting cold, the zones
of perpetual heat. We slept under the
palms of the desert, the hut of the Es
quimau, in the junk of the Chinaman, the
palaces of Europe, the Indian bungalow.
I saw all the changes on the globe with
amazement ; the world had altered in
deed from the place I had known it. We
parsed through many dangers, too, es
caped many accidents. Several times my
master, wliom I learned to love dearlv,
lav stricken with sore sickness, and 1
grieved for him lest he should die, and the
sweet, blue-eyed beauty whose gift I was
should sec him no more. Folic said I
grew pale when he wa ill, and only re
gained my beauty with tits health. I
cannot vouch for the truth of that state
ment. The time at length arrived when my
master was able to return home. Why ho
had been so long absent I know not. Ho
spoke of business and imperitive neces
sity that kept him far from her he loved,
anil I know it could be no slight cause
that detained him from her side.
How joyfully he turned his steps home
ward ! it was a pleasure to mo to see his
gleeful, happy face. He would often gaze
upon me as a memento of his sweet Isa
belle, and once or twice on our homeward
journey lie exclaimed that I had grown
more beautiful than ever.
Tho last stage of his traveling he un
dertook on horseback. He was cantering
along, singing, out of the joy of his heart,
Uhland's charming couplet :
"O brich nicht, Pteg, dii litterst sehr!
O stuns nicht, Pels, du drauest schwerl
Welt, geh' nicht unter.Himmel, lallnicht ein,
Eh' Ion mag bel derl.iebstensein!"
Suddenly the horse stumbled, and my
master was violently thrown.
"He must not bo hurt, he cannot be
killed." I cried, in my agony of heirt.
Then a sharp pain tli rilled through my
frame, I became unconscious of what fol
lowed. When next I regained my senses I felt
the warm touch of Isabclle ; she was
clasping my master's hand.
"Oh, George, she sobbed, "what a hap
py thing that you escaped unhurt! if
you had been tilled at the last, after all
your perilous wanderings were safely over,
I could not have borne it."
" Comfort yourself, sweetheart," he
said, "lam alive and well. That I escaped
is truly a marvel ; I cannot comprehend
it yet."
"See 1" she exclaimed, suddenly, as she
released her grasp, and her gaze fell upon
me. " Why, George, what has happened
to your turquoise'!' Y'pu never told me it
was cracked." .
"Cracked!" he repeated, in astonish
ment. "That cannot be ; only tins very
morning I was admiring its increased
loveliness. But indeed it is," he said as
he examined me- more closely. "I must
have broken it in my fall. Alas for my
beautiful treasured stoue. the companion
and friend of my wandering !"
A sudden flash of light passed over the
girl's face.
"George, that faithful turquoise has
saved your life. I see it all. It took upon
itseii tne consequences oi your laii, ana
has restored you unharmed" to rve. I read
once that turquoises possessed this saving
virtue tor tnose tney loveci."
She was right ; it had truly been so.
My cry of agony as we fell had wrought
his salvation. How happy I was that I
had been the means of their Joy! how
much happier yet I grew in it I What
mattered it that my market value had
gone from me? for 1 had obtained In
creased worth in the eyes of the happy
pair.
George wore me upon ids finger unto
his dying day, and Isabclle, an aged dame,
showed mo to her great-grandchildren but
three days ago, as the most precious tiling
in her possession, which she should hand
down to them and to their children's chil
dren as their most treasured relie and
the tendercst memento of the r ancestors.
Harper's Bazar,
. Suicide by a Monkey.
Mr. Darwin may find a new proof of
man's development from the ape, in the
fact that monkeys are known to commit
deliberate suicide to escapo pain, or other
troubles. The following case is In point :
A rtltivfnl naalatnnr. tn a tldli.mnnrrm
with a basket of crabs on his arm, took it
into his head, whilo passing the monkey's
house in the Jardin des 1 Mantes, Paris,
tho other day, that it would be amusing
to give a crab to one of the monkeys
which held out its "hand" through the
wires of its cage. The animal, we are
told, looked at it curiously, then raised It
to his mouth. The crab hitherto Inert
now recovered its self-possession, and
took noid of the monkey's nose between
its large claws. The other, with a pierc
ing cry, rushed to the roof of the building
clinging to a chord. The crab continued
to maintain its hold, the monkey frantic
ally endeavored to tear it away. Weary
of tho struggle, he suspended himself to a
bar, by tho tail, and swang violently to
and fro, hoping thus to throw off his
enemy, the other apes sitting below on the
ground, looked on with astonishment at
the strange spectacle. Suddenly the poor
animal became motionless. lie was, an
eye-witness suggests, thinking, and his
renections, we are told, were oia melan
choly character as thev ended in suicide,
lie let go the bar to which ho had been
suspended, anil falling headforemost, was
killed instantly, his nose still in the claws
oi his persecutor.
PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1873.
Woman' Wages.
So far as wages are fixed at all by mere
personal will, they are determined by
those who n-ceive wages rather than bv
thoso who pay them, lint, in truth, wages
are not determined by either one class or
the other, but by' ertain conditions which
the economists call laws, but which laws
arc suseeptiblo of modification and adjust
ment when understood. The inevitable
tendency of nil wages is to gravitate to
the lowest point that win support lite.
This is just ns truo of men's wages as of
women's. Tho pressure which exists
everywhere to purchase at the lowest
price, to reauco cost, to uuunn ior a
minimum of expenditure the largest re
sult ceaselessly presses down wages.
Every consumer in the land, every neces
sity which exists for making little go far.
every instinct of economy, every force in
the community which operates tor cheap
ness all these are responsible for low
wages. Every man buys In the cheapest
market : a newspaper bargains for paper
at the lowest figure for which it can be ob
tained ; it pay 8 its printers no more than
thev will consent to receive; it conducts
its 'business, just as all other kinds of
business is conducted, upon the strictest
economical principles, at minimum of cost
consistent with the result designed. And
this uniform, steady, persistent, invaria
ble, unalterable pressure is what deter
mines wages. If one class of workmen
can be obtained who will consent to re
ceive lower wages than another, they will
be employed. And where the conditions
are exactly equal that is, where the ser
vice, the performance and the competition
are the same A will receive the same
wages as B ; women will have an equal
chance with men ; blacks with whites ; or
Chinese with Caucasians. This is a fixed
and recognized law. Women are paid just
as much less than men as they will con
sent to receive; just exactly as Smith is paid
as much less than Brown as Smith, or
men of capacity on a par with Smith, will
accept. The whole and sole reason why
women of skill equal to that of men earn
less than men is because of sharper com
petition between women because of their
readiness to Work for less ( and this readi
ness, arising from many causes, is greatly
determined by the fact of how the wages
aru to be spent what the necessities of
the laborer are. it women as a class can
live on lower wages than men do, then,
In all those arenas of employment where
competition is most active they will be
sure to accept less. What people have to
do with their earnings is a very control
ling factor in the rates of wages ; and, al
though it is quite true that some women
do have families to support, yet the fact
that as a class female operators do not
have the samo responsibilities that men
have brings down prices. What the ma
jority consents to receive enforces com
pliance on the minority. It 13 entirely
certain that wages arc trius determined by
definite law. The pressure of society for
cheapness of production is so great
that wages gravitate to tho lowest
fioint the laborer can accept and
ive. Women, as a class, can
accept less than men, and hence their wa
ges are lower. But men have adopted
methods to resist tins pressure, and wo
men have not. Men have organized into
trades unions, thev have combined in as
sociations, they have created a resistance
t") a .pressure which otherwise would
grind them to the earth. Co-operation
and union have removed that ruinous
competition which before was destroying
them ; by combination they thus counter
act law by method, one force by another
force. It is quite true the power of resist
ance they thus employ adds to the cost of
production, and lessens the purchasing
power oi their earnings ; Dutweuonot dc
lieve, what we sometimes find asserted,
that all thus gained on one hand is lost on
the other.
We have thus indicated wherein lies the
remedy for low wages among women.
Let ail tho talkers and declaimers put
aside their sentimcntalism ; cease their
clamor about justice, ahd rights, and
uality, their emotional appeals and
fierce denunciations, and study a few ele
mentary principles on the subject of
which they talk so much and know so lit
tle. Let them understand that the reme
dy for low wages lies solely with the wo
men tnemseive8. jet women organize.
Let them combine. Let them arrest reck
less competition. Let them establish a
counter action to the powerful social for
ces which, as consumers, they have their
own share in producing. Let it be real
ized and accepted as true that, in cases
where all the conditions are equal, women
are now as well paid as men. Appleton'
Journal.
Tho Traffic In Slaves In Egj-pt.
The correspondent of the London Daily
Telearavh. who accompanies Sir Bartlc
Frcre's expedition to take steps for the
abolition of the slave trade In Africa, in a
recent letter, sends the following notes of
the tralllo in slave in r-gyi't.
Every class of society, from pashas and
beys down to a petty shop-keeper, in
dulges in the luxury and vice which it af
fords. No ono can pretend to respecta
blll y a sort of social franchise without
this property rlualillcation. No unmar
ried man can ootain lodgings in a respecta
ble quarter of a town unless he has a wife
or a female slave. Thus men who visit
large centers of business, and who are
compelled to live there among tho people
for some time, buy female slaves, whom
they resell or otherwise dispose of when
they leave for their homes. All this, taken
together with the extent of the country
and the population, warrants tho conclu
sion that the absorption of slaves in Egypt
is norir ous. There are no open markets
in Cairo, such as the mart at Zanzibar, for
tho 6ale of slaves ; but 1 am informed by
natives that private establishments for the
purpose abound In the native town, where
an Egyptain can buy slaves without any
difficulty whatever. Such Is also the case
in every town in tho Interior, where the
traffic is more open. There are two races
of slaves sold in Egpyt, tho white nnd
black. Tho former are Imported from
Turkey, are highly prized, and are bought
only by tho rich, iney are generally
made concubines. Of course young and
good-looking girls fetch high prices.
amounting in feme rases to thousands of
pounus. tieiore being sold, iney are
usually taught certain accomplishments
valued by Turkish and Egyptian volup-
tuarles, such as singing, lu some cases
nui-ic, and invariably tho gait and beliav
ior of a high-class lady. As is the case
with women in these countries, the charms
of these grls fade at an age whieh in cold
climates is considered young, and they
have to make room in the harem for fresh
victims.
A sorrowing friend, writing ol the
death of an estimable lady, said, "She lias
gone to her eternal rest." His dismay can
only be faintiv imagined when, uoon a
"proof of t is obituary notice being sent
to him, he read, "She has gone to her
eternal roast."
French Mustard. Three ounces of
salt, two ounces of scraped horse-radish
one clove of garlic, one quart of boiling
vinegar, let them remain mixed for twen
ty-four hours ; strain and mix with flour
oi mustara as required.
An Imperial Battle.
Thk nurscry-malds and their little
charges who usually haunt tho vicinity of
the Old Arsenal in the Central Park yes
terday witnessed a most exciting inci
dent. Anybody who has visited what
tho Park Commissioners are pleased to
call the "zoological collection" must have
noticed the large wire inclosure, with its
gaunt leafless trees and small oval pond
assigned to the eagles. Ordinarily, there
Is no particular Interest taken In the awk
ward and sailor-like movements of the
imperial captives. The sight-seers usually
treat this part of the show with cool con
tempt. Whether It was this action on
the part of tho visitors, or some private
and domestic rivalry, that aroused the ire
of the eagles is not known; but it is cer
tain that yesterday a most contentious
spirit was exhibited by the birds. They
seemed divided into two factions. Hos
tilities commenced early in the day ; but
after individual combats had taken place,
without any other result than a great scat
tering of feathers and the spilling of some
blood, it was apparently decided to settle
the matter by selecting a champion from
eacli side to contest the victory. Tho
method by which this decision was ar
rived at was not made clear to the observ
ers outside the cage. But that some
ngrcement was entered into was very ev
ident from the subsequent conduct of the
birds. A little after noon two eagles ad
vanced from opposite ends of the cage to
ward the center. One was a compara
tively small bird, with a white head ; the
other was a splendid specimen of the large
gray eagle. They met near the little pond,
and after glaring at each other for a few
seconds, commenced tho battle. The
movements of the combatants were not
unlike the unfeathcrcd bipeds, who some
times contest in the roped arena. Five or
seven minutes were consumed in what
In ring parlance would be stvled "fight
ing for an opening." At length the cham
pions rushed in, and for a moment there
was a terrible screaming, flapping of
wings and flying of feathers. The 'round,'
however, was completed without any se
rious damage to cither of tho contestants.
After a little more fencing tho smallest of
the two the birds being at this time at
tho edge of the pond by a dexterous
movement succeeded in fastening his tal
ons in the neck of his opponent and drag
ging him Into the water. The utmost ef
forts of the gray eagle failed to throw off
Iits adversary. The excitement among
the spectators at this time was consider
able. Somebody called for a keeper, and
in a few seconds ono of these officials ar
rived, and rushed into the cage armed
with a large stick. The smaller bird he
beat on the head with all his force, and
even lifted both birds out of the water with
his stick. His efforts were not n Mended
with success. The small bird held on
with the tenacity of a bull-dog, and never
relinquished his hold until he had, partly
by keeping it under the water and partly
by tearing it with his talons, killed the
large eagle. After the battle the white
headed champion stalked wit dignified
steps to an adjacent perch, and spread
ing out his plumage to dry, glared fierce
ly, and proudly round at his fellows, who
signified their approval or otherwise by
the most unearthly screams. The dead
eagle was carried away by the keepers.
If. r. Times.
A Disagreeable Visitation.
A Turkish paper gives an account of a
curious forced emigration which has re
cently produced great excitement on clas
sic ground. On tho European banks of
the Hellespont stands the city of Galli
poli, interesting as the first possession of
the Turns in Europe in l.w; ana nearly
opposite to it is Lamsaki, a villaae long
renowned for the vineyards in its neigh
borhood, and situated near the site of the
elcbrated Lampascus of classic times.
During the autumn the authorities of Gal-
lpon came to tne conclusion mat mere
were in that town as where are mere
not,? too many ownerless dogs about;
and instead of issuing denth-warraits
against these vagrants, they took the ex
traordinary course oi exporting mem
to their opposite neighbors across the
Hellespont, who were already plentifully
provided with canine treasures. On the
arrival of these two thousand immigrants.
who were very unruly on the passage,
they started, in quest of food it may bo
supposed, to the mountains ; but not flud
Ing anything to suit their palates, return
ed to "the town. Hero the tug of war
commenced. The Lnmsakian canines, on
recognizing the situation, "turned out to a
dog," and a frightful conflict, with terri
ble bowlings and barKings, ensued ior
four hours. At the end of that time the
foreign foe Was worsted, and. beating a
rctre.it, endcavofed to allay the pangs of
hunger by eating the grapes, and tnus
doing really serious damage. The people
then had to turn out: two hundred dogs
were killed, and tho rest retreated, but
of course only to return. The Djeridei
Havadis concludes the account by mildly
saving that the Latnsakians nre much dis
gusted by the eccentric conduct of the
Ualiipoii magistrates, wnoougnioi course
to have sent their canino emigrants to a
desert Island.
A Title.
" Mister" (Mr.l was a prefix so digni
fled in tho old colonial davs that none but
freemen," 1. e., voters, (who were al
ways member ol the church) were per
mittcd to wear It. It has become very
common now, but its real dignity and its
meaning (master) should not be wholly
torgotten. A correspondent of the
School Journal tells what he once heard
an old armv officer say about it t
It was at th close of the Mexican war,
when mo t of the officers were receiving
brevet titles. We happened to be present,
and were tolerated by them as a mere
bojr, when a discussion arose among them
as to titles, our favorite and mentor.
whoso words were then our oracles, ami
U'bt tlarl van A n Ktnrnt ftw (rollunr nnrl
meritorious services, said, "Ihe true ti
tle of an American irchtlcmnn is Mister
It Is, when worthily worn, above any that
cin be conferred by prince or potentate
or won by military or civic services : and
while 1 snail deserve the respect of men
so far as to merit tht title, equidistant
from disgusting familiarity and servile
flattery, I am content." From that time
we have set a high value upon our only
American title ot nobility that simple
out expressive tittle word, jnisten
Egotistic Talkers.
Almost every circle is blessed with the
egotist, who exercises a kiihi oi dictator
shin over it. Arevouiu mistake as to i
matter of fact ? He cannot suffer you to
proceed until you are corrected. Have
you a word on the end of your tongue ?
He at once comes to your relief, do you
talk bad grammar ? He quotes rules and
gives examples like a pedagogue. Does
he discover that there is a link wanting in
the chain of your argument? He bids
vou stav till he has supplied it. Do vou
drop a word to whieh lie lias devoted
much research? He aska you whether
vou know its primitive signification, and
straightway inflicts upon the circle along
philological dUauUitlon. "When you re-
late an Incident which you suppose new
and Hffecting, your friend listens without
emotion. When you have done he ob
serves that he has heard the same long
ago, and adds a very material circum
stance which you omitted. He is never
taken by surprise, and It is impossible to
give him any information. And yet ho
never takes the lead in conversation, nor
advances an original thought. It is his
business to come after, and pick up the
words which others let slip in a running
talk, or to check their impetuosity, that
ho may point out to them their missteps.
Had ho lived in the days of Solomon, he
would have flattered the royal sage with
an intimation that some ot his proverbs
were but plagiarisms; or, had ho been a
contemporary of Solomon's father, would
have felt himself bound to give the slayer
of Goliali someJcssons on tho uso of the
sBng. and hinted to the sweet singer of
Israel his private opinion that the shep
herd bard did not perfectly understand
the use of the harp. Exchange.
The Execution of Foster.
O the 21st of March William Foster
expiated the crime of murder on the scaf
fold. The following Is the New Y'ork
Herald's account of "the circumstances at
tending the execution s
The Rev. Dr. Tyng, in a clear voice,
then commenced to read the Episcopal
service for the condemned, and the tall,
spare, young minister gave the responses.
As the awful sclf-aotusiug words were re
cited the doomed man bowed his head still
more. At the end of two minutes hi?
weakness visibly increased. His limbs
trembled as if with palsy, and a faint but
agonized groan escaped from his lips. His
left hand still nervously rubbed over his
eyes, and his body began to sway to and
fro more painfully still. In gazing on his
agosy the words of the service became an
iutolerab'c monotone. The strong frame
of the man, bro' en with unutterable de
spair, as it swayed like a reed in the wind
and trembled in every nerve, excluded
all things else from the mind that could
appreciate the unspeakable misery rolled
into these fast-ebbing moments of his life.
For five minutes the reading continued,
and Foster's weakness hud so increased
that Sheriff Brennan whispered sharply to
Dr. Tyng, " Its t03 long." The reverend
gentleman indeed brought the service to
a sudden termination, and, turning quick
ly to Foster, grasped his right hand and
hurried nway, overcome with emotion,
followed by his assistants.
He who has stood by a gallows tree can
alone tell the nature of the moment that
follows when, the clergymen gone, the
imminence of death seizes ono with en
thralling awe. The seconds to the on
looker seem whole minutes ; but o the
condemned, wlmtarc they? Sheriff Bren
nan went through the hand-grasping for
mality, mi was uonu as cxneoiuoiiiy us
possible to shorten the misery that is.
to shorten tho life, for life then was a mis-
y almost too deep to bear. The black
cap was pulled over the face. A tremor
ran through the miserable creature's tot
tering clay. The executioner, a nimble
lingered, dark-eyed, stout-built, mod um-
sized young man, stepped forward in
stantly nnd linked the noose to the rope
that dangled from the beam. A glance
showed that it still hung slack. One sec
ond's pause in perfect silence, a handker-
cuici waved, tne snarp sound oi a tailing
nxe. anil at eighteen minutes past nine
Foster's body fairly leaped Into the air.
he legs were jerked up to the body con-
ulsively, and opening wide as they re-
axed, the heels came together with a sharp
click. The left hand was also thrown up-
ai d, but fell immediately by his side.
In the first half minute following there
ere five distinct nervous writhing mo
tions of the trunk. After these there
was no sign of struggle. The cervical
vcrtebrtd were evidently dislocated by the
shock. After hanging five minutes the
body was lowered that the doctors might
examine for signs of life. At twenty-
even minutes past nine a faint trill was
felt in the pulse. At thirty minutes past
iuc pulsation ceased at the wrist. -At
thirty-three minutes past nine the heart
had ceased beating, and luscicchad exact-
l the run penalty tor tne murder oi Ave
ry D. Putnam. Such were the physicians'
reports as they stood taking turns In list
ening at the breast of the thing of clay.
But the crowd were wild with excitement.
After the first shock tho line of police
moved closer to tne scai!oia,anu tne tnrong
behind prcsed close upon them. Necks
ere. craned to eaten a glimpse oi tne
ght of shame.
A Corsienn Custom.
TnK strange accident of Albertacce
brought to general notice an obscure
Corsican custom which singularly con'
rasts with the ordinary funeral ccremo
nies of Christendom. The vocero, n thii
rite is sttledi Is palpably an inheritance
from the classical conquerors of the I
land, now preserved only itt some of the
interior villages, when tne nead oi a
family dies, the body, after being robed
in us Handsomest garments, is laid in
state on a table in tne largest room, sur
rounded with lights. Then live or six
hours before the burial, ail the women oi
thev lago and the district, clothed in
black and with bare heads, assemble
around the corpse, the mother and sisters
of the dead at the feet, the nearest rela
tions next, and soon, w lien this assem
blage is formed the most renowned poet
esses or singers of their number, with
hair disheveled and bleeding laces, and a
white handkerchief waving in tho hand,
chant in a verse the history, virtues and
destiny ot the dead. The mourniui ca
dence, the profuse weeping and the dra
matic arestures ol the ceremony are striK-
incr. The chief mourner amid her wild
ings sometimes raises the head or arm ot
the corpse, anu piucKS out ner own muror
freshly tears at her face till the blool
nours asrain from the wounded skin,
while the nalt-stiueu sooDingoi win wnoio
comoanv adds to tho effect. When at
enj'tn tne priest arrives, an w iiusueu,
but tho women follow the corpse in pro
cession to the church, where the ceremony
sometimes lasts several hours. &uen, at
least, is the account of the vocero given
. i. . e . iTV o: I .
dv a corrcBuouuuiit ui mo ai-i o.ootc,
who visited the scene of tho Albertacce
accident, where a roomful of celebrants
were suddenly precipitated into a cellar
bv the giving way of the floor. The
mer mention of the accident came by tel
egr. ph, but it appears that twenty dead
and fourteen mangled women were taken
from tho wreck of the house where tliey
had been singing their mournful vocero.
Lippvuoit jor April.
The law's delavs in India have given
ri- ton ne w method of Influencing justice.
An estate was in litigation recently be
tween members of a lamiiy belonging to
one of tho hill tribes, and, the decision
wntr iriven in the hichest Indian court.
an appeal was made by the unsuccessful
nartv to the Privv Council. The success
ful litigants, finding their means exhaust
ed a! id themselves unable to employ coun
sel. reverted in tills dilemma to the faith
of their ancestors, caught an old idiot who
was wandering about, carried him to the
top of a hill, and there sacrificed him to
Dropitiate the gods who rule the decisions
of the Priyy Council.
NUMBER 6.
The t'nrrler-PIgcon.
Thk speed of the carrier-pigeon has been
generally overrated. Careful experiments
have shown that thirty miles an hour is
the average, nlthough, in a few well
authenticated Instances, thrice that speed
has been attained. In 1808 nn English
gentleman laid a largo wager that his pig
eon could fly tliirty-fte miles an hour. To ,
decide the question, three of his trained
birds were taken exactly that distance
from his residence, and let loose in the
presence of witnesses. They arrived home
together in just fifty-three minutes, or
seven minutes ahead of time. In 183S,
during the great annual trial of carrier
pigeons at Ghent, twenty-four birds were
let fly at Houen, one hundred nnd fifty
miles distant, at five minutes before ten
in tho morning. Thero flight was care
fully timed. One of them readied Ghent
in ono hour and thirty minutes, having
traversed tho distance at the mnrvelous
rate of more thau ninety miles nil
hour. Sixteen made the journey in two
hours and a half. Several were never heard
from. In the East wonderful stories are
told of their speed and endurance. Tho
traveler Lithgow tells us that one will
carry a letter from Babylon to Aleppo in
forty-eight hmirs, the place being thirty
days' journey apart by the slow modes of
travel used in the East. But the stories of
early travelers arc to be taken with many
grains of allowance. Although for a short
distance, or in exceptional coses, the carrier-pigeon
may attain a much greater
speed, thirty miles an hur is probably Its
average. It could not sustain a long flight
with greater velocity.
Even this speed cannot bo maintained
without rest, for the carrier-pigeon lias
not the endurance which belongs to many
bird of passage. It always descends at
night for shelter and repose, and hence it
can rarely fly across a wide expanse of
water. To this was partly owing the fail
ure of the attempt to use them for convey
ing intelligence from the arctic explorers,
and partly to another cause. Sonic writers,
chiefly poets and romancers, would have
us believe that the carrier-pigeon finds his
home from remote places by a kind of in
stinct: but this is not the ease. Its flight
is guided by sight alone. When let loose
from conflnement it rises to a great height
in the air by a scries of constantly en
larging circles, until it catches sight of
some familiar landscape by which to direct
its course. If flown on a foggy day it soon
becomes bewildered, and either returns to
the place of. flight or is lost. Let loose
from a balloon on a clear day, and too far
above the ground for objects thereon to bo
discerned even by its piercing vision, in
stead of risibg, it drops perpendicularly,
like a plummet, until it nears the earth,
when it begins to wheel round in a descend
ing spiral, constantly increasing in diam
eter, evidently for the purpose above men
tioned, of ascertaining its locality and dis
covering some indie itions for the direction
of i'8 course. Harper's far April.
Advance of the Human Ilace.
Prof. Henry, who writes on the impor
tance of the cultivation of science, snys in
the Popular Science Monthly :
" Whatever opinion may be adopted as
to the origin of man, it cannot be denied
that we have descended from a race of nn-
cestors but little elevated above the brute
from naked savages, the denizens of eaves.
feeding upon wild fruits, devouring shell
fish, or struggling for mere existence
ith the large quadrupeds ol the tunes.
gradually emerging from this state by the
ventiou oi weapons ot tunc ana none.
through long geological periods, into a
pastoral condition ; thence, again. Into a
gher state ot mental development.
which culminated in the civilization of
Greece and Home, in which the true in
sentiment and the beautiful in art wen;
developed in an astonishing degree. This
progress wns mainly due to tne migratory
naracter oi tne races wnieu eoiui iouieu
to tho condition we have mentioned.
Tribes which remain entirely isolated
may utilize the suggestions niiil facilities
of life which are afforded them by their lo
calities, and when these are exhausted be
come permanently stationary, but tribes
impelled by want of subsistence, or the de
sire of conquest to migrate to other locali
ties, as is stated to have been the ease with
tne Aryan race in ineir iiiiriuio-i iroiii
the East to tho West, gather up the sepa
rate civilization as they advance, and
hence, by accretion or intercourse with
others, rise to a higher plane. But this
mode ol advance la limited, ana couia
make no further progress than that ex
hibited in the brilliant though unsyminet
rical civilization of Greece and Itome.
his civilization, though It challenges our
admiration and marks an important era
in the history of the human race, was de
ficient in two of the essential elements of
further progress, namely first, in tho
prevailing influence of the higher and
holier morality of Christianity; and,
secondly, in that scientific knowledge of
the laws oi nature wmcn enauies man io
control its operations and to employ Its
energies to effect his purpose in ameliora
ting the condition et the earth. y ltnout
these elements of progress the Itomans
could not advance beyond a limited de-
gree, and finally fell a prey to their bar
arian conquerors.
What to Do In Case of Accident.
Professor Wilper, of Cornell Uni-
ersity, gives these short rules for action
In cases of accident :
For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing,
dash water into them; remove cinders,
etc., with the round point ot a lead pen
cil. Kemove insects from the ear by tepid
water : never put a hard instrument into
the car.
If an artery is cut, compress above the
wound ; if a vein is cut, compress below.
If choked, get upon all fours and cough.
For light burns, dip the part in cold
water : il the skin Is destroyed, cover with
varnish.
Smother a flrc with carpets, etc. ; water
will often spread burning oil, and increase
danger. Uelore passing tnrougn smone,
take a full breath and then stoop low, but
if carbon is suspected, walk erect.
Suck poison wounds, unless your moutu
is sore. Enlarge the wound, or, better,
cut out the part without delay. Hold
the wounded part as long as can be borne
to a hot coal, or end of a cigar.
In case or poisoning, excite vomiung
by tickling the thront, or by warm water
and mustard. For acid poisons give acids ;
white of egg 18 good in most cases ; in
case of opium poisoning, give strong cof
fee and keep moving.
Jr in the water, iioat on mo duck, wun
the nose and mouth projecting.
For anonlexv. raise the r cad anu body ;
for fainting, lay tho person flat.
Thk Intellect has only one failing,
which, to bo sure, is a very considerable
one ; it has no conscience. Napoleon is
the readiest instance of this. If his heart
had borne any proportion to his brain, he
had been one of the greatest men in all
history.
Thin party (to street urchin) : "Boy,
what do you suppose that dog is following
me for?'" The youngster cast a knowing
look at him, aud readily replies : "Guess
he takes you for t bone !"