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'PATS PHILOSOPHY. -
hn the. winter ia cold '- ' 4 : ''
I keep meae.f nm ;
Wtifn the Bnmmer is hot ! '
"I keep tqelf cooij ' , '
nietl I'm boid,,
Atkl it' bL4m I'm not ; ,
Sot goBooo fool , , .-,-
WiiMi be Eoe iiita hjm . -Hem
mj aid Cad Dan
A -i-e one. and stiddr
-Wbat the world to mm
' When ius wife u a wiady ?
tVhen theaolJier atroWby
With the sword at hia aids, -Aod
the rattle, rattle drama
Beat the roll and the call.
He mar go or may fly
t I auy here nil death corn..
And ticd ma ol aii . .
. i Tiu ui Laitia bar diJ:
I am iike Cocla D.n,
For be aaut troth aod di j U
'Wliat' the world to a man
VVheu his wife in a widdy?"
When the sailor bouts aaiL
And stand out ou the deep. :
Laving seettieart orwife
' And the cbilJir bthiud. '
" He UDpte The wild ;ale.
. Aua tie txJle mith life. ,
AiJtl La ii.a. d'ye muid.
Where the meruaideus aleepl
-Fat,' m old Cocle Dan.
'Utrny st home with roar Biddy ;
Wbst'e tlie world to a man
ffijen hia W.fo is a middy ?"
Let toe scholar alt np
Ao4 write late and long. '
To ineure him a uaue
lie may it no fur me :
G.re me hut a fall cup.
Ho mar have ail hia Tame 4
For it a t iff, d'ye see, .
And uot worth an old song!
Itt ua live. Cucle Dau,
It na livedo d love. Biddy ;
What's the world to a man
WBen hia wife in a widdy "t
The Stolen Curl.
t"iou the flinrei of Luke Puuti'liitr
triii, ami 011 the southern lrd-r of
the Siai of Misi--i)pi, a long row of
I'lfitut villus, x 1 1 uiip of an'hou-eii,
:i:id her uml there a iuhlic ImiMinor
private iii-tiuttioii. form the lovely and
.iiiei touii of I'a-"4 Chrirtiaii noted for
its Ijaluiy t'limatf, the Iw-rtuty ol'itsi-itua-tion,
ilj- liatnlnoiiie tei-iileiiw, ami the
uealih and the refinement of in eiti-
ell.
I'o the yonnr ladies' academies and
military Institutions of Tasv Christian,
many of the wealthy planter were
wont to wild their daughters and sons
to Ih? eduratel ; ami as the pupils of the
representative institutions would meet.
in their daily promenades, many ad-1
miring glan-ea wonM lie exehanjred 1
u-tweeu them, and loniu felt tone-'
f-me auaint'l.
Anions the fair pupil of the Lake
Academy none were more beautiful
iiian Eoki Vernor. the sole heiress to
nil of lier doling father's cotton estates,
-iuiated non the Mississippi river. A
shower of polden curls fell upon lier
shoulder. Ulue.dreamyeyes.a bright,
smiling face, and a graceful form,
added to a dioMlion of the truest
womanly sweetnew, made the romig
girl 01 h!ten particularly attractive to!
all who knew her. -
Many a handsome cadet from the
military- academy '""I fallen lit love
with the bewitching beauty at the firt
glance from her heaven-lit eyes; but
t none did fh: show a preference,
when meeting at the ''wand the re
ceptions given by the different schnnl.
tme of Kosa'. greatest, though ailent
nlmirer, was Kdward Orillith. the aoti
-f a Mississippi planter, whose estate
lay adjchiing that of Mr. Vernor, but
between Mr. Vernor and Col. Griffith
there existed great bitterne.s, and for
y:nt the families had not spoken,
though meeting constantly in social
Intercourse at the neighboring planters.
The feud commenced long years be
fore when Mr. Vernon and Colonel
firiftith were rivals for the hand of
Edw ard's mother. Colonel Griffith had
wou her heart and hand, and married
her; and his sin-cess so enraged Mr.
Vernor that he challenged his success
tul rival; a duel followed,. and in this
encouutcr Colonel Giiflilh came off vio
torious, severely injuring his adversary.
Since that day neither liad spokeu to
the other, and all interchange of frieudly
inlercourse between eveu the negroes
iiioii the plantations w as forbidden.
Meelingoiiceat Ias Christian, though
Rosa could uot but See that Kdward
"iritlilh admired her, and that he felt
that she was not iudiffereut to his gaze,
both were governed by the remembrance
of the leud existing betweeu their
parent, aud gave uo sign of the recog
nition of the ot'ier'a feelings.
Towards theclose of a lovely summer's
day. In the year that this story opens,
the fair pupil? of the Lake Institute had
goue down the long pier leading out
into the lake, to the bath house of the
institution. Sooti a merry party of
damsels were splashing about in the
water, riding the breakers, and chasing
each other about in glee.
It was a pretty sight, dressed as they
were in their various colored bathing
suits; and a handsome youth oftweuty
uiie, claii lu the tU lUh uniform of the
Pass Christian. Military Academy,
paused and gazed upon the lovely scene.
Suddenly a shriek was heard, and a
dark form'was borne away by the tide,
out of the reach of aid Iroui her com
panion. With the speed of a deer the
voting cadet sped down the long pier,
reached the bath house, and regardless
of the cries of the frighteued girls,
bounded headlong intothe water. Vi-orou-.lT
did he breast the wavea, and
soon overtook the fair girl, who was
uohlv ; singling t sustain herself
above, the waters, for' she was a lair
swimmer.
boou he came nearer; and seeing that
help was at hand her courage fo-sook
her. and she sank beneath the waters,
w hile shrieks of distress from the shore
showed her that her companions be
lieved her forever lost. With a deep
dive the youth succeeded in catching
hold of the drowning girl, and with re
newed strength started shoreward.
Bravelv did lie struggle, and at last
he felt that he would reach the shore,'
for w hcu almost at the bath house two
of the professors of the Institution,
alarmed at'the cries of distress, had ruu
down to the sceue, aud s iuiiuing out a
few yards, hail relieved the tired youth
of his precious burden.
Without a word, the young man
turned once more away, and, to the
surprise of all, couiraeuoed to swim j
low n the coast. In vain did they oalli
: him from the shore; on he awam.J
:iu.i uight coming rapidly ou, he was no
looker visible. .
After continuing slowly, and with
-trvug aud steady stroke down the
oa-U the cadet sw am towards s pier
that, projected some distance into the
lake, aud drewliiiiuelf. greatly fatigued
from the water.' Looking around him
w see ikat he was sot watched, he
walked rarrVrfV np the nler: and struck
off across, the fields for the Academy.
Arriving there, he sought, big room,
and reached it unperceived, where- he
nastily tnangetl nu clothln
' Before eWsoending to. the study hall
to join his fellow Mudeuts. he drew
from the pocket of the saturated jacket
ne nan just turow n aside a lour, eolden
Vfurl, dampened by the water. . .
"l could not resist the temptation to
sever 111 1 oeautuul curl Irom lu golden
mates; a lie jtiU miss it, and yet she
will never kuow who it was that saved
her life,'
And carefully drying the trese of
nair, me ea.iet -placed it seen rely away.
A great excitement wa- created at
Pass Christian- by the saving from a
watery grave of the beautiful Koea
Vernor, and of the strange conduct ef
ner no we preserver, whoever he might
be; tor it was impossible to discover Lis
name, and all that could be ascertained
was, that he was a cadet from the Mili
tary Academy.. 1
This much the yonng girls had no
nce!, as n sprang irom me pier; and
Kosa having become unconscious, could
not describe his features.
The missing curl was - 'commented
upon, and the faces of all the cadets
were eagerly scanned by the pupils of
me i.ake institute, and the citizens,
w ho evinced a deep interest in the mys
terious affair; but still au expression of
innocence rested upon every student a
face, ami gave 110 clue.
Mr. Vernor came to the Pass, and in
vaiu did he visit the acadeuiv and en
deavor to find out the brave youth who
had rescued his daughter from death ;
it was usule-s, and alter a time ii was
thought over 011IV as a thing of the pst.
Three years have passed since the in
cidents lneutioued above, and from the
shores of the sunny gulf the scene
changes to the banks of the Mississippi
river.
Riding slowly along the road are two
persons, a lady and a gentleman upon
horseback. Karuestly they are con
versing togi-tlier; and then "the maiden
draw s reiu. and rests her gloved, hand
upon ner companion s arm.
"Kdward, here yoa must leave me,
and forever. It i hard to give you up,
but my father will never forgive me
and forgot the past not even for my
sake, dearly as he loves me. I cannot
again meet you. This morning he dis
coeredour secret interviews, and for
bade me eer to see you ; and upon your
return home, you will find a bitter letter
from him, demanding my letters. You
know how dearly I love you, and yet
you know we must part. Good-bye,
Kdward. and that Heaven may protect
you w 111 ever tie my praver. '
And bright diamond tears rolled dow n
the beautiful face of Kosa Vernor, and
fell uion the roadside.
'I will not urge you to disobey your
latner, i.osa. 1 iiavc ever loved you
since, a little girl, I ued to see you
dashing aliont on your little pony.
M lim at the Pass at school, I loved you
more dearlv : and how I blessed kind
fate that tlirew us together, untram-
meled by the presence of our parents,
wheii you came up the river a year ago
on board the steamer. Then I felt that
yon controlled my life's happiness, aud
dearly have 1 enjoyed onr stolen inter
views. Now all is over, and w e must
part. I w ill do as your father asks me
in his letter return all you have sent
me. Uosa, myow u darling, good-bye 1"'
Thus the lover parted; and while
P'sa returned to her father's planta
tion, a mile down the river, Kdward
Griffith Ieaed his horse Into a cotton
field that bordered the river bank, and
darted away lu the direction of his own
home; lor death had lain his father in
the graved aud he was master and owner
of the large estate.
Arriving at his own door, a negro
messenger Irom the Vernor plantation
awaitod his arrival, and presented him
with a letter. Kiitering his library, he
broke the seal, and his brow darkened
as ue rca'i uie content..
rur hit saKe 1 win lurueur, auu lor
her sake I will return her letters every
little memento of her love; yes, all !"
A few minutes after, the ebony mes
senger rode away, bearing iu Ids hands
a small package addressed to. "William
Vernor, Kstjuire, iiuny Side Planta
tion." -
Mr. Vernor was pacing the broad
verandah that encircled his handsome
residence. A stern, haughty man, his
brow was darkly clouded, aud his eyes
wore au angry expression as ever and
anon he glanced dowu the avenue, as if
lu expccU'iicy.
. "Ua! at last! I hope be has not
dared to refuse my demand; if so"
And he grasped the Dockage held out
to him by the negro boy.
Breaking the seal, he glanced over
the contents. The - frown darkened,
when his face suddenly paled. The
letters aud love trinkets tell to the floor,
as he exclaimed: "What does this
mean ?"
lu his hand he held a silken curl,
flashing like gokleu strands iu the light
of the setting sun. ..
Ciion the card attached, he read :
"Kescued from the waves. Pass
Christian June 16th. 1H50.". -
One moment he glanced at the card,
his face changing with th emotions
that swept over him, and then be called
out to the retreating messenger, "Rob
ert, come here !"
The negro again advanced. ' ' ' "
"Mount your horse, and return at
once, and quickly, to Griffith Manor.
Present ray best w ishes to Mr. Griffiths,
aud say that 1 request the pleasure of
seeing hlin immediately at .Suuuy Side
Plantation."
"Yes, sir."
And while the messeiiger started
away at full speed,' Mr. Vernor con
tinued his w ajk uji aud down the veran
dah. ....
An hour had not passed when'Edr
ward Gritlith rode np to the door, dis
mounted, and ascended the broad steps,
w earing upon his face a puzzled expres
sion at his strange and unexpected sum
mons to Sunny Side.
Advancing towards him, Mr. Vernor
extended Ills hand, while he said, lu a
firm voice, "Edward Griffith, I never
believed that you, or one of your race,
would ever "be invited across' my
threshold. Your package sent me this
evening, told me who it was that
saved uiv daughter's life three years
ago; hence I bury the hatchet, and offer
my hand. You are a noble young man,
aud I Jielieve will accept it."
Thus the lend was settled, all ani
mosities buried, and the two families
uuited by t lie strongest ties; for Kdward
aud Kosa were married soon after, and
all this happiness came about through
the xnuiauce of the stolen curl.
During the twelve months ending
May 31st, l-75, Great Brilian exported
1.47S,4S.( yards of cotton goods . in
, The Woonsocket Patriot brings out
as its candidate for President in 1876,
General Amhrose E. Burnside,of Rhode
Island. " '
A movement has "been started ' in
Pittsburg for the organlzatfon of an
antl-treating society.
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for summer travelert, m the CArwa
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mauacureforsea-eickness:
Considering the immense number
travelers by aca. and the lartre Drowr-
portion affected painfully by it, surely
it is remarkable that physicians have
not. paid more .attention to its pheno
mena and cure. Indeed i: has so long
been accepted as au inevitable aud in
curable disease, that I scarcely hope to
obtain much credence when I state that
Dr. Chapman, of Ixmdon, has within
the last two years pointed out iu causes
and its natural cure; and that 1 have
personal knowledge of iu efficacy in a
number of cases. .. II is theory docs not
auiuu 01 any lair condensation in my
short space ; bat its maiu points are thai
sea-sickues id all cases arises either
from one or all of the following causes :
1st. From cerebral movements. 2d.
From spiual movements. 3-1. From vis
ceral movements; and that these pro
ducing an uudue flow of blood to the
spinal axis greatly increase its func
tional activity ; hence the segments of
the spiual cord con uected with the
stomach and abdominal muscles origi
nate morbid influence quite sufficient
to induce vomiting.
The cure is simple enough ; a narrow
bag containing ice, broken into pieces
the size of a walnut, is to be laid along
the spine, from the lower angles of the
shoulder-blade to the lower part of the
hollow of the back) care being taken to
preveut the bag , slipping any higher
than the aqgles uamed. . The effect is to
counteract the accumulation of blood in
the nervous centers, aud In diminishing
their functional activity, as well a their
excito-motory power ihat is, their mo
tion without volition.
In long voyages the bag should be
made of India rubber, and may easily
be kept in place by the dress. Ir. Chap
man advises those who are naturally
liable to sea-sick ness to put on the ice
before the vessel begins her vovage. 1
was told by a lady who had made fre
quent trial of this cure in the rough,
tumbling seas between Campbelton and
Glasgow, and Glasgow and Liverpool,
that when once sea-sickness had begun,
application of the ice was accompanied
by a delightrnl sensation, and tnat as
long as she lay still in her berth and
kept it on she was not only free from
bausea, but comfortably hungry for her
meals.
Ir. Chapman is candid enongh to
warn people with weak lungs to be verv
careful of its use, as, he says, it might
produce congestion if applied tcAea M'
trere mot fsi-ttrl: Also, to suggest that
whenever the forehead becomes unna
turally- warm, or there is anv headache.
to place a folded handkerchief between
the top of the ice-bag and the skin.
The truth or falsity of Dr. Chapman's
theory can be solved so easily by all in
terested in it that it needs no further
argument, except to notice that it is
very likely the great nervous centres
are the cause of trouble, because it is
always the most finely organized and
sensitive natures that suffer most.
However, those who have been accus
tomed on going on board immediately
to lie down in a helpless manner, or at
once arm themselves with abasin, might
try for once the potency rather of the
little bag of ice
Iyia; Words.
"It is well." Washington.
"I must sleep now.'' Byron.
"Kiss me. Hardy.' Nelson.
"Head of the army." Napoleon.
"Don't giv op tue ship." Lawrence.
"Let the light entel." Goethe.
"Info the hands, O Lord." Tasso.
"Independence forever.' Adams.
"The artery ceased to beat.' Hal ler.
"Is this your fidelity." Nero.
"God preserve the Emperor."
Haydn.
"Tbia is the last of earth." J. Q.
Adams.
"Give Dayrole a chair." Lord Ches
terfield. r
"A dying man dors nothing well."
Frankfio. - '
Let not poor Nelly starve." Charles
"What! is there no bribing death V
Cardinal Bean fort.
"All my rxuBessions for a moment of
time." Queen Elizabeth.
"It matters little bow the bead licth."
Sir Walter Raleigh.
"CImsd hit baud, my dear friend. I
die." Al fieri.
"I feel as if I were to myself airain."
Sir Walter SouU. - .
"Let me die to the sound of uWichius
music." Mirabeau.
The Veieea er Awlaawls.
Aquatic animals are mute,.-' Aj world
of radiates, mollusks, and fishes, there
fore, would be silent. - Insects are about
the only invertebrates capable of pro
duciiiirsound. Their organs are usually
external, while those of higher animals
are internal, insect 01 rapid nignt
irenerallv make the most noise. In
some the noise is produced by friction
(stridtilation) ; in others by the passage
of air through the spiracles (humming).
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ane uuutui vt uice iu w tuu
iu part by Uie vibrations of the wings;
but it comes mainly from the spiracles
of the thorax. - Suakes and lizards have
no vocal chords, and ran only hiss.
Frogs croak, and crocodiles roar by the
vibrations of the glottis. The huge tor
toise of Uie Galapagos islands utters a
hoarse, bellowing noise. The vocal ap
paratus in birds is situated at the lower
end of the' trachea,' where it divides
into the two bronchi. It consists mainly
of a long drum with a cross bone, hav
ing a vertical membrane attached to its
upper edge. : Five pair of muscles (in
the songster) adjust the length of the
windpipe to the pitch of the glottis. The
various note are produced by differen
ces in the blast of air, as well as by
changes In the tension ofthe membrane.
The range of notes Is commonly within
an octave. Birds of the same family
have a similar voice-. ' All the parrots
have a harsh utterance; geeeand ducks
quack, crows, magpies and Jays caw;
w hlle the warblers differ in the quality
rather than the kind of note. Some
species possess great compass of voice.
The bell bird can be neard nearly three
miles; and Livingstone said he could
distinguish the voices ofthe ostrich and
lion onlv .by, knowing that the former
roar by "day and the latter by night. The
vocal organ of mammals, unlike that of
birds, is iuthe upper part ofthe larynx
It consists of four carriages, of w liich
the largest (the thyroid) produces the
prominence in the hitman throat known
as Adam's apple, and two elastic bauds,
called vocal ehcrd. . Just below the glot
tis or upjier opcuing of the windpipe.
The various tones are determined by
the tension of these chords, which is ef
fected by the raising or lowering ofthe
thyroid prominence. The will cannot
influence the contraction of Uie vocal
izing muscles, except iu the very act of
vocalization, The vocal sounds produced
by mammals may be distinguislied into
the ordinary voice, the cry and the song.
The second'is the sound inaile by brutes.
The whale, porpoise,armadillo,auteater,
porcupine, and giraffe are generally si
lent. The bat's voice is probably the
shrillest sound audible to nutnan ears.
There is little modulation iu brute ut
terance. The opossum purs, the sloth
and kangaroo moan, the hog grunts or
squala,-tbe tapir whistles, the stag bel
lows, and the elephant gives a hoarse,
trumpet sound from its trunk and a
I deep groan from its throat. All sheep
have a guttural voice; all the cows low,
from the bison to the musk ox; all the
h and donkeys neigh ; all the cats
,miew, from the domestic animal to the
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howl, and whine. - The howling mon
keys and gorillas have a large cavity or
sac in the throat for resonance, enabling
them to titter a powerful voice; and one
of the gibbous has the remarkable power
of emitting a complete octave of mu
sical notes. . The human voice, taking
the male and female together, have a
range of -nearly four octaves. Man's
power of speech, or the utterance of ar
ticulate sounds, Is due to his Intellectual
development rather than to any struc
tural difference between him and the
apes. Son' is produced by the glottis,
speech by the month. Hcientiilc Ameri
ca. -
Tar fa tola Vmttm.
Imagine a saloon of a dozen ' feet
square, arched aud whitewashed, encir
cled by a wainscot about six feet high.
and a species or tsivan, covered witn
straw matUng. Iu Uie middle and this
is the most elegant point of detail a
fountain of white marble throws up a
stream of water which falls again In
various streams-and clouds of spray. In
a corner' burns a furnace, over which
the coffee is made, cup by cup, as re
quired, in little brass couee-pota, capa
ble of holding but a single cup each. To
the walls are attached shelves laden
with razors, near which hang several lit
tle pearl-mounted mirrors in wmcn tne
customers can see whether their beards
are arranged to their taste; for. In Tur
key every cat; is. also a barber's shop;
aud. while 1 smoke my chibouque and
sip my coffee, in conies a fat Turk with
a parrot's nose, and a lean Persian with
au eagle's beak, to have their beards
dressed; while a young Greek In front
of me is pomading his moustache and
paiuting his eyebrows, which he has
first equalized by means of a small pair
of pincers. The idea is prevalent that,
according to the rule of the Koran, the
Turks absolutely proscribe all "images,"
and regard the" products of the plastic
arts as works of idolatry; but although
this is true in principle, it is not rigor
ously sustained, and the cafes are deco
rated, with all sorts of prints of the
oddest choice and taste w ithout appear
ing at all to scandalize the orthodox
Mussulman. The Cafe of the Foun
tain, among ot liars, has quite a gallery
of prints; and so grotesquely character
istic that I cannot forbear to name a few
of them : The Turban of a Dervish ; A
San ton Taming a Red Lion; Animals,
by Victor Adam ; Warriors of Khorassan,
with ferocious moustaches and cimiters,
and mounted upon horses who seemed
to have six legs each ; Napoleon at the
Battle of Rat is bon ; Tne Young Spanish
(iirl; Turkish Ships and Caiques; Com
bat between twenty-two Frenchmen
and two hundred Arabs; Emperor
of Russia and his august Family; Bat
tle of Austerlitz; President of the
United States; Old Tarr; Daniel Lam
bert; The Balloou orTomaskl; A Lion;
A Goat; A View of the Arsenal and
Mosques, Ac. All these in frames,
worth about a penuy each! This extra
ordinary nUhinoe occurs in all the cafes
with slight variations of subject. Turk
ish taste takes the . i rencn prints, and
forms these grotesque combinations.
Sirens swim at the side of steamboats,
and the heroes of Schah-ameh bran
dish their battle axes above the old sol
diers of the Empire. It is delightful to
take, in these cafes, after a laliguing
walk through the streets, a Uny cup of
t del r dark and turbid conee, orougnt to
vou bv a black-eved vounzster. ou the
tips of his fingers, in a salver of silver
filigree; aud it proves more truly te-
freslung thau any Iced drink w hich you
could obtain. To the cup of coffee is
usually added a cup of pure water,
which the Turks drink before, and the
Franks after; and there is a character
istic anecdote current on this very sub
ject. A buropean, who Ske the East
ern language perfectly, wore the Mus
sulman costume like a native, and had
acquired the bronzed complexion of the
climate, was, nevertheless, recognized
as a Frank in a little obscure Syrian
cafe, by a ragged Bedouin incapable,
certainly, of discovering a fault in the
pure Arabic dialect of the detected for
eigner.- "Bv what have vou discovered
me to be a Frank?" said the European,
m much annoyed as Iheophrastus,
when called "stranger," by a green
grocer in the market at Athens, because
he had misplaced an accent. "You drank
your water after your coffee," replied
the Bedouin. Every one carries his
own tobacco in a box, the cafe supply
ing only the chibouque the amber
mouth-piece of which is Incapable of
retaining any Impurity from use and
the narghile, a complicated apparatus
w hich it would be rather difficult to lug
about with you. The price of the cup
of coffee is twenty paras, or one penny
farthing; and If you give a piastre, or
twopem-e halfpenny, you are quite a
magiiificeut person The money is drop
ped Into a box pierced with a hole, (a
regular child's money-box,) which Is
placed near the door. Although in
Turkey, the first beggar In rags who
comes in seats himself 011 the divan be
side the most sumptuously-dressed Turk
without eliciUng auy sign of aversion
or displeasure from the latter, certain
classes have, nevertheless, their habi
tual places of resort, and the "Cafe of
the Marble Fountain." situated between
Serai-Boumou and the mosque of Yeni
Djami, is one of the most frequented in
ail the town. A charming little cir
cumstance, purely local aud Oriental,
gives a poetic tinge to this cafe in the
eyes of aEuropeau. The swallows have
uiade their nests in the arch of the ceil
ing; aud, as the frout is always open,
they dash in aud out again with that
peculiar "swoop" which characterizes
them, bringing food to their young and
chirping as they pass, without showing
the least fear "of Uie inmates, whose
spiral columns of smoke they often dis
turb, and eveu against whose fez or tnr
bau they often graze their wings. The
younglings,' with their heads peeping
over the Drink of the uesis, gaze curi
ously, but tranquilly, upon the custom
ers who come and go. or are lulled to
sleep by the gush of the fountain, or the
bubbling of the narghiles. It is a very
pretty sight to witness this fearless con
2t!nce in man, ou the part of the birds,
and to see these nests actually within
this crowded cafe; but it is known that
the Orientals, however cruel, sometimes,
to man, are exceedingly gentle to ani
mals, and have the faculty of winning
the!r affection and inducing them to ap
proach, habitually and voluntarily. But,
then, they never disturb the animals, as
the Europeans do, by their noisy rest
lessness and liirlr uproarious laughter.
The Turks, governed bv the principle of
fatalism, have much of the passive im
mobility of the animals themselves.
Tk"yhilr Gaulier's Constat) Unnf-U.
- s t iiy aweej .
All nations have added their-quantnm
of supersUUon to Uie institution of mar
riage. "That this particular even tin man's
life should be' thus favored above the
rest may be accounted for by iu Im
mense importance, and by the fact that
all other events ia the life of man are
more or less connected with it. In the
middle ages it was firmly believed in
England that there were lucky and an
lucky days for a wedding. Ue who
married on Wednesday ran the risk of
being deceived by hi wife, while be
woo married on rrlday would be certain plaintively lugubrious toneot grievance,
to die a poor man. A Journal in Paris as though be were protesting against 111
actually published the dates of these un- usage, and Imploring an impossibility:
lucky days, which were forty-two in . "May the Lord make me thankful for
number. . - ' '' I what I have received ! On hearingthis
Many old country folk will to this'
day tell you that when two betrothed
give each other their hands before Uie
altar, the one whose hand is the coldest
will die first especially if the same one
should be the first to fall asleep on the
bridal nighL - Another curious belief is
that often expressed at English wed
dings: "Ah : the bride shall weep. Tor
the rain doth fall." In the Vosges it ia
sUll believed that when two marriage
take place on the same day, and in the
same church, the bride who first steps
out of the church porch will have a boy
for her first born child. So strong does
that belief exist that It gives rise to
terrible: quarrels,' and even fights the
friends of the respective parties doing
all in their power to aid their own bride
to leave the church first, to the detriment
of the other. ( ...
Only a few yean ago, a mayor of a
certain village In the Vosges had the
following luminous idea, and thus pre
vented a most serious riot on the occa
sion of a double marriage. He offered
his two hands to the rival brides, and
thus triumph an tly led them out of the
church door at the same moment, ir,
while going to church, the bridal party
should meet a fuueral, it Is supposed
that, according to the sex of the dead,
either the bride or her husband will die
Uie first. Should two persons of the
family intermarry with two members of
another family, one of the four is cer
tain to die within the year. In Brittany
ir one or the contracting parties would
not have their children born mutes,
they must fast during the ceremony;
while In the provinces of Arrazon a
couple become man and wife by simply
driuklng together from the same glass.
In another province the newly-wedded
pair must be struck sharply between the
shoulders to preserve them from the
Evil Eye; or, again, with the same idea,
some ornament of their dress is stolen
from them the moment after the nuptial
blessing has been given. Another man
ner 01 securing tne happiness or tne
bride was to cause her to pass over naked
swords arranged in the form of a cross,
and called the cross of St. Andrew. In
the Province -of Arragon, in order to
insure a large family, the bride, on en
tering her house for the first time, was
bound either to break an egg by kicking
it, or to have some wheat thrown over
her. These are but a few of the super
stitions still believed in some parts of
Europe.
TwiliHI 1
i-eliela
It was to see- the novel tent-perdng
that most of us had faced the cold wind
and the frowning sky. So a buzz of
expectation rises from the drags and
carriages thickly surrounding the
ground when tbe sergeants are seen to
drive the targets ordinary tent-pegs
lightly inserted into the soil and to
drop the flag, which Is the signal for
the first rider to make his effort. On he
comes, urging his steed with voice and
heel to attain the necessary spend,
giving his lance a flourish or two, and
finally, as be uears the peg, balaucing
It for his aim as lie w hiz7.es oy. ue
fails, and so do eight of his immediate
successors, some striking the ground
wide of the mark, and others steering
so unsuccessfully that It 1 scarcely
worth while for them to make en passant
the critical effort. Then starts a lancer
favored by both skill and fortune; as
be approaches the mark protuding, be
it remembered, but a few inches above
the turf be steadies Uie lance in bis
firm right hand, he draws his arm back
for the instantaneous lunge, and as bis
spear flies round, over bis head, there is
seen transfixed upon it the tent-peg
which was Uie immediate object of all
these furious gallops. As men and
horses warm to their work the practice
improves, until at last about one peg in
three charges becomes the average of
tne game, mere is on mis occasion no
competition between chosen sides, for if
may fairly be assumed that these twelve
Royal Irish horsemen could safely hold
their own against all comers at any
rate in England. Before we hail fin
ished admiring not only the skill of the
horsemanship, but Uie pace aud e'-i of
the horses a legacy, by the by, or the
departed Ninth Lancers a new exhibi
tion was promptly prepared, and very
amusing were the speculations of the
drag occupants concerning the use to
which the baskets- of oranges now in
troduced were to be put by riders who
must so clearly be athlrst after their
labors. The guesses, however, were
soon set at rest, when three oranges
were placed on as many three-leet
sticks, plauted in a straight line several
yards apart from each other, and, the
glitter of a . dozen swords was seen
against the inkv horizon at the far end
or Uie Held. The signal is given, and
from out the line there breaks a horse
man at full gallop, with his sabre flour
ishing brightly iu the dark distance.
One by one, though as it seems almost
instantaneously, the golden oranges fall
to Uie ground, sliced in two by the dex
terous blade, as Uie soldier whirls past
us toward the clump of trees at the end
ofthe course; and before we have time
to lully appreciate bis perfect execution
of the feat be is trotting leisurely back.
to take bis turn at the pastime, ao one
of his comrades fully emulates the skill
of their leader, but all do fairly well,
and in few instances is the tearing gal
lop accomplished wttnout one at least 01
the oranges dropping before the swords
man, though the blow often rails to do
more than dislodge the fruit from its
resting-place. Once a Wetk.
Tsaaki After steal
Thanks ' after meat are usually far
more emphatic and cordial than graces
before it. ' Hunger is an enemy to pious
emotion. The ravenous Christian is too
much occupied with sharp desire aud
painful craving to have a devout regard
for the mercies he Is only on the point
of receiving. But full of wine and veni
son, the satisfied feaster speaks from the
plenitude of a grateful heart. On the
other haqd, it must be acknowledged
that the tone aud words of the later
grace are sometimes expressive of dis
appointment and critir-al censure. Every
one remembers the story of the clerical
humorist, who, on being pressed to say
an after-dinner grace at a table where
ne naa been too frequently regaiea wtin
rabbits, observed significanUy :
"Of rabbits Toang sod rabbits old,
Of rabbits hot sad laMnta cold,
- Of rsbbita leader sad rabbits toagh. .
Thank the Lord. I have had enough
The memory, also, comes to me of Dr.
Clement, courtliest and kindliest of phy
sicians, who had a series of after-dinner
graces that nicely expressed the degrees
of his thankfulness. . When be Bad pax
taken of a faultless repast, he would re
ward Mrs. Clement with a radiant smile,
and then, turning bis eyes npward, say
emphatically, "Thank "God for an ex
cellent dinner." A dinner of merit,
though of Inferior excellence, was ac
knowledged devouUy with, "Thank
God for a good dinner." An ordinary
regalement, that would justiry neither
special praise nor Dositiv reproof, eli
cited no heartier grace than, "Well I I
am thankful for my dinner." But when
the repast consisted of cold meats, and
unpalatable reproductions of yesterday
fare, the worthy man used to pray in a
dolorous entreaty, Mrs. Clement seldom
failed to deliver some equally appropri
ate and edifying remarks on the sin of
daintiness. Bnt to her honor it mnt be
recorded that the offensive hint was not
thrown away upon her.' To the last
the doctor's graces were instructions to
his wife, as w ell as thanks to Heaven.
Appleton i Journal.
rreklssortc lrmia ssd fral
- Carbonized vegetable remains have
been preserved in great abundance aud
variety, to assist, as it were, lu el ni
di a-t in ir the mode wf life of ancient lak
villagers. They undoubtedly r.iiM-d
barley, wheat, and millet, several kiud
of each of these cereals having been
found in the lacustrine deposit. Some
of theex SDccies of grain were cultiva
ted in Egypt, and tliererefore are lt
lieved to have found their way from
that country to Ssitzeilaud. Rye was
not known to the colonists, aud oats
not before bronze had come lufo use.
Barley and wheat appear either iu
grains. sometimes in considerable a tun
titles, or, more rarely, still retain the
shape or ears; ami even caruouizeil
wheat bread, in w hich the bran am
the imperfectly crashed grains can be
distinctly seen, has been found at Ro-
beobaosen aod Wangen. 1 Ins nnlea
vened prehistoric bread, which is very
coarse and coroDact. occurs nvntlv in
fragiuent,bat sometimes in the form of
small, roundish cakes abont an inch or
an inch and a half thick, and was doubt
less baked by placing the dough on hot
stones, andcovenug it over with glow
ing ashes. Millet was employed in a
similar manner for makiug bread. It
is probable, however, that the lake
people consumed their fariuaceous food
chiefly in the shape of porridge. Car
bonized apples of small :ze, identical
with those growing wild iu the woods
of switzrrlaug.bave beeufouud abuud
antly,and iu a tolerable state of preser
vat ioo. Mr. Messikouir r il irco vered ou
one occasion more than 300 of them ly
ing close together. They air often cut
in halves, nioie rarely iu three or four
pat te. and wereevideudy dried for con
sumption during the winter. Whether
a Ui ger kiud of apple, found at Kobeu
hansen, was cultivated, or a wild-gi ow
ing species, remains undecided. Prof.
Oswald Heer, of Zurich, who lias pub
lished an i itel eating work ou lacust riue
vegetable remains, inclines to the for
mer view. Wild pears were treated in
the same manner ; but they were far
less common than apples, which mu.-t
have formed a much -sought article of
diet. Among other vegetable remains
accumulated in the lake mud may be
mentioned hazel-nuts, and beech-nuts,
both in great plenty ; also water-cliest-nuts,
which d mot less were collected
and eaten by t!ie lake-men, an they are
in Upper Italy at this day. Their pres
ent occurrence in Switzeiland appears
to be restricted to a tarn in the Can tou
of Lncrene. There have farther been
fonnd abundantly the stones of sloes,
bird-cherriesjind wild plnnisjiiid seeds
of the raspberry .black Gerry, aud straw
berry, bowing that these finite of the
forest were used as fowl. According
to Dr. Keller, the lake colonists of ilie
Stone Agedrew their sustenance clueny
from the vegetable kingdom. Tin ir
animal food evideutly was acquired by
bunting ratbei than by breeding ot cat
tie, cousidei mg that in the acini illa
tions around the Diles the bones id wild
animals outnumber those of the domes
tic species. Milk, we may assume,
formed an imtxmaut article of their di
et. Ua rper't Jlagazin.. ...
Diaeeverjafa Jllnear A saber.
A large deposit of amber has been dis
covered in the Kurische Haff, near the
Village of Schwarzort, Germany, about
twelve miles south of Memel. Il hail
been known for many years that amber
existed In the soil of the Knrische Haff.
from the fact that the dredgers employed
by the government for the purpose of
clearing away the shallow ku near
senwarzort that impede. I navigation had
brought up pieces of amber; these, how
ever, were appropriated by the lalKirers,
and no particular attention was paid to
the matter till recently. Some simula
tive persons nave made an oner to the
German Government, not only to do the
dredging required at their own expense.
out also to pay a daily rent, provided
the amber they might find should be
come their own property. The propo
sal was accepted aud the rent fixed at
twcntv-tlve thalers for each working
day.; The dredging was begun by four
machines, worked by horses; eighteen
other dredges and two tug boats, with
about 1,UUU laborers, are now engaged
in the Industry. The ground covers au
area of several miles, and a yearly rent
of 73,2J0 thalers is paid by the company
to the government.
It has puzzled many people to decide
wbv the dark wood so highly valued
for furniture should be called rosewood.
Its color certainly does uot look like a
rose, so we must look for some other
reason. ' Upon asking we are told that
when the tree is fresh cut the fresh
wood possesses a very strong, rose-like
fragrance, hence the name. There are
a half a dozen or more kinds of rose
wood trees. The varieties are found in
South America and the East Indies and
neighboring islands. Sometimes the
trees grow so large that planks four feet
broad and ten in length can be cut from
one of tbem. - These broad planks are
principally used to make the tops of
pianofortes. When growing in the for
est, Uie rosewood tree is remarkable for
its beauty, but such I its value 111 manu
factures as an ornamental wood, that
some of the forests where it once grew
abundantly now have scarcely a single
specimen. In Madras the government
has prudently had great plantations of
this tree set out In order to keep up tue
supply. ;
1 Bard aad Haft Water.
There Is a notion quite prevalent in
the minds of the people that Ihe drink
ing of bard water is injurious to health,
and most physicians have wanted peo
ple to so far as possible avoid the prac
tice. But Dr. Letherby, an English
physician, who has devoted much time
to investigating the subject, finds as the
result of his observations that hard wa
ter is not only clearer, cooler, and more
free from air and more agreeable to the
taste than soft, but that It Is less liable
to Uie absorption of organic matter and
to the sustenance of the life of symotic
organisms, or to exert solvent properties
upon salts of Iron or upon leadeu con
ducting pipes. And he claims that the
lime salt exert a beneficial influence.
It ia asserted that a practical test of the
truth of this new theory is to be had in
the case of the residents of mountainous
districts, w here the water is almost in
variably hard, and where the inhabi
tants exhiK. the best physical develop
ment. Ue claims that water contain
ing six grains of carbonate of lime to
the gallon is suitable for use iu all house
hold purposes, for such water offers the
necessary am on nt of carbouate of li me for
the support of life In Uie simplest and
most digestible form. Jfoora'j Muni
.Vw J"orikr.
torraw coL-rax.
lldkt &9 On Happy Tr-Darf. As
M ibel was siartiuglur school giaadma
sa d. "Gm-d-bve, dear, make some one
haiipr to da', ami leaviug a kiss on
the rosy che k, she went bark to her
km tiuir
The wootl-fi-e crackled away and
blitzed, while it sung out. "Good-bye
M -tbel : make some one happy to-dav
"GiMul-hv. pmnrfnin!- miMi-hve. old
fire f And Msiel threw another Viss to
each ami hounded ou to school, drag
ging her sled after her.
J 11st ahead of her was her dear friend,
Maud Eatlake. Mabel ran faster than
ever to overtake her.
lint around the corner, between her
and lcr frieud. came i'Uilio Saunders
and liis little si-f.-r Dora. A good mile
they had come thl-t cold morumr. and
ilorti w as ciying because she was cold
and tired.
Mabel ran by and left them ; but some
ecliiH voire said. "Make some one happy.
SIh looked on a her friend, sighed a
little su'li. then timed smwht around
ami ran back to Philio and Dora.
"Tni horse is too gav," she said to
Phiiiu. "Put Dora on. then take hold.
and well lie a span."
1 011 re real good. Mabel; Dora is
real lired. I have helued derail lean."
Ann Philip lifted his little sister on.
"Don't cry. Dura. We'll have yoa
there in tWe'miuuteV be said, as they
started.
But the tears had already been driven
back by the prospects of a ride.
And lieu at last fhiliD drew up in
grand s vie, it was a pretty, happy girl
they lifted from the sled : Philip, too.
had lieen made happy.
"Ihaufc you. said r'bilip, again, as
they stopped. "You've made us both
happy.'
"Ah." said Mabel, "that s what 1 did
it for." Then she told what ber grand
mother h id said t.i her al starling.
"rtell. s;iid Phiiiu. "vou can count
two you have made happv already. It's
a good rule. I believe I'll trv it, loo."
And rrandiiirt-" Hid Msbel. as she
told wf tins and some other thiugs at
night, "we ouglic to count it three, for
it uiade me happy, too."
The Cat ami the Fur. One day a fox
met a wild til in the midst of a wood.
Ah! how do you do. puss I' said the
fox. 'I am glad to see rod. I h jpo you
are well.'
on are kind, sir." said the cat. I
am quite well, and hope yon are the
same.
Yes. Dtiss. I am in good he.ilth. hut
I owu that I feel ill at ease. 1 fear
that you my friend will not long be
free from harm 1 wish that I could see
my way to help. But in these times
'Sir, what do yon mean T said the
poor cat in great fright. "What great
harm do yon d re ail !'
'Well, as to tnat.' said the fox. nt
might lie harm to uie, loo. Tne plain
truth is; there is a piek of h nil nils not
far troiu this wood. Now 1 have ten
or twelve tricks nay. I may count on
at least a score of tricks by which I can
get out of reach of the hounds, whilst
you, poor puss 0I1 ! wii.tt can you do
Ih it you may be out of their way I
u lint tricks U i yon know I
I know no tucks at all. s lid the car:
'I have but one plau, and if that fails
tue 1 shall be lust. .
'Poor miss! poorpnssr said the fox.
'tine, does not. like to see a friend in
such a strait. 1 might teach you a
fewoi my tiicks. but these are hard
1 lines, and one must not trust too much.
It is but right t think of seif hark 1
I'lm houiids 111 fill cry! You area
lost rut! 1 have no tune to spare to
le-ll ymi what to do I must be off at
oner. -
The words) were scarce out of bis
mouth wlieu be aod the cat saw the
hounds.
1 tie cat at once rau np a tree that
was her plan.
1 lie tot could not climb a tree and
could uot get out of sight. The cat
saw the hounds kill him.
Ah f said nuss. '1 dud that one
good plau is of mote use than a score
of sharp tricks.
A Dit for the i?iy But. Iwys, what
hul1 1 say to ymi f I hear tb.it yoa
think vhii selves too old to go Sunday-
school. uow tiiat von are going oil to fif
teen or more. Welt, there's sotn -thing
11 that ! Of emir-e yon do not want to
earn the same elementary things as
when you were quite children : you al
most fcclyiiur wluekt-rscoiiiingtiiro'igh.
and iheieloie vou are conscious of lie-
coming voting men. and then-fore do
not want 10 be treated like babies! 1
say again, there Is something lu that :
lint I do uot think there is very much.
1 think many buys make great donkeys
it themselves by trying to lie men be-
ore they are so. 1 aave smiled althein
myself, and wondered how they could
ie so absurd. I lieu little stn k-uu col
lars, and oilier silly mimicries of older
folks, make litem look like manikin.
and uot all like lueu : I hey might Have
uadi) uret-class boys, lint as men they
are veiy thud late indeed. Loesar
ihoitylit he would rather lie first man
u a village th in second 111 Koine; aud
1 tliiuk 1 would rather be first aiuoug
mivs than be the last Joint in the tail
if 1 lie iioliliedeuoys, who are ueitner
men nor boys. A word to the wise is
sulbcieut-
Sina When tht Vatlle liaaes. At the
time of the battle of Gettysburg, the
eiuetery had grow lug 111 11 sarnie peach-
trees, and iu them sparrows, or other
little singliig-birils, had made their
nests. On the third day. when thai
charge of ali charges the most hideous
and terrible was to be made, it was
preceded by an hour of such bombard
ment as was never known before, nor
since, on this coutinent. There was a
nail of iiou on both sides : and the hills
and valley were searched away lievond
lliiee or four hundred guns opened
their throats at a time. But the mo
ment there was a lull, where some men
had laid down and hid themselves, up
sprang the birds into the trees where
their nests were.snd iwgan to sing, in
neof thep lusesiliesweetcarol of birds
was heard. They, could sing in the
midst of the rush of battle aud a horri
ble liewililerniriit such as never befell
their 'ittle lives In-fore.
How is it with yon f Are von not
even a much as a bird f Can not you
do what these least endowed creatures
could do f Are yoa one that when the
battle rages ruus away, abandons the
Desr, aud w ill not stug f
Do Sot Wait. "I wish I was a big
womau to help you, mother," said a
uric gin.
Bring mother her thimble, that
will help me," said the mother smiling.
Just as if God meant for little chil
dren to wait until they grew up before
helping their dear parents! No, no!
God gave them twouiiuble feet on pur
pose to tak steps for mother, and eight
lingers and two tl.umlis on purpose to
biiug aod carry for her.
Without decision of character no man
or woman is ever worth a button, or
ever can be. Without it, a man be
comes at once a good natured nobody,
the poverty strkaeii possessor of but
one solitary principle that of obliging
everybody uuder the suu, merely foi
the askiug.
Pickles in glazed pans, cross dogs,
and delay are dangerous.
Ci'rtl Eights Obliging answers.
siws n Bam
The aggregate amount of life in
surance policies held la Illinois is $121.
Eight Clerks In the Boston Post Of
fice department have been arrested
during the past year for dishonest prac
tices. -;'.'
CoUon-mills. when well managed,
are highly profitable in the Southern
States, and they are springing up on all
sides. . .
' The national debt was reduced by
$1 l.&W.iU durtug the fiscal year ending
June 30 The total of Uie debt now is
2,2,2S4.531. . .
William Morris, who had the good
luck to live in 1070, bought the ground
upon which Long Branch Is built for a
barrel of spoiled cider.
Xcwspapep publishing is getting to
lie a hazardous business. Sinoa the
first of Jauuary uo less than 317 news
papers have suspended. ' ,
Beecher Is going to the White
Mountains again this year, and the
landlords there are counting on him as
their priucipal attraction.
Since President Grant sacrificed hi
cliiu whiskers, retaining only the sides,
the Long Branch people say he looks al
most twenty years younger.
The latest "corner" la In canary
seed. The price has been run up frou?
'S to $16 per bushel, and next year's
crop is said to be already sold.
Prof. Mulr, State Geologist of Cal
ifornia, was badly frozen ou April 9.
lie ascended Mount Shasta w ith a frieud
and fouud the cold unpleasant.
The people of New Bedford. Mass..
are fitting out a large whaling expedi
tion, numbering ill vessels, for a regu
lar old-fashioned whaling cruise.
Mrs Eva Joyce, of Osweiro. has
sued Mr. Albert (Juonce for $1,000 for
attempting to kiss her. Joyce that are
rarest are Eva the most expensive.
The first female graduate of Michi
gan L'uiverslty has been offered $3,000
a year, and her expenses to tell what
she knows In a Japan schoolbouse.
A Granville (Wis. millionaire of
fers $.V),00O to l lie first incorporated
town in the State which will pledge it
self never again to tolerate a brass asnd.
Journalistic statistics recently pub
lished show that during Uie past vear
the sum of $$,tHj0,000 were expended In
newspaper . enterprise, in the Culted
States.
An Oregon town of 40 bouses lias
nine organs, three pianos, one melo
ilcou, a cornet band of fourteen perfor
mers, and several guitars, flutes and
banjos.
At the salmon-breeding establish
ment at Sebec Lake, Me., there have
been batched this season 106,000 sea sal
mon, w hich have been distributed in
the State.
The general reception of articles
into the Centennial buildings at Phila
delphia will begin January 1. 1S76, and
no articles will be admitted after
March 31.
And now an American has just been
awarded the first premium for a harvest
ing machine by the National Agricultu
ral Society of Switzerland. Yankee in
vention beats the world.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, and
Senator Thuruian, of Ohio, have both
consented to be present at , the Georgia
State fair, which commences at Macon
nr. tlK- .8;h day of October.
Tv. colored citizens of Panola
wintv. Miss., in convention, passed a
resolution that "hereafter the colored
L-itiz.Mis must have at least one half the
otlees f f trust and profit."
A'Teveland woman who has cut
out all the newspaper account of the
Beecher trial she could get hold of. says
that when pasted together It makes a
string three miles iu length.
Tlo Vuw l i,liii,l kwl an.l Kv
trade is getting ou a better fouling. The
shipments from Boston since Jan. I ex-
coil tiiose or last year oy over
cases, or nearly 10 per cent.
A Savannah (Ga.) paper In speak
ing of the melon crop of Florida, says
that it w ill be exi'eedingly large this
year, aud that the growers are pui
zli.il to know how to dispose of them.
lire iiuwiil a 11 n xraouaiiuK
class of the literary Deparuneutin Yale
1 'ollcge is smaller than it has been tjt
twenty ye ars, but the class in the Scien
tific School is larger than ever before.
War continues on the Mexican
bonier. The Texan troops have had a
decided advantages in late skirmishes,
aud recovered much stolen cattle; but
the Mexican bandits are vowing ven
geance. .
Since the fish commission was or
ganized in Iowa there have been planted
111 that state, Stri-I, 100,000; lows varie
ties, aO.000; California salmon, 27 J.0JJ ;
IVuolxscot aaluiou, 5.UU0; other varieties
100,000.
Among the curious institutions of
Stowe, Mass., is a "Three Score and Ten
Society," composed of eighty-seven '
members over seventy years old. One
of the members, a lady, is 100, one 93
sod another 01.
They have a good, old-fashlonsd
Jacksouian Democratic government iu.
franklin count v, Uhlo. the commis
sioners' report reads: "Whisky for
the oor farm, I-V5.W; bread for the
poor farm l.3o."
We are astonished to learn from the
Brooklyn Post, that there are in thls
world only eight more missionaries'
than heathen. There must have beea
another fight, and the heathen must
have got the best of it-
A writer in a Presbyterian paper
calls upon every honorable man to hang
his head in shame, because America
pay $23,200,0110 for liquor, $10,000,000
for dogs, aud barely s lueeze out $,'Uu0
JOO for preachers of the Gospel.
The New Haven Register ssys the
Wiusted Din factory tarn out nearly six
million pins a day thirty-six millions
per week, or about a pin for each woman .
,i..l ..Kll.l it. Ih, 1'iiila.l Slalw 'a
then "what becomes of all the pins?"
The wives and children of sixty of
the Kiowas and Camanches who sur
rendered at Staked Plains and are to be
L-ouliiieil at St. Augustine. Fla., are to
lie transported there at the expense of
the government. They number about
three buudred.
The Supreme court of Iowa has de- .
cideil that witnesses cannot be held in
.-onlineinent, and that they must be re
leased on their own recognizance. This
looks like simple justice, but it will
render the conviction of criminals ex
tremely difficult.
It Isn't often that a man Is married
by his own son, but such an occurrence
took place the other day In New York.
I'he bridegroom was Captain James Lit
.le a shipmaster, and bride Mrs. Mary
Atwood. The clergymen was Rev.
lames A- Little, of Pennsylvania.
Vice President Wilson. In his re
mit trip to the South "visited the
rraves of Jackson and Clav: of Tarlor
unl Polk, of Crittenden, Bell and Ben
on' the graves. In (act of men who
ad been President, men who should
rave beet: President,' an I men who
wanted to bs President.