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YOL. XXX.
MIFFLINTOWN, JU1IIATA COUNTY,-PENNA., MARCH 22. 1876.
NO. 12.
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. "CLOSISfr DATS. ,
e pilung breakers on the befh seem to
.. .. thf listeniuj; ear - " '
' , ToiIoft. plaintive dirge foe tho
. departing year;
y ifte lk wbirrd o'er the path by the
hrp Aotoinn treeze, , .
' 1b eddying clooda re faJiDg list trom all Um
TOHtlmg ireea. , -., .;
frost-beads spsrklc on the grssa, bright In
the chill; dawn ; ,
mattifas Uirush bis lone; meal seeks on
die rectory lawn ;
Tfee Iauru-ouaa 'kum to snow her white and
roseate flowers
ggre. toten that bare fled at last the Summers
golden boars.
Bltck bemee on the priret hang, the aah shows
clusters red.
Cjarai with a scarlet diadem King Oak's ma
jestic b-ad ;
The elzus are orange, the quten btech is robed
iB ruaeet brown.
jUiJ frooi the graceful pendant birch dun
ItaTcs come showeruig down.
Cloee in be furze the linnet lies, the lark's
shrill voice le mute,
o Joiver from the cherry boo&h the blackbird
tnnes bi flute ;
Tlie whitetUroiU and the nightingale to sunnier
choirs hare flown.
And on the berried buU;-bongh the redbreast
sing alone.
Ah, sweet and solemn are the days that mark
the dying year
leaking like music in the heart some slum
ber nn memories dear
Of times pone by. of friends long dead, of
lmppy flee tin hours.
ft ben our tond youth was one long dream of
lore and Jo; and flowers.
A Double Wedding.
Marjorie Wallace represented to me
ail Unit a nol'le, eenenms, self-sacri-fUiuii
nimiaiilxxxi. My gratitude t
ber l tr:in n heu 1 was teu years old.
and i-lie came to tlie liovel where uiy
nitln-r li.itl wrapeJ out MTtnty food lor
her'lf atttl tor me longer tliau nij
memory ncalls. he lilted lue from
that mother's dead, cold form, where I
was H.bbinj; out my childish HfTOiiy,
and covering my thin, chilled limbs in
her o ii velvet cloak, carried me in her
anu" to her carriage, to her home, to
luxury, ease ami love. I never had been
loved. My mother loved gin, and 1101
tier t'iiihl. I w as fed w hen drink hail
maJe her good-natured, beaten when
tlnuk around a brutal demou in her
heart. 1 tell thi that it may be under
Wood what I ow ed to Marjorie Wallace.
o. 1 can never tell it. She carried roe
to htT home; she clothed me in garment.-
as soft and as tine as her ow n ;
she shared every luxury of her splendid
home with nie; she gave me teachers
for all studies suite. I to my age. As 1
grew to woinauhood she introduced ine
to society as her adopted sister. Best
of all. she loved me!
she was twenty-five when she took
me home, and for eight years 1 can re
call only happiness. 1 had no whim
uiigratitied, no reasonable wish crossed
or denied. If I had been indeed the
sister she called me she could not have
lavished upon me more tender care and
afle-tio!i-
Vt hen I was eighteen 1 had a lover
who m ou my whole heart. .1 gare him
love, unconsciously, and w hen his words
showed me what my own sensations
meant 1 shrank uaek'affrighted. With
the intuition of deep, grateful affection,
1 knew that Marjorie had wrapped up
her life in mine, tjhe stood utterly
alone in the world. Her paid com
panion and housekeejier was a matron
ot middle age, whose whole soul was
absorbed iu preserves, pickles, and
crochet work. In her loneliness she
hac' taken me into her great, noble
heart, and when I left her I knew I
should leave her desolate.
So I shrank back from the avowal
that was such an ecstasy of delight,
such a hitter self-reproach. I thought
I bad conquered all traces of emotion
in my face as I went from the garden
where we had walked my lover and
myself to Marjorie's sitting room. But
she looked into my face, with her soft,
beautiful eyes shadowed by a troubled
inquiry.
"Have you quarreled with Stephen ?"
she aked".
'o I have not quarreled we
that is 1 do not think he w ill come
again."'
r'or the first time she frowned sternly.
"Is it possible that you are that base
tritler, a coquette," she said, in a voice
full of indignation, '"that you have led
Meplieii to believe you loved him only
from vanitv, and have rejected his hon
et. true lover"
In my deep pain that she could so
misjudge me I sobbed out the truth,
that 1 loved Stephen, but it seemed to
me a base ingratitude to desert her.
"Child! child!" she said, softly,
gathering me in her arms, "Heaven
forbid your life should be sacrificed to
me: Did you ever hear among our
friends of mv love story "
"Never!"! said, earnestly. "But I
knew there w as a great grief in your
life, at soi n. time. 1 could see that iu
your eyes, even in your smile. It is
tender and sweet but never joyous."
Wben I was your age," she said,
gently stroking mv hand as she bfoke,
"I was called handsome, and 1 was as
light-hearted as a bird. My orphan
hood was an event so long past that 1
have no recollection of my parents; but
my uncle was lather aiid dear com
anion to me. He was a wealthy man,
and gave me every advantage wealth
can bestow. And when Arnold Hal
ci untie "
1 started at that name, but Marjorie
did not notice, continuing her story:
"wooed me for his wife, L'ucle
Charles made no objection, though my
lover w as a poor man, compared to my
uncle. We were very happy in those
days, very happy ! Arnold was a true,
noble uian, one to whom love was a
sacred word, a woman's heart a sacred
truL We had been betrothed nearly
six months, when Thanksgiving Iay
was drawing near, and Uncle Charles
decided to accept an iuvitatiou to Seinl
the dav with some city friend; and re
Biaiii at a hotel for a week, to give lm
an opportunity to do some shopping
"'or in the spring I was to be Arnobi
Halcomlie's w il'e. We started off gayly,
and siH-nt a most delightful week in
New York. L'ucle Charles was a resi
dent there during several years before
lie retired from business, and could take
ne to vis-it all points -of Interest, ffr
made large purchases for my bridal
outfit, and returned home.
"Alas! we returned, mourning he
vily, where we had left so gayly. Upou
?ur trin from the city, Cncle Charles,
hi some way, made a false step upon
the platform of a railway car, and fell,
llljuriiiw himself so severe! v that imme
diate amputation of both legs became
necessary. It was in my power then to
epay me devotion and care tnat naa
been lavished unon me. and I faithfully
endeavored to alleviate my dear uncle's
uueriugs in every way in my power.
"It was then, dee.r. that my heart
basest Ingratltndef seemed to me In
volved in my mariage, necessitating a
divided duty, even If mv husband would
consent to lire here. That, too, I hesl-
u7u iu k, ior, as vou kiiow. tne lile
here will better suit a retired elderly
man or woman than a young, ambitione
aspirant for the world's honors ' and
profit.- So I made my choice."
But your choice was to remain with
your uncle." !
"Yes, dear, I remained here. Arnold
Halcombe', the noblest man I ever knew,
did not make my duty harder br anger
at his dismissal. Very sadly" he ad
mitted the necessity of the case and left
me. Even then he would have corres
ponded with me, have held himself
bound; but that f would not permit.
My uncle's life was not In danger, and
1 would not let Arnold waste the best
years of his manhood, without wife or
home. So we bade each other farewell,
and a few mouths later, I heard that my
lover had joined a party of men going
to Australia."
"And have you never heard of him
since?"
"Xever!" My uncle lived six years.
When 1 was most desolate, after his
death, I found you. Y'ou have been my
comfort for eight long years; but 1 do
uot mean to tie your young life down
to mine. When I die," I hope to leave
you happy In your own home. Stephen
know s this, dear."
"Marjorie," I whispered, "did Arnold
Halcombe marry?"
"I never knew, dear."
"But you do you still love him ?"
"Yes, dear, I shall love him while I
live."
She told me no more then of her heart
history, but talked, of Stephen, of our
love, of her entire sympathy in our fu
ture. I think she "must have written
to him, for in the evening he came
again, and we were betrothed.
1 knew that Stephen must return to
his business in Xew York in a lew days
but he promised to return in a few
months' time, to spcud Thanksgiving
Marjorie gave him a cordial inviiatioi
to be our guest. But when Marjori
left us alone, for the confidences lover
exchange, 1 plunged at once into the
ubject that had beeu in my mind all
day.
"Stephen," I said, "tell me again
about your cousin's offer."
"Why, do you want to go to An
tral ia?" he cried, iu amazeii.ent.
"So, but I waut to kuow something
about your coiiMti."
"There is but little to tell. When I
was a mere boy lie went to Australia,
poor man. lie iu vested a verv small
capital in sheep, hiring his farm.
Gradually he increased his stock, bough
the farm, and became an euoriuousl.
wealthy man. About six months ago
he came to New York, intending to re
main there. But he wishes still to re
tain some of his Australian possessions,
and is looking for an agent, -to whom
lie otters far greater advantages than
those he enjoyed himself. When he
first propo-cd tame to go, I thought, as
I think now, that I preferred to pursue
the business I have here, and grow rich
slowly than to exile myself, perhaps for
years. But had you persisted in what
you said this morning, I think to-morrow
I should have accepted my cousin's
offer."
"Is your cousin married?"
"Xo, indeed ! And yet he is as free !
from bachelor eccentricities as I am.
He had some disappointment in his
votith. but it never soured or embit
tered him. He is a splendid fellow,
one of the handsomest men I ever saw,
and as noble as he is fine-looking. But
why are vou interested about nun ?
"1 will tell you when you come again.
In themieantime. will vou use your In
fluence to persuade him to come with
you ?"
"Here?"
"Yes, here! Bring him for Thanks
giving. Make any excuse you like,
only bring him !"
"But 1 do not unJerstanu," oegan
Stephen.
"Aever mind! 1 nave promised to
tell you then."
"I will bring him, if he will come!"
I was sure lie would come ! It was
hard to carry a secret hidden from Mar
jorie' loving eyes, for an entire month.
but fortunately we were soon engrosser
cn wedding preparations, for jiar-
iorie. remembering her own broken
jove-dream, had consented and won my
ionsent to stepnen s wisn to oe inarrieu
in January.
So we spent tne late uctoDer ami
early November days iu stitching busily
upon the finery that every bride wishes
to take to her new home. And as our
needles flew in and out upon the dainty
work we reserved from that in hired
hands, Marjorie told me more of her
own vouthtul ine, revealing uncon
sciously how purely unselfish she had
ever been, now her wnoie ine nau
gradually led upward to the noble
self-sacrifice that left her at thirty
three still single.
When Thanksgiving came, all my
nervous anxiety about our preparations
was attribjted to my desire to have
Stephen pleased ; but strange as it may
seem, I was net thinking of Stephen.
He was to come on the train due at
balf-past eleven, and the carriage was
sent to the station to meet him. .
I was dressed early, and fussed about
Marjorie till even her quiet gentleness
was roused to oposilion.
Why, child, it is absurd," she said,
as I dragged my favorite of all her
dresses fram the wardrobe.
"1 shall look like a goose in that, in
the morning."
"But we will have no chance to dress
again," I urged, "aud this is so becom
ing!"
1 had pulled her hair down, and was
twining the magnificent raven lengths
into the most becomiiiK coiffure my skill
could compass. Iu the glossy braids I
twisted a hair wreatn oi nne leaves wiui
the scarlet blossoms I had stolen from
the conservatory. The dress Marjorie
would not wear, but she chose a heavy
black silk, with trimmings of thread
lace, and let me put a scarlet how upon
the tine lace at the throat, and coral
earrings in the small white ears.
"1 look like a flamingo!" sne pro-
"Y'on lock like a queen," I per
sisted. ...
And she did look superbly handsome.
The folds of rich silk training upou the
ground suited well lier tail, nooie ng
ure, and her face was always the m.t
beautiful one I ever saw. Her lite ot
constant usefulness, charity, and l"el
lectual development, had lelt iu seal iu
ihe depths of her large dark eyes, the
Miiile tiou her perlect mouth.
It required some diplomacy to escape
observation when 1 led our visitors Into
the house, but I invented an. errand
that sent Marjorie to my room just as
the carriage drove up.
Stephen was accompanied by his
cousin, and my first look into his hand
some face convinced me that memory
was busy at finding himself in JlaHo
rie's house. I gave scant greeting to
Stephen before I drew Arnold Halcouihe
:.A th lihrarr. I scarcely know in
what words I told him of my debt to
Marjorie, of her confidence to me, and
my plan, of which I was careful to as
sure him she was totallyignorant. But
his answer sent me with flying feet to
seek my benefactress. .
I found her in my room Tainly search
ing for the ornament nau iasi in uijr
pocket, but my face caused her to pause
in the task. -
"What good news does Stephen bring
that makes my little girl so radiant?"
she asked. -'
I put my arms about her, and holding
her fast, I said, almost sobbing in my
eagerness:-
"Marjorie. since the day yon lifted
tne from' tny-poverty and suffering to
utter happiness, I have newer ceased to
pray that at some time I might be per
mitted to bring some brightness to
you. ' " - "
"Dear child, every hour you are with
me answers your prayer," she said,
lovingly.
"But I never hoped," I said, softly;
"of his true, unchangiug love for you ;
of his faithi'u) devotion to the oue deep
affection of his life; of Marjorie, Mar
jorie, or his presence here to-day to tell
you this himself !
I was sobbing by this time in excited
joy. But Marjorie, ouly a little paler,
her eyes slow ly irradiating w ith glori
ous light, said :
"Here? Arnold here?"
"In the library, waiting for you!" I
answered, suddenly releasing her,
plunging down stairs, rushing in upon
patient Stephen iu the draw ing room
aud executing a pa teul for his benefit
mat certainly would have admitted me
to any lunatic asylum in the country,
i'hcu 1 pulled him down, and in whis
pers told him all about it, laughing aud
crying, till he declared 1 would wind
up with a fit of hysterics.
But I didn't. 1 was as proper and
prettily behaved as possible when Mar
jorie came iu, leaning upon Arnold
tlaloombe'g arm, with every lurking
shadow chased from ber face by the
gentle happiness there, while be, erect
tud proud, looked as a man does who
aius the supreme desire of his heart
Iter years of waiting. :
We were too late for church, but if
ver true, - lerveut thanksgiving as
cended from a grateful, happy heart, I
mi aure it rose trout Mai jorie. s ou that
ovembcr diy, when Arnold came to
pier.
We had a double weeding In January,
and Steptien carried me to his New
York home; but we make frequent
Holidays to the lovely home where
larjorie gives us cordial welcome, aud
i here, I am sure, she tuts the desolation
ilreaded to leave, all swept away in
ne happiness of her husbaua's presence
uid Oevoted love.
Hsad-StaklM.
"Ybo is lie that will strike hands
itb uie V sks Job. "A man void of
jutesiaudiuK strikes hauos, aud be-
comet h suieiy iu Ukj pieseuce of bis
fi lends, saltu the witte King ot Israel.
In this old-world custom of striking
hands, band-shaking, no doubt, orijci-
uated, for, before it became a mere
fneudly greeting, a shake ot the baud
was accented as a tiled if e. When Fer
dinand and Mirauda strike their ten
der bargain be says, "Here is my hand,"
and sue replies, "And mine with my
heart on it." Dunbar, Lord Treasurer
of Scotland, congratulating Ye! vert on
noon bavin? made bis peace at Court.
Maid to him, "I will desire your friend
ship, as you do mine, and 1 will promise
to do you my best ; whereupon as
pledge I give you my hand !" And so,
shaking Yelverton by the hand, be
bade bim farewell. Nowadays a shake
of the hand may mean very much, or
nothing at all. The strong, hearty
grip tor grip of two old, long-parted
friends, meeting unexpectedly, is one
thins: the nerveless, loose, indifferent
clasp of aquaintanct ship another. Syd
ney Smith attempted to ciaxsiiy naua
sliakes, dividing them iuto high official,
the seuulcbral. the digitory, the suatus
rusticus, and the retentive. The first
was practiced by the then Archbishop
of 1 ork. 'twho kept his body erect,
earned your hand aloft to a level with
bis chin, ana gave it a rapia. snort
shake." Sir John Mackintosh affected
the sepulchral, "laying his open baud
flat on your palm, so coldly you were
hardly aware of iu contiguity" The
digitoiy in favor with the hiiro clergy
was adopted by Brougham, who used
to Dut forth Ins torennger witn. now
are yout ' The ehakus rusticus was
having "your band seized in an iron
grasp, betokening rude health, a warm
heart, ana distance irom tne metropo
lis, but producing a sense of relief
when your band is released with the
tinkers unbroken. All the lear
UOUH(i.
Brand w tmr the IWaaae.
On the occasion of a recent visit of a
party of prominent citizens of Montreal
to the new luuatic asylum which has
been established by the Sisters of Prov
idence, near that city. Dr. Howard, the
medical superintendent of that institu
tion, made some interesting remarks
upon his method of treatment, which
will nrobably excite surprise among a
good many of those who have made a
special study of mental disease. Dr.
Ilow aru saiu mat, in uuropmion, it was
impossible to treat lunatics, and cure
them, without liquor.. He had tried it
thoroughly, and found no medicine that
could be substituted for brandy noth
ing that would add, in such a material
manner, to the brain substance. He
said, however, that his theory was not
new ; for the most ancient writers on
iusanity believed in stimulation, aud
applied it in the treatment ol the insane,
but the niouern practice rune generally
to the use ol sedatives. The asylum un
der his charge, he further said, had
been open Tor the receptiou of patients
only about six weeks, aud that thirty
two ot them had already been discharged
cured, w hile upon his books there were
tne names of ninety-two more for whose
ultimate recovery he had the most san
guine hopes. On all of these pa
tients he hid used brandy liberally,
and in every instance its effect bad been
quite happy. He would rewommend
braudy to every muatic asyium in we
world, and no stiuted quantities of it at
that.
Flrea la
Most people, even mauy intelligent re
formers, have the idea that to sleep
iu a cold room is good esseiitial to
health. It Is an error. It is better to
have an open tire in your bed-mom.
The atmosphere is not only by this
means constantly changed, but w ith ihe
fire you will keep the window open,
w hich w ill add greatly to tlie nei-ded
ventilation. But more than this, with
the tire you will have fewer bedclothes
over you, which is a gain, as a large
number of blankets not only interfere
-oniewhat with the circulation and res
piration, but prevents the escape of
those gasaes w men me sain is cenamiy
emitting. Evej furnace or stove heat
with au open window is better than a
close, cold loom. Interchange with the
external atmosphere depends upon the
temperature of the air within and with
out. But let us have the fire. Let us
go without silks, broadcloths, carpets,
and finery of all kinds if necessary, that
we mav have this purifier and diffuser
of joy in all our nouses, in my own
bouse I have ten open grates aud find
with coal at eleven dollars the expense
is frightful, and if it were in any other
department of housekeeping, I should
feel I could not afford it; but in this I
do not flinch, so important do 1 deem
the open fire. Dio Ltvit.
TiMltlMi BtelarflaMT to Hit) i
Certain traditions relating to birds
ami beasts are only explicable on the
supposition that they were once objects
of divination or worship. ' The okl Ger-
i macs, we Jtuow from Tacitus, used
" 1 I.. , w I t 1-
W1UU9 nores,as toeiwuiaoi ucu ci" v
ens, for Burnoses of tunnr. -5
vlned future event from different into
nations of neighings. Hence it proba
bly is that the discovery of a horse-shoe
' of the reclines that once attached to the
animal itself still surviving round the
iron of iu hoof. For horses, like dogs
or birds, were invariably accredited with
a greater insight into futurity than man
himself; and the many superstitions
connected with the flight or voice of
birds resolve themselves into the fajcy,
not inconceivable among men surroun
ded on all sides by unintelligible
tongues, that birds were the bearers of
messages and warnings to men, which
skill and observation might hope to in
terpret. Why is the robiu's life and
nest sacred and why does an injury to
either bring about bloody milk, light
ning, or ram? Ihe Christian legend
says that it extracted a thorn from the
crown of Christ, or that it daily bears
to hell a drop water of water to put out
j the Barnes, and accounts in either way
I for the red dye on iu breast. But this
heathen belief, like the reason for the
unluckiness of the magpie, that it would
not enter the ark. but sat jabbering out
side over the drowned world ; or like
the idea of the aspen still trembling at
tne part It played In the crucifixion, it
' has been suggested that the robin, on
. account, of its color, was onee sacred to
j Thor, the god of lightning; yet. Is it
not possible that its red breast singled
j it out for worship from among birds Jun
as its red berries the rowan from among
trees long before its worshippers had ai
i rived at auy idea of abstract divinities;
All over the world there is a regard for
things red. In the Highlands women
, tie some red thread rouud the cows' tails
I before turning them out to grass iu
Spring, and tie red silk round their own
fingers to keep off the witches; aud,
just as in Ksihonia mothers put some
. ml threat! In their babies cradles, so in
China they tie some round their child
ren wrists, ana teach them to regard
red as the best known safeguard against
' evil spirits. Indeed one of the chief
j lessous .f couiarative folk-lore is a cau
tion against the theory w hlch deduces
popular traditions Irom Aryan or other
mythology. We have already alluded
to the fact that iu parts of China the
same feelings prevail about the swallow
as iu England or Germany. But there
are yet other analogies between the
East and the West. A crow ing hen is
an object of universal dUlkike in Eng
land and lint tan y, aud few families in
China will keep a crowing hen. The
owl's voice is ominous of death or other
calamity in England and Germany, as
it was in Greece, (except at Athens;)
hut in the Celestial Empire also it pre
sages death, and is iegardcd as the bird
w hich calls for the soul. And the crow,
also, is in China a bird of ill omen. Is
it not, therefore, likely that all popular
fancies about birds and animals have
begun in the same way, among the same
or different races of the globe, and were
subsequently adopted, but never origi
nated by mythology? May it not oe
that certain birds or animals became
prominent in mythology because they
had already been prominent in tradi
dition. rather than that they became
prominent in tradition because they pre
viously had been prominent in mythol
ogy? "ForinsUnce, instead of tracing
a dog's howling as a death omen to an
Aryan belief that the dog guided the
soul from iu earthly tenement to its
abode in heaven, may we not suppose
that the myth arose from an already ex
isting omen, and that the latter arose,
as omens still do, from a coincidence
which suggested a connection subse
quently sustained by superficial obser
vation ? The St. Swithlu fallacy, which
arose withiu historical memory and
still holds its ground in an age of sci
entific observation, well illustrates bow
one striking coincidence may grow iuto
a belief, which no amount of later evi
deuce can weaken or destroy. -Just so,
if it happened that a dog howled shortly
before some calamity occurred to our
Aryan forefathers, thousands and thou
sands of years ago, long before they bad
attained to any thoughts of soul or hea
ven, we can well imagine that the dog,
which already betokened death, should,
when they came to frame the niytii, be
conceived as the guide which was wait
ing for the soul to take It to heaven, and
that the belief thus perpetuated by the
myth might survive to the latest ages.
It. at all events, militates against the
exclusive Aryan nature of the belief.
aud exemplifies the extraordinary co
incidence of ideas among different peo
ple, that the Esquimaux lay a dog's
head by tlie grave of a child, for "the
soul of a dog can find its way every
where, and will show the Ignorant
babe the w ay to the land of souls !"
Cvrnhill Magazine.
HskIbbs Irwa Ike Talusad.
"Three virtues will be especially pro
claimed in heaven the virtue of a
young man who lives pure in a large
city, the virtue of a poor man who re
stores a lost treasure, the virtue of a
rich man who gives without osteuta
tion." "Every sin is allied to igno
rance." "Never cast a stone Into a well
out of which you have once drunk."
"Who cares not for the sick Is all one
with a murderer." "He who lent
money should try not to meet him to
whom be has ient it." "The bouse
which opens not to the poor will open
to the physician." "It is," says Git
tim, "a duty to support and protect the
poor of other nations as well as those of
Israel," a doctrine which Sir Moses
MOutedore ha- not lelt unobserved.
There is almost au excess f charity iu
Kiddushim. where we are told a servant
should be treated as oneself, with the
same kind of table, o food, of bed ; uot
the lord to be ou a soft bed, but the ser
van tou oue f straw; uot the lord to
eat delicate dishes, but coarse food to be
given to the servant. "A camel dance
in a piut pot," is a proverb to repre
hend exaggeration. Of the uncertainly
of life they say, "Many old camels carry
to market the skins of young ones," as
the German Die Allen bfpmbtn oft thn
jmmijtM. Of respect to instructors : "He
wno learua of another, a single letter
should lorthat letter repect him."
Maimouides says, "If aiuau'a fattier
and his Rabbi have both lost something,
the mail should first seek that lost by
the Rabbi." So a Rabbi is to be re
deemed from slavery before a parent;
for a parent is ouly responsible for his
child's boly, but the Rabbi is responsi
ble foe his miud. Among those tilings
which bring old age into the world is
the phlebotouiist Pharisee, the Blind
KkleicUer, as Buxtorf happily calls him.
The term is applied to those who, out
of egregious chastity, walk with half
shut eyes lest by chance they should
look on a woman and long after her,
and so run full against a wall, aud re
tire, alas! no wiser, with bruised and
bleeding brows. "Go down the lad
der," it is written in Nashlm," to
choose a wife ; go up the ladder to choose
a friend." So Juvenal ntolerafciiiw f-
kil ttt owam facmima dire. It is also gal
lantly written. "A garland of roses for
a riri. and of nettles for an old woman."
ar-eight things which in a great
v Tee are troublesome, out in a small
Tree delightful. They are walking,
e work, wine, sleep, hot water,
-:55rt, ud bleeding. Cvmhill Mana-
It Is Lord Bacon who tays:""tHel t
mus, spirit, ana tne wit or a nation are
discovered in iu proverbs;" and Earl
Russell defined a proverb admirably
when he called It ihe"Wisdomof many,
and the wit of one" that U, the wis
dom ot many baying observed a fact,
one wittier than the rest puts it into
some happy phrase. So also Pope :
Tma wit is nature to advantage dressed
What oft was thought but ne'er so well ex
pressed.
As for the wit of a nation Being dis
covered in iu proverbs, this is true with
the reserve that almost every proverb
worth repeating may be round In many
languages, indicating a common origin
perhaps, certainly showing that all men
are of one kin. A proverb, in fact,
should be that touch of nature which
will make all feel alike aud all accept
it.
The following are a few proverbs,
some cf which combine much shrewd
Observation with caustic wit, and which
are all deserving of being treasured in
our memories and uken as a guidance
in life.
. Life itself is so short and so near to
us all that we do not wonder at the sum
of wisdom being to the Babylonian,
"Eat, drink, and love," or, as some say,
"live." It is the old material's! idea,
"Enjoy the present hour."
The Syrian bits this oil admirably
when he says. ''The egg of to-day, aud
not the hen of to-morrow."
We say, "A bird In the hand is worth
two in the bush," calling in alliteration
to aid us to remember that promised
happiness is uncertain.
f - To-morrow never comes, we are
told ;" but there are others who have
turned the go.nl of waiting into words
of wisdom as true as they are poetical.
Attrnpos of eggs, Jerrold has said with
sweetest poetry, "Patienc- wanted a
nightingale; Patience wailed, at id the
egg sang."
A parallel piece of poetry Is a French
proverb, "With time and patience a
mulberry leaf becomes satin."
Another writer tells us that "Pa
tience aud Faith alone can conquer
Time;" and the French have a beauti
ful line, which the poet Lougl'ellw has
thus Englished, "All things come round
to him w ho will but wait." Fiually he
would rather have the egg than th,
lieu may consider himself -sat upon'e
y the mighty Shakespeare and bis
weighty pity, "How poor are they that
have not patience!" "Walt that is tl.e
lesson of life," says one; but, answers
another, "A setting hen uever gete fat."
"Ay, ay," rejoins the first, "but a 'rol
ling stone gathers no moss.' " Both
thrust and parry, lunge and riposte are
good : a setting hen does not want to
get fat, but she hatches her chickens;
and the rolling stone, we may suppose,
sees the world.
There are some excellent Syrlac pro
verbs. The Moslem Syrian laughs at
the "Jew beggar who neither enjoys
this world nor the next;" and, while
we say "Hard words break no bones,"
he puU his view (the same) In more ap
propriate words "A thousand curses
never tore a shirt." "Speech is of sil
ver, silene Is gold," made popular here
by Carlyle, is German, but the original
is Syriac, and is manifestly Eastern. 1
bad many mends when my vines gave
wine," embodies the common experi
ence that prosperity begets friends aud
adversity tries thvm; so we see tnat
what Is true in the West Is true also In
East.
Am EBallata Sldlera Story.
"Y'ou tell me Sir. that you were in
die Army during the Crimea? Well,
you must recollect how, in those days,
everything French was admired, and
now many r rencn customs were adop
ted in the service? Some Colonels of
cavalry went in for leather overalls.
The infantry never ceased agitating till
they got leave to wear the mustache. In
some regiments the forage caps of the
officers were fashioned so as to look as
much like the French kepi as possible.
The Zouave dress was copiiil and adop
ted in our nest India reginenu. ear
ly all the younger officers shaved off
their w hiskers as soon as the campaign
was over, aud Frenchmen like, w ore
the mustache only. In short, the Ar
ray got for a considerable period the
complaint of 'France on the brain,' and
suuered more or less rrom it until lsu.
During and after the German-French
war many scores of our officers visited
the Prussian armies and head quarters.
and the form of professional illness
w as changed. They caught -Germany
on the brain,' they brought It home
with them, imparted it to others, and
it is at present very prevalent indeed.
Now, one of the most decided symptous
of the Illness is that of speaking roughly,
and even bruUlly, to those of an infe
rior rank. I have heard tell that in the
Prussian service, when an officer is In
specting his men before parade, or
wheu about to mount guard, it is by no
means uncommon to see a Capuin or
subaltern slap a private soldier on the
face for not being up to the mark in
cleanliness of himself or his arms. Now,
au English officer never has gone, and
uever will go, so far as that. It would
not be allowed for a moment in the ser
vice, nor would our men put up with
such treatment. But there can be no
doubt of the fact that,in a milder degree,
this symptou of 'Germany on the brain'
has seized many who bear commissions
in the Army, aud the disease has -pread
to the nou-commUsioned officers." AU
the Tear Jl'iuud.
A SliluevM ef Ma Hash las; Iwa.
One. other scene may properly be
added to this brief record ot the strug
gles aud triumphs ol old New Yora.
mere came a auusiiiiiy uay iu April,
17 Sit, whet. George Washingtou, Presi
dentelect of the United &utes by the
unanimous voice ol tlie people, stood ou
a baicuuy iu iroul of the tx uate Chaui-
oer in tlie old federal 11 all ou Wall
street, to Uke the oath ot office. An
immense multitude oiled the streets,
and the windows and roofs of the ad-
joiutiig bouses. Clad iu a suit ol dark
orowu clotli oi American manuiactuie,
with hair powdered, and wuu wuite
aila. stocaiugs, silver shoe-ouckles aud
aleel-hilled dress sword, the hero who
uad lel the colonies to their indepen
dence came uiuOesUy lorward toUke up
the burdens that peace had brought.
Profound sileuie fell upou the multi
tude as Washingtou respouded aohnuuly
to the reading ot Uie oath of office, "I
swear so help me God." Then, amid
cheers, the display of flags, aud the
ringing of all the bens in tne city, our
first President turnea to iace uie uuties
his countrymen had imposed upon him.
In siirbt of those who would have made
an idol ol him, Washington's first act
was to seek the aid or other strengtn
than his own. In the calm sunshine of
that April afternoon, fragrant with the
presence or seea-time anu tne promise
of harvest, we leave him on his knees
in Old St. Paul s, toweu wttn tne sim
plicity of a child at tne feet ox tne u
pre nie Ruler of the universe. Scrifmer's
use Pelwta la Jewlaa Character.
This Jewish egotism is shown in some
peculiarities ol their ancient tonrue.
Fc the pro aonn "1 " the Hebrew has
two forma, lor the nronoun "we.'
three forma. - The word "self" has sev
eral equivalent, wards expressing
subjective qualities are ncn in synon
yms. There are twelve words which
meaav Hbmk,'-twsUvsweetU-which
mean to "hide," eighteen woids which
mean to "see," twenty-one words which
mean to "speak," while to "speak," and
to "think" can be expressed by the
same word. In everything which be
longs to personality, to individuality,
the Hebrew language is redundant.
On the other hand, the language is
poor in conjunctions, in words which
seem to join men to the men or things
around them. And this linguistic pe
culiarity is seen in the literature of
the Jews, which deals with personal
fortunes more than with general ideas.
The Jew is interested in the illustra
tion oi nis own expenence, and cares
little for mere philosophy. That Blur
of the wise Preacher upon mere wisdom
suits the Hebrew people still, and they
have contempt for metaphysical prob
lems. The Hebrew would know about
himself, whence he came, what he is,
and what will become of bim, and has
not much heed of the Dhilosonbv of
other things. He rejects, however.
most energetically, the materialist
theory of mind as the product of mere
sensation a sheet of paper on which
the senses inscribe all that is written.
The Jews prefer philosophy which
is bound up in the evenu of a human
life.
Other illustrations raiffht be riven of
this egotism of the Jews, such as the
imputation in debate with rivals of
personal motives, or the tendency to
nun tne ideas ot ueutue writers in
their own honks, which some times be
trays them into anachronisms. But the
objective character of the Jews, their
uuot lhsbnea.iH equally marked. First.
there is their family .love, the love of
parents witn children, of brothers with
sisters, as strong now aa in the days of
the patriarchs. The finest style of
family lite is seen in Jewish honse
holdn. Then there is their hospitality,
the virtue of an Israelite aa mnch as of
an litbniaelrte. I ben there la their
spiiii of com paaeion for the poor and
suffering. No people care so well for
thuwe ot their race who are' sick or old
or wretched as the Jews, ihe syna
gogue is not more important than the
hospital. Christian merrv is ouly bor-
wed .rum the Jewish virtue. empha
tically enjoined in the Sacied Books.
Them air uo Jewitdi bt-ifgara, not only
iH-cause the oeoule are too Droud to
beg, but because the want of the poor
is met so well by brotherly kindness.
L nitarian Revievr.
Let as Help One Aatr.
This little sentence should be written
on every heart and stamped on every
memory. It should be the golden rule
practiced not only in every household,
but throughout the world. By helping
oue another we not only remove thorns
from the pathway and anxiety from the
mind, but we feel a sense of pleasure iu
our ow n hearts, knowing we are doing
a duty to a fellow creature. A helping
baud, or an encouraging word is no loss
to as, yet it is a benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power of this little sen
tence? Who has not needed the en
couragement and aid of a kind friend ?
How soothing, when perplexed with
some task that Is mysterious and burth
wrae, to feel a gentle band on the shoul
der, and to hear a kind voice whisper
ing, "Do not feel discouraged. 1 see
your trouble let me help you." What
strength is inspired, what hope created,
what sweet gratitude Is felt, and the
great difficulty is dissolved as dew be
neath the sunshine. Y'es, let us help
one another byendeavoringto strength
en and encourage the weak and lifting
the burden off from the weary and op
pressed, that life may glide smoothly
on and the fount of bitterness yield
sweet waters; and He, whose willing
band is ever ready to aid us, will re
ward our humble endeavors, and every
good deed will be as "bread cast upon
the waters to return after many days,"
if not to us, to those we love.
Slleeellaaeeaa alters.
Taking a donkey towards his ordinary
place of residence is a very different
thing and a feat much more easily ac
complished than taking him from
it. It requires a good deal of foresight
and presence of mind iu the one case to
anticipate the numerous flights of his
discursive imagination, whereas in the
other all you to do is to hold on and
place a blind confidence in the animal.
There is little doubt that troubles are
exceedingly gregarious in their nature,
and flying in flocks are apt to perch ca
priciously, crowding on the heads of
some poor wighu until there is not an
inch room left on their unlucky crowns,
and Uking no more notice ot others who
ofler as good resting-places than if
they had no existence.
It is curious to consider what a cheap
article ink is, and how far it may be
made to go. As a grain of musk will
scent a drawer for many years, and
still lose nothing appreciableof its orig
inal weight so a half-penny worth of
ink would blot a man to the roots of his
legs without appearing to diminish iu
the inkstand.
None of us clearly know to whom or
to w hat we are indebted until some stop
page in the whirling wheel of life brings
the right perception with it. It comes
with sickness; it comes with sorrow; it
conies with the loss of the dearly loved ;
it is one of the most frequent uses of ad
versity . Uirken.
Fidelity.
Never forsake a friend. When enemy's
gather around, when sicklies falls Uion
the heart, when all the world is dark
and cheei less, is the time to try true
friendship. The heart that has been
touched with true gold will redouble
iu efforts when the friend is sad and
in trouble. Adversity tries true
friendship, They who run from the
scene of distress betray their hy pochrisy
and prove that interest ouly moves them.
If you have a friend that loves you, who
has studied your interest aud happiness,
be sure to sustain him in adversity.
Let him feel that his former kindness
is appreciated, and that his love was
not thrown away.
A Cklaeae Paper.
The Pekin Gazette has been established
over one thousaud years, aud probably
iu present numbers are exact counter
parts of the first it issued. It covers
ten pages, 4x8 inches, aud has a yello-v
cover, on which iu name is printed. It
is the ouly native paper in a kingdom
of four hundred aud fourteen million
souls, among a people who have a liter
ature which is vaster in iu influence
than that of any other nation. It is ex
clusively confined to official notes. The
Chinese", slow, proud and conservative,
have made no progress in a thousand
years.
Kataaealld I alwefcy Hew.
Never have anything to do with an
unlucky man. I have seen many clever
men, very clever men, who had no
shoes to their feet. I never act with
them. Their advice sounds very well,
but they cannot get on themselves ;
and if they cannot do good to thetn-
I selves, how can they do good to me?
locmr colcii.
A Siort Tail Won dey last weak,
eye set fourth to Rome oar the planes
and threw the veils. The Skye was
fare and blew, and the b son tnrougD
his nail raise ore the seen. Dear. yews.
and hairs were rambling on woe sighed.
while on my write rows long strait rose
of maze, ate feat hie or sew. and aa
freahU ThTsatTliieewiTtmke
them.
"Owe," said eye, razing one of the
suit colonels to my knows, "surely this
plant has know pier amongtbe serials!
Sea the rich hew of iU waiving lief
iU flour like a lock of silken bare-ita
golden cede, in rows of colonels, which,
maid into flower and then into doe or
bred, charm hour pallets. It feeds
knot man alone, but the foul of the
heir and fish of the seize."
I might have continued in this stile
an our, but I saw the son had set and
the knight was com in r fast, and it be
gan to reign. My weigh lay threw a
loan would of furs, ewes, and beaches.
The clonds rows hire, the lightening
shown, and the thunder peeled allowed,
till my bole sole was feint witti tear.
Eye flue on my coarse, though my feat
hardly could bare my wait, till my tow
was caught by a decade limn, and I
was throne down, striking my heal on
a roc, which was the caws of a grate
pane. I had no cents left. I nerd
something in my bead like the wring
ing of a Nell, or like the thrill of the
heir after a belle is told. It took sum
thyme two clime back too the rode,
butt then the reirn was dun, and the
stars shown fourth. I gnu the weigh.
and soon reached home. My ant was
at the gait, weighting, and she hide too
meat me. She led me inn, took off my
wet rape, rave me hot tease, and en
sapper of fried souls, with knew wry
bred, so suite that it Kneaaea no preys.
I mm retired to mv nalate. rlad two
Ive down in piece aud wrest. tit Airk
olas. Tom. I want to tell yon about a eat
we had. He waa perfectly white, and
weijtbed thirteen pounds. His name
was Tom ; though Aunt Julia, who
was very precise, always called him
Thomas. 1 suppose, if she had written
him a letter, she would have directed
it to "Thomas Cat. Esq."
Tom was kind enourb to each one of
the family, but he did not like stran
gers. When they came to the house,
he Would ret on the best chair in the
room aud lie there, growling and sulk
ing till they weut away. So he did
not make many new friends.
He was a rreat mouser. Ifheeanrbt
a rat in the barn, be would bring it to
be hou.-e to show it : aud. when we
p rained lum, he seemed much pleased,
lie did uot eat the rats, but caught
tbem for fun. I suppose, or perhaps
from a sense of duty.
Sometimes, on cold days, when no
one let him in at tbe door, he would
ret on the sill ouuide the sitting-room
wiudow, and want to come in that way;
but a flower-sUnd was in front of that
window, and it was too much trouble
to move it even to please Tom.
Oue day be lumped on tbe sin with a
large rat in his month : and, to reward
bim. we opened tbe window, and let
him come in and lie by the hre. The
next day, he jumped on the sill again ;
but he had no rat in his mouth, and we
took no notice of him.
He waited a while, and then went to
the wood-shed, rot an old. dried
mouse-skin, that had been there for
weeks, and. with that in his mouth.
took his seat again on the sill, as much
as to say. "Here is my ticket : now let
me in."
But Tom came to grief at last. He
was very fond of young turkeys. He
did not care to have them stoned with
oysters, or dished with crauberry
sauee, but ate them just as they weie.
He was caught in the act of eating
one by a woman, who had meant to
have that very turkey for her Thanks
riving dinner ; and his life paid the
forfeit.
Cftirf' Goofs. Charlie in a little
boy who lives in Lexington, Mass. He
cannot read and write yet ; but bis
mother reads for- him ; and, ever since
he heard about tbe boy who asked
San la Claus to- bring him a pair of
goats, he has talked a great deal about
having a pair himself.
So his father, who is very kind to
his only boy, bought him a pair of
black goats, with a wagon, whip, har
ness, and every thing complete. The
goau are named Nanny and Lucy.
They are jet black. They belonged to
a boy who trained them well ; so that
they trot along side by side just like
two ponies.
Now, when Charlie got tbem, he
thought it would be a very easy matter
to drive them. So he got iuto tbe wa
gon, and started down the driveway.
They went very well until they came
to a little bill, which they did not like
to go down, when they made a very
short turn ; and over went wagon, boy,
and alL
Before Charlie could ret up, they
trotted back towards home as fast as
they conld trot. Charlie is a plucky
little fellow, and did not like to be beat
in that way ; for there were many
other little boys looking on. Charlie
soon caught np with theroau,got bold
of the reins, turned tbem around, and
took his seat in the wagon again.
This time he did better ; for, when
the goau tried to serve bim the same
turn again, he gave them a sharp cut
with the whip, and they soon knew
that they bad touud their master. At
that, they were as steady aud quiet as
could be wished.
Th! Deacon's Adciee. The ice-pond
by the Scbool-houre is in splendid
skating order, aud it's all a-bloom with
boys aud girls. Such fun as they have !
Such shouting, laughing and darting
this way aud that, like birds or tulips,
or what you will, blown about by the
breeze. This is all very well. The
deacou says it makes unit young agaiu
to see iu For tuat matter, he is often
in among them, skatea and all the
switiesl amoua tbe swift.
"It's glorious sport," says the deacon
sometimes when he's ou tbe way home
with the youngsters, skates in baud,
'glorious sport ! But there's oue thing
1 never do, aud 1 advise you against it
too Ulat us to kueel upou the ice, It
eerms a natural tuiug to do, just for a
uiiuule, when you wish to liguieu your
Uaps; butdou'tyou try it. li's dau
geruus. It may lauie you tor life, and
it in uiettv sure to rive you cold or in
jure you lu oue way or auother."
He S more, but they walk by so
fast thai Jack cannot catch the rest.
Eddie's first Hulk nA am Umbrella.
Ihe lillie boy under bis UuiuielU,
the bught llweis stuck iu bu bat,
amused the people iu the eticet. A
l..d smiled. Oue man stopped, ana
apoite to biui. Two gnu turned around,
aud laughed. "Look at his hat, too,
said oue to the other.
Lillie Hastings came along. "Halloo,
Eddie," said she. "What are you doing
with such a big umbrella?"
"Keeping off tbe wuia.'"
'1 he ram stopped, aud Eddie's papa
shut his umbrella; but Eddie still
trudged along under his. "Open your
umuiella, papa. Mine is open," said
th- little boy.
How do you suppose it all ended f
"Papa, you carry me," aaid a tired
vo.ee under tbe hat bright with flowers
Ah, that is the way ail through life.
W'neu tbe storms come, we think we
cau go alone. Bat out in the weary
wy. God bears a tired voice saying,
"Father, carry me V Eddie's Pnpn.
IIW3 EI BSHT
Each red man costs the Government
$200 a year.
Wisconsin now proposes to tax
church property.
The Wabash and Erie Canal hat
been sold for debt.
Jk wu i IWpaJIaote owns aXre-.
mona fiddle made in 1620.
Tlie whole number of trade dollars
coined, up to February 1, is 8,081,000.
A passenger train will be run
through the great Hoosac tunnel
shortly.
The Yassar College girls are organ
izing base ball clubs for the coming
season.
A sweet potato weighing twelve and
one-quarter pounds has been raised in
Tallahassee.
The census of Boston, recently or
dered by the city government, shows
the population to be 311,019.
From sixty to seventy thousand
pianofortes and cabinet organs are an
uually sold lu the United States.
The Constitutional Convention of
North Carolina only cost $31,000, and a
better Constitution for the money was
never drafted.
Tbe daughter of a rich 3Iichigan
banker sings in a concert saloon in
Lrayette, Ind. She married against
ber father's wishes.
The Pittsbnrg Gazette announces
that iu voice is for tbe Hon. William
Strong of the Supreme Bench for Presi
dent of tbe United States.
Mrs. Reverdy Johnson is still liv
ing. The fiftieth anniversary of her
marriage with her late companion was
celebrated seven years ago.
St. Iuis, not to be beaten by Chi
cago, talks about establishing the biggest
stork-yard in the, world. It is to uke .
$400,000 and 06 acres of land.
Every member of the Kansas House
of Representatives is provided with
twenty daily newspapers during its
session, at the public expense.
During the past 12 years Dartmouth
College has received about $oU0,o00 in
gifts, and about $700,000 more will be
come available iu a few years.
An artesian wen in Oskaloosa.Iowa,
has been driven to the depth of 2,500
feet, and has thus far cost the tax
payers of that town more than $20,000.
The gas rates are so high at Indian
apolis, Ind., that fully one-half the city
is burning coal oil at a cost ot ten cents
per gallon. Gas stock is declining
rapidly.
There Is a man thirty-three years
old in Williamsburg, Ind., who has con
siderable matrimonial experience. He
recently lost his fourth wife and is
about to take number five.
The unmarried Washington ladies
want a law to prohibit bachelor and
widower Senators from dodging around
and peeping into tlie windows of the
Treasury Department.
Three years ago Sheffield sent cut
lery aud st'-cl rails to the United States
valued at '-1, 00,000. Last year the
total value f good exjiorted to this
country w:l only $'j'J0,00O.
Mr. Cooper mis an orcnaid within
about twelve miles from Santa Barbara,
Cal., of 12,000 almond trees, 1,000 Eng
lish walnut trees, 5,000 olive trees, 6,)0
gnie vines, 6,000 eucalyptuses.
Belle Plain, Iowa, claims the smal
lest woman in the world Maggie Mi
not. She is eighteen, twenty-seven
inches high, and weighs thirty-one
pounds. Tom Thumb is six in ' 's
taller.
The managers of the St. Louis Fair
Association are about to add a zoological
garden of thirty-five acres and a School
for the study of natural history to its
grounds, at a total cost at the outset
of $200,000.
A careful measurement of the dis
tance bits demonstrated the fact that
the visitor to the Centeunial.who would
see everything on exhibition in the
buildings, must walk eighty-four and
five-eighths miles.
There are many Massachusetts
people who believe in witches. For
instance, if a husband geu up in the
morning, and finds his money $5 short,
who took that wealth ? Wasn't his wife
asleep all the time?
General Richard Taylor of Ken
tucky, ("Dick" Taylor is his popular
appellation, a son of the late President
Taylor, is said to have achieved in Lon
don a social success quite surpassing
that of any of his countrymen.
Charles K. Laudis, rei-ently ac
quitted, on the ground of insanity, of
the murder of Carrutb, the Yineland
editor, has been pronounced sane by
Judge Reed, after the examination of
witnesses, and discharged from arrest.
A genius in New Bedford is fitting
up a steamer for the purose of towing
icebergs to India, where they sell for
six cents a pound. Another proposes to
do still better to fit a screw iu the ice
berg itself, and thus avoid the expense
of shipbuilding.
A man is serving out a year in the
Wisconsin State Prison who was con
victed of robbing the mails of twenty
five cents. Since he has been confined
there the letter has been returned trom
the dead-letter office, with the twenty
five cenu enclosed.
A fai mer in Van Buren, Onondaga
county, N. Y., recently caught twenty
four wild geese that were taking a rest
in a cove in Seneca river, and during
the sudden change in the weather sat
so quietly in the water that the ice
closed around them and held them fast.
Four Innocent men have just been
pardoned out of the Oregon Sute prison
after spending three years there on life
sentences, in 1872 a stage was stopped
in a lonely place by four masked men,
who took from it gold dust worth
$4,200. The nearest house was the
residence of the four men who were
afterwards wrongfully convicted.
A rival ot Tom Thumb has appeared
In Binzhamton. N. Y, in the person ol"
a boy five years old, who weighs nine
pounds when lully dressed, u twenty
three inches in height, is physically per
fect and healthy, and who Ulksvery
distinctly. The child weighed but two
and a half pounds at birth, aud has not
grown since he was a few months old.
Colonel Shaffner, of the Twenty
fourth regiment of United Sutes infan
try, who recently returned from a long
scouting expedition on the- "Staked
Plains' of Texas, reports that their true
character has been misrepresented, a
wood, water and grass abound in the
regions which be explored, and which
have been regarded heretofore as almost
uninhabitable.
Statistics of marriages at Worcester,
Mass., for the last year show that, out
of a total of 463 marriages, in twenty
eight cases widowers and widows were
united for the second time, and seven
teen wiiUws took bachelors for their
second husbands. Five widowers took
widows for the"- third wives, and the
same number t. 'k maidens for their
third companions. One widow took a
widower for her third husband, aud in
one ease it was the third marriage of
both.
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