THE TASSINO YEAn. are you rich In tho ywirs of bright gold Yet untold.' Io they lolsurely ro. Like n dream tluit Is f.tir. Dm prayer? 0. 1 wl" : ma thi-m well ! Yen "liall know How the years urowiuc shorter, with Kod run Inorpas", And a 1 1 f nt thecal bo tr.m!l'tirel with fir". Dow the thought tii.it io mnny f.-w years ro nuiiu Givr ym pain ' . I.p t Hint your iti"t brin? yon int . t Iij llk-l.t, I'min Hi" uU'lit, Anil the worker at l.it lin Ms rot ! In tho liomelau I nUiv.- are un sorrow, no l.vir. An I Hi" III'- tli"y liv. thf r It not measured by years. 1HE PEACH FIGURE, J-THOUGH the rii ami (.niij'l hull of iov m lu e n t ' m ployes, I Lad un more limn f ii r 1 y got t-tnrtcil in tli mm mine career thllll I resigned ii. y position on account of two t Ocllt S. i was ii regit- lar chip of the r, Muck, un,! my father thought nothing could equal h Government career. So, after 1 had graduated, mi one uriyd ric to do anything but take h subordinate place in my fatln r's department. I did hot feel htiwiit-'ly drawn toward in, other vocation, and suhmUsivcly started on the nniijt r-(-t inr highway of bureau cracy. I was u diligent fellow and well disciplined, for 1 liil.l bccll t.'lilhl from my era, lie to respect Hilerior of flt'iuls mid to defer t'. those in author ity ; n I was noticed ly my chiefs mill rapidly passed th' lir.it grades cf clerkship. When I was twenty-five, my director, who wits futiil of iue, gave mo n place in hi office, nud I he cnue the envy of my comrnli-s. They already spoke of me ns a prospective superior clerk, ami predicted a bright future. It wan then that I married. My wife was u beautiful girl, and, what is better, vtry good and offce tioiiate; but she had no fortune. That wan u grave fault 111 the eye of the lit tle world of tlerkn in which I lived. They were very positive. They re garded marriage only us a business transaction, and they invariably tool; for a rule that "ii tlie husband provides the breakfast, the wife must provide the diuuer. " Hut my w ife and I be tween us had hardly enough to sup ""I'Ugroly. Everybody said 1 hud done a very udly thiny, and more thin one blunt colleague in my department d. 'ared briefly that 1 wan a fool and had Mlfully put rii' foot in it. Neverthe- W a uil ' ly, kind, by living modestly nud with grut economy, we succeeded iu mak ing both ends meet. Though my lack ot foresight was still eoudeinned, the Bociety people of the place deiKiinl to continue inviting in. My chief was rich, and ili'lihted in I'eiiiK' couhpienoiiK, j riding himself on tiutkuig a line appearance in the tsucial world. He frupielitiy r eeived, pave elepaiit dinners and, from time to time, issued invitations for a dancing party to the families of his employ, s and to thu prominent people of the town. My wifo wiih MitlVrin from neuralgia notne months ufter our mar riape, and, thoiiph I would niileh pre ferred to remain nt Imme with her, I hh obliped to go alone to these en tertainment1, tor my chief would not allow any one to decline his iuvitat.ons his Hiihor.utiatcH must even nmitse themselves according to his orders. One niv'ht there was a eraud ball at the directory, iunl, of course, whether I would or no, I had to dou my iveii iup clothes and po. While 1 put the finishing touches to my white cravat, my wile pave me numerous wippehliouM : "It will be perfectly lovely. lo not fail to Hie everything wi as to tell nie afterward. The liftmen of the ladies w ho are there, the toilctc, and the supper menu for there is to be a mippor. It hccin.t that they have ordered a preut many deli cacies from Clu vi t Miiue icre iruits; I heard of peaches that cost sixty cents apiece oh, what peaches they must be! lo you know, if you wore good, you would brinp mo otic." I remonstrated, 1 showed her thr.t the thiup was impracticable, and how .l..V-...ifc : ..ii, i uiiiieuii ii niiiiui ne ior a man m a dress suit to put such fruit as u peach I in Ida pocket without the risk of beiup i aeon ami pointed out. The iin.r.' J ' objected, the more bnl Upon her whim did sho become. "Ou the coLtrnry, nothimj could be easier. In the midst of the crowd coiniiiK and poing to supper, im one won hi see you. Take one as if for yourself, and then Lido it adroitly. Don't shrns: your shoulders. IVrhaps it is only a bit of childishness; but I loDtf for one; ever since I heard of thosw peaches, I havo had a w ild de wire to t.iMo them. I'romibu to bring me one, at lenst." How could a mau pivo a dow nright refusal to the womuu he adored? I ended by murmuring a vague promise, aud then hastening away; but just as I turned the handle of the door she called me back. I saw Ler big blue eyea, bright with lougiug, turnedupou me, aud she cried ouco more; "Do Xou promise?" The ball was very fine ; flowers every where, elegant toileU, and excellent music. The l'refect, the l'reaideut of tho Tribunal, the officers of the garri son, and all of tho department clerks wero there. Our chief had spared nothing to giro brilliancy to thin en torUiuueut, of which Lin wifo anil dangbtcr dit tho honors moit gra ciouely. At midnight, mipper wan aerved, and the dancers fileil into the dining-room in couples. I followed, trembling, and scarcely had I entered before I saw tho famous peaches sent by iClievot occupyiug conspicuous place in the centre of tho table. They were, indeed, magnificent! There wns a pyramid ot them in a china basket, carefully arranged with grape leaves, which brought out the appetizing color of theirtelvtty skins w here deep red shaded ifcto greenish white. From seeing them one could easily imagine the fragrsnce and deli cate flavor of tho luscious, rosy pulp. My eyes caressed them from afar, and t thought of tho joyous cries that would greet me on my retnru if I suc ceeded in carrying home a sample of this perfect fruit. They were escit iug general admiration, and the more I pnzed at them, the more did my de sire take the shape of a fixed purpose. I determined to have one or two. Hut Low? The waiters kept a watch over this rare and costly delicacy, our host having reserved for lumself tho plea sure of offering his peaches to certain guests. From tune to time, at a siu from my chief, the butler would daiu tily take otie, cut it with n silver knife, and present the two halves on a Sevres plate to the designated person. I watched this performance greed ily, and, with fear, siw tho pyramid fall in. However, the contents of the biwket were tmt exhausted. Perhaps the order had been strictly executed: perhaps the peaches had been nr raiiped with fori thought; at any rate, w In n the batniueters, recalled bv the orchestra's playing a prelude, hurried back to the ilaucilig-hnll, there wrrc still half a dozen beautiful peaches i neMlim,' among the1 green leaves. I f .lowed th crowd, but it wr.s I only a false sortie. I Lad left my hut ! in a coriur a tail hat, which had I bothered me considerably during the i nt ire evening. I wentback with the pretense of petting it.Hnd, as I was, j in a wny, one of t'.iu household, the s rvaiits ih, I not mistrust me. licsuics, they were busy carrying out the dishes and pla.sscs used by tho guests, and, at a certain moment, I found myself alone near the sideboard. There was not im instant to lose. After a furtive glance to the right and left, I approached thu basket and made two of the peaches quickly roll into my hat, where I covered them with my handkerchief; theu, very cslm and dignilled iu appearance, though my In ni t was boating frightfully, I left the dining-room, carefully prtssing the ripening of my hat to my breast, and holding it thcro by means of my right hand, which, thrust inside of my vest, gave me a very majestic, almost Napoleonic, bearing. My scheme was to cross the ball room cautiously, to steal away, and, once outside, t carry homo victori ously tlr.: two peaches wrapped in my handkerchief. It was not soeasv as I hid fifucied. Tt - cotillion All arouii'.' ,' i tgo nail thern i v.iis a double liun ot "va n 'and 1y ladies, h turning ii the circle ed by the chair of tj e dancers, i- iu the center thcrefwas a wide elderl forme while in the center thcrefwas a wide empty space, where a few couples were walt.iug. I I timidly in:ule iny way through ! groups of people; I squeezed between I chairs w ith the suppleness of a snake ; I 1 trembled each moment for fear that a I rour'h "V of my elbow wvrtld change ! the position of my lint and let the I peaf'.ies full. I could fet 1 them roll- , 1. 1. uround inside, and I prew hot to ! my ears and the loots of my Lair. At i List, ufter much care and uisnn uvriiifr. 1 reached the inner spacy just as u new j figure w is King organized. A lady . U phi'vd iu tho ceulre and the gen I tleno n circle about her with their I backs turned; sho holds a hat an. I j places it upon tho head of the mau J iit!i whom sli wishes to waltz. I had hardly taken two steps when I tln director's daughter, who was lead ling the cotillion with a jouugcouu , selor of the prefecture, cried: "A hat! We need a hat!" At the s.ime moment she caught I sight of mo with my stovepipe against my lreast. 1 nut her glauco, aud my blood froze. Ah!" she said to mc, "you havo come just iu time, li. Ueibilot. tkuick, your hat." Jjcforu I could stammer out one word she had taken my hat, so hastily that thu peaches forthw ith rolled upon the floor, carrying my handkerchief and two or threo grape-leaves with them. You can imagine tho tableau. Tho ('.twicers laughed in their sleeves at my theft and discomfiture ; my chief frowned, and grave men whispered and pointed their fingers at me, while I felt my knees grow weak. I longed to sink through the floor and disap pear. The young lady pressed her lips to gether to keep back her laughter, and, while returning my hat, said, in an ironical voice : "i'ick up your peaches, M. Herbe lot. " Shouts of mirth then resouuded from all parts of the room even tho servants held their sidos. Pale, hag gard, and tottering, I fled, over whelmed with my disgrace and so con fused that I could hardly find tho door. "With a dead weight on my heart I hurried away to tell my wife of my disaster. Tho next dixy the story was all over town. Whon I entered my depart ment, my comrades received roe with, "Herbelot, pick up your peaches," J could not venture into the street with out hearing mocking voices murmur behind mo: 'Teaches." The place was uubeuridile, and, in a week, I Lauded in my resignation. An uuelo of tny wife had a farm near my native village, and I begged him to take me for an assistant, lie con tented, and we moved to (.'bauteraine. I went to work resolutely, rising with tho dawn and never pitying myself. It would seem that I wan more fitted for agriculture than for pen-pushing, for, in a short time, I became an en thusiastic farmer. Tho property d id u well that our uncle, at his death, willed it to us. I worship peaches, for to them I owe my happiness. Without them I should Love remained a weak subordi nate, trembling at the slightest frown from a prefect, and being but one of the already too numerous throng of clerks who find it difficult to make both ends meet. From tho French, in thu Argonaut Why the Eagles Live, Two cngles have built their nest for vears in an fdd tree which stands not far from the Ht. Lawrence ltiver m Lisbon, at a spot about eight miles north of Ogdensburg, X. Y, The spot is a siphtly one and the tall trees in this bit of the old forest where tho birds make their summer home is known by the dwellers for miles around. F.ach year the eagles come, and their arrival is as much expected aud talked about as is the date when the ice w ill break up in the river w hich Hows near by. Two eaglets have beeu hatched each year, time out of mind, and it is one of tho interesting inci dents iu the neighborhood when tho old birds "shake out" the young ones and give them their first lessons in flying. The birds never go far from home in summer. Almost every bripht day one of them may bo seen sailing high above the blue St. Law rence on thu watch lor a fish, and then, falling like an arrow, to bury its claws in the back of its prey and sail home ward for a fish dinner with its mate. All summer they are there, and when the autumn colors come upon the trees they po away, to come again next spring. No one harms them. One day la-t September, as a re porter for the New York Tillies was driving near the eagles' Lome, out of them was seen circling slowly severs! hundred feet above the river. A farmer near by called attention to tho bird with evident pride. "loes no one try to shoot them?" he was asked, after telling how they came there every vear. "No," he said, ' never." "Why not?" he was asked. "The people here know the birds so well that they wonld not allow it, I reckon," was the reply. "If anybody w as to hurt one of them birds it would make a powerful sight of talk iu this neighborhood. " Another farmer a short distance on also fell to discussing tho eagle, and he was nsked if no one ever tried to shoot them. "No," he raid. "Not once. It wouldn't do. Nobody wants to harm them. It sort o' makes everybody feel pood to see thu Nation's bird llyin' near by. There uiu't no dauger of anybody's ever trying to kill eagles in this part of the country." A few miles further on, another ffiier. who had 'e repn'-n nt neing . ..timer, tt II to talking about this noble pair of birds, which seemed to be regarded with about the same patriotic sentiment as the flag or thu (ioddess of Liberty. "Why doesn't somebody shoot them?" the old hunter was asked. "Wa'i.l." he replied, forcibly, "a good many would like to take a crack nt them, and some have on thu sly. Hut, hang it, th.y tly pretty high, and of late years there's a big lino for l.illin' cables iu this Statu," New York Times. Origin ol the Liberty Cap. The "liberty cap," that bog-slmped headgear so often seen on the head oi the (ioddess of Liberty and which sur mounts tiie National colors ou nearly nil our silver coins, according to tho 1'hiladclphia l'ress, owes its origin to the Iloman empire, where it was given to slaves as a sign of their manumis sion. The principal significance of the "liberty cup" to the American mind is not, however, its ltomau ori gin, but rather its uso as tho official cap of the successive doges of republi can Venice, that "model of tho most stable Government ever framed by man." In thu Doge's l'alace at Venico there is a gallery full of portraits of the men who ruled tho republic for 701) years, and the conspicuous placo occupied by tho "liberty cap" in these portraits shows its importance as a Na tional symbol of freedom. It rather heightens the signiflcuLce of this an cient symbol iu the minds of good Americans when it is remembered thot the Emperor Frederick Barborossa humbled himself before a wearer of tho "liberty cap," and that Andrea Vim dolo wore it on the fourth crusado and at the conquest of Constantinople. It occupied ft placo in the forefront of tho advancing hosts that in the early part of the fifteenth century swept the Dal matian towns and conquered the entire coast from tho estuary of tho Po to tho Island of Corfu. While Columbus was discovering America tho wearers of the "liberty cap" were acquiring Zante and Cyprus, and when the first half of the half-starved settlements on tho Massachusetts coast were battling for existence the republio from which we borrowed our "liberty cap," having successfully resisted a league of all the kingsof Christendom, wsb at the zenith of its glory. Tho "liberty cap" is not as conspicuous in our National signs and symbols as it was in those of the rulers of the Adriatic, yet in a modest way it immortalizes tho greatest re publio of early times. I'nllormed Shark Exterminators. Among tho multifarious duties which demand the attention of the Calcutta police, the captureof shark' in the llooghly finds a place. During' the past twenty years rewards have been paid for the destruction of those' marine man-eaters, and recently the' Hengal Government laid down a acale for these payment San Fraaoisco Chrouicle. FOOD ADULTERATION HOW ROME AO RANT CASES MAY BE DETECTED. Indications of Healthy Meat Sausage and Fish Adulteration To Tell Good Dutter. Lard and Eggs Fraud In Spires. IT DULTERATIXO articles of food is by no means an "in s vention" of modern times, T but was practiced by our classical ancestors. During the mid dle ages the cunning baker mixed his flour with lime, sand and gypsum, and on discovery was thrown into a prison cell and compelled to eat tho product of his entire bakery, which cured him of the fraudulent habit. The most important article of food in every household is tho meat. The ment which comes from healthy ani mals is distinguished by a pleasant odor and fresh color, from a delicate pink to a deep carmine, according to tho animal from which it coir.es. It must be elastic to the touch. The dent which is caused by pressing a finger on it must disappear when tho prwnre is removed. Tho futty snb st nice of the meat is a good indicator of its quality. In healthy animals the tut is yellow and elastic and has a pleasant odor. The fat in the meat from sick animals is pult?, gray and smeary and has an unpleasant odor. Sausage offers ii w ide field for adul teration of the most dangerous kiud, and iu tho pamphlets which vegetar ians send bromlcast over the land from time to time they give prominence to un nliec.lote w liicu is as terse as it is illustrative of the esteem in which they hold the sausage. "A man saved the life of a butcher bv eudanserina his own. The poor butcher, overcome wiih gratitude, cried out in u moment of self-forgi tfulne.xs : "Never iu your life again, my friend, int sausaie. " The adulterations in this line ore mnnifohl. lo produce tho fresh red color, so alluring iu sausage, fuchsine is mixed w ith the ingredients instead of blood. It is a very common prac tice to put f.our in sausage, aud, while a little of it is harmless, it neverthe less leads to early fermentation of the article iu question. The buyer, how ever, is very much imposed upon when flour is added in large quantities, for it enables tho sausage makers to add from sixty to seventy per cent, of water, w hich is paid lor at the rate of meat. Franc? him lately put a stop to this fraud by limiting tho addition of flour to three per cent. Fish ar adulterated in the same way by rubbing their gills with aniline, which gives them tho appearance of freshness. The aniline iseasily washed off and the fraud detected. In fros'u lish tho eyes are full and protruding, while iu old fish they are opaque, dull and sunken. Tho best way to recog nizo an old fish is to watch the gills, which emit an odor of decav if tho fl is too o... for use. Crawfish or crabs shonLf alwav bought alive. Crabs thaf re so'ld a . ready cooked have usually beeu hoi!eg after they were dead, ami soon decay, generating a very dangerous poison. A craw fish that has been boiled alive will show a curious and twisted tail, while, on the other hand, ono that was cooked after death hus tho tail per fectly straight. Tho best way t- tell butter from oleomargariuo is to put a piece of it ou a hot potato which has been boiled iu tho jacket and freshly peeled. The tasto of butter is more pronounced when eaten in this way thaa any other, and the fraud is detected. It is also i me saiesi wuy to discover tho ago of dairy or creamery butter. Lard is frequently adulterated with ; water to iucreuse its weight, and j mixed with ooru-sturch, salt, chalk, j etc., to bind thu watur to tho fat. This may bo discovered by carefully melting the lard and sating it aside in a lukewarm placo. Tho 'Jat not only separates from tha wat!r, but collects ut tho bottom of the dish with ail tuo other foreign ingredients. To tell good eggs from bad ones it is only necessary to put theni iu a dish tilled with water containing from live to ten per cent, of salt. Fresh eggs drop to tho bottom, old one swim ou tho surface, and those of medium quality sink halfway down. All spices suffer more or less adul teration, but most of all those which aro sold in a pulverized state, f Sround pepper is mixed with papriea, millet, bread, powdered olives, almond meal, dust, sand, gypsum, sawdust, spar, and almost tho same ingredients are used for tho adulterutiou of cinuamon. Pulverized ginger fares no better, aud is mixed with potato flour, w heat aud cayenno pepper, while the sweet-scented auiso seed comes in for a share of earth, Baud and little brown and black stones. Housekeepers w ill always be moro or less cheated in buying "pow dered spices, which should be bought in their natural stato and ground at home. Tho vanilla bean, before the invention of tho artificial vanilliue, was deprived of its natural aroma and basted with balm of Peru. Coffee is adulterated in all forms and iu every possible way. Machines have been invented and large faotorr ios erected, where artificial coffeo beans aro made from acorn flour and' gum arabic, aud these are mixed with' tue real coffee; aud even the realtl beanB are covered with noisonoiia chemicals if they have been damaged - ..wo'uiiBuuii or mm influence of the sun or time. Ground or roasted coffee offer the best opporf tunities, however, for fraud. llut all those perpetrator! of fraud and deception cannot hold a candle to the Chinese, who are masters iu the art of the adulteration of tea, which tliey dye, mis and prepare from leaves that have but a bare resemH bianco to tho real tea plant. tit, tiouis i-osi-JJispatcu. The IJIygcst Man on Earth.' Citizens of this vioirrity yesterday Lad an opportunity to behold the greatest living mau in avoirdupois. John Hanson Craig, with Lis wife and three-year -old child, was visiting James Anderson and James MoPherson, rela tives. Craig's homo is in Danville, Hendricks County, but he has been in the show business since his babyhood. In answer to questions ho said: "1 now weigh 002 pounds and am thirty seven years old. At birth T weighed 11 pounds ; nt eleven months I weighed 77 pound, at two years 206 pounds. At that time I took the $1,000 premium at Harnnm'ii baby show in New York City in the year 1'j8. At five years I weighed 302 pounds ; at thirteen years, 403 ponnds; at twenty -two, 725 pounds; nt twenty-seven, 738 pounds; at twenty eight, 771 pounds; at twenty-nine, 7!1 ponnds ; nt thirty, 80fl pouuds; at thirty-one, 830 pounds; and my present weight is just 007 pounds. I am six feet and five inches high, measure eight feet aud four inches around tho hips.eipbtorn inches around the ankle, twenty-uiuo inches around tho kuee. sixty-six inches inches around the thigh next to tho body. I require forty -one yards for n suit of clothes, nud three pouuds of yarn for stockings." Mrs. Craig is a good-look iug blonde, weighs 130 pounds, and formerly ac companied Ler husbaud in tho role of snake charme'as "Zola Ayrcs." When asked how long they hod been married sho laughiugly remarked that they were just no.v enjoying their second honeymoon, as they were divorced in January ar.d remarried but n couple of weeks ago. Mr. Crsig explained tho trouble, stating that his wife Lad expressed a desire to learn fashionable dressmaking, nnd that ho objected. Shs npplied for a divorce, it was granted, and she went to Terre Haute and learned Ler trade. Sho then re turned homo and tiiey wero remarried. Mr. Craig h.is been all over Europe, an 1 iu every important city in tho world. They went from here- to Day ton, whero Mrs. Craig was born aud raise .1. Frankfort (Ind.) Dispatch. The Pariah. The T.ev. T. 15. Tandian, a Hindu gentleman of degree who has em braced Christianity, is endeavoring to rouse English sympathy for the Par iahs, or outcasts of Southern India. Thero are 8,001)0,000 or 9,000, 000 of them, and, though en tirely free by law, they are sub j?ct to some disabilities by caste opinion, one of which is so terrible that we have no hesitation in saying it ought to be remedied by force, even at tho hazard of insurrection. They are forbidden to drink pure water. There are generally two public wells in every village, but tho caste men w ill not suffer tho Pariah families to ap proach them, even if they only touch tho water with buckets. Tho women, throfore, Lave often to go miles to ! frT iiruiim nd in nrac y water left in fiw.'ow. ..aa t,Uv . tho fields or jungle. Tho cousc- iiueuco is that thev aro constant vic tims of dysentery, and that when any typhoidal disease strikes tho village they die like flies. It seems t j us that this oppression is too bud, even though it bo based ou n religious prejudice, and the caste meu should either bo compelled to give up one of thu wells, or better still, to sink a new well for the Pur ia he, thus spending something to protect their ow n ceremonial pu rity. Wo have no doubt whatever of the exact truth of this statement as regards tho water, .and strongly rec ommend tho grievauco to any philan thropist in tho House in want of work. It may bo asked why tho Pariahs bear such an outrageous oppression. First, because 2000 yours of slavery havo mado them cowards; and secondly, because they believe, or half believe, the dogma of their casta neighbors, namely, that their suffering is just re tribution for tho sins of their previous lives. They are losing that faith, and some day they will fight for five min utes with torches instead of rifles, and then civilization in South India will temporarily end. London Spectator. 'Victoria K." to the President. The treaties which are stored in tho State Department library nt Washing ton ate uot tho only valuublo or his toric documents there. There are some very valuable Washington, Jef ferson, Madison and Monroe papers, and tho original Declaration of Inde pendence. Then there aro letters of the rulers of other couutrios, tolling of births and deaths and marriages in royal families. These letters, says tho Philadelphia Times, are .bound in vol umes devoted to the different coun tries from which they came. There aro many autographs of Queen Victoria in the court letters of Or eat Britain w hich fill an entire book. The most iuterostiug was written February 14, 1840. It nunouncod her marriage to Prince Albert. It is a good spocimeu of the form of royal communication withtherulingmagifitrateof the United States. It reads ; Victoria, by the Oraoe of Ool, Qaeen ot the United KliiRJorn ot Groat IirUoln anil Ire land, Defender ot the Faith, etc., wo to the Trueident ot the United btuteo Of America, seniletti greeting Our Good Friend The celebration of our marriage wttn His Itoyal Ulxuness, the rrtnee Albert Francis, Augustus t'uarlus Emanuel, seoond on ol His Herons HlKlinens, tue relKiiiug Duke of Bsxe-Coburjr-Uotha, bavin taken place at Loudon on tue 10th ot the pnment month, we lo no time in noti fying to you this event. The aeutlaients of friendships which you have maaltested toward us on other occasions afford us the assuranoe that you will take an Interest lo an event which, by tbe blessluKs of the Al mighty will, we trust, contribute to the wel fare of oar people and secure our own do mestte happiness, And so with our cordial wishes (or your welfare and prosperity, we recommend you to the protection of tho Al murbtr. Given at out court at Windsor Castle, thai fourteenth day ol February, In the yearct our Lord ItttU, iu the third year ol our relxa. , YicToaiAli. . curious new. There are thirty species of lotar co. Uncle Ram gets few Spanish immi grants. The loom was nsed by the Egyptian! 2500 D. C. The world now rues 13,000 kinds of postage stamps. Brocades of silk, enriched with gold and silver, were mado in China 1). O. 1721. Cambridge, Mas., has three pastors who havo held their present charges for twenty-five years. According to the last census there aro over 8,000,000 bachelors in tho United States -that is, 3,000,000 men over thirty years old who have never been married. The finest opal of modem times be longed to Empress Josephine. It was called "The burning of Troy." Its fate is unknown, ns it disappeared when the allies entered Paris. An old European custom was to give a clock to any one who could tike an oath that he hid strictly minded Li 4 ow n business nud not med.liel with his neighbor 't affairs torn year aula day. The smallest republic ia the world is Fraucevillo, ono of tho islauds of tho New Hebriilos. The in habitants consist of forty European and 500 black workmen umployo.1 by a French company. In Germany, when the voto of tho jury stands sis against six, tho prisoner is acquitted. A vote of syveli against five leaves the decision to th court, and in n voto of eight against four tho prisoner is convicted. A plant known as wild orange, ou tin Island of Ileuuion, is said to pro duce a beverage cpial to coffee and much cheaper. It can bo used alotm or mixed. It is now raised on 21,000 acres, and its name is "mussaenda." In some villages in the south of Eng land the appointments of the wedding are made to bear a relation to tho busi ness of the town. At a carpenter's wedding the aisle of the church was strewn with shavings ; at a blacksmith's with coal and iron filings; a farnior walked on straw, a butcher on skins. Collectors of rare stamps are much interested iu the Afghanistan stumps. The Ameer Abdur lSahman has only had three issues of stamps sinco ho came to the throne. Tho first was a round red stump, the second an oblong black one, and the last a red oblong stamp bearing tho figure of a mosque. Mall Armor. The covering for tho body in time of war usually consists of ordinary garments very thickly quilted, or cov ered with small rings of metal sewn nuwu to of I unon the inside. The quilted material deadened considerable extent too forco blow, and the rings mado it Nry d flcuH fot tho lauco or swort. iej u oi t ' ..jut . . ,. on gariiK s for a similar purpose ; but this is uot absolutely certain, for we have only the representations iu illum inations to judge by, and it ts not al ways easy to tell exactly what was meant to be depicted. Tho mail armor varied much as tt tho manner iu which the rings wero af fixed to tho sin face that they wero in tended to protect ; iu some instances they seem to be sewn ou ut one edgj euily, iu rows, and so to overlap each other; iu others they do uot overlap. . and iu yet other cases they are linked together after the manner in which purses used to bo made of small steel rings. This last form of mail was cor tuiuly tho strongest 'ind most perfect, and if the iron or steel links wero well made it would require u skilful blow from sword or loneo to penetrate through them, ami even theu the w eapons would have to bo of unusually well-tempered mutul. Thero was considerable variety in helmets and shields at different times during )his period. Vo find the kite shaped shield iu the Dayoux tapestry, but later it became shorter and wider ;' the round Haxon shield, sometimes mado of wood alone, sometimes cov ered with bull's hide, lingered for a long time, und for nien-ut-arms this shape was retained nearly as long as tho nsu of tho shield continued. Westminster lteview. The Ouoeu's Nuihp. The following extract from Charles Grovillu's "Diary," under date Decem ber 21, 1819, and, therefore, when Princess (now (jueeu) Victoria was ex actly seven months old, bears upon the point raised : "The Duke of Keut gave the name of Alexandrinn to his daughter in com rdiment to tho Emperor of Russia. Sho was to havo hud tho name of Georgiuua but the Duke insisted upon Alexundrina being her first uamo. The ltegent sent for Lieveu (tho ltussian Embassador) and made him a great many compliments, (en le persiflant) on tho Emperor's being godfuther but informed him that tho name of Georg ians could bo second to no other iu this country, and therefore she could not bear it all." It was accordingly as "Alexandrina Victoria" that tho infant Princess was baptized ou Juno 21, 1819. Notes and Queries. A Plucky .Noblewoman. Tho Marchioness of Waterford, look ing through tho window of her house, in Loudon, tho other day, saw a cab man ill-usiug his horse. Itasing the window she commanded tho man to desist, and upoii his refusal, she gath ered up her skirts, openod the . front door, aud, lotting go Ler aristocrat io left, she blackened tho fellow' eye, and then had a policeman take him, into custody on a charge of cruelty to animals. New York Journal j :
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