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Tn OPIOUSAS 1Jo1iR. Opelo u sas, L a 'iana. CONDITIONS. IU3SOWg TIO--Three Dollars per year, pe' able imwear Ifa in advance. ADY lTIIN--iftY Cent • pr square for the lest ss.tion aad Twenty-live Oents for each sub. nquesnt asertion. Might lines or less constitute a ll advetisemments usent in for publios on will be smtsd In nkllsh and rench (unless otherwise e'e)un te publisher shall Judge it conve. ea4iat•cfor public favors will pay Fifteen Dol- lars each, in advance~ if they wish to he announced. Ob Noties, Ours of Thanks. etc., to be paid fog a dvartisments. ersomal Cards when admissible, to be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line, in advance. MONEY MUSK. BY B. F. TAYLOR. In shirt of check and tallowed hair The fiddler site in the bulrush chair Like Moses' basket stranded there On the brink of Father Nile. He feels the fiddle's slender neck, Picks out the notes with thumb and check: And times the tune with nod and beck, And thinks it a weary while. All ready ! now he gives the call, Cries, " Honor to the ladies !" All The jolly tides of laughter fall And ebb in a happy smile. SBegin." D.o-w-n comes the bow on every string, "First couple join right hands and swing !", As light as any bluebird's wing 8wing once and a half times round." Whirls Mary Martin all in blue- Calico gown and stockings new, And tinted eyes that tel' you true, Dance all to the ding sound. She Lits about big 3hds Brown, Who holds her hands to keep her down And thinks her hair a golden crown, And his heart turns over once ! His cheek with Mary's breath is wet, It gives a second somerset ! He means to win the maiden yet, Alas for the awkward dunce ! "YTour stogs-boot has crushed my toe ! " " I'd rather dance with one-legged Joe." "You clumsy fellow !" "Pass below ! ", And the first pair danced apart. Then "Forward six! I "advance, retreat,' Like midges gay in sunbeam street, 'Tis Money Musk by merry feet And the Money Musk by heart I! 'Three-quarters round your partner swing ! " " Aross the set!" The rafters ring., The girls and boys have taken wing And have brought their roses out Ij 'Ti " Forward six! " with rustic grace, Ah, rarer far than-" Swing to place ! "- Then golden clouds of old point lace Then bring the dance about. Then clasping hands all-" Bight and left ! " All swiftly weave the measured deft Across the woof in loving Weft, And the Money Musk is done 1 Oh, dancers of the rustling hunk, Good night, sweethearts, 'tis growing dusk, Good night, for aye to Money Musk, For the havy march began I THE COTTON CROP. Pactors' and Planters' Estimates of SBothern Stock. From the New York World. Upon few ordinary every daysubjeots is it so difficult to obtain a fair state- ment of simple facts, untinged by the coloring of personal interest, as upon the probable aggregate amount of a forthQm cntton crop. The difficulty aris~from various causes. A large class of persons talk and estimate fln- ently enough upon the subject, who have little or no personal knowledge upon which to base either. All through the south the village postmaster, the railway station agent, and the local cot- ton factor have their correspondents in the great markets of the north and east with whom their reports have influence, and to whose order they are perhaps not unfrequently made. There is, too, a natural and inherent diversity of in- terest between the ootton planter and the cotton merchant and consumer. The former quite naturally finds it to his advantage to under estimate the probable crop and over estimate the chances of misfortune, a this tends to produce high prioes and consequent profit; while the latter are as prone to reverse this order of things, over esti- mating the erop and under estimating the probable pnrice to suit their require- ments in a business point of view. The divergmce of opinion upon this subj e et has either been greater this season than usual, or else fuller prominence has been given to the views of both sides than ordinarily. In order to harmon- se these so far s possible, and with the view of preesating so far as p ra•- trieble a trustworthy estimate of the rop of 1874, a lurge number of gen- tlemen engaged in the cotton trade have been recently questioned, and from among their statements the follow- ing have been selected as best conveying the argument pro and con : In the course of a general onveree- tin with Mr. T. T. Bryce,of the well known firm of Bryce & Co., extensive eottoa brokers in this oity, and largely intereted in a number of cotton-grow- g pleatations in various parts of the south, the following statements were elicited: "The crop of this ear," sid Mr. Bryce, "up to the 10th of August last, promised fairly to be the largest ever produced in this country. It is arctaiy true that the acreage has been emnsiderably reduced, owing to a aristy o eauses, but this reduction he bee more than compensated by the fat that this season no ortion of the crop has had to be absolutely aban- doned, while last year 121 per cent. of the eatire production was thrown out as valuele owing to rass, eto. The result is that bythe 1st of August of this year, the number of acres produo- ig cotton was in faot greater than at the corresponding time the previous year. The amount of fetilising agents used upon the ton lads of the south was undoubtedly less than in previous years, bat was nevertheless greater than in 1870, when what is still know as the 'tbig op' was produced. It i lso trme that the extensive drouth, lmfg from the 1st of August of the Aemtr till the 1st of September, sd stue damage to th 9 sandy lands - tim seath own as tse 'uplands,' but the thus done was earious- S thus afbrdedthe lowar ' b lans' from the ravages of the ebs wworm. Only ones since the war have tse lands produaced so-large and I * . aop. and that was in 1870, IUkabor mratbeof unfo the "mm* se r e me t s is dd to th am ty Eber been a rule Lrou t the • .•. owas*b w meaeed by one salsa thn hasana ter mre than tea sat i fsr to a that aer snt m of September was e weather m Sore p to for t cotton crp than t is . The de- Sthe plank tohas uan- bee musk acelerated abl drwl wialm, ci se aves a! 69 new sthe inmta its1yess the pes mltn same inot,& seeemto be the - -st thpeatlow tam a- emet assswBIlpose so umeptems to te 1rjs dthartltwastooeuly a the season, in his opinion, to predict tie amount of the crop with any certainty. In estimating, he should consider it safe to start with 4,000,000 bales, but should want to have a leeway of 500,000 bales for inrease, and 250,000 bales decrease, should the frost set in early, or some other accident occur. Mr. D. E. Huger, a large and influen- tial cotton factor at Mobile, Ala., it re- ply to a series of questions upon the subject, said that the cotton receipts of Mobile for last season were 300,000 bales, and that the lowest estimates for the ensuing season among the cotton factors there, who are sellers, and there- fore favor the views of planters, was 350,000 bales, ranging from that to 400,- 000 bales. It was his personal opinion that an intermediate figure would prob- ably be more accurate. He, too, thought it too early to judge, but con- sidered an early frost the only possible contingency which could greatly reduce the crop. He remarked that of the bottom, middle, and top crops any two would make a fair aggregate, and that this season only the mi~jle crop had been partially injured b the drouth. A great deal of cotton was, be sai shipped from Mobile to New Orleans, and thence sold as Orleans cotton at an advance of one-eighth of a penny. "Last season," said M. Huger, "3,- 750,000 bales was about the average estimate of the crop made by many, and some even thought it would not ex- ceed 3,500,000 bales, but the crop in point of fact reached 4,100,000 bales." The staple of the cotton was, kle thought unusually good this season in his sec- tion of the country as was also the ginning, in consequedce of the continued dry weather. Several other gentlemen largely in- terested in the cotton trade confirmed the statements already made, and one of them remarked that as an indicationof the prospect of a large crop marketed easily might be mentioned the fact that Montgomery, Ala., received Monday 400 bales, while last year the receipts at that point for the entire correspond- ing week were but 441 bales, and 'the year preceding that, 2,100 bales. Gal- veston, Texas, last week received 2,800 bales as against 800 bales for the corres- ponding week of last year. In the course or conversation with a number of southern planters now in the city, the writer obtained views op- posed in general tenor to thoseexpressed by the gentlemen above quoted. Col. E tward Richardson, of Mississippi, and of the firm of Richardson & May, of New Orleans, one of the largest cotton plan- ters and dealers in the south, expressed it as his opinion that the coming crop would inevitably disappoint those who fixed their estimate so high. He thought 3,500,000 of bales a fair estimate, and argued that the dealers at the north had no practical idea of the demoralized and disorganized condition of labor in the south. He was sure the reduction of acreage had been under estimated, and judging from his own prospects he could not believe that there would be any profit to the planter from this sea- son's crop, as it had cost more to raise it than it was worth. The colonel said that while he had no trouble with the freedmen, of whom he employed about one thousand on his various plantations, he found it impossible to obtain the productive labor from them which the old system afforded. Very many of them occupied much of their time pot- tering withpolities, and others felt tooin- dependent to work conscientiously. This was a serious difficulty in the way of the planter, and would, during the picking season, operate to decrease the crop. Other southern gentlemen engaged ex- olusively in planting expressed similar views, and in general thought it doubt- ful if the crop would equal the expecta- tions of the sanguine. Fan In a Policee Court. One of the features of this foundry of justice is Bijah's singing. On such a morning as this, when nature smiles clear back to her ears, and the lark breaks his neck trying gymnastiosit is worth a brick house to stand in the door and; hear Bijah singing, as he places the chairs around : Oh can this breakldx heart of mine Forget that widow's face? Ohl ean I tear her Image oun And leave no soar or trace ? And when one questions him about it the kind-hearted old janitor leans on his broom, the mist gathers in his eyes, and he tells how a widow refused him because he wouldn't wear a eat-away coat, part his hair in the middle and put on a big seal ring. His honor said it was hot as he came in with his hat in his hand, the clerk said it was bhot, all the officers said it was hot, and business began. Singing was heard from the corridor. It was a female voice, and it warbled : I'm lonely to-night, love, without thee, Im sad, and sigh and I pine; The loceust won't sing-the grasshopper's ill, And the moon it refuses to shine. "How about your being drunk last night?" asked his honor as Agnee Phillips was walked out. She said there must be a mistake somewhere, but the offcer said that the mistake was in not arresting her two hours before, so as to save him draw- ing her down in a hand-eart. She was an old resident, he maid-a resident of dens and hovels, and he was willing to swear that her character for morality and sobriety was as battered and rusted as the tin-pail which came over with the Pilgrim Fathers. "Won't you lemme go, judge " she asked, smiling like a sick esmel. "Yes, I will," he answered, "I'll let you go to the houe of correction for four months, and I wouldn't mind pet- ting two more on that, Agnes. You are a bad woman. It would take about six houses of shelter to commence to re- form you, and a dosea more to fnish thejob. If you were a mind to you might be a good woman, have a hus- band, and be a-bottling tomato eatsup instead of tanding hare a prisoner, but as the ase is I aat feel any pity for yoa." Whae Bijah led her bak she wanted to know if the Bleak Maria in going to the house of correction would p any where near a preuid, a yawnin cheam froms 800 to 000 feet dee- where she could have a chance to lap over and commit sauiide.-Detrot Free TaH most fashionable jewelry is of gold in three different abdes, red, yel- low nd green. A little platins is often added to inmease. ti eee of the mix- tare. Transparent enamel is mostly blue"; it is nw made in the Bysantine a ides, ad when ued for the mout -anl. their re briaf I 415, eaxhanged the whip of a aee•- maltr the sword of a soldiar, while •-ie. Gem. Saballs ame from the gal- leys. On he 4th of fr Julf. y, 1 he was -o~au for lI.fd or robery. The Colors of Aanimals. Color is often the protector of the life of the creature. In this respect the principle of utility, which is much spoken about by the partisans of the theory of indefinite transformations manifested in all parts of the organism, requires little consideration to be deemed indisputable. The hunter rea- dily believes that the animal has sunc- ceeded in escaping from him in conse- quence of the gray or tawny color of the fur, which was scarcely to be dis- tinguished from the soil, of its plumage, which was almost identical with th- foliage of the trees. In num- berless cases, hares and rabbits, flying over the naked soil, are able to evade their pursuers from a similar cause. The antelopes of Africa and the kanga- roos of Australia have coats that pro- cure for them equal advantages. The lion may be cited as a magnificent ex- ample of conformity or coloration. Lying upon the sand of the desert, or squatted among the rocks, the animal at a short distance would be almost in- visible, and the gazelle would approach him without a fear of danger. The po- lar bear does not stand out conspicu- ously upon the glaciers ; the arctic fox, the ermine, the alpine hare, which have earthly tints in summer, have in win- ter the whiteness of the fields of snow which they traverse. Nocturnal beasts, bats, rats, and mice wear vestments, which are well suited to obscurity. Al- though the tiger, the leopard, the pan- ther have, it is true, very visible mark- ings, yet they hide themselves beneath trees, whence they spring upon their prey. Among birds protective colors are very common. Even without the testimony of travelers we should have good reason to suppose that paroquets, touracos, and parrots, colored with all sorts of beautiful shades of green, would be very difficult of discovery in tropical forests. In the desert where there is no shelter, and where neither tree nor bush is to be seen, swallows, quails, linnets, and gangas, which in- habit such localities, wear plumage of various shades of gray and "isabella" similar to the sands and gravel. In the mountains of Europe the lagopede (a species of partridge) during the sum- mer has a plumage which exactly har- monizes with the tint of rocks covered with lichens. The bird delights to har- bor among such rocks, and sportsmen say that frequently a large flock of them escape notice. In the winter, however, the lagopede changes his cos- tame and becomes as white as the snows; he again succeeds in warding off attention. The yellows, browns, and "dead-leaf" tints of groupe render the animal almost invisible when repos- ing among the trees in the woods. A species of goat-sucker found in South America is of such peculiar tints that when it is lying upon the little rock is- lands of the Rio-Negro it cannot be perceived by the keenest vision. The Longevlty of Birds. Among the feathered creation the eagle and raven, the swan and parrot, are each centenarians. An eagle kept in Vienna died after a confinement of one hundred and fourteen years, apd on an ancient oak in Shelborne, still known as the "raven tree," the same pair of ravens are believed to have fixed their residence for a series of more than ninety years. Swans upon the river Thames, about whose age there can be no mistake, since they are annually nicked by the Vintner's com- pany, under whose keeping they have been for five centuries, have been known to survive one hundred and fifty years and more. The melody of the dying swan is entirely mythological. Upon approach of death the bird quits the water, sits down upon the bank, lays its head upon the ground, expands its wings a trifle and expires, uttering no sound. The extreme longevity of the parrot is equally authentic. In the zoo- logical gardens of London there is a macaw that was admitted to the tower in the year 1764. At Versailles, during the reign of Charles X., there was al- ways hanging a cage in the (Eil-de-baeuf which contained a parrot purchased by the Regent Orleans for the the Duchess de Berr. There is not a collection of birds in any of the royal aviaries of Europe that has not its ancient plrrot. The writer purchased a gray African parrot in 1856, whose residence in Wales was authenticated for seventy-seven years. The bird, more wonderful for variety of speech than for her age, learning everything and forgetting nothing, acoomplished alikein the Welsh tongue and the English, born in Afrieas, living more than three quarters of a eentury in Europe, and dying in Amer- ica, might have been alive now but for heedicesness. In 1867 she had certainly approached, it she had not reached and passed, her one hundredth year. Upon a severe cold night in December of that year, she was sent from New York to Washington, and perished by the way. She was in perfect health, had never known a day of sickness, showed no decrepitude, enjoyed life to the nt- most, demanded no allowances or con- cesisons on the score of advanoed years, and might, but for an exposure to the rigor of an unaccustomed climate, have been alive to-day. FIshing With Nitro-Glycerine. Besidents of Boston and vicinity have been excited by the operaLions of a man who has been killing fish at Quincy Point, Mass., by the explosion of nitro- glyerine. Large numbers of the sea beas have of late appeared oft the Glades and the waters around Quinoc Point, and it was upen these that the man made his experiments. His first attempt was with a small bottle of ni- tro-glycerine, the explosion of which under water brought to the surface only three or four dead bass. A second trial, with an extra charge of the explo- sive eompound in a ean, proved more destruetive, all the fish within a circle of forty yards being shocked by the concussion and rising to the emrface in great numbers. About one hundred were found to have been instantly killed, and were eaptured and sold. Many of the bass were quite large, one weigh. ing forty pounds, while one which was but slightly shbcled-b•ing beyond the area affected by the explosion- made his escape, and was judged to weigh seventy pounds. It was estims. ted that the dea h of nearly two hun dred bass resulted from this experi- ment, as many which were killed or captured with gaffs were so seriously afreeted by the shook as to perish. A careful inspection of the fish killed showed, in every instance, that the se•- ond or air bladder was rent and filled with blood. The fisherman has been warned against a repetition of this ex- periment, which is punishable by fine. Jaun Iwonrow, the English poetess, has a nephew, Edward Ingelow Putman, to whom she is giving a collegiate edu- cation at the college of New Brnswick, New Jersey. This youth, fifteen years of age, eame to this country alone and unatteoded, to satisfy an earnest desire to see America and be educated here. OUR EDUCATIONAL IOLOCH. A Common sense View of the Modern Publie School System. The native of America has his fetishes as well as the untutored inhabitant of Africa. One of these is the educational system in vogue in our public schools. It is a cardinal point of belief with the othordox American that the system is perfect and ought not to be touched. The teachers are held to be inspired and infallible. To hint at a reform in their laws and customs is ejteemed al- most a crime. Therefore i s that the youthful American is pl n the arms of the moloch of edu tion, :and his parents are bidden to keg at respectful distance until the will of that power is accomplished. The mould into which the child is placed is one and the same for all. It is of iron, and will not bend. The child must be made to fit the sys- tem, since the system will not yield an iota to accommodate the peculiarities of any particular child. In this, it may be respectfully submitted, the system is defective. As a point of fact, is is questionable whether as good general scholars are turned out by the schools of the day, with all their modern appli- ances, as by the old-fashioned school- teachers who taught in log cabins, with few text-books and imperfect aids to ed- ucation. The trouble seems to be that children are forced and crammed. It is the aim to send out graduates of imma- ture age, who put on the appearance of vast erudition, but have little practical knowledge for the business of life. Pupils are well up in algebra who can- not tell where Fort Bridger is, and scholals who can give thechemical sym- bols are unable to fix the year in which the constitution of the United States was adopted. Logic, rhetoric, and ge- ometry are excellent studies in them- selves, but accurate spelling, and a full knowledge of geography and history are a necessity of daily life to one who pretends to anything like an education. Boys are studying logic and quadratic equations, when they should be thumb- ing the spelling-book. Arithmetic is made the foundation and test of all progress, and everything else is sacri- ficed to it, though the knowledge of the elementary rules of that science is all that is needed in the ordinary affairs of life. Hence a child that has a good memory stands well and is advanced rapidly, though he should forget to- morrow what he learns to-day. The teachers hear the lesson by rote, and memory is therefore always at a prem- ium. Of course the child who has no taste for arithmetic, though a genius in all else, must stand at the foot of the lowest class so long as he or she remains a scholar. These things ought not so to be. A sound system of education would place spelling, geography and histto on a par with mathematics, and wo~igive the brain that puzzles over vulgar ractions an opportunity to make up its defeat by triumphs in other lines. Colleges can afford to make much of Euclid, Sophocles, and Kant, but aver- age graduates of the public schools want to learn everything aboft their own country, and a little about th~ rest of the world. The plan of giving a lese education to every child is a grand abe, but it by no means follows that the ayaaem in use is infallible. Parents can do little or nothing by their over- sight, so long as ihe rules are inflexibly appliea to all alike. On all hands it is agreed that there is too much cram- ming. Physicians say that growing childma should not study at home. If the t~echers are educators, and not merely machines to hear a lesson by rote, the six hours that are given them to train a child afford ample time to fill the brain for a single day. Fqyver branches of study, more instruction and less recitation in the school, and no les- sons at home, would be an admirable basis for a reform in our system of ed- ucation. Our modern moloch of edu- cation shouid give place to a living sys- tem that shall be adapted to the needs of living men and women. What a Blind Man Sees. Nature struggles hard to make up for any defects in the senses, and she gives to the blind a certain power to see when the eyes give no help. A blind man says: "Whether within the house, in the open air, whether walking or standing still, I can tell, though quite blind, when I am opposite an object, and can perceive whether it be tall or short, slender or bulky. I can also detect whether it be a solitary object or a con- tinuous fence, whether it be a close fence or composed of open rails, and often' whether it be a wooden fence. a brick or stone wall, or a quick-set hedge. I cannot usually perceive ob- jects, if much lower than my shoulder, but sometimes very low objects can be detected. This may depend on the na- ture of the object, or on some abnormal state of the atmosphere. The currents of air can have nothing to do with this power, as the state of the mind does not directly affect it ; the sense of hearing has nothing to do with it, as when snow lies thick on the ground objects are more distinct, although the footfall can- not be heard. I seem to perceive ob- jects through the skin of my face, and to have the impression directly trans- mitted to the brain. The only part of my body possessing this power is my face; this I have ascertained by suita- blh experiments. Stopping my ears does not interfere with it, but covering my face with a thick veil destroys it al- together. None of the five senses have anything to do with the existence of this power and the circumstances above named indu3e me to call this unrecog- nized sense by the name of 'Facial Perception."' Young Mortaras. The Jewish lad Mortars, whose cap- ture by the Papal authorities was once a subject of discussion for the whole of Europe, has since then become a young man and a monk of the Augustine order, and has lately preached his first sermon. The Gazette de Italia takes advantage of this circumstance to give some so- count of young Mortars. From 1858 (when he was torn from his family) till October, 1870, he remained always at Bome. The Papl government had him earefully brought up and appointed him, while still young, Canon of the Lateran. Up till 1881 he had not the slightest interoourse with his family. After the battle of Mentana, his father (who hoped soon to be ordered to Rome) entered into correspondence with him, which the Papal authorities gra- ciously allowed. The letters of the young man displayed eulture, and closed always with the demand that his family sheuld become converts to Christianity. These letters were, however, of course, always read by his superiors before be- ing posted. After the Italian troope had taken possession of Rome, his fath- er repir thither in order to fetch his son. But twelve years of priestly train- ing had exerted their influence upon him. He would not see his father Old Mortars applied to the government and begged La Marmora for help. The general gave him pleasant answers, but found it advisable not to interfere, and that out of respect for the clericals, "who were not to be exasperated." Soon after young iortara wrote from Bologna to his parents, telling them that he wus firmly attached to the Cath- olic religion, and could not, therefore, identify himself with them. He went then to Belgium, and La Marmora was glad to be thus relieved of this trouble- some matter. In Belgium the young Mortara perfected himself in French and entered the Augustinian order. His first sermon has given great satis- faction, and on the occasion he sent a letter to Pius IX., expressing his grati- tude, which is said to have given extra- ordinary pleasure to the old pope. An Orthographical Puzzle. Spellers of all grades and ages will find the attempt to write the follow- ing story from dictation, an interesting puzzle. A lady who was sure she could win the Webst-jr's Unabridged offered as a prize, in caq' she succeeded, missed only 22 of the tJ9 hard words. A pro- fessor of languages, who prided him- self on his knowledge of orthography, missed 28. It is possible that our typo may not put them all up correctly. Let us see some if our readers can detect the errors. Webster is the standard : The most skillful gauger I ever knew was a maligned cobbler, armed with a poniard, who drove a peddler's wagon, using a mullein stalk as a', instrument of coercion, to tyrannize over his pony slpd with calks. He was a German Sadducee, and had a phthisicky catarrh, diptheria, and the bilious intermittent erysipelas. A certain Sibyl, with the sobriquet of " Gypsy," went into ecsta- cies of cachinnation at seeing him meas- ure a bushel of peas, and separate sac- charine tomatoes from a heap of peeled potatoes without dyeing or singeing the ignitible queue which he wore, or be- coming paralyzed with a hemorrhage. Lifting her eyes to the ceiling of the cupola of the capitol, to conceal her unparalleled embarrassment, making a rough courtesy, and not harrassing him with mystifying, rarefying and stupe- fying innuendoes, she gave him aconch, a bouquet of lilies, mignonette, and fuchsias, a treatise on mnemonics, a copy of the Apochrypha in hierogly- phics, daguerreotypes of Mendelssohn, and Koscinsoo, a kaleidoscope, a dram phial of ipecacuanha, a teaspoenful of naptha for deleble purposes, a ferule, clarionet, some licorice, a surcingle, a carnelian of symmetrical proportions, a chronometer with movable balance wheel, a box of dominoes and a cate- chism. The guager, who was also a trafficking rectifier, and a parishioner of mine, preferred a woolen surtout (his choice was referable to a vacilating oc- casionally occurring idiosyncrasy), wo- fully uttered this apothegm: "Life is checkered ; but schism, apostacy, here- sy and villainy shall be puniahed." The Sybil apologizingly answered : " There is ratably an allegeable differ- ence between a conferrable ellipsis and a trisyllabio di-aresis." Daneing With a Fat Woman. The new York Herald reporter has been to a " Fat Woman's Clam Bake," in Pleasant Valley, N. Y., whereat solid ladies of some three hundred pounds attempted the light, agile and graceful dance. He chose the smallest partner he could find. Unfortunate man I There was a hand on the music stand, which played quadrilles without any dancers for some time, owing to the known modesty of the fat people. Through an unadvised sentiment I was induced to dance a waltz with a fat wo- man, who turned the scale at 193 pounds. Now, let it be ;remembered that the thermometer stood at 88 de- grees, and the floor was highly glazed. After several bows had been delivered, I approached my female Behemoth and grasped her madly around what was in- tended for a waist, but which resembled much more a sack of oats. The band of eight pieces struck up a waltz troi- tempe, and in the words of Artemus we "glode." After the first step or two, I felt as if I had been swinging Kehoe's clubs for a week, and there was a sing- ing in my ears as I vainly strove to glue myself to the floor. I looked over the lady's shoulders and saw tears in the eyes of some of the spectators, while others were laughing outright at my predicament. The lady grasped me tighter, and the drum gave a rattle. My collar flew oflt and a button was heard audibly to rattle on the floor like the sound of a pistol bnllet that might be dropped suddenly. She struggled a moment as we went whirling around- I mean as I went whirling around, for she was moving with the speoifle grav- ity of a lumberyard on wheels-and suddenly .I was hurled into space and lay on a bench, while the lady dropped into a seat, and her bench shut itself into a fan, under the terrible weight of her person. Thus ended my fmra and last waltz with a fat woman. I felt humiliated, and heard her telligg a lady friend shortly after that I didn't amount to much-I was too light. Condition of the Crops The September returns of the depart- ment of agriculture indicate an average condition of the wheat crop of ninety- three against ninety-five in September, 1873. The acreage of this crop is seven per cent. greater than last year, which would bring the aggregate yield to nearly an average on last year's acreage. All the New England and middle states are above the average except Delaware, which is full the average. All the At- lantic and Gulf states are below the average, except Alabama, which is 101, The inland southern states are all be- low the average, Arkansas presenting the maximum of the whole country, which is 120. North of the Ohio river, most of the counties were not visited by the chinch bugs. Of the present superior crops, Ohio, Michigan and In- diana are above the average, and Illi- nois2 per cent. below by the drought and chinches. West of the Mississippi the drought, intense heat, hot winds, chinches and grasshoppersahave reduced all of the states below the average, ex- sept Missouri. The Pacific States are above the average. The Oriin of " Beverend." The Rev. Brooke Lambert, in a let- ter to the London Times, relates some interesting particulars concerning the origin of the title "reverend." The registers of Tamworth,'in England, date back to William and Mary, 1559. In My, 1567, an entry is made "Sir Peter Stringer, Curate," and the title " sir" appears to have been given to all minis- ters down to 1656. In King James' reign the prefix "master" was used. On the 11th of June, 18~7, was buried one " Beverened Pastor Master Thomas Blake, minister of Tamworth." "Rev- erend" in this ease was used evidently as a mark of respect. ' Master" seems to have been used up to November, 1727, when there appears the baptism of Anne, daughter of "ye Rev. Mr. Robert Wilson, minister of Tamworth," and after that date the prefix "rever- ened" never seems to have been omitted. ENGLAND'S QUEEN. Her Gorgeous Apartments at Windsor Castle. The London correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean writes of a visit to Windsor Castle and says: "The Water- loo chamber is 93 feet long, 45 feet high, and 47 broad; it is lighted by a lantern of ground glass extending the whole length of the room, and is divided into five compartments by light, grace- ful arches. At each end of the room there are galleries for musicians, formed of richly carved oak. The walls and ceilings are decorated in white and gold relief with armorial bearings, and in- serted in the panelling round the room are portraits of all the eminent men who were connected with the battle of Waterloo. Lions, masks, and grotesque heads holding wreaths of flowers and fruits embellish all the mouldings, and the doors, mantle-pieces, and picture frames are adorned with beautiful wood carvings by Gibbons. The carpet is dark n rroon, pannelled and figured with th stars of the civil and military orders of the Bath, and the furniture is of oak (corresponding with the style of the room) covered with crimson velvet. The presence chamber is 90 feet long, 33 feet high, and 34 leet broad; an im- mense G, thic window foru a almost one entire end of the room, and commands an extensive view of the park and ad- jacent country. The style of the room is that of the time of Louis XIV., and the workmanship is admirable. The ceiling is a marvel of beauty, as are also the cornices, which are ornamented by scrollwork of the most exquisite de- scription. Large, richly carved doors open into the throne room, the Water- loo gallery, and the banqueting hall. The walls are hung with six superb specimens of Gobelin tapestry, repre- senting ' The History of Jason and the Golden Fleece.' Splendid looking-glas- ses occunpy other portions of the room. Four chandeliers of ormolu, interspers- ed with cut-glass branches and pend- ants, are suspended from the ceiling. The floor is of oak, parget, the oak be- ing inlaid with fleur-de-lis in ebony. The furniture is solidly gilt, and is very gorgeous. At one end of the room there is a large malachite vase, which was presented to Queen Victoria by the Emperor Nicholas of Russia. The ban- queting hall is 200 feet long, 32 feet high, and 34 broad. On one side oi the room there are thirteen windows, and opposite to them there are recesses con taining life-size portraits of the last eleven sovereigns of England. In a music gallery at one end of the ball there is an organ, and under, upon a dais, is the queen's chair of state, made in imitation of the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. In the spaces be- tween the portraits there are large brass shields, with the cross of St. George and the Garter motto. Brackets sup- porting lamps project from each side of the shields, and above them are steel helmets with cross spears. The ceiling is almost entirely covered with shields emblazoned with the armorial bearings of all the Knights of the Garter, from the institution of the order down to the present time-a period of about five hundred years. The names of the knights are painted between the panels of the windows'; to each of them is affixed a number corresponding to that attached to the arms on the ceiling. On each side of the window there are two knights (in stucco) in complete armor. The furniture (of which there is but little, the hall being very seldom nused) is of oak, covered with scarlet velvet, and the carpet is an oak pattern, in rmall panels, with the cross in the cent, and a rich border of the Garter anm~motto. In one of the departments we were shown an ebony cabinet, inlaid with onyx, which had belonged to Mary Queen of Soots, and two large tables of solid silver, one of which had been i,wned by Charles II., and a portrait, by Rembrandt, of the famous Countess of Desmond at the age of one hundred and twenty." The First Steamboat.. At Shepherdstown, in Jefferson coun- ty, West Virginia, the first steamboat was built. General Washington and Governor Johnson, of Maryland, were the patrons of the enterprise. After the war they procured tcgether the in. corporation of the Potomac company by their respective states. And in 1785 Rumsey demonstrated to them on the Potomac, above Shepherdstown, his great discovery that a boat could be propelled by steam up stream against the current. The boiler and machinery for Rumsey's steamboat were made at the Catoctin iron furnace, in Frederick county, then owned by Johnson and some of his brothers. The gentlemen of the Potomac country then used to go to the Baltimore (now Berkeley) springs to drink the waters, and this experiment of Ramsey's, of steam navigation, was certified to have been a success by Washington, Johnson, and other emi- nent men then present. The first steam- boat was propelled on the Potomac; the first boiler was made in Frederick county, twenty years before Fulton per- fected the idea and applied it on the Hudson. The Danger of Wet Coal. People who prefer wetting the win- ter's store of coal to lay the dust on putting it in their cellars, do not, we believe, generally know that they are laying up for themselves a store of sore throats and other evils consequent upon the practice. But so it is said to be. Even the fire-damp, which escapes from coal mines, arises from the slow decom- position of coal at temperatures but little above that of the atmosphere, but under augmented pressure. By wetting a mass of freshly broken coal and hav ing it put in a warm cellar, the mass is heated to such a degree that carbureted and sulphureted hydrogen are given off for long periods of time and pervade the whole house. The liability of wet coal to mischievous results unnd r such circumstances man be appreciated from the circumstance that there are several instances on record of spontaneous com- bustion of wet coal when stowed into the bunkers or holds of vessels. And from this cause, doubtless, many miss- ing coal vessels have perished.-London Medical Record. ENGLIsa sportsmen are lamenting the almost total failure of grouse shooting on the Scottish moors this season. The cold, wet season has played havoc with the birds, who are scarce, shy, and in poor condition. A late number of Puch represents Mr. Punch equipped in sportsman's rig, surprising a party of birds seated round a bottle of cough mixture, of which they are partaking. The grouse plaintively ask Lim if he thinks they are in propel condition to kill, and from the expression on Mr. Punch's conLtenance we may conclude that he is far from thinking so. WEaN a paper says that there has never been a family fight in the town of Clio, Iowa, it little knows of the way women have of choking their husbands with the left hand to drown the noise of their screams as the rolling pin falls, SAYINGS AND DOINGtS. THE kindest heart is that which shrinks rather at its own inhumanity than at anothers. WAsIT of wealth is sometimes retriev. ed; waste of health, is seldom; but the waste of time never. LovE is all its shapes implies sacri. floes. Much must be conceded, much endured, if we would love. THEmu are very few men in this world who can find a sealed bottle floating ir the ocean and read the message, wit out having first smelled the bottle. THE foreign resident population of Paris is made up as follows: 4,000 Americans, 7,000 Englishmen 47,000 Germans, 32,000 Belgians, and 12,000 Swise. THEY believe in fashion in Toreka, and when Mr. Williams wouldn't put on a mourning band for the death of his wife they dragged him through a creek and shaved his head. TRUTH enters tme neart of man when it is empty and still; but when the mind is shaken with passions, as with a storm, you can never hear the voice of the charmer, charm he ever so wisely. BRET HARTS is said to be a sufferer from a chronic complaint that is by no means uncommon. He cannot keep money. He has no bad habits, and yet money melts away as soon as he touches it. His work commands a higher plice than that of any writer of the day. Love is not ripened in one day, nor many, nor even in a human lifetime. It is the oneness of soul with soul in ap- preciation and perfect trust. To be blessed, it must rest in that faith in the divine which underlies every other emotion. To be true, it must be eter. nal. THE handsomest men in the union are Kentuckians, and the preservation of their good looks is said to be due to the fact that while 1ll the Bourbon whisky is manufactured in Kentucky, the great bulk of it is consumed else- where. DAKOTA is the white man's pronunci. ation of Lah-ko-ta, the name by which the Sioux call themselves. The mean- ing of Lah-ko-ta is "the cut-throat," and in the sign language they indicate themselves by drawing the hand across the throat. PREPORM[ANCE of Miss Gray, of In- dependence, Mo., when they tried to marry her against her will: 1. She kicked the minister's hat off. 2. She knocked the young man down. 3. She rode off on a mule with one foot on each side of him. THE ancients had but one word for manners and morals. It might be well if the same were the case for us-yet with this essential difference, that, while they degraded morals to the level of manners, a higher culture would tend us to raise manners to the level of morals. HENRY IV. went around to the cities, as MacMahon has done, and a mayor intended to inflict an address. He be- gan : "Hannibal, on leaving for Car- thage-." At this point the king said : "When Hannibal left for Oar- thage he had dined. Let us go and do the same." Tan revelations of the chambermaids at the watering-places, about this time, are exceedingly interesting. They say that the soap, matches and towels that have been taken away by mistake, the past season, in astonishing, and that the powder and paint rags found behind the bureaus, and the pieces of pink saucers discovered in the wash-stand cup- boards, are too numerous to mention. Joas PamL, in describing a Saratoga ball, says : A lady attracted considera- ble attention by having her dress cut down in the back with a hberality which astonished me, and delighted the backbiters on the back piaeza. 'Twas not the Pompadour style, exact- ly ; rather more on the baradonr order of architecture, I should say; and nothing could be in better taste, if a lady's back were a boulevard-but if not, not." Osa of the latest innovations of fssh- ion at Saratoga is the wearing of ribbon upon most all toilets. The new shade of garmet or Turkish red is much used for them, as also a deep mauve blue, verging on a purple. It is strictly en reglt to wear a bow of ribbon upon the top of each sleeve, one at the-base of the ruff at the back of the neck, while a ribbon of the same color, about two inches wide, is passed around the waist in place of a rash and hangs in long loops and ends at the left side. With black and white costumes the effect is pretty. Brains of Men and Animals. At the recent meeting of the British association the Dean of Clenfert, Dr. Byrne, made a very praiseworthy at- tempt to trace to the anterior, middle, and posterior portions of the brain-hem- ispheres or cerebrum the various men- tal faculties which we see suanccessively developed in those lower animals most nearly akin to man. He pointed out that in the rabbit, dog, ape, and man certain portions of the brain are rela- tively of larger development as we paFs from the first to the last, and that ao- companying this development we have the development of new pseychical pow- era. In the rodents and ruminants there is first perceptible the power of think. ing of a series of connected acts. In the earnivora there is a power of de- sign, and in the anthropoid apes a sense of general principles. Cases were cited to support these propositions, and it was suggested, in accordance with the corresponding anatomical arrange- ments, that the anterior lobes of the cerebrum belong to the act of thinking of single objects with a sense of their sucnoession, and of each as a part of the succession; and those of the posterior lobe to the act of thinking of the coexz istence or sunocession of them as a gen- eral principle. Discoveries Near the North Pole. According to aounte in late London journals, the Austrian north pole exe- dition was frozen in at the north polot of Nova Zembla in August, 1872, Sn(1 was driven in a northwesterly direction with ice. The crew worked fivemonth• in vain during the summer of 1873 to free the ship. In the autumn of tliit year, north o: the 80th degree of lati- tude, an unknown land was discovered, whose boundary line, north and we+t, was not to be seen. A thin line was ex- plored in sledges from the 9th of Ma'e'! to the 4th of May, 1874, up to the 8~3 degree. In honor of the emperor ( 1 Austria, this was named Franz Josel h I Land. There were were nogns of an- imal life. On the 20th of May, 1874, the crew left the ship to get off in foinu sledges, and after traveling ninety-s'. days, reached Nova Zembla, where thbe met with some Russian seamen a].I were taken to Wardoe, in Norway, after undergoing indescribable sufferings and privations,

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Tn OPIOUSAS 1Jo1iR.Opelou sas, L a 'iana.

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able imwear Ifa in advance.ADY lTIIN--iftY Cent • pr square for the

lest ss.tion aad Twenty-live Oents for each sub.nquesnt asertion. Might lines or less constitute a

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ea4iat•cfor public favors will pay Fifteen Dol-lars each, in advance~ if they wish to he announced.

Ob Noties, Ours of Thanks. etc., to bepaid fog a dvartisments.

ersomal Cards when admissible, to be chargedat the rate of twenty cents per line, in advance.

MONEY MUSK.

BY B. F. TAYLOR.

In shirt of check and tallowed hairThe fiddler site in the bulrush chairLike Moses' basket stranded there

On the brink of Father Nile.He feels the fiddle's slender neck,Picks out the notes with thumb and check:And times the tune with nod and beck,

And thinks it a weary while.All ready ! now he gives the call,Cries,

"Honor to the ladies !" All

The jolly tides of laughter fallAnd ebb in a happy smile.

SBegin." D.o-w-n comes the bow on every string,"First couple join right hands and swing !",

As light as any bluebird's wing8wing once and a half times round."

Whirls Mary Martin all in blue-Calico gown and stockings new,And tinted eyes that tel' you true,

Dance all to the ding sound.

She Lits about big 3hds Brown,Who holds her hands to keep her downAnd thinks her hair a golden crown,

And his heart turns over once !His cheek with Mary's breath is wet,It gives a second somerset !He means to win the maiden yet,

Alas for the awkward dunce !

"YTour stogs-boot has crushed my toe ! "" I'd rather dance with one-legged Joe.""You clumsy fellow !" "Pass below ! ",

And the first pair danced apart.Then "Forward six! I "advance, retreat,'Like midges gay in sunbeam street,'Tis Money Musk by merry feet

And the Money Musk by heart I!

'Three-quarters round your partner swing ! "" Aross the set!" The rafters ring.,

The girls and boys have taken wingAnd have brought their roses out Ij

'Ti " Forward six! " with rustic grace,Ah, rarer far than-" Swing to place ! "-Then golden clouds of old point lace

Then bring the dance about.

Then clasping hands all-" Bight and left ! "All swiftly weave the measured deftAcross the woof in loving Weft,

And the Money Musk is done 1Oh, dancers of the rustling hunk,Good night, sweethearts, 'tis growing dusk,Good night, for aye to Money Musk,

For the havy march began I

THE COTTON CROP.Pactors' and Planters' Estimates of

SBothern Stock.From the New York World.

Upon few ordinary every daysubjeotsis it so difficult to obtain a fair state-ment of simple facts, untinged by thecoloring of personal interest, as uponthe probable aggregate amount of aforthQm cntton crop. The difficultyaris~from various causes. A largeclass of persons talk and estimate fln-ently enough upon the subject, whohave little or no personal knowledgeupon which to base either. All throughthe south the village postmaster, therailway station agent, and the local cot-ton factor have their correspondents inthe great markets of the north and eastwith whom their reports have influence,and to whose order they are perhapsnot unfrequently made. There is, too,a natural and inherent diversity of in-terest between the ootton planter andthe cotton merchant and consumer.The former quite naturally finds it tohis advantage to under estimate theprobable crop and over estimate thechances of misfortune, a this tends toproduce high prioes and consequentprofit; while the latter are as prone toreverse this order of things, over esti-mating the erop and under estimatingthe probable pnrice to suit their require-ments in a business point of view. Thedivergmce of opinion upon this subje ethas either been greater this season thanusual, or else fuller prominence hasbeen given to the views of both sidesthan ordinarily. In order to harmon-se these so far s possible, and with

the view of preesating so far as p ra•-trieble a trustworthy estimate of therop of 1874, a lurge number of gen-

tlemen engaged in the cotton tradehave been recently questioned, andfrom among their statements the follow-ing have been selected as best conveyingthe argument pro and con :

In the course of a general onveree-tin with Mr. T. T. Bryce,of the wellknown firm of Bryce & Co., extensiveeottoa brokers in this oity, and largelyintereted in a number of cotton-grow-

g pleatations in various parts of thesouth, the following statements wereelicited: "The crop of this ear,"sid Mr. Bryce, "up to the 10th ofAugust last, promised fairly to be thelargest ever produced in this country. Itis arctaiy true that the acreage hasbeen emnsiderably reduced, owing to aaristy o eauses, but this reductionhe bee more than compensated bythe fat that this season no ortion ofthe crop has had to be absolutely aban-doned, while last year 121 per cent. ofthe eatire production was thrown outas valuele owing to rass, eto. Theresult is that bythe 1st of August ofthis year, the number of acres produo-ig cotton was in faot greater than atthe corresponding time the previousyear. The amount of fetilising agentsused upon the ton lads of the southwas undoubtedly less than in previousyears, bat was nevertheless greater thanin 1870, when what is still know as the'tbig op' was produced. It ilso trme that the extensive drouth,

lmfg from the 1st of August of theAemtr till the 1st of September,

sd stue damage to th9 sandy lands- tim seath own as tse 'uplands,'but the thus done was earious-

S thus afbrdedthe lowar' b lans' from the ravages of theebs wworm. Only ones since the warhave tse lands produaced so-large and

I * . aop. and that was in 1870,

IUkabor mratbeof unfo the"mm* se r e me t s is dd to th am

ty Eber been a rule Lrou t the

• .•. owas*b w meaeed by onesalsa thn hasanater mre than tea sat i fsr toa that aer snt m of September

was e weather m Sore p to for tcotton crp than t is . The de-

Sthe plank tohas uan-bee musk acelerated

abl drwl wialm, ci se aves

a! 69 new sthe inmtaits1yess the pes mltn

same inot,& seeemto be the- -st thpeatlow tam a- emetassswBIlpose so umeptems to te

1rjs dthartltwastooeuly a the

season, in his opinion, to predict tieamount of the crop with any certainty.In estimating, he should consider it safeto start with 4,000,000 bales, but shouldwant to have a leeway of 500,000 balesfor inrease, and 250,000 bales decrease,should the frost set in early, or someother accident occur.

Mr. D. E. Huger, a large and influen-tial cotton factor at Mobile, Ala., it re-ply to a series of questions upon thesubject, said that the cotton receipts ofMobile for last season were 300,000bales, and that the lowest estimates forthe ensuing season among the cottonfactors there, who are sellers, and there-fore favor the views of planters, was350,000 bales, ranging from that to 400,-000 bales. It was his personal opinionthat an intermediate figure would prob-ably be more accurate. He, too,thought it too early to judge, but con-sidered an early frost the only possiblecontingency which could greatly reducethe crop. He remarked that of thebottom, middle, and top crops any twowould make a fair aggregate, and thatthis season only the mi~jle crop hadbeen partially injured b the drouth.A great deal of cotton was, be saishipped from Mobile to New Orleans,and thence sold as Orleans cotton at anadvance of one-eighth of a penny."Last season," said M. Huger, "3,-750,000 bales was about the averageestimate of the crop made by many,and some even thought it would not ex-ceed 3,500,000 bales, but the crop inpoint of fact reached 4,100,000 bales."The staple of the cotton was, kle thoughtunusually good this season in his sec-tion of the country as was also theginning, in consequedce of the continueddry weather.

Several other gentlemen largely in-terested in the cotton trade confirmedthe statements already made, and oneof them remarked that as an indicationofthe prospect of a large crop marketedeasily might be mentioned the fact thatMontgomery, Ala., received Monday400 bales, while last year the receiptsat that point for the entire correspond-ing week were but 441 bales, and 'theyear preceding that, 2,100 bales. Gal-veston, Texas, last week received 2,800bales as against 800 bales for the corres-ponding week of last year.

In the course or conversation with anumber of southern planters now inthe city, the writer obtained views op-posed in general tenor to thoseexpressedby the gentlemen above quoted. Col.E tward Richardson, of Mississippi, andof the firm of Richardson & May, of NewOrleans, one of the largest cotton plan-ters and dealers in the south, expressedit as his opinion that the coming cropwould inevitably disappoint those whofixed their estimate so high. He thought3,500,000 of bales a fair estimate, andargued that the dealers at the north hadno practical idea of the demoralizedand disorganized condition of labor inthe south. He was sure the reductionof acreage had been under estimated,and judging from his own prospects hecould not believe that there would beany profit to the planter from this sea-son's crop, as it had cost more to raiseit than it was worth. The colonel saidthat while he had no trouble with thefreedmen, of whom he employed aboutone thousand on his various plantations,he found it impossible to obtain theproductive labor from them which theold system afforded. Very many ofthem occupied much of their time pot-tering withpolities, and others felt tooin-dependent to work conscientiously. Thiswas a serious difficulty in the way of theplanter, and would, during the pickingseason, operate to decrease the crop.Other southern gentlemen engaged ex-olusively in planting expressed similarviews, and in general thought it doubt-ful if the crop would equal the expecta-tions of the sanguine.

Fan In a Policee Court.One of the features of this foundry

of justice is Bijah's singing. On such amorning as this, when nature smilesclear back to her ears, and the larkbreaks his neck trying gymnastiosit isworth a brick house to stand in thedoor and; hear Bijah singing, as heplaces the chairs around :

Oh can this breakldx heart of mineForget that widow's face?

Ohl ean I tear her Image ounAnd leave no soar or trace ?

And when one questions him about itthe kind-hearted old janitor leans onhis broom, the mist gathers in his eyes,and he tells how a widow refused himbecause he wouldn't wear a eat-awaycoat, part his hair in the middle andput on a big seal ring.

His honor said it was hot as he camein with his hat in his hand, the clerksaid it was bhot, all the officers said itwas hot, and business began. Singingwas heard from the corridor. It was afemale voice, and it warbled :

I'm lonely to-night, love, without thee,Im sad, and sigh and I pine;

The loceust won't sing-the grasshopper's ill,And the moon it refuses to shine.

"How about your being drunk lastnight?" asked his honor as AgneePhillips was walked out.

She said there must be a mistakesomewhere, but the offcer said that themistake was in not arresting her twohours before, so as to save him draw-ing her down in a hand-eart. Shewas an old resident, he maid-a residentof dens and hovels, and he was willingto swear that her character for moralityand sobriety was as battered and rustedas the tin-pail which came over with thePilgrim Fathers.

"Won't you lemme go, judge " sheasked, smiling like a sick esmel.

"Yes, I will," he answered, "I'll letyou go to the houe of correction forfour months, and I wouldn't mind pet-ting two more on that, Agnes. You area bad woman. It would take about sixhouses of shelter to commence to re-form you, and a dosea more to fnishthejob. If you were a mind to youmight be a good woman, have a hus-band, and be a-bottling tomato eatsupinstead of tanding hare a prisoner, butas the ase is I aat feel any pity foryoa."

Whae Bijah led her bak she wantedto know if the Bleak Maria in going tothe house of correction would p anywhere near a preuid, a yawnincheam froms 800 to 000 feet dee-where she could have a chance to lapover and commit sauiide.-Detrot Free

TaH most fashionable jewelry is ofgold in three different abdes, red, yel-low nd green. A little platins is oftenadded to inmease. ti eee of the mix-tare. Transparent enamel is mostlyblue"; it is nw made in the Bysantinea ides, ad when ued for the mout

-anl. their re briaf I415, eaxhanged the whip of a aee•-maltr the sword of a soldiar, while•-ie. Gem. Saballs ame from the gal-leys. On he 4th of fr Julf. y, 1 he was-o~au for lI.fd or robery.

The Colors of Aanimals.

Color is often the protector of thelife of the creature. In this respectthe principle of utility, which is muchspoken about by the partisans of thetheory of indefinite transformationsmanifested in all parts of the organism,requires little consideration to bedeemed indisputable. The hunter rea-dily believes that the animal has sunc-ceeded in escaping from him in conse-quence of the gray or tawny color ofthe fur, which was scarcely to be dis-tinguished from the soil, of itsplumage, which was almost identicalwith th- foliage of the trees. In num-berless cases, hares and rabbits, flyingover the naked soil, are able to evadetheir pursuers from a similar cause.The antelopes of Africa and the kanga-roos of Australia have coats that pro-cure for them equal advantages. Thelion may be cited as a magnificent ex-ample of conformity or coloration.Lying upon the sand of the desert, orsquatted among the rocks, the animalat a short distance would be almost in-visible, and the gazelle would approachhim without a fear of danger. The po-lar bear does not stand out conspicu-ously upon the glaciers ; the arctic fox,the ermine, the alpine hare, which haveearthly tints in summer, have in win-ter the whiteness of the fields of snowwhich they traverse. Nocturnal beasts,bats, rats, and mice wear vestments,which are well suited to obscurity. Al-though the tiger, the leopard, the pan-ther have, it is true, very visible mark-ings, yet they hide themselves beneathtrees, whence they spring upon theirprey. Among birds protective colorsare very common. Even without thetestimony of travelers we should havegood reason to suppose that paroquets,touracos, and parrots, colored with allsorts of beautiful shades of green,would be very difficult of discovery intropical forests. In the desert wherethere is no shelter, and where neithertree nor bush is to be seen, swallows,quails, linnets, and gangas, which in-habit such localities, wear plumage ofvarious shades of gray and "isabella"similar to the sands and gravel. In themountains of Europe the lagopede (aspecies of partridge) during the sum-mer has a plumage which exactly har-monizes with the tint of rocks coveredwith lichens. The bird delights to har-bor among such rocks, and sportsmensay that frequently a large flock ofthem escape notice. In the winter,however, the lagopede changes his cos-tame and becomes as white as thesnows; he again succeeds in wardingoff attention. The yellows, browns,and "dead-leaf" tints of groupe renderthe animal almost invisible when repos-ing among the trees in the woods. Aspecies of goat-sucker found in SouthAmerica is of such peculiar tints thatwhen it is lying upon the little rock is-lands of the Rio-Negro it cannot beperceived by the keenest vision.

The Longevlty of Birds.

Among the feathered creation theeagle and raven, the swan and parrot,are each centenarians. An eagle keptin Vienna died after a confinement ofone hundred and fourteen years, apdon an ancient oak in Shelborne, stillknown as the "raven tree," the samepair of ravens are believed to havefixed their residence for a series ofmore than ninety years. Swans uponthe river Thames, about whose agethere can be no mistake, since they areannually nicked by the Vintner's com-pany, under whose keeping they havebeen for five centuries, have been knownto survive one hundred and fifty yearsand more. The melody of the dyingswan is entirely mythological. Uponapproach of death the bird quits thewater, sits down upon the bank, lays itshead upon the ground, expands itswings a trifle and expires, uttering nosound. The extreme longevity of theparrot is equally authentic. In the zoo-logical gardens of London there is amacaw that was admitted to the towerin the year 1764. At Versailles, duringthe reign of Charles X., there was al-ways hanging a cage in the (Eil-de-baeufwhich contained a parrot purchased bythe Regent Orleans for the the Duchessde Berr. There is not a collection ofbirds in any of the royal aviaries ofEurope that has not its ancient plrrot.The writer purchased a gray Africanparrot in 1856, whose residence in Waleswas authenticated for seventy-sevenyears. The bird, more wonderful forvariety of speech than for her age,learning everything and forgettingnothing, acoomplished alikein the Welshtongue and the English, born in Afrieas,living more than three quarters of aeentury in Europe, and dying in Amer-ica, might have been alive now but forheedicesness. In 1867 she had certainlyapproached, it she had not reached andpassed, her one hundredth year. Upona severe cold night in December ofthat year, she was sent from New Yorkto Washington, and perished by theway. She was in perfect health, hadnever known a day of sickness, showedno decrepitude, enjoyed life to the nt-most, demanded no allowances or con-cesisons on the score of advanoed years,and might, but for an exposure to therigor of an unaccustomed climate, havebeen alive to-day.

FIshing With Nitro-Glycerine.

Besidents of Boston and vicinity havebeen excited by the operaLions of a manwho has been killing fish at QuincyPoint, Mass., by the explosion of nitro-glyerine. Large numbers of the seabeas have of late appeared oft theGlades and the waters around QuinocPoint, and it was upen these that theman made his experiments. His firstattempt was with a small bottle of ni-tro-glycerine, the explosion of whichunder water brought to the surfaceonly three or four dead bass. A secondtrial, with an extra charge of the explo-sive eompound in a ean, proved moredestruetive, all the fish within a circleof forty yards being shocked by theconcussion and rising to the emrface ingreat numbers. About one hundredwere found to have been instantly killed,and were eaptured and sold. Manyof the bass were quite large, one weigh.ing forty pounds, while one which wasbut slightly shbcled-b•ing beyondthe area affected by the explosion-made his escape, and was judged toweigh seventy pounds. It was estims.ted that the dea h of nearly two hundred bass resulted from this experi-ment, as many which were killed orcaptured with gaffs were so seriouslyafreeted by the shook as to perish. Acareful inspection of the fish killedshowed, in every instance, that the se•-ond or air bladder was rent and filledwith blood. The fisherman has beenwarned against a repetition of this ex-periment, which is punishable by fine.

Jaun Iwonrow, the English poetess,has a nephew, Edward Ingelow Putman,to whom she is giving a collegiate edu-cation at the college of New Brnswick,New Jersey. This youth, fifteen yearsof age, eame to this country alone andunatteoded, to satisfy an earnest desireto see America and be educated here.

OUR EDUCATIONAL IOLOCH.

A Common sense View of the ModernPublie School System.

The native of America has his fetishesas well as the untutored inhabitant ofAfrica. One of these is the educationalsystem in vogue in our public schools.It is a cardinal point of belief with theothordox American that the system isperfect and ought not to be touched.The teachers are held to be inspiredand infallible. To hint at a reform intheir laws and customs is ejteemed al-most a crime. Therefore i s that theyouthful American is pl n the armsof the moloch of edu tion, :and hisparents are bidden to keg at respectfuldistance until the will of that power isaccomplished. The mould into whichthe child is placed is one and the samefor all. It is of iron, and will not bend.The child must be made to fit the sys-tem, since the system will not yield aniota to accommodate the peculiaritiesof any particular child. In this, it maybe respectfully submitted, the systemis defective. As a point of fact, is isquestionable whether as good generalscholars are turned out by the schoolsof the day, with all their modern appli-ances, as by the old-fashioned school-teachers who taught in log cabins, withfew text-books and imperfect aids to ed-ucation. The trouble seems to be thatchildren are forced and crammed. It isthe aim to send out graduates of imma-ture age, who put on the appearance ofvast erudition, but have little practicalknowledge for the business of life.Pupils are well up in algebra who can-not tell where Fort Bridger is, andscholals who can give thechemical sym-bols are unable to fix the year in whichthe constitution of the United Stateswas adopted. Logic, rhetoric, and ge-ometry are excellent studies in them-selves, but accurate spelling, and a fullknowledge of geography and historyare a necessity of daily life to one whopretends to anything like an education.Boys are studying logic and quadraticequations, when they should be thumb-ing the spelling-book. Arithmetic ismade the foundation and test of allprogress, and everything else is sacri-ficed to it, though the knowledge of theelementary rules of that science is allthat is needed in the ordinary affairs oflife. Hence a child that has a goodmemory stands well and is advancedrapidly, though he should forget to-morrow what he learns to-day. Theteachers hear the lesson by rote, andmemory is therefore always at a prem-ium. Of course the child who has notaste for arithmetic, though a geniusin all else, must stand at the foot of thelowest class so long as he or she remainsa scholar. These things ought not soto be. A sound system of educationwould place spelling, geography andhistto on a par with mathematics, andwo~igive the brain that puzzles overvulgar ractions an opportunity to makeup its defeat by triumphs in other lines.Colleges can afford to make much ofEuclid, Sophocles, and Kant, but aver-age graduates of the public schoolswant to learn everything aboft theirown country, and a little about th~ restof the world. The plan of giving alese education to every child is a grand

abe, but it by no means follows that theayaaem in use is infallible. Parentscan do little or nothing by their over-sight, so long as ihe rules are inflexiblyappliea to all alike. On all hands it isagreed that there is too much cram-ming. Physicians say that growingchildma should not study at home. Ifthe t~echers are educators, and notmerely machines to hear a lesson byrote, the six hours that are given themto train a child afford ample time to fillthe brain for a single day. Fqyverbranches of study, more instruction andless recitation in the school, and no les-sons at home, would be an admirablebasis for a reform in our system of ed-ucation. Our modern moloch of edu-cation shouid give place to a living sys-tem that shall be adapted to the needsof living men and women.

What a Blind Man Sees.

Nature struggles hard to make up forany defects in the senses, and she givesto the blind a certain power to seewhen the eyes give no help. A blindman says:

"Whether within the house, in theopen air, whether walking or standingstill, I can tell, though quite blind,when I am opposite an object, and canperceive whether it be tall or short,slender or bulky. I can also detectwhether it be a solitary object or a con-tinuous fence, whether it be a closefence or composed of open rails, andoften' whether it be a wooden fence. abrick or stone wall, or a quick-sethedge. I cannot usually perceive ob-jects, if much lower than my shoulder,but sometimes very low objects can bedetected. This may depend on the na-ture of the object, or on some abnormalstate of the atmosphere. The currentsof air can have nothing to do with thispower, as the state of the mind does notdirectly affect it ; the sense of hearinghas nothing to do with it, as when snowlies thick on the ground objects aremore distinct, although the footfall can-not be heard. I seem to perceive ob-jects through the skin of my face, andto have the impression directly trans-mitted to the brain. The only part ofmy body possessing this power is myface; this I have ascertained by suita-blh experiments. Stopping my earsdoes not interfere with it, but coveringmy face with a thick veil destroys it al-together. None of the five senses haveanything to do with the existence of thispower and the circumstances abovenamed indu3e me to call this unrecog-nized sense by the name of 'FacialPerception."'

Young Mortaras.The Jewish lad Mortars, whose cap-

ture by the Papal authorities was oncea subject of discussion for the whole ofEurope, has since then become a youngman and a monk of the Augustine order,and has lately preached his first sermon.The Gazette de Italia takes advantageof this circumstance to give some so-count of young Mortars. From 1858(when he was torn from his family) tillOctober, 1870, he remained always atBome. The Papl government had himearefully brought up and appointedhim, while still young, Canon of theLateran. Up till 1881 he had not theslightest interoourse with his family.After the battle of Mentana, his father(who hoped soon to be ordered toRome) entered into correspondence withhim, which the Papal authorities gra-ciously allowed. The letters of theyoung man displayed eulture, and closedalways with the demand that his familysheuld become converts to Christianity.These letters were, however, of course,always read by his superiors before be-ing posted. After the Italian troopehad taken possession of Rome, his fath-er repir thither in order to fetch hisson. But twelve years of priestly train-ing had exerted their influence uponhim. He would not see his fatherOld Mortars applied to the governmentand begged La Marmora for help. Thegeneral gave him pleasant answers, but

found it advisable not to interfere, andthat out of respect for the clericals,"who were not to be exasperated."Soon after young iortara wrote fromBologna to his parents, telling themthat he wus firmly attached to the Cath-olic religion, and could not, therefore,identify himself with them. He wentthen to Belgium, and La Marmora wasglad to be thus relieved of this trouble-some matter. In Belgium the youngMortara perfected himself in Frenchand entered the Augustinian order.His first sermon has given great satis-faction, and on the occasion he sent aletter to Pius IX., expressing his grati-tude, which is said to have given extra-ordinary pleasure to the old pope.

An Orthographical Puzzle.

Spellers of all grades and ages willfind the attempt to write the follow-ing story from dictation, an interestingpuzzle. A lady who was sure she couldwin the Webst-jr's Unabridged offered asa prize, in caq' she succeeded, missedonly 22 of the tJ9 hard words. A pro-fessor of languages, who prided him-self on his knowledge of orthography,missed 28. It is possible that our typomay not put them all up correctly. Letus see some if our readers can detectthe errors. Webster is the standard :

The most skillful gauger I ever knewwas a maligned cobbler, armed with aponiard, who drove a peddler's wagon,using a mullein stalk as a', instrumentof coercion, to tyrannize over his ponyslpd with calks. He was a GermanSadducee, and had a phthisicky catarrh,diptheria, and the bilious intermittenterysipelas. A certain Sibyl, with thesobriquet of " Gypsy," went into ecsta-cies of cachinnation at seeing him meas-ure a bushel of peas, and separate sac-charine tomatoes from a heap of peeledpotatoes without dyeing or singeing theignitible queue which he wore, or be-coming paralyzed with a hemorrhage.Lifting her eyes to the ceiling of thecupola of the capitol, to conceal herunparalleled embarrassment, making arough courtesy, and not harrassing himwith mystifying, rarefying and stupe-fying innuendoes, she gave him aconch,a bouquet of lilies, mignonette, andfuchsias, a treatise on mnemonics, acopy of the Apochrypha in hierogly-phics, daguerreotypes of Mendelssohn,and Koscinsoo, a kaleidoscope, a dramphial of ipecacuanha, a teaspoenful ofnaptha for deleble purposes, a ferule,clarionet, some licorice, a surcingle, acarnelian of symmetrical proportions, achronometer with movable balancewheel, a box of dominoes and a cate-chism. The guager, who was also atrafficking rectifier, and a parishioner ofmine, preferred a woolen surtout (hischoice was referable to a vacilating oc-casionally occurring idiosyncrasy), wo-fully uttered this apothegm: "Life ischeckered ; but schism, apostacy, here-sy and villainy shall be puniahed."The Sybil apologizingly answered :" There is ratably an allegeable differ-ence between a conferrable ellipsis anda trisyllabio di-aresis."

Daneing With a Fat Woman.

The new York Herald reporter hasbeen to a " Fat Woman's Clam Bake,"in Pleasant Valley, N. Y., whereatsolid ladies of some three hundredpounds attempted the light, agile andgraceful dance. He chose the smallestpartner he could find. Unfortunateman I There was a hand on the musicstand, which played quadrilles withoutany dancers for some time, owing to theknown modesty of the fat people.Through an unadvised sentiment I wasinduced to dance a waltz with a fat wo-man, who turned the scale at 193pounds. Now, let it be ;rememberedthat the thermometer stood at 88 de-grees, and the floor was highly glazed.After several bows had been delivered,I approached my female Behemoth andgrasped her madly around what was in-tended for a waist, but which resembledmuch more a sack of oats. The bandof eight pieces struck up a waltz troi-tempe, and in the words of Artemus we"glode." After the first step or two,I felt as if I had been swinging Kehoe'sclubs for a week, and there was a sing-ing in my ears as I vainly strove to gluemyself to the floor. I looked over thelady's shoulders and saw tears in theeyes of some of the spectators, whileothers were laughing outright at mypredicament. The lady grasped metighter, and the drum gave a rattle.My collar flew oflt and a button washeard audibly to rattle on the floor likethe sound of a pistol bnllet that mightbe dropped suddenly. She struggleda moment as we went whirling around-I mean as I went whirling around, forshe was moving with the speoifle grav-ity of a lumberyard on wheels-andsuddenly .I was hurled into spaceand lay on a bench, while the ladydropped into a seat, and her bench shutitself into a fan, under the terribleweight of her person. Thus ended myfmra and last waltz with a fat woman.I felt humiliated, and heard her telligga lady friend shortly after that I didn'tamount to much-I was too light.

Condition of the Crops

The September returns of the depart-ment of agriculture indicate an averagecondition of the wheat crop of ninety-three against ninety-five in September,1873. The acreage of this crop is sevenper cent. greater than last year, whichwould bring the aggregate yield tonearly an average on last year's acreage.All the New England and middle statesare above the average except Delaware,which is full the average. All the At-lantic and Gulf states are below theaverage, except Alabama, which is 101,The inland southern states are all be-low the average, Arkansas presentingthe maximum of the whole country,which is 120. North of the Ohio river,most of the counties were not visitedby the chinch bugs. Of the presentsuperior crops, Ohio, Michigan and In-diana are above the average, and Illi-nois2 per cent. below by the drought andchinches. West of the Mississippi thedrought, intense heat, hot winds,chinches and grasshoppersahave reducedall of the states below the average, ex-sept Missouri. The Pacific States are

above the average.

The Oriin of " Beverend."

The Rev. Brooke Lambert, in a let-ter to the London Times, relates someinteresting particulars concerning theorigin of the title "reverend." Theregisters of Tamworth,'in England, dateback to William and Mary, 1559. InMy, 1567, an entry is made "Sir PeterStringer, Curate," and the title " sir"appears to have been given to all minis-ters down to 1656. In King James'reign the prefix "master" was used. Onthe 11th of June, 18~7, was buried one" Beverened Pastor Master ThomasBlake, minister of Tamworth." "Rev-erend" in this ease was used evidentlyas a mark of respect. ' Master" seemsto have been used up to November,1727, when there appears the baptismof Anne, daughter of "ye Rev. Mr.Robert Wilson, minister of Tamworth,"and after that date the prefix "rever-ened" never seems to have been omitted.

ENGLAND'S QUEEN.Her Gorgeous Apartments at Windsor

Castle.

The London correspondent of theChicago Inter-Ocean writes of a visit toWindsor Castle and says: "The Water-loo chamber is 93 feet long, 45 feethigh, and 47 broad; it is lighted by alantern of ground glass extending thewhole length of the room, and is dividedinto five compartments by light, grace-ful arches. At each end of the roomthere are galleries for musicians, formedof richly carved oak. The walls andceilings are decorated in white and goldrelief with armorial bearings, and in-serted in the panelling round the roomare portraits of all the eminent menwho were connected with the battle ofWaterloo. Lions, masks, and grotesqueheads holding wreaths of flowers andfruits embellish all the mouldings, andthe doors, mantle-pieces, and pictureframes are adorned with beautiful woodcarvings by Gibbons. The carpet isdark n rroon, pannelled and figuredwith th stars of the civil and militaryorders of the Bath, and the furniture isof oak (corresponding with the style ofthe room) covered with crimson velvet.The presence chamber is 90 feet long,33 feet high, and 34 leet broad; an im-mense G, thic window foru a almost oneentire end of the room, and commandsan extensive view of the park and ad-jacent country. The style of the roomis that of the time of Louis XIV., andthe workmanship is admirable. Theceiling is a marvel of beauty, as arealso the cornices, which are ornamentedby scrollwork of the most exquisite de-scription. Large, richly carved doorsopen into the throne room, the Water-loo gallery, and the banqueting hall.The walls are hung with six superbspecimens of Gobelin tapestry, repre-senting ' The History of Jason and theGolden Fleece.' Splendid looking-glas-ses occunpy other portions of the room.Four chandeliers of ormolu, interspers-ed with cut-glass branches and pend-ants, are suspended from the ceiling.The floor is of oak, parget, the oak be-ing inlaid with fleur-de-lis in ebony.The furniture is solidly gilt, and is verygorgeous. At one end of the roomthere is a large malachite vase, whichwas presented to Queen Victoria by theEmperor Nicholas of Russia. The ban-queting hall is 200 feet long, 32 feethigh, and 34 broad. On one side oi theroom there are thirteen windows, andopposite to them there are recesses containing life-size portraits of the lasteleven sovereigns of England. In amusic gallery at one end of the ballthere is an organ, and under, upon adais, is the queen's chair of state, madein imitation of the coronation chair inWestminster Abbey. In the spaces be-tween the portraits there are large brassshields, with the cross of St. Georgeand the Garter motto. Brackets sup-porting lamps project from each side ofthe shields, and above them are steelhelmets with cross spears. The ceilingis almost entirely covered with shieldsemblazoned with the armorial bearingsof all the Knights of the Garter, fromthe institution of the order down to thepresent time-a period of about fivehundred years. The names of theknights are painted between the panelsof the windows'; to each of them isaffixed a number corresponding to thatattached to the arms on the ceiling.On each side of the window there aretwo knights (in stucco) in completearmor. The furniture (of which thereis but little, the hall being very seldomnused) is of oak, covered with scarletvelvet, and the carpet is an oak pattern,in rmall panels, with the cross in thecent, and a rich border of the Garteranm~motto. In one of the departmentswe were shown an ebony cabinet, inlaidwith onyx, which had belonged to MaryQueen of Soots, and two large tables ofsolid silver, one of which had been

i,wned by Charles II., and a portrait,by Rembrandt, of the famous Countessof Desmond at the age of one hundredand twenty."

The First Steamboat..

At Shepherdstown, in Jefferson coun-ty, West Virginia, the first steamboatwas built. General Washington andGovernor Johnson, of Maryland, werethe patrons of the enterprise. Afterthe war they procured tcgether the in.corporation of the Potomac companyby their respective states. And in 1785Rumsey demonstrated to them on thePotomac, above Shepherdstown, hisgreat discovery that a boat could bepropelled by steam up stream againstthe current. The boiler and machineryfor Rumsey's steamboat were made atthe Catoctin iron furnace, in Frederickcounty, then owned by Johnson andsome of his brothers. The gentlemenof the Potomac country then used to goto the Baltimore (now Berkeley) springsto drink the waters, and this experimentof Ramsey's, of steam navigation, wascertified to have been a success byWashington, Johnson, and other emi-nent men then present. The first steam-boat was propelled on the Potomac;the first boiler was made in Frederickcounty, twenty years before Fulton per-fected the idea and applied it on theHudson.

The Danger of Wet Coal.

People who prefer wetting the win-ter's store of coal to lay the dust onputting it in their cellars, do not, webelieve, generally know that they arelaying up for themselves a store of sorethroats and other evils consequent uponthe practice. But so it is said to be.Even the fire-damp, which escapes fromcoal mines, arises from the slow decom-position of coal at temperatures butlittle above that of the atmosphere, butunder augmented pressure. By wettinga mass of freshly broken coal and having it put in a warm cellar, the mass isheated to such a degree that carburetedand sulphureted hydrogen are given offfor long periods of time and pervadethe whole house. The liability of wetcoal to mischievous results unnd r suchcircumstances man be appreciated fromthe circumstance that there are severalinstances on record of spontaneous com-bustion of wet coal when stowed intothe bunkers or holds of vessels. Andfrom this cause, doubtless, many miss-ing coal vessels have perished.-LondonMedical Record.

ENGLIsa sportsmen are lamenting thealmost total failure of grouse shootingon the Scottish moors this season. Thecold, wet season has played havoc withthe birds, who are scarce, shy, and inpoor condition. A late number ofPuch represents Mr. Punch equippedin sportsman's rig, surprising a partyof birds seated round a bottle of coughmixture, of which they are partaking.The grouse plaintively ask Lim if hethinks they are in propel condition tokill, and from the expression on Mr.Punch's conLtenance we may concludethat he is far from thinking so.

WEaN a paper says that there hasnever been a family fight in the town ofClio, Iowa, it little knows of the waywomen have of choking their husbandswith the left hand to drown the noise oftheir screams as the rolling pin falls,

SAYINGS AND DOINGtS.

THE kindest heart is that whichshrinks rather at its own inhumanitythan at anothers.

WAsIT of wealth is sometimes retriev.ed; waste of health, is seldom; but thewaste of time never.

LovE is all its shapes implies sacri.floes. Much must be conceded, muchendured, if we would love.THEmu are very few men in this world

who can find a sealed bottle floating irthe ocean and read the message, witout having first smelled the bottle.

THE foreign resident population ofParis is made up as follows: 4,000Americans, 7,000 Englishmen 47,000Germans, 32,000 Belgians, and 12,000Swise.

THEY believe in fashion in Toreka,and when Mr. Williams wouldn't puton a mourning band for the death ofhis wife they dragged him through acreek and shaved his head.

TRUTH enters tme neart of man whenit is empty and still; but when themind is shaken with passions, as with astorm, you can never hear the voice ofthe charmer, charm he ever so wisely.

BRET HARTS is said to be a suffererfrom a chronic complaint that is by nomeans uncommon. He cannot keepmoney. He has no bad habits, and yetmoney melts away as soon as he touchesit. His work commands a higher plicethan that of any writer of the day.

Love is not ripened in one day, normany, nor even in a human lifetime. Itis the oneness of soul with soul in ap-preciation and perfect trust. To beblessed, it must rest in that faith inthe divine which underlies every otheremotion. To be true, it must be eter.nal.

THE handsomest men in the unionare Kentuckians, and the preservationof their good looks is said to be due tothe fact that while 1ll the Bourbonwhisky is manufactured in Kentucky,the great bulk of it is consumed else-where.

DAKOTA is the white man's pronunci.ation of Lah-ko-ta, the name by whichthe Sioux call themselves. The mean-ing of Lah-ko-ta is "the cut-throat,"and in the sign language they indicatethemselves by drawing the hand acrossthe throat.

PREPORM[ANCE of Miss Gray, of In-dependence, Mo., when they tried tomarry her against her will: 1. Shekicked the minister's hat off. 2. Sheknocked the young man down. 3. Sherode off on a mule with one foot oneach side of him.THE ancients had but one word for

manners and morals. It might be wellif the same were the case for us-yetwith this essential difference, that,while they degraded morals to the levelof manners, a higher culture wouldtend us to raise manners to the level ofmorals.HENRY IV. went around to the cities,

as MacMahon has done, and a mayorintended to inflict an address. He be-gan : "Hannibal, on leaving for Car-thage-." At this point the kingsaid : "When Hannibal left for Oar-thage he had dined. Let us go and dothe same."

Tan revelations of the chambermaidsat the watering-places, about this time,are exceedingly interesting. They saythat the soap, matches and towels thathave been taken away by mistake, thepast season, in astonishing, and that thepowder and paint rags found behind thebureaus, and the pieces of pink saucersdiscovered in the wash-stand cup-boards, are too numerous to mention.

Joas PamL, in describing a Saratogaball, says : A lady attracted considera-ble attention by having her dress cutdown in the back with a hberalitywhich astonished me, and delightedthe backbiters on the back piaeza.'Twas not the Pompadour style, exact-ly ; rather more on the baradonr orderof architecture, I should say; andnothing could be in better taste, if alady's back were a boulevard-but ifnot, not."

Osa of the latest innovations of fssh-ion at Saratoga is the wearing of ribbonupon most all toilets. The new shadeof garmet or Turkish red is much usedfor them, as also a deep mauve blue,verging on a purple. It is strictly enreglt to wear a bow of ribbon upon thetop of each sleeve, one at the-base ofthe ruff at the back of the neck, whilea ribbon of the same color, about twoinches wide, is passed around the waistin place of a rash and hangs in longloops and ends at the left side. Withblack and white costumes the effect ispretty.

Brains of Men and Animals.

At the recent meeting of the Britishassociation the Dean of Clenfert, Dr.Byrne, made a very praiseworthy at-tempt to trace to the anterior, middle,and posterior portions of the brain-hem-ispheres or cerebrum the various men-tal faculties which we see suanccessivelydeveloped in those lower animals mostnearly akin to man. He pointed outthat in the rabbit, dog, ape, and mancertain portions of the brain are rela-tively of larger development as we paFsfrom the first to the last, and that ao-companying this development we havethe development of new pseychical pow-era. In the rodents and ruminants thereis first perceptible the power of think.ing of a series of connected acts. Inthe earnivora there is a power of de-sign, and in the anthropoid apes a senseof general principles. Cases were citedto support these propositions, andit was suggested, in accordance withthe corresponding anatomical arrange-ments, that the anterior lobes of thecerebrum belong to the act of thinkingof single objects with a sense of theirsucnoession, and of each as a part of thesuccession; and those of the posteriorlobe to the act of thinking of the coexzistence or sunocession of them as a gen-eral principle.

Discoveries Near the North Pole.

According to aounte in late Londonjournals, the Austrian north pole exe-dition was frozen in at the north polotof Nova Zembla in August, 1872, Sn(1was driven in a northwesterly directionwith ice. The crew worked fivemonth•in vain during the summer of 1873 tofree the ship. In the autumn of tliityear, north o: the 80th degree of lati-tude, an unknown land was discovered,whose boundary line, north and we+t,was not to be seen. A thin line was ex-plored in sledges from the 9th of Ma'e'!to the 4th of May, 1874, up to the 8~3degree. In honor of the emperor (1

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