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^nsiusln nmttec, ) .■'nT VOL. I. LANSMGBUROH, N. Y., FRIDAf, FEBRUARY 18 , 1876 . NO. 9. u . Building on die Sand. And morning brought tho sun. But have a caro, ye young and fair, Be sure you pledge in truth; B.e certMn that your love will tvoar Beyond the days of youth 1 ITor if yo:give not heart for heart. Is well as hand for hand, )layed the unwls( id you’ve playec uUt upon the sa judgement, slie Lad consented to .liis preposition. How many women hftve done tho same,thusinvi’.sting inn treasury of sorrow with an ever increasing i The days and weeks of John Thorn- yke!s time of wailing had Written , 0 , as \Tis well to save, 'tls well to have r store of gold. For charity opes and truaS A goodly store i And hold enough of shining stuff. For charity is cold. It place fiot aU your hopes In what tho deep mine brir t3nmi.ved with purei And he who piles up w Win often have to stand Besides the coffer chest, and ’Tie “hunt upon the sand.' capital. The days and weeks of John dykeis time of wailing had themselves out, and he had conn , he had said, for the word which was bind them by an indissoluble tie, or separate their lives forever. Marion had talked much with her own heart; she had viewed the matter from every possible stand-point. There was no one she cared for, and she felt the need of a strong, honest love to rest upon, At flve-and-twenty life does not seem the same as at six- So she had decided to give ber th, and to meet and constancy— t upon, lot seem 1 teen. So she had decic seif to this man’s faith his wants with tn which strength o hellion, y uj . meeting with Marion Thorn-! ton, his cool assurance and subsequent! disappointment, the flpal sucee which had become, worse than fa ure, and, last of all, the home witho love. These memories mapped tliei selves out so distinetly before h mental vision, that the things of ye terday became realities in the ne light of to-day. ut of his musings he was suddenly, used by a crash, followed by a con-! of shrieks and cries; then; i e - ' . GBOBGX: STEPHTKl perseverence we owe the intn^uction of railroads into England, ahi quently into the United Stat Vylam, near N^eastle- irousei used n len he was an infant, hii father ed his fondness for everypiece of amus- Mrs. Thondyke sat alone at her sumptuous breakfast-table. T h e , cousin had not.arrived, and she felt a ’ longing for her husband that was al-: together new to her. This was the' first separation since their naarrii and in looking over the j '^^\ad re link man to man. not at the gentle ^Must lend s helping head, talk, yet fail t ipon the Band. At Last. solve. He stood before her, waiting this time not sure but patient. Nearer and nearer she came, until she felt his Bath uiionon herer cheek;heek; breath up h c then lifting her head and holding out both hands to him, she said: “Mr. Thorndyke, I cannot give that you have asked. I do not love you as I once imagined I must love the man that I should marry; but it is pleasure for me to be with yo much in common, and if yi Iking over the year they h£ passed together, she found thi ire rose un in re- within hi s a brave w n m n n » 0“®- “When he returned, things should be'different;” it must not be'said of her that she had been found wanting. A servant entered, bringing the-' she took it from the ' ng mail; she took it from and listlessly ran over tlie let- Idressed to h er; then, taking up morning Herald, she glanced at headings. ire in the lowest ranks in were industrious, respeotal imiable. When he was an infant, hi Bss for ever; . , ____3ok delight ing him with it. \ The first employment o f He to drive the crows from a his wages being twopen'ce a dy. He was now eight years old, and efoloyed the intervals of this oecupi|ion in making whistles out of refs, and engines out of clay. .H® wasimneteen ; years old before he learaedm..rea,d,,. and felt very proud whbfi?® rrite his own name. f ' < In 1801 he married Fanny-, \ayoung servant-girl in . farmhouse, and in 1803 Robert, was born—one bSltiik.few tlie ler, say- give, though it is not all that you ..u serve, why, I will be your wife.” out upon the snow-llakes com- a shadow, so faint, so swift in p ing down faster and faster, - touching everything with fairy-like fingers, causing the whole earth to appear a very miracle of beauty. A charming picture she made stand ing there clad in her rich silk robes, with the red glow of the fire falling upon her hair and lighting it up until it shone with the glory that old pain ters loved to represent. That alone had been enough to have beautified any woman, yet Marion Thornton’s hair was but one of the many gifts with which Nature had been so prodi gal in her regard. The eyes were large and deep, and of that peculiar bronze- brown so often read of, yet so seldom dering seen. Just now they were full of other. we have much in common, and if yoii peaceful look from the son drove tl f weary longing back by strong will. So lost was she in thought that a quiet footfall nbver roused her, and she started, turning from the window when addressed. “Marion, my time of probation is at _______ an end. I,ventured to come to yoii, gotten tq loo ..V ---- 1 . ----- with general approval. On the return of the Thoi me, even though . learned to echo thi 'fe w a o ttaiiahc Thi yoiir heart has not id'iove that fills ae man, yet no loned the fact low, so faint, so swift in pass ing as to be almost imperceptible, darkened the listener’s face; but he clasped the hands closely in h' then drew the beautiful hea until it rested on his shouldi “Marion, I will take the hand now, and wait for the heart.” A month later, they were married very quietly, without display or a flourish of trumpets. After the cere mony, a few friends of the bridal pair accompanied them to the steamer where Marion was caressed and cried over, and finally bid adieu. Tliey were in Europe a year, one sunny land to an- ;hen they turned their races homeward. A year can do and undo so many things, can effect such changes, that familiar scenes become strange to u and old friends pass out of r membrance. For them it had done ling, since the gossips had for- to look wise and shake their lumns of tliat pitiless newspaper “Awful disaster on the Philadelphia, ■Washington and Baltimore Railroad. Cars thrown from the track. Fifteen killed; many mortally wounded.” Then followed a list of names, prominent among which was that of “lion. John Thorndyke. Slie was young, and her burden was very heavy, because she believed she must bear it without For one ?horndyke tad met he held every nerve der a control that i Ringing a bell, she ordered her car riage, gave a few hurried directions to her servants, then hastened to her bedroom. Ten minutes later she re- tui lied, carrying a small traveling-bag in her hand, and got into her car riage, directing the coachman to drive to the Philadelphia depot. “Drive rapidly,’? she said. “I must catch the 10:30 train.” Justt» as ^ h e steppe^ on^hgard JH b after his daily labor was d.dhr' ’ On the 27th of Septembf%'i Stockton and Darlin^ij'f sued for traffic, and GeSifg^ 1 drove the first engine.'^®§' consisted of six wagons,la^ —— • and flour, then the p assehge|| eoach, with directors and friends, |(Myyed^y ' twenty-seven wagons—jaal^} ' '\ ' thirty-eight carriages ’ ', ' Hed..................- “ on the 12tb' of A u A t, attheageof sixty-se«3n,'' ’ ’ ■ -psss- — -*V t: French juries find as srdicts as even our owiii dt%‘ Th^ir peculiaritjr is appending |M,.‘wgMs “with extenuating oirouihsf»<'«iir>to their verdicts of guilty agittifaj ffitir- derers. In one copy of a ceived recently we found stances of “extenuating stances,” which show that tlp^ilEehch have a strange power inth® 6«e¥ety of palliation for crinie, ; men in the rural dis® ts was hojie of atone- lent only did Marion Thorndyke remain where her grief had met her, but in that moment si W ITH EXTENTJA'IT i N' g ’; STAKOBS.'' p m It momei her body un- must last until the women deniedi 1y b her parei marrying the man of her bhy%k~ She did not sit down and weeiij wail -ver her misfortune, noi* (lid'; jiai dieuf broken heart, as so nuidV fuuug i » she stepped on hoard 'i; opened It m the same mechanical where her parents w-. , . - 'i dn -.r m enu which she had done every- heads to pieces. The ju.-y , her guilty of murder “with'\ p ’iag ■ -eumstances.” A youjg u. 4 a ght dispute with a neighitlMt He ants th .i one’ ■Would; hav|-qiio^tic of his being the pro(luct of generations iffluence and culture; then there alookjof power about him that people never ignored. It told you that what John Thorndyke wilted to do he did, perhaps not honorably, nevertheless, surely. He was decidedly un ciete—extravagant and one of the handson Avenue was opene dyke was “at hor congratulations i 3st houses on B , and Mrs. Thorn- ” for friends and tidious in taste, ai to women, because they were c pelled to work hard to obtain his apr parent approval. With men he fol- homme de so- morbidly fas- withai delightful the imor soon told strange stories of her not being happy, but she was never known to complain, and it was certainly unreasonable for any wo man with such a home and husband joyment out of tainly unreasons n with such a hi not to gather some ?ith me lowed the Scriptural injunction, be coming all things to them, that he might gain them all. ■Until six months previous he had never yielded to the gentle influence of any woman. They had served to train moved out of the depot, lersons speaking of the ac- ven heard her husband’s le only drew her veil r face, and looked out New Year, it don’t seem to take you. Still, it is leave you alon )tbe hei ■th while pleasant nests will shed so far as 1 was concerned. Perhaps it had bei decreed in the annals of Fate that his fall should be deferred in order that it might prove-more sure. He had met Miss Thornton at the house of a mutual friend, and from that hour his doom had been sealed, had invited him to call, having days, and feeling a sort of interest in him through the bond of association. He had availed himself of her courte ous invitation in less than a week; af ter that he sought her constantly. There was a new and wonderful stion in being in her preser t, knowi le other e not spoiled, ;an indefii watching Uer every r 3 had all the world from h to choose, but this calm, self- Bssed, beautiful woman rested him, and she alone. ■When the Summer came he fol- idly, as she sat ) embrasure of a window in House, he toll'' new story, and the lid her that old, yet 1 then awaited her answer. In truth he never questioned what that answer would be~there was no doubt in his mind. Was he not John Thorndyke, the man who had been flattered and schemed for, and with out whom society was desole. Miss Thornton listened to his avowal very quietly, so quietly, indeed, that it boded no good to him ; she may have become a trifle paler—but she never had much color—so who can say that there was even a shadow of change? At last she'spoke, regretfully, al most solemnly. “Mr. Thorndyke you have paid me the highest compliment a man can offer a woman. Believe me that I am not unmindful of it, nor forgetful of the many pleasant hours we have passed together. Still I know that I cannot make you happy, and therefore must not become your She rose to go, but he detained her / \ “I will wait —I have been too f abrupt. Give me six months in which i to hope, then I will accent your final * ^decision; meanwhile grant me the ■'benefit of the doubt,” . Out of pity against her hetter , and our guests w liere this week. Now, what do you sa,y?” “I will remain here, Mr. Thorn dyke.” She had never called her hus band by his first name, or by any en dearing appellation-he had almost become accustomed to this mode of address from his wife and looiied for no other. “Grace wrote that she would be here to-morrow with the children, and I have several engage ments to fulfill, so you will have to go without me.” Had this man and woman been dis appointed in each other? In the be ginning they had both been very lest, knowing that one was giving receiving. Their lives id, simply because there efinable something want- t to comiilete a perfect harmony, ohn Thorndyke had learned what it was to suffer during the past year. He had found that he loved his wife more—far more than he loved himself, and all his petty interests and selfishness had fallen from him, leaving the man’s noble natee like the diamond in the rough. It was a difficult work, but he began the pol ishing with his own hand. He no longer hoped; but he carried his sor row in his heart, not on his sleeve. Men envied him, thinking that they would be blessed, indeed, if they might lay claim to such rare house- )ld gods. He could not condemn his wife; ho mid not even find fault with her. Was she not always kind and woman- ? She presided at his table, received s guests and honored him. Why should he ask more? Only a week before, the fashionable world had been startled by learning of the flight fairest denizens with a venturer. He had shud- remembering that the woman ised to love her husband. manner in which she had done every thing since the news of her trouble had come, and read: “John is alive. Come to our house. A. W. 0.” “Oh, God, be merciful! Let me get le prayed. she heard perso: cident. She eve lame, but she iloser over her if the window. “My dear Marion, there is yet hope,” Mrs. Churchill said, as she stepped from the carriage. “How terribly you look ---- ” - - Was this John Thorndyke, lying on that bed, so white and still, the fore head covered with bandages, and the hair cut entirely on one side of the “oil, my darling!” she sobbed, kneeling beside him, “you' must not die. I cannot live without you!” For one moment the eyes opened, and a glad light came into them, but no word was spoken; a,nd the' doctor coming in, told Mrs. Thorndyke that the least excitement mignt produce a fatal result. Through three long weeks Marion irsed her husband. She would have and the kind-hearted slight dispute with lured him to a woody trocti%ai? tfio ;own where they lived, a,u4 j|-fW \talk- 'or a while with his neigh in the nost apparently friendly •’fllfj-4eMber-; ately shot him dead, thenno||'|Ot|hg a lot of brushwood, placed It; aibtnd the murdered man and set fire to; it. The jury found him guilty “with ti^tonuat-' ing circumstances.” Bnttho.iaostex- traordinary case of aU yvab that ■ of a M. Durane. He was a than with two childfeh. He hM.^ro tired of his wife and his btinnt 1< had fallen upon a yoiihg«r/ upon a yo greater beauty. The proved cold to the man she knew to way clear ihgeri liMy of yoiRig - lady' finatfoiiS' of a gaMfied. ‘ To victed, bi re “exteniiiating lund oven thi.s murder. !, but the'jury i “extenu Circ itrOy the traces tried and con- mad that there ■ icunistances” no one else near, and the physician did not forbid it, that otherwise he would patients instead of one. d-hearte( believing lave two me almost hopeless in the long, sad' watching, but she grew strong in love and patience, and asked of God not to leave her desolate. One evening, as she sat beside him, knowing that life and death were struggling together, she saw a change come over the wan face. Going nearer, she said', softly; “John, my husband, what can I do for you?” “Mine at last!” he said. “It was worth while to be under the jaws of death to find my Marion.” “Hushi you must not talk, dear;” and she stopped his words with IF MEW versatioii between the patii doctor is the (luestion of fei settled over the ients are le first ir is the (luestion of fees, which is id at once by a deed. In no case can their .total amount exceed 5f. When the patient improves the doctor lontinues to visit; when there is no hope ihoiigli th.re be life, he stays away, the contract tor fees becomes null and the contract tor fees becomes and void. -A popular cure in Sian fever is deemed mrthy of • a place among houseliold receipts: Take frag ments of the horn of the rhinoceros, the tooth of an elephant, tiger, bear, and crocodile; add to these portions of the flesh of a vulture, a crow and a goose, a morsel of the horn of a bison and a stag, and a little sandal wood; pound up all on a moistened stone; administer half to the invalid, and rub liis body with the other moiety, when the fever will disappeai. wly but surely John Thorndyke crept back to life—not the old life, but a new and better one, in which existed a perfect love that was never to know change or decay. So they came into joy unutterable with the story ended and the story just begun. POISON IN WAXEK. Dr. Woods r< cumstance, that someti of one of its penniless adventur dered, rememberini profess* ising neces-: Germany tiou in the cent., the dght a matter of pi sity demanded his att* capital, and he was speeding fasl away from home on the Air Line Express. Two days of hard brain-work fol-. lowed on his arrival—the review of an important lawsuit then pending- a glance in the House and Senate Chamber, and he was on the home ward journey. So many thii OISPKOPOKTION OF SEXES. In the seven years from 1863 to 1871, theexgess of females over males in Germany increased by fourteen per latioi r.r relates the following cir- p] ’hich appears to show to dmes, at least, malari I be found in water, and n 1 the a ir: Two ships simultaneously with troops from Algeria to France, both under similar circumstances, excepting that the supply of water had been drawn, in - ^ locality situated at a greater elevation, and where the disease was unknown. The passengers on the first transport were generally siezed with remittent fever, whereas no case of illness oc curred on the other vessel. ambition to win everytl Then came will and arrant se! and detei led only by lelflshness; ermination undertook. - no incon- _iortion of this loss to the German male population is due to ac tual slaughter on the battle-field, it is undoubtedly caused principally, by emigration. Even if emigration could now be checked, it would take more than one generation to restore the proportion between the two sexes in Germany to what it was ten years the remembrance Rockville, Ind., sends a bloc eighing 3,830 lbs. to the Cent : of coal bress could send information as to their sxaot position and damage. Other valuable information could also be lined through such a medium. A KOYAE BPKXING PLACE. . Paris correspondent writes as the most ancient we have been to !ti Denis, about five miles from Paris, because of the beautiful old abbey founded here in 638, by Dagobert I. Since then it has had additions and renovations by the different reigning inonarchs, according to their fancy. From the sixth cen tury until the year 1789 all the kings and princes of France were buried there. The guide that took us through ammers resom 1 of workmen, whose _______ - junded through the glooin’ afid s^ace with a clang that grated on my ears. It was so late in the day that we were obliged to visit all the tombs and chapels with lights. There before us lay the kings and queens who, no doubt, were glad to rest when their time came. After all! noble families, o help a quiet thought of the .endor in which they livec it’se French are such a . spasmodic people that I wonder that there is one stone left on another after such an outburst as they had during the late war. At one time in 1793 they con cluded to tear down this ancient abbey of St. Denis, and, indeed, the work of destruction commenced. They opened the vaults of the Bourbons and re moved the bodies of Henry XIV, and Louis XIII, and XIV, and Marie de Medicis, Anne of Austria and Maria id and their For instance here lies a king royal consort side I top of the t( Medicis, Anne of Austri Theresa. Some of the bodies we: such a state of preservation that were opened and exhibited. Ii coffin of Henry I I two hearts were found, but nothing to identify them. The monuments are, many of them, badly defaced and some of them 'Icrouslyso. i k and his fide. On the emb lie marble effigies of the same, with an ear chipped off and nose completely flattened, and the angels at their feet minus toes and thumbs and fingers here and there. The finest monuments are of Louis XII, and Anne of Brittany, and Henry II, and Catherine de Medicis. The former is in white marble. Both are marvels of beauty. It is on a pedestal covered with. an arched roof, and under each arch an Apostle, twelve in all. The figures of Henry and Cath erine are represented as kneeling—the whole enriched with bas-reliefs of the wars of Italy, &o. The stained glass windows we could not weHseosas the and they were hid ’ ’ ....... least 100“. He then fill the same tube with cream, in Vyhich the laotometer sank to 72, illustrating thereby that the lactometer was an utterly unreliable test for the puxity of milk as far as gravity is con cerned. In fact, the lactometer is an inducement to dislionesty and a bid on adulteration, as -the vender of milk has only to remove the cream and send the skimmed milk toimarket,to mak.eit appear pure by the test of the lactome ter. This instrument has been discard ed in'Prance and in England as untrust worthy. Analysis is expensive and tedious, and microscopic examination has proved as fallacious as the gravity proof, Prof. Doromus poured about an ounce of milk into a glass tube, double the quantity into a second one and treble into a tliird tube. Eo then filled the three neai’ly with water, added an alkali a.nd acetic add, im mersed tlicm in a bath, and heated the liquid to the boiling point. On 'withdrawal, the coagulated milk and casein floated on the top in proportionate size to the (luaiitity of milk poured into each tube, showing a ready method of testing the amount of water added by dealers to pure cold and gloomy as you could imagine such a place to bo -where, in fact, it was pleasant to take a compan ions arm. In a tomb which the late Emperor caused to be walled com- Iiletly up, and into which we saw, by tlie aid of two candles, through grated windows on either side, lay the veri table coffins containing the remains of Louis XIV, and the beautiful unfortu nate Marie Antoinette, the Due de Berri and bis two children, and many others. They are entirely d>'«'-“»'^> black and the glistening silvi a mass of rust, and the cloth: Some of the lids have crai ^P0( 1 I felt as iw how, through the ye: was cruelly forced into £ fid, her story still lived and many a heart had ached in sympathy with hers. In the sacristy we saw most wonder ful ancient paintings, and, next to that, the treasure chamber, contain ing the relics of early French monarchs a fac-simile of Charlemagne’s crown and two splendid silver caskets con taining the hearts of Louis XIII and XIV. The stained glass in the clere story windows forms an illustrated historical series of the principal events connected with the rulers of France, fifty-six in number, and seventy-two Popes and Abbots. There are several beiiutif'ul statues in the church, one lovely one kneeling of Marie Antoin ette. It is an abbey as full of interest as any here, and fully merits a visit from all tourists. ome of the lids have cracked .and Lllen in, and have a sad look of neglect and desolation. Poor little Marie Antoinette! I felt as if she must know h( since she i other worl GERMAN EXCAVATIONS. The success attending the German Excavations at Olympia gives great sat isfaction in Berlin. One after the other the figures formerly adorning the east ern part of the roof, and minutely de- The undertaking is chiefly due to Curtius, who many years ago insiai- ed upon an expedition being sent to the virgin soil of the great Grecian play ground. Twenty-five years had to elapse before the i ' ' LUO u uo a w eu ii.juuwu arciiieoic the other a competent engineer. Robbei's have carried away from the National Museum at Bucharest its choicest treasure, the famous golden hen and ohicliens—a group of pure gold, adorned profusely with precious stones, and ' weighing thirty-four pounds—that was dug up some years ago at Petrosa. Don’t marry till you can support a husband.. That’s the advice the Barn stable, Mass., Patriot gives the Cap j 'tVHAT IS PURE MILK? 3ntly. The lecti tube with milk, and mersed a laetomoter, which sank t 105° of the scale mai-ked on it. Thi lied a, glass t lersed a iact to the fact 1 yield richer i lased cows c n the healthy L IFE IN CALCUTTA. buildings are mostly constructed of brick, stuccoed with a iiinkish white affording a fine effect; some of the public edifleeSjineluding the'Viceroy’s palace, the court building, the museum, the mint and the hospital, are stat ely in dimension and grand in architecture. There are a number of fine stores—shoiis, as the English people always call them—quite up to the best London and Paris specimens. The streets throughout tliis section Eire wide and unifovmerly excellent; the same may be said, too, of the side walks, some of which are 15 to 20 feet in width. The English certainly do their work well, and upon honor, whatever may be said or thought of the height from third greater than in most of our houses; then there are the wide open spaces around, which afford all the air and light attainable, at the same time furnishing grounds for lawn and gardening, Nowhere have I seen more elegant private mansions than those of Calcutta, and conspicious among these is the rich and beautiful residence of Richard MacAllister, an American citizen of tlie true stamp, who lived, and I am glad to say pros pered hero during the past thirteen years, but who expects ere lung to re-establish his home in his native land.—Ti’oi/ Times. TOBACCO MANIA. .......... .. .... . to an immoderate use of it are .sulijected in prisons, where, as felons, they can not have it. Sailors at sea, without tobacco, become reckless and are in different as to their fate. So universal is its use at the present day, no expectation need be entertain ed of limiting its consumption or driving it out of any country. It ac companies civilization as sor“ customs of savage life follov THE JUGGLERS OF MADRAS. , In '\a city so famoqs for jugglers, snake charmers, acrobats, and ckau- ' alie7'S d'indusM e generally* ladie&- and gentlemen who live by their witg, s in the most proper sense of the word*, and who, apparently mjike a very good living, it was scarcely likely that the Prince of Wales would be pgr- mitted to stay long without witnessing, , the feats of skill for which these wandering Madrassees are celehrated. Thursday being a Gomparatively . open day, therefore, the morning was selected for an a l ' fresco ex hibition of this kind. The town lost the nomads. Government House gardens received them. Let us look at the sava^ who appears to make the dried skin of a cobra live. It is a favorite trick—you may see it done twenty times a day in the streets of Madras. You may examine the ap paratus closely every time and, watch j the operation as carefully as you please, yet you cannot detect the modus operand!. The performer : hands you a little flat wicker basket, some eight inches in diameter, and asks you to inspect it, while he folds the cobra skin', which you have pre- ■ viously well examined, into a square, , leaving only tho tail unfolded. So ' soon as you have given the basket hack the juggler places it on the ground in full view, and under the lid puts the, folded part of the serpent’s skin, the tail being in your sight all the while. You may, at this stage, lift the lid . once more to see that nothing but the . serpent’s skin is in the basket, after which you must rest content. A white cloth is taken by the man and placed over the basket, after having been well shaken so that you may be assured nothing is in it. A pipe is produced, and with it a horrible noise, similar to that always made by snake . ^ charmers, and not unlike the sound a ^ cracked and badly made bag pipe would emit, is made. No one goes near the cloth or basket, except the almost naked man, who cannot possi bly Jiide any live snake in his sleeves, for the simple and sufficient reason that he has neither sleeves nor jacjket, nor, indeed, any other kind cjf clothing , than a small waist cloth, which would certainly be a inost inconvenient hid- ’ ing place for a lively young cobra. ■ ; >. The sheet is lifted, you look at the basket and see the tail of a living snake being gradually drawn into it, and on*the lid being opened a most distinctly energetic serpent is discov- j ered. No sooner is it stirred than, it rises on its tail, spreads out its' hood, and Strikes with its fangs and tongue ' at the charmer. No one would care . cobra four feet long making yioiOua' snaps at the juggler. ' U The charmer takes good care that the snake comes near you, for with, a f dexterous movement he siezes the rep-' ‘ 1 to the ears of Chnsuan women, sanctioned barbarism. But they could not be persuaded to abandon them,’nor will men of intellect ever re linquish tobacco, even if by doing so their lives would be lengthened to one hundred years. PERFECTION 0 CHINESE COOKING lo wiucn moy nave carriea meir cooking. During a recent Chinese banquet at San Francisco, an orange was laid at the plate of each guest, the orange itself looked likO any other orange* but on being cut open was found to contain within the rind five kinds of delicate jellies. One was at first puzzled to explain how the jellies got in, and, giving up that train of reflection, was in a worse quandary to know how the pulpy part of the orange got out. Colored eggs were also served, in the inside of which were found nuts, jellies, moats and oonfec- tionery. 'VVhenoneof the Americans present asked the interpreter to explain this legerdemain of cookery, he ex panded his mouth in a hearty laugh and shook his head sayin gMe l- ican man heap smart; why he not ■■ idee out?” Instead of advising everybody to battle against the terideacy to put themselves into costly clothing, Ralph \Waldo Emerson tells the man. whose nerves are hot firm to go to the tailor and dress irreproachably. This is the philosopher’s quii't way of admitting that man is a failure, or at least more of a toman than a man. to go away. The snake| comes forwa.v,., ance, and then stepiiiug back, throws a man weighing fully eleven stem over her shoulders. Nor does she stop here, for she siezes her victim , onne more, places him crosswise on her back, and then tosses him into the ' air as though he were made of feathers ? and not a broad shouldered huinan , being. Turning backward on her feet, she picks up straws with her eyelids, throws summersaults, and lifts weights which would astonish the ordinary London acrobat. While she is thus performing, j'ug- ' glers are changing pebbles into birds, birds into eggs, and eggs into plants; , men thread beads with their tongues, join innumerable pieces of cotton into one long cord, keep half a score of sharp knives in the air at once, throw cannon balls with their toes, and spin tops on the ends of twigs. Pandemonium reigns, the clatter is unbearable, and one is’ compelled, £is was the Prince, to dismiss the tribe of vagrants without further delay. THE YOUNG COUPLES FRIEND. is lo iisien to loves laia ui useii ana be the confident of its rapturous joys, its transports of despair. The lover fancies himself all the fonder of his friend because of the passion or. his mistress, but in reality he has no longer any need of the old comrade. They cannot talk sanely and frankly any more; there is something now that they cannot share; even if the lover desired to maintain the old af fectionate relation the mistress would 3 spectre invited tc stress won] e of friem .^..own the new house, the new china, the new carpets, the new garden, it ’is ■ tacitly exorcised and is not alway called back again except to be show: the new baby. ------------ ----- , iUC YYXiC/ l^Oii UO WiAVUUCl J.U takes two or three lumps of sugar in its tea; the husband bids it smoko anywhere it likes, and the wife smiles a menacing acqiiiesauce; but all tho they turn it out of doors. They ground and form great drifts of sand four and five f«
