For the Sunday AppeiLHHATICRCO DOPE'.

Standing ht in the waning light "j.Of lifetime' summery bloom,

I muse with tears on tee fleeting years.

With their mlat of sbad'wy gloom,My sorrow ezita for tb olden skies,

Seen in those beautiful days.Ere a single elosd with TapTy shroud,

Impriioned the golden rays.

And a and'ring back on the winding iraeS

With a slo and solemn tread, jI seacb In vain for the lovely train,

Which aroaod my pathway ahedThe hopeso blight, whcsa beontUnl light,

Uka a tarnithed golden thread,Had gleam, at d the youthful dream

Is shattered, Mattered aud dead.

I glide no more, as in days of yo-- e.

Divas laughing. Biasing stream,Where flowers bloom with a sweet perfume,

And the banks are brightest green.

Bat the surging de is deep and wide.And my bark is tempt-twt- .

And breakers roar as tay beat the shore,Like the wad of spirit W.

The billow kap to the tempest sweep,

I hear the shout of the storm.Flinging the spray in a maddened way.

Over mysMverlus feim.And never aray of Hght dolh stray

Torougb the clouds of eten hue.That know if the hopeful bow

Is arching the sky of blue. -

sou'. r 4416 blessed goal . , .

Of eternal pea aad H-- "Is not for those who Uy repose

Where ths nnbeams Hager bright.Eat the hand or God doth Hft the ro4

0"er the beads of thoe whom'he.Loving, desires, through refinlrg Hie?.

Prepared for tttrnlty.FWE ULIiXN.

XlOXE PHC,ilIS.

TUc Story of ilic BlacU Prince.

In an old English ehureh, called Can-

terbury Cathedral.ls a richly sculpturedtomb, overhang by a helmet and a coat

of mail.One lovely June day. more than five

centuries ago, a very long procession,headed by eowled monks attended bylow music, came to the old fane, and leftamong the dusky kings .slumbering therethe body of a prince.

He had worn a blaok armour on thefield of battle, and they hung his helmetand his black coat of mail above him

when they left him amid the lhaddws.Edward, Prince of Wales, called the

Black Prince, was the son of Edward

III., of England, and Phillippa, ofHainaut

His father was a most warlike king,.with nerves like iron and a heart like

Stone. II is mother was a noble-hearte- d

lady, as you shall presently see. Shewas beloved as greatly as her husband,

the king, was feared.Prince Edward possessed the spirit of

his father, and he was early schooled inthe art of war.. When fifteon years ofae, he entered France at the head of alarge army, the main division of which

he commanded in person.A great battle was fought near the

lHtleFrench village of Crecy one stormyday, late ia summer, and- - the king left

the direction of his army chiefly to the

boy prince ; he himself watching thecentest from a gusty old windmill on a

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hill.At one point of the battle, the boy

prince was placed in a very eritieal situa-

tion, being obliged tb enteud with

superior numbers. The Earl Of "War-

wick, seeing the danger, dispatched amessenger to the old windmill to askimmediate aid of the kin

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"Is the prince killed?" asked the

" No sire." r kt (; :jlri" Is he wounded?- - C '

" fe he unhorsed ?"44 No, but he is hardprossed.-- "

44 Then let him win his spurs. FTiaveget my heart upon it, that he shall thisday prove himself to be a valiant knight,and that the victory shall be his. I shallsend him no aid."

The words of the king were reported

to the prince and to the soldiers. Themessage so animated tlreni that theyfought with wonderful valor, and the

young prince won the field.It was a dreadful fray : and when the

summer moon and the stars came out on

that August night and- - glimmered on

th field, where the FrenehCbad' foujjht

eleven princes, and twelve hundredknights, and thirty thousand commonsoldiers, might hve been seen lyiDg

there, who would never behold the nioounnd stars aav more.

The English lighted, their watchfires,nnrl iovous strains eiTnusic filled the air.All the army praised the boy prince,Tithprfld around him. with rineinj;iLrmts. The srrave old king returnedto the merry oamp. Taking the boy to

bosom, he kissed him, proudly de

daring Um be was his own true son, andwell worthy 01 ms

Anions the slaia on the French side,a "e kinsr of Bohemia, a blind old

.n,n His crest consisted of threet,;,.n fWhars. with the motto Jeh dim

flserrei Jhfs,niotto was adopUa'byPrmr.fi of Wales, in remembrance

r Rnl.l of Hrecv. and it has beenliv his successors.

a r the battle of OrocV tire English

army lail soige to Cajau, an oldVnnnll tflWIl OU the straits of Dover.ru nleron months, at theXUC

i r Zoh neriod the soldiers anI;TT(n9 were readv to perish of hunger

Tho fiovfrnor of Calais then sentKdward. askine Mm on

,r.,t trms he would accept the surrender of the place. The king replied,on condition that they should send kua

sir of the principal citizens, bare leggdaud in their shirts, witn ropos rouautheir necks, ready for immediate execu-- 4

tion.The Teply of the king was repeated

in the market place, where all the peo-

ple groaned and weptAt last a noble oitizen by the name of

JSustace de St. Pierre, said that he was

willing to offer his life as a saerifice.

Five other men, as noblo as .he, spoke

is lite manner, and the Governor con-d'uei- ed

them into the presence of the.

'"fhe king ordered their immediate

execution. But good Queen PWHippa

fell down before him, and -- with many- -

tears and much gentle persuasion,' in.i..,i 1.5m toKnare their lives.

She then made a feast for them, andit strikes me that more of the spirit ofthe Sermon oh the Mount was exhibitedin the feast, than tho old king suspected

or should receive credit for.v fnnr.v that we sco it now the,i Hie head "Of the table,

and the six men who had offered their

Jives to save their fellow-citize- sitting

near her. And we fancy, too, that we

smiling upon thoeo an invisible Kingl .1., miivon nnd ution the SIX I

tuen on that beautiful summer eve, andi :. i.:,lnm we number not amonz tho

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i .nniAnw of the worldWe would li t 'e11 'ou moxe aout

APPEAL.3h O

MEMPHIS, TETsrar., SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1869. yOL. 29 3STO. So 3

the' Black Prince; how, with a littlearmy, he defeated a great army of theErench at Poitiers r how he took the"French kins Drisoner ; how he rode intoLondon on a little black pony, with the

kfe'on noble-whit- e steed,' gfrfi--Jaabtlve a. . , ii . i .m..taring with sue ana goia, at ins niuc ,

hew he fell sick and pined away, ana was

obliged at lost lo Jay'alL 6f iST ,gtory

aside; how he died, and was carried,amid groat weeping, to his tomb, in theoW cathedral .at Canterbury. But we

shall have to rofer you to the large his-

tories for these details. Youth's Com- ---

Music Iti tlie Public Kcliools.

Tiemore.we reflect upon this intar-aiitin- g

subject the greator importance itassumes: There are manyadvantagesto beigained if the instruction impartedbe.based upon some principles of art andseience. Tlie greatest of these, as re-

lating to us as a.nation, 13 physicalsfrength, for our too

sedentary habits lead to a condition ofef want efhealth whioh may, be relieved,,if not entirely avertell, by proper use ofthe voeal apparatus. Advisedly we useahd-aaliis-

e the word "proper," for ifthe training of the voice is attempted byquacks- - er -- ignorant persons the mostserious pjiysical injury must result to"

thopupilr Madame Fodor, a renownedprima donna, in her retirement writingto a friend, says' that after-thre- e years'improper instruction sue lost noi oniyher voiae, but her health also, which

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were only partially restored by entirerest-an- d extreme care. She was forcedto auit the statre at the most brilliantmoment of her career from this cause.We will not multiply such evidence, al-

though abundant and jcady to burhand.The human voice has divisions which,

among best .writers, and. educatedprofessors, are dosignafcd as registers.The knowledge of their compass, limitsand peculiarities is necessary tb a safetreatment of the voice and preservation ,

of health. Says an eminent authority,writing on this subject: " By the properuse of these registers, sbging becomesthe Koat healthy exercise of the lungs.The improper use of thorn producas con-Aa- ry

effects. To prevent other fatal rc-st- s

through mismanagement in the artof singing, we would remark that, notevery individual has lungs capable ofshort respiration -- and- long respirationr-as

required in singing and in elocution."Now. many persons take" these regis-

ters naturally, and there are some suchwho have become eminent witho.ut,-- , any'knowledge of them, or even oftlie ele-

ments of music. We might mention thenames of two cantatnci well known tofame, Angelica Catalani and Elena d'An- -

rLtVL-e-t tTfcm sumee. nut mere, .are. jtPingwnicna seuouu proucsaiuu cmcitcuand some writers WSlievfl , oc, nnna;aH-nn- . f nnn HtHemany otners

that the natural tendency, if left alone,is to take ;the registers correctly, butthat false steftehers lead their pupilsastray by directions which are contraryto art and scienee Corpora, and theother masters of the old Italian schoolunderstood how to develop and preservethe human voice, even to an advancedage. Xnus, rarineni, ai.tnc age ojeighty; GafareMi, at eighty-on- e; LaTodi, at sixty-tw- o ; Braham, at sixty ;

the elder Davide, at eighty-on- e ; Sontag,at fifty, preserved their voices.

xhe experience and practice 01 .tneseold masters of this great school of thegolden age of vocal music have beenconfirmed by seiantifie experiments of amost useful-charact- er witnin a lew years.Manuel Garcia, by means of the laryngoscopehas obtained some interestinglactfi' Dy ODserving me vocai apparatusinaetton. Dr. lielmholtz, ol neidoi-ber- g,

has recently made some carefulexperiments upon the larynx, as removedfrom a dead subject, and thus reproducedthe sounds of the human voice. Othershave amplified and extended these results, but still nothing yet discovereddisturbs the propriety and correctness otthe long established rules of the old Ita-

lian school, and for this we are grateful,that there is somethine tangible; truthful 3ml certain on which we can fall back,and the confusion produced, by ignoranceand empiricism"

Not our restarts to annor. beqrse kst in theTmaze

of scientific experiments, let us not,however, close our eyes to a dangerwhich does exist, not in imagination, butin fact, and. knowing it. let us take-suohJ- t

preoautionary steps as taescapc.lL . Lotus, by all means, have vocal music in tncschools, and, by deliberation and ex-

amination, let us hope to reach the happiest results. J.he.hrst&top to oo taueuisthc selection of""competent teachers.Those entrusted with the training anddevelopment of tho voices ef the childrenof our city must be thorough musicians,not mere skimmers, who can force out aJew notes, and those imperfect, but knownothing of the higher elements ol theirart. If a thing isJ" worth doing, it isworth doing well," and as music is to betaught in the' public;" schools, let it beianght in a proper manner for thebenefit of tho masses1 'and not as a means,

of affording livings for half a score ofadditional drones in tb4 educational hive.To reach the desired point, care shouldbe taken in selecting- - the?" professors "who are to conduct the examination ofteaehore. If a mistake is made at thofoundation point, tho whole structurewill be 'faulty arid imperfect. There aremen in- - this city claiming lo be " profeasors of music' who know no more ofthe higher branches of their art, such asare indicated in this article, than they do

of the history of tho " lost tribes." ' Ifsuch be selected to examine teachers, ofcourse the whole affair will be a farcearid a failure, and the system introducedinto the public schools will commandneither tho Tcspecl nor .the Support on

of the use of music in our schools we

speak thuA plainly to'the-Boar- of Con-- ,

trollers at the outset pf. the system.Better start right than havo "to rctraco

our steps. .

It is said that the whole populationof San Domingo, "from the Presidentdown, aro In favor ofanncxation,

White Pine Billy" is now cuttinga great swen in can jrrancisco.expenditures of raoney equal those'' ofthe once renowned " CoaLOil'Tommy."

Black balling is so prevalent in. theLondon clubs that no new members can

gel in, and a general meeting is to heheld to remedy tne matter.

J.WO SCCeuliig lueuiuvio ui a iuuiichoir in Albany take their revenge by

sitting below with the congregation andsinging atrociously out of tune.

Dr. Cummings Bays there will beone more good sized earthquake to warnscofferSr before we receive tnc final shak-

ing up.An oyster was recently found ia

New naven harbor which contained 293pearls, ranging in size from a mustardseed to a bird shot,

Advanced "RUHalUm."

From the N. Y. Evening Expresses!.

A hichlv Ritualistic service, a littlekhead of anything heretofore attempted,

even at St Alban's, was performed at an, , ..i : : - Christearly uour tms murmur m

flhnroh-Fift- h Avonuc. boinff a commemoration oC a very Iligh Ghurch Epis-

copal Association, known as the Guild oftho Holy Cross. Quite a large number

of persons were present. The churchwas in semi-darknes- s, except the chan-

cel, which was brilliantly lighted upwith gas and wax candles. Over thealtar was a handsome cross, on each, sideof whTcli was a tall wax candle, and twomore on the altar. The affair was notintended for the general public ; it wasiu no way connected with the parish, and

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as we entered the church we were polite-

ly asked if wo belonged to the Eyrie ; if I

we did, we were requested to go roundto tha entrance on Thirty-fift- h street:But, not being desirous of particular dis-

tinction, we signified that we were hot ofthe Kyric, so after receiving a printedmronTnr we TW198(!ll tO 3. TieW. Thucir- -tular contained the following and a copynf the nymns to be auua on the occasion;

(concdentiai.) I

a n..i..i: i.t n t I

tend the- - private commemoration of theGuild of the Holy Cross are requestedto comply with the well known Catholicrules, as follows : To bow reverently atthe Glorias, and at the Holy Name ' toremain kneeling from the confessionthroughout the service, only rising tocommune, and aKiin at the hymn,

d ' Iryj. - r 7..--.01 tne triune t't j.j.t(.uij iu uic a wc i

Communion service ; and not to leave thechurch until the altar lights are extinguished, and the Guild have retired."

As the organist commenced a voluntary, chaunting wa3 heard in the dis-

tance, and presently the door was open-

ed, and a procession entered the church,preceded by a little boy carrying across; after him came the choir and theclergy, then the officers and fellows of

. . . ... - i 1 1 , ,the Uunu, wearing long otacK gowns auuchasubles, some of bright rod, othersblue, trimmed with white, and gray"trimmed with red ; a large red! cross wasconspicuous on the bosom of each.

The. proression passed down the sidet j .i - .i i r..T ti; . i

aLsieunu up iuu uuuuivumc ij iuu aiwi,the members of the Guild occupyingpews in the body of the church. Theservice consisted of portions of the regular morning- - service of the Episcopal,Church, but tney were accompanicu wimthe peculiar forma, and ceremonies whichcharacterize those of the Roman CatholicChurch. At tho conclusion of the Jjit--

any and the morning prayers, 'another--

voluntary was played on the organ, aur- -

boy carrying a cross and two others withlong lighted wax candies, anu tney werefollowed by thre priests in gorgeousvestments of cloth of gold, richly ornamented, and with black bcrettas on their"heads. The priests read the Communionservice, the commandments being in-

toned, and the responses made by thechoir. After numerous genuflexionshad been made before the cross, a bookwas presented to tho chief priest, which-h- e

kissed ; the priest jho presented itthen, preceded by tha boy with the crossrwent to the reading desk and read, orrather chanted, the Epistle of the day,kissing the book at its close. A hymn,was then sua commencing r

" Be the Cioss our theme and slory."

The same ceremony was then gonethrough with another book, and thethird priest chanted the Gospel for thethe day. After this three little boysentered, one, as usuaL bearing the cross,

candles, and tho third thewine and bread, which were deposited ona table at the side of the chancel, afterreceiving the blessing of tho chief priest,The communion service closed "with theusual prayers.

One ot the clergy tnen delivered abrief address, in which he spoko of thenow movement in the church, and remarked that they must not. despair jf ithad not dono all that the most sanguineexpected or the most ardent hoped, liereminded them that, after Christ's threevears' mission on the earth, only sixscore-perso-ns professed to believe him.

If" this cause was the work of God, hosaid, it would succeed ; indeed, it hadsucceeded, and he cited in proof trie'Sacrament they were now about to celebrate, and contrasted it with that whichhad been celebrated' in days now passedawav. Thev would still progress, hefsaidj and he Jelt that the active work inthis movement was from within, not fromwithout.

After the offertory, the prayer of consecration was ottered. loilom;d by ai i, c.mnt ,f.,im?;a.. .i - .t. ii iterea in tne ioiiowiog oruur ;

1st erev : 2d. Uhoir.: 3d. Umcers Ot-- -, cij i ' 'Guild; 4th, Fellows of Guild, vested5th, Fellows of Guild, unvested ; 6th,the Religious i 7th, Men J Sth, Women.- -

The services closed with" a hymn, inphce of " Gloria in Excclsis," and thebenediction.

A Sin-pila- r--political Trial..

A curious political trial has just takenplace in Berlin The accused was Count.filin TViinlvTiski- - brothnr.in.law topr;nn T.mi;filna fWtorvski. and the.charge aainst "him was' that he hadconspired in 18C3 to an in- -.iponnont Pol anil, includimr the duehvnf" fhisn 'W.nrr.lfv rtm'rmftW an nfit iifhigh treason against the Prussian State,

before on the samo charge, together witha great number of other eminent Polesof Poscnv in leoUr but he was at thetime out of the country, andscntence of"death was passed on him in his absence.About a month ago he returned, to Prus- -

nimseii oeiore tneandjBia, prosentea' - . . .

Prussian authorities, asking lor a

,T. rand ended m the former sentence beingcommuted tothree years, imprisonmentDuring the trial Count wzialynskt wassubjected to a long anu severe cross ex--

animation, wnicn eiicueu several -

esting facts relative to his participationin the insurrection, lie admitted tnathis house was always open to the insur

ia.i t.- - f,nm

upwards oi uu,uuu tnaiemxiuuo;the insurrection, that ha fought in sove-

xal actions against the Russians, and thatho directed the expeditions under rait-cheu-

and Youg";" but be demed that he was connected with anyrevolutionary committee, or that he hadconccweu any pian lor oparunug iuoPucby of He, adedit..t a,. . i,a to tv naiimni mo.crnment liad no such object, and thatthe insurgents fought simply for tho lib -

oration of their countrymen from the op- -f ItiifSaiA. not fi nm tha Tiilf, of

Prussia or Austria,

KOOKKII Olt LATE8.

Sooner or Interthestorma shall beatOver my slumb?re from head lo Icot ;

Pooar or later the windtt Miall rave '

In the long grasi above my grave.

r sbnllttot heed them wbera IJle, -

Nothing their sounds shall fjgnlfy,.Nothing tha headstone's fret of rln,Nothing to me the dark day's pain.

Mnnnir or later the snn slinll shine

r k

With tender warmth on that mouniLpf mine ;rClover and violet blouiom there

I sbnll not feel, in that deep laid ret, 'Tha sheeted light tall over my brea-r(- i

Nor ever note la those hidden hoursThe wind blown breath of tossing flowers, iSooner or later the stainless snowsShall add t heir hnsh to my mute repose ;r tSooner or later snail slant and sh'ft.And heap my bed with dazring drifts 'Chill though the frezan pall sliall ssem.Tintinch no colder can make the dreamThat ret lea not the sweet and sacred dreadSarondlng the city of the dual. to

Sooner or later the be9 shall coraoAnd nil tne noon with its golden hum ;moner r later, on 'The blue biid's warble about me ring

Rtns and chirrup and whistle with glee ;joihlns bis music shall teem to meNona ( f these beautiful thlngi shairkndwHow soundly thuclovenaleeps below.

Sooner or luten far out In the nlchtif 'The stars above ne shall wing their flight,,

Catch the white, pa in the shver ooze.

Never a ray shall part tho gloomTfaat wrapg ma in.my kindly tomb ;.Peace, shall he perrect ror no ana brow

3oneroriaier-- ui wnynoi now

The Love of the Dead.

BY WILLIS GAYLOKD CLAEKE.

wothins but limited and erroneousview3 of the life present and to come,we conceive, can prevent' reflecting in- -

telliRence from takinr that true obscrvatiori which merges both into one. Intervals there lire, indeed, between separation and reunion, but how. brief at thelongest how chequered at the best!That is a beautiful sentiment of Goethe,where he compares our little round of itbeing to a summer residence in a waterinir nlace. iS When we first arrive, weform friendships with those who have, , . ... ii i ia reanv snent some time mere, anu mnsLsoon be gone. The loss is painful : butwe connect ourselves with the secondgeneration of visitaj. .with, whom wespend some time and become daily moreintimate ; but these also depart, and weare left alone with a third Set who ar

irive just as we are prepared for our departure. In this true view ot humanlife, there is nothing to displace the ideaof earthly communion with those whoarc absent. It is a curious truth thatwhen two living friends part, they are as ait were dead to each other, until they ameet again. Letters may be interchang- -ed, but the present of tho one is not thepresent of the other and what gloomyevent may not happen between. I . Sothat in this respect, to be out of sightin' the estimation ot allection.is as itwere to be out of the worhL HoW littledifference, then, is there between absencein a world of peril,, or transitory contin-uance, and death indeed? Save onlythat absence is probable, and death isnot It is a trite simile, perhaps, thatin. this world we are like ships on. theocean each striving alone amid thestrife of the. elements ; and in the farforward distance shadowed bafore uaare.Lthe dim outlines of the land of death.Some reach it soonest j but. thither allare bound and there, their state isfixed, immutable, eternal. No changecomes there, to tho dwellers in the landof the blest with waters of crystal,beyond tho shadow, " where the brightislands ot refreshment he. "

.No darknes there Blvldes the sway,'Twixt startling dawn aud dazzling day

But gloriously sereneAre the Interminable plans ' '

Onn nxed, etornnl xunset relga?,O'er the wide, eiltnt scene.

These two emblems of the progress, to.that gate, where, ere they pass, all whonter mu3t " PaJ down tneir symbol of

mortality "express the course and goalor me, suoiunaniy cunsiuercu. oiuwiy,ono after another, the race of mankindarc passing away ; there aro sad partingsand sweet remembrances. Let the firstbe viewed as merely separations for aseason : a friendly severance of holiestties in hope of quick renewal. Aboveall, oh thou that --readest, 11 thou are amourner, be faithful to' the injunction of"the dead. In that diversified book ofSouthey's, " The Doctor," ho describesthe tranquil pleasures ot a bereaved hus- -

tand. They " to keep everythingin the samo- state as when the wife wasliving Nothing was to be neglectedthat she used to do, or that she wouldhavo done. The flowers were tended ascarefully as if she were still to enjoy

'fragrance and their beauty r andthe birds who came in the winter forcrumbs; were fed as duly for her sake,as, they formerly were fed by her hands.This calm communion or the presentand absent becomes rcligidh, hope, fidel- -ity; enduring tenderness, beyond tho

I stem Irimditv ot timer and well mavo - - ,

"-" ""u v- - -- v I

hood, large always' in the world, who"

have lived and lost the lovely, and havo,w-t- h theirs, to meet the world s encoun -

ters, ;thus reet adoptedly tbo dear departed: . ?

The lov9 where death hath eet his Heal,Hor age can chili, or rival steal,. , ,

N'or falaahood d wivowftAnd what were wnnse, if thou cans'tnotsce.The wroagi that U 1 on thine, or me" For me," says the eloquent Sir

Thoinas Brown, "I count tho world notas an inn but as an hospital where our I

.fathers find their graves in our-sfor- t

memories, and sadly tell us how soon weshall be buried with our survivors,

I How cDmfortablc a thing'it is thon.toI dherish and remcmher tho dead. know- -

ing it is but foraseason, and then union,!

Tbe Cable as a Patent Ascnt.

Tho American Artisan gives an illustrafion, of the advantages' afforded'.by the.Atlantic cable as a patent agent;', bornetime since an American patentee wisnea

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to, secure a patent in angiaau, dui un- -

"4 r. " " T ' VTleaked out There- - are patent sharksways on the watch lor vaiuaDio mven- -tipns?anuneoateiy lor inoon,, wnere,. ne; nopeu tosecure tne jngusn patcm on tnc mveo- -

j tibn :fo itjs one of the beauties, otimg-iish patent lcgisiatiou-tna- the person in

1 Great Britain- - first in possession of efi.i..a r :..v: r aiiAn,-n.-i '!,.

pioiattattYenwrwmticmated the .uunand lour aysoetore thesteamer reacaea' mverpooi aspecmcation. eompribca- - in ib worusandwntten:imJicnt4MJ,-was.o- n aie-,i-n

the London Patent office", This-seeure-

the legitimate. inveQtor prpyistonairo;iccuuu, iuuuu. w uiu.ujisjj uok.ua ms.uu -prising: individual already described;

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A car is being "lmUt.19 Jersey fjity1 which will ie the costliest the; largest,

and one of tho most. eleganttitoe world... Tis to. be ran on the Erie road, and will1

cost 00,000.

Tha llnimt had a readv Been tried onceiriwui uuiiie i

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Wit and .Wlsuem.

Why is an' egg" overdone mko oneunderdone f Because it" is hardly done.

Why fs a dog's tail a great novelty ?Because no one ever saw it before.

--What can you not name withoutbreaking it? "Silence. "

--What roof covers the most noisytenant ? The roof of the mouth.

--Why are blushes like little girls ?Because they become women.

When is a blow, from a lady welcome? When she strikes, you agree-ably. T

--What is the difference between abarber and a mother? One has razors

shave aud the other has shavers toraise.

What is that which is made with atrain, that travels with.a,train, is of nouse to a tram, but a tram cannot travel aswithout? A noise. as

LITTLE .BOY PPH4.QUB.Li tlie boy Snracne. come blow your horn.

'Tho Sena' 6's n fo i mid tha country's lorlornMlurukine's u and Abbott'sa puppy

iuuw, wwie, uicw cm au up, up, uppy.The use of bricks as a lining for

wells 'has been-niuc- disapproved of, be-

cause they havo been found to hardenthe softest water ; bricks arc equally injurious as aJiuing for hats, as they arefound to soiten the hardest heads.

A woman atone of the city dispensaries apnlied lor medical aid, statingher disease, to be flirtation of the heart.

Not an uncommon ailment with yourdoctor, with a

twinkle of the eye, " but it is not dangerous if tha proper remedy is applied."

" My son," said an anxious fatheronce, " what mases you use that nastytobacco ?" Now the son was a literalsort of a person, and1 declining to con-

sider the question in the spirit in whichwas asked, replied, " to get the juice,

old codger."Concerning "hollering" in meet--

ing. Aunt Judy, an old' colored woman,.... .:.j v uAM sfnM,. I.sum iu uuc mi ausm j.uwu

rale grace, honey , 'taint de sure glory.lou hollers too loud. When you gitsdo) love in your heart and de Lamb onyour bosom, you'il feci as ef you was indat stable at Beth.lhem, and de blessedvirgin had let, you hab de sleeping' babyto hold." .

Josh Billings was asked, " How afast docs sound travel ?" and. his idea is,it depends a. good deal upon tho noiseyou are talking about. " The sound of

dinner-hor- n, for instance, travels a halfmile in a second, while an mvitashun

to' get up in the morning i havo knownto bo 3 quarters of an hour goin up

.pair uv stairs, and then not hev strengthenough Ielt to be heard.

An illiterate negro preacher said tohis congregation " My bredren, whende fust man Adam was made, he wasmade ob wet clay, and set up agin depalings to dry. " Do you say, saidone of the congregation, "dat Adam wasmade ob wet clay, an' set up agin depalings to dryx " Yes, sar, I do."Who. made de. palings. " bit down,sar." said tha prcachtr sternly : " suchquestions as dat would upset any systemof theology.""

I"uosr the Dead Letter Office.Tho other day an Irish woman called atthe Post-Offic- e in this city tor a ietterfor herself:

" An' is there anything here for nic ?

"What name?"" Bridget McCarthy."" xcs there s a letter here lor you

lrom.tho dead letter othce.The poor woman's" face fell, and she

blirst into tears "An' sure and Ithouirht some of them moiiL'litbcen deadthat I didn't hear from them before.

The clerk soothed her witt a few legalremarks, explaining tho nature of thoDead Letter Office ; the woman wipedaway her tears, and wont away with oneof her old letters, happy in the thoughtthat the " folks at home wasn t dead.Lewislown (dftr.') Journal, April Sth.

A certain decacon was one of thebest men, but by nature very irascible,A, cow was so exceedingly disorderly, asthe deacon was attempting to milk herone morning, that the old Adam got tnebetter of him, and ha vented his excitedfeelings in a volley of execrations veryundeaconish in their character. At thismoment the good deacon's pastor appeared unexpectedly on tho scene,, and

.i i t :announccu. nis presence uy saying" Why, deacon, can it be ( Are youswearing?" "Well, parson, repliedthe deacon, "! didn't, think of any onebeimr near by : but the truth is, J. nevershall enjoy religion as long as I keepthis cow."

IIoller'd be by Name. During theslavery times in Pennsylvania, a rich oldQuaker in Philadelphia had a favoriteblack coachman, who was very religious,and the master permitted him to hold(. i a veaalrw rtY--l vnr mpnrinfrs in Tilt' Kltcn.en One" Saturday night, while tho

0.: i,.n fv, lishoutjng disturbed friend Aminadab,and he called his servant and thus ad-

dressed him :

" Sam. does thee not know that thyLord is yery near to those who truly lovehim ; that- - he can hear thee when thouwhisperest, and therefore it is not neces- -sary foe thee to call upon him so Ioud- -lyf

" Why, ruassa r said Sam, " 'pears tome you don read de scnpiers wia nokind V 'tcntion. 'Pears to ine-yo- u dunforgot whar it says, 'Holler'd bo dyname 1' " Broadbrim went thoughtfullyback. to tho parlor.

Masonic Anecdote. The other day. .r f 1a young gentleman ironi tne country

stepped into a store and informed theproprietor that his occupation was tnatof a'carpenter, and he desired to get abosom pin emblematic of that profession.The obliging ieweler looked over his

. . , snAin nntT,;nff-l- s .nnwedOKOla, MMUau. Mwn :

bIm a very fine Maionic pin. The youngman looked atit caretuliy.. , " there's' the compass. , - j - bbta of them but

Ifa firstrat0 M far a3 ft goe?., Hellow ! there's

ereWhatdoe sthat stand for ?

tk '.twnWcKdn't'k'now-rr, - r,,j:QA it mfi.iu fr mn

. ' y,.;y,k :'.', ,-- ., t i,m rr;arr . r.

" I havo it," hoJsaidy"it s all right0 stands for gimict. ..That vrilb do I.

lU takeit".Thefe Wi3.a mu toacll of saiiness ia

. . - hft ninncd Hhe emblem onhis coat, and ront" Ja'waJ? muttering:,f CompasSi gOittar0 ani gimlet. I di

i wish: there "was a saw thouh..'Aji Omission. JohntiMwho

Lbody in Pike inows, tells, a good thing.on Judge wuom e.yery coay eisa m.

PikeknOws. djj. runs, thus?Judge. W. Jud hiB'Uwi olfice close to a

certain doctor- -in fact, thoy wcro sena--

gents, mat. uu pwYiucu uuiuucis u "ua iL.cu i .u,Su. -- vw i.faco.fluahed. as it he had Jnado a.discpv-wit- hprovisions and horses, that he gave patent on applica'tiouNcvcn.to. j.he exclu-- 1

, hnnnn ,n , r rmrm - lp.TC.r . Y'i il l.l.iox

positively

Posen,fromIlu4sia.,

its

rated Only By a plank partition with' adoor in it The Judge was at his table,busy with briefs and bills in chancery.The doctor was writing a letter, and,pausing for a moment, called out :

" Judge, 'un t the way to spellequinomical?"

" ies, 1 think it ia,"- - said, tne J udge ;

but here's Webster's dictionary I can'soon tell yon- -

lie opens the book and turns over tlieleaves, repeating aloud "

Finding, the. properplace, ho runs his eye and finger up anddown the column two or three times,until he is thoroughly satisfied that; the I

word in question was not there. Ulos-in- g

the book with a slam, the Judge layshis specs on the table, and risingslowlybreaks forth :

" Well, sir, I've always been' a DanielWebster man ; and I voted for him forPresident ; but any man that will write

big a dictionary as this, and not pntcommon a word as in it,

can't get my vote for anything hereafter. Montgomery Mail.

Ingredients of Jewelry.

Yery few persons who admire or deal .itin precious stones are acquainted withthe intimate "structure of these valuableminerals, and most persons will be astonished to learn that these bodies, apparently so solid and homogeneous, areoften lull ot minute cavities, which en-

closea

a liquid. Sapphires generally con-

tain fluid cavities. Sir David Brewster amet with one no less than the third ofan inch long, but other authors haveseen, none more than one-ten- th of an inchin diameter. These are usually halffilled with a mobile: and highly expansible liquid, which ia considered to-b-

carbonic acid. Sapphires are composed.of pure alumina, colored, by a metallicoxide. The ruby is also colored alumi- -

Cavities, we arc told, are far less tonumerous in these than in sannmres.and, moreover, they appear to.. contain

r. - ionlv waten or a saline et solution. UC- - I

casionallv a liauid with similar charac- -

tcristics to that observed in sapphires isseen, but not often ; and we are thus ledto suppose that, the stone may be pro-- 1

duccd by different reactions and underdiffcrcntTihysical conditions. Jimeraldsaro often full of cavities, which contain

liquid that does not expand whenheated, and is apparently a strong aqueous saline solution. The diamond is, ofcourse, the most interesting ot all ourprecious stones, the origin and mode offormation ot which, has always been agreat puzzle to chemists and mineralogists. Its structure has already been stu-- idied by Goppcrt, who discovered what heconceived, to be organic remains, andhence infers that the diamond is the result of vegetable decomposition underpeculiar conditions, air David Brewster first noticed fluid cavities in the dia- -moud, and explained the optical pecu--liarities1 of some diamonds by their pre- -aeWP.

Hut diamonds sometimes inclose minute crystals of a different mineral, towhich circumstance they also owe' mpart their peculiar optical broperties.In the diamond, also, the inclosed liquidappears to be carbonic acid, as shown byits extraordinary expansibility. Onlyone other known liquid has anythinglike an equal of' expansion, and that isnitrous oxide. The occurrence of thisbody in minerals-is- , it is said, highly--

improbable, and it seems, on the whole,that we may be justified iu includingliquid carbonic acid among natural liquidmineral substances.

Religious Condition of theWorld.

From Scltcm'fr Almanac for 1809 we

gather tho following statistics. i

of themil

reli - 1

gious condition ot the wonu: xotainonulation. 1,375.000,000 ; increase onlast year's reckoning, 24,800,000. Roman Catholics, 105,434,000; increase onlast year. 434,000. Protestants, 100,- -

835,000 ; increase on last year, 3,935,000.Eastern churches, 81,478,000. Totalnumber ChristianSj 377,747,000, or abouttwo-thir- d per cent. Total heathen population. 997.253,000 : increase over last

1 T ir.'fliljl n. Use (hnn Ana.oal-antr- t 1juar, xu,i,uu,uiper cent. Increase of Protestants nearlyfour ent of Romanists less than oneauarfcr of one per cent. These arc butestimates and approximations, but wcthink they truly present the drift ofthings. In the United Stales' the RomanCatholics are reckoned by Schem at5,000,000, a gain on his statement of lastyear of half a million, or eleven per cent,The Protestants count 27,000,000, a gainof 2,000,000, or exactly eight per centHe leaves 2,500,000 outside of either oftheso great religious divisions, amongwhich are to be included, heathen Indians, Jews, unbelievers, Spiritualists,Mormons, etc., though he attempts nosuch classification. .Last year he recK-

oned 1,929,891 of these amorphous element an increase ot WU,000, or onethird., Ten thousand white inhabitants.belong to the Greek Ghurch.

Superficial Infidels.Sir Isaac Newton set out in lite a

clamorous infidel-- , but on a nice examination of the evidences of Christianity, hefound reason to change his opinion.

IWhen tho celebrated JJc Kalley wastalking infidelity to him, Sir Isaac Newton addressed him in theso otlike,"words :" Dr. Halley, I am always glad to hearwhen you sneak about astronomy orother parts of mathematics, because thatis a ubiect you. have studied and well

- "i. ar - 1

understand; Jiutjou should not tolkoChristianity, tor ypa.haveno. stuuiealk- -J i am ",,n-Ty.- .notuing aoouK tne matter. j.1113 asajust reproof, and ono that woufd he. verysuitable to be given to halt tho mndeisof the present day, for they often speakof what they havo novcr studied andwhat, in fact, they are entirely fgnbriintof. Dr. Johnson, thererore, wen observed, 11 that no honest man Could benn ftvicf frti. nn min flnnlrf hft nn .ilie--

- w.,npi .Mmixstinn. nf the rnnfa offChriitianity." Tho nameof flume bebgmentioned to him; sir," aaid he,

Hume owned to a clergyman-- , of thaiBishopric of Durham, that-he- i had neverread thc'NewTesbment with attention

' 'a minister 13 compelled .to secondfiddle to a tenor, it is a"bout" time to coWesl ' - '- -

A company for the' manufacture ofartifimnl Has been formedy.,.raW rnrnr-o- member of --which has -- lost

"

Tnsnnli SraUli tlietformoiL. writesto Chicago papers declaring that the re-port of -- bis death, is not altogether cor-

oct..r ta 1 1

--i iur. imc.By a unvaio ivaiueucu wasbid in tor 5 as me oanKruptcy sale,bv his eicKUVear 6nT dauchter no otiff"

tho lieart to bid agaiaa tificr. '

to WOMA.T-- 50 PXtlEVT.Says Bella to a reverend dean.- What retain can be given, -Eince marriage is a holy theme.

liiai. iMvta ua iiusu iu neaven .

There are no women there." he cried.She a Dick returned the lest." Women are there, but I'm iraldTney cannot nnd a priest."

rA"ILY JABS,Jars of 'elty, jars of Jam,Jars of potted beefand ham.Jars of early goosebsn ies nice.Jars of mincemeat, Jar oc spice.Jars of orange marmalade.Jars of picJtles all home-mad- e.

Jars of coidlii elder wine.Jars of honey suprrfinelW.juld the only jars wora theseWhich occur nvaunlliest'

JL Monster Sfoose.

In the year TS47 there was a famousherd of moose living in the woods aroundthe head of I Ansc Bay, which, eventhen, were noted for their great size,beauty and exceeding fieetness of feet.This latter fact was well known and attested by many ambitious hunters whosought to add a- moose to tho list of theirtrophies. IIow many days and nights,and how many scores of miles weretramped through the woods, all in vain,

is useless But finally theday of triumph and slaughter came ; tlieunfortunate herd were entrapped and allkilled except one old leader stag, whobroke away, and by dint of great strength rtoand

.endurance eluded his pursuers. For

year or two nothing was seen or heardof aim, but hnaiiy there came rumors of

gigantic moose roaming in the woodsaround the head of Torch Lake. Onceor twice a year, for several years, someIndian or adventurous hunter wouldmeet him, but the old fellow would becrashing through the bashes away out ofsight before the hunter would recoverfrom his surprise. Once a determinedparty hunted for him three days fromtho head of Torch Lake, which appears

have been his favorite stampinggruunu, wesiwaru luwaru u-i- ouuuriur,then back again and off to the eastwariL,

l'I i 1 1 ii iuniu uiey unauy kuvo up iue cuaac. .u- -

Other time he came out in Beesley'sclearing on Torch iakc, but he quicklydisappeared upon scenting a numanbeing. . This winter some Indians ap--peared determined to catch him,, and,finding Ins track, gave him several livelychasoSj but until a week ago he alwaysescaped. Then a halt-bree-d, PeterMarksman, got after him, and, therebeing a tiick crust on tho snow, the mancould move about easily, while the sharphoofs of the veteran moose broke throughat every leap. Peter finally overtookhim, several miles northwest of the Cal-

umet mine, and quickly closed his careerwith a rifle ball, lie skinned him, cutup the flesh, brought it to town, andfound a ready sale for most of it at fiftycents a pound, realizing over three hundred dollars. The head was cut off andbrought in, and has been exhibited tomost of our people daring the past fewuays. xi now oeiongs to iiarry xecsiey,G. E., who will prepare it for preservation in the rooms of the Historical "so

ciety. 1 he head alono gives token-tha- t

the entire animal must have been ot such- -

monstrous size as to recall the days ofthe ichthyaosaurus, megatherium ptyra- -

dactyl, etc., when monsters occupiedboth the land and the water, iiesidethis head, those of an ox or a horse lookssmall and insignificant It measuredthirty-thre- e inches from the tip of thenose to the crown of the head betweenthe antlers. The nose is of a decided"Roman" style, and measured twenty- -eight inches around. The nostrils, distended, each measured four inches indiameter, and a large hand could bepushed up. fnto them over a foot ! Thefront Of the under jaw hai eight largecutting teeth, which bite against a- -

tough, semi-horny-p- ad in the upper jaw,hs no mtda. teeth. At the

time he was killed, he was busy stripping bark from a small,, soft sapplihgiTho head, cut oil entirely trom. the necK,and minus the tongue, weighs seventy-eig- ht

pounds. It is pity the entire animal could not have Deen pre-

served. Unfortunately it was killed aj;

the season of the year when tho head isshorn of its greatest beauty the enormous branching antlers. j.noncwonc. . w . - -- t jjjjjj out ot-

- the head, is still en- -

cased in the skin, Only making protuber-ances of four or five inches.

The Vhllosoriby 'o JVaikinir- -SiicKSf.

I do not know why walking-stick- s are.seldom carried at present in our streets.where, three years ago. it was commonto carry them ; but it any one had amonth in which to find out, he coulifindout . and very likely his investigationwould carry him up among the greatevents and men of the ago. He mighthavo to write to Count Bismarck aboutit ; the national deb mav have something lb do with ft. Tho shade ot carethat comes over tho' countenances ot acommunity when times are hard, andwhich out faces have worn for the lastthree years, since our burden began tosettle down heavily upon us, (tho flushmoney of the war Being all spent, andthe fictitious prosperity ot war navmgBeen- - succeeded by its proper .action,)- -

',,'.'.,, .Mnn,mn;pnf r , m;j ,t1Mb www- - -

ease. It is when wo go iorth. to strollamonc the girls in the Eifth Avenue ona fino afternoon that we take a. cane. withus; not when we arc going down town tocollect or borrow .money. But I leayethis interesting, branch, of the subject lofuture investigators, and return to my, m(, t;n for tha .

a&oWiavestigato rs, that, duringthe whole of the year 1S63, the wantingstick trade was exceedingly dull, andthat in 18S4 and 1S65 it was very Briskindeed. Atlatftii MonXIihjfor Mhy

Ba!lgliVJLast aj8

Tli last "davs of llaleigFs life On

Lear tli were scent in peace, une Dittcr--

niu5 of Strife was passed; he knew thatha must now die ;'and ima tne certaintyof his fate came" back to him, not onlyhis htgn spins, nis reauy wit, anu 11 agay demeanor, but in some oegrea nisphysical Tiealth. The warrant for hisdeath reached- - tho lower at eight o'clock

was m bed; but on hearing: the. lieute--.nants's. toice, be sprang lightly to his

ffeot, threw oa his nose a.nd doublet andHcft hTsjroom - At the.door he met Peter,his barber, coming in. ''Sir,' said

I Peter. " we have, not curled you headthis, morning." Raleigh smiled; "Lettliem comb it that stall havo xL Peter

1 followed. hiiatQ the gate,. whUe RaleighkeDfc on joking"Peter," he said,

' ABostonjisteEWysjdttV"henUn a dark October morning. Haleigh.play

limbs

I I ."1.,(.&. in cif. nn n man a lifi.T wTt onany yi-""- " -- --

i is, p i " ,Trvard , the proudest head thiteTer rolled

into English dust.

Twlsss, Taylor'K, and SidneyJohnston Sivards.

From the New O rieana Plcaynna 2

GenButlerhad apasaiorrfor swordsas the trophies of battles never fought.

He got possession of sereraHn that waj,by bloodless, victories over trembling-women-.

Gen. Twiggs, in the early part of thelate war, was the Confederate eom-mand- er

in Louisiana. But he Had. Beensuperceded, and retired fiem tho service,in consequence- - of ago and infirmities.Just before the arrival of the FederaLtroops, in 1862, 'he ''carried awayfrom tho city, a'hefpless invalid, strickendown with the attack of which he diednot long afterwards. In leaving- - thecity some family relicspieces of plate, and his swords of honor

with a New Orleans family, in specialcharge of some ladies, to preserve foehi3 infant son. By a piece of domestictreachery, through a negro who hadbeen taken into confidence, Butlerlearned where the sword of Gen. Twiggswas. He summoned the two ladies De-fo- re

him mother and daughter andby his peculiar modes of practicing onthe fears and "weakness' of 'women, ex-torted the delivery o the. depositAmong the articles was one sword, given

Gen. Twiggs as a mark of honortwenty ye'ars before, by his native Stateof Georgia. What became of the plate,we are-unabl-e to TOty. The swords weretransmitted to Washington, as militarytrophies, for which the captor deservedspecial national recognition. II wa3actually proposed in Congress to bestowone of them on Gen. Butler himself, asa mark of national esteem, for prowessin war. We do not remember what be-

came of the proposition. There was anappositeness about it which deserved tosucceed. Nothing could be more ap-propriate, in.public acknowledgment of'Butler's military honors, than the giftof a sword; which ha"d been left by adying in the charge ofsome helpless women and been, extortedfronuthem. by oaths and scowls.

There was also another sword, theproperty of the family ofa dead Soulier,wlich 'Butler sent for and get in thesame heroic manner. It was the "swordwhich tho State orKcrituckyhad be-

stowed upon Gen. Zachary Taylor.Thaty too, was in-th- e eustody of females,friends and connections of the family.It was carefully put into what wasthought to be a place of security ; butdomestic perfidy, whioh Butler boastedhere as having organized into, s perfectsystem, taught him whereto find it- - liemarched a file of soldiers into the prem-ises, and in the presence of the tremb-ling females captured that sword, andassumed the right to bestow iton, somefriend, of his own.

Another story of a hunt after a awardis current here. It was one of the sneak-ing incidents of the war, that the tombin which the remains of Gen. SidneyJohnston had been" deposited, on theirway to be buried in Texas, was brokenopen and sacked under Butler's rule.Public rumor then had it, and it i3 madeprobable by such misdeeds as we haverecorded, that he was keenly after thesword of the dead General, in Efo coffin,as another trophy for tho ' Hero of "

While we-ar- e on the subject of Butler's military trophies, we may as- wellmention another of which his biogragherwilt never recount the particulars a3they are vouched for here. It i3 saidthat the Confederate flag which he for-

warded to Lowell"" and" wTSclFwas. dis-

played on the 4th of Jnly. 1862, in thatcity as a symbol' of the glory- - acquiredby their townsman, was bought of avivandiere in a Confcderafe company,who deserted with it to the city whenthe Confederates were-retirin- g unopposedfrom Fort Livingston, on being recalledto the main body atPantahatoula.

These antics of a charlatan pollution.praying soldier, are as disgusting, asthey are to us, to the true heroes of thatgreat conflict whom history will remember .with, favor.

Trorrt Salsla In FeansylranlJ.A correspondent of tbe ElmiraJJeer- -

tiser, writing lrom &eely UreeK, givesthe following account of trout raising iuthat place: "We lately saw at thefountain head of Seely Creek's fine tributaries, between 8000 and 10,000 realgenuine, healthy, speckled spring watertrout" These trouuets were aoour anhch in Icnth when seen byus. and' gh

wo were unable to count iho pile,bhoulcfjudge tlie number estimated to becorrect. This fine show of trout Is thaastonishing result of an enterprise inaugurated the past autumn by JJr. .hidrtdge,of Elmira. The doctor has an extensivefarm in WelipPa situated about threeand a half Sues south of the State line,and upon the faim are fine, pure springsof water, and tho doctor tnougnt wnynot have in abundance ot thesedelicious fish, and immediately acting;upon tho suggestion, obtained the ex-

perienced, counsel of John King,. thetrout king of America, and has succeededthus farbcyond his most sanguine ex-

pectations. The pond is about fortyfeet long by twenty in width, strong and,

permanently enclosed by solid walls,with a waterproof cement bottom thewhole surrounded by a formidable iron,picketed fence. The hatching boxes, orbeds, where the trout are propagated,and confined until large enough to beactho more common exposure of the openpond, are located in the cellar of thefarm house adjoining the pond, and arevery conveniently arranged, the manypeculiar respecting the tender anu intricate periou or.

hatching, were "kindly" "explained to usby the polite superintendent, Mr. Smith,but we shall be unable to enter into thedetails for want of space. We do say,however, that too much praise cannotBo given the doctor for thus boldly undertaking an enterprise so. uncertain andnovel., 3he investment, we hope,, mayproyea successful and paying. one."

After the marriage of the PrincessLouise on th 27th of July next,Princes Beatrice wilt be Queen

Tictorias only unmarried daughter."

Dodsworth, the ftew lprlc band-

master, witt furnish ninety-nin- e trum-pc,te- r3

for the great concert m BostonnextJune

jA chad Of Dr. S. S. Jcrman, of St.Louis, while seperating leaves from abunch, of bananast discovered a genuinetarantula. It was killed and then curedin alcohol.

It is stated that sciatica has been"radically cured by stickingtwclve needles"through the deceascdnerve, and leaving

them there for half an "hour.

An Australian letter states --that in,

"consequence ofthe severe drought which,

"has prevailed there, one man, who hadIS m slieec, has lost 14,000 of them.