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NEW SERIES--VOL: X, NO. 40..

A LESSON IN WONDERS.

Under the title? of "CVnfidcnccs of a Juggler" Robert Hnudin, the famous Magici»n, has just published two lively vol-. iimcs, in Paris, from which we translate the subjoined interesting narratives. *.'.•• The French Government, desiring to

put an end to the influence of the Arab Priest#, over the ignorant and credulous ting themselves but they never ate. the

ing supernatural. His success was complete. Ha saw the marabout magicians, and studied and repeated their performances, of which lie gives an account in the chapter which we translate:

ders like a troupe of jugglers with the there was no lesion anywhere in the alimokaddem for the impresaro. mentry canal, and determined to.take some "As in most other shows, they have a di-! myself, and did so in the presence .of my vision of labor each performs his special colleague, M. C'ayal, Prof. Lallemand.and leats, and can do no others, and the mira des of some first-rate actors are inueh less wonderful than those of second or thirdrate performers. "F.vcn if one could not explain their 'pretended prodigies, a moment's thought \vould destroy the prestige of them. The

Aissaouas say that they are incombustible then let thern ask any of the bystanders to press a redrhot iron on (heir cheeks.—• 'They pretend that they are invulnerable let them invite a Zouave to run them thro' with his saber. After such a proof as that, the most incredulous would kneel before them. "Yes if were incombustible and invulnerable, how happy I should be to give such an irrefragable proof of it. 1 would have myself spittcn, and roasting before the hottest, fire, and, while 1 was roasting,

I would spend my leisure in eating a ground glass salad, seasoned witii oil,—of vitriol.

That, would lie a sight, to which everybody would run, and it would be enough to convert everybody to my religion. "Milt the Aissaoiias have their reasons for prudence in the performance of their feats as I will soon show. Their principal miracles are the following: "1. Sticking a poignard in their cheeks: "'J1 Mating the leaves of the JJarbary fig-tree ".'1. living down on their bellies on edge of saher "1. J'laying with serpents:

the

Stabbing their arms, making

tin.

blood spirt out, and curing the wound instantly. ijj "(i. Mating pounded glass: "7. Swallowing Hints and bits of hot-

K-s "S. Walking on' red-hot iron and licking with their tongues a piece of iron heated to whiteness. "lid its begin with the. simplest, feat— As

Iriking a poignard into the cheek. "Thr AI'ab who performed this turned his hack tonic, and I was able to approach very near to him and see how lie did it.—

Hi1 pressed into his clcck the end of a breaking it, a quantity of nails and flints, poignard, which was as smooth and round-! which lie caused to rattle by striking on ed as the end of a paper-knife. This in-j his stomach with his list. stead cutting the skin pressed it in "These feats were rendered possible by nearlv an inch between the jaws, which a remarkable conformation of his esophawere slightly opened, just as it would havei gue. But if lie had lived among the Aispressod in a she't of India-rubber. souas, he would not surly have been the "This feat is particularly easy f,,r lean 'star ut the troupe. and aged people, because tiie skin of their 1 t0]

I dare say that tliey were pre]not to hurt him: he would not. .have •??h.ive doubled the wonder of it. I»ut even if he hail shown them, he made so liiauv

hand.

"In the next performance, two 'holds a saber, one by the hilt the other by ].y

the point a third 'comes, strips off his,

holds the point of it, wraps it very carefully in a handkerchief, iniitatinsr in that those mountebanks who pretend tocut their Jirmb/

fingers w.th the po.gnards winch they use

Ills heitv the

removed mount the two Arabs who hold the saber.

4W«

cnl)(ir

ed so as

was H1S

unnecessary movements that it would have Hut without trouh-!'}*• been very ea?y for him to change them for jj'n~/],jn,self af that he answered speakiii"-!

have been a fifth-rate ecc of slight o!'i f') (axvr

(hlt

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... .. ^1 of bis secret, he explained it tome "Besides, 111. the performance of his feat,

the invulnerable man turns his back upon!

tzjoLL

with this strange accent, he sang the bal-

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rpi 1 "However, wli

idain this is verv casv. he pub-

•, 1 11 felt that this

10 assurance that the saber is .. ,. .1 1 .1 saber through hi thniir shows that its edire is t!un- ,,

]}i'

garment

iudi..spensa le

winch lie

tnut. OJ rv... ....

that strikes, would bo sufficient By wip-! and reappear in the left eye, then in the ing off the arm the wound would of course niouth, and then in the right eye again, be cured. "Imagine to ,what extent the fire of sor"In my young days, I have often poured eery was kindled within me. I bad the wine out of a knife, or my finger, by press-}courage to accustom myself to this trick, ing a concealed sppnge which had been which I thought a fine one. filled with it*-'*

masses^ of Algeria, sent. Jtobert Hondin pieces. It might, •therefore have been !evening at the house of a lady who first to astonish them, and then to con-! difficult for me to explain this feat of the! two interesting daughters, for' whose vincc them that these prodigies were noth-! Aispaonnf",' had I not been directed by a I amusmcnt'she often gave small parties.—

instances of people whom he had seen eat icnrions to sec it, and formed around ine in a circle.

"The augur.-:, it is said, could not look (glass, gives an account of. some expertone another in the face without laughihg. incuts wiiicli he made on animals: It would be so with the Aissaoiias did not. 'After having subjected a great numMussulman blood run in their veins.— bcr of dogs, cats and rats to a pounded fTowever, there i.s not one of them who glass diet, in which the fragments were is deceived as to the nature of the pretend- from one-sixth to one-quarter of. an inch ed miracles which his brethren perforin in length, and finding none to.become sick would make too painful an impression upbut. they all aid each otiier in their won-! from it, 1 opened a number and/found that on 3'ou. I will give a different proof of

several others. 1 repeated the experiment' sevend times, and never, experienced the "lightest sensation of pain.' "This was authorative enough, but yet. I wanted to witness it myself., .So I-gave one of the cats in the house an enormous ball of meat, mixed about half anil half with pounded glass. The animal swallowed it with great eagerness to the lust, morsel, and seemed even to regret the end of. so succulent a meal. Every body said the cat was as good as dead, and deplored my barbarity, but, next morning she came as usual, and in fact, licked the iioor where she had eaten the pounded glass the day before,^, .,,, "Hi ,,.,, .... 'Since i.hat time, when I wished lo entertained afriend with this sight, I have regaled my three cats impartially, so as not to excite, jealousy among them. "!ut, it. was a long time, I confess, before decided to try !.r. Lesauvagu's e.\peremcnt on mys.il' J. did not preceive any necessity for it. One day, however, iu the presence of a friend, 1 ran-the risk —if itwas one, and 1 swallowed my little pill only I. took care to pound the glass finer than that which I gave to the cats. do not know but it may have been the efTeet of my iniagiii'-tion, but.it seemed to me at dinner that day that I at. with unaccustomed pleasure was it owing to the pounded glass.' in an}- case, that would ho an odd way to whet, an appetite. "When it, came to .swallowing flints'and the noses of bottles, the Aissoua who did it really put them in his mouth but I am quite sure that he got rid of them. .Besides, if he had swollewcd them it would not have been any tiling extraordinary compared with the performances of a juggler in France, tii'fl'ly years ago, who was called I lie Nini/'aiecr of fSubres. "This man, who gave his performance on the public square, tlin back his head, so as to pres.'lit a-straight lino to tlie weapon and really plunged a saber into the esophagus, so that the hilt touched his lips. "lie would also swallow an egg without

"At last, a very disagreeable circum-

"I have many times seen men break stance destroyed my illusions as to the wine-glasses with their teeth, without cut- 'effect produced by it. nsed to go sometimes to spend the had

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friend, who was a physician, to a thesis 11 thought I could find no better opportunity I two hours. Mnie. Cowlet permitted her sustaining the hariulessiicss of poundcil glass, by I'r. Lesauvagc, Du tionnuirc dcx Sci' /ict.s ntcdiailes, fur 1S10. "This savant, after having citcd several

togivc my first representation of this than at one of tliesc parties, and I asked permission to present a diversion of an entirely novel character. The company were

"Ladies,' said lwith mysterious emphasis,'I am invulnerable and to prove this to you, I might stab myself with a poignard, a knife or any other cutting intrmiient but I fear that the sight of blood

my supernatural power.'' And I'pcrform ed mj- famous trick of the nail i)t. the

nJc:

"The "effect of it upon the company was not what I had anticipated it was scarcely over when one of thrt young ladies fainted and fell. The pleasure of the evening was ruined, and, fearing balme, I left without saying a word, vowing that-T''would not be .'caught again irt such a jierfornvance. "lint this is the explanation of the trick': "Any one cm basilyput a lead or silver nail, half an inch long.by a line-in thickness/into the corner of the eye, near the lachrymal reservoir, between the under eyelid and the eyeball and when once this bit of metal is there, the eye does not seein to be aware of its presence. It is easy to punch it out with the.finger. "One'of these nails is put'secretly in ihe'left eye, and another in the niouth.— With this preparation the performer presents himself. "lie thor, before the ompany, pu'sfl nail into his right eye by pressing on the flesh lie pretends to push it through the bridge of the nose into the left eye he really conceals the nail in the right e3'e, and pushes out that which lie has before concealed in the left eye. Then he hides away this nail under the eyelid,and makes the motions of pushing it through the flesh into the niouth, from which the concealed nail is taken.— The same process restores the nail to the right eye, from which the nail is taken which was hidden away in it.

When that is done, at any good opportunity, the nails are taken out of the left eye and the mouth.

But to return to the final performance of the Aissaoiias, walking on red-hot iron, and licking iron heated to whiteness.

The Aissaouas who walks on red-hot iron, does nothing very surprising, when we remember he barely touches it, and that always going barefoot., the sole of his foot is as hard as a horse's hoof the horny portion may be broiled without occasioning the lca.st pain. jiesides, may not chance have taught the Aissaouas precautions which were known to more than one JMiropean juggler,

^dd the Arabs have raid

cheeks is very elastic. .= thev s-'H-n another man who would run "The Arab who ate the Barbary fig ,jj*' the. bodv with the first far, oven lic niarvehius, tlic iollowleaves did not allow us to examine them.—:

hrouglit to him, and. while ^s

ted to omit a point which would and so have manv others. named J. ichard.v.n, camc to Jans, and "This feat was. in fact, so frightful that remarkable representations the sneetators cried, 'Kimn-h!

harmless leaves. It would iu that case '7 .p,, ,i h? on his toncue, to kindle a piece of char-: nccc

,,f Aissa 1,ro

spijt,M1. stick a knife info each pretended_ miracles. ''"-'f of his nostrils up to the handle? .1 have "February. 1(m, an' Lngdishmau

clul I£r

11 ln ms

Avhicli lie acconi-

rrr

ic tho it

clothes so as~ to leave the abdomen bare, ,• ?. .. ,1 r.i 1 I "I could not endure to look upon such a nnd lies down tlat on iic cone of the sword, ,,, ,, 1 stirnt, and was turning away •.then a fourtli mounts 011 Ins back, and ..vocms to press upon him with his whole (Weight. "To ex] Tic have 110 sharp: nothing ui.u ni:v 1- winner than its back, although the Aral) who

and was turning away in horror, when, drawing out the saber, the nasal troubadour showed us that if was bloody. ,, "However, when I came to think, it over, an cxhrbition in 1 aris ^j..

belly in this way, nnd some trick about it

1-1 llus

which I did not see.

".MY

love for the marvelous gave me tiie

desire to find him out: I applied to the in-

aml flV

a little monev

not ina

-]n ,,

!rn 0 mni

(lie pnbhe.. He knows the The trick is very ingenious.^ which he cams bv this, auu so, pist as tie ," lies down on the'saber, ho adroitly repla-l. i»°un tebani: ^as very lean, a qualoes on his belly the garment which he had

uMieate it to'thc

Yitl 1!lt exnt {ln? ti

,e same prom,

,0 Arabs who bold the saber. These intestines were ob..ed to yield and «Inoto S I. 1-

rCit'lvr

have often carried our curio&itv uiiddle of this sheath was. a sponge filled and incredulity the point of sending for with a red fluid. As to the knives in. the nose, that was a reality, The i«vulnerable had a very flat nose, which allowed him

the Aissaouas, and their menagerie. All tiie animals which tlicy called vipers were only harmless colubars when we offered to put our hanfi in the bag, they hurried away, convinced that wc were not duped by their frauds.' "I will adjl that even had these serpents "been of a dangerous species their fangs might havefbeen removed so that there would have been nothing to fear. When these snakes' bite they make no wound. 'I have n6t seen the feat of stabbing the arm and -locking the blood spirt out, bat it seems to i&e wat a little flponge, filled with a red ls[uid,and coueealcd in tho hand

to raise the cartilages of the nose to the bight of the nasal fosses, for the introduction of the-knives."

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last arc standingas if to keep him from fail-1 wore tied back to it lie then" rejdaced Sfteted^a-dnst ,that rnyh^art beatasif itw'od

ing, but, in reality they supporte his whole I the compressed portion by a pasteboard t^ ^^jhorouji pro eo burst-through my bosom, and yet: when weight. The only inconvenience, then, of V'110'1

him to lu.-^normnl S ,,

this feat consists in having the abdo- proportions: the w^hole was eovereJ vnth a (.atisnedwi 1 1 men more or less depressed, and "I shall]fle.sh-colored tight, and seemed to be a part, tor coated his tongue with soap and a so- quired a strong force ot will show by and by how that can be done with- the body. "Oil: each side, above the »Intion of alum, and found-that red-hot iron out danger. hips, two rosettes of'ribbons concealed the produced no impression upon it. •'As to tiie Aissaouas who put their {openings b3* which the saber went in and '.' Prepared in tliis way flic tongue could hands into a bag full of scrpants, and who stuck out. A sort of leather sheath led played witli theso reptiles, I will ref«r to from one of these openings tp the other, the opinion of Col. dc Neveu. lie stiys. taking the blade through in safety. I11 the

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"In my young days I was in the'habil of amusing myself by performing two feats which may be of service'to "the Aissaouas if they should ever here of them. I will explain them. ''The cbp-opodist Maons, who tahght me juggling, included in his. instruction a very clover trick,- which conaists in, potting a little najl into the right eye and then jnaking it appear to travel through ilic. flesh

1 it in hi* teeth to have the hands slightly moist.

Tiie valet of this Englishman published his master's secret, and it may be found 1 the .T/ti/nxd dc.s Sn.vays 1077 premiere edition), page 41, et d?uxicinc edition, 1G80, pages '24, 142 et

42:V2).

"«M really ,ml» t»r rcdJu r.

lvissed it over his hnir. put Ins ticels on it.

drank boiling oil, dipped his fingers im.0 melted lend, put a little of it on his tongue, after which I10 carried a red-hot iron about on his tongue!

This extraordinary man attracted the attention of Dr. Sfcmentini, who set hiniself about finding out his sccret. '"V

Boutigny (d''Evreux.):. The, editor: of the review, the Abbe Moigno, quoted some, of the most interesting passages of the work, among which which was the following-: 'M. C'owlet having led, the wav, we 31. IJoutigny is speaking yourselves broke the liquid jets with our (fingers. We plunged our hands into the molds and into the troughs filled with the melted metal, which was flowing out.of Wilkinson furnace, the radiation from which was unendurable even at a,considerable, distance. We varied our experiments for .more, than

daughter, a child of eight:years,(ttj!put hor hand into a trough full of rthe ineandescent metal, and she did it without injury.'

The 'character of the "Abbe and the physician did not permit me.to doubt however, I must say that, this seemed to. me so impossible that itiy mind,refused to accept it, and that, like St. Thomas to believe I must see.

I went to sac M. Boutiguy j-.expressed to biiu my desire to sec an- experiment of such interest, omitting, however, any expression of doubt as to its success.

The savant received me kindly, offered to. repeat-itrbefure me, and give me an opportunity to wash my own hands in the molten metal.

The offer was attractive, scientifically speaking but still I had: some hesitation, which/the the.readeivl,think,, will -appreciate...In case, of mistake. thore was the carbonization of my two-hands in prospect., I: felt', that I ought to. have considerable consideration for them, as they bad been instruments of great value to me. So I hesitated. .'

Have you not confidence iu me said 31. Boutigny. 'Yes,-yes,'.I answered I have great confidence, but—' lint—you are afraid confess it,' said the Doctor, smiling. 'Well, to tranquilize you, I will, try tlie temperature, of the of the liquid before you put your hands in it.'".

About what-tcuiperaluro-of the moltjii.metal About a thousand degrees.'

A thousand degrees That, must be a jolly experiment. I will do it.' At the day appointed by Dr. Boutigny, we went to La Villetto, to Mr. Davidson's founder)-, where, he had obtained permission to make his experiment.

Upon entering this vast establishment I experienced deep emotion. The infernal 3:oise produced by the immense blowers the flames escaping from the furnaces the sparkling lava, carried by powerful machines and surging in immense troughs the Workmen, thin and sinewy,, blackened by the smoke and the charcoal men and things all pre-uited a solemn appearance. '.iJie foreman came to us and showed us .the furnace.where, wo. .were to make our trial.

"•While they were preparing to let cfit the jet. we stood a few moments in silence nvar the .furnace. Then bci'in tli.s ilql very consolatory conversation

I co ild not prevail upon myself'to repeat this experiment,' said 31. Jioutigny, J- xccpt for you. I do not like to do it.—I confess that, although 1 ain sure of the result, still I experience an emotion which

before Dr. Sementini stated they were cannot repress.' used, and discovered them to the public It that be the case, I answered, let And which will explain to us in the

sim

-jus go back.

believe you.'

plesf. way the most interesting feat of the "'No.no 1 mean to show .you this Arab sorcerers, that which is regarded

singular phenomenon. Come, he added,

ihe most astonishing, the most wonderful, let us see your hands." ,.f ., the touching of the tongue to white-hot I And he took tlieni.

Let us first refer to some well-known thor dry tor our work.', s-

feats of our wizard's whence, we can judge

'»cbind the age in their

l,!'| winch proved, they said Ins incombustib.l.-

wn:? sccn to rnaf!

0(e

,t ili, ot hm 1 an of red-hot iron in his hand, or to l.old U" it is necessary to be observed is •\rab,

The d—:1!' said lie they are ra-

In-ISOQ, a Spaniard, named Lconctto,! rep«1s«.:i which oppoVc« to it, an insurlie also han- '""untabJe barrier.

The savant noticed that the tongue off

the iueomlmstible

^pcrtnicnts upon lumselt. He drs-j

1 and hibbiu"

rod. Finally, when the fourth actor «rcw very tight about belly, -""m I hands the liquid current -as it it were Kansas now sutlers is caused by the Lets on his hack, he rests his hands 011 am* a tne back bone wm ild no gi_\e away red-hot iron '-nid' that

•.

You think so.?' s,^ .'.''Certainly.' 'Is it dangerous, then lt ma}- be.'

Tn that case let us go,' said I, turning toward the door. That would bo a pity,' he answered, stopping me. 'Here, dip your hands in this water, wipe them well, and your skin,

beef will prcser\e as uiucli moisture as may be

sary.'

,i!cna! in his mouth iiy a breath, and to grasp bor the success" of this experiment,

hjul scarce

-i ,• 1 1 -forth as lar'e as a man arm. Sparl.

01 1

tor success in this. He P°vci-ed tbat, by..evaporating a solution of without nifv ceremony, washes his against the brethren. Tiie, bleeding that

t0 1( va

Dr. Semcutini found "out also that flic

temperature of boiling water. If .thcj{ touehing velvet made of liquid silk/:

fingors'be. previously, dipped ih Athcr, (hov

1 1

is a verJ

1 1

may be plunged into the real ^meHc^ lead without injury.] ",.In these manipulations a satisfactory explanation'may. 1JC found' of the pretended incombustibility of the Aiissaouas

howevcr, I willcite here a fact of personal lyv -The Tumatics are-very ^distressin inknowledgCj from which inference may be drawn that it is not necessary to bo inspired by Allah or Aissa in order- to .play with incan3^cctir*inetals?~

Reading one day a scientific review, I saw ari'abcount of a^^ work entitled Etiitlc sur les corps Vtat splicrpidal,' by M.

I regret

that, I cannot explain the principle upon

which the hands arc protected, but that would require' several chapters. It is enough to say that metal in fusion is held fat a distance from the skin bv a force of

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TO-^««I

_._i red-hot iron, over his'hnir, ]uit his heels on it, liling oil, dipped his fingers into'

.l my hands' when

«il J.. lm«

.. ,.

flew on all sides as 111 a piece of- lireworks. Wait a few moments,' said 31. Boutignr, till the metal clears itself: it would not be prudent to make our experiment now.'

Five minutes later the metal ceased

i,u]vblc ami give off sparks. Jt-be-

mm wa^ covered with a! "Vi,* am not vet ]repared to exchange

-f 1 1 .eame so limpid and so brilliant that it I -, w.We.-^.^^-grajMs.i eoating a'nd this^led htin to try

rned Oiir eves'at several paces distance.

Ufl( ei lnv com

,.anion aiiproaehcs 1

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4. ., IM. Bontignyhad iinishcd bis ablution, I

Satisfied with his researches, the Doc- J'advanced*'with'-' a'- determiBation which reI imitated his motions I dabbled in the burning lava, and in the joy which this marvelous operation inspired, I took a handful of the reccive boiling oil, w-hich .after ^cooling, could be swallowed. .'*.'^

red t0 tliai

Kit si A.I

CEAWFOBDSmtEi-: MONTGOMERY.^OlOfTY^JIfDMNAiAfRlUm J851t v.\ .WHOLB NUMBER 880.

INC!Tri*TS

i°^C

,d?ys

Key's groin. The great inconvenience, to say the least, of having the dock so far distant from the witness-box, and not allowing the prisoner to sit by his council, has been paramount several times during the proceedings. Jic fequently can not hear what the witnesses say, and surely, as 3!r. Stanton remarked, 31 r. Sickles has some mteresfin the evidence being given and the questions asked

1 1,1 1

was did not leave Lawrencc. His letter closes

iu the following style, 'A.k I am told that those Republican" ruffians originated the call for the Republican Convention at Osawatomic, and that it is their intention to make that convent ion indorse mob rule in the past and mob laws in the future. If such be the fact, if to be a Republican I must indorse theft, robberv, murder and assassination, I prefer to be something else than a Republican.— If no other Republican organization offers, 1 will calmly look on, as did large numbers of the Democrats while the borderruffians were running their party to destruction. My-motto lias been, for years. Free-Soil, Free Men, Free Speech and law, order and good government, and 1

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no bravaoo. 1 ^confess ,,

can

molten mass and- flung it- into the air it of the globe.

l'rinclPles-

bloO]

"'Well, Patrick," asked the doctor, how do you feel to-day Och„.'doctor, deaf, I enjoy very poor.hcalthl entire-

dade when I go to slapc, I lay awake all inigh't, arid inc.toes aro. swilled up as big as a goose hen's egg, so win. I stand up I fall down immediately, irai.'tuw

yoti would enjoy yourself, always .be late at-a-ball"- it'u past time.

biJ itsrt.

OF tnft NICKI.ns TIM A I,

-WAS KEY AHMED WITH A IMSTOr

PHI. icorrespondent of the

cothes. pf the. decca^L Xhe exhibition, 1'^ thousand

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A KANSAS I-!•: AD UK'S OI'IMON OF T1IK Hl iMJBMCAN HllIiTii ItKN. The Opposition in Kansas, now that the pro-slavery pressure is removed, are beginning to form parties among themselves, which threaten as much bitterness toward one another as was ever exhibited by the shivery and anti-slavery parties.— Governor Bomxsox, of Topeka memory, bears very strong testimony against thejj

Abolition portion of the party with which hollered out murder!''

he is associated. Tn a recent letter to the

thn

-£?0* lx"

1()U1 ic cJothed

ape na rcss, writing Under date of1 jacket, but without a very necessary article .s-vcral useful s.-hool books have been nuboth inst., says 'apparel, "my lad, where is your shirt?"—., lis'icd. The Sickles ease as usual, crowds the ''-Mammy .waMiitig it/' "llavo you im,

court room. The tqrpixpr was-in the wit.j?ther? ".No other exclaimed the Lvos of :3fr. Djutflas Jorrold ness-box this morning and testified to.thej'".

IJ1

shir!??-'

which, have appeared Ic^c's Jl-: ker, for nil yon pretend know so much. u.s ra cic.! ei quite ii.^cji^ation e^- said an impertinent fh to a elergvutail, pecially..were a)l necks strejtulicd -focward

when 3Ir. Brady if. ho.-had found p/srson of, Key .and inure especially wliea -]l0 .. .. that gentleman, after answering in the affinnative, fumbled for some tinie, and held

nco^s streiuiica torwani

v,ho

up a small-sized white baudkcrchief with j1,1

handkerchief .whicli Othello's" mother ff

received, from an Egypti piece of muslin lias, created such a sensa tion, or floated, or been wayed into such unfortunate and indeed tragic interest.— But, for that handkerchi^.it is very probable Mr. Kobert Ould would not be Brosocuting Attorney for this ^District, and very likely but for.thp picce of lace or linen first named', "DesdenVona" woiild have'had lifer' head happil^'ltressed upon the bolster for' many years, instead of coining to a sudden demise by being, pressed-tinder it.

In'Connection'.-witlr the ball, I may remark that.it docs not fit the Derringer pistol picked up in the street some twentj

asiced orqnor oudwa^dj.fsaid tiic nlcrn-vman. "Well

A I

a purple border of about an iiu-h wide Plncc'

Since.the ,d?ys of "Besdemona" and the

.."Mv SON," said a,doting father, who was about to take his son into business, "what shall be the. style of the new firm?" "Well, governor," said the.one'and twenty youth, looking up to find an answer, "I. don't know but,., suppose we call it .Tdiii If. Sampiin & leather."-1^. '^':}.«•

Miss Lo.Vfr, a girl of quick and fiaricss wit, asked '•Moses if he knew a certain young mail, "Know him.' Oh, yes! 1 ought to know him 1 raised him from 11 pup." "Ah -said 31iss Long. "I didn't know vou were so old a cur. 3Ioscs wiltdd:" -b vl'.

A\ Tur.siiMAN, goin^ to bo hanged, begged that ihe rope might be tied under his arms instead of around his throat, "for," said T\at, "I am so reinarkablv ticklish iu the throat, that if tied there .1 11 certainly kill myself with laughter.

Swi-n.i. (who when he is asked to dine at half-past six, thinks it is time to come at half-past eight.) law I'm afraid you've been waiting' dinnaw for- me Lady o! the House.—"Oh dear, no! We have dined some time will you take some tea?"

"What's that?" said a schoolmaster, pointing to'thc letcrX. "Daddy'sname.'"' No, it'isn't, your, daddy's name, you blockhead, it's X." "I'll -lie darned if'tis. It daddy's name, blow me if it ain't. I've seen him write it often."

"WHO

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for ra-

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publicans, in accordance with Republi

Every

The present military force of ]]u- claimcd'a right over hcr as husband, is a rope numbers nearly live'millions of men, long, ill favored fellow, whose nature is a and the naval force' over a quarter of a brutal as his exterior is repulsive. She million. This fact will give some idea of! has lately refused to live with him, since the immense cost of maintaining the pres-j which he has beset her at every opp.irtuent politicalTirrangcnients'm that quarter. 1 nit}* and beat hcr unmercifully. He even of the globe. Every little state and prin-! followed her down to the -Ji!Mice's office cipality, as well as every great' power, is [when she went after the warrant. This increasing its armed forces, till a number {was placed in the hands of an officer for

tittle state

and

fell in fiery rain.' cipality, as well as every great" power, is when she went after the warrant. This ihe prevailing In sham favoring the u.-io Tho impressionwhichIrcccivcd fro.pl increasing its armed forces, till a number was placed in the hands of an officer for uf-lace has .considerably stimulated the

melted lead which Lconctto used was that touching this molten iron can only be coni-lfully equalling the sixth of the entire pop-, his. arrcat. jlloniteu t»ade. In:. in di art bc.stowed metallic composition which melts at the

flxonvindustnal pursuit ,and th^r thoughts ahhough

deliCalc" anfftcry airreeable feel- »»c0auor.8 direqtod to -..war. ihe lcn.w that flTcy are illegal tnat

A in or ii ii iv 1 1 1 1

po^er, animated by all the fierce passions jister of -the Gospel to resist.—iy'*/w./

and animosities which war .and .national prejudices create, would so desolate .Europe that con tunes of peace and industry would.iiQt^enable it.to xecover.froin the disaster.}. 9 :i -,-A

A MEDICAII gentleman. says that Tarter emetic is productive of great rc^cA .ed-

WHY

for

h-Tfarmb e* ti M'

HUMOROUS CLIPPINGS., TxOTGS3£IDANDDONF*

is that lovely, girl?" cxclaimcd

the witty Lord Xorbury, in crinipany with his frond Counsellor (Irani. ".Miss (Mass," replied the Counsellor. "I -should often be intoxicated could I place such a glass to my lips."

"DID I

nit

hurt you?" said a lady the other

day, when she trod on a man's toes. "No, madam, I thank you, seeing that it's you else, 1 would have

it were anybody

HKAIUXG

Lawrence Herald of .FreC'dom, he notices sm.ail blow wouid break the 110.se, a riifc tiie fact, witnessed by himself, "peaceable, e^fiuiniod, ell, 1 d"iino bout that,

law-abiding and well disposed Ifroc-St.ite men, guilty of no crime, BO far as it is known, set upon in the streets of Lawrence, shouted af, brickbattcd, stoned, fired at and robbed. After the rohbeiy had been linnished the affair was claimed by the leader of the inob to be a brilliant J!cpublican maneuver, in accordance with Ilcpublican princijdes.' He also says yourself." "Ah, my friend," said Kobin he was told by a peace officer" that he json, "all the world knui'.s \oit are a Jhtl in danger of being robbed if lie i''-

a .physician remark that

L've-blowed my nose a great many tunes, and l've-.ncv(.r broke it yet.",

"I iiijcn.Aiir:," said Brown to I'lobinson, never knew a flatter conipanioi than

in pants and small.'iished both at Ispahan and at Teheran, nnd

A (1 liin

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-surj.ns^, "uould yo want a .boy to the

.»'l,tbtul w^ures .olj. You can't e.vorrtoll who made theii'iciu-iin ncrfornied at 'l'iirv Lane Theatre,

'Ms-srs.

I,ad rorroved him for nrofai, ••.— "V'W-T iV

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five minutes after the affray of the 27th of February. I saw it tried. The evidence goes to show that Sickles bad a revolver, and only used a revolver, and the consequent presumption is that the Derringer, which had an exploded cap on-when found, belonged to Key. It was from this, probably, that Sickles retreated. Among the many .speculations is that the first shot heard was from Key, taking for granted •that he had this Derringer and that Sickles first, snapped. He then retreated, and was followed up by Key, who, knowing he' iind fired and that Sicklefi' did not, flung the (impfy pistol to further disconcert Siclcles, or' tfitli a natural movement in self-de-fense.' (The spot where the pistol was found would seem to strengthen this surmise.) Sickles having mastered his weapon, returned facing Key, who retreated, and fired the shot which took effect in

ud a handkerchief the (l,en, who did make the ninnkev?" "ile ^corr^pondence, p.?rJCM'lly wlica who mtulr ynn.r'l !••«j: after answering in the afso a el

n'c'

cars WIth hcr

"'other, a few days

wll('n la,13'

remarked, "That's a

girl's eyes flashed

sl (Ir Av !lf1 scl1

"P her fullest

ian. no like-sized and replied, "I ain't a baby—I wear bootj? and hoops

"SrEAKixc of shaving,'' said a pretty girl to an obdurate okl bachelor, "1 should think that a pair of handsome eyes would be the best mirror to shave by!'.' "Yes, many a .poor feliow lias been t/trtrc/l bv theui,'-' he replied.

said a tyranieal husband lo bis

much-abused consort, "T wish YOU to make tne a pair of false bosoms." "I should think,""replied she, "that one bosom, as false as yours is, would be sufficient."— ICxit hufeband in a brown study.

A ("rRNTl.KMAN' asked a negro if he would not have a-pinch of .-miIf. "No," replied the darkey, respectfully, "me tank 3-011— Pomp's nose not hungry." jam! farmers b-ss than those engageo many 1other occupation. liters, reporters and-

jT.nstv.ir: you won't charge anythin for just rc-inrnderivtr me," said a onelegged sailor to a cork-leg manufacturei-i.v.

false rumors like one whu Ins cuniMouoein all that is toid.' B- causo he re-//.«.v 011 ail he heal.?. 1,,

often bear it, said a -i,-rlc man,

"that he enjoys bad health. uch not the I case. The' only persons wl 011.103' bad health are th doct'.rs.

A MA I.OA.'.! ATK'.JI .- oung white

came into usstiee l^ircly's fiflice ycrday, and'ma.'lc coir.plait against hcr a negro, for abu.sing and maltrea'itig v:r. She said they had been 'married' .three yer.rs, and that (ho ceremony v.-a-rj,-erf'(fin-ed by a ccdorc'i minister, named Monpirir, when she was fourteen years old. -.Monroe is still jiving in the city, in performance his religious functions. The negro who

]l0 0I) 1|phalf of tji(J

operatta of UlaM -eyed ^usan/' now be--

l^erpfin nnd Paul

Bfiteau

a I''

i'aris havinj^adverti.-'cd for letters of iJr-

",l 'J pU'M.-h the fullest

1 n^eivtid in 1 wo month* of them.

I The brother of the Kinir of Abyssini.-t* ihas ju-t an^v'cd af Paris. He is perfectly bluk

An improved style of city railway car lias been introduced on the Tenth-sfrcot line in Philadelphia. If is constructed with a swell body, which allows six inches 'more space in (he center between the seats tnan the other cars on the road, weighs 1,1)0') pounds less, and. was built, for the an:e money.

Some years since a terrible fight took place down South, between two men who wore-stripod, armed with knives, and then tt into a dark room bv themselves to set!e a persona! feud. One of them was (idled.- The sur\ivor, tie: ,Sheriff of Baton iiouge, f.a., was killed by the reccnt ex- ,, plosion of the stcainei J'rinccss.

A number of American ladies, resident 'ui the Sandwich isiands. have sent to Mr. Iwcrref. the sit a .fill as their contribulou to '.lie Mount .V.ernon Kund.

The •••locomotive engine built by .Mr •stej.henson in lS2.j—the first over conftructed—has booil j.lactid on a pedestal :n the town ol Bariington, l')n:rlaiid. in roiif ot the station of tiie Sfoclon and Dar.ington Kailroad. This online was, of .•ourse in its day, considered a miraculous iciiievcment. Tts1 first, trip was twenty niles in live hours. It weighs.only eight

'I he Lttwrmcc .ITcrald of Freedom states that the prospects I'm- the establishment of 1 i'uivcrsity in Kansas are very ilattering.

It is stated that several instances have iccurred in different parts of the country A vhere children .ha vc died from the jioison

"aken into the system by .«wallowing the lew nickel crrit. As this coin i.s small and •asily swallowed, there is great danger in dlowing yuumr eliildreii to 'have them in :heir possession. The metal which cruiipoit has had a fatal effect, and would seem to be poisonous.

There arc fourteen morning and six evening papers published in London.

The Canadians are excited by a rumor that Sir. ivlward liytton, the Novelist and Cobmial .Minister, is to be the next, (!overnor fleneral sent out. and th.it his special mission will be to brini' about a consolidation of the Colonies, tn be gnverened by a Lord or one of the royal family.

3Fr. l'erry, ex-Secretary of the T'nifeti Sta'es legation at Madrid, who is married to a Spanish lady and settled in Spain, has proposed to the government, to lav down a telegraph cable between S| ain and Cuba and lie proposes that it shall touch the Canaries, Port 1'ico,. and some other places^-

There ar.cjyud to Lo twenty n|)]dieants iur each ol the vacant Commissionorships at ashiUgion—.ihoso,, of

dian A_ffairs.

I'ateuts

only seventy millions

and

In 1Nf'»r the. ilr«t time, Lniriish ex-

A KARSip charged a hired man wifii port.- to British. India excood.-d those of having an offensive breath. "Thunder and the Ifnitod .-dates, the vaiue of the fomer ligiftning," saiil the employee, "do yon country being about eighty-f.-ur millions of c'x]iect a man to breathe musk roses for dollars, while tiie I'n'ited States reached doll

The severity of the measures adopted by the British authorities in India may be judg'-d from the fact that aft-r the cessation of actual war, in tin process of "quieting tiie i.'unjaub," persons were hung and shot by th'j civil authorities, It.jf) by the miiitarv. ..

"Women require .more sl sleep than men,:

pr:nter.s ice] 1 as of m:se

is a man whu makes additions to-,I

need

110

prin-itoiioweu ncr uo\\n it me •Mi-tice ottice ... ,'

]d have received tiie Uuitod States is abstraeicd Sue!, marriages arc common in thin city, »|,on this lace 111 de-ugii and care in man-

sleep af a!!. Lawyers can

inue.jjij thcy.(Juobu, a:,d ke(-]» outiv

'i housands of wild tuhacco jjiants, growing from eigiiteen inches to four fe.-tin-tii^iitii, are toiiiii.e in tiie SacraiiiuuLu al--I -v, near Tahan'iitlf Th- leaves are smaller:': than ti os.r o! tiie cu t:\a'c I tobaco, bu'. illii,l-!. ago ..1 m- "criat t-rr smoking.

laguay OlllCLi

Tie': Pa

sols, g'.ej I gUllS.

flee comprise 10 veshj men, and

The Xavy Department Jias named thr uc'iV tiiiid '.-ia -.5ceicuis.ioilow.n: Thiit. ,i 'orteill1fUihj-.-V. 1.1^^t iju ••'.!( niit'iiii Ut jjosfitn," rli'i .NarKi^ans'eft ."iij Broodyn, the the hn-g/i fine I 'I'.ladelp'bia, the

V.'t::: ilg. .ibd fii.t SI! 1 I O 1

thev,"he

In I II

controlling.governmruts -may well hesitate [are'amenable to the law* for 50 doing. The ih.u- placed the first ot ail production.-! ot about 'putting these destructive elements temptation to degrade the white race n. the Jaee pulo'.v iu Lng'.aud. .-interactive operation.. Such a_ .physical their own level is too great f-r en a min-j ,r

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'•M N*oriuiki the Pft'-otah at j'-nsaeoia,^ the (Tcmiuoie at -Uare i.-laie!, (.'aiiiornia, the Saginaw.

ft is* said that the father of f.amar, of the W'midi/•(r, is a PresLvt rian cider, and tual "when he heard ot liis son's intention t- eag tg.: iu the slave trade, toid him it' ho was xed upon it iie hoped he would first, ('change his name ami leave the country."

in'iI I n^ki!, ,1 'd 1

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lac, nude in the Buck.ogham district,

daiiv papyri.,Bued iu \'ir-inia

allMUa

Free Press April 1. winch was iiity dollars. ".itsMr. Morphv has j„t achieved another Three ch.id^ihave recently been pois^ .L*u*s.- |-j oucu in Oeoii£:a .liv cutiuff the flowers oi great chess triumph I aris. lh, antag-11

•omst was tiie President of the i.oauon 1

vcliow jcs

Chess Club, and the result was seven) In conseqncncc tf tlfe frequent comniugainca lor .Morphy, one drawn, and none nications between Algiers and Marseilles,

his opponent. It is said that ho will there in some idea of establishing au Arab not visit Berlin ..J

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