Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 January 1874 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER

C. DOAKE, Publisher. JAM'KK. - INDIANA. niiMfs of iti:ici:st. I'rrMinitl and l.lleri-ry. ( ion;; h has only lectured 7,Hi() titncK in thirty-one years. Mrs. Airai was a valuable assistant to her hu-baiid in his scientific labors. Mrs. 1 .i-iit . I'liilip 1 :; I. formerly Mi Miimii Heals, of Topeka, lias made a Miivo ful debut as a siii r in Florence. Italy Tin Pittsburg Comiit'rcial say Saxc ami Holmes arc two of tin wittiest t American poets, hut tin re is one whoi. V hiitit r. puts in tin liostoii lt. Wa-hintoii society is lad to learn tliat liooili, nl aliforni.i, i' a l;t !n I' r. '1 hey think he will get lonesome, so tar aw ay from home. Iloitir liiu Foo, the son of an ollieer ill the ( him r I ioViTllllietit. and W ho 1 1 : t 11 n educated in this country, has taken tin- lecture platform. His subjects me Chinese Literature, Sen nee. Art, and (iuvi mmi-nt ; hincse .Manners and C ustoms ; ami Confucius. A correspondent in I'.moklyn states that tin n- is one man livin, ami only one, who ran read Idiot's Indian i'.ible. This man is Mr. . I. Hammond ' rumbull. librarian of tin Watkiiison Library l llcti n ii' c, Hartford. t., who has sent many years of his life in stinhin the history" and language of tin? iiitoriiiien ol Ann i i. a. An ab-urd story in the t'hirairo papers about tin- suicide of Ih-bcrra Harding I'avis, the ant borers, " may mislead the friends ot a brilliant and widely admired author. It si-ems tit. a some jx r.-oii, w Iiomreal name was Sti vens,aiid who had taken a fancy to rail hermit by .Mrs. I avi.' name, did commit suicide lately at p-ilauti. Airs. Jlelx iea Hardin lai, it i. scarcely necessary to saV, is livin iii tly in her charniiii h"ine at Philadelphia. A'. J. TitOunr.. A lady entered a book torr in South lieiid and w i-lied to ce miiih rii'inal hm'iis." Mie w a- shown '" l.alla Kookh," l.inille," and several others, tint none ol tin-Ill Would do ; -lie ill-i-to I 1 1 J 1 1 ha in an original ' poriu. evi n alter the proJ. til tor told h'T that he bad l.eer W rittell UIIV. Turiiili lo pi out, idie .-.nv all rlirr:i my of " Fi-ha,.ar's Feast," and blainlh in-mired: "What is t he priee of that pi. tore o Shakc-pi-arc's Feat'r'" dn-ii-i- Vc-a place Itc-idc t lie Vollt ll W ho never read any ol .Mi-s Kookh's " works, ami a-k-I a lrieiel if he had read liickni.' l.i.-t riovi I, 1 he I tiaiiioml F.dition." YVashiutou is not eiccted to be so gav a u-ual durinir t 1m pn -ent winter. on account ol tlicfict that several prominent families are in uiouriiinur. The death of .. , nt. the father ol Mrs. ;rant, will cau-c the hitter's withdrawal from all t-x-it -pt tlie ino-t formal re(Uireineits .f tin .M-a-oii. Secretary I lelano'. faloil v is alin reiirenn n: nil-! r alllii tioit.atid the Fnlil lit'iratioti is rlo-i-d socially oil account ol I In- death of I..ely " Thort;t"li's father. '1 he taliuly of S-uator KI-iiiutnl-is in ino'irnin in roneijueiier of the ie:, tn o M-vvral Hear p latie-. ineludili tie- l.iih.r of the S-nator. N-liatr iirairue. f iiuilv is in ret in uient in cmiw-ileiiei-of the death of t be ( bi f-l u-t in-, ami Mr-. et.a!or Chandler has recently lost a i-trr Nrlrnrr nml Iutulry. Ti e ir:' -t lliiiiriirr lui'l in the rnilod State- i- lin' built in M inm ajM Iis. Minn. It w ill co-t Sj'm.iKMi ami contain HI run of stones. Slillltz's cli!otiorope, u s. d ill e-timat-in the initi il ebn ily ol a camion ball, mea-ure- n interal of time to w ithin one flty-tliuii-and h of a second. The London Timr estiniatrs that 7L-n-m.iHin ,u-h, ,,t wheat will U- r''iind from tbis country to supply tin' inark t-ot Kiirorr until the crojt ol -74 N liarvt stej. Shipbuilding is Ix-eoinin an imjMrtatit intere-t of the I'ariiie coa-t. Twciitytive wa-oin vessel, with a total rapaeiiy of .".U(l ton. Iiae N-eii built at 'ote. Itay, On mi. The wcilit of the new fractional silver roin is nieti ieal, that of the half dollar 1 in ju-t twi le and onedialf raiiinn .. the iiarter dollar -ix and one-ipiarter ramim-s and the dime two ami one-lia!t ratiiine.s. Thn-e ipiart bde an- now ln-in worked in Alaska, with on reult. tio. is plainly vi-iUe throughout thw 'inart. in all of tbeui. iceiinc!is if the ore a-ay all the way from j-Jiki to S,..iiKl I r ton." The I'ules'are from thn-' to six felt in width. The real rise in the price .f coal ill France h i- ca'i-i-il a compan v to be fornx-d ho propiKM to ntilie the ocean ti les by tneaii-of pr ) r inachiiii ry. The tir-t c--riim'iit is to In- made at St. Main, w here the tide rises about thirty ! t. The annual statement of tin" flour and train trade of I'.ull'.ilo shows a pn atiu-crea-o. ne huiidred and one million sixty-two thoii-and one hundred a?id twenty lni-ln s of rain passed through Itiiflalo nil its w;,v to Lastern fnarki t.,aeain-t 'Jl.:ki,tJin 72. A Minnesota ineclianii' lia solved a iilVn uIt rollein in railroading by the invention of a snow shovel, which chars a roadway wide rnouh to allow- the car to p i-, t ikes all th snow cb-ar dow n to the fails, carrie it ii, dejxisit on whichever side prel'rrrd.at a sim of from two to six tnile an liour, accordin to the depth of tile SIHIW. School nl (hnrrh. -laied that I'.iho Nili -It is s ol the has r.'ie,,,;,! J ij. mi--in-t been mad d New II unit-hire all A loci ie ii ii-i 11 I In ni residing in this country for inanv viars, . 1()t until l.itclv U-'cii natura5Ued. i'lie New Vork jiajx-rs are doin a IToo 1 woi lv in their iiHjiiirieo into the saniLiry in, t ; t i in of the public schools, ami particularly in the manner in w hi. h they nr- stiirin up the loiil atino-jihcr!' perVa lin' thoM-i;i-titutioiis. It is stated in tin1 public prints that Hie M Catholic have now one hundred I'arrve,ial , hare In to rmatiy, with sixty thrtu-atid enrolled niciiilx r. Another priest ha joined the new inovenirnt, who

was fortnirly a reliious teacher in a YYcstphaliau (ioNcrnincnt school. Iil any ot ur readers, a-ks the Interior, rvt-r know a conn ation who went heavily in debt fur a new church, ami who did not soon th-rcalb-r snub and ship their

pastor r Ihe church dcht rnakeh mo.Ic cro, ill-iuturisi, critical ; ami the minis, tcr is the ino-t natural ohji-ot in the world at which to shoot splenetic arrow s. The l'reshytcrian and Conreational lournals of the country are bavin a little frutcmal talk over the matter of ( bun Ii consolidations. The ( neral sentiment is that the numerous instances w hi re thenare fi-cblc churches of the-e t w odein initiation in a place they should hr united, and thus U-eonie sclt' siipportin. wln-reas now they are only saved from utter extinction bv aid troin the bounty of the Home Mis sionary .Society. There is a bit of pathos in the application of i:.-v. d. W. .McCord, of Mount I'h a-aiit, Arkansas, in which he a-ks the I'rcshyiery that he may N- n tired iimh the li-t of (li-ahled mini-lcrs. I le is, ho say, seveiify-tliree years i if ae. and owin to increa-inir blindness, re-uliin I nun cataract, is uiiabh- (o di-tiniii-h the forks id a road." Init he is not yd willin to ive up. and reiiie-ts iln-pri ilee of still tciidiii his two little flock, thiny-tive inilapart and one hundred miles from any clerical in ihbor, until the Lord should M-nd them another sbejihcnl. The etMM man will see plainly bclorr Ion, says the Vfirintiun at Wurk, A w riter iii u paper at Ni-wburyport. Ma-., mourns the reliious deeneraev ot the times and relates the follow in: "There is a bit tor sarcasm in the story told o a miui-tcr on our sealxard. which, tbouh very likely to he hyjMithctiral. has a trrrible under-current of truth. It is aid that in tin- aftcriuMin service ne found but a handful of In an r. the rest bavin one on a steamer cxcur-ion for pleasure. lie entenil tin- puipit and Kiid liius. a- linstory k-s: "Mvln-an rs. 1 have broiiht a sermon, but it is u h-s to pn a h it. I find my duties as a minister are very much simphtii-d; the times have chaned ; there i hut one virtue to Ik- recommended, and that i inolley; but one sill to lie rebuked, ami that i poverty ; so you ee my occupation i '-in-, the mini-try is pi aved out. and I nni-t o to luriuiii. Lecieve the U-iicdictioii.'" II.t mici Mltlmpt. .'ami s Farlowe. a joiin tii:? ti of .h-fl'-er-on town-hip. .hhii-on county. Iowa. accMciitally shot hiuiM If dead by cari--! --li.iiniiiu of a pi-lol on Vai's lay. A scliodlmi-trcts at Ottawa. III., w l ieIiMikinir at a revolver, accidentally shot ln r-eii' tbroiiii the li.iiid. and can now teach the youn; idea how to shoot" revolvers. Mr, .b raid, of J.,ck -on ville. 111., h it a bottle ot 1 1!,. r micoi ked in In r room, w In n -In- went ti li-p. It was with dillh-nltv that either In r iriemN or ln-r-elt ! aim- at lat conx iuct-d that she was not dead. l'n.f. C. P. Norland, of Pi nn oll. c, -kalo.!-a. Iowa. t II from tin- ti'j at that iii-titiitioti n--iit!y. an I strikinon his In ad on the froen round, received se rious iiijui ii s. At Iowa City, one nibt recently, Au:M-t W.-iyland.'a tterin.iii brewer, vi iti hi hi'ly-love. and alter mis-in lier with one shot of a n-volver. sm-eei-ilt-d in pi rein Ui own vi-c-ra over the la-t rib. A enrioii n-sult of a runaway or. Hirn-d at Sioux City. An oiiinibus "train w ith a lus ati n ht d ran away and linally tiHiktotbe rivt-r. They jumped into a lar'e airhole, ami tin- entire outfit di-jp-ami nmli r the ice. A Imv in 1 -rat nr. In 1., ttok a doiiblibarrel l'iii a few daysaoto sIcmi at-bick-rn. and three of hi- yount r brothers f .- hiwcd loser the Inn. Tin' Ihiv shot the tow tin n threw the join w ith ,u nrieh force upon tin- round as to tli-chare the otln r bam l. m i imi-ly wouniiin aJl the brothers one it i tlioiiht fatally. Mr. John l. of California. Mo., recently made a very narrow -caic with his lil ." lathe s-oue jmm kd with his nb i- i m he had unthinkingly plai-d a small Itottleot strvchiiine. w hich in some manner Itecaine uncorked ami the poi-on mixed v ith hi tobacco. A short time after tak10 a cht-w of tohareo he felt the vmptouis of poi-o'i.and u'ii rxamiiiin his pM ket. coinpn-heiidetl at onc- tin- cause. lr. limy wa siiiuinoned at mice, w ho a hniii-i-tered antidotes and rein-die that saved his life. Vn old inini-N r named Ueynold. living in Muhleiilter county. Ky" is liaro d wiih brutally brat in, with aiowhide. his daughter, aed rihteen. U-raiise she Vflised to :o -eept a V olin lllall ill tin- lieihborhiMNl for a hii'sbaiid. It is stated that the whippin wa Ireipiently n p-atrt until at lat sin- con-cnted lo the inarriae. The rveninz before the Wid dill as to fake p! ire the irl e-r:ipi-d lroni h-i!!e throiili the iiiiervi-iitioii of neizbl'ors. she was brought Ix f-tre the County Court all I M irc"t!cti!an of hih -lan-liiiLT ill the tow n o ireeiix i!b appointed her nan ban. Ib-viiolds was heretofore tin- bihlv -steemed ia-tor of a tburi-hi:iff church. Then- is much feeiin a tinst him, but no le;al prm-rediiis. m 1'orelyn ((tip. The President of the Swiss Republic et a -alary of f J.ikki a year. ( hieen Victoria has. upon iho reeointnemlation of Mr. lad-tone. -rantrd to Ladv M- 'lure.the widow of the discoverer of tin; Northwest pas-nze, a iH-tision ol 100 jer annum from the ,-ivil lit. The late irs-Adniiral Sir I.. McClure dietl intestate, con-cijuriitly hi widow only 1canift entitled to one-third of the property. vvliieii wa sworn iiu-ler X.t.inri. iito a tiniijin; service wa hi M at Islington. Fn-land. recently, duri;: tinannual Cattle show in that plan. iind,r the auspices of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal. So many shepherds and lierd-nicii brin pre-ent.tli Society i-naed the Aricullnral Hall. and bad a sermon icachts tln-re on the one point of show in kindness to the brute creaiion. s-iine ilit hundred er-ous listened to it w ith eai rm s,:md doubtless wi nt away with new ideas ot the moral relationsiiiji m twern man and the animal kinlom. A now method of killing horned rattle bas hern intro hired in Kuropr, w hich, it is said, larely rrWui- the ossj.ility of inflicting nn'iiecrssary torture upon the animals. An iron in; -k, like a continuous blinker, Is pkut d on the thillock's head,

mi arranei an to close the Animal's vision, ami to inako a hole or socket in Ihe middle of the ma--k corresittmlia to the spot in i he center ol the forehead w hereon a blow immediately causes insensibility. A hollow nail of M-ruliar form made to tit tin socket, and bavin a lare head. U then readily slij-d in its place, and a sinlc blow of very imxk-rate strenth drives it in-taiitly Imme, and chii-c death too ratidly to allow of any Milli-riii. Mr. KolM-rt ChainN-rs says in a late iiuiiiImt of Cffiin frr Journal: "My brother W oner found a lady's brooch, which he next day advertised in the news-paM-r. Shortly ath-r the oiiiouncriiicut apjtrarrd In- w as waited on by a lady w ho eaetiy stated that she had lost a rin. and proceeded to describe it. l.ut,' said III v Itrother. ' it was not a rin that I found ; ft

was a nroiM n. mjii, yes.' repln-.i tinladv, ' but 1 thought you iniht have seen or in-ani soinetiiin ol my rin: l linnoloist would (all this a want of causality. It looks like a want of common sense." Some time an the Knli-h (iovernnic nt sent over a solicitor to make imjuiries with n fen ncc to the state of law- in this country com-i-rnin cii-toni-hou-e-. hi bis p-turn he was summoned as a vn it-lit-ss in the 'l ichboriie trial, lllnl Ihe n-Milt of the trial ives the follow in iUestioii and answer: The witness was .-jteakin of tin- juri-dictioii of tin- variou. custom houses in New York State, when the Chicf-Justii-c asked ; "The whole system of the customs is mnli r Federal law?' Tin-witness: "Yes. In fad the reat oflice every one contend for i- President of Customs, as it in a chance for the the presidency of the I'nited States." The new (Jrand OjM-ra House in Paris W ill lie done mxt Jul v. It was beun in Wd. and thn-e million franc, were rxn inb-il on it every year up to the bn akin out of the war, when the overturn nt ndu. id .!. u!lov. a::n- two tl.ir 1 i ; L::t a loan lare cuotih to complete the structure ha. Imi-ii etb eted. Its oreou-lies is the 'heme for columns of prai-e and critici-iu in the current Pari lu-w.papi-r.. One of its novelties i a vast rotunda in the ba-cuictit, into w hich tarriaes may Indriven to deliver and ni.-ive tin ir p a-si nrs. There i al-o an iniuien-e draw inrooin. capahli' ! holdin live thou-aml tTsoiis, from w hich an elevator runs to the various alli-rie. Tin-rand staircase is ainarvel of colored marble and broiie, w ith a ballu-tra li- of ouv x ; the wi.lls ami o-ilins an-U in paint-d by the ino-t iut d French arti-ts ; cai h box has a private saloon attached : there is a siiole plate mirror in one of the lo'.liics thirty feet by twenrv-two: and the lialh t ''re iins.m. to which all siiln-riU rs w ill hive the riirht ol :iiiuii-soii. is a womii-r m ueeorale.ti. 'I be auditorium is lighted v ith over eiyht thou-aml 'ras jet-. Lxperinieiits wi:h lis crilins, with the lights n-llectcd Iroui shove, have prove I iiiisatifaetorv. the n -ult lieiii cold, ho-tly, and (!-. structive to toilette l!i-ct. Oilcla avml Tnilo. A Troy dam in party is to inelndi' a d-aco:i Iroui each of tin- churches in tin city. They think that nobody will do w ron in sin h company, and that dam hi w ill U- imim n- ly 1 1 -vated in torn-, Said a profi-s.or to a notorious la eard. wpo wa once, lor a woml-r, promptly in his jilai-e at inornin prayer, at tin- aiioliiti-d time, I have inarkel voii sir.as punctual, this moriiin. hat is your i-Mii-r';" S-s-sjlkf fr an, otuldn't sin p." wa the reply. An iii'iiiriii sort of man ha U-cii looklll into tin- htllldllliif the new water tumn-I in Chic.i '(. Hefoiiii'li.t each o the thn-i- shafts jive cilv in-jMi-tor s!M-r-intriiilin the w ork of seven workineii. I he litbiji in-pectors wi re drawii; an at're-rate of :n) a day, and the vvorkIllVll s.(j. I'r. Holland claim- to "?cak by the card" win n In- atlirms that he ihw-s not exaiT'-rate at all wln-n he savs that Ihe American restaurant is the wort-iuanner-d plail' i-Ver Visited by decent people. No dii-ut Anierii-.-in i va r ocs iht- one vs ben he can h lp it, and comjiarativ ly fi v da cent pa ople know bow very indis. ci i it it i." A country -daoirue n rjursted all ot his scholars to w rite a pici-" und r M-nalty of a thrashin. A ri-in cuius ot oil' the lollowin: "Irt of I.OVI-, I.ix.a ilown Irum hlmve i n u xxr aeliolars; W r hiv- hirnl a l-ml '1 o Irai-h our ach'Mtl, Ami yty linn fllt dollari." The theaters and the churches in (lalvestoii arc lihtin each other. t n Christina dav the i hurche ive tin ir Sunday-school bildn n pn--i tit, and the theaters didtlie -alia for (Very child patron at the matiin-c. It wa a nice arrangement lor the i hil Iron. brraii.e tic Sundayscbools wi n-out just in time for tin in to vt around to the matiin-i-. F.w ry si lnHil!t.y knows that J kite would not fly uides it had a ..trio tyin it down. It is ju-t so in lit.-. The man who is tied down by a balfadoeii ic-poii-sibilities ami their mother, will make a hiher .t'd stronovr fliirht than tin- bachelor, who. haviu notion to keep him steady, is always lloundf rin inthemml. If you want to nsii ml in the worM tie yourself to somebody. A S neca F alls man. returning home at a late hour one eveiiin, saw sLili lin in his front yard what apcarcl to In- a spirit in tin- habiliments of the tomb. I ti-rinim-d not to he cowardly, lie M-ied a broken plank from the sidewalk, ivin the tall w bite li in- three niinutcs to t down and explain : but a, the lii'iiredid not explain, hr Hun the plank, up-rt-tinan I sinashinthr bo-t, which prove! to In- a iM-aiitiful summer plant that his w if.- had i o( n d w i'di a sln i I lo pril 1 1 .1 tfoin the fro-t. Soinr o;ie lias sent to Ihe At'ni' M .r.'Vy the follow inir rxynr : "Lightly -lie litis thelarL-e, pure, llllllilli l shell, and poise, it in her strono-, sh:iM ly hand. Listen" she s;.v'it lias a tale to ti il. spoken in a languae you may uiiderstand." SiiiiliiiL'. she bold, it to my dreamin ear: tin- old. ! In -ion iiiunnur of the Sea steal like rilchalltllirlit tliroliell llie, mid I In-ar voice like tin-ei Inn sof eii rnity. Let her poise. She may aUo lilt the convoluted univalve in a strong ami shajH-ly hand.' and ln-r b'ni ps may .well out like a tniiskuii Ion. Hut the 'atiticpie swindle tom hin the 'old drlicioii. tnurinur of the sea" is a luiiihu. For, r a ler, if you w ill hold a lieaver hat, or a goblet, or a pickleltottie, to your ear, you w iU hear the same delicious murmur.""

Tilt: DOCTOR ASH Tilt: LWDKli

TAKE II. T (LAHINl r. t CHLKK, "... . i iii-rp wi n,arx j.n vtni-iim w himr ounr wu Jaroli l.ee, . 1 l 1 . . . in'i oi' wj ii' riu- pri-ncrijuionii sw womli-r-nil lit vet-; 'TviM vi-i y trnfr that otln-rn fert-it in Km-ula I inn In c. Had nt-vrr thitiik'tit of iiiuking ucb nil I turn up ui-i'iie. la coriMillaMon with lain oilier doctor were cn-tllr-i . Kor "it.lil"iri-Jictor" v an the ehortrnt word In- ii-m! Hp ralii-it tli- aiimlliit iini)ile 'n aruniinats-il Well , ' ' Ami Unit liecai.is re-j rti-J by alt his fi-llow-nn n . Hut lurk wm F0 againot him that all hia patient (In-.l. Ao l onetlfn- siininn-i; uiorninjf he wa (rreatly h'irrin..t To sue an umli-rtaker'a sirn jait up croa the way, VV hich Iwire in flarninif letters the nmne of "Airri-ltiray." CCCTOR JACCB LIE A ail ( irnv soon a l l l'iiix'- il lo lunii I ittsiilt I-) iic'iiry, whi-n he a artnrrsli.i wall 1 .ict..r .lo-i.lt !., Anil ari-iii'l w:ih the latter, w tio waa niailli-r Ih in a I in k, Tti.it h- -h nil J have a )iartier to ctrry home LU urk. That nicht tlie -lortor t arki d liia ilinls in in h In ne niton han.i-, Tuat h' a-n -t irm ulur w here ai.ything waa I.I .ec li I! - n::.-.i i his sri,ay lx-arer with 1 it .f arrowroot. An-I mi: lo. atock of biMuutli in an In di tllHlt. ruliber II fli-J to aonn- r'jiiesterrl pot in Ji-nwy, where D- I-i-arel a!e for l.ia rliilla-aml-li-Ti r pill ai Cfiy ci-nta jmt x.iin I; II pros r-. lor a yoar or two, hut fiintiil nu;!e away Un a-'iinf ih it the s-ojt n-Kt door wa let to Alfred (iray! V hen h-reeoverc t Ironi tlie awmin, he tried to flirurr out H )w he rtiul-1 stop that rirraUul man from folIiik inir In in a lx ill ; At 'i-nyOi In? i a. a iriht inYa, and -o toenj the fu-a He went at on re to Alfreil Gray, ami straight ad-urea-ii lorn ilni . "sir, your i-iiionair has b-en a 1 leO-riou j llunir. n I if you w on't I'liroie me wh.-n I anLn lake wuiir. I'll jiiTe you w'.l the reciH- I've lanl tiMn the sin II. An J thus enable you to ilo tlie killing for yon r-ru:-r i Thin gen-o.iM liptpoettion was arri-ite.l on the Anil Allriit (Jray went olTnuto tlie aintir'alike a sum. And many shortly Were siirjTieeil iijKin the airn v m e That 1 I'tor i'ar eurreeiUvt to iotU.r Jaeoii b ! A physician had Ion f-n iM-ten-d bv little street Arabs who came to ImsIiUc Candy. At la!, when patience had ivaed to te a virtue, he told the loy to o into the yard, wln-re there-was a fellow who had a -vei t tooth in his head. The yoiin jM-ddleri nt nd. and his cyrs fell on a riut i i iir skeleton swavin and noddiu in the bll-ee. The boy's hair -Ii Mtd oil I lid. hi -t ui'.'ue pal-ied, iii.d h" droppi d hi-.loek-i l-lrade u.xtnnirr, and sealiiiN-n-il oll'n- I it as bis lei.', roul I carry him. The .( tor. a killddieal trd man v ithal.and MTV tall fllld lank, by-i he-way. fcaiintbat he bad carried the joke too far, licked ll the randy ;u id ran out cryiu, " oioe biek. bo tben-'s noihiii'h" re to hurt you." " Oh. iio." .-aid the Imiv, esticiilatin with lis thumb ami lin rs at the end of his no-e, yr cui't route that on nie ; 1 know ye, if ye have ot yT clothes on." Ilaliimore will not admit iris to th" Ilih S-hiMtl under twelve years of ae. It thinks that In-low this limit the children would have to undiTo a process of mental forcin which is very injurious, and (juite opposed to the comph-te ilevclojsmcnt of their uiind.

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Th king' or Asbaulpf. The law of Ashantei; allow the Kin thirty-three hundred and thirty-ihnv wives, which number is can-fully kept up, to enable him to itresent women to thoo who (h-tinuish tliem.-f,-s hut never exceeded, U-iii in their eyes a mystical one. -Many of tb.-.e r- side in a N-chid.il part of the KinVs eronm, or country re.i.lemv, at liarrunian; a n-ater riuniL-r in a crooin at the back of the tulare, immediately in tin- marsh; and the remainder in 'two L-r,',"r ,1"',al',i,uJ- -Many, probably, the Mn has never seen. Th,. streets a," well as the (-room are inhabited by tln ni exclusively, jind never approached but by tin hill incMseii.rer.. or their feinal,. "re! i-

lives. M,0 y eomiiiuiii-.ite with tln-m at thf ( -titmice., which are el I -.t -.. I. end with bamboo door-, where there Is al ways a uard. If tin- Kin r.-,,y,,. r marries an infant at the bn-ast. which I not llliIreiUent.she is thenceforth roiiliiu-d to the house, and rioroii. y si-, u,o1j tr, the sihl of a-iy but the h-malc i.art of lu-r lamiiv. Tin-Kii.r has si hloin n,,,,-,-than six wives re-idclit With hill) ill the I.alaee On the occasion of ..jo-,,,,, th,. tn at v. about three hundred wen- aemMd mo.I ..,.. hut the Kins chamlM riain. and the deputies of the p;rtsofthe I iovcru uiciit. wt re ii.owcii to lie nre-i-nt. Tl v w,.r ...l. Iresseil throiiirh tlicirown liii 'iii.t ., nnnpit old man. Manv oftheiii ui-n very handsome, and their "ikmn -.eioil.!t Udleri they JTO out. Which is seldom ilieir lie i-licircleil Mild lirerisled bv tritniisi.f small Ik.vs vridi thoiiL's or w'hios ,,f haul's hide, who la-h everv one severelv who (M's not nuit their t.ath f. or jutnp into the bu-l, w ith his hands Imlore his eyes aill soinetime llie ott. ii.I.tj ire heavily lined In -iU s. Tlmn ramLliii! 'leir approach orca-iolie 1 in thn morv i. ut ile parts of Ihe (it v was verv ilivertimr aptains. fibtrs. slaves, and children. tillilt.lilo.' oik- over iinothie. ) What it cost the Km daily to suport tliem, but it has e.c.-iM-d me : 'they art-said to live as daintily as hiin-ilf. None but tin- ( hief eunuch, an iiinm-us,. cn-ature, u allowed to lar a me-s.io.. lo ,). Kin" when in the x-ralio of the palace. n It Ii as Imi-ii mentioned fieforc, that the Kin's sifters an- not only counteiiaiiced in intriiie witli any handsome subji-rt, but they are allowed to rhoor any eminently so (however interior otln-rwi-el. as a hu.band. who is presently advised by the Kin of his ood fortune: thus tin y cuii-ider they provide for a personal sujii' riority in tle-ir limn an h-. l'.ut if the roy al ItriUr (lies In Ion- the husband. Utile s ins rank tic oriuially h-vaied. he is pi tei to kill himself mi tin- oi-caioll, and al-o if the only male rhild dies, (i ,e hesitates, he Is "pen iiiptorily n iniiid.-d that as either an-his sui-rinrs', to whom he is to lie ( on, i. ere as ,-f slave, o be must attend t In in w In n-ver they ; ami when a male child is horn the faih.-r !o h it homaire, ami a kimw I. -d-s ids va.-al-a;re in the most abject manner. I he Ocras are ibsfii.o-iii-bed by a larc circle ol ..Id su-ji i, l.-d from the m-ck ; many of them are favorite si ives, many commoners, who have di-iinirui-hi-d theiiix Ives, and who are trhul to stake their lives itii tin- Kind's, to U- kept fnun palavers and suppomd by hi. bounty, which they are i titireiy; Voiiu- few are relatives, ami , lt ,,f r'iiik. All of the two former !.!- -. i.tinj only tin two or three individuals kuo.wi to' have Iteeii intrusted wjrh ;i- Jvin' state secrets, are sacrifi id on his tomb. The royal inc. ners a'td olio rs of the suite have In I'll desi-rile-d ill the priM-cioiis ; they an-soineiiines fed in tin pahne, but diey have a free scat at the table of rvi TV subject. The Kinshasa I roup of small hoyg. who carry the fetich how and arrows, and are liii iiseil jilun lerers ; tin y an- o -T -,nl nimble that it is very diveriiii to wati-U them in the market-plan-, whieli they in- - lest every inorniiii-. hatiyi-r tln-v can carry oil is fair aine. an I cannot lie re-iiin-d or n-rovi nd ; hut the I.ht, if hechi catch thriu lf.trt- tle-y arrive at the palace, may h-ut tbeiii as seven ly as he leasi s short of mortal li jury : howevi r, they M-ar it as obdurati ly as yoiin Sjiartins. Sometimes one party trips up a (M-rson with load of pmv i.ion. while anoiher scramble! them up. The anxious alarm of the njiirkct-jieople. sittin with itick. in their hamh. and the eotnir archncs of these boy s thn-adin the crowd in all din-ctions. is indescribalie. .'some of the earliest Kuroj'-an travelers in Abyssinia not with a similar troop of ro'val pluinlcn rs, and I In lieve sutt'i-nsl fnun them. Our pmjw rty was always n-sprcted byihcin. but they Used to cntei tain tlmnselvc. w ith iniinickiii our common expressions Mini our ac'ion.. which tln v did inimitably. While sketchin":, they h'ii7Z(Hl altout me like inos(piitoen. ''Iip Ashantcc an- without rxci ptioii the ino-t surpri-in mimics 1 have rvi r heard. I have known a captain, called A don ( juamina. n-iN-at a s nti nee ;Jh r I li.a-l iioi-letl it, of at leasta doen words, which he kin-w nothing about, and had not In-ard licfore. 1 ho Kin lias a sort of bntl-ton. w hose miveiiients wen- as Irn-istibly comic as those ol tirimaldi. The Kin apN-areiI to have m arly a hundred iier.M-s of diilen-nt -olor, throuii the shad s of red and pink to white; they were col lectrd fir state, but wa re em rally li-iu.tiu objects. di-ease-l and emaciatril ; they always sr ineil as if ptin to shed their skins, und their i yes bliiiked in the liht as if it was not their element. About twenty pots of w hite soup and twenty Mtt.s if Mack (made with pahn-nut-) are cooked daily at the palarr- (Imsiiles tho-e for tin- roiisumptioii of the household), for visitors of i-oti.iu-ncf, au la i riui:i of old is ivi n daiiy t Yokekroko. the cbai"r!.-'it!, fir palniwinr. This would liavr apjM-.-m-d too la: "o a sum, had I not w it ne--ei tin- vat t 'iii-i'.iiiptiiiu ntid waste of i, ; ..r the vior ot an Ashatiti o U in c-t.iuated by the mea-ure of the draiiht In- can drii k olo m-iu I y half is ;.'i iii r illy si!!t o r his In-ard, w hich it is bis irn-atct pride and luxury to draw thronh his liners when vm t. The K in was veiy proud of the siijm rior lei th of bis hraul. A lare quantity of palm-wine N da-lnsl to tin? retinues of all tin- captains ntti ndin in tin-course of the day; much is ixnded in tin- alinot daily cm-iiionv of drinking it in state in the tnai ki t-plai-e, ami our party was always well provided for in tho 1 . . i-. i - . 'ii i. . course oi me i-enuig. 1 lie ai lll-w II e HI the palace wxs si ldi m sol, but a Zest wa excited by the c-xmii-it- poli-li vi thw J 'late in which it wa served. HvwJich'i dwiion tt Atkanttt.

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