Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 9, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 August 1870 — Page 1

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DOMESTIC.

General Jlovoy,

Indiana. Minister to

Peru, lifts tcnrtcri-"! his resignation to take elfect Heptember l. Surveys are bolns: made for a direct railroad from Omaha to St. Loulv, via Clilllleotlie Missouri. It is claimed the distance will In- put three hundred and seventy miles.

The lli-publicans held Convention at the theatre in Cheyenne. Wyoming, Tuesday niaht, and nominated a ticket for county offlfvrs for the ensuinu year. Several ladies were present. The following are on the ticket: Mrs. S. H. Pickett, candidate for County Clerk Mrs. M. H. Arnold, for Super! ntendent of Public Schools. Mrs. M. E Post is member of the Ilepublican Committee.

They are netting up a game of base ball in Chicago between plcki*! nines of the Board of Aldermen—one nine to be Democrats and the other Republicans. Alderman Hohn, Democrat, challenges Alderman Woolard.

Ilot hare hetivy weights. The challenge also includes three foot races. The first, by heavy weights, fifty yards second, milium weights, seventy-flve yards, and third, by light weights, one hundred yards. Much sport is anticipated.

About three hundred negroes broke open thejail at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, Sunday, and released the prisoners. The Sherilf sent to Atlanta for troops, which reached the scene yesterday. Home of the leaders were arrested. The rioters threaten to burn Louisville and take vengeance on the whites, hut the prompt action of thecitlzen« prevented further trouble. I lie ditilculty is said to

originated In the arrest

"and imprisonment of a negro tor shooting a 'mule. The gossips on Wall street Tuesday said that a

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had been formed to munipu

gossip?

mm. a '*|K()f" .. late the gold market for a rise on quite an extensive scale and further, that this "pool commenced buying on Friday last, and had up

Tuesday bought about seven million dollars, Including some large amount* purchased the break in the market onS nur-

afternoon, as well as at the opening on Monday, and since that time. This story •furthei'TU"si "lat the financial capacity of the "pool" is fifteen million dollars, and liial arrangements have been made to withdraw a consiiIcrabie amount of gold from the nmi kct it this auspicious moment or In other wonlsa "lock-up" In gold in mlnia1 nre Imitation of Die movement of September last-.

At I :i veil port, Iowa, last Saturday, Mrs. Kocnln drowned her two children, aged four and two years, in a bucket of water, and then committed suicide by Jumping into a well. Koeing, the husband ot the woman and father ol the children, was taken into custody. He stated that about HI o'clock l)c came lininc, lighted a candle, and saw on the floor, his nvo children dead. He picked Ihem up, and put them on a bed. went Into 1 he yard and saw his wil'eslt ling by the well. She told him sho had drowned the children In a bucket of water and intended to drown herself In the well, and requested hlmtodo the same, lie consented to the proposition, and both went to the

well

but the depth of the water was not sutllcient to drown him. He then got out, went down ""Street lo notiry a friend, returned to his house, and there remained until taken into .'CiMtoav. Kditrtgftnd family came to this from Schleawlg. Germany ""K'

^3™Kliah language, lie toned to get employment. He had exhausted all his means.

forEIay.

It Is reported that Ha/.alnc is still at Met/., and thai Met/, is Isolated. McMahon is at Chalons, and has not gone |o ioinforce Uazalne.

Victor Hugo lias returned to France. The poet re-enters In the uniform ot' the home guards.

About seven hundred thousand German soldiers have thus

far

Invaded France, Ihree

hundred thousand more will be there In the course of the next three weeks. Marshal Uazalne Is still at Met/,, and has not succeeded in breaking through the German forces which surround that tortressand Intercept his communications with the army of Chalons.

Profound enthusiasm was produced in Paris, bv the passage through the streets or American ambulances, gclng to the front. F.verv one remarked the completness and perfection of all their arrangement*.

It seems certain that a project has been brought heft r.? the Great Powers of hurope, having for Its object the prevention ot the dismemberment of France.

The successes of the Prussian armies have c:ui-o a revival of the question of the llohen/.ollern candidature. There are rumors that General Prim Is in favor of submitting the subject lo the people by a

The

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Journal (ifflciel tie VEmpire

says that

the F.mperor Napoleon was enthusiastically received at the Camp lie Chalons. The troops vented their enthusiasm In calling theKmper.tr hard names, throwing stones at him, and causing him to beat a hasty retreat.

The Gaulol^' (inserts that Prussia applied •through Lord Granville for the consent of the French commanders to allow her wound-i-d lo the number of elghty-flve thousand to be sent home through Belgium and Luxemburg, uml lla/. »lne positively refused.

Hcports from Strasburg show that the ItoMhardincnt of the city, so far, bus done little damage. The French lu Strasburg h-ive. however, shelled Kehl, on the other side of the Rhine, with effect. The place has bHn set on tire nud destroyed.

It Is reported that the Crown Prlne^ of Prussia has withdrawn from Ills advance on Paris, and has gone to Hie support of tho Prussian armies west of Met*, the position of the latter being threatened with a formidable attack from lta*alne, who Is said to have boon reinforced by McMahon

A severe battle wivs fought on Thursday, of last wts'k near Gravelotte, lasting nino hours, resulting In the defeat of Bawilneand In interposing a large force between hlsarmv and Chalons. The French were driven hack o:i Met*, and completely surrounded.

The French themselves assert that the Prussians an- In strong force on the west of *, Met*. The situation is not materially chanje- $ ed since tost Sat unlay, except that the

One hundred and sixty thousand men have passed through Paris to the front since Friday morning It is generally thought there, however, that the march of the Prussians can not be arrested before reaching Paris It is said there are now nearly 300,000 good troops at and near Paris. It is believed that one more decisive battle gives Paris to the Prussians.

The London Times talks common sense when it advises the Parisians not to offer any resistance to the Germans after the French armj' has lost the last pitched battle in the field. The only trouble is that the Parisians are constantly encouraged by fictitious reports of victories that hove never been gained, and by promises of successes which are of doubtful attainment.

A special dispatch from Frankfort says "Manifestoes begin to appear in the SouthGerman papers Insisting that Alsace must be ceded to Germany, as a condition of peace. An Ultramontane member of the Bavarian Parliament publishes a letter saying that he who Rhall reunite Alsace to his own country

will be the first Emperor of modern Germany. On this point Frankfort and Munich

are of one mind with Berlin Berlin journals print a letter from the King to the queen, dated at Uezonville, August 10, of which the following is an ex tract:

About 8:W P. M., fighting ceased gradual ly. Without this, I should have acted as at Koniggratz. Von ltoon saved me this alternative. The troops have performed miracles of valor against an enemy equally brave, who withdrew by inches, resuming the offensive, to be again repelled. I can not foretell the enemy's fate, and I shrink from lea *iing our losses. I had designed blvouacingfiiere, but I find, after some hours, that I am without my luggage. In fact, I have not been rid of my clothing for thirty hours."

HOW ICEBERGS ARE FORMED. Mr. Dunmorc. the photographer who accompanied the Bradford art expedition last year to Greenland, publishes in tlie Philadelphia Photographer a very interesting description of the appearance of Greenland, its glaciers, etc. He says:

The glacier comes moving slowly down from tlie mountains, a great river of ice, thousands of feet deep, sometimes ten miles wide, to the fiord or bay at the foot of the mountain. Tho Alpine glaciers roll down into the warm valleys, and there, warmed by tho sun, melt away like apiece of wax before a candle, and form brooks and rivers, lint in Greenland they cannot do that, it is too cold. Therefore, as the ice at the mouth of the glacier is pushed forward to tho water's edgo, it must break oil" in pieces and fall in and such pieces are icebergs. When they break off, tho glacier is said by the natives to 'calve,' or an iceberg is born.'

and Jumped in,

can givo you no idea of what a beautiful sight it is to seo an iceberg break off but we, who have seen it, will nevor forget it. Think ot a mass of ice as big as tho space of ground covored bv the city of lloston, falling into

JbWows».ii*id they givMt ..g &aluto as tliey groan and growl their last farewell. Now see tho waves leap up forty feet into tho air, washing and lashing the glacier with spray, and sweeping everything away not strong enougn to bear tho shock then watch the newborn berg as it rocks in the sea liko a huge porpoise, up and down, dropping hero and there portions of itself, which dive down and reappear in all directions, and you

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Crown

Prince has halted at VUsler for the pur|ose of reinforcing the Pnissian center and right.

A Paris telegram declares that Met* Is certainly isolate*! that the Prussians have cut ofVcomtnunlcattonsl.»ctween Thlonvllle and Met* that McMahon and Basalne are In daltv communication, and that no mediaHon" Is likely to auccccd unless Napoleon takes tlie initiative.

The grand total of the German fottvs In France is.riJU,0(X) men, divided into sixteen army corps. Up to this time 300,000 of ttie ljandwehr have entcrxxl Alsace and Lorraine, to invest itnd occupy placcs in the ritir, and relieve the rcjtulars«oidien«of those duties, so they may Joiu their own regiments in the (hmt.

Murnt Ilalstcad telegraphed to the Cincinnati

Oommrrrialon

Sunday the following:

1 whs present at the battle of Gravelotte on Thursday. The King of Prussia, Count Bismarck and General 'Sheridan were on the field. It was the third and great battle for I the road from Met* to Pari*. The French wire outnumbered and beaten back to the walls of Met*. Tlie slaughter on both sides was horrible. I walk«T seven miles over the fields strewn thick with dc*d, men and horses, Tlie lines of liattlc were marked vlth dead in hra^

SilliSIti

imagine faintly what

it is to see a glacier 'calve an iceberg.' It is a long time before the trouble of the waters ends, or before tho now-born babe ceases to bo rocked, and is still enough to hays its picture made. It is a sight one never tires of

The next day our party started to

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ro on top of the jjlacier. It was very to get on to with our cooking utensils and photographic traps, it was so very stoop. We traveled six miles on tho top of it. Tho sight was grand from there. It was about two miles wide, and tho length of it we could not tell, as it was hundreds of miles. The depth of it Avas from five hundred to eight hundred feet. We made a few pictures, ato our dinner up there, and then started back."

DEFOE~iy~TIIE riLLOll 1".' It was a lino summer day, tho markets were full of flowers and fruit and Defoe, on arriving at tho scene of pun ishment, saw that the pillory was dec orated with roses, lilies, and evergreen leaves, and heard tho shouts of sympathy—not of triumph—that made him tho hero and not tho victim of a pouu-

Woo would have betiucd

lar outburst. the coward who at that moment had hurled cabbage or rotten eggs at the head of the vindicator of public opiii ion, or thrown anything at his leet. llis friends—for by this time his bravo Ilymn to tljo Pillory, and his dauntless bearing in l^he evil day that had come upon him, had brouglit round many of the waverers of his own side, and converted tho lukewarm and indifferent into active zealots in his cause—drank bumjiers to his health and liappinoss, expressed their desire to see the and jury and all his prosecutors in the nillorv afler him and when his half hour had elapsed, presented him with refreshments, and jostled round for the honor of shaking his hands. Similar demonstrations of public favor occurred on the second day, when he was exposed to another pillory opposite the Conduit in Cheapside—-and on the third, when he underwent tho same penance on the Westminster side of Temple Ri:r and all the time the Hymn to the Pillory sold rapidly among the multitude, "and put many welcome guineas into the pocket of the author.—BtackurHHV*

Magazine.

Mkthod for Hknokuino Wood DTPKICVI.TI.Y COMniTSTlRLK. AND FOR PRRRKitviMi it

When Vxdkrorocnd,—'The

wood, says Dr. lteinsh, which must not be planed, is placed for twentv-four hours in a liquid composed of 1 part of concentrated silicate of potass* and 3 parts of pure water. After having been removed from this liquid and dried for several days, the wood is again soaked In this liquid, and, after having been again dried, painted over with a "mixture of 1 part of cement and 4 parts of tho liquid above alluded to. After the first coat of this paint is drv, the painting is repented twice. Of the paint mixture alluded to, too large quantities should not bo made up at once, because it rapidlv becomes very dry and hard. Wood thus treated is rendered uninttamable. and docs not decay underjjrountL— Jfctca.

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TERRE-HAUTErSATURDAY EYENINGr AUGUST 27, 1870.

[For the Saturday Evening Mail.l

ENSNARED.

What are you thinking, tell me pray And she bowed down her fair head close to mine, Her sweet eyes that gazed on me seemed to shine With the mellow, clear and glorious light Of the heavenly orbs on a summer night— I scarce bethought me what to say.

Of these maidens so fair I must beware, They are fickle as false and false as fair .. To follow the moth I would not aspire, And singe my wings in the blazing fire.

What are you thinking, tell me now?" And a small hand played with the lock of hair Which fell o'er my forehead, while th' soft and fair, Dimpled, rose-tinted cheek was close to mine, i-s.-v. Too provokingly close, and I—in fine I did just what you or another would do, 'Twas no worse in me than 'twould be in '"I ou „,V "But it crimsoned lip and cheek and brow.

Ah! these maidens fair with their flowing hair, They are fickle as false and false as fair Singed moths come back to be burned in the fire, While the bright flame burns and leaps the higher. oAW. What are youjthinking, tell me, dear? She knew all the time, though my tongue was still, For hot blood rushed through my veins with a thrill "lam thinking much more than words can tell,

Erecoqous

I am thinking of you, and thinking—well, I can hardly say. I was thinking this—" And close'in my arms with a love-warm kiss, •^..', My eyes spoke all she wished to hear.

Oh! charming fair you have fitted a snare, You are not fickle, nor false, yet fair The moth has come back to the dazzling fire— A foolish moth to his funeral pyre.

[For the Saturday Evening Mail.]

MELON— CHOLY.

The meloncholy days are come, The chilliest of the year— Of pallid cheeks, and aching bones,

And gapes from ear to ear. Reaped in the hollow wagon beds, The melons lie in piles--

Melons green, and melons ripe, Melons of all styles. Each day around the public square,

In sad and grim array, These melon coops stand ranged in groups

a ifpota This meloncholy scene,

My mind reverts to other days, Alas! that they have been— To days when, at a time like this,

Each melon then and still Contained, beneath its fairest rind, The inevitable chill—

To days, when there was one who grew,, As heroines always grow, The fairest of the sisterhood,

The loveliest of the show. For breakfast she ate a melon, For dinner she had a chill, ...

By supper-time, the doctor said That she might make her will. And so when night next, morning roll'd

Her star-pinned curtain up, There lay reveal'd, In death's cold arms, This pretty "spotted pup."

MORAL.

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Therefore my dear young ladle: Both little ones and great, Ilemember melon breakfasts

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Bring meloncholy fate. Tkhre-Havte, August 2(5, 1870.

J. W. J.

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MY LAST EXPERIENCE AT A *si fi,nu ClRCUS.tfj n't-M?

-Ot. BY ROCHESTER. ,t IV

From time immemorial, "Whereof tho memory of man runneth not to the contrary," I have been an admirer of tho circus, and never allowed one to come in walking distance of my father's domicil without going, and although I was most frequently thrown upon my own resources to raise the requisite amount to defray tho entrance-expense, n,y paternal guardian being blue stocking Presbyterian and constitutionally opposed to shows, yet I was always equal to tho emergency, although upon some occasions I was only able to buy pit tickets.

It is not my purpose, however, updii this occasion to revert to the happy reminiscences of the past. The present is fraught with too much pain, but I hereby promise all my Presbyterian relatives and friends that, if I should live to be a thousand years old, I will never give character to another circus performance by my presence, not that I have lost my admiration for tho Kings and Queens of the arena, but in consequence of the pressing attentions I received at Lent's circus in this city during their last performance here on Thursday tlie 18th inst.

Being supplied with a complimentary, I attended the evening performance of this company, and such a jam, crowd and crush it has never been my fortune to get into. I selected a seat to the rigrht of the arena. I selected this seat in consequence of its seeming retiracy, there being but few persons on that board at the time, and so thinking to avoid being crowded, I at once located. My blissful anticipation however, were soon dissipated. Two robust females from Coal Creek, whose aggregate averdupois trould tip the beam at about three hundred and fifty, passed 1 along and seeing my sit oat ion, doubt

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less sympathized with me in my loneliness ^id concluded I was. 4 good nucleus abound which to Cluster. So advancin| by the right and left flanks, they completely invested me ere I was thoroughly apprised of their approach. I endearored to maintain my position as well as I could under sarronnding circunjptances, and might have withstood |he siege indefinitely, but for the reinforcement of others who took commanding positions both in front and iri rear. Two men who were completely saturated with mean whisky, sat dofn immediately in front of me, and jiayfully but affectionately deposited their heads in my lap, while two females who had located above me kept ttne to the music of the band, by pounding me in the back with their home-made shoes, but after my solemnlyhssuring them that their efforts were opt producing either music or harmony, in my system, they desisted, each ope putting afoot in each of my coat pickets, while William Henry, a

Beii^g thus assailed in front, sides and refer, I discovered that I was bleeding piespiration from every pore. My paper icollar fell in the first engagement, the foe located on either side of me, made a preconcerted movement of their heads upon my shoulders, which strategy convinced ine that it was useless to try and hold up longer. So I concluded to surrender, but hadn't strength enough left to capitulate. I tried tj regain my feet, but feet were so bad^r mixed up I could not distinguish *hich were mine. One of my tormentoip passed me a vial of cinnamon drops, ind asked mo to take some. I seized ft frantically and drank its contentjsvwth avidity. Xt would have been all tixesame if it had been bed-bug poison ^required a change.

The following conversation then ensued litween these circus struck maidens.

Bet£—"LoOlrat that are feller standing onfhis head on that are polo. Beck, don't fou wish you could do it

BLYBF.—"Watch the clown durn his striVi«* breeches, don't he need killir g."

^groups *py/ic»'gc'0joScif'wSibj" HfeXcK.—" Tliey are riot very costy, tkey are only nit drawerH embroidered with beads."

Tbis and similar conversation I was forced to listen to, which in addition to my other torments, was as much as any oiie man could stand. Finally a fortunate circumstance occurred which releivecj me from my feminine pressure. A vender Chinese Summer Coolers— which usually accompany such exhibitions—happened along and thinking the itmospliere was a little warm in my vicinity, kindly asked me if I wanted fans for my ladies. I told h.im I would take a half dozen but my money was in my pocket and I had no meahs of getting at it. He asked me the reason, and I told him I did'nt know where my pockets were. The ladies however, each took one and gave him a flfty cent fractional note in payment, which entitled them to 10 cents change, this was the rock upon which they split, ho insisting they had only given him a quarter, and there the trouble began, During the melee I quietly walked out or I should say fell out and into the arms of Dan Crowe, who thinking mo under the influence of benzine, kindly ottered to oscort me to the station house, but finding that I was exhausted physically, and not mental!v, he showed mo the lerreHauto Ilouso and left me.

No more circus in mine, if you please.

A MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. Er. II. J. Kerr Porter thus describes, in the London Times, his ascent by the Rigi Railway:

A wagon laden with about a tun and •a half of timber prepared for sleepers was ready, and on this twentv-five passen- ers took their seats, and we started, propelled by the engine, which is of peculiar construction. In twentv minutes we traversed 4,700 feet, and wore about 1,170 feet

above

fj mi T/ "i#UA:i-t: frrrrf-''

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three year older, amused

imsejf by doing the Trapeze on my hair. Now as a general thing I like children, and enjoy their innocent infantine amusements, and like to mix in their society, but as a distinguished gentleman remarked upon a similar occasion,! for wholesome and entertaining literature, recommend me to the obituary of that child." I would give seventy-five dollars now, if I had it, for the pleasure of having that young one way ojt to myself, that I might spank him t7 my entire satisfaction. I think I could then* lie down to pleasant dreamy in peace.

the level of the

lake from which we had started. found thirtv-three men at work Ia\ ing down sleepers and rails the transverse sleepers are six inches wide bv four thick the ordinary rails are bolted to those sleepers, which ar two feet apart, and at six inches outside the metal rails, longitudina beams mx inches by six inches arc bolted to the sleepers in the center a inctal rail is firmly bolted, in which there are openings to receive tho cogs of the center wheel of the engine, which revolves with tho axle, the steam power being applied to a cog wheel on each Hide, at equal distance from the ordinary and the center

one

above described

the brakes are applied to the ordinary wheels, which are like the whods of any carriage, and are about two feet six inches in diameter. The furnace are not placed horizontally, as is usual, but stand upright having while on a level, a considerable incline forward when ascending the mountain the boiler is consequently perpendicular, and the floor of the tender perfectly level, the

tender

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and engine be

ing in one, and supported bvthe four small wheels, one of which I ha descrjbe^| above^^^^^^^^^

New'Paper.—A new weekly paper has been started at Terre-Haute, bearing the title of Saturday^ Eyexixo Maix., edited and published by O. J. Smith, Esq., formerly editor of the Terre-Haute Gazctir. It is in quarto form and in mechanical execution, docidedly the handsomest sheet ever published in that city, or State either, for that matter. It is independent in politics, ablv edited and will doubtless become tne people's favorite paper.—

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t••• HOME CONVERSATION. The temptation to talk of persons rather than of things lies very often in yonr way, my sister. The petty details of your lif breakfast, dinner and tea, poultry to-day, and roast beef to-mor-row, Jennie's whooping cough and, Fred's measles, Bridget's incomptence, or the heedlessness of Mary Ann, and the never ending demands of fashion, have, almost before you know it, a narrowing effect upon your mind. Theoretically you despise gossips-^practi-eally you add your mites very often to the common fund. You are not ill-na-tured. The sweet charity that thinketh no evil," has its home in your heart's core, yet sometimes alas! it falls asleep and, anger, wrath and bitterness comes stealthily creeping up to the outpests.

There are many great things which we cannot do, however earnestly we may try. There are some little things which, with faith in God, and sincere resolution we can accomplish, and one of these is to reform our conversation.

Every woman should cultivate a nice sense of honor. In a hundred different ways this most fitting adjunct of the true lady is often tried. For instance, one* is a guest in a family where, perhaps, the domestic machinery does not run smoothly. There is a sorrow in the house unsuspected by the outer world. Sometimes it is a dissipated son whose conduct is a shame and a grie. to his parents sometimes it is a discontented and petulant daughter: sometimes a relative whose eccentricities and peculiarities area cloud on the home. Or, worst of all husband and wife may not be in accord, and then there may be often bitter words spoken, and harsh recriminations. In any of these cases the guest is in honor bound to be blind and deaf, so far as people without are concerned. If a gentle word within can do good it may well be said, but to go forth and reveal the shadow of an unhappy secret to any one, even your nearest friend, is an act of indelicacy and meanness almost unparalleled. Once in the sacred precincts of any homo, admitted to its privacy, sharing its life, all that you can see and hear should become a sacred trust. It is as really contemptible to gossip of such things as it would be to steal the silver, or borrow tho books and forget to return them.

The foundation for this thoughtless sin is sometimes laid in early life. Children coming home from a visit are interrogated by mother or sister concerning every little in and out of Mrs. M's. or Miss K's house. Don't do it again, dear friends. Just say to the darling child, as he or she skips in, flushed and happy Well, have you had a pleasant visit I'm glud to hoar it." Never mind whether they had gingerbread or pound cake, or what dress little Susie M. wore.

roll -it as a sweer—nnnjsei unuar your tongiie, but if it is iri you^ power, stop it. Drifting on the tide of social talk are often stray scraps of malice or envy. If they come to you, keep them. Let no unkind report be suffered to

flow

row by whispers or words of yours, lovely is the very presence of a pure, truthful woman, before.whom evil tongues are silenced.

Talk as little as possiblo about dress. Mako yourself and your children as beautiful as you can, and let becoming and tasteful clress help you to do it, but when once your "things" are on, think no more about tliem. Nothing more effectually dwarfs the mind than constant thought and conversation about ruffles and frills, feathers and flounces and tucks. Prophets and apostles were moved to reproach our sex for their devotion to tinkling ornaments and platted hair in olden days, and if they were here now, I think they would lift their voices up again. (Sot out of this rut, dear reader, and find out how much easier and better walking there is on the soft way side path above it.

The world is full of strife and struggle aitl sin. It is full of joy and triumph and hope. The field grows ever broader for women as for men. Now responsibilities arc crowding in upon us all: can we bo too pure in thought, word or deed? Can we let conversation remain frivolous and trilling

USEFUL INFORMATION. How to lay off a squ re acre of ground. Measure 200 feet on each side, and you will have a square acre within an inch.

Contents of an acre—an aero contains 4,840 square yards. Measure of distances—a mile is 5,280 feet, or 1,700 yards in length.

A fathom is six feet.

A league is tlireo miles. A Sabbath day's journey is 1,150 yards—this is eighteen yards less than two-thirds of a mile. =vsi

A day's journey is 33Vn miles.. A cubit is 2 feot. A great cubit is 11 feet. A hand (horse measure) is.4 inehes. A palm is 3 inches.

A span is 10% inches. A shace is 3 feet.

IVirrel measure—a barrel of flour weighs 106 lbs. A barrel of 200 lbs.

A barrel of rice 600 Ins. A barrel of powder 25 lbs A firkin of butter 56 lbs. A tub of butter 84 lbs. Bushel measure—The following are sold by weight per bushel:

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W'heat, beans and clover seed, GO lbs to tho bushel. Corn, rye and flax" seed, 66 lbs.

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With a Difference.—It is said that a somewhat illiterate minister, in the course of a prayer, recently informed tho Deity that the "language was the same in England as the united States, but the accent was different." Apropos of this a good story is told of Mr. Dickens, a tour in Italy, where he visited a monastery and was conducted over the building bv a young monk, who, though a native of the country, spoke remarkably iluent English. There was, however, one peculiarity about his pronuciation. lie frequently misplaced his y's and w's. "Have you b.en in England?" asked Mr. Dickens. "No," replied the monk. I have learned my English from this book," producing "Pickwick." and it further appeared that he baa selected Mr. Samuel Weller as the beau ideal of elegant pronuciation. ...

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Price Five Cents

FEMININE BEA UTY.

Men in soeiety have, from time itnmememorial, raved about beauty in women, and poets in rhymes and romances have sung its praises, that it would be natural to conclude onlv beaut. lovable in the sex. And the proverb, "men lose their hearts through their eyes, and women through their ears," not only corroborates the idea, but makes it appear that, in our sex, the senses—and, in the opposite sex, the intellects—predominate. Men set.sufficient store, the gods know, upon physical comeliness in women. But, after all, it appeals to them as an effect rather than a cause, and is outweighed by a dozen other qualities.

Beauty commends, but it does not win it attracts, but it does not hold. And if it be not answered by some inward beauty it soon dis ppoints, and may, by constant suggestion of disharmony, at last repel—just as a fair flower invites us we admire its form, its color, its daintiness, but when we pluck it and find it scentless, a reaction comes that borders on disgust. Wo feel we have been cheated by a counterfeit, and the flower looks homelier than if it were less foir.

So there must be something more—a vast deal more—than her personal beauty in woman to make her, for any length of time, even pleasant to our eyes, much less graceful to the heart. What that something is, it is difficult to say but it is expressed in tho word interest—which, to convey the exact idea, should be interesting'ness. IIow or why any one interests us we cannot determine. Of the fact we are convinced beyond argument, but wo aro incapable of analyzing the subtle agencies that produce the effect. This capacity to interest is a necessary concomitant of personal comeliness^ but, on tho contrary, is generally independent of it —at least, is so strong and subduing an influence, that mere form or feature becomes either secondary or is lost sight of altogether.

No doubt such a tiding as interest,and of a general kind, belongs to individuals as it does to books—is as much a part of thorn as amiability, courtesy, or ease of motion. Certain men ana women without offort, without desire, or even without consciousness, almost universally attract others. Wherever they go their triumphs follow them. To be "near, is to be drawn to them. To know, is to love them. We have all of us met such persons. We can think of half a dozen, at ioust, of our acquaintances, who interest nearly every ono they meet, regardless of sex. This is particularly true of certain women and yet, how few of such aro beautiftil, or handsome, or even protty, in the usually received sense.

Nature, to her sonri and daughtors, is a triflo niggardly, save when she seeks tu ihfiMT hi 'in

'herbounty,being rarely wiLkug to give, two great gifts to the same creature. When she grants physical beauty, tho mind accompanying it is apt to be inferior. (Jeniuses are seldom beauties, and beauties are seldom geniusoi. It happens, too, that women of lino porsons come to prize their comelincas so much as to neglect their mind, and not unfrequently tlioir manners—permitting a naturally good understanding to run to waste for lack of common euro and culture. Henco it is that tho very pretty women of society whom wo optically admire, and of whom you hear so much, rarely excito any profound emotion, or win the hearts of strong or positive inon. They carry in thoir train many followers of fashion aro looked at and lauded as a curious pattern of funAure would be in tho draw-ing-room. But no one loves them. No divine fire is burned on their altars.

No elements of high poetry or grand tragedy aro clilisted in their lives. They dwell in an atmosphere of flattery acd folly aro haunted by coxcombs, and wedded to fools.

The women who make deep impressions—who carry with them an atmosphere of their own—who make social listeners for themselves—and would make revolutions, if the times wcro fitting,—bear no badge of beauty aH an emblem of their power. Thoir forces and fascinations are invisible to tho eye. Their mind, their manners, their sympathies, their inst incts, their spiritual insights,—something of all these fix, mould, and sway the natures of others, and make or unmake fortunes and careers. Their power for good or evil is unmeasured, and circumstances determine which it shall Vie. Strong men lcnd, icy hearts tajce lire, breasts of adamant melt before them and yet no outward shape of beauty assists at their spiritual conjuring. They work their miracles as mysteriously to themselves, peradventure, us to others.

Tooi,s for the Boys.—Many boys are driven away from learning useful trades, and gravitate into tho useless life of measuring ribbons and laces, because they have had, during boyhood's first desires, no tooLs to employ their hands with in idle hours. Many a boy would retain tastes half formed if some such means were employed to fasten his attention upon them, and turn iiis mind in such a channel. Every man who can afford it should supply his boys with tools, and a room where they may be used and cared for. A boy takes to tools as naturally as to

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apples, or surreptitious nd forjidden amusements and if he has a chance to develop his mechanical tastes, and gratify them to their full extent, his tendencies to vicious courses will also remain undeveloped, Such a result is enough to compensate for all tho expense and trouble the indulgence we recommended would entail while the chances that the early development of his constructive faculties may in this mechanical age, bo the means by which he may ultimately climb to fume and fortune arc not small,

Solitupe.—Solitude though if may bo silent as light, is, liko light, tho mightiest of agencies, for solitude is essential to man. All men come into the world alone all leave it alone. King and priest, warrior and maiden, philosopher and child, all walk those mighty galleries alone. The solitude, therefore, which in this world appals or fascinates us. is but the echo or a far deeper solitude, through which already we havo passed, of anothersolitude, deeper still, through which we have too pass—reflox of ono solitude, prefigurative of another.

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