Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 January 1871 — Page 1

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DOMESTIC..

Congress convoned on Wednesday. The Maine Legislature convened on Wed nesday.

The Missouri Legislature convened on Wednesday.

Thi Illinois Legislature convened on Wednesday. The Ohio legislature convenwl on Tuesday afternoon.

The Michigan Legislature convened on Wednesday. T. W. Fero* was^ nominated In Repnblican caucus for U. H. Senator.

The Massachusetts Legislature convene*! Wednesday. Tlie officers of last year were re-electod.

The Pennsylvania Legislature convened Tuesday. Gov. Geary's message was read on Wednesday.

A mail train ou the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad ran off the track on Tuesday and a large number of passengers were mutilated and killed. Heven negroes were roasted alive.

In New Orleans on Sunday morning a fire occurred on the Kienmer Masfenta which spread rapidly to the Grand Era, Julia A. Rudolph, Thompson Dean, and John Howard, all of which are a total loss. It is thought that the Iloward's hull may be saved.

The Indiana legislature convened on Thursday. On Wednesday evening in caucus the democracy of the House made the following nominations: Win. Mack, of Vi«(,/or Speaker 8. W. Holmes, of Jackson, or Principal Clerk Fred Williams Assistant Clerk T. M. Schell, of Clarke, Doorkeeper. The Hi-publicans of the House nominated a ticket for which a formal vote was cast, consisting of o. M. Wilson, of Marion, for Speaker. D. C. Donohue, of Putnam. for Clerk, Fred Williams, of Tippecanoe, for Assistant Clerk.

FOREIGN.

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The Prussians have been driven from their positions around Havre. Marshal Prim died Friday night of last week from his wounds. He was burled on Tuesday with much pomp and ceremony.

The Prussian column recently lost three hundred men by drowning in an attempt to cross the Loire on the Ice.

It Is reported that the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg was dismissed summarily from his command for not keeping tho French at a respectful distance.

Engagements along the Loire for the week pus't have all been successes for the French. Near LaChartrc l.'lOO prisoners were taken by the Frond).

There is a slgnlilcunt interehang? of courtesies continually,bjtween Il.-rlin and Wilhclmshochc.

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hi: restoration. The bombardment of the forts on the east side of Paris continues til such effect, that only Fort Nogent now replies to the German tire.

The Foreign Olliee announces that the Conference,of the European Powers has been posUMttied a few days to await the firrival of .mfw Favre, and to allow ffieir plenipotentiaries to receive further instructions.

The evacuation of Rouen by the Germans is considered certain, as Manteull'el is forced In concentrate his forces in the north by a forward movement to General Faldhcrbe along tho valley of the Tolle, possibly ol the se.

I the New-Year banquet at Versailles tho King gave a toast to The German Princes," to which the Duke of 1 laden responded in a speech, rejoicing at the restoration of the old German Empire, and concluding with a toast to "William tho Victorious."

ltlsmarck writes Odo Russell that Prussia isjustitled, under the law of nations, in the sinking of English ships In tho Seine. Although tin1 payment offered has been refused, because unaccompanied by an apology, he again renews tho tender of payment.

Advlixss from Paris to December $), slate that .the Parisians unite In urging General Trochu to make a sortie with an enormous force, which can readily be soared for service, as tho weather Is moderating and the artillery for the defense of the citv is now so numerous and well manned that the enemy will be unable to make any serious Impression upon tho fortiflcMious.

Tho following otllcial dispatch has boon sent by General Faidhorbe to the Minister »f War, under date of January 3d "We nave fought a battle near Itopaume. which lasted from a. in. to 0 p. in., on Monday. We have driven the Prussians from all their JHsillons, and the villages occupied by them. The enemy's losses wore Immense, and ours were serio'us."

Paris advices state that there is Intense excitement among tho population, who demand that a crand sortie bo made. A Dumber of members of the oity government had called ou General Trochu and Insisted that he give way to this demund of the people. Home of the Paris journals accuse Trochu of feebleness, nnd a number of the papers of ponUaux, noting this expression ot opinion seem to coincide with it. It N understood that orders have been sent to Generals in the Held to hasten the movement on Paris.

A Versailles dlsjmteh snys: It ls probable that Generals llourliaki and Chanzy will assume theotlensive nnd attack Prince Frederick Charles and perhaps with suceess. The Germans are tin*d and weary of the war. Tho outside French ring is contracting while the inside French ring Is expanding. The Seine Is fioasen sufficiently to boar men ami tMtn*. The French are piucky about here, end may do something of an astonishing nature shortly.

A spoelal correspondent of the Tribune at Paris *••!.Is letters and |vipers to the 31st nil. lie says: "Coal can not lie bought, as It is all Iwvn used for easting cannon and by mil ways nnd milts. Wood Is nearly uone. Thetreownf Hols l!.'.wne and tho boulevards are now bchig etu. t'liildrrn are dyuvx ft»r waul ot «:iiiU, The.- .»ul number o: deaths for pier wl Pro^iiM. cov.» -.no tUuir flel 1 i:..! ,-, not wit listandliig Uieoold weather.*'

mi ia.lv. uk ai mimofTo »ius I.aM iw-i \. was 2,Te\ :el is Mil.): !. It JI«s r-w i'Mied, aini is «.*!•• I to iatill !it' end of February. Tbo

A I'.i-pateh from Hnv»els says: Kin William i»HS HNindoned the Idea of em

Pare. I'|v.:i its i: io:i th" i'- «vfi Vari^!»r -e !egar:U-•••.-vl and f«" two v«ar*, and tho Ocnunns «ier. ledil

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Hn»» of commuulratkm with PJIM- Alter th»» uncin«iitkii«l summdor, wbuh alone will bo acceptcd. thu Uarde National wiU nrmc*| Mid made rw|Knslbl*

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Kftviilion of (Mtler nt llw nnd the Y»n« I«nci«lAtifr will sutnmuu,-d ionu^i on llio third foUowtti* month.

A oorre«j*oiidon» writing from Versailles tho Mh, saj**: "Tl» Pnii*iUn troops M« dally brooming more dl*satUiioii. Xoiblug Uhdnadone to haslcn the 1 know tho Ottrman* hare got pnc^ootlle* honvy enough to WHid d«ir Into Paris, btst ft»«r hav* hr*n omployrd with eflVwt. Within tho last frsr days all tho htmry tuns k»v« bron brought to a partlcuJar point to destroy one or two fort*, and a ttvmeodous effort to tx made to caiHur* thorn. Tho LHtko of M«vklont«irjt ha# been boro. and l*rlnw Al|»ort Is oomln* for conciliation. Tt»o ramlt of the di»ltlwmtlon* «o ft»r ap|im»r»to be that •h* army of Kmtetlck CJiarb* will content ItMf ftlmuiy with nmlortina the besiegers.

VII the troops out.slde of earn will remain on th* defensive until refnforeoments arrive. lions and ammnnttlon arrive *lowly, notwIthMtandlna tli« almort wpexliiMnaa cMfyy cicraliaL"

A Berlin dispatch to the Herald says: The Prussians are now sendingto the front Landwehrof the second van, aged forty-two and forty-three years. It Is considered that tne utmost effort ot which Germany Is capable is being made. The system of supplying the vaat army is admitted to bs admirable. It can not, however, obviate the dissatisfaction aud distrust which exist inconsiderable sections of territory. AUIHMHIII no SI^as of discouragement is perceptible, the lormor enthusiasm hasoeaseo to exist, and a strong desire for peace expressed. A ros«?color tint given to all oflicial accounts.

King William gave reception on New Year's day in the Palace of Versailles t* officers of the German army, in honor of tlie opening of the New Year. The occasion was signalized by tlie delivery by tho King of a brief address, in which he said "The groat events which must have preceded our celebration of such a day in sucli a place are due to your heroism and perseverance, ami to the bravprv of our soldiers. Our goal i-«, however, still unattninod. Important tasks remain to be performed betoro we shall achieve a lasting peace, and it would bo censurable to make any peace which involves tho continuation of duties which have brought you here."

THIC LAST DECADE.

When tho 31st of December, 1S70, closes, decade of yeara that can be said, without exaggeration, to stand unrivaled "in tho known account of time" with respect to the importance of tlio events that make up the sum of its history. There is a tendency in the human mind that leads men loconsider their own time to be the most important of time, and though they are right in holding such time to bo tiic greatest of all days and years tothom, inasmuch as they constitute their lives, yet it is certain that the real interest of history is concentrated around some few periods, during which events take place that forever after color and control the world's course. Such periods were the decade of years thatjbegan with the crossing of the Rubicon by C'rosar (15. C'. 50-40) the decade in which occurred the fall of tho Kingdom ofGrenada, the discovery of America, tho first voyage to India by the Cape ot Good Hope, the intermarriage of the royal houses of Vustri and Spain, and the invasion of Italy by the l''ronch (1490-1500) the decade that began with tlie meeting of the Long Parliament (1040-50) tho decade that followed the passage of the Stamp Act (17(55-1775) and that which followed the last meeting of the States General of France (17SO-17W). All these periods were full ol events great in themselves, and greater in their consequences and yet the most striking ot'them ill—that'with which the fifteenth century closed—was not so rich in events is the decade 1 hat is just being added to tlie sum of departed time. There is hardly anything that can move the sympathies of men, or excite their wonder, that has not occurred since the beginning of the year 1801. Mighty empires have been overthrown, old dy nasties have fallen, great interests havt been uprooted, the yiost anqient enr poral polities bas ceased" t»y-ixist, nij natittns have been created wate of paralleled proportions have been wngt with new weapons and on new military principles, continental railways have been laid down, obstacles to maritime I'omni.'rce have been cut through or removed, remote nations have been bro't into daily intercourse through telegraphic cables that lie at the bottom of seas over which men were once afraid to sail, and great discoveries imrl inventions in science and in art have added vastly to the means at man's command fo reclaim that earth over which lie has the promise of dominion on condition that his exertions shall show hi in worthy of such supremacy. To match tlie seventh decade of our century, it is probable that we should have to take the greatest of modern centuries, even the sixteenth, to which belongs the Reformation, and which saw tlie beginning of those changes the fruition of which was reserved for our own time, and for the next age.—Harper's Magazine.

FA TA LISM ILL USTRA TE1). A hard-shell Baptist minister, living .somewhere on the frontier of Missouri, was in the habit of saying to his family and to his church, "I'riends, you noed not take any unusual care about your lives: thi moment of your death was 'writ.' before the foundation of the world, and you cannot alter it.

Mis wife observed when he left on Saturday to meat one ot his frontier missionary engagements, that he dressed the Hint of his rille with unusual care, put in dry powder, fresh tow, and took every pains to make sure that the gun would go oil" in case he came upon un Indian.

It struck her one day she saw him with his rille on his shoulder, that his conduct contradicted his teachings, and she said to him "My de r, why do yon lake this rille with you? If it was'writ'before the foundation of the world that you were to

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killed this trip by an Indian that rille won't prevent it, and it' you are not to be killed, of course the ride is unnecessary s.o why take it with you a all?" "Yes," he replied, "to bo mire, my dear, of course you :»re very right, and that Is & very proper view: but see here, my dear—i\ow—really—but—then—you see, my dear—to be sure—but then—* supjv seT should meet an Indian while I am gone, and his tbno had com", and

tribuienllwec .: the fulfillment hhft moneys mine. He 'jno ol the dccrees of Providence."

A FttK.vca AUK'J N KM r.—If the pn\Rticaiity of French inventive genius would"«nly keep pice with its brilliancy, Uat wondorful rowdts we should have! Hero is an enterprising young 111 n. an »-.Vof the Paris Polytechnic School, w!i hiiiks that he has discoveml tlie right way of engineering a balloon His modo is this: Four living eagles are to I

MI fastened to the tsar of

the balloon, and the inventor is to seat himself in the npper compartment, Itoiding a long pole which has apiece of raw llesh attacheii to one end of it. This he thrusts ont of the balloon, and in the direction that he wishes to move, takingenre to keepthe meat out of reach of the eagles, though within t«mpting proximity. They, he thinks, of course will endeavor to fir towards it, and in so doing draw the oalloon along in the desirod direction. Has this daring young Gaul never road the story of '•Phaeton f"

TRIE late cold snap froxe up the Lajteyette artesian well.

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TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7,1871. Price Five Gents.

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ALLEN, BOYS.

-W/'r Charley Did the Jfnsinrss fot*a •T•* Chicago-'Friend.

A ypung man a native of Chicago, whose name.isEd returned to spend his Christinas yt homo, yesterday, after a disastrous journey to Kansas City. Tho occasion of this journey, and how Ed fared in Kansas.City, ana how they managed matters in that rising metropolis, will now be relatod. 1 here lived in Chicago, not many months ago, a memberof tbo notorious Allen family, named Charles.* Ho is a younger brother of the well-known John. Allen, wliqpo exploits hayo frequently been recorded in these columns (John, by the way, is now in Feorid, spending his Christmas holiday^.) Ltk£ John. Charles has the Jn8tinct» of a loafer, without the aspiration of a gentleman. His life forsome time past has bqcn ^-Succession of experience in the lirideirell, the county jail,- and tho police stations. Ho is a confidence mun in good standing, and, like not a few of his &>ss, he has found friends in the course of his crooked way through the world. One of the best friends ho ever had.nperhaps, was Ed Not long ago, Charles Allen was arrested by the police for SOJIIO criminal oftence* and was eonlined in the county jail. -In his extreme need he appealed to Ed, and tho lattor came to his rescue, and got him released on bail. Charles had not enjoyosl his liberty many days, when he forgot,his deliverer, and ith a black ingratitude which even John himself would have boen incapable of, jumped his baU.

As Usual in such cases, it was not money that Ed cared for it was the idea of having been swindled that fell upon him like blow from a brick. Ho resolved never to befriend another human b^ing in this world, and at the same time &c vowed be revenged upon Charltj$. Hearing, after a time, that the fugitive had turned up at Kansas City, he procured a requisition from the Governor for his arrest, and putting a pair of handcuffs in his pocket, he startod lor tin*West.

Uptf^ arriving in Kansas City, one of the flrjit objects that met his gaze was Charles, Allen, in a very seedy condition. They met,-and tho following dialogue ensuqll:

ChaH©*. '"I'm mighty glad to see you, Ed." Ed. 'TMBIII pretty glad to soe you, and I've vouri

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sotnc "EbsifcitiiJnTnc &r1iTfn to d'saloon and the way thither, he took and rattled them playfulfriand's face. are for you, Clia rlie said he. don't say so!" said Charlie iok at 'etn." nter a favorite saloon, and

the conversation proceeded as follows: Charles. "You don't imagine that you could hold me with them tilings?"

Ed. "You bet-, I do." Charles. "Why, I could draw- my hands through that in a second. You see, my wrists are so small that. 1 can slip th'ni right otf. Why, big asvour hands are, you could slip tliem off."

They went on eating and drinking, Charley occasionally bantering Ed. about "it, and offering to bet him that he could slip them off, and, finally, Ed, after some persuasion, was induced to put on one of the "come alongs," and then Charley suddenly, with a dexterous movement,'slipped on the other, and lh°n Allen, Ihe wicked, aided by a select corps of loafers, immediately hauled him away tothe nearest Justice, and g.a\\) him in charge, as a bummer from Chicago, who was

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off as an officer. The next night Ed. passed in prison, while Charles availed himself of the opportunity to slide awav.

This is why wo romark tint Jvi. roturned to Chicago to spend his Christmas, in a rather disconsolate condition, minus fifty dollars er for traveling expenses.

A TX)UISVIT,T,I-: beauty, of the blondo tvpe, was the reigning toast of that citv whon tho wur opouod. Unnumbered suitors were at her feet, but_shew te proud, imperious, and determined not to marrv, unless she loved. At the closo of the war. her family became impoverished, and nothing was left but to marrv for wealth, or teach school. She preferred the latter but just then a irenerous, elderly bachelor, who had long looked lovingly, but silontlv, nt" this piece of perfected flesh and blood, took courage from her altered circumstances, and laid his fortune at her feet. "Sir," she said, not love you, anil

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evening came his check for tho sum was in the hand of a mutual friend, and a clergymen with a blink license was waiting, with large number of friends, in nn adjoining room, tbou*h all were ignorant of the little drama to.be enacted .except those immediately concerned. The bachelor-lover, the beautiful blonde, and three friends cho*en by them both retiird to the library, and there the scene was played out. lue result was, the vonng I*d.T

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RULES OF CONDUCT FOB HENS AND R008TKMB. The editor of the Glens Fulls MMpublic(tn has been Elected Vice President of the Northern N^w York Ponltrjr Association. In his enthusiastic inaugural ho lays down the following regulations for the poultry yard

Fully realising the responsibilities of our new position, wo have prescribed tho_ following rules nnd regulations, which must be strictly observed:

No rorster will tw allowedovsr seven wives at ono time. Ambitious pullets -arc prohibited attempting to cover and hatch over one. peek of eggs at once. livery rooster's family shall stay iu their own barn-yards, except oa holidays.

No gossiping allowed ainoiig the ducks nnd gees\ as that privilege is especially reserved tor bipeds.

Racing, betting on election, running for offlcc, or attending sewing societies, aro considered objectionable, as tending to confusion in the hennery.

The aversion of geese to feather beds is commended as being entirely natn ral.

Roosters, as heads of ftunilics, are expectod to comport themselves vri|h dignity, and to be in nights before Mrs. Bifidy has taken her second nap.

Shanghais are requested to retain their growth at six feet seven, as greater altitude is suggestive of attenuated stilts.

Gobbler and goose music is to be cherished at all times, bnt a due regard for weak norves will prescribe a limit to oven these dulcet notes.

Four, o'clock in the morning is the earliest hour at which roosters will be allowed to (.•oininejco their matutinal serenades. j,"

Iron bo Its,! rock,'bits of crockery, old rubber shoes, hand-saws, tin pans and nails aro nsidefed'essential to hen digestion, but they shall not be taken in unreasonable quantities.

One egg is considered a fair day's work for a hen, and the Association will frown on any extra exertion in thtt direction as being deleterious to the^conslitution. .,

For fear that our readers have forgotten the circumstance, it would bo.'well enough to remark that wo at^jViee President of the Northorn New York Poultry Associction. $ 1

THE S TO MA CH AND THE MIMD. The condition of tlie stofnneliL has more to do with pure thoughts antvholy Coolings than peoplo generally believe. Much as persons may laugh, it is undeniable that people cannot rffich tho highest state possible of their development if they crowd their stomach, and defile their whole being with filthy swine's flesh, and gjdiMilmk. flgllikill£ cotics in the shape of tobacco. People ot

thought eoncbdo tlia meal* governs «he mttuwtrf-on^iwpMl wtwki.tm.towl more than we arc inclined to'admit Bonaparte used to attribute tho loss of one of his battles to poor dinner, which, at tho time, disturbed hisdigewtion. IIow many of our judgments, how many of our deliberate errors.how many of our unkindnesses, our cruelties, our aois of thoughtlessness and recklessness, may actually be owing to a causo of this same character! Wo eat something that deranges the condition of the system. Through tho stomach nerve, that derangement imniediistelv afleeis the brain. Cndertho influence of nioroseness, wo do that which would shock our sensibilities at any other lime. Or perhaps a temporary irregul irity is ho common result (if an over-indulgence in wholesome food, or a moderate indulgence in unsuitable food. Th' liver is affected. In this affection tho brain profoundly sympathizes. The temper is soured the understanding is narrowed prejudices are strengthened generous impulses nre subdued selfishness, originated by physical disturbances, which perpetually "dit-tract the mind's attention, beeomos a chronic mental disorder: the feelings of charity dio out wo live for ourselves alone we have no caro for others. And all this change of nature is tho consequence of an injurious diet.

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(the take the money? Yes, and spent it handsomely, it is supposed- Acu.irmisg, christian-like,and exoeedingly deltcatc wav ot winning or losing a husband! Ilowevcr lovely, elegant or accomplished that beauty may be there is a mournful want of prineipi®» to s«y nothing of womanhood, in her gambling plan, and for one we do not envy her her aucccssj^

TtfH Paris Figaro endeavors to make "game*' of carrier pigeons. It solen.nly avers (hat one of them, which was shot while going into Paris with Important dispatches, swallowed the same white rolling iU eyes in its death agoniet-r ft Ith ftil and Preachy to the last.

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lowing is told of Sir Evan Nepoan, formerly under Secretary of State of treat Britain:—

One summer light ho was affccted wiih an unaccountable sleeplessness, and, being quite weary of lying awake, life got up. dressed, aim went out at threo cTcldek, A. M., strolling aimlessly, more from d.iily habit than anything else, down to (he home ofiiec. Entering his private i-oom, his eye caught the follow--ing entry in a memorandum book "A reprieve to be sent to coiners ordered for execution at York."

Although he knew that he had done his own pnrt of the business, he was with a nervonssineasinoss, fancying that perhaps the other peoplo had

••Think the mat-jaiot done (heirs. The feeling was so

1 can marry jo week wfrong upon him, that he called up the

wealth, but do not wpnt fo unrry you

1 will throw

the dice

I h'idu't mv rifl- with M.% wiiat wouid IT tinst one hundred thousand dollars. ho do? Yes, my dear, we must all con-! If 3"011 win, I'll marry y°n—i.

'r rn«wer He eame ^-hiofelerk in Downing Street, who said III foine for an in. ..you' he had sent it to the clerk of tho crown, are 'rieh-T

jMior Should like wht^ bu?ine« it was for\vard it to

with yon, hand

York. "Bnt have you the receipt and certifl-

'1 "Then let go at once to his hous-? 5n Ciiancery Line." They did'so, and *»nnd him Htcpping into his gig for a holiday. He had forgotten the reprieve, una left it locked up in his desk. The lloetcst express procurable was dispatched, nnd reached

Yoxk just as thocrjminalsjp?»unting the cart.

A Hr.n AT HRB LANONSW—A gentleman in Pennsylvania, whose curiosity was only equalled by his patience, recently undertook to watch some bees working freely on white clover, with the view of ascertaining how rapidly thev gather honev. Selecting a be« that looked quite empty, he watehod her just an hour, in which Ume ahe visited five hundred and eighty-two clover heads, when he lost sight of her in flying over some weeds, and does not know that she w«s even then fully loaded. *,

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GENERAL PRIM.

Earty

General Prim was born in Catalonia, December 6,1814, and was consequently, in bis fifty-seventh year at the timo of his death. His first campaign was made as an officer in the civTl war which followed the accession of Queen Isabella II, to the throne ef Spain in 1883^ Being devoted to the interests of the Queen Mother, nt thut time Regent, he was made Colonel inlS37. After her flight ho associated himstftt* \Vith the

in opposition to Espartero, and avihg been accused qf complicity in the insurrection of Saragossu iu 1842, he fled to France where he attached hini-' self to tlie Queen-mother in h** efforts to bring about a restoration. This- oocured shortly after, when Prim was created a General, with tho title Coutitf de Rous, and tho post of Governor of" Madrid. He soon lost favor, however, and from this time till tho breaking. out of Russe-Turklsh war, in 18S*, remained in comparative obscurity. IIo' then joined the Ottoman army oft the' Danube, where ho distinguished himself, and shortly after his return was ., made a Senator from Barcelona.

In the autumn of 1861 General Prhn"» was appointed to tlie chief command oC.j of the Spanish expedition against Mexico, which was intended to co-oper-' ato with tho French forces and a battnl-' ion.of British marines, for ihe pur^iose' of enforcing redress from the Mexican^ Government for outrages committed on the subjocts of the coalesced powers. Ho reached Vera Cruz early in 1862, but jealousies soon arose and Prim withdrew the Spanish troops to Cuba. Having paid a visit to New York, ho sailed forSpain which he reached in July.****". There his restles spirit soon placed hi mis at tho head of nn insuredionary move* ment which was speedily suppressed, as wits another effort in tho same lino" in 1807.

The abdication and flight of tho disSO-*£j lute Queen Isabella, in the year 18611, again brought the irrepressible Prim to the surface, and as head ot tho army, ho has been since that time, in reality, tho Dictator of Spain. There can bo* no doubt that he himself aspired to the crown, but the opposition wis Loo bitter and he was fain to bo content witiki being known as tho "King Makor," in-Ci stead of attempting to grasp tho empty bauble. Tl\p recent choice of the son of victor Emmanuel as tho luiuro mou4l arch, was brought about chiefly throughte General Prim's intrigues, and, indeed,#* no ono could havo beon chosen without his consent.

A DIFFICULT QUESTION ANSWEREIh .•

Can any reader toll was manufact uros rib^a. Jiired

why, when Hvo one qf Adam' id

bo sewed onf^'k glovo right awav, ffuftSt nowf! Booatise lie" never road the newspaper until tho sun got down the palm friWj and then I stretched himself, yawing out, "Ain'l^" 1 supper most ready, my dear Not he^ He made the lire, and hung ovtfr tlio tea-kef fie himself, we'll venture, nncl [Milled the radishes and peeled he iiana-.^t nas and did everything ol.se that ho'd*, ought to! lie milkeil the COWA IIIHL' fed the chickens, and looked after tho*:nigs himself. He never brought homo half a dozen friends to dinner, when Evo hadn't any fresh pomegaivites and# the mango season was over! lie never-' stayed out until eleven o'clock to a* j? "ward-meeting," hurrahing for the out and out c.indiilate, and then scolded because poor dear Eve was setting up and crying inside of tho gates. To be snro i. lie acted rather cowardly alxnit appl«-b gathering time, bnt then that don't d»«| preciatti nis general helpfulness about' the garden. He never played billiards and drove fast horses, nor choked Ev©| with cigar smoke. He never loafed' around corner groceries while solitary •-,:/• Eve was rocking littlo Cain's cradle at home. In short, he didn't think sho was specially created for Vho purjiosoJ* or waiting on him, and wasn't, under? the impression that it disgraced a man! to ligh en his wife's care's a liul't.

That's th" reason that I0v! did not I as need a hired girl, and we wi»h it was' the reason that none of her fdr desecn-* dants did.—Lift' Tlhisfrnfnl

DON'T BKMKVK IT.—A Han pajxrr narmUrs a singular death on tlto part of a little

^cl.H.1.. mother him ftir some fault

cbwl

IT is a pleasing custom in Russian marriagos tor Ihe bride's father t° put^j,"y he didn't Jceep at his work. "My into the bridegroom's hand the whin^,. mother, I find it hard, very hard, «s emblematic of the transfer of auth' pt0

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WonnYiNo:—How little }.hil osophyt is exercised bv those who allow tiill«s to worry them, often into uts of lown-| right sickness through ho preliminn-|a ry stages of "blues,'- indigestion, and( dyspepsia! Wo oven frequently hear(' the expression "worried to death,''r which is metaphysical, but many tiliw! is literalfy true—eHpf ciiilly so. with the over-sensitive, tho too highstrung. But it is often an unnecessary efl'eot, resulting from idleness, giving time to brood over trifles, or fr^m Uio wicked and weak-mindixl habit of got- y' ting into a worry about trifling things./ We onco knew a lady who cried bcoauw it rainrxi licfore she could have wiulo work tinishod around her splendid My mansion. All of us should aix'MHtoni ourselves to tako things by their smooth handle, remembering *haf il has leen wisely iid that tb« chief HO-. TCt of comfort lion in iv-it su fie ring. trifles to vex onc, anl in prudently cuitivatingan overgrowth of small pleasures, since groat onus »xe s^.gener^li/ denied ns. •. «•. iqi

a||(J jnnjped

window twostories l^^n ont, anl a passing po'

iy pa««inKpolioewan

We surpassing policor most hae beej^^t whether the chila man, ann we ^roferre(i the chance of would not ljM,e

r00in

to the chance of

catching it Jift,}ng him in the stroets. somvonof

was sent by his mother to saw

'Sove wood out of railroad ties. »°nyout doors shortly after she found outb sitting on the saw-horse, with ead down. The mother asked her Woeful son why he was cast down, and "Mi

Mver 0m

ties,"

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