Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 March 1871 — Page 2

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WE givo our "Rural" space this weak to illustrations of eomo new and beautiful plants and flowers. The cuts and descriptions are from the anneal Illustrated catalogue of llcinl Bros., nurserymen and florists of thia city

(HA»ini BS ITLE\ TI'M.

One «f tho most beautiful n! striking of the ornamental foliage plants in cultivation, either for cuUuiv in l.irgcpots, or for planting out upon tho lawn it will grow in anv good r«I«-11 il, and is of tho easies: culture when of full sizo it stands about 4 feet high, with immenso leaves, oft"ii measuring 3 feet in length bv two in breadth very smooth, of a light green color, boautifully veined and'variegated with green. Tho root should bo preserved in dry Hand, In the cellar, during winter, out of reach of frost.

Alt! TIM» TIIOmM)XII.

One of the finest acquisitions that has been made to our variogatcd leaved plants for sometime.

The

leaves are marked with bright golden yollew, whieli

retain their variegation during the hottest weather, ilowors orange—(cut of leaf half natural size.)

11 JI.--.1! r, I'oliofk.

Thisjustly celebrated Geranium a finoexanplo of tho tricolor-leaved varieties. Tho plant ia of dwarf habit in growth, th" le:if is margined vellow with a broad band of green and a /one of bronze, shaded and splashed crimson, with tho center of deep green. The flower is a dark scarlet, with truss of good si to on a abort foot stalk. As an ornament tor the parlor or conservatory, this beautiful plant haa but lew superiors... iSiHiilaS

TUCYRTO (jKAXDITLORi.

Th» flower* of this beautiful hirdy herbaceous plant mtemble in their formation and markings nomo (tpecim of Orchid*.

flower is lilac, marbletl with wfiito, borne on spikes six inches long. The flowort havo a fragrance aimiliar to Heliotrope, and thin, together with their blooming during October and November, when flower* or every kind are scarce, cauee them to be much in,dem\nd by the bouquet-maker* for their beet work.

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JQ The ground color of the

Young Folks.

I ENIGMA. I

'Noath India's soorcbing inn, and tbe plains Of arid Araby, take my way Tho welcome monarch of thoso vast do-

wV'h'subject millions willing to my

Devoted to my rulo by night and day.

Where the groat deep, in crystal mountains lock'd, Is edged by land o'er-clad in leagues of snow Where man's existence soems by Nature mock'd,

There is my kingdom, there do I bestow, Anon, a blessing and anon, a woe.

All the vast world, dependent 011 mo, waits, To woo my gentleness, or fly my

Inconstant ever, changeful as the fates, In tender dalliance now do I engage, And then, tierce battles o'er iny empire wage., f5

Its earliest blessing and its doarest

I greet tho dazed infant at its birth, In peril lead it, yet from harm defend My yeaceful mood a boon of priceless worth,

My rage its direst enemy on earth.

Wherever life abounds, theredo I reign, The friendly ruler of all living things Welcome to all, in pleasure or in pain

Hut when grim Death his fatal message brings, I flee inv subjects, on tho swiftest wings.' t)ARDING LAWRKNCK.

CIIAKADE.

Feathered songsters blithely singing, Hills and rocks with echoes ringing, Zephyrs singing in the trees,

Truly are my first all these. Softly o'er my second stealing, Comes a blissful happy feeling, As tho thoughts are fixed above

All else, upon my whole,and love^

DOUBLE ACROSTIC No. 1.

A mortal man, who made a goddess fly She would not see her famous offspring die. He spoiled this mighty monarch's camp at night, Taking the steeds whioh bore him to the fight.

1. 'Mid cannon's roar, and on ocean's wave, He shares the danger, and attempts to save.

2. A poet, and a holy man indeed, A prophet, too and more you will not need. -1

3. The youngest child beholds him in her dreams, And nurso is frightened with her noisy screams. v«n.

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4. Hail mighty hero of Athenian birth Posterity shall ne'er forget thy worth.

f. Wrongly he sold his birthright to his brother

The elder was so favorite with his mother.

6. A famous orator of ancient days:®^ And e'en our Sphinx is proud to sing his lays.

PKMDERTON WHITLOCK.

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DOUBLE ACROSTIC No. 2.

A German country, a solid and staid nation A famous statesman of wo rid-wide-rep-utation.

1. Sayings oft pass into it a wise saw. 2. List of tho tribunes he need I write more. 3. Officers appear thus, when on parade. 4. I11 tho East, by natives, this is made. f. An African desert well known to all. 0. lie lazily lounges, although strong and tall. 7. Moderately drink it, or you will fall.

JOHN S. FEAST.

WORD PUZZLE.

My first is in May, but not in September. My second is in July, but not in October. My third is in March, bat not in November. My fourth is in April, and also in December. My tilth is in June, but not in February. My si.vtli is in August, and also in January. My seventh is in cold, but not ill hot. My wliolo is a book, every body's got.

Combinations.—1. Cincinnati. 2. Mississippi. 3. Tennessee.

OUR HTMMINO BIRD.—One day last October our pussy brought a "little stranger into the house.

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was a wee

bit of a humming bird. It was so cold that it was almost frozen and so pussy caught it easily. It was a beautiful little bird. The feathers on its back were green and gold, and those on its breast were gray, and ita neek was spangled.

It was taken away from the cat verv soon, I can tell you, artd was put into a nice warm nest made of cotton. It soon legan to be so warm that it did not like to stay in its box of cotton, and we had to think what we could get for a cage.

We first tried a large cage in which we once kept a canary bird. This we found was too large, as the bird could get through the bars of the I cage so we had to use a wire cover, such its is used to cover dishes on the table. made perch in thia cage for the I bird to stand and sleep on. As noon as it got warm, it begun to be hungry, and we had to feed it so we took a quill pen, ent off the point, and then dipped the p»n in some sugar and water and fed our birdie.

After awhile we would let It fly about the room all day and at evening we 1 would catch it, and put it on ita perch I for the night.

We also Uught it to feed itself and it would borer over a doll's sugar bowl,,

darting out its tongue, and sipping up ita sugar and water. We oallod It "llun), the son Of Ras," and it aeein{4 to know ita name for, when wo spoke to |t, it would turn Its little hoad on onoaldo, and look toward tho person who spoke. It liked to be

Eird.

otted, and told that it was a pretty

It got to be «o tamo at last that it would light on our heads and whilo wo wore eating our meals it would fly down and pick at tho food on the table, and Hometiinea on our plates.

Rut in about Ave weeks it began to droop, and wo knew that it was pining for fresh air HO WO opened the window ono day, and let it go. Since then, nothing has been seen of our hummingbird.— The Nursery.

EXACTLY.—In a mill in ono of tho Eastern States two

lads

wore employed,

who fell into a dispute, one day, about the word "exactly." The first, whom wo will call Johnny, said, "It lapersacklu," while tho other declared, "It is diszackly." As neither seemed willing to yield to tho other and as they waxed warm in the dispute, it was concluded best by them to repair to an upper room in tho mill, where an older brother was at work, and let him decide tho vexed question. So rushing in headlong, each striving to bo first, ono clamored forth"I sav,Tom,it'sborsackly,ain't it?" "No, 'tain't, is it Tom?" said tho other "it's diszackly, ain't it?" Tom, whoso knowledge ot tho exact waa as limited as that of his younger brothers, roared out: "Go right down and mind your work. You're both wrong it's myzackly."

These poor boys, wo conclude, had small opportunities for study, and hence were more excusable for such ignorance than many boys and girls, whoso advantages for learning aro excellent. But we could cito instance of even poor factory boys, who by persevering effort, have becoino thoroughly educated, and qualified to occupy exalted positions. And ifthc young would know exactly how to spell and pronounce, they must be willing to try, to work hard, and not consider it drudgery to attend school and study hard while there. Ignorance is not bliss, but exactly tho roverse.-Our Schoolday Visitor.

PRETTY TEACHER "NowSusie Wells can you toll me what is meant by a miracle?" Susie: "Yes, teacher. Mother says if you don't marry the new parson 'twull be a muracle

A OIOANTIC scheme for vesting the ownership of the principal railways of Massachusetts in the State has been devised by Mr. Edward S. Crane, and a pamphlet written by him on the subject has been printed by the Massachusetts Legislature. Ho proposes that six corporations be created, to be called respectively tho Boston and New York Railway Trust Company, the Boston and Albany Railway Trust Company, the Atlantic and Ontario Railway Trust Company, the Northern Railway Trust Company, tho Boston and Portland Railway Trust Company, and the Boston Rai'lway Clearing and Depot Company, with capitals amounting in the aggregate to over ?200,000,000. These corporations are to be authorized to purchase tho stock and bonds of all the leading lines of railway communication which how centre in'Boston, at cer tain prices mentioned. On the £200,000,000 stock tho State is to guarantee dividends at the rate of seven per cent, per annum for twenty years, and at the end of that period to buy the outstanding stock at par, any surplus over seven per cent, earned in the meanwhile go Co tho State, and to bo invested to in the purchase of the stock, so that at the end of twenty years tho State in effect bo the sole owner ot all

the en ears tho State will the the railways. From thenceforth the rates of freight and passage aro to be fixed at just enough to cover expenses.

HOTEL ADVERTISEMENT.—Ono of tho hotels in Cordova deserves passing mention 011 account ot the ingeniously bad English in which it invites tho custom of tourists. Tho following is a copy verbatim ct literatim of this curious document :—"RIZZI HOTEL Situated in tho Nmost contrick place of Cordova. This splendid and distinguished establishment contains spacious and elegant rooms with independent lodging house for families who wish to live in. The foods aro served into and out of establishment besides of the table d'hott with wines of all countries after the bill of fare. Ynterpro tors who speak En-

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rlish

C. W. POWER.

JET AIM!ICAL TRANSPOSITION, Ocomduiici, Takis, Oacghci, Ecssnntee. I'rpCj Camaeri.

FRED ANDERSON.

ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, CHARADES AC. IN LAST WEEK'S PAPER.

Decapitation.—Tease, ease, aso (ace), sea. Charade.—Pen-man-ship.

Popular Songs.—I. Pulling hard Against the Stream. 2. Up with the Lark in the morning. 3. A Motto lor Every Man. 4. Hear it like a man. 5. Not for Joseph. 3. Where there's a Will there's a Way.

Logogriph.—Loaves, oaves, save, Eva, (five). Problem.—Width of the wall 9 feet, 4.52907 inches.

franco Germany Ytalinn. Yt also ackney conch 'and hole of post office Spring season hotel Belongs to Rizzi Hotel'. Yt is tho most picture sqe region of the Sierra Morena brow. Tho water and clime of tho land arc very beautiful !"-/S'panish Picture* drawn u-ith J'cn and J'rncil.

A FRIEND should bear his friend's infirmities." says the poet but this sentiment was written a great many years ago, when Shakspearo was a voung man nowadays we have other business to perform/ If yon wish to know how many friends you have, purchase a pleasant country seat in the vicinity of the town not" until strawberry and cherry time will you know how many cherish and love you. The number of your admirers will steadily increase with the advance of tho season and hough their warmth diminishes somewhat with cold weather, yet if you have a large apple and pear orchard, you may possibly nurse it along until the coining spring, especially with the assistance of a good larder and fine wines. But if you havo a good grapery and green house, you are sure to be loved all the year round. When such is friendship, who would bo a friendless man

BoriWcAri/r having mule some unoomplimentary remarks about circuses, a professor of the sawdust drama replies "that when Mr. Boucicault writes a play, or an actor performs in Hamlet no oiie —either author, actor or critic— is quite certain whether a good play has been produced, or a bad represanation of Hamlet has been given: but put Mr. Bouoicanlt on a bare-backed steed, and make him takea'flyiugleap through a hoop, and thousands would see at once whether he had suececded or not. The advantage which the eir cus possesses over the theater," the circusnian adds, "lies in thia, that incompetence in the ring is nearly alwaya punished with a broken neck." By George! if that teat could be applied to the general run of theaters, now-a-days wh*t a harvest the coroners would reap.

THK fort re*s of Uitache still flies the

French fl*g defiantly from its ramp irts.

THE TEETH or A HOIIHE.—At Ave voars of age a bone has forty teeth. There are twenty-four molar or jaw teeth, twelve inclior or front teeth, and four tusks or canine teeth, between the molars and incisors, '•usually wanting in the mare. At birth, only tho two nippors or middlo incisors appear. At a year old, tho incisors aro all visible on tho first or milk set. Befora three years,the permanent nippers havo come through. At four years old, the permanent dividers next to the nippers aro out. At five years the moutii is perfect, the second set of tooth having been completed. At six, tho hollow under tho nippers, called tbe mark, haa disappeared from the nippers, and diminished in tho dividers. At seven, the mark has disappeared from tho dividers, and the next teeth, or corners, are level, though showing no mark. At eight, the mark has gone fretn tho corners, and tho horso is said to bo aged. After this time—indeed, good authorities say after flvo 3Tcars—tho age of horso "can only bo conjeeturea. But they gradually change their form, the incisors becoming round, oval, and then triangular. Dealers sometimes bishop the teeth of old horses that is, scoop them out to imitate the mark but this can bo known by tho absence of the white edgo of enamel which always surrounds the real mark, by the sha'pe of tho teeth, and other marks of age about the animal.

INKANT-EATINO IITENAS.—There are man-eaters among tho hyenas, and those omnivorous animals are greatly dreaded, on account of the exceeding stealthiness and craft with which thev achieve their object. They very seldom endeavor to destroy the adult men and omen, but limit their attacks to tho young and defenseless children On dark nights the hyena is greatly to be feared, for ho can be guided to his prey by the light of the nocturnal fires, which do not aaunt an animal that is possessed by this fearful spirit of destructiveness.and at the same time can mako his cautious approach unseen. As the family are lying at night, buried in sleep, tho hyena prowls round tho encloseure, and on finding a weak spot, the animal pushes asido the watte-bands, of which the fence is made, and quietly creeps through the breach. Between tho human inhabitant and fence, tho cattle are picketed by night, and would form an oasy prey to the hyena if ho choose to attack them. But'ho slips cautiously amid the sleeping beasts, and makes his way to tho spot where lies a young child, wrapped in deep slumber. Employingtho same silent caution the hyena quickly withdraws the sleeping child from the protecting cloak of its mother, and makes its cscapc with its prey before it can be intercepted. With such marvellous caution does this animal act, that it has often been known to remove an infant from tho house without evon giving the alarm.

SLEEP AS A MEDICINE.—The cry for rest has always been louder than the cry for food, notthat it is more important, but it is often harder to get. The best rest comes from a sound sloop. Of two men or women, otherwise equal, tho one who sleeps the best will bo the most moral, healthy, and efficient. Slecpwill do much to cure irritability of temper, peevishness, uneasiness. It will restore vigor to an over-worked brain it will build up and make strong a weary body: it will relievo the languor and prostration felt by consumptives, it will cure hypochondria it will cure the headache it will cure neuralgia it will cure a broken spirit: it willcuresorrow. Indeed, wo might mako a long list of maladies that sleep will cure. Tho cure of sleeplessnoes requires a clean, good bed, sufficient exercigoto produoo weariness, pleasant occupation, good air, and not too warm a room, freedom from too much care, a clean stomach, a clear conscience, and avoidance of stimulants and narcotics. For those who are overworked, haggard, nervous, who pass sleepless nights, wo commend the adoption of snch habits as shall secure sleep otherwise life will bo short, and what there is of it sadly imperfect.

A MOOD story is told about an old hunter, who used to trap about Mossohead Lake by the name of Ellis. Ilis reputation as a great bear hunter extended far and wide. Several years ago, when bear skins were very fashionable for sleigh robes, sportsmen about the the lake in tho fall would ongago ouo of Ellis and, as tho old man w^s poor, would pay for it in advance. He had bargained for one in this way ono year and fcdien the first snow caiue, started off'with his gun and soon came upon Bruin's track. He ran all day without overtaking him, but encamped upon his track that night, and early the next morning took upthe scent and followed him all that day. Tho third day found his aged limbs stiff' and sore however ho made another start and rau till wellnigh exhausted, when lie camo in sight of Bruin, who had stopped lor a lew moments' refreshments, nut ujon seeing his pursuers started off again at full speed. Tho old man took aim and fired but Bruin didn't stop. Feeling too far gone to run another step, he shouts w.th all tho energy of despair:— "You may run, and run and bo d—, but there afnt a hair on ye back belongs to ye, for I've sold your hide and got mv pay for it."

THE LIKE STKUUOLK. The world knows no victory to be compared with victory over our passions. The struggle of life is between the flesh and spirit. and one or the other finally gains the ascendency. Every day and every hour of the Christian's life is this contest going on. The apostle Paul, after haviVi/f labored long and earnestly in the lord's service—after having done more for the spread of the truth than all the other apostles, still felt that he was a human Ming, and liable at any time, through the weakness of the flesh, to lose all.

I keep under my body," saya he, "and bring it into subjection, lest after I havo preached I he gospel unto others, I myself should be a castaway."

Our pathway through life is thickly set with snares for the feet. Thescductions of passion, the allurements of vice, things to arouse our anger and stir up our heart's feelings, await us at every turn of life's devious ways, and blessed indeed, is that man or that woman that meets them all without harm.

THE clam resides nnar the water, on the sea-beat shore. No one ever hoard of one being bom or of dying a natural death but if they grow tough with age, we have eaten some that must haveleen near two thousand years old. They arc very sccluded we never knew one to go away from home. 'Tissafe to leave one anywhere without hitching.! They are frugal and honest, and do nil 1 their business through the bank. When a clam is undressed, it resembles

That particular pattern of banting Is piece ot chamois leather, and some peonot to be seen elsewhere in Alsace or pie pretend thai they prefer tbe leather

0 or pie pretend mat they pr

in Lorraine. All the other fortified to tne clam »s an article of food, but we places have fallen but the efforts of lean toward th* clain. The amount the Prussians to capture the rocky

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necessary for a meal depends some on

stronghold of tbe Voages have'ntterly the number of eaters. A large nnmber failed, so tar and there is no likelihood of clams are enough for several people, that they will be able to capture it.. and vice veraa.

ANECDOTES OF VON MOHTKK.— man of the day at present is Von Moltko, and I am afraid to say wKftt tbe Count docs not receive from Ills ad mire re in England. The other day it waa some bottles of a patent elixir for the prolongation of his life, sent by an English lady. Then there was a book of water colors by the delicate hand of a Scotch damsel, as a token of her profound admiration and veneratlon. Photographs and photograph albums arrivo without number, and requests for locks of hair (the Count is I quito bald) aro of frequent occurrence. But the most impudent request of all was that contained in a lot tor from one of our American cousins in New York, which ran something as follows: "About 100 cbassepots would be very acceptable for my show, and ono of each of tho different French uniforms is absolutely necessary, all new if possible. As you havo so many mitraillouse, you* might perhaps spare mo a few I guess they woula bo very acceptable."' The letter went the round of the German officers, and created no little merriment, aa you may suppose. Tho requests for tho fount's autograph aro so numerous that were His Excellency to sign his name all clay long, I don't believe he could meet the demand UDon him.— Versailles cor. London Times.

LADIES IN PALI AM ENT.—Gordon, in his "Antiquities of Parliament," says: "Tho ladies of birth ami quality sat in council with tho Saxon witas." "The Abbess Hilda," says Rede, "presided in an ecclesiastical synod." In Weightred's council at Baconfield, A. D. 604, tho abbesses sat and deliberated: and five of them signed decrees of that council, along with the king, the bishops, and nobles. King Edgar's charter to the Abby of Crowland, A. D. Wl, was with the consent of tho nobles and abbesses who signed tho charter. In Hanry Ill's and Edward I's time abbesses were summoned to Parliament—namelv of Sliaftosbury, Borking, St Mary of Winchester, and of Wilton: In tho 35th year of Edward III wore summoned by writ to Parliament, to appear thoro by

S'orfolk

roxies—namely Mary, Countess of Alienor, Countess of Ormand Anna Disponsir Phillippa, Countoss of March Johana Fitzwater Agnctte, Countess of Pembroke Mary do St. Paul Mary do Roos, Matilda, Countess of Oxford and Catherine, Countess of of Atliol. These ladies wero called ad colloquium tractatum by tlioir proxies— a privilege peculiar to the peorago toappear and sit by proxy—Timb^s Things not Generally Known."

AN ENTHRRMSINO WOMAN.—A Virginia paper says: "The man who gots ono of tho best Rockingham girls for a wife, does a splendid business for himself. No portion of tho country that we have ever soon or heard of can furnish mora enterprising women than ours. A widower in Clark county, Va., had the good fortune to get one of our Rockingham girls, who, from her poultry alone, the past season, mado almost enough to support a small family, This lady raised from five turkey hens seventy-five turkeys. In addition to theso she raised between throo hundred and four hundred chickens. Slio sent forty-nine ot her turkeys to Washington tho week before Christmas, and obtained for them 20 cents per iouml, the lot bringing $91 10. Sho sold $111.10 worth of poultry this fall and winter. I11 one month sho "gat hered and sold 52 dozen of eggs. This lady is a young house-keeper, too, and has tho care of a growing family upon her hands.

HINTS TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.— When anv of your wife's relatives arp stopping In the house, do all yon can to snub theni and to make their visit wretched but when any of your family happen to bo with you, tako evor.v opportunity of saying in her hearing that you fear sho terribly neglects them in your absence. Never pay a housekeeping account without a grumble, and al- 1 ways scrutinize each item as sharply as you can, and hint that shawls and bonnets aro now and then put down, you think, among the "sundries." If your wifo is a proficient its a pianist or singer, do all in your power to discourage her from practicing and then, when at a party, sho fails somewhat to exhibit her usual execution, hint that ladies, when thov marry, grow sometimes sadly lazy. In short, do all you can to snub, vox, trouble, aggravate, and torment your wife, and it will not bo your fault if, to yourself as well as her, your home is mado most unhappy.

COPPKRKIULD'S GOLDKN Rrf/ns.--My 1 meaningsimplv is, that whatever I have tried to doin life, I have tried with all my heart to do well.

I havo never believed it possible that any natural or improved ability can claim immunity from the companionship of the sieady, plain, hard-working ualities, and nope to gain its end. 'here is no such thing as fulfillment on this oartli. Soino happy talent, and somo fortunate opportunity, may form tho two sides of the ladder, on which somo mon mount but the rounds must be mado of stuffto stand wear and tear and there is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness. Never to put one hand to anyt hing on which I could not throw my whole self, and never to affect depredation of my work, whatever it was, 1 (ind, now, to have been my golden rules.—Jhckms.

FOUR or five prisoners broke out of jail at Kansas City, Mo., a few days ago, and tho Journal gravely intimates that the health of the runaways required exercise and fresh air, and of course, that the escape was justifiable if not praiseworthy 011 that ground. A committee of the grand jury, it seems, had lately examined tho prison, and reported that "tho cells aro too small, poorly ventilated, dark and damp, so much so that it is believed that if prisoners arc confined in this place any length of time, it would IMJ injurious to their health," Finding the apprehensions of the jurymen well founded, tho prisoners naturally conclude to take care of their own precious health, and took leave of the lock-up without consulting the jailor, purely on sanitary grounds.

JOHN E. OWENS is said to be one of tho wealthiest of American actors owns a farm of alxut 400 acres near Baltimore, bis native city, and is reported to be worth $700,000. The "nest egg" of his great fortune was realized from his original performance of Jakey (a Philadelphia Mose) at the Arch Street Theatre, in 1MI». At the tiino he was receiving |24 a week, but in the third week of tbe run the manager, William E. Burton, increased his salary to $200 per week. This man gave to Mr. Burton, also, the means to purchase the Chambers Street Theatre in New York, and thus to enter upon a career which led to a fortune. .. -1

ONCE again that "little lamb" comes to the frrmt, led by a rural biographer, who tells as that: "Mary'w wh«*p was once a lamb.

Shi- found It In a *niter, It 'lidn't give milk worth a Bat ft frequently did bot'er."