Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 10, Number 42, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 April 1880 — Page 2

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XERRE HAUTE, APRIL 17,1880

CURIOUS EATING.

STRANGE ANIMAL FOOD EATEN BY THE WORLD'S PEOPLE.

A VERY CURIOUS BILL OF FARE FROM WHICH OUR HUNGRY FRIENDS CAN SELECT.

Civilization has developed one thing in tbe eating habits of people which is worthy of note, and there is taste in the preparation and consumption of food. It & one of the glories of our American freedom that a boy who is brought up in the rough log cabin of the back country may develop into a cultivated gentleman or a rich merchant, and have eesthetics on the brain as well as the veriest palace-born prince of Europe. He may eren become a philanthropist and tell people what they should or should not eat. He may even prefer beef fat Ur pork fat In the preparation of dishes for hia table, and yet torn with loathing and horror from oleomargarine, which is made from beef fat, because some microscopist has found in some specimens of that product examined by him, bacteria and other microscopic organisms supposed to be be injurious to the system. He may dislike pork, and yet be fond of sausage. If he has traveled, he will tell of the glories of "real Bologna sausage," which are made from the meat of asses. He will not drink water takeh direct from the river. It is common river water, he will tell you, and full of microscopic life. But he will drink the same water alter standing for a time in a roservoir, if it is drawn from the water pipe la his house. He fears to use vinegar or syrup, or to wash with soap made of «ommon fat. They may be impure and injurious. If you tell him that glucose is harmless, he will look at you as a heathen, not knowing that all starch taken into the stomach is first changed Into glucose in the process la and yet honey is qufte largely com

•of digestion. He Is vfcry fond of honey, lite largely composed' of glucose or grape sugar. He will tell you, with a smack of his lips

i(that

is if lip smaoking is icstbetic), of the days when he Wentgypsying down South, and had fHAOH AND HONBT Every day, and two or three times a day. Piokles are his aversion. He sees in every dne a copper cent dissolved, and yet he will be apt to get more copper from his peach brandy than from the pickled of commerce. In meats, be will not touch anything that has the least taint, and yet be will praise the game at some hotel, which has been kept until age has made the meat tender. He would look at you with blank astonishment if you suggested monkey flesh as an article of food, and yet the Chinese {who are the most civilized people in the world) eat monkeys, as do also the natives of Ceylon, the East Indians, the degrees end whites in Trinidad, the Dyaks of Borneo, the Afrioans of the Gold coast', the Amazon Indians, and the aborigines of Spanish, Dutoh and French Guinea. He may tell you that, of course, our Indians may eat prairie Wolves, skunks and others, but they are tsats and dogs. There old story told of a missionary wtnr"bnce dined with an esthetic Chinaman. A dish came on the table, and the missionary, suspecting it was feline, said to the Chinaman, "Meaowf" A shake of the head was the reply, and the words "Bow-wow!" During the last siege of Paris it is said that 5,000cats were eaten. A young cat, it was found, tasted like a squirrel, but was tenderer and sweeter. After the oats in question were devoured in Paris they had peace—at night. Would that oat eating became {esthetic in America 1 Dogs are also eaten by the New Healanders, the

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South Sea islanders

and some African tribes, and, during the Biege of Paris, 1,200 oanlnes were butohered and their flesh sold for from two to three francs per pound in the markets. Bow-wow. Aocordlng to Pliny, puppies were regarded as a great delicacy by the Roman gourmands. The bear is still eaten In Europe and America, and the lion in Africa. Our rosthetic friend would no doubt turn up bis nose at the hedgehog, aud yet it Is regarded as a princely alsh in Barbary, and is eaten in Spain and by the Indians of North America. Kangaroos furnish favorite meat in Australia, and the opossum is epten in America, Australia and the Indian islands. The ooon as well as the'possum is a nocturnal animal, and both are hunted in the Southern states with as much gusto as they were eaten when b*ked in the pan of our daddies with sweet potatoes. Seals are eaten by Greenlaudets. Esquimaux and other untesthetio people, as is the blubber and flesh of the whale and narwhal. The flesh of the porpoise is said to be a great dainty with the blubber eaters, who

its oil as the most delicious of raughts. Our friends will, perhaps, be disgusted to know that mice and rats are eat iu Asia, Africa, Australia and Now Zealand, and are considered deli eate morsels. The taste of rats is said to be like that of birds. The Chinese are very partial to rats, and,

DtTKINO THE SIKOK OF PARIS,

micw and rata made some of the most delicious restaurant dishes, much pre ferred to dog and oat meat dishes. Squirrels are eaten in Australia by the natives, in Swoden and Norway, and in America. In the southern states the natives learn to be expert riflemen by practising shooting squirrels on tree tops. Trio camel is eaten in Africa, the uiusk ox and reindeer In Sibera and other extreme northernly countries. The tlesh of the horse, dear mthetic friend, is eatftu largely by various nations. The Indian horsemen of the South Ameriinn pampas live entirely on the fle«h of their mares, and eat neither bread, fruit nor vegetable* Horse tl-*h is eaten by the Jakuts ot northern Siberia, he Tartars and natives of Snitli A«ner-ca. Mr. Bicknell inhhpapron •«Tii* W »rseas Food to Man." mentions fifteen Kufop^an states, besides France, where horse flesh is eaten. The Icelanders practised hlppophagy since the eighth century. The Russians have always eaten horses, and, in Denmark, the peo-

8ithers

le returned to the customs of their forein 1807. Wnrtemburg was the first of the German states to adopt the

S•svarian,

ractice,

and

commenced it in

gelatinous and sweet, like

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.-

1841.

Ssxonv, Austria and Prusia

followed in subsequent years. Hlppophagy was first advocated in France fn 1S7\ by Gerand, the distinguished physician. According to Pliny, the Boraans at one tine ate the ass, and the wild ass is in great esteem among the Persians, who consider It as equal to venison. The elephant is eaten In Abyssinia and other parts of Africa, also in Sumatra. Dr. Livingstone wrote of elephant food: "We had the foot oooked for breakfast, and found it delicious. It is a whitish mass, slightly

marrow.

Elephant's tongue and trunk are also good." The rhinoceros is eaten in Abyssinia, and by some of the Dutch settlers In the Cape colony, and is highly esteemed. The American Indian thinks the flesh of the tapir equal to beef. The flesh of the hippoppotamus is eaten by Abyssiniana and Hottentots, and is said to be very good. And now we fear our aesthetic filend will faint, but truth compels us to say that the entrails of animals are consumed by the aborigines of Australia, and the Hottentots consider them the moet exquisite eating. Dr. Livingstone writes: "It is curious that this is the part that wild animals always begin with, and that it is also the first choice of onr men." The Scotch people to this day have a relic of this custom of unsestbetic eating in the "haggis." The Zulus are said to be

SO FOND OF CABRION, I

or decomposed flesh, with worms in it, there they use their word {upomi), repre-

are eaten in different countries, thougn we have heard of no people eating the scavenger turkey buzzards of the South, and only one man who would eat crow. He was a boarding house keeper in Lowell, and was indignant that his boarders complained of the toughness of the ancient chickens he served up to them. He couldn't see why they should grumble. For bis part, he could eat crow. A boarder bet mm a dollar that he could not eat crow, and procured one and bad it roasted to test the matter. In roasting, however, a plentiful sprinkling of snuff was put upon :e bird, and, when it was placed upou the table, it was finely browned. The boarders gathered around to see me landlord eat crow. He sliced a piece of the breast and began to masticate it. Tears «oame into his eyes and his face became red, but he was bound to show them that be could eat crow, and he swallowed the first mouthful with an effort. .He tried anether, but it was too much for him, and he rushed to the door. Returning in a few minutes, he said, while wiping the tears from his eyes: "Boys, I kin eat orow, but I'll be darned if I banker arter it?" Not only are birds eaten, but birds' nests, of a galatinous nature, made by a species of swallow, and found in the caverns on the seashore of the Eastern archipelago, and a much prized food in China. Lizzards are edten by the Chinese, the Bushmen of Africa and natives of Australia. The iguana inhabits South America and the West Indias, where it is eaten. The crested basilisk, which is upward of three feet in length is eaten by the inhabitants of Amboyna and the Islands of the Indian archipelago. Its flesh is said to be as white and delicate as that of a chicken. Snakes are eaten by the Chinese, the natives of Austrslia, and by those of many other countries. The crocodile is eaten and relished by the natives of part of Africa and Australia. The American representative, the alligator, on the other band, is fond of pickaninnies and fat negroes. Frogs are a favorite dish not only in France and other parts of Europe, but area rare dish in America. The toad is eaten in Africa. Stewed toads aud snakes' livers are said to be a favorite dish with African princes, who have an idea that they give courage In war and resignation in defeat. Spiders are eaten by African Bushmen and the people of New Caledonia and

SEVERAL SPECIES OF BEETLES Are eaten by women of different nations, in the belief that they will cause them to grow fat and become prolific in child bearing. Gfasshoppers are eaten by the Bushmen and some of our American Indians, while locusts are eaten ty the Persians, Egyptians and Arabians, the Bushmen and American Indians. They are eaten both fresh and salted, and have a strongly vegetable taste, the flavor varying with the plants on wbioh they feed. The Arabs make a bread of them. They dry them and grind them to powder, then mix this powder with water, forming them into round cakes, and hake them. How would an order at Howe's of "Locust bread" sound? White ants are eaten by the natives of Australia, and bees by various peoples, the Moors in West Barbary esteeming the honey comb with young bees in it as delicious. Moths of several varieties are eaten by the natives of Australia, as well as grubs of all kinds, and tbe larvae of ants by the Bushmen. The cicada, an Insect of the homopterous group was eaten by the Greeks, and Pinto mentions a people who used flies as an article of food. Caterpillars were eaten by the ancient Romans, and are in high estimation among the natives of South Africa while the ohrystals of the silkworm are eaten by the Chinese, as are also slugs. The vineyard snail is an article of use in Europe and is fattened with great care in tbe cantons of Switzerland. Common garden snails are eaten in the Latin countries of Europe during Lent. There are many other curious things eaten by various peoples, Mr. iEsthet, but we will save your disgust, and only speak, iu conclusion, of tbe habit of earth or clay-eating. Humboldt, on his return frooj tbe Rio Negro, saw a tribe of Ottomacs who lived principally during tbe rainy season upon a fat, unctuous clay which they found in their district. This appears to have consisted of a red, earthy matter (hydrOus silicate of alumina) called bole. It is alsft eaten by the Japanese, after being made into thin cakes called tanampo, which are exposed for sale and bought by women to give them slenderness of form. A kind of earth, known as breadmeal, which oonsists, for the most part, of the empty shells of minute infusorial animalcules, is still largely eaten in northern Europe, and a similar substance, called

MOUNTAIN MEAL,

had been used in North Germany in times of 'amine as a means of staying hunger. The Wanyamwesd, a tribe living in Central Africa, eat clay in the intervals between meals, and prefer the rlav of the ant hills. Tbecolored inhabitants of Sierro Leone also devour the red e.uth of which the ant hills are composed. It has been found that much of the clay eaten by many of the inhabitants of the torrid rone is mere dirt, and has no alimentary value. One or tbe estrii&st notices or the practice of clav «*tiog I* given bv Sir Samuel Argoli, with respect to Virginia, in 181$. "In thts journie," he says, "I likewise found a myne, of which I have sent a trial! into England, and, likewise a strange kind ot earth, the virtue whereof I know not, but the Indians eat it for phyaicke alleaging that it cureth the sickness and paine of the belly." The poor whites of Virginia, the Carolines, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and some of the other Southern States, as well as negroes, are addicted to this practice. Tbe writer

has seen

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nique. So widely Spread isthe derived pettte for dirt eating, or "geopnagie jit it is alleged to be one or t^e chief endemic disorders of all tropica! America. Tbe victimB of the practice never appear to be able to free themselves from the habit. Cbildren. it issaid, acquire it almost from tke breaij|and restless, will pull out pieces of muffTrom the adjoining walls of their room to gratify their strange appetite, or trill soothe a squalling brat by tempting it with a lump of tbe same material. A negro addicted to this propensity is considered to be irrevocably lost for any useful purpose, and seldom lives long. It is impossible to keep the victim from obtaining tke injurious substance. Children who commence tbe practice early frequently decline and die in two or three years, and dropsy usually appears to be the cause of dissolution, to other cases they may live to middle age, 'but sooner or later dysentery supervenes and proves fatal.

LINCOLN'S ASSASSINA TIOR

HOW A MAN CAME NEAJ1 PREVENTING IT.

DRAWING A PISTOL TO SHLOOT BOOTH ON THE MORNING OF THE TRAGEDY.

The Albany correspondent of the New York San, under date of AprUiJjjnd, says:

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A number of members of the Assembly were in Assemblyman Wren'a parlor, a lew evenings ago, and the conversation turned u^on the law rea the carrying of' concealed ^^iliapOhs. Assemblymen Lindsay sntf Sbftpley and others expressed various opinions about the law, but Mr. Wren said nothing. He sat quietly smoking a bfierwood pipe, and listening to all that his colleagues bad to say. At length Mr. Lindsay asked him what be thought of the law, and whether it had done very much to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons in New York. "Well, 1 ve bad my lesson," said Mr. Wren, "and it was one that taught me the danger of carrying weapons. I had my hand on my pi9tol to shoot .John Wilkes Booth onae, and I wish I had, for I drew on him on tbe morning of the very day that be assassinated President Lincoln."

There was no further talk about concealed weapons. The Assemblymen were anxious to learn more of the incident that Mr. Wrfen referred to. "Did you know Booth?" asked Mr. Lindsay. "Intimately. I bad acted with him a season in Richmond, and been on the Southern circuit several times with him. I have slept with Booth many tiqjo^and ytiqio^ai there was'no one of my frieuds ttijmgf be

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Mr. Wren being urged to narrate the incident, began: "When I had served my time in the army and got my discbarge, I made an engagement with Mr. Grover, who then had one of tbe Washington theatre!! under lease. There were qaite a nu her of my old friends in Waahlngto actors who were well known, at least the profession. There was Jim McCul lom, Sam Chester, John Jennings, Sam Verney, and others, and we used to meet socially* every Sunday night. Some-^ times Wilkes Booth would join us. He would frequently tell us when we asked him where he'd been so long—for we would not see him around sometime* for days, and then be would suddenly appear—that he had been taking homeback rides. He used to argue with' on the merits of the Southern cadfie#"On tbe afternoon that the Marl Band serenaded Lincoln, wbeu ba returned from his visit to Ridhinoikf. Satf Verney, Jennings, and myself went fi the White House, and on our »tu/n went to the office of C. D. Hess, wio was manager for Mr, Grover. We we gping to hear anew play read. Welwerf ng "Aladdin," at Grover'slafcl issEffle Germon was leadingVad She was in Mr. Hess's office witn tl others, if I remember aright. Atii events, Booth came in and greatly int rupted us with his violent secessi talk. I think this was on the Wedni day before tbe assassination. Boci asked Mr. Hess at tbe time, too, wh Lincoln was going to the theatre to f) ••Alladin," for the President had bei invited to be proseut and had promis 1 to do so." "The next day a number of us, am rehearsal, were standing in front If Grover's, and afterward we went iib the lobby of tbe theatre. As I mv remember, there were Mr. O. H. H®, Mr. Verney, Mr. Jennings, and oncpr two other gentlemen. Booth came saJQtering in My impression was thatne bad been drinking. He began at dee to talk about tbe war. We didn't ay much attention to his wild talk, fc we bad heard very much of it, but be I alspokeof Lincoln by a very vfcar

\y and profane term. That made me. sry

a^Job„,»said

fired

parents teach their children, at

an age

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.tender at two years, to chew

tobacco In order to keep them from eating day. Tbe day eeten in the Sooth Is mostly white in color. In ftnlnea the negroes eat a yellowish earth called oavnac. In the West Indies a white clay, like pipe clay, is eaten, which, It is __ud, tbe eaters prefer to spirits or tobaoco. In 1751 a species of ted earth, or yellowish tufa, Is said to have been secretly sold in the markets of Marti­

I, 'what do yon talttbat

way for? The war is over. Yours is beaten. What is the use of crying w? If you feel so bad, why didn't go into the Southern army, as I did the Northern? It don't look well tt rag now, when you never shouldered iusket for your side.' 'Perhaps I've done as much you did for tbe cause, and can do mor Do YOU meau to say that I'm a cowar 'I didn't say so, John,' I replie 'but I did say that ou ought to haves wed your courage before you talk as 3 ado now.' "At this he got very angry. eall me a coward, do you?' said be, a 1 he drew his pistol at once. "I was angry, too, arid a goc deal more foolish, being a hot headed |^og fellow then of twenty-seven, but remembered that be bad me at idvantage. 1 "'Hold oa,Jobn,, I cried, tor ang up my bands, 'I am not fixed. Hu fire now you will prove yourself 1 inward. Let me go home and get lixe ind we'll have this out—shoot on sig I if you say w.' I "1 hitd just that melodramatic Mid fooMsh bluster.aod was silly eno to bei earnest in what said, tor fjri-h, after looking at «nea minute, pot pistol and said, 'You want to

the n«xt time you see nu went borne and got my revolv jbut didn't see Booth again tbatevenif "Tbe next morning, which day of the assassination, I went to Ford's Theatre to see Miss Keene, and passing down thdffrnt lobby, supposing that a rehears in progress, I saw H. Clay Ford a I Booth, who turned toward me 1 4 as 1 supposed, made a movement caary bis threat into execution. I hi oil* light overcoat and my revolver a tke pocket, and I put my bud on 1 aid prepared to shoot through the pi ketat Booth, for I supposed it was got! tote the best thing to get tbe first sho Fortunately for me, perhaps unfort latelj for tbe country, I waited an inst t, and saw Booth extend his hand to n. Ha came np saying. 'Wont yon sbakfhan George? I waan*t myself yesterd bygoee be bygoes.' Of coarse, tjtf toe end ol the trouble.

"That evening, white Mlaa 1 anuHfy Ume

waa winging 'Sherman has marched to tbe sea,' and I was standing in the wings ready to go on, C. D. Hess came rushing in to the wings and said to me, with a face like death, 'Lincoln has been shot in his box at Ford's." I said at onoe, and I presume Mr. Hess will remember it.

llpres •That John Booth did it.' I am

sorry I was profane, but perhaps that will be pardoned. Jim McCullom, Sam Hall, and I went up to Booth's father's farm, in Maryland, the next morning, looking for him, for we had heard him talk about some caves that were there, We

went

armed to the teeth, actor like

(here Mr. Wren smiled), and in a very bistronio manner. Of course we didn't fiod him- Afterward I went to the gun* boat and saw Booth's body. It was the poor fellow, fast enough. I have been inclined, of late years, as I have recalled bis wild and unreasonable manner all that winter, to have charity euough for £oo&h to believe that his mind was deranged. "From that day to this," continued Mr. Wren, as he refilled his pipe, have not carried weapons, though I used to wish I had shot Booth. If everybody tad the experience 1 have had, there vould be no need for any law on tbe matter.". ___________

BOY ON A FARM. Charles Dudley Warner.

Say what yon will about the general isefulness of boys, it is my impression ttiat a farm without a boy would very »o«n come to grief. What the boy does tbe life of tbe farm. He is the faoto turn, always in demand, always expected to do tbe thousand indeapensable things that nobody else will do. Upon faim fall tbe odds and ends, the most rflffinnit things. After everybody else il through, he has to finish up. His tork is like a woman's—pepetually taiting on others. Everybody knows lew much easier it is to eat a good dinner than it is to wash the dishes afterards. Consider what a boy on a farm required to do things that must be one, or life would actually stop. It is nderstood, in tbe first place, tbat he is do all the errands to go to the store, the postoffice, and to carry all sorts of nessages. If he had as many legs as a tentipede, they would tire before night. Sis two short limbs seem to him enirely inadequate to the task. He would Ike to have as many legs as wheel has bokes, and rotate about in tbe same jray.' This he tries to do and the people Who have seen him "turning oart Jrbeels" along the side of tbe road, have lupposed tbat be was amusing himself knd idling bis time he was only trying to Invent anew mode of locomotion, so thit bo could economize his legs and do biaerrands with greater dispatoh. He prjotices standing on his head, in order to Accustom himself to any position, frog is one of his methods of getover ground quickly. He would lingly go an errand any distance if ooula leap frog it with a few other

He has a natural genius for comblftng pleasure with business. This is thfreason why, when he is sent to the Bptng for a pitcher ot water, he is abso loug for he stops to poke the tbat sits on tbe stone, or, ir there is in-stock, to put bis band over tbe t, and squirt tbe water a little while. 8 the one who spreads the grass the men have cut it be mows it in the barn be rides tbe horse to vate the corn, up and down the hot, rows he picks up the potatoes w|»n they are dug be brings wood and wi ler, and splits kindling he gets up th horse and puts out the horse wJ )ther be is in tbe house or out of It, hire is always something for him to de before aohppl in winter he shovels yuaMttflhfi Turn* th« rrind-

jt1ttaga, bat ia'

ftl#oiri^i—fem. he is to stay in (joors ana p&re apples, and stone raisins ind pound something in a mortar. And yet, with his mind full of schemes of what he would like to do, and his hands full of occupations, be is an idle boy, who has nothing to busy himself with but school aud chores! He would gladly do all the work if somebody else would do the ohores, he thinks and yet I doubt if any boy ever amounted to anything in the world, or was of muoh use as a man, who did not enjoy the advantages of a liberal education in the way of chores. swh -ha

A SENSATIONAL ACT.

A LION ON THE STAGE.

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vt Philadelphia Record.

A startling incident occurred ou Monday afternoon at the New National Theatre in Philadelphia, where the Frank I. Frayne Combination were playing in a sensational piece called "Mardo, the Hunter." In the fifth act Mardo is accused in the presence of tbe Grand Duke Alexis of being a Nihilist and he offers to procure from the cohar of a lion a paper that will prove bis innocence. To make the play more realistic aod sensational, a lion named Nero bad been procured from Forepaugh's Menagerie, and during the whole play, up to tbe time of bis appearance in the scene, be was kept in his cage behind the scenery. He remained perfectly quiet at first, but as firearms began to be discharged on the stage, he became excited and growled angrily.

When the curtain was raised for act fifth the center of the stage was occupied by a sloping platform about six feet high. There was no protection on either side, but in tbe front a wooden railing ran up about four feet above the boards. During the first part of tbe act all thia was bidden from view by tbe curtain, but .when the curtain dropped Nero bounded from behind the scenes with a swift movement and lay down with his nose between the wooden bars. Tbe animal was securely fastened by three heavy chains which communicated with his cage behind tbe scene, but' these were invisible to the audience, who, supposing Nero was loose, cheered vehemently. The lion "snifled" at tbe nose, but lay quiet, while Mardo (Frank I. Frayne) advanced to the unclosed side, took off his leather collar and unfolded the paper it contained.

Tbe curtain went down amid vociferous applause. Tb» stage at this moment was crowded with actors and •dresses. Nero was led quietly to bis cage, ten feet behind, by W. Thompson, of Forepaugh's, who bad him io charge during the day. Just at this moment Frafoe's dog Jack, a large and ferocious looking creature, came upon the stage and approached tbe lion's cage. As soon as Nero beheld Jack be rose to bis feet and with a roar bit at one of the iron bars, which snapped as though it had been made of wood. Almost immediately a second bar was broken and Frayne cried out, "My God! the lion's getting out!"

Instantly there was a general rash from the stage. Several 0/ tbe actors and actresses rushed into the street in their si age eootumes and two women ran np stairs, opened the window Mid for help. One of tbe men fled to the box office in the lobby of tbe theatre and barricaded the door with a table. Tbe dog himself rtood on the defensive, bat before tbe Hon had had third bar, which would

have given him liberty, keeper Thompson secured tbe chain which ^was fastened around the animal's neck and passing it through one of the bars at tbe end drew it towards himself with all his might, at the same time winding it around hia arm. By this means Nero's head was held so tight that his tongue protruded from his mouth. A few mo ments in this positiou was enough for Nero, who laid down permitted his cage and himself to be removed to its proper position iu the tear of the stage.

At the evening performance Jack was kept out of the way and Nero performed his part properly and then retired iu 1 peaceable and becoming manner,

A MARRIAGE FOR MONET. I In New York city, a princely man sion was offered for sale a few years ago, about which hung a sad story. A man of enormous wealth lived to the age of sixty without marrying then he proposed to a beautiful, brilliant young irl, who belonged to a large but poor amily.

She hesitated long before acoepting him his habits, morals and person were all obnoxious to her, for she was a girl of pure, refined tastes.

But to be the wife of a millionaire, to go to Europe, to reign like a queen in the city where she had lived on the income of a servant—they were tempta tions too strong for her, as they are for too many American women.

She married him without a particle of love, or even respect she sold herself as absolutely for money as ever slave was sold.

Her husband paid for his purchase. Before the marriage he built a magnificent dwelling architecture, soulpture, painting, gave of thbir best to make it fit for the home of a royal lady there was a Chinese room, a Persian room, a Hindoo room there were conservatories, picture galleries, and dainty boudoirs.

The plan was that the bride should spend one winter in this regal home, and in the spring go to Europe for a visit of two years.

Two weeks after the weddiag, tbe bridegroom was strioken with paralysis and for fifteen years lay a helpless, querulous invalid, nursed by his wife. The mansion was closed, excepting the sick man's apartments, and resembled a gigantic tomb.

By the terms of his will bis wife would inherit nothing if she deserted him. She remained faithful, therefore, only to find, after his death, tbat his estate was as hollow a sham as her marriage, and that it had been swallowed up in his debts.

Not all marriages for money end as dramatically as this, but they are as sic in reality. Tbe young girl who sells her life for a price inevitably reaps disappointment and misery, jv.

THE MINISTER'S REMINISCENCE. "There is nothing, it seems to me," said the good deacon, "so lasting as the impression of our childhood." "Tbat is so—that is so," musingly replied the aged minister who baa been engaged in tbe exciting occupation of looking through tbe broken back family album. "I recall to my mind eae incident of my own boyhood. We had been swimming in tbe river just behind the blacksmith shop, into which we had oome to dress and dry ourselves by tbe cheerful blaze of tbe forge. The smith —a hardy man—bow I remember his arms of brown—had for a moment laid down a bit of iron which he was working. Tbo iron bad lost its glowing color but it was still warm, I think—in fact, am quite positive. There was one of the boys who was a very nice boy. He did thinfy wrong. I seem

must

ilfisbness thrflWNtifc

weight of thoaffair upon a companion The most of us boys went barefooted, then, but this one was an exception, and so he sat down to pull on his stockings. I don't know," continued the aged minister, smiling softly through bis glasses, "I don't know to this day how that bar of iron ever got under tbat boy, because I moved it only a very little ways, but I hope I may never have another donation If he didn't sit down so squarely upon it that it took him fully a minute to get up again, although I assure you, my friends, that he arose with all the precipitate enthusiasm tbat ought of necessity to characterize an occasion of tbat nature. And I believe with the deacon," he added, beaming happily upon the assembly, "that the memory of that early impression still clings to tbat boy, though be now la aged and sedate, and an exemplary member of our parish."

And then the people smiled in a pleased manner, and said how fanny the minister was, while the good deacon said

,Ah!"

and "H'm!" and 'BTral"

and to look so unooncerned that every body knew he was tbe boy.—Rockland Courier.

WHAT AILED HER EYES Boston Letter. A young lady here went one day to an oculist with a trouble with her eyes that threatened frightful results. She waa already in a state where reading was out of the question' and other entertainment was fast becoming a torment. Tbe oculist looked at her with his professional wisdom, asked her various questions, and then suddenly amazed her by asking ber to put out her foot. The foot in its kid boot with wicked little high heel was thrust forth. Tbe doctor eyed it a moment with atolid face. ''Go home," be said, "and take off those heels keep them off for a month, and tben come to me again and we'll see bow tbe eyes are!" In a month the eyes were well, and tbe young lady learned by ber experience and little wise talk how near she had come to having no eyes at all. It serves to show tbat there is tbe possibility tbat with that instrument of tortus constantly at work in tbe centra ol tbe foot, where so many delicate nerves and tendons He tbat so intimately connect with all the other delicate nerves of the body, there

presently come some disar­

rangement and disease tbat may work fatal mischief with tbe health

p' *WALKA THOME, Endeavor always to talk yonr best before yonr children. They hanger perpetually for new ideaa. Tbey will learn with pleasure from the lips of parents what tbey deem It drudgery to learn from books, and, even if they have to be deprived of many educational advantages, they will grow np intelligent if tbey enjoy in childhood the privilege of listening dally to the conversation of intelligent people. We sometimes see parents, who are tbe life of every company which tbey enter, dull, silent and uninteresting at home among their children. If tbey have not mental stores sufficient for both, let them first use what they have for their own households. A silent home is a dnll place for young people, a place from which tbey will escape if tbey can. How much useful information, on tbe other band, Is often given in pleasant family conversation—and what uuooneekras bat excellent, mental training In lively social argument! Cultivate to the utmost tbe graces of con venation. ,,

LITTLE FOLKS.

^Vhen a boy falls aod peels tbe skin off his nose the first thing he does is to

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and hurte herself badly the first thin* she does is to get up and look at her dress.

Little Billy has been taken to see his old uncle, who is so deaf tbat he cannot hear a word without recourse to his eartrumpet. Billy watches the movements of this instrument for some time with great interest, and then exclaims"Mamma, why does uncle try all the time to play the horn with bis ear for when he can't/make it go?"

"TAKE OFF YOUR HATS' New York Sun. An usher in the North Baptist churoh, in Christopher street, oaused a sensation last Sunday evening. As the pastor, the Rev. J. J. Bronner, entered the pulpit he was shocked by a sudden outburst of mirth in tbe choir gallery. Two young persons, wearing ulsters and Derby bats' bad been shown two Beats. The usher was surprised when only one of them removed his hat. He waited some timo for tbe offending hea'd covering to be removed, and then reached over the back of the pew and removed it himself. Immediately he discovered, as did many other persons' .that the wearer was a young lady, and therefore entitled to wear a hat iu church. Above the noise of tbe organist's voluntary rose that of the involuntary mirth of many ol the congregation.

CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA. The juice of half a lemon after eaoh meal, or If tbe oase is very severe, a whole one should be used,

Clean oiloloths with milk and water* a brush and soap will ruin themr*!£»'rr

Tumblers that have had milk in them should never be put in hot water.

THE best reform in domestlo life is without doubt tbe introduction of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. Where it is known no more laudanum is given lo tbe babies.

BROWN'S

EXPECTORANT

I'he old reliable remedy for all Throat and Lung Diseases, is a scientific preparation, compounded from the forocula of one of the most successful practitioners in the Western country. It has stood the test for the last twenty years and will effect a curt after all other cough remedies have failed.

SPREAD THE FOLLOWING. HALT. OF REPRESBNTATIVKti, **INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Feb. 15,1871. j" DA. J. H. BROWN—We have used your "Brown's Expectorant" and take pleasure In saying that it Is the best medicine for ns, ci ramei with Throat and Lung affections.

coughs, colds, hoarseness, and cheerfully reoipmmend it to nil who may be troubled

WM MACK, t^^kw'Hopse of Repi-

MONTGOMERY, Rep Johnson county, TARLTON, Rep Johnson and Morgan counties. FBCBELL, Doerkeoper Houseof Rep., N WAKRUM, Rep Hancock county,

ABBOTT, Rep Bartholomew oounty E CALKINS, Rep Fulton county. JNO W COPNKR, Rep Montgomery county W NEFF, Rep Putnam county.

IT ACTS LIKE MAGIC. OFFICE J. M.AND I. R. R. Co., JKFFERSONVILLE, ind., April 0,1871.) DB. J. H. BROWN—Having suffered with a severe cough for some time past, I was Induoed to try one bottle of your "Brown Expectorant." I unhesitatingly say I found It pleasant fo the taste, ami to act like magic. A few doses done the work for the oougn, and I am well.

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"This, dear children, is the shoe of a Chinese lady see how little it is, what a very narrow sole It has," "I'll bet it ain't as narrow as Deacon Johnson's. Father says his soul will fall through a crack in the floor some day and get lost," was the shrill comment of a boy given to sharp listening. The superintendent put the Chinese shoe in hia pocket, and requested the school to sing "Pull for the shore."

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READ WHAT GEN. KIMBALL BAYS. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Deo. 20,18«9. DR. J. H. BROWN—After having used your "ExpeotorautByrnp" long enough to know and appreciate Its good qualities, I can oheerfuily bear testimony to Its uniform success in curlugthe most obstlnato cases of coughs, colds, etc. 1 have frequently administered the "Expectorant" to my children, and always found it the very boat as well as the most pleasant remedy of its kind

NATHAN KIMBALL, Treasurer of State.

WHAT ACASE OF CONSUMPTION SATS. n, Montgom1 been afflictov. m.,... number of years and during that time has tried most all of the medicines recommended tor that disease without afforaiDg any relief. I was induced by the recommendations of Dr. #_ _a tnlrv'HrAVna

to say that my am confident it will entirely restore her health by its continued use.'

|/if IT CURK8 bltONOHITM, EDINBUROH, Ind. W. This in to certify that I have u'^ I|fown's Expectorant in roy family since Us fl^UntrodacUon. It has never failed to give entire satisfaction. My wife Is bronchitis, and I lave found nmedy equal to "Brown's Expectorant." 1 recommend it as a safe.and reliable remedy* j. T. BKEWTOW, M. D,

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