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RING OUT THE BELLS.IFOR
CHRISTMAS.
Illng out the IjcIU for Christmas !
1 he happy, happy ilay I
In Winter wild, the Holy child
Within the cradle lay f
Oh, wonderful I the Saviour
Is in a manger lone J
I lit palace is n stable,
And .Mary's arm I III throne.
On Itetlilclicm's quiet hilUlde,
In ages long gone by,
In angel note the (iloty floats,
t Cilery to Owl on high I
Yet waked the sun ns jovous
Ai when the Ird was Imrn,
And still He come to greet you
On every Christmas morn.
Where'er His sweet lamb gather
Within t)i gentle fold,
The Sa!our dear is waiting near,
As in the day of old t
In each young heart sou sec Him,
In every guileless face,
Voti sec the Holy Jesus,
Who grew In truth and grace.
In many a darksome cottage,
In many a crowded street,
In Winter bleak, will) shivering check
The homeless child you meet i
flare on the ialc wan features,
The feel with wandering vrc,
You sec the souls lie lovcth,
The Christ-child at the door.
Then sing your gladsome carols,
And hail the ncw-lwrn sun ;
lnr Christmas light Is passing bright,
It smiles on every one.
And feast Christ's little children,
His oor, His orphan call j
For He who chose the manger,
He loveth one and all.
tiik I'ltUFK.i.iiux f JounsAT.tatt.
At a collego couiinancoiuont dinner,
Mr. Z. U White, editor of the Provi
dence, (II. L) 1-rett, was called iiK)n to
speak for tlio profession of journalism.
Ho said, in Hulmtimeo: "I hnvo Ixjcn
asked to say a word for a profession
which does not noed Npoaking for ; tho
press, liko tho poor, you hnvo alwnys
with yon, and it needs no word from- tno
to iiitrodttco it. Tho profession of jour
nalism has grown tip almost within tho
memory of tlmso present. It is only a
tow yeurs ago that nowspapors wore not
tho power that they aro to-dny. Among
tho inilunnccs tending to change tho
character of journalism and, to elevate
it to its present high standard, that of
tho colleges of the country and its insti
tutions of learning is ono of tho strong
est. ' ' Tho importanco of tho influenco of tho
profession of journalism leads to tho
consideration of tho responsibility of tho
journalist, Tlicro is no other class of
professional men on whom so great a re
sponsibility rests. Tho duty of tho
journalist to-day is not only to present
to tho world a mirror of events, to hold
up a record of contemporaneous history,
but also to present this record in such a
way that tho proper lesson may be
drawn from it. After midnight, within
nn hour of the timo when tho papor
goes to press, tho editor hears for tho
first timo of some event of great national
importance ; ou tho spur of tho moment,
without timo for reflection, ho must pre
sent it to tho world in his editorial in
such a way ns will lend his readers to
look upon it in tho right and proper
light. When we consider these things
wo cannot overestimate tho responsibil
ity which rests upon him.
"Tho great newspaper to-day is not the
mouth-piece ot politicians, or intended
to promote tho ambitions ol siuglo men
who control them. As a class, tho
nowspapors of to-day aro independent,
owned and controlled by incu who havo
no special ambition of their own, and
who are heuco able hotter to judge
events. Tho public service of this
country is improving daily, and this fact
is due, to a grout extent, to tho exist
ence of a free und independent press.
" I would say to-day to thoso young
men who propose to enter journalism
you cannot place too high an estimate
upon tho calling you have chosen. Enter
it with tho idea of work. Journalism
to-day demands a devotion such ns no
other profession requires. Of those
who enter it not more than one-fourth
contiuuo to tho cud. The drudgery,
tho loug hours, tho incessant demands
of jourmilbm are too great for many 'to
bear. But to him who enters it able
and prepared to undergo tho necessary
strain and toil tho possibilities of re
ward ore great."
I.KOAL DKfixiriox or A "XKWH
fAI'Klt." Newspapers says the Supremo Court
ot Minnesota, in a recent case are of so
many varieties that it would bo noit to
impossible to give any brief definition
which would include nud describe all
kiuda of newspapers. Wo are not called
upon to incur tho risk of giving auy such
definition at this time. It will bo suffi
cient for all tho purposes of this case to
ay that, in tho ordinary understanding
ot tho word, a newspaper is a publica
tion which usually contains, among
other things, what is called tho general
news, the current news, or tho news of
tho day; and nothing which does not
usually contain bucIi news, ami is in
tended for geueral circulation, is a news
paper in tho ordinary sense of tho word.
Huoh a newspaper is a publication
adapted to tho general reader, N6w, in
tho absence of soma controlling consid
eration to tho contrary, the ttatuto is to
bo taken to have used the word newpa
per in this, its ordinary sense, or " ao
aotdiug to the common or approve
igo of tho language ;" and when th?
0 jjoot of the publication o . mnimons
. considered, tho roasouablvnaa of such
a construction of tho word uovvspapoi
as require tho publication to lie made
wheie it will be likely to meet tin eye
01 the geueral reader 1 quite appar- tit.
"Is tou father a Christian?" asked
a gentleman ot a little boy ou one occa
sion. "Yes, air," said tho little boy,
" but I believe he has uot worked much
at it lately."
A Dbxawakk man served for five yean
is prison before he concluded to estab
lish hi tuuooeuosj of the crime, Ue
didn't want to rusk things.
Tut beat part of man's education U
that which he gets in the struggle to
maintain hi owu independence.
Lira should be spent in strong, ootv
Uauous efort to improve Um mui fey
trhkh ell life U guided.
Saturday Press.
TIIK ltKOt.IXE OF JVBir HULK JMt
Tho causes of tho decadenco of Now
Orleans it Is no ilifllmlt matter to do-
tormino crevasses, epidemics there
wero fifteen of them in twenty-seven
years tho low water (twelve feet) at the '
mouth of the river, and tho prejudice
existing ngaiust manufactures and mo- i
chanical trades as degrading. In tho I
matter of hcnlth it Is somowhnt startling .
thnt tho early settlers of Now Orleans '
wero wont to boast of its snlubrity J that
before 1700 yellow.fover was unknown,
and that until nineteen years, between
17CJ nnd 1788, tho population of Now
Orleans increased 07 per cent, with
out immigration, whereas to-day,
bo Dr. Jones assures us, it would rapidly
decrease, as tho deaths largely exceed
tho births.
It js eucouraging to notico that wo
now fully understand the evils which
havo reduced Now Orleans from tho
fourth to tho tenth position in tho list of
American cities, and aro now endeavor
ing to correct them. That tho depth
of water at tho mouth of tho river has
been increased so ns to nccommodato tho
largest vessels ; that wo now npprcciato
tho valuo of manufactures, nro doing all
in our power to dovclop them, and havo
actually doubled our products in ton
years ; and that wo aro devoting nil our
uparo timo and money to tho improve
ment of our sanitary condition, with
wonderful results, os shown by tho do
creoso of our annual doath-rato from 51
per 1,000 before tho war to 25 per 1,000
to-day. Mr. Cable's book tells tho,
melancholy story of how Now Orleans
lost tho chanco of becoming tho greatest
city in America an opportunity onco
within its grasp ; it will help us, wo
hope, to turn back much of this lost
trade, prestigo and pre-eminence. New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
cuniosirir.x of made.
Tho domand for oyo-stone.s has fallon
off very largely, but they aro kept still
and sold iu considerable quantities. Tho
eyo-stono will clear tho eye. There is
no doubt about thut, but its movements
are regulated by its shapo and by a for
mation on tho Hat sido or boso of tho
stone similar to a blade iu n turbine
water-wheel. Tho whole resomblea a
shell just begun befora tho cavity was
formed, if shells wero so formed, but
are not. Tho stone is eonqiosed of limo,
and vinegar or any acid by its action
upon it causes motion. Tho stones are
found on tho seashore on tho Pucifla
coast Bailors gather them by tho quart
and vend in tnulo centers. Tho price is
10 cents.
Bloodstones aro also called for, not
tho kind known to Beal rings and slcovo
buttons, but glass stones or beads of tho
color of blood, dark red. Thcso ore worn
to provent tho nose-bleed, although tho
old plau to prevent, namely, to keep tho
noso out of other persons-' business, is
in uso still and works well. With a
string through tho glass bend nud tho
string around tho owner's neck tho lia
bility to nose-bleed U removed. Tho
bloodstones, some of them, eonio from
Germany.
llattleauako oil will uulitubcr joints
afllicted with certain lamenesses, as all
other oils or preparations will. It irs
culled for often, nud tho buyers may get
rattlesnake oil und they may uot. It in
said to bo a busiucss of considerable im
portance in Nortli Carolina to capturo
rattlesnakes aud from tho fat to produco
tho oil. At all events, rattlesnake oil Li
sold, aud it is supposed to euro marvel
ously. Hkuuk oil is another euro-all for
certain maladies. J'rovldaicr. (A. .)
Journal.
Onk of tho wonderful instances of tho
effect of musio is told of a celebrated
German basso, who, when ho sings iu
tho vicinity of any kind of glassware,
always breaks it. If a stout lager-bcei
glass is placed before him, and ho sings to
it, tho glass always trucks at tho sound
of Id's voice. For this reason tho basse
always drinks thu lager beer before Ik
begins to sing.
Oktiiodoxv ou ono side of tho Pylon. '
ces may bo heresy on tho other. J'a t
cat.
,
Mr. Yung Wing, a Chinaman'vvho is i
not altogether unknown on these islands, '
and who for several vears past, held the j
post ot Charge u Atlatres at ashing
ton, lias received his appointment as
Taotai or Chief Magistrate of the city
of Shanghai. Mr. Yung Wing is a pro
fessed Christian which makes' the ap
lointmcnt the more remarkable on ac
count of it being the first of the kind.
He speaks the English language fluent
ly, and is generally well educated.
J C. Advertiser.
We cannot if we would, and should
not if wc could, remain isolated and
alone. Men under the benign influence
of Christianity yearn for intercourse,
for the interchange of thought and the
products of thought as a means of a
common progress toward a nobler civi
lization. i
Official documents show that the total popu
lation of the United Mates born within the
country It 43,475, 14o,of which 6,6 W, 540 are
coloicd and 36,843,391 are white. The foreign
horn population number 6,679,943, of whiih
Ireland sent 1,854,571, UngUnd 66.1,676,
the German Kuipiic 1,966,742, Vrancc 106,971,
Sweden 194,337, Huwu 25,721, 1'oUnd
48,557, Norway 181,729, liiiti.h America
717,084, Austria, 38,663, China 104,541, laiun
401, Mcsko 68,199, Sniuerland 88,621,
Holland 58,090, Africa 2,204, Australia 4,906
Tut key 1,105, Spain 5,121, at sea under foreign
lags 4,068, Greece 776, South American 4,506
aid other nation smaller numbers.
Humanity is of aH graces the chlefcst when
it doesn't, know itself to be a grace at all.
Is their ever a hard question in morals that
children do not diive straight at In their wide
e)cd questioning?
IX AroSTOUC 1.AY-M1SS10XARY.
rvjoiiNc Kr, or canton.
The large and important Island of!
Hainan, on the southeast coast of
China, lias been unoccupied by any but ,
Roman Catholic missions, until now '
that a Mr. Jeremiasscn has been led to
labor for the Lord in that field. It will
be well for our American readers to be
introduced to this brave, noble-spirited
Dane, who enters the mission wotk with
all the ardor and self-denial that
Sell wart 7, or the early Danish mission
aries in India ever had. Mr. Jere
miasscn was on the sea for some years,
and left his ship in China, where he
entered the Customs Service, in which
he was distinguished amoiig all who
knew him for the integrity, courage and
purity of his life amidst the almost uni
versal corruption around him. He took
a warm interest 'in the labors of our
missionaries, making them his friends,
and contributing liberally in aid of
their work
This interest in the Mission work in
creased so that he made a full conse
cration of his life, money and talents to
aid in evangelizing the heathen.
The last jears of his connection with
the Customs Service were in the Island
of Formosa, and he was greatly es
teemed and greatly beloved by the
Scotch missionaries with whom he as
sociated there. Convinced that a
knowledge of medicine would be of
great use to him in opening the way
among the natives lie gladly accepted
on invitation from c ,to spend some
months in the hospital in Canton. He
remained here seven months, becoming
familiar with the practical work of the
healing art. He studied diligently and
with enthusiasm the principles of medi
cine, and his mature mind, good com
mon sense and keen observation en
abled him to learn much in a short
time. He still continues his studies
and will return to the hospital for an
other period of practical instruction.
To show something of the spirit and
methods of his work I subjoin the fol
lowing extract from a journal which he
sent to me .
"The first place at which I stopped
was a district city only about twenty
miles from Hoihow. I was very kindly
received by the authorities, and when I
came to the next place I found that the
magistrate had sent a man before and
arranged a very good house for me, so
that I should have no trouble.
"I spent two days there, one being
the Sabbath. (I made it a rule on my
whole tour not to see patients on the
Sabbath, un.css they were very urgent
cases, or people whom I had seen be
fore and desired to see again on that
day), so I could rightly count only one
day here. I saw forty-nine patients on
that day and performed five operations.
At first they are very slow in coming
forward, but they soon find out that
there is nothing to fear, and that you
have really come with no other object
than to do them good. I stopped at
several places before reaching the next
district city, and saw quite a number of
people, always putting in a word about
our Saviour. Lim-ko was the next dis
trict city. The magistrate here was
even more friendly than the former one.
"In the Ngai Chin department
cholera and small-pot were raging, but
the small-pot was just assing off, and
it seemed mostly to have been among
children. Numbers of children were
brought to me who had just got over it,
but were left bind, I expect for life. I
had only got halfway round the island
when most of my medicines were ex
hausted, though only two months after
starting." Foreign Missionary for iYo
vcml'cr, iSSj.
TUB POSTOrrlCB,
One ol tho largest express companies
and dealers in exchange in the world ii
Uie Government of tho United State.
Tho differeuco between tho postal ser
vioe aud tho express and transportation
companies is thnt tho pcoplo of tho
United States hiro private corporations
to do their heavy freighting business,
and pay them what tho aforesaid com
panies can manage to exact, while they
have organized a co-operative concent
for tho distribution ot letters, small
packages and small bills ot exchange,
and the business is done, not for tho
most that can be got from its customers,
but for the least that will pay expenses.
As it is deemed important that the
charges should Iki low, it is not even at
tempted to quite pay expenses, tho de
ficit being made up out of general taxa
tion. Iu other words, nearly 05 per
cent, of tho cost of operating tho service
is collected from those who uso the ser
vice, aud iu proixxtion to tho amount
they uso it, uud tho other 5 per cent, la
paid out of tho general treasury.
In its vastness the ikwIuI business
looks dowu from a towering height upon
most ot tho railroad aud tranportatin
companies. Tho routes over which the
Government sends tho malls aggregate
814,000 miles, or a dutsuro equal to
about fourteen circumferences of the
earth. IU immediate agents, not
counting more employes, number 44,512.
The Postmasters iu tho Uuited Suites
would muko two army corps that is,
thoy would if they were all forced Into
tho army. The salaried paid to theso
ageuta amount to more than eight mill
ions of dollars, or about tho same aa the
total net ordiuary revenues of the Got
eminent, including loans, in so recent a
year aa 1843,
According to IMwin Aldcn& Uro's American
Newspaper Catalogue, just Issued, there are
12,15s newspapers published In the United
States and the Canadas. Total in the United
State, 11,5221 Canadat, 636. I'ublMicd at
follow; Dailies, 1,152; tri-vteeUct, So; tend
vtecUics, 150; wecUics, 9,078; U-vteeMiet, 23;
icml-monlmto, 202; monthlies, 1,290; bi
monthlies, 12.
A lie is like a brush heap on fire; it is cauer
to let it bum out than to tiy to cstinguuh it.
TUB W.1M OF TIIK HTATKI.
Tho Hon. Hamilton 1J. Staples read a
pnpor ot n meeting of tho Amcrkan
Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mns.,
in which ho discussed tho origin of tho
names of sovcral of tho States. Ilia
conclusions woro as follows ;
New Hampshire gots its name from
Hami shire, England. Massachusetts
Is dciived from an Indian name, first
given to the bay, signifying " near tho
great hills." Rhode Island has nn ob
scure origin ; tho Wand of Rhodes, the
" Island of Roads," and a Dutch origin,
"Red Island," wero mentioned, tho
first soemiug to havo tho best historical
support. Connecticut is an Indian
name, signifying " land ou a long tidal
river.1' Now York, New Jersey, 1'cnn
nylvnnin, Dolnwaro nnd Maryland woro
passed over. Virginia, tho Carolinas
nnd Georgia haven royal origin. Maine
was named from tho fnct that it was
supposed to contain tho " mayuo por
tion" of Now England. Vermont has no
especial question, except that it is
claimed to havo first been an alias
Now Connecticut, nlias Vermont. Ken
tucky popularly aiguilles either a "dark
and bloody ground," or n "bloody
river," but its origin signifies "the head
of a river," or " the long river." Ton
nessco comes from itn river, tho name
being derived from nn Indian village on
tho river "Tnnasee." Ohio is named
after an Indian name, signifying "some
thing groat," with on accent of admira
tion. Indiana comes from tho namo of
an early land company, Illinois comos
from tho Indian the name of a tribo.
Michigan is claimed to moan "lako
country;" it probably camo from the
namo of tho lake, " Great Lako," which
boro this nnmo'bcforo the land adjacent
vras named. Louisiana is from tho
French. Arkansas and Missouri aro In
dian, the former being doubtful ; tho
latter is claimed to mean in its original
"muddy water," which describes the
river. Iowa is olo Indian, with doubt
ful meaning. Texas is popularly sup
posed to be Indian, but may bo Spanish.
Florida is Spanish, " a flowery land."
Oregon has a conjectural origin. It is
probably Indian, but a Spanish origin is
claimed. California comes from a Span
ish romance of 1510. Nevada takes its
name from tho mountains, who gots
theirs from a resemblance to tho No
vodos of South America. Minnesota is
Indian, " sky-tinted water." Nebraska
is variously rendered "shallow water"
and "flat country." Kansas is from an
Indian root, Kaw, corrupted by tho
French. Mississippi is "great water,"
or " whole river." Alabama is Indian,
the name of a fortress nnd a tribe, signi
fying, as is claimed, "hero wo rest."
avaricious hvmvtom.i.
A minister who was perhaps not too
careful in his habits was induced by his
friends to take the teetotal pledge. His
lioalth appeared to suffer, and Ida doctor
ordered him to take ono glass of punch
daily.
" Oh I" said he, " I daro not. Peggy,
my old housekeeper, wotdd tell the
wholo parish."
" When do you shave?" the doctor
asked.
"In the morning."
" Then," said tho doctor, "shave at
night ; and when Peggy brings you up
your hot water, you can take your glass
of punohiat beforo going to bed."
The minister afterward appeared to
improve in hoalth and spirits. The
doctor met Peggy soon nfter and said,
" I'm glsd to hear, Peggy, that your
master is better."
"Indeed, sir, he's better, but his
brain's affected ; there's something
wrong wi' his mind."
" How ?"
" Why, doctor, he used to shave st
night before going to bed, but now he
shaves in tho morn, ho shaves before
dinner, ha shavos at night he's ays
bavin'."
The symptoms were, indeed, very sus
picious, Wht is America called tho cradle ol
liberty ? Because ou tho Fourth ot July
we roek-et.
MUX Of TIIK WOULD.
The thoughts of worldly men aro for
over regulated by a moral law of gravi
tation, which, liko tho physical one,
holds thorn dowu to earth. Tho bright,
(lory of day, und thu silent wonders of
11 star-lit night, appeal to thoir minds in
vn iu. There aro uo higus in tho sun or
in tho moon, or iu tho stare, tor their
rending. They ara liko Borne wise men,
who, learning to know each planpt by its
Latin uumo, have quite forgotten such
unoll heavenly constellations as Charity,
Forbearance, Universal Love and Mercy,
a'though they shino by night and day so
brightly that thu blind may see them ;
jnl who, looking upward at tho spangled
ky, sco nothing there but tho refleetiot
t! their owu gteat wUdoiu and book
earning, It is curious to imsgiua these
M.oplouf tho world, busy iu thought,
liming their ejus toward tho countless
pheres that shine abovu us, ltd making
jeru iclteet thu only images their iniuds
ontuin. The man who lives but iu the
reath of PiiuccH no nothiug in his
tsht but stars for courtiers' breasts.
ihsX cuvlont mill beholds his neigh
ion.1 honors even in tho sky; to the
ir.onoy hoarder, and thu mass of worldly
folk, tho wholo (jreut uuivene abovo
glitteis with storliug coin, fresh from
the mint, stumped with tho sovereign's
head, always coming between them aud
heaven, turii where they muy. 80 do
the shudosspf our own desires stand
lwUruu us and our better sngels, and
thus brightness U ocltiscd, I'iurfe
IHckcm.
Pride hath tw o seasons u focw at J spring and
an caily fall.
COXCKHXIXO coitx.
Tho demand for corn increases every
year. Until very recently nono was
wnnted for exportation nnd little was
used at homo for other purtioscs than
food for men nnd hogs and for thu man
tifacturu of whisky. The demand for
corn for oxport is now very large, whllo
its uses nt homo havo multiplied, Tho
gtucose manufacturers of tho country
consumo immenso quantities of it, nud
a considerable amount is used iu starch
factories. Moro corn is now fed to cat- ,
tlo and Bheep thati was tho caso a fow
years ngo. For tho production of
fancy beef nnd mutton, such as is
wanted for shipping to England, corn is
necessary. Feeding corn to milch
cows is a comparatively now thing,
but it is practiced by a large num
ber of dairymen in all parts of tho
country.
Attention Tins lately been called to tho
somewhat limited area of country that
is adapted to tho profitable production
of corn. It is truo that it can bo pro
duced in ovcry State aud Territory on
this side of the Rocky mountains, but is
a profitable crop in only a small propor
tion of thorn. Excopt in a fow counties
in Virginia, Kentucky and Tonncssoo it
cannot lo produced to much profit south
of tho Ohio river. Tho western limit of
tho profitable production of corn is about
200 miles west of tho Missouri Nortli
of Iowa corn is likely to bo killed by
frost beforo it matures, and only the
quick-growing varieties can bo raised.
East of tho Alloghouy mountains, ex
cept in favorablo localities, coiu is only
produced at tho expenso ot largo
smount of labor and tho application of
considerable manure
Every year a larger area of land is
brought undor cultivation, and tho pro
duction of wheat, ryo, oats, barley, to
bacco, cotton aud potatoes is extended.
But tho area of corn land is not in
creased to any considerable oxtont. Wo
have new wheat fields iu Minnesota, Da
kota, California, Oregon and Washing
ton; now cotton fields iu Arkansas,
Texas and Southern California, and now
tobacco fields in almost every part of
tho country. But tho area planted in
corn remains restricted. Corn raised in
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa goes north,
south, cast aud west. It is wanted in
the States where largo quantities of
other breadstuffs are produced and
whore but littlu is raised. Somo hold
that tho territory where corn can bo
profitably produced is bocoming more
restricted every year. Thoy state that
the Indians raised good crops of corn in
the extreme northern portions of Min
nesota, Michigan and New York, and
that climatic or other changes have now
rendered its production difficult, if not
impossible Thoy also affirm that corn
is not profitably raised as far south an it
was in tho early history of tho country,
Chicago Timet.
MEDICAL COXSULTATION.
Tho practice of culling iu an additional
doctor, when tho ouu already iu attend
ance feels tho case becoming grave, has,
if tho latter is a skillful and experienced
man, somewhat tho same reasons in its
favor as Parliamentary Government,
The appearance of doctor t!u second
strengthens the nerves of thu patient's
family, aud sometimes, thoujh uot al
ways, those of tho attendant plij.iician.
The patient himself is generally startled
and alarmed by it. In ninety -niuo oases
out of 100 it has not, as everybody
knows, any influenco whatever on tho
management of tho caso. Tho consult
ing doctor almost always approves of
what the other doctor has done; seldom
or never does ho suggest anything new,
Bnt he makes the other doctor decidedly
more comfortable in his relations with
the family, and makes tho family com
fortable in the feeling that they have left
nothing in reason untried. .Waff on.
Bpottsd Tain hold that all bald
beaded men woro liars, and he would
not enter a council where one was
oresent.
WKHTKHX DKarjCKADOKa.
The different kinds of criminals in
New Mexico and Arizona aro given dis
tinguishing names. "Rustlers" are
thieves who steal cattle on tho Uuited
States sido of tho lino, run them into
Mexico, sell them there, and then load
themselves with Mexican plunder for
tho return trip. " Cow-boys " are those
who earn an honest living by herding,
aud behave wel) enough when at work,
although when iu towns for n holiday
thoy commit all maimer of outrages for
fun. " Card-jcrkers" aro professional
gamblers who cheat those with whom
they play. " Dinglcts " ore stage rob
bers. " Notehers " aro nien who wan
tonly tako human life, apparently
with tho sole object ot gaining reputa
tion aa doapcradoc. Thoy ore tho terror
to the liordor, and littlu is ever done to
bring them to puiiUhmeut, except by
tho sudden resentment of a mob.
.v out aixxr.it.
An elder, while baptizing converts at a
revival meuting, advanced with a wiry,
sharp-eyed old chap in tho water, lis
asked the usual qurstiuli, w'tuther thers
was suy reoMiu why thu ordinance of
baptiiw kliould but be uliuinUtered.
After u pause a. tall, powerful-looking
msn, who was looking quietly on, re
marked: "Elder, I don't want to inter
fere iuycr bullies, but I want to say
that this Is an old sinner you have got
bold of, and that one dip won't do hia
any good. If you want to gut the sin
out olbfau you'll havo to anchor blsu out
bt the deep water all night."
Nothing (s rich but the inexhaustible wealth
of nature. She shows u only tuifact, but
the U a million faUVuM deep SmtrttH,
VltlXKSi: POLICE.
Tht aorl of Vltnlc X,y Mure In Allatktng
ilifiiifff.
To preservo tho Emperor's poaco
throughout tho realm tho principal
ngonls nro tho policemen attached to tho
tribunals, suinll and great, who nro
known by their red robes, their high
black enp nnd tho official pheasant
feather surmounting their heads,like a
horn. A mero magistrate will preside
over a scoro ot theso picturcsquo nlgua
zlls, whilo tho yamuu of a Prefect or
ft Criminal Inspector contains fifty or
moro armed constables, somo of whom
net as jailers nud headsmou in caso of
need.
Tiio policemen, tho nctunl constables,
nro divided into privates and sergeants,
Thoy nro sheltered in a magistrate's
yamtin, if bachelors ; but, if married,
they often inhabit a hut within tho com
pound of their superior's dwelling, Thoy
cntrica nnd melons nt tho chargo of tho
province, and thoy receivo a very small
monthly paymont, enough to buy tobac
co nnd opium, should thoir chief not
ombozzlo it on tho road. Rut for this
the pheajunt-pluincd caro littlo; thoir
dopondeueo is on bribery, nud where de
nunciation may cause ruin, nnd must
causa ounoyance, no spy need despair of
a comfortable living. Curiously enough,
thu liolico oxtort less from tho rich than
from tho poor. To crush a wealthy man
is not such an easy task as iu Mussul
man countries, aud justice grows goutlo
as she mounts tho social ladder. Even
somo great mandarin, when degraded
for soma offense, is not fo harshly used
as a Turk or Persian of corresponding
rauk would bo by his Princo.
Tho pheasant-plumed constabulary aro
quite capablo of controlling mobs and
arresting tho small fry of rascaldom, but
thoy aro moro mousing owls, quite unfit
to hawk nt such noblo gamo as tho Kou-nu-koucn,
or bandits. For this purposo
either n baud of braves must bo lured at
tho oxpeiibo of tho provincial treasury,
or tho regular forces of tho Government
must bo employed. Most of tho Kouan
kouen havo to tako reftigo among the
huge swamps, natural fastnesses which
abound in nlmost ovcry province, whero
thoy erect thoir miniature stockado of
bamboo, build wattled huts, and dig
deep trenches around the littlo camp,
Only tho fowlers and fishormen over
penctrato thcso tangled morasses, guard
ed by fovcr and fathomless, quicksands ;
aud with thcso poor men tho Kouan
kouen Bland well, paying liberally for
provisions, salt, guupowdor and nows.
Tho magistrates would novor venture a
force among tho quagmires withoutJ
proper guidance. By threats and prom
ises, by tho exhibition of a littlo money
and plenty of stick, thoy induco somo of
tho Ushers to pilot tho column through
tho labyrinth of-mud and waters; and on
imposing nspect does that company pro
Bent, First march a company of vet
erans, with long-barreled giugals,
matches lighted and ammunition in
plenty. Tho guides nro with theso
matehlockmeu, with their hands tied
behind their backs and a cord around
each man's nock as a delicate precau
tionary measure. Thon comes the chief
military mandarin, mounted and' armed
liko a Scythian. At his back come
swordsmen and spearmen, all with
shields und helmets, hideous with drag
ons and tigers of fancy colors, very fear
ful to behold. Tho BUbolteru officers
follow, gallantly houdiug tho archers
and rockmon, tho former of whom
advanco with thoir short bows
bent aud a barbed arrow fitted to tho
string. Tho civil mandarin rides next,
sword in hand, followed by his own po
liceman in pheasant feathers and com
mon serge, and by a troop of impressed
coolies, furnished with ropes, chains,
tetters and sparo bamboos enough to
secure a considerable amount of felons,
A bund of musio briugs up tho rear,
but tho gongs aud flutes will not be
wanted until tho celebration of tho vic
tory, so tho heroes advanco without beat
of drum or noisy clamor, twirling thoir
wiry mustaches and vaporing beneath
their breath of thu deeds they aro about
co perform. But onco fairly among tho
marshes a chango comes over theso pig
tailed Bobodils. Thoy see spears through
the rank grass and sedgos ; thoy huddle
(ogethor like scared sheep at tho waving
of tho canobroko ; when tho wild fowls
rise with clanging wing and harsh note,
tho sound suggests tho war-cry ot the
Kouon-kouon. Tho old adago is reversed,
and it is tho officer who takes every bush
tor a thief, and is pretty much of Lady
Macduff's opinion as to tho chance that
tho knaves may hang up honest men.
Hours are said to bo occupied iu tho
contest between 200 or !100 soldiers and
a scoro ot highwaymen behind a bamboo
stockade, Tho civil mandarin, with
chattering teeth and dignity broken
down, cowers beneath his horso and
squeaks at ovcry shot liko a wounded
rabbit. The musicians throw away gong
and cymbal and run for thoir lives. The
military mandarins rate and menaco
their men, urge them, drive them, abuse
them, but novor dream of leading them.
It is not easy to got tho poor privates to
attack t thoy hang back aud duck at the
shots of tho enemy und rattlo their
sword and shields, but decline to charge,
while tho matehlockmeu Uo dawn to take
pot-shots ut thu brigands, and the rock
ts are let oft pretty much at random.
MMTMOU Of CUXDCOTIXU UOTMIM
"IS ZITMUfK.
Hotels in Europe are conducted on
the theory that tho guest is a private
petsotiage to be entertained in a private
smumt, He is uot required to register
Us suit-ke goes only by Mm number
ef his foem, tad most frequently no one
but Use watt not even the landlord
will have anythhur to sar or do with
him. Meals may "bo senl to tho guest's
bed-room, or ho may tnko them iu tho
dining-room J iu many hotels, nNo, in
the "oolTeo room," tho "smoking
room," tho " commercial room," and
oven in tho parlor. Homo hotels, but
not nil, hnvo a titbl.- d' hotc.
In innny hotels in Great Britain,
rather good ones too, as far as furnish,
iugs go, nothing but cold cuts nro to bo
had oxeepl nt breakfast or 11 1 tho late
dinner, cold ham, ronst lieef, corn beof
or chicken, brei.il ami lieer, form tho
ordinary lunrh. Somo hotels in London
furnish no veg, t.iblei. At such the bill
of faro is ruffco, ten, ham and eggn
mutton' chops, roast beef, soles or snhuoii
nnd bread. Even with this iudiflerent
bill of faro they nro often crowded and
nt times declino to lecoivo guests unless
rooiuiavo prevlotiM'y been bespoken,
Most usually- invariably mi in thu ho
tels of tho middle chut women aro tho
housekeepers; nssigu guests to rooms,
keep tho nccounts nud mnnngo the in
ternal arrangements. Payment is ox
acted only for what the guest has or
dered. Uo will bo charged for the room,
but is under no obligation to tnko meals
iu the house. A cup of eofl'cu nud 11 bis
cuit will bo ns cheerfully furnished ns
Hie most chibotnte meal.
Thowniteris tho principal oxecutivo
officer. Ho invariably wears a suit of
black broadcloth, clawhammer coat,
white necktie, broad expanse of shirt
bosom nud foinelimes n while vest,
"What is your number, please? " ho
will say on first coming in contact with
you, nnd will quietly book nguinst thnt
number tho price of dishes ordered for
tho meal as well as thu lodging. Pre
vious to departing you will nsk him to
render you nn account, or nt nny rate
ho is tho official who will present tho bill
to you, roieive the payment and mnko
thu change. JMInbuifh Cor. Detroit
J-'rccJ'rcss.
A Louisvtt.LK lady is anxious to learn
"why it is that a man entering, alone,
a church ot empty pews, nnd seating
himself, nhvnys puui his hat iu thu pow
iu front of him, iustcul of laying it at
his side, tho front pow being as liablo to
bo fillod ns nny other?" She thinks it
may bo for tho biuuo reason that, as has
always been noticed, when this nuiinul
comes out of n saloon wiping his mouth,
ho goes ono way aud looks auothor.
Couritr-Jottrntil.
vmjEasa XTiims,
"Yes sir," said Mr. Gallagher, "it
was funny enough to inuko a donkey
laugh. I laughed till I cried. "
"Indeed, Bir.I would box your ears"
(pausing, reflectively) " but whore
could I find n box largo enough ? "
Patoick on tho zebra: "Pliat kind
of a baste is that-tho iniilu with his
ribs on tho outsidu of his skhin entirely 1"
"Why don't you hnvo somo ntilo
nboutyou?" said tho man who had
looked along n milo of barbed fence for
an entrance.
Betwkcv "drouth" and "drought,"
tho press of thu country nppenn, to havo
no particular wny of spelling that which
indicates a dry spell.
An Indian idol was rocontly found iu
KniiBas. It was mado of earthenware,
was hrotvu in color, and has a hand!.
It will hold two quarts.
O.NElivoly fly can scratch up and
scatter moro seeds of religion than thu
most eloquent divine can sow in a wholo
foronoou. Whitehall Timet.
A little girl in n London Sunday
school, being asked why God mado tho
flowers of tho field, replied : " Please,
ma'am I suppose forp.itturns for artificial
flowers."
NntUKA Falls issobrilliantly illumin
ated by tho clcctrio light every ovohing
that after paying tho huckniau you can
easily seu whether thero is anything left
in your pocket-book.
Insects nro becoming fashionable for
jewelry t but thon it is uot ploasaut to
find this kind of fashionable jewolry or
namenting thu mattress of the summer
hotel.
FinsT player" I dreamt last night I
was playing Hamlet." Second player
"I am very thankful to say that I did
not dream that I was ono of your audi
ence,
Iho, utnsa : " Is it wicked to go fishing
Sunday, if you dou't catch anything ? "
It is horribly wicked. You've no busi
ness to wsate timo, and profanity is
always wicked. Ilotton lt.
Tut world It not all sadoeu ;
With UU.r eoniM tt ielj
Your f trl tutr but t ha&asocnt,
Your wu tusy bar eoM ft,
llut s-vsr coium Um knowl
Tbat jhts of unites work
k7 ooui Air nuUo jou sbl
To UuS a boUl clufc.
"WaXL, Mary, how do yon like your
new home in Vermont ?" " Well, mum,
wo all liko it but father, aud tho air is
too embracing for him, but under the
eanister'ot heaven I think thero isn't a
moro bcaulifidler placo."
" Motueu," said a fair-haired urchin,
"I dou't want to go to Sunday-school
I want to go fUduV.'l "llut the flab
won't bite on Sunday." Well," re
sponded tho probable future President,
"I'll risk it, uny way, Mayb there's
some that's like me."
Ujukmux ''Tho train is now about
to enter the State of Missouri, (km
tlenien who have uot provided ttutta
aelves wiUi carbkes will pass forward
to be loeomotive and crawl into Um
Tub " ntUtrly utter " kind ol Wtk has
InfnM Um sWi gsBijasoas el vises.
altar pieklng up nur ituw ninHy
fcafraat eisysr sUp, Ma.sJ.as4 to Ms
Mead: "Jaak, UisU hUs) toe pat
IsTa.irtstty."
(Ticiicnil Jlbucrliocmcnlo.
MIOS. O. THRUM,
umcTULI.V ANKOUIeiM
Tin Knurr, rx lath ahhkaij",
Of IKI.RCTIOM IK
FINK Sr.VTIONERV,
MISCHMNFOUS HOOKS,
CRACKLF.I) flISS VASKS,
IIIRTHD.W CARDS,
NF.WEST nr.$ltiNS,
Wlmhor it NowtonV
ARTISTS' MATERIALS,
STKRfOSCOPK FRAMKS,
FINK t VriIKU A H.USII HAGS, hiet )(,
rim Attn Gsr.s, Xii'siii roi t s
INKSTANDS, I1I.ASS I'AI'KR WF.KilllS
Buttitrlck's
CUT PAPER PATTERNS, I
A full Mtottmtnt t'f latent Mte til t folk; wed with
tfftut.tr ttifplif each rrtktnth,
BOWNS
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.
A finentwitmrnt or Utel novtttle In
JAPANESE
DECORATIVE ARTICLES,
CONMSTINO OP
UMIlRI't.l.VS,
1IKACKF.TS.
FANS, IIOXF.S,
M.MS, TIIIICS,
NAPKINS, Ac ,&c.
'llii!lcoo.larecnf,tm the PORT STRRET
STORK, (Itrcwer't lllock) jiml are rU(ti ai ihc
lottrtt figure for tlie tncoMragcmrntoflttilrr,
I loll, tlie hUKI' AND MimilANI'
SI UIXT .WORKS mil Icvih!ikimI
on an liberal a bai to 1I10 ptiMic
ai pOKMMe, commctmirale with
FIRST-CLASS GOODS,
In all cue.
Correniiondenca rwwclfully xolicttnl anj, Order
faithfully altemkil to. 'I.O. I', takes pleasure
In amtouiicfnf the selection ef the Kare4t
ainlfiiiet Muclc or MiSL't:i.l.AN!S
OUS ami I'RKSKNI'AIION
Books, Albums,
Leather Goods,
Art and Fancy Goods,
ARTISTIC STATIONERY,
Kor tlie l-'atl Trntle, due notice of which wilt I cUen
on receipt of IUiMctm Invoices. Alo lutting leen
nppuihtcil Agent for ttie
American Tract Society's
PUBLICATIONS,
A full Mock of their tleiraU HOOKS, UIItl.KS an.)
'J..STAMi:NI.SwilllWton luiul. and n liWrl
al.LmMiCQ nutle to Sunday School and Teacher
from I.Ut 1 'rkes. 42 3m
- BREWER & Co.
HllNuUll.l', II,
Olfcr for Kale the cargo uf the .1.iM-i Air, the fot
lowing list bf ,Itrt)ijiil!e .
Card Matches, Fanner's Boilers, Barrels
Best P r, Franklin Stove Coal, J
Hair stresses, Double and Sin-
gle,;BaIcs of Excelsior, Nests
of Trunks, Second-hand
S.ifcs in good order
and at extremely
low Prices,
Washington Chairs,
FRASER'S'AXLE GREASE,
A Choice delrclion of
C'rii'Wfifc'Nf VhtvUmn,
JtllHkrt 'I'll OH. JilTirinl itvlti i
Cut If inter UavruullH,
Itniniull 3'i lluyiid ,
AIjo, per luik JiJwani Jfjf,
Cases Yellow Metal, 18, ao, 22, 24 ounces
' Kef of Composition Nails,
Grocerer's Wagons,
Democrat Wagons,
Hand Carts
and Ox Carts.
All of the above goods ut id an excel- I
lent condition, and will m sold low te j
close Consignment. "l
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M. WENNER ft Co.,
9i,FuT Sruur, IIonouill', , I., ,-
MAWOTAcxtranra jkweujhs,
I lavs r-crpend t tl old Mand with a iww
and (artfully lUd nock of
WATCHES,
And Clocks, all kinds,
Cold Chains and Guards,
Sleeve Buttons, Stade, Ac
lilies wcm well tu call ami tumiae our stock 4
Uiac! Iruuchet, Ux.kclt, Caib(s HC,
U r.r caiiccUlly ttlulad villi A
w l Mill the Huf kei.
KUKU .tyD SHELL JEWELRY
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Ito lefwiruij brvnh ot txit Uuintt w ff4Jt m
uitun( out, and all Jul i ninnied lu ui wtH
1 titcuiwi In a waaaar tm&Mtd la dmm.
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