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S BOUTHERN SOLDIER 'BOY. BY tAThtaB BAN. as the youngert who donned the gray, xL z' as the trust tthat wore It as the bravet, he marched away jJi tears on the cheeks of bhi mother lay), tihant waved our fleg one day, .e ell n the front before it. issm aR the firmest, where duty led. e hurrleT( without a fBlter; 1old s tihe bdod.t he fugt. t and llet. And the day was wm-bur the flid wee red. And the blood of his res yroung heart was bhod Ono his country's halloWed altar, On the trampled breast of the battly plain, . Where the foremost ranks had wrcstleCd. On his vale. puro face, not. a mark of pain. Cie mother dreams th.y will meet againg. te fairest form amid all the slain, Like a child Asleep-he nestled. In the solemn shades of the wooddshat swept The field where his coradn es found him. they buried him there-and tlh hot t.ar c(revt Into etrotn metn's eyes that hatl ulelomn wet'. (lIi m mother- God rtiy her-srllod end slept. Dreaming her arms were around him). A grave in the woods with the grass o'er grown. A grave in the heart of hi mother ti.e cla in the one lies lifeless and lone; There is not a name, there is not a stone- And only the voice of the wind makitth moan O'er the groen wh'oire never a flower 1s strewn. But his nernvoru vires in the other. IELtVot eAST-E, 0 The Seat of the Duke of Rutland-Its History from Its Foundation to the Present Day. This ancient castle, the seat of the Rut land family, is built on a high insulated mount in the northeastern extremity of Lie . estershire, on the very confiies of Lincoln shire. Although the present building is not of a more ancient date than the time dF Charles II, the commanding nature of its sit uation, surrounded as it is by a comparative ly llat extent of country, renders it a remark ably picturesque object; while the long suc I oelon of ages through which the Rutland family can trace their ancestry as Inhabiting the spot and conferring upon it its interest awakens feelings at once solemn and delight ful in the mind of a spectator. In viewing the remains of an old ancestral mansion, we see before us a record of the many interest lag evoent which have taken place within its walls, and conjures up scenes of the old feu dal times that must have occurred in its im medlate vicinity, and although we may not be able at the moment to call up memories of its particular history, our fancy will wake up imaginary scenes to the truthfulness and reality of which we willingly render up our belief. The hill upon which the castle of Ilelvoir stands was thrown up by the Romans when they were in possession of the island, though it ls probable that there was a mount there before that time, and that they, for warlike purposes, only assisted nature in rendering it steeper, loftier and of a more formidable character. It is very difficult of ascent and steep in parts, land from the summit affords a view of considerable extent and beauty. Peck, the antiquarian, amused himself by making out a list of the different towns, villages and mansions which may be seen from the castle, and he enumerates no less than one hundred and seventy-four places within the circle bounded by the horizon. "But," says Nichole, In his graphic History of Leicestershiro, in which work the list we allude to Is tc be found, "the grand prospect of all is that which the Duke of Rutland sees from thence, namely: twenty-two manors of his own pater nal Inheritance." The old castle, which existed on the site of the present one until the middle of the seventeenth century, was of consider able antiquity. It was fouuded in the eleventh century by Robert de Todeni, a noble Norman who acompanied William the Conqueror to England, and held the ollice of standard bearer to the King. The Romans had erect ed a fortlfied building on the mount which they had raised with considerable labor, and Robert do Todeni, in excavating and remov. lug the Roman ruins, discovered there and in the vicinity many Roman remains and curious relies, which are preserved in thr castle as heir-looms up to this day. Roberl de Todeni died in 10SS, end the e'state hab continued in his family ever sile--the preA ent Duke of Rutland being lineally descendec fronm him. lielvoir Castle afforded a secure home to iti proprietors until the time of Henry VI, when t suffered greatly Irom the forces of Edward IV, as Leland notices in his Itinerary: "Tht Lord Ros took Hlenry ye Sixth's parte agaynsi King Edwaru; whereupon ye Lord Ros'; lances stood as c:ontlscate, King Edward proe vailingo, and Bellevoire Castelle was given in keeping to ye Lord 1lasting; ye which corn lang thither upon a tyiue to peruse ye grounds and to lye in ye cacteile was sodainely re. pelled by Harrington, a man of poure there aboute; whereupon y, Lord lastings camne thither another tyIne with q strong poure, and with a raging wy)lle bpoil'd ye castelle, de. tacing ye roofes and taking ye heades of then. wherewith they were all covered. Then fells all ye custelle to nluut, and ye timber of y( rtMies rotted away, and ye soil between yt alils grew full of elders, and no habitatiol was there t tillthat of late days. Ye Eyrie o1 Ilutlanude hatl made fairer then ever it was.' 'the rebuilding and improvement of the castle was comyrp4ted ill 1555 by the son of the Earl ott utlant. Leland about that time thuin notices it: "It is strallge to be by how many steppes of stone goeth up from ye village th ye casteoll. nla ye eat'elle be two faire gates and ye dungeon is a taire roundo tower, now turned to p .l'asure ita a place to walk in, an(. tobe all ye country about, and raylid about the round (wall) and a garden in ye middle There is alo it wells of grete depth In the castelle, and the spring thereof is very good.' Leland's quaint style is not very de0criptivt of the grandeur and merits of this redoubt able family seat, although it was noted at belng a stronghold of great strengtn, ant gave its lords command and absolutecontrd over the whole surrounding country. In 1603, in the time of Roger, the fiftl Earl of Rutland, IBelvoir became the scene i much festivity on the occaslon of the visit o Jami's the First, in his progress frlom Edin burgh to London. The King departed on thi twenty-second of April from Newark towart Belvoir Castle, hunting all the way he rutO and in a merry moodl entered the catstle. Hi:i Iiajesty was received by the Earli royally an' suimptuously, and every homage paid to th King by tne Earl and his lady. It is w~-l known that James the First in the earlie part of his reign was very prodigal of thoe honors which he could confer without expens to his royal coffers, and on this day tifty gen tlemen had good occasion to rejoice in th good humor and honor-conilerring discern DIlent of their sovereign. The King sough not to be outdone by the hospitshty of hi host, and testilied his batlsfaction before h lelt the castle by confenrihg the honor c kmnghthtod on several members of the Rut land family and their friends. In 1645. during time unhappy conflict betweei the King aucnd 'Parliament the castle was uwse as a dlepot for the royal forces, ar'd in Augus of that year Charles remained there sever: dass. The utility of the castle as affordlnj ahelter to partieks of the royal forces, who, D: sudden sallies rendlerd themselves extreme ly obnoxious to the opposing troops posted ii the neighborhood, determined the parltamen tarian ge'nerals to pissess it, and after a se vere siege oft tour months, It was forced t. surrender, and Ge. Poyntz took) oossessio of its ruined walls in February, 1646. In 1649, when the country was restored to Vomiparatlvely quiet state, the Earl of Rut laind received compensation for the loajurie :4one to his castle, and then it was that th t building, as it now tstands, was ereci ed with its gardens, plantations nd orna mrental grounds. This noble family seat un like the mansions of the owaerds, the sasc villes, the Wiltore and many others, does not display ornamented freecoed ceilings, painted walls, galleries adorned with the works of a Rubens, a Holbern or a Salvator Rosa. There exists a long gallery ofR ortraits of the family, comfarnii from Robert de Todenl, the founder of the house of Rutlanl, all so well arranged that it is easy to read the family history as you gaze upon them. The roms are lofty, grand and waInscoted, the ceilings are In comrpartnments, the walls are hung with warlike imrnplemrents-shields, spears and armor are displayed everwhere, set out in curious devices. The banqueting room is largo, just as it was in the feudal times, when the master and his meanest vas sal all dined in common with the stranger or traveler, even to the beggar; and although as time passed on refinement and progress had curtailed or cast into disuse the customs of "Ye good old times of merry England," yet the .uitlands have ever continued to claim for Jlilvoir that it was and is still a castle erected by a warlike family and remains a monument of the grandeur and of the origin of the Rutland family. The Itutlands in 1(;93 intermarried with the Russels, and the festivities held at Belvoir on the eventful marriage of Lord Roos, heir of Lord Rutland, with Katherine, the second daughter of William, Lord Russell, were not easily forgotten; the festivities were of an extraordinary character. It partook of the ancient tevels, mirthful scenes from plays, sumptu ous feasting masks and tmiffoone-ries, gor geous grandeur and semi-barbaric ex ibi I tions all heaped together. Wild songs and old English histolical ballads were heard; tournaments and wrestling, all lent their aid to make the wedding a cordial, free andt ex travagant festivity, such a. the annals of that time of old-fashloned gayety generally exhibit. The front of the castle is 250 feet long, I heavily cartellated, and looks all it was In tended-a fortification to defy the assaults of an enemy; but at this time It is no longer a standing menace of its neighbors. Situated in a fine sporting country, Belvoir has become P celebrated for tile opportunities given by its owner for the enjoyment of the enlivening ex orcise of hunting; and although the stately stag is now but seldom seen, fox hunting was - never more patronized, and no hounds are better known in the country than the cele Ibrateld Iielvoir pack. The hospitality of the Rutlands, their large establishment and the generous kindness of the family toward the t poor commands the respect and affection of all classes. -- " "-~------ T.L E DARK CONTINENT. Life in Central Africa-The Religion of the i- Natives--African Etiquette-How Weddings Are Celebrated t in Urna, P IFrom Com'r Cameron's Lectures B,,foro the S Lorndlon Arrthropological aocioty.] (r Com'r Cameron told how the king of this people, Urna, Casango by name, claimed Sdivine honors; how it was supposed by tire prople that on the death of one king the spirit in entered the body of his successor, and how, .h A1 the death of the monarch, his wives, with re the exception or one, who remained to be the pythoness of his successor, were burled alive se with him with savage rites. As the king has it 100e wives, the picture of slaughter thus sug le gested to the imagination was sensational enough; but the tragic scene was subsequent ly brought more viviidly before us by an ac a count of the mode of Interment. The course k, of the river is diverted to furnish a ready grave. Here the terrible sacrlfice was made, R and then the waters sent back to their ori id ginal course flow placidly over tlhe dreadful ie, tomb. It seems that the religion of those epeople centres round an idol which is said to tie located In an immenese jungle. Such is the e reverence, or rather awe. in which tile people I, hold tills god that they fear l'to pronounce its in name. Noner but the king may sacrifice to it, excepting the sovererign's sister, who is given to the idol a. a wife. Priests, of course, [at guard the grove of this oracle and smaller re, oracles, of which the people do not stand in r so murch awe, are consulted on matters of every day life. The ventrilequlal powers of ed the wizards who carry those idols are exer le cieed when the answers are given. r- A clearly-delfinied caste prevails among the th people. OnU chief may not sit down in the presence of another of superior grade. Each an class wear a distinctive apron. to Mutilation is counrnon as ta punishmrent. A -d_ story was told of one. wife of the king oTffering to unidergo the polnnlty of having her ears cut Solff if she might have a slave. The king took ch her at her word. The mutilation was done nd without much apparent pain or vexation to the lady. The fl ow of blood is staunched by an applicat.ion of holling porridge. nd Their notin,.. f propriety are peculiar, and nd will not allow threm to cook at another per ho son's flire, or to drink while another is looking art attooing Is an elaborate work of art In aSb this curious country, and one of the punish le ments a husband may ifllict on an insubordi Led nate wife is to cut, say out of her arm, a por tion of tihe ptterr tattooed there. The lady its is then obliged to stay at home. She is not nU received In society. 'lhe skill ofthis rude pox, rd pie in communicating long messages to dis he tent places try the beat of the drum is extra bt ordinary. Tney emrploy, in fact, a kind ol SMorse's telegrahic system. re- Weddings generally lasted three or four in days. lie was presentt at one, andl had an opI m- portuni;y of witnressing tie festivities. All d the people in the village were assembled. re- Some men blowinug pipes and hbeating drlrrns re- stood in the centre of a gr'at circle of peopleln 00 who danced around them, groaninrg and howl nd Ing and making a great noise. This was kept u-p (lay andti night. Suddenly at the end of the Mu third (lay the bride canre out of a hut dressed lie in all thie finery the village could muster, Sire yo wore a small apron made of a piece of llnen ye which had been given to the chief, and was Mn adorned with feathers, beads and shells f She was carried on the shoulrlers of i Svery stout woman, and supported by a wo, ir man on each side. She was brought int ie thie middle of the dancing people, and jurnrr(. is up and down on the shoulders o1 the woman y A number of beads andi shells were given i. to her, which she scattered about indiscriminl eC5 natly, and the people scrambling for them W as they are considered to possess some vir'tu oi as cirarms. The jumpingup and down of the ut bride was carried on so energically that th( ie. the skin was comropletely worn off the shoul iHe ders of tile woman who carried tiher. Then the ." husband a great big fellow, came in, picket e up his bride, put lher under his arm an bt walked off with her. SRents In Paris. It is said that rents continue to rise ir fth Paris, and that proprietors are becoming da3 of by day more absurd in the restrictions the_ of put on their tenants. Some will not allow 1 in dog to be kept; others will not permit an) tie pet whatsoever; and some even willnotalloy hetd children to be in the house. A clever indi o, vidual has just managed, however, to over Uie come this hiat olbjection. ie had seen am U(I apartment he likedl, and, well knowing thal the the proprietor objected to children, he sai( nl rothhi;a of the exrstetnce of his only child, ier boy two years of age, but simply had th, o ee hease made out in the infant's name. Wher he caime with his family to take possession en at the sight of the baby thie proprietor l1ev the into a rage and objected most strongly in- "Pardon mre," replied the astute diplomatist ht "but It is my child anti not myself who ha his hired lthe apartment. You have made no ob he jection to his asking his parents to stay witt of him, so here we aret!" The proprietor had ti t- grin and ibear it, for he had no legal grount of complaint. When a delibhtful dor surrouptds tha person. by the use of Dr. Price's exquisite perfumes, then it is that the utmost fascinations of beauty come in play and capxivates its admirels. Dr. Price's Unique Perfumes are appreciated for their oeculiar delicate fregrance. They arc sold by I. L. Lyons. New Orleans. We direct attention ot our readers to the advertisement of H. Dudley Goleman & Bro., manufacturers of corn mills, saw mills and cot ton Dresses, etc. They have removed their I stook into a large and commodious new ware house and are now prepared with greater iacidies to over inducements to purchasers. FALL FASHIONS. What Ladies Are Donning for Fall and Winter Wear. New Fabrics.-Feminine Dresses Be coming More and More Masouline. The new fashions, new fabrics and new colors come to us with a suggestion of au tumn, which is especially delightful to us who are still languishing under heat that is almost tropical. It is refreshing to read that somewhere in this broad land women are al ready retreating into FALL fabrics, and with a charming appreciation of the fitness of things are decking themselves in autumn's own hues. We read that while the foundation of the toilet is the orthodox sober shades of russet gray, bronze or olive, it is enlivened with brilliant threads of gold, orange, garnet, wine and glowing red. The materials for exclusive fall use are never very varied, but the trimmings and combina tions which make them effective are like unto the leaves of the forest in number and tint. Those materials of grave color are beautiful t ly combined in endless variety, with broche cashmeres, Persian arabesques, soft plaid silks and velvets, gorgeous in many colors. This trimming occasionally appears on the waist merely as a deep collar, or surplice on f the bosom. It may form the paniers of the I polonaise, or the fold that finishes the barque, the border for the skirt or the entire front Sof it. As a sort of herald of the inevitable WINTER, e importers are already showing a new cloth called "Amazon." I will whisper to my fair readers that it is suspiciously llke "lady's o habit cloth," and we have a private belief of our own that it is "the rose" by another name. If it fares as well, the importers can't com plain. There are also new woollen reps, Eng lish homespuns and that class of goods, both in solid colors for sober taste and sad neces sity, or the same goods with dashes of bril liant coloring all through, for those who have taste and opportunity to develop these hints into telling conclusions. Would it be very stllt-'d if we should suggest that a skillful to blending of colors, a graceful draplngof folds and an artistic adaptation of style to form is might be called the rhetoric of dress? Or are dwe stealing masculine thunder and clothing feminine frivolityin the high-sounding phrase of art? But how we wander ! In the imported autumn ccstumes 1P THE MAIIE ANTOINETTE STYLE 1 Is continued. "Bling (lead, she yet lives." t- She still reigns over her constant-inconstant 1 people. They lay her pretty head upon a c- block and straightway erect a monument of ee c)lffres to her memory. They put a felon's ly garb upon her comely shoulders and set an army of dressmakers to imitate her royal il robes. Blunt old Carlyle says, "I'd rather be Be forgotten than misremembered in this way." to Being a woman we wouldn't, and we stoutly affirm that the world is a prettier place to ts live in to-day because of Marie Antoinette it, having graced it once and having given a Ln standard to which we can safely pin our fash or lonable faith. in THE COIRAOES of are either severely plain and close-fitting or of are made with fan pleats shirred at the waist - line, both in front and back. The former te style is adhapted to full figures and the latter Ie suited to slender and youthful forms. The ch overdresses are short in front and quite long A b 'hind, with full panler dlrapery, which ap ig, pears conspicuously on the hips rather than St in the back. These are finished with all the pretty revere, scarfs and rauliers of the time to or which they belong. by THE OVERDRESS nlj that promises to be popular is one that ad. r- mits of great variety of arrangement. The ug back is the usual long princess polonaise, and in may be draped simply or elaborately, to cor t.- respond with the material used. The seams 11- in the back are a compromise between the 'r- shoulder seam and Fiench back, and have a Iy very pleasing effect, suiting the majority of x>- figures better than dither of the more pro Is- noncee styles. The ends of the back skirt are a- usually left squar", and may be piped if in of plain g(oods, or mrnerely folded in a single hem and handsomely stitched if the goRxls are *ir heavy or richly ligured. They are draped by I, one (leep pleat, qulite high, on each side, and one in the centre, mnuch lower down. The d. frouts of th.' polonaiso are not cut very long, u and are? made yet shorter by laying a num ber of fine ptliats on the back edges and secur ,- irg them beneuath the back widths. In somm t instancls it is desirable and tasteful to carry I' the panter fuliness of the front outside of thie Sback. and fastenll it witlh ribbon rosettes o( le sash bows behind. The front of the overdre.'e n is open, and is drawn back from the figure as likea curtain. The skirt for such a polonaiss requir(es to be trimmed in front and on the a sides in puffol or pleated ruiffles from the belt (!- to the herm, if the g)oods are plaint; if striped to or brocaded, it imay be quite plain. This nefw style furnlsnes an cxcellent excuse f'ir utiliz n' ing any material (on hand which is insuflicien·l t1 of itserlf for a cnomplete.garment, but.is jual i- what is needed in a combination suit. nu IN BASQUES he We are glad to see the shirred front and he back continued in winter goods. It lesa prett) iul- variation on the plain vest front. These art he sornietlmr s shirred only at the waist line, thie ed upper portions being laid in pleats. Thtsshir ,nd ring and pleating in silk is pliable and adjusth itself cosily to the lines of the figure. 8omin shirring is usually introduced into the over skirt worn with thiebasque. It is a simple in inexpensive and effective mode of trimming Sand we are glad to see it revived. A striking dissimilarity Is noticeable in a street costumes and thsoe suitable for recep ny tion and evenlngtoilotte. Extreme simpliclty ow controls in the one, ard the most exuberant di- fancy rules the other. In street dress the tea e.r dency to an MIACULINE EFFECTS at is the nsame, necessitating masculine sim aid pllcity. Theskirt must be retained, but thi Shat, corsageannd vest are in strict imitatlor he of men's habiliments. Can it be that the in en trusion of Worth and his ilk into women'i mD work accounts for this unnatural caprice ew Who knows what hopes and ambitions hith l:iy. erto camlined to manly breasts andlabelex st, "unfemirnine" may springup beneath the cmn 3as genial and suggestive vest and coat now af bi- fected by our young ladies? We imagini th that the: sumptuous house toilettes are saf to to counteract any such temptation, so lonj ud as a "woman's keen delight in Jewels, ri. and dainty drapery, rare fabrics and so! lines" survives. We are told that the preparations for on. DRAWING-ROOM TOILETTES eS, in New York are absolutely formidable. Bu uty we will not anticipate. As the season ad Dr. vances other styles will be reported as the: for appear, and a partial word bestowed upoi old those which particularly commend them selves to the public taste. Courtling Through the Bible. IN. Y. Tribune.] Love at first sight in church, with Scrip tural commentary, is illustrated in the local columns of the Albany Argus. One Sunday a beautiful young gentleman happeined to have a seat in a pew adjoining one in which a lovely .. . . . • . . . . . . . . . young lady was sitting. H was ei~ed with a viorent passion for the fatr stranger, and re solved to propose to her then and thre. So he handed her a Bible with a pin stuck lt the following text: "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new command ment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another" (II John, 5.) The lady returned the book, point ing to Ruth it, 10: "Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou ehouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger ?" He handed it back with his finger on III John, 13, 14: "1 had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee. But I trust that I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face." As the result of this interview, it is said that a marriage will take place in a Smouthor two. .0 4V40-+c-- EUGENIE'S FORtTUNE. How Much Money the Ex-Empress Has, and What She Does With It. IN. Y. Times.] The ex-Empress of France Is said to be one of the richest widows in Eoglind. In addl tion to her Hungarian estate she has a castle in Spain and a nice place in Switzerland. But hard cash is what comes most useful to de throned sovereigns who hope to return, and of this the Empress has long had abundance. It is estimated in Paris that she is worth at least a million sterling. Only recently she sold largo bigI-,k of ho.ne property in the Rue d'Alba, in Paris, and M. Rouher's house, a well-known political centre at the corner of the Rue de l'Elysee, was hers, in her own right, and was sold last year for £15,000. The death of the Prince adds to her property, since he left to her a considerable amount of landed property in Italy, as well as the Tou I louse property, bequeathed to him by the grisly General who had been equerry to the P'rince when he toddled about the corridors of the Tulleries nearly three feet high and weighted w!th the miniature uniform of a col onel in the Cent Garde. This vast property was no incumbrance to the Empress whilst yet she had a son to live and scheme for. It was drained pretty freely by the Bonapartist Sorgans of the press in France. The Ordre r and the 'Pays were lavishly supported by the Empress, and she also drew handsome checks in favor of the redaction of the (lauloin. The need for keeping these fires warm is now dead. The Empress is not likely to keep newspapers alive to work for her good cousin Jerome. ors--+~---- ROMAN TASTES. How Zola's Play of L'Assommoir Was Re ceived in the Eternal City. Anne Hampton Brewster writes from Rome to the Philadelphia ''elegraph as follows upon some of the characteristics of the people of a the Eternal City: "The Romans are rude and a haughty, and do not like to work, but they seldom commit acts of violence or murdvr. e Throughout Italy the race stamp Is veRy Z strong. The Roman has the same rudeness a that belonged to the ancestral stock; the Nea politan I as as crafty and wily as his Greek an ce.stors; Ihe Sicilian lawless and barbarous as were his African progenitors; the Tuscan re talus the old Etruscan chatacteristics of in tellect, imagination and tastes. The Romans are easily shocked with horrors, and have no taste for the representation of crimes and a brutal vices, which phlase a French audience. ,f 'L'Assonmmoir' of Zola was played last week at the two summer theatres, Co,rea and Quir ino, and was recelved not only with disgust, n but rage. The audience :tt the Cores even Ir broke the chairs and benches in their anger. It was riot because the translation was poor, but t)ecause the people considr-red the story an insult to the sublic; it was an open protest y against the brutality of the scenes, and the t great scene of the French stage, the delirium tremens, was not given either; if it had been, the audience would probably have attacked a the stage in their anger. The Roman is no 1- drunkard; he drinks his foglietta, and gets sleepy and lazy, but he is utterly ignorant of the low, debased condition to which rum re duces the Frenchman, Englishman and Amer >r ie n." ..: - --.- $ .__ . ... ,r Memory In lftrerent Raets. [r Iedical Press.l Mr. Delaunay has made a communication t( Sthe Soltete die Biologic respecting memory as ig sItlled under various biological conditions .- The inferior races of mankindt, such .a ne n groe, the Chinese, etc., have more memory than those of a higher type of civilization ie Primitive races which were unacquainted se with the art of writing had a wonderful mom. ory, and were for ages in the habit of handling down from one generation to another hyrnll as voluminous as the Bible. Prompters au: d. professors of declamation know that women ue have more memory than men. French we id men will learn a toreign language quicker than their husbands. Youths have more r- memory than adults. It is well-developed it is children, attains its maximum about the four e t,'enth or fifteenth year, and then decreases Feeble Individuals of a lymphatic tempera a ment have more memory than the strong. of Students who obtain the prize for niemnor3 o- and recitattlop chifly belong to the formes class. Pari'lan students have also less mem re ory than those who come from the provinces in At the Ecole Normale and other schools tie m pupils who have the best memory are re not the most intelligent. The memory I: )y more developed among the peasantry that Id among citizens, and among the clergy than be among the laity. The memory remains in g, tact in diseases of the left side of the brain u- and is much affected in those of the right tr- from which it may be inferred that.the right ie side is ruore the seat of this faculty than the ry left. From a physiological point of vitc he memory is diminished by over-feeding, bh or physical exercise and by education, in thli . sense, thbut the lfiterate have potentially mon re memory than those who know how to rea( as and write. We remember, moreover, bettel he in the morning than in the evening, in thi s31 ummer than In the winter, and better it ed warm than in cold climates. Memory is 3w therefore, to a certain extent in inverse pro z- portion to nutrition, and, more than that, i lt is in inverse proportion to evolution, since i at is greatest in those individuals who are th, least advanced from at evolutionary point o view-inferior races, women, chilidrefn, the nd feeble, etc. In short, according to Mr. De ty launay, there is an evolution of the memory which is lirst sensorial, lteral, and then intel e ligent; but memory, properly speaking ir- diminishes inversely as the evolution. ne "Vankee Doodle Tunes" in Chareh. er- eieng progressive, the members of the Pari Ia, Christlan Church, of New Albany, Ind., re ig, cently bought an organ. On Sunday of las week the organ was in place, and a large con in gregation appeared to hear its first straine p- bhe momert the organ shrieked Jesse Thiur tv man, an old member, and a relative of Sena nt tor Thurman, deliberately and resoluteil n- arose In his pew and made a bee-line for th pulpit, and then and there, in the presence o a church full of people, he laid hold of a $2 Bible that his wife, Mrs. Nancy Thurmar Spresented to the church some live years age he and with military precision made a straigh on chute for the door, never to enter again. Mr in- Thurman marched home with his gospi n' booS, laid It on the table, and said to his goo - wifa that his Bible should not be disgrace h- by any Yankee Doodle tunes on Sunday 1 (5 the house of God. The wife said that sh n- did not order him to do any such thing, by really she didn't care much, as she dlid n Sapprove of Yankee Doodle tunes herself i church. mh You Can Be Happy oft If you will stop all your extravagant an wrong notions in doctoring yourself and fan ilie-s with expensive doctors or humbug curon ails, that do harm always, and use only na ut ture's simple remedies for all your ailments id- you will be wise, well and happy, and sal ty great expense. The greatest remedy for thi on the great, wise and good will tell you. is Ho m- Bitters-believe it. See "Proverbs" in as other column. Two Mormons preaching in Cheroki county. N. C., made so many converts thi the sober-minded residents became alarme In- The preachers were soundly whipped and tL rl converts were also tickled with hiekory twig y a One man complained because the ttckling wi ave done when he had only a shirt to proteot hin ely T.ewaens are moving on tsl Uta. ýo t.ok o the comfort a w d mat t. , with it welcome bele and itsd swOeeK surve A kindly look costs nothing at all. But a heart may be starving for just one glance, That shall show by the eyelid's tender fall The help of a pitying countenance. It 1s easy enough to b, nd the ear To catch some tale of sore distress: F r men may be fainting beside us here. For longing to share their weariness. These gifts nor silver nor sold may buy, Nor the wealth of the richest of men bestow; But the comfort of word, or ear, or eye. The poorest in cy offer wherever he go. ALFONSO'S NEW BRIDE. How the Grand Duchess Christina Won Al fonso's Heart. [London Truth, August 201 h3 The Viennese Christinawas coy, and tossed Ii her head impudently when the Spanish match Ye was proposed to her. This piqued Alfonso who soon became an ardent suitor, left off sighing over the likeness of the departed Queen, and dwelt with complacency on pleas lug souvenirs of the Archduchess who had been a gay and eapiegle playmate of his when he was a student at the Theresa College in Vienna. Christina, who is a year his junior, W was at that time a high-spirited and very frolicsome little damrseL 5 S once ran a race with him in some imperial park. The mon- m arch In bud was on a bicycle, and the young Archduchess on a fleet pony, who, though the velrolpe(le had the wind with it, came in first at the goal. The young idea shoots early in the sons and m daughters of royal and imp-rial houses. Christina, in playing the Number Nip with the exiled son of Isabella, and romping with p him and tormenting him in various ways, fell in love with him. It is courtior-like now to speak of her childish attachment to the rt King, who did not until within the last six as months requite it. When Alfonso was re stored to the throne of his mother the Arch duchess was glad to learn that his most in fluential and paternal advisers, the Duc de Sesto among the number, opined she would P make an ideal Queen Consort. She discovered t that the Spanlsn costume suited her exactly, and had several sets of photos done in which she was represented wearing it. On Mer cedes being preferred to her, Christina, of hi Hapsburg, was dreadfully nettled. To show that she resented with proper spirit the in- st dignity, she declared, when Alfonso proposed de for her, that she would not consent to marry him until she had further opportunities of meeting him and seeing him, and insisted that it he should assume the attitude of an humble suppliant for the fair hand which he might I have taken, but did not. "If he wants to win me," said the Archduchess, "let him come and woo me. It is his his place to court me and not mine to go and pick up the handker chief which he condescends to throw down." Alfonso, who is brimful of chivalrous devo tion to the fair sex, did not think the worse of the Archduchess for the airs she took with his matrimonial agents at Vienna. He F handsomely accepted the condRtions Im posed and sent word that were he only to ai win the Archduchess by penetrating into a] the wilds of Central Asia he would gladly undertake a journey there. I believe it was his Intention to go all the way to Vienna to make her by word of mouth an offer, and that he would have this autumn proceeded I there if the life of the Infanta Pilar had not ni been suddenly cut short. The La Granja ac cident happened so unfortunately for the Il King that were scandal-mongers to affirm ti that design had a predominant part in it I ti could not blame them. It mollitied the vexed t Archduchess, and afforded her a plausible ex- f cuse for relenting. She has been brought by B it to travel more than half the way to s8 Madrid to meet her royal suitor, whose de- ti pressed appearance, with his arm in a sling, g excited her interest and led her to treat un- u pleasant bygones as such. V And now about the personal appearance of 11 Chrlstipa of Austria. who would show a poll- o tic spirit In dropping that name of, in Spain, P evil augury, and taking some other. The t Archduchess ir tall, slender and harmonious- ii ly iormed. I1er air is aristocratic. She rides d and daances admirably, and is passionately I fond of horses and brisk exercise. Without f being intellectual she is clever. It is her a 8 settled intention to be mistress at the Palacio d Real. Her wilifulness is tempered with good nature and a disposition to become easily re Speintant. In her skin, eyes and hair she is a SlHapsburg. The rest of the physiognomy is Itungarian, and reminds those like Mime. Vn Lamogsdorff, who know the creme of Vien- c n.-es society, of the Sander family. R Sif Christina's laugh were not pleas- a a at and communicative, her hair a golden fleece and her complexion trans- a r parent and beautifully tinted, she would V e be plain, for her cheek-bonhes are prominent, her nose re rousse and wide at the nostril, and Ser mouth too much expanded. The future Queen of Spain lias the Magyar taste for ex- a ternal splendor. tier court, if she can have her way, will be Iivly and magnificent,which t would uilt the present generation of gran- n , dc's. She is a very devout Catholic, and may o ibe expected to remain one. Her voice isgood, t and she can wre with exlquisite feeling a , sentimental lied or provowe laughter by her t droll renrering of a comic song. It will be s very nice for Don Alfonso to have a queenly Ii wife with a gypsy and a garconnel side to her t nature. I The future Queen will be introduced to the Madrlriinos on a high holida. Ailfonso was ' advised to tie the nuptial knot at Barcelona, which did not witness his demonstration of eternal grief for poor little Mercedes. Chris- a tina wishes the ceremony to take place with y the utmost pomp at Madrid, and she is to be 2 gratified. According to present arrangements she is t)> be married on November 1, or All Soul's Day. The wedding dinner will be eaten on the vigil of All Souls' Day, consecrated in Roman Catholic States to those who have n died within and without the pale of the salva tion. While the harmonies of bridal muie t will be lingering in the air the bells of the s t churches will begin to clang out their night itlong dirge. There is always money enough at Madrid for amusement and fine displays of chival rous gallantry. Alfonso has magnificently ordered the rooms which were prepared for Mercedes in his different palaces to be newly l furnished for his consort that is to be. She will have the satisfaction of knowing that Sthere is not in her apartments a single object to remind the King of her interesting prede cessor. Idare say the creditors of Spain will learn to laugh on the wrong side of their ' mouths at this right roya decision, whicn, it appears, has enhanced the popularity of the t King. il1s subjects say of it: "What a true - Spaniard it proves him to be. Ours is still a 5. country worthy of the Cld." NordenskJuld's Expedltleo. i The arrival of Prof. Nordenskjold and the I Swedish exploring steaner Vega, in his com 25 mand, at Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday, sets , at rest the last doubt about the successful , achievement of the northeast passage. The nt xpedition was probably one of the most re Smarkable in the whole series of Arctic explo I rations. It started from Giothenburg, Swe A dlen, July 4, 1878, reached Nova Zembhla on d August 5, and arrived at Tsejdekln, the most in northerly point in Xsia, on the nineteenth of i the same month. The expedition wintered in .t the ice-pacl in longitude 177 west, and the ot men connected with it preserved their health In remarkably well, the experience of Prof. Nordensljuold in previous voyages serving in good stead. The natives on the coast hard by the point where the expedition was frozen up Id kept it supplied with bear and reindeer flesh. - thus preventing scurvy. Thecold experienced - was intense, aver~Aging320 Fahrenheit below - zero. Is spite of this, however, game and wild fowl were abundant when spring approached. e The expedition, after being imbedded in the is, fec here for 284 days, finally was released on p July 18, and immediately sailed for Behring - Straits, reaching there July 20, 1879, whence they steamted across to Alaska and thence to Japan. The expedition, besides affording a :e practical proof of tae existence of a northeast at passage, has been able to make many iMpor d. tant contributions to scientitic Y5seW. t e i determined the formation of the botomaa s. Arctlc seas, and their flora and fau ,. f as calculated eteruned and e d and tar. t N. Jef k , r ofa Dt o.Ae t following complete vY expedl hee been sierr patents granted ther ivetors f obuject. has, . NOW NOl SOUDTIIJ3N PATEN.S Mr. H. N. s enkspp . o. Hiltorof Vpate.lW, 27 Commeris.l PaioBre ptnialoy reaprto tot DZtocinAT the following complete list et9 pantenr granted Scul thivator; Bn e .rs or t weeMills, waending September A. Lolthregna- sthae, P. Dureel,.New turn-tables; Adam F. Able, New Qpow match isafes. Mississippi--H. 8. Hasle, Vnozzle. O ., toncleanerFs. Texas-J. M. Barown, Florene planter and cultivator; B. F. Fatb, Mills, washing machines; A. -Iaarfoiti ham, cioth.reglsfrv H Blesel, Gat hydraulic packing; W. W. Smith and Randall, Sulphur Springs, horse-powlld Q Yeager, F'latonla, spray nozzle. Not Mnra jif lis lfr kaL ntet sure of His Ticket. A citizen was stopped on the street day afternoon by an old man with h in his beard and whose boots were bliw with axle grease, when the following oeatv*. sattlon took place: "Say, what street is this?" asked the old man. "This," answered the citizen, "Ies FfFoilrt , street." "Well, sir, it's a sight, ain't it?" said the party, enthusiastically. "Horses a galopin', men a runnin', women a-sailln' along. Why busln"ss is just a boomln' !" "This is certainly a very busy street," ro. plied the citizen; "a very busy street 1ndeed." "Times must be a piclen' up. Sherman all Foster are right. The business boom hasos rived. Resumption has done its work, as they say. an' no mistake." Then after an admiring look at the bivl scene before him, he continued: "This settles it for me. I'll vote for Foster an' the hull ticket. The party is good enough for me," and _ tered off. "But, see here, my friend," said the "Charley Foster and John Sherman ntt responsible for this business activity. . have had this sort of thing every day rot years. Under Democratic president t street presented just as busy a scene as does now." "Is that so?" "It is, sir. Why, under Andy Johnson'said ministration I one day saw seven women'i . twice as many children knocked down on tb very crossing in front of u- by passing team.. It was just next to impossible to get fr 40Na ºside of the street to toe other." "Are you sure it was during Johnfion' term?" "I'm sure of it." "Poor a president as he was?" "I saw it with my own Ayes." "Well, then I'm dumbed if I don't Sgate a little further before I vote for C Foster," and he moved off reading the and watching the people as they along. _ __ Tee Clever to Live. O[hambers's Journal.] John Barretter is declared to have6 master of five languages when be was t nine years of age. In his eleventh year published a learned letter in Latin aWtJ . Sated the "i'ravels of Rabid Benjamin li the Hebrew into the French. Four years the fame of his learning and writingattit Sthe notice of the Kina ot PrusNta, who e rfor him to court. When pasBing th y Halle on his journey, he so distinguied lim D self in his conversation with the profes s the university that they offered him the gree of Doctor of Philosophy. The university was delighted and amazed wit and knowledge, and on his arrival at j lin the King honored him with peculiar of d .tInetlon, declaring that keach properly cultivated might exalt Bareia e ten years to be the greatest minister of 3_ in Europe. But theyoung philosopher B dazzled by such trospects, and Halle to pursue his studies. His health fortunately gave way in his nineteenth r and after lingering for eighteen montla o died; another Illustration of the ezpe d "too clever to live." a The Modern society Yaong MmU [Boston Sunday Courier.] Scene: The billiard-room of a fas club-house. At 9 o'clock enters Au who removes his summer ulster and a dress suit. One of the players-"Hullo! Gus is out under full wsll and all the candles What is it, old fHllow?" t Augustus-"Oh, I have been to Qmak party call on Mlss Banker. She wasn't home. so I left my pasteboard and - - around here." Thirteen young men drop their cues, their hate, remark, "that's the racke - me," and slide off to Beacon street. At o'uock Miss Banker gets home, tdslrrk - teen cards, and says: "How funny that al. a boys should have called this evening." the same hour Augustus receives "smiles" and ten cigars, the greatful o Sngs of thirteen young men who have made r their party call without the trouble of dre ing or the expense of a back. The eoitor of the London World fids sleeplessness is a malady to which are peculiarly subject, and thatI~ tob moderation acts as a soother to I nerves. Men who have tried going home 2 a. m. for weeks at a time, strongly 1 with tobacco and other sedatives, report the supply of sleeplessness was large, n the remedy failed to act. Scarlet fever is so prevalent India e that the advisability of keeping the p e schools closed for a time is being discused: Id LIST OF LETTERS I- malainlf In the New Orleansr Yy aU11 a. im., september IS, I1 1 y bLADIE' LIST. t radley Emma miss Baumgartner G a.l Bt Brnie Angela miss Bernard Ida mI.s e- Bolton Lillle miss Bush L zzle m. . 11 (n-ey H mrs Ceman Ann ua s ir Collins Minnie mrs D.:'le (.Irais it F~war's Nancy miss klolse Viri SFrost Mllira mis Frieiteri e Gray B misus Orinsetead Aliee Glover Lou mrs Goodwln Bridge S4addaD Marwaret mrs Hays B mrs Hirsch Paudne Johnson Lou ee miss Johnson Mary ms Loret A miss L ,Me HannaS mas Mitchell OphilIfs Morell Louisae mrs Me urphy Mary miss Prvott mrs - RolhndRachael mrs "Bhberson Mary S I l..s Is and-rs Letttia mrs ioott Laura J Mrs mSh remr s WrightOarol.ne GENTLEMEN's LIae. ":. e- Adams Wm B AnderMsn Jasper n Attains Abram t Banran Jaoe A Banyard Oran Bable Joseph Bil!ia-s J3 Brne dr Buckley F n Blum. 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