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r THE BEE. (PUBLISHED E?EIti' SATURDAY AT 110'. iIISIREEr, 2J. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. W. 0. OHASE, Editor and Propriolor. G. C. SIEWAltr, BuBineBs Mauagor. is Entered at tbo roe to filet? ut Washington, D. D., ao eocoud-claaa matter. BUBSCIUITIOK KATES : t6 months IS " 1 " -IKingle copies, 100 '60 on t j ADVEKTI8IKO BATES: One inch, ono mouth -coL " - ll.0l. " " ilnnch'ono'vcar 1 0!' 12 Of 20 00 40 00 10 00 25 08 35 00 75 00 JK'COI. Icdl. c Gpocihl notices, 50 cents each. Ten lines constitute an iaclu kAii oommnnicattoBs pertaining to business iUHt bo addressed to the Business Manager atter for publication and on private business must be addressed to the Editor and Proprie tor. In conjunction with the Bee, the mana gers havo established a NewB Bureau of the Colored Press. Wo are prepared to furnish biographies, special correspondence and news items at a reasonable prico. The object of the bnreau is to furnish colored journals with apooial Washington letters when they have no special correspondents. We havo eomo of-tho best writers in the country connected with tho bureau, which will enable ub to f urniBh truth ful, Bpicy and concise correspondence. Give the News Bureau a call. Our strength is in our union, the danger in our discord. Let us be united, mt (least until we shall know that civil lliberty is as good to a black man in -.Texas as in Maine or Massachusetts. There has been a very refreshing ishower and a boom for the faithful al lies. All on account of the racket miade through the colored press. Let Iher go boys: in unity there is strengtli you bet. The principles of the republican jparty is the ship for the colored citizen, all others, bat the sea. There is at tfjimes serious cause for complaint G3ut generally we are getting what we KuSk for. We prefer to "bear the ills weihave, rather than illy to others, we )know not of." The Indianapolis Woj-ld calls our friend, Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond, ;a crank. Indeed dear World, you are isadly mistaken. John Jasper is as far from being a crank as is the ordinary run of men who entertain orthodox views on stated subjects. A personal acquaintance with M. Jasper will re move all fears from ones mind as to ihis crankishness. He who takes brother Jasper for one of those things, iburns his foot. We propose to keep sacred and in. violable the names of our correspon dents, when it is necessary for persons who feel aggrieved at what appears in our columns, to demand an explana tion their redress is through the edi. tor. We rift nr i"iUoi,. oo.j MLiIxjg we receive but endeavor to give the ipublic the benefit of sound facts making no -distinction or discrimination on ac count of position or what not of those What the truth is written about. One colored man has held a portfo lio under our government, and with imorethan what is commonly voted credit to himself and the race, he truly 'represents. The ice has been broken. The next President of the United 'States, will be a republican, there is mo sort of doubt now a about this, and Where is almost a sure thing of the col ored man, who has done so much to igive dignity to his people, being one of Whe cabinet of the republican president President, that will go into the White House assisted by almost the solid colored vote of the countrv. This paper does not expect, nor has at any desire, as we said last winter, (during the said storm, to wreak out vengence on any person or persons, neither can we be bullied or driven to ishut up because of the size of some ipeoples pocketbooks. History may re cord a mans wealth, but fail to give the 'extent of his honor. Those who are ihelpless receive our pity, and we shall forbarc and not hit a defenseless crea ture. At the same time, no man or set of men. no woman or set of wo men, shall set aside the moral code . with impunity in this city and bid us Ikeep silence. We mean to stand as a ishield and protector to the honor, the (dignity and virtue of our women. The District Convention ivill be held tnext week. We shall elect three dele gates to the Colored National Conven tion. South Washington 'wants Rev. - It. S. Laws. We, some time ago, said that we favored Messrs. Douglass, iSmith and Cook. We are constrained to record from our position on tho elec tion of delegates, an exception in the case of Mr. Douglass. We believe What South Washington should have a (representative from that section, hence we favor Rev. R. S. Laws from that isection. We stand now for Messrs. 'Douglass and Laws, Jerome Johnson or James M. Gresrorv. "WE BLEED. BUT NOT KILLED." The time has arrived in the history of American politics, that men have (become so dishonest and corrupt, until Where is nothing that they would not tstoqp to. We honor a man who has ian -opinion and denounce the dema gogues and cowards, who have not the Ihonor and honesty of an honorable tm an, when they do a niean and cow- tfirdly "aot, to he man onough to ac- knowledge it "We now refer to the coward and demagogue, r. t. greener, whom we some time ago denounced as an unscruplous renegade, who (while in South Carolina) endeavored to make terms with the arch traitor, Wndo Hampton, whom we to-day pre sent to the American people as the same rebel, who in anti-bellum days, and who now holds to the principles of Jefferson Davis, Jackson and Lee This man greener is the one who filed false charges against us, because we denounced him at the Timm's hall Hireling. The cowardly act of r. t. greener is his denial of the charges after having filed them. He is too cowardly to meet us on the rostraum, through the press or otherwise. lis is too unimportant to waste time on. We desire to say that "we bleed, but not killed." - "A man once did sell tho lions skin while the beast still lived, was killed while hunting him.' Havoc NEITHER TRAITORS NOR REBELS. Hampton, of south Carolina; says the late conflict was not a rebellion, rut only a civil WAR. Senator Hampton delivered the memorial oration at the unveiling of a confederat3 monument here to-day. He paid a glowing tribute to the faith, dc votion,and patience of southern women and said when the true bravery of the war shall ba written they would not only occupy the ff rst place in our hearts, but the first in honor. They would always repel ith scorn and indigna tion the imputation that the monu ments to the Confederate dead marked the place where traitors slept. We of the South were neither traitors nor rebels ; nor was our war in any proper sense a rebellion. It was strictly a civil war growing out of conflicting interests and different constructions of the constitution by the opposing sections of the country He congratu lated the country that the future was auspicious ; that the scars of our war were being obliterated by time, and demanded that "our former enemieo do justice to the motives that inspired our (conduct." The great questions which were at issue between the North and South, and which were left to the arbitrament of war, were decided against us, but the sword never has de cided and necer will decide a question invoicing a great principle. We invite attention to the words of Gov. Hampton, underlined. Thirteen thousand colored men have been murdered in the South since the beginning of reconstruction, by order of the leader of the democratic part'. For what cause were they murdered? Because the colored man has been made a citizen, and stood in the Avay of his former master. The sword gave the colored man liberty his services to the government on the battle field, secured him the ballot. But that bal lot, says Mr. Hampton, shall never de cide a great question on principles. Tiw suffrage granted to tne colored man in South Carolina, has been snatched away from him by brutal force, through such agencies as the Hamburg Massacre, the Red Shirts, the Rifle Clubs and cold, open diaboli cal murderers and ballot box stuffing. All this is well known, ancfyet we find leading Republicans, still advising black men to do and die for the party, while they shake hands across the dead bodies of our people, with Mr. Hamp ton, Mr. Butler and that class of demo crats in the South, and even berate our republican brethren in Virginia, that follow the flag, and, the fortunes of Gen. Mahone, which is leading them to a complete full, and through realiza tion of the promises made (to us) by the party in 1865. Freedom and suffrage, in South Carolina, is but a mockery. Freedom is but a farce, unless each and every man in the community is allowed the free and unrestricted right to vote ac cording to the dictates of his con science. We hope the clay will come, when there shall be a Mahone in South Caro lina. Until such a time, our people need not expect anything of what Messrs. Hampton, Butler, and that class of pro-slavery democrats agree they shall have. OUR SORE-HEADED PROFESSOR, L.L. D. AND ASS. - Editor Bee: -Richard Theodore Greener, a negro boy living in Boston, Massachusetts, was admitted as a stu dent to Howard College at Cambridge, sometime during the late war, and by dint of pushing, petting and hard work on the part of a devoted mother, whose name is Seldern, if ever mentioned pub licly by this ungreatful son, after be ing put back a year in his studies, graduated from that institution and came to this city. Shortly after his graduation, just at the close of the war, he was given an opportunity to put his attainments to practical use by be ing given a tutorship in the Institute for colored youths at Philadelphia. He did not meet expectations there and again came on to Washington, where he was made principal of our colored high school, and by attempting to usurp the authority of the trustees of that school, he was dissmissed. He then drifted into the editorial chair of the New National Era. being one of its editors, but was too quarrelsome and bigoted to hold on very long. He was then given a place in the Law Depart ment of Howard University, and be came a failure there. He then was placed at the head of a College in South Carolina, and in neglecting his duties by seeking congressional honors, that institution died on his hands. He then tried to court favor with Gov. Hamp ton, being willing to be used by the Democrats of that State. After the route of the Republicans had been com pleted, but his services were not ap preciated, so he tramped back to Wash ington, seeking a department clerkship, and was appointed to a first-class clerk ship in the Treasury Department, but never rose to a higher grade, though another young man who was a pupil in 'the school at Philadelphia, over which Greener presided, went up two grades right under his nose. Greener was an inefficient clerk, and was asked to resign which he did, since which time he has been growling and snarl ing around the heels of colored men who have shown energy and ability enough to fill office acceptably, and to provide adequately fur their families. Now, Mr. Editor, I think it about time that Greener should bo given a little wholesome advice. He should stop prating about his superior Knowl edge of men and things, and stop try ing to cry down those who have en couraged and assisted him in and out of college, and get down to work. Go West and grow up with the country as he advised others to do a vear or two ago. He has too many professions to be of use here in Washington, and he has proven himself an utter failure in every: one of them. '"Jfepe he is, twenty years out of col lege'and boasting of being the best ed ucated young colored man in America and has never yet had his name" on the tax collectors book of any State Or Ter ritory. An aspirant for every office from the President of the United States down, and yet their are lots of colored young men in Washington who were yet on slave plantations in the South when Greener stepped out of college, and who did not know A from B, who are now either practicing some profes sion, in business for themselves or hold ing responsible positions under the Government, paying taxes and build ing up families These-are the exam ples that our young men shonld seek to imitate and not this chronic growler and pretender. He has slurred and abused every hand that ever helped him and they are many, yes, too many. Greener has stored knowledge, like thchidden undeveloped minerals of Africa, of no use to himself or any body else. He is opposed to colored men who are recognized as leaders, yet would like to be considered one among them. He is opposed to colored men seeking office, yet he has done nothing else for many years. I heard him once at the head of a delegation at the White House, demanding recognition and oluce ot President Grunt, on count of Pennsvlvania negro vote, ac he at bv claiming that m the election that time, the victory was held won negro votes, the, as he figured it out holding the balance of power Ingratitude is one of his distinuish ing traits. The voung men who were connected with the late Freedman's Bank, some of whom are now dead, came in for a large share of his abuse at a discussion of that institution, had recently before the Bethel Literary. When he first came here, these young men were his chums, introduced him into society, wined and dined him, and saw that he did not want for the where with all. They made him their cham pion and fed and fattened him only now to have him turn upon and de vour them. Now, Mr. Editor, will you inform your readers, or if you have not the data, let somebody who has do so, of what this man has accomplished out side of getting an education, thnt ic worth or emulation by the colored youth of this country. Plehian. OBITUARY We went over to the old town of Aex to attend the funeral of one old friend and beloved citizen, Mrs. Maner Dogan. She had attained the age of over four score years, and had been a regular, consistent and Christian mem ber of Roberts M. P. Church for three score and five years, and she died tri umphant in the cause. Oh that my last hours may be like hers! When the cold hand of death began to creep on her breast, she was conscious of the change, and the pastor of her church called in just at the time, and he said to her, "Sister Dogan, how do you feel ?" She closed her hands and said, "Brother Walker, I am passing away; 1 am fast crossing the river of Jor dan." Her pastor then asked her if there was any clouds in her way. She said: "No, 'Brother Walker; all is well. There is only one step between me and glory." She then sang the hymn, "I am going home to die no more," and when she was so far failed in death that she was too weak to sing, she told them to sing on, and she raised her hands and closed them in praise to God, and fell quietly asleep in Jesus. Such were the last moments of our friend and mother, Sister Dogan. Oh, what a life to live, and a death to die! Blessed are they who die in the Lord. Sister Dogan had many trials during her sojourn Sometimes the great billows of trouble would roll around her, but, thank God, she always kept her head above the waves, and held up her banner for Jesus, looking away beyond this vale of tears to that inheritance that is promised to all the children of God. She was a charitable, sympathizing iftid Christian friend to all she knew. She stretched out her hand to the poor; yea, she reached forth her hands to the needy. Whenever she heard of anyone being sick or distressed, she would hasten to their relief, no matter rich or poor. She was there to soothe and do all in her power for them. Sister Marie Dogan's death is a vacancy that will never be filled in Alex., for none knew her but to love her. She was attended to her last resting-place by a large number of sympathizing friends, and many tears were shed, and many hearts mourned. She bid all her dear children a loving farewell, and entreated them to live in love and union and meet her in heaven, where we all shall meet around the throne that lives the life and dies the death of a Christian. M. Just About. AH the passengers in the street car on Austin avenue were very much annoyed by a crying child, arid one old gentleman appeared to be particu larly exasperated. "I do wonder what little Wootsy tootsy is crying about," said the mother, dancing the infant up and down. I know what he is crying about. He has b?en crying about six blocks; ever since vou got into the car." liftings. DEAREST LOUTSE. I am just from the depot, where I went to bid adieu for a while to M. N. O., Jannie D., Sara B., and Katie L. They have gone. I was just as sorry as I cotdd-be to part with them, but I know they need a good rest from their labors. For indeed no ono works harder than our teachers, and it is but right that they should have some quiet place to remain during the hot days of July and August. What do you think of "Argus" begrudging the poor schoolmarms a recreation? Well, ain't that mean tlie quaint es sence of meanness. Miss Jannie Thomas, of Raleigh, and Miss Leary, of Fayetteville. X. C. were at the Fifteenth Street Church Sunday. They are en route for Obcr lin to attend commencement there. I know them both well. I think you remember my telling you that Janine and I were classmates. She U such a sweet girl. Miss Leary is the siti r of the eminent lawyer in North Cans lina, Hon. Jno. S.' Leary. I am in clined to think that botli these girls made good impress on some of our lads. I noticed II. W. F. is looking quite milk and honey ish at them. Perhaps this is owing to the fact that the dear girls came from tin. raine State (North Carolina) that he origi nally sprung from. Harry was at church Sunday morn ing. Really, Lou, I did not recognize him; he has had his moustache (?) buried. Alex? told mo sotto voce dur ing prayers' that it was hotter than Mingle's mush. What is Mingle's mush? Do vou know, or at least can you remember, the fascinating clerk at the Pension Office, Mr. D n? Well, wait till I tell you. Parthenia IC. said to me in chinch: "Clara, I know a secret." "What is it, dear?" "Never mind; wait until the service is over, and 1 will tell you." Lou, what do you think it was? She said that Mrs. L., with whom the fascinating gentleman boards, told a lady friend of Mrs. J. that Mr. D n actually banged his hair, painted his eyebrow, and took equally as long to make up as an ordinary lady would to fix for " an evening out in full dress." Whi.t do you think of that, and he paying seri ous attention to such a noble girl as Annette S ? Well, Lou, I am not going away. It is not because I do not want to, but I am crazy to get on the good side of a sealskin this winter; and pa says 1 shall do so if I am prudent, and that I am going to try and be. A score of girls left last week; many more will follow, and I wish them all a very pleasant trip. Your letter about "Leedy" has raised a very general talk real gossip. I heard several friends discussing the matter. J. II. told me that the editor of the Bee had been threatened. The Bee is all right; it don't sting anyone that treats the community proper, but it gads when anyone undertakes to run over everybody. The two names at the head' of the Bee indicate that there is metal behind the throne. Blanche W.. A. E. T. and M L. S. have gone off with the Layton combi nation. We all wish the whole troupe prosperity and good health and much pleasure, and at the end something to count in their musical pockets. Our very estimable citizen, scholar and gentleman, J. T. J., is on fho car pot ngain, and do you know that rumor has it that he and mv father's friend, Mr. A. H., are both courting in dead earnest, and each expects very shortly to take close to their bosom a young- wife apiece. That's good; no two better men two more honorable citizens do not walk our streets. Hattie G. is home from Norfolk. Blessed girl, when I looked on her to day, 1 thought her much more like a picture of loveliness than a human figure. Miss McNary, the young lady that lost her mind, also lost two dia mond rings for a young colored lady clerk in the department who was so very indiscreet as to loan them to her. Speaking about diamonds, Cassie re ceived a very beautiful seven-stone cluster from New York in honor of her birthday and graduation. It is lovely; but no one can borrow it from her. Why do poor girls want to wear diamonds, when it is so well under stood that the question will arise, How did she come by them? Adieu. Your own, Clara. THE EXCURSION TO RICH- MOND Of the Washington Cadet Corps, we need scarcely remind our readors, leaves on Tuesday evening next, and is already an assured success. The excellent management of the Ca4es of their former excursion to the same place contrasted so favorably with some others unnecessary to name, that all who then attended and many more express themselves as goiug on this occasion. The fact that it is a holiday, and no working 'day need be lost, renders it all the more desirable. Capt. Fleetwood, who spent last Sun day in Richmond, reports everybody making preparations to give all, a specimen of old Virginia hospitalilv. I Our advice to all is to buv vour tickets through the day, so as to avoid the evening crowding, as, from nil appearances, this will be the finest party ever taken into the old Com monwealth. PUBLIC PRINTER ROUNDS. The communication in last week's issue of the New York Globe signed "Republican does Public Printer Rounds injustice. There are none who have endeavored to promote the interest ol the colored race more than Hon. S. P. Rounds, our public printer. Mr. Rounds entertains no prejudice on account of color. He is a friend to the down-trodden race, and we know it. Capt. Brian, foreman of printing, is a just man, and we are confident that he has no prejudices. Give the public printer a chance, and we will assure our friend Republican that Mr. Rounds will do the handsome thing. In the first place Mr. Lovelett's place was ' only temporary, and the gentleman . knows it; hence his removal from that i position could not have been a sur-! prise. J A Brooklyn boy can imitate with j his mouth the sound of a lawn mower. . His father is going to try and imitate j a thrashing machine. CHILDREN'S COLUMN. Welly'a Tea-Parly. Nelly Ray live3 in a brown cottage down by the river. There are not many houses near, and no little children to play with her. One day her mamma took her to the city to visit her cousin. She was older than lelly, and had a good many playmates. While Nelly was there Emma had a tea-party and invited her little friends. Nelly enjoyed it very much, and after she went home wanted to have a party of her own. "But," said her mamma, "whom will you invite?" "Oh, I don't know," replied Nelly. "I oan find somebody, I think. And I'll have my dolls." Nelly had three dolIs-Maria Louisa, Victoria and Cinderella. Then she had a little dog named Frisk and three cats. Snowdrop was the mother, and Punch and Judy were kittens.- Nelly thought that with all of them she could have quite a party, f Her mamma gave her some coDkie and milk. She picked a bouquet of daisies and buttercups for her table. Maria Louisa and "Victoria were tak ing their afternoon nap when, they were invited, but Cinderella was no where to be found. It took Nelly some time to remember where she had her last. And where do you think it was? Up in the old apple-tree! Then Nelly called Frisk and Snowdrop, and of course Punch and Judy came running after. So they went to Nelly's little play house. They all had to sit on the ground except Victoria, who had a high chair. They soon ate up the re freshments, and as only Nelly could talk, the party did not last long. --- "Oh, mamma," said Nelly, '"it was such a funny party; Frisk wanted all the cake, and while I was talking to Maria Louisa and Victoria, Punch and Judy drank up all the milk. Then poor Cinderella rolled down the bank, but Frisk brought her back again. I don't believe Snowdrop had a mouthful to eat. And I'd rather have my supper with you." "Well," said mamma, "now go put your dollies to bed and have a good run with Frisk. By the timejou come back supper will be ready, and I'll tell you a story." Our Little Ones. Honorable Scars There is one member of the present United States government whose face is so scarred as to be pitiful to look upon; but the story of these scars is a record so honorable that no decoration of the Legion of Honor confers more glory than do these cruel seams and gashes. When this man of whom we write was but a boy, ho was sitting with hi3 younger sister before the fire of a country house, where they were spend ing the Christmas holidays. Did a spark snap from the blazing wood that crackled so merrily upon the hearth? Or did some incautious movement on the girl's part bring her dress too near the blaze? At any rate, in an instant her clothes were all aflame. The boy loved his pretty sister even more, perhaps, than most brothers do. He was proud of her cleverness and of her beauty. Should the fierce flames scorch her life out before his eyes? He caught a wrap from the sofa, a rug from the floor. He wrapped them round her and struggled for her life, so utterly forgetful of himself that, at the end, he was burned almost beyond human recognition, while on her fair girl's face the fire had left no mark. And the boy was well content. "I am a boy," he said, "and it does not matter. She could not have borne it." For a long time his life was despair, ed of, but at length the vital forces ol his strong youth triumphed, and he went forth into the world again, wear ing his scars for a badge of glory in the eyes of all those who knew the tale. He has made himself one of the men of mark of his generation. He hai won love for himself and distinction and the fair repute of men. But of aU the gains of his life, none do him such honor as those scars of his early battle. The sister, whom he saved from the awful fate that threatened her, has won her own laurels also. She lives in Italy amid "the grandeur that was Rome," whence she sends to America some of the brightest and most charm ing work which our journals print. She has a salon wrhere you meet the men and women best worth knowing. Her life is happy and prosperous buti for all its pleasures, she has to thank the scars which would make her broth er's face unpleasant to look upon, did not the knowledge of how they were won make them his crowning glory. Youth's Companion. Cut Flowers. One of the safest and best ways to send a few choice cut flowers to a disi tance is to cut slits in potatoes and in sert the flower stems, taking care that they are firmly fastened in and support-' ed by a little cotton or paper. An oi dinary potato will keep most flowers fresh for two weeks or more in a mod erate temperature. Potatoes can atari be used in floral decorations through" being disguised by leaves and flowers. Cultivator.. In the opinion of the Scientific American thereis a possibility that the wonderful comet of 1812 may make its reappearance before the year closes. INDIAN SCALPS. Trices Faltl for Them in Colonial Times ' A Die Premium on Dead Indians. The taking of scalps came to be a recognized part of colonial warfare Hannah Dustin, who escaped from Indian captivity in 1693, took ten scalps with her own hand, and was paid for thorn. Captain Church, undertaking his expedition against the eastern Indians, in 1705, after tho Deerfield massacre, announced that he had not hitherto permitted the scalp ing of "Canada men," but should thenceforth allow it In 1722. when the Massachusetts colony sent an expe dition against the village of "praying Indians," founded by Father Rasle, Ihey offered for ea"h scalp a bounty of 15, afterward increased to 100; and this inhumanity w:is so far carried out that the French priest himself wasme of the victims. Jeremiah Bumetead' . of Boston, made this entry in his alma nac in the same year: "Aug. 22, 28 Indian scalps brought to Boston, one of which was Bombazen's (an Indian chief) and one fryer Raile's." Two years after, the celebrated but inappro priately named Captain Lovewell, the foremost Indian fighter of his region, came upon ten Indians asleep round a pond; he and his men killed and scalped them all, and entered Dover, New Hampshire, bearing the ten scalps stretched on hoops and elevated on poles. After receiving an ovation in Dover they went by water to Boston, and were paid a thousand pounds for their scalps. Yet Lovewell's party was always accompanied by a chaplain, and had prayers every morning and evening. The most painful aspect of the whole practice lies in the fact that it was not confined to those actually en gaged in fighting, but that the colonial authorities actually established a tariff of prices for scalps, including even non-combatants so much for a man's so much for a woman's, so much for a child's. Dr. Ellis has lately pointed out the striking circumstance that whereas William Penn declared the person of an Indian to be "sacred," his grandson in 1764 offered $134 for the scalp of an Indifin man,$130 for that of a boy under ten, and 50 for that of a woman or girl. The habit doubtless began in the fury of retaliation, and was continued in order to conciliate Indian allies; and when bounties were offered to them, the white volunteers naturally claimed a share. But there is no doubt that Puritan theology helped the adoption of tho practice. It was partly because the Indian was held to be something worse than a beast that he was treated as being at least a beast. The truth was that he was viewed as a fiend, and there could not be much scruple about using inhu manities against a demon. Cotton Mather calls Satan "the old landlord'' of the American wilderness, and says in his "Magnalia:" "These Parts were then covered with Nations of Bar barous Indians and Infidels, in whom the Prince of the Power of the Air did work as a Spirit; nor could it be expected that Nations of Wretches whose whole religion was the most Explicit sort of Devil-Worship should not be acted by the Devil to engage in some early and bloody Action for the Extinction of a Plantation so contrary to his Interests as that of New England now." T. W. Higginson, in Harper's. Unmoved. The man or woman who tries to get a reputation for eccentricity is natur ally outraged at people who won't Jbe astonished. Baudelaire, a French lit erary character, was one of these, and on his first coming to Paris he visited another literary person, M. Du Camp, who asked him whether he would have Bordeaux or Burgundy. "Both," was the reply, and he drained a bottle of each at a draught, looking at his host to see what impression it made upon him. Du Camp was unmoved. Bau delaire soon visited Du Camp again with his hair dyed green. Du Camp paid no attention to it. At last Bau delaire cried . fury: "Don't you notice anything peculiar in the color of my hair?" "Nothing whatever' was the reply. "I have seen at least fifty people with green hair to-day. If you had dyed yours a bright blue that would have struck me as uncom mon." Baudelaire bounced from his chair, flung himself from the room, and declared to a friend that Du Camp was the most disagreeable man in Paris. Queer Shops. There" are very many more boot and shoe shops here than in any other town I have ever seen, writes a London cor respondent. In the business streets one may count them by dozens,and they all look thriving- The continual rain and damp of London probably account for the innumerable shops for the sale of India-rubber goods, there must be at least twenty here for one to be met at home. But the climate cannot explain the remarkable prevalence of shops where nothing is sold but artificial teeth! These crop up on every side and excite our constant remark. We wonder whether people step in and buy a tooth or two or a set of teeth, as" one selects a hat or an umbrella, whether regular dental operations are carried on within; also, whethersuch a branch of business can possibly be pro. fitable when carried on by so many traders. --' - imsy-A scanty ?-- BY THE LIGHT OP THE 3100. Doe Fair luna Exercise a Mi-8lIc Inf. encc on Man. n The statement that the moon affect the human body may at first si'J seem nonsense, but the fact is, we examine it a little, it does not an. pear so absurd after all. The mrion certainly exercises an intluennp 0vrr fluids on the earth, and the hnnm body is about three-fourths water, it is said that if we put a human i,rKiv into an oven and make it perta'th- drv it will go down' from 150 to abtt Vj pounds. People who are horn when the m is rising are wore subject to her mfln. encein after life Uwui then, in frequently hare the habit of walkmt in their steep, ju1 aJxmfc the tune ( her fulling they ace grwitry subject t " dreams. Another curious thing u V if near-sightod, tkelr eyw grow m0r dim at the opposition ami the rhango. It is also well known that there ar animals horses, for instancewin. 'i are moon-eyed; that is, their sight il better or worse through the month, a. -corning to the condition of the mn..n. The same is said of some dos. A whole volume might benUed with the literature of the moon not onlv tho astrological notions attached to her, but the curious myths and legends. Nothing is better known than that th insane are affected by her beams at certain seasons, and yut there are some doctors who deny it. The famous English physician, Forbes Winslow, who made an exhaustive investigation of the subject, in summing up the van. ous theories as to how the motm ,vf upon the demented, says it is impus- ble to ignore the evidence of such nu-n as Pinel, Dacmin, Guislain and othr'n. The astrological idea is that the planet acts on the moist matter of the hrjin. Some of the French psychol'mUs thought that the insane wero observed to be more troublesome when the moon was full because the light woull naturally make them so, preventing thern from sleeping. But this is ,i very poor explanation, for, although the moon is at her full every month the nights are not always bright -there may be a week or more of cluidi- ness but the restlessness and excitp ment among the lunatics is seen to be just the same, and to exist by day a3 well as after dark. Mr. Win flow's suggestion was as follows: "May not the alleged changes observed anvinsf, tho insane at certain phases of thj moon arise not from the direct but tho indirect influence of the planet? It is well known that the rarity of the airf the electric conditions of the atmos phere, the degree of heat, dryness, moisture, and amount of wind presid ing, are all more or less modified by the state of the moon. In tho general. ity of bodily diseases what oblivious changes are observed to accompany the meteorological condition referred to? Surely those suffering from dis eases of the brain and nervous system affecting the mind, cannot with any degree of reason be considered as ex empt from the operations of apnriHi that are universallv admitted to affeet patients afflicted with other diseases." He gives an instance further on of a lady of much intelligence employed as a matron in his establishment ior in sane ladies during some five years, who informed him that the period of tho full moon invariably created a great agitation among the patients. Balti more News. The Result of Observation. An observing individual says: I have noticed that when a horse gets up he gets up forward first and jerks his hind parts after him, while a cow will get her rear half up in place; also, when drinking, a horse will draw in water rapidly with every breath; thft cow, on the contary, will suck in ono continuous draught as long as she can hold her breath. I have noticed that sheep and goats are both butters, yet a sheep has to run a few steps backward before he can butt, while the goat has to raise himself on his hind legs to execute the same movement. One is called a buck sheep, the other a battering ram. They are the only two aniaials I know of whose butt ends are in front. A squirrel can run down a tree he;wl first The cat and the bear must get down tail first, (if left to themselves.) If your dog finds his way into your cellar and sees a nice steak he will steal it and run out, but if your cat gets in and finds a steak she will sit right- down by it and eat what she wants, (if not surprised before.) I have noticed that a leather strap buckled about the height of yourself around a young tree in a few years will be away beyond your reach, but if nailed at that distance will never get any higher, (only the outer shell runs up.) Although turkeys are much more swift of foot than geese, yet in a week's drive a flock of geese will come in ahead; for geese you can drive at night, especially moonlight, but when evening approaches turkeys will roost. A man can stand on one foot in the middle of a room and pull on his shoe, while a woman must lean up against something to accomplish the same thing. A man holds the needle in his left hand to thread it, buka woman holds it in her right. In one thing I think every one will agree with me: Dress a man as a wo man dresses and you will freeze him to death. T .- -