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OTTAWA FKKii T1IAJEK: SATURDAY, JULY 10, 175.
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IN MGMOltlAM..
HV l((): VKHTM'.lt JEKl-'UV.
,Uo, unfurl tin' broml Mack banner,
Of a Nation' iirW.t to-cluy ;
Float tin- IhmIiii'8 of her niourriini;
Down tlie golden deeps of Mny.
Tell in mournful, in art la 1 music,
Of a Nation's idol dead;
Of a brave sword sheathed forever;
Of ii knightly spirit tied.
Statesman, orator and liero,
Passed away e'er set of 6un
Tliousrh at morn his path was lilnsliiiii;,
Willi tlie honors he hud won.
On a darker sky at nootide,
Writ in tire wc read his fame
Circled i-till by dewy laurels,
Worn ttnscorchcd amid the flame.
Thrcuu'h proud triumphs never boastful;
Ever patient in defeat,
To mourn for hi in, with harmony
A Nation's heart should beat.
Blue or rray, It matters little;
Soldiers bow beside his j;rave,
for ye saw him stand in battle,
And brave men must love the brave.
Even those w ho fell before him,
Solemn requiems do toll, ,
For across the Stygian river,
Never Hashed a nobler soul.
Vail the line of that dark water,
He has met them all to day,
For the roll our Master's eallin?
Marks no timo 'twixt blue and (,'r.iy.
Marshalled there once more as brothers,
Far above the battle-tide,
Where the blue was turned to purple,
And the ;riiy In crimson dyed.
As we or.ee rejoiced together,
At his glory in its prime,
Let us shrine his stainless honor
For our people and our time.
As an orator, inspired
Earncsjt, eloquent yet w hen
His lips were sealed, such silence
Shamed the speech of weaker men.
On the pathway of an exile,
Dark and coll of joy bereft
A shadow of its greatness
Has liis kingly presence left.
And a lesson in this story
Through its light aid shade appears;
Let us read the grain of Egypt,
Collined for three thousand years.
Lost for agts will, If taken
From a mummy's shrivelled hand;
And planted spring to harvest.
For the reapers of the land.
Li t his valor, patience, prudence,
Like the germ of I'haraoh's corn,
Live forever for free nations,
And t!ieir freemen yet unborn.
I would snatch an angel's feather,
While his proud wing leeks the blue,
To chronicle the story
Of a man so (rent and true.
I would dip that cloud-nursed pinion
la tlie fountains of the sun,
To tell of hero, statesman,
Friend all noble all in. one.
King a measure grand, heroic,
To his fame but let the dove
Lend her plume to trace our sorrow,
And her wail to tell our love.
..IVCAXTLK IN SIM IN,
The garret 1 live in Is lonely,
I keep up no sumptuous state,
For lacqueys and grooms I hae only.
Myself on myself now I wait.
So I ve built me a marvelous mansion,
And laid out n royal demensc,
With a tow'rol imposing ixpiii.Mi..: .
My Ca.-lle in Spain.
A park of old oak-trees caresses
'the glint of the summer sun there
(Just now all the woods I possess is
Confined to u table and chair).
It stands on an eminence hilly
(At present my life Is all plain,;
Oh, it warms me to build when I'm chilly
My C'n.-tle in Spain.
Through my grounds winds a river sedately,
Unlike that old pump in the yard:
My friends there are pompous and stately,
And not with liohemiu tarred.
And yet, the old friends I Invito to
Come over and share in my reign ;
They have all an equivalent right to
My Castle in Spain.
. And what gives the crowning expression
To this sweet Iberian life,
The range of my Spanish possession
Is shared by a beautiful wife.
But my pipe has gone out, and my splendid
Old chateau and fair chatelaine
With the smoke wreath have faded, and ended
My Castle in Spain.
WAS IT MURDER?
I!Y Hl.VM IS 1IKNM1AW UADKX.
lie praycth well who lovcth well
Both man and beast and fowl;
He iirayeth best who lovcth best
All creatures, great and small;
For the good Lord, who lovcth 114,
lie made and lovcth till. Coi.kiiiih;k.
' Kddic, do put down Hint ugly creature.
Yc u are u perfect beast worshiper," said Her.
that Her.nison, the young bride, to her three
weeks' bridegroom.
lie obeyed, us bridegrooms of three weeks
are apt to do; but be expostulated, as bride
grooms of all times are sure to (to.
"If cherishing means worshipping, Her
tha, you might c ull me a beast worshipper.
And if- "
She interrupted him sharply.
'I would not mind, if it was a pretty tor-to!-:-j
shell kitten ; but a great ugly old tabby
ta" "
".yv darlirg!" said Edward llcnuion.
gravely, "I w as about to say, if you knew Hie
reason tor my being kind to this cat, and to
nil (.loo s poor dumb creatures that come in
our way, you would not blame inc. I could
tell you somethicg, Ikrtha. Will you listen
to me 'r''
She pouted, iusted of auswering.
"My mother, you know, was : notable
housekeeper. She kept her hou.e iu perfect
order, and ruled everything iu it, both animate
and inanimate, except one thing a young
rcbe' of a cat, which was the torment of her
life, thrnug'.i jumping up on the tea table,
ticking tlm butter, Healing into the pantry,
lapping the cream, and committing divers
other petty depredations abhnrent to the
souls of careful housewives. It was but a
thoughtle.s young cat, that might have
prow a better with time and teaching. Hut
uiy mother declared she was out of patience
with her.
'One dark December day I came home
from 6c!iool and found mother in our tidy
kitchen where we always took our meals in
winter. She was busy netting the table for
tea, an J in a crent passion besides. I soon
saw the reason. The cream jug was turned
over, broken, and the cream spilled. Of course
the young cat was the culprit, although she
was nowhere to be sen. Mother spoke up
s uddenly and sharply:
"Eddie, I'll give you a silver quarter of 1
dollar if you will take that cat and drown
her. I can never leave the room one minute
but the is up on the table. And now see she
has gone and broken my best creaisvjujr. Ml
give you a silver quarter ot a dollar if you
wil! tie a stone around Iter neck and drown
her.'
A ailvcr quarter! I walked out Into the
yard in search of the cat I found her sitting
tip cn top of the chicken house lickinf ad
Vimmlnc nertcu ier sue was a vam unie
total
unconsciousness of her
guilt and impei.din:,' doom. I
I'ussey, pussey, ptisey! she
I called her,
inmcdiatcly
unified down nnu
tuu Joyusiy 10 me. 1
nicked her up in my anus, una -sue gn-eieu
1110 with her poor, inarticulate, tender tones,
us she robbed her brad against my cheek and
,.i.in I'.ven then niv heart smote me for a
j moment for what I was about to do to her.
"I!ut I hardened my heart, and (rotted oil'
,r,ij tin. river went iiiinii the bridge, and
found a good place (or Hie uceu. At nun
moment my good angel left me, for I took'
from my pocket the cord and stone that I had
provided, and while she was purring and
riliivinir with the. cord, grimlv tied one unti
of it around her neck, and the other nround
11,0 ctAirn Ti will noon he over, anil after all
she is nothing but a cat,' I said. And I IieltJ
her ovpr the bridges to drop her iut the
river. -Then indeed she clung to me, arid
looked astonished and wild. For the first
time she seemed to know her danger. She
struggled and grasped my coat with her
claws, and held on. Iiut I pulled her away
! romp unit threw her into the river. I
heard the splash and saw the water close over
her. I hurried nway from the spot, with the
sickening impression that 1 had done a mur-
der. I thought of her at the bottom of the
I'otomac suffocating to dratk, and I had to
keep rereitlrig to myself, 'Oh, it will soon be.
over with her. And after all she is nothing!
bur a cat. And besides, didn't mother tell!
..1 1 . t.l ..... .1.-. . ... .. '
UK' tO (JrOWn IlCr: II WOUIll UOl uo,
heart was decidedly heavy. Never do you
do a murder, liertha. No one but a murderer
knows how it oppresses one's spirits.
"It was raining hard when I reached homo.
I found mother just where I left her, busy
in the kitchen. She was standing nt the ta
bic slicing bread for tea.
"Well, mother, I have drowned the cat,'
I said, as I stood knocking the rain drops off
my cap.
hat
she exclaimed, ceasing her em
ployment and poising the knli'e in oiie hand
and the bread in the other, as she stood star-,
ing at inc.
"Yes, I've drowned the cat; and now I
want my silver quarter of a dollar.'
" 'You did !' she said.with a look of surprise,
sadness and reproach on her face.
"Yes: I tied a stone around her neck to!
ink her, and dropped her into the river
And
you promised me a quarter of a dollar for do-i
ing it,' 1 Hiiswereu, suiKily, tor 1 ten lnjurcu.
creature in
uy 11. 1 iook. cecuuias u ii.i--.-MM .-,. ... u. .ais.nipsniu jown on top. there are no win-
" ithout a single, word, she put her hand iiKht ot the revelations ot that gentleman s tiows and aside from the aperture for en-
into her pocket, drew out a silver quarter, investigations the fly assume? i the position of tranec , which is about two feet square, and a!
and gave it to me turning her ;v.;an important tr.end instead of a pest to man- aaU 0,lt.ning at the top to allow the smoke
I felt more injured than before. v hat U11I Kind. ! to escape, there is no opening to this conical
mother mean? I orly did what she told me "Did you ever watch a fly who has just.sham;j inclosure. To enter one of these huts1
lotto.
"Iiut as I was going lo a eoncert, I tried to
throw off all unpleasant thoughts. I dressed
myself and came down, und joined the family I
at tea without much appetite. Uesides, I !
at tea without mucu appetite, liesiues, 1 1
missed something I missed the little cat!
who always sat by my chair and touched nie!
softly with her paw, now and then, to remind j
me to give her a morsel. I gulped down my!
tea, and started off to Concert Hall to see the'
me to give her a morsel. I gulped down my!
tea, and started off to Concert Hall to see the'
minstrels. And soon seated in the front row,!
minstrels. Ana soon seated in the ironi row,;
enjoying the unparalleled burlesque of song
and sentiment, 1 forgot all about my deed;
of the evening, or, if I thought of it at all,'
it was only to laugh at myself as a sickly, !
sentimental sort ot a fellow, to think so much
about drowning a cat. !
Alter me periorma! ce 1 camt iiome. iiitrunK, especially wneii mat organ is not nttea
was not very iaie, yet u e iiuiy nau reureii.,
was usually hidden for anyof the family who1
l lliuiv l.Ji: ive i.uui iiuuui iiiu o.v.f, .ii-ii.- .ijUCKing Up IOOU :
- . , - , , , - ,i
were out iu uigui, uno upcuuu inc. uooi unu
went in. 1 he stove was warm and the night
amp was butning on the table. Everything
had been lctt comfor ab e forme, and I sat
down before he lire to try my wet clothes. j
I.ut how empty and desolate and forlorn the,
p ace looked alter all I missed something.
It was the cat who al ways slept a night on
the rug In front oi the stove; who always we!-
corned me home, when I came in at night, by
getting up and ribbing against my shins
and purring her pleasure at seeing me. And!
nnu' a.n n iu ut tin. b ittnm ,' tho t otrim .in I
'- " i, . ... ...w "'"i,ui . Ults, iis llic uii;uju9 iittvu u;. iili.xii.c.-
with n stone tied to her neck: and had : son concluded that here was something1 which
thrown her there. And for a mean ouarter1
of n dollar! I
"I got nr. took the lamp, and went upstairs
to bed. iiut I could not sleep. How the,
wind ami tno rain
lashed against the win-
dows! How
I thought of tho cat at the hot-f
rcr! 'And she had but this one
torn of (lie river
life, and I took that for a base quarter of a cation, tor wherevsr the lice were there the
dollar,' I said to myself. And O, I would trunk went. The lite were disappearing into
have gladly given ull the boyish treasures lithe trunk; the flv was-eatine them.
possed in the world, ii I could have brought;
her back to life. And so I lay and tossed
from side to side, listening to the beating of
the storm, and thought what a mean and cruel
wretch I had been.
"Hush! wh'it was that? I started and sat'
up in bed and listened. As sure as I live, It
was a scratch and a mew at the kitchen door,
sounds as lamiliar to me as the children's;
voices. Hut that I never had expected to;
hear again. Well, I have heard Thalbcrg
and Ole IJull play; I've heard Llndand Mis-!
son sing; l ve heard the dinner-bell; but ot; quarters, he found the myriads of flics which
all tho instrumental or vocal music I ever! existed there literally covered with animal
heard, none ever yet has thrilled my soul Cules, while other flies, captured In bedrooms
with such delight us that performance on the or well ventilated, clean apartments, were
kitchen door. imiscmhlv lean ami entirele tree from their
'in less time than it takes to tell it, I jump-
edoutof bed; and without waiting to drawl
on a single garment, ran down stairs, half!
iittueu, in me com, auo o.ru open in Kitcnen
uoor. there stood my cat, ilnoping wet
wnii tne corn uangnng round her neck, and
the empty noose. 1 saw iu an instant how it1
was. In tailing over the t)riJi;e, when slit-
was thrown.tiie rountlstone ha.t slipped from
the noose, and the poor cat had swam ashore,'
aud louml her way homo through night and
slorm. AS soon as Slie saw me, Skf luuiotd
in and rubbed up against my shins, with her
poor, COnfldlllg mt'W, jUSt US if I had never
tried to drown her. I caught In r up in my
arms, an uripping wei as sue was. inured!
her, Kissed her. and comforted lu r in a man
ii er that, under any other rnciimstaucen.
would havj been supremely ab,urd. I took
u. i ii' ni:in i nnu nil", uiR-'l hit lit Men 111 I
I.j.a un ..pj III. wrx.t. .twin t 11 . I
couiu witn my towi-. ami uamp ami com as
sue was, took her to bed with me.
"Oh, how relieved I was! IIkw I loved
that cat t..r eettin out of the rivi-r and cm
Ing home. 1 taiki-d to lu r and priti d h r
i... ir . r. ,tt i .
ii.in ui un: injiiii. i toi'i iiernuA v.rrv l was,
and how I would never do it again. "iSut b'
seemed perfectly inditlert-nt to my crime and
repentence, and only ruddled up to my boioni
and purred and sun in a funnv content, un
in wc Willi leu asleep.
in ine morning, wiKn I went Jiwn to
breakfast, I carried the t at in my arms, and
sat down with her at the table.
'"nhy, I thought you had drowned that
ail, iviaie. my mother said, with a look
strangely bletided with pleasure and pain, as
iisnewus K'a" e cat was alive, yet Hirry'
that her boy had deceived hrr, and obtained
money under false pretence, -f i
thoueht yoo aaid that you had drowned that
cat, Eddi,' the repeated, as if demanding an
cxpinDBtHin.
"Well, aoIrfiVdrown her!' I answered.
playing anlky. 'At least, I tried my tt to
I tied a stone around her neck to sink li-r,
and then dropped her into the I'o'nmac. Itu
he got r, somehow or other, anl came
home Inst Light. I suppose the i'otie alpp j
out ot tt noe, and ne iwam aihore. All
cats. can awiDa. yrrti know. And 'to mnst ll
.T . i
ao, aaiu mymotner. AituR was all
mat ever j.Msru w.-iweea us octca orowning'ast
subject
-But from that time pusiey ate of u.y bread ,
and drank of nvy cv? by dar, lad swpt on my
Ud at nljat, oacU Uj war brofciotiu 1 cured
cn am leu::iig prop'1
even spoken harsh I v
nsiiies. If
to that cv.
have hud to quarrel with tm'.
epariitcd us for u tltne, as it ill.!
1 i; if mis, hut peace reunited us.
c lii ciuelil her to 111 v new lit 'the.
and I luiv
And now, dear Ilerth i. you underhand why
1 cherish I he poor cat.
Then lifting the annual tenderly to his
knee, he calTes.vjd her.
"You forgave me lor tryin? to murder you,
mumy-".
beings would have
Aim not many human
doue that, would they V
Till ST.
Searching for stmwlcrri"s ready to eat:
Finding them criniMin and large and sw
Wnat do vou think 1 found at my feet,
Deep in the green hill-side?
Four brown sparrows, ttie cunning thing-,
Feathered on back and br.'ii-t and wing-",
, Croud with the dignity plumag'j brings,
Opening their four mouths wide.
' Stooping lower to scan ir.v pri ,
Watching the motions with curious eye-.
Dropping my berries in glad .urpnse,
A plaintive sound I heard,
vn,i looking up at the mournful call,
1 spied on a branch near the old stone.w.t"
Trembling and twitting, ready to fall,
The poor little mother bird,
ym, .f !1IKi terror her heart was wrun:
And while to the slender bough she clung
t! 1 .. t .1 II...I II... I!...,. nO.,1. I.if,llltl,.. I,,.,
one lull nun nn- u,ii ii in 1 i'ii'isi a
On a still more slender thread.
i Ah, birdie! I aid, if you only knew
My heart was tender 'and warm and true!
Hut tin- thought that I loved her birdling-
j Never entered her sma'.l brown head.
i And so through this world of ours we g
! Bearing our burdens of needless woe.
Many a heart beating heavy and slow
L'nder its load of can;.
But O! if we only, only knew
That iod was tender, "warm and trui
And that He loved us through and thr::g!.,
Our hearts would be lighter than air.
SWlef. I Mil.X.) '." -i
I' I.IKS.
The S-riie They I'erfonu for Miikiinl.
Mr. Kinersou. a distinguished Kriglish
chemist and naturalist, has been observing
the habits of the common housefly, and be
ilil3 given the tollowing account ot his pro
her d' her
any one inn
they would
The war se
nianv good
niightea alter soaring imouc uie room ior.u jjL.comts necessary to get down and crawl
90mc little time He goes through a scries jn ()nce jn:JiJe a" strange siht greets the
of operations which reminds you of a cut The majority of both sexes go perfectly
licking herself after a meal, or of a bird n'ed and bein'' scrupulously particular,
pluming its feathers. First tlie hind feet are1, ,,.,, ,i,,'a i.wnr iwr ..un ronkimr Tbe
pluming its leathers. Mrst the luna teet are'
rubbed together, and each hind leg is passed'
over a w ing, then the fore leg undergoes a
like treatment; and lastly, if you look sharp,
you will see this insect carry his proboscis
over his legs about his body us far as he can
you will see this insect carry his proboscis
over his legs about his body us far as he can
reach. The minute trunk is perfectly retrac-1
reach. I he minute trunk is perfectly retrac- j
tile, and it terminates in two large lobes, 1
which you can see spread out when the insect'
begins a meal on a lump of sugar. Now the
rulibin together of legs and wings may be a
smoothing operation ; but for wnat purpose
Is this carefullv going over the bodv with the
,or licking, but bitnpiy ior grasping ana,
jr. Emerson states that be began his sdf.
; . ; -'3 , -
appoiliteil tasii 01 Iinuing out wnetner Uie
housefly really serves any appreciable, pur-; whIchts a slick wllUe unother bcts he can
p()se In the scheme ot creation, excepting as! tell in wind, iiauJs hu houu lt. It is stated
an indillerent scavenger, by capturing a tine; that Ul, . gcora chemaSi anj :ifter the bets'
specimen and gluing his wings down to a ,are ma,e ne;er chling-u the sticl; fromone'
microscope slide. On ()lac.ngthe sliae under uand t0 the other. Tl ir wouoy con9isU ot 1
the instrument to the invcsligator's disgust, ut!c rouad shtls with uoie in the centre.i
the fly appeared covered with lice, causing! whith oue 0f their number is selected tV
the ollendlng insect to be promptly released: manufacture No counterfeiting is ever at 1
arid another substituted in his place. Fly1 tempted. Each shell represents about half nj
No. S was no better oil than fly So . 1, and the; of Ainerican monlev, nIul u taken by!
same maybe predicated of flics 3, 4. 5,(1, (or!,,.-.;,. rreeililv us Void !
l I ,. . i! .. l - , I :. r- V HO-U 'iiui. us raieeoiiy us fcoiu. .
nt once reonlmd lookin? into. Whv were the :
flies husv Meanwhi'le rlv N'o. on the
ulide. seemed to take his nosition verv coollv.i
and extending kis proboscis, began to sweep!
it over bis lindv -is if he had iust uli edited.
glance through trie microscope, 'however,
showed that the operation was not self beauti-
He took the paper into the kitchen and
Waved it around, taking care no flics touched;
jt Went back to the rr.icroscooe, find there
found animalcules, the same as cn flies, lie
uaij ow arrived at something definite; the
animalcules were floating in the air, and the
quick motions of the flies gathered them on
their bodies, and the flies then went into-some
quiet corner to have their dainty meal,
Th,. investigator mien nn tn i!i?rfihp how
he continued the experiment in a' variety ot
localities, and how, in dirty and bad smelting'
prey. Wherever filth existed, evolving germs,
which germs might generate disease, there
were the flies, covering themselves with the
minute organisms aud creedilv devouring
'tim StllllO
A N-w Way to Ketain Snh.ii ilir
An indisnant subscriber to the Klizabeth
e,t came into the oflice of that paptra few!
days ago, and ordered his paper stopped be-
cause he differed with Uichard I.a Hue iu his
view of milwoilinc f. nri. r.tiU Itirhnril
conceded the man s right to stop his paper,
.in,1 ri.nnrki-,1 n.nlle . i, I,.,.'. ,.,! nr uu
"D,, von Unn-.r s,.-x-,l,-.
at
lUriNerabbie "
be-
"Vi ru wi ll " mi l tin. tn .i.
"Well, he slopped his paper bit w.-.
Cttt.i! I tliollght A t.inntT W rtl a
. " -
.lamed fool:
who didn't know that timotu,- w;i a -rood'from their delicious dreain. The Chines
thing to graft on hucklel.erry'bushi -. an 1 bejmav not know everyrhin;, but it may be said :
di' - l in b-i than four hour-i." i in their b half that they are anxious U lean.)
"Lord, h tli it .' siid '!ie a.itoniihed, ,
'Iranger.
Yes: ami you know old (ii.-ir
r.riCKson,;
down on Jvi'.i: creek V
' ell, I ve hi' ird of him '
itl'II.S-'lt. . .
ien, sai'i Kicnara cravtiy, -lie stopped
his paper because I said he ai the happvj
litherof twins, and consratulated him. uud I
he tell neau in twenty minutes. I h"re s lots
of similar cases, but it don t matter. I ll lust!
rros your name f.il", though vou don't look
strong, and there', a bid color on your nose.' i
"Xe here, 3r. i.a it i," iil the subscriber,!
look ing somewhat alarmed. I believe I'll !
Just keep on antinT year, cauc I alway,!
did like your paper, and come to think of it J
you're vouna man, an t ome allowance or
ler be nnd'," and lie i jnite.1 eathfied that j
te hvl made a narro i.sp. from death. I
-w vant, noil took a morsel of sttar. TheconKe
"' M' 'r,n Thr ir.- call-l the servant and ordered him to throw
ll.i'esvil, Ky, llnla-li-ah-r. theUl and contents out of the window.
!he ItMVtuX down in tkc wtrest car, but The atttche was the least disconcerted among
was pmoed buck m light !.e couldn't. Old; the amwed company, and when the diseus-i
iady irerped over h r p:m and a-liMl tier: ilon was over, he quietly tlnished hw- tea,
"How long l.-rre you b-.n aittictrd tnatj and approaching the w4ndow, slowly threw
way?" cud. aaisct-r. and nooon out. arndoiiiltiz to
Tho mm i i.ini.c .i.. sJii.ntni ti.. i.a rr not ...s mi
tjwak aittini; dswn aideways. ni IvddiBff
ir knee tugrlssfr o light that ah looked
if ane Lsvlon oe legred pair of breecttea
Ildlasjrivxlcedkrrsluin2iathtssidfwava.
crampel iitliv and whUp-rrt. :
"iWies. I ami I v Lvl 'ttu lHar aaywif.
HrtMr
' 1 1 1 I nun 11 slur.
. 1 v t:.c ll.l:n.s Iti'uljdT.
A !-' ii ivs ago, as a lady, who resides i:i
the south part ot the city, was standing at the
gate ill front of her residence, she Was startled
bv a rustling sound in one of the shade trees,
mm insiaiiuy neurit
ome heavy object drop
with a !r u 1 thump on the plank walk. On
picking up the "thing,'' it was found to be
about two inches long and three-quarters of
an ineli thick, aud apparently composed of
eveeedini'l v dense Iron, with veilow blotches
that resembled sulnliur, and covered with a:
black si'.bstitnei! resembling coal tar. When
lacked up it was found to be uncomforti.bly
. warm for the hand, and nil the circumstances
! combined lead 11 lesistibl v to the conclusion
th-c! this little lindv is a fragment ot a arcrer
one which was a meteorite or aerolite. ThOjyou."
sides of the fragment have the appearance ot; "I'shaw, 'Liza da'.'ll do well 'noxgh for one
; imvlnrr lw.j.n sulit off from Another bodv. and ! font dafs I'rcsbvterlaii ; but dat. left churn
; present longitudinal stiia in the direction of
j tUe fracture. The cuds seem to have been
I squarely broken 011, gomcwuat HKe me irac-
ture made bv the breaking of the mineral
known us galena. This little piece fell nt
about ; o'clock in the afternoon, when the
I sun was shining in a clear skv, and uo doubt
the greater body burst in the extreme upper
HIV tlLUltl UWV f U U I t Sift llIU V .- w U j'w.
regions of the utinosphere in the full blaze ol
suulieht. and so escaped observation. If this
had happened during darkness und stillness
! 'i &oTl
I ' C" L ?"rrZ V ; ?r,
!r ; 1,:;;. m.?,n..maS the more so
.1. ... . ,.s...c ..,.nM.i,n.n,
I (111 SUU."Uili;i; Ul n 11 11.111 1 i-t vuhi . . .M
bles, in its chemical combinations, no mineral
of terrestrial origin. Wherever these bodies
or fragment are found they may be instantly
i recognized by this peculiarity: their sub-
'Stance OUlU .uuu as uiuniuw nun. ... ,
1 m. 1 1- of thin kiml wm found n South Amer .'
n.. tl.n 1 Jiltfll.itnil t, IVti f': !tnO(Vt''. f.Clltni'j
iinotber in the Yule collcffj cabinet, whiclil
- .,,,' .....;,. 1.
was louuu 111 uie neu iiirii luuunj, nujus
i 1iOO pouud;.
The Ulster Imlians.
The wigwams of the Digger Indians are!
--5 -' V . . . '
built throughout of ledwood bark, and are renovater of the system. It has never been
ronnil in slmne which ran bettpr bo evnl iin.1 krlown to ful1, Vrov'ded the patient had not do
routui in snap ., wi icn can oetter ot epuin- , , . jt u, th viUllitv of Mi 8 ,
' J-'J ly y ing that they are in the shape of a t(;0 f;(r Jun .,ti 4 w
b,nvj u;iUe down, with a smaller one placed
eacll one joug uls
siec., ln A circle
,rrouuJ with feet
fu,T apparatus, wl
r0tks hollowe d ou
anj ie i)j,r,Ter ne
circle in hollow plices in the
to the centre Their cook-
r0tks hollowed out, is in convenient reach,
anj )ie j)io-,TCr nee'd not ri-e to prepare his
breakfast. f he food consists of bread made
ureaktat. The food con;
from acorns which are
roajted then'pulveriml n
water and baked. T
hrst buried, then
and lastly mixed up
l'h is bread is said to
be very nourishing. Their mode of preparing
squirrel, hare, etc., is to take them just when
killed, pound them to a jelly, ami then roast
tucm ;Vaothcr article of food, rcrv common
wkh thchl : s known ag the ,.fisU w6rm." -ihc
Digger is an inveterate gambler, and his
111 juCJPili UitlliU 1 Vl'n B.Hlliie, tuuisuuj: o.
hnblimr both hinds behind him m one of
Tuk .Sln. The diameter of the san is eight
hundred and fifty -three tliousaud three huu
Jrt'd aud eighty miles. A train which travels
tuu earth's circumference in a month, would
require nine years to do so on the sun. Let
a cannon ball represent the earth, and it will
take one million four hundred thousand such
bails to represent the sun; but it would re
quire only three hundred thousand earths
to equal the sun in weight. This gives him
an excess of mass over all the known planets
1' the system taken together, ot six hundred
and seventy-four times; and, therefore, he is
the great controlling centre of every atten
dant world. 1 lie intensity ot the solar light
cannot be adequately grasped. One hundred
and forty-six balls of lime as large as the sun,
intenseiy luminous as the lime light, would
only equal his brilliance; while a calculation
of his heat, as represented by terrestrial corn-
bustion. in a given time,
but cannot le uuderstoi
may be computed,
understood. Of the intense
activities thus begotten, tins earth, desMtc
the enormous energies which animate it, re
ceives but the two hundred and twenty-seven
millionth part.
TkACIUM; MMN(i TO A ClII.NKSr. UtRL.
Kissing is unknown in China. It is told
that an American navy officer while in that
country, invited a lady to give him a salute
of that nature. Fiuding her comprehension
of his request somewhat obscure, he kissed
her. I he girl ran into another room, thor
oughly alarmed, exclaiming, "Terrible man-
cater!
ment,' finding herself uninjured in tlie affair,
she returned to his side saying: "I would
i stiall uc devoured." iiut in a mo
like to learn
to learn more of your stranjic rite.
Kee-es.mr!"' lie knew it wasn't rite, but
he kept on intruding her iu tho rij;ht of
"ke e es in-:'' an'il she knew how to do it like
a native Yankee air!, and, after all that, she!
jsugge.-ted a second course by remarking,'
'"Ke - iM's n.e some mure i fu jiu mtc leeke'.":
CYnelice American,) and the lesson went on'
until inan.ma's voice rudely awakened them
The Hkii.iit crDt T ri M v. A Paris letter1
says: it may jierliaps be new to many to
leatn that the late (unite l'aul Demidolt.;
whose wealth was lmnietHe, iMsst-d for a sav
. . 1
age at M 1'ettraburg. lie lived puitt alone.;
lit: never allowed hi servants to handle any:
thin? intndtHl for him. union their han.U
were gbved, an I his valets had to wear;
r?lvcs when Urcsslnz him. He even washeil
the bann notes in a colden tiis,-. nnd hunir;
them ur to Urv on a line, as 'vould a lanndrv!
msid hr linen, before nutting them Into his
pocket i ok. An attache of t!: French cm
bany a one occasion dined witu the comte,
and w hrn tea waj .served in the sulon, lie wa
so ccunied in a discussion on mnpnetism
that be unconsciously placet! tan hand !n the
iugar ba 1, w hen banned to him ty the ser-
IUC.h
thccsistonjof the honse. That attache
the oear ambassador to England.'
A land patent was recently issued frrtn the
Marysvlllt(Cal.) offic to George Waabiag
ton CbrUtopher ColtiAbus lchUlcnKrsan-aaazL
No 'm i II w.i.s i-ou Me. A car driver was
signaled to stop ut the corner of i'reston and
Market streets, In-it two negro women, one of
whom was to get out at that point, concluded
their talk thus, us the car tarried for a mo
ment :
Inside darky "I say, Ll.a, is you swine
to com to de ball to night?1'
Outside darky, lingering on tin: car steps
"What's d itV "U you gwine to de d nice
to-night; You know Jnu'll be lookcn' fur
you
"Look a hea, chile, hasn't you I'otie heard
do news
No 'Liza, I haiiit."
"Well, you jest tell dat wolly-headed wench
dat I'se done got religion'-I'm gwine to
church to night ; no mo' bulls lur mi
1 ten 1
1 dasher 0' yourn's'bouud to wag whenebber!
you hea de banjo picked go 'long wid you, j
gai."
And the car went on, too.
Okamiks ix Ki.oiiiDA. The Cleveland
Ucvnbl, doubting the truth of the statement
1
that oranges remained on the trees Tor a year,
fresh and delicious as when first ripened, a
reliable correspondent writes:
Vou doubt (he statement of a Florida cor-
vil.a'c eaten sweet oranges thai have hung on)
the tree the year round, and have eaten sour
oranges that have hung on a tree tor two
summers, these oranges that so hung arc
good, sound, juicy fruit. This was on Dunn's
Lake. Florida oranges that hang after the
new crop starts, lose their juice, which re-
turns to the tree, and in the fall till up with
. . .
Uu JU1CC luc n,w crop
It is useless to atteiiipt
to
cleanse a stream
Dyspepsia, com-
1 wne tlie fountain is
impure.
(plaints of the liver and kidneys, eruption of the
1 skin, scrofula, headaches, and all diseases tiris
1 ing from impure blood, are at once removed by
IH NAI.KEHS CAI.1KOHN1A MNKOAR U1TTEUS
the great add infallible purilier of the blood, and
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v im; (iiamk ion acjknt of 1 iTitti:
,skx
wTFl) -en's a'nd'lVddlers for our Press
and stValnerlC "td
herbs, vegetables, lard, tallow.meats, cheese, Ac.
over tio.mio sold in a few localities. Sells ,iuick.
Kvery family wants it. Is one of the pleasantest.
ever sold by agents. Weighs six pounds. Price,;
:i.00 Exclusive territory given. Circulars frec.l
LITTLEFIELDifc DAMK. 10) Washington St.,
lioston, Mass.
May 'J2d.l
8w
PriIV l PIVTC wanted to sell "The IVo
nlJUIY VlTljil In plt'a (oninion Sense
M"(llcal Adrlser." It Is the rheapest nook ever published ;
Ss.-) naeea, over xSO Illustrations, tM. Tlionsaniis buy lt
at slulit who could not lie Induced to purchase the tifch
priced bonk i treating ot Donieatle Menlmne. Unlike other
books sold through afents, this work Is thoroughly auver
tlsed throni;liont North America. This fact, toi'i'ther with
the large size, elegant appearance, and many new rnitures
of the book, causes It to sell more rapidly than any work
ever published In this country. Those of my agents who
have hud experience In selilni; books say that In all their
previous canvassing they never met with such success or
made so large waes as since commenclnir the sale of my
work. Kor terms and territory, address (tnclostnir two
postaze stamps and s tat In ir experience)
Ii. V. I'lKUCE, M. T)..
World's lMpensary, llullalo, . V.
.Wc Mf rk envelope " For Putilishlnx ticp't.
Before You Start
IXSUKE IS THE
TRAVELLERS
OF HAHTI'OHI). CONW.
"waters new scale pianos"
in? thf liett liimloj The toneli olnst Io,ih
lino rliiK'i'K tons', poM'erlul iui-oo'
"WATERS' Concerto ORGANS
rnnnnt be excctleil fa tone w beauty i thou
tlet'y competition. JliiConccrtoWtop
ii rlnf Imitation of the I lump ti Voice,
I'rlenn Kxtrnmcly I w fur caA, lur
IitMT till Mouth. Monthly Inxtull
uivntM received t Hiokm anil Oritnna
to Let. 'in I Ilnt-Mony iillowiil it'
lurc-liaNtiI. Mocond-IInnd liKtrn.
iiionti i'Ui'citC JlurtrnliiH. A(iK r
WAITED. A. llUernl IIrouiit(o T-nl-I'M,
.Wmiiteu, fhurvlm, Sthimlt, Lnily'i, eir. Hpoclal
InduremontiTM th Trade. lilntrtitl tain-Sl'iil-I.
IIOKACi: WATUHN S
WrV, -IHl llrimilwuy.IN, Y. ,w.I.m;.
$50 to $10,000
Hai liecn Invested In Stock Privileges and paid
900 ,S. PROFIT.
"How to Io It," a B:ok oa Wat! S
TunibrUlc & Co.. Bankert & Brokers, i
X. V.
T"! ti T,' eholcest In tlie wcrtd Importers'
I Pm Uk prices Larirtut company ln America
m Blanle article pleanes everybody Trade
eonllnually Incrsa.slnu' Awuta wanted eveiy where tirtt
Inniieeiiients don't waste time send lor Circular to 1SOU
KliT WKLLS. U Vesey tt . N. V.. P. U. BOi
THE WEEKLY Sirv
nintw. f-oni now to New i i-ars, -JOst.pald tO ctst. Ad
dress THK SUN, New Vorlt.
77
A WEEK ittiarrlteed to liale and Fetnale
Aientn. in their lucality. Costs XOl'lt-
INU to rrt it. rariifuiars Kree. f. o.
Vlt'KEBY & Anui.(a, Maine.
ISVCIIOMAnCY. fur SOUL ( ItARMISIi.-
How either sex may la-icia.stJ ami itain the love ami
aftectlons of any person they chooie; Instantly. This slniolp
mental acquirement ail can iiuiwh ucr. y man. lur jicis. ; l
together with a Marriage (Julde, Egyptian Oracle, Oreami,
Hints tn Ladles. A onwr book. IiO.iw sold. Address T. ,
WILLIAM A CO.. Publishers. rhlIadelp.Ha.
TO HORSE OWNERS
The"i.ndersli!ned would announce to those irttor; it :4,
" that, from the present time until July 1 ,1h,
I'd. he will otter lor stuck raisers thi
use ol his celebrated Horse,
,T s t m
Rt I Lh IS OJte 01 the IJest TllOf
niililirril; in N'nrt-Wrn
" ' .... . 1
Illinois!
Pertest ln all parts, and in the primr o
Lite, being nine years old.
PEDIGREE:
Birsd ty BILL CHEATHAM and reared
by th dam ODD TRICK,
LEXIWGTON.
BAFFLE
win to roaxt arrbr -le. of th. .vl't
c
JTwhTpt oo a-turtars. srhesla cu tor
aosi ana JMSf l"i imiim.
loan a Jos raaj 1'
for nsnisw aubrwes- VWC 9TtvrntK,
ASCII !- Bo l Ottwa. Et.
rUKD IsoaUSCS,
will XT'. ItaxlniM
BAFFLE!
j aaa ticm
sssun, otOssMSk tUma'.
OTarriagc jfartori).
JJ.NIOIN JAtllttAji: I'ACTOItY
N'o. 57 Columbus Street,
All Styles of Carriages, Buggies,
SPUING WAGONS, &c,
Constantly on Hand and Made to Order,
They do thnlr own wood and tr.in work, trhm tnsnrin
helinr and sliuaper work than anr other cartage ahop lax
the city.
llepalrlDt neatly and promptly done. Prlcei very tow
QAKIUAQESil, 1IUUOIKS, AO.
H. W. JONES,
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CARRIAGE FACTORY
HOSE IS WANT OF
Gom Carriages, lop and Open, Buggies, Slide
Seat Ilusste, Two-seated open hnanlea, Democrat Wagonv
Sulkies, Ac, can rtml them at this Factory, all of hwotcn
nvikf.ot tue&i(mitrffiand la the mui tipyrortd style
undfininh. ALL tV'4Ai1.V2'A'0,aiil for Bale at low prices.
promptly Palntlnfr.Trtmmlnj;, Wood and Iroo
"awa, March 18. 1871.
pairing a
Work.
OTTAWA
Carriage Factory.
G-a-st &c Porter,
I'KOriUETOKS,
Miinnfacture and ki'Oo Coni.tAir.ly on Imnd the vartont
Bty Ii-h oc or e aad two reuteu I'liiOlnnn. ItoCnawnp, Slnilt
nd 00111)11" Bazlra. will, or wlthoat tops.und thu vrtou
gtvlf 9 of Democrtit snd tiprliij Wstfons called lor U tun
market.
We also manufaetore a Jump and Slt'le Seat, which for
neatnmi and convenience as u one or twofalcd errtKHi
Is un'iirnasaed by any yet Invented. Our worlt Is atrlctly
I lltST ( LASS and Hilly warranted. Orders solicited.
tr Send for cataloifuo and price lint.
J. O. OaT.
Nov.51.lS7l. B. 8. roKTEB.
OTTAWA CENTRE
Wagon and CarriageManufactsry,
VETTE, Prop'r,
On Superior Street, near the old ''Fox
River House.
H;vlne Introduced many Important Improvements In M
establishment, nnik!n It tlie larnext and most com
plete In the city, the undersliini-d Invite fann
ers and others deslrtnu new wagons or
old ones repaired, or wishing
Fine FaHlIy t'arrlaieeH, lnp;el'', l'lin'ton ami
UeiiKierat Vujioii,
(r anything fa lil'IIne, to irlvelilm a call. AH work war
ranted and prices that duty competition.
Ottawa, May fi. ISIS. JOHX n. VETTE.
mi
w.
WOCHEfflBLATT
PUBIIHED EVEKV r?BAY,
AT POST OFFICE BLOCK.
OTTAWA, II..
lis- the Only German Paper'
ih La Salle County,
LaNo brt-tn Chicago and Davenport, naJ
r r.ercfore w-ell adapted as an
ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
M.
ii.' rniwcoTT,
Uacr-fsctarer ot and jea'.er la
BOOTS AND SHOES.
J2 .t-'W " stwA; done to order.
A Uijd Fit Wirr mttd.
Hejxttriny HtnCv Done.
Crer s'iriirraVs Hat Stcrs,
On Ls Salla Street
Ottasra, 5ovetnbr 1st. 13.
OFFICE IN ClTAWA
At Hrt rtol tblrsl srartj. t)Oct days, ssrnoa au
lissma tmrn U srsry atoata asUS."a
MMLB&VARMMTH.
JOHN D.
NTRAL IL WIS
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