i an 'Mnl"Aani.T IOB8E W. BCTtOAT.

I"ranyw truly "free,"UfTtha ia purely "briRht,"Clara ia "clear" to tee,

Barbara, "from afar;"Mabel is Tfry " fir,"Henrietta is a" star,"Mrearcta"peari" throwa up from the

M!rid.J" "mrr-h,- "Amelia i "sincere,"Atathaie"vrrcooa',n

Bridirct is "ahinimrMatilda I-- a - lady of honor tru?iu a" li'ly,"

Cwulia ''dim oV aitht,Je a rracrful "willow,"we " run delist,"Elizabeth "an oath,3 pare aa morniw; dew.

8oa is wisdom."

Add,ne"a irinrp,)nlia"a Jrwvl loy "Kcbecca in " OulWol " aa the Hrt of day ;

OrmsUnce i "imitate,"race la a " favor mt."Charlotte in "nobility,"

llarri.-- t an "odorAbrail ia "joyful " aa the robin's lay.

'r Snrih ix " a lady,"

Isabella ia "fair,"Lutinda ia "rowfant,"

Jemima "wwiim!- - ia air."Caroline ia " mriilc-rpiriu-- d " and haae ;

Lyd'a i a " well,"Jadith "a aonjr of iwaia-- ,"

Cornelia "harmony,"l'ntcilla "ancient it days,"

oclina "a t.ihtiiiKalc" where' branches ware- -

Palieaee.Patience I why. 'lis the soul of

Olall tha virtue, 'tit tbe neareet kin tHeaves;

It makes mm look like rods. The bestof tn.nThat er wore earth about him, was suffV-rr- r

A soft, weak, patient, hauible, tranquil spirit,IhcUr.!' Kfoai.

Ieve ma aot for oomely (trace,for my pleasing eye r face.Nor for my outward part-- No.

nor for my ennstajit hairt- -

Fnr those may fail or turn to ill,So thou a n't It hall never:Kcei. thorefote a true woman' eye.And love me still bat know not why.

So bant thoa the aame reason stilllo dute aiwn uie ever.Aalfelpsttloa.

When fail n hea:th,rerori event,Or dull monotony ul daya,

II brourht ue into discontent.That dart. mm round me like a haio,

I find it wholesome lo recallThose ehiefct-- t Koidx my life ha known.

There it alecon in flower,A Ktory in earh stem and bower;Ua every herb on which yva treadAre written word which, rightly readJ ill lead yoa from tarth's Tarrant aodTo hop and holiness and Uod.

Cunningham.a .

FEMIXIXICAL.There is a skeleton in every lady's

draw." Tea punch" soothes the New York

feminine palate.Crying widows marry fiist. There

h nothing like wet weather for trans-planting.

A New Haven Jady climlnil a lamplwt to see the inaugural parade. Shewished to h.c it in a good light.

They govern the world these sweet-lippc- dwomen, because beauty is the

index of a larger fact than wisdom.St Petersburg has a prominent

female hirrishr in the per.-o- n ofMadame Krielzofl.

The Queen of Tahaiti is a giftedvreature; she smokes with grace andplays carte 1 1 ioilc;lioii.

The wife of the Marquis de Noailles,recently apiiutd French minister toWashington, is a lady of great icrmiitdattractions and mtist facinaliiig man-ners.

An old lady who inquired for " thedollar vardeii hat" went away sorrow-ing w htm the clerk told her that theywere just out, lnit he hatl plenty of "sixdollar vardens.'

The Jjondoit Xjxctatitr is strtmgl y infavor of a woman's University in Eng-land, on thegtouiid that the judgmentof edu-atc- women is needeil on manyof tlie most iiiiixM taut "juestions of thetlay.

The wtrd J.tve in (lie Indian languageis "Ht hrnili lKlaniourU h waver." Hownieely it would sound, whisjicrcdd soft-ly in a lady's ear "I schcmli-nda-motirtchwage-r

j'ou."A young lady says that a gentlemen

night never to feel tliseouragtd whenthe " momentous is nega-tived ly the ojet-- t of hischoice, " for inlife, as in grammar, we always declineItclore we conjugate."

A jHstr frlrn by, only feven yearsold, complains most hiitcrly or his digsister's harsh treatment of him. Lastwinter she fralhud his astrakhan cap,ami now sh has captured his strawhat, cut down the rim, and calls it a"sailor."

Women govern us; let ns renderthem jerfK-l- : the more they ate en-lightened, o much the more shall welie. On the cultivation of the mmd ofwomen deeiids the w of men.It is by women that nature wiitesonthe hearts of men.

If a milk m tit, four feet (en inchesin height, while sitsing on a three-legge- d

stool. ttsk four pints of milkfrom every fifteen cows, what was thesize of the Held in which the annualsgrazed, and what was the girl's age?

A lady seeking a situationiutereshd in the adveitisemt nt of arich widower who wanted a lady to dolight g. ISoshe wrote tothe advertiser asking where the light-house was, and if there wetc any wayof getting to shore on Sundays.

Musical criticism nowadays runs inthis wise : Miss wore a rich fmrplesuit tri mined with a handsome shade oflavender, a white over-garmen- t, tightlilting, with flowing sleeves, and awhite honnct trimmed with the sameshades of purple aud lavender andshe sang fiucly.

It is a great mistake to stinponc thata woman with no heart will lie an easycreditor in the exchange of afTectiou.There is not on earth a more mercilessexactcr of love from others than athoroughly selfish woman; and thenore unlovely she grows the moreealously ami scrupulously she exactsove to the uttermost farthing.

The congregation of the Methodisthnreliat Geneva, III., is comtoscd

entirely of grass-wido- w ami crossed-in-lov- e

spinsters. The efforts of thelatter to get male memlers into thefold ar crsislent lit unsuccessful, forthe widows, rendered wise by theirmatrimonial exeriences, are anxiousto keep them out.

The last projiosition of eradicatingl)lygamy is to introduce into Utahvast tiuantitiesof fashionable millinerygoods and induce the (icntile womento ' come out" in gorgeous style. Thiswill produce such a competition on thelart of the Mormon sisterhood amisuch heavy bills for finery, that thesaints won t le able to stand the pres-su- e.

A man in Providence, addicted totangled loot," having i.ubibetl consid-erably more than was for his good,took a scat by the fire, and soon didn'tfell as well on he used too. Near thefire was a brood of young goslings in abasket, that bad been brought in, theweather leing stormy. The beat madethe man sicV, and the disposition wassinmg within him to relieve his over-charged stomach. No vessel lieinghandy for the purjaw except the Iwsk-et- of

irosliinrs. the load was quk'klydctoMitcd there, tilling his wife, heexclaimed. 11ie-rh:eb- e, wnere tun i(hie) did I eat thone gos-lings- ?"

THEKl'rXTKtSXrK ON THE NEBULARHviMTiiMsis. The existence of im- -

iwiliftlA nuliiilatotf ri, a fn.til la'tiiell1j place supposed the solar system tot t : 1 1 Anave iiceu uenven, was mougut 10have leen provid baseless by the in-creased H)wer of modern teloopes,which have resolved into cluster ofstars many objects supiosed to havelieeu nebula?. But since spectroscoehas leen so improved as to tie practi-cally employed for determining thethe character of such distant bodies1 1. a ooluiloiia thHrv is Hirnm mmlnir.iv'..------- - j o " - rntn favnr if indeed it mav not now lie

considered fully established on a stronger foundation man ever oeiore. rrox.

i liaa made extended observations in this direction, in which theevidence in favor of the hypothesis is

decidedly cumulative. n.veu progres-sive changes in the physical conditionfranm ..f ih noiiolm Iiivk lieen clear- -

ly indicated. In Borne parts of certainnebulae nuclei htve been establishedthe mass of gaseous matter evidentlypassing from iis attenuated form intoa f mi-9il- id state. The spectra obtain-ed prove this fact lieyntid tue possibilityof doubt. This class of spectra revealsu. em!! itiitifiii Lttntta 4l,.fr numnttv observed iu certain comets belonging toour own system.

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(iEXEUAL TACON'S JUDGMENT.

Since the Pearl of the Antilles hasailorned the Hjunish crown the islandof Cuba has always lieen governed byacaptain-genera- l, a mighty persouage,invested with much the same power ofauthority as that of a monarch in somecountries, and, like a king, could notiiossihly do any thing that was wroncr.The Cubans have seldom had reason tobe grateful to Spain for the rulers shehas appointed over them, because thesehave lieen usually selected rather onthe soon of influence than cujiacity ormerit. There K however, on recordat least one capta i h --general whosename is Held in esteem by the Cubanpeople on account of the good he ef-fected during his short n ign in Havana.Captain-Gener- al Tacoti establishedsome degree of safety for the inhabit- -aiicc I y iiitrtHluciiii; new laws, and liyseverely punishing certain social offen-ses whic h his predecessors hail ratheroverlxked, ir they tlid not themsetvessvt theexamitle. It is said of Tacouthat, like Alfrctl the Great, he promised the ('iibnns that tliey should lie ableto cast their purses on the public pave-ments, and yet find them again aftermany days. Stories are current inCuba of the general's singular modeof administering justice, which inmany cases partook of an originalitysomewhat whimsical of its kind. Themost topular story of Xh is sort is that ofthe cigar girl or Havana, told to thetraveler by those who were living inCuba tluriug General Tacon's adminis-tration.

The writer of this paper has gatheredthe facts of this very romantic tale,which he now offers to the reader inthe following form :

Miralda Esialez was remarliablc alikefor the lieauty of her person and theexcellence of her tolocco. Hlte kept acigar sh.ip in Havana, in the Colle delComcrcio; a narrow street, with afoot-iwt- li

scarcely wider than an ordinarycurltstone. It was the veriest sectionof a shop, without a front of any kind ;presenting from the street side much ofthe same apjiearanee as a burned-o- ut

dwelling would exhibit, or a theatricalscene viewed by an audience. Duringthe hot hours of the tlay a curtain wassuspended lieforc the shop to ward offthe owerful rays of the sun, underwhose iulluence the delicate goodswithin mijjht otherwise be prematurelydried, while the effects would be equal-ly detrimental to their fair vendor,'i he easy mode of egress, assisted bythe narrow curb-ston- e, together withmany attractions within the shop,tempted many passers to drop in for achat and a cigar. There was a littlecounter, with little pyramidal heaps ofcigarette packets ami cigars of thegenuine Havana brand distributedukiii it. Affixed to a wall at the backwas a glass show-cas- e, fitted withshelves, like a book-cas- e, and ladenwith bundles of the precious leaves,

laced like volumes side by side, amiNiuntl iu bright yellow ribbon. Al-

though Miralda was visited frommorniug till night by every kind ofmalt-- , black ami brown, as well aswhite, nothing was ever said againstthe virtue of the young tobacconist.

Like the cigars she sold, Miralda wasof "Calidad sucrior;" aud, in thesame manner age hatl rather improvedher quality than otherwise, for it hadrijiened her into a charming full-gro-

woman of sixteen tropical summers.Some merit was due to Miralda for thevirtuous life she led; for, liesides thetemptations to which she was dailyami hourly subject d. she M'as quitealone in the world, her parent,brothers, ami sisters, leing death Mi-

ralda naturally found many admirersamong her numerous customers; she,however, made no distinction withthem, but hatl a bright smile ami akind word for all who favored her withtluir praises and their patronage. Onealone, M'rhaps, held a place nearer herbMi t than all others. This was PedroMautanez, aline young boatruan em-ploy-

in the harlsir near the MorroCattle. Pedro was of gtssl white par-entage, tlusigh one would not havejudged S' from the color of his skin,which, from long exiosure to the sunand the weather, hatl turned a pale

Pedro loved Miralda fond-ly, ami she was by no means averse lothe handsome Creole. Iut the prettytobacconist was in no hurry to wearthe matrimonial chains. The business,ike herself, was far from

and she thought in her capacity ofa married woman the attractions ofher shoo would diminish by at leastone-hal- f, while her patrons would disappear in the same ratio, miraitlaonce made her lover a promise that shewould marry hi in as soon as lie shouldhave won a prize in the lottery; for,with his pavings, this would enablePedro to have a share in her businessas well as in her happiness. So once amonth rcttro invested a Uouuloou inlottery tickets, but, as he never succeeded in winning a prize, he failed to

i ii... . , : 1 41...weu me j'leujr loouei'uiat. ouu loi;young I suit man contiuued to dropanchor at Ihe cigar shop as often as his8are time would allow; and as thefond couple always conducted them-selves wiili the strictest propriety, theirengagement remained a secret,

Now Pedro Mantanez had a rival.ami, to a certain extent, a formidableone. The Count Almante was a nobleof Spanish birth, and an officer by pro-fession. He was one of those fortunatetieutleman who, from no inherent talent or acquired ability', hatl been sentfrom tho mother country to enrunhimself in her prosiercus colony, .he--sides bis wealth, whi h rcort descrili-c- d

as lie gloried in the reputation of lieing a gay cavalier in Ha-vana, ami a great favorite with theCreole ladies. It was his boast that noirirl lieneath him iu station had beenyet known to reject any offer he mightpropose; and lie would sometimes laywagers with his associates that thelady whom he hatl newly honored withadmiration would, at a given time,stand entered in his Ixiok of amours asi fresh coiitiuest. To achieve any particular object the count would nevertllow anything, human or otherwise,to stand in his path ; anil by rcasou ofhis wealth, his nobility, and his in-fluence w ith the authorities, his crimesMere nu melons and his punishmentsfew, if any.

It happened that the last senoritawho hatl taken Count Almante's fancywas Miralda Kstalcz. The count spentmany hours anil many iesetas at thepretty tobacconist's counter, where,we may lie sure, he used his most per-suasive language to attain his veryimproHT purpose. Accustomed tohave pretty things poured into her carsy a variety of admirers, Miralda re-

garded the count's addresses w ith in-difference; and, w hile kichaving withher wonted amiability of manner, cavehim neither encouragement nor motivefor pressing his suit. One evening thecount lingered at the cigar shop longerthan custom allows, and, under thepretenso of purchasing and smokingmore cigars, remained until the neigh-bor! ns shops were closed ami thestreets were deserted. Alone with thegirl, and insured against intruders.Count Almante ventured to nrsciostbis unworthy passion. Among otherthings, he said:

"If you will love me and live withme 1 will civc you as many goldenonzaa as you require, aud I will placeat your disposal another and a bettershop in the suburbs of the Cerro, whereyou can carry on your business as be-

fore."The Cerro wa situated near the

count's palace, Miralda said nothingin reply, but, looking the count steadily in the face, gave him the name ofauotber stiop where, she informed him,he would obtain belter cigars thanthose sue sold.

Heedless of the significance of herremark, which lie attri'.iuted to shvness, Almante rose from w here he hatlbeen seated, and, approachiue theerirl.endeavored to place his arm roundher waist. Ever guarded against the

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casualties of insult, Miralda retreated astep, ami at tatc Fame moment drawinga small dagger from the folds of herdress, warned the count not to touchher. lialked iu his design, Almantewithdrew, assuring the girl, with asmile, that he did but jest; but as heleft the shop he bit his Up and clinchedhis fist with evident disappointment.

When Pedro heard of what bad happened ins indignation was great, andhe resolved to take summary vengeance ; but Miralda begged him not toprecipitate, as she hatl now no fear offurther molestation from the count;and as days elapsed, and Almante hadnot resumed his visits, it seemed apparent that he hail taken Miralda'sadvice ami transferred his custom elsewhere.

One evening, as Miralda was aboutclosing her shop for the night, a partyof soldiers halted before her door. Thecommandingofticer entered, and, with-out a word, presented to the astonishedtoUtcconist a warrant for her arrestKnowing that it would be useless todisobey any officer in the em ploy of thecaptain-genera- l, Miralda signified herreadiness to accompany the militaryescort, who, accordingly, placed herin their midst, aud conducted herthrough the streets in the direction ofthe prison. But, instead of haltinghere, the party continued their marchuntil they bat reached the confines ofthe city. Mi Hilda's courage now de-serted her, ami, with tears in her eves.she apjiealed to the officer in command.

"Por la Virgen Santisima !" she exclaimed, "let nic kuow where I ambeing taken to."

"You will learn when vou get there.Our orders strictly forbid us to makeany explanation," was the only replyshe obtained.

Miralda was not long in learning theworst Very shortly her escort haltedle iore Count Almante's castle, m theneighl or hood of the Cerro, and, hav-ing eutered the court-yar- d of thatbuilding, the fair captive was conducted tremblingly intoachamber elegant-ly fitted up for her retreption. Afterwaiting here a few minutes in painfulsuspense, an inner door was thrownojien, ami Count Almante stood beforelier. The scene which then followedmay lie belter imagined than described.We may lie sure that the count Usedevery effort in order to prevail ujioiihis prisoner, but without success.M IraIda's invariable response was agleam of her dagger, which never lefther hand from the first moment offiltering the odious building. Finding that mud measures would not winthe pretty tobacconist, the count, as isusual under such circumstances withiersons of his nature, threatened her

with violence; and he would, doubtless, have carried out his threat ifMiralda had not anticipated him bypromising to relent and become his ifher iiersecutor would al!ow her oneshort week to reconsider her determination. Deceived by the girl's assumed manner, Almante acceded toher desire, ami agreed to wait the pre--scriled n umber of days. Miralda, however, felt assured that liefore their ex-piration her lover would discover herwherealMiuls, ami by some means effecther release. She was not disappointed.Miralda s sudden ttisapiiearaucc wassoon made known to Pedro Mantanez,who, confident that his lieloved hadfallen into the count's clutches, deter-mined to obtain access to Almante'spalace. Kor this purpose he assumedthe tlress of a monk ; ami bis face ling ii u known at the castle, he easilyobtained an entry, and afterward aninterview with Miralda herself. Thegirl's surprise ami joy at licholtling herlover were uubounded. In his strongembrace she lioeame oblivious of her'sorrows, conlideut that the young boatman would now conduct tier speedilyinto an harlmr of refuge. She was notmistaken. Pedro sought and obtainedan audience with General Tacon. Thegeneral was, as usual, immersed input me, auairs; out oeing giueu wnnthe enviable faculties of hearing, talk-ing, and writing at the same moment,merely glanced at ins applicant, anddesired him to tell his story. Pedroditl as he was desired, ami when hehad concluded, Tacon, without raisinghis eyes from the papers over which heappeared intently engaged, made thefollowing inquiry,

"Js Miralda Ivitalcz your sister?""No. su cxcelencia. she is not." re

plied Pedro.jour wile, perhaps:" suggested

the general."She is my lietrothed."General Tacon motioned the young

man to approach, ami theu directing alook to him which seemed to read himthrough, held up a crucifix, and badehim swear to the truth or all that hehad stated. Pedro knelt, and takingthe cross in both hands, kissed it andmade the oath required of him. Having done so, the general jiointed to anapartment, where he desired Pedro towait until he was summoned. Awareof the brief and severe manner inwhich General Tacon tlelt with allsocial questions, Pedro Mantanez leftthe august presence in doubt whetherIns judge would decide for or againsthis case. His suspense was not of longduration. In an hour or so one of thegovernor's guards entered, ushering illCount Almante and his captive lady.The general received the new-come- rs

in tlw tame manner as he had receivedthe young Itoalman. In a tone of ap-parent iiidifi"crencc he addressed thecount as follows: -

"If I am not mistaken you havealmsed your authority by effecting theal si net ion of this girl ?"

"I confess I have done so," repliedthe count, in a tone intended to assimi-late that of his superior; "but," hecontiuued, with a conciliatory smile,"I think that the affair is of such anature that it need not occupy the at-

tention of your excellency!""Well, perhaps not," find his judge,

still busy over the documents beforehim. "I simply wish to learn fromyou, upon your wort! of honor, whetherany violence has been used toward thegirl."

"Noii whatever, upon my houor,"replied Almante, "ami I am happy inlielieving that none will be required."

"Is the girl already yours, then?""Not at present," said the count,

with a supercilious smirk, "but shehas promised to liecome mine veryshortly."

"Istois true?" inquired the captain-genera- l,

for the first time raising hiseyes, ami turning to Miralda, who re-plied,

"My promise was made only with aview to save myself from threatenedviolence."

"Do you say this upon your oath?""UiKin my oath I do!"The general now ordered Petlro

Mantanez to appear, ami then carefullyinterrogated the lovers upon their en-

gagement While doing so he wrote adispatch ami banded it to one of hisguards. When the latter had departedTacon dispatched a messenger iu questof a priest and a lawyer. When thesearrived the general commanded thepriest to perform the ceremony of mar-riage lietween Miralda Estalez andCount Almante, and bit! the lawyerprepare the necessary documents forthe same purptwe.

The count, who had already express-ed his vexation at what promised to bean attempt to deprive him of his newfavorite by allying her with ihe boat-man, was horrified when he heardwhat the governor's mandate reallywas. His indignation was extreme,and he endeavored to Miow how us

such an alliance would he byreminding the general of his noblebirih and honorable calling. Pedrowas equally disappointed at being thusdispossessed of his betrothed, and ap-pealed to Tacon's generosity and senseof right Miralda remained speechlesswith astonishment, but with the mostperfect reliance In the wisdom of herjudge. Meanwhile, la spite of all re

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monstrances, the marriage was formal-ly celebrated, and Miralda Estalez andCount Almante were man and wife.The unhappy bridegroom was then re-quested to return to his palace in theCerro, while his bride and her latelover were dcsred to remain.

Upward of an hour had passed sincethe count's 'departure, aud nothingfurther transpired. The governor hadresumed his business affairs, and ap-peared, as before, utterly unconsciousof all present He was, however,shortly interrupted by the atiearaiiceof the guard whom he had dispatchedwith his missive.

"Is my order executed?" inquiredthe general, looking up for a momentonly

"Si, mi general, it is replied theguard. "Nine bullets were liied at thecount as he rode round the corner ofthe street you mentioned in your dispatch."

Tacon then ordered that the marriageami death of Count Almante shouldbe given every publicity, and that legalsteps should be taken for the purposeof showing that the property ami nameof the defunct were inherited by hisdisconsolate widow. When the gen-eral's commands had been fulfilled,and a decent period after the count'sdemise hail transpired, it need scarcelylie added that Petlro Mantanez marriedthe coumesd, with whom he livedhappily ever after.

Startle's Wonderful rcrformanfe.From ihe Tarf. Field and Farm, of May 17th.

On the authority of Mr. iionner, itwas announced Kriday morning lastin the Turf, Field ami Farm that Star-tle woultl be. given a trial on ProspectPark, at 4 o'clock that afternoon. Star-tle had not been handled a single daythis spring by a professional. Mr. Bon-ner has given him all the work he hasreceived. He has trotted fast quarters,halves, and full miles, and yet iu allhis sieeding has not made a singlebreak. This is remarkable, especiallywhen we remember the age of thishorse. The weather was very sultryup to 3 o'clock on Kriday. The Ther-mometer stood in front of the AstorHouse at 90 degrees iu the shade. Op-pressive as he air was, Startle wastaken in the afternoon from Mr. Bon-ner's stable on Fifty-fiift- h street, anddriven to Prospect Park, a long and

About half past threeo'clock a gale of wind swept up sudden-ly from the ocean, raising clouds ofdust and blustering wildly over thetrack. A number of ladies and gentle-men had assembled in the club houseto witness the exhibition aunounced,ami as the wind rose higher and high-er, many expressed the fear that theywould lie disappointed. Experiencedtrainers like Loomis and Hiram Howelooked at the eddying clouds of dust,and gravely shook their heads. "It isimpossible to make good time in theface of a gale like this," they said. Mr.Bonner, however, had announced apublic exhibition of siecd, and he wasdetermined to give it, no matter howunfavorable the circumstances. Com-modore Dodge, Mr. lloliert Fletcher,the former owner of Socrates, and theveteran Sim Hoaglaud, were selectedas judges. Startle was put to the sulky,ami Mr. Geo. Hopkins, who hud neverpulled a rein over him but twice, andwho, consequently, could not thorough-ly understand the horse, got up behindhim. The judges took their places inthe stand, and Startle was off. Thewind favored him the first quarter, butMr. Hopkins failed to get himthorougli-- y

dowu to his work. The quarter wasmade in 37 seconds, and people beganto shake their heads. - The half milewas finished in 1:14. Hopkins nowgave the horse his head, and he trottedfaster and more at ease, doing the lasthalf mile in 1:10, and the full mile in2:241. "A wonderful performance !"exclaimed all ; but a scowl was on Mr.JJouner's lace, evidently he was disappointed. It was no use to talk wind,clouds of dust, and the condition of thecourse, the track cupping badly mplaces. Neither woultl he heed theargument that the horse was youngand fat, the seas-- early, the weatherdebilitating. He was disappointed,tint was determined that the mileshould lie repeated. The horse cooledout well, aud in thirty minutes lookedIresli ami strong. The wind licgan toblow more gently, and finally lulleditself to sleep. Startle began his second ellbrt well. He trotted squarelyand steadily; no wavering, no inclination to leave his feet. He made thefirst quarter iu 341 seconds, and with acheer from the crowd crossed the half--mile iu 1:09; the three-quart- er polewas reached in 1:43), and the mile wascompleted iu 2:l'Jj. A shout went upwhen the judges announced the result,and the scowl left Mr. Bonner's face.The iierforuiance was truly woutlerlul.Consider it a moment: On the 12th ofMay, Startle, with no preparation butwhat his owner hod given him, andnot live years old until Tuesday, May14, on a track none the best, reiieateda full mile, carrying full weight, iuil'Jj, faster time thau ever made byany stallion of any age !

V ell may we regard him as a mar-vel. On the same day at FleetwoodPark, American Girl and W. H. Allan,both known to be fast, trotted a matchrace of mile heats, and the best timemade was 2:33. The contrast is strik-ing, and the comparison brings out theiiertormance of Startle in the strongestlight- - At the end of the second milethe young horse did not show anysigns of distress. In fact, Sim Hoag-laud, looking critically at him, gaveit as his opinion that a third mile couldlie trotted iu 2:20.

Weduesday morning Startle wasdriven a half mile at Fleetwood Parkin the astonishing time of 1:044 thefastest half mile by two seconds evermade on the track by any horse of anyage. He was timed by Thomas Car-penter, Mr. McGowan, Mr. Gillenderand other gentlemen.

It is evident that Startle has greatendurance as well as marvellous speed.His pedigree foreshadows this Hewas got by Itysdyk's HambleConiau,aud he is cut of .Lizzie Walker. Thebreeding of this old chesnut mare is asfollows: By American Star ; first damby Old Hickory, Hickory by Whip,Whip by Semour's Wildair, andWildair by Fearnaught. These stoutcrosses have given s ouuic-- s to Startle;and the iiedigrce demonstrates that lieis a brother in blood to Dexter. Hestands 15 hands 1 inch, and his mus-cular development is simply grand.He is very gentle iu disposition, amiseems to kuow nothing but trot. Hisaction is clear aud beautiful. He neverstrikes himself, and has never worn aboot Much of this, however, is ow-ing to the scientific manner in whichhe is shod. He will now le "let up,"as horsemen say; but in the fall, if hekeeps well, we shall hear from himagain.

Strange that parents can not learnwhat it would seem that natural affec-tion and sympathy would teach them

that it is not only cruel but danger-ous to expose a child to the influenceof extreme fear. It matters littlewhether the fear springs from a real oran imaginary cause. Not long ago afather aud mother iu Detroit left theirfour-year-o- ld son alone one evening.The child begged to be taken withthem, saying he was afraid of bearsand wolves. He screamed violentlywhen they left the house, and on theirreturn they found him insane. It isfeared that he will be an idiot for life.

The Levei, of the Dead sea. Atew years ago a iariy of English engi-neers were employed, under the com-mand of Captain Wilson, to make asurvey of Jerusalem, and to take levelsof this ngion from the coast of the Med-iterranean to the sacred city, andthence to the Dead Sea. The levelingwas made by indeiieudent observers,with different lustrumeM., and withaccuracy that the result is reliablewithin three or four Inches.

ADYICE TO YOUNG MEN.

Horace Greeley delivered a brief ad'dress to the young men in attendanceupon a business college in New York,We give it for its intrinsic interest, asfollows: ;

"Ladies and Gentlemen: Thegreatest orator and agitator of the NewEngland States Mr. Wendell, Phillips

i i i i. j... iis repuricu iu ue jouruius as iiavinglately averted that every State owes toevery citizen, male or female, instruc-tion in some useful trade. I do notknow that I should care to be responsi-ble for a proposition to broad and sobold as that ; but this I am perfectlyprepared to stand by that if 1 had mycnoice cuner to nave every youin inthis community provided with a gooduseful trade, aud then take his or herchauce of what we now call education

that is, ttie education of selrools orto have every youth get our school edu-cation and" then take his or her chaucewith a trade, I would prefer to take thetrade, and do as we could about tchooleducation. Applause. That is, I donot believe, if it was practicable to haveevery citizen provided with a good trade,that there is another good within thereach of human efforts so importantand so advauciug as that would be. Ido not believe that theie is anything bywhich our people suffer so much, iuthe whole community people are grow-ing up all around us iu ignorance notso much in letters as of the rudimentsof some means of earning au honestliving. Nothing so oppresses me as tobe acvo-ite- on this haud and on thatby the plaintive appeal and inquiry," Can't you find something for me todo?" You know as welt as any whatthat means ; that they nt only lackthe persons who so apppeal for some-thing to do, but they lack in knowinghow to do it That is the trouble, andthe main trouble. It is not altogetherconfined to that cJaass bora to poverty,but extends even to the classes born toaffluence. I wish it were possible thatevery one should have a good trade ;for I know men and women in thiscity, many of them, who know nothow to read, who caunot write theirown names, and yet each of them isearning an honorable subs.steuce. Onthe other hand, many men and women,on whose education large bums havebeen spent, are helpless and hopele.-s- .

" 1 sometimes lament the narrow-ness which governs the common viewsof the term education. For if there isanything iu tho world which educationshould mean, it is the arming andequipping men for the battle of life.Applause. We who are not seeking

for reinforcemeuts to the means of ed-ucation are not disparaging critics ofwhat was done before we were born.We don't mean to say that colleges arebad or useless, but merely that there isa large variety of contiuually expanding wants for which new devices jnusthe creattd in order to meet them.Thus the business college means notthat other colleges are worthless, butthat there are wants that pre-existi-

institutions were not calculated tomeet. Human tastesand wants widen,ami create new means for their ownsatisfaction.

" I have the largest and deepest interest iu w hat is called our agriculturalcol leges great applause institutionsintended to educate young men, and 1trust, in time, young women also, foruseful work. Applause. Meu saythey will fail. No doubt if you startsomcting fifty years in advance ofthe public sentiment you are likelyto fail, not because it is bad, but be-cause it is ttio good. Applause.! It isso grand, so noble, that it does notmeet an ascertained and expressedwant of the community, or a respect-able part of the community. I fearthat out of one hundred youug menwho enter an agricultural college, youWon't find ten who want to be farmers.They want to get au education, andthen men wonder they do not turn outthe best possible farmers. Just sowith the business colleges, and yet Iam sure they meet a very decidedwant.

41 1 was glad to hear Mr. Packard sayhe did not expect all his young meu tofind clerkships. The best divinityschool that ever was cannot make atheologian out of a man who is notqualified for it. Applause. Unlessnature has qualified him for that ex-

alted vocation he caunot be a goodtheologian. So you may give a manthe best education lor a merchant, andif he have not thequolification necessa-r- v

his education would not make timone, for aspiration is one thing and ca-

pacity is quite another, f Applase Thebusiness college wouia be a uesiraoiething if there were never to be a clerkship on earth. I apprehend tha lbcommunity unconsciously strives to thatstate or things wherein mere snan oefewer clerks aud liook-keepe- rs iu pro-portion to what Is done than now.There are less now than there werefifty years ago in proportion, and Ithink this reduction is destined to goon. The time will come when a greatmerchant will buy and sell millions'worth of goods with fewer clerks andfewer figures than he now requires. Sothen, if young men are looking for-

ward to a growing demand for clerks,I think they will be disappointed. Butthis is a narrow conception of the subject. Why, there is farmers to-d-ay whowork on a tolerable larm or an

one laugtcr who woultlnot be a better farmer for a good edu-cation. He woultl be able to keendebit and credit with everything withevery crop, and ascertain when hecame to sell it, whether he had mademoney or lost by it. And then hecould shape his husbandry for the nexty ear st that he could produce that onwhich he made a profit, and cease to

that on which he had sufferedIiroduce of this, many go on fromyear to year producing the same thiogs,never able to eliminate their expenseson unprofitable productions, or to in-

crease those crops on which they mayhave gained. So it Is in every voca-tion. I wish business education wereten times as widely diffused as it is,even though many entered it withfalse ideas, as they now do for I amsure the country suffers fn its prosperi-b- y

the want of knowledge. One granddifference of what is called the Yankeerace from some, perhaps from most ofthe races, is its ability to do manythings; to run from one business pur-suit to another. I don't say it is de-

sirable ; but I was impressed with itwhen our war broke out, and severralregiments were centered at Annapolis,and the Constitution lay there aground.One of the officers asked how manymen were able to work that ship, andfifty-eig- ht men steplied out ready to doit, and fight her, too, if necessary. Ap-plause,

"If we hatl a hundred thousandyoung men educated for business, weshould find employment for them in athousand ways everywhere openingaround us. We have resources that wedo not develop,! merely because thebrain and education necessary to pe

have not been provided. Wehave a thousand wants which a busi-ness education will aid us to satisfy. Ieay, then, honor to this form of educa-tion, and honor to every form of edu-cation.

" Let us multiply and diversify ourmethods and means of education. Letus have colleges to teach men every-thing that needs.to be done, bo that weshall be, as I trust the world will re-cognize, the most effective people onthe face of the earth, best qualified fordoing what the head devises and thehands find to do; best qualified fordoing the world's work, and for teach-ing nations, also, how the work oughtto be done. I say prosperity and suc-cess to business colleges." Great andcontinued applause.

Prefer loss before uujust gain; forthat brings grief but once this forever.

HERAJULY 5, 1872.

ITEMS OP INTEREST.Condemn no man for not thiuking

as you think.Men willingly believe what they

wisn to ne true.By the street of "By-and-b- y" one

arrives ai;ine nouse oi "IN ever."This term is equally applicable to all

ranks whoever is ignorant, is vulvar.Joy has its limits we but borrow

1 -uiie uour ui imrm ironi montiisoisorrow.

Gratitude is a dutv none can lx picused from, because it is always at ourdisposal.

The more earnestly you exhort yourconfidant to secrecy, the more likely heis to tell.

The iufluencc of costume is incalculable. JJress a boy as a man, ami hewill at once change his own conceptionof himself.

To draw a Rusted NaiL First driveit in a little, which breaks the hold,and then it may be f'.rawn out mucheasier.

A lady boarding-hous- e keeper, whowas afflicted with boaideis with veryextensive appetites, seasoned theirhash with snuff, because she heard thearticles recommended as a certain "curefor consumption."

It is au established fact that thereis no other State in the world that oc-cupies itself so largely with the educa-tion of women as Itussia. As muchcare should be bestowed upon thehigher education of girls as boys.

A young lady, while standing in awintiowin Morgantown, Butler Coun-ty, Ky., received a slight shock from aflash of lightuiug. On her recovery,it was found that an ailanthus tree,standing near the window, had beenaccurately photographed, by the elec-tric flash, uiion her breast

To cure ear-ach-e, apply a warmpoultice or warm oil to the ear. Bubthe back of the car with warm lauda-num. In case of a fetid discharge,carefully syringe the ear with warmmilk and water. Iu all cases keep thecar thoroughly cleansed.. Relief isoften given by rubbing the back of theear with a little hartshorn aud water.

A Norwegian, seventy years old, atWhite Bear Lake, had the most extra-ordinary fight with a wolf on record,recently. The animal tackled him, andhe fought, first with a club, then witha pitchfork, and finally he got a ropearound the neck of the beast, amitherewith drew him to a carpenter'svice, into which he screwed his head.Then he got a gun, and killed him.

A cement of great adhesive powermay be made by rubbing together, Ina mortar, two parts of nitrate of lime,twenty-fiv- e of water, aud twenty ofpowdered gum arable, tnus forming atransparent cement of remarkablestrength, and applicable to wood, por-celai- u,

glass aM stone. The surfacesto be united are painted with the ce-ment, and liound together till thedrying is complete.

A young German architect in Chi-cago has drawn a plan whereby thecreat fire shall be commemorated. Hisdesign is to erect in one of the publicparks a tower about one hundred feetin height, which shall be surmountedby a Phopnix the tower to be builtwith blocks of stone or bricks takenfrom the prominent buildings destroyedby the fire. On each of these blocksthe names of the building, from theruins of which it was taken, is to beconspicuously engraved. That all thesenames may be seen by the cuiious offuture years, the top of the tower is tobe reached by an exterior wiudingstairway.

A correspondent recommends tur-petiii- ue

as a cure for lockjaw. Hesays : " Let any one who has an at-tack of lis kj i w take a small quantity ofturventine, warm it and lsiur it on thewound, no matter where the wound is,or of what nature it is, aud relief willfollow in less than one minute. Noth-ing better can be applied to a severecut than cold turpentine. It will givecertain relief almost instantly. Tur-pentine is also a sure remedy for croup.Saturate a piece of flauuel on thethroat and chest, and in very severecoses, three to fire drops on a lump ofsugar may be taken inwardly. Everyfamily should have a bottle on hand."This remedy is simple, and can be easi-ly tested. In all serious cases au ap-plication should be made under med-ical advice.

How to Manage Daughters.From the San Fraud noo Newi Letter.

An old gentleman who ought to beseated asiride Ihe topmost ridge ofMount Shasta, with a similar moun-tain pendant from either foot, writesto a literary paper that he has a daugh-ter. We are delighted that this an-tique malefactor is blessed with pro-geu-y

; that daughter will be a comfortto him when he gets along in years.We have ourselves wished for a daugh-ter to support. But we wander. Thisrelic of a vanquished age concludesthat his daughter is very fond of gen-tleman's society. That is precisely thespecies of illness that would probablyafflict our daughter, if we had adaugkrter to feed. We once knew a manwhose daughter was so extremely fondof the society of gentlemen, that herparent caught her one day hanging onthe arm of a wooden Indian, and hadto weau her from this singular par-tiality by an e. To resume:This hoary inquisitor goes on to ex-plain that the gentlemen of whose so-ciety his daughter is mainly fond are,he has reason to believe, addicted tothe consumption of cigars and the viceof billiards. It is probable. If anyyoung woman shall ever secure theadvantage of having us as a parent tobuy her clothes, it is reasonable to ap--

that she will favor the sameIirehend gentlemen : they mostlydo. But the aged parent would like toknow what h would best do about it

There arc several methods of reform.Probabl v the most obvious and effectualis to kill her, take off her skin andhang her up to bleed. The final dis-position of the hotly is not important.If in the progress of the centuries weshall ever coufer upon some comelydamsel the honor of being daughter tous, and resjiousible for her bills, it is tobe presumed that we shall adopt thismethod. Another way is to rent ruinher of her liberty by putting her intoan abandoned well and dumping sometons of gravel atop of her. This planis highly spoken of, and commends it-

self strongly to the judgment Or theold geutlemau may bind her ankles toan anvil, and upset her out of a lioat.It would be needless to point out theadvantages of this plan. Finally, if heis too tender-hearte- d or affectionate toadopt any of the foregoing methods,let him lay her projierly chloroform-ed beneath the upturned root of amighty oak, aud severing the trunk,let back the mountain of earth in to itsappointed place. With so great avariety of methods from which tochoose, this anxious old gentlemanought not to be very long in solvingthe problem to which he has set hisintellect

From these observations it appearsthat on the 12th of March, 1865, thesurtace of the Dead Sea was 1,296 feetbelow that of the Mediterranean, whichresult confisms the calculations of theDue de Luynea and Lieutenant Vignes,who by the barometer made the differ-ence 1,286 feet on the 7th or June, 1864.At the season of the winter freshets thewaters of the Asphaltic Lake standtwo or three feet higher than usual, andduring the fierce beats of summer sinkby evaporation six feet below the aver-age height. Lieutenant Lynch found inthe Dead Sea a depth of 1,308 feet op-posite the Watty Zerha Maia. Thusthe bottom of the Dead Sea ia, in onelocality, 2,594 feet below the levtl ofthe Mediterranean,

A

The Scraps of Spanish History.The failure of the Carlist insurrec-

tion, aud the rumor that Serrano, is in-triguing to put the sou of the ex-Que-en

Isabella on the throne, will lend someinterest to the following extracts fromJohn Hay's pleasant book, " CastilianDays :"

Ferdinand VII., his mind weakenedby illness, and influenced by'his minis-ters, hod. proclaimed his brother DonCarlos, heir to the throne, to the exclu-sion of his own infant daughter, Isa-bella. His wife. Queen Christine,broken dowu by tUc long conflict, hadgiven way iu despair. But her sister,Dona Louisa Cai lotade Bourbon, heardof the news iu the South of Spain, andleaving her babies at Cadiz, (two littleurchins, one of whom was to be kingconsort and the other was to fall by hiscousin Montpcnsier's hand in the fieldof Curabanchcl,) she posted without amoment's paue for rest or sleep over. . ,j i r amountains una piaius iroiu me scu tothe royal chateau of La Granja. Shefought with the lackeys and the ministers twenty-fou- r hours before she couldsee her sister, the Queen. Havingbreathed into Christine ner own luvincible spirit, they succeeded, afterendlesspains, in reaching the king. Obstinateas the weak often are, he refused atfirst to listen to them ; but by theirwomanly wiles, their italiau policy,their magnetic force, they at lastbrought mm to revoke his decree iufavor of Don Carlos, and recognizedthe right of his daughter to the crownThen, terrible iu her triumph, DonaLouisa Carlota stmt for the MiulterCalomarde, overwhelming him withabuse, and unable to confine her victo-rious rago and hate to wortis alone, sheslapped the astonished minister in theface. Calomarwe, trembling with rage,bowed aud said "A white hand cannot offend."

A few years la'er, when Ferdinandwas in his grave, and the lady Isabelrcianed under the rcgeucy of Christine,a movement in favor of the consltitu- -tiou of 1812 burst out. where revolutious always do, iu the South, andspread rapidly over the contiguousprovinces. The uitection gamed mctroops of the royal guard at La Granga,aud they surrounded the palace bawl-in- sr

for the constitution. The regentess,w ith a proud reliance upon her ownpower, ordered them to semi a deputa-tion to her apartment. A dozen of themutineers came in aud demanded theconstitution.

" What is that?" asked the queen.They looked at'each other and cutl- -

galled their brains. They had neverthought of that before.

" Cram ha !" said they, " we don'tknow. They say it is a good thing,and will raise our pay aud make saltcheaper."

The lioiiticai economy wa somewhatflimsy, but they had tne bayonets andthe queen was compelled to give wayami proclaim the constitution.

The following anecdote is a charac-teristic illustration of the despicabledespotism of the Spanish ISourlous.The prince of Asturias mentioned isthe iierson whom it is ssiid Serrauo tie- -

sires should supplant Amadeus :A Colonel ot iiiigineers, in the sum

mer before the late revolution, wasstanding before the palace with someofficers, when a mean-lookin- g cur ranp ist " What an ugly dog !" said thecolonel. "Hash," replied another w ithawe-struc-k face, "that is the dog ofhis royal highness the prince ot As-

turias." The colonel unfortunately hada logical mind, ami failed to see thatownership had any bearing on a purelyesthetic question. He defined hi po-sition " 1 do not think the dog isusrly because he belongs to the prince;I only meant that the prince has anugly dog."

The window just above them slam-med, aud another officer came up audsaid that tue devil was to pay. " Thequeen was at the window aud heardevery word you said." Au hour after-ward the colonel received an orderfrom the commandant of the palace,revoking his leave of aljseiice and or-

dering him on tluty at Madrid. It isnot very surprisingthat this officer wasat the bridge of Alculea.

HUMOROUS.

Where once the prairie was tracklesssave for the Indian trail, it now bearstracks of T-ra- il; which shows what adifference a little dash may make.

A Yankee doctor has contrived to ex-

tract from sausages a jpowerful tonic,which he says contains tho wholestrength of the original bark. He callsit the sulphate of canine.

Horace Greeley says that lightning-rod-s

should be planted on the southside of the building in the sun. Thevines are more thrifty, ami suitor lessfrom the exposure to heavy wind-'- .

M Prudhomme, in the decline of life,was talking to his nephew, to whomhe related stories of his youth. But,uncle, suJdenly exclaimed the youngman, what struck you most during yourlife? My dear boy, it was your auut.

"Mrs Mifliu," said a visitor, "Emmabos your features, but I think she hasgot her father's hair." "Oh, now Isee," said tho "dear little Emma;" "it'sbecause I have father's hair that he hasto wear a wig."

Colonel G. was very fit, and beinga bankrupt, was met by one of hiscreditors with a "How Jo you do, Col-

onel?" "Pretty well; you see I holdmy own yet" "Yes," said the other,"and mine too, to my sorrow."

" 'Wake up, here, and pay for yourlodging, " ' said the deacon, as henudged a sleepy stranger with the con-

tribution box. We were there, and weheard the sleepy stranger withaglaticeat the minister whose sermon had nar-cotized him, "Lodging! and boredtoo."

A schoolmistress, while taking downthe names and ages of her pupils, andthe names of their arents, at the

of the teim, asked one littlefeilow, "What's your father's . name?""Oh, you needn't takedown his name;he's too old to go to school to womau "was the reply.

An Irishman went into a Chicagostore, and says he Faith, an' did youput in the papers that you wanted aman? Yes, said the Btore-keepe- r, andI distinctly stated all applicationsmust-b- e made by mail. An' faith, an'it's ineself tiiat's a male, sure, saysPat, and he was hiied.

Oswego colored conversation: I sayBaz, where do dat comet rise at? Itlisesin de 46 meridian ob de frigidzadiac, aud laid down iu de comic al-

manack. Well, where does it set,Baz? Set, you black fool! It doesn'tset nowhere. When it gets tired ofshinning it goes into its hole.

A female editor on a Milwaukee paper and an o. t nsibly masculine one ona La Crosse journal are making loveto each other through the columns oftheir resiective organs. He calls her"a charming young lady," and tellshow her words thrill through him likea beautiful dream; and she reiterates.

Mother, said little Neil one morning,after having fa len out of bed, I thinkI know why I fell out of bed last niirht.It was because I slept too near wherel got in. Musing a little while, as If Indoubt whether he had riven the rightexplanation, he added, No, that wasn'ttbe reason; it was because I slet toonear wnere l reu out

At Lynn, Mass., all comparison arebased upon slve leather. A cobblerhaving applied for admissson to an Or-thodox church at that place, tb dea-cons held a consultation over tbe can-didate. Says one deacon to another"Well, deacon, Bob G wants tojoin our meeting-- ' "Yes; d- - youknow anything against him?" "Wellno. But before you take a final voteon him, I'd just like to show you a jobcobbling he did for me, that's all."

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Capitol and Labor.By request, Hon. Joseph Medill,

Mayor of Chicago, addressed a recentpublic gathering of workfcigmen nthai city. We publish that porTjun ofnis remarxs concerning the relationship between capital and labts:

"Employment is always in proportion io me amount oi capital willing tobe iuvested in reproduction. Capitalami labor are naturally partners; thein the purchasing powei of his wagesby the reason of dcarncz equal to thefalling off in production. A cd if thejourneymen iu oue trade exact higherthau fair proportional wages the con-sumers ot all other trades will be over-charged and injured. If all the tradesforce up their rates of wages then noneof them are benefitted, for losses onpurchases will balance tbe gains onwages. The truth is, that somethingcannot be had for nothing, and all thatcan be dividtd among the communityis the total production. The less thereis the less will fall to each one's share.Ami it may be laid down as an incon-trovertible axiom that, until the laboreris able to dictate to the capitalist theprice at which the latter must sell hisgoods or lease his tenements, and alsothe wages he must pay, it will be impos-sible for the laborer to Improve his con-dition by strikes or abbreviation ofwork. The great law of supply anddemand will determine the right wagesthat can be paid in the rebuilding ofChicago, and all coercive and forcingprocesses will fail in their objectaud come to naught When the priceof the commodities of labor are forcedabove their legitimate leve', they areascertain to fall back agaiu as a ballcast into the air is to return to theearth.

"What labor needs is a plenty ofsteady employment at fair wages,which cannot be had without employ-ers with abundance of capital, wbJL be-

lieve they can realize a salisTactoryprofit in a particular business: if toeyarefeuccetsiul, they are sure to st

their surplus pfotltsand thereby fur-nish contiuually increasing employ-ment to more men as they eulargetheir busiuej Strikes operate as hos-tile raids ofaoenemy. Business becomesdisarranged and uncertain; proprietorsloose confidence and cease to enlarge,but proceeAlo contract their operationsan J dischQe their employes. Thustbe strfkes saw off the limb of tbe treewhich supports them and it tumbles tothe ground.

"But how shall the condition of thelaborer be improved? That is a hardproblem to solve. The ablest minds inin America are investigating thequestion. No satisfactory answer hasyet been given. The best way to avoidstrikes and lock-ou- ts that has yet beentrid is by arbitration; and the fairestdivision of the profits of capital and la-

bor is by I need not elab-orate or explain either of these, as youare familiar with the principlesof both.The former settles disputes and differ-ences in a peaceful, quiet and rationalmanner, preventing the immense lossof money and production that attendsprotracted strikes. Tbe other securesone is the complement of the other.Labor, without tbe aid of capital, isnaked and starves. Capital, withoutthe help of labor, cannot increase, butdecays. Strikes aud lock-out- s are aspecies of civil war, inflicting on thecombatants impoverishment and mis-ery, no matter which seems to win.Obtaining subsistence is the chief ma-terial object of existence. Darwin callsit the ' struggle of life." Whateverreduces production increases the inten-sity of the "struggle," and the solici-tude for existence. The expediencyand wisdom of reducing the hours oflabor during the time of the year's ac-

tive season for business, turn on thepoint whether production will curtailedthereby, and if so, whether the labor-ing classes can spare a portion of theirpresent subsistence. If it is thoughtthat exacting ten hours' pay for eighthours' work between April and Novem-le- r,

tbe laborer can throw the loss ofproduction on the employer, be is mis-taken, iu part at least, for the employer will add 20 or some other per cent.to tbe selling price of his goods or hisrent, and make the consumer or renterpay it So that the workman must loseto labor the largest possible share ofprofit which the business alloids. Butthis plan, I am sorry to say, often.-- failsby reason of cross-purpose- s, unfaithfulmembers, dishonest managers, lack ofunity or want of sufficient capital.And yet I have faith in its ultimategeneral adoption, when the masses be-

come lietter educated and more intelli-gent, because tbe princicle of

is based on equity aud fair deal-ing.

"Aside from arbitration and co-op- er

ation I have nothing better to proposethan tbe course l pursued myself, viz:To w ork steadily at tbe best wages offered, practice economy in personal ex-

penditure, drink water instead of whis-ky, keep but of debt, put your surplusearnings at interest, uatil have enoughto make a payment on a lot; build acottage at the earliest day possible,and then be independent of landlords;go with your wife to church on Sundayand send your children to school. Ifyou have no wife, court some worthygirl and marry her; pusb forwardhopefully and perse veriugly, and thereis no fear but you can better your con-dition and become independent menlong before old age overtakes you."

After tbe conclusion of Mr. AledUJ'sremarks the assembled worklngmenadopted a senea of resolutions:

1st. Atowidk their willinKDeta. in inch future diguutea aa ma arise between tha employer and employe, to mbmit tha irrieYaneea ordemand to a lioard or Arbitrators, one nau ofwhich shall be selected b tha employers, theother by the employes; and in ease said arbitrators fail to agree, a toira party snail bechosen, agreeable to those interested, whosedecision shall be final, and binding on the dis-putants.

2d. Cordially endorsing the system of co-operation.

3d. disavowing and deprecating all resortto violence to secure their demands, and recog-nising the right of any workman to dispose ofhis labor as ho deems proper, and favoring"moral suasion" toseeure tha ofnon-uni- workmen in preference U threats ofintimidation.

4. Repudiating the charges of thalawle.-- s character and objects of tri s anions,and pledging Ihe honor ot the workingmen ofCbicaao that they are prepa ej to frown down.and. if nece sary, t put down, all demonstra-tions of a lawless nature-Cotto- n

Fabrics in India.An English writer in the Londou

Examiner says:Tbe marveJovn delicacy of touch pos

sessed by the Indian women counterbalances tbe Inferiority of India cottoniu weaving the fine and delicate mus-lins to which the names of "webs ofwoven air," "dew of night," "runningwaters," etc., are given by the natives.Tbey now use tbe spinning wheel gen-erally for the ordinary fabrics, but thespindle still holds its place iu the handsof the Hindoo when employed in spinning threads for tne finer muslins.For these the Hindoo woman first cardsher cotton with the jaw bone of thebonlee fish; she then separates tbeseeds by means of a mall iron roller,worked haekwark upon a flt board.An eqtially small how Is used for bring-ing It to the stale of downy fleece, whichis made into small rolls, to be held inthe hand durii g the process of spin-Lin- g.

The spparatus required for thisconsists of a delicate Iron sp.'ndle, hav-ing a small ball of clay attached to itin order to give it sufficient weight; ina little clay is a piece of bard shell, onwhich the spindle turns with the leastdegree of friction. Very great atten-tion is paid to the temperature of theair during the process of spinning, andthe spinners in the dry climate of thnorth west of India actually isaak un-

der the ground In order to acsi i amoist and uniform atmosphere.

From all sections of Tennessee thenews is cheering as to the prospect ofthe wheat crop. If the judgment oftne iarmer is not at fault, the crop isthe largest that has been raised formany years.

.Ai Eccentric Famflj.tttraaffw Wilt The Tmimfr-- n Wj t

Xeouriaa mm Elan.In 1862 there died in Louisville, aged

ninety-fiv- e years, twin sisters, whohad come down from the Revolution-ary times, their father having been one4ktt& signers of the Declaration of In-

dependence, and they retaining to theclose of their lives vivid recollectionsof that stirring period. Elizabeth andSarah Hewes were born in Boston ii1767. The sisters had for each other amost romantic attachment, which waspreserved throughout their lives. Itmade them inseparable. They neverslept ror a single night unuer jiiuereuiiroofs. Elizabeth remained single.Sarah was twice marrietU but in choos-ing male partners she aivcara to havestipulated that the bond Wtween her-self and her maitlen sister should uotbe severed, and they never WrTjy Thewomen bore such a close irsounl re-

semblance that they could scarcely bedistinguished from each other, exceptby the most intimate friemK ElizabethHewes diett first. At her grave Sarahsung one of the songs the sisters hadsung in duet siuce their early child-hood. Sarah followed in a few month'sand then there was no one to sing-djh- e

song. The grave close-- over .tikis-unbroke- n

link of sisterly affection whichhatl been brightened by the fhiujingsands of ninety-fiv- e years.

These sisters hatl renvirkalJe, intel-lects, which were exhibited in jirjsyiyacts and passages of their lives.- - andthere also seemed to have been a strongtincture of eccentricity in the familyblood. Sarah hatl several children,among whom was a son, Sol. HewesSauliorn. A few months since, hisbody was found on a railroad hi Mas-sachusetts, and it was not knownwhether he was murtleretl or bad l.-e-

killed by accident After the death ofhis wife, which occurred fifteen y earsago, he became a wanderer, anil hismother lk:lieved him dead. He wasseventy years of age, and left the fol-

lowing very singular will:"Sim rsoVs Hotel,

Medford, Mass., March lo, 1871. j"Some forty years hince I assigned

my body, after death, to an institution(the Hall tf Science) iu New York,established under the auspices ofFrances Wright, one of the firstchampions of 'woman's rights' in our'free and harpy country.'

"That institution failed, antl my car-cass reverted to its original owner, myvery humble self, i therefore havedisposed of my body thus :

"know thyself.""In the name of the Omnipotent,

Omnipresent, Omniscient, of jscienceand Common Sense. Amen.

"I, Sol. Hewes Sanborn (cosmopo-lite), now sojourning at Simpson'sMotel, in Medfortl, Middlesex Couuty,State of Massachusetts, do, by these'presents, will, devise, aud betiueath(for the diffusion of umitomical know-ledge among mankind), my mortalremains to P.ofessor Louis Agassis amiOliver Wendell Holmes, of HarvardUniversity, on the following con-ditions:

"First That my Nidy lie preparedin the most scientific and skillful man-ner kuown in anatomical art, andplaced in the Museum of Anatomy inthe aforesaid institution, or any otherpublic building the said Professor maydeem advisable.

"Second It is my express desire. (ifeomiatibie With the usages of theaforesaid university) that two drumheads shall lie made of my skin, tin ouoof which shall be written in indeliblecharacters, 'Pojie's Universal Prayer,'aud on the other, 'The Declaration ofIndependence,' as it originated in thebntiu of its illustrious author. ThomasJefferson ; the said drumheads lo lepresented to my distinguished friendand fellow-citize- n, Warren Siniison,drunimer, Cohasset, Norfolk County,State of Massachusetts ou the follow-

ing conditions: That he, the aforesaidWarren Simpson, shall lieat or causeto lie beaten on said drumheads theNational nir of 'Yankee Dixxlle,' at thebase of the monument on Bunker'sHill, at sunrise ou the 17th of Junoannually.

Third The viscera and other partsof my lasly unless for anatomical pur-poses, I w ish composted for a fertilizer,to be used for the purptae of nourish-ing the growth of an American elm bbe planted or set out on some ruralpublic thoroughfare, that the wearywayfaring man may rest, and innocentchildren playfully sport beueath theshallow of its umbrageous branchesreudered luxurious by my carcass.

"Sol. Hewes Sanbokx."

Early California Society.l..A ..r tl.a .riik.,n,l fu'itllPutt ct 11rlv

tiiopH whs the alisolute freedom ofsocial intercourse lietweeu man andman, and the alisence of those distinc-tinn- a

iii 8rwMtv which imuso men tojostle each other in ascending therounds Ot its laaner oi crysiaiuxetiforms, time-honor-ed conventionalities,affluence ami fashion. Pedigree couldw.f tw nrnvml ovon if it ttvrc nrincelv1 ' l 'V. ...vr..., - - ( Y

frf uhiTM nit wr, str:ii?ers to eachantecedent necessarily beganother,. - . .....

aud ended with tne assumption oi meclaimant ami it was considered worth-tnL.- il

imToaa tho nrpoence of manhoodsustained the claim to distinction.Even in that event, pride forbade thenroffir nf credential. Thus it becamenecessary to admit all to the privileges... i . .1 . 1

oi tne nest men uuui mey ruvnithemselves undeserving; anil then theravanui ordiT of ascent was morequickly taken than lielong to the custom or refined society in oni commu-nities. Whatever the organization ofsociety in Its present order and generalmake-u-p may add in the way of stim-

ulus to the progress of mankind, itmust btf acknowledged that it is theprolific mother of more than" half thewretchedness antl disastrous failures ofits individual memtiers. Nothing butknrhurUm s an alternative would ius- -tify society as now constituted, withwealth and fashion a the main ele-mo-

of success in life. A constant.agonizing effort to lie as miserable ayou can, seems to be tne'

warp ot socialeconomy.

Tr. urnu i1ifTrpnt in the earlv davs.The relief. . which

mthey

'found

. .1here from

the rigid rorms oi society tne absenceof the gradual scale influence was ex-

tremely favorable to the cult ore of thephiltisophic mood which renders onecontented with himself and all thewnrM Relieved from the suirft ofsocial intoxication, one could sofierlysmile at tne petty annoyance wutcurret tne ambition oi uie asiunug, ironstho xnaiiia tn thp rmv. Noneofthesedisturbed the "forty-niner- :" ant! if hwfid was not at war with digestiou, herested at night as ieacefully as thenew-bor- n babe alteit, if a miner, hibed may have lieen ujion a nnow-lau- k

thirty feet tleep or intrenched in amud-pudd- le that threatened inumla-tio- n,

with an umbrageous oak or tower-ing pine as a shelter from the stormoverhead. All his hardshi ps were of aphysical nature; mentally, he waspl:eld ; and tne situation was m munand interesting that he marveled thatin mn.nv ftllt ills of life resulted flOmthe very organ ization stiecially created

.to prevent meui iciwirUwrlnna mommy .

The Art of Book bindiso. Theart of bookbinding is undoubtedly al-

most, if not quite, as old as paper-makin- g.

Tbe first method of binding booksconsisted in gluing the sheets togetherand rolling them upon cylinders Tothe present day tbe Israelites use thismetnod for at least one copy of theirlaw, always deposited In their syna-gogues. As the name of this kind ofbinding is called Egyptian, the processprobably originated in Egypt. Butthe present manner of binding is alsoof great antiquity. It was invented inPergamos at least two hundred yearsB. c, by King Attain. Tbe varioussizes of books are denoted by terms in-

dicating always tbe number of pagesprinted on one Bide of a sheet of paper-Wh- en

two pages are printed on one,the book is called a folio; four pages,a quarto; eight pages, an octavo;twelve pages, a duodecimo; eighteenpages, an octodecimo. All these termsexcept the first are abridged by prefix-ing a figure or figures to the last sylla-ble, thus: 4to, for quarto, 8vo ftir oc-

tavo; 12mo, for duodecimo, etc

Worldly friendship are like cofleegrounds: tbe oftener they are drawnupon the weaker they grow. .

What would a pig do who wkhed tobuild himself a habitation? - Tie a knotin his tail and call it a pig's-ti-e.