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AVKKKLY Kit A. 0ri tnthc!t t.!arl UrnM S t 1f M"tll f III CkHift II AT lift i i V h f ISM' HI I' 1 1U.1 1 aJa g WfcfcALV fJOO Tbr iMnnttM. AO Titkkklt Mrr. 4 uu Ik aJ hi a tjf lm afttr-Tfr J t y any latUaf iMUiBi In f i rial atti ! to th ffloUirj !IAK tt ttrv awtf r?! Ms twmtb. X nil Three montita, 1 00 ' Ona month. M vol. m. RALEIGH, N. C., TnUBGDAiT; MAKCII 20, 1874. o. no. ' 1ST ASI ABLY IS ADTAXCK. mm "WEEKLY ERA. .THURSDAY. If ARQjr iL " Tito World la nut Old. BT H. T. W. Who mj that th world U grown old And Aided it primaral s-racr Some beauty of color or form In everything round ro I trace. This world la a glorioua place ; JIow fragrant theflowenT perfume! Just hark to the musical rilU! JIow soft on tho fruit lies the bloom ! Who says that the world 1 frrown old ? Why, even to lire ia delight! A fountain of power and lovo Is life when 'tis looked at aright. The world is alt smiling to-day, The earth, the sky, ami the ea : And aralling the face of friends. And one who Is far dearer to me. WTo"'savs'jaf the worldTls grown old? Tls aluioHt as fresh and as bright, Prolifle and twining with life Aa first, ay the dawning of light. Oh, beautiful world ! our cartli home! All creatures, ami ye of my kind ! What grace and virtues I see Whoa scattered tho clouds of tho mind. 31 ISCKLLANKOUS. The Wonders of the East. Some of lite Astounding Feats of the Magicians of Siatn Jugglers deal ing with the Riddle of Life and Death Frankenstein Outdone. A letter from Siam thus describes a scene at an exhibition given by some native jugglers: "That is Norodom," whispered Woun-Tajac in my ear. Another actor now cane upon the scene, whom I recognized to be tho tall, athlete Tepada. Behind him came a smaller man, whose name, Woun Tajac informed me, was Minhman, and a boy probably twelve years old, called Tsin-ki. These four be gan some of the most wonderful athletic exhibitions that . can be conceived. It is impossible to be- If i ? a a . neve, unicss you saw it, wnac worK these men put human muscles to. I am going to provoke the incre dulity of your readers by attempt ing to describe the majority of them. During three hours the exhibi tion continued, feats of the sort I have described, each more wonder ful than the o.ie that preceded it, following each other in rapid suc cession. I shall content myself with describing the last and culmi nating wonder of these startling en tertainments. A perfectly formed and most lovely nautch girl sprang out upon the stage, and was hailed with uni vraaJ txcvlujoHtiona of delight, everybody calling out ner name, Luan Prabana, as if it were a word of good omen. Her only dress was a snort petticoat ol variegated feather-work. A wreath of rosebud crowned her soft, short, black hair, and she wore a pearl necklace, as well as broad, gold armlets and anklets. With a brilliant smile she danced exquisitely for some min utes to the accompaniment of a single pipe, then knelt and laid her head Uon old Norodom's knee. The loy fanned her with a fan made of sweet fern leaves, Minhman fetched a lotos .shaed goblet, and Tepada poured into it from a quaint looking flask a lluid of greenish hue. The old yogi-like Norodom took the goblet and blew his breath upon the contents till they broke into a pale blue liame. This Te pada extinguished with his breath, when Norodom held the goblet to Luan Prabana's lips, and she drain ed the contents with a sigh. As if transfigured she suddenly sprang to her feet, her face strangely radi nnt, and began to spin giddily around in one spot. First the boy, then Minhman, then Tejuula tried to arrest her, but they no sooner touched her than she replied them with a shock that thrilled them as if she had imarted an electric npark to them. Spinning constant ly, with a bewilderingly ranid mo tion, the girl now sprang off the stage and down the hall, along by tho foot of the columns, Tsin-ki, Minhnian and Tepada iu ' active pursuit. In and out among the crowd they spun, the three chasing. Tepada seized hold of the chaplet that crowned her. It broke, and as she whirled along a spray of rose buds was scattered from her brow in every direction. Anything more graceful never was seen. Aud now a greater wonder : At the extrem ity of the hall the three surrounded and would have seiz her, when, still revolving, she rose slowly into the air and floated gently over our heads towards the stage, scattering roses as she went. At the brink of the stage she paused in mid air ; then, with a slight, wing-like mo tion of her arms, mounted up, up, towards the loftiest arch of the vault overhead. Suddenly old Nor odom seized a bow and arrow and shot towards her. There was a wild shriek, a rushing sound, and the dancer fell with a crash to the flags rf the floor, and laid there an appa rently bloody mass. The music b.irst forth into a wild wail, and the chorus of old hags came tumult uous I y forth and bore her off in their arms. Now, from behind the ml curtain came a dozen strong men, bearing on their shoulders a great leaden box, which they laid upon the front part of the stage. As they retired the old woman came out, bringing a low couch, decorated with flowers and gold embroidered drapery.upon which lay Luan Prabana, decked forth in bridal garments, and sweet ly sleeping. The couch with its Meeper was quietly put down upon the Tront or the stage and left there, wnile Norodom and Tepada went to tho leaden box, and with hot irons attempted to unseal it. "This is Stung Tieng's eoffln," whispered Woun to me t "th oM taint lias been dead more than half a allien nlum." (Quickly, eagerly Jt seemed to me, tho two men lirolce open tho fast ening of the coffin, until the side next the audience ulllngoutatlast. a tonic uox was discovered. This was prized open with a small crow bar, and what seemed a great bun die of nankeen taken out. Tepada ana rioroaom commenced to un wind this wrapping, . Which was very tight. Yard after yard was unwound and folded up by Mlnh- man, and at last, after at least one hundred yard of wrapping had been taken off, the dry, shrivelled mummy of a small old man was visible, his eyes closed, flesh dry ana nard dead and dry as a smok od herring. Norodom taoDed the cnriA w It h thp rn whn runfli t m va tt dull. WOOden SOUnd. Teuada . . , : - a t)ssed it vH-Dd caught IUitwaa us Bkiu us a lug. xiieu no niaccu the mummy on Norodom's knees. and fetched a flask of oil, a flask of wine, and a censor burning with soin pungent, rsorouoin took from his hair a little box of ungent, and prying open the mouth of tho mummy with a cold chisel, showed that the dry tongue could rattle like a chip against the dry fauces, lie filled the mouth with ungent and closed it, and annointed the eyelids, nostrils and ears. Then he and Te pada mixed the wine and oil, and carefully rubled every part of the uuviy wnii it. J. new, luring ii uuvvu in a reclining position, they put the burning censor upon the chest and withdrew a pace, while the drums and gongs and cymbals crashed and clattered, and the shrill, crackling treble of the chorus of old women rose hideously. A breathless pause ensued one, two, three minutes and the mum my sneezed, sneezed thrice, so vio lently as to extinguish the flame of the censor. A moment later the thing sat up, and stared blinking and vacant around the vault an old, old, wrinkled man, with nam- blinsr chops, a shrivelled oreast and belly, and little tufts of white hair upon his chin and forehead. Tepada approached him reverently upon his knees, bringing him a salver, with wine and a wafer-cake. The old man did not notice him, but ate, drank, then tottered to his feet, the feeblest, decrepit old dotard that ever walked. In another mo ment he saw the nautch girl slum bering upon her couch, he scuffled feebly to her, and numbling, stoop ed as if to help his dim eyes to see her better. With a glad cry the maiden waked, clasped him in her arms and to her breast, and kissed him. Incomprehensible magic I He was no longer a nonegenarian dotard, but a full veined, flery youth, who gave her kiss for kisa. How the transformation was wrought I have no idea, but there it was before our very eyes. The music grew soft and passionate, the chorus of the old women came out, and with strange Phallic songs and dances bore the two away a bridal Eair. I never expected again to be old a sight so wonderful as that whole transformation, which, I may mention, my learned Jesuit friend, to whom I described it, regards as a piece of pure symbolism. His explanation is too long and too learned to quote, but he connects this ceremony with the world-old mvth of Venus and Adonis, and claims that it is all a form of sun-wor-iiip. The show went on for some time longer with many curious feats. At the end of an hour the Phallic pro cession returned, but this time the Bavadere led it, a strange triumph in her eye, while the youth lay upon the couch sleeping. Tho Phallic chorus ank into a dirge, the youth failed visibly: he was nsrain the shrivelled dotard : he sighed, then breathed no more. Luan Prabana retired sorrowfully : Norodom and Tepada wrapped the corpse again in its interminable shrouds, restored it to the eoffln, sealed it carefully, and it was borne awav again. The attendants climb ed un to and extinguished the lights. I was blindfolded and borne away again. I found myself once more at the doorway of the temple in the broad sunshine with inv friends and the mystic cere monies of the great temple of Ju thia were over, it may be for many years. Singular Surnames. 44 Singular Surnames," collected by the late Edward D. Ingraham, Esq., (edited by William Duane, Esq.,) is a quaint collection of "old" names, illustrated by the rich hu mor of Mr. Ingraham, and also of some names which, by reason of their familiarity, are no longer " old." but which will sometimes get into singular juxtapositions with each other, and with incongruous circumstances. Thus " Call and Settle " was the name of a firm which professed to give long credits to their customers. 44 Neal & Pray" was the title of a house in New Eng land, of which both members were any thing but religiously inclined. 44 ltobb & Steel " was another firm in which both members were noted for their honorable character quite as much so as 44 Wright & Justice," who were their neighbors. 44 U. Ketchem & I. Cheatham " is a well known old incongruity ; but the marriage of Benjamin Bird, aged sixty, to Julia Chaff, aged twenty, showing that 44 an old bird" may be 44 caught by chaff" is not so fa miliar; nor is the marriage of George Virtue to Susan Vice. These collections of familiar names are 44 old " enough ; and so it is when we find in a newspaper , paragraph, that John Makepeace has been ar rested for instigating a riot, or when Parson Playfair is charged with cheating at cards. Do your work promptly; and bore not a business man with long visits. A Xlrptlle at Home In a Youns Lady's Htotuacb ft Comes up Into Ilcr Throat There ts a younj lady living within a mile and a quarter of Jhristlana who Is afllcteU as idnTU arly as was tho celebrated Miss Mousey, the "Bleeping Beanty." t or four Tears past she has Dccn suffering with violent feinting hat ..come on. l5rlI.... which comes un into her throat. he is qhoked to such an extent that ier, muscles become rigid, her ex nsrtt I Mm wt1 tt A rt rl la rt ha oirna uiiateu, unu me sKin urwuss on ner .11111. I M. i t I , I . hands nd face, and she is, in all other particulars, thoroucrhly con liars, thoroucrhly vulsed. jha is only relieved by tho I reptile Itself being, as it is thought. i . - ..,,, . i" - !i ft .i . t ii paruuuy cijukcu, wiuiurawins it.- The reptile has at various times been seen by different persons. On one occasion a Methodist preacher was visiting at tho home of her pa rents, when she was seized with one of the usual attacks, and the para sitical object even came out of her mouth and was grasped by the min ister. Being of a very superstitious turn of mind, he had conceived the idea that its death was her death. and refused to have it removed, al though it could at that time have been easily accomplished. The min ister avowed that the reptile felt as cold and clammy as any other snake but that it offered no particular re sistance when he clutched it with his hand. When it made its ap pearance outside the mouth it curled its head rather under the chin, but when let loose went immediately down the young lady's throat again. It frequently comes up into the mouth, and the young lady says that whenever it does so it appears to lick the roof of her mouth with its horrible tongue, and then recedes again. A neighboring physician has been attending her during the period of her indisposition, and has oeen treating her for tape-worm, believ ing that to be the true malady. The symptoms are, however, entirely different from those produced by tape-worm. The girl still continues robust, instead of being emaciated, and the appetite, instead of being ravenous, is ncKie, at times taKing scarcely anv food, while at other times she has a very good appetite. The strongest tape-worm remedies were used, but without any effect whatever, and her physician, think ing the case hopeless, gave it up a short time ago, when two others were called in, who are using every means in their power to enect a cure, with what result remains to be seen. The first step to be taicen was to . disabuse her mind, of tho superstitions that had taken pos session of it in regard to her afflic tion. She has consented at last to allow the monster to be removed. if possible, and destroyed, as she is now convinced her life depends upon it. The physicians in attendance are anxiously awaiting an opportu nity to effect a removal, and are. keeping a constant watch for the appearance of the reptile. Alcohol has already been prepared for its reception, so that, when it shall be displaced, so strange a phe nomenon shall be preserved. The reptile, so far as has been as certained, is about halfaninchin diameter, of a dark color, with a sort of hairy coating, but no one is capable of judging of its length. It has never been so closely scruti nized by any one as to tell whether it has eyes, but that, we believe, is hardly possible. All that is yet known of it is that it frequently comes up into her mouth, choking the girl, and throwing her into ter rible convulsions. It is attracting universal attention about Christi- ana. ana all tne more so because ner . . . life has been seriously threatened by the peculiar movements of the reptile. JSashvule uanner. It is not the man who sticks close to his own business, makes money, hoards it. or spends it upon his im mediate family that is a messing to a town. But it is the man who devises new enterprises, lays out new schemes, opens new streets, builds houses, gives employment to laboring men and women, starts vounf? men in business, ana leeis mieresieu iu uuici ivupic busi ness as well as his own. He who helps a poor man to obtain work, or a poor woman to support ner- self, or a young man to start in a good business, bestows more favor and does more good than he would if he went round with a purse of monev bestowing gifts. It is a hundred times better to help peo- nle into some business that will enable them to support themselves, than it is to crive charity to thtise out of employment and indulging idle habits. An extraordinary circumstance in the history of the country occurs on the death of Mr. Fillmore. Never before since the administration of Jefferson has it happened that only one person was alive, except the incumbent, who had filled the Pres idential offlce. Andrew Johnson ia now the only ex-President Jiving; and even he was not elected to that office, but came to it as Vice-Pres ident on the assassination oi Air. Lincoln. While the younger Adams was President, the elder Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe were living, wnen du- chanan was elected, Van tfuren, Tyler, Pierce and Filmore were alive. When Lincoln was inaug urated, Van Buren, Tyler, Pierce, Fillmore and Buchanan were living. Within the past thirty-seven years seven Presidents have been elected besides Grant. It Is an extraordi- nary fact that not one . pf the seven, is now alive. WiL JqvrnaU Tho Vl&cr Daxaa. A ccrrtpom!rnt who visit J the nidcr Pumas thus wrltas -f the famous Frenchman i , 4 . Tho colossal powcra of production amazed me, and I Intimated tas much, . . , Ycs,Msald he, - there Is no Ilralt to my powers of Invention, iiy imagination is ai wars at wo, even KKflffffiT Sf-ffiS fo' compelled td arrange my manner o It vlnjf as 1 have done. , or me there U neither night jior day. X leep when I am tired'- cat when I am hungryi regardless of tho hou V For that reason, a counle ' of my i-eople are always on duty, and hold very- thing in, readness. .7 If X hav.l slept mcoupieoi nouxs, a ring lor-o uu. ina tnpn remmfl inv wor . and then ' retume my worv . ni I rtiu'-J u-, JttnZ t7. again, or take some refreshments. I do nothing at stated hours, except to attend to the rehearsals of my pieces, aud often I write the seconu act of a niece on the stage, while the rehearsal of the first act is going oil that reminds that 1 have a re hearsal in half an hour, and I am not yet dressed." He ran? and disaooeared with a servant behind the hangings of his dressing division. Our conversation was continued. I was very nigh thinking there was a deal of fanfar onade in what it told me; but now came caller alter caller: actresses who wished to know ttiis or that about their parts: the- eostumer, with samples of different si affs ; the secretary of the theatre, to whom a letter to the authorities vas dic tated. Dumas dispatched ihem all, without appearing from behind the hangings. When he was ready we got into a carriage that was waiting at the door ; but every few minutes he was compelled to stop, for we met several people on the road who were on their way to see him .mostly on matters concerning the theatre. At last we reached our destina tion, and the rehearsal began- Du mas directed it as commander-in- chief, with such care even to tho smallest detail, and such consum mate skill, that I comprehended the possibility of getting a really ad mirable performance out of a com pany of artists who were certainly, take them together, not above me diocrity. He had the address to put something of his wonderful genius in the impersonation of even the tqost unimportant narts. liy at tending the rehearsals and the per formances at Dumas' theatre, I added not a little to my knowledge of dramatic art. . , Being otherwise occupied, I did not go there for a few days, and, when I returned, withi the view of J witnessing one. of thedast rehysala fa new piece, 1 found the &catre closed. In answer to my inquiries, the janitor replied, With a shrug: 44 The theatre has come to grief, and the creditors have closed it." A Christian Bight. It is scarcely two years since the whole Christian world was shocked by the cruel murder of John Cole ridge Paterson by, the savages of New Zealand. For them he had left home and country, and to them he had brought the flower of his youth, his great faith and abiding tenderness. In his last agony he might well have said to his assas sins : 44 Ye know not what ye do." He was a remarkable linguistpeak- ing seven languages of the old world, and twenty-three Oceanic languages. For sixteen years he served this people with truly un selfish devotion, and having once put his hand to the plow never fal tered or looked back until at the age of forty-four he laid down his life on Coral Island, the scene of his lowly but sublime labors. Paterson was not one of those who, in their great zeal, can pass years of exilq as Livingston did, and show very little sensibility about every day affairs. jno rather among his children could have been more tender than he with his heathen students; and he wrote to his father, himself a man of pro minence: "l tnant you for your great love in never calling me away from my work even to see your face once more on earth." itare com mon sense and practical industry, went hand in hand with his piety and fidelity. After his consecration as bishop he saw that the lads Were properly fed and washed when tney were down with typhoid fever, and deprived himself of necessary sleep in order that the remedies should be properly administered. He'In- sisted that a man to be a successful missionary must not only have a cultivated mind, but he also should be 44 a carpenter, a mason, some thing of a butcher, and a good deal of a cook." His life is a standing lesson and rebuke to the scores of adventurers, blind and selfish to the core, who have cast discredit on the very name of missionary to the heathen, and it is a comfort, wnen reflecting on the cruel manner of his taking off, that though many hearts were saddened by his death, not fewer were the hearts made purer and brighter by his unselfish life. When Mr. John Slidell went to France, as the commissioner of the Confederate States, he was possess ed of property in Louisiana Valued at $275,000V This property was seized and confiscated by the United States Government. , After the death of Mr. S.' his heirs "brought suit to recover the property!' eon tending that the Govemmentlheld only a life interest, and no richtjto pass a bill of attainder,, disinherit- in fhft hr!ra nf n. trflltorr "' The Su preme Court of Louisiana rdeciared1 iu utvor ui4,iie iitarai wuku vtcij- ion the Supremo Court of. $ho JUni ted States affirms. These decisions, therefore, "establish " the1 fact that the title bt theKUnlted Btatesin confiscated property is simply an interest during.thQ lifetime?. oCtae original owner. vj; Ilnefitlm of the tljstrr. Tho em?mlc4 if the oyster ami many, ami nil of them ini alxmt ! socking what ojnti r they may de vour. First come the mix crab, Who rnt htuHftf ujniti an oynter and drills a little round hole In hU back ami makes imor oynter's baea ache, which cauM him to ojeu his mouth to Uke a long breath, when the villainous crab run a ntingern down his throat, and ioor oyster is In the sea crab's Htomach. On the seashore bushels of shells are found perfectly riddled with holes by the crabs. Sometimes the crab files the oyster's nose iif, so as to run in his Stinger. Second, comes the drum-fish, who Weighs about thirty or forty pounds, aqd Is about two feet long ; he Is LirgO about the stomach and tapers jOmT fco'-aaq bwthu eiKwJlI i by. iuj means a modest usu, for jnst as oon as his eye rests on an oyster, he starts toward him for the purpose of making his acquaintance, and grabbing him in his mouth, smash erf him into chowder, "in the twink ling of a cat's tail," and immediate ly looks about for his nearest rela tive being opposed to having fam ilies separated, ho is anxious to have them all rest in his stomach at once. It is often the case that two (jr three pounds of oyster shells are xund in a drum-fash's stomach. Third, comes the sea-star every body knows what a sea-star is," for j they look just like a star. These stars have five points but no legs ; ind, as they do not keep horses and wagons, t hey find it very mconve-. aient to yo a-foot not having any feet so hen they wish to travel, they. lock themselves fast to each Other until they form a large hill, sometimes ten feet in circumference, and permit themselves to be driven about by the waves of the sea, and roll away, they know not, nor care not whither ; out if they happen to roll over an oyster bed, they all immediately let loose of each other, and bug an oyster, and wrap their live points about him and hug him Closely, hug him dearly, until the Oyster desires him to stop, and just opens his mouth to say, "hold, enough," when the rascally star runs a little "nipper" down oyster's nose, and he is a "gonner." Fourth, comes man, with dredg ing irons with scoups, shovels and tongs, pulling him and making him bto oyster soup, pie, fry, roast, and so -on and so lorth, eating him Whole, and indiscriminately body and soul, without saving the pieces. Thus it is with poor oyster ; troubles beset him . on every sioe, and though thousands desire to have him, yet none wish to be him. ir 1 Changes of a Century. The nineteenth century has wlt nessed many and great discoveries. In 1808 Fulton took out tne nrst Eaten t for the invention of a steam oat. The first steamboats which made regular trips across the Atlantic Ocean were the Sirus and Great Western, in 1830. The first public application to practice the use of gas for illumina ting, was made in lbuz. la 1813 the streets or jonaon were for the first time lighted with gas. in 1813 there was ouut wai- tham,Mass.,a mill believed to have been the first in the world, whicn combined all the requirements for making finished cloth from raw cotton. In 1790 there were only twenty- five post offices in the whole coun try, and up to 1837 the rates of post age were twenty-five cents for a let ter sent over iour nunarea miies. In 1807 wooden clocks commenced to be made by machinery. This ushered in the era of cheap clocks. About the year 1833 the first rail road of any considerable length in he United States was constructed. In 1840 the first experiment in photography was made by Da- About 1840 the nrst express ousi- nefis was established. The anthracite coal business may be said to have begun in 1820. In 1836 the first patent for the invention of matches was granted. In 1845 the first telegram was sent. Steel pens were introduced for use in 18U3. The first successful reaper was constructed in 1833. In 1846 Elias Howe obtained a patent for the first sewing machine. The first successful method of vul canized India rubber was patented in 183D. Mexican Manners. A writer in the City of Mexico says: I doubt if any capital in the world contains so many handsome women and wealthy gentlemen, or has so many poor, hideous looking people. Like all Spanish towns, the rich are very rich, and the poor very poor. The wealthy are handsomely, tastefully, and fashionably attired ; while those of the middle classes affect the chivalrous dress of old Castile cloth jackets with metallic buttons, gaudy sashes, sombreros with embroidered bane's, and gold and silver clasps down the outer seams of the pantaloons. The wo men promenade with no head-dress, their faces protected from thj sun by parasols, which they coqucttish ly carry. From ten to twelve in the morning the streets are thronged and the shops crowded until four or five o'clock in Hie afternoon, after which hour few ladies are lo be seen on . the tboroughfans until late iu the evening. Then the parks, plazas and "promenades wear an animated appearance. Ladies are to be seen floating about gracefully, followed by-their servants; and caballeros, in , full dress, swords, boots and spurs, ride slowly around mounted j upon superb horses, whose heads ana loins are nearly covered with ,1 elegant trappings, The Srw I'-tisINh Liberal ladrr. r4 JiaiTottp pa away ami a new lender reign In, hi ttfttd. This honor mt-iim lu Uevoi v mm Hm-n eer Con i j toii iU vt tditi. Marquis of liartingt:in, lira euuwt ami of the Duke of lfcvnfihlreiand heir lo that venerable and illmtriotH title. The hoUNeof Cavendish gneM back to the time of Kich.trd IL, and U one of the leading whig mjuft who have had o much ower In English I wi llies for the past cenfury. uw pres ent Juke iihs not I part in jKlith-s, and i ken an active is rather more celebrate I than as a as a leader lit society dominant Influence in public affairs. His son, the Mar- quis, is now in tne fortv-first vear of his age, and has! been In public life since 1857, when; by his family influence, he . was returned to trA iiouse or uommoii! jronr ijanca, shire. He visited America during our civil war, and 'when he return ed to England in 1SG3 was made Lord of tho Admiralty, and, subse quently, Under Secretary; of War. Lord ltussell made him Secretary of War, and during the administra tion of Mr. Gladstone ho was Post master General and Secretary for Ireland. His family influence gave him a start in public life, but in dealing with affairs he has shown tact, energy and political skill. He is a pleasant speaker and has labor ed assiduously to cultivate the lib eral party, lie willihold the same position in the party that Lord John ltussell heid sit long a pro fessed liberal, sustained; by the power of a great and ruling house. The Marquis of Hartington, as leaier of the Liberal party, means that there is to be a season of repose. He is in no sense la Liberal no more than Lord Palmerston. Nor can he command the confidence of that large section of the Liberal party who really believe in some thing and mean to make their be lief manifest. The? Liberal party died in England froniu the same rea sons which threaten the death of our own Republican party. Its work was done. Mr; Gladstone had gone as far as he dared further, perhaps than he wished in new ways, and he would I go no further. The natural leader of the party is Mr. Forster, next to; Mr. Gladstone the ablest man in the late Ministry. But Mr. Forster is more radical than his associates, and his course on many questions,; more particu larly upon the education act, offend ed some sections of the Liberal party. So the Marquis of Harting ton, who represents nothing but rank and expediency, goes to the front, and will do what he can to reorganize the cruelly shattered ranks of the Liberal party. At. the: Baine tim" "Tils' Aprrtmrfnt 'wttl only be an expedient. The true Liberals of England can never march to victory under the Mar quis of Hartington lor any leader who represents little more than the influence of an ancient house. It is too late, in the present uneasy and turbulent condition of English pub lic sentiment, for any living party to ariae out of the dry bones of the old -Whigs. Liberalism in the fu ture will embrace new and burning questions now growing into life questions affecting the foundations of English society and government. Herald. j Life on tho Globe. We have to confess our utter ig norance of the nature of this vital force. We know neither what it is, why it is nor how1 it is, but can judge of it by its marvelous effects. We see it now in operation every where ; in the depth of the ocean, on the barren rocks; amid the snows on the peaks of the highest moun tains. We have traced it down from the surface of the earth to the point where appears to have started in the deep strata of the globe. And go about as long as we may seeking for some other explanation of its origin, we return i always to that only rational account given of it in those sublime words of inspiration "The spirit of God moved upon the face of the wators." Chemical forces have no power to originate it. Matter, placed under all circum stances most favorable to its devel opment, has never; called it forth. Life comes always, even in the humblest shapes, from that which is alive or has had, life in it ; and there is no escaping the conclusion that the first living creatures were fashioned by an alltwise and omnip otent Creator. And so, when the earth had becomes a lit dwelling place for living things,life was add ed to its other forces. Alligator; Steaks. While the boys were eating, thej Captain espied an enormous alliga tor. There was a rush to tne pilot house. The Colonel was ahead with his Chicago shot-gun. He implored the Captain to stop the boat while he peppered the old fel low with No. 6 siiot. The alliga tor shed the shot its a duck sheds water. He did not even wink. Another n:t;ter was sighted. The three riflemen sprinkled his side with luii-ts, and he crawled from the batk into the water. Ashe made his way along the bottom of the i iver he sent tc( thesurfacea row of hubbies as large as soup-plates. Nineteen alligators were shot be fore night. One was skinned, and its oil used for greasing the ma chinery of the boat. At ray re quest the cook cut some nice steaks from its body, and they were serv ed for dinner. The meat was I as white as chicken. The Chicago Colonel ate somej under the sup position that it was black bass. He took but one mouthful, and said there was something wrong about that fish. The steak tasted like hallibut, but though the alligator was young he was very tough. Tliff Original CJarden cf Ilcn. Dr. Uardinrrr thinks thai h ran give good rraons tar his belief that the "prand old gardener and his wife" hadandloat their first t!to atlon In the rrglon about the Xorth pole. Several consideration fort him to thl conclusion, la the first place the North 1W. hard as It Is now to pt to, was originally an easy place to pet away from In all direc tions; from no other could It be so' easy, and hence the dispersion of men to all parts of tho globe Is more readily accounted for. Dr. Hardin- ger finds, what most other modern archaeologists have not, abundance of evidence of the identical origin j of all races of men in language and t ' f a - nraa. in religious oeneis ana rites, tne Hebrew scriptures teiy,' as .Hardin- fer interprets thetn,,thatAdam and; Jve. aftarlviP.thegarden, ifint"i t&the Sonthestana dwell thereJ,n--Siberla, therefore, we should expect f to find evidence of the earliest resi- f dence of an intelligent and culti vated people. Such evidence there ' is in the traditions oi severaf ist- ern nations that their ancestors came from the North, and also in ancient remains of implements, burial.! ' places and mines worked and aban doned many years ago. Besides these considerations which make this theory plausible, Dr. Hardinger ' had "others which he calls thetheo-logico-scientific proofs. Accepting -'the nebular hypothesis, he admits that our earth was at one time an incandescent ball, which only by gradual and other changes became fit for the abode of. man. Thepoles,c , now the coldest part of the surface,: must have first beepme habitable,.', and therefore first inhabited.; More-, over, we, are told that whea.Adam was driven out an angel with, a flaming sword was set to guard tne gvteand prevent his return. The Hebrew word (we trust the doctor ' for this etymology) for flame or ice is "esh," which is evidently allied' to our word ice. ' The flaming or icy grandeur has ever since barred, ' the way to man's first home;' li' Your Age. There is , a good deal of amuse-. mentin the following magical table of figures. It will enable you to tell now old the young ladies, are. Just hand . this table to,, a ypung , lady, and request her to tell you in which column or columns her age is contained ; add together ;the fig ures at the top of the; columns in . which her age'is .fpimd, and -you have the great-aecreLlIhus, sup pose her age to be seventeen,, you will find that number lh: the first and fifth columns; add; tfirstf to Ures of these, two columns., Here is tne iiiagu; uiuiu ; 4' . . 2. at 4 3' 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21- 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 89 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 , & 7 ao 11 14 15 18 19 22 T 23 26 27 30 31 34 35 38. 39 42 43 46 47 50 51 54 55 58 59 62 63 1 12 . 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31 36 37 38 39 44 45 46 47 52 53 54 55 60 61 62 63 .10 li 12 13 14 15 24 25 26 27 28 29 SO 31 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 56 57 58 59 GO 61 62 63 20 86 21' : 22 . n 24. 29 2G V 27;, .28 29 SO 31 48' 49 50 51 52 53 54. 55 56 57 58 ..'69 60, 61 62 - 63 r87 j ; 88 ' j 89 ;4o; 4lij 42 43 .44 . 45 46 " ' 47 48 ? . 49; 60 51 '52 63 , 54 i 65 66 67 58 59' CO 61 62 63 "Papa, Uon't Bury me (Deep'' In the Spring of 1869, a little girl died in, Vermont of consumption, aged eight years and three months. ,A few days before she died," sne called her father to her bedside ana said, 44 Papa, when I die don't bury me deep, not more than so deep," holding up her emaciated arm, and measuring from her shoulder. 44Oh it is so hard to be put down so deep in the cold ground ! and please donft place any marble slab on my grave, it will be so dark under it, and press, so hard on my little breast. Sod t my grave nicely, and plant a tree at its head, so the wild birds can come' in its branches and sing for me." After a pause she continued : But, it seems to me I would rather have our birds to sing for me than wild, birds. Couldn't you let brother Willie and sister Emma bring our . cage of little birds out to the cemo-i terv. Sunday morning, and leave them to sing to me alfday ? Then when you are all at church It won't seem so lonesome out there by my self." A few days after, Anna died, and her affectionate parent did ev erything as she requested. Death op the $40,000 Cow. The Eighth Duchess of Geneva, better known as the $40,000 cow, died at the farm of Samuel Camp bell, N. Y. Mills, near Utica, on Friday. The English Duchess of Geneva was a red and white cow, -by .Third Lord Oxford, and was, calved on July 28, 1865. At the sale of Mr. Campbell's stock at New' York Mills, on the 10th of Septem ber, 1873, she was, after some little excitement, knocked down. to a. Mr. Davis for the sum of $40,000,, who was buying for a well known, English breeder, but having ex- ceeded hi? limit by some, $10,000, an arrangement, was u , made . byr which the sale was cancelled, and' it was subsequently announced that; Colonel Morris, of ' Westchester county, had either purchased; the . cow outright or a share in her, ;j At ; the time of the- sale she was in calf by Second Puke of Qvld&. 2ft Y. World, . . ( 'L'ri f
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