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: T T" ' ' " """ , , -y: :f . .;;::. . ....... -i . - . - n .-a.; . - ' ; -. : " ; . . : -r i . .J . , . . " : : ' ' " : ; ' TZ : r " r;-"v' ; sflfo- - ..! - .-.''!-. : , ij- i I ri -. T -. . . . . ' ' ' ' " : r. : ' : : : : : . . ' ' : : ' . - . , -n ! ! i . - 1 " T: FEABLESSLT THE EIGHT, DEFEND IMPARTIALLY THE WEONQ CONDEMN. T VOLUME I. POLKTON, ANSOiS CO., N. C, THUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1874. NUMBER 9. Farm and Household Department. Domestic Becipet. v' Cakes -without eggs. Two cupfuls of sagar, two cupfuls ' of "sweet cream, two small teaspoonfula of saleratos, four cup fuls of flour ; flaror with nutmeg or lemon, and" bake in small scalloped tins. To get rid of red ants in closets. Throw some twigs of tomato vines on the shelves ; ' or let the shelves be made of black walnut. Either will drive them away. Muffins. One quart of milk, thiee eggs,, one cup of melted butter, five tablespoon fuls.of yeast, one teaspoonful of saleratus, stir in flour until it is a thick baiter. To be baked on a griddle. ; Pancake?. One egg, two spoonfuls of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon ful of soda, two teaspbcnfuls of cream tar tar, three cups of flour, j Rago Pudding. Two laige spoons of sago boiled in one quart of milk, Ibe peel of a lemon, littler nutmeg ; when cool add four eggs ; little salt; j Sake about one hour and a half. Eat with sugar and creaia. . - J i Macaroni. Mutton. Some slices of mut ton, one-quarter pound of macaroni, sauce of any kind, pepper, salt, a teaspoonful of vinegar, and a little water. Put all together in a stewpan, Keep me -licr on, ana stew gently for an hour or an hour and a half. Orange Cream. Take half a, dozen oranges, grate the peel into a pint and a half of hot water, and beat up with it four eggs ; sweeten the liquid, pass it through a strainer, then simmer it until it becomes of the consistence of cream, and pour it into glasses. .!''. The Wandering EarL Life on tt m . a M . ae i.axes xo uis sea zrom IjOvo ox a the Ocean Wave." A writer in the Sailor3 Magazine and Sea men' Friend gives a detailed, account of the life of the late George - Hamiiton Gordon, iarl of Aberdeen, from the timfi hn. shirk. ped as .a merchant seaman, from Boston. This singular' action in a young man of such position and admirable qualities; is explained as follows r - The motives which induced him to take this step can never be fully known. " But he appears to have been Influenced partly by the belief that his lungs were weak,. and that his health would be benefited by sea voyages in a warm cliinate ; partly by a mistaken idea that retrenchment in. his ex penditure was 5 necessary, but chiefly, no doubt, by his intense love for a sea life, which dated from hi3 bovhood. and was then so strong that his father had given- his consent to his entering the Royal Navy, had he not been found to have passed the' age prescribed by ths rules of the ser- The Earl is described as very handsome in face and -figure, six feet in height, and of a singularly winning address. .He chose to avail himself of the name of George II. Osborne, and under ihat designatioa he was known from the time that. he sailed onhh first voyage from Boston to the Canary Islands in the summer of 1866. On his return voyage from the islands the ves sel in which he sai'ed was nearly wrecked through the incapacity of the captain and mates. She was sa red through his skill and energy, and the idea then entered, his mind that he would devote himself to the volunteered to go in her, but. the captain thoueht it was not risrht to risk their lives. I heard what I believed to be Osborne's last cry before the boat was ready We never heard or saw hint again." Dairvine. ' The Hon. Francis Douglas,' -of Whiting, .f navigation, in order to be fitted Vprmnntriwn nmecmv itWa on dairv- ior uuung commiLiuu a snip. mg. He says that the timej . when block heads could succeed is past and that suc cess depends upon the mental power. and educated . skill brought toj the business. Physical force' is certainly important, but alone, it will not answer, and they who depend most upon mu3cle and work hardest make least money. Menwho toil long, and do not quit till dusk, and then milk their jpows, do neither themselves nor the cows justice, and while they may think they gain they lose. Being overworked, they have neither time nor ability for thinking, and they go on the old way un mindful of the progre33 of the time3, of the improvements in stock and of ther markets, and their butter is made in a slip-shod way, brininnfr little more than half price. Their cows yield a gross return of no more than thirty or foity dollars a year; their houses are without conveniences, their families lack advantages, and they complain of the poorness of the business. On the contrary the man who thinks and investigates first obtains good cows, such ' as will produce 300 pounds of butter a year, and sp much pains are' taken jn all parts of its manufac ture that it seHs for from 40 to CO cents a pound, and thecows will brings in a gross revenus of one hundred and fifty dollars a year, two-thirds of which -j is clear profit Thus the hard working farmer may barely live, while the thinking farmer gradually gets rich. Still, good sturdy work is the basis of all. only it needs intelligent direc tion, and this is the truth Mr. Douglas would teach. . 1 To Hake Charlotte Basse. This is usually made in a scalloped, oval tin mold, three inches ia depth, but a quart tin pan can do duty for it. Dissolve one large tablespoonful of gelatine in two-thirds of a tumbler of new milk, boiling it slowly, hav ing first wetted the .gelatine with two table spoonfuls of cold water, and soak it tea minutes, a3, tnii" maKes it dissolve more readily in the boiling milk, which can be heated as the gelatine soaks. Add to it two large tablespoonfuls of "white sugar. Beat three eggs well, and when the gelatine is melted and the milk cool enough not to incurdle them, stir carefully. Add one teaspoonfnl of extract of vanilla or lemon ; then straia through a sieve. Cut sponge cake into slices half an inch thick, and fit a snir. Accord ingly "he spent the winter at Boston, study ing both at the Nautical College and at a commercial school. After obtaining from the examiner in the Nautical College a cer tificate that he had passed' as a first class n a fixator, and in seamanship second c ass, he proceeded, to New York to 'present him self for examination before, the Board, bf the American Shipmasters' Association The result In his case is recorded as . fol lows : 49C9.George H. Osborne. Lunara andD. Alts. good. Chron.: Very good, 9." The 9 shows the number, of. marks ; the highest given is 10 ; 4 is the pa3S number. Immediately upon receiving this certificate he took passage to Galveston. Thence h went to New Orleans, and soon afterwards shipped as a second mate on board a ta k taking in old iron and machinery at Mobile. Here he got his fingers crushed, and he had to return to New Orleans,.from whence he sailed as a seaman f or Vera Cruz on the 28th of April, 1867. The vessel was long detained on account of the war. In one of his letters he wrote: "One day, in Vera Cruz, a cannon ball came and struck a tailor's shop close to me, just about six feet from the ground. I immediately went and stood with my had in the hol until the connonading ceased. I thought it un.T likely that another, shot would come just to that same spot, but while I was there seven people were killed in the square." , The Earl spent some, time in 1868 at Richmond, Me., to which place he return ed and made it his home between his sub sequent voyages. In October, he was en gaged as mate on board the Walton, and in December was promoted to the command of the vessel and sailed for Jacksonville, Fla. His next voyage was to Galveston, Tex., from whence he went to Pensacpla,- Fla. He returned to Richmond on the 6th of Jnne, 1869, and made several other coasting voyages in the Walton. . But ' in consequence of seme difference of opinion with the owners with regard to repairing and rigging the ship," he resigned his com mand and returned to Richmond. About theUst of January, 1870, Lord Aberdeen went to Boston and engaged him self as first mate with Captain Kent, of the Ahout Cats. The catamount of North America is not a cat, but a far larger and stronger animal, and of a different species. The. wild cat of Europe is nothing but 5 the tame cat in a savage state. The Manx cat not only differs from the common breed in having no tail, but his hind legs are longer, his head lar ger, and his intelligence, I think, some what higher. Possibly the spinal nervous force which was formerly absorbed by his caudal extremity has assended into his brain and reinforced its action. The sug gestion is thrown out for the benefit of those philosophers whD insist that man's first step in . improvement was the getting rid of his tail. If this reasoning is correct, we may expect 5 something great of the Japanese pus3y,which is also tailless. At Tobolsk there is a rd breed ; in China a variety with drooping ears ; in middle Asia the Angora, with long fur and mane. Of this last species is the favorite of Victor Hugo, a monstrous old curmudgeon rin the style of a small lion, who inspired the poet Mery with the saying ".God made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger." ' . A grimalkin which " was brought f rorr the coast of Guinea to England had short, bluish gray hair, a curiously wrinkled skin, black long legs', and a general eccentricity of aspect. ln New Zealand, in the High lands of Scotland, and probably in ail other countries, the animals which return to the sa-vage state take on a, dappled gray color. When, theief ore, .you see a gray cat, you may infer that he hai a. good constitution and a ' large Infusion of the hunting instinct. Wild cats, wnen domesticated, bear: a high character as mousers, but are furious quarrelers with their own sex. of the same species.' ' : v Determining the Vitality of Seed : .. Corn . ' '. - A correspondent of the Western Farmer says' : ' On . the upper side of the kernel, or the side next to the tip of the . ear, is a cove or indentation- At the bottom ofl this cove lies the germ, and very near the surf ace,' being covered with little else than the thin hull of the kernel. If the seed possesses vitality, thte germ will be plainly visible in the form of a narrow, rounded cord or stripe, junning from the head of the cove toward the point of the kernel, and usually ot ' d darker color than the general surface of the cove. It is not necessary that the germ should form abridge through the bottom of the cove. ' Its appearance is more as'- if imbedded in the kernel and slightly covered with a semi-transparent surface. If the enamel of the cove is bright and smooth and the line visible, we may be sure tha seed will germinate. If the surface of the cove is dull and wrinkled and.no line visible, it will.be useless to test it, in earth. Let any one not accartomed to observe these indications" take a bright, sound ear, and a decidedly UDripe one, break them in the middle and look at the kerpels in the break on the stem halves, and he will at once pee the difference. Bv this rule I have select eefseed from the crib from among much that.- was unsound,; and with unfailing Buccess. Many doubt less understand all this, but it may " well to repeat it at this time,', U Joking in San Jose. V There is, a great deal of valuable wit wasted in the desert air of San Jose. ' A runaway team dashed into the front door of' McLaughlin & Rylahd's bank a few days ao, and, smashed about $100 worth of . paint, and wood work. j No Sooner had the wreck been cleared The Thugs. Their Love of Blood and Devotion to Bhowaniel The '. first I instrument of , destruction adopted by this exterminating god dess . is the knite, ' but finding that wherever the warm" life blood flowed debt! Notes bf the Day. ' Russia hai abolished imprisonment w for chigan's lars of surplus. The street cars In out. there a new being sprang into away than aumorous citizen stepped up to existence "to fill the void, Bhowanie ordered the counter and remarked to the cashier, the substitution of the- present mode . of "Wel Mr. Hoffman, you've had quite a strangulation by means of a handkerchief. President little WIT! An VTAna KnnU T njM. 3 ; I L 3 ' ' 1' " . ' J 1 L I ill uiuu . uu vxx yum uaua. x cr:c- i fir n. mTn wn n annnflparnnnpnn nn mnpr i . i v wavs if ava www vv v wvv L OZX U&G X6HCC followers have ever smce taken the lives of little run on your bank, I see. The cashier smiled faintly,and the humor-, ous citizen left the place chuckling spas modically at his own joke. In about two min utes another citizen stepped in and remark ed to the cashier, This is what you call a run on the bank, I suppose,'' ;and he laughed convulsively. The cashier , smiled rather more feeblv than at the' first; and their rates of . t i t ; is an! increase The latest! press shows 154 8 veto, 84 treasury boasts a million dol- Pittsburgh, Pa.,reduccd fare rectntry, and tho result in the; receipts. I their victims. The jioose is thrown with unerring dexterity over the head of the doomed man, and while with one hand It is instantly tightened around the neck -by means of a sudden jerk, with the other the captrve is thrown violently to the, ground, which he scarcely touches ere the blacken The have youn footing up of tho We?tcm papers that sustain tho . that oppose It .and 15 k ladisa of Sacramento, Cal., habits Of thehroung, out anything they days thereafter by A little boy In every man he met what a good joke he had struggle at an end. The bodies are buried " got off.1 The cashier meanwhile had opened his ledger, dipped his pen In the ink bottle, was just about to make an entry, when a third citizen stepped up to the counter arid said, , " I "understand there has been a run on the bank ?" The cashier stared at him where slain, and ths ground burned over to , prevent detection. . - .;';v The leader of a band of Thugi, captured a few years the moments ago, said, while on tnai, tnat of the most exquisite pleasure a dc deceive society for finding out the men. yncn uxty una. jare disabled for several fthelr efforts to keep It m Cloud a few days ago citizen No. 2 went ub the street, telling w n .MB,nt nrvi.!m'.s undertook to see If he could int hlmseii Dy - . - -r I : -rf r- T"-"."i. . t! ,. 'L i -v. 11 .m . i tt ' . nanicmg on a muie s uui. : no xi'uuu uui all about it, and the doctors think the skin oh his forehead wlll;grow up but will leave a bad scar, n i . i prepress oi a dry goous clerks' ball in) the Bowery, recently, some he had ever known were those in which he fiend availed ; birnielf of a pause in ia had. gazed on the startintr eves and stiffen solemnly, nd the citizen went out, wonder- ing limbs of his victims, and- the cupnof end of a! pencil, and cry in sliriU' tones, ing at'the stupidity of . people who were most exquisite joy which he could con- not intelligent enough to appreciate and ceive was that of taking life in order to 1 o n r Vi 1 a yrt o 1 (.And v??-rn1 'l - i I 1 1, 1 f A? .t ii . p m ' ia uui yicuius vu me aiuw oi uujwanie, laugh1 at a real good original pun. Tha cashier, "whose statististical instincts were" now aroused, resolved to keep tally of the number of men who might perpetrate that remarkably funny joke during' the . rest of the day. . ' ". The.-number of visitors was! unusually large, and, strangely enough, the idea of there having been a run on the (bank sug gested itself to every one. Toward the close of business hours,' Owens, bf the San Jose Mercury, walked in timidly, probably with the intention of applying j-f or a call loan of six bits to get his other i shirt from the. Chinaman's. ' Before issuing his finan cial prospectus, however, he, with all the tact of an '-experienced borrower, resolved to put the cashier In good humor by an original joke " Good" afternoon, Mr; Hoffman," said Owen. " Good! afternoon, sir, 1 rf'ilied the cashier, casting his cold , professional eye at the frie love editor, ;and intuitively divining the object of his visit. " Quite a run you - have had on your bank," said Oweri, with a significant emphasis on " whose longings,'' said; he," can never cease while a single human being exists." The majority of, the Thugs are trained to their, murderous vocation from early childhood, and are carefully instructed in its doctrines and duties by Guru, himself a re tired Thug, tpo old or feeble for active duty. : Quite a considerable number of adults enter annually the lists as candidates for membership. When thus received, they are for a long time carefully watched, being first employed only a,s .decoys or guardsmen, then as grave diggers,' and. not until after long trial and well attested I- a li Soj many iiidividiials have been arrested on suspicion of be in 5 bid Bender, the Kan- sas murderer! thai now from Cape Cod to San Francisco there is hardly an Ill-favored old I manf who do;sn't feel ticklish at the sight of i polled jofflcer,. A Georgia paper! says.: "Every village and! borough In thd State Is projecting tho erection of factories pi various kinds. We never knew I a period in the history 6t Georgia ?jhen so much money was put Into manufactibinkuliess is at present." A retiring idiior sayi ; I have never been ' horsewhipped, retolvefcd, knifed, kicked, licked, brlcEed, pumme.lcd or cussed for anythingt htiye saili written, dene, or left ' - 7 undone an editor,, and in ceasing to bo ' fidelity are they received;. into fellowship, and intrusted with the signals and techni- withia mclancuoly ne. cahties by means of which the gang con-1 T 1 f i j i verse freely with- each other, wltho being understood si Ut the by the un- Asoension Day. Ascsion day comes forty days after Easter, and this year it fell on May H. The event celebrated was the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. After He arose from the dead He remained 4orty days Somewhat Prudish Grace Greenwood has the following in the Washington Capital, apropos of sundry rcriticislns which have presumably been made in that city on an entertainment in which she took. part : "Ail the objectors and grumblers remind me of a certain old New England deacon living in one pf the quietest, primmest and piousest of the conn try villages. I need not say that nothing likV these vain and theatrical churcalenter- tainments was known there. But one win ter some ladies? of the parish, carried away bv the 'fast spirit of the times.) got up a. upon this earthy meeting with His disciples Hera, a new schooner bound for Melbourne, and friends. St. Paul tells us that at -one It was before the' dawn of the sixth day's time Jesus was seen by over 5 00 brethren sail from Boston, on the 27th of January, at once. You will find accounts of what 18701 that his end came.' The following is He did and said between His resurrection them neatlyand closely into thedisb, cov-4 the 'account given by one of the sailors who and ascension in the last chapter of each enng the bottom of .it first. Beat up a pint of thickkcream with the milk and eggs, all ready prepared, until it Is well frothed. Do it either with a whip-churn or egg-beater. Set the mold into a pan filled with pounded ice or salt ; turn in the beaten mixture ; cover it with very thin slices of cake. Place another pan over it ; set it in a cool place for three or four hours, or as much longer as you desire, and you will have a delicious dish at a cheap rate. . . Chapped Hands. The following is recommended as a cheap,, convenient, and excellent domestic prepara tion for the above t. Take fresh unsalted butter and beeswax, equal parts, melt them together and apply after each washing of the hands or face. 1 Another remedy, a little more costly, but perhaps better, is equal parts of mutton suet and. bees wax melted together. 1 When cold, thin the mixture was standing near him at the time : " I was in the watch of the first mate, George H. Osborne. He had the watch from four to eight a. m. We were lowering the mainsail. Osborne and I were side by side hauling on of the Gospels. When the time came for Jesus to ascend into Heaven He was walk ing with His disciples, and He led tnem out on Mount Olivet as far as Bethany, where Lazarus lived j and while He was the same rope. The ship gave a heavy roll, talking with them He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. Filled with wonder, they continued gazing after Him as He went up, when two men in white apparel, angels, stood by them and said "Why stand ye gazing up into Heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you" into Heaven shall so come as ye have seen Him go." Comforted by these words, the disciples returned to Jeru salem, and went into an upper room. There they remained with many more who lovei their Lord, praying to Him. He had gone into Heaven itself, to appear in the presence of God for them and for all who loved Him then or now. Exchange. and the down-haul got slack; then with another roll the down-haul got taut. Os borne and I were both caught in the bight of the down-haul. The first shock came on him because he was 'nearer the sail than I. I had time to lay myself down, and the rope passed over me, while Os borne was dragged across me and into the sea. I saw him fall into the sea, but I could do nothing to prevent it. It .was the work of a second. I saw him come to the surface. It was not a dark night I threw him a rope as soon as I possibly could.. I heard him call out to launch the boat and call the captain: We threw him planks and down to the proper consistency by the ropes, but he did not succeed in lying hold, gradual addition of glycerine, .which should The toat was cast loose as quickly as we beithoroughly incorporated with it by means of a case-knife. Either of the above may be perfumed to suit the taste, or rather the smel'. .-. ! could ; but by the time the boat was loose it was -too late. I don't think any men could have gone in the boat without great danger to life. Some of the Boston men You may talk yourslf into a bronchial affection, but you can't V&nvince a Western woman that there won't be a death in the family if she dreams of seeing a hen walk ing a picket fence. the word "run,' eo that the point anight be made visible without the aid of plans and specifications. " What did you! say ?" re plied the urbane Hoffman, taking a note book from his pocket. .Quite a little run on your tank,' reiterated Owen, who be gan to fidget nervously. " I thought" that was what you said,'' replied Hoffman, making a mark in his little book. " Then," said the eminent punster, "may I .inquire what are you marking down VI. " Ye?," said Hoffman,' " l am keeping count of the number who got off that same little pun lOVL maKe only 67. ' " sneepisn,'' -is a term by ho means comprehensive enough to describe' how the spiritualistic Owen looked just about that tinje. He tried to smile, but the effeclfonly resulted in a pain ful sneeze, and he shambled out-of the bank withoutr saying a word about j the small loan." of her followers by traif 4 nowf I always miss thd possibility of initiated. The "Investiture with the handker chief is the ceremony which Inducts either a rew member or juvenile novitiate, and this must be performed in the presence of the entire company and by unanimous consent. It was formerly customary to tajt- 100 tne name or isnowanie on tne upper i- 11 1 r : r , . r 1 1 - pan, ux uie xeib arm puncturing the skin, and tracing the char acters with a fine needle dipped in the juice of the abana. As the-virus" .diffused itself, the letters becameor a'fieryred, and' were utterly ineffaceable: But this practice has been discontinued, as affording to their lies top clear a 1 evidence of disciple lip to Bhowanie. Th3 knowledge of the password is now the fullest proof of mem bership, and without this it is impossible to obtain admittancs to any of their 'secret sessions or solemn convocations. ener Wife Catching. . . The marriage ceremony of the Esquimaux is performed curiously. When a boy kills a polar bear, it is considered sufficient proof of his ability to maintain a fariiilyf.he is therefore told to go and catch a wife. Watching bis opportunity at night, he pounces upon a' ; victim and attempts to. carry her off. She, however, struggles and shrieks until she has collected around her a group of sympathisers. She then turns upon her captor, and bites . and scratches until he is coriipelled to ; release her ; then she darts into the crowd and attempts to escape. The expectant , bridegroom follows her, but not unmolested. All the old wo men take scourges of dried sealskin and flagellate him unmercifully as he passes, making at the s same time every effort to "mite society.' and the deacon's decorous daughters joined. . Usually, its sessions arrest him in his course. If, despite these were over at nine p. m. : out one mgni, 1 uupuuu6u,vu rn.iuiu.uuuu uu?a, owing to the length of the closing hymn and prayer, the mite-ites were kept about twenty minutes later. It was half-past nine when , the deacon's daughters reached home. The deacon met them at the door. He had sat up for theml He pointed stern ly to the old hall clock and exclaimed . should catch his victim, the biting and scratching scene is renewed, and in all probability he is compelled to release her, and the chase, with its attendant discom forts, is resumed. Should he overcome all obstacles, the third capture proves effectual, and the victim, ceasing her struggles, is led away among the acclamations and re- Girls, I should like to know what you mean by such behavior ? If this isn't de- joicings of the assembled multitude. bauchery Td like to know" what is ?' " I - " ' ' Cosrsmso. The latest trick wai played ' by the girls In a California Seminary. In stead of using the three-cent stamp on their letters, they adopted the plan of rising three one-cent stamps. The letters were so very plain and matter-of-fact,' and the attempts at evading surveillance in the old fashioned way grew so scarce, that one in specting teacher investigated this whim. And lo ! the cunning creatures had taken to writing tender, j emotional little epistles to their lovers under, the stamps. , ' , ( Lilnseed Oil 1 Linseed oil is obtained from flaxseed, by grinding the same under heavy; stones, set on edge and made to- revolve jon beds of stone. Attached to tne edge stone are scrapers which throw the seed into '.the cir cular track of the roller. The ground seed is placed in strong, woven woolen bags, which bags are covered with mats made of horse hairvand sole leather, pf a proper and sufficient width to protect the bags in the operation of pressing. These mats with their contents are subjected. to an im mense hydraulic pressure, and the expres sed oil flows off into large tanjaswhere it is allowed to settle. What fftnains m the bags after the pressure is known a3 oil cake. About 8,000,000 gallons of linseed A meeting of clergymen of all deriomi- nations was held in Boston to consider the J temperance movement. A variety of opinions was expressed as to the best mode of procedure, and finally a committee was appointed to arrange some basis for onion, oil are nsed annually in the United States. and report at a future meeting. before It, Ta,s ta V While a couple cf women were discuss-, ing, the other dayV the merit or a cer tain physic iSJii one - of them .asked . the! othei w iat kbid. of a doctor it was Sure. I dubno," was the . reply, but I think it's an alpaca i doctor they call him uim ' Cod- "HaMoL. how are you?. Can't sto ! ! Ji i- L a r. in I inougn, OfX snan l miss tnj muu 1 - " Catch it, you mean.'' "Nd I d)n'tJ I always used to. miss my mo dlgct home in time for d ii l . : '-. Haw 1 1 - ejr Would Take It. Congressman Phelps, of New Jersey, in digcussmz Ui0 Centennial question and. criticising the propriety of inviting' foreign powers td attend the! celebration, saldt ' Wle asi them to (jclebrate our glory, and theiirj humiliation ; : the rise of tbejnstllu tionsl which we chejish, and the fall of tho institutions which they adaaire and. cherish Umder such i circumstances, can we expect that'England will tike a zealous interest In . an enterprise which jcelehrates the loss of the1 finest jewel that! was in her , crown? Can We expect that William, already itrug- gling with the independence of his own Parliament,, will de lire Jo call the attention of his Prussian ma rnates to the more coni spicuous j ; exhibition j of this llepubUcan Government ? j Can we expect MacMahon, who in the name of Brutus, is wielding the RUre of the Caesars.' to call the attention' of France te a Government which Is of .- the people, by the people, and-for the peo ple? lit seems to mie that to make of. this an International exnibltlon, and to Invite men who belong to I what is called the tjfttt ; monarchies to com0 here and rejoice' with us in our celebration is absurd and ludicrois.' It Uj ta me, as If a man urging .nis unwill ing bachelor friend! ;to marry, should tell him that if he would only marry he wduld get a motber-ln-iawj j The Scent of Carrion; It has been generitUy supposed that crows and vultures have been attracted to camon by imeans of an almost supernataral devel- opment of the sense of smelL But, accord ing to! bbservationi'made by 3If. Dunlop, whb has been traveling . In the tast, a dir- ferent reason Is assigned for the gathering together of these birds of prey. .He says : Vultures are constantly wheeling lar out jt sight in the sky 1 they have a very keen sight and the instant that any one changes his idis wheel for . fixed course toward, an obiecti every ynltur in sight f oUows; him. The Wpst distant ofi them has others, again, more distant to fotlbw him, t and -thus the fact of jfood to eat is telegraphed for-hundreds of miles.' . I V T xXAB.-fA.ne wornwau tvv- spona?nt of the Nejwb'urgh Journal writes : "We were reminded a few days since while' digging about the yard, thafthU is to be locust year. Immense numbers of these littld fellows,! nearly full-grown, are now making their way .upward, and are .witnin eight or ten Inches! of the surface of tho ground., Ther wiil probably put in their appearance some tme in June. They come every seventeen years. J ,1 1
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