la
111
of
1)11
WOHSHIP OF GAB.
A Oiis-s f I.eitlBlnlorn Who I)nmr Icniv
niltiii.e!. anil speedy Ki'tlrwincnt.
In ibis day of progress tliero is no
error more rnr;il ami i"'"-'' deleteri
ous l,i inn- material mill intellectual
prosperity limn inir Houseless worship
of gab. li i- 111,1 11 woriliv iinproeia
tioc if the beaitfies of true and pure
eio.jii.-n.-i-. I'.n! tlmse wlio nr.- piled
villi a copious tlow of impracticable
1111,1 Useless wor.ls have educated tilt'
people I. tin- idea 1 1 :i t. no 111:111 is lit for
11 legislator unless In- is elidoxxed with
n constant ebullition of gas. Ami al
llioii;;!i ex cry 111:111 of experience IU1.1 1
thought will :it once ac'kuou ledge tlia!
not oih- in 11 hundred of I'liwuhii :iiv
;i tireless in tlu-il- talk its 111.' Iliads Oil
tin- prairies are lit for iiiiy tiling practi
cal in til.- world. 11s legislators they are
totally incapable of originating 11 prac
tical law, or of successfully remodeling
11 bill oH'ercd by any one rise. In this
matter xve have sonu- readers who hive
lia.l experience in legislative folly, and
they "Know how little reliance ran
placed in an inveterate talU.'i- iu nr
vanslnif practical legislation. It is the
calm, con!. thinking ln.'ii. vxho have
gathered lip tin- great lc 011s of lift, in
a severe ami close conflict with the
worl.l. Colleges may make scholars
lint it takes something ail.litienal Ui
make men.
Those who have .lone most in forming
and perpetuating I he institntioii-vof our
country were not orators, lint nie'i of
lhoughi. experience ami of maiurc ju.lg
nieii,. (ireat principles are ovolxed .1:1. 1
important tpiestioiis scitled by ileep and
Close investigation ill the private oilice,
and in the closer conflict of mimls in
tlie c.mir.iitlce-rooitis. Speeches in 'lie
public halN of ici-'al ion linn' nothing
!. ,., with I'll' s ill,-!. 1 -at of giva! 'I'lcs-
lic::s. They are made f,,r t!ie jjaping
croud.
1 hi:- halls ui' legislation are croudd
xviiii kiivwTs, to llie ecii-i..i .if the
xa-i.u'-, ln-aiichc of industry. This
would no! In' s: 1 objectionable if a heti.-r
cli-.-nf l.HVIt'!'. were selected, li is
xv,!! known m tins leariie.l prole. si.e.i.
to he sin-.-. -sfi.tl a law linn s-1 1 ... 1 1 I
nlxv.ix . have as one of the pari tier, a
gooii "olnee i.nvi cr.
man of p' ar it a! sens.'
1:11 the paper and pe
'liiis means a
enn-.ie.ii to got
- in the right
f.inn. A 111:1:1
lien P tn tile pi
v. h 1 can pa: liiuiself
paration of b'u-iuoss.
it t . .i- 1 10 si 1 1 1-r should he a tr,,i
ury laxxx.-r." This is mie who caa
read t he e tg'e' and lei! t he d il ly anee
ti s. In the profi-ssina there is too
lar.
portion of the latter
Ami our readers will hear
v ir-i.-ss that if any on--of 1 la- lir.11 be
ni::i... a candidate for the Legislature or
t ',i::c.res.. ii is invariaiily t!ie .on
.x!:o !,:'.. ilie "gift uf gab," instead of
ll-.e one wiio has liy .;odx and a xve'd
l.a!,i::ee'l mind liroiirht -itri'" to the
law .inn. Ill this wav our leLii-laiiie
,e'"'res-ioiial n;iu- are
1 wi
.etieal Illell. W'l.ll Itet'er evidi-.lee
v, an: of this fact than t lie fre
:; 1 1 1 i euli-lan! pa--:l.e of laws
1 :;i-.' liiieonsiii a: ion::!, and dial,
fter soinjr tliro';o tin- scr.itiny of
uli.-ian ( onilliit lee, compos".! of
is, I'm- the cvpre-s purpose of
in"; uncoil. '!tu;ioiial leislatinu.
.pie::
V, hi-
t
"ll,e I
law,
, le e
This
w 1
pot be tin- ease it tile olnee
instead of I lie iurv la w cr
w as
leete
A-:. ties liriti"; e- hack to the .pie. lion
oa: !-'eat error of 'u'n wor-hip. We
wart more thinking and fewer talking
loeli ill 1 1 1 IT ' " " places. A pis.y Inelll-
l.er . f ( ". ingress i. an cxpeiisiv e animal.
Kvrrv set sperrii he makes to enipty
liene'e.es costs sc.. r:il thousand dollar..
.1 1
ami
t:o,l
lie. s no 11011. All. i a iar-.'e por
of our et; -a ,'av;ant expemlii iire-
1 1 i protruded and 'iis.de.- e-.o!is
f ( 'oii'rr. ss ;n-.e. out of the pra, lice of
'S for a Co, .pressman the wroii
10. -inner ol the (inn, or the w rmi inciu-l:ei-
of the community. Gas instead 01
sen..-, imprudence instead of modest
(. is oo oft.'ii the man of the pupa-
ir crowd. If there In- a man in any
immimitv who has never d uie a :i
Inin
III till' Worl.l I'M'cpt to .IIIIIV
raecfiil gestures, and ornanu'iil hi-
lam
inie v. 11:1 stolen .piotal Ions iroui
the
literature of the past. In; is selected
to 1-
i- the man to iraiie- ;:r:u e laws fm
i;o erniiient of lie- di , rsili..-d inter
of a eoiiiineni.
Ihe
'li
lie pas! hi.torv ol cvrn Mate in t::i-
niou, and of the I'liiled States, .mu.
that tlie reiialile practical men are tlri-r
who have matured and disciplined their
loin. Is in the yrcal in. I :i -: -. i ; . 1 iutcre.l..
ii-riciiiture, manufacture, mechanics or
iMi-iehamli -e. The. e are the inlerct.
the world, and from liie-e we want
re melt of practical eip-'rienee aiiil
moral tirmm If the people would
cease runnine; after mere trail, and reek
nfier plain, practical men, who know
and who svinpalhiz' with those who
Inline, our rights would he Ix-tter re
spected and our in-Lit ution . he louder
jieroetiialed. ilu-loii. Dit'lifl.
An ExDensive Luxury.
A (rcrmaii, now visilinir in this conn
try. writes to his honie paper as follows,
coneernine- our eolleejes: "III America,
in this land of lie-free, it is tin- sad fact
thai university culture is a prize which
is .ml 1 aeccssihle lo the sons of rich
men." I lis impiiries were very exact.
"AiM.uijr t lie I si 1 nleii Is who had com
pleted their .si itdics at Vale collee;..' this
ear (IS,';) I ohlained answers from
lo'.l. According lo their reports the
average cost for the four years" course
aiiioiinlcil to S'.KJO. 'I'licre were ejreal
di He re u ees in individual cases: one had
suc'-cedeil iu 'jretlinjr. through' at the
cos! of .!."iU a year; anolhcr needed no
less than :,oll() annually, i known
(ierioaii porter in the States whose
eldest .,011 passed a brilliant, exainimi
lioii at I'riiicctoir. hut father ami sou
iijivol lhat it was impossible lo pursue,
his miidies there 011 account of the
friytful costliness. Study at all Amer
ican university is a most expen-iive
luxury. " -(Jhi:aijo 'limes.
i
s-
SEA PEARL FISHING.
Tlie l.itt unit Mint I'ro.luetlvs Fmliery
Mutloiw of (I.h Worl.l.
Tin1 sea pearl fisheries are principally
coiilined In the 1'crsian j;-iilf. coasis of
(Vylnii, the I'-.islcrn arehipclatri'. Aus
tralia, Ihe lagoons of many islands iu
the Tai-ilio and to Central America.
Fresh water p. arVs have, as n rule, hut
little lusicr, and are coiiseiiiently of no
"Teat, value, l-'or a while the Scotch
pearls enjoyed a e; resit. .reuil:itiiin.
Uuruie the summer mouths tlie Arabs
carry on a soi l of pearl fishery on the
eoasl of ihe Ke.l Sea. They catch the
molluski uud lay them in the sua so
that they may open quickly. The
pearl tis'.iei ies in ihe Persian jrulf,
especially on the coasts of the island of
ltahit-iii. are also iu the hands of the
A ralis.
The t 'ex Inn pearl fisheries are carried
on on Ihe xvesl coast of ("ex lull, in the
tilf of Manaar. south of the island of
the same name, and also 011 the west
coast of India, near I'm ieorn. K
periciice has shoxx 11 thai fexv pearls,
and these of little value, col. 10 from
mussels which arc not older than live
villi's. Pari n; the t i f 1 1 1 and six! h vcar
tlie value doubles, and in tile sevculli
it becomes fourfold. The pearl" tire
not full v matured if thov are taken
out Inn soon. and. on tin
hand, the animal dies if the
othei
pearls remain loo loiijr in the shells, tor
th,,-e reasons, at the Ceylon lisheries
pearl lishine; is prohibited at certain
periods. In sortiiiir iheiem'ls t hr)v are
lirst passed t hroiie-h a row of baskets,
ten or txvelve iu number. The eighth
basket in the row has twentv holes, and j
the pearls which do not pass throiijii j
these, holes are said to have tlie '-txxcii-ti"th
measure." 'l'lie nt her baskets have
.50, .",'1. S.I, I, hi, -.'Oil. 100, li:Ml, 1,m;
holes, el.... and . aeh basket has its
p.vi:i! name. After the pearls have I
been soiled i:i this measure they are j
eir;!iel and their value is liuted. 1
Ciiina ha. pearl lish.-ries near Pakhol. 1
'flic Philippine island, produce lar'c j
ipiautiti.'. oi motlier-ol-pcarl. I lie en
tire rc.;ie:i from ".he island of Tawi
'faw i and I.iilii io lias dan is one con
tinuous bed of pear! oyster. Here the
Al-iiavs and t 'hiu.se lisli in common.
The Iai'u lisherie-, i-car Taxvi-Tawi, are.
ac-ordiiiu' I 1 t'i" .lateaienl of ail Kn
Lr'.isiumui. Mr. M .ore. the largest and
tin
pr.idueli ,e , f all ihe pearl tish-
i-ries in 1:1 ' jjast Asiatic
; 'aris xvhieh are .-au'li! h
ways been famous, and the
pearl is i!i.ti:iv,uisli.-d bv its
seas. The
re have al-inolber-of-X
ellow li-.s-
tcr, xxiii. il 11u1l.es il
pu'.-pocs. The nr,.r
lislierie. i l t ieeii.laii
if Syduei capil a'.isis.
carried mi b,- Mill
-lepl h of -i fat lioins.
uil able for many
iuiportaul pearl
are in the bands
Tin: lisheries are
s, ivho dix e to a
'file pear! lish-
; on tin
mploy
rt.ixve-'. cm. 1 0 1 ust ra
iri;e niinilicr of Malays
: 1.1 1
:l'ld li
Kn-iis
1 Vi iv
tiio- as divers. le'cei'll v I he
papers have r,' irl"d ' h - dis
,1 peai-'.- and licither-of-p.'.iii
x,- ., d ind.
i. "ii;' ui' lie prlii'-ipa! eiiiplny
', ir tlie raiives of the I'aeilic
:i,
ir .x-'
i ); in
1 1
an. II,
'lie erli
. likewise, m-itiicr-of -pearl
pal object of Ihe fisheries,
live ill lare;e colonies, close
id are lirmly atlachod to
they are attached to tile
liirament or band, starting
p:
r'ei uer,
ell oiil,
I '..it; 1 b
from their b ,,lx and runniii"; through
liie sheil. In ihe live animal thi. band
:. ,,l" a dark r.-eii, and sometimes jrol.l
bronze color, and iNioTiiien can tell
from its color whether t he. sju-lls cuii
taiu lieurls or 11,,:. 'flu- .hells reach
their full -iz- when ilex are seven years
old. When Ihe animal has reached
mat 111-it x , it I ear- it-elf loose from the
.tones, open- it - shell null dies, 'l'lie
-In-lls arc t'leii covered xvith corals and
para.-ites, Thrv become worthless ami
ihe pearls are lo-t. Occasionally pearls
ire found loose in llie shells. Those
arc a! w ays of a cry line quality, pcr
fecilv round and often xcry lare. Hut
tiu-re is hardly one in a Ihoiisand oysters
.'in- 1 coiltalli sitell lif:ir
b neai'ls. The natives
,11, 'li lose t Iii-iii. oxvin; lo
the careless
xv av in which they open the shells, l-'ilie
aiidcalm weal her is 1110-t. favorable fur
p - ai l li-Ui nr. The di v.-i s w ear no special
-nit. but simply rub their body xvith oil,
-,, the sun may not bli. ier their hkiu.
I'iicv remain uinli-r the water one or
ix"-1 1 ti i 1 1 11 1 cs, ami briny; up oysters from
a depth of twenty fathoms They raro-!-.
iro !o such a ih-plh, but. the finest
ux -tors are found I here. 'I'hns in many
;i-liiii;r grounds, which were sii))oseil
to be exhausted, a ;rn at many pearl
ox -li r- are found in deep xvater.
Ih . ides the pear! oyster there isoflen
found in ihe lagoons of the Pacilie.
Ocean a kind of Venus .shell, which
often conlaiiis pearls of jrrc.'it value.
The fishermen do not look for thesn
pearls at all, bill it is presumed that it
xx oiild pay lo examine these shells more
-x -temal icaliy. In the Pacilie llieru is
fm i ml another pearl- iroduciii"; mollusk,
whose shell- greatly resemble those of
the coininoii oyster. Thev are always
found attached lo rocks, invariably one
bv ilsclf: and they are quite rare,
fbeir jiearls are alxvays jierfectly sound,
xx it h a line luster and a frohl color, of
about Ihe size of a, pea. - A'. i". Slur.
Honry George's Wife.
Thoue;li Henry (ieorgi) has aeiiii'eil
iii'li lare ielebrit y, his xvife's name
has hardly been mentioned iu the pa
pers that speak of 1 1 i in so often and so
much. She is a thorough liomi! body,
devoled lo her husband and their four
children. Sim is one of tin; small,
plump, cheery bodies that never get
iloxvn-liearted, and people, who have
knoxvn them a loii time Hay that but
for her tinl'aggint.' devnlion and enthu
siastic belief in him Mr. fleorge would
never have been able to come triumph
antly thronjrh the lone; period of at rail -ened
means and hard work which pre
ceded his sudden aucc-ess. Chh'iujo
Tribune. ., .
J
'wise monkeys.
How T1iiv Aro Tuuvlit ti A.-t it HUlttr.i)
Wopkmen. H.-l.'1-llves f : M"i"T
tiiioil Wilier.
In tlia island of Sunialrii the imm.
111011 iiinukey is III bnlli, or I'ijr-lailinl
inonk.w, 11 nil In' become, u duello, and
intelligent, servant. Wlnil ho has to
do is Ui irathef cociannts. O.' course
iiothiuu is easier for a fniif-liaiidc.1 fel
low lliau lo climb tall tivei ami throw
down tints, but tlm bnili does hi'ttor
than that: he selects tlm nuts, pullier-iiU-
in.no but l!te l-i)c oil 's, and, xvliilt
is 'uioi-i-, In- pirks only us many in his
master wishes.
So useful is this mutual that ";
iit-T Ulil has become, one mav Miy, his
t niilii in that, part of the xvnr'ul. A nmu
Imviii' captinvd and trniiu'd a. gnnft of
them, inarches llumi around the couu-tt-v
to out in the harvest, liirin"; tlieni
oiit m dilVereiit planlalimis Then,
xvhen Hie mils aiie all picked, or tlm
laborers ton nunicroiis, "jiiis of them
arc lulu-ii o the Knjllisli colonies ill
(aim Tnxvn, and hired nut like any
workmen, or coolies as I hey nro called.
A .Siainese ape lias rt'iu-lied a slop
liie-hei-, il is said. The story is told by
air.'iis(riaii xvlio lived in Si mil thuf
this npi is able to tell hy the taste
whi ther oin is 'jm 1 or bad, anil inrr-
1 bants i-iiinlov him for tin- tuirio e cl
i-nipi
detecting ci
Within a
ii-.ul
f XV
ifeit".
1110 a:
is a fiCMtl
en Jin
of India lias Iried hjuul M "V'iir
m.utkevs, 11. 1 1 h
ih ' r! lul fuv". iuv
Sucielv of ffeiK.ral lil siieoi'Ss in
teaoll
iuX thrin to pu!i j-imkahs. A punkah
perlmps yon know is :ia iiumeiis
fan. hiir from t ! ciiiu and inuviii.
b.-u-k :i:i,l lortii i' iiieaus ..fa rope oul
side the room. li keeps a whole room
cool, anil in that climate is tnce.sarv
f a- a white m in t 1 cat or sleep with
any cnuiler;. A inn-ikex xvlm e i'i pui'i
one. then, is as Useful as a Ilia :, and is
a true Mni!., r.
Another vaiuable monkey is the
caa-.-uia ol Africa, When x "U 11 I hi.
bab, .on i. verx teachable, ami is oft. u
kept by the K a llirs as a dem-stie ani
mal. He lakes the place ef a .1, jr.
;rrowliutr lien as:ra iuer couirs near,
and if il becomes nec'ssiry to ilcf.'i.d
his nias.er's prop.-i-iy. he i- much
stronger than a-iy d 'P
The c'naema ea-i x learns to bbov
the Iielloxxs of a smith, and to drbc
linr-e. nr i'Xi'Ii; but hi. ;-.ieah't use in
that eonntry is lo Iind water.
In the Inil season. bell llieca:t!i is
parched and springs and .trcauis are
.1 i v, 1 he owner of a tame chaenia take,
him out In limit for the water lln-y all
mu-t have.
The i.'ilri'i :,' nionkey .eeins I 1
know xx hat is w anie l. or peril us lie
knows bv liis oxx n feelin-; -xi !i..l. Iu look
for. and In-
irroliiiil, l'lukii:;: .-a-,
of uf.i-s. and en;
breeze on every -scent-
ii in' not is
llici'.' is xx at, a- in t :
i- -lire to Iind i:.
spring, in 11 hieli 1 a
iligri ne; iliixx ti to '
eirlain very juicy
carcf 1; .' over tl;e
ue'.lx al every ti.f:
f'.X 1". 1 : 1 1 T III''
d.-. Wb .'.I. .-r !i
11 .; known, but il
e i.ei iilini'lio. ,.l he
I: in i v li a .b ' p
-e I .' set- tn xx ork
a id ii lino be a
mo;, whirl often
serves instead, ,
mil a!o; uml 1
fail share of ii,
St. A '. -.'ui 'ui.
: 11. hoiie lie lias hi..
to pav for his ,xoi I
KILTH IN JAIL.
Sitiiil.iry -111t1lit11.il tf I.srji, Nun. In-r itf
lt.-r.rtliiltirv Ire. lit lit tolls.
As civilization advances, the lr.-t-nient
of the unfortunate and criiiiial
t'las-es is said to heroine more 1 1 11 1 1 1 : 1 ne,
and as a Naliou xve love lo boa.i of .im
prison and a.yluni i-eforins; hut now
and then liumaniiy recei' es a rinh.
shock from rex ela: i nis coming out of
these very -iglis of our a Ivanrotlicii I.
With fine or Ixvo exceptions tlie jirisoii
peiii of war times, for who-e cnaili: ion
there xvas, at least, the partial ex
cuse of iii'ce ity ami the bitter
ness engendered by th" strife xve
say xvith one or t-.x o exceptions, those
places ace tn-ilay surpassed by prisons
in both the Sniilh and the North, while
city jails au.l xvork-hoiis-s are notori
ously bad and oft. -n criminally man
aged. The plumbing inspector uf Min
neapolis recently made a;i inspection
of Ihe county jail, wherein he found a
reeking; ahnininalioii of filth', fm- the
long coiilinii -d existence of wliicli no
excuse call h" iill'ei'ed, for the nllicials
have 1"0H liolilieil more lliau unci! of
ils had sanitary condition. Filth alone,
it is ivell ktuixvn, xx-i I! breed crime, anil
it certainly is a fit ens iroiiment for
olher ex.! rftincly bad and easily iivnidoil
condilions xvliich inalnlaiii in almost
ali jails, viz., Iln- commingling of the
liaid.'iieil criminal and Ihe novice in
Hie iiiilib'f fin in of lauv-iirejikliig; bill
it is flu; s.u.il.'iiy eolldi I ion uf these
places to which our faders' nUenlioii
is called. In tlie Miniieajiolis jail M''.
Ila.en found axerilable cess-pool in
the basement, caused by thu xvnsh
xvaler ruiiiiiiigfi'om the jail apartments
above. The plumber had used tlm con
venient and inexpensive putty to make
his joints, a material ipiite largely in
use iu this, us, no doubt, in many an
other city, it lid the oM and cheapest
forms of closets, poorly set, hail also
been used, and llicy were sadly nut of
joinl. An enlightened public sentiment
xx ill correct these abuses, but lint
correction is nlxvay. specilie. One job
at. a time, ami that, tifler iulinife liarni
hits been done, scums lo be all that Ihe.
public can handle, 'flu, ounce of pre.
volition has never been weighed hy thin
public, 11 ml if still seems a pound to
the men whom wh all love to honor
with our franchises. To employ an
architect to build a jail would he the
hoighth of folly iind t he iicme uf exll'a V
ngaiiee, but sonn Ihe voice of tlm iirch
itecl xvill be heard, not crying out
against oi.l abuses, but as a warning to
avoid nil such calamities, and the s, inn
er lhal voice in heard the butter.
Xoiiliu:e$(ern Arr.hUect.
THROUGH WEST UPLAND.
A ..u..l.-v r..sr,...seiV7..r (lr.....l Si.r-
A .rl.li.u.y II ""ls ,
Some two and a half " '''""
tl,liVaekisa piclurcsip.e bnde cross
illMhe Uixcr K inross, wlncl. Iluxxs he
lovlhnnurhhriiiliii. In. 'inches .if I reus,
llc-elhe ,-oiiilirv opens nut so.l.ew lull,
an, from I be b.idee is ca,i;;l.i the Mni
ucx- of the Pas. of Kx leinoiv. so sin-,,,-iinjrlv
beautiful lhal It b-aut v must
!. .ecu and fell il im i'"1 ll" '1"'''"I''
cd A vallev, wide mid level, and
Honied with suiidiiii'.-. to llm I'-ft n lull
molnlain rises sheer onl of n calm lake
at is l.a.e; the side-, of thU muiintain
aiTlhicklv wooded half way up. Hie
otl-rha'f'bar- and ;;llsienin with 11
, dred .streamlels thai How from ihelr
soiire above. Slandin:; "1 f l1'"' "'"''I.
coilrasliii"; sharply ,'1m
.-rm of Ihe pines, i. a caslle billll ol
wlte st.iiiK. and a link' fmtlier doxvu
Ih-banks of the lake rises the spin, of
a'cauliful 111e1nori.il chapel, built by
th ow ner of the place in nieiiiury ol
hi wife. On the i'i:;l' "f ,'"f"1'
ci'secul-shaped sweep. Ihe Piainond
munlain iind olher. "f I'"' Twelve
Pis lift their heads, their bare. i-ni!,'?v
tsies beailtilied I'V all. clhereal bine
inst. like a soli vail thrown over, yet
tYt o way hidi'i;; l!ieni
li alley wind and ixx
Aa.l su tloes
st lhat all these
imiii
IK-
" 4,,-
io r
l.i.-
li;di
t.on
UllS MVI. t 1 1
,, nuxv out: lit
,, vii and shif.,
.ne th-it a few
out, now peeps
Uxo olbeis.
s of i-.dor,
laflle il. -scrip-.,
i he d irk imii I
ivlex moi e. 1 r b
t ils name), the
urch, the lake.
u xvr -i c, ,
1 1 1 1 I
1 the
Hill :
and shade.
The blue he :
which Call i
oo,l til" place ia:,'
ihite ea.lie and c!i
lllack iib s'ladovi in
III. diamonds w It, r
P
ar.s .pal u.ni':
il eat 'io s t he
l -h': ab.oc
tl aiiier cxci y
an. I arouiio. a'i'i I'ein
thiiir, the i-. id ;r dd ef
. 1 . . . 1
the oin 'hiue
Korid, thai 1
lux ed fol'ex ci
ill
in ale an I'lilrniicu'r
; -en and f"ll w il! be
nv. t.,u, are llie boe-
ly ,;;;rdelis of ixx 1,-more t'.i-'le, and
t'hro' i-ii Ihe xx,,,,,!'. xx :!d ll, oxers and
Ileal h t!f whit M -dilerranea 1 he nh
anion.; them and f'-rn- to delpdr. all
llii are happx cn.,!i';;i lo haxe H.ie I"
lintrer. Hal I think fen XX ho i-ome
her" will care m:i.-!i I" look a I th
niiilicial garden, and bol-!iou.cs ibex
I nre almo-l oil! 01 i.eepni-; " i.n ,,
i gr.r.d nature, an I the people of the
! poi ntry never tire of repeat in:;:
j "P i rin' ihecasiies and ;-:ine 1 ., ex erx
I t'a.'hly thing bcie i. a- I i '! made il
I if. ali n lime; nothiii: uiilieial in our
t country."
Ill' all the XX.,,, !s III'" one -b i b d
11 11-1 ma le part , f the xx cab a '011
! naii-lit. t:ii- ,.f K.-le.iior is lie- mill
I one left iu tip. pan of t'i" c eiu'r 1'
j i- 1, lie ,,f I'm p-,'u!iu: ilies of 'h
1 scenery lli;o'.l''li"i:l t'le xx -'ei-i Ii i '.
' hi-h lauds that li:" ab-i in e of !r,-e i-
I 110! 1 it a- it 11 ixei-e a el--, o. a- u o
marred the p. rl e! f ih bind
scape. li i- X' i.h -uror'..' on -n i l -n
i l lelllC, liber. I !i it. xxilil tile cXcep! iu'
I of :i fucii.ia !i" !;:e, of a f-xv -'f Ugllir.
: sbralis, or liiidir. alo e; I be rii-'.-id"
! no trees haxe b -en , ,m for mile, an.
' luUtheV .xvciv not iiii-s ; ! -''"
. I'ruViii nr.' ..'iivpuil
THE ERIE CANAL.
Xlapir r.tur.-'s OciU '.-ll.ois ..r Ho. Ili.'ii
iuit .if I In- I.tm: XX 1 ,1- XX 11 v.
1 have a f-.i.i! re-o I, -el am. for I w li
ft small boy then, of lie- grand celebra
tion at Nexv York of the opening of the
canal from Lake Krie to t lie Hudson
river. On t bo -'".: Ii of October. H'.y
I'itrht years and f air months from the
time the Work coillilieoeeil. llie I.i'.e
.anal was completed, and 011 ih il dax
the Seneca Chief, xvith ! Wilt Clin-
I. toll, then (iiixeriiof of the State o! Nexv
i York. Lieuleuaiil-tioveruur 'I'albnadge
! and various coinuiil lee- uiiboird, left
j HiilValo fm- Iln- Hudson river. Abm'
llie entire line of the canal, within
hearing ilistaiic of each ol her, hen vy
arlillcrv were placed, an I the starling
nf the S Mieca (,'iiief from Hull'alo xx as
l ari'ied lo lie city of Nexv York a- f "I
us sound could travel, and by the same
means it was announced in Ilull.il:.
that this great even! xv:n knoxvu iu
Nexv York, This xvas before Ihe pres
ent mode of coiiiiiiniiiealing informa
tion by telegraph bad been known: bu'
ihe plan xva.- so ivll executed that in
.mc hour and ihirly ininutes from llie
li.ing of Ihe lir-l gun in l'.ull'alo, tin-ri-ho
xvas heard in Nexv York and re
lumed lo Hull'alo. It was a day of
great rejoicing throughout the Slate,
a:. I the arrival of Ihe Chief" nt the
virions places along the line was ,-ig-iidize.l
x' iih I'leal pomp and splendor.
Ixery ciiv a village had prepared its
f '-lival, a id liroiiglioiit the xx hole lino,
boiulhc 1 : 1 i. to the ocean, it. was a
11. age of l.i, npli. (Jn the 'J, of No-.-":!!,
.". ujea Chief reached the
fily of Albany, eight days from Buf
.i.!o, ,iid on liiu -lib uiid ari i.ed in Iln,
July of Nexv York.
When the Href, xxhieh was conipose.l
tf tlm Seneca Chief and several sleaiu
Iind oilier craft from Albany, New
York and oilier places on the river,
leached Sandy Hook, ( iovcrnm' Di
Witt Clinton proceeded to perform the
('crcnioiiy of commingling t Im xvalers
til Ihe bike with the ocean by pouring
1 keg of Lake Krie walerintu Ihe At
lantic when h i delivered Ihe following
idilre.s:
"This solemnity at this place on the
lirst arrival of vessels from Lake Krie
Is iiHended to bid ioafi! ami conunetu
lirnle Ihe navigable coininunicalioii
jjvhleh has been accomplished belxvcen
mii'.Medili.'rraiiean seas and the Allan
lie ocean in about eight years, and lo
the cxten'. of more than IJ'i niilcs, by
Ihe xvisdon, public spirit and eii 'igy ol
Ihe peaplc of the Stale of Nexv York;
and may Hie (lod of the heavens and
thn earth smile most pr.ipil iously on
this xvork, and render it subservient to
the best intereus of the human race."
- lien: I'nr'ri) I'uorn, in Ihttori Jlu.ljrt
SAVAGE CEREMONIES.
I'ei-iillur uIm.s UIMalHlnll . ,l"
Nnllven ..I N.,w llillillii-
The most peeiiliiireermniiH.v prncliec'
bv the niitixesli'W rarely b, wit 11-
bv 11 while man. I saxv one la-d vr'H',
and I will Imuw desrril... the in-
eideiils of I be perfunnanec mid H
meaniiP's. I he Dilk-.luk is supposeil
tu be 11 'spirit xxhiell .nukes lis appear
ance nt the .lav-break of the .lax mi
which llie new mmm iipi'i'iu'"- " '""
varlahlx comes friiin llie sen, and " il
is daxlbrlil I xx' "l" '"'', eHii",-. llll
plalfiiriu upon lliein, i" ' B''eii .'oniiny
in the shore. The entire null" ruin.
imiiiilvof the x Mlutf" uwail. tbe
iu;: mi the beach -rated iu silence. On
the plall'orm are lixo men, le:idn. ami
sboiiliiiK and crxlniioiil in lirill I""'"
Thcx wear a loose rube of leave., woven
tuecilier and icaeliiii;; to lb" knees
On their he ids are 1 ii-al-dia!'"'! ld,
some six feel, hi-li, from ll"' 1 ""
xxhiell are Iiuu.l: masks cnlircli conceal
in;: llie fealuros. 'flic in iski hax c hor
rible luokiii- faces painted upon them.
The lower port ions o( tin- lc;; are nl, .in
visible. As lb" dre.s is .iippo-cd In
rcpreseii' a eas.iiwar.v. or New Cubic:!
ostrich, with a human he
upon lainliu.r c eeiile a
nine- steps in iinihilioii
id, Ihe li;:ure.
series of hop-
of t!
bird.
Me.innliile the nalive. appear to he
frightened, 'l'lie lnk d 11 k i. lo !t.iy In
Mi illa;,'e a full nl;:'il, and ilnriuu; llnl
pel led lie is III lib"ll to do wll.lt.'lel'
be pleases. No xvouniu Is allexved lo
look aL him. In f 'el, .s soon :" lie'
c.iuoe was slehled. the xvuiiien nil ran
away lo ll bush. A ft or dan. -in:: a
ihort lime the Did. duk eyes in'.,, fi"
jungle and th" nnti.'e. 111, .x cell' slowly
lo t heir hoiii"..
In lliee
icoaniil .
mi I II ;r
x .mi
I'linien ipl udil ' f
la o and oilier to...
piled
1
-ui r of III
ill I
sipi 11
tnb, 1:
In. 0.
i -!i mm lo in-
h
III,'
I 'ik-,! il. 1! hi ,-i-s ai
,-d. In- nil .1 .Mill
an!
ri ;
If .:,
if di-i
t rellle;
liie-e
eel em
ie l -."d, t !le lln'.ix id il ll I , ,' I X es :l
i,,iiii blots tvilli a x'ui'i. Afon
fill I oil, 'I Tig. life , Ml.' bid,'. I the
illle-
hoTI. I l"g btl'ell.- "'
si feel I'UI-g a'el 'I ' ni, k
caoe. ah nit -i
as one's bill.
lin.'.-r xs '-re l,i,oi ,li'.
I-'is or six mil 1 ; 111, 11 u 1 up,' 1 up. and.
holding their Inml- lo ;ii al'-e." t li.-ir
1 head-, r -ecix ed lieax X b., .x . I: ,:o ! ni ¬
hil lid I,' of ra ue ., xi'hiell W . 1 o XI i.'l b d !,x
the Piik-duk. 'I'll-- can.-- caie 1 1 ..uiid
the bodies ami al cull uri,'.,' .Ir.n
blood. Olher X oiing 10 01 took 1 heir
place.. Sun 'tii'O's In- l.r.-.bil. s ..iii.l
v.iu x lie p"i fo-oi inr - I'X -Irikiii;: x .ih
lii-clii'i. I he eel ,"ii"ni"s xx ere 1 p. .it."1
f .1 I, "i 1! ix
; til. ic dep I
and me in
,1 l!
1 Ih
l i-.l'.L
eve Ihe ,
I 1
Ih
1 h-
i lieeile-
0.
lii 11
,!d llT
!:
I
0 ef
II-
n t 1 1
led ,:
il ,.:i!
III.'
,.f in
I
1 1 XX .11
id I ,
old IO III
! No one ',
I iu di-;o,
ll
-il .11 ui m
'ill!
'ie-. ,,,!.:, ..xx (!: 1
b-, , .! Ihe H li, '!,
I I t lie e CM I II I II. I XX I
i: Ie: l-r lie,' from
I ,,1 I 111, Ml !l IX e '
! kill a ix in.lix id.
i , lex , d xx ilhoiil
one. .g i'm. I be . dd lie
come decrepit, cm ll'il
1 1 . 1 x iii:-" b"
1 I, ill I I.ei.
' g irdeiis, and 1 lc- 'pi I
of f oir,-..-,i
1, 1 the -pint come- into t!o i r p ..om
A li lioU'r'i cauiiil. di.in is icpiirte.l lo
mi..iu;i:irie. l.i h ue died oul 11:11 hi;
tin- i-land- iu ihe S mill .0.1 s. i! i. 1..,
more c , nun. ,11 than g,-u,M.illx iui:i::u,i-d
In New Ireland I -a-.x a .!; ligiil be
t xx ecu I xv.. x ill.ige-. am! aft.-r I he bat ! I"
tlie budie. of t ho.e xx ho had fallen xx ore
"aleo. 'fhe i.odie-. all er b.-i 11 scab b d
in hoi xx .iter, are scraped xx i ! b a ham I
knife bv old woiiie.i. Ail obi man en'-,
up the bodies, taking can- to keep I be
thigh and .liiu b, nies, xx !;i,-!i are u-c I
for spe.xrlicad.. Afler being; xxripjo-d
iu lease., Ihe di -oi'Miilicri'il ca.lux- r.
arc placed in ox cu s dug in I be ground,
and iu four day s are ready for eating.
Iheiialixes mad,- no cooi i-abnciit of
their ilisgmtuig ineal, and iluring the
fea.t they held w ild dancing and nigh-..
'Ihe preparation of sag,,, coi oaiiul and
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 In-.i in-, i-called sal.-ak. and is iu
great demand among Ihe niuueii. The
females sciuiied tu be inure Itfiilal and
..ix age than llie men during the canni
bal ban, pi, 'I.
Willi regard Iu Ihe adapt isbility of
ihc-e islands lo while ciilmiiat ion, I In To
i ; no r, mi -01 1 xx In such a .ebi'ine -lion , I
tint siiecc-d, 'filer. i. I'icll soil, tin.'
climate and plenty of water. Although
1 In- uat i x C-, are savage ami suspicion-,
lln-y can be ea-ily maiiaged by lirnuii'-s
and cuiisiilci alioii. Nunc uf llie men
ai e in or live and .1 half feel iu slalui-o,
xxhilelhe women are uiueli - bull r
Tliex make good serxaills, but 11111.I lie
held ill check and nexer albuvcd mix"
faiuiliaril x . N11 'riiiu inu Clirniiirlr.
Reiitling for tho Blind.
ll not lo be expel led that Pn ris.xvhieli
is so well prox ideil xx ilil libraries, xvoubl
neglect Ihe blind. Hut lb." lein'liitgr
library f ir Ihe blind reecnilv opciu-.l
does in, I ir.xe il- existence loollicial
zeal, bill l-i privale geier,e.il X . A gel) -
lliunan named M. ile la Sieran
blind biiusclf xvhu eoiHi'i'i'a I es hi. if,.
to llie plot eel ion of I llo.i' a 111 il' led XX il ll
Ihe same iiiliruiily, liusgul the ma. lei-
piece of I'Veaeh liloralurc i-pceiallv
piinleil, and lends theiii out graiuil
oiisly Iu the blind in Paris In r.-ad. If'
also publishes a nexx sp.iper priul"i in
llrailh- type, ami mint her for I be teach
ers and friends of lb" blind. ,Mn. of
the hunks are in manuscript. They
have been copied oul, hi Urnillc to
dielaliiui by Ihe blind themselves, t,r
by copyists, 'l'lie llraille system is ex
treiuclx simple, and may be aciuirei In
a fexv hours. M do la SieiMnne says
thai lie is Msd-lcd in his xvork In 1111-lliei-ous
grand dailies, and reeeix es all llie
paper reipiireil from loading si alioners;
for nothing. - full Mull (lun ttr.
There are more Until tliirly-livo
miles of shelves in tin; Krkisli Museum,
Loudon.
1 ML SUPHEME COURT.
llll III Xl.'illievul l:i l.o'l ! Itnaiirrniilail f, ,
111.) Ili'llt'lll ol T'lU llutly.
The assembling nf the Siiirtinn
Coutl nt Washington on tho ncoiu
M.tnday in .October Is iilxvnys this (H,,
casion of Ho' beginning ol thn (Mini,
iiioiiiul com Icshis, which urn iiinnmlly
ixchiiiie;cd biilwcim the eo-urdiiiuu,
pnweisof Ihe tloveiuinent, 'flux (!J,1(,
Jusliee ami Associates, In their roltp,
of olllee. lake Iheir Heats upon th,,
ineinii bench iind begin Ihelr nckhIoihi.
All. I' piellmilutiy direclloiiH im lit tin.
l oiniiiem'einciif of biisincKN tlm court
udjouins. Having luld iinI.I,.
lobes Ihe 'oill'l In a body, iilleudn( ,j
its own (illiceis and iu iiiaiiio.i by
the Altornex-Ccnetal and Ihe S--tlUtlt.tr-(ielicl-al,
piaiceed In the Lxccutlvu
Mansion nud, being forninlly t.
noiinecd, lire received by the Picsl.liiiil
in the aiidiewcn parlor. 'l'lie (',i,,
Justice congliilulnleil llie I'ltsiili'iu
upon his nppearaiicc uml gin d lii-ullh.
Alter llie Associates ill liiru presnni
lb. ir eoniidiiuenls, the Court r.itlnn,
It would then be custom to leiu'n n
car I at the resilience of the 'i 'nvt,
ib-nl, that high liiueliouiirx belngin.
ollicio chief ullieor of the upp. r IkhIj
of ('onuicss, tlm hccoikI 1 o -oriUimtr
lii nncll ol the (itivcrtiliielit. 'fhe Prenl
.lent never returning a call in f,um
except that of a soxcrelgn. rulor of h
coiiiitiv or incinbi r of a royal family
X isituig nsbim;oll, does not rclurii
the call "I llie ( oillt. l)ui".uir tint mm
..n, hoivcxor. it Is custom foi libit tu
.-ise a .late iliiiner in Its honor.
" 'l lie iec-Pie-ident or Plc-ideiit prtt
l. iupoie of the Semite. If in Ihe city,
ui- sxilliin a u asonabbi lime after lie
return, Icaxes a reluru curd nt the rei
deuce "I the Chief (tislice. Thin in
IrudiiiXloVi i ci'.-liioliial occa'doil is f.tl
luxs e,l by culls ol eliipiclte turning th.
member-of the coin I lllld III. -ir bull..,
ill ...icietx, Ihe As oii.it, 'S lir-t f.ilhii
upon Ihe I bid Justice and tie ii jiuii.,,
Up. 01 senior Ju.ll.e-, Ictillll cal.H Ir
in g made 111 llie Minn- ord- r of prists!
once. flic Sadies of llie collft Hie :
It, mie on Monthly dm ung the m uson
at xx loch I no, - persons iu tnu i.il rda
tiuiis with lie court circle or others ii
polite sucielv IU.I call, llie llle.s m
tie si- 0 caui.n. b' iug nftciiioou n
tic I 10. Inn. e. Thee .Monday 1
home giic ri-e lo a gcin r.il mm rni.-r.
in social circles, folbuxcil by a ioiiu
of coiiili'.ies in advan f the ruh u
gasety in fashionable life, w loch mint
rate during tin- ( on-.' le-siotial and Ai!
luillisllaliolt s, lisolls. The coihl ti
cli. ielte ol Ihe Supreme Court cirii
ss as founded on the cat I, social pl;v
tjies ol the old s.bool of liiaiintt
cstablidicl bx the first Pleodellt tin
hi- xxife aii.i iiu-oi poi ated into Hi-
u.-tal I. eiiiu- of the court bx ils lir
Chief Jll.liee. 'l lie etc. eminent l'"l'll
Mixic. f John .lav and llie ld"i
social inheritance :ol accomtdisliuifiil
of bis wile, a .l.mghl. r of William Lis
illL'-'on, of the ibslillgllislli'll colotll:
fauna" of lhat name, pa, the lirst "I
In ial and so. ml ens n .miu iils of lb
judicial circle, a degree ol dignity an
pii.min. nee xx lii. ii has Ih-en 111:111. tain,
tlit-uic'li ill,- . x 1 n Mice. cling 1 lu'in-i
iu ri ,t . w i,o b ix e xx 01 it t be . rinni'- ot t!
Cbu-I .li .ia e. A'. ). Iltnm .nrui.'.
When ke.-p-iig !;' tin 11 tlnni a
huit llin-c l-.lti. - a xx..!.. This in
pi ex nl the .-Ik from a.l In 1 i n ! iW
.lu ll, as if In. ix 110 if kept loo long !'
tine 1 losilioti
bile ,". b 01 .tli.-ig Ibe Loin Ih .,'
.Iiilv iu Me', fb'imi Haiiiiig.in. a Sin;
Smj- (N ) box. xx i s. xiicty ii,
j 11 1 i.l by Iln i-xplosi, 11 of a so.bi-XSBti-:
i.ott:.- lull of p, u-.d. .. lie I. .-I the nigh
of In- right .-J -, ami xv.-s b ully cut in
lie- faecii'l lock. Now, after the lap
of 1,1 it rn-li'll Seal-, he ha- been n
in xed of .: j.i, . 1 01 l.oltle gla-s fniu
ni- i,-t ni'. It is tl ipl. 11 lers of 11:
i;:i It lung, uml a eaai ti T of an iml
xxide. It had been ill the xxlille im
lie.!. led oil Ihe llpp-r -idc of the llffM-.
lid.
A I'.roiiklyn papc, cunliiins all ml
lei I iseiiu-iil olbi iug a lexxard of "in
lie ill-ami dollar- f.,r information iden
tifiing llie ant Imr of ccrlain nnonx
Inoli. Idlers lhat haxe been I'cceifni
by ciiieiis ot ihe Nineteenth wsii:
iii Ibe 1. 1. 1 fortnight. 'Mo- letter, hnvi
la-en aildres.e.l largely lo you";
Wonii-n. making scaiul alous iissetliuli
about their ai iplaiiilanccs, and limii,"
family secrets hax e been do-, lose.1 a
Well as false charges made, l'.ngugi"
ineiils haxe been broken oil' ami imiil-Ulihappiin-ss
caused.
Ya k e-eeee
SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR
1'ur all ltr? uf ihe
Uror, Illdiiojs, Stomach and Spko
Ii.itulioil, imw tr Irlif -ilrtt a" A
'-nrtly Mnlttinf, nrij;niaieil iti
the S.nii'i til IHJM. Il m'U
Kinitly on llie ltovrU cm!
klliiiY" :"'! iMtrriirtM llm
lufhiih uf tic I ivf r, rim I l, llifff
Itiic, Hi. lifHl irrt4mltrjr
IH'ilh lilt', -ltti'vrf ihe Mtk
un ni,i y iirnffl tn bt, In nil
'tfiiiipin i)ie.iM)'t II will,
uhi1nUmI hy any olhri m-li-
CHIC, UlIlM'l ll RH'llly CJUI O.
An Kfllrndluim ItmiM'.ly.-" I " rr?T
l.ivcr. Ilrj.Uri),' uml IKsiW(ii!i, Mwuxw
l NUUM, Ahfcl-UUt 1
No hiNd uf tlniH, m tutor
ruplltui tit nIiiuk t
hutttiiiviH, while ttik in iho
KfJinljli't.
Ouliliett i:nmp1.ilii.nK of
.llr, Ilialu4'li. or Hlrfc
HtOIIIIK'll M tl M (Uf illll
nmrc will give rri f.
If tnkrn CK'-TitluuiiHv hy pjt
licnu eniMiM-d to MAI.AKI V,
willrxptJ lit poiMHI uml protcit.
thtiu hum itliku-k,
l 1. m:..;.... tTr-.u-i r. af.ttlv tr
1 Hm IJTll (1114. iihiih ill-IHI III" MM xx , ' ,U
Itliil have ll.vtT lnr.'ii 1. i 'It hi put lip
(umpoiimt thai would, lika SIiiiiihh Liver KKP
Urn, promptly uml rtW-'viTly iimva the l.icf
Hi'linti, utitl ut tlir t.j mc ttitic iml iiHtmt of wr,J
ctdiiKJ the (Hii-'-iivr mikI aimiUtive powcm
ytiuin. L. M . 11 in 1 on, M U.t W-hin(i. Art
hkk that voir uv:r tiik uksuixk
PKHfAIIUIl nv
4. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, P
(til. OO.
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