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A PARABLE o .JrtirW.eo'ld"l,n,',"ia."" .. ",ro"h ?!,'; 01 bl:,b . Bjad nlnvelf known the children ot earth. JKSoTd. now. the OIor of .11 goo.l lnli.gs u. le u welcome with pomp and i U wnom ioue H -!nt7 and sreau' wiih carpU ot ROM the ground th- pwad Siirew fib. Sou nf Man anould triad. 7 j u. n.liii chiniwr lufiy uud rare "ooJXhla sua aernd him rtk klngiy fare. nreat nrsanearrwd hrouh arches dta Their lu" Win I" l,flM h'' , . ,, Infl iu rlmrrh aud palms', anl Judgment bill, u"wbiimiiieblgbov IU nut itlM. wherever hli tf Di they ltd, Thi I ord In awrow bout duwn bla bud. indVcm in 'Itrlhr bMf r itmUtl'in atone. TMrUiot M:y heard bitter croana. ind In cbnrcb. nd pilar. nd l iilgment hall, u. marktd gn at flurea lUat runt the wall. And opt-uid wider and et mora wide ii tbe llvlug foundation heaved and .Ighed. Hare ye frmudel yourthronei and Allan, then, nn the bodlei and hjuI of living met,? And Iblna ye (hat building jhail tndure. y, n cb auelUiri the noble and cruibea tuu pooif With gatftof tilvcr and br ef goM hve lencf d my b' to froui lliulr Fa .her I have heanl lbs drop;liu of in )lr tear'. In buavcu tbco tlibicsu buudrcd ver. 0 Lord ard Matter, not onr the guilt. We built but our father built, Bshold Iblne Inline bow thi-v Mam , HovuKlgu and aoie, tbrouli all our land. our iai It bard-wlth twerd and t inio To bold tbe cnh forever the mm. And wl'h nbarp oroolia nf Hut to kii-p 8J1I, thou Ufitst tbeni, thy abeip. Then Chrlat rongbt out an aitimn, A low browed, a'untfd, bugtnrd man, And a mothurlt a girl, whow llngi-ri tbla Fiubtd from htr faiully w.ut aud tin. TbiH act be 1 1 the mldt of Ibcm. Aud aa they drew back Hielr garment bem, Knr letrof defliemeut."lfl. here.'1 tald he, 'The Image ye have made of me. 8 -Jimtaltuiicll Lowell. fold, WHY HE MA It III ED HEK. Everybody at Mayport said thnt no body knew why Colonel Iloavo married Eunice Perrang. Everything but her looks seemed to be against the girl. Even ber iiamo was used to ber detri ment, for no one bad ever beard it any wbore else as that of any family, either good or bad, unless, perhaps, it was a corruption of the French Perrin, in which case it implied that the young woman's own branch of tho family must Lave fallen very low to Lave aocepted bo vulgar a pronunciation. But the name was only tho beginning of Miss Perrang's drawback. Her father bad nothing but money gaiuod by com pounding liquors to make biui promi nent at Maj port, and in spending this bis tasto was so bid that he seldom suc ceeded in not being offensive Ilia wifo was a handsome woman who was not without dignity, but an unfortunate fondness for opium ami other stimulants had occasionally caused ber to act so strangely when in conipuuy that invita tions to her parties becumo inoro and more productivo of regrets, and they were returned less and less. Whon.sud deuly, Mrs. Perrang realized her posi tion, she changed her set for the ono of which her husband was tho most fond, and ber habits also changed for this worse. People did not drop Eunice ns thor oughly as they did ber parents. Whilo at school tho girl's high spirits, good temper and generosity mado her a favor ite, uud as she was handsorao as well as lively tho young men joined their sistors in defending her whenever they her al luded ta merely as "one ofthe Perrangs." Beside, there wero mothers and fathers who pitied the girl and were quite willing that their own family circles should make someameuds to her for what she lacked at home. But ns she becamo a woman and found herself the favorite of most of tho young men in tho town, many maid ns and their parents perceptibly ceoled in their apparent regard for her. Re garded only as a young woman, she was at least the equal of any of her old schoolmates, but as a girl who might marry and compel a blending of good family names with that of Perrang, she was too dredful to be thought of for an mstanr. The girl was wise enough to detect the general change of manner as soon as it began and to know the reason. Tho ef fect was what it would have been on any other young woman of pioprr self re spect. People who tried to keep her at a'distance, or to let her alone, were vig orously "cut" as soon as their purpose became manifest, so she was soon com pelled to choose between no society and that which her father's ostentatious nse of money attracted. She chose the for mer, or almost that, for, of her old ac quaintances about tho only ones who re mained faithful wero Colonel Reave, who spent his occasional leaves of ab sence at May port, Dr. Morsley, who was rector of the church wh'ch she attended, and Mr. Bonnarton, a New York mer chant who had plenty of money, an in valid wife and two disagreeable daugh ters. People then said that if poor Eunice ever married, her husband would have to oome from her father's detestable set, for Dr. Morsley, although a widower, believed it a sin to take a second wife, and he was a man of charaoler so strong that be would never abandon a principle. The colonel was not to be thought of as a possible husband; many a mother had endeavored to win him for her daughter, but the colonel came to Mayport only to be near the grave in which, fifteen year before, he bad placed the ' woman whom he bad engaged to marry. Mr. Bonnarton was far more likely to become a husband, for bad not his wife been ill for years? But some people had heard stories about Bonnarton. A young lady who once disappeared suddenly from Bociety in New York was never afterward seen at the theater, the sea shore or in Eu rope except with Bonnarton as her es cort. His manner was engaging, his will persistent and his principles no higher than absolutely required by business. So, when Eunice Perrang began to ride and dine with him, seeming to enjoy bis attentions, a number of fathers and mothers who bad consciences began to repent of their course toward the girl, and to try to change it, but when tbey attempted this, they found the girl'aown will in their way, so, as people always do in such cases, they attributed ber manner to the worat reason that sug gested itself. They confidently expected a scandal, for some unfortunate specula tions had recently deprived Perrang of all his money, and soon after liquor rnhtuM turn nf his life. What co aid be u,;cici c! irl lik; Eunice wbea elie bad neither futhcr nor inouey, and was loved, after a Tuition, by a rich man who alieady bad a wife? A few poople begged Dr. Morsley to redoublo his endeavors to exert n good influonce over tho girl; they got for their pains some lectures, severer than any one not a clergyman would dare give, for thoir own neglect; indeed, the good rector's indignation cost him two families who bad always occupied very high-priced pews. Others wanted to speak to Colonel Heave, but he had sud denly becomo almost unapproachable; he accepted scarcely any invitations; he seemed in bad spirits, aud wero it not that be was sceu oftener than usual at tho grave of his Inst sweetheart, his ac quaintances might have believed that be was piqued at Eunice's preference for Bonnarton. As for the merchant, his personal ap pearance and spirits improved stealily, and those of his neighbors who were fa miliar with him said in confidence to other intimates that when rallied about Miss Perrang, the merchant would smile as if he bad every reason to be satisfied with bis prospects, and when asked, hypocritioally, how the colonel was get ting along with Miss Perrang, the answer generally was that the colonel had almost ceased calling, for whenever he came tho youug lady was almost suro to be euter tainiug better company. On one of the rare occasions when the colonel allowed himself to accept an in vitation, one of the guests said: "I beard to day that Bonnarton had bought Martin's place at the Kidge. It's a charming little nest, but it's two miles from anywhere. What do yon suppose he wants with it?" Nobody could guess; those who might have done so saw Colonel Reave frown, so they thought it best to remain silent. "Don't you understand?" persisted tho informant, with a half-tipsy leer that was nevertheless significant. "No," said tho host, hurriedly, taking tbe fellow's arm, "nor do yon, Robin son, Gentlemen, suppose we join tho ladies?" All acted on the suggestion but the colonel, who begged to be excused for the remaindor of the evening. An old wound was troubling him, bo said, and he would rather be no company than bad company. But instead of going to the cottage of an old soldier servant, where he was the only boarder, tbe colonol strode iu the opposite direction. Dr. Morsley, who hud been a fellow guest, aud had heard of whut had been said, begged bis host to let him escape from tbe house unseen and follow tho colonel, for he feared something might happen should tho soldier meet well, he would mention no names. The host understood, and smuggled the doctor's bat and cane from the dressing-room, and the reverend gentle man escaped by a side door so speedily that he reached the sidewalk almost as soon as the colonel. By walking on tho sodded portion of the sidewalk, ho fol lowed rapidly without making any noise. But the trip did not progress exactly as tho doctor had expected. Instead of going directly to Bonnarton's bouse or to tho Perrang place, tho colonel went to the little village cemetery. Tho doctor promptly became ashamed of himself; although he was glad to have tho colonel as regardful as himself of Eunice- Perrang's reputation, and was rather sorry that the colonel's abrupt de parture had not been caused by the in sinuation ho had beard, the errand upon which his military friend was now bent Reemi'd of far higher nuture than chastising an old profligate. Tho old mail was about to retrace his steps, wh n it occurred to him that tho colonel had been in such bad hertlth and snnits for a month or two that be might not be safe company for himself at a time when he preforred a lonely graveyard to a cheer ful feast. Ho bad beard of middle-aged lovers killiuur themselves at the graven of their dead sweethearts; so be felt it would cot be indelicate if he were to watch the colonel for a few minutes. Tho grave was near a hedge that separated the cem etery grounds from the garden of ono of the doctor s parishioners; so the old man tiptoed through tho garden and closo to the Lodge just in time to hear the col onel sav: "It is not for my sako, Agnes, but for hers. Then the colonel arose from bis knees, passed out of tbe cemetery, and walked rapidly toward Miss Perrang's house. The doctor followed rapidly, his head in a whirl. The colonel entered the house, and a moment later the clergyman peered in the parlor window, saw that only Eunice ana tne colonel were mere, and whispared: "Thank God!" The colonel complimented the lady on her appeal anco and was told in replv that Miss Perrang had never seen him look- ins better. This assurance seemed to please tbe colonel, for his eye brightened as if bis mind had been cleared in some way. He answered quickly that no man whoso heart was so entirely and worthily filled could help looking bis best. "Oh, Colonel!" exclaimed Miss Per rang, playfully, "that sounds very much as if you were in love. Do tell me who the happy woman is?" "May I tell you in confidence?" asked the colonel, gravely; he extended his hand as he added: "We are old friends, you know. You won't laugh at me if you don't approve of my choice?" "Laugh at yon, Colonel Reave?" ex claimed Eunice. "No woman could do that. The woman whom the one great catch of Miyport is in love with is " "You, Miss Perrang," interrupted the colonel. "Forgive an old soldier's bluntness if I ask you plainly will you marry me?" The lady's self possession forsook her; so, apparently, did her tongue. All she conld do was to stare blankly. "Hav I offended you! ' ai-ked the col onel, gently. "You have honored me as no man ever did. I cm at least be frank in re turn." She averted her eye and con tinned: "Peoplo have talked about me and yon have beard them there, there, don't break a soldier's word for the sake of be ing polite." "I Lave beard scarcely anything acd believed nothing. I will believe nothing bat what you yourself tell me." "I can only say there is nothing to tell." aaid tbe lady. j "Certain.' net," Bail tba calm!. "But," continued Miss Terrang, "poo. pie will say cruel things about a friend less girl." "Ihen peoplo should bo kept in older by a man who has a right to speak for her and whose word no ono daro impugn." "Your name and family is bold iu high honor" "Care for thom, for me," interrupted tbe colonel, "and let me guard you in return." Whether Miss Perrang would have hesitated longer is known only to herself and the colonel, for the latter, hearing tbegato closo and steps approach the bouse, quickly throw his arms around the astonished girl and kissed her on both cheeks. A moment later Mr. Bonnartou entered the room and seemed displeased at what ho saw, but tho colonel, who scorned to bo in high glee, said: "Good evening, Mr. Bonnarton, you have arrived just in time to bo the llrst to congratulate ns on our engagement." Mr. Bonnarton merely glared. Miss Perrang without tho slighlest sign of fear returned bis look, upon which Bonnarton said: "Good night," and abruptly quitted the room. As bo did so Dr. Morsley sneuked away from tho window where ho had been listeuiug, dropped on his knees behind a nuglcctud roso clump and offered np a prayer that he had never seen in print. A few weeks later he joined tho colonel tnd Eunice in marriage, and everybody who was any body camo to tho wedding and visited the brido always thereafter. The colonel, in spite of bis long devotion to first love, became a very happy husband. As for Bonnarton, bo was so unmerci fully chaffed that he speedily drank him self to death. Former Stationery. Is it not strange in these days of cheap stationery to think of a time when both parchmen padyrus had become so rare and exorbitantly expensive that both Greeks and Romans were in tho habit of using a palimpsest, which was simply some old manuscript with the former writing erased? Thus counties) works of of authors now colobrated, and whoso evory word is held priceless In this nine teenth century, were ruthlessly destroy ed by their contemporaries. Verily theno prophets lacked honor! Many wero tho expedients resorted to by the eaily scribes for the supply of writing mate rials. There was no scribbling paper wboreon to jot down trivial memorenda or accounts, but tho heaps of broken pots aud crockery of all sorts, which are so abundant in all eastern towns, prove the first suggestion for such china tablets and slates as we tow use, and bits of smooth stono or tiles were constantly used for this purpose, and remain to this day: Fragments of anciont tiles thus scribbled on (such tiles as that whereon Ezckiel was commanded to portray tho city of Jerusalem) havo beenfouudin many places. The island of Elephan tino, on tho Nile, is said to have fur nisliod more than a hundred specimens of these memoranda, which are now in various museums. One of theso is n soldier's leave of nbsonco, scribbled on a fragment of an old vase. How little those scribes and accountants foresaw tho interest with which learned descendants of the barbarians of tho isles would ono day treasure their rough notes! Still quainter wero the writing materials of tho ancient Arabs, who beforo the time of Mohammed used to carve their annals on tho shoulder-blades of sheep; theso "sheep bono chronioles" wero strung together, and thus presrrved. After a whilo, sheep's bones were ro placed by sheep's skin, and the manufac ture of parchment was brought to such perfection ns to place it among the refine ments of art. We bear of vellums that wera tinted yellow, others white; others wore dyed of a rich pnrplo, and tho writing thereon was iu golden ink, with gold borders and many colored decora tions. These precious manuscripts were anointed with the oil of cedar to preserve them from moths. Wo hear of one such in which the name of Mohammed is adorned with garlands of tulips and car nations printed in vivid colors. Still more precious was tho silky paper of the Persians, puwdered with gold and silver dust, whereo: were painted rare illuminations, while the book was per fumed with attar of roses or essenoo of sandal-wood. Of the demands for writing materials one may form some hunt notion from the vast manuscript libraries of which records have been preserved, as having been collected by tho Caliphs both of tbe east and west, the former in Bagdad, tho latter in Andalusia, where there were eighty great puulio libraries, besides that yast one at Cordova. We also bear of private libraries, suob as that of a physician who declined an invitation from the sultan of Bokhara because the carriage of his books would have re quired 400 camels. If all the physicians of Bagdad were equally literary, the city eonld scarcely have contained their books, as we hear tnat tbe medical broth erhood numbered 800 licensed practi tioners. The Gentleman's Magazine. Plant Freaks. Nature seems to have completely out done herself in providing freaks in plant life, there is a plant in bumatra which produces the giant amoDg flowers, more than a yard in diameter. It has a para site, has noither stem nor leaves, but has exactly the smell of very much de cayed meat. Tbe petals are flesh colored, about a foot long, and the whole evil flower is constantly infested with swarms of insects such as feed upon carrion. Another curiosity is tbe plant called maolisia. Its stem exactly resembles tbe insect called the praying mantis, though in countries where tho mantis is not known another resemblance bas been snggested, and tbe plant is known at the "dancing girl." The man orchis is a curious counterfeit of the figure of a man, while the orchis mnscifcra so strongly resembles a fly that some naturalists believe the flies themselves are deceived by it. The giant among water plants is tho Sonth Ameilcan water lily, whose leaves havo often been found 12 feet in diameter, and of such buoyancy as to be able to bear np a 10 year-old boy, provided a board were placed so that tbe leaf would not be torn by bis feet. But of all plant freaks none are more curious than the ferns, whose seeds grow on tbe back of the leaf, or than the butcher's broom, whose flowers Dueling, l'4 and I'meut. Twenty-five years ago. at the tablo of a gentleman whoso f.tthor had fallen in a duel, the convocation fell upon duel iug, and after it had proceeded for some time the host remarked, emphatically ,that there were occasions wlum it was a m.iu's solemn duty to fight. Tho personal ref erence was too significant to pormit fur ther itiBi'stoneo at that table that duel ing was criminal folly, and tho subject of conversation was chanced. The bold, however, had only reiterated the familiar view of Gaucral Hamilton. His plea was, that in tho stuto of public opinion at tho time when Burr chal lenged him, to refuse to fight under cir cumstances which by tho "code of honor" authorized a challenge, was to accept a brand of cowardieo and of a want of gentlemanly feeling, which would banish him to a moral aud social covoutry, and throw a cloud of discredit upon bis family. So Hamilton, one of the bravest men aud ono of tho neatest intellects of bis timo, permitted a worth less fellow to murder hiui. Yet there is no doubt that ho stated accurately the general feeling of tho social oirolo iu which ho lived. Thero was probably not a conspicuous member of that so ciety who was of military antecedents who would not have challenged any man who had said of him what Hamilton had said of Burr. Hamilton disdained ex planation or reeunntion, and tho result was accepted as tragical, but in a certain sense inevitable. Yet tho result aroused publio seuti nicut to tho atrocity of this barbarous survival of the ordeal of private battle. That ouo of tho most justly renowned of public men, of unsurpassed ability, should be shot down like a mad dog, lo calise ho had expressed tho general feel ing about an uupriuciplcd schemer, was an exasperating public misfortune. But that be should havo been murdered in deference to a practico which was a provod in tho best society, yet which placod every other valuable life at the mercy of any wily vagabond, was a pub lie peril. From that day to this there has been no duel which could be said to havo commanded publio sympathy or approval. From the bright Juno morn ing, eighty years ago, when Hamilton fell at Weebawkeu, to tho Juuo of this year, wbeu two foolish mon shot ft each other in Virginia, thero has been a steady and complete chungo of publio opinion, and the performance of this year was re ceived with almost univorsal contempt, and with indignant cousuro of a dilatory police. Tho most celebrated duel in this coun try since that ot Hamilton and Burr was tho encounter between Commodores Do catnrand Barron, in 1820, near Wash ington, iu which Decatur, like Hamilton, was mortally wounded, and likewise lived but a few hours. Tho quarrel was one of professional, as Burr's of political jealousy. But as tho only conceivable advantage of the Hamilton duel lay in its arousing tho publio mind to the barbarity of dueling, tho only gain from tho Decatur duel was that it confirmed this conviction. Iu both instances there was an unspeakable shock to tho country and iu'inito domestic) an guish. Nothing elso was achieved. Neither general manners nor morula wero improved, nor was tho fame of either combataut heightened, nor publio confidence in tho men or admiration of their publio services increased. In both cases it was a calamity alleviated solely by the resolution which it awakened that such calamities should not occur again. Such a resolution, indeed, could not at oucu prevail, and eighteen years after Decatur was killed, Jonathan Cilley, of Maine, was killed in a duel at Washing ton by William J. Graves, of Kentucky. This event occurred forty-five years ago, but tho outcry with which it was re ceived even at thai, time one of tho nowspaper moralists lapsing into rhy.no as he deplored the cruel custom which led excellent men to the fatal field "Where Cilhys moot tlioir Gravea" and tho practical disappearance of Mr. Graves from public life, showed how deep and strong was tho publio con demnation, and how radically tho general viow of the duel was changed. Even in tho burning height of tho political and sectional animosity of 185G, when Brooks bad assaulted Charles Sum ner, the challenge of Brooks by some of Sumner's frionds met with little public sympathy. Duriug tho excitement the "Easy Chair" met tho late Count Gurowski, who was a constant and devoted friend of Mr. Sumrer, but an old-world man, with all tbe hereditary sooiul prejudices of the old world. Tho count was furious that such a dastardly blow bad not been avenged. "Has he no friends?" he ex claimed. "Is there no honor left in your country?" And, as if be would burst with indignant impatience, he shook both fists in the air, and thunder ed out, "Good God! will not somebody challenge anybody?" No, that time is past. Tbe elderly club dude may lament the good old oode of honor a word of which be hJ s a vory ludicrous conception as Major Pendou nis, when be pulled off his wig, aud took oat bis false teeth, and removed the pad ded calves of his legs, used to hope that the world was not sinking into shams in its old age. Quarreling editors may win a morning's notoriety by stealing to tho field, furnishing a paragraph for the re porters, and running away from the po lice. But they gain only the unsavory notoriety of tho mau in a curled wig and flowered waistcoat ami huge flipped coat of the last century who used to parade Broadway. The costume was merely an advertisement, and of very contemptible wares. The nun who fights a duel to day excites but one comment. Should bo f ill, the common opinion of enlight ened mankind writes upon his head stone, "Ho died as the fool dieth." Goorgo Williim Curtis, iu Harper's Magazine for September. Uncle S im's example: One of our mo3t lodnenti il Georgia grangers was super intending affairs ut liia cotton press the other day, when be was accosted by a neighbor: "I see, colonel, that the tariff bill has passed." "Is that so? How about cotton ties?" "Still 35 per cent, ad valorem." "Well, here, you boys, tharl sift another shovel o sand in tbe middle of that bale; I can't afford to re form until the tariff does." And the sift ing wss strictly attended to. Georgia Major. Ismail Pasba, ex khedive, wi'l lire y4SauuU iu Lvaiiwfe. 'low 3111k is Tested. The inspectors, of whom thero are four, ran almost at a gltuco distinguish pure milk from bad. Their method of procedure is as follows. On tho arrival of the wagons at the ferries tho drivers are mado to lift the lid of every can, and the inspector then goes from ono can to tho other uud takes up a dippiff ill, which he iotirs slowly back ugaiu, and as u general thing to glance at the tin id as it falls back over the dipier into tho can suffices to their practiced eyes to show thom the quality of tho milk. Where there is any doubt bo takes out a sample of tho milk nnd tests it with a laet imvter, and if it dues not Btand that tost, and even if it does, iu some iu st iLees, be tikes another sample, which is scaled up in a bottle for analysis and further tests. Whilo milk is obviously impuro or heavily adulterated, it is invariably dumped iu the gutter after a sample has been taken for analysis and proof against tho owners, who aro in all snch oases prosecuted nnd fined or imprisoned, as tho caw may bo. Adulterations by water are shown by the use of tho lactometer, which should mark eighty seven or lower, for milk of good jualityaud above that figure fcr bud qualities or milk heavily diluted. Tho tests adopted by ho board of health for determining the qu ility and utrungth of milk are first by taste, which in its re act ion should be slightly acid. Second, tho cream test. This is as follows: A qu tntity of milk is po.ued into a long glass tube marked in UK) points, which is left standing for twenty-four hours to allow the cream to rise to tho surface. 1 he percentage of cream is then easily ascertained by a glance ut tho tube. Some milk will show as high as 15 or 20 per cent, of cream, while other samples will give but from 1 to 3 per cent., no cording to the extent to which it has been denuded of its cream by skimming. The lowest standard allowed to puss is 8 per cent. For tho determination of butter a cer tain quantity of milk is dried ct 212 Fahreuhoit, when the residuo is satu rated with ether, which is evaporated, und this leaves tho butter behind. To determine tho whole amount of solids aud inorganic salts, a quantity of milk is subjected to 212 degrees Fahrenheit and the woight loft shows tho amount of solids contained in tho sample. This, being ignited, loses all inorganio constit uents, Biich as butter, lactine and easeiue, leaving the inorganic salts behind. If carbolic soda was dissolved in tho milk for the pnrposo of preventing it going sour, acids brought in contact with tho salts cause effervoscenco. Tho quan tity of salts, together with the quantity of butter Biihatrootod from the total amount of solids, leaves tho amount of sugar nnd casino. Other organio substances which are not of a fatty nature, if added to the milk to givo it a rich and creamy nppeor anco, increase tho weight of sugar nnd casino to a considerable degree, and whonever the quantity of theso two sub stances is abovs tho normal standard that is, when a certain amount of butter on ono side and sugar nnd casino on tho other do not exist.it is nearly ecrtnin that somo organio substances have been added. The farmers, it is assorted by the au thorities as well as by tho dealers, uso little or no water for adulterating pur poses, and scud in their milk ns it comes from the cow. The Scene ot the Slaaghter. Casamicoiola, the scene of tho last ter rihlo slaughter by an earthquake, bas been a watering plaoo and summer re sort for 20(10 years. It was colebratod fur its baths long beforo tho opening of tho Christian era, having been deserted iu the year ill B. C. by its inhabitants because of an eruption of the volcano Epomeo, which has boon quiet and harmless since tho year ld02. The free dom from volcanic eruptions was pur chased at tho exnonso of increased dan ger from earthquakes. It is situated on the island of Ischia, fifteen railos westward from Naples, and is rcachod by sailing down tho won derful biiy, which has long boon tbe delight of travolers and the despair of descriptive writers. The population or the island is less than ISO, 000, of whom something more than 4000 are residents of Casumio ciola, which is the town of third import ance on the island. It is farthest to the westward on the island, but this is com pensated for by the possession of a fine harbor, which has made it the lauding place for travelers. The town lios at tbe foot of tbe quiosceut volcauo and is built on soil formed from tho many erunlious of past ages. The island lies almost in the center of the earthquake zone of the Eastern world, which is subject to these internal convulsions at all times. Casamicsiola has suffered severely many times before this, though never so serious) as upon the present occasion. It was almost en-, tirely destroyed in February, 1828, the shock only continuing three seconds. The noxt and most lorious visitation un til the present one was iu March, 1881, wbon a shock lusting seven seconds, ac companied by a noiso like subterranean thunder, visited tbe town, destroying 300 bonscs and leaving 400 people killed or injured. Tbe most desructive earthquakes that have ever occurred in the same vicinity we;o that in Sicily in 1C93, when 00, (HKl people perished in one; that in tho re'en of Tiberius, in 10 A. D., in which 12,000 people are supposed to have lost their lives, and that ol 52G, when accord ing to Gibbon, 250,000 people were en gulfed. Herclaneum aud Pompeii were destroyed in the year 02, sixteen years before the final destruction by the erup tion of Vesuvius. Tho earthqn.ike of Lisbon in 1775 swallowed up 30,000 peo ple alive and killed oO.OOO more, and in February, 178:), 100,000 lives were lost during a series of earthquakes, when Messina, Calabria and other villages were destroyed. No century has passed without numerous and destruc tive exhibitions of this great natural power in tho region in which tbe latest calamity to Casamiccioli has occurred. Tbe inhabitants of Ischia are princi pally peasants, who cultivate tbe grape and tbe fig and engage in fishing. Tbey are an indolent, self satisfied people, who live in contmual fear of the danger from the volcano r earthquakes, but are too quit either the terrible risks or tho easy rewards. The population la much swelled during the uninier mouths by the large number nf persona who visit tho island for their baths and add thoir easy, contented lives and their polite killing of timo to the indoleut qualities of the humble natives. Kud of Strange Law Suit, Tho London Daily News says: Tho civil tribunal of the Seino has just dis posed of a very romantio suit, arising out af tho visit to Abyssinia in 1HI2 of M. Hussou, an eminent professor of natnrul history in Paris. M. Hussou fell in love with a native woman of great beauty, and when bo returned to Franco bo took back with him tbe sou thnt was born to them. In tl.o meantime he had married a wealthy widow, and his wife took such a fancy to the little half- casto that ho was, iu accordance with French law, legitimatized and registered as their child. Tho boy was educated at Viucy, where his father and adoptive mother lived, and in courso of time be married a young lady of the town, nnd died at a very early age, leavinjadaugh b r behind him. But j ist after ho had died his real inotlier, the Auyssiumn slave, appeared upon tho seeno and she camo to claim him as her sou. This w;s tin incident which Lad tint bien foreseen by' M. llitsson and his wife, and M thero could bo no doubt as to tho hot 'a pareiilago the color of his skin testifying to tho race of ono of biH parents they wore unable to resist the claim, tho conse quence being that tho deceased lad was no longer legitimate, becoming tho natu ral sou of M. Husson and tho Abyssinian slave. A further consequence wns that the lady whom be had married and ber daughter lost their share in his inherit ance, and the widow accordingly brought au action against tho adoptive mother for having allowed her to marry tlio lad under false pretonso. For tho defense it was n mod that tvervouo in tho town nf Nancy was aware that tho lad could not bo the son of M. and Mine, flusson, on accouut of bis colo', and that the young ludy aud her relatives were made fully acquainted with tho facts of tho case beforo tbe marriago was ugrood to. This was tho viow takou by the tribunal, which bus dismissed the case and con demned the pluintiff in all costs. A Dyspeptic Minister. Man and woman, in tho nnmo of Christian charity, iu tho namo of com mon humauity, riso, and by evory means in your iiowiJi, wiui mi jvui oiiiijj,'i, and with all your mind and with all your soul, roseito the perishing victims of intemperance. Boo, noro comes one with a palo facn and lustreless eyes. His eyes are set in agony ho muy not de scribe, ilia steps are slow, and tho dull throbbing of a heavy hcadacho beats at Ids templu liko a mullljd drum. Ten veurs ago his form was erect, his eyes were bright, his heart was light as thistle down; ho know what a headache was only by bearing peoplo speak of it. Seo him to day I His days are drowsy and bis nights nro Bleeploss, and gaiety is a weariness to him. And what has mado this wreck of manhood? Intomperaneol Too much hot bread and too many Into suppors. Dyspepsia; that's what's tho matter. Had this mau been a temperate cater, ho would be a healthy man to day. But be said, "I can tako care of mysolf. When I find that hot bread nnd eleven o'clock suppers are harming me, I will let thom alone." Ah, bo thought ho oonld. But look at him now. And the curso of his intomperauoo does not fall upon him alone. No, indeed. You should seo his poor family hunt for dark corners when tho dyspepsia is unusually strong on the old man. And yet ho is not a bad man. No; he is a minister of the gospel. He is a good man, but he bas tho dyspopaia. And a truly good man with the dyspepsia will say as ill natund things about peoplo as will a bad man with his skin full of whisky; bowbeit tho good man will not swear and says his ill-natured things in a mote re fiuod way. L)t us, doep in our boarts, ever cherish a profound pity for the vio tim'of intemperate eating who is bound in the ahains of dyspopaia. And lot us vote for a constitutional amendment for ever prohibiting the manufacture of shortcake and hot bread in Iowa, save only for exportation. Burlington Hawk eys. Chrysanthemum. All varieties of ohrysanthomuma are amenable to the art of the cultivator, and tho plants can bo fashioned at his will; perhaps no plant will bottor dis play the care and ingenuity expend ed upon it to give an ideal form. Com pact, well-f uinisbed plants are most de sirablo. and this is effected by potting ia rich soil, in pots of medium size and pinching back the growth as it pro gresses, to Increaso the number of branches. When it is time to allow the buds to form for blooming, tho pinohing must cease, and with us this is abont the first of August. The strength of tho plant is maintained while blooming by a liberal supply of roaoure water. The varieties of chrysenthemums in cultiva tion are very great, and new ones iotro duced every year. Many of these aro not better than older onss, but on the whole there bas been going ou for a long time a gradual improvement, consisting in greater luunees, iruer iurm, uu more distinct colors. Great size, loose ness and gracefulness of petals, and brightness of colors are characteristics of the Japanese chrysanthemums. Alto gether the variety affjrde.1 will testify all tastos. Vick's Monthly. The Texas "mediens" writes to a journal iu his native Btate that he has been experimenting with mosquitoes and bod bugs, and finds that they coutain a large proportion of quinia, a small dose of which they insert at every bite. If this true a person who lives in a malarial oountry should cultivate the society of ii.a nuofnl innoelH and uff rd them an opportunity to make frequent bypoder- lino injections oi ue preoioua fr malarial germs. Further confirme i;.. n t.o iih riiHAnvflrv is needed to develop sufficient faith in the new remedy 10 secure ih guiici. Nwy-w... Good Healthy The German emperor, who is oyer M .11 . A linnmnl. QllS thO ! ear" - W, - fisairaci inxaUi.