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vifT ,& V THE COAST MAIL. Published avorjr Saturday Mornlnsj iir WKHnTKll, IIACKPIt ,fc I.OUKIIAIIT, THE COAST, MAIL. THE COAST MAIL. J)EVOTKO TO. uAJtiij xsrvm iss-craca. Ktlillfil,(;iii)4 Ck , Orceiiii. TKMHM, IN AnVAKCK. ODO Tf ,,3 flo Six Months., ..,,.,..,...,..,,.,,, t M Thrts Months , 1 00 To Jt(irlliet wa guarants (lit most favorabls tirmi mil fill- I'riallnir. Tl Interests of Sonthora Ore gon AlvvnyH I'orcmost, -rr-T-i if-jgA. Trft Development of our Mine, Ihsltnprors. merit of our" Harbor, and Hall road Com munlcatlon with tho Interior, Specialties. VOL. 1. AIARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1879. m NO. 22. An Apology fur Flirtation. "At) women Ire floklal" you toll ni Wall-yes If by rtokloyou tnssu A IrllU' his fal Hun you 11111 are i A Dd Rrtally mora true Hull limy " ' Hut women are of iil-so crtitl I They flatler and wax tor awhile, Tlin trsail on Ida lirai U that wa Klta tbm, Aoil lUal Hi a blow wild a smile I" V are cruel II may U I but cruel In million of dunning wsyaj Ho sorry at tint lo havo Imil you, Ho VI ml ou tlio gloomiest days, Itul yon man I you calculate nloely I loir utr you may ru or bow (r, Ami nam ose ruuiueut you eotuii, Nor lly the lio lint you mr. Ami wlifii you t ImI aro aucctiful, An J tl lluwsr 11 oU down (t your ft)) lit color atu do mora iftcl, Its perfume I no mora no iwmI. Von leave It to Ho on tlm niWil, Kin I, tramping II tlowri In (he dint And foy, that such I your right here, Tu break nd b outrage our Irmt, IttlUve ins, Uiftt If you would lot us lis boaoet ami liun m we ere, Not ilrivloK to oonquor tu always, Tlio world would m UotUr by tr, Nelllu Now Year's: VUlt. IIT MIIH. U. A. IIKNIHOS. " Quarrelled Frank I" exclaimed Mr. Wontwortli. " Quarrelled with Frank 1" echoed tlio htisbuud, in tlio seme breath, and with no leas auiar.o moot. Then they both looked at Nelllo. NclHo u mm. Wontworth's unmarried alitor, mul she now stood beforo thorn, (ill dusty with travel, having just ac counted for her uuexjocled journey, by saying ahohad "quarrelled with Frank," tho aaid Frank boiug her lover, to whom ho had been engaged. "Quarrelled with Krouk 1" repealed Mra. Wontworth, holding upher itauda. " Oh, Nellie i and I thotiKht him ao nlcel" Nelllo laughed. " Don't look so horrified." alio cried. " Tho fault' nil rolno. You woro kcmhI enough to ruk mo lo Mnil tho wiutnr with you ; but IilvollntHl, Locaum, you Ma, I thotihtI wm in Iuto with Frank. Hut now tiiut I Mini thai I am uot, I Iuto como." " Not ia lovo with I'muk I" cxclaiiuod hor ltir, holiltnK uji both hauiU. " Oh, N'olllo I how can you y o7" ' Hut I do any it. Or rather, I find I cau't marry a iiaraou, and livo a hum drum life, lu aoiuu attiffr littlo rectory, all my day. Ho Frank tuuat o. 1 have cow here, ou tho but dny of Do cemlkir, a you oe, i" to finish off tho old year, and bo donn with tho old life. To-morrow I lgln a now year and a new life. I ahnll coma out, a it wero, at your rccitiou. I in to ml to natch a rallllonaiio, and bo ' lniiy (or oTr aftor.'aa tho alory IxwVa j. Il hajiiiy foroor nflor ?" echoed her brothor'tti'law, dubioualy. "And why not?" rwnllod tho ky girl, turninfr aharply ou him. " Uooan l everybody, nowailay, aay that uionny iatho i chlni kuu ' ou ugoi ao muun of it younolf you don t underataiul about otunra, ou can afford to bo ro mautia ; but I cu't. And aa for li vIuk all tar day iu a poky littlo mrtorr "Ah, my drarl" InWirjtOsod hnri lor, with a doprocatiug ahako of hor head. "Thorn, uow, don'l lo illdaotia," ro tortcd Nellio, IntiRhiuK a(ialu. " It docan't Ikooiiio you, darlliiK, and bo aide, I Intend to have my own way. I alwaya did have it, you know," Nothing moro, thorefore, wa aald about Frank, tho winter that followed wa ono of tho Rajtftt fur yearn. Not an evening piuncil that Nulllo vm nut tiroaont at Koiuii party or othur, aud tho day woro tilled up with rvoeptlon call, aleiKhliiR partlea, eto. For Mm. Went worth' beautiful alaler ku (julto a belle. A dozen fortune wore laid at her feet, beforo Iout curuo, briii(tiu(( with it aouio li)iht ueaaatluii of tho round of ajolie: but they Mere nil rejected, Tlila atiltor wa to old, thai ono not auftlcieutly cultivated, a third waa too obviously aulllah, a fourth too high terai9retl. llealde, uow that alio had tasted of tho airen cup of funhiou ablo ooiety, Nollio found, u many a one had found lieforo, that It wo, aftur all, but " dead mm nalum," Hlio turueil from It,, finally, with loathing. " I auppoaa I have exhauntod life," alio aaid ono day, a alio aat in her drew luR-room, aud ourioualy re(arded hor olf lu tho inirro:. " I urn looking frightfully old and worn not a bit liko the froth, bright girl that cutno horu laat December. Tho fact i, all tho wen aro fops or foolu, Keeking rich wivoa ; and wo, well, un'ro no hottur ; all tho women aro ftohomiug puppeta, amoug which I tuayolaaauiyaolf, trying to aecuro rich huabanda. Fin diagmtod with them," alio continued ; "with my self moat of all, Fd rotlior go book aud marry tho parson, and inoud stock ing in tho baywiudow of tho littlo ?;roon roatory, than marry tho beat man a Rooiety." " Hut tho imriou in't thuro now," nam Aim. woutwortli to bur ono day, when alio had repented nomothing liko thl in her iireaoueo. "What I ha ho left Dlngloy parish T" and ahogavo ngaup, while the color Hod from hor ohookti. , " Yc. I htard ho had." "Loft Ulngley jmii.h I What, for good ?" " Ho I aupiioao. Homo rioholly ohuroh as called him. They the t tho low- has called him. They the ei required iiuor aettlng," "And it did," ho aid, fraukly. " Frank won too great for u, and our littlo villngo I might have aeuu it. Why hoaii't anybody written ? Mother know that I ut luuvt. alio rniaht have thought that It would lmvo beou of como lutoreat to nio," " Mnnm ktiow you had thrown him over, and took it forgrautwd. lauppoao, that you didn't caro to hoar.1' Nelllo' reply was a slgnllloont shrug of tho shoulders, T nlinll nnfflr iifln liltii atialn. f mm. -""- -: .- ..- -:"."." - v pono Mho iwlil, thai lilftht, to her Al- tor, Ho'll find you out yet." aald Akiio. " Never I You'vo no idea how horri bly I treated him, Now, I auppoao ho'll go hunting after n wealthy womrtn. Well, I don't euro." Jlnt aim did caro. Her tears, In tho night wntehon, attoated lo it ; alio oared in lier awn effuaivo latigungo, tromen doimly, Tim next day wo Hunday. Nollio could hordlr bo induofd to go to chtiroh. Hlio hail MiilTered, in learning loo late, iierhap, tho nrioehina worth of tho heart alio had dared to trille with. Thn church wba a goodly distance, and Nellie, as nho Mibirod, with down cast eyes and n heavy hfart, felt do- porntnly iu need of IU calm and strengthening itervlco. At the first sound of tho rector's voleo, however, a shiver of delight thrilled to her heart. Hlio dared not, at the moment, lift her oyes, kho felt so humbled, but when alio did gather tho courage, there stood Frank Fenroso, and his ringing voice wa tho sweetest tnnaio sho had over heard, Aud when sho caught his eyo sho bado farewoll to hope ; for sho felt then that sho loved him and had loved him all along. At the close of tho service he catnn to meet them : came .jiilutly, steadily, smilingly ; this man whom Nelllo hud deaerted for society aud fashion. If his hand hod but tromblixl a littlo as ho grasped hers masterfully, sho might lmvo again indulged iu aomo flippant seoch, to iirovo that ho hud not conquered her ; but thn tears wero too near for that, lln pointed out tho varied beauties of the old church. " I think you would liko tho parson ago it is uot green," ho added with a half suppressed stniio, " Frank I" she said, imploringly. " And when you aro there It will be a bower of rooes," he added. " You will como?" What could alio amy ? Nothing. Her oyes, eloquent with tears, did all tho talking. " Did j on know Frank waa going to iireaeli tula morning? she asked of Wontworth an they drove homo. " Of course." , " You might, at least, have prepared me." " Why I To keep you from going? And defer, if not prevent this liapjiy ending? Oonfes, now, Nollio, you ra tired of fashion and society." Hhe held out her hand. " I am tired of it, aud I forglvoyou," sho said. " Imto Is better than money, after all. Aud," sho added. outbusUs tieally, " there's not another man iu tho world so good as Prank Feuroio." " Exospl Harry," said Agues, noalling closer up to her husbsud. Drain mitl Muielc. There I no more valuable class of men, in any community, an fsr aa re sults aro concerned, than those who work with muscle tho class generally ktiowu a " laboring men." Their co adjutors tho men who labor with brain are, however, equally valuable, Ont side of what is called " professional life," they are dependent upon each other. There is an unavoidable partner ship Ixlwevit them, aud they are each other's beat friends. The otio directs tho other )erforms ; aud both accom plish. The dialiuetion botwoou the two classes is uiudo In reference tu tho di rect means by which each ono Btipitort himself, and (Ills his place iu life. Nobody pretends that tho ' working man " docs not think, any luoro thau thai thn worker by mind cannot saw wood or dig in a mine. Hut the old notion that the lawyer, the otcrgyiuau, tho doctor, tho xoliool teacher, tho ucwN)ANr nun, "W nf emu it jmu," do not labor, Imh Imxui uxploiled. There is many ii -houoI.,I eye aud thiu white llnger.dhat tolls the secret of solid hard work. Tho brain, liko tho muscular organ into, diividups ami wont out with hard work. They uro machines that cannot last forever. The sloupleA watch iu your pocket grows rickety in time ; aud the forty-ton looomolive breaks down at last. Tlio one in gold and tho other is iron : but both must work and rest. And, liko any othur machine, the part which doe tlio most work, wears oul llrst. Tho sturdy blacksmith's leg and unpelito are goixl, nod his mind still bright, whou ho can no longer wield his hammer. Tho student's eyes wear out before his foci or hands. Tho little fuel or tho deatruetion of iiarlaof our being by hard usage, shows, lu tho failure of particular muittal ina nities, that " headwork " is hurd work. Drain needs rent. It ihu uotiueuble fuot that mou fatuous forsomo spioiul tntol lectual power, begin to grow old in that power llrat. Napoleon's groutuiMs lay in his wonderful strsgotio auduxeuuthu ability. Tlio prison of Klbu oould uot hold him. Thn baro rocks of Ht. Helena did. Ho had beuuu to wear ont. Tho literary world has never produced n more versatile nnil active iutellool than that of Walter Hcott. Ho used every nart of his bruin ut once, aud used it inoussautly. Whon his mind gavo way, it broke all over. Ho died almost an idiot. Tho most brilliaut of American wits aud humorists, John 0. Hixo, who, uutil tho sixtieth year of his life, wun tho delight of every jovial company ho entered who was restless in his fuuui iiwss, has sunk Into n settled melancho lia. Ho writes no more. Hu aits ut homo, in tho very abjeotness of tho bluea, and ref uses oven tho prosouoo of his dearest frieuda. His intellect is as good Thut : as over-uU but tho lolly nart. is worn oul. Thai tho brain may work, and work hard, is as plain u truth as is tho hard nesa of tho laboring hand. Thut it unoda Yost and variety, as much as tho stoniaoh does, is proven to us ovory day, IfawUy; --- A roporter, iu describing a railway disaster, says, " This unlooked-for ao oMout came upon tho community una-wurtiB," Huxley on Tlfpiilillcanlmii. . In his rccont book on tho Fhllosophor Hume, ono of the aeries of " Kugliah Men of Lotlcrs," (Harper tc. Drothors), I'rofossor Huxley gives expression in cidentally to somo of his own political views. As to tho monarchy ho nays: " At tho present day tho dangor to mon archy in Hritain would appear to lio, not in increasing lovo for equality, for which, excopt as regards tho law, Kng liatiinon hayo never cared, but rather entertain an aversion ; nor In any ab stract democratlo theories, upon which tho mass of Knglishmou onr tho con tempt with which thoy viow theories in general ; but in tho constantly-increasing tendency of monarchy to boonino slightly absurd ; from tho over-widening discrepancy between modern tiolitical ideas and tho theory of kingship. As Hume observes, evon in his time pooplo hail loft olf making beiiovo that a king was a different species of man from othor men ; nod slnco his days mom and more audi n.ako-bclieveH havo become imiiossiblo, uutil tho maintenance of kingship in coming generations sooma likely to depend entirely upon whother it is tho gonoral opinion, that a horod itary presidont of our virtual republic will servo tho gonoral intorcst hotter than an eloctivo ono or not." Hpeaktug of republicanism, I'rofessor Uuxloy re iterates tho great truth so often incul cated by Washington aud his compa triots : " Tho true reason for doubting the tKirmanonoy of a ropnblio, oven if it is ever established, lies in the fact that a republic reouiros for its maintenance n far higher standard of moralitvand of intelligence in tho mernbersof tho BtaUi thau any other form of government. Bsmuol gavo tho Israelites a king be cause they wero not righteous ouough to do witbout one, with a pretty plain warning of what thoy wero to expct from tho gift. And, up to this titno, the progress of such republics as Intro been osublished iu tho world has not been such as to lead to any confident oxfioetation that their foundation is laid on a sufTlciantiy-accuro subsoil of pub lic spirit, morality, and intelligence. On tho contrary, they exhibit examples of personal corruption and ivolitical profligacy as fluo at any hot-bed of des potism has ever produced, whilo they fail in tho primary duty of tho admin istration of justice, as nouo butaneffeto despotism has over failed." I'rofessor Huxley bcliovcs that jmbllo opinion in Kngland has passed through and left far behind thn stage whou absolute mon archy could bo recovered, aud while ho sees tho " virtusl republic," which Eng land now is, steadily tending to become a formal republic, ho does not look for ward lo that a tho millennium. Home Journal. American Students in Ucrnuiiy. Tho number of Americans who como to Gorinauy to tlnUh thoir studios, writes a correspondent at Btrassburg, is not only lsrge, but incroasing. They atudy hero chiefly nitdicino, philology, and music. A few hear lectures ou law at the universities ; but tho origin, the ory, and practice of Gerruau law, aa wall as the highly abstrsot and anti quated method of teaching it, are o foreign to our views of jurisprudence thai such students generally themselves regsrd their lawstudlrs as a luxury and an accomplishment, rather than a prac tical gaiu. Though our students aro to be found in nearly every univorsity twn, most of thorn gather at Lcipsio and Ilerlin. List winter Ihsro wero moro American students at Leiptio than thuro wero natives of all other countries nut KurojHidn together. Tho figures were: Americans, sixty-seven; total, sev oiity ulue. Austria excepted, no singlo Kurotiean nation sent so many students lu Leipsio as America. Tho chief B tales were represented as follows : Austria, sutvnty-onu; Itussis, sixty-ono ; Bwit serlaml, forty-nine ; Great 11 ri tain, nino teeu ; Greece, fourteen ; France, four; the United (states, sixty-seven. Tho majority of our countrymen who atudy in Germany arc not wealthy. Most of them como supplied with a sum which they think, with fair economy, will last ono, two, or three years. Their calcu lation is based, almost without excep tion upau tho theory that tho expennes of living iu Germany aro much less than at homo. I venture to say that not one iu llfty lives within his theoretical esti mate. My own oxporionco ia derived from n residence iu Leipsio aud Btrass burg, of nearly two years, withvitlta to lierliu, Dresden, aud other cities of North Germany. It is uot n rare thing to moot man who say that, had they known tho expense of studyiugayear or two hero to bo so great as it Is, they would not havo come, or would have post poned thoir comiug. Ham Journal. Hi; Lkt Tueu Talk. It is ouo mark of grualuuss to treat smalt ouutuios with contempt. Frederick tho Groat never cared how much fun or orltioism his pooplo made of him. Ho was fond of sayiug that " ho could do whut ho pleased, aud his subjects could J.iy what they pleased," How ho would havo treated tho "seditious utterances" which Diamsrck is so sternly repressing, two facta may sutllco to show : A Ilerlin bookseller scut to tho palace u copy of the moU stinging lampoon ever published against Frederick, and uskod fur his majesty's instructions. " Do not advertise it offensively." ausworod tho king, " but sell it by nil means ; I hope it will nay you well." Ou unother occasion ho found a crowd sturiug ut a sourrilous caricature of himself, which hud boon pasted bo high up ou tho wall that it was uot easy to see It distinctly, Tho king, pushing his way through tho startled throng, Add to his utteudunU, "Put it lowor down, that thoy may not liuvo to strain their necka over it. In uu iustaut tho obnoxious placard was torn to shreds, aud tho crowd dis persed with a shout of " Loug live Father Frita," Tho lattor part of a who man's life is taken up in curing tho follies, rdju dlooa and falso opiulous ho had con traoteil in tho former. Form In tho Trotter. Form is of moro importanco than moro action, TJio osr-horse is ablo to fold tho knoo, but yon cannot train him to get over tho ground rapidly or to last tbrou"gh a rao of broken heals. Ho bonds tlio knoo but cannot reach and gather quickly, Is overtepped with weight, and therefore falls iu a atrngglo which Is decided by speed aud courago ; and tho causo of failnro is lack of form. Ono of the best writers ou abo horse has furnished us with rules for tho se lection of a thoroughbred. Wo aro ad vised to choose an animal with a dcen and wido back and loin ; with a chest to " afford su fHcIon t room for tho heart aud lnugs," but not too wido, for "au one of open bosom is regarded as a suro sign want of paco tho back ribs should bo long, or, am suoh a formation is generally colled, 'deep,' so as not only to gtvo protection to tbo content of tho belly, bat t afford a atrong at tachment to tlio muscles which connect tho chest to tho hips ; " the ribs " must bo act wido opart, and not huddled up together ; " " for fast road work where tho full uro of tho legs is gcnorally tho limit to tho etaoaot of work, a ory hoary carcass is aa objection, as it in creases tho weight soon them ; And An ovortopped horse that ia, one with a body too big for his leg is a most worth less brutu ; " a projecting neck, 'moder ately lung And proportionately thin, wido jaws, and intelligent hear,, broad abovo tho oyes, this nostrils, which should open under exercise and show tho rod lining membrane ; shoulders obliquely placed and broad blodo, well clothod with muscles ; long thighs ap proaching almost to iho proportions of tho grsyhoind ; necks full size and clean, and all tho points proportion to ono another. The authority from which wo havo condensed those points is " Btonohenge." Tbo fastest trotter in tho world today, Edwin Forrest, comes up to tho standard samed by tbo Eng lish critic. Ho has aono of thn charac teristics of the cart-borao, and all of tho points of tho substantia! thoroughbred. Maud B., tho great four-year-old, also has the form of a thoroughbred. The prepotent blood in both is that of tho running horse. Without form neither would havo shown ao much speed as to attract publio attention. The trotting elements in tho pedigree of each have, with the assistance of toe-veights, sim ply given a new impulse to speed. Thoy havo in fl sen cod tho motion, tho folding of tho knee aud tho aotion of tbo stifle, and thus enabled the two to atartlo the country with their deeds. If a sire of a cart-liko form and excessive knee action is Be strongly prepotent aa to stamp both his foraanatl iila aciiofiapoB his progeny, you may keep breeding him from now until doomsday withont getting a trotter, of moro than average merit. Admit that he simply repro duce himself and allow no margin for improvement. Edwin Forrest, like Maud H., is wonderfully speedy as a trotter, bvcante he has tlio speedy for mation of tho thoroughbred, without which formation he would bo merely commonplace, iu spite uf tho trolling elemeuts in his sncestral tree. Toe weights, with braiua behind them, have iu recent years played an important part in tho development of the trotting horse. Take an animal in which Iho thoroughbred triumphs over tho " Can uuck " at tho rato of seven to two, and put him in tho hands of a Gtlden who understands tho ne of weights, aud he will make a trotter of him, not able merely to go the diitance, but to do his miles in tho quickest time. Tho horses which win the majority of hard-fought races in these dsys of progress, possess uot ouly the form, but a lsrge percent ago uf the blood of the English racer. Tur, Meld ad farm, i t .in ..... A conteuijwrary says : "There is no reosou why farming may not bo made to pay much ufteuer than it does. Very few have learned to regard it as a busi ness. It Is a sort of chanco work alt rouud. Moat men look on it as a sort of real estato transaction. Thoy hopo ouo day to sell ont at a big; figure, bonce aro afraid to improve their farms with a view to agricultural operations, for foar that whoever buys tho laud will uot care for those little things. Wo huvo often hoard some improving farmer riJiouled for his expenditures by some knowing ones, vho were very sure so and so would get more for his place than it ho had thrown his mouoy iu the dirt." A Wabu vor Poumtr Houses. Tho Fmmer't Advocate gives this as the best whitewash for poultry houses : " Into the whitewash psil drop a teaoupful of soft-boiled rice and mix thoroughly. Then pour iuto a quart-pot of cold water s.y tell or twelve uro pa oi orude car bolic acid. Mix this iuto the rest aud swab tho interior of your henhouse with it. For outside, use rook salt dissolved. instead of boilsd nee, and dispense with carbolio acid. No other preparation of whitewash ever equaled this for poultry buildings," Sjp HI !., KekiI!U lUn-NKsa, Harness should uover ou kept in the stables where ma nure is oonsUutly generating lare quautitlos of ammonia. This ammonia is rapidly absorbed by tho lesthor, aud tho ulXoot upon the leather is about tho same as would result from saturating it with strong lye. In a word, ammouia rota leather, and hence koepiug harness in tho stable is sure to result in its damage moro or less. Too little attention is paid to the keopiug of rabbits. Thoy can bo, aud are iu some countries, mado as profit able as poultry. Thoy are obosp, iu crease rapidly, require only such care as any child can give, and thrive in olose oonUuemtnt, iu this respect being superior to poultry. Its flesh is g roe able and nutritious, Tho estimated number of horses In tho United Btates is 8,000,000, Illinois raukiug first iu number. i . In IndianA farmers aro hirinjj haudo for tho year at front 913 to 918 a month, Hcrncs In Morocco, On every sido, as you travel through tho country, you cannot help noticing tho fertility of the land. Delicious fruits grow almost wild in great abund ance oranges, pomegranates, apricots, peaches, quincos, almonds, vines and Hg troes. Wido fial Is of grain wave beforo your eyes, as surely they wonld not woro it not that tho soil barely nodds to bo turned ovor : for, through all the centuries since this coast was first cultivated, not one partlclo uf im provement do tho indolent people seem to havo mado in their clumsy methods. When a nativo farmer finds he can no longer sit in the sun and postpone his plowing, if ho is to have any crop at all, he catches a donkey And a goat, or a cow and a mule, or any other crea tures (Including his wife) that will pull, and harnesses them to a plow which would bo a tine curiosty for one of our btfricnltural fairs, since it is simply scoci sticks of wood bonnd to gether so that the sLarply pointed end of the main or Siandle piece, is dragged along a little nnder the sod. Yet wo mnst not forget that much nearer home a liko lack of progress is seen ; for in parts of Mexico an almost exactly simi lar excuse for a plow ho been need for throe hundred years, ani may perhaps be used lor three hundred izore. When tiKi caravan reaches a town of considerable size, stop is likely to bo mado for aomo days, lu order to allow trading to be earned on. Bnt business is not permitted vo worry the traJcn much, and between tho entertainmbsts of tho village people and tho recrea tions of tho camp, tbo stranger will not laok for amusement. It is to this race, it is always to be remembered, that we owe the Arabian Nights' tales. Of theso stories oar translation contain only a selection, and as yoa sit and sip your coffee, tea vr lemonade u soma little cafe of whitewashed stone, yoa hoar tho old plots and familiar names, and many new romances of tho same kind, told by men who do nothing else. Tbo tales form tho tressure of a very numerous class of men and women throughout the East, who find a livli hood in reciting them to crowds never tired of listening. Tne pnblio squares of all the towns a'Kmnd with such men, whose recitations, full of gestures and suggestive looks, hold a circle of silent listeners spell-bound with the pleasing pictures their imaginations conjure. It is said that tno physicians frequently recommend the story-tellers to their patients in order to soothe pain, to cilni agitation, or to produce sleep ; ana, accasiomoa to uiik to sick ion, they modulate their voices, soften their I loses, abuI genuy eeaes steep buam over the aanerer. Quite the opposite of this quiet and dreamy amusement, which takes the place of our theatres, are the shows of tho snako-eharmers, wbo everywhere collect pennies from admiring groups. Thoy sit on the ground and bandlo the aerpents in every way, allowing them to oil about their arms, necks and body, and dart long, forked tongnes almost into their faces, while one of the group hammers a Umbourino as though his life depended on it. I cannot couceivo how this so-called musio hoc anything to do with the wonderful control exer citkl over the snakes by the juggler ; I should think they would grow cross, rather than be " charmed" by its inces sant discords. Erntt lngeruU, in St. Xi-hvlal. mi A f ii i The Kiu? of Ituriuah. The King of Hurmah is little over 20, and he boa boeu barely four months on the throne. Ho is a Ull, well-built porsousblo young man. He is very fair in complexion, has a good fore head, cloar, steady eyes, And a firm but pleaAaut mouth. His chin is full aod somewhat sensual-loukiug, but withal ho is a manly, frauk-foced young fel low, and is said to have gained self pos session, and lost the early nervous awk wardness of his new position with great rapidity. Of his character little has yet developed, but circumstances have occurred to prove that he is very far from destitute of a will of his own, and that he has no fondness for any dimin ution of the royal prerogative. Aa we passed out of tho palace after tho in terview, a house iu the palace grounds was pointed out to me, within which had been imprisoned in squa Id misery over since the illness of the late king some twenty male mernbersof the royal blood, who were regarded as likely, if left at large, to use efforts for the hin drance of tlio accession of the lad who uow sits on tho throne, and who, among tho youngest of the sons of his father, was selected to succeed, portly by fe male intlueuce, partly by reason of the belief of the ministers that he would iutorposo little obstaole toward tho ao oomplishmeut of tho programme of consiitutiuual reform vrith which they desire to begin a new reigu. And in a stable uear by. incarcerated thoro a month ago, aro ooutluod three of these miuiaters, living proofs that constitu tional reform is a ticklish aud risky un dertaking, whon all the traditions about the throne are those of absolutism, and tho youngsters who aro soft seeming and pliable when powerless nonenities, learn swiftly to take their own part wheu placed in a potitiou of power. King-makers, it is true, can be king breakers, but it is also true that many a klug-maker ha himself beeu broken by the king ho has mado. And I dare asv tho ministors in tho stable there are rather sorry now that they did not make another choioe. Itonilo iYeirj. The success of tho mixed classes in University College, London, is now As sured. In somo classes the attendance of young women is as high as thirty per oeut. of the whole. Tho professors are porfeotly aatistled with the result of opeuing the classes to womeu students, aud the young men have uot the slight est fear that the staudard of education will be lowered. A paragraph iu the hand is worth two In an uuoreaiting exchange. "Oolng A-Flshlng." The man who invented tho fishhook will some day havo a monument. Itwill be a granite column flvo hundred feet blgli, built by tho boys Alone. A boy migutpoeaiuiy get along with marbles, tops, stilts, balls and kites, yet ho would feel that there was an aching void enough somewhere A kite does well sa long as it will outsail all other kites and tho string doesn't break, and a pair of stilts aro good property -until after iuu urst ibii ; uu lor rest aoiiu pieao uro the fish-hook can never ho beaton. A boy will always expect more aud get less irom it than anything else invented, but ho novor gets too discooraged to try again. Tho Smith boy was obserrod trying his luck yesterday in a pond on a va cant lot ou Alfred street. As far back as last December his mother promised him half a day out of school aa soon as tne ush began to bite, and yesterday was tho glorious day. Where there s water there ought to bo flab, according to every boy s reckoning, and this yonth " surrounded " that wee little pond-hole with its barrel of muddy water with just as muoh enthusiasm as a man wonld throw a lino rato Lake St. Clair. He had ham, aweetcake, po tato, dried beef and boiled egg for bait, and when he had spit on his bait aud cast in bis book all the Seth Greens ever born couldn't have convinced him that ho would fail of at least one good bito. For two long hoars he fished for sturgeon and pickerel and pike, changing tbo bait now and then And nti-rer forgetting to spit on it, And as be hxalod np for the last time ho would siraply admit that it wasn't just the right sort of day to go fishing. If he h4 had a little one lo carry home his triumph wonld have been more com plete, but yet his eyes were like dia monds as be met two boys on tho cor ner end called ont : " Say I IV e stayed out of school a wbolo htlf'iay and been a-fishingl I didn't catch any fish, 'cos they were all on their nests, bnt yon ought to have seen the big frog which tumbled off a stone rDttroit Frea Prat. How They Eucliered the Old 3fan." We ere told on the " best authority " that a wealthy old gentlemsn residing in a high-toned portion of this goodly city had a beautiful motherless daugh ter Irom whom he exacted a promise that she would never marry without bis sanction. Her first lover, though " poor but honest," won her heart. The father mected aim. And bade her, ebec&s asl- Bo&er. Sfee said, ,4Xo LaJtall yet marry hfaa under year ewn T99t, bet not without yoar consent." Time p issed along, and one evening, not long since, her father, for her especial amusement, gave a select masquerade ball, to which, of course, her lover waa not invited. While the masks were on and mirth running high, there waa a shout for somo one to play preacher, a a youthful pair were to have a sham wedding. Some one volunteered, and the bride And groom stepped forth, he hobbling on crutches and she gray haired and decrepit. Their appearance was creeled with roars of laughter, The minister said: "Some one must giro this bride away ; she is loo yonng to be responsible." She chose a conple for guardians, apparently because they stood nearest. The ceremony waa per formed, and tho hand-shaking And con gratulations commenced, but the bride bad fainted. Her husband snatched off her mask and hia own, and in the general consternation everybody fol lowed suit. When lol the married couple were the " poor bat honest" and bis chosen one ; tbo minister a bona hda Justice of the Peace. The girl hod selected her fathor and aunt to give away tho bride, am' thus 'rith his con sent she was marrnxl ', home to the man of her choice, x he old man saw the joke, pronounced them too old fcr him, gave his blessing and received tho husband into hia family. OoUitn Eta. Tub Tcrkisu Bath. Dr. Fleming, of Glasgow, has presented to the British Medical Association an account of some experiments by the author upon him self at tho temperatures of from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and seventy degrees Fahrenheit, upon the weight, temperature, pulse, respiration and seoretions. The result showed that tho immersion of the body in hot, dry air, produced loss of weight to an ex tent considerably greater thau normal, amounting on the average at the rate of about forty oauces au hour. This was accompanied by an increase iu tie temperature of the body and a rise iu tho pulse rate, with at first a fall, then a rise in tho rapidity of respiration. The amount of solids secreted by the kidneys wa increased, and coincidently tho amount of urea. Tho sweat con tained a quantity of solid matter in so lution, among other thiugs a considera ble amount of ures. The most impor tant effeot of the bath, however, waa the stimulation of the emuuetory aotion of the skin. By this means, tho tissues could, as it were, be washed by passing water through thbm from within. The increased temperature and pulse rato pointed to tho necessity of -caution in the use of the bath when the oiroulatory system waa diseasod. i-- Tun "Wiokkd Weed," Hops are first mentioned by Fliuy, the yonng plants being oaten as a vegetable, like our asparagus. But until the sixteenth oentury they were not used as an ingre dient in ber ; and. when their cultiva tion waa first introduced from Flandors, iu 1525, an outcry waa raised, and Par liament was petitioned against a" wicked weed that would spoil the taste of tho drink and endangor the people," But the nimiaut bitter found favor with the publio, who relished this addition to the previously unmitigated sweetness. Aud ao the hop was promoted from the hedge-row to the " garden," and ever since, labor end money h been con- sMBtly expended on it. Train the Boys for Ilnslncs. Thero Is ono clamant In tho home in strnction which boys recoivo prior to their advent into tho businoan world to which too littlo attention has bocn given. Wo moan the cultivation of abita of punctuality, system, order and responsibility. In too many koiiid holds boys from twelve to seventeen years are administered to .too mnoh by loving mothers or othor female mem bers of tho family. Boys' lives thrdngh those years are tho halcyon days of their existence. Up in the morning just in season for breakfast; nothing to do but start off early enough so as not to be late; looking upon an errand as taking so much time and memory away from enjoyment; littlo thought of personal appearance except when reminded by mother to " spruce np " a littlo: finding his wardrobe always where mother puts it-in fact, having nothing to do bub enjoy himself. Thus his life goes on until school ends. Then ho is ready for business. He goes into an office where everythis ia system, order and precision. He is expected to keep tbingr. neat and order ly, sometimes kiadle tires, file letters, do errands in short, become a part of a nicely regulated machine, where every thing moves in systematic grooves, and each one is responsible for the cor rectness in hu department, and where, in place of ministers to hie cc-mfort, he finds task-tnaate.8, more or lesa lenient, to be sure, and everything ia marked contrast to his previous life. In many instances the changs is too great. Errors become nameroas, blunders, overlooked at first, get to be matters of Berious moment; thea pa tience is overtasked, and the boy is told his services axe no longer wanted. This is hia first blow, and sometis&M tie never rallies from it. Then cornea the surprise to tho parents, who too oftes never know tho real caase, nor where thoy have failed in tho training of their children. What is wanted is every boy to have something special to do, to have soe duty at a dennite hour and to leant to watch for that hour to come, to be an swerable for a certain portion of the routine of the household, to be trained to anticipate the time wheat h By enter the ranks of bBsiaess, attel te be fortified with habits of energy, aeearaey And application, too of tea ef more ka portaace than superficial book leoraieg. Com. Bulletin. Bkiixiant Whitewash. Take belt a bashel of good nnslaofcod iusa aavsl slack it with beilktg water, eevorfwg it daring the process fcs keepia tja4i; . --- fluft M.4l,Mm.L A Laiak asfjatWBtaV Br3BB7vajarsa tnajnav aasorapr jSEnr4rBBB4Ss 4Vatjp aswarsr sma n t rri fffi fir J ...1.1 L -ast "la -faugW Aj arsra aasraw snn saaswa f mw ( jps,wbbjb jf raBPmi salt, previeaely dissolved ia wars water, three poaads of groaad rlee, ground to a thia paste and stirred aad boiled hot, half a poaad t pew-etaesl Spanish white nisf, aa4 a poaad ot clean glue, which had been previeaary dissolved by first soaking it well sad thea banging it over a slew lea ia a small kettle, within a larger eae filled with water; add five galloae ei hoi water to the whole mixture; stir it well end let it stand for a few days, covered from dirt. The whitewash ahoald be put on quite hot; for this parpose it con be kept in a kettle on the stove. Ono pint of thia mixture will cover a square yard of surface if properly ap plied. BrnsheBiore or less small may ' be used according to the natare of the job required. The wash reteia its brilliancy for many years. There ia nothing of the kind that will compare with it, either for inside or oatwd walls. Gbavt for a Roast Fowl Boil the neck of the fowl, after having cat it small, in half a piut of water, with a seasoning of spice or herbs; Iqt it stsw very softly for an hoar and a half. When the bird is just ready for the table, take tho gravy from taedrtppiag nan And drain off the fat; stniatka liquor from the neck into it, mixing them smoothly; pass the gravy again through the strainer; heat it, adding seasoning if necessary, and take R hot to the table. Ehixd OrBTzna. Large oysters are the best for this purpose. 8ianaer for a minute or two in their own liquor, drain perfectly dry, dip in yolks of eggs and then in bread crumbs, sea soned with cayenuo (or block) pepper and salt; fry them ot a light brown. These are chiofly used aa a garaistt for Uh or fowls, but if intended to be eatea alone, make a little thick melted batter, moistened with the liquor of the oysters, and served as sauce. BoiuKo Potatoes, Havoyoar aaaea pan half full of water; let it boil, then throw in two teaspoonf uls of salt, thea add your potatoes; let thsat boil twenty minutes; do not let them stop boillBg one instant; when -thoy crack opes or seem inclined to do so, take thaw oM the fire, strain tbo water oi", put them back on tbo stove with the cover oa the saucepan; let them stand ao three or four minutes and yoa will have thea mealy and white. To Bou. Pickled Beet. Pat tho tiro in oold water; let it smatar slowly, allowing fifteen niaatea for every pound; do not let it boil; keep skimmiug or it will look dirty: if it m left in the pot until.the water is aeld k will bo muoh moro tender. Aatsag all tho recipes no one seems to aava thought of giving one for Boiled Hakv Put a ham frt a boiler while the water Is oold; be carefal that it- boils slowly, A ban ot twenty pouuda take foar hoars and a hall, larger and smaller iu proper Uaa; keaai the water well skimmed. A 0s has wants uo oeakisg, bat aa eld oe atas bo soaked sixteen hoars ia a laasya safc of water, Diuwaixa ro Turast. T dry pieces of bread or Cfaekafs, 4m tfcaem. fine, put ia a wall piece of feaataw w a little oieau, with sam, payyarsri mh, one egg and a small qiisaaSsy 4 moisteaad wW Jftttk. Remove tba tkrtsJk roast fowls Uf Hat WMsv L( 1 r , t va m ..-i-jk aaJVJCJLfaUAl jitMi a , - aL ljmhJlJ fjmv- -fw - ,