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Tft-pii i mini nnnpsi MMiBgj: 5 " StTT X Oril 9 J "' ' S AvM. - --- HJ,vri(!S. ?' 31 ffif u U !MNMMfaMMMIMiMMlMll b mitiiuliijma ,-wtt 5Jj aimn iiwMiwiiinmnii'inJ w Ww wwiwwpwpiwb Si; THE COAST MAIL, Published ayerjr Httturday Morning -nv- WKUSTKH, IIACKKU A I.OCKIIAIlT, THE COAST M. THE COAST MAIL. DEYOTKD TO Marbfllil,Uoo Co., 0.(nn. THUMB, IN ABVANOH. Tha Intorosts of Soatken Ore-g-oH Always Foremen,, ne Tear,.,. ., , , fl Ml fit Moulin ,,. I 60 TlirM Mouthi , CO To sdrtrllurt w ruaranU (lit moat fmrsbls term tod fair doling. The DTlopuADt of our If Is, tt iMsrst. meet of our Harbor, and Rallrotit 0. . munleatlon with the Interior, 8clIU. YOL. 1. MAESUFIELD, OEEGON, SATUItDAT, JUNE 7, 1879. NO. 23. M 4sMssatl mUSg The HaiikH or Ayr. 1 kt slocrny alghl la K aliening ful. Iouit ror Hi wild liioouaUnl bUal, Yon murk cloud It foul with rsiiit i e II driving o'r tli plain Th liunUr now Ua Ufl Hi moor, Tli arsttar'd eon j mei Mur, Wlill lir I wsnder, yrt with cm, Aluns lb loiuiy bank of Ayr. Tha Atilomu mourn lir rlu'nliigeorn, II; arl VNaUt'a mass torn Aoiom lur plaeli', uur , All kxi !)' aeowllng UuipM fly J Oltlll ran 111 bloat Ut hr II ra, I llilnk upon tit itorm wave, TVbr many dr8tr 1 mud iUrr, yr from Hi bounl bank or Ayr. TU not tli turKli'ir billow' rr, 'ri ugliest fatal, dadly tlioroj Tliotigli (ImIIi In em lia ijfr, Tbo wrutsbtd bar no toor la foir j Hut round m beat! U Um tr bound, That hfrl IrauisUre'd willt man a wound, TImm blot 'ieah, those tie I Uar, To lsv Ui boonu bass of Ar. Vltcwtll, old Colts' UiIk &iut dah, II if btsltiy Moon and winding l, TJi cnf wbt witctd fancy rur, I'uriulug nar, unbap7 lott t Vaiewdt my frltmUl FiuwU in fetal 11 tc wlUi lliw, ru lor wllu lliu TbburUiiK lr m heat t declare, Vamwf II (lio bounU bank of Ar. -H'ritttn by Hubert Jlurni uKn i rtrlny to taWif fA lVt Iniiin, KnglUh View of Florida. Tito most popnlar winter rcaortln tho United States, writ an English tour 11, i Florida, whoso chores aro laved rrectlveiy on tho rut ami west by thtt Atlantic Ocean and tho Gulf of Mexico, mid wiuwotonlberu termination raoho alir.oat to tfco tropics. Though hating an ttrra of fifty-une thousand two han drrd ml lst eight inro mllo, it tufaco In ?Jwo' tut ttnuuUtluB jirairio throcS-'iul, iut hlghwt Mlut being tcarccl stora than thnw hundred tVoi Imjvo tho lotol of tho ova. It in cor crod with dena forwU of palms, oak, jmlmelto. iua, and other tree, uud with tropical aud eBiitro)ioAt frulU ami flower: Qua rlvors trvoro it itt orcrjf tiircotion ; ami it is UotUni with liugo mwlicinal anting, and with tho niit beautiful lakca tho mind cau con wIto, aomo of tbcw bduff pcrfrctljr tnohanUng in their loYolinta. Thu latter am prinklrtl oror with iland that aro o Iicavllj-olaa with grorca ol tho orange, lemon, citron, poraegrauato, aud otliar kindred fruita, aa to arem tropical ganlena ; and ibnj oro rendered ejiiutialljr interettlng t Uio aumbr Iva bird of brilliant pluemgo thl flit UtrougU tbo tree, tho thouiauda ol awu, geducka, flaiaingoea, craura, and heroua that utako them their win ter borne, and tho uumoroita game anl mala that frecjueat (bom at all lintea. Tb clltuato of Florida i ouo of tho lluct iu tho world, for, though ten iW grec nearer tho rquator than Hottlbern lUl,tbo UMujKeratnro 1 not an warmer, and tbo air ia far mora drjf , equable, ami salubrious. Tho mean temperature from Kotoutlier to April varies from nftjr-two to aoTenty-lhreo degrees ; but iho averago ntajr l placed at aisty.ono degrees. Tbo difference between tho winter and lumsur elltoto throuRhon tho tiuto ia about twee! Ja-irots; tot in (onto portions, aoch as tbo south and southeastern, Uie only appreciable dlf ferenco in tbo temiwrsturo is in the greator copiousness oflbevminter show ers, 'Ibis renders It aur .riralled resort for thoso suffering fr .pulmonary com m pisinta ; for, accord.og to tho sUUstica of 1&70, fewer people died of con sumption tbcro than iu any other HUto in the Union, and those who succumbed to tho iliaeato were, In nearly all cases, invalids from other sections of Uip country, ilany porsons anlTorinK from tbatdiro complaint, visit tho Htato to get cured; for not only ia its climate genial, but it is suppoied tbsl ti.odo liolous torebinthino txlors of tho pine forests purifjr Uto atmospboro, and give it a soothing, healing, and iuvigoraiiug Those wholwiah to escapo tbo rigors of a northern winter lleo to it iui erly an December ; ami. aa largo numbers of them aro In excelled health, and go south, like tho birds, on!y for tbo pur lK)o of following tho sun, they make tho towns along tho banka of tbo HI. John's Hiver scenes of bouyant pleas ure for four or Iho months, and ouo may there soo American social llfo in all ila freedom and gayely. Tho largest, most important, and tho gayest oity iu tho Htato is Jacksonville, whialt is perched ou a bank of tho Bt. John's river, a few miles from ila mouth. This wealthy inotropoHs.wbioh uoastnapoun "tloii of sIxUhju thousand, is surrounded by dollRhtful soenery, by dense and vast fojests, in which tho oak and cy pres compete with thomyrtlo.palm aud pslmetto for supremsoj, and by groves uf orango and lemon trctw; whllo tho etrcoU scorn likeseotlouaof n hothouao, ao Humorous anil variod aro tbo south ern fruits, flowers, aud arboreal beau ties that udoru them. Tho most prom incut objects to tho tourists aro tho Jrgo number of whllo saloon steam boat) that lino tho wharves or course up and down tho rivor, and Iho spluu did hotels that oooupy tho priuoipal Iboroughfares. Tho laltir in many cases aro palatial structures, and aro furnished with all tho lavish luxuriance that oharaoUirlxes thrao institutions iu tho UniUMl Htates. Thoir bills of faro may bo uudorstood from the fnot that I counted eighteen diflorent dished for breakfast iu ouo menu, and forty-two for dinnor; and in all lustanoes tbeno em braced from two lo six species of game, aud from three to flvo species of fish, whllo every variety of fruit grown iu tho United Btatea was marked on them. xet theso magniilconthoatolriea charged only from ten shillings to a pound per y for overything; aud pianos, parlors, liawing-rooms and other privileged 1'1'onduHcs in England wero opeu to lli Iho cosmopolitan character of tho people which oue meets ia them; tho easo, informality and bonhomie of Amer ican society iu general; and Iho dim Ire of all to Hlil each other In killing time pleasantly, innko a loriff tarry ut them u round of plenurc; for hops, ball, concert, anil kindred nmuseiyents rtrc indulgeil iu to a very largo extent. Jinnui should, therefore, not Im known during tho oveniug; mid during the dsy thorosro so many opportunities for fishing, boutlng, yaahtlugt ridiii and shooting, that tho person who cannot II nd a means of recreation, must indoud bo hard to please, Lint there is n com bination of Unit to bo found iu Nice. Naples, llrighton. Scarborough, and Saratoga during tho "season; ficneo ouo may readily understand that it is atiythliifr but (full. Hoarding houses seem to bo omitipruwcnt, and for thoir pretensions they aro quite cheap, tjici usual charges being from two to four pounds tHir week. Tho favorito drive iu tho vicinity of tho city is that which loads to Mouorief 'a Spring, four miles distant, where (hero is a mineral spring whoso waters aro said to euro malarial diseases. Hath houses, a restaurant, a bowling alley, n duuefng pavilion, and the inevitable accompaniment of nn American fashlonablo resort, a nice course, may Im found there, Leaving Jacksonville by ono of tho handsomu steamboats that ply on the rirrr, a run of eighteen uiflrs carries tho tourist to Muudarln, which lias a local fame as being thi winter rtsldenen of tbo fa mous BtilhoreM of " Undo Tom's Cabin," Mrs. Harriot Ueecher Blown. This charming hsmlet is almost burled in orsugo grotts, and uiosa coveret oaks, so that ouo sees little of it. A faw miles south of this lies Ortien Covo Springs, a small town which is cele brated for its medicinal waters, and whoso hue baa givou the place U nuino. This is crowded during tbo w niter by invalid and jlineun, who coma to drink Its waters, Tho spring discharges three thousand gallons per minute, and forms au emerald lako, which is em boweiod in a grovo of gigantic water oaks, thst aro almost literally covered with long festoons of moss and uiiatlo toe, The water ban a tempi laturo of seventy-eight degrees in Fahrenheit, and, as it contain sulphates of mag nesia and lime, chlorides uf sodium and iron, and sulphuretted hydrogeu, it i considered viry Unirllrial for rheuma tism, Dright'a disease of the kidneys, ami gouty alTeclious. If ouo wihea to shoot alligators there, ho may enjoy that pleasuru to bis heart's content, for they aro so numerous iu lllack Creek, a short distance ulT, that they resemble largo rafts of small black logs when doz ing ou tho water. As they aro lurmli-M to man, unlcsa goaded to drs-K-ration by teasing, ouo ntcd fear no injury from art attack upen theiu, ercn it lio should fall into Uteir midst. Leaving this point Iho steamer pro coeds soitiliwaril, and patses in rot lew a mixture of semi-tropical and north ern scenery. The rirvr iu somo places is covered for miles with water-liiiea in bloom, anil so dcuso are they fre quently tlmta glimpiio of the water is all tlal cau be obtained. Wild fowl aro i.umerous; iloutiug islands of green go iauclng by on tho swell of tho slcMucr; alligators, startled by the strsm whistle, pluui;o into tho stream Irom tho banks wiih a lasy grunt ol Ivor: ami tho woeds uto omuinresent. but their emerald lino is broken at in nervals by tho yellow of ornugo and lemon groc, brilliaut ines, dense festoons of gray mo and gorgeous shrubLery. A lew dilapidated stations, which wero formerly thriving Spanish cities, are passed ou tho ny, until tho steamer halls at l'slatka seventy-the mitea from Jacksonville, mid one hun dred from tho mouth of tho river. This seems to bo a second inlition of Gold smith's " Auburn," so quiet and lovely does it seem iu tho morning sun. Iu stead of tho hawthorn, howotor, one will seo tho tropical ) ucca or Spanish bayonet, and instead nf Iho apple or chard tho oraugo groto, whilo tho runtio swains aro represented by ' Cuickera" who rido ponies as gaunt as themselves, and who sell parroqtteta and tho preserved kius of tho whito aud pink curlew, tho flamingo, snau, woot duck, ami tho humming-bird, to those who deal iu such articles. This plaoo recalls visions of peace and cou-tentment- nspot wheroouoconld dream Ufuaway; but, liko all things earthly, it baa ita drawbacks, lor it is infested with mosquitoes ul certain times, and theso aro so numerous and vigorous that I havo hoard it stated as n fact that they dispersed a minister and his con gregation ouo Sunday. Tho tourist, still moUng southward, quits tho largo steamboat hero, uiul takes passage iu a smaller ono that runs to liutorprlso, a small town ono hundred uud thirty miles further on, whioli is tho heud of steam nuvigutiou ou the St. John's river. Tho soenory after leaving Palatku bo cornea characteristically tropical, aud tho rivor narrows into "a small stream, otily toexpaudafow miles further ou into a series of largo aud cnohnutingly beautiful lakes, which am through! with llsh aud fowl, mid dotted with charming isluuds, that seem ono mass of greonuiid jellowfroin tho abundance of tropical fruits, Old Indian sepul chres aud mounds aro found ou hoiiio of them, and amid theso tourists fond of arehniology may be seen rumbling at all hours of the day, whilo others duvoto their attention to tho pleasures of rod uud gun. Hosting parties, revelling in the soft sunshine and tho tropical teen ery, aro met with quite frequently, and they givounnlr of animation to thu other wise silent soeuo, Tho myriads of wild fowl nud tho abundance of blight feath ered birds nre a notable feature of tho landscape, nud do much to onehain tho attention of the tourist. At Kntorprifto which is tho great head-quurters for sportsmen who go to Florida to ilh and hunt us in u oh as to enjoy ita beauty and Rtinshina ouo is almost suro to meet several European iioblemeu and their families, prominent among whom aro tho ropreseutativeu of tho United Kingdom. Tho regiou around this town is oovored with oraugo aud lemou groves, nud Iho forests beyond them teem with door, bears, wolvos, panthers, wild-turkeys, quail, grouso, and other species of gatno; whilo tho alligator holds sway in ovory stream and lagoon. Alligator hunting parlies aro frequently organized, and steamers run at intervals to convoy them to lakes Jesstip and Harney, where they may indulgo in tho sport to their heart's content. The reptiles nro ao numerous in theso re gions, that two of us havo kiliod about fifty In less than threo days, and other parties wero equally successful, yet their numbers seemed undiminished. Medicinal springs, both cold and thermal, and of several varieties, am common in tho neighborhood ; and during tho morning and ovoning they aro frequented by tourists, who drink of some, and hatha in others. What with shooting and fishing, a flno cli mate, abundance of fruit, medicinal springs, and gay society, it would bo (lifiloult to Una a winter resort equal to Florida. 77i (London) Queen. Tho Dracon At tucks an Old Haying1. I llko Deacon Qreen. Ho goes straight to tho heart of things, and is not led away by moonshino. Tho other day, when a vory lKisitivo and loud voiced lady was talking with tho little schoolmistress and himself about a cer tain troublesomo chili, tho loud-voiced lady exolaimed ; ' Pooh I good inflnonco isn't what sho needs. A bird that cau sing and won't sing must bo tnado to sing ; that's my doctrine." with these words Iho lady glared at Iho ftchoolmintross, who mado no reply, aud then with au air of conscious vic tory, sho turned lo the Deacon, repeat ing : " l'cs, sir, thafa my doctrine." " A capital doclriuo," said tho Dea con, with a bow, " but there's a flaw in jour illustration, ma'am." " Hut I" almokt screamed tho lady, " there's no doubt about it. I tell you there' no other way. A bird that can sing aud won't sing must bo mado to King. You'll admit that, Ihopo? It is true as Solomon." " G ranted," said the Dracon, with a voico as soft as tho wish of a water lily, " most certainly, a bird that cau sing snd won't sing must bo made lo sing ; but how aro wo going to do it r " Tho fact Is, my dear madam." con tinued the Deacon, " some of theso old sayings sound very well, but there's nothing iu them. I'd liko to soo the person who can tako a bird that won't sing aud mako him sing. Now your bird that can't sing end will sing, is easily dealt with. You cau at least quiet him. Hut, lor ray part, I'd rather uudortako the management of all the brta bands in tho country than to forco music out of tha tin eat canary when ho chose to bo silent." St. aVuA oliit. Of Mr. Arthur O'Shaughneuy, one of thu younger Hritish ikhiU, and tho souin law of Dr. Wcstland Marston, an amusing story is told. Mr. O'Sbaughuessy was a protege of Sir llwaiil Hulwcr-Ltttou. who assisted iu getting tho ioct appointed to a posi tion in tho natural history department of the Hritish museum. Ouo day the uufortunateO Shatighuoasy accidentally sat down on a number of very rare South American butterflies which hod just Arrived at tho musoum. Horrified, lio proceeded secretly and hurriedly to repair damages, but bolug, in truth, rather iguoraut about butterflies and natural history generally, ho got the pretty i'-rt very much mixed up, giu.ug wroub wings 011 wrong bodies in tho most rocKtosa manuer. Great was tho sstonishmoni of tho wise men when they ramo to coutemplsto and classify tho now contribution. Such secies wero never seen boforo ; the in sect world and its history wero rovolu tiouized. Aud many wero the discus sions that occurred boforo Mr. 0Shaughnessy'a awful misdeed aud skillful gluiug were discovered. Then thero was a vory mail collection of scientists, and tho young man would hao been dismissed Lad not Hulwer used his influence. Warned by his blunder, Mr. O'Shaughnessy under took the study of uatural history, and there is now no ono in tho museum bet ter skilled in that department. Tub Gulp Srniau. Thero is a river in tho ocean. In tho severest drouths it never fails, aud iu tho mightiest flood it nuor overflows. Its banks and tho bottom aro of cold water, while ita cur rent is of warm. Tha Gulf of Mexico ia ita fountain, aud its mouth is tho Arotia oca. It is tho Gulf stream. There is in the world no other eo ma jus lio u flow of water, Ita current ia more swift than tho Mississippi or the Ama sou, and its vommo moro than 1000 times greater. Ita waters, so far as the Carolina coasts, aro of indigo blue. They aro so distinctly marked that the commou sea water oan be traced with tho eye. Ofton ono-halt tho vessel may bo perceived floating iu tho Gulf stream water, while tho other half ia iu tho common water of tho sea, so sharp is tho lino and tho want of uttlulty be tween theso waters ; and such, too, tho roluutanco, so to speak, on tho part of thoso of tho Gulf stream to tuluglo with tho common waters of the sea. In addition to this, thero is anothor pecul iar fact. The tlahermou on tho coast of Norway ore auiinlied with wood from the tropica by tho Gulf stream., mi uk 01 mo Arctic usnormeu nuruing upon thoir hearths the palms of Uuyti, the mahogany of Honduras, nud the preoiouB woods of tho Amazon and the Orinoco. Koop a smile ou your faoo, says a philosophical editor. Smiles brood dimples, which aro for moro essential tbttti three-dollar vest ohaius. It is dangerous to sleep in tho samo town with tho proprietor iu u perpetual frown. Dou't walk around looking as dismal as a siok undertaker, or aa if you wero goiug to your own fuueral. ltellgiou is the best armor in tho world, but tho worst cloak. The Fiahcrman. Now comes the season when tho warm sunlight, tho grcon borders of gross that fringe tho dashing streams, tho in sects wheeling their droning flight in tho air, and tho swelling alder buds that drop their floss upon the wafor, stir tho angler to his annual sport. We shall seo him anon in all bis variolic of npecies and gonna from tho city sportsman girt with all the modern trappings of his craft down to tho far mer lad with fre'sh out pole, lino of pack cord and apioo box of bait leap ing tho brooks, Ungtod in tho laurels, floundering through tho perfidious marsh, approaching with subtle tread the deep pool where lies tho monsreb of tho stream, or again, staggering oror the unseen root or slimy stone, and tumbling ungracefully Into tho rapids. Tho gentlo angler has had his share of satiro. Ho ia a phenomenon to tho prosaio natures who define his sport as " a fish at ono end of the lino and a fool at the other." His notions of tho eco nomics of things aro sternly impeached by tho gross materialists who seo him toiling like a hind and spending for his toil ton timos tho rate of Fulton mar Let. Hut ho Iim a philosophy that blunts tho sharpest stings of bis de tractors. Ho tolls of the endless variety aud change that Dame Nature roveab to him along hor brooks and iu her woods. Ho shows tbe sun-browned check, the hardier frao, tbo exhila ration of spirits, the Itealthtnl balance of bodily powers, and that complete refreshment of heart aad brain which tho diversions of the oily and tho Lest advice of tho doctors aliko fail to givo him. Even for tho days wheo hours of toil bring no fish to his creel ho has that quaint philosophy of old Izaak Walton, who used to say that bad lack at Ashing on one day was Iho most essential part of tho angler's sport, in&smanh as it sharpened tho pleasure of anticipation for the next day's bont. Thero have been men who havo traced ilio lovo of fishing to tho gambling propensity of bumau nature. Hat ao long as tho sunny springtime, which is now upon us, shows so msny worse manifestations of human depravity than the love for piscatorial chauccs, we nay well advise all who can to drop their loads of city custom aud seek for a whilo tie conn try, where they can drop their lines in pleasant places. 2T. Y. Evening Post. The Care Teapies. Tbo Cave Temples of Elora, nesr the west coast of India, aru some of the moat remarkable of this' alas of RreUi leotare in IodU. ' Ositfct -Usb-plea, called Kyla or tW paradiso of Sbova, is a temple formed of a single rock, which is an integral part of the mountain, in aa excavated court 217 feet long and 150 feet wido. Tho walls of this court aro tha rock iu which the ex cavation is mado, and they vary in height from fifty to one hundred feet. In the centre at this court is the grand temple, ono hundred and forty-two feet long, sixty feet wide, and ninety feet high to tho apex. In this templois ono large room, with sixteen pillara to sup port tho superincumbent mass of rock. There aro also many small rooms and shrines. The outside of this temple ia entirely covered with sculptured fig ures representing actions and erents described in the Parnns. This temple, with its rooms, halls, galleries, shrines, images and courts, consists of tho orig inal rock of tho monnUin, reduced to their present state internally and ex ternally, by excavating and sculpture: Tho genius, skill and labor exhibited m its design and execution, place it among tho most remarkable works of au sgo or nation. At Adjunta, some thirty five miles from Elora, aro twenty soven cavo temples of great luaguiti oenco, nud most impressive in their solemn vastneas aud grandeur. Tho Fdepbanta temples, near Bombay, are wonderful for size, imsgea and orna mentation. Tho purely Buddhist cave templea are supposed to have been ex cavated aomo two hundred years before tho Ohristiau era, and those of (he Brahmins about tho eighth or ninth century after Christ. The skill and labor expended upon them seem all the more striking, as gunpowder was thou unknown, aud tho amount of patient picking out tho rock necessary for Jnoh f;igantio results, seems almost past be iuf. Tho cavo temples are now desorted aud ailent, and the rites aud coremonies once performed in them, forgotten. The mountains of Cashmere are said to cou tain some twolve thousand cave temples. The Orwntanditt People. IwronTANcn or a Ciunck Incidemt. " Alt nature i but art, unkuown to thee; All cliatie but direetioo, wbldt thou cautt not MM." Pope's lines were singularly illus trated in tho caso of a merchant of Now Milford, Conu.: As ho was about to stop into bis car riage in front of a store, his horse raised a foot with tho evident intention of planting it firmly in a puddle under neath. The geutlemau, having ou a good suit of clothes, aud not oaring to soil thorn, dashed into the nearest door, which happonod to lead into au insur-anco-agout's office, Tho agent said, " I suppose you have come to reaew the insurance on your storo, which ex pires to-day." " I had forgotten it," said the mer chant, " and should liko you to attend to it." Ho then drove off and took the train for Bridgeport. On returning tho next day, lie learned that bia store had burned down in tho lire which swopt one side of tho street. Buooeaa is dazzling. Men aro eo constituted that everybody undertakes what he Bees another suooeaiful iu, whether lie has au aptitude for it or not, Ono prosperous gold miuor iu Cali fornia gives half a contineut a fever for seeking gold. Ono successful general fills tha dreams of thousands of youth with the possibilities of military renown. England, France, and Egypt. If news that reached us recently bo true, England is about to undertake an other of those troublesome little wars, of which sho already has two on her hands. A Paris special to the London TtiUgrojih, rocabled to this side, says that tho French government ia fitting out several of ita first-class war vessels to be used against tbo Khedive. The general assumption at present is that the Anglo-French partnership for the control of Egyptian affairs still subsists. In that case, of course, France and England will act together and send a joint fleet to Egyptian waters. The Saltan's authority will be invoked, doubtless, in the first place, to depose his vassal at Cairo, and then, if Uto Kbedivo insists that he is not a vassal but a peer, and refuse tj be deposed, tho allied fleet of the two Westers nations will proceed to bring him to reason. Assuming there is no intervention by other powers, this line of policy may bo carried out without much risk to England, except iho additional annoy ance and expense of another ssiall war. And yet that will be enough to awk wardly embarrass the already worried Ministry. With tbo Afghan hostilities still dragging along, tho Zulu blunders not yet more than half retrieved, and another ugly little war cloud rising in tho Asiatic sky, in tho direction of Bur mah, tho Bcaconsfield Cabinet might well wish that tho Kbedivo bad chosen some moro convenient seasoa to pro pound his Egyptian puzzle to them. But there is a possibility that this sew difficulty may involve England in a moro momentous dispute, to wit, one with France. One of tho most recently received flics of tho London Economtit clearly indicates too apprebensivenecs felt in the British capital on this point. Mr. Boarke, the Foreign Under Secre tary, was in Paris at the time the Econ omist' t articlo appeared, trying to arrive at a definite basis for joint action in Egypt by bia own government and that of Franco, and tha -writer flatly says thst tbo whole policy of the joist action is mistaken, and caloalatod to provoke eventually a rupture between Paris and London. The Ecoaumitt, which is regarded aa the leading financial organ of London, and a specially cautions and conservative paper, writes thus : There is tho accustomed anxiety dis played in this extract lest Esglaad should go a step frutber or do au iota more than ber own interests dsmand. England's ohief interest in Egypt, aa all the world knows, is the Suez Caaal, as one of the roads, tbt best of all roads in fact, to India.. Frnsce is concerned for her- bettdheMen, ad aei at all tor India. Now, if the two countries act together the conditions of a joist pro tectorate would give France aa equal say witb England as to tho future of the Canal, and this, in a critical juno tare, would be disastrous to the latter power. That is what the Eanwnut means to say. It wools! be a strange denouement to the evidently strained situation if the joint intervention of irauco and toglanii, designed to in timidate the obstreperous Khedive, should have the final result of antago nizing the two interveninir Powers, and giving Itasaia the chance she basso long hoped for, to eeparate&nglasd (rom her strongest ally. Boston Traveller. Saved Ills Fiddle. One who is a stronger to his enthu siasm and axperienceA can hardly un derstand t. musician's idolatry for his favorite instrument. Ole Bull is said to have paid four thousand dollars for bis " Kmir Jose oh Guarnerius " violin. but his almost fanatical attachraent to it is less on account of ita cost than be cause it is the only one of its kind. A writer in St. Xithoias tells this charac t eristic story: When Ole was first in America, he had to go from one little town to another to give a concert. Perhaps tired of railway traveling, perhaps the better to seo tbd country, he took passage on aa Ohio river steamboat. In a litUe while Le boiler burst, after the Western fashion, tearing away the fore part of tho boat, and setting the cabins on fire. Ola Bull found himself ohoked, deaf ened and blinded, in the midst of strug gling, shrieking women and ohildren, shattered timbers, smoke, flame and noisy water. What did be do? Swim for bis life? Leud a hand to any woman or little child? No ; he did neither. I doubt if he remembered that around him ware human beinirs in dancer. Ho rushed to his violin-case, teok from it tho precious instrument, put it between his strong, white teeth, leaped over the biasing guards into the black water, and atruok out manfully for the shore, which ho gained iu triumph, and there stood gaziug t bis fiddle, drip ping and proud as the ttew loundtana doc who saves a drowning ehild. Ole Bull was nothing to Ole Bull in that moment ; hia beloved and precious in strument was all in all. The only " King Joseph Guarnerius " sight have beau lost I Fisa Stout. The Memphis Appeal tells tuo loltowiug ; A gentleman who resides ou Adams street and has a fountain in the front yard stocked with small fish, had been puz zled for some time over tho disappear ance of the fish from the basin of tbo fountain. Oue night last week be and several friends sat up and watched. About 10 o'clock they saw the house oat stealthily approach tho rim of the fountain and scratch in tho ground. The cat caught a worm, which she moved around in tho water for a few minutes, then, when the little fish would rise and bite at the bait, the cat, with tho other paw, grabbed and ate them. " Puss" was the " lone flsher niau" ol tbo plaoe. Tho above Btory ia authentio, yet it reads as it it was apoc ryphal. Here is au important faot for aoiuntists who draw a distiuotion be tweendnstinot and reason. Trees begin to die at the tops Man begin to dyo there, too. Points in Palmistry. Ithasboen found by experience that tbioves, as a general thing, havo thick, short hands ; wbilo a largo, long hand is a sign of a liberal temperament, or of a shrowd mind associated with a generous heart. A long hand, wbioh has thick fingers, is generally asso ciated with a phlegmatic temperamont. The owners of such hands are gener ally smart but lazy men who love their ease. A band with separated fingers, a hand in which tbo fingers sprawl, is generally associated with shiftlessness and laziness. This is the beggar's hand. A band whose fingors, on the contrary, stick together, aro compact and close, is indicative of a fickle and suspicious disposition. A hand the fingers of which turn backwards indi cates an uojnst disposition. A band with very short and very thick fingers is generally associated witb crnelty. A hand with long and straggling fingers generally marks an impostor or adven turer. A band witb fingers which aro smooth and transparent Is often accom panied wits indiscreet cariosity on tne fiart of its owner. While the hands of ngglers, like the bands of the higher order of spes, possess spatulated fiogors that is, angers winch, like tno spat ula used by chemists, aro fist, but bulge around at tho ends. Hands, as far as their shape and ex pression is concerned, are divided by those who have studied the subject into seven more or Jess distinct classes. There is the hand witb a large palm, the band witb conical ringers, tne square band, the knotted band, the pointed hand, tbo band witb spatulated fingers, and the band which partakes of a mix ture of two or more of these character istics. It has been found that practical men of science liko Faraday, Arago and Stilimsn, possess knotted bands with spatulated fingers. While the hand of tLe great musician and pianist, Liszt, for instance, has a large palm, witb knotty and spatula-shaped fingers. Artists generally have conical bands. Byron had a pointed hand. Longfellow has hands with conical fingers. Victor Hugo's band and fingers are of the coue variety. The late George Sand bad a very small band witb conical fingers. Lamartine's bands bad long, conical fingers. The square-shaped hand is generally the hard-working, the useful band. The knotted band ia s apposed to be peculiarly the band of philoso phers. While the pouted band is pre sumed to bo more particularly the property of luxury, a delicate tempera ment, poets, dreamers, ana mac iik. Swedenborg bad a pointed band. Pceided, reskioaa writer like ToJ taire. and decided, -warlike monarch like Frederick the Great, bad big thumbs ; whereas fickle, lrre&olnte men like the unfortunate Louis XVI., ol France, and doubters of everything and everybody, even themselves, like Montacrue Vane, bad very small tnum us. The Irish rase is marked by the cone-shaped band, while the English nation displays the spatuled or sat and round-tipped fingers. The predomi nating type in the " universal and eter nal lankeo nation is tne square or working band. The Italian a and span buds ttenorallr possess hands more or less conical. The Chinese are cm' phalically a square-handed people. The -!.Jl .. .S..i?s wni.mm jk-j.t.Ai.1 RUSjUlllJ U ASUUba SMW wiii.i bands. Most artists, sculptors and painters Dcesess cone-shaped bands. These conical bands may be of three varieties. First, pliant, witb small thumbs ; thi kind characterizes the poetio dreamer. Second, a broad, short and thick band, with a large thumb ; this sort siguifiea a restless, ambitious temperament. Not the size, but tbo shape of the hand is tho accompaniment of good blood. Few women bare knotted or philo sophical bands, and still fewer have the pointed type. Women with large thumbs are held by phrenologists, physiognomists, etc, to be more than ordinary intelligent what are called "sensible women," while women witb small thumbs are regarded as " romantic" Women witb square bands and small thumbs are said to make good house wives and gentle wives, 'lhese sort 01 women will make any man happy who is fortunate enough to win them, but tbev aro what is better thoroughly domestic Women witb very large thumbs have a " temper '' of tbeir own and generally a long tongue. Rviva tw Hit. ItrnmNS. Manv people in this part of tho country havo never seen a uvo bwcu, luuugu wo .... spread over tne aorm American conti nent from the Atlantic to tho Pacific. Many are shot in winter and spring on the coasts of Virginia, Maryland and TiulsvurA lint ttiiiv rarolv visit the Oil region. On Saturday last, however, a large nook ol these birds passed over .;,. vtntnitv Pnaaihlv tliov were tempted to a Northern journey by tbo beautiful weather at tuo uvgiumug u the mouth, but being caught in the hail storm, tbey were frozen. Large numbers of them fell helpless to the ground and wero easily captured alive i.uf..oAn T.t 1'iln.ivillAnnil Enteruri&e. At Pioneer. A. Lewis shot two, one of wbioh he killed, and the other he cap tured alive. He was sitting in his Imnu nlmrt 1,1a liHIrt uirl sndilenlv cried out: "Obi pa, look at these geese." Ho looked aud saw the swans. At first the captured birds could be ju.llv unrnlianiul fnr A triHinur mm. but men are now said to be ottering fanoy prioes tor tuem 10 put iui uiuuuhjuwi ponds. Tit uxvilla Jleralti, i i Si um ! i- ! Colonel Yon Boroke. the Prussian of- fleer who attended Priuoo Frederick Queries to the marriage of his daughter to the Duke of Coouaught, fought, it is said, for more thau two years of our civil war. on the Confederate side. He got a bullet in bis left lung which tha livilnra iam unable to extract, aud went over to Loudon, where be wrote au account of bis war experience fori Jilaekvooa, Thing Worth JUowigff. 1. That flab may be seated hmi easier by dipping into boiliag vratet abont a minute. 2. That fish mar as well be sealed. if desired, before paokisaf dew ia salt; though, in that case, do not scald them. ii. Salt fish are auiokest s4 best freshened by soaking ia soar milk. 1. That milk which is tarn or changed may be sweetened asd rest- dered fit for use again, by stirring ia a little soda. o. That salt will curdle new Uk; hence, in nrooarinar ailk-BorriJa. gravies, etc, the salt should ao M added until the milk ia prepared. t. xaai iresn meat, alter aegiasi; to sour, will sweeten if placed ot et doors in tho cool over Bight. 7. Thst clear boiling water will re move tea-stains and ataay frnit-etaiM. Pour the water though the stsJa, ai thus pro vent its spreading ores? Use fabric. 8. That ripe tomatoes wilt Msaere ink and other staias from white ekHss; also, from the hand. 9. That a teaspooafal of tamsaWne boiled witb your white elethea wUl aU the whitening process. iu. That boiled stares is msoJi im proved by tho addition of a little sverai. or a little salt, or both, or a little gam arable dissolved, II. That beeswax asd salt wiH wake your flat-irons as cless aad smooth 84 ass. Tie a lump of wax ia a rac. m4 keep it for thai purpose. Wbea Mm irons are hot, rab theea first with Um wax-rag. then scoar wlta a vaaer ee cloth sprinkled with salt. 12. That bine oiulmeat aa feew sene, mixed in qoal proportMM, aad applied to bedsteads, is aa aafaltiag bed bug remedy; and taat a eM ef whitewash is ditto for the walk at a log honse. 13. That kerosene will genea Bsetd or shoes which have bees hardeaeel by water, aad reader laeat as Uals m now. 14. That kerosene will make Um Wat tea-kettles as bright as aew. MstawtU a woolen rag aad rab with it. It vM also remove sitlas from eieaa Tarnishes furniture. Dr. J. H. Haaafo'A -7 i Mm Hearth and Borne: " Vbiie H may met be judicious fo; see seed aad Mioses limited vital powers to drees or aadwwa in cold rooms, so cold aa to eaase aa' fering, it is undesirable to sleep ia a warm room, or sea a raosa as wM ba comfortable daring the day. iek warmth of tha air breathed m alwas fflvtv O X QUO ttwwlVlMlwJI StWWWBJaWsWaV its unnatural warmth, aad atsa Arem the fact that aaeh rarifiad ak dees set contain the needful cxygea a eaeh inspiration, to effect ia tha best feasi ble manner the woaderfal aaaageekt the body intended duriag this pdsd of sst, recuperatioB aad teaaworma ties." ' m Bich Fxuic Caxje. Tws fall traarss of finest flour, oae peaad ef leaf eager, three pounds of carraU, one peaad of raisins chopped, ose-quartor ettaee at mace aad cloves, a grated aatawg, yeet of a lemon cat fine, lialf a peaad ef blanched almonds, beaten with reee or orange flour water; mix there agaly, tLcnselt two pounds of batter M rather more than a piat of erases, w4 to it a piat of sherry, a glass of brandy, twelve eggs, yolks aad whits bsatsw. apart, aad half a piat of yeast; strata this into the dry iagredieats, heat a fall hour, butter your hoop, threw ia plen ty chips of citron, lemea aad eraagc candy, aa you put ia year better, haia moderately qatek. To Usa up Cold Fowl. Take Ik remaioa of a cold fewl ehofBsd iae; cover the boitcta of a f addtag-diajt with fine bread-eramhs ; pat ia the chicken, seasoned with pepper aad salt, pour over a habT-teaeapiBl of gravy, cover quite thickly with braad-eraMM, and then strew over bits ef batter; cover aad place ia he evea far tea er fifteen minutes; take est tha Kd aad break ia enough eoge to sever the tea; sprinkle pepper aad salt over aad bake until the eggs aro well eeeked. Cucumber Pioxxaa. Fill a perea lain kettle aboat half fall; fill i ap with cold water nearly to the tap. f it on the stove and let tha water heat as soon as it will, stirring with the hand all the time. Whea tha water k tea warm for the hand soar it sUastaad fill immediately with eold water aad heat it as before. Do thk aiaa Itsae. and the last time add a little lamp ef pulverized alum to the water. Pat the pickles into cold vinegar, aad they wiB come out round, plump aad erkp. To Savk Soap. The addMe ef three-quarters of an oaaee of bams te'a pound of soap, melted ia wiihaat best ing, makes a saving of OBS-half ia the coat of soap, aad throe-fourths the laker of washing, aad improves the whUcaass of the fabrics; besides, tha asaal eaas tic effect is removed, aad tha baada are left witb a peculiar soft aad ailky fcei tng, leaving nothing mere ta he de sired by the most ambitious washer woman. Ioa Cnxiu Oaxb and Baihx Fisv Take one pound of raisins, tarm ever them oae quart of boiling-water. Xsep adding so there will be a quart wheat done. Grate the xiad el eaa kataa ia to one oup of sugar, three speeakik flour, one egg; mix well togsther; tee the raisins over the atktan, ssirrssg the while. Thk makes three pkt. Dake as other pies. Bjcd Ixdbuxui Ink.-Oae aaaee ef green vitriol, oae oaaee ef elaaahar, good linseed oil eaeag h U saake M 4ea strata it; the tkkk flatd wkkk k ieft is used for writing, with a sjaUt pa e oottoa goods; Wsaekiag dees mi tmm it. Gooo VxnaaAB. Take ViiinaiB. Take a Jtoftdsw with water aad pa of sugar aad a epwi af hap mt a loag-aeeksd bjesae by rsray twsjHsi weassBa fam bbbvsT aaasa asw ssj keg. fill with water pounds vesal: put hRug-hok aad keep Ia winter kitt pkf e week befoM eeaktaf . 4 V.'3
