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How Little V. Know.
How little woMov of each other,
We pass tbrH§h the journey of life.
With its struggles, its fears aud temptations,
it* heart-breaking cares and its striful
We % only see things on the surface,.
For few people glory in sin,
* And an unruffied face Is no index
To the tumult which iagc within.
K How little we know of each other 1
v who to-day passes by *
Blessed with fortune anil honor and itlos,
\Amrloldlng his proud head on high,
M*y carry a tlrcaU nrrrl wilh Uiiu
IVbfcl) maker hla bosom a boll,
Anil liu, sooner or inter, a felon,
May write in tbo prisoner's coll.
How little wo know of oftcli other!
Tbut women of fashion, who sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned.
And toft to her sighs ami her tours,
May, ere the sun rises to-morrow,
* Have the mask rudely torn from her face,
And sink from the height of her glory
To the dark hades of shame and disgrace.
now little wo know of each other!
Of ourselves too little we know '
We are all weak when under lesiptntion.
All subject to error am! woo.
Then let blessed charily rule os,
la-t us put away envy uud spite—
Kor the skeleton grim In our closet
May some day be brought to light.
A STICK Si-.VHH CKNITKIES.
Tho f India <^i, ijßioiKlonce of the
London Tune- -c . ->:
An event of some Importance re
cently occurred in comic hi with
the Temple of Ju .■ sternaut. Through
out the whole of i >ie cm live there is
no shrine so c ~i- - irs •••, and no
spot where u > • <> would
rather die 11. '■ • 1 tuis great
fane. The tomplo, v.,.. T < ->3t half a
million sit ilin .ofi • / ;y of our
times, is. litcu ,1> Li.- •. ifh ago.
The storms of n.“ai In cenllilies,
which are o'' jn sovi. • m in the Bay
of Bengal, have -d lhtlo Im
pression ii a v.til a few
week•• a;- • nly to re
main a- • ■ ■■ ’Liny
of the Li v,vince
are no n ■ i o not
fallen tiioe ■ • ar of
time. A j-:. ■ 1 ' t- • oml power
hasbecnii.ee.' • • .■! in ion.
Tire ■ '. :of' " : K< vun
trees have u •!. i do " ms.
These ! i- too: " *ing
has for.- • fis
sures oft : •• 1 in i of
years t • " ’ loos
ened n, and
it sec and hi Of
Jue or; . , . • ■ -pi '' *Lde.
At tile : O’"’ll H3
the idols .. t i ’ ■ i "’n their
thrones for i -ilc > ursion,
several Im v, t. U in the inner
roof fell on. e "i-'n. Bad they
fallen a few mi'o ■ > eailier the idols
would have i“ m dm ’ >d to atoms,
and in all r , . lily there would
have been it ■ " it- hs . •*. The
resilient i:: ' nte id to tiie
Governor fori :t ' "I to 1 • ><“Ct
the damage. T> ■- id t. oe a
very difficult t.v.-.k, as the temple is so
dark. There are no n; it ores for the
light; ilve or six 11 ; 1 *:r> ai -'i ltei'it liurn
in the daytime; ; . , even with those
nothing is visible hut the idols. It is
but very randy that tomplos ure re
paired, and the sound of the chisel
and the hammer on the top of this
great temple wUI and > more to weaken
the faith of the nia ■ o lu Juggernaut
than anytliinv: tost has occurred in
the present, o'eiciaiiun. There will be
no lack of money for any estimate, as
the priests an-very wealthy, and the
annual income of the temple is said
to amount to CM). The question
which Is agitating all priests is what
is to be done with the idols while the
repairs are being made. The officers
of the temple arc most anxious to have
the idols restored to their thrones.
They propose that an inner ceiling of
wood shall be made to protect the
idols and the worshippers; but there
would be so much dangershould there
be another fall of stones that the
BaiftU will re ' consent. ... .
A Member of the Paijs Academy oh
Sciences, M. Champouillon aeserts
that the dead bodies of victims of al
coholism decompose much more ra
pidly than do those that in life were
not so effected. He observed this in
Paris after the city wa,s taken by the
Prussians. The bodies of drunken
Communists and of soldiers of the
government were in many places ly
ing side by side, and it was invariable
the case that the former were in a far
more advanced state of decomposition
than the latter. M. Champouillon
concludes that alcoholism produces in
tdfi aj tern a sort of morbid adynarny
or weukii'.'H.-*, n sembdug that of putrid
fevers, and which favors rapid* post
mortain decay.
—k - * ♦ HP
“John Henry,” said his wife, with
strong seventy, “I saw you coming
out of a saloon this afternoon.”
“Well, Madame,” replied the ob
durate John, “you wouldn’t have me
stay in there, would you?”
A New Yorker carried a strange
hairpin home in bis overcoat pocket,
and when his wife found it and began
to cry, he made everything plain by
telling her that he had been anlund
some machinery.
A DISGUSTED MAW.
“Bein' I’m here,” ho said to a po
liceman near the post office—“bein’
I’m here, and bein’ t may nevor ooine
h -re agin, and bein’ I want to 000 ail
I kin, I’d like to know if it would
pav a follow to go to the Knavery
Yard'”’
“ You mean the Navy Yard,” re
marked the officer.
•‘Yes; I suppose t’s the Navy Yard.
Is there muck there to see?’,
“Yes, a good deal.”
*‘I)o yon 'snose they’ll hang any one
there to- dfty?”
“The Navy Yard Is not a plane
where they hang folks,” laughed tue
officer. i
“8o! I thought It was. Woll, what’s
the performance, anyhow.”
“There Is no performance of any
sort.”
“There hain’t? Don’t uny one walk
the rope?”
“No.”
“Nor perform any back sotner
sprlngs?”
“No.”
“Well, it must boa dum queer kna
vey yard I” exclaimed die stranger.
“Perhaps they’ve gpiT a grizzly b’ar
over there?” J
“Never heard of ouo,” ropllod the
officer.
“Does a balloon go up i ”
“Ouess not.”
“Well, wliat in thunder do they do?”
demanded the irritated man. “What
docs a feller go over there for?"
“Don’t you know what a navy yard
is?” asked tho officer.
“Yes, I know what a ltnavey yard is
as well as you do. I’ve seen thousands
of ’em, and 1 expect to see thousands
more. I don’t care two conts about
seeing this one, though if they are
going to play the ‘Black,’ Crook or
have any fun, i’ll take tt look in.”
“This Navy Yard,” said the officer,
“is a place where they build and re
pair government ships, store cannons,
supplies, &e.
“It is, eii!” slowly inquired the
stranger. “Well, it must he a one
horerfiffur. I don’t suppose I oould
even get any beer over tln/ol”
“I guess not?”
“Well, I won’t go,” sah'l the stran
ger, in.a determined voice. "I ga. .s
I’ll knoiMt around and See if I can’t
run across a good dog light.”
A STRAWnKR’S SU(HIESTHf.
One day recently, during t.he balmy
weather, a stranger, who had that
irn .rnlacr arrived iff New York, was
down looking at the East River bridge
when he was approached by an
old be gar wilb a broken nose aud a
bad limp.
“For God’s sake, give mesomething
to buy bread with 1” wailed the beg
gar, as ho caught sight cf the strange’s
genial face.
In response to his appeal, a shin
plaster of the, denomination of twenty
five cents was handed over, and the
stranger turned to tbe piers again.
for success astonished
the BSfep-.r, and in live minutes he
returned aud said; —
“Stranger will you give me money
to buy medicine for my dying child?”
“Why, didn’t I two shil
lings only a few minutes ago?” asked
the slght-seer, recognizing the broken
nose and plaintive whine.
“No, it must have been some other
poor man 1” was the reply.
Two nickels were handed over, and
the beggar returned thanks and dis
appeared. The stranger was just
turning away from the piers when a
hand was laid on his arm and a voice
asked
"Mister, for God’s sake, give me a
little money to buy a crust for my
children, who haven’t had a mouth
ful for throe days!”
“Hoe, here, I gave you money only
aminuto ago!” totoimed tho stran-
Kcr
“Ah! sir.lt must have been some
other poor man, sir, and God bles3
you, sir!”
A sliinplastor was handed over af
ter some hesitation and the beggar
shed tears and went his way. The
stranger had not reached the Fulton
Market when the old man accosted
him for the fourth time, saying;—
“Lord keep you forever, and won’t
you give me ten cents to help bury
my wife, who has been dead ia the
house two days?”
“Seg here, old man, you oan’t. fool
me agfj,inl” replied the stranger.
I’ve given you mouey three time al
ready.”
“Ah! sir,you are mistaken, sir.”
“Rut it was a man with a broken
nose, a lame leg and a voice jijst like
yours.”
“It might be so. There’s forty
others just like me in New York I”
After a long look of amazement the
stranger laid his hand on the old beg
gar’s arm and said ;
“Well, I can’t contribute over six
shillings more unless I jump my hotel
bill. Suppose you broken-nozed men
haul off and let a few of the deaf and
blind and insane have a chance at
rue!”
And,the beggar did.
The silver men seem to be satisfied.
MOSLEM MAHIUAGfcS.
Brokers generally arrange these
marriages, though there are some
love matches lu which the parties be
come attached to each other without ;
the intervention of n third party.
When a man has reached the marrying \
age, he is expected to enter the matri- 1
mouiol ranks, unless prevented by i
poverty or some other impediment,
and it is con lercil improper and even
dishonorable for him to refrain from
so doing.*.lf a iharrUgeable youth
has a mother, she describes him to the i
girls of her acquaintance, anil enables I
him to decide- whom to tako to his
house and home. Frequently he en- I
gages tho services of a woman mar- |
riage broker, who has access to har- J
ems where there are marriageable wo- |
men, and Is employed by then* quite I
as often as by tito men. She receives
fees from one party, and frequently
fromboth.
In her visits-to tho harems she is ac
companied by t.lio mother or other
feminine relatives of tho young man;
she introduces them ns ordinary visi
tors, but gives a sly hiut, as t.o the ob
ject of their call. If they do not like
the appearance of tho maiden, they
plead many calls to make, and cut
short their stay; but if satisfied, they
come to business at. once, and ask how
much property, personal or otherwise,
the young lady possesses. When these
facts are ascertained they depart, with
the intimation that they muy call
again. If the young man is satisfied
with th£ report of the broker he semis
her again to tlio harefn to state his
own prospects in life, and, if she looks
favorably on his suit, the match is
made. .Everything is arranged by
deputy, and tbe Mohammedan lover
does not see the face of Lis mistress
unjM she is his wife.
PENDLETON ON PLYMOUTH KOOK.
At the Now England Society’s Din
ner in Charleston, S. 0., recently, Hon.
George II Pendleton said that he had
always admired the sturdy virtues of
tho Pilgrims, and ho thought that not
the least of those virtues fidel
ity witli which they observed their fes
tive occasions. He t old them of his first
visit to .Plymouth Rock. He had al
ways fancied that it was in a ro'ck
bound and inhospitable portion of a
bleak and barren coast. Rut when he
first behold the famous rock he was
diaiipjioiut. il; lie found it but a mod
erate sized bovlder in the middle of
the quiet liitbi town of Plymouth.
Then had ho learned, for the first time
that it was called Plymouth Rock,
only because ’ here wus no other rock
in the neighborhood. On his way to
Boston lie hail wondered ut its fame,
and had come to tho conclusion that
it was owing to the fact that all the
poets, statesmen, and historians of
New England had combined their ef
forts to make the word the embodi
ment of all that rendered tiieir people
great. And so it was that foit7-ll'*hs
of the American people mad conic to
regard Plymouth IP ek as something
beside which the y me •Mountain of
Georgia and the C disadca of the Hud
son were lucre pchbles.
A movement is on foot for the intro
duction of wheat iqlo Japan and the
substitution of iklor rice as the prin
cipal artjric of fbbd in that country.
A Letpsic journal gives favorable
notice of anew manufacture, recently
exhibited in that city, consisting of
hollow iron cylinders filled internally
with a stony nias3, for which greater
strength is claimed than that pos
sessed by unfilled columns with walls
of the same thickness—the idea being
that, lor telegraph poles, buildings,
and a variety of other purposes', the
advantage of the arrangement is
quite decided. The construction is, of
oourse, very simple in this case, the
columns being made by rolling a pile
of puddled bars, filled with a peculiar
sandy mixture, at a heat at which the
sandy mass will sufficiently fuse and
unite with the iron walls to Insure
the requisite weight, solidity, and
strength.
A V.ESTEHjf CUSTOM.
Pun Burin, of Virginia City, paid a vi-it
(.. Promontory, on the Central Pacific Rail
roAd, and was charmed with the Diauner
tnd customs, almost patriarchal in their
;mnk simplicity, of the people. He stopped
at the principal hotel oi the town. It was a
nine place, and the landlord wa a very
agreeable and friendly sort of a man. Says
Dan .
"When dinner was ready the landlord
came out into the street iu front of his hou*
with a double, barreled shot-gun.
the gun above ills head he
h.irel.
‘ I sold to him, ‘ Wliat
“Said he, ‘to ca
“I said, ‘Wha
•inks?’
i*ct
NUMBER 11.
THE TRADE IN KDIIiLE tUKDB-NESTS
China is fho only cons; Inrnble rn.-ipn and
of ciiihl* bil ls', iioets; the few.cases which
arc brought ro a cmieaily to ivcopn and
America arn lisnUy worth mention. The
greatest trade in blrds’-nnsts is dons wilh ,
Canton, the antiio impart thorn being reck
oned at 1,200 piculs, or 188.000 pound# V7o
may reckon on Afly nests to flic, pound, so
that nUost-ether tt,<oo,ooo nsatf, or, from
ttp’oo piiicMngi, the product* of 2.8^0,(J00
pairs of birds, arc annually introduced ln!o
China.
There arc, principally, two kinds of rests
distinguished in Canton 1 i.s mandarin
U'-ata, and the ordinary; tho former, or per
fectly Wi.iie hind, are sold nt £!> t l>oo to $4,-
000 per pictii, which ie double^ their weight
in silver. Each pound thus coats in China
■ s‘io to S3O, a quite exorbitant price, com-
I pared with that which the salnugan pluck
[ era themselvefi receive for their dangeroui
work, and which ia at tho moat only ton to
twelve per cent, of tWmarket value. Tho
second quality of nests are sold at $1,600
to $2,800. There is a small trade done In
j the kind of nest built by the so-called aea
weed-eating; salangan, referred to above;
! those are sold at SLOO the picul. Tue nest*
are dissolved in wajev or broth, and so
taken as soup. It is highly spiced with
minor substances. This forma an entree
which is rarely wanting* on the tables of ths
wealthy Chinese, and never from that of
the imperial court t P*hfn. The Chines*
set a high value upon it, considering it on*
of the beet stimulants; but for this opinion
there appears to be little or no gTOundL
The moat recent analysis of the nest* wo
owe to Prof. Troschel, of Bonn. He find*
that the material does not consist of sp**
cially nourishing- or stimulating substances,
j but ic quits similar m constitution to any
animal saliva. Thus the Chinese pay dear
{ ly for what really has no intrinsic value.—
| Chamber's Jcumcd. .
GUESS.
All American English is not mere slang,
or an accumulation of newly-coined word*.
There are many words current in America
which seem strange and uncouth to our
ears, bnt still are- old English words,‘pre
served in the United States, but obsolete in
the old country, and found only in writers
of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
or m our provincial dialects. “I guess’*
looks very like a genuine Americanism, yet
Chaucer and Spencer use it with only **>
very slight difference of meaning:
llr.r jrcllew heir was braided tn a tr*M
Behind her back, * yard ion g, I yuee*,
says Chaueor; and
Amylta win be loyed a* r mot* yheaae.
Is a line from the IT refry (fnefri. M Hc whose
design it is io excel in poetry/’ says Looke,
"would not, T !• link that the way it
it was to make hie &vn t eiaay in Latin
verse.” The vrord#gite*Vf gives this sen
tence quite an American souyd, yet it i/
from a standard English author.— CUmiir
bsr’jf Journal.
■r—
Lor/ESTANA‘9 Jast orange crop amounted
to 18.250,000, ftixi realized a net profit of
>BIO,OOO. *
* Dbad letters ” yield >4,000 per ann
to the Department as waste
yw.
‘ WIIT CiTTL RBQDIgK f*.\l.T. -We ftnOW
why the liiiini.i craves salt and why It ulti
inatelv falls into disesse .’fault is tors Urns
withheld. Cf ward of half the M.lin
mutter of the blood (il7 per rant.) oon'.<Uf
of common srL| svnd *.-* thia ie partly d.s
ebr.rged every dsy through the akin *nd
kidneys, the u*cossily of roniinued uttp
plihe of itto. tli* body bccomou sufficiently
obvicna. The in’lw-e-iso contains soda a *
fijiecisl and indispensable constituent, and
so do all tbe cartilages of ‘he body. There
fore, if the supply of salt lw stinted, neither
wHI the bile be aide properly to seeist the
digestion, nor the cartilages be built up
again as they natu/ ally-waste.
And when ws cofiskfer it to bes fact that
without salt man would miserably perish,
aa among horrible punishments entailing
certain death that of feeding culprits oa
sal‘.less food is said to have prevailed m
barbarous times, we may become partially
convinced, at leant, of the neeeesity of
feeding salt to our stock—that it is oue Off
the necseearies au well as one of thOHH
rice of life for man
hoi:HI be
■ervabi, lu
kepi