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THE LADIES* vL||u6 Love. /ne, and yet you may ag doubt* about it; 7 rh and simply nay T blank without It. ** both true and atrong, -•tat falter* novtr; faith *ud Ruffere wrong, V and loves forever. Me found but once on earth— cannot repel It; f ice tt comes, or why its birth, gue may never tell It. Is mine In spite of all, •* I fondly oberish; ju\v sinh, the skies may fall, * t#* will never perish. • that cannot dte, *b the soul, immortal, • 1t cleaves the starry aky fKaea through the pmftla *ie love that otJinos to etay— lores are floating; they come just turn away— (U t Oupld cheating. •Women Smokers. •or American women who have nuch in Egypt generally return •smokers, and find to tLoir dis *t they must keep their now i*ark indeed, or else be looked **y the virtuous of their sot. at to smoko friendly cigarettes _,malo friends, they will find T ranked among the rapid its are dangerous. Now the •tky what process do we oiv ,_S arrive at a conclusion so Tne Chinese lady smokes fiildliood, and one of the ele ,of her attire is a silken tobacco i. but what would ho said of ono iir society women who dared appear public similarly decollated ? Ilelptul Women. Even in Italy husbands aro becoming •ce, so that the Italian women are ning to help themselves. Work is t confined to the absolute poor; the lidillo classes are bringing np their daughters to learn a trade or profession, and to work at home and out of the house. The idea has proved lucrative, even in the speculation of marriage, ns a man naturally prefers a girl who can earn her own living to one who can only tingle a tune on the pianoforte or sing a now song I .yTosti, Denzu or Rotoli. But this is only in Upper Italy. In the southern provinces the idea <>f womon working is laughed at. Even the men tlioro work as little as possible, and they would rather try to live on a franc a (lay, without earning it, than to have 1,000 francs a day und work for them. In Upper Italy, on the contrary, even the aristocracy work, and show a good oxamplo to the loss fortunate classes. An Armenian Bride. A few years ago the editor of the Bom bay Herald music a trip through Asiutio Turkey and wrote a very readable and instructive book about what he heard and saw. In it lie described the Ar menian women as the perfection of female beauty, grace, loveliness and virtue. He declared that they com bined everything that was excellent in female person and character to ho found in all parts of the world. A rich money lender residing in Constantinople, Bekian lif name, resolved to marry one of the women who Inal been lauded ho highly in the volume he had btton read ing. lie sought the society of Armenian people, aud moou found a girl of the raeo that exactly' suited his fancy. Hho was beautiful ns imagination no ill and pict ure. Her muoo was not pretty—it was Margaretfn Amussiif--bnf ho did not enro for that, as ho resolved to change it as soon as lie could get permission. As her father lmd no ineoiao except that derived from an office that paid a small salary mid afforded no stealings, this was easy to do. Mndam was an excel lent housekeeper and showed grout love of literary work. In looking over her writings one day to find some pleasant ending to admire, he discovered a letter ready for the post. It was addressed to her very dear cousin, whom she desired to kill Mr. Jtekiiui that, they might ob tain bis property and live together in happiness. Soon after lie received a letter, purporting to be signed by five refugees, which demanded that lie carry a thousand pounds on a given day and deposit it at a certain plu< o iu a forest. Failure to comply with Ino modest re quest was death. Mr. Bekian did not go out with the money. His loving wife, however, left the house aud did not re turn. The matter was reported to the authorities, who, caring nothing for sentiment or true love, oondemued the two cousins to a long term of hard labor. Mr. Bekian does not read any more books of travel. Ho regards them as unreliable as novels. I‘rolcmltiiMil Bvailihs Professional beauties, says a London correspondent, were rapidly becoming disturbing UuliieiHjOH iu tlie best-con ducted Lonflofi"ciivios. To be the rose, or to boast the presence of tlio rose, in a brilliant company, was one tiling; tlio display of a multitude of Isuls, vying in their ambitions with the maturo and perfect blossom, was another. The spirit of a burning, and, in nearly every in stance, most unbecoming coquetry, was instilled into a number of breasts. So ciety x' as agitatod by the discussion of rival claims till it grew sick of heariug about them. There was not a youthful or middle-aged beau who did not think it incumbent upon, himself to start sowo lady, who had Icon sufliciently unfortu nate to attract his favorable opinion, iu the professional-leantv line. This, it was felt, whs going a little too far. Thera wa uo reason why individual cavaliers might not have their prefer ences, but tiicro was every reason why they should not ask society to indorse their ehoioc. If Paris lmd only been one of a multitude of connoisseurs iu feminine beauty, the apple which ho gave to Venus would not have boou so bitterly grudged l>v tlio brace of neglect ed goddesses. The system of profession al beautydom was, in fact, found to Ih> incompatible with the harmonious work ing of the social machine. Drawing rooms were split up into different camps. • The gentlemen who pleaded the claims to pre-eminence of the |>artidWlar lady they had honored with their champion ship wore growing us much liuisaucos as, aceoriling to the refrain of lion Gaul tier s ballad, the man who lost his heart a short time ago. Moreover, the ab surdity of tho whole thing was patent. The professional beauty was only one star in a galaxy, and not necessarily the brightest. Her owu vanity might be gratified at the selection, but not niolje than was tlie boredom which this' con-' dition of tilings resulted in. provoked a wholesome roaetkm. Mothers aud fath ers, husbands and lovers, began seri ously to reflect upon what would be the general consequences of tlie system if it was indefinitely developed. Tlie names of a score of professional beauties were so habitually on people’s lips, their pho tographs were so aggressively conspicu ous in shop windows, that society wearied of hearing of them. It also began to be a little apprehensive ns to the consequences. It received some highly practical admonitions in tho rev elations erf the law courts, aud it came to the conclusion that on the whole, both in the way of enjoyment and of credit, tit had more to Jose than to gain by.per ktouating the regime. Kcnewln, tooth and Hoamtjr, It was Madame Boland who said, “ Few women know the importance and value of their beauty until they have lost it. If I had done all that I now, too late, perceive I might have done with my charms, there is nothing that I could not have accomplished.” These preparations, ono and all, aro sure and simple receipts for the improvement of the skin and complexion, and not adven titious cosmetics. An Italian wash for the skin, which imparts rare brilliancy to tlie complexion, is made as follows : Pumpkin seeds, gourd seeds, cucumber seeds, melon seeds, in equal parts, pounded together ami softened with pure cream, afterward thinned to a paste with milk ; perfume with threo drops each of oil *bf lemon and oil of rose. Anoint the lace, bust, arms and neck with this upon retiring, and wash off in the morning with warm water. For a pallid skin take a lukowarm hath every morning, followed by thorough friotion with a rough towel and exorcise in the open air. Avoid all alkali and astringent soaps. For a shiny, glazed skin, use this preparation: Camphor water, one quart: glycerine (pure), one ounce ; powdered borax, one-half ouuco. Bathe the face with this mixture night and morning, lotting it dry ami remain for several moments before washing it off with rain o • filtered water. Benzoin, the fragrant gum from Su matra, ih an article of the toilet no lady will be without if sho once tests its fra grant, medicinal and preservative prop erties. It is healing and very beautify ing to tho complexion. Asa cosmetic Lola Monte/, considered it invaluable, the following being ono of her favorite preparations: Tincture of benzoin. 2 ounces; and pure alcohol, 1 pint. This, applied with a soft sponge to tho face, restores it to its fullest whiteness, and also brings out tho roseate tints. Here is tho Aspnsian remody for wrinkles: Sublimate, four grains; hy (lroclilorate ammonia, four grains ; milk of almonds (a little thick), half pint. Mix carefully in a glass vessel and ap ply frequently. Another lotion is given also: Turpentine, two scruples ; ben zoin water, one drachm, pure water, threo ounces. Bathe tho face and leave on to dry. But, if tho crow feet will not bo soared, tliey must be concealed, and the following pomade will effectu ally hide them: Take of white wux ono ounce ami soften it by gentlo heat until it mixes well witli juice of lily buds, two ounces ; honey, two draoliniH, mnl attar of roses, two drops. Apply twice a day. Wrinkles may ho delayed by tepid baths in which bran has been stirred, followed by a thorough friction until the skin glows vividly. A remedy for wrinkles 111 use bv.Span isli women, and which oortainly imparts freshness to tho skill, is to boil tlie whites of four oggs in mao-water, and add ilium, one-half ounce; Sweet ul mond oil, one-hall ounce. Reat tlie xvhole into a paste.— Sl. /,ot tor. A Parson Mnn’s Idea of a Puff. “What do you' mean by that ?” was the (thorp inquiry of a well-known busi ness man of Ornisliy County, who bounced into the editorial rooms of one of the leading Carson dailies witli a copy of tlio paper in his hand ; “ Is that your idea of a local notice V Head it I” A ghostly reporter sadly hung his shearsim the well-worn rack, tremblingly put away the oyster can which answered ns a pnsto pot, and, in a weak voice, road: • •••> 5 “Trie YSAHNWO Win *111! INFtMS*," " From tlm clvh of Fatten- Adam, whim tlie liolilou glories of Eden mndo this to him cue round of nirv, luatnwiusl freedom, down through tlie srih. man line evur yearned for a nobler, grainier life ; for an unfettered ex istence far from tlio grinding earos of daily tuil in a railroad-ridden community. This senti ment, 1.0 miivorsal, is based upon a want of poor, imperfect, human nature. Hut there is a yearning stronger than this, basoil on an ali mentary foundation, and that la tbo craving for at lead throe square lueala a day. Would you live ohoaply, yet ou fare lit for tlie leaser giMls or e’en for Olympian Zeus himself? I ruilo with Choebcuuto \ Cos., practical grocers." ■' Well,” snarled tho visitor, “ what kind of stuff is tluit for which I just paid live cents a line ? Cull that a business notice ?’’ “What could be more chaste or at tractive?" guirwnrod the reporter. “It ih classical, entertaining and gradually works up tlie unsuspoetiug readers’ in terest until Ihe iugcuious finale. Wlint moro natural titan lor its pcrusunl to bo immediately followed by a grand rush for your groceries, which,” added the del prorating journalist desperately, “aro well known to bo equaled by a few and excelled by Hone.” “Balt!” snorted tho grocer. “I don’t want nothin’ of tho kind—won't have it, Hero, I’ve written out something that’ll catcli tho eye and hit 'em hard. Put that in word for word.” And ho wont out witli a vicious slaiu. Following is the notice in question, which was published witli a paralyzing effect ou Carsou’s community: Witt Tel TllK KNIFK. A boomerang in grecori*.- ! Tremeudnua smash in prices ! ( heeseunte A Cos. are kuock mg tilings) I’iggs, J 7 dozen for 91, delivered free of el.mge to all points within u ratlins of 150milo! Rutter giveu away ! Flour I Sugar! and Broom ilnmUes! at your Own X’neol Soft Soap, live cents a quart I! ! Autl-oorio sive whisky drawn from kegs w ith glass faucets, 50 cents per gallon I A ahromo to every pur chaser! Don’t trade nowhere else! If you go across the way you'll be POISONED I! I be ware of our rivals I They osu’t he trusted. Three ladies ami a small boy fainted away iu Huggins A lilies’* grocery yesterday! Tho smell of tlie decayed goods laid ’em out cold. (’lieeeomito A Cos. take tho cake! Remember the old stand I Right’s right and hurts no man. Call early anti often. The t'hiuese must go. Terms cash or six months’ credit. No ilisuriiuiuatiou against Stale ottleers or rail road men. A man can trade with us as well ss a child. Respectfully, the public’s obedient servants, Cll RKSF.MITK A CO ! I 1 Virginia City Chronicle. Burglars anil Savings Ranks. "The fact is," said old Mrs. Phipps, wiio is .town to ’Frisco ou a visit, "the fact is, m.V dear Mrs, Skidmore. I laid the narrowest escape from being ruined the other day you ever beard of.” “Ob, how nice,” said Mrs. S., pour ing out another cup. " How was it ?" “ Why, yiq>Jua>w 1 sold our house and lot last mouth, lin'd had tlie money all r. inly to deposit in the savings bank tho next morning, which was tho very day of its failure.” “Good grneious !” “I stop} with my money under my pillow, and tlie next morning when I got ready to start for the bank the money was gone. Some burglars had token it during tlie night. An hour afterward the hank burst. Did you ever hear of such a piece of good luck ?” - "Luck ? Why, you lost your coin all tho same.” "YVJ, lmt don’t, you gee they •.ipglit the lufYplars, siidT oh ehnditlou Of my not proseouting them, they returned me fitly cents on the dollar. The bank panned ou* only twenty-two. There’s uo use talking, Hannah, between savings banks and robbers, I’ll take niv chances with the burglars every Ume.“--oki7i j Francisco l'ost. I *• A UAQUm Hi UIN BJUHt. , A Han Drives roar InrhM of Virrl Into Mis Mead Without Kflset. [From the London Lanc*t.) An instance of singular tolerance of a severe wound of the brain was recently communicated by M. Dubrisay to the Societe de Medecine de Paris. A man, aged forty-four, in an attempt at suicide, sent a small dagger through his skull into the brain. Tho weapon was ten centimeters long and one wide. Ho had held the dagger in his left hand, and given it with the right several blows with a mallet, believing that he would fall dead at the first blow. To his pro found surprise ho felt no pain, and ob served no particular phenomenon. He struck the dagger, in all, alaiut a dozen times. The man was a drunkard, but was sober at the moment of the attempt. When seen, alxjut two hours later, the handle of tho dagger was projecting from the skull at tho junction of the posterior and middle third, a little to the right of the middle line, and in a transverse po sition. Tho whole blade was imbedded except a part one centimetre in length. For half an hour unsuccessful attempts were made to get the dagger out. The patient was placed on the ground, two vigorous persons fixed his shoulders, and aided by a strong pair of carpenter’s pincers, repeated attempts were made, but without success. The patient and assistants were raised off the ground, but the dagger remamed immovable. These attempts caused no pain. More power ful mechanical instruments woro then employed. The patient, who walked well, and complained of no headache, was taken to a coppersmith's, and by strong pincers the handle of the dagger was fastened to a chain, which was passed over a cylinder turned by stoain power. The pincers, used for drawing out tubes of copper, were so made that the more they were pulled tho tighter they grasped. Tho man was then fast ened to rings fixed in the ground, and tho cylinder was gently Sot in motion. At the second turn tho dagger camo out. Tho blade measured ten centimetres in length, of which nine had entered the interior of tho skull. The patient, who had submitted with tho greatest cqol ness to the maneuvers, suffered no pain or inconvenience. Homo drops of blood escaped, and in a few spinutes afterward the man was able to walk away to a hos pital, whero 110 remained in bed for ten days, hut without fbver or paiu. He then returned to his work, and tho wound gradually healed. M. Dubrisay endea vored by a pout mortem experiment to ascertain what parts of tho Jnain had been injured. He drove the dagger into the bend of a cadaver in the same situa tion, and to the same depth, and found that, without injuring the superior long itudinal sinus, it had passed'into the cerebral stibstaneo, just behind the as cending parietal convolution, aud thus behind tho rnytor zone; the point had •not reached tho base. The difficulty of the extraction had - been due solely to tho fixation of the instrument by the edgbs of tho wound in (ho bone. Mental Vassalage. The attempt in England to impost civil disabilities jipon a mail because ol bis religions belief, as in tlie Brail!angh case, will bear its fruits. Sensible and just people will sec tbo folly and tlie wickedness of tlio stab at tins liberty oi thought. (Hailstone believes in the < Uiristian God. Bradlaugh ilot's not bo il eve iu any God. No one objects tc Gladstone for his belief, to tho extent ol (ryiug to handicap him in political ac tion. No one luis a right to do so. Any olio with a spirit nbovo a beast, willingly accords him his religious opinions. Then wby not extend the sumo generosity to Brad laugh? He is a man of liberal mind, and so far ns wo know, lie Das al ways plea i for the advancement of liis people, lie has not.been truckling to power. He lias not been a slave to tho opinion of others, lie lias often and al ways spoken lor tlio weak and plead the cause of tlio poor. But prejudice, in trenched behind publio opinion, has ostracised him and driven him out 1 of of fieo, or refused him a seat in i’prliament, because ho did not believe in the God worshiped by tho orthodox members of that body. In England it appears that tlio people aro moro generous than their representatives. No sooner is Mr. Ttrad lnugh rejected by the House of (kuu mons titan his constituents honor him by returning him to Parliament. There will never ho any real honesty in polities or in religion until men aud women can t lriuk aud speak freely. Tlie politician is still in bondage. Whore is the one who dares to bo exactly what he is? Where is tlio one who is not in subjec tion to some society—some secular or re ligious society ? Here are a few words from Colonel Ingursoll, which may be worth considering, lie says: “I would like to liberate the politicians. At pres ent tlie successful offioe-seekor is a good deni like tlio center of tho earth; lie weighs nothing himself, hut draws everything else to him. There ore so nnuiy societies, so many churches, so mgpy isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a polit ical career. Candidates aro forced to pretend that they aro Catholics with I ’rotestaut proclivities, or Christians with liberal tendencies, or temperance men who now and then take a glass of wine, or. that although uot members of any church, their wives are, aud that they subscribe liberally to all. The result of all this is that we reward hypocrisy and elect men entirely destitute of any real principle; aud this will never change un til tlio people become grand enough to allow each other to do tlieir own think ing. ” A man ought to be tlio master of tlie institutions which he lias created. He ought to stand above them. No wan ought to be either a physical slave or a mental serf. This world will not bo much of a paradise so long as tlie indi viduals iu it are willing to be the servants to fear aud prejudices. Tlie religions world and tile political world will both bo improved when thought is unchained, and when every idea can be honestly and fearlessly expressed everywhere. Fetters should tie broken from the xnind. and -mental vassalage of every kind should come to an end. —lndianapolis Jler.ild. Thkrk seems to !>c a rage just now among people who are afflicted with dvs ]vqis ato drink a glass of hot water be fore breakfast- Astonishing cures are reported ; but, ou the whole, it seems Hint tlie dyspeptics who Arc' loudest in their pniiaus o{ the hot-water cocktail are tho open who have uot yet tried it. They are about equally divided with tlio people who praise tlie juice of oranges in tho morning. Tlio man who onuses the juice of apples before breakfast ar.d all tiso time lives numerously in Nov Jersey. “A Pastor’s Resignation ” is the hearting of s paragraph iu ou exchange. We thought it might refer tp the Chris tian spirit with win . he had received a “surprise party ” of patislitouttre, who came to present inn* a gold-headed cane or ailt-edged, Bible. We were mis taken —fie liftd mcrelylost his third wife. —Philadelphia Bulletin. arXfce Boats are the universal means of con veyance and communication, and a boat thus becomes a necessary adjunct of every person’s household; to its dex trous use every child is trained ; men, women and children are equally accus tomed. Perhaps the most common form is a stout skill about twenty-five feet long, turning up very shapely and high behind, like a Venetian gondola. It is broad in the beam, and two thirds of its length is housed over, leaving- a little flat deck in front, and a still smaller one behind. Behind stands the husband and sculls ; in front stands the wife, rowing and using a boat-hook to help their way through the crowds. The front of the boat is used for business, passengers or cargo. The rear third is given up to family and domestic furniture. For, incredible as it may seem, we soon see that each boat is the home of a family, father, mother, girls, and boys ; who are born there, live there, and die there. In the day time the children and the furniture are crowded into a space not over four feet square ; at night they can spread out over greater surface. I looked into these homes with attention, and never could enough wonder or ad mire how closely all was packed, without seeming to jostle orpainfully crowd. Also that tho children lived so happily and contentedly in a space no greater than a large-sized Saratoga trunk! It is prob ably a fact that there are many ten-year old children in Bangkok River who have never walked overtwentyfeotina straight line, in short, who have never been on land. But then, when tliey come in prox imity to boats whoso little inmates they know, they would—boys and girls from five to twelve —jump out of their boat house, and dive and swim away to visit and gambol around together; now free in the water, now hanging to the boat’s side, or sitting astride of the scull oar. And a friend tells me that he has seen them in their visits take with them the baby, to whose shoulders the mother has prudently attached a hollow gourd or other light float to insure its safety. In a minor excursion up a side canal I found myself at tho city residence of tho Prime Minister—whose name I have not now time to write out in full. I ran my boat all" aiound through his pleasure grounds, and wondered whether the worthy old gentleman considered that ho was living on land or in tho river. In ono part of his aquatio elysium I saw magnificent specimens of the victoria regia, whose leaves, found like a platter, wore over two yards in diameter. Their rim was sharply turned up iu a ledge an inch high* and on the raft thus formed were settled, quite at home like, a family of frogs. They; too, seemed to fall iu with the humors of the country,—Chron icle. Chang and Eng. In anßxver to a correspondent who writes us for information on the above (subject, we have compiled the following information: Eng aud Chang were born simultaneously, on tho 15th day of April, 1811, and died at tho ago of sixty-three years. They were connected together by a patent coupler, which entered tho body of each in tho region of tho vest poekot. This connecting arrangement necessarily threw them a great deal in each other's society. When tlioy were boys their lives wero rendered more or less unhappy by their widely different tastes. Eng wns very fond of sour ap ples in liis youth, and when at night he rolled and tossod upon his couch with a large stock of coiic on hand, Chang had to lio awake and get tho benefit. Later in life Chang developed a strange long ing for a flowing bowl, while Eng was a Good Toruplar. Wlion Eng went to tlie lodge, tho worthy outside guard xvould refuse to let Chang in, because he couldn’t give the pass-word, and as Eng couldn’t go iu and leave Chang in tlie ante-room, he had to go home and wait till another meeting, Eng was a Mason and Chnng was a Knight of Pythias, nud t hoy used to give each other away sometimes, and have lots of fun. Eng was a Half-Breed and Chang wan a Stal wart and that made it bad about attend ing caucusses. Chang joined tho Epis copal Church aud believed in spriuklmg, while Eng was a Baptist, and uot only got immersed himself, but fixed it so that Cliaug had his sins washed at the same time. Once in a while Chang would get an invitation to a private party iu a set to which Eng did uot be long, and then they had to settle the question by putting Etruscan noses on each other as to whether they should go nr remain at home. Chang died first, and Eng died a few hours later as n mat ter of courtesy. Eug was not prepared to die, and regretted that he was not con sulted by Chang before this important step was taken, but lie said it would save tlio expense of two funerals, and he wanted to do wlint was right. The lives of these two men wore somewhat peculiar in many respects. There were many lit tle nameless annoyances to which each were compelled to submit, and which would not at first occur to the student. For instance, Cliaug had to get up and go for tho doctor in company with Eng whenever Eng’s children had the croup; and whenever Chang's wifo thought there was a burglar in tlie woodshed, Eng had to get up iu liis night-shirt, and go with liis brother in search of the villiau. ■They could ride the festive velooipede, and when Cliaug got Idling drunk, Eng had to go to the jug with him, and stay there till the flue was paid. Among tho many blessings which cluster about us, and are showered down upon ns through life, wo are prone to lose sight of tlie fact that with all of our sorrows and disap pointments, we are not born Siamese twins. —Laramie City Boomerang. An American Prorlehrlism. “ Will you try,” said my opposito neighbor, handing me a dish of pota toes, broken up iu milk and butter, “will you try some of these fixings?” There are few words which perform such various duties as tlie word “fix." It is tlio Caleb of the American vo cabulary. You call upon agentlemnu in country town, and liis help informs you that he is “fixing himself” just now, but will bo down directly, by which you are to understand that he is dress ing. You inquire on board a steamboat, of a foUow-jiasseqger, whether break fast wifi be ready soon, and lie tells you be should think so, for when he was below they were “fixing the tables,” in other words laying tho doth. You beg a porter to oollect your luggage, aud he entreats you not to be uneasy, he’ll “fix it presently,” and if you complain of indisposition, you are advised to have recourse to doctor so and so, who will “fix you ”in no time. One night I or dered a bottle of mulled wine at a hotel where I was staviugcaud waited a long time for it. At length it was put upon tlie table with an Apology from the landlord that he feared it wasn’t “fixed properly." A,nd I recollect once, at a stage-coach dinner, overbearing a very stern gentleman demand of a waiter who presented him witli a plate of underdone rosst lieef, “whether lie called that fixing God Almighty's riffles.”— Charles Bicker*. J . Mqrmou.lcmph „Mauvoe. , There are scarcely two account * which exactly agree in every particular ns' to thq dimensions and cost of the old (Mor mon temple at Nauvoo, Hancpck County, 111. We have carefully examined sev eral of these, aud give the results here with. An Euglish, gentleman named Henry Caswel (quoted by Davidson aud Htnve in their “History of Illinois") writes as follows In regard to the temple: “It is 120 feet by 100, and 'when com pleted will be 60 feet up to the eaves. It* expense is estimated at $300.0Q0. The baptismal font is finished. It is a capacious laver, about 20 feet square, rests on the backs of twelve oxenV woll sculptured, and as large as life. The laver and oxen- are wood, painted, hut are to be gilded. ” Carpenter’s * ‘History of Illinois” speaks as follows of the temple: “Tho pian for this immense structure followed no particular order of architecture, although it moye promi nently resembled the Egyptian. In the basement was an immense laver, in imi tation of the brazen sea of Solomon. It was supported by twelve gilded oxen, hewn from the trunks of large trees, with their faces projecting outward. The temple was never finished. After the expulsion of the Mormons from Nauvoo, commissioners were permitted to remain to dispose of this and other property. Several attempts were made to sell it for educational, manufacturing and other purposes, but they all failed, and the temple stood as waste property until the torch of the incendiary reduced it to ashes.” Another account describes the temple as 130 feet long, by 90 feet wide, and of polished limestone; and another gives the dimensions as 130 feet long, 78 feet wide, 65 feet to the cornice, and 103 feet to the top of the cupola. In the year 1848 the building was set 011 fire, and all destroyed except the walls, which on May 27, 1850, were overthrown by a tornado. Carpenter describes the place thus : “Nature has not formed along the Great River a more picturesque or eligi ble site for a large city. Tlie succession of terraces ascending from the river un til the high land is reached, furnish a gradual slope of remarkable beauty ; no blo groves of tall oaks, interspersed by winding vistas, clothe the ground to the summit of tho ridge, from whence an immense undulating prairie is visible.” The town of Nauvoo, according to the census of 1880, has a population of 1,402. When the Mormons were there, in the height of their power, the city had a population estimated at from 15,060 to 18,000. Chicago Inter-Ocedn. Egypt anil Hie Slave Trade. Slavery dies hard. There is a strug gle in Brazil between those who would hasten the operation of tlie gradual emancipation law aud the slave owners who want to throw obstacles iu its way, and even render it a dead letter. In Egypt, after earnest efforts have been made to break up the slave trade on tlie Upper Nile, wo find the Khedive’s Ministers takirig the back track, and declaring that slavery is a necessity to Egypt, and that the efforts in behalf of emancipation should be stopped. It may be that the protecting powers of Europo may conclude from this that “the basest of kingdoms” needs re modeling, and call for a Ministerial change. The export of slaves from tlie west coast iu European and American vessels has been stopped, but Arab dhows still carry off loads of victims from some of the obscure parts of tlie east coast. Not long ago a brave British naval officer lost his life in a fight with one of these semi-piratical craft. In tlio interior, as in Firmer clays, caravans of poor wretches are still gathered, yoked together, half starvod and beaten, to be carried to the seaboard with the hope of smuggling them off to Arabia. The emancipation of the slaves in the Portu guese colonies, however imperfectly carried out, the pledges of the Hultan of Zanzibar to England, and tlie past policy of Egypt, all unite to show, however, that light is brenking after years of darkness. Tlie opening of tlie continent to legitimate business, which is steadily going on, will also hasten the destruction of slavery. There is much to bo done, however, aud the Egyptian reaction will boa source of trouble, Tho sentiment of Christendom is nevertheless so strong and united that tlie Khedive and ins Cabinet will bo brought to terms and forced to keep their promises. But for the threatened uprising of the fanatical Moslems we should expeot to hear of an immediate and vigorous protest against the declaration in favor of perpetuating liumau bondage. —Cincinnati Gazette. Charlotte Cushman’s Crave. The famous tragedienne, Charlotte i Cushman, is the most distinguished i woman buried iu Mount Auburn, Her i monument is modeled after the Egptian : obelisk recently erected in Central Park, tlio shaft being twenty-five feet iu ! height. Thisrests on a suitable fouuda tion, and tlie entire structure is nearly i thirty-four feet. The only inscription is the name “Charlotte Cushman,” which, i indeed, is all that is required. Miss Cushman was a native of Boston, and ( was the oldest of five children. Her I father was bankrupt, and she weut on j tho stage for tlie purpose of affording a support for those she loved. Bhe devel ! oped an extraordinary dramatic genius, w'liich xvas fully appreciated by the pub lic, and her role included tho highest rango of Shakespearean characters. I Hence she drew immense audiences, aud as a result her professional emoluments wero of an unparalleled amount. She was always highly liberal to her rela tives, and left them nil estate estimated at a half million. Miss Cushman was , the only distinguished tragedienne that : went through life unmarried. The rea son of her celibacy is unknown, but it may be supposed that her bold, mascu line manners were too repulsive. Slio had one admirer, however, but no one , knew tho reason why he was uusucess ful. Perhaps lie shrank at last from of -1 fering his hand to. ouo of such hauteur mid autocratic disposition, or some pique may have led her to reject him in hope 'of a more distinguished match. What ’ ever be tlie reason she remained Char lotte Cushman, and gave a noble exam ple of the dignity of maiden life. She selected a lot iu Mt. Auburn some timo before her death, and showed her usual taste in the preference of locality. Is is prettily situated at the base of a gentle ‘ eminence, and has a fine view of Boston, with the Charles River in the distance. Tlie tragedienne remarked at the time of making tlie pm chase, “Here I shall he in sight of dear old Boston.” Immedi ately after her death (February 18,1876) a small headstone bearing her name was erected, which eventually gave place to the al'ove mentioned obelisk. Thkrk are tour kinds'of men who lose time—the man who is always waiting at tho street corners trying to persuade his little dog to catch up to him ; the man who spends four or five hours a day try ing to color a bogus meerschaum pipe; the man who is generally explaining to his friends how and under what circum stances he was presented with his ex pensive cane, and the man who, having pretty hair, wishes to keep the part in • exact shape and appearance. Fifty Thousand Congressmen. a much smaller territory loan that of some of our States, consist sot , between six hundred and seven hundred members. If the United States had the same biisis of territorial representation mu- House of Representatives would have not less than 50,000 members. In many respects this would be a very great advantage,. Fifty thousand Congressmen would mean the introduction of about 5,000,000 bills every session, which would be a magnificent thing for the paper manufacturers and the printers. Old Tags would probably bring $lO a pound, paper mills Tvould be started on every other block, and printers would be paid a thousand dollars for overy one thousand “erns.” The Government Printing Office at Washington would have to be extended beyond the boun daries of tlie District of Columbia, over half the State of Maryland. This would improve real estate iu that section im mensely. Then the Capitol would have to be built beyond the Potomac into Vir ginia, thereby helping scores and scores of industries and developing thousands of marble quarries which are now idle nud unproductive. But these are not the only benefits that would follow the enlargement of Congress. As five mem bers are on an average sufficient to run a first-class saloon, there xvould be room for ten thousand additional establish ments of this kind in Washington. The only interest that we can think of that the addition would not help is religion. It would be entirely unnecessary to en large the churches. But these advantages are purely local and should not be taken into considera tion in deciding the question. There are, however, controlling national reasons in favor of tlie proposition, o i which xve should not lose sight. If Congress con sisted of 50,000 members, every member xvould, of course, insist upon the right of enlightening his colleagues and con stituents on every question that might arise. Fifty thousand speeches would, of course, render the passage of more than one or two bills in a session impos sible. This would be so great a step in the line of good government that we are certain tho people would cheerfully make any sacrifice iu order to accomplish ' it. Indeed, the chances are that before mem bers had finished introducing bills tlie session would have expired and a fresh 50,000 M. C.’s would bo swooping down on the District. Another troublesome question which tho enlargement would settle is the disposition of the surplus revenue. The salaries alone of a Con gress on the scale suggested would be about $250,000,000 a year. As they are bound to have this money in some form or another, the best thing to do is to let them draw it out in a lawful way. A thousand Congressmen would be entirely too small for this great country. —New York Herald. love Among the Mummies. The glass case yonder is getting to he more and more the Mecca of my glanceß and tho Atlantis of my hopes. Why is it, this strange new uprising of emotions that ought to be long since dead ? I can neither analyze my feelings nor ignore them. I wander what she is. Certainly not Egyptian of the ancient race. The con tour of her beautiful features, the cut of her cerements, forbid the supposition. That aquiline was never reflected in tlie water of the Nile. The straight black tresses were nex'er toyed with by the Nubian breeze. From ethnological indications on which it is unnecessary to enlarge, I am confident .that she is neither Aztec nor Peruvian. Strange, lovely being, why did not the curators think it worth their while to label you distinctly ? Sometimes I fancy that beneath my ardent gaze the faintest possible blush of consciousness reddens the parchment of her cheek. Sometimes it seems that her glance turns not unkindly iu my direction. Sometimes—hateful thought! —it seems to glide over my right shoul der towards Bames VI., whose hiero glyphics aro brighter than mine, owing to liis later date. At such times democratic, even com munistic, ideas struggle in me for ex pression, and I lose ail respect for maj esty'. I could almost burst my wrap pings and throttle the old imposter on liis gaudy case! ii. He is tall, but not too tall. I believe that ho notices the peculiarly becoming style in which my hair was braided by tlie old women of the tribe. He must have come from beyond the mountains. No Chinook chief or warrior ever went to the happy hunting grounds swaddled like a papoose in that ridicu lous fashion. Be still, my maiden heart! I know lie admires me. I feel the melting of tlie snows, the song of the spring birds, the blossoming of the little buds. Why, when they rearranged tho museum, did they not place me nearer to him? My cheeks must be dreadfully red. Did you ever see anything so impertinent as liis persistent gaze ? How well a scarlet .wing feather from that phceniroptcrux ruber in tho third ease to the left would look in my back hair. He shall never, never know my pref ■: —New York Sun. Count I)e Lesseps’ Romance. Count do Lesseps became a widower at sixty-eight, with a numerous family. A few years later he was in the habit of visiting a family in Paris which com prised live sisters. One day lie observed that be had undergone great dangers and difficulties among the Arabs, because they could not conceive how a man could live without a wife. Tlie prettiest of the sisters innocently asked, “Wliy, then, do you not marry again ?” “ Because I am too old. Because, if I Were to fall in love with a young girl it would be ab surd to think that slio would fall in love with me.” “Who knows?” observed liis questioner. Lesseps told his young listeners about the rose of Jericho, which, after being dried and placed in water, again bursts out in bloom. Soon after ward he obtained one of these roses and presorted it to the young girl. In a few days she appeared with the reblossomed rose in her hand, which she gave to the count, saying: “ See what a miracle the water has effected uoon the rose ; it is tho blossoming of love in old age.” Their eyes met, and he, believing she had a meaning iu what she did, said:' “ If you really dare venture to share the remaining years of an old man, hero is my hand.” But for this marriage it is vory uncertain whether he would have undertaken his laborious task at Pan amn. Sha is always at his side, and has been his chief help aud support through out his arduous conflicts with politicians, money-lenders, engineers and laboreis. “X bulieve," observed a Western Judge, as he adjourned court to attend a convention before which liis name was to bo presented for nomination, “that office should seek the man, not the man : the office. But whep. the office is seek i iiig the man there is tio harm in a man being arotaid where the office is likely I to find him without an; trouble.” the workshop. . There have been proposed circular saws made of three layers, eaob side cast steel and the middle tough wrought iron. A new slate-frame is mad© from strips of pasteboard, liard felting, or the like, molded and cemented together, and which is designed to otiviato tt* disa greeable noise made by pupils, 14 using the ordinary wooden frame. To get a gear wheel off a shaft upon which it has been shrunk it is recom mended to pour some melted iron around the hub, by which operation the latter will expand so quickly that there no time for the shaft to get hot, and the gear will come off easily. Sutton says that he improved a high priced modern circular saw by removing about three-fourths of the teeth, leaving three times the usual space between the remainder ; this would give more than three times the usual space. Mr. Sutton considers that eight teeth is enough fox a saw five feet in diameter. The “Woodpecker” saw, worked at an early period in sawing large logs in California, was a considerable length of a common straight saw, with a hole 111 the center, and mounted on a shaft so as to rotate in the same manner as the cir cular saw. It had only two teeth, one at each end. It required plenty of power. A novelty in the utilization of wire fences consists in insulating one of the continuous xviree. and connecting its cuds xvitli tlie opposite poles of a bat tery. Animals coming in contact with this lvire will receive a shock from the electric current, lvhich will effectually deter them, it is said, from attempting to break down or ox'erride fences 0/ this description. One of tho hardest woods in existence is that of the desert iron wood tree, which grows iu the dry xvaslies along tho line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Its specific gravity is nearly the same as that of lignumvitre, and it has a black heart so hard, when well seasoned, that it xvill turn the edge of an ax, and can scarcely be cut by a well-tempered saw. In burning it gives out an intense heat, and charcoal made from it is of une qualed quality. Anew aud efficient process of manu facturing paper from straw consists in first cooking the straw, then reducing it to pulp, whereby the fiber is disinteg rated, but not destroyed, and all the gluten and albumen of the straw is re tained, and finally bleaching it in a ves sel of novel construction, xvhicli obviates the introduction therein of any solid particles of alkali. It is said this pro cess renders the paper tough and plia ble. It is asserted, also, that this paper treated with glycerine assumes the con sistency of leather. Mb. Joshua Rose, a well-known me chanical writer, explains that the tend ency of a nut to unwind aud recede from the pressure upon its radial face is pro portionate to the pitch V’ the thread aud the diameter of the bolt; and the finer the thread upon a given diameter of holt,, or the larger the diameter of bolt with a given pitch of thread, the less will be the tendency of the nut to move back. In the case of ordinary bolts and nuts, a giveu diameter of bolt is given a stand ard pitch of thread, and these pitches are not so fine as to prevent the nuts from unscrewing in many cases, unless check nuts are used. It would he other wise if the nut-thread fitted reasonably tight upon the bolt; for if the nut is screwed well home it should remain there, __. Pie. A young man, whom wo will call Dud ley Ashton, went out to the North Park to write up the mines, and otherwise to whoop up the country and make it blos som as the rose. After lie had been there some time he thought that the miners didn’t live high enough. He had been accustomed to luxury and pie, so he said he would show the boys how to make pie. Every one was glad that a professional pie-promoter had struck the camp, and there was a general good feeling all around. So Dudley took off his coat and took a chew of tobacco, and laid the founda tions for six fire-proof pies. Ho made some plaster of-Pari3 dough with amal gam filling, and proceeded to put in tho ‘ ‘ works. ” He got some canned black berries that were on Jack Creek xvliou the Indians invaded the camp years ago, and that were so hard even then that tlio Utes would not touch them. These he kiln-dried and laid in the pie, holding them in place with ten penny nails, and trimmed with overskirt of the same. After that lie was ready to put on tlie sheet-iron roof. This ho did, fastening it down witli wrought iron rivets. Then he got an engraver to put his monogram on the top, and put tho whole six pies in the retort of the assayer’s furnace. The following week the pies were taken out, still at a white heat They were gradually cooled, and after tho mid-day meal of bacon and coffee, every man put his napkin under his chin and smacked liis lips, while Dudley took a pie out to tho blacksmith shop to divide it up for dessert. Only one man ato any pio that day. Ho was the man above whose lowly tomb the blue-eyed poison weed is wav ing, and where iu the quiet midnight, the soft-voiced coyote coos a mellow re quiem. The boys in the Park feared that they would have to kill a man in order to start a cemetery, but when that pio penetrated Hie system of its victim, death entered the new metropolis, and on the plain white slab, erected over the new-made grave, they simply wrote : Turn, sinners, turn ; why will ye die From eating cold, cast-iron pie ? -Laramie City Boomerang. A Doctor on the Dicycle. “A Country Surgeon” writes to the London I.ancet about the bicycle as fol lows : “ I have been a bicycle rider for the last five years, with an ever-increasing delight the more proficient I become. This summer I have turned both my horses out to grass, and have trusted to my bicycle alone, going on an average about fifty miles a day. I find I get through my day’s work with less fatigue than on horseback, and without the monotony of driving. My work is done quicker ; my usual pace is ten miles ar hour, and I can go at the rate of fifteen when pressed. A bicyclist's steed is always ready saddled, and on arriving at our destination does not require a boy to hold him. It can be ridden with almost os much ease in wet as in dry weather, but it is not adapted for a very hilly country, though all moderate lulls can be surmounted. Since I invested in my hew fifty-two-inch, I rode ninety-five miles in one (lav -without unusual fatigue, lean confidently recommend all men who are fond of exercise without fatigue, arid all who wish to curtail their stable ex penses, to take the trouble to learn the bicycle,”