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fit Bi yr. oiideb. . ^aetiststekmuAiu And tteies-hUls crush tognthert" "Ths work th»t n» doth c*fl Heals not the leo-bill ■ fall. Nor wind, nor weather.” Behold the driving wrnck j w *ndiir<Hl ieOT !»• ! 4> Nor ewrm, nor thum »ka Li?-- * r.'raii‘>J th- -o)i* 22L - «Bnt eh, thy drildren dear! Thy wife—ehoie nothere— T83« i “No—no—It Is too late] Hush—huehl I may not wait. Nor weep, nor Huger." .ewfliwnd* eiernfnlTntbooq tr ; The eery walla to •erer?" t .t | Scribner for May. j *ThE Plaifaftf *OT A BATTLE. SCABBED CONTEDEBATE. the South.) i The following poem we copy by ref quest from the Henderson, Texas, Time*. It was written by Maj. Jno. M. Bicfiardson, formerly of Pifriyjbut who is now living in Texas. • ' ■■■< •- - ; * Two-thirds and more of lifs’s estate. And yet my heart ecarce feela their weight. I often feel. I should hare Bald, A, if my years bad backward fled, liT . As when a little boy, I stray About the fields till night and play; Then-how at mother's knee and pray. rf *ir«j» ‘MT/’.SSSw ja ! iatBcaaBafiS'~’ * Aud promising to meet her claims, •1 rsjoo j* esoh ..Dt* woftaHnO .iitil -JS •rdlkficleep iii . .. , .j : A ptccmct stfc from all alarms; 3HT' ttfKtltiKtW’/fiTV r hut when from that sweet dream I wake, ,SS5£E^TJ0«3ffivW«<»i- cook, sew and take Of whom dost thon ThoU seem eat f< Of sinner* fonl Woe's me, to See my people look* The speech tmspoke, nor yet in book] Acta, words, evasive as a brook) Some look as they’d me objurgate, 1 their th«Rhta quite ]' They'd gladly bid us all good bye. If we’d consent in grave to lie. And then, perhaps, they’d raise great stones, Ear towering high above outbones; And mock ns with false, lying moans; mmm ,T3 7. Wall, well; a little And Whatbnt Our lives aud Tis well to praise the worthy dead; But better whilst they live give bread; Their numbers sure cannot increase, But yearly, daily, must decrease; Of sorrow grant them just surcease. Wo ask not bread so much a* work; Bor Of life's labors none we shirk; We cannot work as onoe we could; Irt ” Por some ’tip true we should provide: Than live so maimed, they’d rather died; Alas! poor souls] for des.h they’re cried. meant They can care of children, nnrse sick people, and generally play the piano. Old bachelors are They do not even know how to drive Let word be seift tdfaljfsronnd, And bid them cdme’td view'the groi_ Yet let them no Tain praises sound, But write what on each heart is found. any thing done that requires and kindness of heart a single lady sure to be the one .to do it. Old bachelors are ill-natured. They ies and hat^ youDg mothers, and are always so bust ly employed in seeing that other peoph haT< not a moment to give to any one else. Old maids are nice looking, and tism in their knees, bald heads, and mouths that tarn down at the corners! tie tin-kettles, besides making all their cwn wadrobes. Old bachelors need ari aS# cool m 3Blatixesjaadv. hcLtel ,iand1nrils ,. ta.7iltppp C | JhliiF comfprfcdd^; Mhen old maidfe • ■fli^fll tbeptifs^Mlheads in pocket- handkerchiefs, take homoeopathic pet al! Or, hue and tried T T'f'C' if ’ -W&-*U four go.tojred and send for four Or, glad you’re gone, Ylfoh Jown Story Vtidelorever flow— Tbs tab tho'woridmayseoonaitnow A people's heart-thanks here below. Is poor regard, however well meant. * A distinguished Confederate-gen- iSktf rfew 8Mii#h Ui§& 'Vdjfttlitf officer, sdift nnnp/afujHyl $ Idstf .fears'- 4g0/' ii substance- as follows 1 : “I fear'the’time wilfepnnrxijnm, ’sonth, the *****»d*fll«Mveti«pl.makeiw .j n«n eye. One leg are gone. Piece-meal I diet My fsthertgOh, my mother) Where ’■■M w hwWi tt* W.IVldl .£ . WwouJST webe Aboyagainl”'/ vw JMMwraM^WayAMIndiibmiip Kspeat thabprayerdnd.ctT'amknl CM whr^Srioi^^h^ngbsll. But no, 1*11 not repine or. tret, . o t I do not foar topwdfcsth’i debt. <7**htyiH«ar, nor padt regret. ‘ “ ,#*».{. ;ear -nr.., ■ ■ -■»»: an<w-H ; * " * ririjfn, j 7* lirum i sftowflA r*r b* M ^ j^it throagh it pm like you mad? Ming David,after God snwnjwart, A true man was in every cert: /term.Confederate will be a reproach, 4VjidOJiimed Confederate an eye-sore pie. ” be hoped for tlK credit of hn- tb§tfiid^redij|io# ,j*illfi2&»t F r W# e - a poor tollow in the Son" IV X\ e*i .0 Ah, met I’ve lived to see vows frayedl- srsss s, ■' -HOvOM word In now M gnoAi ift speech unspoke,’,’ ijriooks andi acts,, <rf neglect, dislike, reptoach. It is, > per^ aSft aw In a recent election a maimed Con-, federate, needy, honest, of well known AnA r iftOoackable infegtfja sd'^hiAvainorLcogihty office support himself and family. In the ij-nxoe o7iJnlaigat s’iioauffl J. .(I a iittraiflediaTbaU at Gedfgetowqfi Nktotelata anin&ted des&iptifen of ift ‘e^Ttt t 4llhaP s l3rf 1 t^id5ity£ i-^i^ites, the seated® igjp cPhilndelpTn^'^tn ~ ^ let*®:' IJeUkf wadecfloraeiJWBsrk^iil^nt Ihectvniffif^resktesc tdl&e l beaaxji j ! /Ihe it mfilW son,a a paper le Vf orld’s ,Work’' a^aewtpftffiOg,. J? anfi-in ffiir eliaracbeift i^^i;is: aa ew- den efe Vhat -y^bncttemxnd} i; when: yob aftt&itifin.'beiag paid tp ' the your sabiects, you can have’ no] frdrii ; fli€ maligniin rlicUiaSai-e li^fe]^;aifd^ : ^biff^de- ■ H'astU lo, iia.Iietnto tanehff li^Je agowy^n^yaur Georgetown , ball,- and ■ happy,;: thrice li&ppjy, "for tlK'fair tihe ivefe^ft^embled i^'ih'e hee^on, f ’h !7 nldil ■&&£«}&. nine ladies and only seventy-eight. r gen tlemen , there might in the course of the ev ami octors: have jx piece full of bhick-Botffei^ all the km!a| bio giariiedjneu who belong to thee day,” and her determination give herself a moment’s -E.orJd_with the idea that they are dying., : When-ah Old mai.c^tr^yielS,slje'taktes a sandwich, a piece of pohnd-eake, a bot- tlp of-let&onade in a hind-basket, and Innches-cPin fur mb) n 1 - iir-tfae never to- on ere:’ inclina tion to each other now that they always have done, and which they will contin |di n time to eat it h- ■eamage. en an old bachelor travr’ - ’ - inner in courses at the raves because he has not time before the fifteen “mmnteg fo: - its’’---— --V- -cures their headaches. Old-.-feacheilors drink strong liquor which gives them headaches,. . . gone. If, after a whilo, some autnmm e is aaven, them, tlies take vifc as ,a ^bl angracle, and h^ not laugh at them for “marrying so late feat' and oBagapiaa tpggjmsg^S: M iiwv Iraj. lo IlH into matrimony, writer and hosts of otherk* - IiaVe 1 'fil^ Tb4y 4\Ui fondly cherish the belief that chilling, heart diGC&^ng! ^ Ohl would that the people all over' the land would awake to a sense of ac tive, heartv. srmpaihx for honorable Aprils, 19 exliibi by their chon that the “other fellows” will langjl Rural New Yorker. gBmJB tb . apathy which one of t^e company en tertains for the -‘youth of the present isTfisdiihOTi- ed; ; ^ ffi^ric ; 6tfrr^i < t^p^BS : thrdiigh the'strip bf mfetal arid'tlftn'throtigb' ttie %^i^finagr fo gartfiHhe’^m0iint-‘bf tKfe : fHefifeiiffiva(fffia i hM{’Ift i - destr&yed altbl'efheri aid the' strip slides freely on ttt^byliader; ThisJWas the basis of the former -invention.! The! release, from friction by a change ! in electric condition in the first, instrument failed simply from ignorance,of; some slight order 'matters of detail, tljat in . the electro- . motograph ar.e corrected and?, made may find, perhaps, that the passions of your s&iri^ki^-folsea than allayed] Do not, therefore, boast too soon or too strongly -of yonr insensibility to or re- sistsuSe o£itsL] powers, jin. the.compo sition of the hnman frame there good deal of imflammable matter, how- e^rm^tij mjy lietom timejand; like an intimate acquaintance of yonrs (a sister just married), when the torch is put to it that, which is within yon- must burst into ablaze; for which rear son, and especially, too, as I have en>. Love is said to be an involuntarily passion^.and-ifcia-^.therefore, contended that it can not be resisted' This is true oplgi for., like all things.. else r 'wtieh^&^di-illreS c snppfiid - pteftif nl-i ly with aliment, it is rapid in its pro- gressrbutil&t .these be withdrawn and it jnay stifled .in-its birth or mpek stin ted in its gi-owth. Fox.exampJ ^-I nian (the same may be said iiida '111 nut,’ ■; beantifriL,aiid?(iW0dih'- ; wbraBi As tBeb^W diskismiichlarger juen„lfae'world expects them to exhibit r a £ m -i. *, ; " " they of jealousy. plished, will, while,her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn the heads and [sfiggmjgajjfc frr trtgih s&ef moves. On fire. Let her marry, and what is t! by Mr. Edison, tibn of the iii- ication l is an nounced for the Jane number: -opf fte f eteC*rataicitograp& ?> cyHhdej; made of propaxed chalk and .saturated y, Mr. Herbert H. sLsattu xn iftife - papers ' on zil, announced 5ome“ frme v ago by s miigazme. He thiis describes a characteristic scene in the Para market: ' Observe these baskets of black ber* Ties, like grapes in color and size; they arc the fruit' of the Jssai palm, the skn-- der, gracetol Rulerpe tliat we saw on the r river-l)ants. One sometimes hears an •'•■ilsA—JL- u > : * lr H ■ alliterative proverb: - ,uou9u£Kjgtr . ■ - ... •■Quem vein iiara-Para pjroti; '-'-HtSWMbeii Aseai fleou;” which we may translate,as Mrs. Agas si ifea^nfoej buirn %».. Ij.iiii- o f; * >T' J i t: -then-, for;nB s tq;learn /how this famous rinho (7 r.fsni is mad?. Ibiadark.Uttlp.shed. at the back of >thdcount*itwo, mulatto women .any imig <*ff,«is.pnlp cirtfeft-beiglfftja greats t ~ ibowJSfcoiwater,jcroshing.them; vigorous- ^ “8® f °f In t fir “ ^ ly with their bare hands and purpling ^. os ?^ a for t lG ^' P - rE ^, their arms with the chocolate-like juice. s ^ r Tciyearp orphan After the first batch has been Tabbed^ “ th^ places. If eeK opened the door* the baby upon bis am, and tfcfV ««M four other cliildren at hia heeK “Is the lady of the bowse In?” aakc4 !heprr3dle3 r 1 “Certainfy she isn't,”’ replied Bird, “She is out. She is pereMlaUy ab4 eternally out?’ “Where can I sen herf* “Wbv go. down to the woman rtf* frage dab-room? and If she isn’t tbeWr, go to the society for the IVeventioH of Cruelty to Anhnalsj and « she Isn't them* visit the ball erf the assodatlon for Alle* Tinting the IMiseries of the Benegambfr ansjarid’if she hni finished ftp fhefip* look for her at ftp gt the scfriety, or attheNinth ward* electric ..aQtion caused the sounding hoard ot a guitar to vibrate, and thus set up' sonorous ' yibmtipns. In. the. electro-motograph the mica disk fakes thj^ glac^ af the guitar, and,.by the iin- 'proye^ construction of the apparatus, intricate and complex vibrations such as are'produced in-speaking ore reproduc ed in thdir original or even greater vol ume. . When the apparatus is at rest the riiaphragm is motionlessi and elec tric currents shot, through tlie appara tus produce mb effect. In' the some maimer 4he mereHurniflg of tnecyhn- der without electric action produces no effect; except to:-pull the:diaphragm slightly out of shape. If while the cylinder is being fairnedvan electric im pulse, .antrathe poll on the diaphragm caneed liy the friction of the strip on the cylinder is more or less released, and the ..diaphragm is . free to : vibrate or spring .. back, jnto r its original Condition.. If now, the electric impuls- ■ es follow .one:anotper in’ regular order -in correspondence with the sonorous vi brations imparted to the transmitting telephone, fhe alternate slipping and catching of the metal strip tin the cylin der will follow in the eame order, and Hons, and tbtis produce flff'-i tiM fob dfrk 'bf ;: the ' tiwifemfrtaig: in strumenV-thd amplitude of its -swing may be much greater, and' cdnseqnent- iT ly, it wdh*Bpesltrtfafi words witlx greater ■power. TherelEQtiroMfttogrfth prac tically an apparatus for transfo: rfeCfricibctiwi rge^gd f^pnra. ahiBtqm^ihapieahwgsk^ The-amoupt cbance.t ! ' ' ' r c VMr-diAbmd -HiahniriA-froni, iir><l.saOU«<iiils*n(l. As if all t ‘ cT Inci? jvfcsd - -vonW veil the peophCs hsiiis, ' desire to effect* a junction,-no matter nri n irnril flip I ffi^qE^ggrjPaikft qaatw. MWIttMii’ ^Atfe^Byr-frhich it may^hfeaaw hearts grows warar, S' If it did it wonld mind being left, so much, if the train went away like. If it seemed to look back at you ^u^and howling on. the jf»latform, if it iseemed id be fearing the fibres of its heart to go away from yon, yon might endure it But to have it get up and rest of the people on the platform.— Bob Burdelle in Hawkeye. % i ifiPm- 18. M. Camile, published a number of artiolas.to .prove ' |^thpmoon frpo^stitufoofinhabv ts, has been led to the idea of conv stEuotiag a refracting telescope which will be powerful enougli to sec them. He is now busy”organizing a edinimttee to jjpilect the necessary fouds] jtoly xteolvcd tnjCBtewnMiwko’thoicntire hi|Kl«Mi8 lflfre the aft- life? ^qnkgrd^-j ||Jii8j[osr|tn^ jmffirae^ |i t , ize the neighbors with his work was done. Thenavailinghim- doomi r en|er tneig^gnse unchal lenged, he shot down every one of the im ^^ipk spesps^m. Oneofhisu'dH tims, however,* 1 liad time to utter j a whofBnrsSng in7 seTzed^ie~murder r ' red-handed. So far from; making apy effort to escape, lie -bdldly avdwefi' tire deed, ahd'met UDflinchibgly thsp meet which lie had earned. His face dust, as it always does, to tarn ifedgefe <tae .upper part right squarely^in yonr fece-&folj€?-9fi’- .bmpg’^trikiulgytaftsind feminine, w] ~Ti) .fhe month and elite were like iron. -It pyevsdtaess emphatically ot£ , .‘-‘the eye.of a cherub and jaw of 'A.V. -. Tlie death of mHew York man from pyesmia, or blood poisoning, jgpedfcHjgie ^ml^ngaliyrici^ ft deBp ,J>Xp phonons matter received om" the°ohlside of silver coin or nick* le which he had tested by biting, is an. ith§r ifiostraiioh ol .thfe ease with which -ppfopnons virus is transmitted. One of- fool. actions, given for no other purpose n to draw, men on to make overtures they may be rejected. . . . glass. j- -T- J * *“ ♦ «r " - OUT out,, the liquid is; decanted from the hard- -nuts to another lot of berries: these latter being treated in like man ner, the resulting thick soup is strained through a wicker-work seive and dealt out to the eager customers^ Yes; the Americanos will hove assal com assucar- so the little shirtless son scampers off after sugar; ordinary cus* tomera at the.stand are of, the lower classes, who drink- their two cents' worth of assai with only a little mandioca meal by iway of seasoning. In the for* est where sugar was scarce and the frnitiplenty,.I learned to like it quite as well so myself y its brisk, nntty flavor is rather spoiled by the sweetening. How ever, onr new-comers may prefer the civilized side; so the sugar :is added, and' we take ii taste of the rich liqnid. Even the squeamish ones empty their bowls, andibegiriitO'Snggest to them selves the possibility of emptying an other half pint. Talk nt> more of -sher bet and gingerrbeer and Soda-iWater;— Herealter-we abjnre them all if we may but have onr pnrple assai. And ob serve,—as Mr. Weller has it,—that “it’s weiy fillin’; ” One can make a respect able lunch of and it nothing else. A Camel Experiment In Arisona , A herd of camels was driven to Yuma, m.JJjat Territory, from Nevada, nearly two years aga Finding no profitable work for them,! he Arizona Sentinel foils, ub “their owners tnrned tfigm loose along .the Gila to the eastward of Yuma. Thera they hail been living and breed ing, looking fat and sleek all the rime. For a- while they were in danger of ex termination. When ever they put in appearance along the wagon road they frightened mules .and horses beyond control of the drivers.. They soon earngd- tho ever lasting ha tred of team- ers, some of whom acquired tlie habit of shooting them on sight] Since, ho we ver, the railroad bos been delivering friegbt at Adondo, the, road, along the Gila. .. and ; soda.. -Its moantains ; are also- ow ® of metals. To these camels we look for sible aad-^Wiitebl^’^ 10 " * a. .f'** * ^ * ' n “ of the young de» P er S ^^^b44b^ c ^:4|W^«>.#J?feS^^^^^H^^ fronuGr^on, c5pmsttee6f ninefiar- »—*-• ‘ =—*—“-"-“--'^man-of sense? ~For,.bejairebg seari* fchroPgh-sbme slight tmodem-impmve- m~-.’joeahtv 1 was disfoiit from We 1 ®e» ; whefee;i!Origin rii£q-ket, andf ihmhesr sirircely to be had. , What has been nis walk in r* *. ^ese^th&efdreTimtfie^ldnorHi- ■■■I t<j . itoid habitations under/) [ &dshhhb^hor«ifohalHe6bjecrioH: and Bleeping apartments, ^ be success- W&MbBb pHhe^heSosiat is placed so nnfrke the-aniaent dwellers m the rocks TfSlVhifoweted%ere will remain bht as .tdrefl^tfoe-snn’s image to a dis, of Judea. A diimhey wa^ formed by ! fliiw-mofeio ifoasked. That- howev-' ifa “ t b**^ 0 *}'«“* when theinstrament : riinni^,a stove pipe up through the £3 Bas onebbeen set the dock-Tvork ar- tell to.tlie ^rfaee. The dwellings are jeht ground ib condlnde t&t tes ^ec- tangemebt suffices to maintain: the mir- perfectly dry and warm in the coldest are eugaged.by tee? Wlthorit terteits proper-‘position. In this way^^ anj most fxeeiriag norther. Tis little th^ fceartfof sensibility wffl strug- the distant station iz. question, always city of caves lias been named Oregon gle ajjaiiist a passion that is not recipro- sees the dazzling ray "reflected from the City, and will be the capital of Bavlar tUOTt the most k; di^pprarance of foo- bright sppt of .Some of the South African mi««5ona- fiash confctitute the signals. . The . oirii- ires are frying, it. 13 said, to identify the ‘ent. nnry Morse alphabet..supplies an tefoni- Zulus with, the lost tribes of IsraeL-r- , gent code, and bq one out of the line of The Zulus have strongly marked Jew/ conduct isA^oio" "moVi' ™ »i,o ish features, and their language is full of Hebrew idioms. For years this dis covery of those lost tribes has been fob ilteebSfag^prudeiy and ** be no-great depart- m essage. As a substitute for the dot a p. >nd dash, which go to make up the or- eovery oi tuose lost tnbes nas been go- j^jg^berTrise than that a tborong-. dinary written: Morse cede; the light is ing on. _.The^ Gypsies, were the first 1, —neiie dies in celibacy as a shcjvn for short and longinterrals. The test tribes, then came the Irish, then appearance or non-appearance-of the the Yankees, then the Afghans, s ’ or ,; ght can be noticed at ten or twenty last of all, eur Indians. Indeed, the without the aid of ev- « ■ GEKEBADrieports sent to the commis- Whenever any semi-savage people, from good! gi on er 0 { agriculture Indicates that the some cause or other attracts public at- )y oommop. « , 0 ho», r -j.-™ T ,. in are alarming-j tonatelVj G. Washington. ; other fruit is not so seriously in- nized as the lost tnbes of Israel.- N. O. Jf W —v™-.-— ,n Pltiladdph iaTime?, j jured as ivas first supposed. I ;ood chance to show what they can do, foftiW ii ®®. i w “fo r - less desert Sonora, spnlh • and 'southeast inn tlhdf: nrrt, consequence? "Tlie madness ceases, and of 8 ffife r lrt3^'-b¥Fb§&i4fsfe%h ; Se*iS an e of hope. ./Etei£e.'it: ifetlows that 1 oie, eteotrieo^tiOPjB^jjipsyiiigr.te^fip; .uath iriimayaindiriiereforeronghfc;!© be-nnder the amount of me’chamail.work per- W jpjp .to. cannot avoid first impresste^fes^^ il W^Mj^JWe?®:: men^^pqriti.ql ' ’ of -the .electric action, the , a. ^»fo tdShoifrlrbni^ab-^ite m bii '- Vfeiy . ..^-t/^hmW tfeciWfel Dl ti«i&n ! atil : ,; ]S t£#i£BUeinPnde#fii»^: ~ and yonr hearts grows wann^Ji^tKirifF t iMe 3ii ^te^l°ifoff , a' J '%thiif)eii iSy ; , »oi3Bot .■tf' or at for oratwof ■ CBJRf IriCY >oiti . . .. ed woman and underclothingfor foe heathen- fhffd yori ever saw te the whole, course of yonr hfeJ* 1 ] ? “I wanted to sell her a cold-hancfTeJ flat-iron-, just ont. Do yon think A* trill bay one7" “Siietrillifyoa caa preve that Ik# naked eanibalj in Senegumbia are yearn ing for eold-baUdled flatirons. 8b# would fcny diamond brenst-ptes for thee* niggers, if they wanted them, I be lieve.” 'T intended, also, to offer her a He# kind of immovable hair-pin, which.——** “All right Yon jnst go down to fo# Home for the One-Legged, andpemoad# those cripples to cry for immovable hair pins. and she’ll order ’em by the tom. “Has she apylchildren?” “Well; I’m the one that appaara t# ‘ ‘Because I have a gum-top for a feed ing-bottle that is the nicest thing yea ever sawJ’ . . aA.^ew^said yam what to do. j You get fooee jpanpen , to- swear they can’t eat the soup they at the soup-honse with spoons; most, baye it from bottles with a r mnzzlo. and Mrs. Bird will keep jam so busy supplying foe demand foal you won’t have a chance to sleep. Yon Just fay it. Bny np pah'peml Bribe 'em. ’ ‘•How’ll IknoWheriif I see her?” “Why, she’e a very large 1 woman with a bent nose, and she talks all fo# tflfcm You’ll hear her talking as yon get with in a mile of her. She’ll ask yon to sub scribe to the Senegambian fund and to to the Asthmatic asylum, before yoa can get yonr breath. - Probably aba’ll read yon four or five letters from re formed cannibals .- Bnt don’t yon mind ’em. My opinion is she wrote ’em her self. It don’t make any difference, bnt yon might mention that sinoe she left home the- baby bas bad lost fits. Johnny has fallen ont of foe. pear fa*# and cracked his skull, Mary and Jim have something like, foe croup, and Tommy has been bitten by Jones dog. It don't excite ber. She wont sou* * cent; bnt I’d like her have foe latest news. Tell her if she can manage to- drop te here for a minute between now and the Fourth of July, she. might may-be wash the baby and give the ofoer . children a chance to remember bow §h# looks. Bnt she needn’t come if it will interfere with the 1 ipe™. nr iey ge* ■; they irubber defter to is 1 saiys ' “ if Ari? AV/Wi , - there settled, about a. year ago a colony mention it I .. , “All right; then I'll go m and pift some fresh stickte&f)laskir.on Johnny*# skull. • a ril—4V5(jt<iT x--) eati»oT And with baby ringing. * voeifevotre fsolo, and the other children dtegteg to his leg, Mr. Bird retreated and shot Ife doer, The peddler had determined to propose to# girl that night. He changed mid resolved to remain a bach.* Cincinnati Times,. f What comets may really in struefnr# and character be, remains almost aa difficult confidently to state as it was. two centaries ago. That they are not nasses every one is agreed. It seems probable that even the nucleus, white brightest and apparently most condensed, is, if a single body* a quan* tity of glowing gas, not a solid or evta a liquid substance.. It is remakable that not only the tail, bnt even the nucleus, tself, is as a role so thin tha t a bright star can be seen through it scarcely dimmed. What the tail may be is even more perplextecr than the qnestiori of what the bend and nnclen s of the comet may consist, extended over the heavens, ed from the zenith to the from, their a or very nearly and, from the sun; the come; test tribes of Israel can hardly be call- immediate n ed “lost,” a$ they have been found of- tener than any other race on the earth. I Democrat ..Vi end of the tail might be immediate vicinity of oi A TAUMEU OUt Wcflt ... kicking cow three weeks talks of wit! _