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According to Solomon, life and death
arc in the power cf the tongue; and;
Euripides truly afiirmed, every, un
bridled tongue iu the end shall find
itself unfortunate; for iu all that ever I
observed ia the course of worldly thin;;?,
I ever found that men's fortunes are
oftcnor inade by their tongues than by
their virtues, and moie men's fortune
overthrown thereby, also, than by their
vices, Sir Walter Raleigh.
If I were to choose the people with
whom I would spend wy hours of con
vernation, they should be certainly aucb
as labored no futther.tbau to make them
selves readily and clearly apprehended,
and would have patience and curiosity
to understand me. To have good sense
and the ability to express it are the most
essential and necessary qualities in com
panion. When thoughts rise iu us tit
to utter among lnmiliar frienda, there
needs but very little care in clothing
them. Steele.
Ulessings light on him that first in
vented sleep; it covers a man all over,
thoughts and all, like :t clonk; it is meat
for the hungry, drink for the thirsty,
heat lor the cold, and cold for the hot;
in short, money that buys everything,
balance and weights that makes the
shepherd equal to the monarch, and the
fool to the wise; there is only one evil
iu sleep, as I have heard, and it is thnt
it resembles death, since between a dead
and alccping miii th-ru is but Utile dif
ference. Cervantes.
The grandest operations, both in na
ture and in grace, are silent and imper
ceptible Tin shallow brook babbles
in its parage, and h heard by every
one; but the coming on of the seasons
is silent and unseen. The storm ragc3and
alarmB, but its fury is soon exhausted,
and its effects aie partial and soon rem
edied; but the Hew, though gentle and
unheard, is immense in quantity, and
the very life of largo portions of the
earth. And these are pictures of the
operations of grace in the Church and in
the soul Cecil.
Particles ot science are often very
widely scattered, and writers of exten
sive comprehension have accidental re
marks upon topics very remote from the
principal subject which are often more
valuable than former treatise?, and which
are not knowu because not promised
iu the title. He that collects these is
very laudably employed, as he facilitates
t'-ie progress of others, and by making
that easy of attainment which is alieady
written. ma give some adventurous
mind leisure for new thoughts and oi ig
nis! designs. Johnson.
The IliWt Or Rrndtn?.
The-lollowing, from Scribuei's Month
ly, contains some .ciy suggestive
thoughts:
"1 have no time to lead," is the com-
ma complaint, and crpecia'ly of women
whose occupations arc such as lt prevent
continuous book pciuiil. Thvy tcciu to
think because they cannot devote as
much attention to book-, as they are com
pelled to devote lo their advocations,
that they cannot read uu viking, lint
this is a great mistake. It isn't the books
we finish at a sitting which always do tis
the niot good. Those wc devour in odd
moments, half a dozen pages at a time,
-flen giVi iu mr.re sati-tftetion, and are
inorp thoroughly digested than these we
make a particular etlort to read. The
men who have made their mark in the
world have gauerally been the men who
have in boyhood formed the habit of
reading at every available moment,
whether for live minutes or live hours.
It is the habit of reading, rather than
the time at our command, that helps us
on the road to learning. Many of the
cultivated persons, whose names hnve
been famous as students, have given on
ly two or three hours a day to their
books: If wc make tiss of spare minutes
in the midst of our work, and lead a lit
tle, Ifbut a page or a paragraph, we shall
find our brains quickened and our toil
lihtened b8iut so much increase sal
isfaction as the lxmk gives us. Nothing
helps along the monotonous daily round
go much as fresh and striking thoughts,
to be considered while our hands are
btisv. A new idea from a volume is
like oil which reduces the friction of the
machinery of life. What we rcmembtr
from brief glimpses into books often
serves as a stimulous to action, and be
comes one of the most precious depos
its in the treasury of our recollection.
All knowledge is matte op of small parts
which would seem insignidcantiu them
selves, but which, taken together, are
valuable weapons for the miml, unsub
stantial armor for the soul. "Kcad any
thing continuously," say3 Dr. Johnson,
"ami you will !e" learned." Tho odd
minutes which we are inclined to waste,
is carefully availed of, will in the long
run make golttea hours and golden days
that we shall ever he thankful for.
TheJBmpress of Austriahad delight
fell time in Paris, because she remained
incog, and refused to Ie bored by offi
cial flunkcydom. They say she ate ices
and cakes in the restaurants just like a
common person.
B. Green of Dallas county raised 0000
bushels ol apples this year.
A Ktaeractftr or the Pihlic
Says a correspondent of thj P-ill Mull
Gazette: An aged abbe, who did the
state much service io his tiiu?, has just
died at St. Cere in bis eighty-fifth year;
not having dabbled in politics, there
was no question ol giving him a public
funeral and prosouncing orations over
I.:.. I....!. JItmI nt Mm Alif.A Piramullu
ilia IUIUU. '"" J1' -"' .-' imut v.iv ,
deserved well of his cauntry, and his I
name will live long in the Lot and other
.!.. ,u T 1H1R tl,. .1.1-, .
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twenty-eight yean old, and curate ol
the little parish of St. Jean Lespinasse.
Living in this parish, he was much
-struckby the auMering 'occasioaed both
to man and beast by want of water,
which could often only be procured at
great coat and by dint of great labor
from some distant river. Cattle taken
to drink would rush into the water and
be drowned, and -when a fire broke out
there was no way of extinguishing it.
And yet plenty of rain fell in the do
partmnt, though it all disappeared un
der tho chalky soil. Having some no
tions of geology, the abbe set to work
to find out what became of the rain, and
how water could be fonnd in those arid
plains. He studied the springs of sev
eral rivers evidently fed from under
ground streams, and also the irrigation
in well watered departments. After
roaming about f-r a ccuplc of years, and
alter nine years of study, the abbe con
sidered himself in a position to put his
theories in practice, and having ex
pounded hh principles, the general
counsel of the Lot voted him GOO francs
to make experiments. He immediately
pointed out five spots where welN should
be sunk, and the water was found in
each ca;e, "the spring ol Itocamadour
furnishing water enough for the whole
department." Portlier sums of money
wcro voted, and up to 1833 the abbe
only failed to strike water five time3 out
ot fifty-three. It would be tedious to
relate all the wells opened up by a man
who was at times regarded by the peas
ants as a sorcerer, and "who took the
precaution," as a paper said, "to hide
the diabolical signs he received from
the evil spirit." Suffice it to say that
in 1843 the abbe succeeded three hun
dred and five times out of three hun
dred and eight; and when in 1854,
owing to age and infirmity, he was forced
to give up a labor of love, for which he
had quitted the church, no fewer than
thirty -ecvcu departments were demand
ing his services. The last years of 1 is
life were spent in writing his experien
ces, and he left behind him a work en
titled "The Art of Discovering Springs."
Conntj NemeBClatitre.
In looking over au official list of the
counties in the United States, sonic in
teresting facts arc developed. There arc
in all, 1,111 conn tict. The letter most
largely represented in the naming of
these counties is S; the nc.t, M; and
the next C. Moic counties arc name
after Washington than any other Presi
dent of the United States, the numlcr
being ill). The names of the other Pres
idents icprcscutcri by counties occur as
follows: Jefferson, J3; Jackson, 21;
Madisor, lit; Monroe, 18; Lincoln, 17;
Grant acd Polk, IS each; Johnson, 11;
Harrison, 0; Adams, 8; Taylor, 7; Van
Huron, 4; Pierce, 4; Buchanan, .1, and
Fillmore and Tylpr, 2 each. In many
cases, however, iu the above list, t oun
ties were not named after the Presidents;
but the selection of a name was infln
meed by local consideratiMa There
are 20 counties named after Franklin,
17 after Marion; 2 alter Fremont; 8
after Greeley; 1 after Hendricks; 8 after
Benton sad Boone; U after Cass; Mar
shall and Putnam; 14 after Carroll; 11
after Douglas, and 19 after Montgomery.
The names of almost all of the Revolu
tionary heroes except Arnold, are repre
sented iu the list.
Hon- a Patriotic Fisaermam Misted a
British Sea Captain'.
On last Monday arrived in Piscataqua
Itiver a ship front England Intended for
Boston. It appears that the day before
her arrival she was in company with the
Raven mau-of-war, bound totlieaaaac
place, but parted with her in the night.
Meeting with a Fisherman to the east
ward of Cape Ann, the crew requested
some directions what course to ateer for
Boston; the "honest" -fisherman. poiat
ing toward Piscataqua River, tells
them then ia Uoiton. The crew shape
their course accordingly, aadraooa tacy.
shir and cargo, under the guns of a bat
tery lately built by the people of New;
Hampshire. The commander of th
battery very humanely goes on Itoard to
their assistance, and oners to pilot the
'hip up to Portsmouth. I cannot go
there, saya the Captain of the ship: I
am bound to .Boston. But you must,
replys the other. And immediately
orders the ship to begot under way, and
soon carried her safe into a wharf, where
she wts taken proper care of by the
people of Portsmouth. 8he badleeft
eleven weeks front Bristol, ia "Ragliad,
jmd ha on board-1,900 bawela i ttt
half barreh of tow for the ae of the
betiefed army in Boston. 2Trfm?
CovranL Oct 9, 1773.
!
SOMCt.
I flood and leaned apon a batuatrada;
Uoaurath tae lar tkc gray-roofed city. Ku-.ixc.
The aim had ank beneath Stint Prtcr'a dome.
While all the U1U their Ave JUrj filarcd.
Sweet tBMiell e4 the air, and the young moon
Trembled la liju!d tendenraa m high.
Bat I ttu looking northward with a fifth,
Vud Mid, "Ah, quiet tale, I greet thee oou!"
Now vhen tLcdayllitht (idea 1 atand and raze
Ufva the client fclda and the dark killa
.!., ,, ,-ji , ,! . ,111 la
jjy heart !thJooRin for ihclicaandajs.
O longlns.c'ansinsheartt o worMtooaaia:!!
WonMrllwire oae, or one dear place vereaJII
F.8in$otmUrAUallc.
OUU EUKOPKAM LETTEK.
Cllmsna r Xarwajr The Teni-natar
The Tcaapcrat or f tb ftea-Ctotad 8tt
-lUlBfaJl-Ta-aMlerMrBRa-A Cliata of
Baaka la the Dewa Sea.
I1Y K. T. BTABKCK.
The coldest tracts iu Norway, v. here
the mean annual temperature is below
zero, aie the loftiest of the mountains
and the Intel ior portion of Finmark. On
the shores of the ocean the region bor
dering on the Vnrangerfjord is the sole
locality who e mean annual tempera-
lure i. below the freezing point. The
highest mean annual temperature (7.5)
prevails along the centermost coastal
line from Lister to Sogne Fjord. (I
shall use the Degree Celsius.) The in
terior of Southern Norway and of Fin
mark have the most protracted winter
(it freezes 200 days of the year) and the
coldest climate of that season, the mean
temperature of the coldest day and night
being under lc. The nearer you ap
proach the coast in winter, the milder
becomes the climate. From Villa on
the Foldenljord to the Naze in the south,
there 'n a narrow strip of coast where the
mean annual temperature ot the coldest
day and night is above .pro. The sum
mer i3 warmest in the eastern pait of
the country- above 1G in July; next
comes Hardanger (16) and Indre-So-gen.
The temperature at this season is
lower on the coast than in the interior;
it is lowest on the Finmark coast and in
the alpine region of the mountains. The
interior of Finmark enjoys a warmer
summer in July from 12 to 13 c
than any portion of the outlying coastal
regions north of Stat. The interior ot
the country having a hot summer and
cold winter, and the coastal regions a
cold summer aad a mild winter, the an
nual extremes of temperature are most
considerable in the inland districts, em
bracing in Finmark more than 30 and
upward ot 25 c in the south of Norway,
and less marked a'.ozg the coastal line;
on the Romsdnl coast not over 10 c.
For the whole stretch of coast from
Vardo to Cape Lindesnas it is very nearly
13 ; in the province of Osterdal and
the inner localities of Finmark, the
mercury occasionally freezes 10.
Throughout the extreme coastal region,
lroin Romsdal lo .Ju3crcu. the scvcicst
cold never exceeds 10 ; as many as
u0 of heat arc soma years experienced
iu tho cast of the couulry and io Fiu
mark, but on Ihu west coast the ther
mometer never rises above 25 . The
rise of temperature iu spring proceeds
from the coast inward, from north to
south iu Finmark; and the fall, in
autumn, outwards, from the interior to
the coast, in Finmark from south to
north. The temperature of the entire
west coast of Norway is 20 higher
than the corresponding average temper
ature of localities on the same decrees
of latitude. So vast a surplus of heat is
to be found in no other quarter ot the
globe.
Tnr. TEMrF.n.vrntK ok the sea
on the Norwegian coast it almost iuvari
ably above zero on the urtaee. This is
also the case wi h the bays. The deep
water shows degrees of heat all the year
round. In summer the water is warmer
at the surlace than at some depth below
it; in the winter the reverse is the case.
The annual fluctuations of temperature
are greatest at the surface; they are but
trifling in deep water. Daring the
greater part of the year the surface of
the. aeacxhibjts a higher temperature
than the atmosphere; in ose or two of
the summer montlis only is it colder.
Hence.the waters of the ocean on the
Norwegian coast may be regarded as a
vast reservoir of heat; whence the at
mosphere supplies its losses nearly the
whole year tluough.
- TOXCUOUD STRATA
a
of Norway is of very coaaidtrable ex
tent, more particalarlj in the coastal
regie. TheTkiost orercsst"pqrtioa of
the'eouatry is the Flamark coast, Tstdo
having but one bright day to every four
days that are cloudy. In the interior
of 'the cosmtryo the other hand, the
numt'tr of bright and cloady rtays are
about eqaal. The weather Is brighter
in summer than ia the winter.
rms. xxc; taix
is greater oa the coast; ia the interior of
the coBBtry It is leas; the height ia mil
limeters is greatest oa that part of the
coast which stretches from the Sogne
bay to,8tat,-ia aerticmlar threvgboat
Soadfjori and Nordfjori, where the fall
for the entire year reaches as high aa
l,WOmllliaaert- Farther lovth it is
leas (Berfsav 1800 millimeters) aad far
ther aorth (Aalesead 1100 millimeters.)
In the ea3t of the 'couutrv the rain fall
does not average more than from 540
millimeters (Christjsnh) to 320 milli
meters. On the west coast the ram-fall
is greatest in aututam and winter; in the
cast of the country, In August, the
sumber of dava when it cither rains or
snows is greatest on the west roast (as
many as 200) and least iu the eastern
part of the cjuntry; The farther north
the locality and tlWgreatcr the latitude,
the more frequently'jt is found to snow.
From Yardoto Vester&alen, and indeed
en the Dovxc and other mountaiu ranges,
scow is more frcqjjt than rain. Snow
falls occasionally in ill'-months of the
year from the north cape to Sofoten.
TUCSDElt STORMS
are not common iu Norway. They oc
cur most frequently in summer. I have
only experienced one storm, aud that
wa in the month of July, which would
only have been au infant in comparison
with some of the Ameriran storms in
that month. But in winter time very
heavy gales of wind are frequent, and
attended with thunder and lightning,
which, owing to the low altitude of the
cloud?, are most destructive in their cf
fects. No less than fbity ch irehes on
the coast from the Nsze to Lodniugen
have been struck and destroyed by light
ning in the winter tcmpeil during the
lat fifty years.
The mild climate which Norway en
joys, and which renders this country a
habitable alode for civilized beings,
mot be at:ribfdto the high temperature
of the ocean whose waters lave her
shores. From the east outward the 1mi
tcm docs not sink precipitously into the
deep; a vast chain of banks, whose ex
tent in a westerly direction is yet un
known, bridges over the space between
the coast and tho ocean bed. Over these
mighty banks Hows from south to'north
the warm surface current of the Atlantic,
which, from the easterly direction of its
course, is steadily attracted to the shores.
The underlying banks below prevent the
water from parting with its heat below,
and so this warm ocean current can pre
serve its heat-giving power as far north
as, nay even farther than, the Russian
frontier. On the banks and in the deep
est ofthc bays, the temperature of the
water at somo depth beneath the surface
of the sea, heat is being continually gi7en
off by the water; but so immense is
tne store accumulated in tne ocean
depths, and so incessantly is it replen
ished at the tropics that never-failing
suurce of heat to the Atlantic
that the most rigorous northern winters
is unable to exhaust it. The banks not
only serve to prevent loss of heat from
below, but they are an impassable barrier
to the icy water of the Polar Sea. But
for the banks the climate of Norway
would likely be as rigorous us that of
(Jrccnland. It is to be regretted that
the kuuwlcdgc of these "national bul
warks," their depth, iositiou, antl extent,
should be meagre in the extreme.
The warm ocean cut rent that washes
the shores of Norway, raises the temper
ature of the atmosphere during a great
part of the year. By the copious Bup
ply of vapor it engenders, and ttic heat
given off it materially reduces atmos
pheric pressure, drawing to northern lat
itudes the soft winds of the soulh, that
mitigate the rigour of the climate.
These genial breezes carry the aqueous
vapor over the whole expanse of country,
where at a considerable altitude it con
denses into clouds, thus providing
against loss of heat by radiation ouriag
the long night of winter to fall at last
as rain, and give off the pent-op beat of
evaporatioa, yielded originally by the
waters of the ocean to the surrounding
atmosphere, aad hence this warm ocean
current ia conjunction with the long
sunlit days of northern summer, is the
main condition on which agriculture in
Norway depends, as it is also, by sup
porting countli ss rayrisds of creatures
in the waters of the deep, the origin of
that other source of perennial wealth
the great periodical fisheries.
A Carlws Safe Keehtry.
The drug store, postoffice, aad office
of the rtoplf raper, at Clermont, Fay
ette comity, Iowa, were burglarized a
few nights ago. One hundred and forty
dollars in currency and four registered
letters containing about $63 were taken;
also, a large number of checks and
drafts. The bitter were eebscqueatly
recovered where the robbers had throws
them, along the railroad track-. The
safe was Woken into ia a novel manner,
rhich will be of importance to safe
makers. The lock was a dialjcombiaa
tioa. The burglars drove tha, dial plate
through to the inside of the safe, when
they farmed the safe ujiob its side, aad
the bolts fell back out of place, nalock
lag the safe.
John Bright makes the sweeping as
sertion thai ia mental powers girls are
sot inferior to boys. There is room for
diacrimiaatkm henr Girls filer from
boys as ose star from another ia glory;
aad H woeld be avmktke lo say that
the coaetellatioa YInro ia either inferior
or superior, ia power to the coestellatio
Aries.
A Hark Bit of IIMory.
tV .!.. ... f . 1 . I ..... I
, . ' j
speaking of jusi now urst swept through ,
the-streets or Paris (m the reign of Louis
XVI). it drove the crazed pccplc in
herds to glut their vengeance upon thotc
WU WC KCpiUS wpHl.-S IU LUa-.l
within the great prison ot the Untile.
It was indeed a grim and dismal looking
building upon the borders of Paris, with
sluggish water around it, and It) door
was entered by a draw bridge. Towsrd
ue irowmng wans m u.u pr,-a itwc
is only a tall bronze column upoa the j
)
spot now) the populace ot the city
ruihed headlong, with whatever weapons
they could lay hands upon. Butchers
took their cleavers, stable men their
forks, cuttrs their heavy oaken stakes,
carpenters their axes; and there were
thousands with nuns and cutlasses, and
there were bravvuy vvomtn with heavy
pistols. The soldiers who guixded the
prison were so frightened by ttic sights
and sounds ot thi tcmpct of the peo
ple's fury that they could hardly make
any opposing fight at all. The governor
of the prison, seeing what tin 1 ragr he
mutt encounter, would have blown up
the huge building altogether, ami had
actually laid the match to do so, but the
soldiirs rebelled and forced him to sur
render. Then the raging mob ilowcd in,
and those who wore the uniform of the
king were smitten to death, and dungeon
gates were unlocked, ami prisoners stag
gertd out who had not seen the day for
dozens and scores ol years
A lteautiful irl was caught sight of
flying down one of the great stairways,
and she was straightway M'ized upon by
those who believed her to be a daughter
of the governor, and would have been
burned in the courtyard had not a few
generous soldiers stolen her away and
secreted her until the sack was over.
As for the governor, who was a marquis
and the king's friend, they cut oil his
heed and bore it bleeding from the top
of a pike staff all down the street; and
all down the street poured the mad, re
joicing rabble, slaying many another as
they went, and carrying the trophies
with them gory heads on pike, or gory
heads on chafing dishes carried by
women. As it was that day so it was
oa many a day thereafter, ana for many
a week and month ; and for years who
ever was a noble, or friend ot the hated
nobles--or rich, or friend of the listed
rich lived, if he lived at all in that city
of revolution, in great dread and danger.
There was not much feeling at the first
against Louis XVI., for he was a far
better king than those who had gone
before him. He was kindly at heart,
and what we might call nowadays &
gentlemanly, amiable man, with not
much force of character, and disposed to
yield to the opinions of thoe who hid
becu hi3 old advisers. The:-, by their
obstinacy, brought him xry jon ly
grief. The people foicrd him to trial,
and there was a forced condemnation.
liis head, too, fell before the fury of the
enraged people, and was held up by the
executioner upon the scaffold fjr the
thronging mob to look upon.
This poor king had left behind him in
the prison a soc, whom he had taught,
as he best could in those dreary prison
hours, arithmetic and geography. Do
yon think the boy ever Jorgr.t thoe
lessons, or evpr forgot the norrnw and
loud wailings ot Iih mother, the queen,
when the kin? w?nf out lo his blood?
death?
A little after this, those crazy ones,
who were governing France eo madly in
this time, gave ov:r this prince boy to
the care of a shoemaker and his wife, to
whom they furnished a lodgment in the
prison for this purpose; and thej did
this ia order, as they said, that the
bringing ip of the boy might be as low
as that of tho lowest of the people. Poor
boy ! poor prince !
A little later, Marie Antoinette, the
queen, was taken out of her suncon to
go to trial. They called it a trial, for
the sake of decency; but I tbiak they
knew how it would end before tu-jy
called on her to appear. If the judges
before whom she stood had sail she was
innocent and must go free, I r.m sure
that the wires of the wmesellers, and
.the fish women, and the hags of Paris
woulil nave snatched her away and car
ried her off to execution, if thej had not
slain her with their own bread knives in
the street. These mad people had such
athiist for blood! It was better, per
haps, that the judges should say the
queen must be beheaded (as they did),
than that these wild women should cut
her in pieces. She certainly died an
easier death by the guillotine. You
don't know what the gnillotine is? It
is uitaply a great knife sliding in grooves
between two upright posts, which by its
fall severs the head from the body in an
instant; aad it is the most humane way
of executing capital punishment il
there be any humanity about it. The
maahiae was called Guilteiine; after a
Dr. GaiUotia, who, in the French As
sembly la 1791, proposed a better way
of cmttiBg-of' people's heads than the
old,wmy of doing It by an ax; which he
said was a clumsy way, act! clumsy
sometimes made bad work of
it. But Dr. Guillotln wan not the in-
j ventor, as some books will tell you, nor
did he !o? hu own heul by it, as other
. Wl, tcll Tcu ,n j. hc
t;on ol fin(,oj. ;omc ajw waJ of exccn.
tiou WM refmttl J() v AntIae ljQ
tbc Sec:clatT of the CoHcKC of Surgtona,
.j j.,. J,, J, R
a mctnou as Jiau
been hinted at by Dr. Guillotln the year
before. So then they had n machine
made by one Schmidt, who wis a knife
maker. And ther tried oa a bodr or
tW0 BOl, fouml workeJ 10 Wrl,tUmt
.hcv adopted jt; 3U(, ,e caUeJ u t
&' uIj0uiM!tt(... Bllt Dr IjQQ, . , .
didn't Invent it or make it. (Wcbater's
Unabridged Dictionary, which is ao
rarely wrong, makea a mistake in saying
ho did invent It.) So the people went
buck on the 'name of Dr. Guillotln- all
because a poet of that day haJ made
some jingling rhymes, ia which the
honor had been referred to hiu. The
real truth is, that a machine like it had
been used iu Italy, at Gcuoa, two hun
dred years Ixjforo; and in Kngland, at
Halifax, and in Scotland, at Kdir.burgh,
more than a hundred years before. The
Scotch people had called it "The Maid
en." It is a dreadlnl machine, and does
very j nick work, a I know, for I have
myself seen a man' head takca on" by
it; rnd I never wi-'i to see su-h a sight
again.
And no, why do yon !uppoc I have
run over tht.-t blooJy bit of hiitorjf
Only as a sort of introduction to two of
our good frie a (h a man and n woman,
who lived in Pari; through all this time
of Mood, and who yet have wtitlen the
two nnwt charming and pleasant ntoriei
for children that are anywhere to be
found in the Preneii langiugj. You
know them both in Kngllali. Who the
writers were, and what the stories were,
I must tell you some other month. Don
ald (1. Mitchell, in St Kichola Tor Nov.
The Lapp?.
Or the 100,000 inhabitants of Upland,
only about 15,000 or 20,000 aie Lapps
(in their own language Sitfme or Sum),
who form a subdivision of the Finnic
race. They were originally inhabitants
of Finland, but were gradually pushed
by tho Finns farther north nnd west to
their present territory. According as
they arc fishermen or reindeer herdsmen
they are distinguished a uea Lappa"
and ".mountain Lapps, and cither occu
py settled habitations or lead a nomadic
life. They are extremely small in stat
ure, and their hair is black and straight,
presenting a great contrast to the tall
and blond Norwegians antl Swedes.
Their skin is yellow, the forehead broad,
the head to:scl on a short and rounded
neck, the nose well formed, the check
bones protruding, the chiu pointed, tho
cheeks hollow, and the Hp3 straight and
thin. 'Ihcy arc ugile, but qub.My ex
hausted by labor, ra'hsr by bodily weak
ucss than laziness. They drcas m furs,
with trousera and tboo of reindeer akin.
They protect the head by means of a iort
of cowl, but the l'ubaiau Lapps generally
wear fur caps with car covers. The
dwellings of the mountain Lapps are
small tccts, consisting of a skeleton of
bent sticks, covered with a coarse cloth.
In the middle is a hole which serves as a
fine Irr the fireplace underneath. The
sea Lapp have better habitation!, gen
erally consisting of wooden hnts with
several apartments. They lire exclus
ively ou ftnimal fo&ds Wad, which tby
obtain of Riisiiti tradesmen, Is ronild
ered a delicacy. Polygamy, though not
prohibited by custom, is very rare on
account of the high price which has to
be paid for women. The daughter of a
rich man costs sometimes as much as
one hundred reindeer, while a poor girl
is seldom sold xor less than twenty. The
price is considered as a repayment of
the expenses incurred in bringing up a
daughter, and also as a remuneration to
the father for losing her services. The
Lapps have been converted to Christian
ity, and belong to the Lutheran Church
in Sweden and Norway, and to the Oreek
Church in Rtiuia. Appleiont' American
Cyclopedia, revised edition, article "La p
land."
Potted Mkvts. It sometimes hap
pens from some unforsecn circumstances
that large quantities of cooked meats,
prepared for a party which did not come
off, perhaps remain on hand, which aie
measurably lost. Such should be pot
ted. Cut the mdltfrom the bone and
chop fine, and season !njzlrttb salt and
-; I
lienntT. cIovm anil Hnnamfi iTjfin I
LAu '- ,. , . ,V 54
Worcestershire sauce, or melted butter,
according to the lind of meat, or to suit
your own teste. Then nark it tight ia a
stone jar, and cover with about a quarter
of an inch ol melted butter. It will
keep for month and 2 1 ways afford a
ready an 1 excellent dish for the table
Andrew Wagner, Col ambus Archer
and Monroe Archer, are accesed of aa
attempt to murder an old mas in Madi
son county. They had some diffietdrj
with the old man (whose aaise is zot
given) some time ago, aad on the 25th
of October they went to his house, aad
engaged ia aa altercatios with him
dariafr the course of which oae of them
shot him with a revolver. Thevimme
diately led, aad at last aecowats the
sheriff was is search of them.
The Kannsur sT Mrii.
The bunting of Moscow, is 1312, h
one of tbs mnt noted coatliratloru or
record, cot only on account of iu mg
nitucc, but fir ita hitoncal Importance.
The French cntcreJ the city September
Utb, Napoleon proKaisg to raako I: hi
winter quartcra. On that very day cv.
era! lire broke out, but little attention
wat paid to them by the iavadisg artuy
until the ntvt two dyj, when they had
acquired gicat he-vdway. Oa the 17th i
high wiml arose, and the lUmci spread
rapidly in every direction, by the 1Mb
the whole "city appeared a c of Same,
and by the evening of the 20th nine
tentha of It was reduced to tuhca. The
total number of building destroyed la
tatcd at between 13,000 and 13,000.
The Hutstaua at the time, in order to
cast odium on the Krtuch, attril
uted this coD'hi-ration to the order 01
Napoleon. It ia now, however, gtnot
ally acknowledged that the ilrirt were
the work of the KtUxiaatthenuclYr, and
that they were kindled by tho order of
the governor, Itojtoptchin, acting It
yond all doubt upon the .lamMion of the
Kmperor Alexander, without which it I
hardly conceivable that the governor
would have ventured Mich a atep. The
object wm to deprive the French armr
of ahel'er from the winter. Ample pro
cautiouH had Wen" taken to Insure the
entile destruction of the city. In'lnm.
mnble material were plnced in draerted
mnnalocH 111 every quarter, and the torch
wa applied dnniltuicouly all over the
clly. In btirninrr tir 'rrnrh out of tl4
proposed winter quarters o provision
had been made for the aafety of the in
habitant, who were driven to arek -shelter
in the surrounding wood; antl It i
affirmed that more than ,,,0.000 tck and
wounded perished In the lUmea. The
direct Ios to the French is put down at
40.000; and beyond thi il In the end
involved the retreat in the dead of win
ter, and the almost complete annihilation
of the great French army. Thii act,
which the Hu'siats at the time repu
diated, is now considered by them
their highest glory, the greatest example
in history or national self-sacrifico for
the destruction of an invader. Apple
ton'$'t American CyelvptJia, revised cdl
Hon, article "Conrlagratlon.''
An Awfal llTHtc.
Yesterday afternoon, a young lady,
drcsicd ia the fashionable narrow
guagc style, had occiMon to cro Lake
avenue where there we no cruM walk.
8he had jut alighted from n car on tho
opposite side of the street from her home.
Near her paternal residence two men
were standing, engaged in conversation.
On the side of the street there was quiti- w
a large puuuic 01 water, or rather quite
a stream as it was flowing down thr
aveuuu iu guvd style. Thi ihc young
lady mit ucecaaril tro.,3. Mauscio-i
her diminutive skirts as Itat he was abb;
she thcu ca-t an eye over tho 9ituatbu.
Bhc thought aLo could atep tivcr it, but
alas for human calculations, she made
an errorinthcdiaUacCjoria tbesuppo
ed cx.cnt of her skirt, or something, for
she lifted up her dclicitc foot aad plan
ted it dircctlw in the centre of the dirty
pool. In her dismay shedroped n pir
ccl fhe held in he arms, and while try
ing to pir k it up, in unarrountahlr man-r;
nprbplrt Ut balaarc and rat plump
dnwa in the wafer and mud- Oae of the
gentelman tt on.-p ran to her aslstftnce
and helped l.ir within the gat, bnndli?
and all. The other man was unable b
restrain his xitible and barn inl
hcarty laugh, wrong a uch prrcecdiagjt
ccrtainljr waj. The young Uly's fiT
required no rouge aa she t Jrucd aroButa
thanked her bcnctaclor. cast a wL'firrfn"
look" on the other chap aui ejaculating, IU,
"You're a Liir bru!e.rrr.rMT ?, t, Wf
. .. .a - 7 ,--. , ...v Jmv
UOCSC iiOthaltr JUtawrrrt. f W
upiaia mnms- Iv:,,'
In the city of New Yorlc at the prciM' j
a a a a'SBJ
eat dav resides Cantaia ai.r.,iVtr r,ir. r
bush, formerly ol the British army, said
to Ie aged 10i year?, and enjoying gvJ
ueal I h. A gentleman of the
gaging usanaers aad natural refiaem
he receives a larre number of vhito
aad relates a hijtory of romantic in?-!
est H. reside m Third Avenue, jfrht
almost every Fabbaiii, at the OtujrjMC
the Ascension on Fifi? Awavli&L.'
1 cajiuuti treble ot his worn outvoice uiay
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i hesrd shore the wowhlp cf She c
sregauon. x
ft.t4uun. ne nsea auosi
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1ST '.-TOTg. UwX Sbst-mfeu
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hahsti, thawgFla the dailr
practJet t iyf
eatiBg opiam, to whlea 4
liered, he attribxtsj j'Jo
tain lAirl-r-iM rlafa t
uder 'iVeiUagtoii ia the"
'etintnU,
to have witnessed the sicnlae
of
famotas Treaty ol Tilsit, which
place ia 1807 (oa a rait
KIer Niemea) betweec XaeCleea
ader of Rtasaea, ami theKiag Y
aia. It is Vat fair to ad in reg
this case f leoftrity- that Mr.'
has writtea acreea its record wriiii 1
raleatiaf laaad, iu wkh a pern 4
ftfi
aavd those cwrkms abect
refenad to his wark,
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