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r THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, MAY'C, 1685. Sstsrci at tho P::t:2:c, Cclsati:. l'ct.. a: rc::si eh:: rittc.-. PERSIAN MARRIAGES. The Method of Contracting Matrimonial Alliances In tlie I.nml of the .Shall. Love at first sight is unusual in a country where the women are habit ually veiled, and a glimpse even of a lady's face is seldom to be got save by stratagem or by what is considered im modest the raising of the corner of her vail by the lady herself. Shrouded as she is from head to foot in an im mense sheet of blue, two yards square, a yet further precaution must betaken. Over all this is placed the ruh-band or veil no transparent or ilimsy device, as in our own lace "fall," or the thin and gauzy yashmak of the Turkish belle, serviceable alike to triumphant and to fading beauty. Tho ruh-band ii a piece of white calico or cambric, & J'ard long, which hangs down like a ong mask in front of the Persian woman's face, whcnclad in her hideous and purposely unbecoming out-door costumo; which costume, sad to say, is also an impenetrable disguise. In it all women are alike. An aperture four inches long, running transversely across tho eyes, enables the Persian lady to seo the way, and little more. For even this aperture is covered by an elaborate and curious embroidery, between the threads of wlfich she can only peep. But the Pers'an belle will yet lind a way of rewarding an admirer with a glance: and thus the marriage so care lully brought about by parents and relatives are not infrequently the result of predilections slyly manifested. The out-door dress, being a disguise, cuts both ways, and the intrigante amuses herself with impunity. Certain marriages take place becauso in the eyes of the Orientals they arc natural ones, such as the union of first cousins. The children have been like brother and sister from the cradle, and they are married a. a matter of course; it is their fate, and they .submit to it. Hut outside these marriages of custom, and far more numerous than the mar riages of predilection to which we have referred, are the marriages usually ar ranged by "brokers." These brokers aro old women who always ken) them selveS in a position to quote the state of tho market, which fluctuates. In ,hard times even girls of good appear ance are comparatively a drug. In .time of plentv they "rule firm. Tho imarriage broker is evcra welcome guest whero there are daughters to marry, and also in houses where the sons wish to find a suitable bride. The voting people are not consulted by the broker. She deals with tho parents, and generally with the mothers. Craft as a horse-dealer, she runs glibly over the various advantages, mental, phys ical and pecuniary, ot her clientele of both sexes. So-and-so is a steady, quiet .man. Such an one has brilliant pros pects has (important considerat on) no other wife. A for Yusuf, how good-looking he is! And Hassan, no man was ever .so goo 1-tempered. Of the other .sex she sings the praise.i no less. The skill of Hebe as a house keeper: the wealth of the ugly daugh ter of die banker; the dangerous charms of the portionless Zul-'.kha, she can never say too much about. Her main business is to bargain for the sum to be paid to the father for his daughter's hand; a sum which is usually expended by that father in pots and paus (all of copper) and other utensils wh ch he presents to his ch Id as her separate property. The d. ta Is being settled after much haggling, the young people are engaged, and the marriage-broker gets her permi sion. both from the parents of the bridegroom and those of the bride-elect. Among the poor and the laboring cIa-e- the hargaui is arranged on other grounds. The peas ant takes a wife for her thew.-. and sinews, or her k 11 at weaving carpets or making cheese: while the bride groom is or is not elig.ble according a lie may be capable of hard work, or may hold some small office, or have a bit of land or a shop. ,Uere the marriage-broker" is generally an amateur who conducts the i.egotiations purely rfrom that love of mr.'ch-niaking which is such a llcs.-:ng l the world. The :tkl. or in irr.age contract, i.s simply a legal form: but it i marr.age and not betrothal. A few friends are invited. The lir.de perhaps a ch.ld of ten is seated hi a room with her par ents and relation.; over the door hangs the usual curtain. Or, if the ceremony takes place in one room or the open air, the women are veiled. At tiie other side of the curtain, in an outer room or in the open air, are the male guests; and here .squats the moollah o. priest of the quarter, who now drones out ia a monotonous voice the marr.age contract, which has been previously drawn out by him. "It i agreed be tween Hassan the draper, who is vakeel (agent) for Housschi. the .son of the baker, that he lloiissein, hereby ac knowledges the receipt of the portion of Nissa. the daughter of Aciiinet the grocer." Here follow- a list of the property of the bride in lauds, moneys, houses, cattle, dresses, furniture, carpets, pots pan and so on. Always a copy of the Koran and a certain weight of .sew tiir .ilk are . mentioned. i acta J si account o. t her property, coust.tuti;ir tiie woman's ) separate estate, tier !iu b md mereh ! holds in trust di:r ;t their conamta- i i. tinn At ili'-ll!i it .1 v.n-i'.' t trw. li-n.'- again to hers "If or he- he:rs. And it :s this luehr. or .separate estate, thai ren ders secure the otherwise precar'ou iiositioa of the Eastern wife in a po ygamou, co.intv; for the various thing. enumerated, though acknowl edged by the hu-biiid as rcce.ved, may onlv exist on p:-pe Sill he has ac- knowle.lgeii them, and it he wish to j put away his wile, or it they separate bv consent, he is Hound to refund the mehr of which he has legally acknowl edged the re end. or to btain her le- discharge fo t' ne same. And. continues the moollah, "he acknowl edges the rece pt of the aforesa d inelir." Then folloa-a hum of de light at the ex'ent of the lad.'s prop erty. "You. lla .'an. how do you sav as vakeel for 1Ious- n - is this so?"" "Yes. ye-. I agree. ' mumbles Hassan. "And you, Aelnuet. tio you give your daughter. L:nL .N'issa. to be tho "wife Of Lord Hoils.sf: :? "i', es, I agree,"' repl e.s Aciiinet, the grocer. And vou, La.lv ' s-a, are vou ttiere?" "Yes. yes. .he i- her., moollah." re plies a chorus of women from behind the curtain. "And you agree. Lady N ssa?'" H re th re s a giggle from the child-brde. "Yes. yes, she agrees." cones n a triumphant chorus from the uoiiioi. The.i," ay the moollah. solemnly. ln the name of God the compassionate, the merciful, and of Mohammed the proph et of Go 1, I declare yoi. Lord lloiis sein, and you. Laly N-a. to be man and wife.' Here "Me moollah puts i-v, stamp or a: to t'i. document: the various parti - sea! it too it s care fully witn.ssed. v.r.il formally con jdeted. The mwol!ah icecive-, his fee of a few shi!i ugs. a d then, and not till then, he hands ovo.-the document her settlement and marri: g Lues" in one to the agent of the bride or to her father. The legal ervmo.iV is over; the young peopl" are m irried fat fast as the Mohamm dan law can bind. And. theoret cally, as yet they have never seen each other's faces. Hut really HotJ.se n has had many a glimpse of Shefnir Nissa. Her mother has ottem allowed him to see her child from be hind a curtain or a cupboard door. All this is understood. And the young people are now legally married. The weddinr, as distinct from the espous als, may lake place the same evening, a week, a month, or not for years, ac cording to the age, rank, or circum stances of the bride and bridegroom. Men and women feast separately; and after many water-pipes have been smoked, many pounds of .sweetmeats consumed, and a plentiful banquet has been disposed of, the guests separate. All promise to be present at the actual wedding. No music, no rejoicings nothing but what we have described is seen at the ceremony we have do tailed. St. James1 Gazette. THE PROPER VAY. How Great Medicines Are Brought llefore the People. The patent medicine man who knows the public, who understands the allure ments of print, knows the art of ar ranging deceptive advertisements. Years ago, a s mple announcement waa enough to bring medic ne into notorie ty; but in those rfay.s people believed in captivating print. Tho advertiser must now adopt some mode of decept'on. He has learned, or at least has come, to believe, that the people look upon advertising as an amusing dodge. This bel ef has caused advertisements of gnat d.sjday to sink into disrepute. The man who desires to sell something must not only show the superiority of his goods, but must illustrate the pleasures which the pub lic shall experience by dropping into his house. Prof. Staggs, who has care fully considered all these points -a gen tleman whose medicine is known all over the country desires us to insert for him several hundred dollars' worth of advertisements. Consequently, without farther excuse, we .submit the following: "Frederick William may have ob jected to any oiu teach. ng his son Latin, a faetwliicli is transmitted to us by able historians, but notwithstanding adverse circums'ances, no one could keep him from taking Staggs' Pro ficient Proje -tiles." "Oh," remarked Sam Johnson, "my misfortune is great. From tho parents whom 1 love, J have inherited scrofula. I am a sufferer aniong"men, a laughing stock among women. Why did not my people take Staggs' Limphatic Las iiigers?" "Frederick the (Jreat. in an address to hi troops said: 'My men my fel low men - it is with fiie most profound gratitude that 1 address you. The for tunes of war are indeed fitful, but the cordial prepared by Professor Staggs is as enduring as the 'cuckle burr' on tho back of a black sheep. Dark clouds have come over us. jut don't forget to take Staggs" Municipal Geewhiliken ism. The bright sun rises in the west and sets in the east, but, my dear people, don't lose sight of this mcuicino. My government was beset by foos, my kin lied were .suffering un der the influences ot nostalgia, but when I was persuaded by my druggist to .swallow a half pint of Staggs' Lplu ribus Unum Coalirmafon Nuggets, the saw-mill 3lyok oil" its lethargy and proceeded to do its work with neatness and telegraph." "Several years ago my son was lazy. He objected" to getting up at morning and making a fire. The doctors gave up hope, but three doses of Staggs' Hilarious Hot Helperraused a complete change. Now the soft youth arises at lliornuig and splits kindling wood. I would advise all parents whoo chil dren aro similarly affected to use the same remedy." 'Gibbon incurred the displeasure of many learned men, although he estab 1 she'd a reputation anions: historical thinkers. Hs strictures upon Paul I were a trdlo severe, yet in alter days Mtlluian attempted to how that Gib bon was wrong and that he should have taken other medicine, when we all know that the Wingless Worm ifuge of Professor Staggs would have smote him m the neighborhood where it would have done the most good." " 'Lite,' said theancientph'Iosopher, is uncerla:n.' It is unnecessary tor a modern writer to attempt a refutation of this assertion, for we all know that it is true, st 11 there s a way by which we can avo d d ath. Take Stigg's I.ii:ht:i:nir Laughters. Price one dol lar." It is a d bv men who accept holy wr.t that Sulouio i was th w sest man who ever hved. We will not attempt to dispute this, but we ail must ac knowledge that he would have been much wiser had he taken Stagg's Stom ach Strengthener."' Talleyrand aid ,hat language was made to conceal thought, but at last he was compelled to acknowledge the fact that Stargs Liver Lifters are super natural n their effects." "When Ca-sir was tabbed. he lifted his eye- and st:J: 'Take Stagg's Ro bust Hevolut on'zers.' " - Arkansaw Traveler. SULPHUR. How tin-Slelll:ui Ore.. Out of Which -SuL j.linr is Millie. An Worked. In S cily, at the end of the Middle Miocene period, tiie .-ulphur-bearing area was raised, and lakes were formed in wh ch occurred the deposition of the Mdphur-ro.-!; and its accouipanviur gypsum, tnpol . and s Iic.ous liuiH .stone. The u:phur-rock is composed of Miliihiir :ind 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 v ImicstnMo t lira j .sulphur being someMiKs dissm ualed i. ' . . r tnouglitli- l me-io.ie, and at others form ng tint! alternate layers with it. These sulphur- e.i ring seams are often separated by layers of black marl, twenty inches to six feet th-ck. some seams atta'n ng a th cknes of twenty e ght feeL The tutal aggregate thick ness of the sulphur-seam- readies one hundred feet in one ease, b:t tiie avcr :i,re total i ten to tv. !. lit milv All the seam are decomposed at t.ieir seam- are decompose outcrop, and ithow only an accumula tion of wh tisli friable earth called bns-c-ile by the miners, and mainly com posed of gypsum. Almost all tiie Sicilian ore is carried to the surface on boy' backs, conse quentL it dms not pay to work below about four hundred fe"lt. as it then be comes nKes-ary to enrplov hauling machinery. Hence the deposit- lying be"ow that horizon are hardly touched and as many of the beds are nearly vertical, and do not d m nish in yield as they descend, the still untouched re sources must be ver great. Various estimates haM! been iade as to the tune tiie supply will hist at the present rate of consumpt on; this range from fifty to two liundiv I y ears. There .are said to be abuut two hundred and fiftv mines in the .slaiuL and no less than 4.:G7 calcaroai were reporte d in oper ation fifteen years ago. The average yield is stated not to exceed fourteen percent Christian at Work. All the wooden tooth-nink--. rw made in Maine, two firms controlling the business. The business is aboul . l:O0o cases a year, 1,000 of them going to Europe and Mexico. Each case con- . tains 2r.tuJ0 picks. Thev are made of i poplar and birch. Some of tho swell .New lork clubs have imported orange wood p.cks and a flavored pick from Japan. The hobby ot Abraham Price, well known in England as the "Chester miser," who died recentlv, was to col lect second-hand books." The worth lessness of the collection may be in ferred from the fact that about twelve thousand volumes were sold for about f250. THE SCORPION. Habits of tho Horrid Creatures as Ob. served by :i NaturalUt. A few years ago, while in the island of Jamaica, it was my fortunate chance to have an opportunity of observing some very curious facts ia connection with that genus of the Arachnida class commonly known as the scorpion, and the curious traits of character in these insects. Turning over some old papers in my office one day. I suddenly came upon a large black scorpion, who prompt v tried to beat a precipitate re treat. Having read or heard somewhere that if you blow on a scorpion he will not move. I tried the experiment, and was greatly astonished to find that it had the desired effect The scorpion stopped, instantly, flattened himself close to the paperon which he had been running, and had all the appearance of "holding on" for dear life. While I con tinued to blow even quite lightly he re fused to move, though I pushed him him with a pencil and shook the paper, to which he clung so tenaciously. Di rectly I ceased blowing he advanced cautiously, only to stop again at the slightest breath. I was thus able to se cure him in a glass tumbler which hap pened toJ be within reach, and then I determined to try another experiment as to the suicidal tendencies which I had heard ran in the veins of the Pedipalpi family. On'lhe stone floor of the kitchen at tached to my office I arranged a circle of burning sticks about three yards in circumference, the sticks being so placed that though there were no means of exit through the fire, it was not in tense, but small and qufte bearable as regards heat within a few inches, so that the central part of the circle was perfectly cool. Into this center I ac cordingly dropped my scorpion, who, on touching terra Jirma, darted off in a great hurry, only to be quickly brought to a halt on reaching within a few inches of the periphery of the circle. After a short pause of reflection he de viated to the right, and ran once com pletely round tho circle as near to the fire sticks as it was prudent to venture. This he did three times, often approach ing the burning sticks quite closely in his anxious endeavors to escape. In about a quarter of an hour, finding that his efforts were useless, ho retired al most to the exact center of the circle, and there in a tragic manner raised his tail till the sting or spur was close to his head, gave himself two deltberato prods in the back of the neck, and thus miserably perished by his own hand. As I placed the body of tho suicide in a bottle of spirits, I almost regretted tnat I had not let him escape before he had resorted to such an extreme measure. My last experience is even more curi ous man tne preceding, as it snows a remarkable provision of nature that is almost incredible. All I have ever read on this point is contained in the follow ing words: "The young scorpions are produced at various intervals,-and are carried by tho parent for several days upon her back, during which time she never leaves her retreat." I was playing a game of billiards in a small village in the Hlue Mountains; there was no ceiling to tho room, tho roof being covered, as is the universal custom in Jamaica, with cedar wood shingles. My opponent was smoking a largo pipe, and suddenly, just as I was about to play a stroke, what I thought was the contents of my friend's pipe fell on .the table close "to the ball at which I was aiming. Instinctively I was on the point of brushing it oft with my hand, when, to my amazement, I saw it was a moving mass, which on closer inspection turned out to be a very large female specimen of a scorpion, from which ran away in every direction a number of perfectly formed little scorpions about a quarter of an inch in length. The mother scorpion lay dying upon the billiard cloth, and soon ended her feeble struggles, the wholo of her back eaten out by her own offspring, of which, as they could not escape over the raised edge of the billiard table, we killed the astonishing number of thirty eight. They had not only been "carried by their parent," but they had lived on her, cleaning out her body from the shell of her back, so that she looked like an inverted cooked crab from which the edible portions have been re- . moved. She had clung to her retreat in the shingled roof until near the approach of death, when she had fallen i and given us this curious spectacle. I ! TU'io tnlil li tlm nttntwlotif- tliofr was told bv the attendant that tho young scoqiions always live thus at the expense of their mother's life, and that by the time her strength is exhausted the horrid offspring are ready to shift for themselves. Land and Water. CLEVER SWINDLING. Th Kxtensive Plans Laid to Ropo In Dwell er in Rural Places. It is the general belief that the largest games of swindling by sharpers are on railroad trains or steamboats in the WesL That this claim is false is proved by the following story told to the writer by an acquaintance while traveling on a railroad train a short time ago. He said: "The most extensive and at the same time cleverest swindling trick in cards that I ever had any knowledge of was not on a railroad train or steamboat. Although some very extraordinary yarns are told about the experiences of trav elers in the West, this happened in New York State. I was traveling through one of the central counties and put up for the night at a little village hotel. Soon after I arrived a man came in car rying a hand-satchel. He said that he was the agent of a firm in New York manufacturing farmers' tools. After supper we all sat down to have a game of poker. We played one game, and he said: 'I can't play well with these cards,' and sent a boy down to the village store to buy a new pack. While we were playing the next game with this pack I thought I detected a movement on the part of the new comer which was not exactly straight. I did not, however, have sufficient ground upon which to base an accusa tion against him, and simply drew out of the game. The next morning I left the hotel early and drove leisurely along the road towards the next town. After going six or eight miles I was over taken by this individual, who hailed me and said: "I want you to take this," handing me $100. I asked what for, and he told me that he saw that I had noticed his game, and was obliged to me for keeping quiet. I told him that I did not wish his money, but that I would like to know how he managed to carry on such a game with a new pack of cards. He said: "I will tell you. About six months ago my partner came through this same county. He carried a line of seeds, etc., which he said were of the very best quality (as they were), and as an inducement for the store keepers to lay in a stock he offered as a premium six'or eight packs of cards. These cards are specially prepared and marked; they were designed by me, and I sent my partner out over this road for the purpose of distributing them. It throws off any suspicion the country men may have when I send out and buy a new pack of cards in their own vil lage, the same cards that they have seen in the s:ore for months. I am follow ing right along in the track of my part ner and am taking in plenty of money every night" N. Y. Evening Post. m m The latest novelty is ginger ice cream, in which the heat of the ginger counteracts the chill of the cream, and tie frigidity of the cream nullifies the fire of the ginger, producing a Jappy medium most gratifying to the epicu rean nalate. Newton (N. J.) Register. A QUIET MAN'S JOKE. Amusing Incident of S. S. Conant'a Expert euco on "The Times" Recalled. When Stillman S. Conant was man aging editor of thc7Ywic.?, a short time prior to the mysterious deatii of its chief editor, Henry J. Raymond, his first name was regarded as by no means a misnomer. He was the mildest-mannered managing editor that ever ordered a two-column article to be cut down to a paragraph. But quiet as his general demeanor was, he held the reins lirmlv and .shaqtly curbed any tendency to uu due friskiness on the part of thceditori al team that he was driving, lie could, however, take a joke and mutch it with another. One cold night in the winter of 1SG9 the box in which copy for the editor was sent up stairs from the puMkatiou of fice suddenly shot up to ti e editorial rooms, and a sharp ring of the bell an nounced that it had arrived with some thing in it. Mr. Conant stepped to the box and took out a package, somewhat bulky, that looked as if it might con tain something intended for publication. Looking at it closely he read these words oa the envelope: Mr. : Night City Editor, : : Give us a putt. : Mr. Conant's suspicions were at once aroused by this remarkable superscrip tion. Could it be that the man who edited the city news was in collusion with some outsider who was sending him "a first-rate notice" for insertion in the news columns, smuggling it in without paying duty at the advertising desk? This was worthy of immediate investigation. He immediately sent for the man to whom the package was ad dressed and closely scanned his counte nance while the latter opened the en velope. And then the nature of the atrocious attempt to tamper with the press was made manifest. The contents were two fragrant cigars, wrapped in a piece of paper, on which were hastily scrawled the same words that appeared on the envelope "Give us a puff." It was signed with the initials of D. O'C. Townley, a writer (since dead) who was at that time attached to the staff of the Times. The laugh that followed was at Mr. Conant's expeuso. "Well," he said, joining in the gen eral hilarity, "I think that is worth your notice," and lighting one of the cigars which was presented to him by the blue pencil man of the City Room, he re sumed his duties at his desk. Shortly afterward, entering the room where the sub-editor was vigorously en gaged in "boiling" copy, apparently deriving much aid and comfort in the operation from the cigar which he was silently puffing while the smoke wreaths curled above his head, like the steam from any other boiler. Mr. Conant said: "Well, 1 see that is sent up." "Eh? what is?" asked the other. "Why," said Mr. Conant, pointing to the fragrant clouds of tobacco smoke that floated overhead, "that is. That is scent up." The joke was flagrant, though timely, and to the man who, for the moment, had rested under the faint cloud of suspicion that was so speedily dispelled, it has been a fragrant memory ever since. N. V. Tribune. THE CORMORANT. How the Chinese Train These Birds to Do Tholr Fishing for Them. The cormorant does all the work of fishing for his master, who has only to take care of the boat. The birds stands apon the edge of the shallop till the boatman gives the signal, when they spring into the water to perform their task. As soon as they have captured a largo fish or filled their throats "with smaller ones, they return to the boat and their masters take possession of tho prey. If they find a fish too largo for one bird to take care of it alone, two or three of them will join to assist in bringing it in. The cormorants are trained for their business with great care. The most in telligent birds are said to come from the province of Che-Kiang. The eggs of the first spring laying, which usually U4K.es piace in rcoruary, are coueciea and put under ben the maternal love of the cormorant being only feebly de veloped. The young when lfrst hatched, being extremely weak and delicate, and prone to succumb to the slightest dull, are put into wadded baskets, where they can be kept at a uniform temperature. They are fed with pellets of beans and finely chopped eel, till at the end of a I tYinn Mi nrtiun li ottii-i re liaAmn nno t1tr cowred with feathers, they are given the eel alone; at the end of another month they are able to eat -small fish whole, and are worth five dollars a pair. When they have got their growth, which is about five months after they are hatched, they are tethered by a string tied around the foot on the banks of a stream or a pond. The trainer, stirring the water with a pole, and whistling an air which the birds learn is the signal for "take to the water," throws in some small fish, which ihey attack with all tho more voracity as they have not been too well fed. The trainer then whistles another air, which is to be the signal for coining back, and, that the birds may not be mistaken as to its meaning, he pulls at the same time upon the cord that holds them. These lessons are continued for two or three months, when the scene of the practice is changed to the boats; and at the end of another month the cord is dispensed with. There are, of course, differences in the capacity of cormo rants as well as of men. While the stupid ones are sent to the pot, the most sagacious and best trained male birds are worth seven or eight dollars apiece, females less. The period of service of the cormorants is short. They begin to lose their feathers and to go into de crepitude in their fourth year, and gen erally die before they are six years old. M. Maurice Jametel,in Popular Science Monthly. A STORY OF A NEW ROSE. The Origin of the Latest Product In Fine Floriculture. The new rose, "Beauty of America," now the sensation in Washington, has a history. It is well known that Mr. Bancroft, the historian, has in his grounds at Washington one of the rarest and Gnest collection of roses in Ameri ca. His gardener was privileged to take the seeds produced to experiment on, and thousands of plants were raised from these, hut only one plant showed indications of excellence. This was a poor, tiny, neglected one. growing among others. It prohahly would have been lost to cultivation had it not been seen by a florist, who purchased the plant two vears ago from the original grower for the sum of seventy-live cents! Two years in the hands of this florist has pro- auceu plants enougn 10 sou mis spring for $5,000, all of which are already sold to New York and Philadelphia in lota ranging from 500 to 1,000. These plants arelmt an inch high and cost $50 a hundred. Such results arc very encoarsigiug to the originators of new van.it:?. With in two years three roses haiv bcn in troduced here the "Sunset" of last spring brought the originator $15,000; the "Bennett," of Philadelphia, will net $10,000, while the "Beauty ot America" will bring -'5,000. Washing ton Star. OliTe Log11 says there are swam in the River Thames which she knowa fte over 150 years old MISCELLANEOUS. Connecticut, in proportion to pop nlat:on, t'll lio'ils the lead in inventivo genius, having taken out iHo parents hist year, or one for every CD I persons in the Sta'e. Hartford Post. They charge a quarter to witness a marriage ceremony at Larncd. Nearly $2.ri in money was taken in at the door at a recent marriage at that place for tho benefit of the groom. Atchison (Kas.) Champion. The Piibli.-l-srJ Weekly shows that In 1834 4.033 books werepublis'.ed. Thu number in 188:? was :, 181. Fiction led all the rest, its volumes numbering i:). Law was next. 4."o volumes, and theol ogy and religion followed with .'JS0. Recently during the guard's ab sence some one unlocked the doors of the St. Augustine, Fla., jail. There were five inmates, four men and one worn iii, the latter colored and awaiting trial on a charge of attempt to poison. The men took advantage of tlw chance to escape, but the old colored woman consc'entiously refused to go. When a Michigan girl makes up har mind to get married she's going to get there, no matter who opposes. Recent ly one of these ladies grew tired of tho monotony of single life and sho went unattended to the most dismal part of dismal Dakota, there met. and loved a man and married him before he discov ered his danger. Detroit Journal. By a metiiod of spectroscopic ob servation Mr. W. N. Hartley has reached the conclusian that ozone is a constant constituent of tho upper atmosphere, that it is present there in larger quanti ty than nearer the earth's surface, and that it is the cause of the blue color of the sky. Either in its gaseous form or condensed into liquid, ozone appears of a deep blue. Boston Budget. A remarkable case of longevity exists in a Stonington family. Ten brothers and sisters, all born here, are still living, though scattered over the entire country from ocean, to ocean. Not one of them is less than sixty years of age. Among the number aro men prominent in their adopted State. Thosa remaining here fill high positions in so ciety. Sorwich (Conn.) Bulletin. Alf Prater, ot Gainesville, fla., has constructed a model of the Hrooklvn Bridge. It is four feet wide, thirtv feet long, and weighs 7o0 pounds. Three hundred and fifty figures aro kept mov ing on it, representing men, women, drays, carriages, cars, etc., and under tho bridge are boats in real water, making the scene wonderfully like the real bridge. Prof. Tyndall, in a recent lecture, declared that Pasteur's researches into the nature of hydrophobia had proved a wonderful expansion of the discoveries of Jenner, and showed that experiments with animals had been turned to very profitable account. He declared that never in the history of medicine had a brighter day dawned than the present, and urged that the experiments on living animals be not fettered by mis chievous legislation. It is certain that the viviseetionists have accomplished a great deal for medical science, and may well claim to be let alone on the score of the useful results they have achieved. Chicago Cun ent. A necktie and apron competition took place at the Ca,ino skating rink Friday week, anil created much amuse ment. Neckties and aprons of every design, and of most extravagant dimen sions, were to be seen on all sides. Tho first prize in the necktie competition, a handsome cameo finger ring, was won by Mr. Albert D. Fell, who sported a necktie fifteen feet long. The second prize, a season ticket for the rink, was awarded to Mr. Ralph Curtis. Miss Sadie Smith, daughter of D. P. M. James Smith, wore the largest apron, and was awarded tho first prize, a val uable finger ring set with pearls. Her apron contained twenty-one yards of calico. Flushing (L. L) Journal. Harrison Halin, of Wind Gap, Pa., has a two-year-old daughter whose ears are bent forward and grown fast to the face. The girl was deformed when born. When she became two months old two doctors separated the ears from the face and tied them back to their proper place, but they returned to their former position and are there to remain undisturbed. Both ears are without the orifice, but deafness is prevented by the girl hearing every sound, no matter how light, through her uoie and mouth. She is a very bright girl, is very fond of music, weighs only twenty pounds, is healthy, and is Mr. Hahn's first and only child, although he has been mar ried fifteen years. Philadelphia News. IN THE DESERT. How Christmas Wat Celebrated o the Miirch to Kortl. In the meantime, here at Korti, the troops who are yet toiling in the rapids between Dongola and Dall will find for a time a pleasant resting place. The camp has been laid out in broad ave nues, which are kept well watered bv coolies from the adjacent villages who are paid for the work; and on the high bank above the river, every evening congregate officers and men to listen to the band of the Sussex Regiment, or to discuss tho prospect of our being able to end the campaign promptly, by a desert march. Very soon after arriving at Korti do the men's spirits perceptibly rise; the hardships of the Nile route are forgotten, and singing and laughter in the camp are heard all day. At night, too, when the moon lights up tho river in front, the soldiers' song choruses echo across the shimmering water to the opposite bank, while round the blaz ing camp fires and through the curling clouds of brightly illuminated smoke the forms of the men are seen rapidly flitting; and mayhap now and then ah extra glaro of light will show a camel or two in the background standing mo tionless and weirdlike, reminding us for an instant of the terrible desert beyond, which, perhaps, wc are fated to cross. On Christmas night we all, from the General in command down to the civilian correspondent, congregated in a vast ring round an open-air stage, run up by the Royal Engineers for the occa sion. There, by the light of two huge fires, we were entertained for a couple of hours by the more musical spirits among us. A Life Guardsman delivered a stump speech, purporting to he on temperance, but which contained only one reference to alcoholic compounds", and that to bewail the fact that there "remained not another drop of rum in tho Commissariat Department." And wc had topical songs aud nigger dances in abundance, there being plenty of talent to choose from. There are " few British regiments whose ranks do not include one or more whilom profes sionals in the art of entertaining. The very annoutieenienL too. away up here in the heart of the Sou dan.that "Second Captain of the Foretop Wyniouth will next appear," called forth "an enthusi astic cheer, which was renewed asain and again as a Blue-jacket from the jas.stf-el-Khcir took his place on the i platform. Lord Wolsele.y was there all j the time with his cheerv, confident ' mien and manner. One has only to glance at our sprightly Commander-in-Chief to feel sure that the difficulties and dangers of this campaign will dis appear, if necessary, by magie, the mo ment he confronts them. No trace is there to bo seen of the tremendous responsibility which really sits on his shoulders, and if any one doubts our ultimate success, he has only to make his way to Headquarters Camp and wait for a glimpse of the General, to feel completely reassured. Korti Cor. London Standard. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Professor Agassiz's gift to Harvard College during tho la-t thirteen yours amount to more than -9r);).00'). The M s-'irtri Legislature has paed a law providing for the. t-.ie'iiiig in pub lic schools of tiie e T ts of air.,;iol and narcotics on the Human system. St. Louis Post. A favorite cop.- s-it by writing teachers for their pupils is she follow ing, because it contains every letter of the alphabet : "A q;iick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." It is stated that the a. entire salary of the Congregational miuist-rs of Con necticut isabout 1,300. The lowest is about $400 and the highest $6,000. Onlv about fiftv receive as much a $2.000. X. Y. kxnmin.r. The Archbishop of Canterbury said, in a recent addres, that, whiloscien tists were great sticklers for revealed knowledge or proven facts onlv, they were forever prophesying the end" of the Church. He oeged them, therefore, to be consistent and prophesy only whai they had found out. Ohio, with thirty-five colleges, haj more than any other'State in the Union. New York and Indiana have twenty-five each, Pennsylvania has twenty-six. Michigan nine and Massachusetts seven The Bay State's seven colleges have a combined income of $125.458 per annum more than have Ohio's tweuty-six. Cleveland Leader. A Boston congregation was myste riously seized with a paroxysm of un controllable sneezing in the midst of a service of song. The preacher, the choir, and the congregation all sneezed in chorus. An investigation showed a cargo of pepper in the cellar, which had been rented to a wholesale Bost( .ihurnal. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, was estab lished three years ago for tho prosecu tion of classical study anil archaeologic al investigation, similar in scope to the French and German schools already there. The latter are upon an endowed basis and have, therefore, permanent directors. The American school has as yet no endowment, and the directors are changed annually. N. Y. Sun. The Presbyterian mentions as a satisfactory way of paying a pastor's salary the plan followed by tho Presby terian Church in Palmyra, Mo. On tho first day of each month the pastor draws his check upon the bank for his monthly salary in advance and the bank regulaly honors the check and charges it up to the deacons, who are personally responsible for the salary. Thus no delay or default in the payment of the subscriptions can affect the pastor. This is at least business-like, aud relieves the pastor of much anxiety and needless embarrassment. N. Y. Examiner. A teacher, speaking before the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, recommended the introduction of healthful story-books as an antidote against the evil of flash literature. This appears to be a very sensible sugges tion. The do"tors are continually find ing Dew virtues in innoculation as a nn-aiis f r overcoming certain kinds of disease of the flesh, aud, reasoning by analogy, tiie Rhode Island teacher's preacript'oa for the mental and moral disease, propagated by baneful litera ture designed for the young, ought to be effective.- -Current. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. What is tho best covering for the head? demands a Western journal. Hair isn't bad. X. Y. Herald. If we are to get rid of crankism, we must give less notoriety to cranks. Burlington Free Press. "I understand, Mr. Einstein, your son Marcus is stajre struck." "Staee struck! Ah, no; ho was yust run ofcr himself mit a dray." Exchange. If thero is anything above ground more thoroughly permeated with bliss than a woman with a new gown it is a boy who has just learned to whistle. A young man in Massachusetts has adopted whistling for a profession. When he gets married, and the bills begin to come in, he will have lots of chance for practice. Burlington Free Press. When you hire a servant in Mexico it is with the understanding that her entire family live with you. In this country there is no understanding, but the result is the same. Buff-ilo Express. Iu the matter of speed the bicycle ranks seventh the balloon, the loco motive and trotting, pacing aud runnin" horses having faster records. It rankn seventh because a lie will travel faster than any of them. Chicago Journal. It is all the fashion now to use littlu gold mice for shoe fastenings. Gentle. men who are aware of this fact can in fuse life into dull social assemblies by informing some healthy young lady tha'i there are a dozen mice under her chair. Burlington Huwkeye. A man named Clews is wanted in the West for murder. He will not long escape the vigilance of the detectives. There never was a mysterious murder oommitted that the detectives didn't find a dozen clews before sundown the next day. Xorrislown Herald. Governor Adams, of Nevada, hap pened to overhaul an old coat tho other day and found .:,h00 in one of the pockets. He had forgotten all about the monev. From the fact that Gov ernor Adams could lose $.",800 without missing it, we infer that he is an editor. Troy Times. Prof. R. A. Proctor says that this earth is to-day just as likely to nuake and overthrow cities and towns as it has been at any time since man existed. You are right, Professor; but does it not occur to you that it is just as un likely to do so. Boston Post. "What is the breed of your calf?" said a would-be buyer to a farmer. "Well," said the farmer, "all I know about it is that its father gored a justice of the peace to death, tossed a book agent into the fence corner, and stood a lightning-rod man o his head, and his mother chased a female lecturer fwo miles; and if that ain't breed enough to asK lour dollars on you nedn't take him." IV. Y. Independent. Badly Mixed. Kitchen science has been one of the prescribed readings in the Chautauqua course for January. At the meeting of the Asylum Hill circle lasi Friday even ing this subject was under discussion, aud one of the gentleman was requested to read aloud the recipe for "apple snow contained in tnc Vhautauquan, as it was suggested that the article was open to criticism. Without hesitation and in an impressive manner the reader began: Applesnow requ'res six apples; wh';tes of twoegjjs ami three tablespoon ful of powdered sugr. Peel and grate the stil' froth. Beat in the sugar with a few 1 ght sweeps of the apple " IIrehe p used,evidentlvomew!iat non- pliiss,;d hy what he hail re 1 1. but a rep- et:tioc of it proved that he had followed the text, and he continued, "which must have been whipped to a egg- This was too much, and the assembly was convulsed with laughter. Invert ing the page and reading it upside down proved of no beue'it. and it was decided that a series of tyjmgraphical mistakes hail most thoroughly whipped" the sense out of the recipe. This proved to be one of the most interesting features of the evening, and it was agreed to do with the recipe as was directed in the con cluding words of the i nterrupted sen tence above, set in a cold place until wanted." Exckxnqe. THE SPRING TERM OF THK- FREMONT NORMAL -AST- BUSINESS COLLEGE, A.t Fremont, "Vclirnska, Will begin APRIL 14th, '85, and End July 3d. rXl'SIWL ADVAMTAl'L-s WILL UK AFFOKDKD PKKSO.VS WlIIlX TO PRKPAHE FOU THK FALL KXA.Ml NATION'S FOli TKA-.-HKUS- I'KJMI. CATES. I he ltusiness Depaittnent will ail'md every iportuiiity for improvement in Penmanship, Hiis-ihes Arithmetic. 15-iok-keepinir. Commercial CorropinuiHe, and imitation of actual business Music. We can opeak with the ntiinwi confi dence of the instruction t;iveii in our Mu.sic Department. Mi.ss K,f ('ur.id. instructor of the Piano Forte, a jrr.i !u . of the Cornell (oiiscratorv .!" Mu.i.-. i not only a lirilliaut performer. Inn a pains-taking and superior te.iHier. I'ti instructor in Vocal Culture. Note-ri.i I ng and in;iu; aie tiioroiiirii t id suc cessful. Expenses. Tuition for twele wc-'-. $It. !ul i: paid .strictly in udvuiee, !J. fins ;.-,. elude admission to Norm tl I'i'i Itii-m---classcs. ilusjr, $1: fi.r twii.ij )--n-bort-Iiaiid, $IJ for twenty l-:;s l pt writiiiir, with u-t ot lii-trmiu'.::. sin !ir twelve wcekt. ;,h.1 (la l..tr.l .-m ! obtained in the Coll"-;. II urn at 1.S por week, ltooins ."0 cts. to7."c:-. pc.- tuil ent. For further particulars .ludre-, W. 1". .IO."Vl, A. .ii. President of Nt im.il . .dle::r. Frt-iin-nt. .i'!. UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE. Improved and Unimproved Farms, Hay and Grazing Lauds and City Property for Sale Cheap AT THK Union Pacific Land Office, On Long Time and lour rate of Interest. I3FinaI proof made on Timber Claims. Homesteads and Pre-emptions. t5r"All wishing to luiy lands of any de scription will please call and examine my list of Iiindi before looking eN. where. C2TA11 ha iii!; lands to sell will pleas, call and jcive me a description, I-rm . price, etc. IS3"I a'.so am prepared to insure prop erty, as 1 have the agency of several first-class Fire insurance companies. F. W. OTT, "solicitor, speaks Herman. NA.Tltri'I. ('.SMITH. 30-tf Colli minis, Nebraska. SPEICE & NORTH, Qcnr-1 Agents for the Sale of REAL ESTATE. Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific It. It. Lands for Bale at from f.l.flOtof 10.00 per acre for cash, or on live or ten years time, in annual payments to suit" pur chasers. We have also a larye and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable term. Also business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstractor titleto all real es tate in Pltte County. 621 CO'LlJ'tlRIJM. EB. OMAHA INSTITUTE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL. FOB THE 7REATSE.YT OK ALL Chronic and Surgical Diseases. The largest Medical Institute West of Mississippi River. Fifty room for tho acrommlatlon of patient. Tho l'hyslclan ml Surut-oa lnc1- ive f the InititntP Hm hftd ixtTn pars of mrctful practice, ami is aiiittl liy as.l.tant'i of ran 'Xjrrlrnce as eps?ial,t' in tfifir Tariom dr'iaitmrn!. 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