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sailor like way. when addressing one of hi.
equals, say, old chap. gives US chaw O.
tobacco, for Pm most starving for one; ami
had any for week
The Commodore. was takenail aback by
this unusual mode of addressing, and, look
ing at the man, he asked him, how long have
you been in The serviceP
'Only six days. replied the man, still IN
suspecIing his error.
And have you had no tobacco yetF asked
the Commodore.
No he replied, moi the first chaw since
[ have been on board
The Commodore hauled out hun Of TO-
bacco from his pocket, and cutting of piece
oft, gave it to him. Now, do you know who
am 2 he asked.
No. was the reply.
well. Pm Commodore Dallas, The com
mander of This vessel
You don't say SOL exclaimed the man,
who was now in his turn, taken all aback,
and felt slightly fearful of tbel consequences
of his familiarity; but recovering his self
possession in a moment, he replied, with true
sailor holiness. We'll, you're an internal
good berth ofnp
The old Commodore, tickled al the joke,
(orgave him quickly guessing that the mis-
take Yves not wilfuI one, but originated by
one ofihe practical jokers aboard oil the ship.
He, however ordered that after that tobacco
should he distributed among the men every
day Exchange.
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ROMANTIC INCIDENT.

At the late fire in Quebec, the following
romantic incideni occurred:
Whilst the d.vouring flames were rapidly
envelupng every portion Of this noble struc;-
u, riheatre1 the d1ois being cnIirsly block
led hy the mass Of human beings, who, in
their CONSERVATION. had precipitae1 them
selves upon them. in the vain hope OF eseap-
iII 10 the open air, young lady. the beauii-
fll AMI accomplished Miss 81. Pierre. as she
turned ont in the sequel, was seen by the
multitude, standing at an open window III The
third story Of The building, whittier she had
ran. no doubt, with The idea of prccipiiaiing
herself on the pavement beneath. There she
s'nOd the bright glare from The approaching
Il unes displayed in bold relief, the lovely con-
tour Of her noble Yet sylplI-likc form. An
expression of agonizins despair as stamped
open that fair face which, hut few mo
.nents before. had been declcd in radien,
sniles-The paiIor OF death had usurpcd the
place of the rose. The excited multitude
beneath, at least that part of il beneath the
window where she stood, remained silent aud
'noiionlcss To all human appearance no
nj could reach her. At this moment. clasp
ing her hands. shr pvc'1,ns"1 in heart-ren-
dug accents, 'aly Mnti'r.' and Immediately
a':rr the word 'Wil!ianI.' fc!l from her lips IN
softer tones,
Now rush was hoard ri the extremity of
the crowd. a voung man. dressed in fatigue
of a L. 5. MILDLY bounded forward and
gazed fer moment with Wild and hasgard
,ols on the lovely vis."h hriure him. IL was
but for a moment. Mrh one bound. into
which he seemed To THROW the concentrated
energy of despair anl hope. If such a
uniun can take place. he reached window
in the building, some FIVE feet from the street,
from which. even then he SNAKE and flames
were b.srhng forth. Attempts were made
tu stop him hut he gone.
The aexi-iv and interest below were in
tcnsr. In asmeT, lac made his appear
ancc beside The lady. ard er;.SpIns her round
rhs waist again disappeared. In another
moment he appeared a; window in the
ercond story. the i"wer "'s being entirely
..uye,on-d l,v the drrnnTins element. What
was tn be dome; NJ lah'i~-- an'i the distance
entirely tho Great to ris jun rig With the
rapidly OF lightning .,e I,id down The lady.
arl took Of his cost. iiich was irock-tied
r.ic sienyes rs tight as l'- ciuh round ms
ri. ht f,nt. tilsn SWIM. himself from the WIN
dow, hodiig an win hi haud+, said Il few
npr.ls 10 fle iaJv. when she got upon ms
e'.nui Iers. aud wi'h cnulness and presence
.; mind V I;ch weu!d have done credit To old
iSlucl,cr Slipped down 80 his legs, then seized
The. coat. hy WHICH means she came within
len feet Of the ground, hen she LEI 2" and
WAS caught IN the arms of several OF the spec
r-,tcrs. Tie hcru uf this GtIie romance was
,.,rn in III. los; imn;hent danger. hanging
81. a Es,anee o! sa;,a-' ~ c'Iy tErf from tie
u,,. !. hafdis. ~ hi h-nd. aud the flames
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACEM A.
KERS.

The American Peace Society has issued
the following Address 10 The President.
To his Ercellency JAMES K. POLK.
President o. the United States:
Sir-Recent discussions in the Parliament
of Great Britain disclose the fact, that her
Government has rendered 10 our own the Of
fer of her mediation in adjusting our present
difficulties with Mexico; and, as citizens Of
this Republic, and friends Of The whole hu-
man race, we beg leave very respectfully YET
most earnestly 10 request that you will on our
part accept this generous proposal, and NEAR
while suspended all hostile operations againsi
Mexico. 10 give fair trial 10 this overture for
terminating the disputes between us without
any further etiusion of blood.
We think, Sir, III al all good men will cor
daily unite with US in this request. Our Gov
eminent has from The first declared that The
only object of this war is 10 secure a speedy.
equitable peace-and every one must see.
that the method here proposed is lar more
likely than the blind and brutal arbitrament
of The sword, 10 insure evenhandcd Justice
and give permanent satisfaction 10 both par
lies. Even the law of nations requires, that
war shall never be resorted TO until all other
means oil securing justice have been honestly
tried in vain. and shall cease whenever that
object can be acquired by peaceful methods.
Such method, confessedly better for this pur-
pose Than any exchange OF shots and stabs on
The field Of battle. is now offered 10. us nor do
we see how it will be possible to justify our
selves before The bar of God or the world il
we decline this fair and honorable offer, and
still persist in war Of invasion aud vengeance
against a sister Republic whose mislortunes
claim rather our forbearance, sympathy and
kind Offices.
X seems 10 MS. Sir that the general inter
ests OF humanity demand our acceptance Of
this offer from Great Britain. We have, in
the present imperfect state even of the civil
lized world, no means ofaveriing or arresting
war, except negotiation, reference or media
lion and. il we spurn or neglect these. we do
all that our example can TO sweep away the
last checks upon the most terrible scourge
that the almighty in MS wrath ever lets loose
upon sinful race. We feel solicltous, also,
for the honor OF Republication, hitherto re-
garded as an ally of Peace, but likely. u
refuse such amicable substitutes for War, to
incur the scorn and adherence oil the world,
as foe to its highest welfare.
In behalf ofthe American Peace Society,
and by order of its Executive Committee
GEORGE c. BECKWITH.
Corresponding Secretary.
Boston, July 81, 1916.
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MARRIAGE BY THE TELEGaAPn.-The
Newark correspondent oi The Philadelphia
Enquirer reports story, which if true, is one
oi the most extraordinary occurrences that
ever took place, and throws all the novelties
Of the present aye entirely in the shade. u
appears tina; certain young lady, daugh-
Ter of one OF The wealthiest merchants III Bos-
ton, had formed an attachment for hand
some Young man. who was clerk IN her
Ia hers counting room. and had determined
10 have him for better or worse, although
her father rad previously given her hand TO
another suitor.
The lady's father having heard Of the al
tashmeht, feigned ignorance. but determined
TO break ii off. and give his daughter 10 the
gentleman lte lad prnmiscd her. For the
purpose lie directed The young man to take
passage in ono Of tho steamers that left New
York AID proceed 10 England and transact
same business for him there. The lover ac
cord,ngly carie 10 New York but meantime,
the young lady got some kno Wedge other
f,,hcr's intentions. and sent Il message by
Telegraph 20 that effect 10 her LAYER in New
York.
The cxHedieat tn. ,w lovers resor'c t.,
for accomplishing their lcsire, and defeating
The fahers views. was novel AMI cxiTaordi-
nlrv. She took her stand in the Telegraph
ic office Boston and he dill the same. with Il
magistrate, in the office at Newly DIRK, and
with the all Of the lightning. they were made
h1ne OF one bone and flesh of one flesh
This is certainly applying this invention 10
purpose never contemplated BY Professor
Nurse, and exhibits great deal Of ingcnui
ty
& few days since the lady's father insisted
upon her marriage with The gentleman he
h I'd srlccted for her, and az might be ex
pectcd he wns amazed when she told
Ian she was already The wife OF Mr..
d. and the manner in which the ceremony
was performed. Mr.. B. followed his employ
er's directions and went in the steamer 10
En- Gland. The merchant. | have heard, is
taking measures IN contest the validity ofthe
IN .rriagc.-TubHnc.
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that city. shows the wonderful certainty and
CELEBRITY with which person may travel from
one point Of the globe almost TO its antipodes,
Canton, April I, 1916.
DEAREST RIB:-Hsvius scraPed together
enough of this worlds goods 10 render Us
economically comfortable and independent
during the rest Of onr lives, ] shall resign the
command of the clipper Swordfsh. and will
leave here on the 1st of May. | shall arrive
in London on the 2Orh June spend ten days
there in arranging my business and viewing
the principle objects Of interest. and will then
proceed TO Liverpool. shall leave that port
on the glorious fourth. in the Cambria steam.
err and will arrive at East Boston on the af-
ternoon ofthe 18th. Ynr iii, therefore,
have carriage ready for me on that day, and
by the way. don't forget to have some broiled
salmon. green peas, and new potatoes on the
table for dinner, at 5 Pm.
But the final is TO be told. The captain
did arrive there on the very day be calculated
and had the pleasure of dining on fresh sal
mon. with suitable fxins, precisely at 5. A
century ago the captain would have been in
dicted for a wizard.
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TREASURE THE ISTHMUS OF
PANAMA,

However extraordinary the follow ing ir
telliesnce NAV be, it is nevertheless true, and
we could give more exact details OF II, II II
would not iniure the realization of The under
taking. A distinguished engineer, who had
been sent, some wears since, 10 the lsthmus
OF Panama TO make there geological re-
searches and study the question Of cutting
across The Isihmus brought back a quantity
Of gold. WHICH. after chemical examination
by Baron Thenard. has been found TO be of
great value. This eng ineer relsies that he
collected this gold from the sand Of river
Of the ls!h.ius Of Panama. Such is the
richness Of the golden fakes washed along by
this river that the natives. who employ them
selves in collecting it, gain by II fifty frances
:; dat, and the sand, which is again washed.
contains. after their hasty operations, double
the Gu1ntit, Of gold it had previously yielded.
The French engineer studied, with care, the
course o. the rIycr. TO its source, and he has
observed that il crosses an enormous group
OF rocks, in the midst Of which must have
been laid, ages ago, considerable mass Oh
flakes Of goId.-According 10 his computa
ton, there must be more than five milliards
Of francs in mineral gold buried under hese
rocks. Double the amount of all the circu-
lating gold in France.) When the engineer
first made known he result of his researches
and his conjectors he found every one in
credulous, and was looked upon everywhere
as dreamer. Meantime he gave snch pre-
else information, and seemed SO certain Of
success, that several fnanciers decided 10 en-
trust him with funds for examining OIL large
scalr, the sands rfIhis river. A company with
shares has been formed, but certain num-
Der Of capitalists have resolved TO divide the
risk of the business. The money which they
put into this undertaking will he entirely lost
or will bring back million per cent. 10 those
who advance the funds. The engineer him
sell engages not TO take any share Of the
profits. until hey shall amount to three mil
lizards Of f anc Thus it is perceived, all
the riches OF rutosi, all the gold Of Pactolus,
is expected 10 hc found between the two parts
Of America. The preparations Of the enter
prise are already in state of iorwardness.
| The funds are furnished. and the undeitakers
of the schem. are building drag boat. which
is to be used u the operations. engineers and
workmen a,e TO depart for the 1sthmus in
two or three monihs,-COur. dc, Eiots
CniS.
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MEN or THE RKvoLUTIoS.-Gen. Green
in his dispatches after the battle of Eutaw'
says: Hundreds OF my men were naked as
they were boru,' Judge johnson. in his life,
Of Green, says-'pos,criry will scarcely be-
lieve that The loins of many men who carried
death into the enemy's ranks at the Eu'aw'
were CALLED by their cartouch boxes. while The
fold Of ii rag or tufi of moss. protected the
shoulder from sustaining rhesane injury nom
the musket." Gen. Green says in his letters
to the Secretary of War:-'We have three
hundred men without arms, and more Than
one thousand men so naked that they can be
put on duty only in case ola desperate ma
ture. Our difficulties are so numerous, and
our wants so pressing, that l have not mo
men,'s relief from the most painful anxieiies-
h ave more embarrassment than il is proper
to disclose to the world
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RATHER cool.

We heard a good sea yarn yesterday
which, as we never saw il in print, We think
will be new 10 our readers:
Commodore Dallas one Of our ablest and
most experienced Naval Commanders, nav.
ing been appointed to the command Of a
squadron, his flag ship was lying in one oil
our ports preparatory 10 sailing. A fresh wa
Ter sailor who had shipped as seaman, was
on board, but owing TO the absence of the
Commodore, he had never seen his comman.
der and did not know him. Getting starry
ed for the want oftobacco. he went 10 one
of tie mel, and said, L want chaw O. tobac-
co very bad, and dom know what 10 do for
it,
DO YOU replied the man TO whom he adj
dressed himself, who was one OF that class of
miscellaneous persons denominaied practical
jokers. do you? Well go 10 that old fellow
that's just come aboard he'll give you some.
Tor he keeps all The tobacco
The old fellow 10 whom he was direc-
ted, was no less a parsonage than Comma
dore Dallas himself, but the green-horn.
ignorant oil this. wentupto him, and slapping
him on the shcldcr, SAID, in The usual rough
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HAZLITT'S ADVICE TO HIS SON.

II is bad habit to speak dlsrespecfully Of
others; for il will lead you TO think aud feel
uncharirably towards them. Ill names beset
i'll blood. Every where there may be some
repeated tfifing proyocation.. it is better to
be mild and forbearing than capiious aud fiet-
ful. The faults of others too often arise out
of our own ill-irmpcr; or though they shall
be real. we shall not mcni them hy exasper-
aiing ourselves against Ihem. Treat your
payma,es, as Hamlet advises POlonius 20
treat the player, according to your own dig
nifty rather than their deserts. IT you III
out it every thing in them thar you disap
prove, or think done on purpose 10 annoy
you. you lie constantly at the mercy "f their
caprice. rudeness or i'll nature. You should
be more your Own master.
Do not begin to quarrel with the world 10
soon; for, bad as it may be- it is the hest we
have TO live in. Ifrailng would have it bet
as this is not TO be hoped for at present, the
hest way is 10 slide through il as content
eddy and innocenily as we may. The worst
fault it has is want Of charity; and calling
knave and fool al every turn, viii not cure
this failing. Consider (as matter Of vanity
tina! il there were NOT quite so many knaves
and Tools as we ind, The wise and nonest
would not be those rare and shining chacters
that they are allowed TO he; and las mat
ter Of philosophy that ifthe world be moor
rgible in this respect, it is reflection to
make one sad, not angry. We may laugh
or weep at the madoess Of mankind we have
no right to villify them, for Dur own sakes or
theirs. Misanthropy is not the disgust Of the
mind with human nature, but with itself; or
il is laying its own exaggerated vices and
foul blots at the doors of others. Do not,
however. mistake what ! have here SAID. |
would not have you when you grow up, a
dopt the low and sordd fashions ofpalliaiins
existing abuses, or of putting the best face
upon the worst things. | only mean that
indscrimiuae unqualified satire can do little
good and that those who indulge in the most
revolving speculation on human nature. do
not themselves always set the best examples
or strive to prevent its degradation.
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fail, our seasons will be worse; il must get
drier aud drier in proportion. Every body
knows, who can number twenty years back.
that the water courses have failed c"rsIdrra-
bly. and that the seasons have been getting
drier every year. Humboldt speaking of the
Valley Of Aragua in VENEZUELA. says that the
lake receded as agriculture advanced, until
beautiful plantations Of sugar-cane, banana
and cotton trees were established on its banks
which (banks) year after year were farther
from them. After the separation Of that
Province from. Spain. aud the decline Of agri-
culture amid the desolatins wars which
swept over this beautiful region, the process
OF clearing was arrested, the old lands grew
up in trees with that rapidity common TO the
tropics, and in few years the inhabitants
were by rise ofihe waters and an inundation
,prived oftheir choicest plantations.-SOuth
Cdrolinan.
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The following story we derive from a
French paper1-N Y. Jour. Of Com
CASTING OUT DEvILs.-Last January, a
rich hypochondriac in the North of France
was persuaded by his friends that he was
bewiIched; and repairing 10 his physician
announced thai he had seven devils. Only
seven said the doctor. "But seven"
The man Of medicine, seeing that his pa
tent's malady was mental, went through
with formal examination, and promised 10
cure him IN seven days, driving one demon
from his body every morning, at 20 francs
each, with the exception Of The last, 10 over
come whose obstinate tenacity was worth
Iorty francs. The hypocondriac consented.
and The next day was subjected TO the action
of machine, novel and formidable in an
pearance 10 him and received n severe shock.
He shrieked aloud the doctor said coldIy
lone has departed" The same operation
had been performed six successive days and
when the seventh came, the patient was
warned to summon all his courage for a con.
lest with the chief the band, whose resis-
lance would he tremendous. The doctor
then proceeded 10 give him shock which
laid him sprawling on The floor GaiIy re-
covering himself Il am curedr' he exciaim
ed, paid the price agreed upon, and went
his way.
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A DIscovERY.-A discovery has recently
been made in Algeria, about 81 kilometres
from Oran, in the forest of Muley lsmael. of
a quarry of Plaster Of Paris, OF immerse ex-
tent. They have descended into pits of 30
metres in depIh-and the amount Of gypsum
is so considerable, that it might furnish
enough not only Tor the whole western prov
ince OF Algeria. but even for expectation.
1t is supposed that this quarry WIS irst wor-
ked in the time of the Spanish ascendancy 4;
but the Arabs are under The impression that
that it was worked by djins, or sorcerers
The scales of gypsum. are so transparenf,the
would serve for windows-as was the Gus
tom, before the introduction Of glass.
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The Detroit Daily Advertiser gives this
account OF a feminine exploit-of no COM
mon Significance
THE Ladies rs. BorLing AHeys.-OnFri-
day morning the 10Th of July, between the
hours OF one and two, about FORTY ladies OF
Utica, Michigan, secretly assembled. pro-
ceeded 10 bowling alley; armed with axes,
matches, hammers, &C., and completely de-
moIished it. They had viewed this insid-
Gus foe 10 their domestic peace tor some time
with an anxious and jealous eye; ana having
waited in vain for some legal proceeding a
eainst it determined Tor once 10 take The law
into their own hands. Theywent with much
spirit and energy-hacked the bed Of the al
ley-tore down the walls-razed it TO the
ground, and finished with trampling upon
AMI breaking to pieces the roof The bull
ding was 50 feet long, and this work Ofdes-
rruclion was accomplished in little less than
an hour
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TIE VENETIAN Women AND THEIR HAZE

Tar VENETIAN WOMEN AND THEIR HAIR
Mrs. Jameson, 10 her late agreeable work
called Memoirs and Essays, speaking OF The
Venetian women. says:
With regard To the Venetian women. every
one must remember in the Venetian pictures
not only the peculiar iuxuriance, but the Pc
culiar color Of The hair, Of every golden tint,
from lich full shade OF auburn to sort OF
yellow haxcn hue. or rather not haxen, but
like raw silk. such as we have seen the peas
ants in Lom5ardy carrying over their arms
OF on their heads, in great. shining, twisted
heAps. have sometimes heard itasked WIN
wonder whether those pale golden masses OF
hair ;he true '.,londina' lint, could have been
always NATURAL On the conrrafy.t was ar
tif;cial the color, not the hair. In the days
of the elder Palma aud Gl orgione,. yellow
hair was the fashion, and The paer the tint
the more admired. The women had a metli-
cd of d:schsrgine the natural color by hrst
washing their tresses 10 some chemical prep
ararion, aud thea exposing them TO the SUI.
have seen curious old Venetian prlht' per-
haps satirical. which represents this process.
A lady is seated on the roof, or balcony oil
her house, wearing sort Of broad brimmed
hat. without a crown; the long hair Is drawn
over these wide bruins, and spread out in the
sunshine, while the face is completely shaded.
How they conirive TO escape brain fever,
or coup e soel, is wonder. and truly
of all the muItifarious freaks Of fashion and
VANITY, know none more strange than this,
unless il be the continuance ofthe women OF
Antigua 10 OBTAIN new natural complex
inn
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already scorcbing him Death seemed to be
inevitable. He relaxed his hold aud fell to
The pavement, lifcless, il is true, hut more
from the stun of the fall than real INJURY
Both were carried 10 the house OF Miss 81.
Pierre mother, and in few hours were al
most recovered. What gives the real romance
TO this incident is. thai the William had,
some months before. seen. loved and been
accepted; secretly, i, is tue. by the rich aud
beautiful Kate ST. Pierre. The attachment
it is said. was Eyes. and isl mutual. but owing
to The disparity in fortune. Mrs, ST. Pierre
would not listen to the proposals OF young
s.. IT'S said that they are no~ to DC
married in very short time-nak'ng GOOD
the words OF tine poet:
None but the brave deserve the far.
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INGENIOUS TEsT.-A few days ago mer-
chant in prosecuting his morning tour in the
suburbs of Edingbureh. found a purse con
tanning considerable amount of money. He
observed lady at distance, who he thought
would be the loosen. Determined to be cor
rect, he fell upon strange, YET ingenious
plan. He resolved to act the part Of Poor
distressed tradesman,' aud boldly went for
ward hat in hand, and asked aims. This was
answered with polite Go away--I have
nothing to give you.' The man. however.
persisted in his entreaties, would not 90 till
be had relief for his furnishing wife and chill
dreu. The lady at last coudescended but,
TO her dismay, found that the wherewi,h wa.
conc. The met char', now satisfied that he