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the city kitten rolled herself up and turned a
| somersault, the country kitten rolled herself up
and turned two. If city showed the slightest
symptoms Of frolic with country, country
went into perfect agony of frohc with city.
When city, with utter want of tact, sprang
on the back of a stately and digni6ed hen,
country attempted to follow suit, and was ig-
ANONYMOUSLY repulsed. City laid herself down at
length, with aristocratic disregard Of the forms
of rural society. Country, with a great show OF
intimacy, went up to her, struck her back and
tail softly and coquettishly with her paw, till
city patronizingly sprung up again and organ
lied tnssle. We are very glad to see the
commencement of friendship which We hope
will prove lasting and beneficial to both. But
the gander continues TO be the chief object of
interest to our Kitty. Whether it is owing
to fellow feeling between foreigners, he having
come from Ireland, believe, and her grand
mother from the Isle of Man, or whether it is
because he was the first to pay his respects to
her ON her arrival, cannot say but whenever
he makes bis appearance, every other acquaint-
ance is nOnchalantly snubbed, and he receives
her undivided attention. When he thrusts out
his long neck at her, she retreats step, but is
not diverted from her watch. When he wad-
dies away, she follows him slowly, lost in won
der. In fact, have no doubt they will event
ually become fast friends. Kitty is not yet
sufficiently acquainted to go out doors alone,
but she is exceedingly fond of going with
me. AS long as l am in sight, she frolics unre-
strained. ! leave her by stealth sometimes, or
run away when she is up in a tree, and you
should see her legs go as soon as she ascer-
tains the fact. There, those poor birds are at
itagainl What shall do with them? Whoever
will give me few hints as to the best methods
of rearing callOw birds, will confer lasting OBJ
legation on Your obedient servant,
GAIL HAMILTON.
But dear me they will all be dead before l
shall have a chance to hear from any one, am
afraid.
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sisting of eight cylinders of black taffeta, which
form the signals by opening and shutting, and
appear like 50 many paper lanterns This
simple apparatus forms two hundred and sixty
live changes, and has been found sufficient for
the purposes of correspondence. The principal
engineer has had in contemplation the con
strnetlon OF telegraphic balloon which might
be worked on terra trina, by means of strings
communicating with the cylinder before men
toned, at the height of twelve feet from the
ground"
1900. '"' '''
The use of balloons for military reconnois
sance was not long continued. In 1912, the Rus
SLAMS attempted to bring them again into play
by directing number of them over the French
army, and dropping upon their heads a num-
Der of explosive projectiles, but the experiment
taiied. The most complete treatise on this sub
Ject is Targan's work, published in Paris in
1850, entitled, a." BaRons, mn Historic de la Lo-
comotion Aerieane depuis sou Oyfgine, jusqat' d
nos Jours."-N T. Ere Post.
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blank proofs of dear grandather's famous dog
ma OF total deprayity. Yes, aud /, too, am to
tally depraved for am sure if everybody hat
better rooms than We, could not but be restivs
under the infiction, and should complain. a,
Mrs. Smith did, in our rooms this mornin,,
She asked Aunt what we paid, and, on being
told, exclaimed, at is too bad | paw lust az
much as you do for my roems on the third
story"
l am very sorry for Mrs. and the Misses
Smiths, for their discomforts, but it is as Roche
foucaut tells US, in his wicked Maxims-only
they are so true-"W find something to please
us in the misfortunes of our dearest friends"
Is not this long letter, and vet it contains
nothing but, perhaps, will write you another
which will be more coherent, and it NAV be
readable. One word more, dear g.. and then
good-by. My hat is regarded as a miracle OF
taste and beauty, and my wardrobe, so far as
/ have exhibited it, has been admired as for
the wearer, l will tell you more when l have
more to tell
With all love, your loving cousin,
META
= p. ST. shall expect letter of four full
pages from you for every letter write, and You
can't tell how hard it is to get time here to
write even SO bad letter.
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1t is feared, says the Boston Transcript, that
the frightfnl scenes through which Mr.. Perkins
and his companions passed at the massacre of
Perugia will result in the insanity Of Mrs.
Doane, whose nervous system does not recover
from the ock.
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heavy guns, the Power holding it could effectu-
| ally bar the ingress and egress of the Red Sea,
and exercise quite as absolute control over that
sea as Turkey exercises over the sea of Mar
mora and the approaches to the Black Sea by
the possession Of the castles and batteries Of the
Dardanelles. The British do not dispute that
Perrin is q the key of the Red Sea" but they
| assert that they have not fortified 1T, and they
maintain that, as they have never exercised
power to the prejudice Of other commercial
nations, and as the only interests in the Red
Sea are British, nobody has any reason to COM
plain. They want the coaling station" and,
therefore, they mean to hold it.
If we recolect Alright, when this controversy
first commenced, it was said that, upwards of
sixty years ago, Sir David Baird occupied Pc
rim on his advance from India to Egypt, and
an English journal remarked, with considerable
ndaDete, "We require it again, and we have
taken it again, and, after all, this appears to
be the only title that can be shown for It's occu-
patton"
In an agricultural point of view, we do not
think that either the Sultan or the Imaum need
bemOan the "deed of English usurpation with
much bitterness. The refusal of the Viceroy
of Egypt to allow the works of the Suez canal
to proceed, may have reawaked French atten
ton to the subject Constitution.
CHARLES DICKENss Cory The New
York correspondent of the Springfield Repub
Lc0R says:
" saw the oldest manuscript Yesterday. II
1T was sent to the Republican office, YOU would
Danish 1t as unintelligible. Written in II mi
mute, staggering hand, the is falling into the
faces of the p's, every line full of errors, many
containing not more than two words to be
used-this was written by the hand of Charles
Dickens, and sent by him across the ocean for
publication. And from such an inky embryo,
probably Little Nell and Dorrit, through ago
nized printers hands, struggled into life.
Charles Dickens doesn't copy, that's plain, but
he crosses out"
Here is a Gfty-yearold jeu desprit that is
quite as good as new. A rich old gentleman
by the name of Gould married girl not vet
out of her teens. After the wedding, he wrote
the following, to inform friend of the happy
event
You see my dear Doctor,
Though eigh years old,
A siri ofninrteen
Falls III love with old Gould
To which the doctor replied
- A girl Of nineteen
May love Gould, a s. prue
But believe Dear sir
IL Is GOLD VIZ Aout U!'H
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"doee Dot re .tate !or mOmeHt 10 say tina. =. 10
sympstby whatever with the object II ~. Eyaes's
present wat to Eugsnd' 1t also frankly rataer
thau politely states thet sit never heard OF NJ.
Evans before and is wholly IN ignorance Of what his
former socai trumphs there cons isted, whether Of
breakfasts with the poet Rogers and dbner WITH the
Marquis Of Iarsdorpe, o. Of rwsrry at the Cider
Cellars With the reporters Of the thirdra'e London
newspapers." Ii The Anfr,caH thinks proper - in
dulge in these sneers at an eDterptsog aod succesn
New-Yorker. why II can do 30. Bot we xl honesty
advise that journal not flavor - with such m
appt na,ce Of malice and envy that the public caunot
bu, get the impression that they proceed from some
personal motive. II looks very much A. If The
AmeyiceHs article Bad been written ir New-fork,
and that IL a great mistake n professional point
q view.
TIE Penn Yam Democrat has Al article showing
that the Hon. Daniel M,ri-, the last Fourth Of july
orator Of that locality borrowed his oraion fro'n
famous delivered this city the ith OF July,
1898.
-Joseph Francis Oscar T., King Of Sweden, died
at Stockholm, June g. He was born JAY !, EH,
II airied daughter Of the Duke Of Leuchtenberg IN
1875 ani assembled tire throne IN 1911. He wa son
Ct the famous Marshal Berus1Otte. He was prep0s-
sess!pg in personal appearance, courteous and aiabe
Mingled freely with the people, and, az vel r. hI'
Queen, wa, very popular. EdGca'ion AMI ntern"
improvements have been made during his reign, but
religious intolerance a. prevails in Sweden. The
Crown Prince, who will probably assume the
title of Charles XIV. married in 1850 to toe Pfn
Gers Wilhemina Fredercs Alexandrina Anna Louisa,
daughter Of the royal house Of Holland, and several
children grandchildren Of tue late king are the issue
Of this marriage. He is said to possess capacity but
to have received good, though purely Swedish,
education
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arms any how ons AFTER the other aAi ssring I'll sbsss
them In utter defiance Of "cyes froa" Bu, tbs TOR
cos are the most wonderful specimens Of humanity
ever saw and | could have watched their wild vehs-
ueDt gestures and shining eyee and boaesces bod,cs
through half the day. They are chiefly blacks tai,
ferce-looking men, Occasionally handsome, always
with beautifully white teeth who walk about 9TH
ca-se step, il the ground were too hot Tor the n
the very Improvisation Of muscular strength. A
painter woud find many subject IN their origis~
grouping and picturesque costume; Que set sqnassd
Malsy fashion their hams rrund the heap ot wood
and circle II tic cans forming their simple kitchen gss-
tcu.ai and pouring out q torrent OF CULTURAL souhds,
evidently advice 10 the head cook VINO gravely Ia
the same positon his fsce scared AID scanned WITH
veins and wrr kles his besd shaved all round-as Is
often the custom among them, leaving po, SIX iachcs
in dian eter st the top where the rough black wool
stccd right up clear sway from the bare skuls-tAkng
10 notice of Them or their exclamsions but inserting
dirty finger every now aed then into the me At TO 500
were vet socdep; snother wound himself into his
brood red sash, with the help OF conrade, - .
Highlander pu,s on his plaid; two more sere s'tasg
down with their arms rOGni eaca others necks, isnsh-
ing and clustering an kissing Ike sisters, whus
another amused himself by batting the sentry on du y,
who al last. though an officer preeent, kst MS
temper charged him along the teat with his bayS.
net While was there the Zouaves we're all TUNED
out in line to hear the amount Of pay due to them
the captain IN com and carefully explaining to each
man, IN the presence Of the sergeant, who woad 70
ctiye the ',ta am, unit for his e. the total originally
Genoa sad the remainder 20 b" pail to the Ia diA
change e s claims TO the Ell of June th1 no 90
could mag ue that he WAS cheated. They seemed -
VI desslsrd perfectly, and one calculated Souf. ssA
quite CORRECTLY VIVA, dis daily pay was, clear u ~
4
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abuses Of the inisrnsi Government of the Romsgua
H. ia, besides. though man Of eminent merit aud
sUttority, snd standing next only 20 Count Csyour,
more Of scholar and artist than Of a statesman or
politician. circumstances which, together with his
Etersry achievements and the mellow sofsness OF
biz temper, which leaves little room for true mss
culne energy. give him ,trong resemblance 10
senstcr Everett Of Massachusetts, and do not seen
10 be Of nature 10 secure his success.
p. >.-Just ss am shout msllipg this letter
ON informed that coo men have already arrived
yesterday in Bologn,, forming the vanguard ot
shout l0.000 70 15.OU0 more, who sre to occupy
the Romsgns and will probably operate on the
Austrian left against Nen.tls. The above 5000
uen are part OF a division formed of the 900
Ronsgnol volunteers, who have been drilled,
armed ard equipped within - dsys 10 Tuscany
on account Of the piedmontese Government, and are
G, mmsr drd BY Gen, l.. Mezzo Cspo, one of the
distinguished defenders of Venice during It's seven
teen months siege IN ISIS and lc49. As am told,
the War Office in Turn are entirely innocent of
this result. Count Csvour having taken the torm,-
ton of the corps under his special care; the War
Ot,ce only had the selection of the officers. The
division consists Of four regiments Of Infantry one
battalion Of rhrmen company of artillery, one
pany of engineers, and squadron Of cavalry.
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Personal.

-Bayaid Taylor goes out TO California in the
steamer Of the 9TH August, under engagement with
The San francisco Mercantile Library Society TO de-
liver four lectures in the metropolis of the Pache
lie will be- accent abou, three months, and Will probi-
bly, lecture in Sacramento and the principal towns in
the mining region.
Gen. Tom Thumb arrived at his home in Bridge
port on Saturday. lie means to stay at home here
after.
Pref John II. Lattrop, LID, of the Wisconsin
University has been elected President of the Indiana
State University.
Francis \. Mafftt, a Of the Rev. John New
land Maiti tie eloquent preacher who dourished 50
some years ago, died of an apopetic fit in the St
Louis jail Oh Sunday night last. The deceased to-
geihey with several Others, had been arrested and
imprisoned on suspicion OF forgery.
The Hon. John W. Nash. Judge of the C'rcnit
Court Of the Petersburg Va District, died on sun
day. The deceased was an eminent jurist, and
frequently served in both branches OF the Virginia
Legislature.
John Cobb, young man Of is, was hung at
atlanta Ga, lstcly for shooting wealthy iberiine
who had seduced his sister. Cobb was convicted and
senterctd last year, but the feeling in bis behalf was
so stroI q ST Gov Ellis induced 10 reP!lsvc MIN
for twelve months.
Mr. Henry Morfori, member Of the st.f q TIE
" y Lead,,, Is about to publish a volume OF poems
under the title of Rhymes Of Twenty Years
The Bishop of Arkansas and tee Bishop Of Pitt
burgh hsve gone to Rome IN ohicia. Wis, 10 the
Pope.
AT thc ls;e commencement %! the Uoiversi'y @
1lssiss ppi tie honorary degree OF Doctor OF Laws
was coaeiIed upon Hon. Vim. l.. Sharkey, Chief Jus
tice Sm',b Hon. A. NJ Ci.yton and the Rev. J. II
Ingram. These gentlemen all Mississippians.
There is man by the name OF Hyde, IN C.nc.n-
NATL who is hundred and year. Of age, and mas
been s,r.ed seven times
The Common Council q Boston, after an scr-
Nonous debate, decided, on Thursday night 10 thank
Mr. George Sumner for hi: Grafton. They were p
yeas to Il nays.
-Tie Baltimore Americcn has AZ elaborate leader
on the visit of our felow-cizen. T. c. Evans, esq,
to London, with view to bridging Mr.. Dickens to
this country for a lCcturiSg tour. The A@er.cdn
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ZOTAXEs AND TTRCOS.
r.,rorlsrce Of IL Load.n rirn.a

Ccr-tsror-e q ILs Lr-l-l IIn8tL
GESoA July =.
very Interesting camp Of 100 Turcos and 400 or 80
Zouayes have jnst srTyed requirements, all old
soldiers, ard apparently picked men. The latter one
j. elsd To examine rom their very name and dree,
their Crimeen medals, which were pretty common
(uSda,He de sapret0gs, Humane Society's medal
-sy the irnpuden; French, and above al, from their
easy, unstsrched vays, even VI parade, grouodlrg
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Teaching on q Large Scale.

At public meeting in 1855, DR.. Tying
narrated the following:
"Three years ago, Louis Napoleon,
finding that most of the soldiers in his
army were unable to read, advertised for
a contract to teach them. A single gen.
teman undertook the task. He asked for
no books-nothing but states and pencils.
He brought the men up in line. and by
the use of large letters, at his dictation,
they ell learned the alphabet, and then to
read. He then asked for one single tract.
He was permitted to choose, and selected
from all the tracts in the language
the most beautiful and the most affecting
tho gospel by John; and in less than a
year he had taught fifty thousand French
soldiers to read the gospel, and received
copies enough to put one into the hands
of each soldier
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Spirit Of Democracy.
Anscdote Of General jackson.

The North Carolina Christian Advo-
cate, published at Raleigh, in its issue of
TIE 2lst ult., gives the following anecdote
Of General jackson, in illustration of his
extraordinary knowledge Of human nature:
Here is . characteristic anecdote of
Gen jackson, not before published, and
conveying q useful hint to critics upon
sermons. 1t was given to Gov. Ellis by
President Buchanan during his recent
visis 10 North Carolina. and we repeat it
By memory as it was told by Gov. Ellis in
an address to the students Of Trinity Col
hge at the late commencement:
When President jackson appointed Mr..
Buchanan Minister to Russia, the friends
ofa certain gentleman solicited for him an
appointment as secretary of allegation. AL
though the qualifications of the gentleman
were unquestionable, and his friends nume-
rous and Influential, Gen. jackson peril
naciously refused to give him the appoint
ment-an6 he explained this refusal to
Mr.. Buchanan by saying, He is no judge
Of preaching" "How is that?" asked Mr..
Buchanan. "Why," said Jackson,T at.
tended the Methodist church Sunday OF
two ago, and heard most able and elo-
quent sermon by DR.. Durbin. 1t was the
logic of the Gospel, set on fire by the fer
yid zeal of devotion to Christ. The effect
wss very great upon the Congregation -
All were awed into silence and reverence
and felt as though I stood before the
awful majesty of the eternal God. As
passed from the church, this gentleman
for whom the appointment is solicited
Joined me, and broke upon the solemn
feeling the sermon had inspired by saying
Tho preacher has given rs very poo
sermon; nothing new in it, only mere dee
lamation." Sir added the old General
''that man is not fit for Office, he is not t.
be trusted because he is no judge O
preaching"
And General jackson did not appoin
him to the Legation of Russia. How b,
was to infer disqualification for the offic,
from want of just views of sermon tn,
President did not explain. But the futur,
history Of the man proved the instructive
foresight of Jackson into character
Upcn Mr.. Buchanan's return from Russia
he called upon the President whose frs
words after the salutatioD, we're:
81 told you that mau was not to be trus
ted, because be was no judge of preaching
and sure enough he has been unfaithful t.
the trusts reposed in him." And so i
was, the gentleman had become guilty of
8 breach of the principles which are dear t,
srnan of honor and integrity.
This incident gives US an interesting
glimpse of the peculiar character o: Gen
eral jackson, and is quite suggestive t,
persons who make or hear criticisms OF
sermons.
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Illustration of Law.

A good story was rife in our city late.
y, which serves to illustrate that pos
session is nine points of law A. is q
Ssther sharp lawyer, and resides next door
70 B. The houses of A. and B. are similar
10 appearance, and as they adjoin are cas-
lily mistaken by q comparative stranger.
b. being out of coal, walks to the coal
market, purchases load for $3.50, and
sends it home. The man of whom he
purchased mistakes the residence of A.
for that ofB. and dumps the coal in AS
yard. The Lawyers man sees the coal
in the yard and gets wheelbarrow and
shovel and puts it into the cellar. B. is
Ia . peck of trouble his coal does not
come, and he goes out to find the man from
whom he bought it.
t,a' See here my country friend, bought
load ofcoal of you, and you have not
delivered it, says B as soon as he found
the collier.
You bought the load of coal and paid
: for it, and delivered it, said the coal deal.
ef.
Here the thought struck B. that he
saw coal in his neighbours (the Lawyer's)
yard, and Immediately divired the mystic
,sy. He starts for the lawyers Office, and
finding him, thus accosted him:
'Mr. A., suppose you should buy load
cf coal, and the man should put it the
wrong yard, what would You require oi
the gentleman who appropriated the
Hsoali'
We'll. SIR said the lawyer, 4 should
either make him return the coal or pay the
amount paid for the load
Very WE'LL said Mr.. b. just give me
ii$e, ,so.'
The lawyer gently drew thirty cent.
, from his pocket and handed it to B.
= s. What does this mean, Mr.. Az You
! owe me three dollars more said the aston
~ ished b.
Not at all, said the lawyer, i charg'
thee dollars for my advice
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EDUCATION educated man stands,
as it were, in the midst of boundless
arsenal and magazine, filed with all the
weapons mans skill has been able to de.
wise from the earliest time; and he works
accordingly, with a strength borrowed
from all past ages. How different is his
state who stands on the outside of that
storehouse, and feels that its gates must
be stormed, or remain forever shut against
him! His means are the commonest and
rudest; the mere work done is no measure
of his strength. A dwarf will hew them
down with the pickaxe; and he must be
a Titan that hurls them abroad with his
arms Carlyle.
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Irresolutlon.

Irresolution is habit which creeps up.
on its victim with fatal facility. 1t is
not vicious, but it leads to vice, and many
. fine heart has paid the penalty of it at
the scaHold. Triaing as it appears in the
vsvering steps the young. as they grow
older its form changes to that of a hideous
: ,smQpster, which leadstheaR destruction
l{d their eyes Or. IL idler, the
6pendtbrift, the epicurean and the drunk
~ are among its victimS Perhaps in
the latter its effects appear in the most
q hideous form. He knowsthat the goblet
which he is about to drain is poison, YET
be swallows it. He knows, for the exam.
ple of thousands has painted it in glaring
eolors, that it will deaden all his faculties
take the strength from his limbs and the
happiness from his heart, oppress him will
9. fbul disease, and hurry his progress to 9
dishonored grave. yet he drains it undel
- species of dreadful spell, like that b.
which small creatures are said to approacl
and leap into the jaws of the loathspm,
serpent, whose 6sndish eyes have fascina
ted them. How beautiful and manly i
that power by which. The resoluts ma0 pas
ass unmoved through daDgsrs.
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THE INFLUENCES OF EDUCATIoN.-Lor6
John Russell, in late address on 'Edu-
cation. at Liverpool, said:
1t is education which enables the Uni.
ted States of America to proceed in their
wonderful career, upheld by the most
popular institutions, without serious dis
turbance of law and order. 1t is educa-
tion which, in England, has mainly pre-.
vented such tumults as, forty years ago,
broke the peace and alarmed the midst of
this country. 1t is education which has
bound the mass of the people to the throne
by the links of an enlightened loyalty.