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mistellaneous.
A Chinese Temple in San Francisco.
SINGULAR MIXTURE OF BUSINESS AND
SUPERSTITION.

The San Francisco Bulletin has the fol,
lowing account of Il wonderful temple just
completed in that city by the Chinese resi-.
dents:
'lt may not be known to all our readers
that there are in California six iuAuent.al
aud wealthy Chinese Companies, which
are partly commercial associations and
partly brncvo lent orders, and with which
all the Chinese who come hither are in
some sort connected. These companies
are known as the Sam Yep, Young Wo,
See Yep, Ming Yeong, Hop Wo and Yen
No. They all have their headquarters in
this city. Every Monaghan who comes to
this coast is either consigned to the care
or lndentured TO one of these companies.
They have complete registry of the names
and whereabouts of their countrymen, are
bound to look after them in health and
sickness so long as their connection with
the company is preserved, aud if they die
here to return their bodies to China. They
are not unlike in their character and OBJ.
Jects to those great comp1uies that spraug
up III Europe after the discovery in Anne
rlca, and that furnished cmigrants and
slaves to the new world, which they visi
ted IN search of gold aud furs, for the pur.
pose OF establishing settlements and ira
ding posts, and sometimes avowedy TO
convert the heather.
The system Of the Chinese companies
Is, however, more thorough, their motives
and transactions generally more regular:
andthey also mix he religious element with
their business in different manner, not
seeking to proselyte us outside barbara
ATS" but TO furnish temples wherein the
members OF their own guilds may worship
thu wooden gods of the Celestial Empire,
and al burn Josh sticks and holy paper. The
o'a lup COMPANY have long had tenn
pie on Pine street, in a building which
rustic visitors to the city during the
smallpox visitation of 1862 used to be
wags'shiy mslnformed was pest house
The Ming Yeong Company have recently
oullt large establishment on Dupont Al.
icy between Pacific street and Broadway,
which has been populary reported to be
IA pagan temple, wherein ali manner of
idols arc worshipped and mystic rites per.
formed. P"pu ar report is partly right
and partly wrong
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.
TAc Ming Ycoag Company, which is said
to bc the largest and richest in the State,
nd to have total membership in Califor-
tia of eighteen thousand, erected a new
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Furnishing an Alligator.

They keep alligators and tame them in
Sumatra. The strange manner in which
they are treated, just as if they We're hui
man beings, will be observed in this ex-
tract:
GA man who acted as servant to the
sultan, Was missed from the town, and as
such an ncideut occasionally happened, it
was supposed that he had been caught and
eaten. by an alligator whilst bathing in the
river. A report to this effect soon reach
ing the ears of the sultan, his majesty
summoned the three keepers of his alliga-
tors, named SlSun,ang, Sachupa aud Sa.
matt, and before u large coucourse of poo-
pie complained to. them that oae of their
children, as the natives term them, had
killed subject of his.
The keepers expressed great regret at
this breach OF good conduct on the part
OF one Of their charge. But, Tuaw co.,
(my lord, they added, rising to take leave,
rest assured full vengeance shall be taken
upon the offender Slguntang, Sachupa
and Samat accordingly wended their way
to the river side, on reaching which they
stopped at the spot where they were &C.
customed to feed the alIigators.
As these Immense reptiles names
were called they responded TO the sum
mons in such numbers that the water, far
and near, seemed covered with them
Although they looked like beams of wood
closely packed together, the sharp eyed
keepers perceived the absence of one of
them There is one missing-Bassar,
where is he ? said Samat. A slight
movement Of the water was seen, and the
culprit rose abashed, and tmidly took his
place.
"'You it is who are guilty. said Sa.
chupa ; come forth and receive the due
punishment for thy crime. You have
killed one of the kings own subjects; aud
therefore here, in tho sight of thy broth
ers aud sisters, must thou cxpiatc this
dire offence. Hast thou aught to say in
thy defence ? The alligator lowered his
head in silence, in acknowledgment of his
guilt. 'Samati,' cried Saguutang, in Il
loud voice, cut off tho fore feet of this
vile wretch, and then chop his body into
thousand pieces Samati, who appear
ed to have been a soft of Calcraft in his
relation to the alligators, immediately
obeyed aud, when the merciless sentence
had been executed, the pieces of the ALI
gators body were carefully collected aud
thrown into the river to be food for the
fishes"
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About Great Men and Bows.

Among the mountains of California
stand some of the most wonderful. trees
ever discovered. They tower up more
than three hundred feet, or taller than the
highest stceple in this country. There
they stood hundreds of years before civil.
lied lnan ever saw them. But they were
just as grand while alone ia the solitude
Of the unbroken wilderness, when only
visited by the winds, the wild beasts, and
birds, and the equally wild Iudians, as
they are now, when travellers flock to ad-
nire their stateliuess. So all truly great
men possess the same nobleness of nature
before, that they do after the world has
discovered, acknowledged and applaaded
it.
Those who long for opportunities Of be-
coming great, forget that greatness is 10
the man, not in the opportunity. The
opportunity only gives OCCASION for great
~ IS to exhibit itself Washington pos
sessed the same high qualities when he
told the truth and loved his mother, aud
when he headed the American armies, aud
presided over the councils Of the nation.
A man may be great, though circumstan.
ces conhne him to Il narrow sphere, just
as a ray of light is as pure, as cheerful
and as much the child OF the sun, when
shining in rude howell, as when flashing
from the mirrors Of palace. Goodness,
courage, devotion, mauliness, patience,
perseverance,, reverence, and love, will
make boy great, though he lives on the
most secluded farm in the back woods
There are thousands of such boys-many
OF them will read these words for their ell.
vouragement. The day may come when
their p"ble qualities will be wanted in the
publ, service, aud all men shall see and
acknowledge their worth, But if not,
they are still rich in enduring wealth, aud
let them remember, also, that life only
tcyins in this world.
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The Abrams and the Lost Tribes.

LII the course of pedestrian tour
among the Pathans Cor Atfgaus) the Rev.
r. Bruce, Of the Church Mission at Dero
lsmael Khan, in the Dorajat, was informed
of some remarkable traditions as to their
ancestry. Mr. Bruce says: "Azeem Khan
told HE, among other things, that the
Pathans were children of Israel, aud this
is the belief of all educated Pathans that
| have met. | had an interesting book
lent me by the Nawab of Tank, whose city
residence is close to US here, called The
Tawarikh Atfghani," or History of the
PAthaus." In it they claim descent from
Saul, king of Israel, and say--"Wheu
Bakht Mayer destroyed Jerusalem, and
drove their ancestors out OF Damascus,
they took refuge in the hills of Kanda-
har." The book also contains great deal
taken from our Hebrew Scriptlres-the
geneaogy in Genesis ", with accounts of
Eaueh and the age Msthuselsh, correct
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A Universal Language,

We see it stated that the subject of a
universal language is now exciting con-
siderable attention in England. A code
Of symbols has been invented, which is
declared infallible. The symbols arc
thirty-four in number, and have been tried
in most OF the European and Oriental Ian
guages. Il is said that person of COM
mon intelligence and education can learn
them in u few days study.
All very good-but for our part, we
think it about as easy to ''inyent" a tree
as language. Languages must gradual
ly grow Into shape aud color, they cannot
be extemporized and manufactured even
by the greatest Of philosophers. And as
to universal language, the Euglish-or,
as our Russian friends compliment US by
saying, the American-bds fair to become
that.
What with the English possessions in all
parts of the globe, including the great Aus
tralian branch of the family, and the large
embarrassing possessions Of our own great
Republic, the English tong, is rapidly
becoming the leading language of the
world. And from pre.emiuency to uni
versatility is not 50 great stride bat that
1t may be taken.
One Of these centuries, when all the
great colonies of Euga shall have sepa.
rated from the parent isle and set up for
themselves when the old country shall
nestle under the protecting wings of hor
great children, and console herself for the
vanished glory of the past by making
mouths at the Frenchmen across the Chan
mel with perfect impunity-when clouds
Of ships shall no longer whiten her har.
bors, and her vast manufactures and store
houses dwindle down to the decreased pro-
PORTIONS of her commerce, when the Great
Republic of the West shall be lordiDg it,
In the interests of Justice and Freedom,
over one hemisphere, and the great Rus
sian and Australian Empires of the East
have sway over the other-when France
and Prussia and Austria shall lie quiet
and even peaceful together in the little
nest of their territorial insigniicauce-
then perhaps the world may begin to ap-
pr'ximate to universal language, u con-
sequeut good understanding aud sympathy
of feeling, and an era Of mutual forbear-
ance and peace.
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,BRANDaErH'S PILLS.

THE Weak, the Consumptive, Rheuma-
4 tic, Coslive, Bilious and Delicate, after
some days use will find renewed strength
and life pervade every organ of their
frames.
Every dose makes the blood purer.-
the nerves commence in the arteries and
terminate in The veins. These pills, as
first effect, act upon the arte'ial blood, i'll
creasing the circulation, by which impur-
ties are deposited in the veins, and they
throw off such collections into the bowels,
which organs, by the energy derived from
Brandreth's Pills, expel them from the
system. When first used, the Pills may
occasion gripping and even make The pa
tient feel worse. This is an excellent
sign, and shows the disease will soon lie
cured. No great good is often achieved
without some trouble in its attainment,
and this rule applies to the recovery OF
health.
For sale by all respectable dealers in
@'deinss my27
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black horse hair sprouting out Of his chin
aCd the corners of his mouth, and his per
son belizcLed with blue, green, crimson
aDd gilt carvings, studded with bits of
glass, to represent his small clothes and
high above his head brass sun, as if this
celestial superstition had mixed with a bit
Of Pharisceism.
TRADITIONS AND OFFERINGS.
awe are asked to believe while in this
awful presence that Josh, when alive on
earth, stood fifteen feet in his bare feet,
and welded battle axe that weighed
ton, and one day killed thirty thousand
of his foes. In proof of this story we aae
shown by All Wee in the manner that
Admitted of no controversy, wooden bat
tie axe, highly carved and gided, which
is an exact representation of the one that
Josh swung with such fatal fury. I'm
der Josh's august nose blazed several oil
lamps; and sticks of burning sandal wood
and punk and brazcrs of incense pow
der, sent up wreathes Of smoke, filing the
room with All olor that was rather pleas.
ant after while. Before this altar the
heads of their companies, clad in long blue
robes aud black skull caps, appear dali
ly during the festival, bowling and kissing
the floor and chanting, while the Som Yen
and Good Kim are twanged and drums
are beat in horrid dissonapce Hither are
brought the offerings Of baked and raw
meats-wkolo sheep and hogs A ,ocorl
of these is kept, but with the exception of
the left headquarters of the baked animals,
they are taken away again by those who
bring them. This is an economical form
of sacrifice, and probably does Josh as
much good as though his votaries did not
save their bacon so carefully. The reli
gious ceremonies are soon over (aud that
is another wise economy, though during
the current festival they are frequently re-
peated.
at is curious fact that the Chinese
do not apparently object to the presence
of Americans during these rites. Perhaps
they are willing to give US every opportu-
nifty to be converted, and desire to set US
an example of liberality aud courtesy
which We will be long in following"
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In Athens, ere its sun of fame had set,
Midst pomp and show the gazing crowds were
met,
Intent forever upon something new,
The mimic wonders of the stage to view.
So where the wide-eXtendch circus spreads
In gathered ranks its sen Of living heads,
Ranged in close order, rising row on row,
The void arena claims the space below.
The seats were filled but ere the show began,
stranger entered-'twas an aged man.
Awhile he sought place with aspect mild;
The polished young Athenians sat and smiled,
Eyed his confusion with "A sideong glance,
But kept their seats, nor rose on his advance.
o, for burning blush Of deeper hue
To mark the shame Of that sef-glorious crew
How poor the produce of fair learning's tree,
That bears no fruits of sweet humility
The growth of arts and sciences, how vain,
In hearts that feel not for another pain
Not so the Spartan youth, whose simple school
distilled the plain but sautary rule
OF kindness, and whose honest souls preferred
Truth to display-pcrformanc TO word.
Apart from Atticus distinguished race,
And rose with one accord, intent to prove
To lionored age their duty and their love;
Nor did Spartan youth his seat resume
Till the old man found due and fitting room.
Then came the sentence of reproof and praise.
Stamped with the sternness of the ancient days
For, standing full amid the assembled crowd,
The venerable stranger cried aloud
"The Athcnians learn their duty well, hut 10
The Spartans practice what the Athenians know ~
The words were good, and in vruous cause ;
They justly earned the nations glad applause;
But we have Surer words of precept given
In Gods own book, the words that came from
heaven
"Be kind, be courteous, be all honor shown"
'Seek others welfare rather than thine own"
T. B. MAcAULAY.
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notwithstanding few DAYS since, a rougl

ag-ObserviDg few days since, rough
looking customer 10 custody Of police
man, and followed by large concourse of
the canai0c, inquired of' one of tho
crowd, a verdant-looking son Of Erin, wbas
offence the culprit had been guilty Of
"Sure, an he attimptid to commi. suicide,
he did," was the reply. "Suicide !" l
CALCULATED in surprise. "By what means,
pray? "By tatin' his poor old father
over the head wild a club till he lay or
dead" r,joiued my informant. 1t was
some minutes ere I ceased to contemplate
the depravity Of mankind in general, and
suicides in particular.
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Bay On the road to EPSON, a NOUS
tached youth on the top of drag, evident
ly ambitious of being mistaken for tan of.
fcer," thus saluted fat coachman, who
was gravely driving his master and fami-
ly :-"Hulloa, you sir where's your
shirt-colar? How dare you como to tho
Derby without sbirt-collar" Jehu
growled forth, without lifting his eyes
from his horses: Gov the dooce could
| when your mother has not sent home
my washing Z"
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Es5~On one occasion the senior Stephen
son accidentally met gentleman and his
wife ut an inn in Derbyshire, whom he
entertained for some time with shrewd OBJ
serva,ons aud playful sallies. At length
the lady requested to know the name of
the remarkable stranger. "Why, madam
said he, ''thcy used once to call me Geor-
die Stephenson; now am called George
Stephenson, Esquire, of Tapton House,
near Chesterfield. And further let me
say, that have dined with princes, and
peers, and commoners, with persons of all
classes, from the highest to the humblest.
| have made my dinner of red herring
at a hedge bottom, and gone through the
meanest drudgery have seen mankind
in all its phases, aud the conclusion that
| have arrived at is, that if we're all strip
ped, there's not much difference"
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hard, straight edge, firmly around it at tho
intended point of severance, in order to.
keep the cord in one place during the fric-
ton, and to secure straight and smooth
edges to the glassware. Old bottles can DO
put to good use 10 this way.
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history Of Noah, Abraham, and other pa
triarchs-not after the manner Of usual
Mussulman legends, but utter the Hebrew
Scriptures. This looks very much as if
they were the ten tribes, or a part of
them" SUNDAY at Home.
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DfB A brow. beating counsel asked
witness how far he had been from cert in
place. Just four yards, two feet and six
inches" was the reply.
"How came you to be go exact, my
friend p
"Because I expected some tool or other
would ask me, so l measured it,"
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81 VIoLENcE.-The Albany Dutchmaa
says that the man who got drunk on smal
beer, and then undertook to cut his throat
with mackerel, has had his sentence
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ass" "She isn't all that fancy painted
her," bitterly exclaimed a rejected lover,
"und worse than that. she isn't all tbat
she paints herself"
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BIBB & co.
Baltimore Stove House,
No. SO LIGHT STREET,
1AIHfIiNng.

The season is now at hand TO buv your
STOVRS, FURNAt ES, RANGES, sc.
Also look and see what repairs you want
done to your stoves, and send in your or
Gers early, that we may execute them at
once. Further delay may cause you in
convenience.
Don'l forget that we are still selling that
matchess Fire place Stove the
GEM"
To heat 1st, Cd and Sd stories, at re-
duced pr,ce, and also the Rc-improved
"OLD DOMINION" Cook Stove, that
has so nobly stood the test over all COM
petitors.
Send in your orders early to
BlBB s. CO.,
Baltimore Stove House,
9Light street, Baltimore.
N. Bold Stoves and Iron taken in
exchange. Of
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CARE OF THE EYEs-Looking in FIRE
is very injurious to the eyes, particularly
coal fire. The stimulus of light aud
heat united soon destroy the eyes. Look.
ing at molten iron will soon destroy the
sight. Reading in the twilight is injuri.
GUS to the eyes, as then they are obliged
to make great exertion. Reading or sew
ing with u side light Injuries the eyes, as
both eyes should be exposed to an equal
degree Of light The reason is, the sym.
pathy between the eyes is so great, that
if the pupil of one is dilated by being kept
partially in the shade, the one that is
most exposed cannot contract itself suii.
GENTLY for protection, and will ultimately
be injured. Those who wish to preserve
their sight should preserve their general
health by correct habits, and give their
eyes just work enough, with due degree
Of light.
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NEW Gp0ls,

THE undersigned have just received
large and well selected stock of Goods
suitable for the season. They are con-
stantly making up the neatest work, and
the newest and most fashionable style of
Bonpets for the Spring and Sum
uA3 mer, to which they invite the atten-
W ton of the citizens of the town and
the surrounding country. They also de-
sire an occasional call from their Baltimore
friends, when they want something of ex-
ira style and finish, as they are aware that
the undersigned can aud will take pleasure
in putting up work of that description.
In addition to all styles Of Bonnets,
they keep constantly on hand a variety of
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S
SMALL WARE
Such as Ribbons, l.aces, Gloves, Hosiery,
Suspenders, and many other articles in
the Notion line.
Thankful for the liberal patronage here
tofore given the firm, they expect by strict
attention to business to merit its continu-
ance.
Nj. J. WRIGHT s. MITCHELL,
Washington street, two doors north Of
the Railroad, and next door to Nixon's
Hotel, llAvRE-DE-GRAcE. sep25
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An Enterprising Agent.

An enterprising travelling agent for o
well known Cleveland tombstone manu-.
factory, recently made visit to a small
town in neighboripg county. Hearing
in the village that man in remote part
OF the township had lost his wife, he
thought no would go out and see him, and
offer him consolation aud grave-stone on
his usual reasonable terms. He started;
the road was horribly frightful on }, but
the agent pcrsevered and arrived at the
bereaved mans house. Bereaved mans
hired girl told the agent that the bercaved
MAJ was splitting rails "over in the pas
tur," about two miles off. The indeiasi.
gable agent mounted his horse and started
for the "pastur." After falling in all
manner of mud holes, and scratching him
self with the briars, and tumbling over
decayed logs, the agent at length found
the bereaved mau. In subdued voice
he asked him if no had lost his wife the
man said be had. The agent was very
sorry to hear it, and sympathised with
the man very deeply in his great attic.
ton; but death, he said, was an insatiate
archer, and shot down all of both high and
low degree. Informed the man "that
what was his loss was her GAIN" and would
be glad to sell him grave-stone to mark
the spot where the beloved one slept
marble or common stone, as be chose, at
prices defying competition. The bereaved
man said that there was one difficulty in
the way.
Haven't you lost your wife ?" inquired
the agent.
"Why, yes, have" said the man, "but
no grave amt necessary, for you SEQ the
cussed critter amt dead-she shooted with
another Teller"
A cent left that "pastur" in hurry.
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QOetital.
COURTESY.
AN ATnESIAN STORY.

In Athens, ere its sun of fame had set,
Midst pomp and show the gazing crowds were