The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-13

Oue Gay, Wnen ne Was IOuf years OlO, u luC5b re-
marked in the hearing of the lad that "Conucius
had no elder brother" Moo instantly replied in
the language of the classics-"He took his elder
brothers daughter and gave her away IN mar
riage," thus proving that Coniucius had an elder
brother. The whole company greatly wondered
at this extraordinary reply.
In the same dynasty lived a little boy whose
name was Kuang. One day, while playing win
q company Of children, one OF them happened TO
fall into large earthen Jar full OF water. All OF
the other boys except Kuang we're too much
frightened to render any assistance, and ran
away. He, taking stone, broke tne laE and ana
escape. Every one who heard the circumstance
admired the boys uncommon wisdom ana pre-
sence of mind.
In the same dynasty there lived another bright
lad, whose name was Yenioh. While quite
small he was once playing ball with some juve-
nile companions. The ball lodging in the deep
cavity of 2 post, all gave 1t up as lost except
Yenfoh. He took water, aud pouring it into
the hole in the post, the ball hoated to the sur
face.
In the time Of the same dynasty lived a mau
named Wan, who at an early age was distin-
guished for his ready wit. When he was only
seven years old, his father was project in the
country OF Wei. An eclipse OF the sun occurring
the project informed the Emperor of the fact
The queen dowager inquired how much of the
sun was eclipsed? The project did not know
what TO answer, when his little grandson, stand
ing by his side, suggested to him, why not say
the part of the sun not eclipsed is as large as the
returned the indefinite reply thus suggested,
greatly surprised, and wondering at the quick
understanding and ready expression of his little
grandson.
CHINESE CURSES.
The Chinese are adopts in cursing. Here are q
few specimens
when you die, may you so to Hades, and have
your bowels ripped open
May you be tried in the Caldron of oil
May your tongue be cut Off
MAY YOU be thrown on The mountain of
knives
May you have none left to open the door and
to trim the lamp
May your children and your husband perish
(said to married woman).
May the pestlence deprive you OF posterity
HAY you not live to adult ace
May you die before marriagei
May your incense furnace be turned bottom
side up on the wall
May fish be your coffin, and water be your
grave!
May your body be in one place and your head
May your corpse be dragged out of the hole in
the wall
May the village constable attend to your re.
mains!
May five horses pull you to pieces
May your whole family be iammed into one
coffin
May the five thunders strike you dead!
PROVERBS.
Here are some Chinese proverbs:-
~ ltCl GlI6E Il u II Oh Gle DOLIOUl OF the ocean
ITO try to do an absurd or impossible thing)
A cat leading q rat to view the feast of Ian
terns-(one bad man deceiving another with
specious pretensions).
a tiger e9tlng Hy-(disproportion).
A wooden uger-(an unsuccessful plan to
frghten people)
A basket of grain producing only pound of
chicken-meat-(nd Indicates q money-losing busi-
ness).
A toad in well cannot behold the whole
heavens: to look at the heavens from the bottom
of q well-(contracted ideas).
Climbing tree 10 hunt for fish--(to look for
things where they can by no probability be
found).
In a melon-patch, do not stoop down to
unloose your shoes; under plum-tree do not
lift your hand to adjust your cap-(ayoid APP
pearances of eyD.
Don't tell a man with a full stomach that you
are hunGry-(one Just after a plentiful repast
does not readily sympathize with the feelings OF
hungry mani.
JUGGLERs' TRICKS.
A street ugeler will cause a candlestick in
which is a lighted candle, to stand erect on the
top of ones head while he sings some d1tty to
the sound OF clap-traps which he swings or works
in his hands. Another is to dance common
plate on the upper point of a short perpendicu.
lar stick, which is placed for support by its
lower point on another stick held III the mouth
of the performer, the plate spinning around with
very great velocity. The wonder of this truly
wonderful performance is the ease with which
times one passing along the streets will see q
man playing with three or five rings some six
or eight inches in diameter, in manner which
never fails to draw a crowd around him. He
throws the rings up into the air separately,
catching them III his hand when they seemed
joined together, or linked into each other like
chain. The performer throws the rings into a
variety OF shapes without the slightest hesitation
OF mistake. her man will be seen throwing
up three Sticks one alter the other keeping two
OF them in the air. With each, as he catches it
on telling, he gives rap on drum placed be-
fore him. Sometimes three kitchen knives are
thrown up in the same manner, and caught as
they tall, one by one, and tossed up again.
When knives are used no drum is struck
Sometimes the spectator sees him cut out
diminutive dog aud child with q pair of scissors
out OF common paper, and place them under the
blanket. In a short time these things have dis
appeared, and, a bowl Of vegetables appears
under the blanket in their stead. A spectator
hands the performer an empty bottle and re-
quests him to ill ii with spirits. 1t is put under
the blanket and in q short time on taking it
out behold! it is filed with spirits OF the best
quality
The following leats are sometimes performed;-
A man, having only pair of troWsers on his
lOinE, with a boy to assist him, clears q space
in crowd about twenty or thirty feet in dia-
meter.
From time to time he puts into his mouth
several commCn sc wing-needles and some thread,
separately. By-and-by he pulls out of his mouth
several threads each having strung upon them
a number OF needles.
He pretends 20 swallow several metal balls,
one at o time each nearly an inch in diameter,
| and then points out the places where they will
appear lust under the skin, as on his neck, or
| about the middle OF his stomach, And, sure
enough, they seem to be Just where he points
out their appearance being indicated by q rising
| OF the skin about as high and as large as would
be the case if one OF the balls had really been
| there.