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hero, as he was. Mary Easily, of Topsfeld,
who was hanged with her sister, and who
appears to have been woman of great
strength of mind and sweetness of DISPOSE
ton, after her, trial, sent a petition to the
court, which was an exhibition of the
noblest fortitude, united with sweetness
of temper, dignity and resignation. The
court had adjourned to the first Tuesday of
November, 1902. Between this and then"
wrote Brattle, twill be the great assem-
bly," "Our hopes" he added, "are here"
"Fhe representatives of the people must stay
the evil, or New England is undone and
undone"
Witchcraft was crime by law.
Everybody believed in it; that is almost
everybody. There were some doubters, as
there always are. Thou shalt not suffer a
witch to live was in the code of Moses
Hundreds and thousands were hung for
this offence. Pope Innocent Will, Luther,
Baxter, Sir Matthew Hale, as well as Cotton
Mather, had a real horror of witchcraft.-
Sir Matthew Hale, that eminent and excel
lent magistrate, condemned witches to
DEATH But it must be confessed that in
the kind of evidence admitted, and in the
great cruelties practised, the Salem court
bears off the palm. 1t was a proper tribu-
nal. There was not lawyer concerned in
it. Of the judges, Stoughton and Sewall
had been educated as clergymen Win
throp and Gedney as physicians Richards
was merchant. Every rule of evidence
and every sensible principle of action was
violated in these trials. Witchcraft was
legal crime, and at least one excellent
judge in England had condemned persons
to death for it but Lord Holt, by applying
the strict rules of evidence to this class of
cases, effectually put an end to them.
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Female BeOeIfv,

The ladies of Arabia stain their fingers
and toes red, their eyebrows black, and
their lips blue. In Persia they paint a
black streak around their eyes, and orna-
ment their faces with various figures. The
japanese women gid their teeth, and those
ofthe Indians paint them red. The pear
of the tooth must be dyed black to be beau.
tiful in Guzurat The Hottentot women
paint the entire body in compartments OF
red and black. In Greenland the women
color their faces with blue and yellow, and
they frequently tattoo their bodies by satu-
rating threads in SCOT, inserting beneath
the skin, and then drawing through. Hin
doc families, when they wish to appear
particularly lovely, smear themselves with
mixture of saffron, tumeric and grease
In nearly all the islands of the Pacific and
Indian oceans, the women, as well as the
men, tattoo u great variety of figures on
the face, the lips tongue, and the whole
body In New Holland, they cnt them
selves with shells, and keeping the wounds
open long time, form scars in the flesh
which they deem highly ornamental. And
another singular mutilation is made among
them by taking off, in infancy, the little
finger of the left hand at the second Joint
LII ohSiSho Sioio, Oil dlulillO uOoC was
often thought worthy of the crown but
the Samaritan mother carefully flattens the
nose of her daughter. Among some of the
savage tribes of Oregon, and also in Sumat-
IA and Arcan, continual pressure is applied
to the skull in order to flatten it, and thus
give it a new beauty. The modern Per
slams have a strong aversion to red hair
Turks, on the contrary, are warm admirers
of it.
In China, small, round eyes are liked and
the girls are continually plucking their eye.
brows, that they may be thin and long
But the great beauty of Chinese lady is
in her feet, which in her childhood are SC
compressed by bandages as effectually to
prevent any further increase in size. The
four smaller toes are bent under the foot
to the sole of which they firmly adhere
and the poor girl not only endures much
pain, but becomes cripple for life. An.
other mark of beauty consists in finger nails
so long that castings and bamboo are neces
sary to preserve them from injury. An AT:
rican beauty must have small eyes, thick
lips, large flat nose, and skin beautifully
black. In New Guinea the nose is perfor-
ated, and large piece of wood or bone in
serted. In the northwest coast of America
an incision more than two inches in
length, is made in the lower lip, and then
filled with wooden plug. In Guinea the
lips are pierced with thorns, the heads be-
ing inside the mouth, and the points rest
ing on the chin.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12
.a Funeral In the Holy Ennd.

A correspondent of the State Gazette thus
describes funeral near Jericho
Our tents are pitched near the village
burial place, and just as we arrive natives
are engaged in committing one of their
number to his mother dust. We dismount
and draw near to witness the ceremonies OF
an Arab funeral. Two men are digging
the grave, and probably twenty Others
standing around giving directions, some
times in loud and almost querulous voice;
a little way off the corpse lies wrapped up
in white muslin shroud, tied at the head
and feet; and not far from this sit proba-
bly, fifty women on the ground, some be-
moaning in a loud voice, while Others seem
to be comforting them. Occasionally ten
or dozen of the younger women form a
ring and dance around neutrality-suspicious. a
sister Of the deceased-uttering meanwhile
a dolorous song.
In the digging of the grave, we notice no
less than six human skulls, with cores
ponding number of other bones of the body,
thrown out among the dirt at the side OF
the grave.
When all is ready, several men pick up
the body and carry it to the grave, in which
they lay it upon its side, with the face
turned toward Mecca. Stones are then
fitted in around and above the body, some
mortar and dirt thrown in upon the stones,
then the bones which had been taken out,
and finally every man present, with his
hand or foot, scrapes in some dirt until the
hole is filled up. Stones are set at the head
and foot, upon which one of the men pours
a little powder, and rubs it with spittle and
his finger until a black mark is left upon
each. The significance of this we do not
understand, though it doubtless means
something. The men keep up sort of
chant while all this is being done, and, in
conclusion, all the men approach and sa-
lutte two Of the men present, probably bro
theirs of the deceased, by pressing their own
foreheads against those of the brothers,
twice in succession. The women, during
the burial, continue seated on the ground,
some distance off, and at no time approach
the grave. One old woman, however, the
mother of the deceased, when the men are
gone away, crawled upon her hands and
knees to the foot of the grave, and with
uplifted hands and streaming eyes, be-
moaned the loss of her darling boy. This
is the saddest sight of the whole proceed
ing, and could not but bring tears to our
eyes. Miserably poor and degraded as she
is, she still loved her boy, and bemoaned
his loss with all of a mothers love.
While standing near the grave as the
grave diggers are doing their work, some
ask us for bucksheesh and others for tobac-
CO. We give of both--of the latter all we
have in our pouch, and think nothing
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s4g@ Brown, on his first journey per
coach, not long ago, worried the driver, be-
side whom he sat, with incessant childish
questions abont everything on the road
AT last he got his question thus
Driver-There's been woman lying in
that house more than a month, and they
haven't buried here yet"
Brown-"Not buried her yet pray tell
me why 2"
Driver-"Bccause she isn't dead yet"
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sy- Artemus Ward had an adventure il

s7 Artemus Ward had an adventure in
Boston which resulted as follows:
81 returned in the hors cart part way
A poorly girl in spectacles sat near me and
was tellin' young man how much he re-
minded her of young man she used to
know in Warltham. Poorly soon the
young man got out, and smilin' in seduc-
tive manner, l said to the girl in specta-
c'es:
"Don't l remind you of somebody you
used to know 2"
eyes," said she, ''you do remind me OF
one man, but he was sent to the penitenti-
airy for stealth barrel of mackerel, he
died there, so conclood you amt him.
81 didn't pursoo the conversation
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-12

HUMAN TIMEPIECE.-A wonderful
story is told of man named j. D. Che
valley, native of Switzerland, who had
in 1916, at the age of sixtv-six, arrived at
an astonishing degree of perfection in reck-
oning time by an internal movement. He
was, in fact, human timepiece or living
clock. In his youth he was accustomed to
pay great attention to the ringing of bells
and vibrations of pendulums, and by de-
grees he acquired the power Of counting o
succession ofintervals exactly equal to those
which the vibrations of the sound produ-
ced. Being on board steamboat on Lake
Geneva on July 14th, 1882, he engaged to
indicate to the crowd around the lapse Of
q quarter of an hour, or as many minutes
and seconds as any one chose to name, and
this during most diversified conversation
with those standing by and further, to
indicate by his voice the moment when the
hand passed over the quarter, minutes, or
any other subdivision previously stipulated
during the whole course of the experiment.
This he did without mistake, notnifl," =
ing the exertions of those about hi is
tract his attention, and clapped his ...... -
at the conclusion of the fixed time. His
own account of his gift was as follows: ~
have acquired by imitation, labor and pa
thence, movement which neither thought
nor labor nor anything can stop. 1t is
similar to that of pendulum, which at
each moment of going and returning gives
me the space of three seconds, so that TWEEN
ty of them make minute, and these l add
to others continually.
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sW@ Old Duffin has advertised for
travelling companion through Switzerland,
he is reused from his bed at o'clock, A.
M, by Larkins
Larkins-T believe sir, you have advep-
tised for travelling companion 2"
Duffin-I have, SIR"
Larkins-"Ah, then, / thought as was
passing on my way home from the club, I'd
just cali and tell you that can't go with
YOU"
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,B@ A certain youth recently made the
following comments on Pocahontas Said
he, "Pocahontas was great man-Poca.
hontas was a noble, kind hearted and true
man."
"Hold on cried his companion, "Poca-
hontas was q aoomdn."
"She was, eh !" said he--'well, that's
just my luck how am expected to know
/ never read the Bible
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DW- Aunt Betsy was trying to persuade
little Jack to retire at sunset, using an ar
gument that all the little chickens went to
roost at that time. EYES," said little john
ny, 'but the old hen always goes with
them" Aunty tried no more arguments
with him
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w "What can be the cause of that bell
ringing to-day 2" said young Sam to his
friend, as they neared country village. q
'If was to express my opinion on the
subject" returned Isaac solemnly, II should
say it ismy deliberate conviction that some
body is pulling the rope"
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gnetiGal.
The Reggar GiTy.


By MRS. FRANCIS D. GAGE.
Look at her ! look at her
On the cold street
Look at her f! think of her
With her bare feet
PaScments are glare with ice,
Snow flakes are flying,
Wild winds are sweeping her
See she is crying.
Tatters hang over her
Shivering form,
Scarcely they cover her
Back from the storm;
Onward she trudges now,
Poor little elf
Basket upon her arm
Large as herself.
Oh lady, passing by,
Hast thou no pityf
What If her father drinks
Down in the city?
What If her mother brawls
On the street cornerl
Christ blessed the little ones
Oh do not scorn her.
One of thy jeweled rings,
One Of thy laces,
One of thy glttering things
Aiding thy graces,
Would fold her little feet
In nice warm stockings
See how they mark the street;
Blood drops how shockingl-
Would give her food and drink,
Would give her clothing,
Save her from that dread brink
Which thou art loathing.
See she is beautiful,
Might be an angel,
If thou wouldst only DO
Her bright evangcl.
Pluck her from depths of sin,
Count not the cost
Kind lady, bring her in
Ere she is lost.
Make her thy jewel bright
Near heavens throne,
Then shalt thou hear His words:
Servant, well done ~
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eW@ A young lady in New York broke
her engagement the other day because her
lover presented her with plain gold ring
instead of a diamond, which she had ex-
pected. She don't deserve any ring at
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HABITS OF THE SHAD.--A committee ap-
pointed by the Governor of Connecticut to
examine into the ways and means necessary
to restore the fisheries, have made report
from which we gather the following in re-
gard to the habits of the shad:
The shad, like the salmon, returns always
to the river in which it was Matched. No
matter if his sea journeyings have extended
to the West Indies, and he has, like other
travellers, grow fat and hearty by his change
of scene, still the individual fish that were
Matched in the Connecticut, leaving the
vast body of their northward returning
brothers in the spring to find each their
own streams, will themselves unerringly
return to their own native river. In COM
ing up the river, it seems, they swim high,
in pleasant weather, but in stormy weather
they swim near the bottom; and each COM
pany proceeds to its own spawning ground.
The shad, after spawning, go back to the
sea. This committee, we notice, are I'M
able to tell what becomes of them, or how
long they live; and that question is still
disputed point. Conflicting authorities are
cited; but it is possible, Notwithstanding
the large size of some of the shad that are
caught in going up their native rivers, that
these are, nevertheless, last June's brood, -
only more lucky in getting good feed" or
perhaps a fortnight earlier in Matching,
than the rest.
1t is maintained by those in this city who
have seen them caught, that the shad be-
come SO reduced after the spawning season,
that they steadily dissolve all away-be-
come 'played out" like a Iamprey-
which is known to dissolve into nothing,
while holding on to stone by his power
of suction. "As thin as June shad, (that
is, shad going back to sea- is proyerb;
and such seward, returning shad, we are
assured, have been caught on this River,
with bodies already so thin as to be semi
transparent
1t is found that the size of our Connect
cut River shad has steadily diminished
since the "pounds" and gill nets were in
troduced, till now we have none like those
caught in Maine, where they attain, not un-
frequently, a weight of ten pounds.
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a3s There is but one road to permanent
happiness and prosperity, and that Ii tho
path of unspotted integrity, of high-souled
honor, and Of most transparent honesty.
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TAILORING TAILoRINGl
VA George Kaufholz,

ID ESPECTFULII informs his patrons and the public
IL generally that he has removed to Hickory, Hartford
county Nd and respectfully socits share of the pub
lie patronage.
work in the and style, aud with dispatch.
Soouriug Machine Stitching and Repairing, will also
receive his attention.
NA Whole suits Of clothes made from $3.50 to 8, and
satisfaction guaranteed. Shop ut Castle Blaney.
Country Produce taken in exchange for work.
Rl5- Give me acal apr3
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lY@An editor, putting air-tight collins,
says: ''No person having once tried one of
these collins, will ever use any other
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n.y. Satan is bad "a master; his work
is much worse; bis wages worst OF all. =
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-03

The Senatorial term of Hon. James A. Bay
next March. The Wilmington Republican
says the chief aspirants for the place are
Thomas f. Bayard and Governor Salisbury.
The former is a son of Senator Bayard.
Gen. Palmer, republican candidate for Gov
ernor of Illinois, was interrupted rather rudely
In speech at Gainesville, tho other day, by a
IN N, who confessed, before the coloquy was
er, that he was a chaplain in the rebel amy.
John M Laugston addressed large meet
ing OF coiorcd citizens in Charleston, s. c., on
che 23d inst The Republicans there talk
about South Carolina's giving 900 major
ity for Grant and Colfax
"Burleigh," writing rom New York TO the
Boston Journal, says: "The skies brighten ev-
cry hour. The split among the Irish who will
not su tain Hoffman is deeper than appears on
Che surface. The attempt to create an enthu-
siasm on the arrival of Gen. Mcclellan yester-
day was failure. He was to have gone to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, butthat is the headquar-
tiers OF The State Republican Committee, and
was probably little too hot at present for the
General"
Gen. Caldwell is making campaign speeches
In Pennsylvania.
The term Of Senator Edmunds of Vermont
expires on the 4th Of March, but he will nroba-
bly, be reelected by the Legislature this winter,
Among recent accessions to the Republicans
In Michigan are mentioned Judge Grdley a
leading Democratic lawyer of central Michl-
gan, and General A. s. Williams, who COM
manded the wentieth corps in Shermans ar
my, was Democratic candidate for governor
two years ago, and is now United States MN
lister at Dan Salvador.
1t is twenty four years since the Democratic
party with the exception of at the election of
Franklin Pierce, obtained the majority of tho
votes of the people in any Presidential CON-
test. The combined vote of Fremont and
Fillmore over Buchanan was $50 $50 In the
last Two Presidential campaigns they were
badly beaten. and though in 1860 they were d.
Tided, still the vote cast against Mr.. Lincoln
Was, with hardly an exception, Democratic
This is a strange record for party claiming
10 be that of the people, especially when it is
remembered that for great portion of the
Time IL had control of the administration.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-03

SECOND ADVENT HALL.-Elder James A. Young
will preach at Seconl Advent Hall, Congress street.
tomorrow. The public are invited. Seats Tree
SPIRITUALIsTs.-Children's Lyeeum at 1O4 A. M
Con erence at p. NJ Subject for discussion: "We
shall all be as happy after death as can be DIR
lchabod Mic OILS. Seats tree.
NEW JERUSALEM SoCIETY.-Services in the New
Jerusalem Temple, on High street, tomorrow norm
ing at he usual hour Communion sermon by Rev.
Mr.. Hayden, Baptisms and combinations al the
morning service. Sacrament OF the Lords Supper
at p. M.
PARK STREET CHURCH.-Rev. c. w. Buck. of
Cambridge, will preach in Park street Church to-
morrow, at 103 o'clock A. NJ. sabbath School o. P,
M. Vesper services alta O'Clock z. Nj.
MoUNTFORT ST. A. NJ. L. CHURCH.-There will
be services at the Mounttort Street Church tomor-
row Sunday at the usual hours. Preaching by
Rev. John r. Hayslett. Sabbath school at ci5sc Of
the afternoon services. All are invited.
WLLIsToN CHAPEL corner of May and Danforth
streets Sa bath School at II o'clock P. NJ. Prsach-
ing every Sunday afternoon and evening by Rev,
Edward Chase.
P. Y. M. C. A.-Regular prayer meeting at the
rooms every morning, from 81 to o'clock, and We'd
nesday and Saturday evenings, from "A to O'Clock
Ladies are invited to attend.
ST. LAWRENCE STREET CHAPEL.-Rev. E.P
Thwing will preach at the st. Lawrence street Chap
ell tomorrow Communion service i'll the afternoon.
STATE STREET CHURCH.-Rev. DR.. j. C. Hol-
brook, of Homer, N. Y. will preach at State street
ChuIch Tomorrow morning and evening.
WEST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-PreachiIg in
the west congregational Church Tomorrow AFTER
noon, at 8 O'Clock. by Rev. George a. Tewksbwy
pastor Sabbath School Concert in the evening COM
mencing at O'Clock.
DEERING's BRIDaE.-The Sabbath School Con-
cert will be held in the Westbrook Point Chapel to-
morrow evening, commencing at o'clock.
SECOND UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH, Congress- neal
the of Locust street. There will be services
in the Second Universalist Church tomorrow after
noon and evening by the pastor
DR.. BENNETT will lecture tomorrow beginning
precisc ly at a quarter before O'clock Subject
Words anu works of Jesus" at the Library Room
Mechanics Hall, entrance on Casco street.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-03

Agricultural Fair.

The success of the Exhibition of the State
Agricultural Society is now assured. The for
tunate postponement of week has enabled
the managers, favored by partial cessation OF
rain, to get the grounds into excellent condi-
ton. The people all over the State have rous-
ed themselves to renewed efforts. The lost
ponement of all the County Fairs that were to
have been held next week shows how general
has been the interest excited.
The number of entries already made in the
various departments is very large. TIE num-
Der of entries of horses is 1877, and of cattle 26O
while the larger tent, $50 by a feet, erected
yesterday for the display of agricultural imple-
mentS, is found to be too small for the purpose
interested. Twenty horses have been entered
for the trots.
AT the Hall the display is already very cred
liable. 1t is desirable that our Portland peo-
pie should present all their contributions to-
day, since there is likely to be rush from the
country on Monday. Among the attractions
at the Hall will be the picture of the Yo Sem
lite which has drawn admiring crowds ;whie 1t
has been on exhibition here.
Mr.. Boardman, Secretary of the Society will
move his headquarters to the grounds on Mon
day, returning to the United States Hotel in
the evening.
The fair has attracted visitors from out of the
State and even from out of the country The
Secretary of the New Brunswick Agricultural
Society is here, and will take part in the dis
cussion Tuesday evening.
The Portland daily press., 1868-10-03

ANOTHER DEMo-REBEL VIcToRY.-Gideon
Welles OF Connecticut that chief of repro
bates, who has been doing the dirty work of
his master, Andrew johnson, at the bidding of
his rebel supporters in this vicinity, has once
more welded the axe which has so often been
aimed at the loyal and disabled soldiers who
fought for the defence of the country during
the rebelhon,-and another soldier, Mr.. D.
Horace Holman, a veteran of the 9TH Maine
Volunteers, feels the blow. Mr.. Holman was
wounded severely, and disabled, while in the
service, and on being discharged, obtained en-
ployment at the Portsmouth Navy Yard That
rare specimen of the patriot, the whilom de-
tective, whose principal business is to draw
his pay and act as a sleuth hound for rebel
ssympathizers, on being appointed Naval Store
keeper, discharged Mr.. Holman because he
would not go back on his war record; but Mr..
II. found employment under the Bureau of
Steam Engineering, where he was soon ad-
vanced to the position of clerk to storekeep-
er. The rebels who control portion of the
Navy Yard patronage, have been ON the track
OF Mr. Holman Tor months, and at last have
succeeded in having him discharged, and a
MIR. Edmund s. Morris appointed in his place.
Portsmouth Chronicle.