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How Much Luxury We Need.

How Much Luxury We Need.
Ruskin says some sensible things
on this point in the following para.
graph:
am no advocate for meanness of
private habitation. / would fain in
troduce into it all magnifcence,
care, and beauty where they are
possible; but I would not have that
useless expense in unnoticed finer
les or formalities cornicing of cell
ings and granting of doors, aud
fringing of curtains, and thousands
Of such things which have become
fooishly and alphabetically habitual
things on whose common ap
pliance hang whole trades, to which
there never yet belonged the bles-
sing of giving one ray of real pleas
ure, or becoming of the remotest or
most contemplate things
which cause half the expense of
life, and destroy more than half it's
comfort, manliness, respectability,
freshness and facility. Ispeak from
experience. I know what it is to
live in cottage with deal floor
and roof, and a hearth of mica slate;
and I know it to be in many respects
healthier and happier than living
between a Turkey carpet and gilded
ceiling, beside steel CRATE and pol
ished fender. I do not say that
such things have not their place
and propriety; but I say this en-
phatically, that the tenth part of
the expense which is sacrificed in
domestic vanities, if not absolutely
and meaninglessly lost in domestic
discomforts and membranes,
would, if collectively offered and
wisely employed, build a marble
church for every town in England !;
such church as it should be q Joy
and blessing even to pass near in
our daily ways and walks, and as it
would bring the light into the eyes
to see from afar, lifting it's fair
height above the purple crowd OF
humble roofs.
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There is q queer genius in the
Modoc tribe known as Scar-faced
Charley, and who is as sure shot as
old Leather-stook king, and as Inn
possible to hit as q streak of light
ming. In the thick Of battle he is
to be found in the front, turning
double-somersaults, and shooting
between his feet at each revolution,
and generally with fatal effect. In
case of treaty of peace, il is sup
posed that Scar faced Charley viii
go on to the lecture stand.
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THOUGHTFUL AN old lady, who
died at Lowell, /. Massachusetts,
was giving orders for her funeral.
and among other things said she
wanted 10 be "laid out" in her
black silk gown, and they must
not take out the back breadth, as
they did when Sally Smith was
laid out. 8. For" said the old lady.
deprecasinglv but seriously. "what
q figure Sally will cut at the resur-
rection. without any breadth in
her gown" ga 3
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MINOR ITEMS.

A Kitchen school is to be start
ed in Boston.
Corn meal sausages are new ar
ticle of diet in Geol gia.
Hart and Soule are members of
the Legislative body In Illinois.
Cuban slaves have decreased in
number over $50, 900 since 1867.
More than one hundred lady ply
sicians are practising in New York.
The two Misses Greeley will
spend the summer at Greeley, Col.
Five French cannon grimly dec
crate the lawn in front Of Bis
marck's country residence.
Samue: L. Twain (alias "Mark
Clemens" raised 81, 500 Tor chari-
~ in Hartford last week. % bl9E
A propositions FIR disposing OF
the Lafayette new Opera House by
lottery is being canvassed ia that
city.
The copper product of the mines
. in the Lake Superior region for
! the year 1872 was about 1914
tons. iii
Senator Sherman's bill to redeem
greenbacks in specie or bonds was
laid on the table in the Senate last
week.
Chicago has 2, ,518 drunkard man
ufactories, and only one inebriate
home to accommodate the products
of these shops.
The champion s.funeralist is
a New Jersey farmer who has at.
!, tended 1919 funerals. His own will
'fll out the round 200 nicely.
/ Billings produces long columns Of fig
ures. with verbal explanations to prove
that mosquitoes are born Of poor but in
dustrious parents, but have in their
veins some Of the best blood in the
cou,try.
{, Kansas papers are considering
who shall be Senator in case Cald-
well resigns; and it is pretty gener
/ ally conceded that Hon. d. p. Lowe,
present member Of the House viii
be the man.
The Pennsylvania Legislature
has unanimously voted the Penn
/ sylvania Central Railroad authority
/ to increase its capital stock to any.
extent that may be necessary for
the extentension of its facilities for
doing business. rtlq
I "A tender and touching illusion
was made by q Speaker in the Kan
sas House of Representatives to q
recently deceased member of the
State Legislature. Brother Biggs,
he remarked, twill not feel the cold
where he has gone a1
Russia doesn't mean to back ont
as much a. was fancied. Her Aset
in the Baltic is sailing around to.
the Mediterranean, ready for ser
! vice, her ofiicial papers are taking
angrily At England, and Bismarck
il terrifying his northern border.
Ng sd sis1 s. afIe itfs 1assart
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The prince smelt Of his apple,
and as they entered the garden, he

The prince smelt Of his apple,
and as they entered the garden, he
said: A
at is very beautiful here, and in
order that we may walk near each
other in peace, and not be disturbed
by the desire to try our game, I beg
you, my lady, that, for this one
hour, you will take upon you the
custom of my court, and let your
hands also be fastened. Then we
will be safe from each others arts,
and there win be nothing to annoy
u.s. Ass
The princess did not feel very
safe about this arrangement, but he
begged SO strongly that she could
not refuse him this small favor. So
they went on alone together, with
their hands fastened in their gir-
dies. The birds sang, the sun
shone warmly, and from the trees
the red cherries hung so low that
they brushed their cheeks as they
passed The princess saw them
and exclaimed: +, s''
ssWhat pity that your lordship
is not able to pick a few for me-"
Y Necessity knows no law" said
the prince, and he broke one of the
cherries with his teeth from a
branch, and offered it to the prin-
cess from his mouth, and SO her
face was brought close to his. So
when she had the cherries between
her lips, and a kiss from him besides,
she was not able to say that instant
I" I remember"
! Then he cried, foyfully: "Good
morning, much loved one" and
drew his hands from his girdle and
embraced her. And they spent the
rest of their lives together in per.
feet peace anil quietness.
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There is Miss Fay, missiona-
~, travelling in the West, who can
take care of herself under any cir
cumstances. The other day, while
passing along avery narrow side
walk in Chicago, she saw before her
a great lout of fellow who had
s.made a bach" for leap-hog," and
not wishing to step into the muddy
street, she made . short run and
took the leap in regular boy style,
landing some distance beyond the
human obstruction This done, she
moved gracefully away amid the ap-
plause Of the spectators.
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From Camden, N. J., comes q
strikingly distressful tale of averice
and miserly privation which surpas-
ses tic ion in strageness, and seems
hardly credible. Two old maids
twin sisters of that town, rich in
dollars, being worth at least 500,
600, had lived together for nearly a
generation in their ancient, gable
end mansion, bolted and barred
from all intercourse with the out
side world, lest they should be rob
bed Of the treasure they had hoard
ed SO carefully, and making only
occasional sallies from the locked
and darkened house to purchase
the scant necessaries which they be-
grugdged themselves. Not long
since, the strange sisters, then near
ly eighty years Of age, purchased q
house upon a different street and
moved their goods into it. Days
and weeks passed, and the neigh
bors, discovering no ssgns of living
inhabitants about sne place, deter
mined to fathom the mystery,
and with that purpose took police
aid and effected an !, entrance,
when a fearful scene met their as
tonished gaze In q sitting posture,
on ragged, filthy bed, was one OF
the sisters, stark and cold in death,
while in an opposite corner, crouch
ed, muttering and mumbling, cold
and starving, the other, who, with
the ruling passion strong even in
the presence of death, shrieked out:
you've broken In our house and
come to rob u.s." exhibiting fear and
anger at the intruson, instead of de.
light at what should have been q
welcome delverance from the hor.
rible situation. The poor wretch
was taken to place of fIcomfort and
cared for, though she is not expect
! ed to recover.
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For tho Palladium. 4. zee.
Ree0llectiOns Of the Paat No. g
About RichmonA. Tga

- DVes eSeCes.sOo0e
The rrdimental educstion and
moral training received previous
to my coming to Richmond, were
rather more than nsual in these
early days, though opportunities
and temptations to be sliured into
vices were not SO numerous ~ the
present day, yet when Hook around
among my cotemporaries, who had
similar training, and who have step
ped aside from the path Of recitude,
I ana reminded that the adage to
such may not have proven true:
6 Train up . child in the way it
should so. and when it groxsold it
will not depart from it," 3ss
But it is not my purpose to NOR
alize or sermonize; yet the impor-
tance of the-former 10 too much
neglected by the latter, who may
pay attention more 70 the . tithing
of mint and annis than more
weightier matters.
About the winter of 1880 several
of the young people Of Richmond
formed themselves into q literary
society, and secured areading room,
where the members met each even
ing and on the first day of the week,
for the perusal Of a useful selection
of books and newspapers, and other
social enjoyments. Such society
of young men at this day would be
vastly more useful to them than is
too much the practice of such, who
have some literary requirements,
spending their winter evenings in
saloons and billiard rooms. / am
gratifed to learn that there is an
association of young men who have
the moral courage to refrain from
attending such places, and meet to
/ gether in rooms for intellectual and
literary attainments now in our
city.
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LITTLE THrNGs.-Little words
are the sweetest to hsar; little
charities 6y furtherest, and are
longest on the wing; little lakes
are the stillest; little hearts are
the fullest, and little farms toe
best titled; little books the most
read, and little songs the dearest
loved. Magnitude II not value.
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[From the Springfield Republican. !
OF Brains.

1EOI. DuIG ". w llOer, OIL NOTncll,
recently delivered very interest
ing lecture at New York on the
brain. Many of his facts. although
doubtless we'll known to doctors
and people well-read in anatomy,
are new to the general public. His
comparisons of the. capacities of
the crania of different races and
nations Of men were especially in
terestine. But his list very singu-
larly omits the Celtic and French
and all the Latin nations, so that it
is very incomplete OF the nation
alities and conditions of h, man or
senli-buman life given by him, the
Swedes have the largest brains.
ranking at 100. The Anglo-Saxons
come next at SO, and others as fol
lows: Finns, 95; Anglo-Ameri-
cans. 94.30; Germans. 90; Ameri-
can Indians. 81; American negroes,
$3.50; Hottentot, 1880; gorilla,
$3.50; idiot, 22.57. Thus the great
american stock ranks below the
original British German and be-
low the Lsplanders, and the Ger
mans below Us. A century and q
half of American slavery and civ
ilization have raised the negroes
only 81 points, but they are not
yet up to the Indian standard. But
it is no longer presumed that the
size of brain is exactly propor-
toned to the general intelligence.
and these figures indicate that such
cannot be the case. The Swedes
are rot sr:art people, and the
Firms certainly arc rot. The
American people, of course, cannot
admit that principle for moment.
DR. Holden, of the Central Park
Museum, in an article on the Flat
head Indians in the Hearth and
Home, alleges that, although their
brains are much diminished by the
peculiar and inexplit able habit of
COMPRISING the foreheaas of in-
iants in q kind of brain tweezers,
nevertheless the tribe is o: usual
Intelligence and thrift. He cites,
also, the case Of the ancient Peru
vians, q people OF extraordinary
civilization and genius, as leaving
hshind them In teir tombs crania
whose capacity is only seventy six
inches, while that OF tho Shawnces
Of 10 day is 100. The pure-hlood-
ed FIatheads ore also more healthy
and long Lived than half breeds.
| Prot Wilder cites some facts
in regard to the weight Of brains
more consoling to the Yankee
mind. The brains of our soldiers
in our late war had an average
weight of 52.06 ounces, while the
European only average 1880.
Cuvier's brain weighed 64 ounces,
Jim Fisk's So, Webster's So, and q
/" celebrated mineralogist y got
along with 43 ounces. All of which
goes to show that the connection
between intelligence and ounces of
brain is yet very little understood.
The brains of men are heavier
than those q women, but. proper
tionately to the weight of the rest
of tine body, as far as statistics
have been collected. .women's brains
are ;rifie the heaviest. There are
some birds that have still larger
proportion of brain 10 other meat
than man. The proportion of brain
to body in man is about as ! TO SO.
The brain grows faster from one
to seven years OF age. slower from
seven to fourteen, slower yet from
fourteen to twenty one, and then
ceases. From fifty upward it di-
minishes in weight about one
ounce in ten years. geI
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VINO RxourREs Mosr SLEEP,

Those who think most, require
the most sleep. Time gained from
necessary sleep is not saved, but
lost. Mind and body will both suf-
fer. Most people, however, do not
think enough to make early rising
particularly dangerous. II is the
hard working professional man.
the close student. or the man OF
business with many cares Upon
his mind, who suffers mnst from
loss OF sleep. s
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THxY WoUI DN'r FIGHT THAT WAY.
About the commencement Of the
war Judge Rice made q speech in
South Alabama, in which he said
that the Southern soldiers could
whip the Yankees wish pop guns.
Since the war he Glanced to make
another speech AZ the same place
A big, double -jointed fellow vas
present who heard and remember
ed the former speech. and being in
no lamiable frame Of n.ind, conclud
ed to 60 for Sam.
Rolling up his sleeves and pop
ping his fist in the palm Of his
hand, propoundsd the fearful ques-
tion: lar 70 "a q
"Ssm Rice, didn't YOU make y
speech here in 1861 Pr
did, said Sam. ~.
And didn't you say that Wa
Oauld whip the Yankees with pop
guns?" 4.t. = .-s,
''Cortainly I did. but the id
Esscsls wouldn't fight Us that way."
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A MYSTERY.
sr ioas Q vHlrrlEn.

A AYSrERY.
BIZ JOIN q vHirTlER.
rbs avs~stSASS1 sslh leaning trees I
+ Wouad through its meadow srssn;
4 low, blue line Of monntains showed
The epeuing piuss bets sen.
One sharp, tall peak shove chem all
b Clear into snni,vht sptaug
saw the river of my dreams,
The mountsins that sangl
~ siss "a 4ae s 81 sss
) No clue Of nsmory led ms on.
Bus we'll ths ways ff1ew,
A feelibg Of familiar things
With sveryfootstep grew.
Not otherwise shove its crag
Could lean tbs blasted pine;
Not otherwise the maple hold y
;Aloft its red ensign.
SO mp tie long and shorn foot hills
The mountain road sho uld creep,
50. green and low, the meadow fold
lts red-haired kline asleep.
The river wound ~ il should wind,a
Their plaee NE mou1D4iDs took
The white. torn fringes Of their clouds
Wore no unwonted look.
Yet ne'er before that rivers rim
Was pressed BY foot of mine,
Never before mine eyes crossed
That broken mountain line.
Aprcsence, strange At once and known,
Walked with me as my guide,
The skirts OF some forgotten life
Trailed noiselessly at my side.
Was it dim-remembered dreamf
Or glimpse through @ons oldf
The secret which the mountains kept
The river never told.
But from the vision, ere II passed
A tender hope drew.
And pleasant a. dawn of spring,
The thought within roe grew.
Tbatlove would temper every change,
And soften ell surprise,
And, misty with the dreams of earth,
The hills Of heaven arise.
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Work on the new Government
buildings at Evansville will be-
commenced early in the spring,
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A Convict Artist.

The Boston Post, in the course
OF an interesting article OH the
Massachusetts State Prison. thus
describes one of the prisoners: In
,he same loom Is q map by the
name Of Darling. who il alsn serv-
ing lite sentence Tor highway
robbery. He has heen here sever
nj years. and is yet a young man.
He is fine looking convict, a
genius and notwithstanding the
act Of his Imprisonment, he asserts
his determination that the world
shall ye. acknowledge his power.
He is a remarkably good artist, and
he showed, at the request OF the
officer, piece o: work on which he
was engaged, and which he intended
tor present to a lady in Cam
bridge, who has been very kind TO
him. II is an illustrated copy of
Gras's Elegy, which lie is maeing.
printing aud all, with pen and
brush. The title page IS exqui-
sitelv illustrated, and all the illus
.trations are as carefully finished as
steel engravings. The craving is
spirited anf the whole conception
is good. He has seized the spirit
OF the poem with q correctness and
fidelity that show an entire appre-
citation. He is justly very proud
of his work. and his eyes shone as
praise followed an examination OF
it. 80 al hA ~ sa@ e
i" Has it taken you long9"
Eight months to do what you
see there, but can onlv work at i,
about an hour aud half day. II
could give INV whole time to it,
-and he turned away 10 the d:udg-
cry OF his everyday toll This
man was made for better things,
but he went wrong. and nv his owr
cion made his life a failure, anf
to such rare promises brought sucl
sad tnliillment. ASS
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schuyler Colfax

We have never entertained
doubt of the integrity OF the vico
President. We do not now. We
DO believe. however, that those
who have been so ready to accept
the testimony OF Oakes Ames, and
20 shout. Eve told you col will
come 70 grief. There is nothing
IN the testimony of Ames sufficient
to convic. Schuyler of crime.
Those who have read carefully the
proceedings Of the committee, have
not failed to note = little fact that
came to the surface on Wednesday
Much stress is laid upon the fact
that the 81 200 check, which Ames
alleges he gave to Mr.. Colfax, and
which the latter AYERS he never
received, was drawn "pay S. G. or
bearer" In an explanation in re-
gard to some checks given by him
Ames to the Sergeant-at-Arms,
one for $500, marked IS. c." and
dated June 90, 1868. Ames said
"that it was to pay Scofisld."
There were two checks then made
payable to "S. Co. drawn on the
Sergeant-at-Arms, June %. 1863,
only one OF which kmes alleges
was paid to Mr.. Colfax. If the
check for 81, 1900. made payable to
8. G., was for Mr.. CoIfax, Why not
the one for 5000 which Ames saws
was paid to Schofield3 And again,
how many more checks did Ames
draw that day payable to 8. c., or
bearer? eza its ~
- Mr.. Colfax appeared iefore the
committee ON the same dag by
counsel, Robert S. Hale, Esq, who
stated that he was now engaged in
! making ~ thorough examin alton Of
all his papers and letters, and upon
concluding such examination he
would appear before the committee
to testify in his own behalf, and he
would ask that some witnesses be
examined. Mr.. Colfax had re-
quested the speaker to say that as
TO the 1920 check deposited to his
sredit. as appears by the books OF
tho First National Bank, he would
show that that was derived from
another source.
Mr.. Hale desired to put ques.
ton 10 Mr.. Swain, and he would
then ask the indulgence of the
committee until Mr.. Colfax should
complete the examination OF his
papers. v
Mr.. Swain was then recalled and
examined by Mr.. Hale. He testi-
fed that the same day Colfax de-
posited the 81, 200, he checked one
thousand and purchased draft on
New York which he endorsed over
to A. H. Conner, Of Indianapolis.
The draft was subsequently, paid
in New York.
Mr.. Hale stated he should desi, .
to call Mr.. Colfax and other Wit
nesses as soon as he had made q
reasonable examination of his
papers.-Madison Courier.
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MEDICAL,
Is SnrgarUy a.. Ur ;MONADiC MEDICINE,


RUREAU or MONADiC MEDICINE,
her o, rampant street, near Canal street.
imsaIcai Department-Cures Palsy, Fevers Ery.
npdsias, Epilepsy. Insanity Dropsy, Rheumatism,
marons or the Bran, Spinal Cord and Nerves.
p niaJ1at, Lungs, Heart, Liver, stomach Bowels,
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Sn .oI the treatment and cure of any disease.
mors s, III Observation-Disclosures Fractures Tu-
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aDscnarges, Venereal, Scrotal and Skin Dseases
frequent OF difficult Urinations: preseTves hmbs
i rom amputation and the Bladder from Litbotomy
go eoUsihg stones, ETC.. and cures Ulcers Cam
NJ or stnctures without pain.
Mio"lfery Departmeht-PositiyeIv cures al, die.
&C.,. .Lo womb and Ovaries, all unusual dis
ages, ulcerations or irritations and wheH the
m.enses are painful Or obstructed FROM apy caaso
stored in few DAYS eo anu Ne"''A ="
letters addressed to postof.ice box III New Or
t~o, LOUISIANA, will receive attention Offce
pours Iof ladies' 10 A. NJ to IL NJ. and 10 P u
TUT sehuemen from to p NJ
Coror...s LANCELOT H. EvERITT
reilow Mem Der of the Royaj CoIleg. of Snr ytons
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CtiU.oI"gy, Formerly Obstretric Surgeon in
uIcA WIN Sir James Y. Simpson BaTonet Of
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