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malte.o RnlIn nnd nergarx.

The Malta News, published at Valetta,
shows that the tight little island is full
of gaiety, although it is not now so much
visited by foreigners as once it was,
when it was looked upon as pleasant
and not expensive place in which to
spend few months of the year. Balls,
operas, and all other recognized sorts of
amusement exist side by side with a
great amount of wretchedness. While
the bold soldier boys of the Eighteenth
Royal Irish are dancing with charming
ladies in barracks transformed into
salons of Sultan's palace, and "realiz-
ing the widest dreams of fairylans," "
poor people find their only hope Of hap
pness in throwing their superhuous
babies over bastions, leaving them at
church doors and committing suicide.
In Valetta, Floriana, the Three Cities
and the country villages many people are
said to be starving and misery of all
kinds to abound. The police are called
" a good for nothing set of eormorants,"
who unlike the ordinary phalacro corax,
are wretchedly remiss in attending to
their work and addicted to sucking of
blood. Notwithstanding its gaiety and
pleasure, Malta is said to be in an un-
happy condition generally, and to long
for the return of the halcyon days of the
goodly lie Merchant"
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rho Genius and wit of Hood.

E. P. Whipplc, writing to the Boston
Globe, says:
Hood is the Regius Professor of Pun
ming in ali universities. Hs is the great
est Of word twisters that ever put the
English language on the rack. The in
genuity he developed in this work would
have more than sufiiced to originate a
score of industrial invention. He punned
on everything, including death and dam
nation. Occasionally his quibbles are
CHASTITY, as respects both the choice and
the handling Of his subjects, but they are
ever ingenious. All the words in web
ster's Unabridged " had fer him two
meanings. A large portion Of his works
is a contribution TO punning diction-
ary, which we doubt not his successors
will complete. We have alluded to the
phastliness Of a number Of Hood s
. funny poems. There is common
quotation. which represents the easy pas
sage Of the mind from grave to gay,
from lively to severe. Hood was gay
in considering the grave, and lively in
sketching skeletons. He punned on oc.
casions where others prayed. He had
not the rush Of animal spirits which
characterizes humerists like Fielding
and Dickens, and which bears them tri-
umphantly through the most intrinsically
repnlsive subjects. By defects Of phys
ical impulse and health, he jested
from his brain rather than from his
heart; no rich, riotous and roaring
laughter, having its source in strong
lungs, ever came from this consumptive
humorist. He coughed while he chuckled.
This sad business was to furnish provo
cation to mirth in everything-even in
the most serious and severe aspects
of human life. We called it sad busi-
ness. for we can conceive Of nothing
more pitiful than the deliberate perpe-
tration of jokes, when it is known that
the Joker is failing every day in health,
and is half broken in heart. Hoods
mirtb is rarely mirthful in essence,
though wonderfully ingenious in form.
He tests at the grave, though he feels
all the time that he Is approaching 1t.
Greater humorists than be may have
tested at it, because they felt immortal
life stirring in their veins and soulsi but
feebleness Of physical stamina is every
where perceived in Hoods comic pro.
ducticns. He belonged to the race of
Keats: but he turned punster in order
to make a living and support family.
He died at last with no smile ON his lips,
but with an aching sense that he had
not been able to provide for his wife and
children, though he had been pnnning
bread into their mouths for half his life.
The intellectual conditions Of the trne
humorist we're palpable in Hood; the
bodily conditions were wanting. Hence
the tragedy of his life. The funnies of
men was really the saddest! His auips
and bubbles and cranks and wreathed
smiles" indicate heartache as well as
brainache.
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Hints About Hair.

The present fashion of arranging Ia
dies hair with the profusioH of orna-
mental coils. puffs and frieses, is exceed
;nglv detrimental to the natural growth
of that "eroyning glory The head IS
oyerheated with false hair, and the weight
of the coiffure, which comes upon one
snot on the top or crown Of the head,
draga the hair out and causes the round
hald spot 30 frequently seen when the
ladies are en- ,dishabille. The large num-
ber of hair-pins necessary to tasten the
ornamental hair in a manner to give 1t a
natural effect are also injurious to the
sealn. breaking off the HAIR where they
are pushed ia, and often getting tangled
in the meshes so when Withdrawn each
one will have snarl attached. In the
fashionable mode of hairdresslng, the
natural growth is an Insignificant part,
sometimes more in the way than other
wise. Tor all the show it makes in the
great pyramid that is heaped up in such
iuxuriance; tits, therefore, neglected and
left in a most careless condition. None
would ever suppose that long hairs were
the growth of years, observing how, IN
many luhlhhNtci fhCJ AiN ANhhAcN HN
ruthisssly pulled out. Unless women
have large coil of natural hair, they
;gnore It entirely, and strive to hide
what little they possess by rolling It IN a
small knot on the back Of their heads,
~ Se covered BY the false switches. The
s state Of the majority of ladies hair at
the tbe nTesept tiEs is truly lamentable:
the 'front.' locks are brotea ina burnt on
with crimpine and curling With hot'IoE.s.
The bald spot on top is fast widening ils
circle: the scalpy head, which Is " never
seen" is left undisturbed from shampoo
Ing. and the hair, which should be SILKY
from brushing and free from sasFls, re
csives no attention save the rough hand
Ing necessary to tuck it out OF sight,
He one can be neat in person with Z
dusty scaig G. .carelessly kept hair. A
ltile hair. when ia fne order, is al ways
beautiful Even IL very thiE, y J is soft
and glossy and evenly parted on , clean
White scalp, il is more attractive than
tbe crimpv. frizzled. hall-scorched hair,
of which We see 90 unch nov-a.days-
There are occasions when ladies have
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MEMPHIS TENN: SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 8 1878

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not the time or inclination TO dress their
heads with false hair. II is then that
the real condition Of their hair Is seen.
II is very pleasant comfort for most
persons TO have their heads combed
brushed aud gently rubbed by dextrous
hands. The mother, when fatigued at
night, is greatly rested aud her head.
ache charmed away by the tender hands
OF her daughter carefully brushing aud
arranging her hair There are many
men who derive much pleasure from
having their heads shampooed at home.
and anticipate the Sunday afternoon 8
combing as one OF the luxuries that can.
not be purchased at the BARRIERS. IL is
An Accomplishment that every girl aud
women should possess-the knowledge
Of combing and caring for the hair in a
grateful and agreeable manner. Women
who selfshly proclaim that they have
no knack Of any ones hair" and never
allay a headache or promote anothers
by shampoeing his hair, are deformities.
Gray hair always betrays the care the
head has received through life. In OBJ
serving the white heads conspicuous in
a congregation, there will be found a
marked contrast between those that
look as If they were brushed and kept in
a silvery, silky, shining condition by the
loving hands Of some daughter or grand
child, and those presenting shock Of
grizzly hairs, looking as il they might
have been combed with three legged
stool.
The hair should be thoroughly washed
with warm water and CASTLE soap at
least once a month. The color Of the
water, after the first rinsing, will expose
the necessity Of this hair bath. To wash
and dry the head in thorough manner
without pulling out the hair or causing
discomfort to its possessor is an art.
Snarls should always be brushed out
Combs in long hair are usually more or
less destructive. Soda or borax, which
is so generally used in washing the hair,
is highly injurious. 1t destroys the nu-
triton supplied to the scalp, and dries
the hair, causing it to break and become
unmanageable. To preserve the hair in
good condition it should be brushed
every night until it is soft and glossy.
Rubbing the scalp with little bay water
or weak spirits Of any kind will keep it
white and free from dandruf. Fine
tooth combs should be used for scratch
ing or cleaning the scalp. They were
never invented but for one purpose.
False or ornamental hair should
be carefully kept to be endurable. The
habit of some persons of laying their
coils upon the bureau, or hanging them
on the gas-fxtures at the side of the
glass, on removing them from their heads
at night, is extremely untidy, as they be-
come dusty and uncleanly from this ex-
posure. Switches can be kept in good
order for long time, if well brushed
and placed in boxes when not used.
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OFFICIAL.
Assessors Books Returned to
the Mayor.
MAYORS 0FFIoE, Cry HALL,
MEMPHIS, TENN, March 3lst, 1873.

nHE CITY ASSESSORS HAVING COM
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City of Memphis for the 46th corporate year
lS7S), and having deposited the books con-
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given, in accordance with Section 3 of Article
of Chapter VI Of Bridges Digest, that said
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Friday, Anil II, 1878:
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M MEpICAL.
,R.OSADALIS

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Notice to lawyers.
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The ssss SssI sss:. rs n%ias: iop SIsS f tn

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