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The House that Twain Builds.

A writer in the Hartford Courant de-
scribes the new residence that Samuel L..
Clemens e. Mark Twain'') is building in
that city for occupancy by the lst of Sep
tember. He says: 1.-The style of archi-
lecture is mainly German brick-work loc-
casionally laid to form ornamental pat
terns), with steep pitched roofs projecting
boldly and covered with parti-cOlored slate.
Brackets and braces of ornamental timber
work. with projecting balconies. are in
troduced here and there and form an es-
sential part of the roOf-suppOrting con-
struction. The edifice stands on the brow
of a decliyity covered with a luXuriant
growth of large forest trees, and sloping
sharply to the bank of Park River, pret
ty little stream which winds down through
the meadows for some distance. The
view in every direction is fine, and espe-
cially toward the southwest commanding
a pretty landscape of field, valley and hill.
The house is planned so that nearly all
the living rooms look out on that side and
awgy from the road-an arrangement un-
common with us butQuite popular abroad.
A Apeculiar and at the same time pleasant
feature are the numerous balconies and
verandas which are found on every side,
and which are reached from the apart
mentS by doors or the long windows eX-
tending quite to the floor. Commencing
at The side OF the house at the main door
is a wide velanda stretching to the rear,
where it widenS to twenty feet or more,
ending in semi-circular torn with a root
wholly Independent Of the body of the
house. The ceiling of this roof is in the
German style, painted in gay colors, and
the supporting posts are braced with Orna-
mental brackets or braces in German de-
signs. Another noticeable feature of the
exterior is a square tower-like structure
on the right-hand corner OF the front OF
the main building, and which at first
glance seems to have been an afterJhought
of the architect, or built there to obviate
the necessity of spelling any of the de,
lightful views from the side or rear of the
house. This tower is the servants quar-.
ters, and having windows on every side
includes some of the most airy and pleas.
ant rooms in the building. Extending
| from the front door some twenty or TWEEN
ty-tive feet is the porte cOchere of wood
work wrought in ingenious and flncifa
! designs
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pUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

a LITTLE boy was asked about the story
OF Joseph, and if he knew what wrong
his brethren done in disposiDg OF him,
when be replied. IL suppose they sold him
too cheap"
The season has arrived when smart peo-
pie everywhere areasking the eonundrum,
Why is a mosquito like charityl The
gleeful response of course Is, Because it
begins to hum,
The two richest men now living in
Amerika. that l knO Ov, is the one who
has got the most money, and the other
VINO wants the least; and the last one is
the happiest of the twO.-JoSh Billings.
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if il
is true that the human body has seven mil
lion pores. The last time we counted
them there were seven million and nine
but we have always had an idea that those
nine were nothing but extras, spOntane-
ously generated for the purpose OF mis-
leading us.-Brooklyn Argus.
You've gentlemen, when they take their
"duxies " buggy riding, should pay every
attention possible to their safety and wei
fare. We noticed young man last sun
day that seemed to understand the art OF
protecting his lady-love to perfection. AS
they passed down Fifth street, she was do
ing the driving, while he had OOth arms
around her, and we could tell by thewild
look i'm his eve that he was determined she
shouldn't fall Out.-St. Paul Press.
CLERGYMEN and choirs ought to make
sure in advance that their hymns chime IN
with the occasion. For example Not far
from the city of Bangor there was recently
a baptism, and among the converts was
black girl of great size. All went on
smoothly until the colored girl was i'm
mersed. just as the minister was putin"
her under the water. the choir on shore
sang, most innocently:
The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears.
"HAvE you damp sheets in your no
tel?" inquired fastidiOus old party AT the
- House the other evening after he had
written his name and handedin his carpet
bag to the hall-boy preparatory TO ascend
ing to the room assigned him. Z" don't
think we have any on hand just now,
answered the bald-headed clerk, laughing.
but I'll order pair put under the faucet
for you, sir, directly" Fastidious old
party and bald-headed clerk adjourn to the
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influence Of Climate on Health.

Statistics have been gathered from the
last two Census Reports of the United
States 1s60 and 1S70) which reveal a great
amount of information respecting the
he;lthfulness of the different States. The
principal diseases showing effects of eli
mate are consumption and cancer, which
prevail in the same regions and are SINH
larly affected. There seems to be two de-
finite laws governing these diseases.
First: These two diseases are most abun-
dant near the sea and diminish as you re-
sede from it. - -
Second: At equal distances from the sea
they prevail most at the North and dimin-
ish as you go South.
For example, if you begin at Massachu-
sets and go westward, the proportion of
deaths from consumption to deaths from
all causes regularly diminishes as you re-
cede from the Atlantic. Here are the fig
ures: Deaths from consumption in Massa-
chusetts % per- cent. New 7 1Ork, 20 per
cent; Ohio. 16 per cent; Indiana. ii per
cent Illinois, IL per cent; Missouri, 8
per cent. Kansas, 8 per cent; Colorado,
per cent. Utah, per cent. and then,
if YOU 90 down to California, it increases
again to IA per cent, on account of the
proximity ofthe Pacific Ocean.
A similar decrease is observed if we go
from North to South, as follows: Michi-
gan, 16 per cent; Indiana, IA per cent. :;
Kentucky, IA per cent. Tennessee, u per
cent; Alabama, 6 per cent.
From this it follows that the best resort
for a cOnsumptive or cancerpatient is some
point which is at the same time as far
South and as far from the sea as possible.
Such place is New Mexico, where the
deaths from consumption are only ) per
cent: or Arkansas. where they are D per
cent. while in cold and seagirt New Eng
land they are % per cent. Probably the
uplands of Old Mexico would do still bet
ter. Colorado, having a cool, dry, enjOya-
BILE climate and excellent cOnveniences for
living, would be perhaps the very best of
all the Western Territories for place of
residence. The average OF s per cent. in
Colorado is too high, and is due to the
de this of invalids who have Just come from
abroad, and not TO the deaths of those who
have been permanent residents for some
years.
Passing northward, we find Minnesota
ranking largest in proportion of deaths,
having IA per cent. OF deaths. This is due
not TO the climate itself, but the constant
influx of invalids too far gone in disease
to recover. The best places in the country
are as follows: New Mexico, 3 per cent. ;
Arkansas. 5per cent. Florida, 6percent. ;
Georgia, ) per cent; South Carolina, D
per cent. Utah, per cent; and Colo
RADIO, per cent.
The census of 1870, as compared with the
one taken ten years before, shows a con-
siderable increase of consumption in the
Southern States and diminution of it at
the North. This is probably due TO the
moving ofinvalids south ward in search of
health, which only part of them succeed
in attaining.
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Comets.

Mr.. Reeves, the well known astronomer,
is reported to have recently advanced, De-
fore one of the English scientific assOca-
tions, an entirely new theory with regard
to comets, and, by the use OF diagrams,
he showed that the part of the comet
termed the tail being always in the direc-
ton from the sun, and therefore as often
in advance as behind the nucleus, Is not
really tail. He also argues that, as COM
cts are transparent, and all matteris known
to be either solid, liquid or gaseous, comets
must be the latter, for solids and liquids
are Opaque. The only known power, he
saws. by which this gaseous matter can be
held together is gravity, which must ne
cessarily have center, and every part OF
the body being free to move, resolves
itself into a sphere, the center OF
which is in many cases exceedingly dense,
gradually alternating towards the eircum-
ference. This being the case, the rays OF
the sun are refracted in their passage
through the spherical comet, thus illumi-
mating the portion beyond the center OF
nucleus, which illumination forms the tail
all this being, according to MIR. Reeves
theory, entirely in accordance with ma
lures universal laws. t-- ..-
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France. They sell about as many every
year as | do, and sell them for the same
prices.n
.. Then there is no comp0ttion?'
No, no competition"
''Cm any of your workmen mark the
cylinders for new tunes"
Z 'sNO, there are only two men on this
side of the Atlantic who can put the tunes
on a cylinder-the man who imports or
gans from France, and myself"
Are there many Germans grinding or
gans?'
= No." responded the organ-maker, 1.-THE
grinders are nearly all Italians and old
American soldiers.n
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While circus procession was parad-
ing the streets of Van Vert, Ohio, the
other day, the tiger, which was riding on
top of a wagon, became enraged at some
thing. and made terrible attack on its
keeper. Mile. De Graner1ere, badly lacer-
ating her hands and limbs, and tearing her
clothes in shreds. She retained her pres
ence of mind. and succeeded in keeping
the beast partly cowed until it was secured,
when she tainted. Her injuries were not
dangerous.
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quickly, and coming to where l sat,
stopped down and kissed me. Never be-
fore was his kiss SO sweet to my lips.
3 =. Ihayefound my little wifeonee more, ,
he said, softly and tenderly, and with a
quiver in his voice. r
''I laid my head back upon his bosom,
and, looking up into his face, answered:
"'And you shall never lose her again ''
And / think he will not The Sweetness
of that hour, and the lesson it taught, can
never be forgotten by my friend Maggy.-
Arthur's Magazine.
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PARENTS who are solicitous about their
boys giving them too much lip may be
glad to know that the evil is not wholly
irremediable. A Cincinnati man adyertlses
to furnish the destitute with lndia-ru6ber
lips more durable than the original article,
so that boys who are reeklessly prodlgal
of lip can send to Cincinnati for new
supply. --
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THERE is only one safe way in attempt,
ing to rescue person from drowning, and
that to approach him from behind, grasp
ing each arm firmly Just above the elbows,
bGoving him up and carefully keeping him
before YOU. This may be done by any
good swimmer who keeps his presence OF
mind. even where water is very deep. Let
swimmers while bathing practice this
method, if only for the amusement it
affords, and they will soon become ex-
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IN ARIZONA.

BIZ soAorrN nIILrR.


How broken plunged the steep DESCENT
How barreni Desolate and rent
by earthquake shock, the land lay dead,
Iake some proud king in old time slain
An ugly skeleton, il cleaned lII
IN burning sands. The fiery r&n
vi herce volcanoes here had sown
lts ashes Burnt and black and scanned
With thunder-strokes and strown
With cinders. Yea, so oveTthrown,
That wilder men than we had said,
On seeing N s, with gathered breath,
I'VE come on the confines Of death % all =
And yet here lay IN ashes lay,
Beside this dead and dried-up sea ~.
This wide white desert sea of sand.
This land that seemed % know no land AT
While great round wheels ground mournfully-
city Ol,ter than that gray f1t
And grass-grown tower bnildsd when y !
CONFUSION cursed the tongues of meh q
And groaning wheels plowed here and there,
Flowed deep in earth. and broke anew
Dld broken idols, and laid bare
Old bits of vessels that had grown
AS countless ages cycled through t
Undecided into common stone. %
The while We move down to the sea.
The still white shining sea of sand
80 grand Wlth all Its grandeur gone,
sonle one wU'tiu stoOp, eye curiOusly,
gicE from the ground, turn quick in hand,
thin bits Of pictured pottery:
Toss these aside, and SO pass on.
We wound below a sudden blun
Hhat lifted from iis sea-voiced base
wall, with characters cut rough
And deep by some lOng-pprishe race;
and here strange beasts, unnamed, unknown,
Stood deeply limned gainst the stone.
Below, before, and far away,
There reached the white arm Of bay
a broad bay, furn,d TO sand and stone,
Where ships had rode and breakers rolled
VIXEN Nincveh was yet unnamed,
And NimrOd' 8 bunting fields unknown.
Beneath, silent city lay
That in It's majesty had shamed
The wOli-nursed conqueror Of old.
Some serpents slid from out the grass
That grew in tufts by shattered stone,
Then hid below some broken mass
of ruins older than The East,
That time had eaten as n bone .Ha-a- q
Is eaten by some savage beast.
Great dull-eved rattlesnakes-they lay
All loathsome, yellow-skinned, and slept
COied tight as pine knots in the sun,
With nat heads through the center run;
Then struck out sharp, then railing crept
Flat-bellied down the dusty way.
Two pink-eyed hawks, wide-winged and gray
Screamed savagely, then circled high,
And scream ng still in mad dIsmay,
Grew dim and died against the sky.
The grasses failed, and then mass
OF dry, red cactus ruled the land;
The sun rose right above, and fell
AS falling molten from the skies,
And no wing d thing was seen to pass.
Then stunted sage set loose in sand,
Right loud with Odors; then some trees,
I.ow-built and black as shapes ofhell,
Where white owls sat with bent bills hooked
Beneath their wings, awaiting night;
Then great striped lizards. with eyes bright
As jet, shot through the brown, thin grass,
Made gray with dust of alkali,
Then stopped, then looked, then lifted high
On crooked legs, and looked and looked
-OUerlGnd Monthly
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'.rD hate to be in your shoes" said
woman of the East Side, yesterday, as she
was quarreling with neighbor ''You
couldn't get in them," sarcastieally re-
marked the neighbor.-TsrTe Ha1te Ez-
press.
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A PAwNBRoKER was found hanging to
tree in Nebraska, the other day, 1t is sup
posed that one of the Pawnees did it.
Boston Post.
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-Dobbs thinks that instead of giving
credit where credit is due, the cash had
better be paid.
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suited .r the death of I1rh About dusk
tia, ceuiu. a- farmer Dl.i,ani his rIoueh-
boy aHI % .,,r..-c woman Ir had hired To- hoe.
were wcnI.n, their wav homewar. lcadin.
their horses ....n.a pathway near 4c mar
gin of the e.rnGrld. the woman. who was
IarclIotel and walking iu the la.h before
tacm suddenly ~unns back. cxcaim'us that
there was the 1i.ec-t snake She ever saw.
NIr. Terill alwncci wita short pine knot
m bis hand. with the intention Of ~trikin.
i,. when the boy cautioned him. reminding
HH ol the danger hc woui irrur Iiv att
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l"te is NV. ..r ,,;nJ
ii'i WI. roll '-N' % ir-r -.
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ready q. 0','' "'.'.' -. foi..,.. - ;,.i
under ,'o ',i.'S W
TIE m"' Win '''' i'''
vt this season oi the year N"ch human
beings are rarti ituIarly liable To ,anStroSe'
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extorted from her a confession of excessive


, Henry Ward Beecher: For reasons whic
| You explicitly know and which | forbear t
state. demand that you Withdraw from tn
pulpit and quit Brooklyn as a residence
THEODORE TMToN
read it over twice and turned to Bower
; and sald This man Is crazy. This
sheer insanity" and other like words. Mr.
Bowen prOiesScd to be ignorant of the con
tents, and handed him the letter to read
We ut once fell into a conversation abOu
Mr. Iilton. during which Bowen stated
that IiltOn had been reduced from editor O
the Iadpcgdent to a contributor, because hi
religious and social views were running the
paper, the conversation resulting in tht
opinion that Bowen could not retain his re-
lations with Tilton. Bowen derided Til
tom letter and promised his friendship tC
Bcecher. and Iiiton was subsequently, re.
moved from the Brooklyn Eaion.
Mr.. Eeecher said be felt unhappy at Til.
ton disaster, rs his affairs did not promise
that sympathy and strength which makes
one house as mile has been in time of ad-
/ vcrsitE refuge, ard tower of defence.
Mr.. Bcechcr continues. IL now appears
that on the 9Jth Of December, 1870. Mr.
Iilton, having learned that had replied to
his threatening .etter bY expressing such an
opimon oi h.m rs To- set Mr.. Bowen finally
against nm, and bring him face to face
with Immediate ruin, extorted from his
wife, then suffering from a severe illness. .
document discriminating me. and prepared
an elaborate a-tack upon he.
On Tuesday evening, December Both,
/ l-4o- about % clock, Mr. Francis D. MOul-
/ ton caucI at my house and with intense
oarnc-tne-~ sand ~ wish You 70 90 with
me 10 see Nr. Int1n. / replied that /
could not then, as wa> just going to my
/ praycr-mcetine. With the most positive
manner be SAID You must 20. Somebody
/ else ~ill take care % the meeting went
/ Wlth him, not knowing what trouble agita-
/ tel him, hut vaguely thinking that | might
now learn tlc SOLUTION oi the recent threat
cn.ns letter ON tie way asked what was
/ the reason Ui thlS visit. u which he replied
that Il.t9n would inform me, OF words TO
that cEcct- on entering the house, M0ulton
T
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The Saturday Reri0r was sarcastic the
ether Jay when, in speaking of railway
guarantees, it remarked 1T j. always
more or less uncertain whether a railway
VII produce large return 10 the under
takers Funeral iurnisher> smiled a. they
read the words applying to themselves.
Inc new directory i AZ good as the aver
aye but It has some errors in it. \ gentle
man who went last night to the house de
Ecribed IN the directory as his residence had
!, ms head hurt by fatiron. The people of
'ne house thought he was bnrglar-Ml-
'caalee SeHfinei.
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Y SERIES, VOL. XXI.
SVFINEH-TIoIE NOTES.


Newport IS having slow season. The
hops are slow. and tie hotbinr !. lanrnidlv
undertaken and r,. nam, mo tbore c,cn
then.
Yr.. .-. r..,
- uy lI'eU'lI oI telescopes VINO nave
- -. 'g .I.''.lc I,',r'H 9i late are as
,io 'n "i, '' '.'''''' lor u'N'ppe.'r'ns JqN'
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H. ioc, .-i,''i ''',' tt ,i,s ",r 'l'l1 il''
nv ''N'l t"HA0 '' t'' '"TIluoI 'utSi'lt.
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Tuesday afternoon, four young daughters
of Mr.. Carlisle, of Monkton, got lost in the
woods while berrying. and wandered about
all night. Wednesday morning they put in
an appearance at Bristol Village, i've milss
distant, having gone directly away from
home in their search fer IL
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lHsr year '.ar- ago Theodore l4t.. iel
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PERPETUAL BURDEN To NY SOUL.

| would not read in the papers about it.
would not talk about it. made Moul-
ton for long period my confidant and my
only channel OF information. From time
to time suspicious were aroused in me by
indications that Mr.. Tilt0n was acting the
part &C an enemy. but the suspicious were
rapidly ailayed by his own behavior
Surances ut Mr.. MoultOn, who ascribed the
circumstances to misunderstanding or to
malice on the part of others. 1t is plain
to Iuc now that it was not until Mr.. Tilton
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and lost his salary that he thought it nee
essary to assai me with charges which he
pretended to have had in mind for six
menths. The domestic offence which he al
legged was very quietly and easily put aside,
hat yet in such way as to keep my
feelings stirred up, in order that
| might through my friends be used
to extract from Mr.. Bowen 81 200,
the amount of the claim in dispute betwe en-
them 4 check for that sum in hand. Mr..
Tilton signed an agreement Of
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His comments on the situation seemed to
ne at the time complete, immersed a.
was in inccssant cares and duties. and only
too glad 10 be released from considering the
details Of q wreichei complication, the
origin and the iac:S of which remained, in
snitc Of friendiN intervention. q
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He has said again and again to his friends
that If they wished to gain any influence
over me they must work ON the ~ympa-
thctic side of my nature. To tins
he has addressed himself steadily for
four years; using a> lever without ~cruplc
my attachment to my friends. to my family,
% his own household and even my old
affection for himself. Not