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Hair an Index of Character.

AS long, says the author of the Hair
Markets Of Europe" as girls will wear al
much false hair as that naturally belong
ing to them, it would be puerile to attempt
to read character or disposition in the
fashion and character of the locks dis
played but viewed naturally, the hair il
as great an index of temperament and
disposition as the features. Mr.. Greer.
in his volume on hair, for instance, quotes
the following indications of character
founded upon the set and texture of
flowing locks from book recently pub
lished in Paris, entitled "Secrets of
Beauty"
Coarse black hair and dark skin signify
great power of character, with tendency
to sensuality. Fine black hair and dark
skin indicate strength of character along
with purity and goodness. Stiff, straight
black hair and beard indicate q coarse,
strong, rigid, straightforward character.
Fine dark brown hair signifies the COM
bination of exquisite sensibilities with
great strength of character. Flat, cling
ing, straight hair melancholy, but ex-
tremely constant character. Harsh, up
right hair is the sign Of reticent and
sour spirit; stubborn and harsh char
acter. Coarse red hair indicates powerful
animal passions, together with q cores
ponding strength Of character. Auburn
hair with ford countenance denotes the
highest order of sentiment and intensity
Of feeling, purity of character, with the
highest capacity for enjoyment or suffer-
ing. Straight, even, smooth, and glossy
hair denotes strength, harmony, and even
ness Of character, hearty affections,
clear head, and superior talents. Fine,
silky, supple hair is the mark of delicate
and sensitive temperament, and speaks in
favor Of the mind and character. White
hair denotes Emphatic and indolent
constitution; and we may add that be-
sides all these qualities are chemical
residing in the coloring matter
which undoubtedly have some affect on
the disposition. Thus, red-haired people
are VIGOROUSLY passionate. Now red
hair is proved by analysis to contain
arge amount Of sulphur, while very
black hair is colored with almost pure
carbon. The presence of these matters
IN the blood points peculiarities of tenn
permanent and feeling which are almost
associated with them. The
very way in which the hair flows is
strongly indicative of the ruling passions
md inclinations, and perhaps a clever
'erson could give shrewd guess at the
manner of man or woman's disposition |
~ only seeing the backs of their heads. |
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GULLs.--As to be "gulled" means to
be fooled" the inference is that gulls
q revery foolish birds. The keeper of a
lighthouse, on one foggy night, had his
attentloncalled to an unusual noise about
the lighthouse building, and, on going
into the lantern, he found it completely
surrounded by flock of gulls, apparently
as thick together as they could fy, in all
directions, to the number of some hun
dreds. The light from his burners was
reflected upon them, as they circled
swiftly about giving them a beautiful
golden appearance, and producing spec
tacle well worth witnessing. He has
never witnessed anything Of the kind
before.
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The Good Samaritan.

There are many instances on record of
the kindness of animals and birds when
any member of their kind is in affection.
That tiny insect, the ant, really supports
an inferior sort of beetle, which seems To
lack energy or ability to provide for it.
self. These little beetles, step-children
In the ant family, are quite froficsome on
occasions, and evidently regard the ants
as their natural protectors. But the most
remarkable instances Of the good Samar-
ltan spirit are found among birds. A
story Is told OF goose, with a broken
leg, which the other geese refused to de-
sert. On one Of the waterless islands Of
Salt Lake, was found fat old pelican,
entirely blind, that was evidently fed by
Others OF its species, although the fish for
Its consumption must have been brought
at least thirty miles A male canary was
known to feed all the young ones In his
whole hedge, and they would all gather
round him as though he were their COM
mon mother. eve once saw" SAYS Fee,
in Paris, a swallow clinging to the gable
end Of the Palais de Justice, to whose
leg a boy had tied string, the end of
which he held in his hand. In response
to its cries, its comrades gathered round
the building in great numbers. Presently
not few Of them began to fly round
In circle, passing the prisoner, and APP
parently caressing him with their wings
as they passed; but after little while
the real object Of their movements ap-
peared, to the amazement of the specta-
tors. The swallows, as they passed, had
cut the string with their bills, and set
their companion at liberty" A pair of
starlings, for some unaccountable reason,
deserted their offspring. The young ones,
In their calamity, never ceased to keep
up the .plaintive cry. This called the
foresters attention to their condition,
which he Immediately set about remedy
ing as well as he could. The orphans
were taken from the nest one by one, and
fed with moistened bread. But, despite
all the pains taken to keep them alive,
the little unfortunates would have died
had not assistance come from direction
no one could have expected it. A neigh
boring starling-mother looked in upon
the starving orphans, then fed hastily
away for her mate, who soon returned
with her, and also took q survey of things
in the little house of mourning. Both,
then, from that hour, divided their at
tention between their own little brood
and the orphans, until the latter were
able to take care of themselves. We will
conclude this synopsis by an anecdote of
the universal favorite-a dog. A benev-
olent surgeon had friend whose dog
broke his leg, which, to oblige his friend,
he set and dressed, and looked after until
the bone was firmly reunited. One even
ing, some weeks afterward, he heard
at his door. On opening it,
in walked his late canine patient, fol-
lowed by another dog with broken leg,
which he gave the doctor clearly to un-
derstand he would have him dress. It is
not necessary to add that the request was
II
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Economy IL an excellent thing. That
Ia, 1t is very comfortable to be able to
say to ones self, ~ will do without this,
that or the other luxury, rather than
run the risk of being a beggar in my old
age" or even find it possible to live
without what is usually deemed a neces-
sity, rather than run into debt. But ex-
aggerated economy, or rather n,ednness, is
something which must render its possess
or wretched, and something too which is
often found In people who are too selfish
to forbid themselves anything they de-
sire. They covet rich food and fine
dress, ease and idleness, but they begrudge
to those who minister to their wants
their well-earned price, and always for
get "the laborer is worthy his hire"
From the lips Of such people you hear
nothing but complaints Every one is
overreaching them. The dressmaker has
sent in frightful bill the cook has no
right TO such wages; the abominable
landlord thinks no rent is too much for
his house; it Is impossible to have any
thing done without being cheated. In
fine, they want all that people have to
sell, and have within their souls q miser-
ly desire to get it for nothing. Always
accusing other people of their own vice,
they salve their conscience, and when
they do get something for nothing, fancy
themselves happy. But it is only fancy.
They can never know the pleasant
warmth that fills the heart when a gen.
erous action has been done at it's prompt
ing. Never can they feel the pleasant
independence that follows liberal and
ungrudging payment of those to whose
toll or trouble one is indebted.
Life is constant battle to them, and
many a spendthrift is happier than those
who forget that they have no right to
economize at the expense of other peo-
pie, and whoever Willingly takes the
money Of another to add to his own
purse is, at least at heart, a thief.
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The Busy Rec.

Sir John Lubbock deserves singing
for his attack on the bees. He has had
them under the glass and has spied out
their weaknesses, and exposed their ig-
norance and incapacity. 1t is true he
has not exactly attacked their moral
character. He does not at all deny the
bees laborious qualities. He credits the
bee with a complete ten hours working
day, even about the equinox, when the
days are not at their longest, and does
not suggest that they knock off work for
any day in the week. But he finds that
they can't talk to each other, that they
are the most servile creatures of habit,
without a particle of inventiveness, and
that even their architectural capacity has
been greatly overrated. All Of which is
very bad for our bee idolatry. But we
suspect that Sir John wasted his observa-
tions on some inferior species or uncivil-
lied hive. At any rate, we shall continue
to believe in George Washington's Ratchet
and the "little busy bee" of good old
DIR. Watts until we have better evidence
to the contrary than has yet been put in.
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LOVE is life. Selfshness is death. Think
of one who has no throb outside of him
self; is he not entombed in grave more
dark than that of earthf The moment
one begins to love, if only dog, he be-
gins to live. To love something that Is
different from ones self-a flower, star,
human soul-what is in II, what stir of
all the faculties! Oh, the manifold life
of love! How it flows and streams away
on every side, in love of father and
mother, sister and brother, husband and
wife, and friend and little children, of
the tiniest speck and grandest orb. We
rejoice mall things Every sound is a
delight. The very worm beneath our
feet thrills us We are alive all over.
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LITERAL ANTIPATHIEs.-Some of Oar
wins studies in natural history have
been well calculated to fill him with
doubts about the supposed immense diff
ference between human reason and brute
instinct. He has ascertained, for in
stance, that an ant in an ant-hill knows
his companions. He carried ants several
times from one anthill to another, in
habited apparently by tens of thousands
of ants; but the strangers were invari-
ably detected and killed. Thinking there
might be family odor by which they
were recognized, he put some ants from
very large nest into bottle strongly
pcrftimed with assafntida, and restored
them after twenty-four hours. At first
they were threatened by their compan-
IONS but were soon recognized and al
lowed to pass.
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INTEREsTING.-According to Pliny,
fire was a long time unknown to some of
the Egyptians, and when celebrated as
tronomer showed it to them, they were
in raptures. The Persians Phenicians,
Greeks, and several other nations, &C.
knowledged that their ancestors were
once without the use of fire, and the
Chinese confess the same of their progen-
itors. Ancient writer's speak of nations
which, when they wrote, knew not the
use Of fire, or had just learned it. Facts
of the same kind are also attested by
modern nations. The inhabitants of the
Marian Islands, which were discovered
in 155, had no idea of fire. Never was
greater than theirs when
they saw IL on the desert in one of their
islands. At first they believed it was
some kind of an animal that feed upon
wood.
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Two deacons once disputing about a
proposed new graveyard, one remarked
"Pll never be buried in that ground as
long as I livep "What an obstinate
man p said the other. eff my life is
spared, will"
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ONE lead pencil, according to q con-
temporary, lasts a Dubuque editor three
months, but he has to have q new rivet
In his shears every SIX weeks.
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they soon get accustomed to the place
and will come themselves, and save the
trouble of finding and driving them home
nights.
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ALfRED WILSON,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

WHEN WHITING TO ADyEnTIsEns,
m00t In thns Paper.
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In the accustomed place, and they will
usually lay in these nests. Where a num-
Der OF turkeys are kept, it is good plan
10 set them at the same time or nearly 80. |
If we wish to let the different broods run
together. Hens may be set on turkey |
eggs at the same time, and the Young |
turkeys can be taken from the nest and |
reared with the other turkeys: or the hen
can bring them up, as we choose but IL |
taken away, the hen should be shut nm n |
few days that she may forget them.
The young turkeys should not be fed or
taken from the nest until twentv.fonr
hours after Matching. You NAV nut them
in large coop, where the young turkeys
can run In and out as they please. They
require but little at first, bat their food
should be good and nourishing: A little
dry wheat bread soaked in new milk is
good to give them a start; raw eggs
stirred in at the time of feeding are very
good for them; one egg for twenty-five
young turkeys Is enough at time. Fed
In this way, they will be quite strong in
a few days, and can take coarser food.
such as curd made of sour milk. dough
made of fine shorts, crusts of bresd
soaked; corn meal should never he given
In raw state, but sifted and well baked
and soaked before feeding to young tur.
keys A number of coops may be placed
near each other, and the young turkeys
will run from one to the other and get
mixed 80 that they will all keep together
through the season; this saves time in
looking after them. The coops should be
moved every day; this can easily be done
while the young turkeys are eating out
side the coops. In week OF two, or as
soon as they appear to be strong enough,
they can DC let out to 60 where they will,
only looking after them a little for few
days, AS soon as they can get plenty of
they do not require much
Iteeding; they will then grow very fast
II Is good plan to see that they come
home nights; they like to 20 to roost I
while quite young, and IL low roostinr ,
poles are placed with q shelter overhead, /
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AnUe1l1EnTs. -..-----
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or THE ENGAGEMENT or
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..~.- who will appear on
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IN uER FAMOUS INTERPRETATION or
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THE HuNCHBACK
characterization that has been pronounced 6ttlns
companion picture to her world renowned personstou
OF Juliet
In consequence Of the great demand for seats witness
MISS NElL>UN,S
GREAT RENDITION OF
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ON MONDAY EVENING NAY L. 1874
The young American tragedan.
will make his trst appearance at this theatre In Dr.
MONTGOMERY Birds classic tragedy in entitled
THE GLADIATOR.
ARTACUS.................-. Mr.. JOHN MCCULLOUGH
Seats may secured six days In advance at the box
office of theatre branch ticket Office, the music
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Principal entrances-Fourth avenue corner Twenty
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Reserved Seats Tor both Orchestra and Balcony
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NEW YORK MUSEUM or ANATOMY, 6S BROAD
~ way between Houston and BIeecker streets Every
une should visit the wonderful museum; ~ full of
SveryhIns people should and understand Lectures
dally on The Philosophy OF Marriage those parties
unable 70 attend these important have them
forwnrued post rec on receipt OF 20 cents by addressing
Broadway
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-14
COMPULSORY Vaccination.

A bill has been introduced into the
German Reichstag by the Government,
making not only vaccination, but also a
revaccination, compulsory. In En-
gland the law requires only the %vaccina-
ton of children. In the debates on this
bill the old dispute between the advo-
Gates and the opponents of vaccination
has broken out with unusual violence,
and petitions against the passage of the
bill have been pouring in from all quar-
tiers. The fact that revaccination is re-
quired is used with great effect as an
argument to demonstrate the useless
ness of all vaccination. Numbers of
people have sent in statements that the
revaccinated members of their families
have died from smallpox, while the
others were not even attacked by the
loathsome disease. 1t has been attempt
ed to show that where vaccination is
general the number of deaths of infants
is much greater thanin other countries.
One of the best authorities on the sub
iect, SO far as practical experience is
concerned, has published a pamphlet,
wherein he maintains that the physical,
moral and mental degeneration of the
race can be traced directly to the bru-
talizing influence of vaccination. 1t
seems to be ~conclusively established
that some diseases can be engrafted by
vaccine matter from n body to an
other, and that the great spread of
scrofulous diseases is mainly due to
vaccination. The advocates of vaccina-
ton seem, however, to be vastly in the
majority, and the main question is now,
how practically to carry out compul-
sorry vaccination.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-14
Marrying in Switzerland a Serious
Matter.

1t appears to be no easy matter to
get married in Switzerland. A citizen
of Schaffhausen, who had removed to
another canton, asked from his cOm-
mune the necessary permission to
marry. The President of the commune,
in reply, told him that, in addition to
payment for the needful documents, he
would have to provide for the rights of
bourgeOise if his fancee were a Swiss,
200 francs if q foreigner. The man vas
told, moreover, that he would have to
prove by certificate that he was pro-
vided with a wedding outfit and a for
tune of 800 francs. He would be re-
CURED to pay, in addition, % francs to
the school fund, 20 francs for the mill
tary tax of 1873, and 36 forms IL
kreutzers fer expenses incurred by bis
commune when he was i'll in Germany.
The claims thus amounted to 233 francs
40 centimes, irrespective of all other
expenses of permissions, TRANSACTIONS,
stamps, and the cost of documents.
The man was totally unable to meet
this claim, and representations to this
effect were made to the council of his
commune by a society for encouraging
marriages, but all their efforts were
useless.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-14
Tunneling Niagara.

"Shooting Niagara" is to be super
seeded by "Tunneling Niagara" A bill
has been introduced into the New York
Legislature forming a company with a
million aud a half capital to build a
bridge, or a tunnel, from the city of
Buffalo to or neal Fort Erie, on the
other side of the Niagara river. The
Buffalo Courier says of it
1.-THE design of the projectors of this
company, We are given to understand,
has in view primarily the tunnel expe-
dent, and there can be no doubt that
such work, if within the limits of the
practicable, has numerous important
advantages as compared with a bridge.
Some twenty years ago the scheme WAS
ably advocated by MI. Wallace, the en-
gineer, who satisfied himself by careful
surveys that a tunnel could be con-
structed from a point on this side OF
river at or near Jersey street. His
estimate Of the cost of the undertaking
at that time was 81, 200 600, q sum
which would probably need to be
doubled or 1trebled to-day"
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-14
4 Hair.nwin1 Tale.

The much-abused Rev. Florence Nc
Carthy, of Chicago, in a recent lecture
on "Who Wouldn't be q Minister!
said Zone of the first troubles which
befall q minister-and it was q matter
which they would suppose ne
would have any trouble about-was the
management of his hair. Happy Is the
minister whose head is shapely n
whose hair naturally falls into elegant
and handsome convolutions. he can
get as many calls and as much salary as
he needs. II the hair is right it matters
little whether his principles be good or
doctrine sound. Ispeak feelingly on this
subject said the lecturer. MY own
hair las been the cause, l fear, of much
of NV misfortune. l never thought OF
it until recently /; but now l remember
that the people who ousted me from
Union Park Church are exactly those
who used to labor with me about my
hair. After watching public sentiment
in my church on this subject for about
one year, l can assure you there were
three parties in it on the subject OF my
hair. The first insisted on its being
brushed down close. The second on Its
being stuck up on end. The third-the
conservative party-on having 1t loosed
up. Noticing that these three parties
correspondent to the three divisions OF q
sermon, / soon fell into the habit OF de-
hvering the first head of my discourse
with my hair as now. [Flattened to the
head. The second division as now.
Putting his front locks on end The
third division of the sermon l generally
delivered with my hair brought down to
the conservative position LPutting his
hands through his hair and smoothing
down the more elevated locks, and
even now l don't know that my hair has
gwen entire satifaction."