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The Esauiline Venus.

Those who adore the art relics of the
ancients are at loss IN what estimation
to hold the new statue of Venus found
last winter by the workmen employed in
excavating the Esquiline at Rome, IN
the Vi sinity of the garden Of Mecenas.
The critics do not agree abb ut its artistic
value. The statue is of pure Psrian
marble, and represents the goddess of
Cyprus as a young girl knitting her
tresses with ribbon. The French and
italian critics generally pronounce the
figure q perfectly modelled, of marvel
ous delicacy Of contour, and in all points
superior to the Venus of Medici." A
writer for q German periodical comes to
the rescue of the fame Of the Medicean
marble, and declares, after 3 careful
study, that the newly resuFTected
Cyprean divinity is g timid IN handling,
academic and conventional IN concep-
ton, and obviously a work of the even
ing twilight rather than Of the morning
or the high noon Of Greek art. " The
statue when found was broken acrOss
tie throat, above both knees, and above
the left ankle. Artists are busily at
work upon its restoration, and casts vii
be taken from il as soon as IL is IN
proper condition. Another writer very
prettily suggests that If the "Attie
shape, fair attitude, had once looked
down from her niche in the palace OF
M@cenas, dysPeptic, brave, and
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FAoTs AND rANoms.


-Trichinss have lately been found for
the first time IN the flesh Of Wild boar,
killed in the Hartz mountains. Ger
many. Hitherto this parasite has been
supposed TO be confined 70 the domest-
Gated animal.
Whatever our place allotted to us
by Providence, that, for us, is the post
of honor and duty. God estimstes u.s.
not by the position we are in, but by
the way IN which we dll it,. I'd
yards.
Washing the trunks or limbs Of
fruit trees with the following prepara-
tion viii exclude all kinds Of borers or
prevent their entrance One part Paris
green, two parts whale oil soap, SIX
parts water.
The average American boy VIII
make a great fuss and complain bitterly
that It viii spoil his clothes, if asked 70
bring in an armful Of wood for his
mother but give him a gun, and he
viii crawl half a mile on his stomach.
through q ditch with four inches Of
water in it. to get a shet at some ducks.
-ss Ny very dear children" said
travelling Sunday-school gimlet.
love you so muck could talk all day 70
you, but time forbids. But hope to
meet you In heaven, and then"
hope he won't" said a restless, red
headed bov, "he'1 talk rs to death
won't he. Jim ?"
"A London journal complains that
50 low, dirty, blesr-eyed, beery news
Y enders run after us in the streets TO
sell Moody and Sankey lives and hymn
books, insulting their superiors with
such questions As these Haven't yer
got soul to save Don't yer want TO
find Jesus ? And ali they want to find
is the penny profit.
In one place we read that Julia
Ward Howe says women need rest, and
in another it is asserted that sixty
Thousand women are exhibiting their
spring bonnets ON Chestnut street,
Phil adelphia. Such contradictions as
this are always turning up just as the
searcher after truth has come to a con
clusion, and he has 20 begin AL over
again.
The sale OF soda water is falling of
all over the country, and costly foun-
tains, manufactured IN the eastern cities
for from $500 to g, 300, would be dead
stock IN the drug stores but for the sale
of mineral waters. II lager beer were
TO be had in the private cafes and
bought for ladies. It would finish tho
soda altogether. Thousands of men,
now, are IN the habit Of sending bottled
lager home to their wives, particularly
nursing wives, whereas, a glass OF beer
from the keg is equal in freshness 70
gross of bottles. T@rtarsc acid Is tho
principal and generally the only adui-
teratiop of beer.
Every duty brings its peculiar de-
light, every denial its appropriate com
pensation, every thought its recon-
pease, every love its elysium, every
cross its crown pay goes with perform
ance as effect with cause. Meanuess
overreaches itself vice yitiatss whoever
indulges In It the wicked wrong their
own souls generosity greatens virtue
exalts; charity transhgures, and holi-
ness is the essence of angelhood. God
does not require us to live on credit he
1,avs ms what We earn as we earn it, good
or evil, heaven or hell, according 70 our
choice,
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Nnnolaon 3 saoond NFarriape.

A writer reviewing 1anfrey's "His-
toire de Napoleon 1. says The cir
cumstances attending the divorce of
Josephine and het husbands marriage
with Marie Louise are detailed at con-
siderable length by the author. On the
2Stb of December, 1909, before the
Metropolitan Tribunal had confirmed
the dissolution of the religious marriage
with Josephine, Oaulaincourt. the
French Ambassador at st. Petersburg,
opened negotiations for the hand OF the
Grand Duchess ATne, sister of the Gar.
A project of convention between the
two powers in respect of the affairs OF
Poland was then under discussion. Its
principal articles were 1 a reciprocal
engagement not TO suffer the re-estab-
lishment of the kingdom of Poland. 2.
The suppression of the names ''POland"
and ''Polish" in all public and private
documents. 3. The suppression of the
old orders of Polish chivalKy, and of all
autonomy of the duchy of Warsaw.
Alexander, the sincerity of whose ad-
miration for Napoleon is questioned by
NJ. Lanfrey, was adverse to the match,
but would probably have consented TO
it as the price of the French adhesion
to the project of convention. He there
Csulaincourt's proposal, protesting,
nevertheless, that the decision did not
rest with him alone, ukase of the EN-
peror Paul, his father, havirg, left to
the empress mother the disposal of her
daughters In marriage. He would en-
deavor, however, to obtain her consent.
A fortnight later the ambassador re-
ceived instructions TO demand a cate
Qorical answer from the czar In ten
days. The reason of this singular ulti-
matum-unexampIed in the annals Of
official courtsbip-was that Napoleon
had already changed his mind. He had
no liking for the Polish convention,
which would have deprived him of
useful weapon against Russia; more
over, the grand duchess was but six
teen, and her relations asked for delay
of one or two years Napoleon. with
his habitual impatience, would not
hear OF this condition, and Austria bav-
ing spontaneously suggested an alliance
between the courts Of Vienna and the
TuilerIes, the msrrisge with the Arch
duchess Maria Louisa had been vir-
tually decided upon before an answer
from st. Petersburg could possibly
have arrived. It Is fortunate that the
invention of the electric telegraph and
the steam-engine was postponed till
after the fall of man who would have
made such terrible use of them. Even
the succeses of Wellington might have
been arrested coGld the Emperor have
communicated daily and hourly with
his lieutenants
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A MEMORIAL


There have been Few more beautiful poems tha
Is written It was On ressliHn Il that George ]
entice said. a One misht almost lah to dfa
knew that 30 beautiful 4 tribute as this wouid I
'itten 70 his meauory.el
On the bosom Of q river,
Where the sun uuIoosed his qulver
aud the starr Ight cleaned forever.
Sailed vessel light aud free
hor1ing de S-drops hung like mania
On the bright folS Of her baaner,
And the zephyr5 rose to ian her,
Softly 20 the radiaus sea.
Athsr PROV pilot beaming
In the iiIlsh Of y0uth stood dreaming,
Ana he was in glorious seeming
Like an angel from above.
Through his hair the bref zas sported
And as on the wave he fiea'ef,
Oft that pilot, anFel-throataGs
Warbled lays of hope aid love.
Through those locks 50 blithely flowing,
Buds Of lsuf 4 bloom were blowing,
And his hands auou we're throwing,
Music from Tyre Of gold
Swiftly down the stream be glided
Soft tae purple wave divided,
And a rainbow arch ahided
On hls canvas snowy fold.
Anxious hearts with fond devotion
@aieasd him sailing 70 the ocean.
PRAYED that never Mid commotion
Md he elements might Sc.
Ana he seemed ike some Apollo
Charming sumner winds to follow,
Hhlle tle water Ilfs caroiia
Trembled 10 HIS music sighs.
But those purple waves enchanted.
Relied beside city haunted
BY sn awful spell that dsunted
Every conner to tue shore.
Night shades rank the sir encumbered,
And the pale marble statue numbered
Nhare the lotus eaters slumbered,
And aRo oke 20 life no more.
Then there rushed with lightning quickness
Ger his face mortal sickness,
and the dew in fearful thickness
Gathered o'ef his fsn plt fair.
And there ssept dying Inurmur
Through the lovely Southern summer,
As the hesuteous pilot conner
Perished by that city there.
Still rolls on that radiant river
And the sun nEbinds his culver,
And the sunlight streams forever
On its bosom as before.
But the vessels rainbow banner
Greets no more the gay savanna,
and that pilots lutte drops mama
On the purple waves no more.
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and uncertainty which his companions
must endure. meantime, determined
him to make one more effort before
abandoning the search.
The third day dawned with a glory
which seemed to mock his forlorn situ-
ation. The purple canopy of clouds re-
treating IN an array Of innumeTable
fantastic figures from the pathway of
the sun, the whole heavens we're tinted
by the field of rose and crimson
beyond, with every variety and depth of
shade. The sunrises and sunsets of the
southern hemisphere so far surpass our
own N their respsendence.
At noon, lifting his eyes from the
ground, where they we're almost de-
spairingly seeking vestiges of the cara
van, he Suddenly recognized the place
where it had halted for breakfast on the
morning previous to his separation from
it. With unutterahle JOY and relief he
dashed toward the spot, and instantly
hit upon the trail of the wagons. Stead
lily following this, he soon came up with
a band of saVages, who fed terrified at
his approach but ENCOURAGED and en-
boldened by the offer of broken cigar
they returned and when he, by signs,
indicated that he was In search of his
wagons they understood, and, holding
up their hands, pointed toward the
horizon.
The women Of the band, though at
first exceedingly timid, had meanwhile
taken note of the brass buttons on the
strangers jacket, and pointing to them
exclaimed, "Tullana, tuIlana I" Cbut-
tons, buttons , Upon being presented
with these, and also with the knife with
which they had been cut of, they were
mad with delight, and declared their
intention of accompanying the captain
in person, hoping to receive more gifts.
Placing himself under the guidance
of'these people, in the course of an hour
he came within sight of the wagons.
Weary and wayworn, he was joyfully
welcomed by his fellow travellers, who
had, meanwhile, taken every possible
means for his recovery, fearing that he
was dead.
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UNREST.

Waiting For what Shall ever know ?
Or shall the ne years creep drOWsily by
TIL my death day comes; shall never know Why
was born, and must live out my life Of woe 2
s the whole Of my lifetime merely pause
'rwixt my birth fhst was, aud my death to be7
Must always follow, aud never be free
Am only effect Can never be cauEe3
Or but a link OF the weaFiful chain
or life, aud the sequence Of things gone by y?
I am forced TO live. for I cannot die,
But my Life is empty and all in vain
Yet sometimes hear my spirit elate
At the thought OF the glorious deeds to be done,
Cry, Strkei 'Tis the time ~ But in answer,
one
Shall ever know who ?-whispers, Silence !
Waiti"
It cannot be Hope, for her voice is sweet.
It Is not Despair, for I know her well
'Iis ike the ceaseless drone Of Q kneiI,
And wearies the heart with monotonous beat.
Shall another voice ever whisper te me,
J. Awake 'Tis the bourl Go forward and fght
Thy probation is ended, and impotent night
Has burst into day :" So shall set me free?
know not, know not this only dread,
That, ere that voice shall proclaim that hour,
Not only the viii may be lost, but the power,
And may be cold with the nanelessdead.
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Turning the Tables on a Practical
Joker.

Charley Backus, well known negro
minstrel and practical joker, was in q
small town in Connecticut the other
day, and as he started for New York,
he stood on the rear platform of the
last car of the train. just as the whistle
was blown and the cars began to move,
Backus espied big fellow leunging IN
the depot, and shaking his fist st him In
assumed rage, be shouted
"Oh, there you are, you villain. I've
been looking for you all over this cursed
towR. Oh, you knave, you thief, you
scoundrel
At tins time the train was rapidly
moving out of the depot, and Backus
wildly shook his fist at the as5onished
stranger. ''Don't I wish had time to
get of and thrash yOu, You scoundrel -
To the horror of the minstrel joker
the train was stopped and backed into
the depot. Backus made a rush for his
compartment IN the drawing-room car
and locked himself IN, just IS the
brawny- -fistes depot iOunger boarded
the trsin and boSled
Where is that id dufTer who has
been looking all over this ere town for
me?'
Backus kept himself in his prison
until he reached New York.
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The pencil marks ycu see around this
paragraph Cthusl mean that your sub
scriptior is ont OF unpaid, and shss
you are requested 70 pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure IL extend.
mg credit to our friends ana patrons,
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We are JoFood 20 adhere to q strict cash
rule. We hope you Win comprehend
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without delay. We solicit your favor.
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Progress of the Great Suspension
Bridge Between New York and
Brooklyn.

By a recent act Of the legislature Of
the state of New York, this great bridge
property, which WAS commenced as a
private enterprise, has become public
work, and the money to complete 1t is
TO be supplied from the treasures of
the two cities. The early finishing OF
the structure is therefore assured, and
the work is now progressing with all
possible rapidity. The last stone of
the Brooklyn pier or tower was laid
few days ag0-the last that can be
placed until the cables are stretched.
The tower now stands 27Il feet high
from the tide level. In the tower as it
stands, there are about thirty-fve thou.
sand cubic yardsof stone, weighing about
seventy thousand tons. The " saddles"
the things upon which the cables are
to rest-wil be put in place IN a few
days, and then work viii cease for the
present on the Brooklyn tower. It is
expected that the New York tower viii
be finished before the end of the pres
ent season. It is over 200 feet high.
Tie engineers also hope to fnish the
Brooklyn anchorage this season, and it
is Thought that before next fall the
cables will be stretched across the
river.
This bridge will have 3 greater span
than any work Of the kind now existing.
The distance between the river piers is
1 900 feet. The total length Of the
bridge viii be about one mile. The
width of the roadway viii be IS feet,
which is q little more than our famous
thoroushfaFe Of Broadway.
Il is believed that one Of the immedi-
ate results of the bridge viii be to turn
the current OF increasing population to
Brooklyn, and ultimately canse annexa-
tiSn Of that city to New York, in which
case the latter viii take rank IN popuia-
ton next to London.
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spoke hopefully of the Tobin system, D
now being applied to public balls in
England, which introduces fresh air
by means of pipes rising through the
floor and terminating above the heads
of the auditory. The theory is that
air currents thus introduced are
thrown upward like so many jets of
water, and are distributed without
draft or discomfort in a sort of at
mospheric spra
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"A writer discussing the compara-
tive economy of horses and males. efesr
saying 4" the only superiority I see in
the mule y that he VIII sand rough
trtstment better adds what il very
true when he says, - but there "a neither
religion nor greeabscke IN hsrah treat
ment Of gtock.
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kind" while Horace recited among the
roses, how little should We care about
the verdict of the critics upon her
sculptor or his style.
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West Tennessee Crops and Business
Prospects.

There is more corn, wheat, oats and
uotatoes and grass Of different kinds
Growing within two hundred miles OF
Aienphis than was ever known since the
country was settled by white men. The
Deople will need but little Of these
things from abroad. The cotton crop
will be almost clear surplus with which
to nav of old debts and improve their
places. The lesson learned We are con-
fident will be an abiding one. When
community arrives at a conclusion after
ten wears of bitter experience It - apt
10 remember fk. We see IL stated that
one and a half millions bushels Of wheat
e growing within easy reach OF the
Rfempbis market. Some Of II rs ripe
and ready for harvesting. This VIII
bring money into circulation five months
earlier than usual. A month from now
the effect will be visible upon our streets
and in the advertising columns OF the
newspapers. The monotony OF tne
lonrr dreary summer months WtI %
broken bv the rattle of heavily iaaen
,-a0ons and a hustle about the dspois
and Iandinqs. and on Front street, here
tofore unknown in the middle OF sum-
ner- It is q new departure rs one OF
tba sIovvIv wrought out changes OF the
times. it is the adaptation OF 3 "hoie
,,eo.,Ia To new order Of thIngss Dy
~, tl,ev viii lift themselves mp from
the slavery Of old habits 70 Walk pfouslig
erect on the highway 70 success eh9
wealth and ell that iE honorADie an"
ennoblinR.
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REoENT experiments tend to show
that forests increase atmospheric humid
ity by the action of their roots rather
than by any attraction exerted on rain
clouds. The moisture, in other words.
comes from below, and not from above.
The roots seem to serve as outlets
through which water drawn from the
earth is conducted to the leaves and
passes thence into the atmosphere. An
oak tree, experimental upon by Prof.
Pettenkofer, was estimated to have
between seven and eight hundred thou
sand leaves, and the total amount Of
evaporation in a year was computed to
be eight and one-third times more than
that of the rainfall on an area equal to
that covered by the tree, the moisture
exhaled by the leaves being equal to
some two hundred and eleven inches,
while that from the rainfall was but
twenty five inches.
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How to Keep Meat Fresh a Long Time

We have for authority the Inter
Ocean for saying that the following
recipe is worth the subscription price Of
any newspaper IN the land As soon as
the animal heat is ont 0f the meat,
slice it up ready for cooking. Prepare
a large Jar by scalding veil with hot
salt and water. Mix salt and pulyerized
sal peter ia the prop r5ion Of One table
spoonful Of saltperire TO one tsacupful
Of salt. Cover the bottom Of che jar
with a prinkle OF salt and pepper.
Put down a layer OF meat, sprinkle
with salt and pepper, the same as II JUST
going 70 the table, and ccDtinue IN tins
naanner till the jaris full. Fold cloth
or towel and wet It IN strong salt and
water. IN waich a little Of the saftpetFe
is dissolved. Press the cloth closely
over the meat and set il in cool place.
Be sure and press he cloth on tightly
as each LAYER Is removed, and your meat
/ will keep for months. It Is q good
plan 10 let the meat lie over night after
/ it is sliced, before packing. Then
drain Of all the blood that oozss from
/ it. It VIII be necessary 70 change ths
| cloth o casionaliy, OF take e OF and
wash it. FIRST ia cold wateE--then scald
| IN salt water IS at first In this way
/ farmers can have fresh meat the yea
round. 81 have kept beef, says tn
/ writer. ssthat was killed the 18Th d
/ February, till the 2lst Of june. TbeI
I pal ked & large jar Of veal IN tbs sam.
way during the dog days, and It KEEP
six VI eks.
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IvTEREsrrsa AaRf0u1rURAI.

SoAGE INTERESTING AGRfUULTURAL
STATISTICS. The agricultural depart
ment has prepared the following state
ment, showing the value of breadstuffs
exported from the United States or the
past forty-nine years. The first line
shows the aggregate value for the forty
i've years prior to 1871
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The Brule Sioux have commenced
hostiiities in Nebraska. They attacked
the settlers on the Niobrara river. and
large war party arc now on their way
toward the Ponca Indian agency.
Troops are in pursuit
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A DISPATCH of the 11th from Nor
folk, Va, says; Capt. Brown, of the
schooner "J. O." arrived here to-day
having in charge the iron safe of the
United States man of war Cumberland,
which was run into and sunk in Hamp-
ton Roads by the confederate ram Vir-
ginia in 1862. Divers have been at
work on the wreck ten years, havirg IN
view the recovery of the safe. The
lucky man had only been at the wreck
forty. eight hours, when he found the
safe buried in three feot OF mud. The
water at the place is seventy-eight feet
deep. By the explosion of torpedo
the safe was cracked and it was hoisted
on deck. A few pieces of gold coin
dropped out. 1t is generally believed
the safe contained between sixty and
one hundred thousand dollars gold.
The safe and treasure belong TO Capt.
Brown and o. e. Moltby, of this city,
and Herbert Smith, of Detroit, Mich.
While Capt. Bro IN was searching the
wreck he came acl ots a petriied human
boay in perfect state. The captain
supposes the body to be that of one of
the officers, and intends to return and
get it,
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Total 90 yrsss9s s27 500 5T,ss0GT2 sl7a2,oOso59
The following table shows the average
price of wheat and -four duriLg the last
four decades:
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BOTTOMS swimming clothes are a sue
cess. The only difficulty is that they
cost about as much as a trip to Europe
by steamer, SO that nobody Will want to
paddle across, after all.
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A broker SAYS = GIVE nc the bonds
of & government, and care not who
breaks its laws.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

THE great match between the Amer
lean rifle team and the Irish shootists
commences on the 29th inst, at D oily
mount Range, ireland.
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THE design for the new postal card
has been agreed upon, and is now being
engraved at the printing bureau of the
treasury department It is very plain,
and will differ from the card now in use,
in that the border is left off, and it is to
be made of better material.
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A REWARD of SO, 900 has been offered
by General Spinner for the recovery of
the stolen S47. 500 package. The five
bundrei dollar bills are about one fifth
OF the whole amount of five hundred
dollar notes in circulation, and the de-
partmeDt has no record Of the numbers
OF the stolen bills, which will give the
thief better opportunity to escape
detection.