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AFTER TIE BALL.

They sat and cornbed their beautiful hsir,
Their long. bright tressss one by one,
As they laughed and talked in their chamber there,
Alta the revel was done.
Idly they talked Of waltz and quadriIle,
Idly they laughed, like other girls,
VINO over the Ere, when al is still,
Comb out their braids and curls.
Robes Of satin and Brussels lace,
Knots OF flowers, and ribbons too,
Scattered about in every place,
After the revei is through.
and Maud and AIAdge, in robes Of white,
The prettiest nlght-gowns under the sun,
StcckinRiess, slipperless. sit in the night
After the Tevei is done.
Sit and comb their beautiful hair,
Those wonderful waves Of brown and goids
TIL tho fire is ont in the chamber there,
Aud the little bare feet are cold.
When out Of the gathering vsirter chill,
and out Of the bitter ST. AR1es weather
While the fire is out aud the house is still,
Maud and AIa5ge together
Maud and BIadge. in robes Of white,
The prettiest night-gowns under the sun,
Curtained away from the chilly night,
After the revel is done.
Float along in a splendid dream,
To a golden gittern's tinkling tone,
While thousand lustres sbimmering stream,
In a palaces grand saloon.
Flashes Of jewels and futter of Iaces,
Tropical odors sWeeter than musk,
Men and women with beautiful faces,
And eyes Of beautiful duck.
And one face shining like q star
One face haunting the dreams of each,
And one voice. sweeter than others are,
Breaking in silvery speech.
Telling through lips Of bearded bloom
An old, old story DER again,
As down the royal hammered room,
To golden gittern's strain,
Two and two they dreamily walk,
While an unseen spirit walks beside,
And all unheard, in lovers talk,
He clsimeth one for his bride.
Oh, Maud and Madge. dream on together,
With never pang Of jealous fear
For here the bitter st. Agnes weather
Shall whiten another year.
Robed for the bridal and robed for the tomb,
Braided brown hair and golden tress,
Tbereu be only one Of you left for the bloom
OF the bearded lips to pressl
Only one robe for the bridal pearls,
The robe of satin and Brussels lace
Only one to blush through her curls
At sight Of lovers face.
o, beautiful AIadFe, in your bridal white!
For you the revel has just begun;
But for her who sleeps in your arms tonight,
The revel Of Life ia done
But robed aud crowned wita sanity bliss,
Queen of Heaven and bride Of the sun,
o, beautiful Maud. you'll never miss
The Kisses another has won
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Syrian spOnges.

The latest project before the aeclima-
tlzation society of Paris is the cultiva-
tion OF the celebrated Syrian sponge in
the waters Of southern France, a vaau,
able and most useful product, which,
like many another gift of the sea, is in
danger of determination through exces-
sive fishing.
The sponge-producing grounds of
Syria occur along the coast, from Mount
Carmel IL the south to Alexandretta in
the north, the centers os production
being TripoE, Ruad, Ilattakis, aud
BartrOun, on the coast of Mount I.eba-
non. The best quantities are found in
the neighborhood of Tripoh and Bar
troun. According to late report os
the British Tice-conSul at Bavrout. as
many as three hundred boats are en-
gagged in the fishery; the annual yield,
though falling of through the exhaus-
ton OF the grounds, still amounts TO
SlO0, 600 to Sl25, 5,000. The majority of
the boats used are ordinary fishing
boats, from eighteen to thirty feet in
length, three parts decked over, and
carrying one mast with an ordinary lug
sail They are manned by q crew of
torr or five men, one to haul and the
rest to serve as divers.
In former years the coast was much
frequented by Greek divers from the
islands OF the Archipelago; the number
is now restricted to five or six boats
year, the skill of the Syrian combined
with his better knowledge of the fishing
| grounds, enabling him TO compete sue
cessfully with his foreign rival.
! Diving is practieed from very early
age mp to forty years after which few
are able to continue the pursuit profit
ably. The depth to which the diver
! descends varies from five to thirty
! . brasses," or from twenty-five to one
hundred and seventy-fve feet. The
| time he is able to spend under water
/ depends on natural capacity, age, and
! training sixty seconds time is reckoned
! good work-in rare instances eighty
seconds are spent under water. The
| Syrian diver uses heavy stone to carry
him quickly to the bottom, and is drawn
/ up by q eomrade. On the bottom. he
! holds the guide rope with one hand and
tears of the sponges with the other,
| placing them IN a net which he carries.
/ No knife, spear or instrument of any
kind is used in detaching the sponges
nor does he, like his Greek competitor,
ever use the diving dress, having an
| antipathy to it on the score of its re-
| puted tendency to produce paralysis of
the limbs. Two or three fatal accidents
| occur annually. mainly among the skill
| ful and daring, who sometimes drop the
rope to secure a tempting prize, and
missing 1t on their return, attempt TO
rise to the surface unaided, and are
| drowned At other tines the diver
will be wounded by jagged rocks, or
his ropes viii become eptangled, expos
ing him to great risks where the depth
is great.
1t is possible that this high priced
and durable variety of sponge might be
cultivated In our southern waters, as a
substitute for the beautiful but tender
sponge they now yield. The expert
ment is worth trying.
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The CRY of a Cougar.

A gentleman living on the mountain,
about a mile and half southwest of
this city, was awakened from his slum-
bers on Thursday night by strange
noiee, embling the wall Of a man In
great distress. He turned out of bed,
intent on playing she part of the Good
Samaritan, but, strange to say, the
direction from which the noise came
seemed to have changed, and it became
apparent that the incsgnito from which
emanated the melancholy refrain was
travelling on the main road. He went
to the house of neighbor, who, by the
way, is an old OregOnian, and calling
him out of bed he directed his attention
to the noise in question. The Oregon
ian smiled, disdainfuI smile, and re-
marked: "Well, John, you are badly
fooled this time; that is the cry of the
cougar or Oregon lion It is needless
TO say that John did not wish to pursue
the subject any longer, but wended his
way back to bed again, trembling at
the idea of what the consequences might
have been if he had obeyed his first i'm
pulse and ran down the road 10 inter
view the night walker. Portland (Ore-
gon) Bulletin.
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The AZ Of Ligtenlng 70 Music.

A writer in Scribner's says "There
is no greater delusion than that OF sup
posing that the best music can be en-
loved only by the musical Ordinary
people can derive keen pleasure from a
sympathetic listening TO great music if
they Will but believe that they can, and
50 attend TO it accordingly. There is
no need Of being bsffied by a wsnt OF
knowledge concering keys nor by an
Ignorance of moduiation. Your next
neighbor may know that the air began
In G major, and then passed into B
minor, but you can get your own sim
pier pleasure out OF it. What is it to
me what TitaD's secret of color might
have been? He had it, and that is
enough for one who cannot even draw.
The first rule in listening TO music is
10 listen. We 90 not want to arouse
ourselves to a { ~ Of delight, but
we DO want to hea what the music is
ike. A very simple and very good rule
for those who are perplexed by an or
chestrR, and who fancy they are puz-
zeld TO know where the time comes IN,
is to listen TO one instrument, the
violins, for instance, alone for a time.
These win probably take mp the melody
and sing it plainly enough. then the
movement may become more compli-
Gated, and the air seems to have grown
more fiorid, to be broken perhaps into
brilliant fragments, but bearken 1.-The
vi lonceli have taken it up, and over
is floats this new and lovely strain Of
violins, then the flutes catch the melody,
the comets and the bassoOn swell the
harmony, the drum makes it rhythmic
beats, the whole orchestra Is alive with
the theme, and before you know it yOu
are in the very center of the music,
and what was before involved aud in
tricate now becomes plain and beauti-
fsI Z"
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session, Mr.. Howe submitted the following:
Resolved. That q committee consisting Of two
senators be appointed by the chair to wait
upon the president OF the United States to in
form him that unless he may have some fur
ther communication to make, the senate is
ready to adjourn without delay. Agreed to,
and Messrs. Howard and Bayard were ap-
pointed as the committee. At $50 .. m, the
committee appointed TO wait upOn the presi-
dent returned, and Mr.. Howe reported that the
president replied he had no fuItE er communi-
cation to make to the senate. Mr.. Boutwell,
called up the resolution submitted by him on
Monday last, providing for the final adjourn
ment OF the senate, and moved to ameDd by
inserting 5:45 p m, March q. Agreed 10,
and the resolution amended was adopted
The hour of 5:45 having arrived, the president
pro tenn Mr.. Ferry, of Michigan, said: Sen
ators: In declaring the order OF the senate
permit me to thank you for the kind terms in
which you have formally rendered me your
approval Grateful for your uniform support
and courtesy. and hoping that you may reach
your several homes in safety, and all be per-
mitted to return again in December next, with
reinvigOrated strength. I now declare the
special session OF the senate OF the Forty
fourth Congress- adjourned sine die
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VENETIAN Relics PROM WExIco.-
Among the beautiful articles recently
brought from Mexico are Two rich We
neiian mirrors, which have been pre-
sented TO q lady 10 this city. The mir
rors themselves were originally brought
to Mexico by some Of the old Spanish
gFandees, and are estimated 70 be some
hundred and fifty years old. They were
at one time ia the possession Of Maxi
millien, and were bought in at the sale
Of that unfortunate monareh's eheots.
The glass mirrors are each about two
feet long aud one wide, and are, appear
ently, similar 10 the French plate glass
of to-day. The psnes Of the mirrors
are composed Of pieces Of glass cut IA
tho form OF grape leaves artislieally and
perfectly joined together. Oa these
leaves are faehioHed brsnches Of grapes
beautifully cut 10 intaelio ~ aa 70 ap-
pear Ia bas-rehag The work upon
these mirrors evidently consumed much
tina and great iaber ip the exeeusion.
AS antiques, they ane very valuable. As
those OF the present day are usuellY
J smaller and less perfect.
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MUrroN BRoTH. Take q piece Of
the best end OF a neck Of mutton (say
six cutets), saw short of the end Of
the ribs Ia one piece, also the chine,
divide che outlets and trim off the tat.
Pat this cailets. ribs and chine into
saucepan with two quarts Of cold water
aud two tsblespoonfuis OF pearl barley;
when the saucepan has been on the fire
for half an hour throw in one onion.
two carrots, one turnip and half head
of celery, all cut in small Equerts the
size Of peas. Keep on skimming the
broth OF all fat and scum at intervals (;
when Il has boiled another hour add
pepper and salt 10 taste, pinch OF
powdered thyme, and desertspoonful OF
finely minced parsley. Then let the
broth simmer gently tlii wanted, re-
moving the Tibs and chine ct the time
OF serving.
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NUMBER IA.
FRosT-BIrTEN.
by eROaaE 4 rAkEn, }. n.

We were riding home from tho CAROLS ball,
Nelly Slnsargeut and I, you know;
Tdo white flakes Auttered about our larnps
And our wheels rolled silently through the snow
We'd danced together the evening through
For Bernsseinis viois had ii played their best
Her fair head drooped, Ter lids were losr,
And her dreamy eyes were fun OF rest.
Her white arms nestled along her lap.
Her hands half holding with weary grace
H-r fading violets--passing sweet
Was the far-oh look on her fair young face.
I WATCHED her. ePeaking never word,
For would not waken those droSming eyes;
Bat the breath Of tae violets iiled the air.
And my thoughts were many aud far from wise.
At last, said TO her, bending near,
. All. Nelly Sansargent, sweet fwould be
To ride together onr whole lives long,
Alone with the yiolets, you and me.n
Her fair face iushed. aud her sweet eyes fell;
Low as the muFmur Of mezdov-rills
Her answer came to me-. Yes perhaps:
But who would settle our carriage billsf"
The delicate blossoms brestEed their last;
5 Our wheels rolled hard on the stones just then,
Where the snow had drifted; the subject dropped,
Aud has never been taken mp again.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

THE path of the destructive tornado
that swept some parts of Georgia and
South Carolina last week was three hun
dred to six hundred yards vide. The
Cyclone was cylindrical in shape and Of
fearful velocity from north to south
The front cloud was as black as night
and half a mile high. The rear was
illuminated by bright light. 1t trnv-
eled nearly due east. veering a little to
the north. After devastating Camak,
the tornado seems to have divided, one
portion going east by north, and cross
ing the SaEannah river, above and be-
low Augusta, both proving equally de-
structive, laying waste everything in
its track. Huge trees were broken
like reeds, and in some cases the torna-
do was preceded by a dull, heavy roar
ing, as of heavy artillery in the dis
tance. Il spent It's greatest fury in
about three minutes. An eye witness
says the senses were utterly deadened
and appalled, There was q crash, a
roar and the mingling of hundred
terrific and unearthly sounds. Houses
were demolished and oaks that had
withstood the storms of century were
snapped in twain. There is great dis
tress in the devastated district, embrac-
ing eight counties in Georgia and two
or three in South Carolina. The de-
struction of property is immense, and
the list of killed and wounded is ap--
palling. .r
Two weekly lines Of steamers be-
tween New York and New Orleans
have discontinued their trips, leaving
only one regular line in the trade.
When questioned as to the cause of
the withdrawal of the other two, the
agent of the other said it had been
brought about by the great depression
of trade, politics IN Louisiana, and the
fact that most of the cotton which
formerly found its way to New York,
in transit for Liverpool, is now shipped
directly on steamers to Europe from
New Orleans. New York is not the
great receiving port for Gotten that it
used to be. As things stand at present,
there is not work for more than one
steamship line. Sailing ships have cut
up the trade. Freights are low, and
should matters not take a more favor
able turn steamships will not succeed
in making more than running expenses.
The steamship trade from New York to
Savannah has of late decreased to half
its former extent.
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An admirer of the Chicago Inter
Ocean zrites 70 the editor Of that pa
per % Mr.. Editor, ] love to wright, &
have often thought would the WEEKLY
INTEROCEAE publish prose and poetry
if sent tive their Office, & would yoH put
in your next poiber the poetry Of the
beautiful Snow & II you pay wEighteTs
for esses of prose, OF poetry, & 10 print
IN the poipr Oblige A reader, Please
tlCo gecfifV al BltsStGbes.
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GENERALIZATION. Put eighteen
ounces of alum into 2 quart of water
and dissolve by simmering gently IN
close timed vessel over a moderate hre,
stirring It frequently with a wooden
spoon. When the solution is completed
it must be poured into q deep glazed
lar. and as it cools the subject intended
TO be crystallized should be suspended
in it fov' piece of thread or twipe from
a stick laid across the mouth Of the isr.
Let them remain twenty-four hours.
Take them out, hang in q shady, cool
situation till perfectly dry. Take care
the soIutio6 IS neither too hot nor quite
cold, IS 10 one case the crystal would
be very small and in the other too large.
Insects, spiders, beetles, and grasshop-
pers, vegetable predictions, hops, ears
Of corn, daisy, hyaeinth, pink, furz-
blossom, lichens, and mosses are some
OF the most suitable. Nests Of small
birds with-eggs, particularly If fastened
on the branch of tree, ere very pretty
CIDER CAKE.-Take two cups Of su.
gar, one cup Of butter. half q pint Of
| fresh cider. nutmeg, one teaspoenful 81
! salarRtus on volatile salts, aad sufficient
I -four TO make 5 stiff batter. Beat thii
we'll together, add halt a pound o.
/ raisins, stoned and chopped, half 3
pound Of currents, washed and dried
/ by the FIRE, and one-quarter Of cittop
and bake in brisk oven.
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APPREHEEsIoNs OF DRoUTH.-SaYs
the Sugar Planter: Our planting friends
have serious fears OF a long drouth so
soon as the present rains pass away,
aud with some show of reason. As we
have stated in previous issues Of this
paper, the rains have been almost inces-
sant since December Last, giving cur
farmers and planters but little oppOr
tunity TO get their fields in order for
cultivation. Now, it seems to follow,
as a rule, that long raiuy spells produce
drouths of an sImost equal duration,
and should the rule hold good in the
present instance, it would be wise to
make preparations to meet it. While
every one viii use his own Judgment in
the premises, we desire to offer one
word of advice, and that is to plant as
deep as possible and hill up well when
the shoots are above ground the proper
height. Plenty of soil around young
plants hold the moisture, and should
the anticipations of q drouth be not
realized, little labor viii remove any
superhuous soil from cane, cotton and
corn.
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HOME LFE.-It is the fashion of rest
less aud ambitious women to despise
home-life as too tame, too narrow, too
unevenfful for them. They long for
wider arena, set well in the view of the
world, whereon to display their gifts or
their requirements and they think
this clanstral home, this unexciting
family of which they form a part, uu-
worthy OF their efforts. And yet In
reality the art of living we'll at home,
and making the family life a success, is
just as great IN its way, if not so i'm
portant in its apparent-but only ap-
parent-results, as the finest shades of
diplomacy and the largest transactions
of business. All sorts of talents, both
moral and intellectual, are wanted for
the task and it seems slightly IRA
tional, to despise as futile qualities
which 50 few of us ars strong enough
to POSSESS, or to rate them as beneath
the regard of high-minded people, when
not one in a hundred has wit enough
to employ them to a satisfactory issue.
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BOYS WILL BE BOYs.-So thought the
occupants of a Boston horse ear, who
listened 10 the story Of a mischieYOus
Young lad, who was telling an old gen.
tlenan why be liked the new master Of
one Of our schools. The master, he
said. was a frst-rate fellow, and then he
had dismissed the scholars lately at
$50 O'Clock IN the morning. Why,
what did he do that for ?" asked the
elderly gentleman. After the yoatb had
had a good laugh, he managed 70 ex-
plain that one Of the boys had put q
piece OF ice under the thermometer, and
sent the mercury down 10 forty, and the
master thought the room was not warm
enough to remain 10. And the way the
old gentleman laughed and shook told
plainly enough that he had once been
one of that kind Of boys.
YrEnD A LrrruE.-It is better to yield
little than to quarrel q great deal.
The habit OF standing mp, as people
call it, for their 0ittie5 rights Is one OF
the most disagreeable and undignifled
in the world. Life is too short for the
perpetual chickering's which attend sueh
q disposition and unless q very mo-
mentous affair indeed, where other peo-
pls's claims and interests are involved,
il Is a question II il Is not wiser, hap
pier and more prndeot to yield some.
/ what Of precious rights than Fquahple
/ to maintain them Trua wisdom is iirsl
J pure, then Psacesble and Eentle,
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THE "bonanza" begins to pan out
dividends, row that the San Francisco
stock speculation has subsided. The
average gross yield of the silver ore
taken out by the Consolidated Virginia
Mining company Of Nevada in Feb
ruary, was $1OO per ton, and the COM
pany paid dividend of $40 per shore
for the month, amounting TO 81, ,OsO, 0OO
This is the largest dividend ever made
on an American mining properly, and,
with the usual assurance, it is therefore
called :" the largest ever made in the
world" On three previous occasions,
in the summer of 1873, dividends of
$40 a share, and amounting to nearly
as much, were made. Consolidated
Virginia is now held ut S475, so that the
dividend is only two per cent-very
good for one month. But no dividends
have appeared to warrant the present
inflated stocks of adjacent mining
claims.
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THE citizens of Augusta, Georgia,
have contributed Sc, 600 to the suffer
ers from the tornado, which desolated
several counties in the state from Chat
tahoochee to Savannah rivers.
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"CoNTRABAND whisky" is quoted reg
ular in the New York papers. It sells
FIVE and six cents per gallon below the
stuff upon which taxes are paid.
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Navigation in Canada is not expected
to open before the 18th of May. The
canals are solid in many places, and
the ice in the St. Lawrence river is un-
usueIIv thick
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New CALEDONIA is not a good prison
house for communists. A Melbourne
dispatch states that twenty more of
these willy fellows have built themselves
boats and escaped. Some of them will
doubtless turn up in this country.
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Two sons of the late John Mitchell
died in the Confederate service-the
eldest at Fort Sumter and the youngest
in the charge of Pickett's Division at
Gettysburg. The third passed the
perils of war unscathed, and survives
with his mother and two sisters. After
the war John Mitchell lost all his prop
erty in the fire of Richmond, and NOV
ing to New York joined the editorial
corps of the Daily News. Some stric-
lures on the policy of the federal vic
tors brought him under the displeasure
of secretary Stanton, on whose order
Gen. Dix arrested him and sent him
to Fortress Monroe, where he occupied
the casemate next to Jefferson Davis.
In September, 1865, he was released by
President Johnson, as we stated the
other day. He died quietly at eight
o'clock on tho morning of the Goth
inst, near Newry, in the county Down,
at a place called Dromalaue, at
Druimleathann of the Four Masters,
or in English " Broad Ridge"