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by the Winter Fire.
in IRENE C3SSELI..

Draw the curtains, draw them closer,
Wheel the Chairs around the fire,
Watch the red Goals growing brighter,
And the quick blaze lcaping higher
Close outside are night and Llackness.
stnrlcss skies and drifting rain, ...
While the drcary wind Is sobbiny
Like living thing In pain.
Let no heart be sad OF dropping,
Sorrow should have nought To do,
Mirth can thrive meath winters grayncss
AS II did meath summers blue.
Bring We hlthcr book and ballad
or the famous days Of yorc,
Merry tales Of court und custle
Tint the world shall see no more.
Open wide the gates OF Romance,
Let the Past come trooping through,
liithcr led by Don QuiXotc,
l.iSi.hcart and IvaulInc.
Read to mt some strange old poem,
Treasure Of a by-gonc time,
Every word quaint-wrought Jewel
Richly set In antique rhyme.
Read till VIC call back the blossoms,
Aud the yellow sunshine warm,
TIL the spell Of calm October
Charms away Dcccmbcr's storm.
What care we fer night and darkness,
What care we for wind and rain,
Here 'tnih winters viII.St rnvols
Summer days shall live again.
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Mivart OIL Darwin.

Another cvOlutiOnist, ST. George Mirart,
favorably disposed toward Darwin's thcn.
ry, has confessed that after long entleav-
ors TO reconcile it with the facts of ma.
turc, he has been constrained to reject It,
as having more than limited potency in
the production Of the diversity of organic
forms.
lie argues: That it utterly fails to ac-
count for the incipient stages of useful
structures. Many organs can only he
useful when fully developed. In their
incipient stages they must have been not
only useless, but positively disadvanta-
gcous, and hence could not have been de-
vclopcd through survival Of the fittest;
That it does not harmonizc with the
co existence of closely similar structures
Of diverse origin;
That there are grounds for thinking
that specific differences may he developed
suddenly instead of gradually; .'r
That the opinion that species have def
mite, though very different limits to their
variability, is sill tcnablc;
That certain fossil transitional forms are
absent which might have been expected
to he present;
That some facts Of geographical distri-
button supplement other difficulties;
That the objection drawn from the
physiological difference between "spccics''
and traces" still exists unrcfItcd;
That there arc many remarkable phc-
nomcna in organic forms upon which
"Nntural Selection" throws no light what
ever but the explanations nf which, if
they could he attained, might throw light
upon specific originaton.
We have space only for this bare emu.
mcration Of Mivart's propositions; those
who would sec them full discussed and
illustrated VIC refer to his book on "Thc
Genesis Of Species. ~. u. DruTy; !Scri6-
HCr fer JUiY
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OS tho Sunday following his capture of
Ticondcroga, Allen attended Divine wor-
ship In the little meeting house Mt Ben.
ninglon, VI. The clergyman, who was
as dcvoul rs hc was loyal, took occasion,
during tho long prayer that preceded the
sermon, TO give all tho glory of the cx.
plot to the God Of BATTLES. AIlon's no.
tiOn Of the share which Providence had
IN tho matter did not exactly agree with
his parsons. lie held his peace for some
time, but finally, overcome by passing
impulse, arose IN his scat aud called out
"Parson Dewey Please mention the fuct
that Ethan Alien ,rds htrs!
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a WILLING WITSEss.--A patent mcdi-
cine vcndcr who WAS dilnting to q large
crowd upon the wonderful efficacy Of Ills
iron bittcrs pronounced them all-potcnt
i'll huilding up an "iron constitutions"
"rlIat is SO, that is So" said by
stnndcr. "Wlnt he tells you is fact,
gentlemen, every word Of it," ;
"lIcar that, will yOuT cried tho dc.
lighted quack; "hcrc Is Il man who has
used tho bittcrs and can recommend
them"
"No, not exactly that" replied tho old
fellow. "1 have never used tho stuff N.Y.
self, hut. you sec, my friend jenkins did,
and they jest saved his life. You sec
Jenkins had taken the bittcrs just ono
week before he was showed IN prison for
something. lie was stripped Of every
thing in tho shape of iron about him, and
yet lic made q bar and worked his WAY
out. lie had taken this mans iron bit.
tcrs, dye mind. And what docs jenkins
do but open II vein IN his arm and took
iron enough out Of his blood to mako n
crowbnr, md pricd the gates open Will
il, and !ct himself out"
Tho vcndcr set his dog at him.
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llERE is n sad piece Of intelligence for
our rapid young men to contemplate: "a
lamp post in Washington, II few nights
ago, exploded with loud noise" Either
II non.cxplusivc lamp-nost will have to
he invented, or more telegraph and hitch
ing posts must bc planted in our towns
and cities. Young mon must have some.
thing 10 loan against when their legs show
mn inclination 10 become cntnnglcd.-
NO,Tistotn HrrdlH
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\ MAN in Franco who had his foot am.
puiaicd refused to pay tho fee charged by
ilc surgeon, an'l commenced suit against
tho latter for damages because the foot,
instead Of having been buried, Ind been
dissUctcd IN tho interests Of science.
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The Elevation of Great Lakes.

Mr.. Jumcs j. Gardner, in tho annual re-
port Of the United States Geological and
Geographical Survey, published tho re-
suits of his long labors on different lines
of levels. Difficulties were found in the
fact that railroad surveys from tho Allan
tic border hnd not started from, the same
stage of tide level, and that cafclcssness
had been shown in previous computations.
Tho final results have proved that the
elevation Of the great northern lakes and
the surrounding country is about nine
feet more than previously reported by the
State Gcologist Of Ohio; that St. Louis is
twenty-threc feet higher than made by
Humphreys nn6 Abbott; that Kansas
City ind the surrounding country for
many hundred miles south and west Is
more than 100 feet higher than heretofore
reported; Omaha, tliirty-one feet higher;
indianapolis, about 100 feet. The fol-
lowing Rrc the level Of the lakes rs now
ascertained: .s.. ....
Mean level of Lake Ontario above
mean tide level, 240.00 feet; mean level
of Lake Erie above mean tide level, 57308
feet; mean level Of Lake Huron above
mean tide level, 5S0.00 feet; mean level
of Lake Michigan above mean tide level,
599.l5 feet. ......,
The main height Of Lake Eric was ar
rived ut by meNna nf dwellings on the
Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo, from
Philadelphia by railroad through HArris-
burg, Pittsburgh and Crcstlino to CIcve.
land; from Albany to Buffalo by rnilroad;
by the North Central Pacific Railroad to
Dunkirk and Cleveland; by the Cana
dian Grand Trunk Railroad. The result
obtained by these six routes respectively
illustrate the method used for obtaining
the sure elevation. The opinion is cx-
pressed TINT Mr.. Gardeners labors in North
American tupogrnphY nre Of rrcnt Ynlne.
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The Inventor of the Wheclbarrow.

1t takes great mnn to do little thing
sometimes. 80
Who do you think invented that very
simple thing called whcclharrow1 Why,
no less man than Leonardo dc YinCi.
And who is hc1 ... .s.-'
He was n musician, pact, painter, arCh.
tcct, sculptor, Psychologist, engineer,
natural historian, botanist and inventor,
all in ono. lie wasn't "Jack at all
trndcs and master Of nOnc," either. Ho
wns real master of many arts, and
practical worker besides.
When did he live1
Somewhere about the time that ColuuI.
bus discovered America. .... ..
Aud where was hc born1
In the beautiful city of Florence, in
Italy.
Perhaps somc Of you may feel litllo
better acquainted with him when tell
you that it wns Leonardo da Yinri who
painted one Of the grnndcst pictures In
the w0rld--"Thc Last Supper, r,"-n picture
TINT has been copied many times, and en-.
gravcd in several different styles, so that
almost every one has nm idea Of tho mr.
rangcmcnt md position Mt tho tnho Of
tho figures of Our Lord and his disciples;
though nm told thnt, without seeing tho
painting itself, no ono can form a notion
of how grand aud beautiful il is. And
only to think Of the thousands of poor,
hard.w0rking Americans who really own,
in their whcGibhrrOw, nm original "work"
of Leonardo da Vinci !--!St. Niehoid'.
TnE japanese salutcs by taking tho
slipper OF Jis foot. In IIindustan ono
salutcs man by taking him by tho beard.
The king of Tcrnato stands dufing his
audiences, and his subjects ait down to
salute him. Tho inhabitants Of the Phil.
ippinc Islands take your hand to do you
honor, and then rub their faces with 1t.
Tho Laplandcrs push their noses vigorous.
ly against those Of the persons whom they
accost. In New Guinea, when they wish
you good evening, they place green leaves
on your head. Tho Ethiopian takcs tho
robc Of him whom ho approaches and
covers himself over with Il as far as ho
can. Tho black kings Of tho African
coast press the middle finger three times
as sign Of salutation. Tho Chinese have
n whole series Of salutcs, from merely
bcndlngth the knee, to complete prostraiion.
They used formerly to repeat tho Saluta.
ti0ns for forty days TO The ambassadors,
that they might be acquainted with them
before they were admitted to court.
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Bnthinr When Tircd.

One Of the most prevalent fnlIacics that
disturb the public: mind to-day is the
idea TINT it III harmful to 20 into the
water when heated with work, walking,
running, or exercise Of any kind. How
many times, when boys, have We had that
injunction laid upon us by anxious moth
crs, not to go into the water when we
were warm or pcrspiring. But We often
used to see our playmatcs 90 into the
water when literally dripping with per-
spiration, and could not understand how
they could escape the dread consco uenccs
which VIC always had been led to believe
would follow. The true rule seems to be,
rather, not to battle when The system Is
tired or exhausted, and if this rule is
faithfully carried out; any one in good
health may take n plungc-bath in cold
water, however warm they may he. When
the system is fresh, it reacts quickly from
the numbing effects of tho cold dash,
leaving the person feeling freshcr and
clearer than before; on the contrary, when
worn with toll and fatigue, there is not
TINT reserve force to draw upon, and. the
consequences are often quite serious. Let
parents and all others disnbusc themselves
of that exploded notion, and onl bear in
mind the rule here brought forward, never
to bathc when the body Is tired and the
system not in condition to ,sustaia fur
ther demands upon it.-Seienee Of Health.
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How SUMMER SUITS SHOULD DE
WAsHED.-Summer suits arc nearly all
made Of white or buff linen, pcque, cam
brio, or muslin, and the art OF preserving
the new appearance after washing is
matter Of the greatest importance Com
mon wnshcrwomcn spoil everything with
soda, and nothing is more frequent than
to see the delicate tints of lawns and per.
Gales turned into dark blotches and mud
dy strcaks by the ignorance and vandal-
ism Of n laundrc5s. 1t is worth while for
Indies to pay attention to this, and insist
upon having their summer dresses washed
according to the directions which they
should bc prepared to give their laun-
dresses themselves. In the first place,
the water should be tcpid, the sonp should
not bo allowed to touch the fabric; it
should bc washed and rinscd quick turned
upon the wrong side, md hung in the
shade To dry, and when starchcd Gn thin
boiled but not boiling starch} should he
folded in sheets or towels, and ironcd upon
the wrong side as soon ms possible. l'ut
linen should bc washed in water In which
hay orr - quart bag Of bran has been boiled.
This last will bc found to answer for
starch ns well, and is excellent for print
dresses Of all kinds, but handful Of salt
il very useful also TO set the colors of
light cambrica md dotted lawns; and n
liltlc OK gall will not only set but bright
ell yellow and purple tiuts, and has good
elect upon Grccn.--ScicHcc Of Heath.
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SuCCoTAsIT.--Shcllg green beans, either
Lima, horticultural, or other beans, and
boil half an hour, having them even full
of water, then ndd an cJual quantity of
finely y-shavcd green sweet corn and boil
gently twenty minutes longer, then CRATE
and scrnpG onG-fourth rs much more,
drain and add tho pulp, boil ten
minutes longer, then ndd the cream.
Bring to the boiling point, dish and serve
warm.
. STRING. BEANS WITH CORS CREAM..-
When the beans arc done, have ready
some tender and sweet green corn, grated
md scrapcd from the cob, md add the
cream to the beans IN the proportion Of
ono gill to ono quart of tho cooked beans.
Barely bring to the boiling point and
then serve at once.
LEMoN PtE.--Takc one lemon, hnsh il
up fine, ono spoonful Of butter, one cup
Of sugar, one spoonful Of flour, two tins
hot water, ono egg. This will mako four
pics.
KEEPING MEAT rs WARN WEATHER.
Smoke the meat in February, and by
the frat Of March wrap II up In news.
papers, and put 1t In thick.twiIlcd bags,
and let II hang in the Smokc.housc.
GOD estimates MS, not by the position
which We occupy, but by the wny in
which wo MI Il.
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JOB PRINTING

or EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Promptly done In the best sthIyIcorthr 4 ~
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GOD estimates Ms, not by tho position
which we occupy, but by the why in
which wo ill Il.
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MEMPHISd SdTENN: THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL l. 1875

huge paws, covering bis eyes, save occa-
sionally when he would furtively lift his
eyes, like a sulky child, to look at his
captors; then covering his eyes again,
remain moment and steal another look.
Soon he gave heavy sighs, and some one
said, "he is dyingl" We expressed sur.
prise to learn that the bear was wounded.
He is not wounded" they replied,
but his heart breaks-he dies of rage"
And in few moments he had breathed
his last, and was dragged away some dis
tance from the house and left.
Pacheco pointed to the sky. We looked
and saw hundred carrion crows, whose
watchful eyes had seen the feast long be-
fore it was half way down the mountain
side; and before we were a hundred
yards from the dead bear its body was
completely hidden by the sable, tapping
wings Of the hungry undertaken.
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Insures at Board rates. Private dwellings,
especially desired; policies issued for three
years for two annual premiums. Att
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Of which remained, black, coarse, and
curled Oh Mono) The bones thus gath
cred were arranged on one of the long
seats of the chapel They were dark
brown, black in some places, and looked
bituminous. Both skulls were dark
brown. They we're taken by the profess
sor aud duly measured with callipers,
and their proportions registered, while
the bones and fragments were put back
into the sarcophagus, it having been
proved that the monument Of Michael
Angelo, with the statues Of the Pense-
roso, Dawn and Twilight, is that Of Lo-
renzo, the Duke of Urbino
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Three PRECIOUS Lives

From the Courier des Etats- Unis.l
For nearly month past the German
papers have played the game of sending
us the most alarming news. To-day it
is NJ. de Moltke, the incompatible
leader, who is at the point of death; yes
terday it was the Prince Won Bismarck,
Chancellor Of the Empire, a man unique
Of his kind; not long since it was William
the Victorious, who was about to Join
the immortal heroes, his ancestors. Oc-
casionally two or three correspondents,
more confident or more charitable than
the others, deign to half reassure us.
Calm yourselves" they say, "the dan
ger IS not so great as you seem to fear.
Our great men are only unwell; or, to
tell the truth, tired. God willing, they
will yet live many long and peaceful
years Only NJ. de Bismarck will lay
aside diplomacy; NJ de Moltke will not
again lead 100000 soldiers to the
charge; the Emperor William declines,
for sanitary reasons, to accomplish with
his own hands the consolidation of Ger
many"
No, indeed | affirm, in all confidence,
even should my patriotism be called
presumptuouS and brutal that heaven
will not permit the Emperor William,
nor Bismarck, nor Moltke to die before
his time. No, those great men of Ger
many will not be removed from public
affairs neither by fullness of success nor
by safety Of glory. None of those three
will be taken from the world for the
next ten years They still have cam
paigns to carry out, victories to win, an.
nexations to accomplish. A French
man who loves France, who weeps for
Alsace and Lorraine, and who does not
entirely hate old Europe, ought to wish
for long days and prosperous under
takings for the Curiatii OF Berlin. 1t is
necessary for those three men, and for
us, that they carry out their plans to the
utmost limit. Let US hope that Jove
does not love them to such an extent as
to favor them with an early death or a
premature inactivity
A mighty coDqueror, who was called
Napoleon Bonaparte, and who was in
himself the Moltke, the Bismarck, and
the William Of his age, signed in 1897,
the treaty of Campo Formio. After a
campaign as prodigious at least as that OF
1870, he had annexed to our country the
left bank of the Rhine, and Italy as far
as the frontiers of Venice If Bonaparte
had died the day after that peace, or had
been struck with paralysis, France
would have preserved the fruits Of his
victories. But the conqueror lived to
gain other victories, to subdue hun
dred provinces, to found half a dozen
Kingdoms, and to arm all Europe against
him
That is why we wish long life and
brilliant success to His Majesty the
Emperor William, and his two illustrious
leutenants. EDMOND ABOUT.
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The Tomb Of the DUKE Of UrblnO

The Tomb Of the Duke OF UrbinO.
Charles Heath Wilson, writing from
Florence to the London Academy, de-
scribes the opening Of the tomb of
Lorenzi de Medici, grandson of Lorenzo
the Magnificent, which took place in the
Chapel of the Medici February 9th He
saws.
The statues of Dawn and Twilight be.
ing raised, it was resolved to slide off
the lid and ascertain the contents of the
sarcophagus, and so settle the question
Shether the monument was that of
Lorenzo or GiulanO Two bodies would
be found if it was that of Lorenzo. The
sight within was strange. Two bodies
were distinctly visible They had fallen
fiat, but at one end of the sarcophagus
lay skull with black cap upon it, and
the bod and arms in what seemed to be
a white shirt, while close to me was a
headless body in black tunic, the form
Of which was plain enough, with a white
embroidery at its lower extremity The
professor destined to examine the bodies
was summoned, and raised the black
tunic. Under it was the skull of
Lorenzo, for now there can be no doubt
that the monument is that of the Duke
of Urbino. On each side the chest and
head of Lorenzo were the legs and feet
of Alexander, who apparently was the
taller man, unless when he was buried
the head of Lorenzo was pushed down
under his tunic, where it was found,
which is not unlikely. The bones
of the legs of Alexander were in
white linen hose, if it was linen, and
under his head was a white pillow;
stout iron spike projected from the bot
tom Of the marble ssrcophagus, appa-
rently put there when Alexander was
deposited. The remains of a similar
spike were also observed at the other
end where the head of Lorenzo should
have rested, 1t is probable that these
spikes had something to do with the
fastening of the first lid, removed to
make way for Alexander. The spike
was fastened in its place with mortar,
which glistened with a gum probably
used in embalming the father. The skull
OF Lorenzo is large and well formed,
with fine teeth, OF which about eight
seemed to be absent He was born
In l4S2, and died in 1919, aged twenty
seven. The professor was therefore
right IN exclaiming, This is the head
OF young man The other skull was
smaller, the forehead lower, the nose
must have been aquiline; the hair, some
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A.M.P.M. AN. Pm.
M all Train daily............ LOO $3.50
freight and Accoinmoda-
ton daily...................... TAO 800
Sleepine cars on mail train. Depot Center
Landing, foot of Washington street. Ticket
offices, 287 (cOr. Madisonl and 2S Main street.
I. S. TATE, Asst. Sup't.
Passengers get GOOD SUPPER or Break
fast at Brinkley's 70 miles from Memphis.
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Directors:

JAMES D. PORTER. JR., Gov. of Tennessee.
LOUIS HANAUER, of SchoolGeld, Hanauer
& Co.
F. M. WHITE, Of T. NJ. White i Co.
M. c. PEARCE, of Pearce, Suggs & Co.
3. URQUHART, of &. Urquhart & Co.
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