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Egyptian Graoe and Beauty.

A correspondent Of the New York Post,
writing from Cairo, Egypt, says -" An
Egyptian water-carrier is the very realiza-
tion Of graceful motion. As the women
come up from the rivers bank skillfully
balancing the huge jars of water upon
their heads, you find yourself owning that
no picture, by whatsoever gifted hand, has
at all conveyed to you the singular charm
of their bearing and action. 1t was i'm
possible that it should convey it, for, al.
though picture can suggest motion, it
cannot portray it and it must surely be
lesson to the women Of more civilized
nations who have been striving for gener-
ations by thousand conventionalisms of
dress, Of pose and Of action to secure the
charm Of graceful movement and aspect,
to find themselves utterly eclipsed by q
statue Of living and breathing bronze,
whose only garment is composed of few
yards Of dirty blue cotton cloth hanging
loosely from her throat to her feet, and
who is, nevertheless, in every movement
of her stately figure, and in every wave
and fold of her simple drapery, moving
poem Of grace and dignity. One could
not help speculating what would be the
effect upon the persons most interested in
the matter, If the young ladies whose only
acquaintance with the Central Park Res
ersOir consists at present in driving Ian
guidly past it, were constrained, instead
to supply their own families with its liquid
stores after the Egyptian fashion. Itwould
be novelty upon the shady side of Fifth
avenue, but it would vastly diminish the
number Of narrow -chested aud consump-
tive young women who now stroll to and
fro through that thoroughfare. When you
go to Sak-Karah to visit its Pyramids,
your donkey-boy, if you eschew the rail
way, will have to run beside you, first and
last, for distance of thirty FIVE miles.
"What splendid lungsl" you think, and
are puzzled to explain such rare endur-
ance until you remember that the donkey
boys mother was water-carrief, as are
all Of the Egyptian women of the lower
| classes to n greater or lass extant and
then you understand where your young
companion got the deep-chested endurance
that reminds you of an Arabian race-horse,
And then you find yourself considering,
after all, whether we do not pay for our
modern convenience" too high price,
and whether fewer stationary basins and
more muscular exertion might not be good
for American as well as for Egyptian
women"
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Useful Recipes for the Shop, the Household
and the Farm.


Dried potatoes, which may be kept any
length Of time, and which, when boiled with
little salt are not distinguishable in taste
from the fresh vegetable, are prepared as
follows After being peeled and cut into
disks, they are treated with cold water to
which has been added l per cent. of sui
phuric, or to 2 per cent. Of muriatic
acid. Washing in pure water follows, and
the pieces are then placed on wire frames
and dried in an oven. When done, the
disks are of slightly yellowish tint, and
are transparent, like gum.
Dry earth treatment for ulcers has been
found very successful. Large, slough ul
GERS, after being washed, were covered with
thick layer of earth, over which piece
Of wet paper was placed as a support, the
whole being neatly bandaged. In few
days the ulcers began to clear, and when
the surfaces looked healthy and granula-
ting, dressing made as follows was used /:
"A piece of muslin the size of the ulcer
was immersed in carbolic oil Tin the pro-
portion of l part acid to 10 parts cocoanut
oily; with this the sore was covered, and
over that dry earth was placed, and then
inoistened earth and bandage. In a
short time the healing process manifested
itself satisfactorily, while all odor was en-
tirely moyed.-.Scientifc American.
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A letter from one Of the crew of the
Pandora, now exploripp In the Arctic
regions. gives the following sketch Of the
Disco Greenland girls. where the shin
touched aud the crew were entertained,
they in return giving ball on board the
ship. The CORRESPONDENT saws:
We took a walk about the village. The
people, young and old, men, women and
children, all turned out to see us and
greeted us with pleasant smiles, many Of
them giving us agood morning" which
they pronounced very we'll. The girls
were all dressed up id their best fnery,
and some of them, especially those who
had Danish blood, were very pretty; only
it was rather difficult at first to bring one's s
self to believe they were girls at ALL This
is the country for Mrs. Bloomer The
women all wear breeches here, and would
scout the idea of anything else as absurd,
and probably indecent. I should pity the
girl that tried to introduce the fashion Of
petticoats in Greenland. A fashionable
New York belle who should walk down
Broadway in knee breeches, cap, boots
and gentleman's shooting jacket, with a
cigar in her mouth, would not be more
utterly lost in the eyes of society than
would be Disco young lady who should
appear walking about over the rocky slopes
in fashionable hat, ribbons, long skirts
and crinoline. "Oh, the brazen faced
thing" would be the verdict Of every Disco
woman, and Disco society would know her
no more a.'
The Disco costume appears very funny
until you get accustomed to it, but rather
pretty nevertheless. Imagine pretty
girl--and three or four Of the Disco girls
are very pretty-with her hair done up in
a kind of topknot on the top of the head
with a red ribbon, a loose-ftting jacket
made of any kind Of light, thin stuff and
Of any color, trimmed with fur collar and
made to put on just like shirt, but reach
ing only to the waist; pair of seal skin
breeches, with the hairy side out; reaching
nearly to the knee and confined there
with garter; pair of high boots meet
ing the bottom of the trousers, the feet
and ankles of red leather, the tops Of
white linen, starched and ironed, and a
little roll Of fur around the tops, and the
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Select puetrp.
MIDNIGIIr.


It's midnight-hark, the deep.tone bell
senas ior'n !" kneii'
Inc uays m'ewen'
shehce p,oiouiu now ieisiis 'hroughou'
me may s'reen,
lhhe nus GU. uo"u Alio'''er uAy
Dea'ns ousY here'
WIN As'sh anu pear
he "ie'"s i'iA uH'' "'''i "ii h"' A'Ay
'Tls midnight--sounds Of reyelry.
vi mlr.h anu gee .f
ana ininsueny'
Come eehoihs unio we iiei' man man,
Dofhe On 'ne preeLe'
strange contrast 70 .he wall anu cry
Inc heaf's despair
Inc pi'cr cai' aIfe
Inc sriei oi u'oSe "i'o ieAi W u'o'
'TIs midnight-what an hour to think
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-02-26

The colored Christians Of Augusta, Ga.
have a religious ceremony which they call
"Marching out Of Egypt" The worship.
pers meet about nine In the evening and
amid solemn chanting, march around in !
circle hour after hour. Those who hold
out until daybreak are considered tn,
chosen ones, destined for heaven; but thos,
who fall by the wayside are not in stat
Of grace. sai''
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A REMARKABLE WAR SHIP.-The
new British man-of-war InHexible, is now in
course Reconstruction at Portsmouth. Her
iron armor is to be two feet thick. The
ship is 32O feet long and IS feet wide, and
is to carry two sl-tun guns. These guns
will have an exterior diameter Of feet,
"a feet length, and 16 inches caliber. The
projectile weighs 1850 lbs, and over a
barrel of powder (3OO Tbs. is the firing
charge. The vessels engines win be Of
1000 horse power, operating on twin
screws. The hull will have 127 watertight
compartments. Altogether the InAexible
is the most wonderful specimen of naval
architecture ever undertaken Scientific
american.
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Hunnor.

An English paper has the following in
PRODUCTION to review of new volume
having humorous side:
at has been said that humor is a ne.
cessary counterpart to the habit of hard
thinking 1t supplies deep under cur.
rent of playful emotion, which casts a
quiet and pleasant radiance on the sober
face of reflection; and it would not be diff.
ficult to prove that all the greatest thinkers
have been. humorists. We do not exclude
theologians; quite the reverse. Even in
Calvin there was not little Of the salt Of
humor; Luther overfowed with this quail
ity; and, as Carlyle has well pointed out,
SO did Knox, who had rich vein of drol-
lery-"a true, loving, Illuminating laugh,
mounting up over the earnest visage" Of
him-''a CHEEKY, social man, with faces
that loved him |" Take all the greatest
preachers in our own land, from Old Hugh
Latimer down to his best representative in
the present day, Charles Spurgeon--from
that weird Ezekiel Of the Covenanting
North, Peden the Prophet, down to DR..
Guthrie--humor was in all of them, a
quality which nothing--in Iiatimer's case
not even the imminent nearness Of the
faggot and stake--could quench. Guth-
ric's @Heave awa," lads; Tn mo- deed yet p
was spoken in one Of his dying hours 10
his sons, as they raised him in his bed, q
CLEAN Of the old humor breaking out BY
the side of his pathetic request for .
"bairn's hymn"to be sung to him ere hi
passed away"
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Il is Longfellow who says" In the
lives Of the saddest Of US there are bright
days, whom we feel as If we could take the
great world into our arms. Then come
the gloomy days, when the fire win neither
burn on our hearths nor in our hearts, and
all without and within is dismal, cold and
dark. Believe me, every heart has its Sc.
cret sorrows, which the world knows not
and oftentimes we call a man cold wher
he is only sad"
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First Madhar sahib souatsed dovn hs.l
fora tho Prince of Wa,.s .,,a -, 49,
In a' ."u e' s'"n
. , ps' a0oss 'ns s'1e y 'no'e -
which lady would carry Berlin wool. Il
was empty, Of course. Madhar Sahib was
almost undressed---his arms we're oa;ta
hare He tn,ooa III. h..l.. a.. ...a
aha...a :. !. q .s ~. ! ,,. eas
e'''''''' ~ 's-''en 'rineu y ovcr' anu 70 !
there was an egg on the carpet which was
handed round 10 be looked at Then he
put the basket over the ecc apd oh.tsed
at Il AGAIN tur.ed 4. ov., - "a IL 60,
.,,ss -,..s's' 3. ~. = ~ - Sc = w.
waikeu Pre''y p'geon' g tame that y
let itself pc caught BY tho hand. Next
Madhar produced another egr from b..
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NOVEL WELL BoRING.-In various
parts of Scandinavia the boring of artesian
wells is done by means of a jet of water.
A description Of the process is given in
Dingler's Polytechaisches Journal. The
stones, in the diluvial ground, which are
hindrance to such operations, are thrust
to the one side if small; if large, they are
shattered with dynamite, and the boring
is thereafter proceeded with. In Kiel %
artesian wells were thus bored during the
past six months.
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VOL. XI. NO. 16.
Gllin9s Sbroad.
LIFE IN SIAN.

The subject matter Of the lecture upon
Siamese manners was illustrated By about
forty stereoptieon views thrown upon
screen back Of the speaker Among these
the great sleeping and emerald idols, tenn
pies, pagodas, palaces, peasants and actors,
kings, princes and elephants As was told
in the first Of the discourse, when the late
King Of Siam sent for an English lady to
educate his children Mrs. Leonowens was
chosen for the Office Of goyerness in the
royal family by reason Of her knowledge Of
the Oriental languages, which she had ac-
quired during residence with her hus-
band in Siam. The King aspired to be
an English scholar himself, and indeed
kept printing Office supplied with fonts
of English type, and so he wanted his
eighty-one children educated in English.
At this time no English lady had entered
the 9inner city" of the capital city Of
Siam, and to Mrs. Leonowens was reserved
the honor Of being the first to do this
The name Of Siam means in the language
Of its natives, "The city Of the free"-ffee
from the superstitions Of the Brahmins,
and the people begin their record FIVE CEN
turies B. c. The Government Of the
country consists Of first or supreme king,
a supreme secret council Of twelve officials,
and second king. The sessions Of the
Secret Council are held at midnight in
great secresy, and its spies are found
throughout the kingdom. The king is
not merely enthroned but enshrined, as If
he was god, and no person is allowed to
stand erect in his presence. Even the
members of his body are specially named,
as for instance his head bears long, many
syllabled title, signifyiug the sacred, su-
Preme, majestic top The royal head is
sacred member, and little prince had
his hair all shaved of because he had been
contaminated by being patted on the head
by his English governess. When Mrs.
Leonowens first appeared in the royal
presence, she saluted the King with a low
bow, but the attendant women attempted
to pull her down by her skirts. Later,
when the King began to study English
with Mrs. Leonowens, he sprawIed out
upon the floor with bis books before him,
and required his instructor to do likewise.
AT this point the late King appeared to
the audience on the screen. Some views
of scenery in Siam followed, and then the
sacred white elephant chained, belted and
adorned in chains Of gold, was led forth.
When this beloved animal died the king
dom went into mourning, and the King,
who had been unmoved by wives or child
rem departing this life, wept copiously when
this royal brute died. aThe trunk was
embalmed and laid away in a gold case,
and bits Of the preserved skin were kept
in jewel boxes, while the remainder Of the
carcass was reduced to ashes. The city
of the King is divided into the outer and
the inner parts, and the interior is inhab-
tied exclusively by women and children.
No one but the king is allowed to enter
here, excepting the priests, who go to col
lect aims This inner city is entirely in
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"Will you have 1t rare or well done ? :"
said an Englishman to an Irishman, as he
was cutting slice Of roast beef. II love
it well done iver since ! am in this coun-
try" replied Pat, ''for il was rare enough
we used TO ate il in Ireland.
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He who betrays anothers secret because
he has quarreled with him was never
worthy Of the sacred name Of friend; q
breach Of kindness on the one side win
not justify breach Of trust on the other
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Over 300 trees and more than 800
woody species Of plants are believed to be
embraced in the fora Of the United States,
and Of the trees 250 species are tolerably
abundant in one region or another, 120 Of
them growing to large size,
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CAMEL's HAIR SHAwLs.-The real
camel hair shawl is not made from the
wool, or hair, Of the cashmere Goat !"
It is made Of the fleece Of the aAngora
Goat, Of the same genus as the "Cash-
mere Goat" but pronounced more elegant,
and having hair Of uncommon fneness.
The hair Of the "Angora Goat Is curled;
that Of the ''Cashmere Goat is rather
longer and straight. This difference in
texture is probably owing to the climate.
ssADgora" Is small district of Asia Mi!
nor, in the fifty-6st parallel Of latitude,
and Cashmere" valley Of the Himalaya,
between India Proper aud Thibet, between
the thirty-third and thirty-fifth parallels.
India and camel-hair shawls are character
lied indiscriminately, aud few wearers Of
either know which they have. Merchants
generally call all India shawls. Ladie;
always wear camel hair. The latter name
has no reference to the camel, but is de-
rived from the Arabic word "chamal,
meaning fine, aud was applied to the aeec'
of the aAngora Goat" because it is th,
finest of all. IN Y Observer.
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The kangaroo is said to have been in.
troduced into several large estates in
France, and is now hunted there like other
game. The flesh is SOLD 10 the market,
and is considered great dainty.
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The sum Of the evil done BY respects
able and easy-going life may be greater in
the end than that Of many 4 disastrous
career.
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l don't care much about spelling mar
this morning, but 1 win this afternoon
I've spelled it with my eyes shut.
Do you know your alphabet? ? she asked
changing the subject.
Never had any was the prompt reply
Do you know anything about reading
read like lightning he answered.
She handed him reader, and said:
Let me hear you read.
Read right out loud?
Yes.
I'm afraid it would disturb the children
he whispered.
Go on and let me hear you read,
He looked carefully at the page, seowled
his brow and read:
III was lame boy and didn't get any
peanuts in my stocking Christmas, -
my eyes but I'd make things jump around
that house next morning.
He handed the book back and the
teacher asked:
Richard, how many are three and threel
Three and three what ? he inquired.
Anything.
It's good deal according to what il
is, he replied as he settled back. l know
that three and three cats don't make dog
Did you ever study geography, RichardI
Yes nam.
What is geography?
It's book.
Is this world round or fiat?
Hills and hollers he replied.
Richard, can you write?
Write what?
Can you write your name
l could, suppose, but I've got my
name without writing it.
Can you write letter.
Who to?
To any one.
Yes l could, if had money to pay the
postage.
Well, Richard, she said in despair
you'll have to go into the lower room il
you want to come to school here.
l druther stay here.
But you can't.
I'll bet you this knife agin ten cents
can.
She took him by the arm to remove
him, but he laid his hand on her shoulder
and said, in a warning voice:
Don't get me mad, now, or I'll let my
self loose.
She called the principal down; and as
he approached the boy, he commanded
Boy, what are you doing here
Citing eddicashun replied Richard.
You 60 right down stairs now contin
ued the principal.
Well, don't sass me, for / was never
here before replied Richard, slowly NOV
ing his legs as if he meant to get down.
The principle took him by the collar
and jerked him around, got kicked on the
shin and bitten on the wrist, and finally
landed the young student on the walk.
Now, you so home he shouted, as he
tried to recover his breath.
Am l educated inquired Richard.
You seem to be.
Gimme diplouy, then.
You clear out or I'll have you arrested
Hain'tI scholar in this school n,
more?
No, sir.
Who owns this school house? deman
ded the boy.
No matter; you clear out.
Will you come out in the yard here
where you cant hang to anything ? aske'
the boy.
Begone, say.
Don't draw no darringcr on me, warne
the boy, as he backed of, nor don't 20
think you can scare me with any Of yor
bowie knives"
The principal walked in and shut III
door, and after the new boy had stoo
there long enough to show that he WASH
afraid, he turned and walked Of, growth
TO himsslf-I'll git the foreman Of No.
to pound that feller afore he's wee
older"
--.-----------
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A starch to stiifeu lace Dissolve a
lump Of white sugar in riueglassful Of
water.
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Getting Money Without Earning 1t.

The most unfortunate day in the career
Of any young man is the day on which he
fancies there is some better way to get
money than to earn it; for from that feel.
ing springs the many extravagant and
visionary schemes which are indulged in
for the purpose of gaining livelihood
without labor When a young man once
becomes thoroughly infected with this
feeling, he is ready to adopt any means fol
the accomplishment of his object; and il
his plans are frustrated and he is foiled in
his efforts, upon the very crest of the wave
which he has already mounted, and in full
view, is the temptation to crime, to shield
him from the disgrace which he thinks
must inevitably follow in the wake of de-
feat. To those he yields, and the first he
realizes he finds himself the violator Of
the law, and criminal in the eyes of the
community, and an inmate of the peniten-
tiary, waiting trial, all brought about for
want Of a little manly irmncss in the out
set Of life to prompt him to choose an
ayocation in life where the penay earned
would bring with it its sure reward. Then
let our young men spurn the idea Of OBJ
tanning money without rendering an equiv
alent; let them be ready and willing to
occupy positions in life which viii give
them the best possible opportunity to de.
velop their natural talent and do good to
others while helping themselves. In this
way We may have nation of noble men
and women which shall be a source Of
profit and pleasure to US, and an object Of
wonder and admiration to the world at
large. s,ts e,.e 10 ts,-.t.l
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Be cheerful, contented and light-heart-
ed. Always remember that there are
others whose troubles are greater than
yours, In The family circle show the sun
ny side Of your nature. Don't go around
complaining, miserable and unhappy. It
is too much like the uncomfortable custom
of the ancient Egyptians, who never gave
feast without skeleton in full view
that they might not forget their mortality
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Put alum in your paste if you want !.
to keep sweet.
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IS Work Is though You wouldli live forever
live Is though you would die to-day. *
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-04-06

borhood. all from Illinois. Ike Chase.
who went off ''on his ear" when the
transformers came, has returned and
intends running breaking team the
coming spring and summer. The rail-
road lands in this township are fast
being transferred 10 the hands of actu-
al settlers. We understand that half
of section fifteen is to be brought un-
der subsection by your Valley House
man Raker
o. =, hoot = tw;oo ,bat q,
Vu. a nond h;ds fa;r ~ surnnSs in
i ash Ca" 1 an" Pamsnv ,hroshad two
49,. 49, .iroo hnnd,.ad h,,sbols If
W., m.NS go nron from nine and siy-
. 49, g" aoros Ir R;nabom who
senn5 oioran hrsbnls Of sod On ,hont
,Uo,ro acros of groun5 tbrcsbed fonr
i,',drad and s;y,y. four bnsboIs IN
nu' 49, - far,, ,ro,- o;a,.taon ocres of
mhoa, .d;ndoed In he beaver than
a;,hor Of ;ba ohove hnt II romo;ned in
H. shocE dur;ng saveraI weeks of
ra;,,, ueat,,er and WIS otberwise so
da,,aood thot tho ,ctro, void couIG
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we slo" ool:i 10 IN 1u.i d. ,sn
our Graiiser "elSaooas ,i aui hush Ia. snd
ac.ual cosa % , iao1 as,o ~ ,"o oa u"s Sona
nov oe ''loIe .nan nl'e ECU, ou a;scd T ,..
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res. l'"l d. al. .lI 10, , I'aan, 10y nc,
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of the match yielded go bushels per acre