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Napoleon's Opinion of Christ.

I know men, said Napoleon, and | tell
YOU Jesus was not man! Alexander,
Caesar, CharlemagLe and myself founded
empires but upon what did we rest the
creation of our genius? Upon force. Jesus
Christ alone founded his empire upon love;
and at this hour millions Of men would
die for him. 1t was not day or battle
which achieved the triumph of the Chris
tian religion in the world. No; 1t was a
long war, contest for three centuries, be-
gan by the apostles, then continued by the
flood of Christians generations. In this
war all the kings and potential Of earth
were on one side; on the other / see no
army, but mysterious force-some men
scattered here and there in all parts OF the
world, and who have no other rallying
point than common faith in the mysteries
of the cross. die before my time, and my
body will be given back to the earth, to be-
come food for worms. Such is the fate of
him who has been called tine great Napole'
on. What an abyss between nay deep mis-
cry and the eternal kingdom of Christ,
which is proclaimed, loved, and adored,
and which is extending over the whole
earth Call you this dying? Isnot living
rather9 The death of Christ is the death
Of God
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A Mystery of Perfume.


No one has yet been able to analyzes or
demonstrate the essential action OF perfume.
Gas can be weighed, but not scents. Inc
smallest known creatures-the very monads
Of life--can be caught by microscope iens
ood made to deliver up the secrets Oh theif
organizations but what it is that emanates
from the pouch of the musk deer that hils ms
. whole space for years and years WIN 10
nenetrating odor-and what it is tnat s.ie
u.rm summer air brings to us from tae
flowers. no man has yet been able 10 oe.oi-
mine. So fine, so subtle, SO imponaesa''e'
= has eluded both our most delicate "e'sh,s
I'D measures and our strongest lenses Al
wa come to the essence of each oaof' We
sho,,d have made an enormous stfiae ioi-
,.ard both in hygiene and in chemistry
and none would profit more than the meai- =,
-, profession if it could be as conclusise,s -
S'S demonstrated that such an odor prooeeosu
srom such and such cause, AZ We ails.a' 80.
NOW Of sulphur, sulphurate. hseto0s''
ammopia and the like.
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A Corsiean Duel.

Martin Poll, young man of twenty-five,
grandson of the famous Theodore, King of
the Mountains, SO celebrated in Corsican
history, was in love with young girl Of
that island. But lle had rival, one Jo-
seph Lecca, surnamed the Zonaye, who by
his bravery had gained the military medal
in the French army. The latter, consider
ing that the other was treated with greater
preference, enticed him one evening to q
roadside inn with view to giving him up
to the gems d. armes, Poll kept the ap-
pointment, and having boldly announced
his supicions of the other, a quarrel ensued
and the determined to settle the matter
there and then. Each was armed with a
musket, and they went out into the open
ground where the moon was shining bright.
~, and each took up his station behind a
tree, firing at his opponent at every oppor-
tunity, the two gradually approaching each
other. At last they got SO near together
that they were in full view, and they fired
at the same time. both falling dead, shot in
the breast. The neighbors, aroused by the
detonations, came up to the spot just in
time TO see them both expiring in pool of
their own blood.
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How It May Be Done.

About year ago Hon. s. T. Suit, of
Prince Georges county, Md, started pro-
ject to complete the Washington Monu-
ment ON his own responsibility. Not long
since he proposed to the Washington Mon
ument Association to raise $1O0, 900 to COM
plete the monument at Washington, which
for twenty years has been standing dis
grace to the nation. On the 4th of this
month his offer was accepted. He came to
this city and ordered hundred tin boxes
silver plated, and is trying to employ sew
enty five ladies to start for subscriptions
with seventy five Of these boxes. His idea
is to get these ladies to act In Philadelphia
during the Centennial. He proposes that
the city and Centennial buildings shall be
districted, SO that hotels, boarding houses,
dwellings and all public places will be sup
piled with the boxes, with the request on
a card that each person therein put in one
cent, or as much more as they like, the pro-
ceeds to be taken from the boxes each day
by the Treasurer Of the Washington Monu-
ment Association, who alone shall hold the
keys to the boxes. This is rather Curl
ons idea, but still Mr.. Suit has so much
faith in it that he says he has already ex-
pended $2, 100 in the effort without having
collected cent or asked for money.-Neao
York Bulletin.
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Opening Of the Congress of 1774.

In September, 1878, the delegates from
eleven Provinces assembled in Carpenters
Hall, the State House being occupied by
the Assembly. The venerable Peyton
Randolph was chosen President, and the
Man Of Truth, Chas. Thomson, Secretary.
There was much hesitation as to whether
the Congress should be opened with prayer,
or what form Of prayer would suit the
Quakers, Churchlnen and Presbyterians.
Mr. Duche was finally chosen to open the
session, and, in full canonicals, read the
usual petitions and the Thirty-fifth Psalm.
The news vf tho canonade of Boston had
just reached the Assembly. "It seemed"
writes John Adams in q letter to his wife,
dated September is, 1774, Gas if Heaven
had ordained that Psalm to be read on
that morning" When its sublime invoca-
tion of Gods help in extremity had been
read, Mr.. Duche broke into an extempora-
neous prayer, which brought tears into the
eyes of every man present, and made them
one by an electric sympathy. Charles
Thomson afterward related that profound
silence ensued after the prayer so deep was
the sense Of responsibility upon each man
present. A grave-looking man in an un-
powdered wig, coarsely dressed in gray,
at last arose and began to speak, to the
annoyance of the Secretary, who regretted
that country parson, as he supposed,
should have mistaken the occasion for
display of his ability. ''But an unusual
force of argument and singular impas-
stoned eloquence soon electrified the house,
and an excited whisper passed from man
to man, Who is 1T? There were but
few present who knew Patrick Henry"
The members Of the Congress were en-
tertained by the gentlemen of the city at
grand banquet in the State House, at
innumerable stately feasts at private houses,
and finally by the assembly in a public
dinner, where the first toast was the King
and the next Mr.. Hancock. John Hancock
comes early to the front as most notice
able fgu.e against the background of this
blurred and confused time, not only from
the steadiness of his loyalty when SO many
paused irresolute, but from certain dra-
matte instinct in the man which lifted him
to the height of every occasion as upon a
PEDESTAL He was about thirty-nine at
this period, bnt looked older, being enfeeb-
led by the gout ; was tall, thin, and dressed
with scrupulous eye to effect. A visitor
describes his morning costume at home as
a red velvet cap with band of fine linen,
blue damask gown, white satin embroid-
cred waistooat, black satin small clothes,
scarlet shoes, and white silk stockings
with jeweled clasps. 1t is likely that
Hancock in mind Or body was never found
en- desAa5ille;; and his dramatic exclamation
two years after, as he signed the Declara-
tion, and the dramatic boldness of the
signature itself, were due, not to fervor
of loyalty, nor to vanity, but to keen
aesthetic sense af the fit expression of each
passing moment.-Harpsr's Magazine for
MQV.
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EVANGELICAL CORNER.

Women of twenty-five in Egypt are
considered old.
The latest parasol handle contains pow
der puff and small mirror.
Turkish trousers for women are coming
into fashion in Paris.
New York young ladies still let their
hair cascade over their foreheads in climatic
fringe"
Mr.. Parton has abandoned Massachusetts
and gone where man is permitted legally
to marry his stepdaughter.
Mrs. Livermore advises girls to marry
poor young men-no matter how worthy
they are-and keep them poor.
You can recognize the Womens Pavil-
ion by it's graceful Eves.-PhiladelpAia
| Bulletin.
The Rochester Democrat is shocked to
find that statute of Silence, recently un-
veiled, is the figure of woman-a figure
of speech, in other words.
Lace is what rufaes the men nowadays
Exchange. You are wrong. Lace ruffies
the women, as usual. 1t is the paying
for it that ruffies the men,-Norrsstopn
Herald.
Miss Susan B. Anthony says man enjoys
all the luxury there is in marriage. There's
selfshness. Won't get married because
she can't have all the fun to herself.-St.
| Louis Republican.
A Down East editor says: "The ladies'
spring hats are pretty, and worn on the
upper edge of tho left ear, which makes
one look arch and piquant, like chicken
looking through crack in fence.
A Danish glove which is much worn in
Europe, and is soon to be imported is
laced in the palm of the hand the hand
being liable to swell in summer it can be
made tight or loose to suit the occasion.
Blonde hair is growing less popular every
year. It seems that brunette always has
the advantage of being able to button her
shoes with hair pin and put it back in
her hair without wiping it.-NoraoicA Bul-
letan.
There is an eleven year old girl in Illinois
who weighs 200 pounds. Hence the de-
mand in her neighborhood for revival of
the ancient ballad:
| 'Possum up gum-tree, raecoon up the hollow.
Pretty girl at our house. as fat as she wallow.
A newspaper article going the rounds is
headed GA Woman After ALL" We have
not read it, and don't intend to. That
woman wants too much. A woman after
only two or three dozen possesses too much
avidity for us.-Norristown Herald.
81 never could enjoy poetry when I'm
cookin'" said an old lady who dropped in
on us recently. "But when step out to
feed the hogs and hist myself onto the
fence and throw my soul into few lines
of 'Cap'in jerks, it does seem as if this
airth was made to live on after all. -
Bridgeport State.
One of the most remarkable women Of
the eighteenth century-in one or two par
ticulars, at least-was Mary Prescott, Of
Sussex, England, who died in 1868, at the
age of 105, having been the mother of no
less than thirty-sev children, and she
doesn't appear to have made speciality of
the business either.
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Imported Horses.

Mr.. w. Ii. Wilson, the interchangeable
proprietor of Abdalah Park. Cynthiana,
KY, with view of widening his field of
operations, heretofore confined to the trot-
ting horse, purchased for the stud the En-
glish race horse Gotham, chestnut horse,
1870, by Macaroni, dam Reginella, by King
Tom, bred at Gotham stud, and sold at the
yearling sale Of that establishment i'll 1871,
for 1850 guineas, Or the equivalent in
Americas currency, at present rates of ex-
change, Of nearly So, 700. Gotham, not
withstanding his rich breeding and capital
conformation, was an unfortunate race
horse after his three. year-old form, but ne
has three good wins to his credit. In other
races he was better placed than other good
horses, having finished ahead OF Doncas-
ter, winner of the Derby and ST. Leger,
and other cracks. Unfortunately, Gotham
was injured, and died at sea during gale
in mid-ocean, and Mr. Wilson lost valu-
able investment, and the American stud
probably superior sire. On the same ship,
the Queen, of the National line, the same
gentleman imported, an Arabian-English
yearling colt, purchased in Egypt, got by
the celebrated pure-bred Arab sire and
race-horse, Choueman, dam the English
racing mare Musk, by Newcourt. lie is u
very racing-ike yearling, solid bay, with
the high Arabian finish, excelledt limbs
and feet, and more size than even the half
blood Arabs usually show, though not up
to the height of ansAmerican-bred yearling
race-horse. This colt never saw a green
pasture, and will have his first experience
of one on Kentucky bluegrass, if he meets
with no accident in transportation, yet he
possesses capital substance. bone and
power He landed on the 23d inst, in fine
heart, and showed his delight on striking
terra frma, by lashing out with his heels
With but four days intermission at Liver
pool, he had thirty-six days on the ocean
between Alexandria, Egypt and New York,
After few days rest, he will be shipped
by rail to Cynthiana, Ky.-Sptrt Of the
| Ttmp9
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Combustible Billiard Balls.

Net long since billiard player in Lon
don, in lighting his cigar, accidentally let
his match fall upon billiard ball, which at
once burst into flame. Efforts were made
to extinguish it, unavailingly. and it had to
be left until it was finally consumed, which
process tock quarter Of an hour. The ex-
PLANTATION of this strange phenomenon was
sought, this being the FIRST time billiard
ball was known to act in such marvellous
manner, the curiosity of the spectators be-
ing naturally excited. A chemist explain
cd the secretof the unexpected combustion.
The substance with which the new ivory is
made is called celluloid, and is mixture of
gan cotton and canphor. compressed and
dried. It forms a hard elastic material,
which, when polished, has an absolute re-
sembiance to ivory.
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Gen. Hills Disabilities.

General d. II. Hill, the celebrated ex-
Confederate, has written letter asking for
the removal Of his political disabilities.
He cites his service for his country in the
army, covering twelve years, and calls at
tention to the fact of his promotion for
bravery at the battle Of Monterey. He says
that at the last presidential election hesup-
ported Greeley and would have voted for
him had he been restored to citizenship.
He says if again enfranchised he will vote
for Hancock or any other decent democrat.
The letter was returned to him by the per
son to whom it was written for presenta-
tien to the House, with the request that he
leave the "decent " ont of his letter.
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POETRY. T
THE BLIND WIFE.
FROM HARPER's WEEKLY

Bless my starsi Born blind % dive ask?
Never bit of it, Sir;
Why. the brightest eyes 'mongst the village sal.
Belonged, you must know, t O her.
You Sec was running an engine then,
The brave little Thirty-nine,
And after the wedding Madge and
We lived along the line.
And while she worked in the little home
She'd manage to keep an eye,
AND sight the train as it thundered down
To watch her man go by.
One day there rose such an awful storm;
The wind blew fierce and strong,
The lightning flashed till my eyes were dazed.
But still we ratified along
On to the mouth of the granite gorge
Where the ticklish powders hung,
When sudden there cleaned across the track
The light from lantern swung.
With mighty strength and throb of fear
slackened the engines speed
At last, thank God! we came to stand
At the mouth of the narrow lead.
And, oh on the track afore our wheels,
Struck down by the cruel gale,
Lay Madge, my Madge; and further on
Were the powders blockin' the rail-
For mebbe an hour the passengers, Sir,
Worked over my own brave wife;
But the lightnin' stroke, though it took her sight
Was wilin to spare her life.
Well, Sir, they gin her pretty pile
For savin' their lives, you see;
But where's the gold that can buy the worth
OF her loyin' eyes to me?
God! twas hard when the baby came,
IT was then she felt the blow,
When she asked if the child upon her breast
Was like to her man or no.
She laid her hands on the little tace,
And then on my own--dear heart!
choked the sobs back into my throat,
But the tears were bound to start.
And when she found that my cheeks were wet,
She lifted her face to me:
81 Don't worry, John, it is dark below,
But in heaven dear, I'll see.''
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A SHARP AMERICAN.
An Ex-Wall Street KING Plays Fine Game
on the English Turfnen.

Alden B. Stockwell is as pacific male
as ever scuttled steamship line or cut a
railroad company's throat, and his partner
on the English turf, Lord Dupplin, is
most accomplished card-p player. The talent
of Wall Street and the Park Club combined
has. as our mail advices show, been alto
gether too much for the English racing
public in the contest for the first of the
great three e-year-old events, the 1000
guineas. Other firms have before now
traded on their reputation it remained
for Lord Dupplin and his American partner
to make their bad name profitable. Hav-
ing in Kaleidoscope horse counted sure
to win but for Petrarch, they purchased him
as if to guard their interests, and at once
created the impression that they would
"scratch or "pull ?" the better colt and
let the second take the honors. AS this
did not, as it were, "bear" Petrarch suf-
ficiently, they next ran an ostentatious
trial before all the touts of Newmarket,
wherein Petrarch was ignominiously beat
en-, and proved inferior to Kaleidoscope.
This succeeded. Kaleidoscope was made
the favorite, and Petrarch receded in the
betting lists to 25 to 1, at which odds his
owners backed him. On the day of the
race, even, they placed on him as rider an
unknown stable boy to carry out the fiction
that he "was not meant" and making
the running throughout he won with
ridiculous ease. The coup had been well
planned, but there is some doubt as to
whether the victory Of our clever country
man is to be regarded as proof of Ameri-
can talent or British dullness. Mr.. Stock
wells career in Wall street, if we remember
rightly, was about as disastrous as it was
dazzling. Among the blind, the one-eyed
blinkard reigns, and having his weather
eye effectually opened in New York, it is
not surprising that he should have proved
his keennesss Of vision in England. While
recognizing his nascent talent as finan-
cier, we must as critics be severely just,
and in the interest of high art, insist that
MIR. htockwell shall come back and prove
that he can keep here the millions he is
whining on the other side of the Atlantic.
--NeU York World.
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THE STORM IN COLORADO.
They Had Some Rain and Snow in
Colorado Too
Extracts from the Central Register, Nav 81

Extracts from the Central Register. May 81.
The storm in the valley was quite as
heavy as here, only instead of having three
eet of snow, they had yard Or two Of
rain, straight, such roaring storm of wet
as the Oldest inhabitant never saw before,
Tar eclipsing the memorable effort of '64,
and all other attempts. The plains are
practically under water, that is to say soak
ed down half or tV.o-thirds of the way to
China. Great lakes occupy the depressions
and the mud is fathomless on the public
thoroughfares. The Platte river was so
swollen as to cover all the low ground be-
tween the Holly water works and the bust
ness part of the city. A large barn, stand
ing (as near as we can ascertain) at the
foot of Fifteeth street, was surrounded by
the advancing tide, and as it was in danger
of washed away, it was set on fire, to pre-
vent its breaking down the bridges over the
Platte, in its "progress toward the sea. !"
Very soon after the torch was applied, and
while in full blaze, the water lifted it from
the foundation and it floated off. Fortu-
nately it passed the bridge without doing
any damage. Considerable further de-
struction of property is reported, but it is
impossible at present writing to secure par
ticulars.
This roof of the great Nederland mill was
partially crushed in by the snow two days
ago. AS the building contains $4,000
worth of machinery, the damage must be
considerable. Five feet of snow fell at Car
ibou. No stages ON Tuesday or Wednes-
| day at Caribou or Idaho.
Here in this city the snow is piled up six
feet high in places much Of it being thrown
into the streets from the roofs of the build
ings. The thoroughfares are filled with
slush and running water. Some of the
quartz mills have been compelled to shut
down because Of the impossibility of get
ting ores from the mines. Occasionally we
see small load of quartz on its way to
Black Hawk hauled by four strong mules,
but transportation of all kinds is greatly
impeded. AS reported yesterday, numerous
frame structures have been crushed by the
weight of snow. Fuel of all kinds is ex-
tremely scarce. Coal is not to be had, and
wood is coming in very slowly from the
hill tops.
The Denver Nes0s says from 10 p. m.,
May s1st, to 3 a. M, May 2Sd-29 hours
three fell so inches of rain in Denver.
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THE LARGEST
First Class Hotel in the Territory.

Having secured a lease for long term OF
Years of this large and commodious house,
have renovated. refurnished and embel-
lIShed its roomy parlors and elegant suits
Of rooms, and no expense or pains will be
spared to continue to improve and keep it
On first class principles. The tables are
supplied with the very best the markets
afford and the delicacies of the season. At
tendance unexceptionable. Terms, reason
able. 322.
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- OLals. !. >. ...so, Ut WIO0,t0O
The quantity would have been at least
500 TASKS larger, if two steamers to sail IN
May had not been postponed. The market
opened on the 1st of May at 57@5Sc, but
declined during the last week to 50@5e2c,
inside figure for round lots. There is very
little stock ON the market, and the price at
the present writing shows hardening ten
dency. The exports by sea in May, 1876,
were only 1,333 TASKS, against 354 TASKS in
Mar, 1874. The sales last month were
larger than for any pIevious month this
year, and probably larger than thy will be
for some times. +, Bstlletin, 8th.
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May Exports of Quicksilver.

The exports Of quicksilver by sea for the
past month reach nearly $500 TASKS des-
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DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Authorized Capital. l............ $500, 900.
AatnTTTr1ASea tti TT,n 70 nitaI I,.......... 100000.
paHcpt pala Up Snrn1ns Fund . $5O,00000
refilanGdno efi.id lid ia March 4 1874 10000 90
yerage Deposits proceeding six months, 0o oo
vested in u. 8. Bonds. 2i4,WWhoo
W transact general Banking business. and buy at
tirbpst rates Gold Dust, Coin, Gold and Silver Bnl-
ion and Local Securities; Sell Exchange and l. Tele
raphc Transfers, available in all parts OF the unltea
states the Canadas, Great Britain, ireland ana me
I"nnent COLLECTIONS made and proceeds RENTED
nromptlv Our facilities for handling
SILVER ORES are particularly GOOD, anu I'M TINS
sHcb OF our business will receive special attention
GD advances made upon Ores and same shipped for
soount of owners OR WE WILL BUY FOX
CASH at the very best rates allowable: Owners OF
mines will consult their interests by calllng upon us
T5
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