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She wore one sf those pockets lsehin-.
in which, besides her handkerchief she
had deposited an apple, handful of pea
nuts, quarter pound of gumdrOps, a
little bottle of ammonia, and some other
tTihes. She and her swain, after admir-
ing the complexion of the huge beast,
turned their backs upon him 10 watch
the monkeys and the live kangaroo, and
gaze into erch others eyes; to do this
better they leaned back against the rope
which enclosed the stately monarch of
the south, whe saw the apple pOrtruding
from the pocket of the unconscious fair
one. He hesitated a moment and was
lost to all sense of honor and self-respect,
for with hshufflingmovements he emulated
the example of our common mother,
plucled and ate the fruit, scooped out
the gumdrops and peanuts with a sly
wink at his nephew, who was looking
with anxiety at the proceedings. But
in the last mouthful the majestic beast
took in the ammonia bottle by mistake,
the cork came out, and about an ounce
OF hartshorn ran down the throat of the
beast. This beverage is said TO have re-
viving and stimulating influence, and in
this case it proved its power, for a mere
revived elephant was never seen on earth.
The big elephant has learned lesson in
morals which will probably induce him
to let other peoples pockets alone, though
nobody dares TO carry bottle within
range Of his proboscis.-Kaasas Cty
Times,
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ESTABLISHED 1859.
THEY MEr-THEY PARrED.

Upon the sofa, as they sat,
The lovers talked, in pleasant chat,
OF that and This and this and that,
Bat Of Their wedding mainly;
Their wedding which was soon to be,
And Sue and Gus did quite agree;
He said eyes. ySs." 70 all that she
Thought, In her judgment, best would be,
Il Oae thirg, dear Gus, think, should be
Understood now, quite plainly"
: Go on" said Gus, just speak II out
I've not the faintest shade OF doubt
That still in all things wen sgree,
And end, as we've begun
I've souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one ~
A loving smile tender fqueezet
Gus sdoed to his language:
Then Sue these softly spoken pOIds
Between his mugs did sandwich
4 OF course mamma viii live with rs,
And rule the roost, my darling Gus,
For that you know she's use ter
Not much, - cried Gus in temper high,
And grasped his hat, and cr1ed; Goodbye,
That settles 'twixt you and
Recorded Is my VOW on hiyh
No mother-in-law, with threatening eve,
And tongue all peace to cruelty,
Shall ever rule this rooster ~
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practical joke. When least suspicious
some unruIy members came to the sur
face and over we went on all-fours, bob
bing like bladders, and finding it ex-
tremely difficult to make much headway
through the almost solid waters. The
Dead sea does for a change of medicine
it is rs bitter as gall; but | would as
soon think of swimming in a strong solu-
tion of feather beds The sun drove US
to the shore; the sea spewcd us out we
were without morsel Of fresh water
very iuolishly iorgotten--and when we
had once more got into our clothes and
struck out for the wilderness our skin
burnt like fire and we shed flakes of salt
in such proiusion you might have easily
mistaken US for one Of the Lot family.
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TIVE ENGEISIf TERE.

Lord Ailesbury has written a letter on
blooded horses which almost provokes
the London Times into facetiousness.
The Thunderer, roaring greatly, inquiries
whether it is not very proper that there
should be some among the peers to
whom the fate of the christian subjects
of Turkey should appear of little impor-
tance in comparison with the prospects
of the Newmarket spring meeting.
Lord Ailesbury does not, however, speak
so much of the Newmarket spring meet
ing as ne does of two topics rather more
generic, namely, the practice of hand
icaping and the French policy of protec-
ton by which English horses are now
excluded from certain races in France.
Handicapping, he thinks, is contrary to
the interests Eof breeders, since it does
not provide that the best horse should
win; at the same time, he is free to con-
fess that he would never have attained
as good results in his own stables had
handicapping not been largely in vogue.
The INTRODUCTION oil railroads has taken
racing out of the circuits IN which it
formerly fourished, and made a large
part of the world accessible to competi-
ton handicapping consequently be-
comes necessary if young horses are to be
used at ALL The lack of reciprocity on
the part of foreign race-courses Lord
Falmouth would resent by excluding
foreign horses from races in England
until the bar against the admission of
the horses of that country abroad is
rai11ovAd
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THERE Is no evidence, according to the
London Lancet, to show that revaccina-
ton, sonee efficiently performed at or
after puberty, need ever be repeated.
On the other hand, the frequent repeti-
tion characterization, which has become
common during alarms of smallpox, is
distinctly to be deprecated. Such re-
petitions are az q rule futile, they are
wasteful of vaccine lymph when lymph
Is most precious; they tend to unsettle
the minds of people regarding some of
the best established facts as TO the pre-
servative power of vaccination, and they
are unnecessary. The official memoran-
dunn of the local government board on
Tevaccination says: 'Reyaccination
once properly and dsuccessfully performed
does not appear ever to require rcpeti-
tion." The nurses and other servants OF
the London smallpox hospital, when
they enter the service are invariably
submitted to vaccination, which in their
case is generally revaccination, and is
never afterward repeated; and so per-
feet is the protection, that, though the
nurses live in the closest and most con-
slant attendance on smallpox patients,
and though also the other servants are in
various ways exposed to special chances
of infection, the resident surgeon of the
hospital, during his forty-one years of
Office there has never known small-pox To
affect any Of these nurses or servants.
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that envelope it. Six and forty miles
sky-blue crystal, thirteen hundred feet
in depth, the topmost wave of which is
thirteen hundred feet below the level Of
the Mediterranean. This sea is mys-
terry and a miracle bu5 the cities of the
sinners are not under these waves, SIS
many saint fondly fancies. Look for
traces of them among the sulphur fields,
the salt pillars there are enough of
these to furnish Lot with half a hun
dred wives-the asphaltum beds, the
shores that have been fertile and fruit
full but are now as the abominati0n of
desolation. Neither fish, shells nor coral
are found here. Sea-fsh perish in
these waters because they have been
reared on something less than four per
cent. of salt to ninety-six of water, and
here they find a fourth part Of the whole
consists of various salts--chlorides of
magnesium, calcium, sodium, potassium,
bromide of potassium and sulphate of
lime. That is certainly enough to turn
the stomach of any sort of fish. There
are fish-bones on the shore, the wrecks
of the Sordan. The bitter oil-it is
hardly worthy of the name of water
that strangles everything to death and
then spits it out into the sun, invites
you to its embrace with a siren grace,
but you curse her after the first 10y is
over, for she daubs you with salt and oil.
Six million tons OF sweet water fall into
the Dead sea daily; six million tons rise
out of it, spiritualized, and float over it.
NEBULoUs ISLANDS OF LIGHT,
that are as much at ease in the skv as
islands more substantial would be in the
luminous breast of this enchanted sea.
When we passed into the water we felt
the weight of it before we had got knee
deep. Soon we grew buoyant and kept
our balance with some difficulty. 1t was
like trying to swim on corks that won't
keep their places. A few steps farther
and over we went, heel NY, and, to our
surprlse, heads up, likewise. The bath
was certainly most refreshing, and the
novelty of it not unlike a good natured
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Girls who consciously go to work TO
get married know very we'll that a we'll
placed sign is worth fifty sonatas, and
that 10 amount of major and minor
prestidigitation can win triumph over
the rival who, though Ounce at the
music book, is an expert in smiles and
dropped eyelids.
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er 70 the motherless. And now, in p
green old age, she is surrounded by those
whom her warm heart long since taughr
to cling to her and follow as the lamb il
youth.-Springfeld FcpnbEcan.
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a female architect has just opened
an office in Boston. A plan OF a house
which she exhibits has nineteen bay
windows, forty-seven closets, no place
for man to smoke in, and an inclosed
balcony ON each side from which it is
impossible to look down into the neigh
bors' living rooms. The design is pro-
nounced by all ladies who have examined
it as, of course, really quite too far
more than awfully delicious F"
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS,
"a sonn of the sperro.c.


Az old sparrow sat in a maple trer.
't Cheer up, cheer up" twitt red he,
But thou~ht to himself as he look on tlIe giOdnd
For any stray crtmh that was lying around,
- The rain may ialt and the wind Dlay blow,
he ground he frozen or covered with snow,
But nobody cares ;oT me.
Ii had a vote, plainly zee,
q Cheer up. cheer up" twittel "a he:
q The city fathers, without hesitation,
Would grant me n small appropriation;
But the square Is locked and the keeper away,
Caring Tor nothing st all bit his pay,
And nobody Cares Tor Eie-
How very ungIaeful republics mast Dc,
Cheer up. cheer up.' twittered be
% Although praised Tor destroying tho WoT4ls
/ am left 90 starvc midst the winter storms.
II this s. the city Of brothcrly love
! wish its professors their kindncss would prove,
FOR nobody cares FOR me.
But spTius will come and aOwers bloom free,
So Cheer up. cheer up twittered he
So A nd with them win come the worms and R -,
Aud then I can such shabby tIeatmeHt desplse
Amidst the green trees upon sunshiny days.
can sit in coutentment and warble the praise
Cf one who c,l-es tOr me"
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Tribune men who write TO the
cleIgymen that there is plenty of stand
ing room for young collegians wishing
employment, providing they have "grit"
and "are willing to commence at the
bottom" and begin low down and
fight their way mp" advertises for edu-
Gated young men to act as amanuenses
willing to work his way up from the
bottom" at S3 per week, four thousand
applicants. Door bell rung off by young
men full OF "grit; :" seven thousand
housemaids worn out answering the bell !;
squad of police required to disperse the
young men in front of the house, willing
TO do.anything and "work their way up
from the bottom;" had to get in his own
house through the back window all the
Overcoats and hats stolen from the hall
rack by young men who "are willing to
begin low down; - callers frightened
away by mob of young men full of
"grit," trying TO "work their way up
from the bottom;" row on the front
steps between young men full of " grit !"
trying to fight their way up from the
bottom" Tribune man has barred his
door and hung out a placard, No
more young men full of grit willing to
begin low down and fight their way up
these door stens wanted. If they belong
TO the bottom let them stay there"
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A needy Partisan hit upon splen
did way of making money. He adver-
tised himself as 4 young lady having
10000 francs aud desirous marrying
applicants to enclose stamps for reply
the harvest was enormous,
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THE Blue ABYSS

that separates those rosy hills to the east
and west. There is no palpabIe surface
there; no visible division ofthe elements!
Let it be air or water-it might be
either-the only impression it conveys
to the mind Is one of pure color, Only
such radiant hills as those that girdle it
are worthy Of it. They also are marvcls
Of color. Pink and pale in the twilight,
scarlet in the rise and set Of the sun,
they never become commonplace, but
change their tints as live coal changes
when the reviving air blows upon it. Out
of the splendid distance, over the Salt sea,
sea of Asphalt, the lake of Lot-cal it
by what name you will, for it bears all
these-over the earstern sea of the old
prophets, stole the withering breath of
furnace. Our horses sweltered in the
heat. There was 10 possible shelter near
the shore, for our camp irappings had
already gone up into the wilderness. \
dip into the gummy and elastic water
was all we asked now, and.in ten minutes
we stood upon the sand half blinded
with the heat and glare that nearly over
came us before we were safely out Of it.
The sea near the plain of the Jordan is
shallow. Looking toward the south the
eye is lost in
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road. They had finished the round Of
their experiences, fulfilled their duties
and were at last ready to setout on their
homeward journey by sea and land
a Journey long and pelilous, and one
that is seldom accomplished without
sickness or death, fever, famine,
vermin and as much penance as
should secure each pilgrim beaveAly
home. Off fer the Dead sea- a rapid
run in the fresh. morning air over the
parched plains. Much Of the way we
followed the Jordan bank and were shell
tered somewhat by the foliage that
fringcs it. All this time, though we
could have leaped into the stream with
HOP, SKIP ANDA JUMP,
we caught only occasional glimpses of
the river as it rushed ike q mill-race
between its steep clay waIls and was
buried out OF sight in lu,al sious groves
of willow. The current was ten broken
by the tiny islands crowded 9Th busges,
and the frequent rapids I'D abrupt
turns in the stream amazed me. l am
still puzzled to know how the American
expedition succeeded in bringing two
metal boats down the river from Tiberias
to the Dead sea; the little Rob Roy aof
course, skated over the ripples like Il
water-bug, and came out in book-form
with flying colors. Until were actu-
ally upon the shore of the sea, blowing
through pebbles and soft sand we
strained our eyes IN vain toward the
valley Of death, eager 30 catch q glimpse
of its bitter waters. our trail wound
through a dense growth of cane, olean
ders, cactus and tamarisk. We trotted
over the baked soil in Indian file, think
ing of the wild boars, wolves, iackals and
that prowl in theyaleof Gilgal-
the vale was of old compared to "the
garden Of the Lord" We saw nothing,
not even vulture, though 10 panorama
Of the Dead sea is complete without a
shadow OF his wings darkeniDg the can
vas An angry cloud of
MIDNIGHT ELAcKNEss
out of which avalanches Of lightning
dart upon the submerged cities of
sin this is the Dead sea of my fancy
But it Is a thing of the past, and in lis
stead l recall this picture: Two walls,
rugged, lofty. broken into grotesque gi-
yantic forms, stretching far away into
the limitless distance, where they dissolve
in luminous tropical haze; a sea of
living sapphire, more lovely than amy
sea save that which bathes the nchanted
Nesuyian coast; sloping beech spark
ing with pebbles that are silveIed with /
.alt crystals and sands that seem to creep
md scintillate in the intense Aeat Of the |
losnday sun; few gsunt and etunted /
shrubs standing near the forsaken shore;
4 few broken boughs streging the sand, /
white and shining like gnawed bones, |
lot thing visible, not a living thing
within the peIlucid chambers of that /
atal sea. OILY ripples slide noiseIessly |
,ver the sands and sink back-again Ito I.
he depths as if dragged thigler by the !
contraction of the elastic and unbroken /
surface Of the sea. Shore, sea and sky |
ire resolved into a chimera of uncarthly /
beauty. The sky is not more profound /
han
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-Ienten Diet. - Inquirer - e Well,
Sambo how do you like your new
place :" sambo-Bery we'll, massa.''
lnquirer-" What did yen have for
breakiast this morning :" sanbo--
why. You see, Misses billed three eggs
Tor belseif, and gave me the brof.
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ALETE0ROLoGY will never attain its
full rank among the sciences until die
causes OF tie movements of wind and
storm, as well as theiraverage directions,
are ascertained. An advance in this
particular is recorded in Germany. Al.
Gustave Hellmann had ascertained by
careful comparison that during the sum-
mer in that country there are two
periods Of maximum rainfall, separated
by dry period. With the first Of these
rain periods, and partly preceding it, in
June, there is through limited strip O
country succession of currents of cold
air, coming from the 4 tlantic across the
coast of the North sea, and moving from
northwest 20 southeast over middle
Europe. NJ. Hellmann concludes that
the cold winds are caused by movement
TO supply the place of heated air risiug
from the great European Asiatic step
pes, as those tracts become hotter with
the lengthening days late in the spring
and early in the summer. The winds
which are thus ultimately drawn from
the North Atlantic surface are cold and
heavily charged with watery vspor, and
their advent determines the beginning
OF summer rains in Germanv.-N. l.
Tribune
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CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

TIE fashion critic of the Londan Cour1
Journal says: : "a few years ago riding
habits were 50 long that accidents were
of frequent occurrence; they are now 80
short that they are not habits. l was
standing the other day at the railings in
the park, whsn a young lady on horse
back passed me- 1 presume she wore
"riding habit" but were | asked to make
an affidavit that she was not attired in
trousers my strict love of veracity would
prevent me from doing so"
Since the 1st of February until the
close of congress the widow of president
Tyler has attended every meeting of the
commi sion and the Joint sessions of the
two houses. In person, Mrs. Tyler IL a
short, plump, well preserved brunette,
and still wears the deep mourning and
widows cap for her husband. By
special act the ranking privilege was
once conferred on her, and all the repeals
and reforms on postal affairs have left
this courtesy unquestioned
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WE rIcNIcKEn

in nook at the head of the river Great
cliffs, steep and rugged, lowered above
us. The stream came tumbling out of
a gorge into the plain on its headlong
course tothe sea. Refreshed, stayed with
apples which were not Of Sodom, COM
forted with fagons spicy and cool, we
once more mounted eur four legs and
ct out on an hours galloP to the Dead
sea. Those Russians. having donned
their earthly garments, returned by foot
and donkey TO Jerusalem over the old
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AN idea is gaining ground with aero
nauts that the solution of the polar prob
lem now rests with them. Capt Cheyne,
a retired British naval officer, has vol
unteered to conduct balloon party over
the four hundred miles or thereabouts
which have not yet been traversed, and
the project finds warm supporter in
Mr.. Coxwell, who deems sHsh an ex-
petition quite feasible The only trou-
BILE in the mind of the latter seems to be
the supply of gas in the higher latitudes.
This, however, he thinks may be gotten
over by the use of fire-baloons. He
recommends the use of every large
Montgolfiers," in which it would be pos
sible to stow away q couple of sledges
with dogs, and boats fit for contention
with Polar sea rs forlern hope"
Four hundred miles at the average rate
of atmospheric speed would not in his
opinion, occupy twenty-feur hours. Mr.
COxwel's plan IS well calculated TO
startle the uninitiated in aerostaties.
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OLIVE LOGAN is astonishe6 at the
quickness OF a young girl in London who
has remarkable gifts Of clairvoyance.
Olive took out of her pocket-book a
Chinese coin that she had obtained IN
San ] rlncisco and handed it to the
father of the little girl he stood in the
audierce while the daughter remained
on the stage. "What is this Louie 20
asked the man. "a coin, papa" an
swered the little girl. What sort of
coin p Foreign coin, papa" "Can
you tell me what country it:came from 2;
"China, papa" she replied, without
pause. Olive Logan was surprised that
the man should know the coin, even
when he held it in his hands and in
spcctel it, for Chinese coins are not so
common in London as they are in San
Ianclsco.
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-14
HOTEL TO LEASE.

The New England House, Portland, Me,
Address AUG p. FULLER,
de2Sdtf Portland, Me.
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THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


The North British Agriculturist, in reply
to a correspondent, thus describes the proper
method Of seeding straw and roots together:
The straw should be cut about II inches long,
and heaped tablespoonful of salt mixed to
each beast per day. The mixing process
should be accomplished the day before the
stuff is to be used, and water must be within
the animals reach. Hay for horses should be
cut about three-quarters OF an itch long, and
put into deep boxes before the animals. We
prefer giving the bruised oats and good fresh
Swede turnip or two daily, separate from the
cut hay. Rather less than an ounce of salt
daily is plenty for horse. They should get
an ounce of nitre every Saturday night. As
to the question Of pulping and straw-cutting
paying good deal will depend on the power
available. If waterpower can be got so much
the better, but if animal or steam power is
employed the expense of the system is in
creased. We should be surprised to find that
our correspondent can keep nearly one
fourth more cattle on his farm by means OF
pulping aud straw-cutting. If the animals
get what they can eat they will consume
more turnips pulped with safety than in any
other way. The great advantages if pulping
are that there is no checking blowing; that
fedders are enabled to have turnips, though
in a mixed state, continually before cattle,
and that cattle will consume more roots, and
we think, take on TAT and nesh rather quick
er than with any other system of feeding.
Deeper troughs will be required with pulped
roots and cut straw than for the ordinary
system practiced in the district in which our
correspondent farms. We would not advise
the addition of cake to the mixture. 1t is
we think, too costly to be mixed in snch a
heap, and is more satisfactorily given by it.
SELF It is decided improvement, as pre-
venting waste, to cut the hay given to the
horses; and yet more desirable is it to bruise
the oats, but we would give the hay and oats
separately. Sheds in the fields, into which
the cattle will 60 from oppressive heat or
cole, are beneficial and would pay the cost of
erection. Giving cut grass to cattle grazing
ture is actually scanty, but little cake in
the msrning before the animals go out to the
fields will have good effect, not only on the
cattle, but on the land. AS rule, if grass
kenl re fe vsfd s Sssttts they should be
The Portland daily press., 1877-03-14
Rice Pudding.

For puddng-dish holding three quarts,
take one quart of new milk, two-thirds of a
cnpfnl of uncooked rice, and one cupful of
raisins. Steam all together two hours, or un-
iii rice and raisins are plump and soft: then
add two eggs well beaten with two-thirds OF a
cupful of sugar, a small piece Of butter, and a
little salt. Fill the dish to within an inch of
the top with cold milk, and bake three-fourths
of an hour. Served with pudding sauce or
sugar and cream.-CountYy Gentleman.