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as the sound caught his ears, and snuflel
the wind. Again came the call; he
wheeled. plunged, threw his rider, DASH
al forward. oroke through the bush,'r,
and IN SECOND was on his knees before
has uld master.
"up, up, my father there a. no time
e. lose ~ crledMustapha, grown stronger
IN moment up, up ! for the rob
hers are closa upon us T.
In fact, wild cries aud clouds of dust
showed that the foe had taken the alarm
aud were hurrying On. But already
Ahmed and Mustapha were mounted,
and Snlmtn, like ship at full sail, was
speeding away with them. Aud where
was the camel could overtake him, even
when he was loaded double? Fast and
swift his long, swinging trot bore them
onward, and before two hours were gone,
all traces Of the pursuers had disappear.
ell behind them. and they were free TO
turn their course toward the brown
tents where rest, and food, and welcome
had waited 80 long for their coming,
and where, after little time, their
hndships and suferings seemed 70 them
only like had dream.
As for Sohmin, he hardly could be
more teuierly treated or believed than
before this adventure but if the fresh
est water, the pnckliest furze, iii
bowls OF sour milk, --if triple neck
lace OF shells, Iii brushing and groom
ing,-if soft pats from childish fingers,
and sweet names murmurei IN his ears
bv girlish voices can make u camel
happy, then is Solimn the happiest of
heries. Solmin mo longer, however.
His name is changed to "The Blessed. "
in memory Of the day when. ike a state
" ship, he came over the desert sea,
and bore his starving masters TO home,
and life. and lberty.-StIsGR Coolidge
in 81 NichOlns
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The Highest Art.

George Innes. the celebrated Ameri-
can landscape painter, says in Harper =
MaDarinc. The highest art is where
has been most perfectly breathed the
sentimentIof humanity. Rivers. streams,
the ripping brook, the hillside, the
sky, clouds-all things that we see-can
convey that sentiment if we are in the
love Of God and the desire of truth.
Some persons suppose that landscape
has no power Of communicating human
sentiment. But this is great mistake
The civilized landscape peculiarly can ;
and therefore / love it more and think
il more worthy of reproduc ion than that
which is savage and untaned. 1t is
more significant. Every act of man,
every thing of labor, effort, suffering,
want, anxiety, necessity, love, marks it
self wherever it has been. In Italy |
remember frequently noticing the pc
culiar ideas that came 10 me from seeing
odd-looking trees that had been used,
or tortured, or twisted-all telling some
thing about humanity. American land
scape, perhaps, is not 10 significant !;
but still every thing in nature has some
thing to say to us. No artist need fear
that his work will not find sympathy IL
only he works earnestly and lovingly.
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Samuel BnMleS.

We take the following interesting re
marks upon the late Samuel Bowles.
editor Of the Springfield Mass Repu6.
GcGn, from the obituary Of New York
paper: He was beyond all question a
great editor. II is often said that ~ be
successful journalist man must be
destitute Of convictions. Mr.. Bowles'
career disproved this silly fiction. He
had distinct convictions on most themes
Of current discussion. aud never hesi-
lated 20 express them with frankness
and vigor. His mind was clear, keen,
and originating. His thinking was like
the working OF a perfected machine.
The apt conclusion came quickly, with
out gruping or exterior suggestion. He
was not in the habit Of waiting till he
had read his exchanges before writing
his leading articles. he wrote as he
thought with astonishing facility. Ii
with his own pen, il flew over the page
with dreadful disregard of legibility
that tortured and impoverished the un-
happy compositor; if by an amanuensis,
he kept him at the stretch Of his powers.
Bot the Literary excellence of his style
was remarkable. The apt word, the
terse, iucisive phrase and the sentence
full Of present meaning and later sugges-
tion, were in his ready control. The
stimulating force Of his mind was most
happily exercised upon his subordlnates,
70 their benefit and his. He believed
that his paper should be edited all over.
in ats news columns as well as on its
editorial page, in it's gleaningH as in its
elaborate articles. Condensation was
the first thing he taught his young men.
He aimed. he said, " TO strip the news
Of its hnsk and verbiage, and give its
kernel and meaning" He liked to con-
slider the Republican as a school Of Jour
nalisn. He took into his office many
Young men to train and instruct. The
emoluments Of the novitiate were moder-
ate, at first, and were rarely increased so
fast as 70 dazzle aud spoil him but the
opportunities Of his position were more
valuable than salnry.
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A Bee. Hive i'm n Church.

The Manchester Mirror says: 1.-The
Congregational society at Boscawen
Plain, n. II. recently held n festival that
was brought about in most singular way.
A few Neeks since George Knowles dis
covered a swarm Of bees inside the finish
under the caves of the church. The
construction of the building at that
point was such that the bees were en-
abled to form box hive about four feet
long and eight or ten inches square, and
which was nearly filled with honeyoomb.
Sixty-nine pounds of honey were found,
and the society decided to make it n
source of profit through festival, which
for a moderate admittance fee, gave all
who attended nice supper and plenty
OF honey"
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A Polite Young Man.

The Editors Drawer of Hdrper's
Mdgasinc has this story An elderly,
prim, spectacled spinster recently took
a passenger train at Chester station, on
the Grand River Valley railroad. The
car was nearly filed. The first sitting
she glanced at was more than half occu-
pied by young man who had expector-
ated tobacco Juice within his territory
until the bottom Of the car was a pnd-
die. The spinster lectured him severely
ON the evils of habit so injurious and
filthy, and hoped thereafter he would
abandon il. The Young man made no
reply. Two seats in front was seat
partly occupied by yonng man who
was gazing from the window. The
spinster resting her bundles upon the
seat arm, peered down upon the floor 70
detect possible traces of the weed after
which, in strident tones, she said,
say, Young man, do you use tobacco ?" (
mo" was the quiet reply; "but i
can get you chew in a minute if you
want one. t
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The Davenport Qowa) Gasette says:
II would be difficult 30 conceive a life
OF greater mental torture than that en-
dured by a farmer in this county. whose
case was examined by the county board
Of commissioners on insanity. The
patients name is Max Frahm. His
homeis near Domaine. in Aliens Grove
township. When a boy he delighted 10
hear stories Of witchcrAft, and his
friends state that he believed in the eX-
istence Of witches before there was out
ward evidence Of insanity on the sub
iect. Two years ago witches commenced
visiting m-bothering him more and
more, and for the last four months he
has been subjected TO all kinds Of suffer
ing by the imagined beings, though
sane on every other subject. His wife
practices arts Of vitchcraft upon him;
his neighbors bewitch his pigs; every
body tries the black art on him, the
hired girl is the princess of witches, who
hover over him in groups at her com
mand. and pinch him. prick him with
pins, gibe him. and osill him foul names.
He never says yes or DO, because an
answer nf that kind summons the witches,
who make him retract Witches ask
everybody 10 kill him, and when per
son approaches him witches cry out 20
him that he is doomed. Everybody
seeks his life. aud he lives in constant
terrier. He covers his head with blank
cts, and the witches howl at him and
pull the covering; he hides, and the
witches find him, and force him 20 fly
20 the nearest person for protection.
His family live in constant fear of him,
and their lives have become unendura-
BILE with him. He can talk intelligenty
enough on every topic when the witches
are not near. and sometimes they stay
away for hours az time. II is one Of
the most pitiable cases Of mental agony
brought TO the notice Of the commits
sioners in long time, and they have
decided 10 send him 10 the Mount Pleas
ant Asylum.
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frand In Rank RIlIs.

The United States treasurer is advised
Of constantly increasing attempts by per-
sons in various sections Of the country
10 cheat the government and innocent
people by practicing what is known as
the "piecing process. whereby given
number of currency notes OF like de-
nomination are cut in pieces and so
pasted together as 10 give an increased
number. The mmipulators generally
take ten notes. aud by cutting and adroit
piecing make eleven, thereby gaining
one at the expense Of the other ten. or
course the diminished notes get into the
hands OF innocent holders. and when
sent TO the treasury department for re-
dempt.on they are at once detected 10y
the treasury experts and thrown out
The regulations for redeeming mutilated
currency do not admit Of the redemption
of anything except in single piece con-
tanning at least one-half Of the original,
which makes il still harder for those into
whose hands these nicely pasted frng-
mentS fall
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Wheat from High Latitudcs.

There was brought into the city of
Winnipeg, in Manitoba, last fall, half
bushel of wheat, said 30 have been grown
fifteen hundred miles north Of that
point. The bearer was half breed In
dian, who had come from the far north
10 Winnipeg 10 trade, and the grain was
brought with him TO exchange for other
commodities. IL was regarded at the
time as quite n curiosity, aud was passed
around from one TO another for trial in
the spnng in that locality. A few grains
of it fell into the hands of gentleman
from Minnesota, who was in that city at
the time, and was brought home with
him on his return. At our solicitation
it has been presented 10 Professor Lacy
OF the State Agricultural College, who
has laid it away till time for seeding,
when he will give il the most careful
culture, and endeavor to prove whether
there is any virtue in it or not. The
berry is very plump and bright, and we
suppose from the very high latitude in
which it WAS grown must be hard enough
TO satisfy the most fastidious miller.
Whether the distance north of Winnipeg
was precisely 1,5C0 miles we cannot say |;
but from all that could be CLEANED from
the Indian it was raised a long distance
to the north-probably nearer the pole
than any wheat that has ever reached
Minnesota before.-H. Paul (lHtnn. }
Pioneer Press.
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A Remarkable Duel.

A correspondent in the South writes
Once in while duels are fought in
which u lady is purely incidental
cause. Such duel took place in South
Carolina, in 1853, between Messrs. John
DnnorAnt and j. ID. LegAre. These
gentlemen were devoted friends.
Legare was attentive to young lady OF
beauty and worth ia the upper part of
the State. The two friends went 10 the
village where she lived 30 get some
shooting They were. Of course. fire.
qnent visitors at her fathers house.
One day Legare imagined that he de-
tected sudden ooldnehs ON the part Of
the young lady and the family
towards himself. In questioning his
friend as 10 the probable cause Of u, he
asked him II he had ever made any re-
marks about him 10 any of the family.
Dunorant replied that he had said
nothing of consequence; that on one
occasion he had been asked If Legare
ever drank, and had answered that he
sometimes did. Legare at once attribu-
ted the change, real or supposed, in the
behavior of the lady 30 this statement or
admission on the part Of his friend. A
prolonged discussion ensued. Dunor-
ant was disposed 20 be conciliat0ry,
while Legare was very much angered.
The issue between them was finally
narrowed down 10 a demand on the part
Of LegAre that Dunorant put IN writing
precisely what he had said 30 the father
of the lady. DunoRnt declined 20 DO
this. He contended that the demand
I'll II rlH
ed, and, upon DunOrant's remaining
firm, sent him a challenge. Dur 1rant
promptly accepted il, aud the details OF
a meeting were arranged. DunorHn.
was very poor shot with the pistolt
1t is said that on the evening before the
duel he went out 10 practice, and
literally could not hit a barn door. lie
gare Wras a capital shot. From the very
first, however, Dunorant contended
that he would kill LegaFs at the first
fire. He never modified his assertion,
but said ali the time {" will kill him
when / draw the trigger -
When the men were on the ground
curious thing occurred. When the sec
ond who was 10 give the word called, "Are
Won ready, gentlemen ?" Dunorant re-
sponded IN firm, steady, tone No. "
He then drew small pen-knife from
his pocket, opened il deliberately, nnd.
fixing his ewes squarely ON Legare,
walked toward him. When he had
only two-thirls oi the inter-
vening distance he stopped. and, reach
ing down, cut of smsll twig that
stood between him and his opponent.
He then returned 30 his position. shut
his kuifc carefully, and returned il 20
his pocaet Without taking his eyes
of Of Legare, he announced " Ready"
and said 10 his second, am going 30
kill him" The men being in position,
the command {" Fire une-two-three!"
rang ont upon the air 4 ring OF smoke
sprang from the nipple Of each pistol,
and Legnre dropped dead in his tracks.
DunOnant stood for a moment AS II he
we're carved in stone, and, then drop
ping his arm slowly. turnel % his
second uuhurt
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How Good Il Done.

You know the touching lyric of Long
fellow, which he has called 1.-The Arrow
aud the Song" IL is 80 familiar that IL
looks like an afTtctation 10 quote II, but
must indulge myself once more by r.
peating it's sweet lines:
II shot aa srrow in tho air;
II f,li TO arth. knew not who're
For 30 swi Uv it iinw, the sight
Con- cot foil W. IN I,s fight.
/ h-eathed = rnig iuto the air;
II fvu on caitn knew not where
For who hes -ivbt 80 keon aud strong
Tast IL oan follow tho Il ght OF song
|. M. ln'g afterwa' q, ia an oak
lpuud the Arruw. " II unhroke
Aud the cong. from bsginpirg % end.
found again IN the heart OF friend.
This is exquisite. But You observe that
both the arrow and the song were found
Just ~ they had been sent ont. The
poet has not told, and no poet can fully
tell, Of the impulses that are given, the
changes that are wrought. and the work
of sell. sacrifice and devotion that Is sug-
gested, by fitting word dropped at { q
right moment into human soul; and
among the many pleasant surprises that
are in store for us in the upper world
will be the discovery that efforts put
forth by MS, and which we supposed TO
be 80 feeble as 30 be well nigh worthless,
have been, under God, the germs from
which rich harvests Of good have resulted
TO multitudes whom we have never seen.
- WDi. M. TnUioF.
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Failure.

lis sad TO fail II bird have built its nest
On tvigs too slender to sustain the weight,
Twill mourn on seeing it's unhappy state
When some strong wind has torn it from its
rest
The rose, whose early buds an ugly pest
Has blighted, deems the summer all tco late
To strive again. The moth, whose change
by fate
Reveals but crumpled wings and ragged crest,
Has naught TO hope. The bird may build
again,
Made wiser by mistake. The roses bloom
Fnt swceter for the early loss, Alas
The moth can live bu; once. Oh. not IA
vain
l. failure in lie But what the doom
az lives that fail? VIII any answer pass
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Would / were lying In > sald Of clover,
n OF clover cool mnd nuft. and aoft and aweet,
with duaky clouds In deep skiea hanging over,
And scented silence Al my bead and feet
sa.t Tor one hoar y .np the hash Of Worry
In eager haste, from Thoughts impatient
necA.
Ana watch Il oonFninE in ita hcedlcaa hurry
Dislalning Wisdom's whistles Duty's boch
Ahl IL we're sweet, where clover olumPs are
nesting
And daisies hiding, % 10 hide and rest
No sound except my own hearts sturdy beating
Rocking itSolf 20 sleep within my breast
Just 10. be there aDod with the deeper
hfeathlng
That sof iisteningto % free birds song
Our souls require At times this fnll unsheath.
tng- -sx
All sworda win rnns II neabbarS-kept too
long,
AndI Am tired 70 tired of rigid duty
10 tired Of All my tired hands hna 10 do
yearn, I faint. FOR some Of Iife's free besaty,
its Ioose beAds with no straight string run
ming through
Aye. laugh, u laugh you Vim, AZ my crudp
speech
q Bat women sometimes die 0f such greed;
Dia fer tie ANAL joys held bsyond their reach,
I And tbs assurances ihey have All they need :
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sea SerpPnt>.

The gigantic whale captured IN Febru-
ary last in the Gulf OF laramie. Italy,
has been subjected to a critical examina
ton by Professor Capellini, who, in a
report lately published, states il as his
opinion that the whale is of a species
hitherto unknown 30 science, and he has
named il BdiGna tdrentena, in allusion
10 the locality of its capture. This UNI
looked for discovery of new species of
huge marine animal, taken in connection
with the alleged appearance of another
monster " short time later, and in
the same neighborhood, as vouched for
by the officers of the royal yacht Os-
borne, is regarded as a strong argument
in favor of the existence of unknown
huge marine living objects, such as are
popularly indicated blythe name of sea
serpent"
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water, forms Il refreshing drink for per
sons suffering from fever.
COCOA SHELLS
Pat two tahlcspoonfuls of cocoa shells
into little cold water; add 10 them
pint of boiling water and boil for an
hour; strain, and add IA pint of rich
milk; let IL come to a hoil, and serve.
This makes delicious drink, and very
acceptable when coffee and tsa are
found to he injurious.
CoC0H sYHUr.
Put five cents worth of pine pitch
into pint of water. Let II simmer
until the water Is well impregnated with
the flavor. DIP out the gum which re-
mains undissolyed and add honey
enough TO swerten. and make "a thick
syrup. Strain thls and bottle. Dose, a
teaspoouful four or five times day
according TO the severity oithe cough.
1t will afford speedy relief.
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LananeSe Beggars.

A paragraph asserting that there are
few or no beggars in Japan has attracted
the attention of reader of the Washing
ton Star, who has travelled in that
country, and who writes: "Any one
who has ever ridden from Brussels 10
the field Of Waterloo knows how many
beggars line that ride of nine miles.
Prom Yokohama TO Toxic (Yeddo). by
the Tokioado, or old national road, Is
sixteen miles. have ridden over that
splendid and often thronged highway
not less than one hundred times, and
never saw the time when there were not
more beggars in proportion 10 the dis
tance and comparative population than
between Brussels and WRterlool" "
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The Song SparroN,

hHt NthS NH"AN"R
Bird Of the door-side, warblng clear
In the sprou ing OF fading ycAr,
Well art 'thou named from thy own sweet lay
ripcd from paling or naked spray,
A. tie smile Of the sun breaks through
Chill gray clouds that curtain the blue.
Even when February. bleak,
Smites with HIS fruSi the traveller cheek,
While the sir has no touch 81 spring,
Btri ot promise, We hear thee sung,
Long ere the first rathe blossom wakes,
Lang ere the earliest leAf-Nud breaks.
Ami passes and May steals by;
June leads in the sultry laly;
Sweet are the wood notes, loud and sweet
Heard from the robins and hans-hiri's scat
Then, ss the green months glide away,
Siagest with them a. sayly as they.
August comes. and the melon and maize
RAsk and swell in his hrey blaEe;
Swallows gather, and southwark hound
Wheel like s. Nh'rlblsst round and round;
Thrush and robin thoir sones forget,
Thou art ehccTfally warbling yet.
Later stin, when the sumach spray
Reddtns 10 crimson day by day,
When in the orchard ore by one,
Apples drop in the ripen'ng sun,
They who pile them beneath the trves
Hear thy lay IN the autumn breeze.
Comes November sullcn aud grim,
Sp&nghng with frost ths nvulet'- brim,
Harsh, hoArse winds fram the woodlands tear
E,eh brown leAt that Is chnging there;
still art thoa singing amid the blast,
s'Soon Is the 6reStlssJ season past
Olly when Christmas snnv-s,orms make
Ssaooth white levels Of river and lake,
sitting the hight SHOWS all day long
Oaly then do NC miss thy song,
Sare 10 heAF il sgsin. when soon
Climbs the sun 70 q higher noon.
Lite when the sorrowing south wind brought
Tdipgs Of battle hercely fought,
Tidings Of hosts in war array,
Marking with graves Their bloody way,
SIN vert thou singing near nv door,
soon j. the stormit ST season DER.
Ever TINS sing cheerfully on,
I'd Of Hope a. in ages gone
Sing OF spring-time and summer shades,
Au,umn's pomp when the summer fades,
Storms that fee in the eonquering sun,
Peace by enduring vAlOr won.
-HG,iGnl Cu1sR BryGi- IN Great Sargs Of
Greg: PUsts"
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African witehcrarl and Cannibalism.

Paul Du Challlu. the well kruwn
African exp'orer, tells the following
about witchcraft and cannibalism IL
Africa The great curse OF that country
's lis supersntions, and II is very hard
to get at the bnttnm facts about their
religious belief. They have two names
which represent our ideas Of God and of
Satan. The latter Is the source Of all
evil and witchcrait. When person Is
sick he is beWitchei 10y some one. and
like s1rcerCr or sorceress has 10 be killed.
The doctors point them out, aud they
have 10 swallow poison 10 prove their
innocence. This poison Is the root of
tree called buRio, belonging 10 the
strychnine order, but these doctors take
il and DO not die Here, II a man sees
the new moon over his night shoulder,
ur his left. il Is lackv OF unlucky; but
there II is unlucky II he sees the new
moon at all, and on the day of the new
moon nobody dare go out Of his hut.
The queen OF witchcrait lives In the moon,
aud the people OF the wurli are the ln-
sects on which witchcraft feeds, and
when witchcmtt is very hungry she
sends the plague and kills more people.
Those who have any connection with the
spirit in the moon are women, and must
be in trance. The people are hoiest
in their beliefs, but OF course there Is
jugglery among them. Among many
tribes cannibahsm exists, but l think It
is sort OF religious feast, as they DO
not XIII people purposelv except pris-
ouers Of war. AS among the Indians,
they have no mercy on those taken IN
war l made inquiries about this can
nibalism fwsnted 20 know which were
best eating. women or men. They al
agreed that the women were best. Their
war dance is perfectly terrible. They
cover themselves all over with war paint
and with clay that has been saturated
with the decayed flesh and brains from
the heads OF their dead warriors, which
they always keep in a particular honse
in every village Then they have
dance. and when morning comes each
man cnts his hand in several places and
let's the blood aow into a large wooden
dish, anil they rab themselve. with that
blood aud then go TO war.
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1t was the late N. P. Willis who dis
covered that King Henry VIII. always
married his wives hrst, and then AIRED
'em afterwards,
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Formulation OF the World.

Benin and Wagner's estimate of the
population of the wOrld for 1874 is as
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JELLY WATER.

CurraDt, raspberry, wild cherry,
blackberry or cranberry jelly dissolved
In O Little hot water, thon put into ioe