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ON RIDDLES.

Guessing riddles and studying out
puzzles have the same effect upon the
brain that running, jumping, wrestling,
etc., have upon the body. It is well
known that moderate exercise of this
kind strengthens the limbs, develops the
muscles and makes person skillfui in
any OF the exercises he may choose to
practice. just so with guessing riddles.
To do this al the powers of the intellect
ore called in play. It qulckens and en-
lightens the brain, expands the intellect
ual organs, and at each fresh attempt,
especially if successful, the brain ac-
quires greater capacity and skill. It
makes young persons quick, sharp,
shrewd and observant, and when they
arrive at years of maturity it fits them
to solve correctly and advantageously to
themselves the great puzzle of life.
Riddles are of very high antiquity.
The first one that we have any account
Of was proposed by Samson to the young
men OF the Philistines, and they were
given seven days to answer it, and they
certainly would have failed had not Sam
sons wife given them the answer.
The ancient sages and philosophers of
Greece and Rome were in the habit of
solving puzzles, and they would also
send them to each other. Archimedes.
when lie rushed from the bath crying
out Eureka p q have found it y had
solved o problem that had puzzled him
for long time.
Riddles are also mentioned in some of
the fabulous stories of heather mytholo-
gy. The Sphinx, who was said to be
half woman and half lion. and who lived
near Thebes, would ask every one who
came to see her g riddle. and if they did
not guess it she would devour them.
Gdipus was the first one to break the
spell. When he visited the sphinx she
propounded the following riddle:
sWhat is that walks on four legs in
the morning, two legs at noon and three
at night?"
Odlpus answered without hesitation
" 1t is aan. In infancy, which is
the morning of life, he crawls on his
hands and feet; in middle age, which is
noon, lie walks erect on two; in old age
he leans on a crutch, which serves as a
supplementary third loot"
ChaEcer, the old English poet, w1ote
several riddles, and Otway and Dryden,
who lived opposite each other on the
same street in London, would often
amuse themselves by sending riddles
and conundrums to each other.
The learned and eccentric Dean Swift
wrote great many very excellent rid
dies. Lord Byron's riddle on the letter
{" H. is perhaps the best in the English
language.
Charles Dickens, when young, was
very fond OF guessing riddles, and John
E. Cough, the great temperance lecturer
who was a schoolmate OF mine-was
famous when boy for his powers of
imitation, and he was also noted for his
aptness at guessing riddles.
In TACT, believe if the history of all
the men of genius and talent could be
traced to their boy-days it would be
found that nine-tenths Of them we're fond
OF this high-toned and intellectual
amusement.-%ames B. Harsh, IN Gold
en- Days.
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FREN--- CONFLICTS IN NEW CALEDO-
MA.

HLds
Under the Convict Code all sentences
for terms exceeding five years virtually
amount to lifelong expatriation. A TEL
low transported for ten years serves out
his term and then enters upon the
doublage, a probationary term. After
these twenty years of penitence, the
convict remains under surveillance, and
is interdicted from passing beyond the
governmental jurisdiction, without
grace and with it he is allowed to go
only to foreign countries. He is forever
an outcast from La Belle France.
During the first years Of the first de-
cado the transport is held in chains,
either in single or double chains, ac-
cording to the degree Of crime, and in
extreme cases convicts are chained in
pains. They are confined upon the Isle
Nh, and work in Quarries in gangs of q
score or less, under guard of two officers
to each gang.
The better class Of convicts, about
finishing the first term, are allowed to
dwell in camps in the neighborhood of
the post, and are not allowed out Of
camp after dark. No attempt at escape
into the interior can be successful. The
fugitive is invariably overhauled in the
brush by the native patrol IN pursuit.
When an escape is captured, he is bound
hand and foot, the rope passed over
pole, and in this manner he is brought
i'll and dumped upon the floor of the
guard-house. The Isle NJ lies opposite
Port Noumea, which is located on the
north side Of small bay on the vest
shore OF Ducas peninsula. In the
channel are moored the men-of-war and
gunboats that inspire with wholesome
dread some 5000 to 5000 criminals.
The guillotine has been imported from
the mother country and installed upon
the island. The thumb-screw, rack and
other devices are resol ted to in cases Of
necessity. The martial discipline of a
French camp prevails. The convicts on
the Isle NJ have, despite the espionage
Of their keepers, singular system of
speech and actions. Their oral commu-
nications with each other are in con-
Wet dialect known only to themselves,
and, still moro surprising, money, which
is prohibited among convicts, circulates
surreptitiopsly. Betrayal On the part
of q fellow-c convict is punished with
death st the hands Of the convicts.
Money is ingeniousiy obtained and in
dlstriously circulated by them. Out Of
beef bones are deity wrought shirt
studs, snuff boxes, match-safes and many
other curious little articles which neces-
state the use of tools. AS even the
possession of a penknife is prohibited.
the convicts are obliged to depend upon
visitors to the public works for this
commodity. The headsman, who is also
u convict and lives apart from the others.
frequently borrows money from them
and pledges as security his fee of 25
francs, to become due for the next head
severed. The worst type of criminals
are to be found on the island. Crime
and disease are far from exceptional.
while insanity and consumption, despair
and suicide decimate the convicts.
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HOW 70 clsriNcUIx.1 saAD1-po1

HOJV TO DISTINGUISH sMALL-Pox
a New York surgeon says that
"whoDever you see pimpIes depressed
in the center you may take that as a sign
OF smallpox. Smallpox pustules ap-
pear lirst on the face, then on the neck
and hands, and afttrwarI on the body.
at first they are the size and have the
solidity OF small shot, but a layman
would not be able to Judge of them IN
til on and after the fourth day, when
they become depressed in the center and
surrounded by circle OF pink that turns
dark crimson. These pimples are
often SO thick that they run together.
Thereisan odor accompanying the disease
that, once noticed, cannot be forgotten.
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The question involved in st. Louis
lawsuit was whether awink, said to have
been made by the defendant, qualified
the words which he uttered at the time.
He told the plaintiff to levy on the con-
tents of a certain safe, and it was claimed
that, by covertly and expressively wink
ing, he reversed the meaning of what he
said. The jury decided against the
wink theory.
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WHEN Fenelcn was almoner to Louis
XIV, his Majesty was astonished to
find one Sunday, instead of a numerous
congregation, only him and the priest.
'What is the reason of this ?" asked the
King. 81 caused it to be given out,
sire, returned Fenelon, "that your ma
jesty did not attend chapel to-day, that
you might know who came to worship
God. and who 10 fatter the King"
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Two oHURcHAIEN were deploring the
spread Of agnosticism, when one Of them
asked the other if he had ever known an
instance of truly religious man who
had gone over to the heretics. eyes,
was the answer, ST know of pious
Brooklyn shoemaker who rejected Chris.
tianity because it encouraged belief in
the Immortality of seies." His friend
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"OLD-ITAN-NOT-AS LED-OF-HIS-
Pr"

Says the Washington correspondent
OF the New York World: Some peo-
PIE in Washington wish that Simon
Cameron were around" Washington
now. His pithy sayings and his amusing
freedom of language in regard to the
big-wigs were very entertaining. When
he was asked, at the time of the last
census, his trade, profession, calling,
ETC., the old gentleman boldly an
nounced printer" Nothing diverted
him more than the anxiety of some of
his fellow-Senators to have their former
occupation sunk in the title of Senator.
He was pretty certain to begin some
yarn about when I was setting type
somewhere or other" whenever he had
a chance, in order to let them know
that he was not ashamed of having made
living as a printers case.
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TOO HUGH SOCIETY,

Perhaps the hardest-worked persons
in this city of magnificent banquets are
the favored children of fortune who re-
joice i'll the name OF society people.
Think of it; ye gods thirty to forty
balls, parties or dinners in one night.
with an average of three to each and
every dancer, diner OF looker-on in
Vienna. Think of the frequent dress
ing, the excitement, the heated rooms,
the exertion, the late hours, last, but by
no means least, the indigestion. Ponder
upon these things, We fortunate many
who move without the charmed circle.
and as you return to your quiet and
comfortable homes to spend the evening
in the society of your wives and
children, and pillow your heads upon
your comfortable touches, thank Pro v
idence for your questionable lot and
your mental peace.-NeaD York COM
naerciaI Advertiser.
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tinted or otherwise, is covered by a
tracery formed of colored threads, as
perhaps deep and Light red, shooting in
every direction over the surface.
Old blue china is before all preferred
in Paris, because it is least attainable.
and indeed nothing can be found in
beauty to compare with this decoration
in rich, deep blue, which was the earli-
est color laid on Chinese porcelain. Next
to this appears to be esteemed the
blue and white Dresden. Many royal
Worcester dinner services are also finely
decorated with the "blue Canton"
pattern.
An oyster service of fashionable kind
SHOWS wavy surface in the body of the
plate, within which are imbedded the
forms OF oyster shells with variations in
the groupings of the different plates.
The color is sometimes deep wine-red,
the pillows glinted or sprayed with gold,
or perhaps of shaded green, and as if
each piece were to represent sections of
growths at the water edge, swayed in
the tide, and with the oyster-shen forms
In pearly tints, with thread-like rim of
gold, or here and there, perhaps, spray
ct clinging sea-weed.-Nea0 York Mail.
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TIE Z ore powder so generally used
to preva injury from perspiration is of
value, bu5 common corn starch rubbed
thoroughly over the hands before put
ting on the gloves will also answer this
purpose.
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A FRUIT raiser, saying that if people
want big, favorless fruit, it must be
raised for them, remarks that the great,
handsome, high-colored California pears
are in demand at high prices, notwith-
standing they are as fne-favored as
Eastwood sawdust.
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LOUISE PoMERoY, with a good COM
pany, has sailed for India, where she
intends playing all of her pieces, in
Guiding Hamlet She will work her
way gradually to England, where it is
her intention to star
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"HAvE you got The rent ready at
last?" mo, sir mothers gone out
w,.slli1g, and forgot to put it out for
yop" Did she tell you she'd forgot
Ter ?" Yes, sir"
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INCOME OF THE HORIZON CHURoH

INCOME OF THE NORTON CHURCH
Wagons loaded with the various prod
ucts of Utah industries are constantly
passing through the gate into the tith-
ing house in Salt Lake. The Mormon
law requires that one-tenth of all the
things 2, oduced by the labor of the
faithful STALL be given to the church.
and the compliance is, in the main,
honest, though attempts at Sinking are
occasionally detected.
The annual income from this source is
kept o secret by the rulers, but has been
estimated as high as 5000, 900, and I'm
doubtedly reaches So, 0OO,OO
1t is thought by the Gentiles," saws
a correspondent OF the Boston Herald,
"and intimated by the saints them
selves, that portion Of the tithing fund
has been employed, and very effectively.
in securing favorable legislation in the
national Congress. The departed Brig
ham was wont to speak very contempt
uously OF Congress, Boosting that he
cared nothing for it, because he could
influence its votes with money whenever
he deemed it desirable. And there is
reason 10 think that his boast was not
wholly idle
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The days of the "bit" 90 cents) and
"long bit" Is cents) are numbered in
California. The 5 cent nickel is the
DESTROYING cause.
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ARKANSAS has man who asks the
people to look up to him because Gov
ernor of that State once called him a
Gas
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The Nashville american SAYS the
South needs 10000 cooks and cries out
for cooking schools
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RTCH MEN WHO ARE OF no USE,

It can hardly have escaped public at
ention that the richest men Of America
have no desire to perpetuate their men,
cries by leaving requests for the creation
or support of colleges, libraries, muse
ums, hospitals, of literary, artistic, sci
entific or charitable institutions of any
kind. They are perfectly willing that
the public should do anything and
every thing for their pecuniary advance
1nent while they live; but they show no
disposition to do anything for the public
when they come to die.-Menephis id
peal.
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WI1n1E's grandma was trying to teach
him the proper way of handing anything
to person, when he asked, "Wen,
Sramma, if you was going to hand
wasp, would you hand il sy the sting %
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EDWARD RICHARDSON, of Mississippi,
is the largest cotton raiser in the world.
the Khedive of Egypt being second.

"WaAT Ill the world induces Mrs. K
to wear SO many putffs ana founces?"
said lady at a ball, as the person re-
ferred to swept past, bllowy vision of
millinery. "Why," was the reply,
''she has INDUCED so much in fashion
able dissipation that she has the 'deliri-
UNI trimmins.'"
The great men of the earth are pur
the marking stones on the road OF hui
mainly they are the priests OF its
religion.
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ATFvER is obtained by deceit cheats
n,nch rs he gctter.
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THE evil cannot brook delay.
The state journal., 1883-12-15
COLORED PRESS COMMENTS
On the Topics Of the Day.

Fred. d. Anderson, has been ap-
pointed to a cerkship by Cincinnati's
Republican Comptroller, Mr.. E. O..
Eshelby. The Republican officials Of
the Queen City are beginning to note
the fact that the G. O. T. cannot con-
troll the colored vote and not give it
substantial recognition.-Ga2ette.
The negro's capacity to grin is but
a badge of his past bondage. Lay it
aside, we say; and just as soon as
possible. Recorder.
81 venture, with all respect, for the
opinion of others, to insist that the
National Legislature may, without
transcending the limits of the Consti-
tuition, do for human liberty and the
fundamental rights of American citi-
zenship, what it did, with the sanction
Of this court, for the protection of
slavery and the rights of the masters
of fugitive slaves" - From Justice
Harlan's opinion, dissenting from the
judgment Of the Supreme Court in
the Civil Rights Cases World.
The Charleston Is. Co. Neaos and
Courier advises the members of the
Legislature, many of whom are said
to favor the proposed repeal of the
State Civil Rights bill, to let the bill
alone, believing that this will be the
wiser and better course, in spite of
The state journal., 1883-12-15
National Convention.

The next Republican National
Convention will take place in June at
Chicago, and whoever is nominated
at that convention will doubtless be
the next President. This State has
never accorded any representation to
its colored allies in National matters;
it has been said the reason Of this
was because Don Cameron thought
negroes were good enough as wait
ers, but when it come to giving them
political positions that brought them
into close contact with him, he could
not stand it. Now we have always
believed that Don was just one Of
those Republicans who didn't like
much negro association, and who
thought we ought to be satisfied with
the privilege to vote without desire
to hold office. There are good
many men in the Republican party
who think as Don does, and there are
a good many who don't, and the
class who begin to look upon the
black man as an necessary adjunct to
the party are growing more numerous
every year, and men with Don's
views are losing their grip and grow
ing beautifully less. 1t may be pos
sible, inasmuch as Cameron is in
Europe, that a colored delegate to
the National Convention could be
sent from this State. The men who
have charge Of the party, Quay, Me
Chez and Cooper, are different men
from Cameron. They have more feel
ing for their man and brother than
Don, and as far as these men are con
cerned they are ever willing to grant
to any class of voters whatever be-
longs to them; they are men with
broad and liberal minds. AS in the
State SO let it be in the Nation.
We want no man for President with
any Of Don Cameron's views, we
want a man to stand upon platform
strong enough and broad enough for
the whole party and not any faction
to be crowded off. We want man
whose belief in the inalienable rights
Of every American citizen are para
mount with his own, and we want a
man when elected to recognize every
faction Of the party which elected
him.
The state journal., 1883-12-15
Our Enlarged Paper.

With this issue of The STATE
JOURNAL our friends will see that we
have enlarged our paper and changed
its dress. This is due to the encour-
agement given US by our friends, and
we promise with their continued en-
couragement to give to the people Of
Pennsylvania one Of the best, newsiest
and most acceptable papers managed
by colored men in the country. We
feel that this is due from the recent
substantial encouragement received
from all parts Of the State. We
therefore make an urgen appeal to
the people Of this Commonwealth to
help us to make this paper all they
may desire and make it an organ 70
which they can refer WITH pride, and
one which will be received as a vel
come visitor in every household. 1t
will ever be our endeavor to keep our
columns clean and free from all OBJ
iectionable matter, as an earnest of
our desire to cater to the taste of our
large list Of subscribers.
Journal PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

II Is reported that certain we'll
known gentleman of the eighth
ward is making a still hunt for the
aldermanship and up to the present
time has the inside track from our
knowledge of the person there is not
a more acceptable person to be found
in the ward. The people want a
coed man and will not support a
chronic office seeker.
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READ THE JOURNAL.

WE hope that the charge made
against the colored delegates from the
South TO the last National Conven-
ton, that they peddled their votes to
the highest bidder, will not be re-
peated next June. We advise our
Southern brethren to send men as
delegates who are above such bust
ness,
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and after FIVE years service, when 8
vacancy occurred 10 the management
of the entry-room Mr.. Hickman was
promoted to take charge of the
twenty Eve mon in that department
a position he has held until the pres
ent time.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

State Journal, the only general
newspaper devoted To the interest
Of the colored people in the State
Of Pennsylvania. Published week
u. at Harrisburg, Pa.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

WE understand that the chairman
Of the Industrial school project will
call meeting as soon as a suitable
place is found. We would suggest
that place be found as speedily as
possible and in the meantime that the
collection Of money in the name of
the people in case there is solicitor
out be stopped until something is
known as to what disposition has
been made Of the money already
reported collected.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

None of the employees on the hill
as far as known returned any Of
their pay except Tommy Allsop who
returned 900.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

MEETING of councils last Mon
day was characterized by the ac-
complishment of a great deal of i'm
portant business.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

Mr.. ErTLAs resolution to have a
park on the reservoir grounds was
adopted few gentlemen being SO
uncharitable as to place themselves on
record in opposition.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

IT is quite evident that the people
want chance to given to Chester A.
Arthur to perform the ardous funct-
ions of president of the United
States.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

Pattison, extra session, veto, ad-
journment-No apportionment and
the state out over half million dol
lars. Oh, glorious reform.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

For every five subscribers you get,
a six months subscription; for ten, a
one years subscription.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

THE weary tramp no longer finds
a pleasant resting place in Harris
burg Mayor Wilson gives them en-
ployment for their board.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

THERE is no mistaking the fact that
President Arthur's message to Con
gress was one of the most uncom-
promising articles ever written, for
neither by word nor sign does he say
word to injure his excellent chances
for the nomination.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

Mr.. J. III. LARGEST of the Fourth
ward is one Of the best parliamentar.
ians in councils.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

THE Democratic house adjourned
to die.
The state journal., 1883-12-15
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The colored men of Pennsylvania
are eutitled to at least three delegates
to the National Convention, and they
should see that they get them.
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THERE are quite a number Of
aspirants for Office among our people
in Philadelphia, and from the charac
ter of the men they deserve the IN,
divided support of the Republicans
in their respective wards.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

PHILADELPHIA did not get the Ma
tional Convention. She may console
herself with the thought that she will
have the next centennial.
The state journal., 1883-12-15

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