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POETIC PRECOCITY.

In the work of most poets we see in
succession the characteristic traits of
youth, of maturity, and Of age. We
are prepared at the outset for tumults
OF passion, for uncalculating enthusiasm,
and for an eXuberance of imagery. The
poetic impulse is at its height at the
dawn OF manhood. Years of study and
experience may discipline the powers,
giving material and skill both, but will
never add JOY to the natural gift The
great poets have manifested their voca-
ton before mental maturity. Shelley's
"Alastor," full of natural piety, and
tremulous with adolescent passion, was
the fresh utterance from the heart of a
boy. Nothing more absolutely Of the
essence Of genius ever came from that
unfortunate poets pen. Pope tells us
he hsped in numbers" and his most
poetical work, "The Rape of the Lock"
was published at the age of q. By
ron's premices were gathered at 49,
"ComuS" was written at "a, and the
"Lyeidas'' at 80. Coleridge's Lyrical
Ballads appeared when he was 26,
SCOTS first poems at 25, Wordsworth's
at "a, Keats "Endymion" at "a, Brown
ng's first poems at %, Swinburne's
"Atalanta" at q, Lambs sonnets at q.
Hoods early poems at 26, Landor's at
ii, Charles Kingsley's at 26, Felicia
Hemans' at 90 Bryant's "Thanatopsis"
at 10, Willis while an undergraduate in
college, Lowells Years Life" at 81.
The genius of Longfel-
low had also an early development; but
it is noticeable that there were no evi-
dences Of immaturity in his early poems,
still less Of riotous passion or an over
wrought diction. They have a delight
ful tranquility, free from strain or eff
fort. The lines seem to have been born
in due order, and thereby the soul Of
the poet had its full desire, instead of
being governed OF turned aside by the
exigencies of measure or rhyme. Thus
a singular and classic completeness
marked his poems from the beginning
The period of his youth glided into
into that of maturity imperceptibly, as
the brook widens into the river U1l-
de11C0od'S "LO11qfelIO1u."
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HOUSEKEEPING SCHOOLS.

A writer in the New York Tribune
tells of two interesting Housekeeping
Schools" in the kingdom of Wurtem-
burg, which have something of the
character of secondary school or col
lege, no girl being admitted to them till
she has passed through the ordinary
schools. The general aim of the course
of lectures and of the practical work at
these institutions is the cultivation of
cleanliness, order, punctuality and eff
cheney in housework and farm-work."
All the work of the house is done by
the pupils during the day hours. The
evening Is devoted to lectures on vari-
Gus subjects, singing and drawing In
both institutions the programme IS di-
vided into three branches of instruction,
housekeeping, woman's work and con-
tinuation of the teachings acquired in
the primary school. The first of these
branches includes cooking, bread-mall-
ing, washing, ironing, clothes-malliag,
gardening, the management Of all RI
ticles Of ordinary food, such as milk,
fruit, meat, etc. Under the second
branch are found the use Of the sew
ing-machine, embroidery and even cob
bling, with instruction il the manufact-
ure and character OF the various stu4ifGs
and materials, such as wool, silk, cotton
and lace. The third division embraces
mental arithmetic Chead reckoning" as
the Germans call it,, dictation, book
keeping, singing and lessons on health.
There are two terms IN each year, occu-
pying between five and six months, dur
ing which the complete course Of in
struction is carried through from be-
ginning to end. The expense is very
slight. From eighty pfennige to one
mark is to 25 cents is charged for
daily board and lodging, and the fee for
the entire plan of instruction is only
twenty-six marks term. The success
has been so marked that a multiplica-
ton of similar institutions is certain
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CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING.

That the stenographerls task is no easy
one can readily beimagined, owing to the
complex character of public speaking.
lie must adapt himself to every form of
articulation, from the clear, resonant
tones OF the scholarly orator to the ut
terances Of the insipid tyro. Coupled
with this is the vast difference in the
rate of speaking. The average rapidity
Of ordinary conversation is 125 words
per minute, or about two per second ;
but this is by no means an unqualified
rule. 4 stenOgrapher is often obliged
to report at the rate of $50 words per
minute, and sometimes it falls as low as
ninety-five, which is mere play, Strange
as it may seem, the latter rate IS ex-
asporating to an expert reporter, and
his notes are not as readily decipharcd
as If compelled to report at much
greater speed. As most Of the speaking
in both houses is done under the five
minute rule (Which allows each MEM
Der five minutes to debate any pending
measured, it will readily be seen that
the reporters art is often taxed to It's
utmost capacity. Among the fastest
speakers in the House are the following
given in their order of rapidity: Mr..
Thompson, of Iowa; Mr.. Blackburn, of
Kentucky; Mr.. Thompson, Of Kentucky ;
Mr.. Ramsey, Of Massachusetts,; Mr.
Butterworth, of Ohio; Mr.. Carlisle, of
Kentucky; Mr.. Robson, of New Jersey.
The majority of the members are good,
average takers, yet there are many who
never rise in their seats, not possessing
the faculty of extemporaneous speak
ing. The Senate possesses but few
rapid speakers, among them being Mr..
Beck, of Kentucky; Mr.. Frye, Of Maine
Mr.. ingalls,, of Kansas; Mr.. Bayard, of
Delaware, and Mr.. Jones, of Florida.
It goes without saying that much must
be left to the intelligence of the stenog-
rapher to make a sensible report All
grammatical mistakes, errors in con-
struction and Pathological expressions,
which are by no means infrequent with
many of the gentlemen sent to the ma
tion's capital to represent the people of
their section, must be eliminated by
them Cincinnati Enquirer.
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At THE TOMB OFJ4COB.

This famous and cherished mosque at
Hebron, part of which was formerly a
Jewish synagogue, is built over the cave
Of Machpelah, where Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob are buried, and is one of the
most jealously guarded of Moslem
shrines. A writer in the Cincinnati
Gazette says that up to the time it was
visited by the Prince of Wales and his
suite, including Dean Stanley, no Eu-
ropeans, save those passing for Moham-
medans, had been admitted. So great
was the excitement over granting the
privilege to the Prince and his party,
that the streets had to be lined with
soldiers. The visitors did not go into
the cave, but only into the mosque
above, where are the so-called tombs of
the patriarchs, sumptuous structures,
but the real graves are in the cave be-
meath. The two sons of the Prince of
Wales were permitted to enter the
mosque, and to look through an open
ing in the floor into the cave. A letter
by one of the party says:
"We observed small opening in the
floor, which is covered with piece of
silver. We removed the cover and let
IN lanterns to discover the appearance
of the vaults beneath. We could by
this clearly see the pavement in the
cave, which is Of polished stones, Of six
or seven yards, each stone in quad
rangle. We evidently saw here the
arch Of stones prepared for passage to
go down to the cave; but this artificial
descending gate is inclosed or locked up,
so that the whole structure must be re-
moved ere the entrance can be re-
opened. From this great chamber we
went to Jacobs and Leah's tomb the
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fountain mead of life. If early break
fast were taken in regions where chills
and fever and ague prevail, and if, in
addition, brisk fire were kindled in
the family room for an hour, including
sunrise and sunset, these troublesome
maladies would diminish in any one
year, not ten fold, but a thousand fold.
because the heat of the fire would
ra~ecT the nlias1natic air instantly and
send it above the breathing point. But
it is troublesome to be building fires
night and morning all summer; it being
no trouble" requiring no effort, to
shiver and shake by the hour, weeks
and months together
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SCORPIONS.

1t is wonderful that one doesn't hear
Of more scorpion stings, considering
how abundant these pernicious insects
are in nearly every tropical and sub
tropical country. They are fairly
hardy, too, and Will survive in a much
greater degree Of cold than centipedes.
One morning when [ had Just returned
from a voyage and was repacking and
arranging some things in my bedroom
at the hotel in southampton, a lively,
vigorous scorpion fell out of a shell
upon my bare foot; luckily it rolled off,
and the carpet received the emphatic
tap OF its tail which was intended as a
delicate attention to myself. A bath
sponge seems to be their favorite haunt,
and 1t always behooves one to carefully
examine that article before getting into
ones tub In regions where these little
pests abound. [ think that over a dozen
were killed in my cabin during one
fortnight-brought there, no doubt, in
a box Of Espirito Santo orchids from
Panama. Cargoes of coir, bales of me-
dicinal woods, lunches of bananas and
other fruits and vegetables in bulk,
often introduce them on board vessels,
and in old wooden ships especially they
will remain, and colonize the bulkheads
and interspaces. got nip once, and
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only once. Walking along the main
deck OF steamer lying in Rio de Ja-
nelro, loading up with coffee, being
barefooted and in the dark, [ trod. as I
thought, on piece of glass; but, draw
ing my foot up instinctively, I felt
the tickling of a scorpions feet
on my heel. It seemed to have
curled up after its tail. The To-
cal symptoms were about equal in
intensity to the bite of the common
viper or the sting Of the maribunda, but
with less constitutional arrangement: 4:
the ulcer was long time in healing,
however. There is ghastly story told
of gentleman in India, who, pulling
on his boots one morning, felt horrid,
prickly object in one of them. With
great presence of mind, instead of with
drawing it, he forced his foot violently
down and stamped on it furiouslv.
though enduring exquisite agony in the
process. But it was not centipede
only small backing brush left there
by a careless servant. The Psylli of
Pliny and other historians, as well as
their modern descendants, who swallow
live scorpions, and carry them in their
caps next their shaven crowns, probably
deprive them first Of the means OF doing
harm, as they serve the venomous ser
pents with which they juggIe, by blunt
ing their stings Tt is, nevertheless.
very easy to hold scorpion, and posi-
bly, to handle them freely, when accus-
toned to them. See how some people
can pull about wild rats and bees and
ferrets without injury, though taking no
apparent precaution. Manipulation Of
snakes, too, only requires a little OBJ
sevance Of their weak points and re-
spect for their prejudices, which one
glides into insensibly by habit -Loado}a
Field.
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SUDDENLY TURNING GRAK.

Staff Surgeon Parry, while serving in
India during the mutiny, saw a strange
sight. Among the prisoners taken in q
skirmish at Chamda was sepoy Of the
Bengal army. He was brought before
the authorities and put to the question.
Fully alive to his position, the Bengalee
stood almost stupefed with fear, trem-
bling greatly, with horror and despair
plainly depicted on his countenance.
While the examination was proceeding,
the by-standers were startled by the
sergeant in charge of the prisoner ex-
claiming, "He is turning grayp All
eyes were turned on the unfortunate
man, watching with wondering interest
the change coming upon his splendid,
glossy, jet-black locks. In half an hour
they were of a uniform grayish hue.
Some years ago, young lady, who
was anxiously awaiting the coming of
her husband elect, received a letter con-
veying the sad tidings Of his shipwreck
and death. She instantly fell to the
ground insensible, and so remained for
five hours. On the following morning,
her sister saw that her hair, which had
been previously of a rich brown color,
had become as white as ca:zz43bric hand
korehief, her eyebrows and eyelashes re-
tanning their natural color. After a while
the whitened hair fell of, and was sue
coeled by a new growth of gray. This
cuSt, coming under the observation Of
Dr. Erasmus Wilson, shattered his I'M
belief in the possibility Of the sudden
| conversion Of the hair from a dark color
to q snow-white. No man knows more
about The hair than DE- Wilson; but he
is at q loss to explain the phenomenon
quite to his own satisfaction. "If, says
he, it be established that the hair is sus-
ceptible Of permeation by fluids derived
from the blo0d-a transmission of fluids
from the blood-vessels Of the skin into
the substance Of the hair really occurs,
the quantity and nature being modified
by the popularity of constitution or
state of health of the individual fol-
lows that such fluids, being altered in
their chemical qualities, may possess
the power Of impressing new conditions
on the structure into which they enter.
Thus, if they contain an excess of salts
Of lime, they may deposit salts of lime
in the tissue of the hair, and so produce
a change in its appearance from dark to
gray" Then he tells us: "The phe-
nomenon may be the result of electrical
action; it may be the consequence Of a
chemical alteration wrought in the very
blood itself, or it may be a conversion
for which the tissue of the hair is chiefly
responsible" SO many "may-be's" from
such an authority prove that the mys-
terry Of the sudden whitening of the hair
is yet unsolved. It is likely to remain
unsolved, since the doctor-more mod
est than many of his brethren-owns
that "the mysteries Of vital chemistry
are unknown 20 n."-From "Sudden
Whitening of the Hair" IN Popular
Science Monthly.
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EFT TOUR BRE4KF4sr FIRST.

DR.. Hall is authority for the follow
ing thoughts upon breakfasting before
much exercise in the open air, particu-
larly in districts where fever and ague
are abundant: Breakfast should be
eaten in the morning before leaving the
house for exercise or labor of any de-
scription; those who do it will be able
to perform more work and with greater
alacrity than those who work an hour
or two before breakfast. Beside this,
the average duration of life of those
who take breakfast before exercise or
work will be number Of years greater
than those who do otherwise Most
persons begin to feel weak after having
been engaged five or six hours in their
ordinary avocations; a good meal revig-
crates; but from the last meal of the
day until the next morning there is an
interval Of some twelve hours; hence,
the body in a sense is weak, and in pro-
GOA WIN SeS4Al4OO 4CO1oG OC1CGS41
cies, whether Of the fierce cold of mid
winter or the poisonous miasm which
rests upon the surface of the earth
wherever the sun shines on a blade of
vegetation or heap of offal. This mi
asm is more solid, more concentrated,
and, hence, more malignant, about sun
rise and sunset than any other hour of
the twenty-four, because the cold of the
night condenses it, and it is on the first
few inches above the soil in its most
solid form, but as the sun rises, it
warns and expands and ascends to
point high enough to be breathed, and,
being taken into the lungs and swal-
lowed with the saliva into the stomach,
all weak and empty as it is, it is greed
lily drunk in, thrown Immediately into
the circulation Of the blood, and car
ried to every part of the body, deposit
| ing its poisonous influence at the varv
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LESSONS IN N4TURE.
Hoac the Sons Of the Prince Of Wales Haze
Been Taught.
[F'rom the London Telegraph

From the London telegraph
Yet never could the youth of Princes
be more proftably spent than in travel
ing far into the world and viewing the
wonders and beauties which clothe its
surface. There is no other way OF cul-
tivating the spirit Of cosmopoital;sn
which the progress of society makes
every day more imperative condition
Of great careers or exalted stations One
glance at an ebony savage, magnificent
IN feathers and petticoat Of cocoanut
leaves, is a larger social revelation than
is contained in many books. There is
much fine writing extant, notably OF
what is called the picturesque school =;
but no combination of all that is elo-
quent, melodious and suggestive in
words can equal, as a sketch Of a scene,
the description which that same scene
prints upon the eye, no matter how
fugitive may be the glance. The i'm
mense range of education the Princes
have received by their voyage around
the world cannot be realized They
have viewed the performance of life on
a stage whose extent is the surface of
the globe. Humanity has acted it's
manifold parts before them in all the
countless arrays in which vanity or tra-
dition forces it to clothe itself; and the
scenery Of the vast drama has been the
shores, the cities, the forests, islands
and mountains Of the earth. The Dlav
has taken many months to act; but
the fall Of the curtain has Lett a
thousand inspirations, and the
two august spectators have brought
away with them a wisdom that should
make the knowledge CT many ga old
man but puerile toy in comparison.
First and foremost they know the sen IS
sailor men; they have beheld it in al
its moods, from the deep and hreath.aas
calm, made ghostly by The icy beams IT
the high moon shining down upon the
radiant surface, whose silence nothing
breaks but the rending stem OF their
war ship, to the raging sea, swelling up
in mountains of foaniIg water Under
the mad pouring Of the tempest; they
have seen its azure girdle broken by the
delicate pink of distant islands, or its
gray horizon dark with the loom of
swart and beetling cliffs; they have
watched its ashen pillows breaking into
the brilliancy of snow against the crys-
talline walls of icebergs, or they have
hung amid its mystery Of tropical
shadow, and unused with something of
wonder upon the weird coniguration of
blue and green fires, breaking in forms
of trees and shrubs, or in serpentine
shapes from the sides of their man-of-
war as the soundlesS swell rolled ND out
of the straight horizon and made the
metal hull lean TO the time of the
mighty pulsing. And though this be
but one chapter Of the great volume
they have perused, assuredly it is not
the least ennobling in its suggestions
nor lacking in that majesty Of tuition
by which the spirit is lifted uD and
made large by commune with the lofti-
est aspects of nature.
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a YOUNG gentleman of Austin, of the
lackadaisical, Oscar Wilde type of idiot,
hung to sunfower, went into an Aus
tin avenue restaurant to get some break
fast; and, by the way, he has the appe-
tite of Missouri journalist on an
excursion, and is gifted with the di-
gestive organs of boa-constrictor.
"How do you want your eggs boiled ?"
asked the waiter. II want them soft"
"How soft?" Every soft. Iwant them
to match my voice. ."-Teras Siftings.
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HE HID THE BULGE ON HER.

"Erastus,' said a Halsted street
woman to her son, cts time to get
ready for school"
what time is it?" languidly inquired
the youth.
Half past s."
"That all? Shucks! I've seen it later
than that"
"Erastus, I'll tell your father if you
don't come right into the house this
minute
"All right, you tell him. You just go
right of and tell him, and III tell him
you are watching his cavorting around
the hired girl, and give him a pointer.
You just let me alone, and go on stiff
hunt after the governor, or I'll flush the
covey myself" Chicago Cheek.
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FUNERAL OF THE FIVE LINCOLN
-1SSISSFES.
As a newspaper correspondent

As a newspaper correspondent I had
occasion to visit the old Capitol Prison
in Washington il February, 1869, to
witness the exhumation and the rendi-
ton to their respective relations and
friends OF the remains of the conspira-
tors il the Lincoln assassination.
President Johnson was about to 90 out
Of office, and he issued an order per-
mitting Christian burial to the bodies of
the five persons implicated in the death
Of Lincoln-Booth, Mrs. Surratt.
Atzerodt, Payne and Harold. They
had been buried il ammunition boxes of
common pine wood, six feet long, two
feet wid- and two feet deep. When the
Id was lifted from Booths coffin his
face was perfect, with the exception Of
a small hole about the size Of a dime in
each chae!, His hair was in as GOOD
condition as il he had just come out of
G BARRIERS shop. In taking out the
D0Cy 70 place u II. 4 handsome rose
wood coffin supplied by the mother,
Mrs. Booth, Of Baltimore, the head
dropped off from the body. Not so
with Mrs, Surratt. Her face and form
were perfect, and she looked like one in
happy, dreamless sleep. Her head
adhered to the body in the process of
transfer. Payne's body was greatly
wasted. Atzerodt's was the worst of
all, for when the army blanket that
covered his remains was lifted up it re-
vealed shapeless mass Of blackened
bones and ashes, with a bald and
separated skull in one corner Boston
TrdUeller.
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SALT-WATER ETIQUETTE.

SALTWATER ETIQUETTE.
Most every one in Washington knows
Judge Pat Hawes, of Nebraska. The
Judge is genial, pleasant fellow, and,
though having worn for years the Judi
cial ermine, is not whit like the aver
age jurist- stolid and Indifferent.
On the contrary, he is, to use common
phrase, zone of the boys" One day last
summer the Judge, by way of escaping
the heat of the city, hied him to Ocean
City, where he indulged in saltwater
baths to his hearts content. The sec
ond day after his arrival he put on his
handsome spangled bathing suit, and
was the object of admiration of all the
other bathers. He cavorted around IL
the water with the agility OF cat, and
many complimentary remarks were
made about the Judges excellent swim
ming qualities. Two or three gentle
men whom the Judge knew we~a
"ducked" by him, and they all 5oo!l II
good-naturedly. By-and-bv, the Judge
espied handsome lady who would
balance the scales at 100. Going gently
up behind her he caught the lady
around the waist, and With q treme1-
dous effort threw her q half sOmersaUit.
The lady remained under The water
about half a minute. When she came
up and had wiped the water from her
eyes she turned toward the Judge and
poured torrent Of abuse upon him.
The Judge apolOgized the best he could
and walked away. He had gone over
near his male friends, who had stood off
for some distance witnessing the circus
business between the fat lady and the
Judge, when another gentleman came
up, and, tapping the eminent jurist on
the shoulder, said:
"Sir, you ducked that lady over
there"
Eyes, sir" said Judge Hawes, "I
did"
"But," said the gentleman, "do you
know her?"
"No, indeed, I never saw. her in my
life" responded Judge Hawes.
Don't you think you assumed great
deal in catching hold of a lady whom
you never saw"
1T never occurred to me that I had
committed an indiscretion. I saw the
other fellows ducking the girls, and [
thought [ would follow suit" quickly
spake up the man whose judicial ermine
had never been spoiled.
Sir" e1citedly said the gentleman,
''you owe that lady an apology"
I just apologized to her." said the
Judge, "but she wouldn't accept it,
"Then you owe me an apology"
"All right" said the Judge, "I most
humbly ask the pardon of both you and
your lady friend, but I'm a Westerner
and I'll be hanged if I knew anything
about your saltwater etiquette" saying
which the party broke up, all hands he
ing apparently satisfied
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AN English authority on good man
ners says: "It is inadmissible to speak
of lunch-a person of any pretensions
to good breeding would call it luncheon. :"