Year: 1878

I 1t matters not what kind of a dog man
may be leading home with a string; it may
be blue and gray cur or brindle bull pup,
yet he always says with pride that the dog is
half black and tan.


The elder Miss Randolph (Virginia) mar
ried connection of tine Rothschilds, and
lives most elegantly in Paris now. In a late
letter home she speaks of the Rothschild-
Roseberry marriage, both OF the ceremonies
of which she attended, and writes of one of
the brides Ieception dresses as being made
entirely of peocock's feathers. and buttoned
down the front with solitaire diamonds, each
the size of filbert. The dress is certainly
unique.


The citizens of Arkansas do not consider
emigration altogether blessing. One of
their leading exchanges says: at is our duty
to say at the outset that Arkansas is not a
large almshouse where people are fed and
clothed gratuitously, nor do we wish 10 con-
vey the idea that a livelihood can be secured
without an effort. Any who indulge in such
illusions bad better remain where they are.
What is wanted is muscle, capital, industry,
brains and common honesty"
Aworthy man, mperfectly literate, thought
to clinch fattering speech with text OF
Scripture. He was selected as the spokesman
who, in the name of the parishioners, was to
present some gift to the parish clergyman.
He made q little speech at the meeting held
for that ceremony. He spoke warmly of the
parsons merits, his diligence and eloquence,
and finally rose to a climax: "In fact, sir, to
use the words of Paul, you are just a sound
ing brass and tinkling cymbalp'


Mr.. Beecher's brother James, a clergyman
in the hills of Ulster county. y. Y, preached
at Plymouth church last Sunday. He said,
by way OF introduction: 81 preach at home
in a little school house in the wilderness.
We have little cabinet organ, and play it
myself, because we have no other organist.
am also sexton and usher. / play simple
tunes to the glory of God, and the rough
backwOods people join in singing the hymns.
| don't know anything about hell, but
know a great deal about heaven"


The Asiatic loves monotOny. The Spec
tator says that there are artisan families in
India and Damascus who have worked at the
same work day by day for thousand years,
peasant families who have not only titled the
same fields but have gone into them and
left them at the same hour, according to the
season, from period before the birth of
Christ. Thev have no wish for change, no
ambition 10 DO better, no inclination 10
roam, no sense of failure, because they are
as their forefathers were and as their sons
will be.


A very remarkable fact is that rabid dog
appears to lose the power of expressing pain.
No matter what is done to him-if he be
kicked, pinched, pricked, beaten, or even
burned, he never gives vent either to the
growl or the sharp cry with which healthy
dog expresses anguish, although his efforts
to escape and his change of countenance are
sufficient proof that he is not insensible to
suffering. 1t is an error to suppose that
mad dog always foams at the mouth, for al
though in most cases the throat and mouth
are filed with foam, in others they become
completely dry.


In the Cucharas valley of New Mexico
penitents are often required to undergo
frightful suffeTiDgs. They fast until scarcely
able to stand, scourge ther naked bodies
until they are covered with sores, and on
Good Friday take wsoden crosses on their
backs and stumble along, blindfolded, to the
summit of hill. Here they are bound to
the upright crosses with strong cords, and
left for three days. Some are said to die
through weakness and pain, and TO be
secretly buried. Others fall insensible be-
fore reacning the hill. On Easter Sunday,
in 1876, four penltents died from the effects
of the torture one OF whom lay all Easter
night on the Threshold of a church, after
three days of scourging In the morning
life was extinct.


Postage stamps are said to have been sug
gested to Roland Hill by the following Incl
dent: Thirty-seven years ago he CHANGED to
reach the door of an inn in the north of
England just when a pOstman delivered
letter to young servant girl. She turned it
overland over in her hand and asked the
postage, sighed, and said that the letter was
from her brother, but that she had no
money. Mr. Hill paid the shilling, and the
postman went on his way, but the girl
seemed much embarrassed, and presently
confessed that she and her brother, being
very poor, bad devised plan of communi-
eating by some signs on the outside of the
letter. Mr.. Hill did MT stop pondering on
this until he had resolved on the penny
stamp.


An exchange propounds the following
conundrums:


''Can any one tell how men who can not
absolutely pay small bills always find plenty
OF money to buy liquor and treat when hap
pening among friendsr'


"Can any one tell how it is that many
Young men who dodge their washerwoman
and are always behind with their landlord,
can play billiards night and day, and are
always ready for game OF poker or seven
up?'


"Can any one tell how it is that some men
who owe for tailoring, shoes, etc.. can have
everything that's nice, eat oysters at night,
weBr fine clothes, and have all the delicacies
of the season?'


'Can any one tell how men live and sup
port their families, who have no income and
don't work, while others who are industrious
and always employed, almost staryeg'


We give 1t up.