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ANAHEIM VOL. 7. My Lady. Morocco soft that doth enclose The white whoreon my lady goes; High heels that lift her lips to mine And eyelets with a silver shine— Fall not, malignant evening daws, Least you should wet my lady's shoes. O purple, grape-leaf on her head, In silken benediction spread With wreaths and ribbons, knotted, curled, The colors of a magic world. Off! weep not, summer rains, upon it, Lest you should soil my lady's bonnet. O nameless art that makes her slim, Laces in which her shoulders swim, The darling graces that combine The "Greclan bend" dellirious line! Leaves, sprays her, as you neatly down, Lest you derange my lady's gown. Complexest wonders of the time, Inspliner of my fervid rhyme, What odds and ends make up the show, The gracious lady that I know. Confusion bright of sex and dress, To woo is sweet—but to possess? The Card Table. Lydia Dearborn sat alone in her little sitting-room, and her countenance was sad and desponding. She was not over six-and-twenty, and though her face was pale and wan, yet she was beautiful. A warm fire burned in the grate, for it was winter, and the lamp upon the centrtable was lighted, for it was evening. She sat thus, trying to read; when the door was opened and a stranger entered. She started up with fear at thus seeing sums. But on the previous evening he had been cursed with a turn of winning luck, and had won back very nearly as much as he had lost, and he was now on his way to continue his luck! He meant only to play an hour or so, and then go home. He went up to the sideboard and took a glass of wine, and as he turned he met a stranger, who had seemingly come for the same purpose. "Good evening," said the stranger, in a pleasant tone, as he poured out a tumbler full of water from the pitcher and drank it. Ambrose returned the salutation. "I came in to take a few moments' recreation at cards," said the stranger; "but I find no friends here." "So did I," answered Ambrose, "and my friends are missing." "Then suppose we take a hand or two, just to pass away the time until others come!" "With pleasure," said Dearborn. And accordingly the two sat down and were soon on the most friendly terms. The cards were dealt and for a time the playing was on a small scale, and the luck about even. By-and-by Ambrose began to win, and he went on until he had won over a hundred dollars. He would have felt ashamed, somewhat, had not his antagonist maintained such good humor, and smiled so kindly when he lost. But anon the luck changed. Ambrose lost all he had won, and soon lost a hundred dollars beside. He had just one hundred dollars more in his pocket-book, and this he took out. A new hand was dealt—the cut the cards carefully—and he held four jacks. Twas,the best hand by far that had been out during the game, it being the first "four of a kind" he had The young man like a man in a dark companion by "You do not hoarse whisper." Give me the p Ambrose clasping his eyes toward oath embracing which had been m he had done, his covered earth, an The stranger took and handed it over "Here," said hery penny—just a And now let us w again. My way "So is mine," he clutched the m "Ah—then we'll" But tell me young man uttered are you, sir?" Never mind again, and then L us be on our way On the way ther a rattle of convers only had no chanc ject of the evening the time he had re feelings had got b channel. "I would invi "but—" Never mind. the entry, for I Of course Ambro to this, and as he stranger followed through the hall, The Card Table. Lydia Dearborn sat alone in her little sitting-room, and her countenance was sad and desponding. She was not over six-and-twenty, and though her face was pale and wan, yet she was beautiful. A warm fire burned in the grate, for it was winter, and the lamp upon the centrertable was lighted, for it was evening. She sat thus, trying to read; when the door was opened and a stranger entered. She started up with fear at thus seeing a strange man enter her apartment unbidden. "Lydia—don't you know me!" The woman started at the sound of the voice, and the blood rushed to her knaw and temples. She took a step forward and gazed more sharply into the intruder's face. "James!" she murmured, interrogatively. "Yes, my sister. Didn't you know me?" But, instead of answering in words, Lydia rushed for ward and sank upon the man's bosom, and there she wept for joy. It was, in truth, her own brother. "And you didn't know me!" he said, with a smile, after he had taken a seat. "Why, no, James." Five years have altered you wonderfully. But then that board all over your face makes a good deal of difference." "All the difference in the world, sister. Two years ago, while my ship lay at Canton, I had my beard all shaved off, and when I came aboard, some of my own men did not know me at first." "Then I wish you'd shave it off now, for you look more like a bear than you do like James Barrows." The brother laughed, and then the conversation ran for a while upon various topics suggested by the return of the loved one. James Barrows was now thirty-two years of age, and had been absent from his native city for five years, during which time he had had command of a fine ship. "By the way," said the brother, at the end of half an hour, "I stopped in New York on my way here, and I saw Kate Waldron there. She told me she heard you say you wished your husband had never known me. Did you ever say such a thing as that?" Lydia's eyes filled with tears in a moment, and a deep sob broke from her lips. Her brother was startled. He moved to her side, and put his arm about her neck. "What is it, my sister?" he asked, anxiously. "Alae, James, I will tell you. But first let me assure you that I did not mean exactly what I said to Kate. You remember five years ago, when you used to tell such stories about gambling scenes on the Mississippi. Ambrose asked you to teach him to play poker, as you called it. You taught him the game, and in one or two evenings you went with him to some social card parties." "Yes, yes—I remember all that." "Well—the spirit of gaming is now fastening itself upon him. I can see it plainly, though he tries to laugh away my fears. I know it is so, for I have been told by one who is my friend, and who told me out of pure friendship for Ambrose. But I have not yet dared to let playing was on a small scale, and she luck about even. By-and-by Ambrose began to win, and he went on until he had won over a hundred dollars. He would have felt ashamed, somewhat, had not his antagonist maintained such good humor, and smiled so kindly when he lost. But anon the luck changed. Ambrose lost all he had won, and soon lost a hundred dollars beside. He had just one hundred dollars more in his pocket-book, and this he took out. A new hand was dealt—he cut the cards carefully—and he held four jacks. Twas the best hand by far that had been out during the game, it being the first "four of a kind" he had seen during the evening. He bet ten dollars. His antagonist covered it and went ten higher: "I have an excellent hand," the stranger said, with a light laugh. "I have held better ones, but this is good. I shall bet high on it." Ambrose did not speak. He was excited. He was afraid his antagonist would mistrust how good his hand was and stop betting. But the betting went on until Ambrose had placed his last fraction of the hundred on the table. "Shall I go higher!" asked the stranger. "As you please." "Then I must say a hundred better. By the trump of trumps, you shall have a chance to make a pile this time." Ambrose hesitated a moment, and then he placed his hand in his bosom and drew forth a package of bank notes. There were four thousand dollars in the whole. It was a sum he had drawn from the bank that very day. It was the accumulation of over four years' labor and economy, for the purpose of paying for his house and store. He drew out a hundred dollar bill and covered his antagonist's last stake. He hesitated a moment more; and then he drew another hundred and "went that" over. The stranger "covered" the hundred, and "went five hundred better." Ambrose covered the five hundred, but he dared bet no more, and he called for his companion's hand. The stranger smiled as he showed it—four queens! Ambrose uttered a deep groan as he folded his cards and placed them on the pack. "By my soul, that's hard, my friend. But better luck next time. Come—I'll deal for you this time." A new hand was dealt, and this time Ambrose won a hundred dollars. He began to revive. Next he won two hundred more. He went and got another glass of wine, and then returned in better spirits. But at the next hand he lost five hundred. His spirits sank again. But he was now resolved to play carefully and win back what he had lost and then stop! There is no need of following the game step by step. The man who held those cards was not a professed gambler, nor did he now gamble at all for his own amusement. But he had been among gamblers much, and he could handle cards as he pleased. And more still, he could handle a nervous, excitable man as he pleased. He kept Ambrose in good humor—let him have occasional flashes of luck—and finally, just as the clock struck eleven, Ambrose Dearborn staggered up from the table, penniless! All—all was gone! His four thousand dollars—the sum which was to have cleared him from debt—the playing was on a small scale, and she luck about even. By-and-by Ambrose began to win, and he went on until he had won over a hundred dollars. He would have felt ashamed, somewhat, had not his antagonist maintained such good humor, and smiled so kindly when he lost. But anon the luck changed. Ambrose lost all he had won, and soon lost a hundred dollars beside. He had just one hundred dollars more in his pocket-book, and this he took out. A new hand was dealt—he cut the cards carefully—and he held four jacks. Twas the best hand by far that had been out during the game, it being the first "four of a kind" he had seen during the evening. He bet ten dollars. His antagonist covered it and went ten higher: "I have an excellent hand," the stranger said, with a light laugh. "I have held better ones, but this is good. I shall bet high on it." Ambrose did not speak. He was excited. He was afraid his antagonist would mistrust how good his hand was and stop betting. But the betting went on until Ambrose had placed his last fraction of the hundred on the table. "Shall I go higher!" asked the stranger. "As you please." "Then I must say a hundred better. By the trump of trumps, you shall have a chance to make a pile this time." Ambrose hesitated a moment, and then he placed his hand in his bosom and drew forth a package of bank notes. There were four thousand dollars in the whole. It was a sum he had drawn from the bank that very day. It was the accumulation of over four years' labor and economy, for the purpose of paying for his house and store. He drew out a hundred dollar bill and covered his antagonist's last stake. He hesitated a moment more; and then he drew another hundred and "went that" over. The stranger "covered" the hundred, and "went five hundred better." Ambrose covered the five hundred, but he dared bet no more, and he called for his companion's hand. The stranger smiled as he showed it—four queens! Ambrose uttered a deep groan as he folded his cards and placed them on the pack. "By my soul, that's hard, my friend. But better luck next time. Come—I'll deal for you this time." A new hand was dealt, and this time Ambrose won a hundred dollars. He began to revive. Next he won two hundred more. He went and got another glass of wine, and then returned in better spirits. But at the next hand he lost five hundred. His spirits sank again. But he was now resolved to play carefully and win back what he had lost and then stop! There is no need of following the game step by step. The man who held those cards was not a professed gambler, nor did he now gamble at all for his own amusement. But he had been among gamblers much, and he could handle cards as he pleased. And more still, he could handle a nervous, excitable man as he pleased. He kept Ambrose in good humor—let him have occasional flashes of luck—and finally just as the clock struck eleven, Ambrose Dearborn staggered up from the table, penniless! All—all was gone! His four thousand dollars—the sum which was to have cleared him from debt—the playing was on a small scale, and she luck about even. By-and-by Ambrosse began to win,and he went on until he had won over a hundred dollars beside. He had just one hundred dollars more in his pocket-book,and this he took out.A new hand was dealt—he cut the cards carefully—and he held four jacks.Twas the best hand by far that had been out during the game,它 being during the evening.Her bet ten dollars.His antagonist covered it and went ten higher: "I have an excellent hand," the stranger said with a light laugh.“I have held better ones,但this is good.I shall bet high on it." Ambrose did not speak. He was excited. He was afraid his antagonist would mistrust how good his hand was and stop betting.But the betting went on until Ambrosse had placed his last fraction of the hundred on the table. "Shall I go higher!" asked the stranger. "As you please." "Then I must say a hundred better.Buy by trump of trumps,你 shall have a chance to make a pile this time." 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But I have not yet dared to let him know how sure my information is, for he would be angry, did he know that anyone had told this to me. Oh, I know his impetuous nature. Evil companions are leading him astray. He thinks them friends!" And do you think he has gone to the card-table to-night?" "I am afraid so. And if he does—oh, I dare not think of it. He has much money with him. Before you came I was weeping over my fears. I have never let him know how much I knew concerning his course for I feared two would only make him more excited. Also I knew not what to do. I do not think he has yet lost much, but I know that he will never leave the fascinating habit until he is ruined, unless something can be done to move him." Bymy soul Lydia," returned the captain, warmly, "I did teach Ambrose so play—though God knows I never meant to teach him to gamble—and I will cure him now if I can. Do you think he is at it now?" "I think he would have been at home before this time if he had not fallen in with some of his well association." Then you test her while I go and find him." By my soul, I'll save him if I can." "But you'll come back soon?" James stopped and thought for a moment. "I don't know," he said. "But don't you be worried. No harm shall befall Ambrose to-night." It was just nine o'clock as Ambrose Dearborn entered one of the gaming saloons of the city. His business had kept him later than usual, and having made some fifteen dollars in trade since dark, he had determined to make that amount upon the arrival of fortune. His wife was right in her fears. The cadd-fable had gained a fascinating power over him, and he had last some heavy there is no need of following the game step by step. The man who held those cards was not a professed gambler, nor did he now gamble at all for his own amusement. But he had been among gamblers much, and he could handle cards as he pleased. And more still, he could handle a nervous, excitable man as he pleased. He kept Ambrose in good humor—let him have occasional flashes of luck—and finally, just as the clock struck eleven, Ambrose Dearborn staggered up from the table, penniless! All—all was gone! His four thousand dollars—the sum which was to have cleared him from debt—the sum which he had seen steadily growing beneath his efforts for the last four years—was now swept away. The young merchant staggered from the hall—he tried to borrow first, to borrow something again to win back something—but no one would lend. He made his way to the street, and without noting his way he staggered on. By-and-by he came to a narrow alley which led down to the water, and he turned down upon the wharf, and sat down upon an old spar. He had been there but a few moments when he felt a hand upon his shoulder. He looked up, and by the moonlight he could see the dark face of the man who had rained him. "Why do you sit here in the snow!" asked the stranger. "Leave me!" cried Ambrose, bitterly. "Oh! I never would see you more from this time!" But perhaps I may help you," replied the other. "You are young enough to learn." "Learn! Oh, great hearenal, and have I not learned this night what never—never—" The young man burst into tears, and his socks were deep and painful. "Come, come," spoke the stranger, "stand up and trust me, and I may yet help you." There was something so kind in the voice that Ambrose could not resist, and he arced to his feet. "Ambrose Dearborn," spoke the stranger. "I have this waving taken from you forty-two hundred dollars, and I do not think you can afford to lose it. Here we are, before God. Now promise me, upon your honor as a man, that you will never shake any amount at, hazard again—that never again will you play at any game of chance for the value of anything—and I will restore to you every penny I have won from you to-night!" CIM GA SUPPLEMENT. ANAHEIM, CAL., MAY 19, 1877. The young man stood for a moment like a man in a dream. Then he caught his companion by the arm. “You do not trifle!” he said, in a hoarse whisper. “Give me the promise, and see.” Ambrose clasped his hands, and turning his eyes toward heaven he made an oath embracing just the proposition which had been made to him; and when he had done, his eyes sank to the snow-covered earth, and he burst into tears. The stranger took a roll from his pocket, and handed it over. “Here,” said he, “is the full sum—every penny—just as I took it from you. And now let us walk up into the city again. My way is toward Adam street.” “So is mine,” whispered Ambrose, as he clutched the money. “Ab—then we’ll walk together.” “But tell me what this means,” the young man uttered, energetically. “Who are you, sir?” “Never mind now. I shall see you again, and then I will explain. But let us be on our way, for it is cold here.” On the way the stranger kept up such a rattle of conversation that Ambrose not only had no chance to mention the subject of the evening’s transaction, but by the time he had reached his own door his feelings had got back into their wonted channel. “I would invite you in,” he said, “but—” “Never mind. Just let me step into the entry, for I want a light moment.” Of course Ambrose could not object to this, and as he opened his door the stranger followed him in. He walked through the hall, and, as he opened the door, with our first recognition of the right to The Family Circle. What a simple, beautiful, powerful institution it is! The nursery and preparatory school of the affections and moral sentiment of our nature—what an incalculable influence it brings to bear upon the development of our best capabilities! Take, for example, the relation of children to parents; submission to right authority; trust in a higher wisdom and a stronger power than their own—love answering to love, meeting it sometimes as a monitor, sometimes as a playmate, and unconsciously becoming assimilated to it; is it possible to conceive an atmosphere more exquisitely adapted to quicken in young souls the innate germs of that moral and spiritual life which is destined to find its highest object in the disclosures to it of the fatherhood of God! We often speak of the sanctities of home. Literally, as well as figuratively, our characterization of it is true; for it is there that those affections are first elicited, exercised and expanded, which in due time, and unless perverted by evil, will be filled with the fullness that flows from the uncreated source, and that will constitute our sublimer life when the present initiatory one has passed away. The family circle is a scenic representation to young hearts of that higher world of relationships wherein humanity is to reach its perfection; and the unquestioning obedience we yield to earthly parents, our implicit trust in them, our unreserved love of them, are, in their first exercise, just those susceptibilities of our nature which in their last will unite us forever with the “Parent Divine.” Our training for immortality begins with our first recognition of the right to Bismarck. The announcement that Prince Bismarck has formally resigned his position as Chancellor of the German Empire, but has been induced by the Emperor Wilhelm to withdraw it on condition of receiving a year’s leave of absence, seems to have occasioned more surprise and excitement in Europe than are really warranted. In Germany it has been well understood, from the first, that the great labor and responsibility of his position have been increased by the cautiousness and occasional indecision of the Emperor; the existence of many personal jealousies and animosities, and the secret intrigues of the members of more than one reigning family. His policy, although so vigorously sustained by a large majority of the people, has wounded three classes to the quick—the princes and nobles of feudalistic views, the Catholic hierarchy, and the rigidly orthodox Protestants. He played the boldest stake of any statesman that ever lived, in order to gain the first victory which gave him genuine power. That was a little more than ten years ago; and since then, in spite of the unexamplied success of his policy, every step of his way has been followed by fear, jealousy, and hate. By nature, Prince Bismarck is frank, impulsive, and quick to act. Only an iron will and a severe experience could have taught him the impassiveness and reticence requisite for the part he has played, and no amount of exercise can quite relieve the strain of these qualities upon him. It has been long known that, in spite of his powerful constitution, his incessant labors have brought upon him much physical suffering. Three or four On the way the stranger kept up such a rattle of conversation that Ambrose not only had no chance to mention the subject of the evening's transaction, but by the time he had reached his own door his feelings had got back into their wonted channel. "I would invite you in," he said, "but—" "Never mind. Just let me step into the entry, for I want a light moment." Of course Ambrose could not object to this, and as he opened his door the stranger followed him in. He walked through the hall, and, as he opened the door of the sitting room, his companion was at his back. Lydia sat at her table, and her face was pale, but she had not been crying, for the words her brother had spoken to her before he went out had inspired her with a straight hope. She arose to her feet, and while her husband was wishing that his companion had remained in the hall, he was not a little startled to hear the said individual speak somewhat jocularly as follows— "Well, sisay—you see I've brought him. And we are both of us all right, I can assure you." For a moment the young man was wonder-struck, but the truth quickly flashed upon him. "Jim—Jim Barrows!" he gasped. "Captain Barrows, at your service, sir. Ha, ha, ha—you didn't know me. He's just found me out, Lydia." Ambrose tried to laugh, but he could not. He struggled a moment with the feelings that swelled up in his bosom, and then, sinking down into a chair, he burst into tears. His wife uttered a quick cry, and started forward. "Don't be afraid," gasped Ambrose. "I'm safe—safe. But I can't help this. Tell her, Jim—tell her all. Tell her all now, for she's a right to know." The stout captain drew his sister upon his knee, and then related to her all that had happened since she left her. "Ah, Ambrose," he concluded, "the moment I saw you take the second hundred dollars from your pocket book I knew gaming would soon ruin you, and when I saw you draw the package, I only knew that I should take them every one from you, and that any experienced cardplayer could have done the same. Now I taught you your first lesson in poker—this is less number two. I hope it may work well." And it did work well. Captain Barrows remained with his sister a month, and then he went away. At the end of a year he came again, and this time he found Lydia happy as a princess. A Monkry's Fatal Curiosity. The soldiers at the United States Arsenal at Summerville had, until Monday, a pet monkey, the "cunningest" Darwinian that ever left the African forests. Jocko was ordinarily a good monkey, but, like too many of his biped contemporaries, he possessed a great fault. Jocko was tormented by curiosity, and alas! it finally brought him to an untimely grave. For some time Jocko has been in the habit of watching the artillery-men as they fired the morning and evening gun, and finally became imbued with an ardent desire to be a "gay sogar boy." Last Monday morning he slyly approached the piece will be filled with the fullness that flows from the uncreated source, and that will constitute our sublimer life when the present initiatory has passed away. The family circle is a scenic representation to young hearts of that higher world of relationships wherein humanity is to reach its perfection; and the unquestioning obedience we yield to earthly parents, our implicit trust in them, our unreserved love of them, are, in their first exercise, just those susceptibilities of our nature which in their last will unite us forever with the "Parent Divine." Our training for immortality begins with our first recognition of the right to command which the tones of a father's voice express, with the first appreciation of the love which plays in a mother's smile. True, we may frustrate but too effectively these simplest preparations for what we should be hereafter; but it is not the less true that it is in the family circle that we acquire these primary sentiments which constitute the very substratum of subjective religion. Every Day Religion. We must come back to our point, which is, not to urge all of you to give yourselves up to mission work, but to serve God more and more in connection with your daily calling. I have heard that a woman who has a mission makes a poor wife and a bad mother; this is very possible, and at the same time, lamentable; but the mission I would urge is not of this sort. Dirty rooms, slatternly gowns, and children with unwashed faces, are swift witnesses against the sincerity of those who keep others' vineyards and neglect their own. I have no faith in that woman who talks of grace and glory abroad, and uses no soap and water at home. Let the buttons be on the shirts, let the children's socks be mended, let the roast mutton be done to a turn, let the house be as neat as a new pis, and the home as happy as home can be. Serve God by doing common actions in a heavenly spirit, and then if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices of time, fill these up with holy service.—Spurgeon. Teach Your Children Music. You will stare at a strange notion of mine, and if it appear even a mad one, do not wonder. Had I children, my utmost endeavor should be to make them musicians. Considering I have no ear, nor even thought of music, the preference seems odd, still it is embraced on frequent recollection. In short, as my aim would be to make them happy, I think it the most probable method. It is a resource which will last them their lives, unless they grow deaf; it depends upon themselves, not on others; always amuses and soothes if not consoles; and of all fashionable pleasures, is the cheapest. It is capable of fame without danger of criticism—is susceptible of enthusiasm without being priest-ridden; and unlike other mortal passions, is sure of being gratified in heaven.—Horace Walpole. Bed and Bedrooms. Never use anything but light blankets as a covering for the sick. The heavy, impervious cotton counterpane is bad, for the reason that it keeps in the exhalations from the pores of the sick person, while the blanket allows them to pass through. Weak permeability is an inevitable distraction gave him genuine power. That was a little more than ten years ago; and since then in spite of the unexamined success of his policy, every step of his way has been followed by fear, jealousy, and hate. By nature, Prince Bismarck is frank impulsive, and quick to act. Only an iron will and a severe experience could have taught him the impassiveness and reticence requisite for the part he has played, and no amount of exercise can quite relieve the strain of these qualities upon him. It has been long known that, in spite of his powerful constitution, his incessant labors have brought upon him much physical suffering. Three or four years ago he remained nearly six months on his estate at Varzin, and was supposed to have actually resigned his office. But although withdrawn from the world, he was not idle; he still continued to direct the policy of the Imperial Government, and returned to Berlin when he was strong enough to resume the old routine. In all probability such will be the case now. He will escape a great deal of official worry, transfer to others—the care of all necessary yet tiresome details of the position, and still remain within reach to be privately consulted in any emergency, and to be recalled, on his own terms in case of necessity. Prince Bismarck's position as Chancellor of the German Empire has been specially onerous. It is one thing to direct the affairs of an old, settled nationality, possessing its own precedents, usages, and clearly-defined parties; but a very different thing to be obliged to construct a new nationality upon the ruins of a crumbled system, to clear away and rebuild, establish and organize, and above all, by the aid of men who have either enjoyed no political education or have been taught in narrow schools by methods which must be unlearned. The occasional impatience and irritation which Prince Bismarck has manifested are easily explained by the character of his duties as a statesman and the wear and tear of his nervous system. The latter report that his proffered resignation does not include his office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, which he will retain in any case is undoubtedly correct. Here he stands upon familiar and comparatively easy ground; the representatives of the German Empire in other countries are his subordinates; not his rivals. He has a distinct, prearranged policy, and is able to direct—the foreign interests of the nation without too great an expenditure of energy. His temporary retirement from the Chancellorship therefore will not be accompanied by any material change in the policy or prestige of the Government, either at home or abroad.—N.Y.Tribune. Cameron's Great African Walk. This officer traveled on foot a distance of three thousand miles, with very short intervals of rest on the tramp; for two years and eight months exposed to all the vicissitudes of climate, through forests, marshes and jungles, enduring hardships of all sorts, and yet his courage never gave way. Lieut. Cameron kept his eyes well about him; and the observations that he made both astronomical and in relation to the physical character of the country are of extraordinary value. The registered observa A MONKEY'S FATAL CURIOUSITY.—The soldiers at the United States Arsenal at Summerville had, until Monday, a pet monkey, the "cunningest" Darwinian that ever left the African forests. Jocko was ordinarily a good monkey, but, like too many of his biped contemporaries, he possessed a great fault. Jocko was tormented by curiosity, and alas! it finally brought him to an untimely grave. For some time Jocko has been in the habit of watching the artillery-men as they fired the morning and evening gun, and finally became imbued with an ardent desire to be a "gay soger boy." Last Monday morning he styly approached the piece which is used for firing the salute, and jerked the lanyard. To the amateur artistist's surprise and disappointment the cannon didn't fire. He immediately darted to the mouth to see what was the matter, when the piece suddenly went off, and so did Jocko—all his aspirations and his limbs blown to the winds. His remains were literally strewn over the sward.—Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. VEGETABLE ELECTRICITY.—A botanical traveler in Nicaragua describes a species of phytolacca which is in the vegetable world the counterpart of the gymnotus or electric eel. On attempting to gather a branch of this plant the hand feels a shock as if from an electric machine; and a compass is sensibly affected by proximity to the plant, the needle being agitated in proportion to its nearness to the shrub, taking on rapid gyratory movement when the instrument is placed in the middle of the bush. There is, it seems, no doubt that the phenomena are due to an electrical state of the plant itself; for first, the intensity of the action varies according to the time of day, being slight during the night, and at its maximum an hour or two after noon; and, secondly, during stormy weather it considerably increases while in dry seasons it reaches its minimum, the plant remaining in a withered state until the arrival of rain. THE GOD OF "the true, the good, and the beautiful," is painting everything that grows in this heart of the earth in colors beyond the power of mortal man to transfer to canvas. Flower, grass, tree, sky, in fact everything that comes direct from his creating hand, attest the faultless taste, the wonderful wisdom of him who reigns on high. The present mortality list of London shows a weekly average of 1,400 deaths in the city. BED AND BEDROOMS.—Never use anything but light blankets as a covering for the sick. The heavy, impervious cotton counterpane is bad, for the reason that it keeps in the exhalations from the pores of the sick person, while the blanket allows them to pass through. Weak persons are invariably distressed by a great weight of bed clothes, which often prevents their getting any sound sleep whatever. It is better to sleep in a cool room and dress in one that is well warmed, than the opposite. If it is necessary to heat the bedroom, let it be by means of an open grate fire rather than by a register or flue. CUSTARD PIE.—Put two eggs, one tablespoonful of flour, a little nutmeg or lemon, a bit of salt, and three heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar in a bowl; beat thoroughly, and pour in a pint of milk; fill your pie and set in the oven. If not full enough add more milk. If you wish a very ornamental pie take the yolks of two eggs and one whole egg for your pie; when done beat up the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, add three teaspoonfuls of white sugar and pour over your pie; set in the oven and brown lightly, and when cold drop bits of jelly over the top of it. RICE PIE.—Cook two small tablespoonfuls of rice until it is all in a mush. If for a plain pie add milk enough to make quite soft, sweeten it very sweet with sugar, add one egg, a little salt and nutmeg. Bake like a custard pie in one crust. If you wish a richer pie use the yolks of two eggs and some cream with your milk. Beat up the whites of the two eggs and proceed in the same manner as for custard pie. LEMON PIE.—The juice and rind of one lemon grated into one cup of water, one cupful of loaf sugar, the yolks of two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of flour. Frosting—Beat the whites of two eggs, add four tablespoonfuls white sugar, spread on the pie, and bake lightly in the oven. MOON MINCE PIE.—Two tablespoonfuls rolled crackers, nine cupfuls water, two cupfuls sugar, one cupful molasses, one pound raisins, one cupful vinegar or elder spices of all kinds; salt and put on the stove to boil. CAMERON'S GREAT AFRICAN WALK.—This officer traveled on foot a distance of three thousand miles, with very short intervals of rest on the tramp, for two years and eight months, exposed to all the vicissitudes of climate, through forests, marshes and jungles, enduring hardships of all sorts, and yet his courage never gave way. Lieut. Cameron kept his eyes well about him, and the observations that he made, both astronomical and in relation to the physical character of the country, are of extraordinary value. The registered observations he has brought home, and which are now being computed at the Greenwich observatory, promise to be of the most important character. They are astonishingly numerous, elaborate and accurate; we have every expectation that the result of their computation will be that we shall find laid down a defined line from one ocean to the other across twenty degrees of longitude, which will serve as a basis, a fixed mathematical basis, for all future geographical discoveries in equatorial Africa. The observations with which he has furnished us and which are now being computed—for latitude, longitude and elevation—number nearly five thousand. In order to determine the longitude of some particular positions, he took as many as one hundred and thirty or one hundred and forty lunar observances in one spot. In the course of a lecture before a brilliant audience in New York the other evening, Robert Collyer pronounced most emphatically for early marriages, and thought it was a great mistake for young people to wait until the bloom of youth had worn away. He said that a young man told him about a year ago, that having heard one evening, in company with a young lady friend, this lecture, he had proposed and been accepted before he had walked three blocks from the hall. At this there was a flutter and rustling through the hall, either an anxious expectancy or of shuddering dread. A nervous now-or-never expression was observed to creep over the faces of many young men, and several couples near the door nose and left the hall. An old lady in Stratford, Connecticut, is not pleased with her first experience in riding by rail to New Haven. She characterized it as monotonous, as she came in coming back went through the identical places they did when they wont down. GAZETTE. NO. 31. Railway Wheels of Paper. The infinite variety of purposes to which paper is applied in the empire of Japan has astonished all Europeans who have visited that country. They have literally found paper, paper everywhere, and in all shapes and forms. The Japanese, however, with all their ingenuity in this direction, would never have dreamt of making paper wheels for railway carriages. This, nevertheless, is being done at Sheffield at this moment, and we have seen a sample of this work. The paper wheels have steel tires made with an inside flange and cast-iron boss. On each side of the boss and tire steel plates 8–16 inch thick are bolted; and the space between the plates is filled with compressed paper. The paper is composed of what are known as "straw-boards," and these are made to adhere to each other by means of rye paste. The combined layers of paper are next subjected to hydraulic pressure to the extent of 2,000 tons for the space of four or five hours, and then dried in a heated air-bath. The final thickness of the prepared paper is about three and a half inches, and as may be imagined, the quantity of strawboard packed into this concentrated space by the giant force of the hydraulic ram is something enormous. Still a certain amount of elasticity remains in the substance, and this—in union with its homogeneity and singular smoothness of grain and texture—constitutes one of its highest qualifications for the duty it will presently have to perform. Lathes, slide-rests, and sharp-cutting tools are made to shape the compressed paper into discs of the proper size, and under a Hydrophobia. A surprising increase in cases of hydrophobia has been observed in the United States during the past five years. The ratio appears to be growing still greater; and instead of being looked upon as almost an imaginary disease, on account of the rarity of the instances and the disposition to treat every report as either fiction or superstition, or an unusual combination of nervous disorders, the medical profession no longer makes any pretense of denying its existence, its cause, the want of a remedy, and the inevitable fatal result following the most cruel and horrible suffering. The latest case has occurred in Philadelphia. A bar-keeper named Michael Crosson went into a cellar on Christmas day to draw ale. He chanced to kick and anger a terrier which snarled at and bit him, inflicting what appeared to bean insignificant wound. Crosson paid no attention to the incident, and, in a week, no trace of the bite remained except a slight discoloration. A fortnight since, some three months having elapsed, he began to feel pain in the place of the wound, inflammation set in, and a redish eruption appeared and disappeared at short intervals. At last, Crosson was compelled to go to bed by the severity of the pain in his arm and shoulder, and the physician who was called, Dr. Carroll, being ignorant of the real cause, administered a powerful anodyne, which had no effect. In an hour, the man's condition revealed the truth, the circumstance of this bite were recalled, and before anything further could be done, the case was hopeless, as it probably would have proved to be even if treated from the he The position as Chanman Empire has been It is one thing to dinage old, settled nationists own precedents, and defined parties; but to be obliged to nationality upon the system, to clear away hush and organize, and of men who have political education or in narrow schools by not be unlearned. The ence and irritation marck has manifested by the character of resman and the wear fervorous system. The proffered resignable his office of Ministers, which he will undoubtedly correct, on familiar and command; the representation Empire in other subordinates, not his distinct, prearranged to direct the foreign con without too great energy. His tempomology the Chancellorship, be accompanied by age in the policy or government, either at N.Y.Tribune. Bishop Haven Back Again. Bishop Gilbert Haven, Vice-President of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has recently returned from an official tour among the mission stations in Africa. He attended the African Methodist Conference in Liberia. The President of the Liberian Republic was present, and took a deep interest in the proceedings. The official returns made to the Conference showed that there were forty-four local preachers and forty-three churches, with two thousand communicants. Cape Mount is considered by Bishop Haven one of the most important strategic points in the Conference for work among the natives. It has 500 inhabitants. A remarkable religious revival has occurred in the Monrovia district. The Rev. C.H. Harman, who is Vice-President of the Liberian Republic, is also presiding elder of the Cape Palmas district. The Grevo war has greatly interfered with missionary work in the section. The Philadelphia, Jacksonville and other settlements have been destroyed in the war. The marriage laws are being more strictly observed in Liberia than heretofore. Formerly, according to Bishop Haven, "divorce in Liberia, as a fashion, changed every season, without any regard for God's law." Conference expelled the Rev.S.J.Campbell, who had married unlawfully. The native tribe called the Veys have invented an alphabet of their own, and are taking a great interest in missionary work. Bishop Haven travelled along the whole extent of the Liberian coast, and went into the interior as far as civilized settlements extend. He was kindly received by several of the native kings and princes, who came to see him, and asked him to send them teachers to teach their children the English language. An income of $100,000 a year is now received by the Liberian Government from tariffs. Bishop Haven thinks the political business social and religious some three months having elapsed, he began to feel pain in the place of t wound, inflammation set in, and a redish eruption appeared and disappeared at short intervals. At last, Crosson was compelled to go to bed by the severity of the pain in his arm and shoulder, and the physician who was called, Dr. Carroll, being ignorant of the real cause, administered a powerful anodyne, which had no effect. In an hour, the man's condition revealed the truth, the circumstances of the bite were recalled, and before anything further could be done, the case was hopeless, as it probably would have proved to be even if treated from the beginning with the utmost resource which the medical profession is able to apply. Crosson's delirium was so violent that four men were required to hold him in bed, and he died from exhaustion, his mind having remained clear up to the precipitation of the paroxysma. He did not froth at the mouth, but the contraction of the muscles of the neck, peculiar to the disease, occurred whenever liquids were brought within his vision. His death occurred within eighty minutes of the beginning of the paroxysma, and in about ten hours after the pain in the wound became severe. Two cases which occurred about three months ago in Chicago were clearly authenticated, one victim dying in Mercy hospital, and the other in the county hospital. The facts in the second instance were never obtained fully in detail, on account of the ignorance of the man's relatives. Instances are appearing constantly all over the country, and the natural desire of the afflicted family and friends keeps them out of print as the only means of evading the impudence of curious people. The history of this terrible disease is nothing but a record of the vain but gallant struggle of human intelligence to discover its secret. It is as old, probably, as man: Aristote talks of its virulence among carnivorous animals, but was of opinion that it could not, or at least did not, attack the human species. It has always been a source of debate among both physical scientists and medical practitioners, as to whether the origin of the disease is spontaneous among the lower breeds or is distributed by inoculation. This much is universally admitted: That the poison is convoyable through the saliva of hydrophobic dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, rabbits, oxen, and man; and that once in the blood, torrure and death ensue. Experience has demonstrated that even heals may become hydrophobic from incubation with the saliva of stock animals suffering from rabies. The chiefest danger lies in the deceptive delay which may ensue between the infliction of the bite and the development of the earliest symptoms. In the dog, this delay may be of a few days only, or it may extend to weeks or even months. The symptoms attack the horse more uniformly within a few weeks; but no rule has yet been formulated concerning the period of incubation in the human species. The only hope of escaping the fatal consequences lies in the instant and through excision of the wounded part, and as this rarely can be done in time, or if in time is not done thoroughly enough, the virus steals into the blood, and deuses A ROAD FOUR THOUSAND MILES LONG. The Rev. J. T. Gracey, in a letter from Liberia, Africa, to the Northern Christian Advocate, says: There is a broad road ("path") from Cape Mount back through the country of the Boozies, said to be wide enough for even vehicles to travel over, and through this region horses thrive, being abundant as one recedes from the coast. Here, then, as already one broad highway after the fashion of the country, back from this high and comparatively healthy starting point at Cape Mount. "That is the road to Egypt," said the Rev. Dr. Blyden, the celebrated linguist and African explorer, who had a fondness for writing articles in Fraser's Magazine and American quarterlies, under the simple signature, "By a Negro." He sat carelessly at his case in the boat in which we rode, and which he had placed at our service for the day, and he made the remark in the subdued tone, as if conveying some very common-place information: "What do you mean?" said we. "That road," says he, extends unbroken from that point, 4,000 miles across this continent to Egypt. I saw a Moslem recently who had just returned over it, from a pilgrimage to Mecca." LORD COLKRIDGE advises English clergymen not to grapple with questions which they do not understand. He says: "Sermons or speeches which are not thorough, and in which imperfect argument is sked out with feeling and devotion, do more harm than good. Whereas a man by leaving the whole matter alone, and insisting upon the spiritual needs of man, and the spiritual help which the Christian religion gives him, can at least do no harm, and with many nations may do infinite good." The chiefest danger lies in the deceptive delay which may ensue between the infliction of the bite and the development of the earliest symptoms. In the dog, this delay may be of a few days only, or it may extend to weeks or even months. The symptoms attack the horse more uniformly within a few weeks; but no rule has yet been formulated concerning the period of incubation in the human species. The only hope of escaping the fatal consequences lies in the instant and through excision of the wounded part, and as this rarely can be done in time, or if in time, is not done thoroughly enough, the virus steals into the blood, and denes science. The popular notion that hydrophobia is more likely to appear among animals in the spring and during the hottest intervals of summer is pronounced by scientists to be erroneous. The disease is capable of development at any time, and its undeniable increase seems to demand that prudent measures be constantly in operation to anticipate its outbreak. Cincinnati Times. BUCHANAN READ. — Buchanan Read once praised some verbs written by a gentleman, who replied to his compliment affectedly, "O. Mr. Read, I am not worthy to tie your shoes." "Thank you, Mr. Li," answered Read, dryly, "I wear boots." At Lady Franklin's house in Kensington, Teignyson was holding forth dogmatically; "It is all very well, Mr. Read, to talk of your country, but it is my conviction that if England were to go by the board the whole world would swing back to despotism." "Very true," replied Real, "we know that; and the United States will keep England from going by the board." A retired English officer at the baths of Lucca, who had still a ball in his body received at the battle of New Orleans, whether by accident or intention omitted to return the poet's salutation. "Naver mind," said he, a little disconcerted. "I was only bowing to the American lead, anyhow." Accounts from many sections of Iowa which have suffered from grasshoppers for the last four years say that myriads of eggs, which have been deposited in the ground during last season, are now hatching out, and that if the present mild weather continues a few days longer it is considered certain that the State will be entirely rid of the pests, either by freezing or starvation. The man who takes the most interest in his business—The money-lander.