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Montreal has been favored for the past,lew
days with the presence of one of Scotia's modern
poets, Mr. Duncan MacGregor Crerar, 'who
though yet a young man has by his very beauti-
lul lyric, "Caledonia's Blue Bells," attained an
enviable place in the hearts of all lovers of
Scottish song. Mr. Crerar is a guestat the St.
Lawrence Hall. The following are the words of
this favorite song ;
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CALEDONIA,'S BLUE BELLS. •
Hail bonnie blue bells I le come hither to me
With a brother's warm love from far o'er the sea.
Fair iloweretel ye grew on a calm, sacred spot,
The ruins,- ala s ! of my kirid father's.cot. '
Caledonia's blue bells, 0 bonnie .blue bells!
What memories dear of that cot ye recall,. •
Though now there reraainfineither root -tree nor.
wall; I
Alack-a-dayl lintel and thresholdare gone;
While cold 'neath the ,weeds lies' the hallowed
hearthstone. ,
Caledonia's blue bells, 0 bonnie blue b ells
TWas a. straw -roofed Cottage, but. -love abode -
And peace and contentment aye breathed in ts
air. . ' • .
With songs from the mother, and 'legends from
sire,
How blythe *were we all, round the cheery peat
fire!
Caledmaia's blue blells, 0 hOnnie blue bells
Oar sire long asleep, his fond mena'ry endeared,
The mother still spared us, beloved. and revered.
Sweet blue bells with charined recollections
Of scenes in my childhood forever enshrined!
Caledonia's.blue bells, 0 bonnie blue bells
Discord la tihie Song.
I sat in the crowded temple, •
While music filled the air, .
And my soul entranced responded
To the melody everywhere.' .
the pulsing, throbbing nansiel
0, the melody rich and rare l• '
Twas sweet as the night wind's sighing, •
Or the voice of an earnest prayar.
But a disoord touched Um Music,
Aud the naelody vanished quite,.
To the glorious day of rarest song • -
Succeeded the darksome
And sof havdthought that not alone
in the song's melodious flow,
A discord may come ta mat the whole
And. the sweet -voiced spirit go.
I have seen youth',s early promise
Touched with genius' watiad;
And my heart was 'filled witlagladness
As his future page I conned. '
But the mighty soul wiibin him
Was bound by the Chain of wrong;
His life was an unkent promise,
There was discord in the'Song. •
I have seenearth's noblestehildren
(Great -hearted -sons of men!)
Following the beck of plea:sure,'
Unmindful how oravnen
Their life's neglected chauces
Its pathway strewn along,'
Told the sad heart watching ' -
There was discoid in the song.
• 0, earnest -hearted children,
Of this time -worn world of ours,
In all life's weary battling, ,
Put forth your utmost powers.
Live as though this life weie earnest,
Though you re lonely in the throng,
Lf you do not, though you've genius,
There'll be discord iu the song.
Ontr seven. '!
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A PASTORAL STORY AP. ER, WORDSWORTH
I marvelil'd why a-simple:child .
That lightly drawa,,ite breath, „
Should utter groans so very Wild,
And look as pale as o oath. 1
.Adoptinga parental tone
I asked her why she crid ;.'
The damsel answered with a groan
"I've got a pain inside • • • '
"Ijhought it would haVe sent me ina
Last night about eleven."'
Said I, " what ia it makes yoti bad a -
How many apples have youlaa P' '
ahe answeed, "Only seven!".
"And are you surs you took no more,
My little maid?" quoth I. '
." Oh, 'pease, sir, mother gave me four,
' But they were in a pie ll'- - - •
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• "It that's the case" I staminer'a'out,
" Of course ycih've had eleven." ' -
The maiden answer'd with a pont,
"I ain't had more nor. SeVeLt !" .
,
wonder'd hugely what be meant, .-
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And said "I am bad at riddles; '
, But I knew where. little girls are,seut ,,,,
Fortelling ..
taradiddles.'!: : „ ,• . :..
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"Now, if you won't reform,"'said I,
" You'll vever go to Heaven." • •
But all in vain; each time I try,
That little idiot makes reply,' . '
• "I ain't had more. nor seven I" -
" POSTGCRIPT. ' ,
To borrow Wordsworth's nanie was wrong,
Or slightly misapplied; • ' ,
And so id better call my, song
"Lines after ACIME-INS1D,
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The matiodals.•
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They take me back -those modegt flowera--
To days that momerylevasi to,linow-
To childhood's happy, quiet hours„
The spring -time hours id I..„ong Ago;
To gravelled waits beneath the trees,
And to a cottage 'naeug' t the hills,
Andsweeter, bettea far than these -a:
To grandma and herdaffodils. ' .
1 know not why she loved•theim so,
. But, oh, their mutual:love was such '
' That these fair-flow'rets seethed to v.row
• . . With heartier zeal:beneath; her touch, •
• A quaint, fair picture was shie there,
quilted silks and comely! frills, , '
' And fairest always seemed she when ,
She stood among her dallodilth,. . .
, Dear grandma sleeps her last, list sleep
Within the villagelburyinglgrouncl-.-: -
The flow'rs she loved flow Toe to creep
And bloOra above that hdly mound.
, The splendid sun may rise above . .
Or sink behind:the circling hill -
Be still is witness te thelovei •
4- - -Of-grandma and the daffodils.'
We cannot tellwe do not krio*
' The mysteries that move the itt'an,,
, Hut memory alwa'ys loves to -go
Back to the time when it bean;
• So when I think of that sweet:time,.
Of grandma and her pettecl flow`as, •
4, There seem no songs to' be in 'rhyme,
I3ut mugs of them and thoke dear hours.
There Was -an old roan in Fra.1%',0".
Whose nose was as Sharp as a razor.
He once kissed his wife,
When, like a sharp knit°, • '
His nazal blade badly did blaze her.
,
Frora-Egypt's sunaiy 'fountains ,
To Java's Coral strands, . ,
Where big voi cab ia mountains .
Roll down their recall/aimless,'
The cholera brinks' coin Motiou .
And putrid ,dead aro sedn,; '
oon will Crawl the oceali-
So keep the city clean.
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AN AMERICAN COMMUNE.
History- and abits of tale Arciana.
•Society in. Iowa.
A' CURIOUS' WESTERN' ,., COLONY.
The, traveller over the Chicago, Rook
Island ca Pacific Railway; Boon after pass-
ing Iowa city, will be greeted by the voice
of the brakeman- as he announces a Horne- •
stead." Stopping, and taking ao lumber
waggon with spripg seats, in charge of a
plealiant-facea man of evident Teutoti6
extraction, a ride of a mile, .acaesa aoWtt
River, will 'land him in the raideasaf
curious people, with quaint and -strange
autroundiugsa, A correspondent otthe New
York Tribune Bays,- The Arnatna SOilietY is
She outgrowth of e small band af people'
who patina to thip country frolxi the" north
of Germany in 1846. Their religion was
one of Pewee. Their Government demanded
of every male person military service., 'Thia
they refused to give, • They were rthenim:
prieened and their, property- ,sequestrated.
About forty of.thiem• oaths to ti3esecetantry
and Settled near Buffalta, N: ' Y., but f3001:1
afterward removed- to- thie- epot :and named
it Amana, which eigniftee a‘ here wwill
rest." .• ----- . •
They- allaahased from the Government, a
whole tovvnehip, six . Miles equare, through
*mob rune Iowa River, ene of the largest
streams in the State., ,They perfected 'an-
orgatizatiOn of thpasofeadphaty;,and.aave
it' the name' .of Amanita Radity, whicile" is
now incorporated under. the ,law e sof the
State., , All that eat*:individul possessed
was ,confiolidated into common property.
By the *nes cif the compact' thereii no
individual ownership of anything with
slight exceptions foe personal' use.- The
community' 113 governed by. a President and
Executive Committee, elected by, vote of
the conainthiity. This conimittee hasgen.
supervision Of -aft business of tho.
society, elects the supetinteacientia of, the
aarioue departments Of, labor, and- ,directe.
all its affairs. .The Piesideot ie. simply an.
advisory 'after and is selepted for his age
and mature- judgment He- presides' at
-meetings of the Executive Committee.
Iowa River nialles. ti large bend near the
.eastern boundary of the township. From
the'easterri .dellection of. the _canal about
ten feet wide was cut, five miles in „length,
through the village to the •western
point of , radio:Alma - Aleng the canal
are located -the aiesidetee lots, each lat.
abutting on the canal. The canal furnishes
water for dot:acetic use and watering •the
gardens.. Each family has a house .for -its
ownuse, eurranncled.' with yards.' and a
garden: The highest cultivation is there.
attained of:vegetables and fruit of all kinds.
Grapes are extensively grown and palatable'
-wine, made from them, eacla.family makitg
its. own supply. - Large boarding-hotiaee ate
provided-in'each..aillage (for thereatereermai
six villages) for the accommodation...of the
unmarried • people. . At thee boarding
houses also the entire .people take their
meals. No cookingouogeneeal_ianuseo
keeping is- done. at. the residences. . There
are appointed at regular intervals, persons
to perform the varioue, dutiesof thesociety
To .oversee the boarding-houses; to dotae.
work therein, cooking; baking; laundry
work, scrubbing, parrying water, etc. ;1 BOHM
feed and eare for the poultry, evvineasheep,
horses, cattle:. All' the . various kinds .of
farm weak are' idet Off to ,different persons.
So in the bailie, factories and shops.. Just
before meal henna man will 'Some 'to ,a
boarding-house wthlive poultry, which is at
otce: taken and dressed; another' will
O bring vegetables, spottier meat. • Afteaeach•
mearthe•garbage. man comes -round • and
all refuse is•oarriedatevaarefed to swine, -or
..put in. the conipost heap. Each and every
'pereian has bitaor her allotted work, , and
all moves Oh in perfect eyatene. Thereare
no drones. There are large • cotton' ralad
woollen Mille, a etarch factory, and halite
canning shops.- The , coteop geode amade
are the, hest and most durable to be foiled
in the United States,' and they get higher: -
prices than eastern manufacttree. They
sell all they cart make to retail dealers in
etataeateleeeiajeipengStatee, wholhavehregeileae,
,caetteniers'faiathem. .•80,:af theft. Woollen
goode, the. Bettina of the Aalahtf.SOOiety
establishes- -their . qua) ty. .• Thea 'are .a.
thoroughly honest ,peopies. -Whatever they
dais well dime., 'They are' slovi. and 'plod-
ding.' • They'never get in a harry. ' They
retain..many. of the habit's and custoine Of
fatherland. The older people still retain
'the quaint dress of, the*. anoestors. The
yeunger ,portion have' • aAnieeicanized
themselves. They have good saboole
and -are e thoroughly educated. They
paint their • own booke . and. . do
:the printing of labels, cards and work
neceseaty for their manatactured
They make nearly everything agedby the
soaiety except 'farm implements. 'They
are very -devout people. Tbeir 'keligion is
, similar to that of the Quekersa They do
uot accept the • New Testament.. Marriage.
is a divine inetitution with, thane. In.'each
village is,a, meetipg-bouse,. Where religioufi
serviceis held every. day. About 11:
o'clock, when the• Chuieh bell rings, all
work stops- and the people go td Church,
the, Merl and wornen sitting apart. 'Service'
is eonaueited by a leader,- but the speaking
is done ' by different individuals' as the
spirit moves therfl'. The .n6arriag6 'cere-
mony as conducted . alwa,ye, at the Church,
and is pietisieely ,likethat Of the Qtiakers.
In Fables their affiliatiope are • with the
Republicans,' though they 'seldom, vote.
For- national ;officers they vote with the
,Republicansee---For - county-officeres
they ,vote , according to their ,vitews,a43 to
their best interests finaboially, and as they
vOte• so goes the eounty. But no, ,party or
clique cen influence or control them. As
has been eaid, thay began' few in numher,-
and.poor. Additions, were Made -by accre-
tion.. Wheneaer a 'person desired to join
the society, he had to make, formal applica-
tion. A thorough investigation followed of
the antecedents and character of the
• applicant. If micepted, be surrendered all
hp possessedby legal- conveyance to the:
Society.; ,; Should. 413 become dissatisfied and
desire to leave. he aerial& ahlifit falleanata
irfg with' him. Numer,ous applications, are
made to unite with, them every year; but
Lor several years all have been rejected, as
they have as large a membership' as they
deeire, the 'population being about • two
theusanda T.he Boeiety is frau:tensely
wealthy, ad ' has rteea of money, At ,
the beginning of each year a general ao-
Oeunt OS business ,is taken, and a 'balance
'theet, atruck. To every person at -the
societa hi' set off a, certain sun), stela:as
Will 'be neciessary for, be use during the,
'year. •In' each village is es general
store, *heap suPplies are • ltaPtaaa-At
these stores sthise- portion is &edit-
ed • to the families and individuals,
and Whatever they get fat the .stOre is
charged at exact coat Outsiders have 1•
pay a good profit.' Wheel a man dies vvho
is the head ,of a fataily his affaira are
anartiediately settled, and a new apportion-
ment is made to :the widow mid placed to
her credit. It orphan children -are 'left, a
guardian is appointed, arid he repreeents
atlialatitat tea- Talatentaindefalif &ate"
of the yearaeleusiness 'after the apportion-
ment15 made is invested in improvements
At •each illage areina,mense barns, and
shediewlahre,all hay and grain are etored,
and Where -alt • feeding in winter as doh
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Oxen are extensively peed in farm weak,
being admirably suited to the plodding,
easy going ways of_the people. The people
are emineiatiy I social. -among themselves.
They are courteous to strangers, but do
not desire their presence -except for pure
business. ' " '
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In No Donger ot.the rtiorhotose.
The New York Tribune " Broadway
lounger," who assumes close acquaints,ace
•with everybody of any accomittells lle that
all the Vanderbilts tithe the view that they
have enough. The father' does scarcely aey
business now. Cornaliue, the eldeet son, is
very worthy young 'man, wed you can see
him any Sunday afternoon in the .prayer
'meeting of the Young Men's Chriatian
Association at the Grand 'Central depot:
He organized and conducts that sectiod of
the assooiation. k. -Vanderbilt,
though he has to take a hand sonaetinaes to
support some of his interestS, is falling into'
the family view that what they have t
enough. 'Indeed* the senior Vanderbilt is a
little shy of tiae excedeive talk -which agreed
-
fortune niakes, and the legislatava necessit:
ties of his property at Albany grew distaste-
, ful to him. His fortune is estimated at
4150,000,000 to 5200,000,000, of which 145,-
000,000 is in Government bowie.
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WOLDEN xre eiaeistA. •
The Degradation tritt Irpon.the Wile and
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(Leslie'unday Magazine.)
On the day of her weaditg she us ant
into a Palanquin, shut up tight; and carried
to her husbands Image.. :Hitherto she has
been the spoiled pet of her mother; now
she is to be the little ela,ve of her -mother.
in-law, on whom she is to wait, whose
command sbe is irciplicitly to obey, and
win) teaches ler whatehe is to do to please
her 'husband, what dishes he likes best, and
how to cook them. , If this mother-in-law
is kind she Will let the girl go home owe.
sionally to visit her mother. Of her bus.
band she sees,little �r nothing., She is of
no more account to him than & little cat or
dog would be. -T here is eeldorn or -never
any losiebetween_themeand_no. matter how
araellaradlielna4 be tieetted tahe. ban Mailer
'complain to her husband 61 anything bis
Motber may de, for he would never taL
his wife's part. Her husband
Bends to her daily the portion of food:
that is to -be cooked for her, himself
and the chidren. When it is prepared she
places it on a brass platter and sends it to
lier husband's room. He eats what he
wielies; and then the platter i seat back
with what is left for her and her childrena
They sit together on the ,gyetond and eat.
the remainder having neither knives forks
nor spoons. While she is young 'she is
never, allowed to' go anywhere. The little girls
are married ari rang as 3 years of age, and
should: the bey to wbora eheas married die
the next 'day sae is called a widow," and is
from henceforth dotarcied to • perpetual
widowhood-slae can • never marry again.
As ",a widow, Abe "Liallf3t never wear any
jewellerjanever dress her hair, never sleet)
op a bed-enothing butte piece of matting
ppread on the hard brick floor, andsome-
times, in fact, apt even that between her
and the cold briek ; and no matter' how
ieold the night may he, she must have no
other, coaering than the thin garment she
has warn in the day. She muse eat but one
meal of food a day, and that of Cho coareef3t
kind; and .once 'in -two • weeks she
^must fast twenty -our hours. Then
not a bit of food, not a drop of water, or
medicine, must pass her lips -not even
if she was dying. She must never sit down
nor speak in the presence of her mother -in
law, unless she commands her to do. so.
Her food roust be cookedaand eaten apart
from other women's. She it3 a • disgraced,
degraded. woman. She may never" 'even
look on at any of the marriage ceremonies
or festivals. It' would be an evil omen 1 or -
her to do so. • She may have been a high,
caste Brahmiitio wonaan, but on her be-
coming a widovv; any, even the lowest ser-,
avantamay-orcler.-her-to-do-aaehat-the,y do
not like to do. No woman in the house
must ever speak one word of love or pity
to her, fax it is supposed that if a woman
show e the slightest commiseration to 8,-;`
widow she will immediately teem:lie •One
herself. It as estimated that the,re are
eighty ti3oueand widows in ;India under'
sixteen years Of age. The prevalence of
sincide among young temales is BO great,
that it has been brought tothe attention
of the courts. This can be traced to the -
oppressive control exercised by the mother:
' in household' matters over the
daughtei-in•law, independently of -and un-
checked by the interference of the husband.
The eon is expected to take •the part ofthe
mother against -the wife:
Imo* ear came Amour!,
origin ot the ".ExiirestOon Evers thlog is
Lovely and the Goose .11.111114B nigh."
A gentlenatu ielated the engin, of the
expression " Everytaiug ialovely and the
gooide hangs. high." It occurred be eat.
aohneNew Brunewica, in a part of the town
ataaasaaBeathea, known an the back shore, and.
Was -first related • by one James Richey,
• who, like Abrithana.Liecoln, appreciated at
..joke and had ,a great SdHlie et hurnor, and
wouffi pay visit e to the.baokshore expressly
• to h'ear the fanny :sayings of • some of the
colored inhabitants citthat ideation; among
whomwau one Clime. Dingley, who used
big,sounding' words without any regard to
their meaning. or application.His occu-
patMie elf pushing handottat around town
brought him in contact with everybody, and
moat P9.0131€1 would bid him tell the time of
day or ask hitt eome'question for the sake
of hearing his ridiculous answers. • Ou, one
occasiota. after a large Baptist- chureh. had '
just had the staging removed from the'
badly proportioned • tower, he. waa asked
what he thought.of it. 'He replied, "Well,
I don't kribaa anything &bent the internal
arrangement,' bat, I_ Would exalt it -about
fifteen feet in airouneferencel" Another
time he, helped a woman prop up her,
elothes lines, and by putting . the pole
where the hues creased held up 'several
avitla one area, •Whenhe exclaimed,-'' By
putting up the Pole you hold upahe whole'
control without the least delegatoryorlost
infelicity." But the -time the saying above
(Noted originated was when sRichey was
paying one of his visits to the back shore,
and Dingley ,ancl one Moody (who was
afterward killed by it fiellingehimney), had
obtained'a geese ands weregoingsto play a'
game called," fotty-five " for it:• The goose
watt -banging up to his right apd- a little in
front • 'el hire; and both he and Moody, had
made the same* score,- se. a :great deal
deaezidedaoh , his next hand being a good
one if he was to win the goalie: When the
catch were dealt he lookedehem over care-
fully and seeing he hada good hand he,felt
confidenthe would win, and eolling his eyes
round toward the goose said, " Everything
IS lovely and the goose , hangs high." The
next-darthe-st-Ory-Walli-tirilh it Street. and
for a thine the expression was only used in
connection with theastory; but before long
,theneapressionealone_aveatehearcheand-feem_
people who did not know ite origin. -Denver
Republicami.,
4_31nonn s ropuiation.•
A tbottlING IDAISCRJAGIN.[
the °saner ot the, Jukes of Killarney to
Wed a Baltimore Leidy, .
Mr. H. A., Herbert, an est -member of the
English Parliament, nareported to be about
to wed the ' daughter of the , Hon. George
Hawkins Williahm,'Bresident of the' Mary-
land Senate.. The announcement made re-
cently created quite a stir io fashionable
social circles. ,The yelling lady in question
is Miss Rebecca Williams, and the pros-
pective groom is the owner af the
Muckross estate, which includes within
its boundaries, the laments' Mucikrese
Abbey and the world-renowned , 'lakes
of Killarney. The ancestry et Mr.
Herbert is a distinguiabed , one,
and dates laack to the time of klenry
which monarch knighted Sir' WillilEad Her-
bert, the representative of the fatailydail
that time. The father of the present owner
of .the, INItickross estate enjOyeclr the dis-
tifiction of dioving the address to the Queen
in the House of Commons in 1854. Mr.
Herbert is the largest landed •proprietor in
the south of Ireland. He ia a man of middle
age, of polished address and enjoys great
personal popularity.; • Xfia recently visited
m faint itetiaii as Lae ItAIINBOIVS.
Some ot the' tiVontlecs ot_IViagera Falls
and Dfisewhere.
-We' knave herdgreat , deal 'about
Niagara, Falls and -vicinity of late, 'and
ueually in their aspects of terror ;rather
than of beauty, although the latter element
has not been entarf3ly negleatea. Bat nearly
all writers, whether early travellers or
recent correspondents, seem to have over-
looked one striking feature of the great
,cataract, 'and that is tate .fact that' at the,
,entaancie to the Caae.of the. Winae May lie'
epeui°. the rehiarkable alienable/Iona of
;rainbow forrning; a perfectL.cirele. ' This is •
Isaidi.to be the •attly sot 'in' tile 'world m
which each &Wonderful spectacle'has been
deent The books tell yout• that aaraantiow
forming more!' that a partial • •circle is an
eimposeitiality, 'became ea• horizontal line
.drawn from the. ,spectator's eye must ter• •
nainate at a, poirit corresponding, to •sthe,
centre of a •cipetmference, which last
includes:the rainbaw, as an. aro, &tad that ,
ILIS vision, from thatpoint cannot biaend,
over a surface of, watery drops sufficient to
form perfetit radii, with, as a consequence a
conapleted circle below his _ eye as welLaa
hh&vd it. Ha' here alt these seemingly ira-
possible conditions are met. Aa OLIO pau es
at the • aweettaieiring_entranceetestheariya-
terioas cave. ae beholds before. him, en'
every hand, an 'aqueone, snowy sheet ea '
,denee that with difficulty can he determine'
by eight alone which is -the water
and which the' aoarina spray' from behind'
it.' Suddenly,' as' it ware a citel of fire
'blazes direatly in his path', and in deecend-
inote rude stairway into the aaaer.filled:
eavern he actnally'atepe tlarougla it. Thie
rainbow -differs from' the ',penal' variety% in
other. peeticulars., is Only -about 7 half
the width of ..the. latter, with., the ,colors
cerrespondin. gly arranged in narrower
-bands, Its actual: size, of 'conifie;. varies -
according -to -tbe height and position of the
person leeholdeng it ; far, it must be rencietn-
beredno two eyer see preeiselar the seine
eainboW.. But the circle may, be roughly
stated to be in diameter . about twice the
• height of a human body. •- The occurrence
of this rainbow, 'remarkable- as sit is,
can. be explained by the scientist ac-
perding eienewn, principles„ But ill:
,Ancirta a recent French traveller, describes
,
-in " Le .Tour du . Monde,a, a peculiarly
strange and beautiful one, seen by liiirr•
during his journeyibga among the 'Andes of
Ecuador; for which be does. not attempt to
account..---It-does not.eyen appear from his
narrative that any rain or vapor was -visible.
M. Andre 'represents this spectacle as 00-
curring upon a p.articsular ,mountein 'save
near the-aillage of Tuze. It seems, from
a short cladtanee, attached to the inountait
side, and not hovering, in the air, from
which circunastan,ce• Ube slope is named in
Spanish .the . ' • Encaanted Side. 'T.his
_Phenomenon... 'appeara,..,literallY,_ Ike:, a
'broken -rainbow, in 'which the shape 'of the
.arela is partially lost and tlie 'colors -are
displaced'. On • the. ' left the ,• rairte
how assumee the appearance • • of
a -herizontal______aind, • a, 'nurnbAr of_
yards in width, and entirely violet in color.
A central segnaent, else nearly horizontal,'
biat wider tha,n the one on the left, con-
tains four • strata; of color, -green, 'blue,
yiolet and red. -On- the 'right a. narrower
.portion appeeca, ,'partially reetored to the -
normal' Faure of a ',bow, but having .only
two coler. betide, yellow and ottenge: As
observed Itbove,.2.1)1,,i Andre,. gives no.expls-
nation to account for this occurrence, : and
alludes to no one who has ever attempted,
such aa thing. The . foregoine description
was briefly translated by. tbe present .
•Writer-froin-a-recent-nuneber-of-t.he-leading-
Trench tringazine of travels, Publiehed in
Paris. Which of the -two, mentioned eain-
hows the. mere -remarkable -seems dab -
sure that the theris not w olly or partially
;fictitious. 'a
cult to etn
.ermie. as , the oue • near hame
can obviously 136.thexn
_ore• easily, eeen and
studied ; .1,Arside;rwhiTC:11., ,While we know'
thatabe orie.iEV .r'es.4' we: c nuot yet be'quite
• A. COW PAYSTEIDO
How la Thief Divgaistd Stela!
r
Aaintal with is Coat oVitriol and
LogWood-A Smart Sentence.
Among the •cattle sold at the Western
Cattle Market Toronto, yesterday, was a
•
cow whose appearance attracted a more
than ustial amount of , attention from
buyers and sellers in, the yard. The
peculiar thing about the animal was itS
color,* which was of blackish brown
of • most remarkable tint. On
being questioned as to the phenomenon its
apparent owner said she got mired in a
mud hole as. ate was bringing her to market.
He added that it took a span of horses to
pull her out, and that the color of the
mire had tinted her 'hide. His "Story dud
not seeM to pan out properly, and other
circumstances gave riseto Finch suspicions
in the mind of the market master that the
man was taken into custody. and a police-
man sent for. When taken to No. 3 station it
was found that he had stolen the cow, and _
in order to disguise her he concocted a mix -
turf vitriol and logwooal, with which he
da,ubed her whole exterior from tip to tail,
changing her hue from a light spotted red
to the above color. ,He gave his ' name as
Geo. Johnson, of Woodhall la. O. In the
_evening_aefarraer-named-Caseetrara-Weston,-
identified the cow, and at tbe Police Court
Johnson was eentenced t3 three years in
the penitentiar
this city,, and.-durnag hie_ vent was the 1
recipient of many attentions. He first Met
Miss Williams in Newport, and rumor says
Alle_marrlageseveill-takeeplace-in-atheadeata
future. 1 event Will be a notable one.
--Baltimore Herald. -
Robblen an Dale's Eyrie,. •
Sea eagles; were formerly common in
Shetland, but through trapping and shoot-
ing- these noble birds are now nearly
`extinct on --these northern isles. Within
the last three years a pair has established
an eyrie in theeleft of a great ssaidetorie
Bea eliff;Inown as. the Bard of Bressay,
forming the southmost poittrof theIslatid•
of Breesay, -the island east of the mainland
which landlocks Lerwick harbor. On the
east side the cliffs rise sheer, out of the, sea
-
to aheight of 400. or 500 feet. Theldepre-
, ,
aatiots of the eagles' on the farms upon
lareseay and the adjacent :mainland' this
year' have been extensive. aTlie hungry'
,eaalets required to he fed, and almoat daily
lamas were, missed ifrom the „fields:
To -
p01 a stop' to this plundering a pioject was.
fornaad to rob' the nest,.and a daring l young
cragsman-a, leader , in hazardous advert.
tures-undertook: told() so unot the fitet
`convenient opportunity. The risk was
great; for, besides the peril of the descent
,and the ascent, theta was a chatale of a
;fight with the , parent birds. The eyrie
could: only be seen by the aid of 'a glass
from a 'cliff on the Mirth aide. A consider-
able Way down the eliff is a large piotrud:
ing boss -something l in the ohape of an
oriel window, with: a great cliff in the.
middle of it. In- this cliff the nest was
bailt. .. The exact distance of the nest down
the °tiff was.. ascertained.- By means ot. a'
reel of • thread, wita . a small weight at -the
end, the ineasprement was, found, to, be
fifteen ' fathoms, or about ninety feet.
With two ,assistants, the 'cragsinen very
aray_one mor_mage___shoetaye_a_aft
wards•crossed the Sound et Bressayin a
boat. The top of the bard was •attained
about 3-o'clotik. A stout oaken stake hav-
ing ...beet ,driven firmly. into the ground
throughat " eye " 84 the top of it ote end
ef a. strong Manilla • two-inch: rope • w,as.
passed.- • The young ,elimber. (flays the
account in the 'Scotsytan, from whish this
earrative is taken) made this- end -secure
round his body, while his assistants grasped
the tope on the other side of the •":eye:"
He had taken oft all amperflaous clothing,
and wore a pair of -thin golosbes. in a belt
eoupdhis waist he had 'Ea idiaablifitablareff
revolver'. Over 'his:shoulder, was slung his
fishing.basketi the ,brink of
the cliff he partially.olimbeci down; eo as
te take the strain as anuca' as possible off
the' rope. When begot to the " amnia' as •
•the place.- wherethe eyrie is • built is
locally known; he found that fortune had
favored him in sthia-that 'neither of the
old' birdeowati fit home ;but -at the mine
time be feand that' it 'cyanid -1Se a., -difficult
matter to get at the test. Immediately,
above the " pond " Was a . great ledge "of
rack Which -'completely oVerhung,the eyrie ;
so that tae' Creasman, suspended Sitthe
•air -ea the ..same .leael.as the hest, ',found'
himeelf.still ten or tWelvefeet trona it. He
atonce pigtailed '16 'those , above to be
hauied •.up thiliita ledge ; and that having
been done, he cautiously clinabed deism ite
facia, which . had a saiirP inward . elope,
until he got 'upon .the .aanale run of 'strata
as that upon" 'which the neat was -built.
By following .an open seam just wide
enough to admit hisi fingers he managed
at last to scramble ein the "Pond,"
where , prObablyhuman. foot had.
never . been set 'aefore. In the rocky
/lapel:far in • which ' he „now :.fpund,
himself he could hardly. stand up-
right e he therefore, 1 went round •on his
knees to the back of tl*ie nest. Therewere
two pretty eaglets in the eyrie.; and when
they saw the ,strange intruder they buried
their heads below the- Woolly lining tthe
nest, and remained, Perfectly still. On
lifting , the eaglets out, of the nest, though
only aefortnigat •elai they , were sel large
and Well grown that only .ene would go
into the fishing basket. The oragsmart was.
considering how, he (Mulch get • the otherto.
•the top 'of. tae 'cliff,- when a.warning shout
from, above • told.him that - one .cf the, old
birds ,Pelte approaching. It was the female
bird, which apparently 'walaideteraiited to
showfight •in defence of heryoung. ,She
femme, through.' ath'e air, ' • straight for
tae eytie; like a' ." flash of.
and the cragsnian had, barely time tbithrow
hiniself ..on his back intq thedeepest:recese
of the "pond," and draw -bis revolver,when
tii einfuriated eagle w,asaap,on him. She ma,de •
one tremendous but aineueceldeful sweep at,
hira 'with ---alone and beaka, and -skim'.
taneouely he. pulled (the trigger of his -re-
volver. The weapon, howeveramissed fire.'
The .eagle -hovered autside for a Moment
before -renewing the satanic ; but a ,shot
from he; revolver -the' report of /Which'
reverberated among the rocks--effeetually
soared it to a distance of about/200 yards,
evaliereait acontipued-to-ciecleasen-theeair--
yelping like a dog."Itivatebeaand-byejained
by the male bird; but neither of the
,eagleli again showed fight. The oragsman
haying deposited one !eaglet in his fishing -
basket, took the other' under his..left- arm',
and.having giventhe -signal to hisioom
•
panions, swung himself cute& the " aond,I.
and was safely hauled up -his, perilous.
Venture successfullyaccemplished, , Both
of the eaglets are gill alive;.and. appear to
be thriving well in 'captivity. ' They.are fed
three times -a day on flesh and filth, and on
this diet are corning. into -Very beautiful,
plumage. • Since the •eyrie was robbed, it.
May -be raentioned that the old eaglea have
on more than- one, occasion been eeen
hovering over the town of Lerwick. • This
. the . first time for twenty year that
eagles have been captured alive in Shetland.
European est:mates of the population of
China are being reduced. Beim and ,Wag.:
ner reduce •their estimate for China and
Corea from 134,500,000 Id 379,500,000.
Peterson reduces his estimate by 75,000,000,
making the present total 350,000,000. Dr.
Efapper, madeionary,. believes thie can
eafely b reduced another 50,000,000. Mr:
Efippisleya Acting Coramiesioner of Otis -
terns, thinks 250,000,000 more nearly
correct than• 350,000,000. The . losses by
the Taeping and Mehometan rebellions,
and by the famine and pestilence which
,swept tbe Provinces of Chili, Shantung,
"Shansi, Shensi eand lIonan, are variouely
estimated at from 61,000,00(a to 81,000,000.
Marwood, the, han,gmare received 175 for
every woman be assisted out of life, Med
550 oaly for the performance of the same
-offiee ihthe ante' of -the -ether sexe---• -------
LLord Coleridge was given 'a reception by
- c.
the bar of Suffolk, 'Mese. on Saturday
Iafternoon, and in the evening attended a
banquet given in his honor by the Boston
city government. . 71 q y ,, •
luvemperance ihe C;reat !social :Battle, et
Thi s is the great social battle of the age
which we are fightingbetWeerathe flesh and
the spirit -between the animal and. the
man. We are living in a time when nothing
'can save us but- moral principle in the in-
dividual. Our goveramentis an equal -gov-
erment, as such. We have cast, an _our •
edestiny-on-this--greateprinciple of popular
government, and we must go up with it, or
go dowel with it. it is for us to maintain
our institutions, if they are naaintfuned at
all ; -and al:fleas we cah tea.ela irdividuals ,
and the masses self-respect and self -central,
we are utterly ruined. It is a mere Matter of -
time. -There is'no lialvation for institutions '
_like ours except in the principle of self -
Control.' And there is no single evil,
social or political, that strikes more at
the foundation of such -institutions than
, the drinking habitof society. If you cor-
rupt the working-class by drink; if you
corrupt -the great middleclasses by drink;
if you corrupt the literary and wealthy
classes by drink, you have destroyed the
commonwealth beyend your power to save.
it. And we are making battle for the
• preservation of this .neoral principle. It is
the great patriotic mover...lent of the day.
Therefore we must have clear heads ;w
must have right conscience ;,we must have
all the manhood t -hat is in naen, or that
can educate them to it. The good that is
in society will hot boa match for the evil
that is continually pulling it down. Now,
young met, which side are you to take in
this great struggle ? Will you go fax
licentes-2_-Will_you_gossforapaeeitan-9 Will
you go for corruption? Or will you range
yourselves en the side of those who are
attempting to lift men up toward spiritual-
ity, toward true reasen; toward nobie self-
' co etrol ? You can afford to,,go aut one
' way. Every .young mans who ,has one
impulse of heroism, one geneteufaiendency
in Min, ought in -the beginning to take hie
,rground beyond all controversy, and say,
"1 work for those Who work for the good
and beautiful and true," -Henry Ward
Beecher..
According to a Roman Catholic ktatis.
ticianethe Pagans are kill in the majority,
numbering about 816,000,0,00, against
212,000,000 'of Catholics, ., 124,000,000
'PrOteStailte,-;84;000;000
schismatics " of various Berth, 200,000,000.
Mahometans and .7,000,000 Jews: ; This
statistician figures oat 42,3,000,000 of
Buddhists, 163,000,000 '6.Braliniins " and
229,000,000 of idol worshippers. •
Mar. Cane! in hie last lecture said : - I .;
have avoided politics all my life. I simply
cast my vote,and that is all. If I were a
politician I should be a Home Ruler. 1
would no tie a Fenian, for that I belie-vo to
be against the grace of God."
smosnommow
the-Ghicago-Trablate-says
unoonsoiously and touchingly testified to
the excessive drudgery of her mother's
life, when on being asked, '"Is your
mother's. hair gray Ta be replied "
don't know-, she's too tall for me to 800 "
the top of her hesd, abd she never sits
down." .
The Queen- has -forbidden the usual High-
land games. She frequently arives to
Crathie Kirkyard to visit John Brown's
grave. Brown'a eucceseor RS personal at-
tendant on the Qiieen is Francis Clark, a
'Highland gillie brought up on Deesitle. The
Queen has entrusted tae tame of writing
her biography to Miss.. lieddie, Scotch
ady, introduced by Lord RelandeGrivver.
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