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THE GOOD OF THE BoY. soot of this boy? owide awake maa. mptivs the disk, ner bread he (ih. always is ready will Ae make? {this b yy? put down a brake pr-go lucky, 1, rack! Hearty the = bow? his alway? jocks of t r guardian its best n« ‘ Sion upon it, a « Wrinkle upon ¢ and lessens the ¢ She is inqn faint | ¥ that the brig 2 ta roant month > i on a lee shoreand to pieces by the sea, and wiil never come in— hever—nevermor When they tell her she will not balieve | them, for this woman and her child have su- feel as sare as God rules that xi Luck” will eome in, and come in soon wil cargo aad crew though they have been as. Greathing t many a Then she goes across the street and winds her way among the bales 2nd boxes and pass mgearts,and through all the hubbub and bustle of the wharf. and climbs a flight of stairs to where the brig's owners have their Office. They are used to seeing her. They amile sadly when she enters with the child, and look Significantly at one another, as much as to say oor thing! sne’s mad! No wonder, no wonder! Mad! Yes. she is mad with hope deferred, with apxiety to meet her husband, Caled Selter, master of the brig “Good Lue';” ty meet the 1 r of the brig, her husband and the father ofthis child. Gol of Heaven! way does he stay away from her so le “Is the Good Luck in yet?” she aszsof a elerk “Not “She’ g the same question and same prayer for many and et, ma’am pected, of course, today?” > | her lighti good, though, sir; so very good! Aud news of tne G 101 Lac«?” ‘ord, I'm sorry to say.” : be possible. “Tae brig must come | in = day. vn “I'm sure ‘So, with all my heart and | soul, Mrs. Selter™ . 2 “I know you do,” she responds, with a | Sigh. j “Now go. I'm sorry you have to wakxen the child, but I suppose you can’t help it.” “Come, Ellie.” Says the mother, waching | on the shoaidor. The chiic n seelug herdisappoiotment, she bursis | into tears. | The brig will | Don’t ery!” the 1 old man speaks soothingly 1 the sobbing child; and | @ Mother catching her hand waik« slowly and sadly away, followel by Mr. Tawmai. who lifts the little girl down tne stairs, ani helps both her and her mother into a car. he next morning the woman is loitering about the wharves with the 1e agonized inquiry. She again puts the ques- tiontothe wharfmen. and again receives oly = — ae prem as erie she seeks e office of th» brig owners, still accompa- nied by her little girl. and asks: - Has the brig Good Luck come in yet?” Not yet, ma: Wy She sighs and looks out of the window at She says she will wait for ‘awman, and sits down. | When Mr. Tawman comes In, as usual, he | greets her very Kindly, and kisses the litle girl and says: i'm sorry the brig isn’t in yet!” ‘Will it be in to-day.” “I hope so." And be goes behind his desk and looks over his letters. He bas not seen long engaged in his correspondence, when a scream fiom the woman startles him. She has riseu and is pointing excite! y out of the window. | «Here is a ship coming in; look, look!” | “That's not it,” said a clerk; “that's a | schooner. | “Ob, nol” adds Mr. Tawman: “that’s not | the Good Luck.” | “It ist it is!” She darts from the offiee, | dragging the child after her, runs across the busiling wharf outto the very edge of the water. or b treasury also. The negrocs were smarter Mr. Tawman rushes to the window, opens | §¥ ‘ ng the larg | tt, and calls to her. Tono parpose. however. | en tne ee did cot hae enter | the clerks eius! at th : e | Alltheclerks cluster about the Window to | { La question, | The woman ts ma going to drown herself Tawman says guietly »perator " Says one. “She's the telegraph aiog e in the strea me Mrs teris staadiog tn the a crowd Of excited p waving andkerehicf, and the Little girl is wav- hers. “Look! look there! rd! alarm ¢ midst o her The: * a man KS. A over- ery of + He's swim «He has landex “God of Mer operator. “Sh Little girl F's ¢ “Thank God ny i * shouted the nm; so 1s Loe Tawman, “and sink ualer thy w she clings to ihe ar! dear son his bat and rans dowa Stairs like a boy, and darts over where hus- band and wife aud cuild are, united and happy. “The Good Luex's man. lusti! “Ab!” hi come in!” yells Taw- xelaimed y hand. and not ¢4 and wondering crowd all aroand him, is good luck, my boy, isn’tit, ea? Did you get my telegram?” When the man can speak he answers: **] planned it all!” chatters o “You see, I got adispaten, y the Breakwater, saying thai Captain Se bad been picked up on a raft by the sche YY, bound in, and that you wei oming | up by rail from ‘Lewes. I telegraphel back | word for you to come up in the schooner for acertain purpose. Tne shock would have been worse to her if I hadn't. I told h when I pat her in the car yesterday, that t brig would come in, and come in it did. Over to the office, every one ef you, and after dinner and dry clothes, Cap., we will have @ talk about business. Come on! A Fly's roilet. ‘The totlet of the fly is as carefnily attended to as that of the most frivolous of human insects. With a contempt for the looking- glass—an article which he reserves for the most ignoble ases—he brashes himself up | and wabbies his little round head, chuck it of Loge 2 wherever he happens to be. Some- Umes, aftera long day of dis=ipation and {lirt- | king the c g for the 4 Tawman. day, from | vessel coming in now. I see ts. Look! * pointing out of tot Maybe dear, here's fainer’s ‘Vessel, with father on board!” The child claps her little hi Sorry to say tain’s it, kK, relaxing into paying no more atte the woman. She stares out at the open window at the approaching vessel drawa by a tug, and then With a blank look upon ber face and a moan dsat the sight. ma’m,” s what is heart-rending = “No, That is not the Good Lock. t » the figure heal r Of the Good Lueck is an ang gold angel. No, no. that isn” * But papa will come home soon, won't he : vers the € res, yes, yes! To day, a while and id. my darling, to- day. Old Mr. Tawman, who isthe head of the e@tabli-kment here. now comes from behind his desk. and approaching the woman, says in a kindly tone: er, sit down; make yourself as as you cau ina dingy offlze hke Here. littie one, come here; give mea &é bright, pretty litiledear. Mrs. Sel- She looks pale,” sad the mother. “She been walking too mach. I don’t mind walking to fad ot tired.” I'm father. ‘The old gentleman sits down and lifts the girl on his knee, and kixses her. little She winds ber arm about his beck and ex- claiins i “You'll tell my papa to come soo2, won't you" habit of this firm to pay a sort | monthly tothe widows of captains | It was not fpay, bat nly @ many Mrs. Seiter had always receive ! her . While he was at sea, she Was Sick, or I'm sure the Good OF It Was se the weat! Ah, Mr. r bart. Tawman, k a drawer he takes ook and begins writing @ goes over into the cashier's eis were the telegraph clerk er. click! goes the magic in- ing its dot and dasn mes- ' gays the operator. “That's "The prop:ietor could read a. says Mr. I mast not tet! her. mes back to where the woman ts 5! flushed with emolioa; som exeliemeat. He throws into her k of bank notes. +, Mrs. Selter,now go home. Tak car at the door.” “Oo, I'm not tired. And I should like. » be here when the brigcomesin. Bat Ituaak ou so much, so much.” . “Here, liutle one,” says the gooi-heartet Tawman,* here’s something for you to bay candies wita.” He puts Inve her tiny out- stretebed palm a bright quarter ofa dollar, and laugt the wouder and deligat of tae ” "ll keep ths for my papa.” Poor litt: taing. she ts weary unto sleep. She cuddies herseif in the big chatr aod slags te ber in an instan! fi aes ow: bt ra. Beiter, you've had nodinuer, sir.” in rhaps; bot I mean to-day. Bir Pelton here, our youug “Ob, yee € S: tens 40 down wi iban, aod get something to eat. You sec “= rras ments here for the pnt ewe give them a hot dinner, and & good dinner, too. There’ Dow. Everybody's dined. Go dowa there, and ask the waiter, George,” addressing Mc. Pelton, whom he summoned, “to give this good Indy @ cap of tea and ® piece of , some ebhicken and ail that.” Toen, pausing a moment, as if ety and eS anthropy are struggling mastery ia his mNo, no, George. Tell Henderson to send my room here; taat’s bet- ter" The young man leaves tne foom. Thea Mr. Tawman enters the office again and con- r rator. *tiigend this imeseage at once, Mr. Lindlay, it you please’ He writes something end the operator clicks it off at once. [t's a long sident’s portant, to interesting, to those whom it “n sent the pri cerns. Then, by the time the message 1s dinner is ready in Mr. Tawmau’s private office, when Mrs. Seller pariakes of it, bat does pot think proper to waken the weary may eat also. Then Mr. Tawman says: ‘‘Now, had better go. I'll nee to the enita; Pik Bang the little girl op with me to-night. “No, not” exclaims the mother. “I must have my Ellie with mealways, sir! You are | again, and he bid: j sclous and vital kinship | power Of the univer: ‘ni | which ing, with his six small legs and little round body all solled with sirap, and butter, and cream, he passes out of the dining-room and wings bis way to the clean white cord along which the morning-glories climb, and in this retired spot, heediess of the crafty spl - der that is practicing gymnastics a few fest above him, he proceeds to purify and sweeten himself for the refreshing repose and soft dreams of the balmy summer nizht, 50 necessary to one who is expectet to be early at breakfast. It is a wonderfal toilet. Resting himself on his front and middle legs, he throws his hind legs rapidly over his body, binding down his frail wings for an instant with the pressure, then raking them over with a backward mo- tion, whieb he repeats until they ara bright and clear. Then he pushes two legs along his body under the wings, giving that queer structure @ thorough currying, every now and then throwing the legs out and rubbing them together to remove what ne has col- lected from his cor) i surface. Next he goes to work upon his van. Resting on his bind legs and middle legs, he raises his two forelegs and begins a vigorous scraping of his head and shoulders, using his proboscis every little while to push the accumulation from his limbs. At times he ts so energetic that it seems as If he were trying to pull his head off, but no fly ever committed suicide. Some of his moiions very much resemble those of pussy at her toilet. It is plain, even to the paked eye,that he does his work thoroughly, for when he has fiuished he looks like a new fly, so clean and neat has he made himself within a few minutes. Tng | white cord is defied, but Floppy is himself | the morning glories a | ming. — [ Lensisvidie | ve good Jintenat. Ovurier- A RELIGION OF CHARACTER —These in- | dications point to the identification of re- ligion with personal character, character at once in its simplest aud largest sense; as right-doing—the faithful, patient pursuit of all moral excellence; as aspiration and_toil | toward @ perfect manhood, a maahood firm- ly planted in fidelity to all haman and | earthly relationships, and bound by con to the spiritaal religion, when | ize goodness | it will inily developed, will re: as the 2 th’ find the noblest ex spiritual faiths in applying them to produce | integrity, purity, love, Joy, peace, in tne | lives of men; it will find ta such fruit u best approval of the faiths that nurtured it; it will, let ns hope, by making morally bet- | ter, and purify ing their minds of the animal- } ism, bitterness and selfishness that dim the moral vision, enable them to discern as by intuition the great spiritual realities about we qaestion, thas making good the romise that the pure iu heart shall see God. | ‘hile a religiou of character will thas be in | the strongest sympathy with Spiritual faith, it will not condemn any man, whatever his belief,who in his life is pure and benevolent, it will not be afraid to accept the teaching of Jesus, that the supreme test-question 1s whether we have ministered to the hungry, the naxed, the sorrowful and the sinning. It | ‘will sftirm without reservation tnat the only real heresy is wrong-doing.—[ George S. Mer- riam, in Scribner's for October. A SINGULAR Sort ov GHOS?—A rather queer complaint was made to Justice Ciute to-day by # woman named Mrs. Ricketts, who resides ou Street. It appears | that Mrs. Ricketts has residing with ner a woman passing under the name of Mrs. Chis- | ler. Mrs. Chisier lived for six years with John Chisier as his wife, and assumed his name. At the end of that time, having come into the pos+ession of a legacy left by a rela- tive in the old country, s1¢ abandoned John and went to reside with Mrs. Ricketts and joy her fortune in peace. Jobn, as may be sup’ » Was Lot pl and now, in the ‘of inducing bis former housekeeper to return to bim. he haunts the house in which she now resides. Sometimes he sppears wrapped in garments of white, and, tapping atthe img po —— _— o emype the name of bis lost love. other times ~ black. The wo- or become nervous over nocturnal visits, aud desire to m discontinued. Justice Cla:e di- rected Mrs. Ricketts to bring ber lodger to support her statement, and he would issue a warrant.—{ Albany Journal. Lapy Lewson’s Tottet.—Lady Lewson, of Clerkenwell, objected totally to Sw either her house or her person. She consid- ered water to be the root of all malady in the a people expose themselves = the chill nt ~y by frequent ablution. | te ployment for all lofty and | } A Rem:rkable Counterfeit HOW THE EXPAK(s HAVE BERN Dt Chi VED BY THE 31,00 BOGUS BiLL, AND THE DRTRCTIVES BAYFLeD IX THEI EFFORTS TU DISCOVER THE MAKER. (From the Springfield Tit.) Journal, Sept, 21.) ben the famous Origg® gang of ¢ -unter- feiters were convieud im the United Siates Court here, and sent to the peniientiary for @ nomber of ) ears, and when (he r expert en- traver, the famous Ben Boyd, was aiso sent up, the hope was indulged that so far as very “dangerous counterfeits were concerued there We~ @ end to the busivess. Bar it turns oat tbat there are still more dangerous comoter- fe ts in circulation; or rather we should per- haps say & counterfe®, for it |s a counterfelt of @ single issue—the 169 Issue of $1,000 greenbacks. Seven of these bills have already been captured by the secret service detectives, but as yet no trace of the opera- tors who make them has b-e» discovered. Tus almost perfect counterfeit has heen | taken at the Sub-Treasuries at New York, | Chicago and St. Louis. Only last week oue | Was received at the Treasury Scent of the United States from tor Bub Treasury at ‘This bill passed torough the offi of the Redemption at Washington, and was Within an ace of being canceled as a good bill. The counter‘eit has a remarkable his- tory. It is admitted to be made by a man of # higher talent as ap engraver than any man in the government employ; tor without the Tiected processes Of the government to aid tm, be has yet turned out so good a bill as to decel ve nearly all the experts not specialiy warned. Its discovery dates only four months back. How much longer it has bean in circulation Is uot Kaown. The operator is very carefal in his movements, putting oat only a bill ata time, and that in such a way & to baile detection. Of the seven bills ¢ iptured eaci has a his . Itappears from the statement of the Tréasury depariment that one was passed in Springfield first; but of tt hereafter. The firat ‘iseovered through a St. Louis | Some months azo she had a visi- | o had upon his person three of the | tor w bills, and she robbed him daring the night, bot supposed that she had only #199 brils The uext day she out three different hegroes each With a bill togetithem changed, Two went to the custom-honse and to tne wer ed the bills w.” Tae thirt necro west and deposited It was ace ertificate of depos heard ands ed thet et L was short] this ihat one mate tls appe Springteld. and was taken by one banks trom a customer. Bais is a Dill whieh formed the basis ast term of the " the “i Banks, but Ridgle another. It appears from the Washington re- t the man who offered tne $1,000 bull ane at the Spi field bank Wasabie T tbe disco: he had rec 'y that the bill was rom a benk in The ky bank could it, and so had = DIT! was reeoly m the sub-tr What baifles deteciion putin circulation. In nears se ve been t down it is jound tha nave been passed by uoknown cattic dealers, passed on to other pla: The nature of their business naturally forbade suspicion against them @n account of tue large denomination of the bills. The plan of the operator appesrs to be to putout only oue billatatime. His social standing mast be ocd, as he has alwa: been able to secure Ubeir entrance into respectable channels of Cireulation outof the Way of suspicion. It is also shown that the mao Iya erver o. the mover cently @ warning clicular Was <¢ bing the weak points of the DIN. Oue thing #bout the counterfeit, it was stated Was that the flouri<h at the ed of Chilten- den’s tigrature was larger than in the urigt pal. and that tthad the appearance of a ser- heac. Shortly alter this reular the ago bill was captured, when it was dis covered that the flourish had been pl-ked out, @ as loconform to the original. it ix said by Treasury authorities that tnis man has a fortune in bishunds. He is anew man to the service. His work is tofinitely better than that of Tom Ballard, now in the Albay penitentiary, who produced a 8500 note th Was received at the New York sub-treasary Svidently he works without associates, att is at present bafiling every effort to ob al. any Clue to hiro, trom bis respectable assoc! ations. The bill is now regaried as ovo the most diMeult to work up ever unler taken by the Government servies. Detective Tyrrell, during his recent visit bere, wax unable to discover a trace of any secon’ bill having been passed in Springfield. On Top of Mount Blanc. The day was fully established when we halted for our second breakfast the only rocks that are met with above Lhe Grands Malcts. A great part of the way f-om this point to the summit required steadiness of head. At times you have to mount the angles of very steep arees of sow, feeling ‘ou are abysses unfathomable Ww the eye, aod that right and left there is noth ing bearer than the nearest planet; some- times you have to traverse the more level ridges of these aretes, with little more spice along the ridge than enough Ww set your foot on, and with rapid inclines on either side yoing down to you cannot guess where. ‘bese situations, as is tue case, 1 suppos with every form of Canger, caim and stealy some Ininds, while on others they have th» opposite elect. At all events, they Keep out or your mind the thought of time, and so we were surprised, as we had been by the edvent of day, at foding that our object w: attained, aud that we were staudiag on the summit Of our continent. It Was now 3:20. m.,and we had been climbing seven hours and a half. To disengage ourselves from the repe Was our lirst act. As I stepped ont of the loop a sense of liberty an relief thrilled through me. My first thoug? wae of the panorama of the Alps now spread out beneath me; asight [bad often thought sbout, acd should never again behold. Tar ctual sommit is @ narrow level-topped snow rib about 200 yards in length. Qu its Lorthern side is a rapid snow de-caut; on its southern some 8 or 10 feet sucAmnit » almost | Is & I stood for mimi rib to recety y memory the photographs of the many ges and ps of uie Alpine worid ali around. They were 80 far below tba: tie whole scene bad the appearance of an em- bossed map. That th's was the aspect of the Atpine world brouzbt home to me the meaa ing of being Uhree miles up in the air. Hay. ing takea not my fll, bulas it were a tirst deep draught, ofthe grand pauorama. broak- fast—it was our third—was announced. On the couch. sheltered by the topmost rib from the current of air Which oa this mocaing came up to the north side, my shawi, whieh & porter had brought up hal bed spread for me on the snow to lie upon. tie sunshine was delicious. It was a subtie ether pervading with invigorating warath my mind #8 weil as my body. My mus-les, my bones, my very brain had an tosatiable afiinity for it. Its absorption, aided by the other adjuncts of the situation, constituted fer the Ume their summum » leaving botbing to be desired, or tha! could be thought: of, a8 Wanting or better. No thoaght avoat the difficulty some feel to breathing rariied air, aby more than about the cold usually feitat these heights, occurced to me during the day; in fact these matters were never at allin my mind, tili in the evening,on my return te Chamouni, | was asked how I mau- uged with respect to them. Asto my cloth- ing, I did not wearon the summit, nor at any lime during the night or day, anything more than cursioa. I wore thi it my le ex |y outer garb was tof light and rather flimsy cheviot, and my inner of floe and sunny aday meriLo. ‘on 60 I found comply sufficient. In ascending, — again both soc! and boots at the Grands Mul Prasor’s Magazine. Con. ROBERT INGERSOLL holds strong opinions on cookery. He says that cookiog the fine arts; that it takes far more pease toe cook than a tolerable be an excellent is ScENR on 9 Sixth streetcar. Enter aman and a woman, bul not together. Passenzers Stance that a morning tub is all . for she was 116 years when she died? For fee ore 8 wegen life she never di . * a- stead, to soften ber skin. All large and well farnisned, her house, like per- sop, was never ‘and but rarely swept. {Chamber's inst Set Shas weet aah sn Ei eeroet Pantie pitas Sams jused—seat remains unoce (Cin. Commer otal. 1 once } should The Morse Back POINTS IN ANATOMY BY ADIRONDACK MURRAY. Rev. W. H. Morray, ihe noted editor and d@ iver of fast trotiers, says: The frst thing to observe in judging of a bor-e. #0 far as bis back ts concerved, is the Jengib of it. A long back is @ «eak back the ov ld over, and op every instance, By supe- Flor exe: Lienee of structure in other respects, the Weakvess of the back may be, 1.50 0— measure, made up, bul the horse can never be the horre be would have been bad his k been 4 shurier one. Wedo wot care how back is, for it is @ sure evi denee that he can carry or drag # heavy welght @ creat distance aid not Ure; nether, if he be s)cedy, will two or three seasons of turf experience break him down, ax is the case with -o many Of our speedy lo:ig-backed rset m1 Old Morrill and Flora Temple are instances in the past, and the famous grandson of old Morrill, Fearcaught, and Taygari’s Abdal- Lab, are good iilustratio: moug later horses. This conformation KA - in our Opinion, & grave objection against youn Morrill and Rysdyi’s Hamble oalan. te spite of all ther excellences, both of them would have been decidedly better hor» s bad they been coupled shorter and more strougly on the back Ii Young Morrill bad bad the back of bis <1re—one of the most marvellous specimens of perfect bone structure and mus- cular power ever bred—he would never have gO teD 50 MAUS SWayed-backed colts as now s acd (0 his charge. The sume was the cave in even greater measure with Rysd)k’s Hambleovian. We snow What he did in the stud. We know that crossed on mares of @ certain patiern and bicod, especially on the daughiers of Ame: ian Star, the fthe great Heary be gave us (roiters of the highest. spesd, aad s cond to nove in endurance. But ail this Was true in spite ofbis bacg, not because ud Where be sired one ly gly coupled up in the baek and loins (as ry colt should be) he sent forth Ave or tea withort [hos admirable coustruciion, nay, epresentati ves of the other forin One may attend the fairs of the country, and elebt out of every ten of the Hamble: omen siallions exhibited will present to the eye this unfor:unate peculiarity. Will be urged that these long-backed horses ehormous strik We graut that stride # great distance; bat we also thal their ieet stay under the sulky @ gtme. Th wer to ‘twice their feet out from on ter the wagon,” as an old driver Xpressed it, does uot belong to them, ever fi ds flim connection w nto breed col's with az arhestly as any oue; hese colis blessed with an should bava the Kuack aS In reply it ii respect to. the length of stride, we ) SAY—IhAL it Is NOL in any way the ulLorihe lebgth oft bat th + post- (ie shoald- bones of the gin somewhers, ; ¢ ard notavove Poe leogth pul in berween We shoulder jotat aud the lams of the horse Ther ; s putin Flora Temple, ard which gay aead wassirids forse small ao animal; aed, there, too, 1s u tied ftin r, Fearuaaght and stride on a Sandy vane found to be feei! sormous stride one, we should be is; and yet Ablallan mu Batre, Fare Gifford M - Morgan like back, dis grand- one to beget more mise nowy, eders than this—that we must breed loag- backed colts in order to get length of stride. We bave always noticed that the horses loag inthe back and loo-ely coupled at the hips are the horses that always e judges’ stand padded and swatne pods” and " enough Lo stloc« yibing esbablishment. i~e there is too littie back and loins lo deliver the The reason is, strength tn th strokes in a quickly and Is at Such @ animal's Life, mony hang € housand eyes are wat horse 18 going at the t« formation and per ture te! The Adoration of Mohammed’ ie. y when the e— the supre era ps—when and fame ly inthe balance, and ten ning bim, and the DOr his speed, that ctiva of orgaule ’trac- It Is now the niouth of Ramazan over in key and other Mohammedan countries— ve Leutof their religion; and the Mussul- mans of Coustantinople have had their an- ual pleasure in adoring the relies of the prophet. Five of these relics are in the pal sce Of the Seraglio; the chief of these 13 the Sacjak sher holy standard. which is relieved to have been either the curtala of Agesha’s tent, or the turban winder of ons Mohammed’s converted foes aud warmest disciples. Nobody can porsibly Kuow white its, for It is sewed inside of some!hiag caliéd the Caliph Omar's standard, and that nsomething else, until Were are 40 diiter. eul sacks OF cases of rich stuffs, one over the other, aud tbe whole Lreasure !s tucked tnto a rosewood coffer, Inlaid with mother of. pearl, tortoise shell and precious sto ies. Tresecond treasure is a mantle with a his- tory. There were six learned Pagan Arabs whom Mahomet desiring to convert, deflet to produce avy writing more beautifal than the Korsn. Five of the pagans gave in at once, but the sixth stwck to it that the Koran was a vulgar affair,and was cousequeatly driven into tbe desert, where he came to his senses and wrote # poem which ranks in the esti- mation of ail the Mussulmans only just below the Koran. The poem appease! the Prophet, who in his delight threw over ihe writer's shoulders his owu mantis, which is ihe one referred to. The third relic is the Prophet's beard, shayed from his chin after death; it is abut three inches lovg, of a lightish brown color, without a gray hair, and is preserved in &@ glass reliquary. Tae other articles are @ tooth Knocked out of Mobammed’s Jaw by a buttle-ax, and a [oot- print of the Prophet in @ rock, some when he was helping the masons lifta heavy stone inthe building of the Kaaba, othe's say when be jerked himself iato # Seat cn Al Berak, bis magic steed. Oa the isch of Ramazan the Saltau, his coart and ihe principal dignitaries of religion go ad adore. The manile is taken out of tne 40 coverings which envelop itas the Loly ban- ner Is chvelopet te Sultan aad the rert, one lips, the time with an embroidered ‘handkerchief, which he then presents tothedevolee. Afer ail have kissed the garment the Sheika-ul- islain and the chief of Emirs with napki.s aud pure water wipe and dry it. The water. having by the process become holy, isthe perquisite of the agta or head-ennuch of tae gin’s department, and he distribates it ong the favorites Of Lue harem of the Sul- anand of other grand dignitaries, to each one a vial thercol sealed with the agha’s sis, ct. This persopage, and the messenge:s who carry li, are glen costly presents, aud the Water, when recetved, Is doled out drop by drop,’and, mixed with otwer water, is diavk immediately upon breaking fast duc- ing the remainder of the Ramazan. WuaT Is SAID OF AMERICAN ASTRONO- MERSIN EuKure.—Tae lite M. Leverrier, ibe astonomer, characterized Prof. Asaph liall’s discovery of the satellites of Mars as une des plus importantes observations de astronomie moderne,” and Nu‘ure spo.ks Of it as follows:—"It is in the highest degree an honor to American scleuce. The maguifi- cent Instrument with whieh they have been delectec, a nasierpiece Of mechanical s'till, is of American coustruction, and we think every astronomer must admit that since it was” mounted at the Naval Observatory, Washingtoa, the national astronomical in: sutation, admirabie discernment has been shown in the selection of @ class of obrerva- ons upon which its extraordinary — power could be brought to bear with the grentest advantage In the actual state of the science. Already our knowleige of the mo- tops of te four satellites of Uranus and of the satellite of Neptune has veen eee ly advanced, tables for to itave tne calculation of their positions have been skillfully prepared by Professor Newcomb, with the aid of measures made with this in. strument. The period of rotation of Saturn sine oi cites cate niente, ons of al e tes is bas me iene prosecuted, which must soon allow of much more iutimate ac. quainiance with their motions posress. The notable discovery of two l- lites of Mars is a fitting achievement in the same tnterestlog branch of astrono: this it might be added that Bro: fig onsen manufacturer of 4; ny covery of the oxygen attention to the solar is, of course, an Ame: | | quitiry ‘The Storm Glass. An article or tnsirument known as a “Storm Gtass” has been more or less in ase for so many years that it ts diMficalt to trace its ort it is @ glass tube, Sor 9 Inches long, d about & or y ineh neter, cou- taints e* 1 quid. in the botiom of whieh Is # Whitish seviment. Lis ciaimed that the tn- cr ase and motion of this sediment in some | manner indicates the kid of weatuer to be | expected. We bad not heard of the thing for Daoy years, Gotil last winter, when t Tie~ concerning itcame in great numbers, &nd we soon found Liat some one was offer: fog tbis, or what is esentally this, as @ weather indicator. ander the lame of the Signal Service Barometer.” Wishing to give an answer at once to our correspond. nis, we applied to @ genileman widely rs known for bis kuowledge of, and researcnes | in, meteorology, for some account of tt, and reference w some Work which would give its histors. The reply was, in substance, teat the contrivance was very old, and the tlass being quite worthless as indicating tne Weather, he bad forgotten all about its ort- | gin. e then made two or three of | the glasees, and soon after two of whose made for sale came to band, and they have ben under observation for several months. | Directions for making the “Storm Glass” “re given in variou: work: proportions vary slightly ally the same: 24 d: u of camphor are | of alcobol, in # long ube like th ready deserived, or an old- fashioned talland yarrow German cologne Lottle will answer. Then dissolve 38 grains each of saitpeter and salammoniac, tn 9 | arms. of wa'er, and add this solation to the camphor solution, aud shake well. The mouth of the tube may be closely corked, or #small bole may be made in the eork; we have not been able to see any differences in those closed either way. Atier a while, the Opper portion of the liqald will becom: clea: leaving more or less sediment at the botto 1 In looking up the matter, we found by in- quiring of the proper officer, that no tntra- mentor the kind was known in the U.S. Sig. tal Service. Naming a storm glass, like te leseribed, or any thing Signai Service I meter.”* is ca ey the impression that it is used by the Signal Service, which is not the case, nor is dinselved ty itm Sense of the word abarom « eter.” have watehe! our various glass- €s, and find the sediment in feathery erys- tals. sometimes halt orm filing them, and at other times oceupytig only au inen or Jess, at the bottom. ar had much ment during per 1 weather, litle Curing the mo» élass in the room would.» whil ald tndic thing ant umotion, whe! OMeLET, Was alTect press appreciable glasses that the dimer morning, bat that the giass w by atumospher ho two cod ass storm fler a few hours nid clear tn’ the he storm up, thouga the We remained uchanged, a ci thet we found to b> not an ected with the making of fires and the warm ing of the he Ate r of daily observation. during t able season of the year, w: that it Indicated anything e days there Was more sed im ones, ard si hol weatte matter how flerce the thunder « ss Ina intaips the utmost c¢ if One Wishes to gel up a storm hot July day, he b y to set the thin the ice tox; there will soon be @ great com motion of ‘the enis—inside of the abe. That sometimes the disturbance witain t tube may take storm i8 very » weather Is offen a temperature, but o far as we can see, the charge iu the contents of the glass are en 1 Urely due to the fact that the sola the materials is affected by a sligh in temperature; when it is co: form, and appear as feathery clou liquid, but as soon as it gets a little warmer, | these crystals dissolve again. The storm glass is, 1n our opinioa, of no use whatever w as indicating What the weatuer will be, vor does it even correctly Ww owhat it is.— [American Agricul/urtst. The Value of Open Fires. We grant, as bas recently been said, that an open fire is ‘incompeteat t hou-es,” bat we belie’ important factor in the culture of eu that we have no hesitation tn urging others to try it. In houses t holly warme | by furnace, the family circle is likely to be- come impaired. The chiidren take their friends to their own rooms, aud the mother rarely becomes intimately acquainted with thelr associates. Aroand a wood fire all | naturally come logether; what interests one, comes in a little while to interest all, aad the warms the heart as well as the body. A | wood fire litearly in the evening when the | children are home from school is all tat is pecessary. When the boys ge! used to ¢»m- ing in trom the cold and snow to fluda cheerful h ekory flre blazing oa the hearth, with the room not too ui furnished for them to use, they will not want to leave it for any o1t- side attractions. The mome whistle Is beard in the evening, let some kindling Wood be thrust under tho logs, ‘The t the familiar STEAMERS, &c. CrLYpE's ony Eaeaees LIN® ELPHiS, ALEX SDHin WASHIN PHILAD EDS AND GEORGETOWN . CONNECTING AT PHILADELPHIs CLYDE'S LANE FoR BOSTON AND PROV TWENOB AND NEW ENGLAND STAT SAIL From Puuacelpuia—Saia: da} From Washington—Mondas Frow Georgstown— Freigbis received ding given to Boston dag a etown wane we marked“ Georgatowm, DC.” F foil toform N ORTH GERMAN LLOYD. STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON ANU BREMEN The ompany will sal ever) Sat urday vot of Third = street, H { passage: Fron acét n hampion, bond AMERICAN LINE OF ATE sailevery THURSDAY direct from jeiphis te Liverpool tonent intermediate and stor can be had mt Hl. COOKE, 5 ors. 1429 F «treet Ales. Aes 9 Line ro Antwerp. CUNARD LINK sOoTIOS. With the view of Cimiutshiue tne Linton, the steamers of this Hine take @ mpc fer all seasous of the year, o course On the vat: Dersage from wy t & York or ston, Orussing meridia: int nothing to the norte of G. ‘On the homeward passage Cros) .¢ (.< aeridian 80 wt 43 Int., or nothing tothe worta of 4a THE BRITISH AND NOKTH AMERIOAS YAL MAIL STKAMSHIPS NEW YORK AND ING AT CORK H BETWEEN LIVERPOOL CALL AKBOK ing W educwiny trots Now carr paeon :—Onbin, $m, $10 and 4, ket to Parts, Beturn tickets on favorable vora RAILROADS BRALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. THE GREAT DOUBLE TRA‘ NATIONAL LINE AND SHOBT ROUTE To THE SOBTH, WEST, NORTH WEST & SOUTHWEST 1877. AVE WADHINGTO! Way Stator Way end Way Stations, via Be- pleasant sensation produced by a biaziug lise, if repeated every day, winter afler win. ts toa great deal of happiness in fe-Uyae, and will never be torgottea. it ts ditieull to overestimate the value of this centval gathering-place for the whole family. Wood fires are not dusty, and when used not for heat, but for cheer, aid only in ihe evening, are not costly. ‘The moderate heat of a furnace or stove 18 sufficient for the parlor by day, and but little wood in the fire place is becessary to make it comfortable at night. Indeed, the rextster often has to be turned offand the doors have to be closed to keep the heat of the bouse from rushiag iaw the parlor. The wood fire veatilates, aud thus, not only are the feet kept warm, bat the head remains cool. Haif # cord of hickory wood lasis us aboul @ month, and we use It on Sundays afier church, and on other days if we bave friends al dinner, or the children are to be atuome. In spring and fall an open fire-place is particularly useful. Every one knows how faraace is disliked in mioderate weather, but by using at Such times the wood alone, the desired heat is obtained and far more than the cost saved in the coalthat would be burned to waste. If the fire-place is painted black, there will be a goo! background for the red } flame, and the brick-work will not be made | to look shaby by the smoke. Let it b+ a good hearty blazing fire or none atall. Bet- ler to save in fine farnitare, or in rich des- serts, than put on logssparingly. Brassand- | ivons are the best, for they never wear oat, and the labor in keeping them bright 1s mueb exaggerated. The wood should reach clear over doth andirons A lot of corn-cobs will make 2 hot. quick blaz jst before the ehil- dren go up to bed, {make their slam- » {Home and Society; Seribner's for A Pes The cultivation of edible oy: ried on at Whitstable, Rochester, a Isle of Wight, and, above al}, in we vares On the West Coast of France, is, high prices realized by these bivalves, a very remmyneralive enterprise. Tuere are, of course, mavy risks to be rus, but In a’suc- cestfally conducted oyster farm the under- taking gives wonderfully profitable results. This bei: gibe case with’ ostrea edulis, worn, even at the present high prices, ouly two- peuee or threepence aplece. it is probab.e tbat if the cultivation of the pearl bearing oyster. or mussel, could be similarly carried on, even greater’ profits would be secured. This, at least, seems to bave been the Kind ol argument which has eom mended itself to the notice of Lieut. Mariot, of the French navy, who been spending his leisure bours in the South Pacific in rearing the Ts, as car- di the .y ¥:60—W hite Sulphur & Vaile; ok ar ley ye Bxprewe, jb—" St. ‘Eat: Cincinnat!, Chicago and Pit «, Expres. (Hagerstown except Sun- town, Polut of Bucks and Way Stations iow York, Phi uladeiphia, Boston and Baltt- #:00—" Baltimore and Way Stations. (On Santas P. 18:10—Baltimore, Elitcott City, Aunapolis and Way 1:30—New York so6 Ebliadelphis, Baltimore Bx Breas. (Ou Sunday to Baltimore only, Ping et ‘all maticne and counects fue Pret 3:30—Baltimore aud Way Stations. 4:30—Baltimore and Laurel Express. Stopes at ens ne 5 Pregorick, vie Bete; 7. 2 int of itscks » Hagerstown, o—"paliarars Asante cot Way rations —" Baltimore, re O—"Philadelphts. Norfolk and Ba ttaore. Pas: Ben, A, tt jorfeik takew in the care di- 5 ° o—"Chi and Colombus Expres. (Win- chester and Hagerstown, except Sunday) O—* Baltimore E: —* Baltimore Stations. O—Point of Bocks and Way Stations, Metro- olitan branch. LA 9:25—"st. Lonrs, Cinctonatt, Pittsburg Rxprem. 0:00—-New York, Phisdeiphie aad Baltuncre Ba- — "DE other tratus dauy, except Sanday, 1877 wim i877 PENNSYLVANIA LOUTE, TO THE NORTH, WEST, AND 80UTHWast. Double Track, Steel Rails, Spiendia Scenery, Magnificent Koviment. OCTOBER 1, 1877. TRAINS Leave AS LINGLe s se nd « to Unionge. BD POTOMAC & 5 Bult se m.,datly , except Sunday, with Stangine Mare trees te Bustos. for Brookiya, N.Y. sll through trains connec: a: Jersey Oity with i8 of Brook 'yn Anuex, affording dlvect trans fer to Fulton street, avetutag double ferrixge = New York city. oe. a. au pear] oyster in artificial reservoirs. His ex- y- fal of spat.” If pot in England with the native oyster, at least in the Pacific with its 3 producing cousin, “heat and tranquillity” pe { eed ety migra go in the ot i ling these mollusks. Tue next thing to getting them to luce young is to in- duce the young to live and grow; and, flaal- ly, to prevail upon the creatures to falfil thi greatcet alm—in man’s ——_. bv iy exia- island of in Oceania, 1s the scene . Muriot’s experiments, and his success has ied him to induce some friends to at- tempt the introduction of the Oriental pearl pearl farm tothe siresdy flourishing indus rl as- Tries counected with tne production ef edible a of artidcial Fkilled artists in Vienna and Paris, isteach. ing so bigh a state of perfection that it isdimfi- between the real trade has led = actual gems bis on on the immediate Size oF It in Vir new liquor act: bdarkee) of the For Aunapolin, 6 35 0, t2. aud 4:90 p.m. dally,ex- RY AN AR AMRIE copy saanie ! Stations, tiomal Capital. THE EVENING STAR. THE WEEKLY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. oc. The Evening Star Ls everywhere reeognines as the Ieding Rewepage of Washington With two enooptions only, @ as she sercem corcuiason of amy darly paper published fowth of New York, more than Tue Tee thes any other wm the cuty, and Buval To HE OTHER DAILY Parmns in WastNeTON appmp TOSETHER = To advertiners, therefore, It presente proulier em® Cuequalied advantages, tt. RTISING MEDIUM IN TTRO STaTas. © thie CuRDeCKIOR attention Ww Muvited to tne tem * tng arttote ov ied from ~The Great Bewspapers “Scericeof Historical Sketohan 18 Ceotensial Newspaper Bu- m6 positabed in How aibitton,”” New ¥« “ im @rreater derres perhaps thon omy mommpepee > THR Wactixeron Evans Sram omens GNA vePresemiatine of the imserests tne ney ome cam feature ts larseiy dma PT OER Wis rreianom ame ~ etrrRs mete AS OY Mamy Years the olden, ws dy {As MES POPWInY amd InANentias, Of the many “ characer as Pownced om 1982. SOP Oy X68 Towmaers Aas mat omiy bem Out ecAll Farther developed by 482 presems Cmant, Nlo Whose hands the paper came, oy | 187 Nok omiy 108, Aomwewer, Lemme \aely om @SSuMING comsrol they determened to selee Ae Prvbiem of pubitshone © detly mews and business ours, SITOmeGy Locad Wm character, s0 cheap as tebe TUAvm the Seams 4! the poorest cOizam, yal ne wide M4 Score, 40 AEA IM UE GINS, amd 40 Fell and complete ie Force Of editors, reporters amd sorvespomée “St AS COMSaRtly employed, the telerraph 4s fresty md Saber td. @md the fastest and mos powerfed PTINERRE TLOCAIMETY 48 Called Unio service, The room 41 © datiy paper WAICA interally Goes imio ewery howne- Sold am the Disirict of Colmmose, It has indeed bem conciusvwely axtabiiched tha: THE Brak bas mere {ham cares (mes Gs many subscribers amd more than ve times as many readers as amy other daily paper puicsned im Washinciom. Amd mot this alone, Bs ‘4€iar PETMGMERS subscription jist 48 believed to by “arner tham that @f amy evening paper im the United States, mo mation where pubinshed, while sis circu | BON St) ON Proportion 40 the population @f the city where primied and cercuiased, the larcest and fullem sosessed by Gy newspaper sm the world. Jt follows, thar eS Ore, thai wiihen the lerrisory cowered by tts cirem A200 AAs RO THPGs, BOT emything approaching GB | Sqwal, ase means of reaching the pubite, It has, tp (ach, pasted smic @ mazim that “ Boerybody és the Disirics of Cotumbia who cam read, reads Tam STAR, amd every one whe adveriises @: li edvertion tm is coimmms.” Yet it sumat mot bs thoughs thas (tp circnianvon and tmAuence are omly local. tt has @ ‘ide distribution throweh ths matis, and in addiction 10 1AAs every 459% Of the paper is carefully read bythe tAromas of S\TamEers comsiamity ersiong the National Capua! on business oF for pleasure, and who conati> tute Om @ very large denvecthe wealthy and purchasing Popusaion af the deren: Siaiss and Torvisories; op shai wasiethe Acid of THE STAR ts ino marked de eres locas, the paper is mevertheless, im the best sammy, sormorciiion and uncircumscribed tm tis aphare.” —e HE BVENING STAB w Tarnished to subsert- bers at the following low rates. 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Lt tee condition of this offer that the subsertptions ofeach club eball all ovmmeuce at the same time, ang ‘ail go to the same post office. oy oLL MALL SUBSCRIPTIONS, TO SITRER ‘THB DAILY Ob WEESLY DITION, MUST BB Alb 1B ADVANOK, 48D SO PAPER 1S GEER LONGER THAN PAID FOR. ee Jn order 60 qvoad trouble 09 the otes cout RoC POROMER, &© subsortbere, 2 sebeor(piiem chondd be renewed some time prier to expires Of the cama, tha precies tone of when 6s aaa BARR Oy ths didis which appears en ihe aadrene (ads ASG res, te enpeenibe Oo eapply bast manbers, > SPECIMEN COPIES OF SITHER PLIOATION. ———E Deity ond Wostty etition, mode known, ond paal- - -

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