HASZARl)’S (}AZE'l"l‘E, DECEMBER s, 
     
    
   
   
    
     A NEW FACE FOR AN OLD HOUSE. 
     
     (From Chambers’: Journal.) 
     
     Air itnpreaaiori prevails that one consequence of 
     
     Her Majesty's visit toParia will be the grad- 
     
     usl adoption of a system for promoting the bean- 
     
     ty and aalubrity oi‘ the Great Metropolis. 'l‘he 
     
     New Metropolitan lJuililin2a' Act will effect 
     
     sonietliiug. and might very properly be made the 
     
     buts of a general scheme of improvement. 
     
     don will perhaps never look so bright and cheer 
     
     ful as Paris ; but wiili a purified river and a 
     
     smokeless atmtiaplierc. its appearance would be 
     
     surprisingly different from what it is at present. 
     
     What we want in sunlight might be made up in 
     
     eolour—that ia, colour on the walls. There is 
     
     no reason why they should be dead and dingy; for 
     
     there is an available means by which they may be 
     
     covered with a weather-proof glaze of almost any 
     
     colour, otilwhich imptiritiea would hardly lodge, or 
     
     would e washed off with every shower ol rsin. 
     
     We mentioned the subject some months ago in 
     
     the Journal. and think it worth repeating at the 
     
    

    
     present juncture. ' . 
     
    

    
     A paper on ‘ llydraulic Lime, Artificial Stone, 
     
     and Uifferetit Novel Applictitioiia of Soluble Sili- 
     
     cates, addressed by M. F. Kulilmann to the 
     
     Academic dea Sciences at Paris. takes u the 
     
     subject in theory and practice. The author tells 
     
     us, tli-it when once the marked tiflitiity of lime 
     
     for ailicic acid was discovered, the ailicifying of 
     
     stone liccaine an easy meelianical process; and 
     
     further. that the action ol liine on metallic 
     
     oxides has led, and will lead. to important re- 
     
     sults lll art. He lays down the law. that 
     
     ‘ wlictievcr a stilt reputed insoluble in water is 
     
     bronglit into contact with the solution of a salt 
     
     the acid of which foitiis. with the base of the 
     
     insoluble Still, a stilt still more insoluble, there is 
     
     an ,,xt;;.-ui_iu; htit in tntitt cases, the excliangge is 
     
     litit partial, adinittitig the forinition of double 
     
     ga[[g_’ By direct lipplimili-in tiftltis lziw, he lug 
     
     mc,-,ee.|eil i-. giving it (‘i'll.illll degree of siliuifit-,;i. 
     
     tiou tti cliromzite of load :in.l of lime, to iititiierou.-I 
     
     lllrldllili (‘:I|‘litIl|-’llt.‘S, atid to some oxides, particu- 
     
     larly oxide of lead. 
     
    

    
     Another step was the application of .'illi':ilioe 
     
     gilimms to puiutiii;_v ; 'llltl iusti-.it| -ifoils and thc 
     
     ordiiitiry vi-Iiiclcs. .\l. Kuliltiituii uses ri riiiit:ct~i- 
     
     (nit.-il s‘tll|’ItIl| of silicate of potash. li tiling it 
     
     wmk ti.-ll with vertiiilltoii, gr:-i-u, tiltr.'itit:irimi- 
     
     blue, the tM.'lll|‘.“, uxitlv of vlirutiic, and some 
     
     utlitgts. '|'liie-ta iii-lotus tippli--it to it w:i'l, he- 
     
     cmna so '1)§p"|k. pzirl 1-fits Silllalrlllti-!‘ :iiid are 
     
     aim...-t ilI||N‘|'l3lI|lilt.'. |’ri-p.tri- tour \\‘:lll; pain 
     
     it I'l'lil'|' pl tin, or .itty Ilt:>l_[ll :i::ctitiltiiv_v to tzistv: 
     
     tlieu :.'l[]lll\'l"y tli~: \\ liiilv stiil are iii it this siiliiti ill 
     
     of pitusli :iliiivt- llit'ltll|llI d, or iii b-l‘l.l, illlll yin. 
     
     c,.v.-,- it \\ Illl :i p-::iti mciil .-.'l zc. .~\ lv:iiit.ii_gi- 
     
     I. i». ‘ii-t-ii '.'li"':l til. Ili ~; iii:-ta-:ti-ry to ill - |lI’I'tI'fl‘lti| 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,,|".,,l.l;.- li|,;l4i].i_'.\1ll iitl.tlt‘ll, :it.il iiint-r l.l,,~,-. 
     
     in Go. ii .iii', .it.-I \'v'llll lllr' li:tpp:t‘~l I ll tfl.\_ _\;.i 
     
     in ,.,.;i,-<.- \\ iy; um.-ii llld .iltilitt-.li tlictitie “ ;._.- 
     
    
   
   
    
     r» litlilt, Ill ~ ll.ll.'t|ll.'llillIlt‘ ti.:iti-ituls in-ic ,s.itu.;,i.-ii 
     
     iii tit» hiiliiltiiii, to |‘ititlt't‘ llitrlti llr*",'|l‘Itl.. it is 
     
     Iinrtiii tlizit liii- I‘ll\t'S litit liltliz tioltl on on-i. 
     
     stullk tlllt7t)lli|llJl.ll.tltl11\'t3 l).:I.'ll tic.it.il iiith lliL', 
     
     itolti inn. 
     
    

    
     Siiuulil lllt! co~t tiftliti §lll(7.Ilt'll colours he illi- 
     
     jeci.-il to, the ullil |lI|_',' li- p:iiutt-d with ortliuziry 
     
     water t:-ilours, :iti=l thou izotitod with the solution. 
     
     Title is zipplii-il ll\' iiiezitis of ti stii:i'l liaud-piiiiip, 
     
     or ii syiititzti titted wiili El rose, so that the 2-treani 
     
     shall fall as :i light sliowt-r. Tho liqtiid soon 
     
     driigi, and Ilirttis 5‘ ‘-flu". Wlllil and wti.iilit.'r pvtiof. 
     
     “'h it Stfilpll is thus iilllirili-,tl tor oriiatiieiitul tres- 
     
     coi-s. iir rizitiy specites ofdcciiraiioii, \\‘lllI?lI lIl|I.[lil 
     
     litrititify our streets for yours, uiistillicil by iliisl 
     
    
   
   
    
     l‘ t-ttiokcl 
     
    

    
     \Vooil, ailircted as it is by moisture, is not so 
     
     well adriptt-d for the .st|it::iti:tl colours as brick in 
     
     mm,,,_ The tti-ist stiit.ilile lttuds, acciirtlttii: to 
     
     M. Kuliliiiaiiti, tiic ash and liortiheaiu. But 
     
     glass, porct.-lain, and metal, it quite dry, take the 
     
     colours readily. glass particularly, anemi- 
     
     transpsrciicc is obtained, which renders it appli- 
     
     c:ib|e,:it low cost, to the witillows of private 
     
     lititisi-s iir of churches; and we all know what 
     
     admirable elll-oie cati be produced by culotired 
     
     panes artistically iutrtidticetl. At this point, the 
     
     author makes the following practical retiinrks: 
     
     _i ,\m[ici:il sulphate of luryta, applied by 
     
     means of tliu silicate of potash to glass, giics to 
     
     the lattera milliwliite ctilour of great lie:iut . 
     
     The sulphate [becomes intimately incorporated 
     
     with the silex; and after it ew aye, cannot be 
     
     waalied otfeven with hot water. On subjecting 
     
     the glass thtia p:iiute_d to the action of an elevated 
     
     temperature, a beautiful white enamel is produ- 
     
     ced on the surface, which would economically 
     
     replace the enamel: that have oxide of tin for 
     
     their base. Ulirzitnarine-blue, oxide of chrome, 
     
     and colotired or porpliyrizi-.d enamels, are a great 
     
     resource in tliia new iiieihod of painting ; for if 
     
     there be no chemical coutbiiiatiun in all there 
     
     applications of colour, there is at least a_ very 
     
     powerful zidlicrctice alt-terniiricd hy the ailicioiis 
     
     cement, of which the li;irdi_~.ii_iii_g is doubtless ltici_l- 
     
     itzitcil hy the t-xci.-ssivu division, wherewitli it is 
     
    

    
     prim-iiti-il to the il('llt)ll iif the air.’ 
     
     . M. Knhlziiaiiu has ftirtlier sticcccilod in using 
     
     his llllC:llL’(l colours for ilesiguii on paper lining- 
     
     ings, titi cotton and \\titilli‘ll cloth. nod in letter- 
     
     nass piitititiu. ‘ Tlie I|'t|(‘(‘!SI‘.'l,’ ho stiyrt, 
     
     ,|,|]‘.-r Vt‘fV ltttli- froiii tliostt lll tt.~c in Ill’! v:iliiiii.~i 
     
     "w,iL.3 0;‘ ,,,,.,iing. (int: iuipurt:tut Piilltlllilllll is to 
     
     ln:tIiit;.iti thc: .-—_ln-itilla t'ttltilll‘t-l in .'i iiitiliiiiii state 
     
    
   
   
    
     M |m”,,,mv ,],,”..._! their appltrwilimii \\i'it-Ilier; 
     
    
   
   
    
     the applicaitioii take plaice with bloclis of wood or 
     
    
   
   
    
     "l°l‘li 0|’ l’! having recourse to type. All the 
     
     coluors that l have applied.’ he adds, ‘ on atotie, 
     
     “'°"‘lv "lellili 0|‘ itlafa. serve for printing on paper 
     
     or woven cloths. l'ypogriipliy, colour-printing, 
     
     the I|'|pllc‘|ll0lI of gold or silver in powder or in 
     
     leaf, can all be executed with the same facility, 
     
     tilting care, 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ with certain coloiira, to ken out 
     
     sulphur _iii ‘the preparation of the silicates. 
     
     Ultramarine is tixed in cloths with more solidity 
     
    
   
   
    
     and economy by the silicate of potaali, than by 
     
     the methods now in use.‘ 
     
    

    
     Here we have a wide range of applications 
     
     arising out of M. Kuhlmann‘a discovery ; and 
     
     that the range will be extended. is not doubtful. 
     
    

    
     We may add, that by grinding the charcoal 
     
     used in the preparation oflndiau ink with silicate 
     
     ofpotash in solution, a writing-ink is obtained 
     
     almost indestructible by chemical agentsund 
     
     the same solution, mixed with a decoction of 
     
     cocliineal, gives a red ink, the colour of which 
     
     resists for a long titne the action of chlorine and 
     
     the acids. 
     
    

    
     Specimens of M. Kuhlmann’a art are to be 
     
     seen in the Frencli Exposition. Perhaps some 
     
     practical member oftlie Society of Aria. during 
     
     liia visit to Paris, will inform himself of the 
     
     means by which the discovery may be made 
     
     available in this country. r :irlow'a lecture 
     
     on the subject at the Royal lnatittitioti has alrea- 
     
     dy done atirriethiug towards making it known. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     lMPOR1'AN'l' To Dui:i.t.is1-a.-— Would it not be 
     
    
   
   
    
     wooi.mo sx-riuoitoiiuny. 
     
    

    
     . One of the old men came forivurd upon 
     
     the grnveleil and liartl-trodden tivenuo, 
     
     ending with liitn it woinatr He ninile 
     
     lier kticcl down, tied her arms beliitid 
     
     lie)’. and blindfolded her eyes. Then 
     
     bringing a great bag-net made with open 
     
     meshes of rope, he ptit it over the woman, 
     
     and laced up the mouili, fastening it with 
     
     knottcil intertwining cords in such it 
     
     way that it seemed an impossibility for 
     
     her to extricate herself from it. The 
     
     man then took it closely woven wicker- 
     
     basket, that narrowed towards the top, 
     
     lifted the woman in the not from the 
     
     ground. and placed her in it, though it 
     
     was not without the exertion of aotne 
     
     force that he could crowd her through 
     
     the narrow mouth. Having succeeded in 
     
     getting her into the basket, in which, 
     
     from its small size, she was necessarily 
     
     in it most cramped position, he put the 
     
     cover upon it, and threw over it it wide 
     
     strip of cloth, hiding it completely. In I! 
     
     moment, placing his hand under the 
     
    
   
   
    
     a Kfltld plan to substitute for the modern cu 
     
     (ltlt:llllII_'(lIll(l8|’ the misciilled ‘- 
     
     Iiorioiir") with pistols, rifles, or swords, the pl 
     
     tidopti-d in Kozdaliinl It is as folloiv-: . 
     
     " When a geiitlcinan of that nation considersl 
     
     liiuiself aggrieveil, he setids the olfetider ti formal.‘ 
     
     clmlletiac, which, ' is presumed, is iilwavs. 
     
     accepted. The duel takes plate iiti some openfl 
     
     plain, and till the friends of the t:omb.it.'iiitsf 
     
     assetnblo as spectators. i 
     
     “ An agareb, or couch, it then brooglit foitli,l 
     
     and the two coinbattitits place it foot close to the: 
     
     eilgi-.ot'tlie cuucli. the hrciiilth iif whit-li nloiie 
     
     divides tlietii. A fiirniid:iblo whip, iiindo of 
     
     llipp-iptitnniiis leather, is lllf‘n pl:it-ml in thc‘ 
     
     li.'iiidaul't~:iuli,atid reiiewed i'lllt‘|II"‘§l are in:ivle' 
     
     liy their frii.-iids to reiiiiiicile llll’ll|. ll', liowt-vi-r,‘ 
     
     ttieyarelii-tit on c.'irryiiit_' not their ‘ all7itr of, 
     
     honour.’ the sig,-util tor lnitilo, i.- :it l.'t‘l um-ti.Z 
     
     lit’ \\liti is Pulitlttl to the llrnl blow llll‘ll 
     
     inflicts us lizirtl :i lziaii :t~ ho (‘Ill on his opp -ui-ut, 
     
     iilio alilllll‘ p» rl'r- tly still to root-tve tliu t-ompli-; 
     
     iiieut. ztiitl llll'|I prep-lies tii ri-turn it. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     3 
     
     ‘A 
     
    
   
   
    
     III 
     
    
   
   
    
     .. 
     
     to ll"! i';i-'li iillit~i*’s li.tt:lt and ~liuiiltlt'f (‘ho l:i-.itl 
     
     «oust on no :ti-cnitiit lit: s’riit:li'), ivl.t:i- tho lllilltll 
     
    

    
     Niel tilt 
     
    
   
   
    
     t]-in--. tftii-ltill\l_V tit t-iiry slit 'ii. 
     
     ;it'l,'{|ll\\lt'Il_‘lllt'lII til p.illI t-s-.i;it'.s lliti l'p.- Ill. 
     
     t-itlicr. :tti-I itll lltt! :-pivtlziti-is ll.‘-Illtll tip..i'.ly 
     
    
   
   
    
     :titlll'. 'l'lii»~ l'(lIlll' tit-s titilil tlzvll i-I tlit:rii.iiiit- 
     
     l'illli. g"til'l.ill.V lrniti slirt-r t',\"ll|l~lltin‘ ,1,-..p- 
     
     hi-. tiistrtitiatitittif Ilillllfi‘, \\'iii‘ititipo” ii"; \~,i_-mi-, 
     
     lliiiii-wli. It-lt‘ iloi-s llit- i~:iiiic. 
     
    

    
     ‘- 'l'lit- itv.-lH t.ow .-li.il.'te lizittds, lll‘l'lllllli£_' thrit 
     
     lllt‘\' li:ivt2 l'l‘l‘ti ((l1~IllllCl('lll‘ s.i=.i~l.-ii-ztilii :' lltlfll’ 
     
     frir-lids cou~_-r:itii|:ite |ll'Il| on the rt-vouciltititiii; 
     
     tlit-it wiititiils are wuslit-d, and sundry jiitls iii 
     
     ‘ iiirrisso,’ the rizili--ii:il lit-ver:ipc, Il|'ttVllll‘tl 
     
     lit-fort,-liziiid, are proilut.-cil, and ctiipi ll by the 
     
     3] i---tutors in honour of the gullatit ll|l|lJIlt‘lil.l." 
     
    

    
     'I'hi~‘ st-ctus to ho atliiiitiistcritig: “ Vtllltl ziiiil 
     
     nxtict jii.-tit-9;" and the “ style” is like the play 
     
     ul “ culting jar/or/s." liy Wllllfll ciiiintry boys 
     
     soinetiiiit-s it-st c.-it-li otht-i’s prowess. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ‘I'm: F.iti.\ti:ti's llAivK.—'l‘lic following is :i 
     
     good description of Illltl model institution.-— 
     
     Vault : Mother eiit|i.—E:ri.‘fiaiigcs: 'l'lie trans- 
     
     plzititiug of the nursery and garden.-Dt'po.<ils: 
     
     Happiness, sobriety, ntid manly itirlepenifeiice. 
     
     ——-Assets : Smiling fields, waving with ti golden 
     
     h:irvest.— Liabilities: indebted to God alone, 
     
     viho sends the sunshine and the r:iin.—Di't'i- 
     
     (lends: Health, wealth, and pure licarts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     EVEIWTIIINO LENT.-—Alt old quaint writer 
     
     out-ii B-lid that children, relations, fiieud, lioii- 
     
     ours. houses. lands and cndowiiients, the goods 
     
     of nature and forfnnc, nay even of grace itself. 
     
     are only letit. It is our uiiixforttirie to fancy they 
     
     are given. We start, therefore, and are angry 
     
     when the loan is called in-think ourselves mas- 
     
     ters, when we are only stewards ; and forget that 
     
     to each of us it will be said, “ Give ati account 
     
     ofthy stewardship, for thou must he no longer 
     
     steward. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A Nccito LlEBlG.—-"1 say, Samlio, does ye 
     
     know wlirit makes the corn grow so fast, when 
     
     you put the manure on it 'l" “ No, I doii’t bard- 
     
     ly. "" Now l’ll jist tell ye. When the corn 
     
     begans to smell the manure, it don't like the 
     
     futnery, so it hurries out of the ground and sun 
     
     It as high ossible, so as not to bre.-iii‘ 
     
     (breathe) the bail air." 
     
    
   
   
    
     §l0m“ 
     
     “tile 0l"nnd disciituuglctl. 
     
     Lstrntglit, shurp sword, 
     
    
   
   
    
     cloth, he drew otit the not quite untied 
     
     lie then took at long, 
     
     tntittcred some 
     
     words to himself while he sprinkled the 
     
     dust upon the i-,loth, and ptit some upon 
     
     his forelicud; then pulled off and threw 
     
     nside thc covering, and plunged the 
     
     sword suddenly into tlicliasliet. Pro. 
     
     pared as in some rlcgrec we were for 
     
     this. and kittiii'iiig that it was only a de. 
     
     ccptioii, it was yet llllpflflblliltf to sue it 
     
     witltotit it cold cri:cpinj_: of horror. Thr- 
     
     qtiict tlllll ciii-r_-_v_v with wliii‘li he l'f‘[l(‘i'll(,‘tl 
     
     liis SlI’Ul\'t’S, tll'l\'lllf_[ the sword through 
     
     and throtig_:li thc li.i~l(r>t, wliilo tlit: oilii,-r 
     
     jllj_!‘_',lt'l‘.~' l(ll:l\t‘(l on, iippurctiily fig ..,",,}, 
     
     llllt‘fl'.~‘lt‘tl HS1illf§(.l\'t'S,\\’(_'l't3 vi-,i‘\' tlr:itii:i- 
     
     lit: :Ill'l i-ll'i:cti\'t'. SI:-ppiii-_: zifti.-ii lie ltiiil 
     
    
   
   
    
     l 
     
     iltist upon its top, liftt-il lll(: litl, ltll It ll|)l 
     
     tlit: lii.<|tt:t front the ::roIiiitl, §llt‘\\'t'tl it to’ 
     
     ii.~'i-tiipiy, ziml ll'I(-\\' it lI\\:l_\‘. Ar ting; 
     
     sutiio tiiotiiclit, wt: suit-' tlii: woiiiuii tip-i 
     
     prii:ii:liiti;_r its fmiii it t-liitiiii of trot-5 ,-ii al 
     
    
   
   
    
     (li.\'i=lllt"3 of tit lt-:i.~t fifty or sixty ft-i,-t.l 
     
    
   
   
    
     ll-:it, ilit.-old ttl-‘ill and thc \i'tiiii:i.i W('l‘t:l 
     
     I 
     
    
   
   
    
     quite l’t.'ltll|\'t'(l fr-nit the rest of tlit.-ir pill‘l_\'.’ 
     
     'l'lit- l)l‘lSl€"l. stood liy itself on tho litirtl 
     
     (‘1ll'lll, and so niticli limit.-:itli thc \‘L'.‘t1ll(l2l 
     
     on which we wmc sittiiig, that wi: t!()lll(l 
     
     i-usily secull urotiutl it. By what trick our 
     
     wuttzhftil i-yi-s were closed, or by what 
     
     tiicuus the wouiziii invisibly €SCil|)t~‘tl. was 
     
     an entire tiiyst-i.-ry, and rctmiiiistiiisolved. 
     
     —-Crayon (U. S) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Smctimiii ci~:ni.osii:ar. I-‘ACT.-— St Mo- 
     
     ilenn, in Italy, within it circle of four miles 
     
     urounil the city, whenever the earth is 
     
     dug, and the workmen arrive utii dis- 
     
     tance ofsixty-three feet, they come too 
     
     bed of chalk, which they bore with an 
     
     anger five feet deep. hey then willi- 
     
     drnw from the pit before the auger is re 
     
     moved, mid upon its being drawn out, 
     
     the writer btirsts up with violence and 
     
     quickly fills the well thus made—tlic 
     
     supply of water being neither affected by 
     
     rains nor droughts. At the depth of 
     
     fourteen feet are found the ruins of an 
     
     ancient city, houses, paved streets, and 
     
     mason-work; below this, again, '3 a layer 
     
     of earth ; and at twenty-six fect, walnut- 
     
     trees are found entire, with leaves and 
     
     walnuts upon them. At twenty-eight 
     
     feet, soft chalk is lound, iind below this 
     
     tire vegetables and trees.——Ycar-book of 
     
     Facts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     papers lll'lV0 nu flC(‘.0llflI of lllfl "108! 
     
    
   
   
    
     A wtirritit hcziutifully I'Pm.'Ifl\'H tlirit 1 tn:in’s 
     
     inotliier is that rt-present:itive of his Mzikvr. l\li<- 
     
     forttiiiri and c|'lItIPs Ft‘! tio h,irrit-rs lit-tw i-n 
     
     llt‘l‘ :tii.l lit-r rmti. \\'liili- his iiititli~'i' li\'i~.<. :i in Ill 
     
     li:i~ ll|II' fiir-tail on cirlli who \\ Ill not il iii-rt liiiii 
     
    
   
   
    
     wt (‘it he H tin.-ily. llvr alli (‘lion llotis lrtitii (I 
     
     piirv fiiiinilzittoit, rind ceases only at the occcziu 
     
     of eternity. 
     
    
   
   
    
     -.tii~.t:cssfiil aerial vnyaigii eicr performed 
     
    
   
   
    
     i\t:itiAi. vonciz.-—Thc New Orleans ,- 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ Too Liri:iui..—A lady ate neighbour- 
     
     "'8 Village (says the Cambridge Inde- 
     
     pendent) the other day, patted on the 
     
     head a little boy, of about nine years of 
     
     age, the child ofa labourer, saying, “ I 
     
     should like to have your curly locks, my 
     
     little fello_iv.” The boy had it splendid 
     
     head of hair. About an lltiur aftenvnrd. 
     
     the boy appeared before the lady, with a 
     
     plateful of curly locks, saying, “ Please, 
     
     Mum, here’s that ere hair as how you 
     
     wanted; I've cut it off for yer.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ Last week, Judge Williams, at one 
     
     time Associate Judge of Union County 
     
     Ohio, while in 3 state of intoxication, 
     
     seated himself upon a railroad track, and 
     
     was run over by a train of cars and killed. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     SPECKLED Bun-en. —“ Don‘t you want 
     
     a ru’nl prime lot of butter?“ asked a 
     
     peddler, who had picked it up at fifty 
     
     different places. 
     
    

    
     “ Wllill sort of butter is that? asked 
     
     the mcrcliant. 
     
    

    
     “ The clear quill—made by my wife 
     
     from u duiry of forty cows-only two 
     
     churuings. " 
     
    

    
     “ What makes it so many colors?” 
     
    

    
     “ I guess, ” replied the Yankee. “you 
     
     never would have asked that question, if 
     
     had seen my cows, for they are a darn 
     
     sight spcckledcr than tlte butter is.” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A Fiivi: oi.o Coui>i.t:.—A woman, aged 115 
     
     years llntijtlii died at (lraviza. She had preserv- 
     
     ed her vision alinoi-t itiitrnpaircd, and all her teeth. 
     
     ll“? ll"-‘l'="|ll. who died three years ago, had 
     
     rerit-lied thc siiiie age as herself, and hotli §a|.k at 
     
     last under the l)Ill'(li‘Il of old age alone, for neither 
     
     ot theiti liiid ever been ill. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wiiiziti: T0 Fiso A Wirt:—luono=. of the fac- 
     
     torirs Ill Maiiio-, ruretitly, tl-c i.ropi'it,iors reduced 
     
     the \\'i|:_[t.‘a. wi.«-ri-up ~ll t.ieiu uzis :i ;_'otii-.r.il deter- 
     
     lltlliitlllill to strike; and as tlwy \\(:l't’. -ililigieil to 
     
     '.:t\‘i- it iiioiitli':i |l'ilIt'.0 l--.ltirn quilting: work, they 
     
    
   
   
    
     'l'lto’)' Ilius lttilillllllei ‘ lnrii llll’l ttirn i'll)v-l:l.’. lltl(ll‘t'(l lltt; li:i~litils lit.‘ =t!_':llt| Sl'llllt::'t'(ll..mV"'"”""“lllll‘3lS~tIttl'11-ii-r-u,;ir 3.. «Que “-,.r|,i ,4 
     
    
   
   
    
     large. lti \\'lII(“.l is tlt--. l=illtD\\ll‘.'__' llllt r:~s.iii-,3 pum- 
     
    
   
   
    
     -,r:-pli: “\\'c :in- now \|i)lliill'_' mt 1:(illl‘l, mid 
     
     “ill >tmIi iic uiitlii-tit iztiiplui iiwit ,t-:-.ti turn out 
     
     li:iiiil< tti lllllal. :iit\lliIii_I : tlt-:i't ill: to li.: .illt'— 
     
    
   
   
    
     lilil Ilt‘li'tllI‘l‘!'il lllll to wnrli tilliiiitf, \\«llt‘l‘O‘ 
     
     hulk.» ('.lll iélrllltl to PIIVV. ‘Vin! \«:t:.:-.= h ,i. \Vii 
     
     mu lllilit‘ liumictt-i, tl-'e~s.~irs, p: zlilit-:3. pits and 
     
     t':ili't-.-, pzittrli, ll"lll. l.:iit, lllflrl‘ :l(‘\\ and try; 
     
    
   
   
    
     l'ri||'|)lI;"i|(ll|l tliii \\'ll(Ilt: Oi‘ this iiii,-XI-,|,‘,4.,,i,ic  iii..l.'i-, hotter illltl i-liov-.~+-, iiiilk i-nus. fr-i-il (',lIl'.‘l\'t‘ll9 
     
    
   
   
    
     illlll lioc cum, hi\\'t‘t'[l out the kttolii ti, int the par- 
     
     lur to rights, iii:ili'e lirils, split wonii, liwiiolv fires, 
     
     \v.sli and iron. tii-sitlies, hi-iiig fund of nursing, 
     
     and III t:ii-t do at.ythiii,c,i the most Xlctftllllhllbllfid 
     
     liiitifli.’-\\ ife is ('al)'rIl)de til’; not ft rgcttiug the 
     
     s--iililiiii: oii l\lond:i_\s and Saturdays. For speci- 
     
     mens of spirit, we refer you to our overseer.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Rovu. Tict-‘.it.—-A vi.-sscl called the Robert 
     
     I -el, which has just arrived in the Loire from 
     
     .\uni:itra, has hrouglit a magnificeiii royal tiger 
     
     fortune i.fthe Fit-iitrli tnciiagsries. Foitv armtd 
     
     IIIPH wore, it is stated. sent to capture him, but 
     
     he lillletl It'll and injured thirteen of them, before 
     
     he could be secured. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dos“: W/tart: A. PiN.—liis the year 1789, a 
     
     buy called Lafitte first appeared in Paris. 0 
     
     was poor, and greatly desired tti obtain an inferior 
     
     place in a banking-house. Furnished with a let- 
     
     ter of introduction, he went to the house ofii ricli 
     
     Swiss banker to ask for employment. He was. 
     
     frientlless, timid. and caroworn, and the banker, 
     
     tliinlziiig him unlit fora clerk, told him he had no 
     
     room for him in his oflice. The lad left the rich- 
     
     ly-gilded room with a sad heart. While crossing 
     
     the court-yard with drooping head, he saw it. pni 
     
     iui the ground ; lie sto pad down, took it up, and‘ 
     
    

    
     laced it carefully in the in corner of his cost. He 
     
     did not think at the time that this act, so trifling 
     
     in itself, would be the iaruing-poiriain his lifc,atid 
     
     the means of his future splendid success. The 
     
     banker saw from his window what had taken 
     
     place. and attaching great importance totriflea, he 
     
     was impressed by the circumstance. This simple 
     
     action gave him a key to the character 0! Lafitte. 
     
     It wits a proof of order and prudence ;and he 
     
     thought that ayouiig man w cou us take 
     
     care of a pin, would surely make a good clerk, 
     
     and merit the trust and good vtislies of his eni- 
     
     ployer. The same evening, Lafitte received a 
     
     note from the hziiilier, olferiag him it situation its 
     
     the ct-tintiiig-home, and asking him to come and 
     
     ill thc place at once. The di.-corriini: banker 
     
     was not deceived in his liopes ; for he soon found 
     
     th:it the Vlillllfl piii-saver possessed all the good 
     
     t|5Illll"3 he (3Xpt‘Clt‘ll. From a clerk, |.:ifiite anon 
     
    
   
   
    
     _h_v :1 liulloon, with fivt: pisrsotis in it, iii- 
     
     lcltttliutz stiiiic ll|t'lllllt‘l‘S of ll|t' prtr.-9, The 
     
     ilirillou-I Sllll‘lC(l nti llIt.' t-.tt~tiiiig of lllt.‘ 
     
     .'}lllli. .»\pril, tttid Wtlll iiltl iiitli-s in six 
     
     llltilll~', l:tiiilt.-il its pts.<t~ii{.:i-rs zit l"tirt-Gili- 
     
     ,sou. Jllltl thou took it l|'l.Sil start on auto- 
     
     illtcl‘ my -.i:,vt.*. 
     
    
   
   
    
     iiilvtinccd to his Cl|hlllt‘|'. and was at length received 
     
     [into p'irtiit:r.sliip, and :il'terw:irils liet-:iine the own- 
     
     ll'|°Hl the largest liziiik lll Paris, and one of lllC 
     
     rii lit-st inch in tho twilil. lie was not only rich, 
     
     lgI'Ill'.|'Illl§l, git-.it, and poweiviil. lint “was ('-ll0St'II 
     
     ;:i tlirptily of thc [it‘IIttll‘. tititl Illlltll' Prtisiiletit of the 
     
     itloiiuvil ol Miiiisicrs, and \\l|‘i in every respect 
     
     ‘thc must iiilluuiitiul ctiizt.-it lll Fzziuce.