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Full Unco (loop lies the winter soow, And the winter wiiuU mo wciirily 8lghinj< Toll yo the church boll, sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lie* a-dytng, Old year, you must not die, You came to us so readily, , You lived with us so steadily, Old year you shall not die. He lieth still; lie doth not move ; He will not sec the dawn of d a y - He hath no other life, above, He gave me ! a friend »nd a true, tnie love, And the new year will take them away, Old year you must not go; 8o long us you have been with us, Such joy as you havo seen with us, Old year you shall not go. Ho frothed his bumpers to tho brim; A jollier year we shall not see ; Ktit though his eyes aro waxing dim, And though his foes speak 111 of him, Ho was a friend to mo. Old year, you shall not die; Wc did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to dio with you, Old year, If you must die. He was full of joke and Jest; But all his merry quips aro o'or, To sec him, across the waste, His son and heir doth rldo post-haste, But he'll bo dead before Every one for his own, The night is starry and cold, my friends, And tho new year, blithe and bold, my friends, COIIICH up to take his own. How hard b,e hroathes I over the snow I heard Just now tho crowing cock, Tho shadows flitter to and fro ; Tito crickot chirps—the light burns low, 'Tis noarly twolvo o'clock, Shake hands beforo you die I Old year, we'll dearly rue for you, What js It we can do for you ? 8pc»k out befor© you die. His face is growing sharp and thin— Alack I our friend has gone, Close up hie eyes—Ue up his c h i n - Step from the corpse ; and let him in That standeth there alone, And walteth at the door, There's a new foot on the floor, my friends, And a new face at the door, my friends, The new year's at the door. Haisms and Currants. Thcro are fow, if any, European fruits that aro of suet universal im- portance to mankind as tho grapo. Certainly there is no one that find its way into eommorco in such a variety of form8. The vino ( Vitiy Vinifera, L.) is of no less value now than it was 4,000 years back ; on the con- trary, its uses havo multiplied, and its importance has consequently increas- ed. It is true that our poets are not given, as of yore, to sing the glories of the juicy grape ; for in this, which is sometimes called the degenerate ago, we do not cultivate the fruit purely for the sake of fermenting its juice as our ancestors did, nor is its produce so exclusively confined to tho wealthy as it was even 300 years ago. Tho successful cultivation of the vino in our own day affeots all classes of tho community. It furnishes wine as a luxury for the upper classes—'and is, alas, too seldom obtatued as a neces- sary for the poor. It yields grapes, black and white, fresh from tho hot- house ; and what perhaps is moro im- portant than oither to our poorer brethren, it supplies the well-known raisins and currants, without which Christmas would lose much of its re- ality. Should any disease ravage the raisin grounds of Valencia, Malaga, or Smyrna, or the innumerable currant grounds of tho Ionian Islands, with such terrible results as that which has recently carried oft' so many of our cattle, the consequences would be as universally felt, though of course in a lesser degree. But the grape, like all other plants, is liable to disease, both from the attaoks of microscopic fungi, and from other causes, as the vino- yards of tho Continent havo occasion- ally shown. Tho deriviation of tho Latin name of the genur Vitis, is from the Celtio gwyd, the g being silent In the pro- nunciation. The Spanish via, howev- er, comes nearest to the original word in point of sound, while the French is vigne, and the English vine. The cultivation and uses of tho grape are of groat interest, inasmuch as it claims notice in an antiquarian as well as in a natural point of view. In all ages this iVnit has been held in the highest esteem. Whonce it originally oame is doubtful, some authorities, ascribing its origin to Korthern India ; but it hits more probably been derived from Western Asia and the South of tho Caspian Sea. Humboldt says, in his Oeographie des Pkmtes, that "The vine which wo now cultivate does not belong to Europe. It grows wild on the coasts of the Caspian Sea, in America, and in Carinuania. From Asia it passed into Greece, and thence into Sicily. The Fhaceans carried it into the South of France; the Ro- mans planted it on the banks of the Rhine." The grape is certainly amongst the oarliestof our oultivatcd fruits. If we turn to Biblioal history wo find very numerous reference* to the, vineyard. Indeed, with $ e saored writers the, vine appears to have been a favorito symbol of higher things; and even the Savior himself* when addressing the disciples, drew a beautiful smile in the words, "I am the vino, and ye are J the raisins of our shops. the branches." These facts not only il- lustrate the esteem in which tho vine was held, but also the popularity and extent of its cultivation. So early in the book of Genesis as tho ninth chapter, we read that "Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vinoyard",; and as a proof of the contemporaneous antiquity of wine, we are told that he drank of the produce The grape, indeed, is the first? fruit mentioned in the Scripture, after the forbidden fruit. Passing on to tho profane writers we find mention of the vine in the Odyssey of Homer, as well aa in tho works of Hippocrates and Herodotus. When and how it was spread in the countries where wo now find it, is a question very difficult to answer. There is a tradition com- mon amongst tho. Afrioans, that the great Bacchus himself was tho first to introduce it into their oountry, and to teach others tho mode of its successful cultivation. Nor is the precise dato of its introduction into England by any means cortain. It has been in- ferred that the orodit Is duo to tho Ro- man period of British history ; but it could not, according to Tacitus, havo been brought till after the time of Ag- ricola. Betwoen this dato and tha coming of the Anglo Saxons—a pori- od when peace and prosperity reigned and industry and agriculture were fostered,—it is certain the vine found its way hither ; for we read that its cultivation was carried on to somo ex- tent in tho early Saxon days. We will not follow the development and culture of this plant stop by step down to our own times, nor speak of tho in- creased popularity aud esteem in which it was held in mediasval times, telling how that a well-kept vineyard was an almost universal appendage to every important castle or monastery in England. It will be sufflciont for our present purpose to note that, af- ter the dissolution of monasteries, the taste for wine as a national beverage gave place to that for ale, which had long boon known, but never held in much favor. Speaking of wino pro- duced from a privato vintago, Win. dc Malmesbury says that it was "lit- tle inferior to that of France." Though we still have vines growing with us as out-door climbing plants bearing tho oxtrcmc variations of our climate, and though the finer varieties are still very extensively grown in our private hothouses, our produce has ceased to bo regarded as wine-giv- ing. Its valuo now is chiefly as yield- ing a delicious dessert fruit, though it is said that a little more than 100 years ago (1769) the Duke of Norfolk had sixty pipes of wine in his collar at Arundel Castle, tho produce of a young vine planted in the vineyard adjoining his ancestral residence. Grape-growing, if only for tho pro- duction of table fruit, cannot fail to be a good commercial speculation, espec- ially in such a temperature as that of tho county of Devon, or tho island of Jorsoy, where we believe grapes aro still largoly grown. There are at the present time some remarkably fine vines growing in this country, as, for example, that at Hampton Court, wbioh, indeed, is one of tho chief at- tractions of tho place. The celebra- ted vine spreads ovor the largo area of nearly 1,700 square feet," and is very productive, the average annual number of bunches being as many as two thousand.. It is said that hi 1816 this famous vine had as many as 2,240 bunches, each averaging about a pound in weight, the' total weight of the entire crop being one ton ; which as an article of commerce was worth over £400. The plants usually grown in the English vineries are those of the black variety known as the Hambro' grape. Among the innumerable cul- tivated varieties tho Muscat is notice- able. It is sometimes supposed to de- rive its name from its musky flavor. This, however, is not the case, the name being derived from tho fact of the berries attracting flies (Musax.) The geographical distribution of tho vino at tho present times ranges over an immense, tract, of land. It is culti- vated throughout tho whole of South- ern Europe, through Asia Minor, part of Arabia and Persia; as well as in Egypt and on the African coast of the Mediterranean. It grows also about Pekin, in Japan, in Northern India, Mexico, California, the United States, and has recently become a plant of groat importance In South Africa and South Australia The Vintages of Victoria and New South Wales arc in a very prosperous condition, the year- ly produce steadily increasing. In- Now South Wales it is said that the yield of wipe is about the rate of 160 gallons per acre, while the average produce of the French vineyards is computed at 190 gallons per acre. The numerous varieties of grapes whioh produce the various wines of commerce are the effects simply of dif- ferent degrees of climate and soil. Thus we find that different districts produce fruit niojre or less valued for the abundance or richness of, their juice. The smaller berries' aro gener- ally the most csteomed for this pur- pose. In some dUtriojtoV however, th* produce is quite unfit for. wine making and thefruitsare then dried and form All raisins, * then, whother they be Muscatels, Va- lnnbias, or whatever variety, are iU re- ality true grapes, different from .the wine grapes only ( in size, or tho ab- senpe of tho juicy principle, which to a considerable extent develops into flesh or pulp. Tho best raisins are grown on the Spanish shores of tho Mediterranean, the olimate about Va- lencia and Malaga apparently suiting them better than anywhere else. But raisins are also extensively cultivated in the lower parts of Greece, as well as in other parts of tho Continent. The Muscatel is the finest kind of raiBln imported. Tho preparation or drying, upon which tho value of the fruit to a great extent depends, is in its case conducted differently from that of tho more common kinds. Usu- ally the grapes are gathered in bunch- es when fully ripe, and hung up or spread out to dry. Theso aro after- wards placed in vcssols full of holes, and dipped in a ley made of wood ashes and vanilla, with the addition of a little salt and oil. This brings tho saccharine juico to the surfaco, and causes the dark brown color as well as tho crystalization of sugar which is so characteristic of the cheaper fruit. The best varieties are simply dried in tho sun before removal from the tree. The fruit is carefully watched, and whon at the proper stage of ripeness the Htalks of tho bunches are partly cut through and allowod to hang until dry, the fruit by this means retaining its bloom, and being a light color when dry. Among the many varie- ties of raisins known in commerce aro Valencias, Donias, and Lexias from Spain, and Malagas from Malaga in Granada. All these varieties of fruits aro importod into this country in what are commercially called boxes and half boxes of a hundredweight and quarter of a hundred weight gross. The small light colored raisins known as Sultannas we receive from Smyrna, and as cvorybodv knows these aro devoid of "stones," or more properly seeds. This seedless form has been brought about by a higher stato of civilization and usually fetch- es a higher price in the market. A common cheap fruit is also imported from Smyrna, quite the reverse of the little Sultana, being of a very dark color, and having very largo seeds. The little black fruits which in a cul- inary souse aro of so much value, and which common usage and the cor- rnption of a word lias taught us to call currants, are likewise a small va- riety of grape. The word currant is derived from Corinth, which was originally tho principal place of its cultivation. If the ancient Corinth no longor supplies us with the bulk of this most useful fruit, tho whole of our imports are still brought from the nu- merous islands of the Archipelago and and tho neighboring shores of Asia Minor. The vines for producing currants aro usually planted in rows about eight feet apart, to leave room for their spreading on the poles, against which thoy aro trained. The plants for the first throe years yield no re- turn, but at tho fourth year a small profit is derived, which increases at the fifth, aud at tho sixth year tho ex- penses of cultivation are covered. It is, however, between the seventh and twelfth years that the profits arc the highest, each stremma of land, which is equal to 1,000 square yards, then yielding from 500 to 1,000 pounds of fruit. Tho period of the gathering varies according to tho nature of the soil upon whioh tho plants are grown. In dry places they are generally con- sidered ready about the end of July ; but in damp situations a later period is sot down. Tho fruit does not ripen all at pnee ; somotimes, indoed, as many as four different gatherings are necessary. In the Ionian islands some fow years ago,: a vory dangerous custom beoame prevalent amongst the vino-growers, of removing a portion of the bark in tho form of a ring from the stems of the plants, when thoy had attained about three or four, years' growth ; the effect of this was In a measure to arrest the free circulation of the sap, and so to confine it to the branches ; more fruit was thgp produced, but what was gained in quantity was lost in quality, the fruit being devoid of the sweetness peculiar to good cur- rants. The fruit was also much larg- er in size, but owing to the iraperfeok ly formed juice it was not adapted for keeping, as it soon turned sour. The introduction into Patras of this sys- tem» whioh not only affbetod tho quali- ty af tho fruit, but which also wont far towards shortening t h e Life of the platit by overloading the branches with sap, and weakening the lower part of the trunk, met with a strong prohibition from tho Greek govern- ment. Currants usually arrive in barrels of about two and a half and three hun- dredweights each. As many as 78i,- 482 hundred weights were imported into: this country in IHIM, a n d these chiefly from Patras, Corfu, Ithaca, Li- oata, /ante, and tho l.ipari Islands. The quantity entered tor home con- sumption in the same year was over •'00,000 hundredweights. Of raisins the imports were 369,216, hundrod- we 'glJ|«, »n# of these 303,083 hun- dredweights wero entered for home consumption. Raisins and ourrams aro ojjarged with a uniform duty of seven shillings per hundredweight, i As »*gard8 age, it may be said that a vino, like the oak, remains sound for centuries. Pliny, indeed, speaks of a vihe of tho ago of 600 years; and there arc proofs of whole vineyards in Italy and France that produce abun- dance of fruits now, having performed liko ditties three or four centuries ago. At the close of the last century .there was an old vine at Northallerton, in Yorkshire, tho stem of which measur- ed about fifteen inches in diameter, and which was then about 100 years old. But vines have evon beon known to produce trunks large enough for sawing up into planks, and working nto articles of furniture, for which purpose the wood is well adapted, as it is v*ery tough. The vine in this country Aoce not, of courso, grow to so largo a size as abroad, and wo should look in vain for such a mon- ster as that which Strabo mentions, and of which he states that two men with outstretched arms could not en- circle its stem. , Of all the products of the vine, wine as we have before said, is the most important. Next in importance are grapes in their dried stato,—namely, raisins and currants; and lastly, grapes, properly so called—nndred, or fresh grapes. The quantities import- ed of these are not very great ; what are seen in our shops are chiefly kuown as Portugal and Hambro' grapes, the latter being grown on tho Rhine and brought here via Hamburg. They come in neat round baskets, oacji con- taining twelve pounds of fruit ; and from Portugal in jars, packed in saw- dust. Thus we have seen how varied are the products of one plant. The com- mon grape-vine is but one example out of many of tho value and impor- tance of man's art and genius in work- ing upon God's created works, and by cultivation produce both variety and beauty. , Creation of a distinct form is alone the work of an almighty pow- er ; but it is to man's honor as well as to God's glory, that the great works of Nature should be developed and di- versified to meet the requirements of those whom God has placed upon the earth to till it, and to enjoy the fruits thereof.— Good Words. From Ilnrpor'rt Bazar. The Naine of God in Forty-eight Languages. As Louis Burger, the well-kuown author and philosopher, was walking in the Avoime des Champs Elysees the other day ho hoard a familiar voice exclaiming, "Buy some nuts of a poor man, sir; twenty for a penny !" He looked up and recognized his old barber. "What 1 aro you selling nuts ?" said lie. "Ah, Sir, I have been unfortunate." "But this is no business for a man like you 1" "Oh, Sir, if you could only tell me of something better to do," returned the barber, with a sigh. Burger was touched. Ho reflected a momout; then toaring a leaf from his memorandum book, ho wrote for a few moments and handed it to the man, saying, "Take this to a printing- office and, have a hundred copies struck off; here is the money to pay for it. (let a liqense from the perfecturo of tho polios, and sell thorn at two conts a copy, and you will have bread on the spotf The. strangers who visit Paris caijhot refuse this tribute to the name of God, printod in so many dif- ferent ways. The barber did as ho was bid, and was always seen at the entrance to tho Exposition, selling tho following hand- bill : The Name of God In Forty-eight Lan- guages. or Slosh. Oharaoter of Chinese Emigrants. It isj n o t stating any new or start- ling faol lo.nay that tho Chinese are a singular people, very -unlike tho rest of the world, i And as every year in- creases the number of immigrant Co- lcstials in this country—tho Pacific coast, especially, being destined to re- coivo a largo share of its population from China—it became interesting and important to Americans to know what character and habits Chinese emi- grants carry with thorn. Tho follow- ing extract of a letter-from Singapore describes them as seen in that island : Nearly all occupations, especially those requiring skill and patience, are in the hands of the Chinese. They would appear to bo the most indus- trious people on eartli, working from early morning till late in tho night. With the exception of the Now Year's festival, they havo no holiday. With tho greatpst diligence are allied fru- gality and solf-deuial, as prominent traits in thoir character. Their tools, their clothing, and their food are of tho simplest kind, and in every indul- gence that they may grant themselves they aro extremely temporate ; their pipes arc about the size of a thimble, and if they allow themselves tho lux- ury of a cigar, it is only to tako a few puffs, and then to lay it asido for fu- ture enjoyment. They drink only very weak tea of the cheapest kind, without milk or sugar, and from very small cups. The richest Chinese are scarcely better clothed than the poor; short loose pantaloons, with a woolen jacket, and, among the -wealthier, shoes, without stockings, form, with the traditional pig-tail cuoand fan, the entire outfit. A great portion of trade and commerce is in their hands, and thoy aro tho middle-men of Asiatic ports. A ship has scarcely cast her anchor beforo a Chinaman is aboard, making acquaintance with the oaptain or supercargo, and keeping a close eye on him during his stay, advancing money in case of need, watching his necessities and profiting by his weak- ness, and finally, if possible, making himself owner of Che cargo. Seleot Poetry. from tho MjsUc Tempi*. TO THE FRATERNAL PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. at WIM.IAM ROSS WALLACE. O, your Title Pago Is worthy of a truo Ma- sonic sheet: Well ui)»n it stand tho symbols, with tho ar- chitecture meet For tho glorious "MysUc Temple," pillar, ' rock, arch, crowu, sublime, Not for one hrtuf soasononly, liuto.iliililislicd for all lime I Andyour motto words arc worthy—first, tho God, created "Light." yikatoi*" then from It evolving; "Truth? tlio diadem of might. Onward in your angel mission) Yo can never think of "fail," When with such pure, high Intention, thus . • ye give all Brothers "HAIL I" Onward, for yo havo strong Talont I On- ward, for your hearts aro strong In tho heavenly cause of Virtue, ever ene- mies of Wrong ; And with Mltsons by the thousands, who your able paper hold, Lodges in tho serried hundreds hear your „ earnest voices rolled— Spotless, grand Masonic Temple, mirror of tho Truth above, Thou wort built by Inspiration for the Homo of Brothcr-Lovo I Charity spreads hor white banner, sweet Be- lief forever stands, Temperance hold hor crystal goblet, Korti tude lifts up her hands, Prudence watches every foutotep, Justice holds Ids sacred rod, And the whole is endless worship to Crea- tion's master—Cod ! !S! Bwlss, Oott. Hoed. 8 IsM tongue, IMu ciiiisii sua FleMkh, do Dutcb. Oodt, Eagllui and old Haxrm, God Teutonic, Ooth. Danish aud Swedish, Hut. NorwegWn, Oud. Slavic, meji. Polish, Bog. Polacca, lluna. Lapp, JuHnat. Finnish, Jumala. I'annoii'ian, Tttu. illan, .Mttim HIiidostAne Ooix jromnmlol, Jlrama. Tartar,** ' cSffi& Japanese, Cfoemtr. MtulagkBcar, Xannar. Peruvian, J'uehocamae. Hebrew, /EJ Chnldalc, Kit... Assyrian, Kllah. Svrlnc aud Turkish, AlaA. Malay, Alia. Arabic, AUahk 01d%yptlsri, T iV«r Armorlan. TeiUi. Modorn KgypUan, Venn. drook, Them. Cretan, Thiol, MoWm. awl Doric, Jlof. Lathi. tUut-^n. Low 1-otln, Mr*. Celtic and oldUallto, lHv. Fronch, IXeu. Spahleh, /**» Portugei Old German,: Provoucal, Dt Low Breton,'. Italian, IHo: Irish. Die. A fowidays after Burgor met the barbor. "Well W Bald he, "has the holy name of God b r i g h t you good luck ?" "Yes,, indeed, Sir. I soil on an average » hundred copies, a day, at two cents jleach, or two dollars ; but the strangers are generous; some give me. ton oonts and others twenty. I have even'received half a dollar for a copy ; so' that, all told, I am making five dollars, a day." . "Yes, Sir; thanks to your kind- ness." >t "The deuce, I" thought Burger, as ho walked' away. "If I were not a l i t e r a r y nTffln, I would,turn peddler or publisher ^ h e r e is nothing so profita- ble as selling tho learning or wit of Others." Pans consumes sioo.ooo.ooo oysters tinnimlly. .Which is bad for Paris, Scalds and Burns. On the instant of tho accident, plunge the part under cold water. This relieves tho pain in a second and allows all hands to become composed. If the part cannot be kept under wa- ter, cover it ovor with dry flour an inch or moro deep. In both cases pain ceases because the air is excluded. In many instances nothing more will be needed after tho flour ; Simply let it icmain until it falls off, when a new skin will be found under. In severer cases, while the part injured is under water, simmer a leek or two in an earthen vessel, with half thoir bulk of hog's lard, until the leeks are soft ; then strain through a muslin rag. This makes a green-cole red ointment, which, when cool, spread thickly on a linen cloth and apply it to the injur- ed part. If there are blisters, let out the water. When the part becomes feverish and uncomfortable, renew the ointment, and a rapid, painless cure will be the result, if the patient, in the meanwhile, lives exclusively on fruits, coarse bread, and other light, loosen- ing food. If tho scald or burn is not very se- vere—that is, if it is not deeper than the outer skin—an ointment made of sulphur, with lard enough to make it spread stiffly on a linen rag, will be effectual. The leek ointment is most needed where thore is ulcoration from negleoted burns, or when the injury is deeper than the surface. As this ointment is very healing and soothing in tho troublesome excoriations of ohildrcn, and also in foul, indolent ul- cers, and it is said to be efficacious in modifying, or preventing altogether, the pitting of small-pox, it would ap- swer a good purpose if families wore to keep it on hand for emergencies— the sulphur ointment for moderate cases, and the lock ointment in those of greater severity, or of a deeper na- ture.—IfcdPi Joi*rn<(l of Health. TEN CJESTT, LOTTBEIBS.—One of our exchanges in speaking of the ten cent lotteries, says :->—Many young girls in their respective towns and cities, arc engaged in the unlawful and conse- quently disreputable business of sol- ling, lottery tickets. These girls are promised by lottery dealers a Bilk dress or other articles of ladies' wear, the value depending on the number of tickets they sell. The.prioeof tholat-. ter is ten cents, upon which a ticket is forwarded, informing the holder to what ho or sho will be' entitled, on sending a dollar. The penalty for dealing in lottery tickets is a severe one, being two hundred dollars fine and one year's imprisonment. Many women, girls and'^boVrfaro engaged in these, spc&ies of lpttery throughout, the, State, and hardly a day passes, but that young: i girls who consider thomselves respectable, importune their friends to give them ten cents for these tickets/ JUany purchase them to free them- selves from i the annoying vendors, i Very few. i know that the sellers aro violating a.law and rendering them- sclves liable to heavy fines and pun- ishment.' Bourbon is a wonderful drink, makes a man fat, and lean, too.. It Amerioan Women. A groat deal is said and written about the feebleness and sickliness of women in America—they are often spoken of, especially by foreigners, as " excessively delicate," " fragile," and so on. Doubtless there is foundation enough for this impression, which is so general; probably women in this oountry do not, on at) average, enjoy health so robust as in somo others, and all efforts to induce them to pay strict- er regard to the demands of Hygiene aro worthy of high praise. It is, therefore, encouraging to find, if we may believe a writer in one of our ex- changes, that considerable progress has already been made in this direc- tion. "The women of America," he says, " are growing more and moro hand- some every year, for just this reason; They arc growing rounder of chest, fuller of limb, gaining substance and development in every direction. What- ever may be urged to tho contrary, wc believe this to be a demonstrable fact. We have been accustomed to hear such dismal moans over dyspep- sia and the heat of stoves, bad food and bad habits of life, that an impres- sion of degeneracy finds place in many minds, and the proposition, therefore, that American women are visibly growing handsomer, may at first pro- voke a good deal of dissent. W e be- lieve, however, that reflection and ob- servation will indorse and sustain it. The change may be less marked among the poorer classes, and may be more pronounced in the chief centers of population and refinement; but that it has taken place, is progressing, and is probably destined favorably to af- fect the community at large, we have no doubt. When the rising genera- tion of American girls once began to wear thick shoes, to take much exer- cise in the open air, to skate, to play croquet, and to affect the saddle, it not only began to grow more wise, but more healthful, and, which must follow as the night the day, more beautiful." Tun OnmiN OP WOMAN.—The in- habitants of Madagascar have a strange myth touching the origin of woman. They say that the first man was created of the dust of the eartli, and was placed in a garden, where lie was subject to none of the ills which now afflict mortality ; he was also free from all bodily appetites, and though surrounded by delicious fruit and lim- pid streams, yet felt no desire to taste of the fruit or quaff the- water. The Creator had, moreover, strictly forbid- den him either to oat or drink. The great enemy, however, came to him, and painted to him in glowing colors the sweetness of tho apple, the lus* ciousness of the dato, and the succu- lence of the orange. In vain; tho first man remembered the command laid upon him by his Maker. Then the fiend assumed the appearance of an effulgent spirit, and pretendod to be a messenger from heaven command- ing him to eat and drink. Tho man at once obeyed. Shortly after a pim- ple appeared on his leg ; the spot en- larged into a tumor, increased in size and caused him considerable annoy- ance. At the end of six months it burst, and thero emerged from the limb a beautiful girl. Tho father of all living turnedherthis way and that Way, sorely perplexed and uncertain Whether to pitch her into the water or giye her to the.pigs,, when a message from lleuven apjieiired, and told him ^o let her run about the garden till sho was of a marriageable ago, and then to take her to himself as .a wife. .He obeyed. Wo called her Bahounav and sho became the mother Of all races of men. The Odd Fellows in the United S t a t e s t m w b e r 2£©,CrOo. Sleeping TJndor Diffioultiea Tho Toledo Commercial publishes a letter written by one of the lato telo- graphio expedition to Siberia. The writer says: " You say that you cannot imagine how wo live in such a olimate. I couldn't until I tried it. I didn't be- lieve that it would bo possible for me to lay out on tho snow without shel- ter in a temperature of evon twenty degrees below zero, but I have done it in fifty below, and repeatedly in forty- five. One of Bush's parties, in Feb- ruary of this year, passed the night on an. open, barren stoppo, with their spirit thermometer standing sixty- eight degreos below zero, or one hun- dred degrees below zero, or one hun- dred CrVgreos below the freezing point. Quicksilver they moulded into solid bullets with four minutes' exposure to the air. It's true they didn't dare to go to sleep that night, but 1 I '• c that had they been properly li'.u-l t with heavy furs and wolf «kii. ' ing bags to tie up tightly o \ , :• head, they might have done i' h perfeot safety. I'm afraid vc•: • ' 1 think that I was availing mv>-i ' ' a traveler's privilege, and i.': • a very largo "yarn," if I :•>',•, •. u comfortably 1 have sli-j-i . i. •, • w in temperatures ol '••. -1'- a .; i r i :<- grees below zero. \\ . v o'>'i. <• ! to sleep in fur bag-, of faces entirely covered, utmost care to have •:r-'-. and I mi- iUi V la I til- th** stockings perfectly dry, but 1 have slept in that way through dc long Arctic night* as comfortably us I ever did in a bed at home. From September, 1866, un- til I came on board the "Onward," a few weeks ago, I never slept in a bed or on anything softer than the snow or oo, a board. So you can imagine that the sensation Mas a curious one." A PRACTICAL JOKK CPON noAp,—Two trains, one 1111'. K.MI. for New YorkSind the other for Boston, leave the Albany depot within a few min- utes of each other. The ears, as all know, have sign-boards upon them to dosignato the trains. Some wag, im- pelled either by a dislike at the change of depot or by an instinctive love ol fun, changed tho signs just before the departuae of the trains. The passen- gers were of 'course, " considerably mixed," and (he majority ol them were upou the wrong train. The mis- take was not discovered till llie con- ductor upon the train that left first began to collect his tickets. Then a stirring scene ensued, in wliuh impre- cations "loud and dee]/' Were dis- charged at the innocent heads of the railroad employees. Order was re- stored, when the train was started upon its return, and the merit of the joke fully appreciated and relished when the passengers upon both trains were started in the right direction.- Albany Journal. DESPICABLE.—K. Z. C. Judson, nlias "Ned Buntline," in the last number of the Temperance Advocate, says that the greatest annoyance that any of of our temperance organizations finds is in the acts of certain creatures—it were slander to manhood to call them men—who strive by temptation, ridi- cule, and sometimes even by b: :'''•, lo make new member* ul lim- i/.aliuns v iolate their p.•'••!_ i . man or woman who would in ... strive to turn a reformed ma; man back into the road vv !m\ . ruin is u special agent of - ployed by him, and I hev • receive their pay tit his I . kingdom below. And i : earth there is nu putiN, but the indicrnant •(*••!••: ' •• • ing contempt of t i e •."••i<l. a i d i •• i." usual lack ol'suei•(••••• in i!n lr m. •'.:• v d dastardly busine-"-. A colored witne-s was examined in Washington to prove t he identity ol a white man the other'lay. District Attorney- "Did you see the man V" "Yes, sir, 1 seed him. - " "Was he a white man ?" "Don't know, sir." "Do you tell me you saw the man, and can't say whether he was white or black ?" "Yes, sir, I seed him, but dar are so many white fellers callin 1 themselves 'niggers' round here dat I can't tell one from tod'er." Witness dismissed-- explanation satisfactory. Jeddo, the capital of Japan, is, with- out exception, the largest and most populous city • in the world. It has the vast number of 1,500,000 dwel- lings, and 5,000,000 human • BOUIS. Many of the streets are 19 japancse- ries in length, which is equivalent to 22 English miles. The commerce ol Jeddo far exceeds that of any other city in the world, and tho sea along the coast is constantly white with sails of ships.. Truth is a river, deep and widening; its waters cheer the thirsty traveler who walks the road to bfiss; soori it ' will defy all measurement, and Only Ho who clasps immensity will be ablo to tell its breadth or fathom its depth; an immeasurable river of sweetness^ without a single'drop of bMer. Thomas M. 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