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I TUB OHIO 101 >!> aulrrr.llu* fmfrr K. I.. . .1.. Hilll.h A ..o, ,.ll.u \ l.l t ui t ivl t *|1>I :i- aUB am. UU !!. Oo* of the most interesting papers reed before the Britiib Automation wan by Pro- fessor F. W . Putnam, of Cambridge, Mas., who gave a summary of a long paper wbiah he U to prewint at the ruiladeipuia meet- ing out week, where it will be illustrated by large diagrams aud uiauy photograph)). Tbii WM a uotioe of (be exploration of a group of mound* in the Little Miami Val- ley, Ouio. where Professor Pulnam and Dr. MI-M have beeu at work for tba past three yearn under tbe auapioes of (be Peabody Museum of American Arobim logy at Harvard College. Professor Put- nam o Jled attention to the imperfect manner i i wbiob mounds have geuerally been ex; lored and to tbe importance of thorough work. He then, by ex tempo rixd d'tgrams and blackboard sketches, showed the singular structure of the largest mound uf the droop in question, wbioh wae one buudre,! feet 10 diameter, and twelve feel high. Tbe mound was surrounded by a wall of atones wbiob wai continued around five other adjoining uiouuds. The atone was loot feat higD, and wae below tbe natural Burtaoe. Inside of tbis wall were maoy tooy structures. A system of thirty-two pits, eaob about two feet in diameter and tu'sseTpVi^tamil^me'igbt toelcvu feet loig and about a foot in diameter extended towards the centre of the mound, eaob tube or due, as tbey hare been called terminating in one or three upright chimney* about two feet in height, or, as iu wveral instances, opening into a large pit six feet deep, wbicb was covered by a dome of o'.ay. Around tnew lognlar Htruoturee there had evidently been a frame structure, at traces of maoy parts were found, tbe wood of some having Deen changed to iron by the it.:: It rat ion of the metal. The piu also showed similar traces of bating been lined with wood. The ojatejnt* of the flues and piti were described, but until the obemists now engaged upon an analytic of tbe singular white ash-like kubitanoe found iu tbe flumes have completed their work, Prof. Putnam thought that it would not be safe to make ojijcoture* as to the probable u*e of the pits. Tbe absence of burning on tbe sides of the pits showed that tires bad not been built in them, and tbe so-oalled ashes may be something else. Over these pits wan a layer of bard material formed by a cement of iron and gravel, and on tbii were several burnt-clay heartha. Oa one of tbe burnt places a large nam her of ot>jcii of various kinds wsre four i. TbsM had been all thrown on a fire and were mixed with ashes and charcoal and more or lees injured by beat , among these cbj-jcid were over "C.uOO pearls. thousand* ol shell bead 1 *, oniarnetti aud beads o.a ! of native copper, several orna- ment* made uf or covered with meteoric iron and uative silver, many objects of tone, oruameuu of mica, eto.. eto. Several photograph* were >uowu of some of tbe more unresting of these things. Uver this part of tlit mound was first a layer of olay mixed wuo obarooal, then a layer of pure olay, then a thin vtretum ot sand, followed by one of pare olay, above wbieh was another layer of olay mixed witb cbareoal ; then one of olay, on which was a covering of stones, and, finally, over this a covering of olay. In one pert of low mound a large pit bad been dug seven feet deep, at tbe bottom of whiob were two full bnman akelet<>as, around wbiob were arranged sixteen skaUs, without other bones of tbe skeletons. Six of these skulls had beea bored with from two to nine mall boles, and nearly all showed signs if Kcrapu M, a* if the flesh bad been out or aoraps/t from the bone. Altogether, ae Professor Putnam stated, this mound and iu content* were most remarkable, and tbe careful manner in wbioh llie work bad been conducted, at an exr.ei.ae uf nearly 1,000 for labor, wae appreciated by tbe auditors. TWO WOKI.WM WONOKK8. Ih- B ..Ih.l.ll SMalMr ! I hi- I Khorf. .. It may not be without interest to com pars luu curiously ingenious contrivance evolved by M. Bartboldi from a little statuette one-third smaller than life, witn what is known ae tbe Colossus of Rbodes. M. Bariholdi's figure of liberty standx, without reckoning ibe diadem, 10". feet nigh ; but tbe extreme beigui from tbe feet to the upper end of the tiroh held by tbe ouutreiobed band is 137 feet nine inobes. Tbe tatute will be placed on a granite pedestal eighty three feet bifb. To those wno like to be told tbat the letters in tbe inscriptions Toes 1'atrus," running round the interior of tbe drum of the Dome of St. Peter's at Rams are tall as a life guardsman, and tbat the pen held by tbe Apostle Bt. Lake is one of tbe spabdrils of the arches of tbe dome is eleven feet long, it may be interesting to learn that a person six feet in height, standing ou tbe lips of M. Bartboldi'* bead of liberty, oau only just reach tbe eyebrow ; tbat people oan jump witb ease iu and out of tbe tip of tbe nose, and tbe eyee measure six feet from corner to corner. Turning to the old " wonder of the world," we And tbat it was the largest of the hundred colossal atatnee of (be Bun, whiob at one time embellished tbe city of Rhodes. It wai upward of 105 feet high , few persons bad arms long enough to embrace its thumb and nogert were longer tban the whole bodies of tbe majority of the statues then extant ; the hollows of the limbs, when broken, resembled caves, and inside might be seen huge stonee inserted to keep tbe statue in position. It took twelve years to erect and oost three hundred taleuts. Tu at jry tbat tbe legs of tbe Colossus extended across the moat of the harbor is general!) considered to be a fiction , bat that it stood close to the entrance of the port of Rhodes and was made to serve as a pharos, or light house, seems certain enongb. It was over thrown and smashed to piece* by an earth quake fifty-six years after iu sreotion. Foi 903 year* tbe fragments of this wonder o tbe world strewed tbe mole of Rhodes, am then tbey were sold by tbe Caliph of Omar to a merchant of Emesa, who carried awa; tbese prodigious marine stores on the baok of 900 camels. Hence Soahger calculate! tbat the aggregated weight of the bronz most have been 700,000 pounds. I II I \ OKI l> Of M I fr M K. Waal the , HU>. u- i.t e< Prime lu lunrr. At the late anuual meeting of tbe Royal Booitiy of New South Wales the Clarke medal for the year 1884 was awarded to Dr. Alfred K. O. Belwyti, in recognition of hu scientific labor* in Great Briuia and H director of tbe geological surveys of Canada and of Victoria. Contrary to tbe generally received of mion, M. Aime oonoludei from expert- LH conducted on himself tbat the whole meal or household bread, containing all the ingredienU of the grain is less whole- some and more indigebtible than pure white bread made of tbe flour alone. Three oenti an hoar for eaah of Jablooh- koff candle having bean found msumjient t ) meet tbe running expeutee, after a trial lasting over nvn years, t'js company sup- plying that method of electric lighting have discontinued to employ it on tbe Thames (Victoria) Embankment, London. In a letter from Perak Kev. J. E. Teni- son-Woods g'vet a long account of his scientific experiences in the Malacca penin- sula. He bad examined tbe riob tin mines of the settlement aud the geological featuree of tbe whole territory, and had spent some time in the investigation of tbe fauna aid flora. Experiments on an extensive eeale have < .,,rt v>- >.. Dutch GJ> eminent to ascertain tbe relative Btren^tb ot irou ua steel girders. The soft steel girder* proved to be ii per cent, and tbe hard steel girders 64 per cent, etronger than tbs iron girders. It we* pretty well established that tbe strength of steel girders it about the same for the two flange* if tbey sre made alike in section. A oontribution to the comparative anatomy of the raoee ot niiukind has been made by M. L. Testul through tbe dissec- tion of a Bojesman from 12 to It yeare ot age Tbe studies revealed a mn*oular system in a more or less rudimentary sute, wbiob exikt.-. in a normal condition in various anthropoid and other apee. Com- menting on tbe paper when it wan read be- fore tbe Academy of Sciences, 1 arm, M. de Quatrefagas remarked that it supplied no fresh argument in favor of the descent of man from a simian prototype. Writing in tbe A'jfurv about cannibalism in snakes, Mr. John Frotbinghsm says : ' About eighteen months ago, just previous to my leaving India, at Davalab in the Wyuaad, tbe housekeepers chased and lulled a large cobra five feet four inches in length. Previous to its death it was thrown down in front of the door of our house, when, after a good deal of twuiing and wavy contortion of the body, u disgorged a email rock snake ovtr four feet in Inugib. 1 had beard ot tbe aams loiug before in India, no I do not think oauuibalUm in snaked uncommon." The mummied face of Cromwell 1s in tbe ujsseiMion ol an English gentleman, tbe wart upjn tbe none mill showing, and tbe bristling eyebrow* telling yet of Naeeby and Droghed* aud tbe di|r**J of tbe Parliament. Tbe skull if Cardinal Richelieu 11 similarly in tbe museum of a r'renou collector. It is not al way given to conquerors or the builders of State* to be able to keep tbsir remains posthumously togtthsr. Even tbe supplicatory epitapn of Cyrus, tbe Conqueror, oa the pyramid of VaearftaOB, "Ob, man, 1 aea OJIM, ih Acbemfnian, founder of the 1'ermau Empire and Sovereign of Asia. Therefore grudge me not ibis espnlolisr," oould not proteel him. Tbe Greeks pillaged hi* tomb and gave bis aohes to tbe dust of the desert, where it bad beea blown about on hot Bar- natian winds across Chorasmian waters and sifted ou Scythian and Cimmerian nows for twenty centuries or more. Sbakv ars'a invocation has thus far guarded his eating place from violation, ibough it is inly a year or two sinee it wae seriously iropoaed to disregard it, tue rector uf Htratford-on-Avon, to tbe reproach of hi* loth, teeming ready to aoquieooe in tbi* act of desecration. Booh a itorm of pabho ndiguation, however, wa* awakened by bis proposal tbat It i* not likely to be again revived, and tbe mighty world oinger, more ortuuate tban Cyras or Cromwell or iiabelieu, perbap* than our Pater-Patriw, will OJUtinue to rest in peace under tue ileetiug and tbe ourse wmcu he bae lo- oked ou those who spare or ruole*i his emains. Good, the more abundant grows. communicated, more DlVOKtKB). . . Uo|li<l III I ~ilou. oi.uiilr. Jews In olden times tbs Jews bad a discretionary power of divorcing their wives. J a vans If tbe wife be dissatisfied she oan obtain a divorce by paying a certain sum. Thibetans Divorces are seldom allowed, unless with me oausent of both parties, neither ot whom oau uf lerward* re-marry. Moors If tbe wife does not become tbe mother ot a boy she may be divorced with the consent of the tribe, and she oan marry again. Abyssinians No form of marriage ie necessary. The connection may be dis- solved aud renewed ad often at the parties think proper. SiOuriaue If a mn be dusatiatHd witb the most trifling acts of bis wife he tears her cap or veil from her head, and this con- stitutes a divorce. Corean The husband can divoroe his wife and treasure, and leave her the charge of maintaining tbe children. If she prove* unfaithful he oan put her to death. Siamese The first wife may be divorced, not sold, as tbe others may be. Sue tben in y claim the first, third and fifth obild, and the alternate children are yielded to the husband. Arotn Region Wt* m desires a divorce he leaves me bouse iu auger and uuor not retmm lor several dsys. Xb* wife understand* the hint, packs up her clothes and leaves. Druse and Turkoman Among these people if the wife asks her husband's per- miaaiou to go out and he says " go," with- out adding " but oome back again," she is divorced. Tbongb both putiee desire it they cannot live together ajain witnout being re-married. Cochin China. If the parties choose U separate they break a pair of chopping sticks or a oopper coin in toe preeenoe of witnesses, by which action the union is dissolved. Tbe husband must restore to tbe wife tbe properly belonging to her prior to her marriage. American Indians. Among some tribes the pieoes of slicks given tbe witness of the marriags are broke J as a sign of divoroe. Usually new connections are formed with- out tbe old one being dissolved. A man never divorcee bis wife if she bas borne him eons. Tartary. The husband may pat away his partners and eeek another when it pleanes him, and the wife may do the same. If she be ill-treated she complain* to tbe magistraU, who, attended by the priucipal people, accompanies her to the house and pronounces a formal divoroe. Chinese. Divorcee are allowed in all oases of orimmalit), mutual dislike, jeal- ou*y, inooiupatability of temper, and too oiuob incapacity on tbe part of tbe wife. Tbe husband cannot sell his wife until aba leavee him, and becomes a slave t] him by action of law for desertion. A eon isbouud to divoroe his wife if she diepleaaes his parents, Grecians. A settlement waa usually given to tbe wife at marriage for support io case of a divorce. The wife's portiuu wai tben restored to her, and the husband re- quired to pay monthly interest for it* use during Ib* time be detained it from her. Usually tbe men could put their wives away on slight oeoaaions. Evsn the fear of having trc large a family luffioed. Dtu* now aoareelv ever occur in modern Greece. Hindoo*. Etoer party lor a slight cause may leave tbe other and marry. When both desire it, there is not tbs leaet trouble. If a man cslls bi> wits mother " it is con- sidered indelicate to live with her again. S. F. t- mini .lrl. l.r r upnll.n. The Btarr King Bobool in Boston seems to be doing a remarkable work in fitting ;trls for useful aud somewhat unusual occupation*, according to tbs following from be .i'li ertitrr : It Is surpnalug to *ee how well tne girl* do, and erpaoially buw well hsy do iu the latter eaan.and bow naturally aome of them take to tbe use of tools. Their efforU are mokt'y in tbe oabmtt-makiug me, allbongb tbe first Ustousareio gettiLg out pieoee ot wood for miniature teuoea, and learning to ue tbe tool* aud shape tbe woods. From ahese they go to noiue- A > . i Care l.r b,m II ., .-. Does your horse sby, base ?" asked a small colored boy ot an Amrncan reporter who wa* driving along the Lebanon pike in a buggy. Being anxious to know wbat tbe boy meant, tbe reporter pulled in bin boree aud told him that tbe animal he drove bad tbe bad babit he referred 1 1. " Den I kin git you somfla wbat'U cure him for a uiokel," said tbs boy. The reporter banded over tbe nickel, and the boy produced from the confines of hit capacious pocket a small chameleon, evidently much the worse for wear, but still alivs. Handing it to tbe reporter, tbe boy told him to take tbe lizard and keep it until the lull of the next moon, when it was to be boiled to nothing in a pint ot water. " What tben?" said tbe reporter. " Why you just take an' unit (auoitit) dt eyee of yo' hawse wii it and he won't ny no mo." The reporter thought tbat the boy bad fallen upon a shrewd way to beat him oat ol 5 cents, bat be learned upon inquiry that it is quite a well grounded belief among many of tbs negroes who live upon farms in tiis State tbat tba treatment recommended by tbe colored boy will cure bortee and mules of the trick of ebying, and i* often resorted to by ne^rjee living in tbis section. Haihrillt A merican. ihmg more ambitious knife joardn, fool stools, eto. ; one trays, iromug of the girls is I HOI .ll l > > I il-i AND l.OVB. is kv Ike Ilusvaar1*> Perl- >. in, Maure* Tekal. Love has given vitality to uiaujr a man. lie whose heart is satisfied can live oo jitatoes and be bappy. But be wbo thinks iret only ot satisfying hi* appetite) must put up with potato food for hii heart. Doe! thou know what love is '.' It is tbe alliance ot the tyrant with tbe slave. . . . B* thou the tyrant and I will be tbe klve," saya tbe man. With tbeae worda more women have been deceived than there are grains of sand on tbe ssasbore. A woman's love must net be begged ; it must be conquered. A single sigh of a lover expresses all tbat David sang in hi* 160 pdalmi, and all tbe declarations ot love by the poeu do not say as uiuoh to tbe lover a 1 a single glance from tbe eyee of bis I jve. To be betrayed by a woman who lo'ea another is the premonitory feeling of hell, bull) be deserted by a woman wbo waa laithf ul ia bell itself. Possibly the Saviour c.ir*ed the kiss, for a every kit* there eta be found a trace of Judaa Iscariot. Kiaees are cheap ; tears are dear. He who loves is blind ; be wbo bates tees spec ires. A prue puzcle : When thou bast little thou oaust dmtribute it among maoy ; it tbou hast very much of it it is hardly sofa- lent for one. Tbe woman aniwers love. If we all looked like apee tnare would be on* gentle woe tbe leas in the world love. An ourang-ontang does not "boot bimself out of love. It wae Lucifer who tUyed in Paradise ive wandered about outside. Love - a stolen paradise I A heaven on wbiob the auu never sets I A few week* magical joy* outweigh tbe burdens, aauoyauoes aud wearinesses ot a whole lifetime ; a few days which pas* like a moment and yet la*t I joger tban eternity. How many sweet neorets are udden in that science which nobody oan loach and which master and scholar unveil together ? . . . Th* eartb exiat* no ouger for them, for they possess a nsw world in wbioh everything appears beauu- lul aud enchanting. A blissful dream which is reality unending day, in wbiob longing, enjoyment and hope are united ; a worship iu wbiob all the dogmas ol all religion* are combined, a few days in wbiob mau believe* himself to be a god because ie u bappy like God and a creator like Him. Wbo dares assert tbat love is a sin and sorrow a virtue .' Uuv tbeo, ha* seen iiaudiug by the side of God tbe two angels, one of whom designates tbe neoiee ol luoee wuo sufiired aud uied, aud tbe utber writes own tno*e who loved aud ba4 Ibe courage to be bappy ? Uppiuw* oouaiaU no: only in tue actual pro.euoe, but also IJ separation. A kis* **nt from alar oau be sweet, too. Jealoiuy u a bell, bat a kingdom ot haaveu i* ibe outtideuoe Uial there it some one WUO-KJ thoughts ars your*, whose aigh* mm gle witb yours, wbo thinks with you, dream* with you, wnoee nuul searches fur yuu ae jour* for ber, and wbo I* surrounded by your love lias Paradise by the rivers of Euphrates and Tigiia, so tbat only one hppy human pair can live in it, aud no other mortal oan prostrate therein. Words are lien, lauguage dreams, but kisaea live for ever. Xbe betrothal nng, the promise, tbe vow may be recalled, but the sues usvexmore. Kisses are an, inven- tion ot ins Bpbynx an! defy the rule* ot koieuoe. Do we not often hear, " Take one from one and it makes two ? ' Tbat i* a N We>JBBN ,...-..! i>, l i. : ui Tee Jlwcej ID ike Dark- \ hll. ludo.r. l ,. l Kl ts* 0V M.BBPLflMNKs>*h Tbe vaiious eccentricities and whim- teal laneies of the men and women wbo uflar from wakeluluess defy all rule, and would be amumiv if tney were not so dan* erout to the j> . .uu t and so dieeouragiuii to Be doctor, 'j .< re ars many person, who lannot sleep .. tbe left xide, other- rbo tut have iLeir head* point to some pet uarter cf the ooinpa**, patients wbo emand noise, like the ticking of a eiwok, and others wbo require perfect silence to uable them to tall asleep. What, foe uitanoe, do you think of a woman who aouot, or will not, sleep 10, a room oar- eted with anything except straw matting, nd wbo cannot sleep in tbe same room more thau tnu consecutive nigbu. I am Mured aud believe thai *he bae faitbfully ried, agaio aud again, to exceed this ten- igbt limit ; thst tbe eleventh night is uvariably *leepiee, ths twelfth excited, > eternal perbap*, tbe next worse, and so u, until, ou two occasions whsn I bave Men called, 1 oan assure you tbat ber coo- itiou was loo critical t_> admit of a sos- icion of malingering." Are womeu more subject to it than isn?" "Not in my experience, nor is it con- ned to the physically or mentally weak mong men. A well known atbiete has assured me that, after training for some mportant svent, be used often to be brown out of condition by eJeepleesnees or several nights preceding tbe trial of trength, until ue discovered that he could always aleep if the closet door in bis ebam- er wsre ael wide open. Even now, in travelling, if be occupies a room without a lotet, he l* uertuiu to lose bis nigbt'a laep. 1 A grave and self-contained judge," continued tbe pbysiciaii, " every night ties black thread tightly round the big toe of bit left foot the right won't do at all and, witb judicial grainy, claim* tbis as a certain cure for what lie used to call hi* night Ci ." while a classmate of mine at college, uow an eminent and elcijuent lergymau, once oouhded to me ritb much self rtproaoh and pertur- ation of mind, that whenever be bad an attack ot sleepless, ness he became at oooe poeeeeaed ty aa ir- eeiatible temptation to say 'damn,' and hat oabaliitio word ouoe uttered, his unrest. vaniibsd, and kleep came at once. Think,' said be to me, solemnly, but witb a twinkle n hi* eye, ' ol a minuter of the Gospel be- coming irresponsibly profane for want ot ometbing Io put LUU to sleep, wben be las a desk lull uf old sermons iu tbe house.' " " Irresponsibly profaueT" ws repeated. "Qoiteso. Maud*ley declares insomnia to be a frequent oau*e ol insanity, aud I am inclined to regard it as one of tbe most ibscure of mental diseases T" And tbe cure .'" Wtll, there is a grim humor about giving a restless man tbs ' active priuoipls if bops ' to put him to sleep, but as tor pet - maosnt our*, tbe most satisfactory core* are those queer fancies ot the pauenU hemselves. Tbey may be absurd and rational, bnl tbey are lasting, and taste better than most medicines." N. Y. SIM. making a pretty oak desk, another an easel, still another an ornamental table. There e no play about this work ; it ie genuine abor ; tbey do every thing themselves under the guidance, ol course, of a skilled carpen- ter, who acts as teacher. Tbey take tbe dimensions, get out the wood, prepare it properly and put it together. Xbe recall in many oases would not shame experienced workmen. Of oeone only tbe larger girl can do tbi* laborious work ; but tbe little ones have their coloring and weaving, their part in the needle work and the kitchen- garden olassee, and all have the gymnastic braining under one of Professor Sargent's Best graduates. The classes in modelling do surprisingly well ; tbey model from tbe flat, and tbey sbow really remarkable skill. WBT H DID IT. " Why do yon blow the froth off your beer ?" asked a friend of Bukins tbe other day, as tbey btood together at the bar. " Because I think it proper for every man to blow bis own horn," replied Bilkins. Tbe friend consented to " set 'em up" again. The oost ot the sanitary cordon on tbe Adie, the Lake of Garda, and along tbe Tyroleae frontier, is estimated at 15,400 a day. Orange county, New York, bas a farmer who buried a pit dog in MI elaborate iron oomn. Him. I* llo... .- i , , .. I asked my friend if abe would let me aloue in tbe kitchen for one hour after din- ner and with permission to do wbat I pleased, says " Hosalia" in ths Umutkerptr. 1 hunted tbe hammer and nails, some news- papers and bits ot boards. I palled the kitchen t*ble away from tbe wall and taoked my papers baok of and above it, tben drove up two rolls of nails, on whiob I huog up egg-beater, skimmer, large f poons and soup dipper ; rolling pin, potato masber, cake psus, gem pans and small dipper. I put back tbe table, and on the top of it set it. a row, a jar with cook- ing salt (it was a cracked jar, but held salt all right), next to it a good one, a gallon jar with graham flour, and another one with white floor, for tbese articles were used so many times a day. Then I put neat little board covers over them all. The sploM, soda and baking powder boxes in a row next gave the dish-pan in the corner near. At tbs right band of tbe table I set a wooden sap box bottom side up.witb a piece of oil cloth tacked over it. Tbii held tbe water oail. I hung tbe dipper above it. I ooula not build a house over and make a sink, closets and all the con- venient shelves and peg* of a model kitchen, but I O9uld gather tbose aitioles tbat were used so many time* a sty, some- where near each other, and save tbe steps for a poor, weak woman. When she came out to see about the rapper tfae looked really pleased when she aald, " Isn't tbis nice, to stead right (till in one ipot and get sapper all nadv T" One causs of tbe extreme nervouaoi of American woman, *ays ttie llenU llealUi, it living too inuott in tne aarknea* wbau indoors. Tbe room* are kepi dark to sava Ibe oarptti and ketp out tne files, and aa a consequence beta the bouse aud tbe occupant* lo tb* benefits ot tba freeh air and sunshine. Housre from wmob the sun is excluded are not wholesome. There l* always a damp, depressing condition in tbem that make* iteoK evident at once to a sensitive temperament. The minds and bodiss of all who livs in mob bouses are sff acted by it. Both health and spiriu ars depressed. Their ooou pants have not only tbe depressing effect of the lack of light and auo to contend against, but tbe reaction consequent bpon hviug in unwholesome condition*. All the rooms in the bouse should have both lighi and sunshine freely admitted at all times whether they are in daily use or not. Tbey are thus kept sweet, and are ia good con dilion when tbey are wanted. Nelson Sizer onoe said wben making i phrenological examination : " Be as much as possible in tbe sunshine. People wbo live in dark rooms and wear black are pale all through." You cannot bave too nuob light and sunshine, either in your ivee or in your houses, for good health You may live, bat it is not all of life to ive. Merely to exikt is bat a small por lion ot our work in this world. W< should so live tbat body and mind ars ai ail times in tbelr best condition. Ws are tben ready and able to do whatever dut_ may be requested of as in such a way tha the doing snail be pltasurable and tbe r action on oursell and other* beneficial. I ahould be, in fact, tbe religious) duty ol every one to to live. Many a woman an< child have been saonfioed t> eave tbe oarpeU and keep oat the flies. Many a fl ol illness has resulted from the same cause Mant a disappointed, cheerless life oan be traced back to sunless rooms ae a begin ning. Multitudes of women and children are only half living to-day because only ha! ted. Sunshine and light and air are ae much food for ths bady and soul as th fruits and grain and vegetables that w take into our stomachs ; and wa cannot ge a surfeit of them as of food. The more w bave of them tbe better. Tbere is a whole sermon in the death o Dick Tweed, profligate son if the New York " boss." He was started in buaines. by his father with lavieh foods severa times, but failed in all, tpent all bin monej in dissipation here and in Europe, an finally died a miserable lunatic. Tb woman wbo was aaerifiosd four year* in an Ill-advised attempt to eave bin), left a poor widow. m. ftAVTSh , i r. ol I'lur I TWI ! - u STre*B Lake srtr. Two of th* largest rat u of pine logs ever >rongbt to tbie iri, and tne only raft* ever brought from Lake Superior, lie ju*i ntide tbe breakwater. One covers about Ive and the uther eight aorea of territory. Tbe largest rait contained about 3.000.000 eel ot lumber aud tbe smallest a litlls over 3,000,000 feel. Tbere ars in both raft* about lu',000 logs, ranging about l!l to 14 feet in leugtb. The rafts left a point on tbe south sbore ol Lake Supeiior belweeen Jrand Maria* su i Grand Island, about 100 miles west ol tbe Sault, a little more than iwo weeks ago. Tbey were made op iu two section* each, pear-tbapsd and enclosed n booms. Through me nvers the sections were towed separately, and tbey also wsnt through tbe rapids in ths aams shape without loss or damage. Toe ran ie about ons rails in length and toe fall in ths neighborhood ot M feet. The entire distance from start to destination u bout 600 mile*. Tbe run from Detour wa* mads in 14 days, tbe average speed being bjut 1} mile* aa hour. Thers were tear lug, the Wintlow, Mocking Bird, James Reed and D. L. Hibberg. Tbs tug bills run [ram $160 to J 1 .' HI per day, witb bait-pay when detained by bid weather. Tbe enter prise ie a new one, and the projectors H. Tburber, ot Marquett j, and R. B. Haw- ley, ot thin city aru rather proud ot tbair Mesa, a number of lumbermen having prophesied that it was impossible to bring rtfts through the rapids. Although at tbe present low freight it would be about at obeap to bring the logi down ia the shape of lumber, the earners announce their inten- tion to start another big ratl from Lake Superior this season and to keep it up for some time to oome. Cleveland Preu. Ttw M, ,I.D Vkasr. The sedan chair * wins to bave originated in England, and wa< brought from London to 1'ari" by M. de ttonbrun in the time ot Louis XIII. After ths fire in London ia 1666, tbe street* were impuuabie, and so people of quality went on tnetr business or pleasure in sedan chairs. They became ia time such a nuisance as to obtlmot the highways. Sedan chairs continued in use in Paris up to tbs time of ths Revolution, and possibly longer in the provinces. Wben the Duchess of Nemours went ia state from the French capital to her princi- pality of Neufohatel, ebe undertook a journey of twelve days, and her august pirton was " toted " by relays of carriers forty in number. It was thought to enhance tba high quality of tbs person in the olitir to bave wbat was called an abayn or howler. He kept some distance in tbe lead and cried out " Make room for Madame U Marquise," or "Madame la Presidente !" In tbe uiuime of tbe Trianon several Redan chairs bave been preserved Mrae. De PoUgnae, to commemorate a French naval victory, had a mast and sail rigged on ber chair, and so paraded Paris. Not to be kebiad the Bkarati.ol Calcutta, the Bombay Srri Dodh i* in future to be conducted entirely by Pane* ladie*. Ladies are being appointed to offices in the Indian postal service, and one bae jost been pro- moted to be postmistress of Coonoor.