on the spot; but the great object ot attraction is a weigh close upon a hundred pounds, and many it from the cold seasons. The winter was mild 
hpantifnl mnrhlp olnrni, nt Ai ! (Tt 13 f 11 a in laid ifi. i mnrtVi n ^Knn thin ? 
BABYLON. 
A writer in Blackwood paints the following 
picture of the desolation that surrounds and en¬ 
shrouds the once mighty Babylonian empire: 
“In the distance, high above the plain loomed 
a great mound of earth. On both sides of us lay 
what looked like long parallel ranges of hills. 
These lines are pronounced to be tlie remains of 
beautiful marble statue ot Augustus, in his tri¬ 
umphal robes, open enough to reveal a richly 
sculptured breastplate, tho subjects of which are 
Rome with a cornucopia, and the twins by her 
side; Apollo with his lyre, mounted on a bypoo- 
graph; Diana with a harp. Mars sheathing his 
sword, a trophy, and a triumphal car drawn by 
four horses and preceded by winged figures of 
Victory. The feet of the statue are broken off. 
but not lost. One of them is flanked by a cuphi 
on a dolphin. The statue is two metres and a 
half in height, and bears evident traces of paint 
much more than this. frost and ice were common in every month in the 
For a reduction of dislocation of the ankle joint year. Very little vegetation matured in the 
those canal, that or.ec conducted the Wat60 of on Us surface. The busts of Septimus .-even,-, 
TD., a — _ _ At. . t _ a .11 . „ . 
the Euphrates over the length and breadth of 
the ancient Babylonia. What mighty canals 
must they have been, that still showed undey the 
roll of centuries such substantial traces! now 
not so much as a drop of water; no, not even a 
drop of heaven's pearly dew. ever glistens, 
where once ships must have navigated. These 
mighty banks that carried fertility to every cor¬ 
ner of tho ancient kingdom, are notv mere use¬ 
less, sightless mounds. No morning mist, moist¬ 
ening the thirsty earth, ever hangs over them. 
No rain clouds ever shadow them, tempering the 
rays of a fierce daily-returning sun. The end of 
her that ‘dwelt upon many waters’ has been 
brought about ouly too surely. The awful 
prophecies had been fulfilled, and desolation, in 
in all its nakedness, in all its dreariness, was 
around us. After riding some two hours, we 
arrived at tho foot of the great mound that we 
had seen in the distance in the morning. We 
dismounted and scrambled to the top, for we had 
his wife and his son Geta have also been found. 
A WALK IN THE STREETS OF CANTON. 
I have been spending a week at Canton. The 
city is almost knocked down, thanks to our bom¬ 
bardment. Passing through it was very tiring 
work, not a single street, if that word can be 
used, being more than eight feet wide, most of 
them being about six feet. The streets are paved 
with granite stones, like our curb-stones, laid 
across, not along the path, and these are very 
nmeven. and, of course, with the least wet, very 
slippery. Every minute you meet chairs carried 
along and then you have to bolt in a shop or 
make a pancake of yourself against the wall- 
You can easily imagine that all this, combined 
with the scarlet and bright colors of the sign¬ 
boards, make a walk in Canton rather fatiguing 
than otherwise. The city is, however, well 
the injured extremity is placed in a hole dug in 
the ground and covered over with a soft earth, 
which is firmly pressed down by stamping. The 
limb is then pulled out by force, with the joint 
returning to its natural position. 
ENCOUNTER WITH A CROCODILE. 
The ferryman related to us a feat of gallantry 
worthy ot a better cause, performed here by a 
Llanero with one of these monsters. The man 
was on his way to San Jaime on a pressing er¬ 
rand. Being in haste to get there the same day 
ho would not wait for the canoe to bo brought to 
him, but prepared to swim across, assisted by 
his horse, lie bad already secured his saddle 
and clothes upon his head, as is usual on similar 
occasions, when the ferryman cried out to him 
to beware of a cainucn celado. then lurking near 
tbo pass, urging upon him, at the same time, to 
wait for the canoe, Scorning this advice, the 
Llanero replied, with characteristic pride, “Let 
him come; I was never yet afraid of man or 
beast.'' Then, laying aside part of bis ponderous 
equipment, ho placed his two-edged dagger be¬ 
tween his teeth and plunged fearlessly into tho 
river. He had not proceeded far when tho mon¬ 
ster arose, and made quickly toward him. The 
ferryman crossed himself devoutly, and muttered 
tho holy invocation of Jesus, Maria y Jose! 
fearing for the life, and, above all, for the toll of 
tho imprudent traveler. In the meantime the 
swimmer conlinucd gliding through tho water 
hastern and Middle States, The sun's rays 
seemed destitute of heat throughout the summer; 
all nature was clad in a sable hue, and men ex- 
FAITH, WIFE OF ROBERT GAINES. 
[Concluded from page 308.] 
There was a glow on the fanner's cheek, and a 
sparkle in his tones, that told of sympathy with 
h h mi n . in “ 8al)le ,me ’ meuex - Mese two young hearts. In all the time they 
bib ted no little anxiety concerning the future of had lived in the sumo house. pATTW nnrl ha tut si 
their life.— Portland Price Current 
ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS. 
In color and embossed work, the Gorman and 
had lived in the same house, Faith and he had 
not come so near together as in the past few 
days. 
“No, I want a quiet wedding, now, in this 
room, within the hour; I lying here, and Faith 
by my side. I shall never leave this bed, sir,— 
.._... _Aft it . 
the Anglo Cingalese Ceylon, are particularly never, until there is another grave made out 
beautiful; but in steel engraving, tho American. 
Canadian, New Brunswick and Nova Scotian^ 
(all engraved in the United States byjhe Amer¬ 
ican Bank Note Company,) go far beyond aoy- 
tjiing of the kind produced in Europe. Indeed, 
it is wMl known that bank note engraving has 
there in the churchyard, and some friend has 
prepared forme a narrower resting-place. Have 
1 your consent? Will you call the minister, Bir? 
You think I am selfish, 1 know you do, and I 
am. I have neither mother nor sister to watch 
beside my bed. Wouldn't you like some one 
reached a degree of perfection in this country that loved you close by at the last?” 
that is unrivaled by anything from the burins of “ It won’t matter much,” answered the farmer, 
England, France, or Germany. The homeliest in his strong, cheery voice; “only don’t talk of 
of the postage situnps are tbuso of the Pope’s dying. I haven’t any children, you know, and 
dominions, the so-called Confederate States, I think Fay, here, will make a nice little daugh- 
Mexico, and of toeSandwioh Islands, The elm- ter for me, and I'm not sure that I have any very 
plest are the Brazilian. The greatest number serious objections to you for a son,—none but 
are, ot course, to tbo found under tho heudlof that might be overcome, at least," 
.1 t. .1 . . . A _ r»i 1 
dismounted and scrambled to the top, for we had worth seeing. In nearly every street you see the imprudent traveler. In the meantime the 
even arrived at the ruins of Babylon; and this something about gambling, and there are regu- swimmer continued gliding through the water 
great mound of earth that we were on was the lar gambling houses where one monotonous toward the approaching crocodile Aware of the 
gr a i e K°i l e Z? ld0a ° h y- u „ , g*™ goes °n & !\ d 7\J° a * kn T l h f ° Cbine8G impossibility Of striking his adversary a mortal 
“ I believe, from tho summit, raised some hun- cash with a hole in the centre ? Well, a man blow unless he could reach the armpit he waited 
dred teet above the plain, the walls of the ancient haa a lot of this polished bright, and, taking a the moment when the reptile should attack bin! 
city may be traced But a hot wind, driving handful he counts them off by fours, the specta- to throw his saddle at him. This he accomplish - 
burning sand and the impalpable dust of ages tors laying their stakes whether, when the last ed so successfully, that the crocodile doubtless 
into the pores of our skin, made every effort to four are taken away, there will be one, two. imagining it to be some sort, of good eatin* 
open an eye so ternbly painful, that we gave up three, or none left. This is the gambling game jumped partly out of the water to catch it In! 
flie idea in despair, of cither tracing walls, or, of China and goes on all day long. At toe street slantly the Llanero plunged bis dagger uu to 
indeed, ol looking about us much anywhere. I stalls you seft small boys throwing dice whether the very hilt into the fatal spot A hoarse grunt 
remember seeing, away to the west, lines of wil- they shall have one, two or no cakes for their cash, and a tremendous splash showed that the blow 
lows, and a silver thread winding away into dls- You see a wheel, with a needle like a compass, was mortal, for the ferocious monster sunk be- 
tance; and nearer, some unsightly bare mounds, for the same purpose. Fortune-tellers are fro- neath the waves to rise no more l’roud of tills 
looking as if volcanic fire bad been at work un- fluent, some of them having a mechanical, others achievement, and scorning the tardy assistance 
derneath the smooth surface of the plain and a live canary, that hops out and picks an envelop of toe ferryman, who offered to pick him un in 
had thrown these mounds up in the spirit of from a number of others, and that contains your his canoe, he waved his bloody dagger in too air 
pure mischief. 1 hat silver thread was our first, fortune. exclaimincr as he did ko 4 tL ,,, ’ 
glimpse of the waters of the Euphrates, and the Besides these out-door attractions, they have about here?” and then turning,' he swam leisure- 
meunds all hat remained of toe once beautiful peep-shows and toy-stalls like those in London, j y back to take hid horac acrf 4.~_ Wlld 8cmes 
hanging gardens of Babylon; at least so tho con- selling quills to blow in water to imitate bird’s in South America. 
jecture of men of research has accounted for notes, and such small wares. The discipline of J ' 
Great Britain and her colonies and dependen¬ 
cies. It. is by this, that we know of her power, 
and the stamps teach ns an important lesson con¬ 
cerning England’s widely-scattered possessions. 
Most of these stamps have the head of Queen 
Victoria, front, sideways, left face, right face, <fcc., 
though some of tbo Colonies have had the good 
“Thank you, sir; aud now will you call toe 
minister?” 
Mr. Osborne stepped to the door and called 
to a boy in tho hull. “ Run over to the parson¬ 
age, and ask ‘the Elder’ to come up here. 
There is a sick man wants to see him.” 
The minister came in noiselessly, as we invol- 
senso to adopt something characteristic, as, for untarily hush our footsteps in toe presence of 
instance. West Australia has the black, wild the death-angel, shook hands cordially, but sl- 
Maurikius have a stout, Minerva-like figure, my friend,” and then, turning to Mr. Osborne, 
seated on a bale of cotton; Lilieria has com- “You surely do not apprehend any immediate 
merco, in the form ot a woman. Many countries danger?” 
have the heads of their monarchs—others the “No; oh, no! not in the least!” was the do¬ 
nation al coat of arum. Sweden has the armorial swer; “but Mr. Gaines, you see, sir,—young 
bearing of the country, while her dependency, people will bo guilty of such foolish things some- 
Norway, has the medallion head.of the Swedish times,—has had the presumption to fall in love 
king. Russia puts on her double-beaded eagle with my little girl, Fajth. That was before he 
for her sell aud Poland, but allows Finland her went, to the war, and now he wants her to stay 
crowned lion rampant. A few years ago there with him and take care of him, and nurse him 
wore no postage stamps, while now all civilized up to health; and, air, he wishes you to tie the 
countries, and some not entitled to that name, tongues of scandal and their hands in the same 
have adopted them. Turkey is the last govern- hymeneal knot. That’s it!” 
merit that has entered the lists, but as the Koran “Ah! and so you wish mo to perform a mar- 
forbids making the image of any living thing, riage ceremony?” looking first at tho sick man 
the Turkish postage stimip is merely toe fao and then at Faith. 
simile of the Sultan’s signature. In England a “Yes, sir, If you please,” spoke the low, mod- 
magazine is regularly devoted to postage stamps, tones of the soldier, and Faith nodded, in 
and there are several manuals published in token of assent, 
Europe and America. The room was Ix'ing rapidly filled with spec- 
- tators, who, thinking that a crisis in toe disease 
GREEK FIRE. had arrived, had stepped in to see their sick 
- frieDd. Faith stood by the bedside, still hold- 
Tuis fire, to which Beauregard so vehemently ‘ r| g bis baud, while the man of Con kneeled by 
objects, is of ancient origin. It is thus described: them to implore Heaven’s benediction. After 
Greek fire has been known to warfare for Mu briet service was ended, he arose and re- 
twelve hundred years. It was first, employed in P ea fo^ Me simple but impressive words that 
the iMonso of Constantinople, in the sieges of inade Me young, strong-hearted girl, and the 
668 -Twtud 716-18, an Egyptian Inventor having man wbo hud rif,kf ’ d hi « lif, o ia Me boly cause of 
sold thu secret of its manufacture, from a pccu- ftoedoni ' “husband and wife.” A few words of 
liar chemical compound of bitumen, sulphur and con K ra folatfon spoken by those who were ac- 
pitcb, to the Emperor. The secret was held for T nainted wUh Mein, a blessing from tho minister 
four hundred years, during which the lire was n P 011 the pale-browed soldier and his lair-haired 
mostly used in naval warfare, and vomited from bride, and they were alone again, while their 
tubes upon assailed ships. Afterwards the Mo- ll * 0Ild: ; departed to talk ol the strange bridal in 
hammedans became possessed of the art, aud Me sick room at the tavern. 
turned against toe Christians. DeQuin.vU.le, an - 
Oriental campaigner, describes a lire which the ^ a vo we any need to tell ot those few last 
Eastern warriors shot through the sky, which was weeks Mat Faith watched and waited by toe 
about the size of a hogshead, and lighted up all 8 * de Me -“i ck an ‘I bow in that time the 
toe camps. The Greek fire now in use is a dif- dee P love in her hoai t became sanctified,-how 
glimpse of the waters of the Euphrates, and the 
mounds all that remained of the once beautiful 
banging gardens of Babylon; at least so the con¬ 
jecture of men of research has accounted for 
them. But so completely have the prophecies the place is very good; at the end of nearly every 
been fulfilled—so completely has tho ‘ name and street they have barricades that dose at sunset 
the remnant bees cut off’ of all pertaining to and to each district between these barriers a 
toe once mighty city, that even the great hill on man is appointed who is responsible for any row 
which we were standing is only by conjecture that may take place, it he can’t find the offenders. 
supposed to be the ruin of some great building 
or royal palace that stood within the walls—pos¬ 
sibly the palace of Semiramis. 
“Wo descended from the great mound, and 
made for those lesser mounds which are sup¬ 
posed to be the site of toe banging gardens of 
Nitocris and Semiramis. in one spot—toe only 
thing we saw in the shape of a building in a 
There are many curious thiugs to bo seen in 
the shops. In one I saw glass-blowing; small 
bottles and large cylinders more than seven feet 
high being made. In another, one of the bake- 
shops. a narrow building stretching backwards 
for about a hundred yards, I counted forty bul- 
,, j ; ’ scorning me tardy assistance crowned lion rampant. A few years ago there 
ol t ie ferryman, who offered to pick him up in wore no postage stamps, while now all civilized 
his canoe, lie waved bis bloody dagger in too air, countries, and some not entitled to that name, 
exclaiming, as he did so, -Is there no other have adopted them. Turkey is the last govern- 
al.out, here f and then turning, ho swam leisure- merit that has entered the lists, but as the Koran 
ly back to take his horse across.' —Wild Scenes forbids making the image of any living thing 
the Turkish postage stifbip is merely toe fao 
--- simile of the Sultau’s signature. In England a 
§) ma ” a2int ' ia regularly devoted to postage stamps, 
ivM'M4AJVJuV> > Aillj \V V> and Mere are several manuals published in 
• _Europe and America. 
THE COLD SUMMER OF 1816. 
_ , GREEK FIRE. 
The summer of 1816 is frequently referred to ' . ,. ~ , 
as the coldest ever known throughout America Tms fiie ’ t0 W UC1 Beauregard so vehemently 
aud Europe. The subjoined facts will revive objects, ia of ancient origin. It is thus described; 
the recollection of those who remember the year Giock fire has been known to warfare for 
without a summer, also to furnish correct Infor- <wolve hundred years. It was first, employed in 
Semiramis. In one spot—the only locks, about twelve at a time, engaged in turning matlon for such as feel any interest Iu matters of Um o1 ' Constantinople, in the siej 
,w in toe shape of a building in a grindstones and grinding the corn. I went into the sort. The following facta are extracted in 6 ^ 8 -[find 716 18, an Egyptian Inventor h 
—was a mass of vitrified brickwork, a confectioner’s and found everything laid out part, from “ Fierce on tiie Weather.” SObl the secret of its manufacture, from a 
state of ruin—was a mass of vitrified brickwork, «■ confectioner's and found everything laid out part, from « Fierce on the Weather.” 
piercing the old soil aud debris of centuries, fluite in Pursers style, two or three rooms, each January was mild, so much so that fires were 
angle upward. The bricks were square, oflarge with cakes and sweetmeats of moro or less value, almost needless in sitting-rooms. December 
size, and beautiful make; the angles of some according to the means of the customer. There the month immediately preceding this was very 
clear and sharp, as if the brick had but left the were also lists of prices hanging up against toe cold. ’ J 
kiln yesterday, instead ot nearly twice two thou- walls. The pawn shops are something wonder- February was not very cold; with the excep- 
sand years ago. Turning into a little hollow fill. They are tall, square, brick-built towers, tion of a few days it was'mild like its prede- 
way between the mounds, we Came suddenly higher than any of the neighboring shops, and Cessor. 
upon toe colossal stone lion., Time, with Ills flWte fire-proof from the outside. They are of March was cold and boisterous the first, half of 
March was cold and boisterous, the first half of 
i n llL.il . * V ..... ... . f/w.uwnem, «/«4V/ 111 .JJClll UI 
leaden hand had knocked away all toe sharp different classes—some lending money for three it, the remainder was milder. A great freshet on 
angles of the statue. The features of toe lion months, some for eight months, aud others for the Ohio and Kentucky rivers, causing <r r eat 
are completely obliterated, as aro also those of three years. I went over one, and toe arrange- destruction of property. 
the prostrate form that lies so helpless, so utterly ment of the articles was very curious, every sep- April began warm, and grew colder as the 
and wholly human, beneath the upraised paw of arato article being carefully done up in paper month advanced, and ended with snow and ice 
the king of beasts. Tho group presents itself to 
the eye, owing to too wear of old Time, much In 
the appearance of those vast blocks of Carrara 
marble which tho bold chisel of Michael Angelo 
struck into, and then at the point that the shape- 
and labeled.— London Paper. 
SURGERY IN AFGHANISTAN. 
TnE Afghans, from their rough and hardy life, 
with a temperature moro like winter than spring. 
An inundation on the Mississippi, laying the 
suburbs of New Orleans underwater, rendering 
tho roads passable ouly by boats. 
May was more remarkable for frowns than 
ferent material, embracing all the elements of 
destruction In a far more compact form. It was 
originally the invent,ion/if a Prussian chemist of 
the fourteenth ceutury, since k very much im¬ 
proved and elaborated. Tho principal materials 
used are benzene and milphuret of carbon, or 
chloride of sulphur with phosphorus. When 
wood is to be ignited, bonzone and petroleum 
» — «-» - j 7 *•*w. w nviumuaoio JVI liiU.ll • . 
ess marble had begun to assume toe merest acquire by experience very practical, though, to smiles. Buds and fruits were frozen, ice formed W °° (1 18 bG 1 K ruted > ,H}nzone 11 
abozzo of the great sculptor's idea, the block be sure, uncouth methods of righting themselves, half an inchin thickness, corn was’killed and ar ° imit0<3 > because of burning 
was suddenly abandoned, and left as a wonder their horses and cattle, when they may suffer the fields again and again replanted until .teem,. <1 com P°" n<i ^ nites ,rom concussioi 
them to implore Heaven’s benediction. After 
too brief service was ended, ho arose and re¬ 
peated the simple but impressive words that 
made the young, strong-hearted girl, and the 
man who hud risked his life iu the holy cause of 
freedom, “husband and wife.” A low words of 
congratulation spoken by those who were ac¬ 
quainted with them, a blessing from too minister 
npou the pale-browed soldier and his fair-haired 
bride, and they were alone again, while tlieir 
friends departed to talk of toe strange bridal in 
toe sick room at the tavern. 
Have we any need to tell of those few last 
weeks that Faith watched and waited by the 
side of the sick and dying,—how in that time the 
deep love in her heart became sanctified,—how 
from his pure unselfishness, she learned faith, 
and patience, and holy trust? Hardly a single 
heart up here in tho Northland but can tell how 
it all ended, though comparatively few have hud 
too blessed privilege that fell to her,—that of 
soothing, by the ministry of love, the pathway 
to the tomb. 
Perhaps you can think of 'a bright spring 
m.uut-my aoanuoueu, auu mu as a wou.ter uioir norses and cattle, when they may suffer the fields again and again replanted until deemed 
and a puzzle to tuture ages, so does this group from accidents. Their operations for the reduc- too late. 
of the lion and the man boar an unfinished, tion of dislocations in the human subject are June was the coldest ever known in this luti- 
unwrought appearance, but you cannot look at most original; and if report speaks at all truly, hide. Frost and ice, and snow were common 
it a moment, and not instantly avow the majesty equally successful. Almost every green herb killed, fruit nearly all 
and grandeur of the idea that once lay there so For a dislocation of the thigh, the unfortunate destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of ten inches 
mightily embodied. This (lark-colored colossal patient is sweated and starved for three days in a in Vermont, several inches in Maine and it. fell 
statue, which may once have stood under the dark room, the atmosphere of which is heated by to the depth of three inches in the interior of New 
gorgeous root of a temple, and before which the fires kept burning night and day; and the effects York; it also fell in Massachusetts. 
burning slower. The morning, when the gun shone clear and golden 
concussion and friction ovor tho P ur f’ l ° M11 *> and a soft, vernal bloom 
queenly Semiramis, proud and supremely beau- of this high temperature aro increased by drench- 
tiful, may once have bowed, stands nowcanopied iug the patient with copious draughts of warm 
by the grandest of all canopies certainly-high rice water or thin gruel. During the interval 
heaven—but never noticed but by the desert that this treatment Is enforced on the patient, a 
wind that sweep-moaning over it, and the jack- fat bullock is tied up and fed ad lUAtum, with 
als that yelp around, as they hold high revel chopped straw flavored with salt, but is rigidly 
over tlie bones of some camel who has been good denied a drop of water. On the third day the 
enough to die in the vicinity.” patient is made to ride the bullock, or buffalo, 
--- astride, a felt alone intervening between him and 
ART DISCOVERIES IN ROME. the animal’s hide; his feet are next drawn down 
. “ . and fastened tightly under the animal’s belly by 
omi. interesting diKSOvenes have been lately cords passing round the ankles. All these pre¬ 
made m the environs of Rome, ou the spot where Umlnaries arranged, the animal is then led out 
Constantine defeated Maxentius—near Cromera, to water and drinks so greedily and inordinately 
immediately upon the bursting of tho shell 
which contains, it and is spread in every direc¬ 
tion, burning fiercely wherever it falls. It can 
neither be extinguished by water nor stamped 
ESZTg lr «*•< “0 *•»«•'» I ** 
11 tut u pin n tntee inches m the interior of New __ _ ing but my great love to give you, and y< 
\ ork; it also tell in Massachusetts. not despise the olferirig. I pray my Fat 
July was accompanied by frost, and ice. On FlriiI Changing Coi.OK.-Put a living black neavon to f)le33 you Faith, my wife! C< 
the morning after the fonrt.ii, ice formed of the b,irn trout into a white basin of water, aud it m0 , ovftr th(J rivor . fay.” 
thickness of window glass throughout New Eng- becomes, in half an hour, of a light color. Keep - s i() that t jj e H[irjn p, mc l 0 dlcs soi 
land. New York and in some parts of Peuusyl- Mo fish living in a white jar for some days, and g 0 i ealll | y 8a d to our ears this spring of 
vania Indian com all killed, some favorably ‘t becomes absolutely white; but put it into a yi'hy can we not see, as heretofore, iu the 
covered the meadows, -just such an April day 
as that when Robert Gainkh, holding tho fair 
white bauds of Faith in his cold embrace, whis¬ 
pered, with failing breath, 
“God save the dear country, and bless my 
dear, brave-hearted little wife. You have been 
good and gentle to me, darling, and I had noth¬ 
ing but my great love to give you, and you did 
not despise the offering. I pray my Father in 
Heaven to bless you, Faith, my wife! Come to 
me ‘ over the river,’ Fay.” 
Why is it that Me spring melodies sound so 
outside the Porto del Popolo. On one of the 
hills in that locality a villa, believed to have be¬ 
longed to Calpuria, Caesar’s wife, has this year 
been entirely exhumed. One of the conduit 
pipes found on the spot bears the name of that 
lady. At an insignificant depth below the sur¬ 
face of the soil a suite of rooms has been found 
which must have been on the ground floor of the 
villa. The walls of one of these rooms are deco¬ 
rated with painted landscapes, one of which 
represents a grove of palm and. orange trees, 
with fruits and birds on the branches. The 
colors are perfectly well preserved, and as vivid 
Umlnaries arranged, the animal is then led out 
to water and drinks so greedily and inordinately 
that its belly swells to nearly double its former 
size. The traction produced by this on the dis- 
situated fields escaped. This was true ot some of 
the hill farms of Massachusetts. 
August was more cheerless, if possible, than 
the summer months already passed. Ice was 
found half an inch in thickness. Indian corn 
was so frozen that the greater part of it. was cut 
down and used for fodder. Almost every green 
herb was destroyed both in this country and in 
Europe. Papers received from England, stated 
—“It will be remembered by the present gener¬ 
ation, that tho year 1816 was a year in which 
located limb is sufficient to bring the wandering there was no summer.” Very little corn in New 
Ur\nu In if a annbnf _ . __ * 
bone to its socket. 
The method of reducing a dislocated shoulder 
is quite as curious and interesting. It i 3 man¬ 
aged thus: The hand of toe dislocated limb is 
firmly fixed as closely to the opposite shoulder as 
it can well be, by cords tied round the waist; be¬ 
tween the bend of the elbow and the chest is 
placed an empty “masak,” (a goat-skin water- 
bag, in common use throughout Oriental coun¬ 
tries as a means of carrying water.) which is 
0 „ ; i’ * u ^ Liv . , , , • « AXAV.U.IAO v« LuiiviuK rrawri .) wmen is 
Ther ilH ha 'i S i f, ta feVV da * v9a «°' gradually filled with water: the weight of this 
r Z - ‘T T- fr ° m thefra ” ment9 suffices t0 overcome too resistance of tbernuscles 
wi h crtel 1 1 <7 W T decorated they have borne it a quarter of an hour, 
t °u th ° Be l d, r V T d at and the hPad of the bone flies back to its socket. 
Pompeii. Glass and pottery have also been found with the usual sound. Most masaks. when full 
England and Middle States ripened. Fanners 
supplied themselves from the corn produced In 
1815 for seed in toe spring of 1817, It sold from 
four to five dollars per bushel. 
September furnished about two weeks of the 
mildest weather of the season. Soon after the 
middle it became very cold and frosty, ice form¬ 
ing a quarter of an inch in thickness, 
October produced more than its usual share of 
cold weather; frost and ice very common. 
November was cold and blustering. Snow 
fell so as to make sleighing. 
December was mild and comfortable. 
Such is a brief summary of the “ cold summer 
of 1816,” as it was called, in order to distinguish 
dark-colored or black vessel, and although, on 
first being placed there, the white-colored fish 
shows most conspicuously on the black ground, 
In a quarter of an hour it becomes as dark-colored 
as the bottom of the jar, and consequently diffi¬ 
cult to bo seen. No doubt this faculty of adapt¬ 
ing its color to the bottom of the water in which 
it lives is of the greatest service to the fish ia pro¬ 
tecting it from its numerous enemies. All 
anglers must have observed'that in every stream 
tho trout are very much of tho same color as the 
gravel or sand on which theyjlive.— A Naturalist 
in the Highlands. 
m .. . 4 -- , — 
Next Generation to be Short !—It is the 
effect of war on human nature. Dr. Bell says : 
“ That if the curse of war be long'entailed on a 
nation, tho physical energies of toe people may 
suffer by the loss of its finest population to such 
a degree, that the succeeding generation will fall 
short of its former standard stature, as was the 
case with tho French youth drafted for the army 
after the general peace. Thus, in 1826, out of 
1.038,422 young men drafted to serve in the army. 
380,213 were sent back because they fell short of 
even the diminutive stature of four feet ten 
inches French.” 
Why can we not see, as heretofore, in the burst¬ 
ing buds unfolding their pale green leaves, a 
promise of joy? Why is it in vain for us that 
‘the spring flowers blush beneath our feet, and 
the 
“ Dandelions and daffodils 
Shake out their yellow skirts along the kills,” 
ami the cowslips sprinkle with golden dust the 
vglleys? 
Take courage! Of the dark night is bora the 
glorious morn, shining and bright with promise.. 
If to some it can never come,—I pity you, my 
sisters—it will come, the bright morning,—even 
though rtie sun rise on the “Other side of the 
River.” 
Columbus, April 21st, 1S63. 
— i- ■ -—• 
The following advertisement appears in the 
columns of a Paris paper:—“ A student of three, 
years’ standing at a Germau University wishes to 
marry, after taking his degree. He is desirous of 
finding a young lady who will advance him 
money to pay the sum necessary to finish his uni¬ 
versity career. Thus bound to his fate, she wo’d, 
after two or three years, become his wife.” 
The pleasure of doing good is the only one 
that never wears out. 
