1.1 SATURDAY ’ * JOURNAL NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14,1872. The SATURDAY JOURNAL is sold by all Newsdeulers in the United States and in the Canadian Dominion. Parties unable to obtain it from n newsdealer, or those preferring to have the paper sent direct, by mail, from the publication office, are supplied at the following rates: . , . q ,: Terms to Subscribers: ' Ono c0py,‘four months - - - ~ - $1.00 -- u l , oneyem. - . .- _ - - aoo Two copies, one year - - - ~ — a.00 In all orders for subscriptions be careful to give address in full— ‘Stste‘; County and Town. The paper is always stopped, promptly, at expiration of subscription. Subscriptions can start with any required back number: The paper lisl’wsys in print,so that those wishing for specml stones can have t em. ITCanadisn subscribers will have to pay 20 cents extrs, to prepay American postage. ; V ’ ' All communications, subscriptions, and letters on business, *Ihould be addressed to » BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS, ‘ ' 98 WILL“! 51., vav Your. 5 Another Sensation! Mr. A. 1’. Morris, ,Jr.’s New Romance! Following up the impression made by his somewhat startling stories—“Hercules, the :Hunchback," “ Hoodwinked,” “Dead and Alive "—the author Comes‘forward again with a serial of great dramatic power and intense dramatic, intéi‘esfltviz. : [THE RED O§CURPl0N ; The Beautiful Phantom. ‘ which a scorpion plays a most singular iand terrible role as an instrument both of justice and vengeance. The nature of the story, is netzessentially tragic, however. In- volving several pOWerfully-wrought charac- te‘rs pitted against each other and playing ‘éach a desperate game, there is, through all, ,the sweet influence of a glorious‘woman, who, netted by Fate, is yet a true woman in her honOr and faith, and is not to be overwhelmed by the snare. ‘ ' ' Wholly unlike Mr. Morris’ “ Pearl ofPearls,”g it is yet like it in enthralling interest of plot; circumstance and denoucment, and will much delight his now immense Circle of regulars _ . - ' ' 1 ' , Our Anrmechalr. ~ — Ghat_—-A young lady in Detroit, says: “I make my bustles out of all the papers but the SATURDAY JOURNAL; but that papermakes such abustle among all the family that, by the time it reaches me, it is too worn and crum- pled for the pannier.”. She has our. sympa- thies; . ——0ne of our contributors invites us to the cool shades of his country home, and describes in charming phrase the shady nooks and quiet walks beneath the trees. It all sounds so much like pure invention that we are afraid to venture. The idea of an author actually owning such an Arcadia! Impossible, sir! —VVe wrote an account, some weeks since, of the business of adulterating or manufac— turing liquors. The item has been “ going the rounds,” and several letters have come to us,‘evidently from bartenders and retailers, for information ! Pretty boat we hav’e'go't in, to be sure! Because we are supposed to know the tricks of the trade, therefore we are just the persons to impart information! Well, per- haps we do know how to make sixteen kinds of liquor out of one base, and can for six or seven dollars make fifty dollars worth of brandy, gin, rum and wine; but are we going readers. _ 'to impart the valuable secret for the asking? Our price is one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars in hand, and a deed for every other section of land alongside of the broad- gauge railway to the Dead Sea, for the secret. The money we will turn over to the Drunk- ard’s Hospital—the land we Will reserve as a Potter’s Field for burying the drunken dead. —A friend who has “ been there,” says Long Branch is the biggest “ Sho !” (show) and Sa- ratoga the worst “Sir, cuss !” (circus) he ever saw. If worse puns have been made it must have been after dark, when nobody could see the point. The conundrum—Why is the new Geyser Spring at Saratoga like a a pawnbro- ker shop? this same person answers by say- ing, both take a. spout to run ’em, and adds that he knows this is the correct answer, be- cause he had been to both places. N. B. \Ve learn that he had to “ spout ” his watch at Ben Solomon’s to get money enough to go to Saratoga! The query is—how many other fellows had to do the same thing in or- der to go to that Feast of Fools ? m EDGED TOOLS. You can not meddle with lotteries and gift enterprises without getting deceived. ‘We have not come to the millenium yet, nor reached that golden age when pcOple are so benevolent as to present us with the value of five dollars for the simple investment of one. When I was at boarding-school a par- ‘ty of us girls took it into our heads to seek “out a fortune-teller, being very anxious to peer intothe future, and I can remember the stealthy steps we took from the house to— ward the old tumble-down hut of the “ s‘eventh daughter of a seventh daughter.” It was a , miserable habitation, and its ov‘vner more miserable still, and I thought if onions had any thing to do with lifting the veil of the future, tlien'this sorcercss evident- ly had the ‘ power, for the room was im- pregnated with their eflluvia. ‘ “Of’cour’Se she told incl was‘to marry'a ' wealthy man of superb beauty—One who would idolizej the very ground I walked u - one-told me the lucky number that won d draw the prize in the next lottery, and, for twenty-five .centggave.me a. picture of the face of my future husband, cautioning me not tolpokiupon it until I- got home; The picture was alooking-glass, the moral ofwhlchwos, no doubt.utl_1at,when I got married, my face would belong to my hus- band, andof course that ~ was my husband’s face. Sober, second. thoughtsconvinced me that, if the sorceress really knew what num- bers would draw the highest prize in the lotteries, she would keep them herself! But there are otherswho donot get off so easfly. , Bad men will fee these old fortune— tellers heavily, to give their callers—the young and innocent girls—their pictures, making out that they are ordained by fate to be their future husbands. These women will tell their victims that, if they will walk in Central Park at a certain hour, they will meet the original of the photograph. Silly girls, as they are, they swallow all for gos- pel, what these old hugs say, and, of course, it all turns out as the evil one desires ! I believe—~andI am not alone in my opin- ion—that thousands of the suicides may be traced to these vile pretenders, the“ for— tune-tellers,” who care not what fate over- takes their victims, so long as they reap in the money. Talk of the danger of going in a powder-mill ! : There is ten times the dan-_ ger. in entering one of these dens of the pro-1 fessed “ fortune-teller”, and “ seer;’:’. Be warned, my dear young girls, are it is: Had the good and wise Father too late ! intended that we should read the future, would He not have made the revelation Himself, and not left it in the hands of ‘vile, depraved and wicked impostors ? Young man, your visits to the bar—room you will find to be another edged tool—~an edged tool that will not only cut off your manliness, but it will cut deep, deep to the heart of your loved ones. ‘ Do you drink be- cause . you think it is manly? Let; me disabuse your mind of that erroneous idea. It is not manly, and you will find you will sooner gain the esteem of the true and pure by relinquishing, than continuing the use of liquor. I do not think there is one good woman in the world who would advise her husband or brother to drink. Ask any man who is a slave to this passion, if he would advise you to commence upon this course he is following. He would not; he sees its blasting misery himself and has feel- ing enough for others to warn them against it- ~ Show me one person who has been benefit- ed by the use of liquor, and I will take back what I have said, and you know that is a hard thing for a woman to do! I tell you that you can not play with edged tools without getting cut. EVE LAWLESS. FORBEDDEN FRUIT. THE apple in the Garden of Eden pre- sented no irresistible attraction until after .it had been denied, and so the forbidden _ fruits of our day exert a fascinating influ- ence from this very reason. “Young people who are brought up in the ‘moral atmosphere Of severely religious homesare more apt to plunge into excesses when let loose upon the world than others who have been less-rigidly brought up. Parents who dchdunce innocent amuse- ments as traps set for the feet of the un- wary; who enforce catechisms, creeds and 'orthodox-ies, from the cradle up ; who look ,upon‘& theater ass kind of earthly court dedicated to the service of his Satanic;,ma— » jesty, and professors of the histrionic art as emissarics to tempt, the weak from the straight path of duty; who regard light literature with abhorrencc, and recommend the study of Baxter’s Saints’ Rest as a pleasant recreation; who forget that they were ever any thing but shrivcled anato— mies, with the milk of human kindness _churned to a very rancid compound in their hard pilgrimage over life’s roughest places—~such people are always martyrs from choice—these parents must reap the products of such seed as they have sown, discontentment, narrowncss of mind, de- ceit and practiced falsity. V ' Keep a child from the swectmeats ‘he 10vgs, and he is apt to break into the jelly- closet ;‘ tear a. youth who is enduring the blisscs and agonies of puppy-love from the idol of his afi‘ections, and he _ may solace himself by a worse‘ihdul’gcnce than the in- nocent companionship of a pretty girl ; do, prive young people of the amusements they crave, of such cnjoyments as are proper to their age and circumStanccs, and you will have them stealing away when you are in bed and suppose them fast asleep. You will have your girls sloping out of back, windows with unprincipled young scape- graces, and your boys breaking away from the reins of parental government soon as they become of legal age—if, indeed, they wait so long—while you, poor old fogy! bewail your desolate old age, and moan over filial ingratitude and the frightful de- generacy of the times. If any are to be more pitied than children reared in such restricted homes, it is the unwise parents who think to work out sal- vation for the next world by the sacrifice of all human affection in this. J. D. B. Fuelscap Papers. My Great Show. MY grand Equinoctial Show will soon start upon the 156th annual tour of the United States, with greater attractions than ever, and is by far the largest circulating circus circuitously circumscribed by can- vas ; and it will hold all that can get in, and a few thousands on the outside. N. B. People on the outsidechargcd extra. The proprietor will exhibit his daring feats of horsemanship without extra charge. He will perform the brilliant acts of- getting upon a. horse with a step-ladder, riding with only one hand holding to the‘mane, ri- ding with his fect out of the stirrups, jump over a ten-foot pole laid on the ground, ride round the ring at a brisk trot without any- body holding him on, blow his nose while going the fastest, daringly stand straight up in the stirrups, and finally fall off with the greatest case. - Our champion tumblers hold more than any thing else. One of them turns 14 sum- mersaults without touching—~any thing to drink, and walks on his head all around the ring. One will climb up and sit down on his hands, turn three hand-springs, a hand— organ and a. grindstone. - .- Our acrobats, like base-ball bats, knock every thing in their line. The proprietor will turn four summersaults without light- ing—~21. cigar, jump over 14 horses—from one to the other—and perform the thrilling act of holding on to a trapeze and letting his feet hang down, amid cheers. v Our vaulters are all the celebrated beer- vaulters, and are unsurpassed, for they take every thing dozen. ‘ r The one-legged elephant will dance to fast.music,.stand onthe end of his trunk, climb a pole, gallop around the ring, turn a hand-spring, plays piano and fan himscl with a cellar door. , r : I The proprietor will. perform the Star Spangled Banner, with great. applause. on a bass drum, bringing. in all the variations with such fine effect that-every eye in the audience will fill with tears, withoutany ex- tra expense whatever. « The celebrated man who was born with- out a head, Wlll appear every evening in the ring in some of the choice songs of the day, to the gratification of all hearers; ‘ The renowned Tiger, purchased from John Morrisscy’s menagcric, will perform cvery greenhorns. ‘ - v . You will see‘the lau- large Kangaroo and three small Kanga- -roOsters which live prinCipally upon spring— beds and India rubber, several trick mules and muleéy covers; one Malayan tapir and fseveral amidnight tapers caught in an edi— ‘dile, caught» in a crockery shop where it was eating: crooks; one fine riding—goat, pur— chased from‘ the Odd Fellows; the Aus- tralian giant, very high—mt times; a. camel that never got his back up; a hippopotamus mummy three thousand years of age, with- out a rheumatic bone in his body, of whom you may ask any questions if you. think it :Will do you any good,though you will gener- ' ally find him mum ‘withOut mumbling much mummery——-a very dry old chap ; several English hares which were lost, but were re- stored by the use of hair restoratives; one cage of jail~birds who have fledged their nests by fledging others; one fine span of well-broken Arabian night mares ; one rhi— noceros caught in the river Rhine; the great American hog— this man was origin- ally a. hotel clerk in the city of Chicago, procured at great expense; several living cast-iron frogs; one cage of badly-fledged scare-crows; the smallest man in the world -—a grinding landlord, and a. full hive of mermaids- - ' Our tight-rope walkers always get tight before they begin to perform, and know the ropes so well that they have long defied those in the sherifi‘s’ hands. Our champion rider will stand on his head and ride seven horses abreast, and go > through many hair—breadth performances of horsemanship which he learned while driving a canal boat. Among our bareback riders may be class- ed several dashing ladies. Our performers on the horizontal bar, or any other bar, are unsurpassed. V The proprietor will appear in the celebra- ted Highland fling, in. which he will fling off a mug of Scotch ale with great aleacri- ty, to fast music and great applause by the band. , . _ A v The brass band will take their horns and blow up sweet music or they will be blown up themselves in quick time. Landlords and printers are requested to prepare for complimentary tickets. Especial inducements for members of church—seven clownsin the ring.- ~ ’- Collectorslof license not admitted. animals, I want it distinctly understood that it is no loss of mine; should they eat any of my wild animals up, it would be different. WASHINGTON WHITEHORN, Proprietor. Woman’s. World. Blondes and Brunettes-i— What is most befim in colors and styles, for each—Jute and False air Poisoners.—-—Hints to wearers.—Answers to in- quiries about dress, etc, etc. I I . AT this season the worldof fashion is ab- solutely at a. stand-still. The weather is so .warm that the coolest and most negligc garments are in, the best taste. White is always a beautiful dress at all hours of the day, and the pretty and inexpensive Victo- ria lawn suits, which, with the use of the “standard” trimming of ready-made pud- ings and. plantings, new so popular, can be worn late in the season, even into the cool days of O.ctober,;by the addition of a jacket or wrap of cashmere or merino. - , Roman scarfs of cashmere, with bright- tinted and varircolored striped borders, will be worn as the first early fall wraps.- Every lady should have one. They are not costly, the pieces ranging from five dollars upward to ten and fifteen dollars, and all interme- diateprices. - . . . It is to be hoped that the ragefor pale, faded shades and tints in ribbons and mate- . . rials for dress will have been exhausted by the next season. Those afi‘ectations, for they can be called nothing else, are really becoming to none, and the only style which can afford to wear them is the clear bru- nette with very dark hair and .eyes, and a complexion which would be blonds if united to golden hair and blue eyes. Beauty is often completely hidden by an injudicious selection of color in. dress or ribbons. If alady is blon do, she .mustwnot at once conclude she can wear any color. She must beware of all shadesof yellow, salmon, deep red. and purple. ‘ She may wear‘all shades of blue, but she must slum pink and rose color. Delicate light shades of greenset off her eyes, hair and com- plexion ; but dark green she must leave for the flashing orbs and dark locks of her rosy brunette sister. She may wear a black lace bonnet or a black velvet hat, both of which may be relieved of their somber effect by plumes of white or blue, or flowers of the colors which we have described as be- coming to blondcs. A-brunettc, if she has a. good color well distributed on her cheeks and chin, with those coral lips so peculiar to her style, may indulge in a. larger range of color than any of her sisters. She can wear dark green, many of the shades ofblue, nearly all shades of red and rose color, while maize and gold color, orange, scarlet, and, the paler shades of purple she can also wear, provided she enlivensr them with straw or gold color, maize or coral colon. She may not wear a black bonnet or hat to advan- tage, but a pale brunette looks well in one, particularly if it is trimmed with claret, while to the ruddy type it is peculiarly be- pink which inclines to purple. On the asit were with flame colorkgive a luster to her eyes and a glow to her pallid checks, which are peculiarly beautiful; but all the dagkfifdeep, rich tones of red, crimson,scar- let‘a'n‘d magenta are much more becoming to her. ~ , ‘ ~ In answer lac-inquiries from several ladies about false hair, jute braids and switches, we! can state that adistinguished-chemist asserts that, ‘ after careful investigation, though he found no parasites or vermin in jute, still it is sure to destroy the human scalp if allowed to remain long in contact with it. He says that,.in the preparation of jute, a. most deadly mercurial poison, corrosive sublimate, is used, and also nico-, day, on the outside, to the amusement of . est bed-bug ever captured in the wilds of ‘ ndiuna. It is on—- 1y 16 years old, and weighs 340 pounds. One man makes him a good squareimeal; A ' tor’s oflice, and tamed ; an Egyptian croco-, that never had-the hypo; an Egyptian If any people are eatenup by the wild. (in the Rue Pont—aux-Choux. darkrusset, or crimson ribbons and flowers. , White never looks well on a pale brunette, coming; A deep coral rose color is pecu-I liarly becoming .to a pale brunette, but she v must be careful not to select any shade of. contrary, those shades Which are lighted'up , tine, the essential principle of tobacco. The jute, by tliisstrcatmcnt,‘bccomes ’al— most as brittle as spun glass, and breaking into small particles, enters the pores of the sealp, introducing poison, and causing first a slight irritation and afterward serious ul- ceration. ? . r . I - : '2 5 Falsehair isaliabl‘c to produce similar “ef- fects, though “from differenti'causes; Itiis frequently diseased, and having‘been cut from diseased sOalps, will infect“ that of the wearer. The dyes used in its preparation are also very'delcterious. But we know that ladies will wcsrfa‘lse hair,and What we say will not‘make‘ a dollar‘s difference in the sale, or'importation of the article) to this country; but, ten years hence, we wrll have-the satisfaction of saying to all the bald—headed ladies: “Didn’t we tell you so?” I ., . MRS. E. W. D. With great economy we might be able to purchase an infant‘s outfit for $25; but there would not be dozens of any articles. The usual allowance made is from 65$ to $100, for sets comprising from 35 to 45 pieces. , ELLA L. There is but one quick process of curling or crimping the hair, and that is with hot irons, which :is always more or less injurious. The rubber curlers will ac— complish it in a. few hours ; but it is best to dampen the hair, and put it upon them the night before. By morning it is perfectly dry and will remain in curl several days. The curlers come in sets and can be bought for 50 cts., 75 cts., and $1 per set. ‘PHILOPCENA. A very pretty present from a young lady to a gentleman is one of those fancy pen-wipers, which cost but a trifle, say from 75 cts. to $1.50, and which would be a pretty and tasteful souvenir of your “philopoena.” We have seen some with a white swan, made of white velvet, for the body, and real feathers for wings and tail, sitting on a circle composed of several doubles of pinked black hood—cloth. Another with a couclumt dog of cut sponge on the mat. Others have little fancy statuettes.- Pretty ’little ' mats « of white pique, for your toilet set, can be had for 10 etc. or 20 cts. apiece, according to size and braid pattern. They come braided in any color. Those of; crochet, applique and lace cost from 50 cts. to $5, and all intermediate prices. MRS. J. T. C. Inferior lace curtains are not so tasteful as those of plain or tambour- ed muslin. Music boxes are imported to this country; mostly from Switzerland. They cost from $6 to $4000, and all inter- mediate prices. Those costing from $1500 to $4000 have celestial voices, with bells, drums and castanets all in sight. They play from 50 to 100 tunes. EMILY VERDERY. (Mas. E. V. BAT’I‘EY.) sun smrigyom History. Canine Sagacity—«One day, when Du- mont, a tradesmen of the Rue St. Denis, was walking in the Boulevard St. Antoine with a friend, he offered to lay a wager with the latter, that if he was to hide a six-livrc piece in the dust, his dog would discover and bring it to him. The wager was ac— cepted, and the piece of money secreted, af— ter being carefully marked. When the two had proceeded some distance from-the spot, M. Dumont called to his dog that lie/had lost something, and ordered him to seek it. Caniche immediately turned back, and his master and his companion pursued their walk to the Rue St. Denis. Meanwhile a traveler, who happened to be just then re— turning in a smallwchaise A from Vincennes, perceived the piece of money which his horse had kicked from its hiding—place; he alightcd, took it up, and drove to his inn, Caniche had just reached the spot in search of the lost piece, when the stranger picked it up.» 1He followed the chaise, went into the inn, and stuck close to the traveler. Having scented out the coin which he had been ordered to bring back, in the pocket of the latter, he leaped up incessantly at and about him. The traveler supposing him to be some dog that had lost or been left behind by his mas— ter, regarded his different movements as marks of fondness; and as the animal was handsome, he determined to keep him. He gave him a good supper, and on retiring to bed, took him with him to his chamber. No sooner had he pulled off his breaches, than they were seized by the dog; the owner, conceiving that he wanted to play with them, took them away again. The animal began to bark at the door, which the tra- veler opened, under the idea that the dog wanted to go out. Caniche snatched up the breechesand-av‘vayhe flew. The travel- er posted .after him with his nightcap on, and literally some culottes. Anxiety for the fate of 'a purse full of gold: Napoleons, of forty francs each, which was in one of the pockets, gave redoubled velocity to his steps. Caniche ran full speed to his master’s house, where the stranger arrived a moment after- ward, breathless and enraged. He accused the dog of robbing him. “ Sir,” said the master, “ my dog is a very faithful creature; and if he has run away with your breeches, it is because you have in them money which does not belong to you.” The traveler be- came still .more exasperated. “Compose yourself, sir,” rejoined the other, smiling. “ Without doubt there is in your purse a six- livre piece, with such and such marks, which you have picked up in the Boulevard St. Antoine,and which I threw down there with the firm convict-ion that my dog would bring it back again. This is the cause of the robbery which he has committed upon you”: The stranger’s rage now yielded to astonishment; he delivered the :six-livre piece to the owner, and could not forbear =caressingthfr dog which had given him so much uneasmess, and such an unpleasant chase. - * ~ I Canine Sheep-stealer.——A shepherd,who was hanged foi' sheep-stealing, about‘forty years ago, used to commit his depredations by means of his dog. When he intended to steal any sheep, he detached the dog to per— formithezbusiness. With this view, under ‘pretenserof looking at the sheep, with an intention to purchase them, he went through the flock with the dog at his foot, to whom he secretly gave 3. Signal, so as to let him know the particular sheep he wanted, per- haps to the number of ten or twelve, out of a flock of some hundreds; he then went away, and from a distance of several miles, sent back the dog by himself in the night time, who picked out: the individual” sheep that had been pointed out to him, separated them from the flock,1a.nd drovc‘them before him, frequently a distance of ten or twelve miles; tillhe came up with his master, to whom he delivered up his charge. ‘York, by the Dutch m 1614‘; Readers and Cyntributurs. To Cossss‘rosnsms up Aumonssxo MSS. received that no not fully prepaid in postage.—-No MSS. preserved for future orders.~ Unavailable MSS. promptly returned only where stamps accompany the inclosure,’ior such return—Aldo correspondence of any nature is permissible in opening»: marked its “ Book MS.”—Mss. which are imperfect are not used or wanted. In all cases our choice rests first upon merit or mum; second, upon excellence of M5. “lumpy "; third. length. 0! two MSS. of equsl merit we always prefer the shorten—Never write on both sides of a sheet. Use Commercial Note (in paper as. most convenient to editor and compositor,tasring of each page as it is Ivritkmaud corei'ully giving, it its folio orpgge number.—~A rejection by no means implies a want of merit. Many MSS. unavailable to us are well worthy of use.—-All experienced and popular writers will find us ever read? to give their offerings early “motion—Correspondents must look tortilla; column for all informs- tlon in regard, to contributions. , We can not write letters except in special cases. ‘ ‘ >We can , use “ Impure , Literature ;“ “Almost Lostz”. “Madelonfi’, “ To Joe Jot. Jug”, ‘fUnfa; vOred:” “You Sky :” “Brush with1 Roadmenf‘ also, by same author, “Eph Marlct "—oncc before reported as on the unavailable list. The package of papers from F. S. F. we can-not report on until we return from a. little skit in the North Woods. ‘Ditto, the serials by Mrs. B.,T.,and H. E. L. Ditto, the several papers from E. B. R.— of which we may say we have enough for some time tocome. _ , .' ... ' ~ Our contributors of rhymeondpoetry (all rhyme is by no means poctr )must exercise great patience, even lfi‘t is‘hot west er. - " g j l ‘- The following are declined. Such as he'd stumps inclosed‘ for their return have been-remained; and only such. We do not return MSS. at burpown ex- cnse. Why can’t certain authors understand this! ‘Alone ;” “Summer Timez” (both of which, we believe, are copied productions, and are remitted to us by one who ought to know better); “Birdic’s Champion ;” “ The Ghost of aShadowf’ “A Good Year‘s Work:" “Who Shall I Vote For?” “An Old Maid’s Peace Offering :” “ The Rose in the Hair;” “Coming through the Beans." , . . GEORGE C. Percy B. St. John is authorof “ The Ocean Girl.” C. D. Clark is author of the “Thou- sand Islands” sketches; we shall try and reproduce the “ Wolf Demon,” in answer to the incessant de- mand for it. Cousxcuu BILL. Write. to Peterson Bros, of Philadelphia. The volume is not by Captain Mayne Reid. He does not write sea stories. INQUIRER. Both the quthors named are still on our list, and may “drop m”at any time. Captain Reid is yet abroad. - ENGRAYEB. All species of engraving is profit- able, if wglldone. Wood engraving 15 most in use. Z. Z. Z. Thebest thing for catarrh is touse a. nose syringe, twice a day. char cd with a week so- lution of catholic acid. The ba breath of course is caused either by foul teethor a foul stomach. Every person‘s breath is naturally sweet. If it is offensive there is some local cause. The cure is—remove that cause. We know nothing about Dr. Snyre‘s Remedy. DOUBLE-DEATH asks where the Indians came from. Notknowing, can’t say. The presumption is they are a secondary race. who, slowly drifting in from Asia by way of Behriug’s Straits (when it was far from being so frigid as It now is), displaced the ori inal or indigenous race, known as the Mound- bni tiers and the builders of the great cities of Yu- catan and Mexico. ' The Indians, in fact, are carpet- baggers, and their claim to original proprietary isn‘t Worth much to the Sages. L. C. H. See a doctor about your sores—Red ants will fly before carbolic acid, or camphor, or pennyroyal or red pepper. ' “ RED WOLF. Every person doing a business which requires a license, has to pay that license, no matter what may be his age. R. D. M. “Retribution” was read Aug. 1st and rejected, and so announced in this column. No stamps. H. W. H. Beans. We know nothing of the pub- lisher named. Don’t send your money until you learn that he is responsible. , * DON EMANUEL. The better plan is to consult a. Iphysician; but you may ascertain the state of your ungs by drawing in as much breath as you conve- niently can, then count in a slow and audible man- ner without inhaling more breath. The number of seconds must be carefully observed. When the lungs are in a sound condition, the number of sec- onds will range from twenty to fifty. , - BITTERSWEET. Books upon Etiquette are cer- tainly useful, inasmuch as they expound the laws of society, but experience alone can give effect to the manner in which those laws should be carried out. Mus. P. P. D. ‘Do not keep pickles in common earthen jars. as the glazingr contains lead, and com- bines with the vinegar. Ilse only wooden or stone ware, and cover well with vinegar. MORRISIANA. Stale vegetables are very unwhole- some, and must be avoided. “Corner groceries” are not the safest places in which to buy fresh vege- tables. ' BIBLIOLOGIST. The Bible contains 3,586,489 letters. 773.692 words, 31.173 verses, 1,189 chapters and 66 books, The word“ and " occurs 46,277 times, while the word “ reverend ” occurs but once. The let verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra. contains all the let— ters of the alphabet except the letter j. MADELmn. Bows for the hair are in fashion. They are composed of‘gros-grain ribbon with fring- edends‘. White lace can be introduced with pleas- ing effect. , HISTORIAN. The work, Volncy's “ Ruins,“ was first issued in 1801. It is out of print, but old copies may be obtained for you by dealers in this city who me e a specialty of ancient literature. It is, how- ever, not a volume calculated to benefit its reader. LORGNETTE. Imitation Valenciennes lace is manu- factured in this country as well as in Europe. Genuine lace is very costly, and only worn by the wealthy. ' ANNETTA. The small Charlotte Corday caps are becoming quite fashionable in Parisian society. They are worn both at dinner and at small evening parties. ORPHEUS. , Carnival is a word taken from the two Latin words, Oarne and Vale, signifying farewell to the flesh. 2d. “ Shrovo ” is a corruption of the old Saxon word “ Shrive,” which means confession. annss. Green, purple and black diam‘onds‘are very rare, and but few find their way to America. g‘dhcy mostly adorn the coronets of Europe’s poten- - Les. SOLDIER. Captain Mayne Reid, whose intensely interesting story, “Tracked to Death,”appeared in the SATURDAY STAR JOURNAL, is the author of “The Scalp-Hunters.”a book of thrilling interest, pub- lished in Beadle’s Dime Novels Series, as a double number—price 20 cents. THEODORE. The terms “ skedaddle,” “ scala- wag” and “ carpet-bugger” were slangs of the late war. The first originated North, and was applied to “those who ran away ” from battle; the second was a name applied South to those persons‘who were Southerners and entered the Northern'urmy; the third applies to men from the North—too mean to be allowed to stay in their native State—who went South after the war and became “ politicians " and officeholders. A real resident of the South is not a “ carpet-bugger." g. ‘ BETTIE VANEWEID. You should not acce t pre— sents of (jewelry from a young gentleman on cash: is relate to you, or you are engaged to him. Enrisu SAYRE. The most instructive course of reading for you would be history: Commence with the history of your own count_ry,and _then of for- eign lands; afterward read the Instinctive works Of well-known authors, and light literature then will be a pleasing dessert, and you can appreciate and understand all historical allusmns made in novels. ALBERT. You (should never extend a social even- ing can upon a young lady after eleven o’clock; it is bad taste and might compromise the lady in the eyes of others. ‘ Govxmvon. If you wish to obtain a medium of general information, procure a good Encyclopedia. The 8th edition of the “ Encyclopedia Britannica” is by far the finest set of books ever published, The entire set—22 vols. and indexes—can be had forabout $5 per vol. I I ‘ VARDEN asks regarding the colonization of the original thirteen States, and we give the followmg: Virginia, colonized by the Englishjn ,16,07; New elaware and New Jersey, by the Swedes in 1664; Massachusetts._by the English in 1620 ;-New Hampshire.by the English in 1623: Maine by the French rind English in 1630; Maryland, by lrish and English In 1633; Rhodc Island, 1638: North Carolins,"by the English in. 1650; South Carolina, bytheEnglI-sh in 1570; Benn. sylvania, by the English 1111681; Georgia, by the English in 1733. t I I , MORTIMER. The. closing scene of. the American Revolution was the surrender of 7,0’i3 men under Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown, to General Washing- tou, in 1781.3 » . ,, SCHOLAR. ‘ Socrates did teach. the. ‘F Immortality of the Soul,” and, the belief in a Supreme Being who governed the Universe. He died B. c. 400, fall— 1' n g a martyr to the cause of Natural Religion against Paganism; i r . . . . BUTLER. 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