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I was once the owner of a highly edu- cated chimpanzee. He knew all the friends of the house, all ouracq uaintances, and distinguished them readtly from strangers. E7eryone treating him kindly he looked upon as a personal friend. He never felt more comfortable than wh he was admitted to the family circle an allowed to move freely around, and open and shut doors, while his joy was bound- less when he was assigned a place at the common table, and guests admired his natural wit and practical okes. He ex- pressed his satisfaction and thanks to them by drumming furiously on the table. In his numerous moments of leisure his favorite occupation consisted in investi- gating carefully every object in his reach; he lowered thedoor of the stove for the purpose of watching the fire, opened drawers, rummaged boxes and trunks and played leh their contents, provided the latter did not suspicious to him. How easily suspicion was aroused in his mlnd might be illustrated by the fact that, as long as he lived, he shrank with terror from every common rubber-ball. Obedi- A well-known idea among the Oriental nations is that in eclipses of the moon that luminary is eaten up by some other cel- estial body. Many people have supposed that this primitive belief is now exploded. It appears, however, that the Chinese, while they attach all due faith to the al- manacks of the infidel, are got unwilllus t0 dmit in an unlit-J «it tho reason- .”5“ “Wu which' their prophecies are founded. A French missionary who hap- gened to be imprisoned in China on the th of last October has sent a detailed account of the formalities observed when there was an eclipse of the moon early on the morning of that day, being the same phenomenon seen in this country late in the evening of the 4th. The approach of the eventful moment was heralded by a tremendous beating of drums succeeded by a blowing of the:trumpets and a noise of other instruments, designed witha view of anything but harmony of sound. In the middle of the Court of Justic ’, one of the chief centres of ceremonials on these cc :asions, an altar was set up, supporting a pair of candles and a tablet inscribed wit}- Ohinese character-n with a carpet in front of it ready for the mandarin to perform his devotions upon. 0n the first contact of the moon with the devouring shadows, abonze, who is told ofl' to do duty as a master of the ceremonies, gives a shout, and the mandarin prostrates himself with a prayer “ that the moon may be spared from distruction.” Directions are sent to all the provinces for similar devotions to be performed at the local Courts, al- though the very same science which en- ables astronomers to predict the pheno- menon proves at the same time the absurd- ity of the idea that the moon is in danger of being bodily devoured. a ticket office in Broadway. in the summer of 1869 he had considerable to do with the pleasure traffic between this city and Saratoga. He had the oppor- tunity to give to his mother and sister a holiday in the great resort. They lodged in comfort, but no excess of style, atfa boarding house, but sought mild diversion in the big hotels as the cottagers used to do with little cf the hindrance which the landlords now contrive to piece in their way. One evening Crawford went to the Grand Union to consult with the Commo- dore on a business maitar. The ladies went along to be left in the parlor while he hunted up the millionaire, but Vander- bilt was encountered while they were all together, an introduction followed, and Within a month Frank was the wife of the richest man in America. According to this authority there was no scheming It all, and hardly a premonition of the marriage ofl‘er.’ An Educated Chimpanzee. aroma: nappened at fiaratoga with great suddenneaa. and the pair hastened to Canada to be ioinfad quietlyi The mother _A~ n The Late Mrs. Vanderbilt. The widow of Commodore Vanderbilt lot out to be a lady when she married the millionaire, wriaes a New York corres- pondent. She had already led a polite and refined life, although previous wedlock had been brief and unsatisfactory, but it is a much harder task when coupled with conspicuous wealth in New York city. There was the opportunity and temptation to become a chief figure in the showy cir- cles of our society. for she was young, handsome, and accomplished, and the nnavoided notoriety of the marriage ai- i'orded an impetus that would have curried her far in the direction of frivolity. But she chose a quiet course, made hobbies of benevolenceâ€"as in the founding of the Vanderbilt university, which was alto- gether her own projectâ€"and mixed very oharily in the doings of the newer and friskier Vanderbilts. (“he lived to her death ins. big, luxurious but unfnshion- Ibly-situatei house that had been her husband’s home; and. although friendly with the numerous Vanderbilts, usually going to their entertainments. she sed- ulousiy avoided any participation in the displays of riches which they have made There was never a bit of trouble over money matters. The settlement on her of $500,000, in consideration of which Ihe signed, before marriage, an agreement to accept that sum in lieu of dowry, fore- ltalled all controversy over his fortune. By his will he gave her only the residence and its furniture. Praying for the Moon. “Who was that gentleman with whom you were to intimate last night at the concert 7” asked one Brooklyn lady of another. “Heb; a. four-handed acquaint- ance of mine. We play duets together on the piano.” The :cmalndox- of the baud of Sweet Gra'és are near Battleford under Little Pine. Report has it that Little Bear, who has a walleye, killed three of the white men, probably the mill hands, Pa-pa-mo-cha- qua-o (the moving spirit) killed Delaney, the farm instructor, and Wa-pa-soos (light hair) killed Rev. Pere Fafard. The man- ner of their death is confirmed as first stated in the papers, and not as stated in the Battleford report. Quinn, Delaney and the two priests were taken prisoners in their homes. Quinn refused to con- sider himself a prisoner or to obey the Indians in going where he was told. The Indians having him in charge then shot him. Delaney and his wife seeing this began to run, when Delaney was shot and his wife taken again. The priests were shot while attempting to perform service over the bodies. Their blood being up, the Indians then went and cleaned out the five mill hands, but the manner of their deaths is not’yet known here. There is an enthusiastic and universal desire among Mr. Bear’s numerous acquaintances to see him wind up his long, if not useful career, looking through a hempen collar. They think if the band is broken up and not destroyed, they will take refuge in the woods, and be a terror to settlers, at least as horse thieves, for years. Unlike most of the Saskatchewan Orees, Big Bear and his band make no pretentious to any i )rm of Christianity. By strict attention to business they have succeeded in amassing a reputation for unadulterated deviltry Whl3l1 l5 equaled bv few and axnnllnrl by none At the making of treaty No. (3, in 1875, Big Bear refused to accept the terms of- fered to and accepted by the rest. He wanted to see first how the promises made by the Government would be carried out. Pending a decision he removed to Cypress hills, where he remained six or seven years, gathering a larger number of dis- contented spirits around him each year. Between frequent spats with the Blackfeet and incursions to the States his man be- came much more expert than formerly in the art of war, and he came to be looked upon as a. big chief, (qual in importance to Pi-a-pot. At last circumstances. in the shape of few buffalo and many United mum: Ll'OOpfl, coupled with profuse pro- mises from the indian Department, in- duced the Bear to return to his old camp- ing ground near Pitt some two years ago. Although he took treaty money he refus- ed to go on a reserve, always having an excuse ready. During the winter before last he freighted one trip from Pitt to Ed- monton. He always kept moving about and fomented discontent wherever he went, which the management of the In- dian department made easy, especially among the Ft. Pitt Indiam, who never had a good reputation, and of whom he seems to have secured control. A large number of the original band of Sweet Grass, once head chief of the Crees, but now dead for several years, seems to be under his control, and have taken a pro- minent part int-the ‘Ft._Pitt butchery. mL- _.m, , A Sketch of Big Bear. Big Bear, who is the prime mover in the late bloody work at Fort Pitt, is well known to many residents of Edmonton who formerly resided atFort Pitt. Mr. J. Sinclair, who was in charge of Fort Pitt for the H. B. Co. for twelve years, is well acquainted with him. and gives the following particulars: Hols a plain Cree, a native of the Carlton region, and is about 60 years of age. He is of short stature, thin and old looking. His ap- pearance is anything but impressive. He speaks with a loud voice, but is short of breath, and is not an orator by any means. About twenty years ago he re- moved from Carlton to Pitt, and became the head man ofa small band of his rela- tives who resided at Pitt, numbering about twelve tents, or perhaps twenty men. He never was rocognizad as a chief until after treaty six was made, and he removed to Cypress hills. At Fort Pitt he was frequently employed by the H. B. 00. as a buffalo hunter, and had the reputation of beinga good Indian. His hand, however, were generally rascals, the greatest being his nephew named Little Poplar. During a famine which occurred thirteen years ago, caused by the bufl'slo leavinggor tPe south and the Indian: being uua Is to 0 low them, they began to kill the H. B cattle, but were prevented from continuing the practice through the efforts of Big Bear. He and his band seldom engaged in war, but they were notorious for stealing horses from the Blackfeet. He was thought to be rather cowardly. On one econsion four Crees were attacked opposite Ft Pitt by a large band of Blackfeet, while Big Bear was in the fort with eight men. He refused to go to their assistance, although Mr. Sin- clair offered him the use of the boat, and the H. B. horses. The four Crees, how ever, succeeded in escaping. On several other occasions his actions showed that his courage was not of the highest order. WOVV'I- ~_..â€"-nr1 ease to my orders and attachment to my person, and to every body caring for him, were among his cardinal virtues, and he bored me With hie persistent wishes to ac- company me. He knew perfectly his time for retiring, and was happy when same one of us carried him to the bod- room like a baby. As soon as the light was put out he would jump into the bed and cover himself, because he was afraid of the darkness. His favorite meal was supper with tea, which he was very fond of, previded it was largely sweetened and m xsd with rum. He sipped it from the cup, and ate the dipped bread-slices with a spoon, having been taught not to use the fingers in eating ; he poured his wine from the bottle and drank it from the glass. A man couLi hardly behave him- self more getltlemaniike at table than di that monkey. equaled by few and eicéiiéa make hog: of themfiélfivwefisj" 1&8] Dinah: “De conduct: ob some ob de white folkses am scandalous, puflec’ly scandalous.” Sambo : “Dah's so, but dar’a bound ter be some black sheep in ebery flock.” Italian anthuarlans have discovered false teeth in a. skull which was excavated in an ancient Etruscan cemetery. The sepulchre from whlch the skull was taken dates, according to experts, from the fifth or sixth century B c. The false teeth are animal teeth, and are attached to the natural teeth of the skull by means of small gold plates. Refuse sawdurt is now made to yield a. handsome profit. When dry it is car- bonized in iron resorts, and In the process is given ofl‘ some 30 per cent. of volatile products, the remaining 20 per cent. being granulated charcoal, which can be used in making gunpowder, filters, lining re- frigerators and as a disinfectant. With a. very little tar it can be pressed into bricks and employed as fuel. Twenty- two of the 80 per cent. volatile product is in the shape of fixed gases, useful for lighting, heating. etc. ; 47 per cent. is pyroligneous acid, or crude acetic acid, and, after being purified and concentrated is valuable in white lead, color, print and vinegar manufactories. There remain 10 per cent. of tar and 1 of wood alcohol. The former has the same properities as coal tar, with its almost endless variety of applications in art and industry, while the wood or methylic alcohol is employed a! a solvent for gums, in varnish-making and in the manufacture of aniline colors etc. Cases of changes in the color of hair other than to gray are not uncommon. Workers in cobalt-mines and Indigo- works sometimes have their hair turned blue, and workers in copper green, by deposition of coloring-matter upon it. This, however, is only a superficial color- ing and can be washed nB'. Dunes... 1-0. curds a case of a patient to whom muriato of pllocarpine was adminstered hypoder- mioally whose hair was changed from light blonde to nearly jet-black, and his eyes from light blue to dark blue. These changes were due to increase of normal pigment. Hauptmann relates acase of a body exhumed twenty years after burial, the hair on which had changed from dark brown to red. Leonard cites a case in which, after death, ted hair was changed to gray within thirty hours Other cases have been mentioned in which thecolor of the hair has been variously changed in consequence of disease. A London exchange notices what is probably one of the earliest references ,to he use of India. rubber for the removal of pencil marks from paper in a. note to the introduction of a treatise on perspective by Dr. Priestly published in 1770. The author remarks at: the conclusion of the preface: “Since this work was printed off I have seen a subslance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the marks of a black lead-pencil. It must therefore be of singular use to those who practice drawing. It is sold‘ by Mr. Nslrne. mathematical-instrument maker. opposite the Royal Exchange. He sells a. cubical piece of about; half an inch for three shillings, and he says it will last several years." ‘ Some fine deposib of mic exists among the magneslan rocks of this country. Ground tale is extensively used in dress- in gleathcr, in paper making, and steam packing for engines. as well as for lubri- cating heavy jaurnnls in machinery. These are among its legitimate uses and the trade name is soapstone, which it re- sembles in manv run“... I. Wr- -1 so as glove powder and 1s accused of (-n- tering into butter and cheere as a make- wdaht. ibis worth about $12 per ton, and the annual consumption is said to be neally 50‘000 tom, one-half of which is imported from Italy, France and Aussria. The twenty-four hours’ system in not making as rapid progress a: some reform- ers expected. The London and North- western Railway Company, England- aiier spending $4.0001u experimenting with a. new time-table on this basis. haw coma to the decision not to make any al- teration after all, on the ground that it; would be too confusing. Experiments are being made with wood compressed by hydraulic pressure as a substitute for boxwood, which is be coming more costly every day. The wood when subjected ton pressure of ten tons to the square inch becomes very dense and uniform in texture and answars many purposes for which boxwood is now used. The American telegraphic alphabet and ins‘rumenta have bzen adopted for the new talegraph lines in Slam. and several American telegraphers have been offered $150a month toga them and operate the lines. Distilled water in gaining in favor fur table use, as well as in the treatment. of diseases of the digestive organs. The power of Niagara FaJlu, txclualve of the velocity wi..h which the water reaches the brink, is calcuhted to be 5,000,000 horse pdwer, or nearly one- fourth of the whole steam power of the earth. Women are takiogan active par‘v in astronomical and microscopical work in Great Britain. Nineteen klnr'a of metal ate produced which are valued at more than $1000 a pound. Mslboume is putting her telegraph and beluphoue wires underground. 01d Time Dentists. THE WORLD MOVES. “You say he called you a donkey 7” " Yea.” “ What: did you do about it ’I” “ Nothing." “ Well. if a man should call men donkey I’d kick him with both feet). ” “ Certainly, any donkey would naturally do that. " Mrs Mulvaney (the lanndresa)â€"“In- dude ma'am, and its miserable I am. I‘m just on me feet. wid the pain in me back, an’ J 1mmy he’s as bad ofl' ; he has a cough on um that sounds loike an empty bar’l. Cough for the lady,|Jimmy.” Youth: “Then you refuse to give me your daughter's hand ’I” Manama: “I do, most: decidedly. I put my foot down on the entire afl'slr." The young man gives one look at her foot and turns ea.le away. A mendicant approached a Westchester man on the cars the other day and said, “ Dear Sir, I have lost my leg," to which the Westchester man replied, as he hurri‘ ed away : “ My dear friend, I am very sorry, but I have not seen anything of it.” “ The greatest catastrophe which can happen to a woman is to drop a lead pen- cil and break the point,” says an ex- change. The only humorous thing about this statement is the proposition that a woman has a lead pencil with a point. A married minisber can always feel more sympathy for his audience than a single one. The latter does not appreciate how diflicnlh it in to sleep when there's a “ser- mon” going on. Heâ€"“Pleaae give me our ring; like my love it has no end.’ Sheâ€"“Please let me keep it, like my love for you it has no beginning. " In the course of events it has become necessary for Russia to find new resources in the shape of land and income, and also new subjects of thought and commotion, and new invoices of Russian glory. The people must have new climates, new soils, new ElDorados of emigration, newdreams, new enemies and, as a result, a new pride in Russia. Thus comes up the Eastern ‘ question. Russia cannot go west on ac- count of obstacles such as Germany; ice- bergs and polarbears oppose an excursion northward; southward there are only the well-picked bones of Turkey. No ques- tion remains except the Eastern question. In the solutlon of it Russia is making another of her periodic moves. In 1854 Russia attempted to go east by the south- ern route, but England and France put in an appearance in the Crimea, and the battle of Alma, Balaklava, and Inker- mean, made that road a fiighfful one foil the great Czar. He has not since at- tempted to vauire more of Asia by that path. -_... .0. -....uv..u, marched out against Germany. The Em- peror's foreman inthis French Flrm were not the best of advisers, for the beautiful boss, Eug- nle, at the final meeting of tlze cabinet, said excitedly, "We must have war if the honor of France is to be pre- served ;" and Marshal Le Bus 1f swore that if war was th declared he would throw down his portfolio and also leave the French army Thus badgered by wife and prime minister, Napoleon III. ger- ed that grand advance whose magnl nce faded away at Sedan. But at other times France has done better, and so has England again and again moved outward from the little island and has made 1 great additions to her already immense busineSS. or street, and must study how to keep up the work, the enthusiasm, the pay, the peace of such an almost countless multi- tude. Revulfs, nihilism, atheism. dynam- ite plots are liable to result from idleness or extreme hardship; the fields of the far- mer are soon worn out, public Works be- come completed, crime increases, Siberia becomes a disgrace, and the foreman and Emperor in the large enterprise are com- pelled tn face t1”. mama“, wnah plans to 1», mr the morrow? One emperor had lately been blown to pieces by some gren- ades flung by a heart embittered against his nation. It thus comes to piss that now and then these large contractors must make some new move. These moves are sometimes fatal to the mover, but often they re-in- spire the millions. and to a conquest abroad add a. much greater conquest at home. Louis Napoleon resolved to expand his business, increase the pay of all his workmen, dissipate all discontent, magnify his France, and to this end he suddenly annuluvl .0... __-:_,A Thus Russia mush 106k her swarms of toilets, be these tollersin field or nhtp cr facjzory or newspaper or studio , him”- "my. Tue Krupp: in Germany buing large dealers and wu-kera in iron, they must reach out after mines for ore and for coal ; they dare not take any risks as to supply of ore or coal, they mast pmneas the means of keeping their thousands employed, and of fi ling the orders which come in from almost the whole globe. Great nailons like England and Russia are perpetual s‘ ulenrs over some very dlfliculn problems, The problems nre dlfljauln d 11 account of their immense 5‘2! and costly or bumdy character VVneu a manufacturer has in hm employ a thou sand mrn, he mu-sn he on the lookout. continually for large cunnrlcss, for good paying cnsmmere, for materials, and against the least quantity of idleness among the workmen. When a firm or an in“- vidual has learned he: to manage all tnese parts of hheirbuainvss, therasultls a great firm, likw that of Krupp in Gmnmny, or of the Musaard man in England. A nation is only a large buriness ii m. It is a trade rarrivd onward until Lb» em- ployes are fifty or ahus-dred milliuns in number. How to fi Id work for all these. pay for all these, maficrials for ruch an army of laborers of many grades how to hold these Wlt-hlu some good condition of acute n :mcnc. how to prevent other large firms from (BAIT) ing on an injurious num- petizinn are inquiries so large mm: the men whobend over them are calledststesmen or emperors or klngs~a king being any a colossal foreman in a tremendous shup. I m_ A 1.,77” . n . r Russia's Moving-Day 80MB FUN. Some years ago as the Prince cf Wales and his tutor were traveling incog in the West of England the landlord of a certain ‘ hotel having reason to expects visit from his Royal Highness prepared his best ‘ rooms in his best style and then waited day by day in feverish anxiety. One af- ternoon a gentleman and a youth arrived at the hotel and asked if rooms could be had for the night. All the servants were in a bustle immediately, for the landlord was sure he discerned the young Prince and his tutor in the newly-arrived travel- ers. So the best rooms were speedily given to the guests, and every possible comfort was added to make them happy ; while the landlord, with a certain wink of bland satisfaction, behaved to his roy- al visitors with the utmost deference, and yet without any open acknowledg- ment of their rank, as he knew it was de- sired to keep this concealed. Later in the evening, and when almost every room in the house had been filled, there arrived three more travelers, two gentlemen and and a boy. When they asked for bed- rooms the landlord said : “ Very sorry, gentlemen, we have only room for two of your party, but perhaps we can make up a bed for the young gentleman on the sofa.” This was done, and in the morn- ing it was found that the youth who slept on “ the shake-down ” was the heir to the Crown of England, while, much to the landlord’s diseomfiture, the boy who occupied the bed meant for the Prince was only Master Pâ€"â€", traveling with his father. The ceremony ended by the chanting of “ Ratana Sutta” by all the priests pra- aent. Besides the large number of priests, there were present at the temple where the ceremony took place many of the meat prominent Buddhists of Colom- bo, the Captain and several officers of the screw steamer Tibre of the Meeeagerlee Maritimea, and several European passen- gers that had arrived by that; vessel. It was a. curious sight to see an English young lady, dressed in an elegant robe of black silk, sitting in the midst of a crowd of yellow-rob“ Buddhist priests and re- peating the Penal]. The ceremony began by the high priest examining the fair can- didate as to the masons that led her to desire to accent Buddhism as her faith, to which Miss Flynn answered that, after having studied the various religions sys- tems of the world, she found the Buddhist- ic esoteric philosophy as being the most in accordance with herown reason and com- mon sense. Other questions having been satisfactorily answered by her, the high priest administered to her the “ five pre- cepts," which Miss Flynn promised to ob' serve. . A novel and imposing ceremony took place on April 5 at the Widyodya Bud- dhist College, Colombo, by a young and accomplished English lady, well known in Bombay, formally became aprofessed fol- lower of Lord Buddha. Not long ago a. clergyman from England, the Rev. C. W Laadbeater, took the “ five precepts" in the presence of the high priest, Sumangala. This time it was Miss Mary Flynn who accepted the faith that is now becoming fashionable among the enlightened classes in the West. ,l __...- .v vuu Salem papers a fictiiinus notice of his mar- riage to a New Jersey girl. This heheard nf,r\nd ln some cases was able to prevent its publication, but the notice appeared in we pamer and a clipping was sent to the New Hampshire lady. Then assnmln the name of George S Hill, the Salem woman began to make lave to the New Hampshire lady and finally pm posed marriage, was accepted. and the wedding fixed {or January last. As the time drew near, in order to prevent the lady coming to Salem. she concocted the story that Hill had been killed by a carriage ac- cident. She sent one account of the ficti- mm. noaldouh a) several prpers. It ap- peared in one paper, and a clipping was sent to New Hampshire in a letter pur- ‘ porting to be writen by Hill's only sister, Carrie Hill, giving the particulars of his death, which did not however. tally with the published notices. Correspondence in the character of the sister was kept up. for a while, when, fearing a visit and con- sequent exposure, a letter was sent, sign- ed by the Salem woman, announcing the death of Carrie. Then the victim of all the plotting began to realize that some- thing was wrong. She visited Salem, learned these facts, and has gone home a wiser woman. Royalty on a Shake-Down. A lady from New Hampshire has been In hulem for a week. seeking informaticn as to one George S. Hill, who was said to have been thruWu frwm a wagon last winter in Lynn, and to have died of bin injurieaa few days later. No one had heard of such a man. At length 5. news- pdper man was asked if he remembered the ace dent. He produced a. note sign- ed Carrie Hill. an alleged sister of the dead man, which he renelved at the tlme, but declined to pnblial’v, as the hand- wrmng was ihe shine as that (if a. bogus marriage notice prevlously received. The lady had a. letter from 8. Salem woman announcing Cerrie'a death. and campatig. ou ahuwud that also to be in the name handwriting This led to the discovery of the following facts : Aboub a year ag ) 3 Salem man named Elliott wan ln correepzndence with the New Hampshire lady. He propoeeé marriage and was accepted. At the same time he was attentive to 3 Salem wrman, who intercepted name If the letters, found out how matters stood, and deter- mined ro break up the match She wrote an aunonymous note to the New Hamp- shire lwdy saying that Elliott was unwor- thy. and afterward sent by mail to the Young English Girl Becomes a Buddhist. A Bold iclwmo In D A‘VOIIIAN'S PLOTTINGS. rum [0 Frown! th Martin“- of Her Lover In a llhnl.