Show W absinthe it is noff nearly a century since a french named Ordin aire settled in in the val the canton of beuf chatel dr Ordin aire was a and a very clever one for the sine in which he lived and he himself useful to alie people eval travers among whom medical men had hitherto beeam ost unknown dr Ordin aire his own inadi cine as was unusual in those days and seems o have been a ariy 10 lo lae ih e froyum ion indeed there was one universal remedy he held in high esteem and compounded by his own baud from various aromatic herbs after a gehret recipe lown only to himself before hi death he gave the recipe to hia servant maibelle Mai melle grandpierre and the sold it to the daughters of wh grew the earv planta and herbs in their own the elixir over the k lire end told it to pad pfd by whom it waa hawked about the country conducted in this way however the business wan not a very profitable one and the ladies after a time rave it at the beginning of the present century be recipe came int the hand of a M ot bouvet couvet and from that the extrait dAb sinthe as it was then called became a regular of commerce though it was nol prepared in kiy very large quin liliee as abo demand for it was neither large crAl and there was besides omo difficulty in obtaining the necessary which the grew only in their own private gardens by depreta dep reea the demand increased and ibo herbt began to be extensively cultivated in 1830 the four villages chavet Mo tiers fleuriet fleurier urier and butte sold plants to the value dor and one individual alono had made francs in the year from thi time tho cultivation tf the absinthe berba became a regular and profitable bus inong and has to be 60 to the day people who see in every agitation only the en carnavon carn afon of thos nails typical irishman of iho harpers cartoons will do well to peruse the following pen portrait of mr michael M drawn by the editor of the S P mr davitt si a pent lemaa in tho full vigor of man hoods prime it has been his lolos ehia right arm but hi and action how him to be conf who can wield alio arm that i spared him with in the cause lie feels go much hi own his peopled peo plea and js country above stature tta ture pare of form of mould sinewy and strong ing features and address are the testimonies cf one gifted for leadership in a causo requires cool indomitable pluck and aai spirit alii hair and full aukers are black it a tinge of uray he is a naan of terling ng candia ag peel nd hii countenance giam in bitant token intelligence and fervor and roin Jand nature uia speech wa delivered in cufar well manner in admiration offia nationality in hia accentuation ite is free frodi tap elaboration ration of the elocutionist it and as one who has purpose in ho saya and u cautious ioui to say only that which ia pertinent to his subject without of rhetoric and in such aa to ork conviction vic tion or at to impress even the roost opposed of lis own deep hearted sincerity adl devotion to the principles he go ably expounded rarely lias a mero lucid earnest and delighted san francisco audience GERMAN cn iLonEN are brought up in a manner very much different from the american mode of training A writer in the october atlantic furnishes a pleasant glimpsy in to a german household of the upper class at ibis place I saw the youngest fe malo scion oi the house a little creature of six years who as a probable type of the high and well born girl of the period is worthy mention she rejoiced in the name of garde and how many more only her tombstone may reveal does any remember the lit tie cirl watching the busy bee improve the hours in mrs Barb aulds hymns for infancy I think this noble fraulein waa the exact reproduction of that figure puffed sleeves short wait pinafore long panta lettes and all complete she never left the side of her roman nosed governess during our visit but sat in one corner with folded hands and a preternaturally grave and astonished toni shed countenance watching the antics of my little Elia who fluttered about like an uncommonly lively butter fly tha american child was evidently a revelation to the german child a diw proposed ceiaa mapped the elastic of her sailor hat under her brow curls and ran on before us springing like a lamb fraulein vau made to don a large hat with broad ribbons a linen frill was tied around her neck and long linen mils were drawn over her skinny little arms tho short sleeves fora minded of high degree amny not allow elioso democratic woodra sun and wind to ap roach too thus attired she minced along by the side of her unpleasant governess detill keeping her gaze fixed upon elsa all at once I noticed a faint glim mer in the little creature s pale eyes the phantom of a smile parted her thin lips and the pave one funny like a galvanized rabbit then looking very much scared and conscience smitten she immediately subsided into i dignified pace again how reason the republicans have of having so victoriously carried the green mountain state ia illustrated by the rutland vt inquirer in which we find alie following article has been employed to gather statistics relating to labor and wages in the various states of the union reports that the average wages paid in the slate of vermont u considerably less than in any state north of mason and dixons line gov proctor in a recent speech in this town stated that a large increase n the number of convicted criminals in aliis state was a cause of the griat ly increased cost of its government judge dunton stated in his charge to the grand jury last september that the amount paid for intoxicating liquors consumed in this state in 1870 was and it had increased in amount since that time now this would furnish to every voter in the state forty fire gallons of rum at a gallon a quantity sufficient to keep every one of them drunk day in every year vermont las always been under republican rule thai it would appear hat the state of vermont is remarkable for five things viz it has the largest per cent of crime the lowest wages the least pain in population It drinks the most rum and has the largest republican majority TERM command with it the usual college jokes some of which seem to bo possessed of the vitality of Ahas verus alie wandering jew tho first ait iw of the seaon on a harvard professor who was commenting to hi i class in anoint mythology upon the ill sorted marriage of vulcan the sooty god of the smithy and vanus I the fair goddess of beauty lie res marked jocosely that handsome women very often married the homeliest hom eliest men and he added grim ly therea encouragement for many of houi mn lie betrothed of baroness bardett coutts pronounce unco coots and her almoner both in ireland and the haid in coglan to be entirely english by descent his grandfather leaving been born an english gub act tho baroness will probably therefore retain her fortune dep i o some of her relations who to profit prematurely by lie cliTia ein the dichosa will which reduced the korones income ay biar in the oe of her naga etith nn aglieri KING aitos so of spain will bo awfully of iiii seven pound abby g ri when he heart of the bouncing girla they eaifie out in iowa an biorn inper h guaranty for the that nally mccarthy of weighed twenty pound when he was born and at two years old her present age weigh six pounds the infanta may have a golden tray to ride upon and a thai cost seventy dellara yard bill abo iowa babie have the heft |