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pleas up, differing very widely in principle from those
which feel ourselves entitled condemn in other nations


ODDITIES FROM THE RHINE.


sEoRGE cRUIKsHANK's TABLE FOR ocToRER.


have Just got back from the Rhine, and count my de-
partue from that exorng money
as the most sensible thing have done since embarked
upon it.


Not but that the Rhine is toeraby well in its way. On
the contrary, very respectable kind of
in hue, perhaps, but not decidedly dab the Blue
Mosele"


You will lots Of castles any one of them appearing the
twin brother of the last The gray the same
pepper-box urres the same teescopeooking the
nearly the wonderful legend of the Baron
Grogswig Count Thimberggenberg. Happy thing il
that hese-naughty of old fences don't know the slang
Of chvay for places for the reception OF stolen goos)
uninhabited Think of climbing up there to dinner Ter
rble But think of coming down after dinner Mercy
teenth century.


Doubtless there is wine Most Of it is eccentric vinegar
losing its right mind and turning sweetish asked for John
anshbegcr and got educated of cider Isupposed it
was all right for paid pound for the bottle


left the Rhine to its Devices and plunged boldly into
Gemany-I the real Germany, the unaduterated Ger
many the eating, charcoaburng metaphysc-
abbering Germany. was nearly staryed-Mungo Parks
journey bagatee to mine. have respect for Clap
perton and Bruce after what came through. can't eat
soup which soup, but only candesne marriage be-
tween dirty hot water and grease cant eat sliced tu
nip popped into melted butter and sugar can't
boM boiled to taers, after pears preserved in sugar can't
nasty, cannibalooking pike after the 5ouiH can't eat


ews made the cook knows how of nobody knows what
But made sht-hunger is sharp-and then think Of it,
weep itjust every day managed to spoil good
appetite by coaxng with of the least of these
conglomerated scraps of chaotic cookeyo and behold
in would ro and poua and candeau, all very oler
able but oh did they make their appearance
til you were utterly unable to attack them.



fathom the mysteries of suzers pennings, and
geschen defy Babbages Calculating Machine to make
thing of these hord little scntas of svery copper and
coppery silver The Germans themselves quite in the
dark the NATTER you Change thaler and
template despair the handful of metallic rubbish you
will get II is of any one, the As
for distinguishing the silver from the copper, the thing is
out of the question The only general rule give is that
the things which look like silver "copper" and
You had better strictly upon this principle it is
the approach which human ingenuity make the
right The spots upon the coinage curious studies of
metallic cutaneous disease You will be apt think that
violent smallpox has broken out in somebody purs and that
the whole Of the unhappy patients have been consigned
you The best thing you do with your change is ge
neray speaking to throw away. This simple process OBJ
viaes many inconvenences For example, you have been
reasurng up what you ater yourself is small fortune of
oeraby pieces of money, while you have
been distributing the poor all the rascay inmates of
your pockets Presently you will be taken nicely aback
The dirty shabby money the only portion of real value



and geve the heart Not that they have odd the
orecal value but what the worth of coin when nobody
will give you any thing for repeat you may Just throw
away your change for any real practical good will do you
IT, however, you bring home, and sell it any pur-
blind old antiquary series of coins of the Carthagnan
Empire, Of course that is quite another affair Do if you
can. Not that, with all my contempt for change, they
find change in me- for have home quite an alter
ed being II is said TO be wise child that knows its own
father, but must be wise father who knows his child
when ransmogrfed in appearance and habits by tour in
Germany


have been told that there is word in German for shuy
reject the information clumsy attempt deceive
rather liked the way the mail always in used pass
my window a hand walk. II had hour in particular
Amy of the twenty four quite the Il distributed
its favors pretty equally ALL They had delicious way
too of fhaessing the horses There generally two un
happy qnadupeds pulling, and half-adozen-true on my
word Of honor-aached behind. At first thought that the
hndmos intended for pushing like locomotives to
urge heavy train up incline, and rather admired the
novelty of the thing Presently, however, ascertaned that
this the German mode of bringing home horses left the
last passed postnghouse They made fast the dill
gence by long knoted bdes and in nine cases out Of
ten they much fitted for standing still than going
ahead the result that they pulled backprobaby in the
ratio of three out of sevenhe real workers pulling forward
in the ratio Of four the difference of being the amount Of
propusve power employed The speed attained is
Iueny not remarkabebut the slowness is. In fact if you
want to live cheaPy in Germany for week. you had better
AXE your place in the diligence for couple Of hundred miles
when you will find your object far lodging goes,
perfectly accomplished.


Of course you can't go bed but that is advantage in
Germany. Putting feather bed under is ineligible,
another above him quite different thing In Germany
here two things besides misfortune which come
and feather beds The former the most in
lusous Of their the latter the most downy. never
rot between the Of feathers without thinking of
he infant princes smothered in the Tower. But should
ike to any body try smother German. They are
What with the tobacco smoke and the choky
and unopenng windows-coursc Of training they 60
hrough fresh air is article in request at ALL Put big
eceiver over the FadeLd exhaust the atmosphere, and
,ofy with vacuum-the Germans would not care
,ne whit


If any be blase OF dinners he eat-beds he can
eep in air he breathe in, coaches which will Co. and
lorses which will rotlet him put himself in a steamer
pound for the Rhine thence put himself in diligence bound
place couple OF hundred miles from the Rhine and
he word Of gentleman for it. he will home sadder
md wiser, and thinner man.


To render his misery complete let him arrive at Dover
when the pier unapproachabe let him land small boat
squaly day. let him be made very i'll by the motion Of
he little craft, and let him begin 10 upthe expenses
which his trip to the Rhine may have put him TO- When he
the running hgh he may remember also that
he expenses Of his family home he bills that may be
rs difficult to settle as the pillows.


The New York Mirror is out Of humor with some Of the
miiners II says "t is surprising that the in
nocent wives and daughters Of most wealthy and ahona
Die citizens should suffer themselves to be rcmzed and hum
bugged by what termed crack milnc Of the city
adys fashionable hat the whole material Of which could not
exceed the cost of five dollars, after receiving few fancy
touches and fashionable label is sold for hfype I" lgfy
l.. ho