* HAUNTED. A sweet face follows me where'er 1 go Ami will not lie put by— A fsee with heavenly beauty so aglow, I cannot wonder why— Not I, my heart, net I! It makes for me the heaviest burdens light. When gnefs tweet my breast, It comes to me ami will not take its flight. But soot haw roe into rest . This vision bright ami blest. It gore with me through all the thorny ways Wherein my footsteps wetxl. It brings me snnlight in the darkest days. And will unto the end Be an all-helpful friend. It haunts me in the city'a careless crowd ; With peace ite eyes are rife; It calls to me above the tumult loud Above Ui petty strife (it Una poor htUv Ufa Its white bauds beckon uie by night end day. FaM hWul.l f follow ou j But wadded is my son) to its dull clay. Ami I am weak and worn A bruised rood forlorn. O'tniinrlllsiiK, Tlic eorct ol vFt'onncU's jxvwsr with hi* counts-men was hi* consummate know ledgeof tlielr tdlosy ncrasiea, and bis nat for reflet ting on a glorified scale Uieir aspiration*, their vanity, tlielr follies, their eonosit*. He was an epitome, of all that i- most bril liant in lire Irish character, and a* such his fascination and his Influence for an Irish crowd never failed. He knew when to flattar and to wheedle, when to cajole and to oosx, whop to terrify and alarm, when to rouse to indigna tion, and w hon to quell to submission. He made his hearers feci that they had only to gaae uixui his person and to hear his words to w itnes* an apothee-i* of all thosenualtties and characteristics which were the chief ground of their patriotic pride. "Nobody," -aid one who knew him well, and w ho hated him as well as he knew him. ,4 can deny to him the praise of iflhnitable dexterity, versatility and even imidence in the employment of the mean- which he makes conducive to hlacuds. Hehr thoroughly acquainted with tlic and fences ltleh he addresae* and the people ujsm whom he practices, and he oj>Atatos npon their passions with the precision of a dexterous anatomist w ho knowstliedirectlon of every muscle and every flhrc of the human frame." And in mwceHaaonusaoclei) .in London as w ell as in Lublin, the Liberator could make hhutelf highly agreeable. He was a visitor aa Holland House, and it would not be toosnucb to assume that the re cognition extended to hlai bad sotne tliing to ito with his temporary at>an doninent of Repeal. When Mr. tlreville met him at Tt illiam Ponsonby's In 1"-'. the year of Emancipation, he said; "There is tiotliiug remarkable in bis maimer, appearance, or conversation, but he segpis lively, well-bred, and at his ease."' In the House of Commons O'ConnellScHs a failure. a< every man must le who has lived the lO(X la thrw dwum csiutiv* burn. I4xx- • n. Ai ■'■)□* K. and slut". di.l odnm ; Tbv flrvt in laslt itimai uiimdracw uria*sl. Tl oni In JXG srj , In XU KM Lost. Thr f.ecv nam TV ft.nld o fartbvr (C v Te (ward lla tfltrd abr abated (ne tStrr two " Of the* gentlemen, two were iW"rtu and the third tafaiMiu. lie was also de cidedly happy w hen, on heiuftalN to order by tin: speaker for having charac terized the interruption* with which he was assailed on all sides of the House as "beastly bellowing*," he retracted the obnoxious epithet, but added that he had neve# heart! of any bellowing that were not beastly. "Perhaps." writes hi> friend Mr. Phillips, "per sonality was hi- most besetting sin. He had a nickname for every one w ho pre sumed to thwart hint—turt, stinging, and vulgar, suiting the rabble taste and easily retained in the rabble ntetn, ory." The personally aggressive in stinct, which in the House of Commons found its gratification in such a teadVsprft as that just quoted apropo- of the three Colonels, a— timed a far in<>re vehement aspect on popular reforms. : 'A man," writes Mr. leckv, the staunch admirer of O'Connell. "who did iu< hesitate to describe the l>nke of Wellington a- 'a stunted corporal,' and who applied to other opponent- such terms as "a mighty big liar.' r 'a lineal descendant of the impenitent thief," or "a "contumelious eur," or "a scorpion,' (as he called the late Lord Derby, place hint beyond the pale of courtesy." But there were force, point and sting in O'GonnelPs vituperative phrases. They stood the test of all exe*ileiH-e—they stink. His description of Peel's smile, that it was "like the silver plate on a cottiu," ha only been of late forgotten; and bis characterisation .of the J.t.ur, "it lie* like a fal*oiiiiui>>ered milestone, which cannot by any possibility tell the truth," is said to have aiuu-ed 110 one more than theeditorof the Time* —Barnes.— Bur. _ Bukri Maktac. Basket making is one of the oldest and earliest arte. Expeditious which have circumnavigated the glolw* discovered mats and baskets among every tribe, no matter how rude and harlmrous. The necessity of providing some means by which to carry provisions needed for fu ture use seem- to have preceded the necessity for making clothes. This crude art grew Into a gorgeous one underthe Roman*, ami extravagant sums were paid for luxurious baskets, and the skill of the finest artists was brought into use lrt the construction ami decoration of "baskets. We know of no occupation which would be more pleasant to ladies in the country than the making of willow bas kets. Anywne, by carefully examining a basket of an* jm'tiern, can soon learn to make one f!ke ft. The ordinary willow answers every purpose, though the true osier woul.fi be somewhat better. The long twigs are cut and jieeled or barked, wlule green. The peeling may be easily done by sawing off a small sap ling at convenient height and splitting down the stump an inch or two. Put a thin wedge in the bottom of the split so as to keepit open. The twigs should then be tdken by the small end and drawn sharply through the slit, when the bark will pee! out-lean. The willow gwitches may then be laid away for fu ture use, kept of course in the shade and under shelter. A little- patience and practice will soon enable any lady to make beautiful baskets of any lr.eor sliaja*. The twigs may be used whole or split, used white or dyed ahy color. Such little home industries are not only useful aocomplisliincuts hut add a social charm to country life, and may in some day of disaster, such as too many of us ftave witnessed, prove a means of support. The Lnwluan llltnlte. Wliile owing to lavish consumption and neglect of protection or provision for reproduction tiie oyster-beds of England are seriously diminishing in their yield, ostreaculture in France is making such strides that in a few years that country will staml at the head of the oyster market. As well as indi viduals the government, imperial ami republican alike, has given capital, ex perience and science to the task. It is twenty-two years since the first exper iments were made, and sixteen since the artificial bleeding of oysters, hav ing been proved successful aud profi table, obtained a recogni/.ed footing bothon the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. Beds were stocked by the gov ernment and numerous concessions made in aid of private enterprises, but in 1805, owing to a want of experience and intelligence on the part of those who hail entered entbusiatical.'y upon the business, H was found that all the private beds had proved rapid and complete failures though the govern ment experiments had met witli success. Kesulted naturally a season of depres sion and caution, but at the conclusion of the war ib I*7l renewed attention was to the subject, especially in the districts of Arcacliou ami Lorieut. In the former, where, before 1871 gov ernment had granted 724 beds, cover ing I,4s2acres, there were in 1872 oc cupied 3,630 acres ; in 1874, by 1,700 beds, 4,300 acres; in 1875, by 2,434 la-ds. 6,570 acres, and the number of l>eds will be iucrcaead By the new year to 3,000. In Brittany there Ate some .W phtntn tionK, xnil fresh application* for eon ecMMonK are dally made, while at many other point* artificial breeding IIAH en ! gaged attention though the expert ; luentd are ot too recent date for their j HiicceM to lie estimated. The capital j invented in alxnit JfiitHi an acre. or. in the district of .Vrcachou.fi,OHO,tltki. The j return per cent, on the in\estniei.t is 1 not Mated in the othoial reports, but it is certain that by careful husbanding I and an intelligent working of a system which is now nearly complete, the nat j ural Ixxls have not only Ixx-u preserved from impending destruction, but en riched almost beyond lclicf. For in stance. IKHIX which were considered ox haMsti d HI IS7O in tln> A reaction dis trict. yielded within the few hours ol [last Novetnln'r dm uig which they weie allowed to lie dredged or tlshed, the in credible number of 40,1161,000 oysters of remarkable sue. So. also, at It ran ville, the fortunate dredgers, who had a few free tides granted them last vcai over old natural Ixxls. etrtusl f140,000 by their catch. Financially speaking, reaulta nre described as very prouiia mg for the 1*7.1 campaign. The Kusslsit lay |i) Slunrra The Kussians are passionately fond of the Ttigani, with tJieir homesick, foreign singing, which makes you dream ot a free lite amid primitive tia tare, outside of all restraint and all law. divine or human. This pan*ion I share myself, ami it drives me almost to madness. So 1 made gtxxl play with my elbows to reach a place near the platform where the musicians snxxl. They were live or six haggard, wild looking voung girls, with that half-lx w thleied air w Inch strong light caust s to noctiirnal. furtive, vagalxmd ores tnres of everv race. They made one think of deer brought suddenly trom a forest (lade into a drawing-room. There was nothing remarkable alxuit their coat mite ; it seemed they had felt Itouml. in coming losing at this hall, to lay ashte their characteristic aline and make a fashionable toilette. In consequence then appearance was like that of ili-dressed maid servant*. But one quiver of the eyelashes, one black, untamed glance wandering vaguely urvr tiie uudit lice, was enough to gi \ e hack ail their native character. 1 lie music txynn. They were strange mel odies of pensive sweetness or ot wild gayetv.liroideied with intiuite Horitmra, like the singing of a bird that listens to himself, and grows wild with hiaowu warbling—sighs of regret over some brilliant past existence, with careless outbreaks ot a free and joyous humor, which mock* at all tilings, even at its own lost happiness, if so lie that lib erty remains ; choruses with stamping of the feet and outcries designed to accompany those nocturnal dances which form upon the turf of forest glades what we call "tairy rings ;" something like a Weber, a Chopin, a Lisxt in tlu- savage state. At times the theme was borrowed front some pop j ular melody which has becu the rounds of all the piauos, but its commonplace character vanished utterly under the runs ami trills, the ornaments and cap rices; the ongmality of the variations made yon quite forget how trivial was the I'aganini's marvelous fan tasies upon the Carvinai of Venice give an idea of these delicate musical ara besques—silk. gold, and pearls embroi dered upon the coarse material. A gypsy man, a kind ot clow n with tierce aspect, licown as an Indian, recalling the Bohemian types so characteristi cally represented ov Valario in his eth nographic water-color sketches,accom panied the singing with chords from a rebeck ahu h he held Ix-t ween his knees, playing in the manner of the Oriental musicians; another big fellow exerted himself upon the platform, dancing,striking the floor with his feet, thrumming a guitar, while he marked tJie rhythm upon the wots! of the in strument with the palm of his hand, making strange grimaces, and occa sionally uttering an unexpected cry. This was the joker, the buffoon, the merry-anil lew of the troupe. It is im possible to describe the enthusiasm of the aadieucc immediately about the platform. They appiaudt-d and called out to the singers, they kept time with their beads, they repented over the re frains. These songs, with their mys terious extravagance. have the power of an incantation ; they uiakc you dixxy and mad, and throw you into the most incomprehensible moods. Von Itsteu. and a mortal longing cornea over yon to disappear from civilijced life forever —to go off and range the forests ac companied by one of these sorceresses with cigar-colored complexion anil eyes like lighted coals.— Tf%evphile (ran tier's liHsiiu. Oelitlne Wools Delaine is tin- generic French word for wool, though it ha* become used to designate a fabric coui]M>*ed of cotton and worsted, which is known in market by the formation of colored patterns similar to calico on two or more fabrics composed of cotton, worsted or -ilk. The fabric originated mainly in the eflort of the French to rival the Kuglisb in the production of combing wool from the Ramhouitet flock, which originated Irom the >|>ani-h merino. The Kam bouilets produced a wool which worked well under the comb, and was too fine for the ordinary hosiery and uitl gi*D, for which the Kugli-h wools were so admirably suite*!. The French struck out a new industry from their own wool which the English could not Imitate be cause they did not have a supply of combing woo! of merino blood. A good delaine wool must contain merino blood, and length ami strength of staple. In New Zealand the English manufacturers are stimulating tin- wool grow ers to de velop a new industry, and they arc now producing a very desirable delaine wool by crossing the Pots wold or ram on the merino ewe. The result Is a heavy carcass, heavier fleece, a longer staple, and altogether a more profitable sheep. A good deal of that kind of wool has been imjiorted into New York from New Zealand during the pat year, ami has commanded prices superior to the best Australian wools. Hasten! Hire. Mr. Frank Huckland adds a few note* to our information concerning that interesting little rodent, the sing ing mouse. A caged specimen wa* presented to him. which at first was too frightened to sing, but, overcoming its alarm, it suddenly put its little paws agaiust the bars of its prison, and poured out a very flood of melody. Of the wotideiful musical gift of this mouse Mr. Huckland says: "The song is a little sharp note, tittered con tinually. Translated into words, the song \v& something like this. 'Twit a twitter, twit a twittClHmmKmi the mouse would sing ilolct piano and then forte. The little besst appeared to me to have two octaves, i. e., it could sing its song in a low key and in a high key, and change quickly from one to the other. During the perfor mance the chest WHS palpitating vio lently, and the little cleft mm*- moving about, but there seemed to lie no forced exertion at all. The real secret of these musienl powers in the mouse is not, 1 believe, known. Dr. Crisp, of Chelsea, informed me that he thought the singing was caused by the presence of a paiasite in the liver. 1 have u specimen, in spirits, of a singing mouse, in which this parasite is cer tainly plainly visible, but 1 atn not at all sure that other mire also, who are not musical, have not this parasite. The song is a genuine song—as stood and as musical a* that of a lark on a fine summer morning. Tlie lllml. As the figures in a bas-relief are va riously wrought, some projecting like independent statues in sbarp light anil shadow, while others are but half de tached, and a third sort offer mere out lined profiles scarcely embossed upon the marble background; even so the poet has obeyed a law of relative pro portion in his treatment of character. The subordinate heroes, for example, in the Hind fall away from the central figure of Achilles into more or less of slightness. This does not mean that we can trace the least indecision in Homers touch, or that he has slurred his work by haste or incapacity. On the contrary, there i* no poet from whom deeper lessons in the art of sub ordinating accessories to the main sub ject without impairing their real value, caii be learned. A sculptor like Phid ias knows how to give significance to the least indication of a form which lie ha* placed upon the second plane in his bas-relief. Just so Homer inspires his minor characters with personality. To detach this personality in each case is the task of the critic; yet his labor is no light one for the Homeric char acters draw their life from incidents, motives, action*. To the singer's fancy they appeared, not as products of the self iHtnuciowi imnxiniilit to IH> 111 V I'D ti 11. Wo inn draw in CXIIAIIKt ll'le IcSHOIIA 111 |lllll'(l<'Ill win (loin troin tho Homeric poem* ; hut > CAllllOt With I 111 !• 111111 I mihjlH't till MM' delicate creation* to the 011 tic At cnici hie. I'hey (lolifflit both intellect and senses with ii in AII v toned lon inoiiv ot exquisitely liiodilfiited pints : lull the instant we Ix'gln to dissect mol tlieo j rue we run A risk of attributing fat j more met hod and delilietittiou ttuiu j WAX nut It ml to A poet 111 the eatlv age lof Helix*. It IH AIIUOHI impossible to set toitli the |xi*otis ot lloiuei except in hi* own WAV, niul in clone connec Hon with the iiieideuts through which they ALE revenled . licit A* the char ' At (el Hot A mole Kelt conscious artist, the l/tilni, tor example, or the I'Kmlm of KliripitlrA, cAll lie described without j repetition of their Kjieeched or rreoii i net ion of the drama* In which they pixy their ptrU. (\nnftitl .l/il J/0.-IMC. Aulnial I.He In lite (Xeesu |K>p|hs. It was. fori cats, thought that. le --ioud the depth ot AM fathom*, oigantr hf e craset to exist m the (X'eall. Forties leached tills rero of lite 111 the .Fgea U Sea. and the tact uacertaiued tor the i Mediterrancnii was inferred for all othei seas. Ihe transmutation ot in - organic into otgauic mallei isonlv pel formed hy vegetables, and then only under the controlling power light. The distinction made l>v naturalisis tx tweeu lite lowest forms ot animal and vegetable lite lies just here: vegetables convert the inorganic elements of earth, ail, and water, into organised matter; animals reariange this organ iied matter into animal tissue. It was well known, as no light penetrates the profounder oceanic depths, that no vegetation call exil there; an absence of aruinui lite was therefore inferred. Certain exceptions to this detiuitiou ot vegetable lite, AS being exhaustive, arc fouiul in the fungi, which germinate and glow in darkness, and it is be lieved are nourished in great measure hv organic matter, as well as in the curious carnivorous plants, which have ot late attracted so much attention, 1 his, however, thx's not invalidate the, truth that all nutriment in order to IM tit for the maintenance of animal lite, must pass, at least once, through the transmutation effected only by vegeta tion. The nou-existence ot life below 300 fathoms, iu ail the IH'I ana id out glolx-, was strongly supported by Forbes' in vestigations in the Meditei raticau. The abyssal depths of the sen were thus determined by logic to lie the univer sal empire over which reigned dark ness, desolatinu,and death. No investi gations ffere made as to the facts of the case, lavgic and a liasty geueralixatiou from inadequate know ledge were made, once again in the history of science, to do dutv for the more ialxuious method of luvtieiit obAervatioti. Commerce at last gave the impulse to deep-sea ex ploration, which had before been lack ing. The commercial world demanded a more speedy mode of communication froui continent to continent, and the resjKnse came in the form of the sub marine telegraph. Thoiisandsot sound ings were made to determine the Iwst position in the (H'ean's Ix-d for its suc cessful laying, and thousands, again, to secure the broken end after the first failure. These soundings and grap pling* brought from the M-A depths unmistakable prvxif that life iu many varied and exquisite forms existed there, far away from light and vegeta tion, under an enormous pressure of superincumbent waters; and logic re tired discomfited. The I'nnlheou Directly up trom the river toward new Rome ami you come upon the skeleton of a mighty round structure, which the people there call the rotunda. You pas- around to the front, aud you stand under the teiuule that lias been handed down to us trom the heathen. The mighty granite columns that sup jHirt the Greek porch are too heavv for any modern machinery to move. They are too large for any modern designs of architecture, and beiug monoliths, they, tinlike the stones of the Coliseum, will probably remain there, just as they are, for cycles to come. You wish to enter the Pantheon, to see the tomb of Raphael. Good. You push the iron gate I>etween the great columns. It cracks; a priest comes out (as they al ways do come out in everv place you go into in Koine), anil lie stands la-fore vou. Hand hint a franc. You cannot better introduce yourself. It does not matter much whether yon can talk a word of Italian or not. They all kuow tat what you want ; and you can have it, if yon pay for it, just as well with out a speech as with it. In Italy tin*)" are willing to do all the talking themselves. They are : race of women there. In Italy you are not expected to talk, hut to pay. All around the round, wigwam shaped Pantheon you ee only ahrinea and tombs. Priest* are moving about in their black gowns and sombre cowl*, candle* are burning la-fore the altars ; mas* is tieing said for the dead, it is cold, damp ami dismal. You feel the chill and the fevers in your bones. It is dangerous even to sit down here in this vault. The priests know this, and they keep constantly 011 their feet when not on their knees. The Pan theon has sunk down into the earth ; or. rather, the earth lias grow n tip around the Pantheon. Ages have washed and worn the Alps a%*jr; the Tiler ha* Ixirtie the debris to the street* of Rome ; and now the "temple to all the gods," which was once rene)u*d by ascending long and lofty steps, is reached by descending through the mud. If you come here when the Tiber is full y*m will come in a boat. Many times during the year all this par: of Home i* tinder water, anil you nave a sort of Venice without the gondola. At such times the priest* enter the Pan theon in Itoat*. You see them pass the great iron gates, row through the open iron door* which have Ix-en put lip in place of the copper ones torn aw ay and plundered to ornament St. Peters, lyid then go all around the altars and say their prayers, and light their candles and count their (tends, while (he awful Pantheon stands up to its knees in the dark and dirty waters of the Tilter. These priest* paddle their own boat* at such times. Thev are silent men. Their cowls are about their faces; ropes are around their waist*. They look like birds of evil omen, angels of the devil, Charon on his solemn voy age of the Styx.— Joaquin Millc, in In deprndent. The ijtrlb'a lii the preface to bis recent excellent (took, "The abode of Snow," Mr. Andrew Wilson, well known as the author of one of the most interesting works on the Chinese empire, revives the old theory ot M. Adheinar that the earth will topple over one of these days and semi the oceans sweeping over the continent*. The theory is that ow ing to the greater pnqionileranee of water In the Southern hemisphere, the greatest accumulation of water Is round the South Pole; when the acctimula llon has reached a certain point the I balance of the earth must be suddenly | destroyed—the center of sphericity ab ruptly change far from the center of gravity, ami the whole earth almost In stantaneously must turn transversely on Its axis, move the great oceans, and so produce one of those grand cata clysms which have before now altered the whole face of the glols*. Some very good physicians anil mathematicians have believed in this theory, whtcb is not easily controverted, even if It be a false one. Tnrl*a*letl Uonrils- A French journal describes some ex periment* made by M. < billiard in the cultivation of gourds. These results have boon reached by grafting different fruits upon one another. It is found that perfect union takes place and the growth continues without Interruption. One instance is mentioned of a green Spanish gourd II|M>II the side of which another variety was grafted. Another was a yellow gourd, into the side of which was inserted the stalk of a jicar slinped green gourd. A large slice of this was cut oil and replaced by a white one, and in all eases perfect adhesion took place. This playing tricks with gourds is no new thing, though we do not remember having seen it so exten sively practiced as seems to have tieen the case as described here. I)f course it is merely a pastime to produce these curiosities of growth, but some of the result* are very pretty and interesting. A<( HI (TITI H V I. |ll\l* t Hol I WiiKl. \\ heal reqllll en a ln* Idled for tlfli eenln an acre or le. I'lie next ln--t manner ot sowing, i* to hroa.lc.tnt tile need, ulid O'lft with H cultivator. It the need I* now n broad ca*t, the ground nlumld In* rolled thor ough!) after ln-lng harrowed, llrlll -owing nave* the ittln'r ol hallowing afterward*. II here the ti) I* not feared early -owing l- to in- pretend, it i* a choice of evil* In-iwecu the dangers of the fly on the one hand, and ot winter killing on the other. If tho *dl I* in g.nnl condition, the time of sowing i* matter to lie decided according to cir cutosiauce*, locality, and the judgment of the in.ltx Idiiat. The small cost and lalmr of sleeping the seed in well repaid h) the SOCUIitV it attord* agalunt runt and mint, and the ipiickeuing ot germination. A -teep that Is V'ei'V effective against smut is a soluthiii of tour OUU.vn of nillphale of copper v blue vitrol , to a gallon ot water. Thin in |*nired over the wheat, tiea|n-d on the haru tl>nir, and the grain in iapi.ll) nhov.-led over and mixed, until every need is moistened with the solution. It t- left in a heap for t wont) four hour-, after which it may lie sown. A solution of one JMilllt.) of guano to a pall of rain water, or -talc chamber lye 1- an excellent *teep, not Old)* prevent ing tile -uiut, but hastening the sprout ing of the need, Ground gypsuui plaster -liollld be lined to dry the grain previous to •owing, if any thing in needed, hut lime should not I*. used with guano water, or lvf. Mrong -alt and water i- frequently used a* aateep. with g.nnl efleet , alter which the --ed U mixed with tlnely slaked lime until dry, and sown immediately. It has ln*e found by exjterluients that at .ne Inch tn-low thenurlace every •eel of w heat grew, if the ground wa uioint, w Idle at tw o Inches seven-eighths of the -cni grew , and at tiiree Inches three-quartern grew . N'otw itl.-tandiug this we would rattier *ow two inch'** deep than one. If timothy scetl Is sown with the wheat now, and clover is to be NOW it in the spring, front lour to six quarts per acre may Is* used. If no cio\er is to bo sow 11, a js*ck of gru- *ced i* not too much. Me prefer to go over the ground a- *i N 111 a the wheal it drilled, ami gin with a broadcast ower. or by hand, rather than drill in with the sect I. It is easy to measure the proper distance for the laud b> the foil marks ill the *oft soil. The *eed will tilid its way into the uicllow soil, and Is* suffi ciently covered. A quarter of an inch i* the proper depth for gra*-seed. The line manure from the poultry hotise will make a valuable top-drc*hig for timothy, and will help the wheal. In place of it one hundred pound* of guano to the acre Uiav be used.— A jricuuorut. M 1:1.1 OU Soil. AKOIM> Tin*.—l n less the surface of the ground L mulched around young trees over an area of six to ten feet In dlatueter, the ground should IK* kept clean and mel low . Every farmer know * that a hill of corn or js>tat>cs w ill not amount to much unless cultivated, and yet there arc many who will neglect to give the same care to a tree which i* worth a hundred hills of either of the lortner. In rich soil, tr-es may grow rapidly without cultivation, and no amount ol grass or weeds will retard them; but there are other thing* besides grow th to be looked after. It the weeds and grass arc allowed to grow up around the steins of apj le, peach or quince trees, the hark will become soft near their liase bv being shaded, and thereby be in a suitable condition for the recep tion of the egg* w fitch will eventually liecome js-acli or apple I Hirers, lake any dozen youhg apple trees in the sec tioiis w here the apple-lsirer Is abundant and allow a portion to choked with weeds and the remainder well cultiva ted, and then watch the result, limn our own experience, we believe that the chances are nine to one in tavor ol tnose cultivated being exempt from tbi-peal.—ll Vs/era Torw r . How to Brut Root*.— -There i* one way ol burying roots so that frost w ill not get at them, and that is the placing ol layer* of straw between the layers of earth with which they are covered. It is necessary to be more careful with |M>tatoes than with other roots, as they will not stand the sliglitest frost with out Is-liig injured. Potatoes should Is laid In compact lieaps and covered rare fully with straw . Over the straw put about eight inches of earth, and over the earth a good thick layer of straw. Over all. put six or eight Inches of earth. Frost will go through almost any thickness of earth alone, nut it will not penetrate far tielow the noncon ducting straw. The earth should noi I*- itacked any harder than will suffice to keep it in place. By using straw and earth combined, time Is saved In uncovering w hen the roots are wanted to lie got at. If the snow Is blown from the heaps during the winter, and the cold is very intense. It will be well to cover them with a coating of coarse manure. • t KANtNi. I r.—The rubbish which is left in the tiehls, in the orchard*, gar den*. and around the yards at the close of the season, furnishes hiding places for a vast number of vermin. Egg* and larva- of destructive insects, chinch hugs and other pe*ts flml a *afe refuge, wherein to pass the winter in corn husks, stalks, and Httihs, left ii|sm the tiehls, and ujion or beneath pielow the standard of white and mixed. 4. Rejected, to which class are con signed all musty oats, or those not properly screened. Br VINO A IIARXKSS.—When you think of buying a harness, examine the leather of the haine-stmp ami the near tuck of the throat-latch, and likewise of the croupcr. If thestf ends are of slazy *tuf), calculated to squash and plague you while trying to make them enter the loons, don't buy. The man who cut the harness did not have the interest of the purchaser In his mind. At three separate and distinct scowls for each buckling, the harness would be dear as a gift. Ami most likely fault* and oversights run through the entire rig- The woman lives in Massachusetts who can be carried over a revolving shaft *t with i out other aid in (In- water, even assist - ing other*, ulid no to wall the at 11 vat ot tilHhcl aid, hy nlilp- ol lioata;thun materially multiplying the chance* of sulci), w inch, at lei all. In tile Utmont ; that call certainly lie attallird, In- llie lite na VIIIA- appai.till* what II wilt. Another important point in tin- an pllaliec is (hut. a- wits also shown, (lie I mot ion of the limbs, as in w imnntig, I i.le elitu.-lv tie.- and lllltctteied liy liie mailie-s. when thus u-e.l as a nurture■; , morevt-r, in ci.se ot wreck and ln-ing cast a*hurts this appliaitce Is calculated to uli'ord great prot.-cHoii to the hotly, and mitigate (lie slunk if the wearei i In- thrown hy the waves against a rock ; or In-ach ; or should any one or more iof the e|iaiate cork nhs he cut or ! damaged in anv way Uv such ...llisiuu, being independent, the ctli.Ttltc as a whole i.-laii's lis tinnyaucy and Itfc -av ing power ittiimpaiied. Coral formiillomt Tin* admirable rmrrhrt( Mr. I>aiwm have shown u t lift I nltliuujf h tlx* t< ef-bntldiug eo ml* M't-ui unable to Ihr aud ||tuw at drptlu greater than twenty fathoms, i (out* hundred and twenty feet,) vet that if thrir base giadunlly subside*, at a rate not greater tlian that of coial mowtli, the reef ot island will IM* kept : up to the surface by audi growth; *o 1 that it we eon Id hme down info it we I in:>flit find the rural structure to have : a depth of many hundred* or even thousands of feet. The leeelit aoiind lug* of the Challenger around Ux* Ber muda inland*, which an entirely com posed of rota!, indicate that they fol in the summit of a pillar ri-ing from a det>tli of IS.iin feet ; and a* we have no lUHtatire ot a mountain having nueli a shape, it M-eliiK probable that the up- I per putt of thia |>tllar, at any rate. ; inunt have heeu foimed ot coral, which kept growing upward in the uiauuer indicated hy Mr. I>arw in, w tub the bottom was slowly nulwidmg. It i* commonly supposed by geologist* that the iimeatone lads ot which I have been speaking are the result of the nietamondiOKin of ancient coral torinaliotiK, which attained growth at their living *nrfa< e, a* their base grad ually subsided. But it appear* to me that all we know of existing roial for matioiiK render* it unlikely that there should have lieen nuch a continuity of area in ancient com! formation*, a* would be required to account for the ( contititiity in the area of onr great led* of carbnuiferoUH liuie*toue ; and that this continuity i* tar better ac counted for hv supposing tbem to have , been toimcd [iy the Forammifeial life ? which recant ir* ar> !x * have shown to !• even now forming a calcareous deponil over vast area* of the ocean laittom.— IF, /{. Carps*(er. .Wiij/uefic I'ltrmimena. —lt appear* fn;ui the scientific report of the Aus tro-ilitnganati expedition to the North I'ole recently, tluit magnetic disturb ances ate closely connected with the aurora—that, while iu teinjierate zones they are the exception, tiiey form the rule in arctic regions; at least, the in struments are in almost constant ac tion, thi* Iwitig the rase lor the incli nation, decimation, and intensity nee dles. The magnetic distuthaiice* in the region visited are represented as of extraordinary frequence and magni tude. They were closely connected with the aurora boreali*. the disturb ances lieing tlx* greater, the quicker and the more convulsive tlx* motion of the rays of the aurora, and the more intense the prismatic colors. Vuiet and regular arcs, without motion of light or radiation, exercised almost no llitliu-uee Upon tlx* needles. With all disturbances, tlx* declination needle is reported Co have moved toward the East, and tlx* horizontal intensity de creased, while the inclination increased. working under floppe- Seylcr'a directions, ha* attempted to determine the length of tune which must elapse liet ween the ingestion ol a dose of alcohol. and the di*nppe:r auce ot all traces ol it from the loam, lie hud* that the method of atialavst* employed famishes positive indica tions even when no alcohol Jia* been previously administered. Following up tiiis clue, he ia led to the conclu sion that the brain and other viscera normally contain a minute quantity of alcohol, or else that alcohol i* invaria bly generated from some of their con stituents when they are subjected to distillation in carefully closed vessels. MultiMrx Manure. —We learn from ho Sucrcrie I nth pent that, in conse quence of Uiu low price, ol licet molas ses, attempts are Itcing made in France to introduce it in the place of manure. It is uw-cl either in a liquid form dilu ted with seven parts of water, or as a powder : and Just at this moment it is cheaper than ordinary manure, while it contains all its essential elements in equal abundance. As soon, however, a* the cold weather comes on, the mo lasses w ill again lie required for cat tle-feeding purposes, and will proba bly rise to a pi ice at which it would Ih useless tor manure. />. hcrhttrin reports that he was re quired to turn with the greatest possi ble precision a piece of work twenty six eon time ter* tn diameter, comt*>*ed of a very hard alloy of seven parts of copper, four pnrt* of r.inc and one part of tin. Every ordinary mode was tried, without success, when M. Beoh stein had the idea of trying the effect of petroleum constantly applied to tin cutting tools, and tin- alloy was then turned with alHint the same ease a* steel tempered to straw color; the lat ter. says M. Hechstein, turns with the greatest ease when the cutters are kept moistened with a mixture of petroleum ami turpentine. The Force of Eritnntion. —The boiler stack (flo feet in height) of the Ohio Iron Company, of Zanoaville, recently fell with a sudden and heavy crush, killing one of the furnace men iu stantlr. The boiler hud just lieen heated up, after having been < old, when the stack gave way. It appear* that the gas llutiie had destroyed the inside lining of the stack, and hail partly destroyed some of the brick and weakened the brickwork, so that, when the stack became suddenly heated agin, the expansion resulted in the de molition of the whole structure. Mew erliap* atnilit four feet *t|i|>ire will luret mont '■*• . It nlumld two! llnch stuff; the leg* font leet long, or atllllciciil to lift I lie flame w ell above the slow, and so all niig.nl that they may In' folded up and put away when .ait of into. The frame may fa* covered hy stretching couiuiou W.MII twine from nhle to nlde to make a net-work b> hold the fruit, but it U tiiurh ln-tter to rover the bottom of the frame with a piece of w ire cloth, which may be bud at mont hardware Moron. Ihe capacity of the dryer may Ih* increased by Minjx-udihg a ne.-oiitl and ■.mailer frame In-low the nrnt. The fruit or other material to be dried should br far ajfove the move, or the fire should beau low, that there I* no danger of cooking or acorcblug. With a very niight lire life drying will go on with Mirprinlng rapidity. r ruit dried by arti llclnl bout I* much ln-tter than when drl.nl hy the aim, an there is no rik of (•artial fermentation, ami it In kept out of the way of tlien and other insects. Km . i or Toon ON nix t UAXA.TXM. —The w hole nature ami character of au animal may In* changed hy tin- quality of bia food. If you feed a tomato worm U|K>U tomato leaves. It will grow up a great, coarse, clumsy worm, and, pass ing through its chrysalis *tafe, come out a butterfly, with little beauty or attrac tion ; hut if you feed the name worm u|(on different food, the leave* of rose* and the jetaln of beautiful flowers, w lien if |Ms*es through its chrysalis state and comes out a butterfly, it" will !*• of sur passing brilliancy and beauty iu it* plumage and its armature. And no of the silkworm. Fe.nl it U]MI!I Inferior diet—tlie leaves of the fore*!—and it will sicken and |erinh ; hut toed it upon the leaves of the mulberry, and it thrive* and grow * until Anally it w ear* it* life away spinning it* gossamer silken thread. The same is true of the hog. Feed one U|MIII hard corn, another upon nwlll, another U)ton di-tillern' slop# and another upon nuts and ma-t In the for est. and their flesl) will le totally differ ent, a* any butcher will tell you. iu fact, the diet any animal lives ti|MHi will mollfv it* oonatituiion and cbaraoter, lor better or worse, as the case mav be. Fee.) a human tn-ing IIIMUI |n>rk and garbage and be will he inferior in health, constitution and endurance; feed iiiui upon Inw-t and bread and lu eouKlituUoii, healtii, endurance and dis l-cilioii he w ill he superior.— llVtrm Jtunil. JNVVVTH are sometime- very restless at night, ami it i* generally owing either to cramming them with a heavy supper, tight night-clothes, or being overheated by list many blankets, fi may result ftoui putting tliem to sleep 100 earlv. They should be kept awake uutil the family art* going to rest and tii* house U free from liol*e. I ndressing and bathing will weary and dispose ' them for sleep, and the universal still ness will promote if. This habit, and all others, depend on the course pursued st first. A.qi.tum them to regular hour*. If they have a good sleep in the forenoon and afternoon it will lie easy to keep thetn sw ake during the evening. It i* right to offer theui drink on going to l*-d. w lien voting infants, and more solid, though simple food, after they are two or three months old; but they should never la* forced to receive It. > Never let anything but the prescription of a physician, in sickness, tempt the ; nurse* u give them wltn-, spirits, of any drug to make them sleep, ifilk and water, w bev. or thin gruel is the only lit liquor for little ones, even when thev can run aliout. 'Hie more simple and light their food and drink, the more thev will thrive. N'tiitrr DKRHSBS ros CIUI.PKKN. —A mother writing in the Household *av* that site made her little one's night dresses of cotton flannel, wlt It leg- to thciu. so that If he got uncovered lx shouhl not take cold. Olwerving that he lo*t rteh snd grew cold toward nioru iiig, six* called in a physician. ,**lic con tinue*: "He said that cotton flannel not the material for children, for when it jp*ta wet it cling* to thnni and i* cold a* ice. He al*o denounced the nh-a of making leg* t<> the dree*>; *aid that the Jlutb- should not lie Separated, hut •hould come together. Ill* direction* were to mak* a night dmn of flannel long enough to lav on the floor half a yard, just like a hfg hag; run a string in the bottom of thi*. and wlieu the child goes to bed tie it up. In thin KIT the leg* ran not get out. aud there i* IXT feel freexloui of IlloUou. Wo did so at once, and it worked like a charm. No more lying awake night* and wonder ing what the trouble l. The little fel low sleep* mumllr, and wake* In the morning refreshed and with a good appetite."* Oath k * i. s Food.—A pnwerfttl com petitor for the patronage of the dypc|> tic i* oatmeal. Till*, however, i impii lai with classes not likely to be afflicted with indigestion. It is, ami ha* been for year* need txieusiveiy by tlie Scotch ami Irish. Laborer* drink it freely h ilh water in the Summer. But of late year* the uae of thi* food ha* greatly increased among families reaoonahh wealthy, and many a breakfast table of thl* rla* of |>eoplc would lie Incomplete without a steaming me** of this humble but wholesome article. The advantages of oatmeal a* an article of food are get ting to la: tolerably well understood, and all |icr*on* who have commenced it* regular u*c will agree that it* nutri tion* ami health-giving properties have not been overrated. Chemical analysis show s that oatmeal is richer than w heat in starch and the nitrogenous com pounds, the flr*t being fat-forming and the latter flesh-forming constituents. A* compared with barley and corn, oat meal i* found to le still richer iu these elements. Strength kslno Hi ask" M otog.-—Dis solve In a pint of new milk half an ounce of idugla**, strain it through a muslin sieve, put it again on the tire, with the riml of half a small lemon, pared very thin, ami two ounce* of *ugar, broken small; Jet it simmer gently until well flavored, then take out the lemon neel, and stir the milk to the beaten yolk* of three frc*li eggs; pour the mixture hack into the sauce pan, and hold it over the tire, keeping it stirred until it begin* to thicken; put it into a deep luisiu, and keep it moved with a spoon, until it is nearly cold; then |>our it into moulds which have Wen laid in water, nnd set it In a cool place till llrm. This we can recommend tor Invalids as well as for the table generally. A ruti n's bki should slope a little from the head to the foot, so that the head may W a little higher than the feet; hut never bend the neck to get the head on the pillow. This makes the child round-shouldred. cramps the vein* and arteries and Interfere* with the free eireulatlon of the blood. Even when a child is several years old the pillow should W thin and made of hair, not feathers. XCTRIMKXT 11 RKAXS.—Dr. Bellow* says that one pound of beau* will sup port life in action a* long a* four pound* of rice. Two pound* of bean* w ill help do more muscular work than three pound* of wheat, and more brain work than three ami one-half pounds. The reason why beans require stronger powers of digestion than wheat, U that they contain casein instead of gluten. LAMB'S KIDXKYS.—Cut the kidneys in small pieces, for a half dozen put in a stew pan a piece of butter as large as uo egg, enough water to keep from burn ing, a tablespoon fill of tlour, salt and ]>epper, and a glass of wine, stew for live minutes, or till done, and serve, or you may make an omelette and before folding over lay a few spoonfuls inside with the rich gravy. To PNKPAKK. AN EOO FOR AN INVALID. —Beat an egg until very light, add sea soning to the taste; then steam until thoroughly warmed through, but not hardened ; this will take about two min ute*. An egg prepared in this way will not distress very sensitive stomachs. raoom IxMxt.N.B AMI* OltnilNACV. Tll other evening a Oetmit Joker slipped a little pink love-letter Into the pocket of a *t*hl old elllaeu a* they wet .- riding lu a ntr.n-t-.-ar. tf eourae the old cltlieii'a wife made a dive for hlaovercoat txM-kols an ahe paanci through the hail, anil w hen nlie had digested the love-letter nlie del.-rinilied to eotlillllt Miichle. While going tip alalra after her bonnet nlie got mad ami eliangad her mind. W.dkiug Into the room where he **! be fore a cheerful Are, ahe exclaimed: "l-oveu you better tlian tier own life, eh 1" "Who—what!" lie inquired. "And nlie w ant* to know bow that ha Id headed wife of your* ge(a along, eh !" "1 really—l can't - ■ ■" "And *be want* k'" I" buy her a aet Of fur*, (l.Nv. nlie !" "Why, Mary-why, what are you talking about? ' "IHi! It'* come out —I've got the proof*!" ahe shouted making a dash fur hi* hair. The worthy uian ha* aworu flic moat aolonin oatha to hi* innocence; offered t. let licr employ a defc-tlve to nhadow hlui; accounted for every hour of hi* abacnor during the laat year, and fur nlaiied flfly tbeuriea In regard to the letter, and yet the wife coldly remark* that nlie la -Laying here aolely on the children's account.— lhtruit Frt* Fmt. THH ll'lnM IdMliM*a.—lt's a Miuall matter, hut a gentleman alway* feel* angry at himself after he ha- given up a seat in a railroad ear, to a female who lack* the good manners to acknowledge the fin*. The following "hint" to the ladle* will show that a irifie of polite uess properly spread on, often has a happy recti it. I'll.- seau were all full, one of which wa occupied hy a rough-looking Irish man ; and at one of the station* a couple of w ell-hr.nl and intelligent young ladles came In to pr.n-ure seats, hut seeing no vacant ones, were about to go into a back car, when I'atrick rose badly, and j offered them his seat, witii evident pleasure. "But you will have no seat vourself?" i enjioiided one of the young ladies with a stall*, hesitating, with true politeness, as to accepting of it. "Never ye mind flutt!" said the llitn-riiiaii, "ye r welcome to't? I'd ride U|niii the cowcatclim' till New York, at any time, for a smile from such jlntle lu.tnlv ladi.-*;" and retreated hastily to tin- next car, auiid the cheer* of those who witnessed tin' affair. "I au going to publhth a book of mis cellaneous papers," said Mark lanv.on. "t'adcr what title?" asked Jerrold. ' "Oh, an ordinary title," *aid Lemon; "J'rose ami Verse." "Ah," *ald Jer rold, smiling not unkindly, though the rCjJolnder flashed and cutj "Prose and Morse." la contrast, let me instance Mark Lemon'* very latent )* Soctrtj. T'UMRAUIUCDKD IT. A clergyman having been inducted Into a living in Kent, England, took occasion during his first senium to Introduce the wort) ' "optica," At the conclusion of UM ser vice a farmer who was present thanked him for the discourse, but Intimated that he had made a small mistake in one word, softening down at the same time the #veritv of his criticism by saying; "Yet we all know very well, air, what you meant." On the clergvman making further inquiries about this word the farmer said; "M'hat you called bop sticks, In this tart of the country we call hop-poles."* SMK was a romantic young lady, and lie, her father, took a practical view of everything. She looked up from her ■ fook in txiUny, and inquired: "rather, did you ever study botany V lie was interested in hi* paper, and did not reply, and presently she con tinued : "I'apa, what flowers do you prefer?" "Flour, eh?" he replied as lie looked up, "why, I siway* get thst made from winter wheat. If I can—l think It makes 1 H-Uer bread !" fUte sighed and wished there was a young man on the other end of lite sofa. Sheridan not l*hil) one day. Wing dressed in a very handsome pair of new boot*, met a friend, when the following dialogue ensued : "Thoae are handautne I*