TULIPS. "Of all the flower*, which shall it b* •" Said Kitty wandering by my side. "Behold ! of all my garden'* pride I'd chooae • flower to give te thee." I answered little Kitty then' ••Your hloeeoms re for ohildren *weet; The flowers that grow about out feet. They wither in the iiands of men. "The roee I love te on your cheek ; The hly on your forehead liee ; Oh, tell me, child with loving eye*. The flower* are miue Uiat 1 would seek." The little head is drooping low To hide a soft and rosy flush ; And seeing there the crimson blush. More ardent still my wieheagrow. • "On* other flower may I i-vwew* I Sweet, tnlitw yield a dH>per fills* " When, softly fluttering 'neath a kiss, Their roe.v tiembliug wins]*!* "Yea" Uhal ISeea the Army l>o * Krtvm our active Army the great \Y est reoeives 17,077 men, or nearly 80 pyr cent. The entire line of the seacoast and northern boundary east of the great lakes, a line probable 11,t*H> miles long. Is occupied by men. This line contains the numomus and costly works built to prevent the occupation of the country hv a foreign enemy, 40 in ntttii ber, ami therefore garrisoned by about 130 men eaoh. ThU distribution of the Army Is a sulllcieut answer to the charges w hlch have occasionally lx*et made, of a military occupation of the South in the Interests of a political party. A military force of d.527 men, distributed mainly on the seacoast and in mountain districts, in S3 detached posts, cannot be considered a formidable demonstration tow ard Slates which cxn tain a population of 10,1133,141 persons. Assertions like tliesc arc mere snarls which show how completely the Army question is stripped of all entangling complication*, and how wide must be the search that can discover any argu ment tor its reduction but the argument of cost. In fact the Army finds its work in tiie South aliimst as laborious as at (he froutier posts, and without the com pensation w hlch real military opera tions afford the soldier. "Still hunt ing," or the breaking up of illicit dis tilleries, is one of its principal occupa tions. for the troops stationed at jxv-ts in the interior are in fact in the service of the Treasury IVjiartmcut. This is constabulary work, and though it is faithfully performed, it is offensive both to officers and men. But it is a duty that cannot be shirked, and if the mili tary force is reduced beyond a certain point, the Government will be com pelled to supply its place with a civil constabulary. Such a # measure would prv>bablr be more unpopular than a partial disbandinent would be popular. Here we are brought to the question which is the foremost one that i- em bodied in all this discussion of Army reduction. Is the Army larger than t needed? When that is answeted the question of a more economical manage ment w ill he in place. To reach a de cision we must first -ttrvey the work imposed upon the force, and we shall find the active Army di-tributed about as follows: l. 0* lh Fwtlc CUM* I.CI X On U* N, rUi-n (rvnurr XT,-* 1 On lh AVuU ,\ol .... . I SO a Ob thr ouM coast.... Ist k OllSrMuwu XO& C la tar W*t*rn lutwr. r lu.stf to th* Southern InWn r 1.1*4 #. £a w to >*iK>r |xxt . .. .. ... *4* xi. a* . Bocrulo I . wo lUll Tbt muuhkr ot thr l.w* under |i > a ptayvd in wr- kx- wtuch itnn-n* It from lb* "Ktnr lotn." i* here dbliumxiinl It W : MtUtary icwlffliy W*t Point drtariunvnis ti> Ser*x* BeSiped.. 2SX I'uovuatsl fw .m*luiy t*C TI _ _ IU ■arket In n suntil SpanUh Town. The market was held in a tiny, open, oval space in front of the church, ami under the shade of two crumbling old bouses, which bad once, as the heavy coats-of-aims over their portals showed, he*-ti the rtis of some gtxxl Spanish family. The market consisted of two stalls; on one lay the buntitlos, or oil-cakes, the operation of frying being then and there earned on by the vendor, and a few round cakes of bread : on the other lav a few shape less lumps of pork and a basket of salted sardines— this last, fried in oil, being almost the jyiere de rerutanre of every meal of tiie Spanish poor. As iu every Spanish market, the marked feature was the abundance of succu lent, savory vegetables ftorn the few neighboring inigated gardens. The Spaniard, whether rich or poor, is a vegetarian ; vegetables and fruit form the staple of his diet. The vegetables were piled on the ground in heaps, the women squatting on a rug oehitid tli m, the scales lying close at baud. H re were bright carrots and turuips ; h re small green onions, full-grown oni-vns, and gatlic; here cow-cabliages of fabulous size ; here huge calnrti an*, or pum, kuis, with a skiu like the Imtk of a gnarled oak-tree, and sold in lumps ot one pound each for Iwo far things, the rich deep orange of the flesh looking quite luscious; here lay a heap of the enormous, but tender drnrttnoi, or radish, of Spain ; or a heap of tine potatoes, and the bright-colored pimi eatos. or capsicums. The scene was striking for its simplicity ; even the gentlemen of the town were there, draped in their abnudant mpote*, or rw po*. carrying home their tiny bit of meat and their wealth of vegetables for the day's consumption. A few words were exchanged here and there, bat the plaza was soon stripped of its wealth, and as the last onion was car ried off in triumph, "clang, clang," went the bell from the old church tow - er above at, and we. with some half dozen ladies, in deep mourning, and five or six men, wefltt in to join the ear ly mtsa, and ask for a blessing on the day that lay before us.— Temple Bar. A Heidelberg *UBet. "While in Heidelberg," says a receDt writer in the Cincinnati Gazrtle, "we walked one evening up to the imposing rains of the old castle, and during the hour that every one else was fascina ted by the music in the concert grouds. we Btrolled down the terrace that over looks the old city, gray with age and teeming with historic reminiscences. The Neckar flowing down between the Konigstbal and the Hetligenlierg, the hills covered with vineyards, the curi ous old bridge, the red-tiled roofs, and the church spires were all glistening in the rays of the sun. As the god of day gradually sank below the horizon there came a soft atmospheric ha/H --over the scene that would have deligh ted the heart of Claude Lorraine, and which is often found in the lights and shadows of bis landscaites. The sky changed from a golden yellow to so brilliant a crimson that no preparation of cinnabar could have reproduced it, unless it be the carmine prepared by Madame Cenetta, of Amsrerdum, of so brilliant a hue that it is painful to the naked eye. Twice, while among the Alps, we had the pure Alpine glow so vivid and intense that the whole world seemed clothed in crimson tire, but in no country have we ever witnessed a scene so grand as the one that lav be fore us. It was % vision of encfiant ment." The Vowtii'i World. Although they may not be willing to acknowledge it, the happiness of the race depends to a great extent upon women. They regulate the domestic life, and upou it, more than upon the great events which All the pages of history, depend individual peace and comfort. I'rohably few things have more to do with the happiness of a household than the presence or absence of that exquisite tact which rounds the sharp corners, and softens the asperities of different characters, enabling people differing most widely to live together in peace, cheered by mutual good oflices. The possession of this quality is the especial characteristic, and its exercise one of the most delightful prerogatives of womanhood. We may be willing to lose all, to die, if need be, for those we love, but if we do not, from day to day, abstain from the little unkind or thoughtless acts whicli interfere with their comfort, we shall utterly fall to make them happy, and their hearts will inevitably escape us. The heroic and magnificent acts of life are few. To many but oite, to most none comes in a life-time. Therefore influence can only come through the right performance of the "trifles" which "make the sum of human things." The t allies ol Eainbrl. the Tarae* itniwliisl from Ihs TVrMjoc h* IX-I aril*. In "tendon Fun "| I. An author who had wrought a Isook of Fables (tho merit whereof trans cended expression) was jieaoeflillv shaping atop of the modest eminence to which he had attained, when he was rudely awakened by a throng of critics, emitting adverse judgment upon the tales he had bullded. " Apparently," said be, "I have txxn guilty of some small grains of uncon sidered wisdom, ami the same have proven a bitterness to these excellent folk, the which they will not abide. Ah! well, those who produced the Straslsnirg jmi tt and tho leather-pillow are prone to regarvl as as rival creators. I presume it Is lu course of nature for him vv ho grow s the |h>ii to i-on-ure the manner of Its use." So speaking he executed a smile a haml's-breadth In extent, ami resumed his airy dream of dropping ducals. Mok.vi.: As above. tl. "W hat have you there on your la< k ?" saht a tebra, Jecrlngly, to a ship of the desert" in ballast. "Only a hale of gridirons," ws- llir meek reply. "And what, pray, may you design i doing willi theui*" was the incredulous I rejoinder. "YVliat am I going to do with grid irons?" reix-ated tiie camel, contemptu ously. "Nice quest k>U lor g.-x— who have evidently come ofi one!" IVople who wish to throw stones should not live in gla-s houses; but there ought to tie a few iu their vicinity. A man pursued hy a Hon was alxml stepping into a place of safety, w hen he bethought him ol the |x>wer of the hu man eye; and. turning about, he fixixl upon his pursuer a steady hx>k of stern reproof. The raging be.ist immediately moderated his rate pel hour, and finally cauie to a dead hall within a yard ot the man's nose. After waking a leisurely survey of him, he extended hi- neck ami bit off a -mall section of the vic tim's thigh. "Beard of Ariiuane-?" roared the man; "have toil no re-i>eot for the Human Kye?" "1 hold the human eye in profound esteem." replied the Hon, "ami I con fe-s its power. It as-its digestion if taken just before a meal. But I don't understand why you should have tw o and I none." With that he rais.xl hi- foot, un sheathed his claws, and transferred one of the gentleman's visual organ- to his own mouth. "Now," continued he, "during the brief remainder of a squandered exist ence. your lion-quelling power being more highly concentrated, will tx- more e.-c-ily managed." He then devoured the remnant ot his victim, including the other eye. Ttiis tale seems to imply the falsity of certain accepted beliefs. It i, there fore, insulting.— 7Vwn*Ai.. . An ant laden with a grain of corn, which he had acquired with infinite toil, was breasting a current of hi fellows, each of whom, as is the eti quette, iusisteii upon -topping him, feeling him allover, and shaking hands. It occurred to him that an excess of ceremony is an abuse of courtesy. S> he laid dow u his burden, sat U|x*n it, folded all his legs tight to hi- txxiy, ami smiled a smile of great grimiie—. "Hullo! What's the matter with yon?" exclaimed the first ius*x't who-c overtures were declined. "Sick of the hollow eouveutioiialitie of a rotten civilization," was the rasp ing reply. "Kelap-ed into the honest simplicity of priunlive oliscrratiees. Go to gras-! "Ah! then we uiu-t trouble you for that corn. In a condition of primitive simplicity there are no rights of prop erly, you know. These are •hollow conventionalities.' " A light daw ned upon the intellect of that primrose, lie -hk the reefs out of hi- legs; he < ralched the reverse of his ear; he grappled that cereal, ami trotted away like a giant rcfre-h -hake hands with -traugers on eot!i|>etiiig lines of traffic. Nevertheless, this fable de- h .f teach that social oh-ervances are always—or even commonly grounded In gtxxl sense. If it did, that would make it true. v. A snake w ho had lain torpid all win ter in his hole ttx>k advantage of the fir-t warm day to limber up for the spring campaign. Having tied himself into an intricate knot, he was so over come by the warmth of his own body that he fell asleep, and did not wake until nightfall. In the darkne-s he was unable to find hi- head or his tail, and so could not disentangle and slide into hi.- hole. Per consequence, he froze to death. Many a suitable philosopher has failed to solve that knotty problem, himself, ow ing to his inability to discern hi- tx ginning and his eud. Teaching 4 hlltlreu (uTnlfe In the vocabulary of educated and iiiglily cultivated people, tlie iiuiuUt of words in ordinary use ranges from 2.000 to 3,000, aul, iu rare cases, to 1,000 words. The ignorant require but a few hundreds to express all they have to say, and as they rise in the scale of culture, they add* constantly to their vocabulary new terms to express new Ideas. When one who bv much study. vari ous reading, and many turning- of the lexicon has acquired a fair knowledge of liis mother tongue, and, with this in mind, takes up hi- little four-year-old and begins to teach hint the rudiments of the language, it does seem that the youngster ha- entered on a long and weary way. Through how many hours of slow plodding in primer and reader, in sj>eller and deflner, must he pass, and how many hooks must he read, before the words to which he has been thus introduced will have lively and ready meaning for him, and liefore he will at tain sufficient mental development to comprehend them! It i- not desirable that the labor of acquisition should Ix* entirely relieved, that the child should come into the inheritance of a noble and beautiful language without any effort of his own, for this very effort is essen tial to his iuteilectual growth. Never theless, if his parents and teacher* shall manage judiciously, the little student may IK- spared a large -hare of the laiior ordinarily involved, and occupy him self, instead, with the pleasant gather ing of sjsdl# in field* already near. The narrow routine of school iife |M-rmit* pupils to learn little more than the rudiments of expression—merely the names and uses of tools, not skill in using them. This they can acquire only by free conversation at home and in society. If they hear in constant and appropriate use from their elder* the hard words they h|h>ll and define at school, unconsciously these words will pass into the texture of their thoughts and 011 fitting occasions drop from their tongues. Nay, more than this; if they are accustomed to hearing the (test lan guage at the fireside and in the nursery, they will be prepared, by a partial familiarity with the higher forms of ex pression, to execute their tasks at school with a readiness and success that other wise thev could not |x>sibly command. Every discerning teacher can sec in the pupil just the grade and amount of in telligence in the home of which the pupil is the representative, and in ninety nine cases out of every hundred it will lie found that the premium scholar comes from the refined and cul tivated household, and tiiat the parent tar more than the teacher deserves the credit for the honor his child has won. Long before children understand the technical meaning of a vast number of words, they can gather from the man ner in which they are used a tolerably correct idea of their significance, so that a child of ten, who might not be able to define the words used in conversation by bis elders in the social circle, would yet gather from that conversation a great many ideas, vague in a degree, but ever growing clearer and more de finite, until, by and by, he would with out eflort express them in the phrase he has been accustomed to hear. For this reason it is an admirable plan to permit children to be silent listeners at the table and in the parlor when guests are present ami Intelligent comet ntlon I toting on. lnuuUltiveuo-- I- somnil.i l a chat acterlUo of taenia! activity lu : child lhat. with Urn slightestencouragement in that til root lot!, tli< little one will be glii at a vary early ago to ask tho moan lug of words. f\er) question of this sort should lx> an-wered lu auoli a wav as to invito unlimited recurrence of -ueli reaching- out toward know h-ilgo. As has I too n already Intimated, tho moro familiar a ohlhl oau ho inalo with tho sonmt ami moaning of words It l to moot and w rostlo w Ith in tho speller and rt'ador, tho oaslor will lx> its conquest of tho driulgot \ which makes tho Ural years of school llfo so monotonous and woarlsomo. A vory gixxl iuoiluhl of lit t reducing ohihlron to an acquaintance with tho fines! expression ia to take somo story, as tho 1 ad) of tho l.ako, or Kvangoltno, and, clnxudug ono 01 two stanza* at a limo, road it ovoi to tho child, explaining tho moaning ot tho worsts used, ami then, lit tho simplest lan guage, giving a (too tt aiislation. lu this wav many ot tho |hxmii of Milton ami Scott and tho play* of ShakesjH-aio ma\ bo made to attord Infinite |deauro ami instruction toehlldreli scarce!) aide to road, and a taste mav la foi mod, even In childhotxi, lot the highet stvles lltoraturo. I'hls tasto, once formed, it w ill be easy enough to develop and con firm. It is not desirable that children should talk Ilk* "grow u folk*,' hut nothing else than gvxxl can come to them from hearing their mother-tongue s|tokau vv tth perfect pronunciation, with grammatical purity, with an exact ami nice use of the meaning of words. Cicero mvs that tho finest of the ltomau orators learned to -peak tho laltiu tongue lu their cradles, from their mothers, and that they were o instructed front in fancy In tho arts of perfect pronuncia tion ami elegant utterance that In maturity they had nothing to unlearn, ami could by no lapses tall into v ulgai or Incorrect expression. lairs (roiu ttoloaua bologna i* lull of beautiful stories. There lit that of K.in K liciistita, or Ko rio. 1 remember reading in tin old ann ual. many year* ago, ihi* story, tolti by Mr* Norton. 1 think the very gilt ed )Trit ot the pm'ioui volume uollnl in aiv memory a* I entered a giand room in the Hututii del I'odcsla. ami wa* told ttiat here poor King F.urio wa* a captive for twenty two year*. tuiio was the natural sou tt the Km peror Knttlerif 11. lie led a thiltellitie army against bologna. wa* taken pit* Otier Hi KM!', and kept HI contineuiriil for the ret of 111* lite ; Vint love laughed at loekamith* m hi*, a* m many cam. The priest w iio came to route** the royal prisouer wa* Kroiu panied hv a U-atitiiul boy, who brought wine and fruit, and who Itemed to be allowed to remain a* hi* page. Kiug Knzio had a fever, ami in one of hi* do tiriou* moment* he imagined that the page took off hi* rap ami allowed to riovv down aouie long golden hair. Per haps instead of being deliiion* he wan gaining hi* elines. Certainly the page wa* a wonderful nui *e. King Lu/io wa* sorry to recover, but flnallv he wa* well enough to sit up at the window aud look out at the glorious v iew of the Apennines, l ire JHMII fellow rea lized that he wa* a prisoner, ami wept bitttriy. He heard a sobbing bchiM him ; it was the {urge, sadly sympathe tic. "See. boy, ill's great beautiful world which 1 can enjoy no longer. Life, love, and liberty—all. all aie ta ken front nie." Then the beautiful Lucia \ cndagoli. alia* the page, let down idi her liack hair, and throw iug herself on hi* liosoin, asked him if love would console him. No one known what King Ku. io replied, but the gixtd priest coming lu oppoi tunelyr, married them on the *jt. For tlie long year* of hi* tuipi isonuieut this noble creature lived and wrought for the King Fnzio. She ba tiled magis trates and jailers, and carried to him whatever of comfort aud solace hi* life thereafter knew. He left some beautiful verses in lier honor, and the noble family of the Kcntivoglio are proud to claim descent from Lucia Vendagoli. May they uot owe their name, which being "translated lueaueth "I wish thee well," to the whispered adieu of their royal ances tor. a* Lucia crept aw ay from many au interview fraught with danger T Another and a sadder story i* that of Properzia de Rossi, called the Sappho of Bologna. This woman was a poet, a sculptor, a painter, musician, and en graver. Bologna i* full of her work* now, (tearing the mark* of genius every one of them. She madly loved some man who did uot care for her. ami died of a broken heart. The great .Pope Clement NIL expressed aw i*h to take her to Home with him, so much did he admire her work* in the church <>t San Pctrooio. l'lie church hold* only her dead body," said a monk to hi* Holi ness. She diet! that day. The imposing Basilica of San Petro nio contain- some angel- painted by this gifted and extraordinary woman. Her bust, sculptured by herself, is over one of the doors. Her story adds another to the many lieariug this le gend; "A woman of* genius t seldom a happy woman. Happy they who have no history."— the (!alary. Hot Pudding The students in one of our college. Ixdng frequently annoyed by the mx-- turual ami inquisitorial vi-lts of a Pro fe-sor, who suspected them of playing cards, one evening prepared a kettle ot mush, otherwise called ha-t v pudding, and hy the time it was tmiled, had seat<-l themselves around the table in tin' atti tude of card-playiug, waiting patiently for the well-know it -tep of the Profes sor. It was no ner heard than a Urge ntiUtde |xx'ket of one of tiiem w as forthwith filled w itli hot hasty pudding and all were -eated a* Is-fore. As soon a- the profe-sor had oixmed the di->r, the student w iio was leaded with the tnu-h. made a sudden -weep over the table with his hand, a- if to gather up the cards, ami with another motion, apparently put them Into the pocket containing the mush. These move ments could not help tx-ing noticed, a thcy were intended to be. by the Pro fessor, who, considering them as a pretty strong evidence of guilt, broke out with the following: "Well, young gentlemen, I've caught you at it at last, have 1 ?" "H'liy, yes, sir; we are all here." "So I see Toll are. and you have lieen playing cards, t.'' "No, sir, it's not so." "It isn't, ha? What have you in your |KM-ket, young man?" "Hot hasty pudding, sir." "Hot hasty pudding, ha? Nasty pud ding, have you? I'll ha-tv pudding you," said the Professor, at the same time thrusting his hand, half-way to the elbow, in flic hot hasty pudding. The dolorous look-, the -baking of fingers, ilir groaning*, anil capers of the Professor, are belter imagined than described. A 11 ftprnslir llrcnk fit*!. 1-otig years ago, way liack to I*l f, when our wives,sister-,and sweetheart wore calico dresses, the material of which was cheap, and made for seven yards, and it cost as many shillings, three young men of capital and high standing, named Strong, Itell. and Sedgwick, indulged in a night's de bauch at a hotel in Northampton Mass. In the morning they summoned the landlord to their presence, vnd ordered a breakfast, which they stated uiii-t lie the most expensive (hat had ever been given in the State. The principal dish ordered was ham and eggs, of which they would go to the kitchen and su perintend persouall v, the cooking. When the fat was hot, thev each depos ited in it their gold watches, chains, lockets, and signet rings, which were fried with the liani and eggs. The cost of the jewelry alone was at least $1,500. All of the parties are dead now, but they lived long enough to know the folly of their foolish extravagance. Capitalists of our day are more prudent witli their money, while the ladies have grown more extravagant. now to Hill Time. Firaf catch your time— by the fore lock. if possible ; then hoid him tight; then pinch him well; then give him oue for his nob, and let the one lie a good one; then knock him down ; then kick him from the rear; then make faces at him ; then pull his nose; then sit on his head: then ask him if lie's hud enough now, or w ill wait till he gets it! If he don't answer you may safely conclude that yon have killed him. —The receipts of the New York city street railroads, sixteen in number, foot up over $8,000,000 for last year. AUBICt LTVBAt* TIN I'm sor F N AIIAOAI . Hx keeping charcoal In a hog |wn there will t*e but little odor or disagreeable smell such n* I* u*ual The bog* ap|xear to thrive bettor anil fn*ter, than In a strong -inciting sty, They will oonuttwqult a quantity, wlileft undoubtedly doe* I bent good. Some should lie powdered iilltl Home left In chunk*; the |>ow dcred absorb* tile wet, ami the hog* will eat the Mump* a* ibex desire It. Tint re fuse make* a moot excellent manure for onion*, or any xegetalde*. Itx |>nttli>|£ a Htuall quantity In tin* home *lable every day, under the horse It xxlll ah -I.olb the xx et, ami keen the *table per fect lx *xxeet ami wholesome. A* It I* removed from the stable, keep It under shelter, dry It ami sow It on (lie mead *; the increase lit the crop will pax I'm the trouble, tow stables will re ceive the same lienetlt Mild produce the same result*. It I* also Invaluable In the |H>uilrx house 111 keeping It whole some lor tin- low U, ami making a most valuable manure. The fowl* will tsui siime a pai tot It, and are not so liable 111 dtsoMM*. It is ills*. XelX desirable ill the sheep (axils or yards. Itx putting a bushel <>r so ot tin- |*wdeied charcoal down the water closet, it xxlll remove the disagreeable siuell which generally attends such places, ami will remove the great objection there i* to cleaning tin-in out. Vt hen charcoal I* powdered and a little dropped lllto a potato hill when planted, It will double the crop, and will improve the quality tieyond exp*** taiion. An objection to It Is tlini It is black and will blacken any person that handles It. I have |Miwdcred It by pounding It on the barn tlnnr, ami also by putting It through an old cider mill but It Is undoubtedly dirty xxork any way you tan tlx it. itul "he that Would catch lisp must not mind getting xxet." —-( *>r. t'ouuly (irHttfimin. I'ovi.iiiNti Irs nut I'LAM*. —We have long Itoen ill the practice of placing lu xe! ted s**|s mi tender plants for protec tion during winter. Herbaceous |*er fiinials. partly tender, which otherwise would he kilh-*l by the cold of winter, have thus pa--ed througli without harm I lie turf tlid not prevent their freezing, ami more especially the thaw ing, so gradual that no injury resiiltt**!. Ihc hardier greenhouse plants, the stems of which die down late In autumn are wintered in tin* way. Half-hardy shrub* and rosea, which may lie cut hack to within .1 few inches of the root* or bent prostrate, may )>>■ thus covered, ami are les- liable to be Injured by moisture then where earth alone is the covering. XN *■ observe a modification ot this mode In a late exchange, made by placing a liank of dried leave against the foot of the shrub, oxer which it I- carefully la*ut down; and then the xx hole stem, after being cov ered with leaves, 1* *<*ldcd with the in verted turf, sub may le u-.tl lor holding down grapevine*. This prac tice* tor protecting ornamental- may l*e variously modified. The dead leave* may l*e copious and the turf light, ami the xx linJb may be again covered with leaves and held down by -loping ever green brant In-s, laid reversed M a- tt* form 1 r<*>f for -bedding the rain. Any* amount ot protection may IN* given to tender plants or shrub- by a sufficient depth oi leaves, which may tie more or It-—, according tt* the degree "f protec tion icqtiircd. Kvergrectl* alone are gt-sl, but a -tratuni of leave*, thin or thick a* may las uece--ary, is as near |ier|f<'tioll H* |M>s-ihlr. < tuif* < 1. utlr- riu'-!>t**t\.; Mutxiu*.—The re sult* of a single toi-dre**ing on eight plot* of nearly half an acre each ol -andy wrarm noil of our Stale Agricul tural College Kami exhibited the I 1 - lowing fact- at the end of three year*. The top-dre—lng wa* applied in !*<;i, and the gran* wax cut twice each -■ t-on In I>*'l and W>s and once in iMifi. The protluce ot each cutting and of each lot wan weighetl separately and a perfect retain I kept. The rc*ultn tor the lour *eaj>oii* wens a* follow-: tin the plot to which no manure or fertil izer wax applml the total weight ol hay yielded |*-r acre wan *,71" poundn. Where two bushel* of plaster jier m-tv wax applieti the yield jier acre wa* 13,- 22b jKiund*. a gain ot -I.l*l |MHiiidn. — Where live bushel* of wimk! ashe* were applied the yield |**r acre wa* 12,907 |Miund, a gain of 4.163 pound*. Where three bushels of salt wa* *ow u per acre tlie yield wan 13,!K>'J pound*, a gain i*t acre ot a,227 poumi*. Where 2o lo*d* of muck per acre was laid on, the yield jn-r acre wan 13,*16 j*nnd*, a gain of j.071 | ntiut)*•—It here 2" load- of lior-c manure wax laid on, the yield wan 11,- Urn. (touudx, a gain of 6,234 potiud*. Tin'*' are re-ult* which imlicate that there are fertilizer* which will pro duce an g*>d re-ult* a* pi t-ter. For In stance, the planter yielded a gain of ftl per cent, while the horse manure gave an increase of 71 |**r cent, or nearly a ton more gra** per acre in the three year*.— V kiouud* of hay and twelve |ioiinds of oats constitute a goisl day'* fishier for a working horse, whether the work lie fast or slow. Herbert"* advice in regard to feeding horse* i* to give a lock of luiy and a half a pail of water the first thing in the morning. Alter grooming give the other half pail of water, and, If he i* not going out, four quarts of oats, after eating which he max have four or Ave puiimis of hay. If guiiig out early, feed six quarts of oats and no l\iy. If to be put to work in the afternoon, they should '• again watered and have four quarts of oats and the remainder of their hay. Haifa bushel of e ahed carrots a week, given at a time, will improve the coat and tie beneficial to the stomach. This feed ing i* ample to keep horsi s in good working order. — IVrnioit/ ( hrnirlr. Iti iKM itK * r Is.H Rlol s. According ton I'arls currinpouileni, buckwheat, w hen given an fodder, lih> been ot>- served to produce vertigo, alike in cut tic, sheep and pigs; ill the caw of the latter, fin ion- delirium cumies, with dilliciilty to keep on tlie leg*, ami ulti mately finishing with a long sleep, inflammation of the head, red and star- Ing eye*, are the characteristic* w hen aheep are attacked. It I* only from the flowers iliat the malady is produced, lb-en are oven aaid to fall off the flow er* in a state of stupor, after alighting some time thereon. An agriculturist state* that he allows his sheep to crop Ills winter rye at intervals of three days. Hv this process, also he has la-ell enabled to Induce the sheep to eat damaged hay, first shaking out and air ing the latter, and watering It with a solution containing 20 per cent, of salt. Seine Critic KOK OAI'IC*.—A w ell known chicken raiser says as soon as a mani festation of ga|>e in his fowls ap|H-ars, he confines his chickens in a IMIX, one at a time, sutHclently large to contain the bird, and places a course cotton or linen cloth over the top. I'pon this he places air slacked lime, and taps the cloth suflielentlv to cause the lime to fall through, this lime dust the fowl inhales and is made to sneeze, and in a short time the cause of the gapes is thrown out in the form of a slimy mass of worms that had accumulated in the windpipe and smaller air vessels. This remedy he considered sujierior to any he has ever tried, and lie seldom fails to effect a perfct ecure. •a K*T trie. A (JiiHlfOHcmir I'urionty. We dine nay that there ate a great many people who. if asked wlietber they could or would pai take of ao loolbaome a iliali a* a broiled ipiatl on toaat once a day for a month, would atare at the que* lioner In a*Uiniabiiieiit, und eipreaa an earnest deal re to lie atioideil the on portuiitt v. And yet we can i*o*iively venture the assertion that not one pet mill out ot a thousand would eontllitte the diet for a fortnight. Thla tw not beeailae ot the quantity ot meat. IN* mum* anv one'* ordinary dinner nggrc it ate* an immensely lai gcr amount, not 1* It due to a surfeit ot one parlleular kind ot food, tor toaat lieef might In* eaten every tlav tot a veai with rehab, the dltlleuttx lien In the it it vol ot tile meat. I>elicittu* an it in an au occa ntonal delicacy, it it IM* eateu dailv lor ten day a 01 then about*., it beiomea ex cessively limineatlli|f • the ttenb sccui* to aqutie a rank and bittci flavor , and it tile diet l*e pi misted 111, the ntmuarh It* vol In and rejeetn the tood. Why llim nboiild In- MI. we have never lieaid act eutilically explained . but it m probab ly ilue to mime medicinal 1 lleet ot the meal which abown ita results, tlimugh rcgulai tinning, jtnxi ttn do mime kimln ot phyaic, which,lt taken wticcor twice 111 nmall quantities, an* liupeiccptible to tin* ayatctn, but which, if admiiin len d icguLtriy in the aame amonnta fur lengthy period**, act powerfully 011 the roualitutiuti. lie thi* an it may, an individual named (i'lKiunell, who Uvea 111 Madi noil, till!., linn hlollght hllllm-lt 111 In 110 tier by accomplishing the hitherto un paralleled teat (on a waiter) of eating thirty i|Uaila 111 an many consecutive day n, and tlim without any inconveni ence or disgust. Tin- cane bun atliac ted aomc attention ftoui the medical frateruity, and nuudry individual* ate making Mr. O'lhuitieir* marrelou* ntouiach tin* subject of extensive l*et*. It in noxx lelxirted that he in to under take the dcltclahli- tank ot repeated and prolonged meat* of raw oyatera and brown sugar: a proeeaa which might fitly terminate in a gastric ma lady which would annihilate the much aliuaed atomucli and itn owtiet at the name lime. .1 <1 kfftloSHT VoppTt < OMptWlul. It I in- long INWU known tiiiit at tl> It'll cop l> t i a vt-ry dangetuu* explosive. de tonating llit* slightest percussion, uutl, ttoi M' (liau all. 1> tittt>K s|oiiliwic uunlv mi (ht> roptwi i>i|M-n formerly vui(iluyrt) in itui vry iliumiuatiug ga*. Keceully another noli of rii|i(r ha* been pupated. winch fnrui*. when mixed with chlorate ol potash, an ex plosive which may he used Iti (ill per tMiintoii cap*. torpedoea, etc. 'ln a solution til sulphate tit copper In atltlt'tl ctlotlgli 111 lnmullillltf uf ntwla 111 olu linn ui em lull tie* tmy the blue culnr. retrathionntc of (lit- suboxide uf tup licit* formed, ami tii**tilvc -kiltul UlltOi|Hl tatiou, a uderahly gtMul loaf of hleatl lia* in-cii niatle by I'rof. Auterith f Turbiugeu, from a deal iHiaitl. The operation i* donctibed a* follow*: b very thing which w an kolublc in wauu waa removed by prtdongt-d iiiaceratiou and boiling; reiuou* matter wanex tractetl by alcolnd : aud the wood wa> then reduced to tibre, dited in an oven, ami ground an corn, when it had the smell and ta*ic of corn flour. Ou ad ding water and leant, and upuu Iwing baked, it had uiurh ci ust, ami a much iM'tnr ta*te than hteatl uiade from hrau ot hunks of corn, it I* found that wood flour, laitlcd with water, iurn iitbt-n a nutrition* jelly ; ami i'rof. Au terith state* thai lie ale it in the fortu of soup or gruel, and in dumpling* or pancakes, winch were palatable and wholesome. I'rof. liramte, lu tils lec ture*. record* an analogous result. (• uut and sugar, he say *, may lie ob tained by the action ot sulpliuilc acid upon woodv tibre, fioni winch suit • lance bread has lieen made, and in view of tbe close leseuiblanee Itetween the composition ot starch and liguinr. the couverwion of the latter into hn-ud i* by no mean* remarkable. .Voir/ ami lttgtniow Apjxiratht.— Another eat thqUnke ihiiicrttoi has iwt n designed by an ingenious inveuUit abroad, ami is *aitl to posm *- extraor dinary sensittveneas. tn a slightly in clined loard t* tixed a spiterieai eap. having eight grooves, corresponding t tlie eiglit principle point* of tlie com pitas, and a little beyond the edge there i* a projecting wooden ring which lim its the inclined surface. n the top of the cap is poised a little brass ball, which is slightly flattened at the point ot contact, ami upon the lail ro*ta, very lightly, a conical weight by a small screw projecting from its base, tins weigiit lu'ttig siisjH'iided by a cliain from an overliangiug arm. movable up and down on a support at the aide. Thus, tlie least slunk will cause the hall to topple over, and, on doing so, it will run down one ot the grov>* ut the cap to tlie inclined plane, at the bottom pait of ulucli it Amis a hole, and passing into it. ratines the dis charge of a pistol. But this is not all. Whenever the ball lias left its position on the cap, a spring needle, longer than the diameter of the ball, shoots out from the little screw knob that res ted on the hall and catchta tu that groove of the cap down which the hall ran; the direction of the shock is on the opposite side to that in which the needle hangs down. Among tlie many processes proposed for the preserxtng of meat, i* that which require* that it be placed in mi atmosphere ot compressed air. The results obtained by thi* process *ceni to fully justify the claims of M. Alton so Heylioso, the patent****. As i lustra ting the genera! method pursued by the inventor and the character ot the results obtained, the follow ing instance is given : A half carcaas of lamb was hung for several weeks in no atmos phere of compressed air. and then ta ken out and cut in quarter*. One quar ter was submitted to connoisseurs, who pronounced it excellent; the other was exposed in a room merely protected from flies by a light muslin wrapper. It dried up, but retained its natural co lor; and, when subsequently cooked, was found to lc a* sweet and agreeable to the taste as the ot Iter portion which was eaten while fresh. Should thi* process prove to lie in truth what is claimed For it, then is answ -red a prob lem which has commanded the atten tion of inventors for years. Tin* pro cess is certainly a simple one, and could IM* readily adopted in the meat-pro dtieing countries.— AppUtou* Journal. Jiromaform in Commrrritil Uromin*.— Keyuiau found a specimen ot bromine to he contaminated with ten per cent of some foreign substance boiling from ITO deg. to 329. deg. Fall. He found it to consist laigelv of bromofonn, and he recommends to test every specimen of bromine for hromoform. Too small a fierceii (age of bromine in walcr sa turated with bromine (as well as the characteristic odor of hromoform. which is particularly strong when the bro mine is mixed with a solution ot iodide of potassium), and the separation of iodide, which can be decolorized by hyposulphite of soda, are sure proofs ol the presence of bromoform in bromine. Rainwater brings down yearly about 12 pouuits of ammonia for acre of ground. To supply an equal amount in sulphate off ammonia at six cents ler pound would cost the farmer £2.KM, and this is therefore the IIIHIIUI iaI value of the rain. To this, however, must lie added a certain quantity of nitric or nitroua acid.— The Galaxy for February.— —The gold and silver products of the mines or Colorado Territory during 187R, Is estimated at a total of $7,847,- 800. Niamc. How in llikt AM Arri.r In the hurry of hou*ework, the Imking of ap his*, considered a small affair U oxer looked, and If the trull call tie audi cieolly reduce*J by the heat It matters Hot how It la done. Till* will make anything hut an acceptable dUb—accep table to the eye an well a* the palate. You want every apple to remain |*r foct, retaining Itn ahap<<, and not tie au undl*tlugui*hah|c mu*> of pulp, core and |mh*l, linked m-vl to dry lie**, *r In siittlclc utl x i*ooke*l at the centre. 'lb hake an apple properly I* a nice thing, requiring attention. The llrnt thing U uniform,ty of heat. I empha size thin, an It In llell* p<" Una tile. I'm* much or too little heal in at all tliuen faulty. Hence a eti| atove I* the place to hake an apple. You nm*t acquire by ex|*erieiice the atlioilllt of heat needed. It In not lunch; and It therefore taken longer to cook nour fruit. Thin al*o in a necessity. Tin* time depemln nouie w hat oil tin* thickness ol tin- perl, ami the amount of moisture held by It. It I* thin holding the utointure while bak ing, that in the aecrei of nucomafully baking all apple. It in routining the steam w htrli get* up a commotion and reduce* the pulp to a tine texture, a thorough reduction, leaving the kin a thin silken covering, holding (he flavor and aroma. This 1* au adxautage to a highly flavored fruit, hut it alno Im prove* an apple of inferior quality, lr sriiing the acid. To necure all thin, an apple should lie exposed to the heal from three U> TI X*• bourn, according to size, and whether tweet or nntir; a sw**et apple requiring more time. A* oii an removed Imm the *>ven lay o|*en the som irutt, re move tiie core, sprinkle tine white sugar oxer It, close up ami net it way till coot. The Spitzi-nhurgh Knopun in the king of fruit for thin ptir|mnc. The |K*lut to lie observed ill huking in to nee that the *kiu i* not broken by the heal a it generate# the steam.—('owiif ry (/IAIIOMIII. M ANX* A-. —1 ued Ju-1 now that word, in.timer*. me !eg your very *eiiou* attention to it. i u*e it. remember, in it* true, it- ancient that is. In its moral and spiritual—sense. I u*e It as the old (necks, tin* old Koinau*. used their corres|M>iiiliiig word*; as our wise fore fathers used it, when they said well, that "MM tier* luakyth man;" thai maimer* are at o:ice the efficient cause of a man'* success, and a proof of hi* deserving to succeed ; the out ward and visible sign of w hat—ocxer Inward and spiritual grace, or disgrace, there may Is* iu him, 1 mean by w hat our I>*rd meant when he reproved the pushing and vulgar arrogance of the Scribe* ami i*hatt*ees, and laid tlow 11 the golden rule ttf all gtssl manners, "He that is the greatest among you, let him lie the servant of all." N exl, I l*g vott to re iiit*iul*er ih .t all, or almost alt, the gt-sl maimers w hieh we have among us— courtesies, refinements. *clf-rctraint, ami mutual rr*|*eci —all which raise- u socially ami morally aliovt* our fore father* of 1,500 xears ago—-deep-hearted men, valiant ami noble, tint ce and arrogant ami quarrel-*mie—all that, or .liuiost all, we owe to ( brl-t, Iti the ili dueiiee of lli* example, and to that litble which testifies t*t Him. Yes, the Itible lia-been tor ('ltrlsleutloni, in the cottage a- much as in the palace, the school of maimers; and the saying that he who become- a true Christian I**- come* a true gentleman I- no rhetorical IsM-t, but a soli>l hi-toric tact, I'oltr.MOi i:liKXiit-Srot" kkom Book* iik lVii'Mt.—to'litly warm the soiled part ot the taa>k or paper, and then pre*- U|miii It a piece of blotting pa|ter, tuie alter another, so a- to ab-orh an mueli •li the greane ;i |**slbk. Have reatly some floe, clear <->eittial oil or turpeu tine, heatetl altno-i to a ladling slate: warm the greased leaf a little, and then, with a soft. dean l tell, wet with the heated turpentine both side* of the *|Hitte>l pari. By repeating tlii appli cation the greese will I* eiimiel. Lastly, Ith another l>ro-h, dlpjied in rectified spirit* of wine, go over the place, and the gre:i- w ill no longer aj*- pear, neither will the |S!tl ; but liiey do not feed oil stall fattened ls-rf, but catch game a* It run*, and this i* not fat enough lo fatten the lion, tiger, or eagle, hit lean Is-ef, mutton, aud Ush, and avoid sugar, butler, aud, e*|>eciMlly, line flour in all its forms, am) eat hut little hreudsiulT at all. I'se tart fruit and common vegetahle-, and exorcise freely. To M ASK Fu MMXHV.— HaIf an hour (Wore dinner, put some site** of jonge cake In a deep dish—sotne prefer maca roon* to cake, —moisten them with wine until quite wet, then make a rich custard, cool It, and |otir it over the cakes. Boat the w bite of the egg* to a -tiff froth, and pile on the custard. Blanche.! aliuoiul* or raisin* put here and there in the top, give a pretty effect; this should lie served in saucer*. CatCftKX Oft H xllHtT Ct'KHY.—Cut up a chicken or a young rabbit; if chicken, remove the skin. Noll each piece in a mixture of a large tca-jMsmfui ot flour and half an ounce of curry powder. Slice two or three onion* and fry them in butter of a light brown; then add the meat, and fry all together till It lIIIMI Wmiovr Mux u* Km.*.—Soak a teacup of tapioca In one and one-half pint* of water over night. Pare and punch the cores front six apples, fill the hole* with sugar, flavor with a lemon or nutmeg, and pour In one teacup of water. When (uk**! suit, |our over the tapioca, and hake all one hour. Kat with sauce made of butter and sugar stirred to a cream. "Arrtr JACK." —Pare, quarter and core, enough apples to till a three or a four quart crock. Make a twitter a little thicker than for pancake*; put a layer ot apple- on (he Ultimo o( ttie crock, then {Hiiir over otieot the batter; then another lajer ot apples, then halter, and so on till all i* ued; then put a thick soda crust on the top, and hake three hour*. In ts* eaten with ;• sweet -an e. \ei \ nice. A Niei Wo OT I -IN*, thil < AHK. — Cut the cake in slices, cover with sweet ercatn, let it stand until moistened, and erve. If you have not cream, use the following Instead: Beat together the yolk* of two egg-, one pint milk, one half cup sugar, and flavoring to the ta*te; steam until thickened to the con sistency of cream; w lieu cool, spread •HI the cake. To AnitiMif A Ctlt vt* VNO Mot -r I'llxi*.—Take the ls*wl of a clean elax pip** ami All it xx ith chee*e ; put it under the edge of a gla-* tumbler in such a manner that a slight touch xxili cause tln- tumbler to -lip ofl--the bait and mouse, of course, underneath. Thi* arrangement xxill catch more mice than any ex|N*nsivv trap*. To <"|IAN LLT'I K*K I N til-OVMS.—Wash them in lukewarm soli water, with a little castlle oap, ox-gall, or bran tea, then stretelt them on wooden bands, rub them with pipeclay moistened with beer; let litem dry gradually, rubbing the in from time to time *o that thc\ do not liwe their *hu|s> In drying. 41 AM OK ToxiiCE TOAST.—Toast a few slices of tircad and butter on Isitb sides, then grate or chop tine any pieces ol cold meat, and put Into a stew pan w itli two hard ladled eggs chopped line; mix with a little water, butter, salt, and pepper. When hot spread on the toast and serve in a covered dish. GAI.I.INU.—To prevent gulling in per sons routined to their beds, take tin white of an egg, lieut it to a strong froth, and drop in gradually, while liratiug. In o teaspoon 111 Is of spirits of wine; put the mixture Into a bottle of wine, and apply occasionally with a feather. FOAM ITPPIM) SAITK. —Four table spooufuls of sugar, two of butter and one of tlour, beaten to a cream; add the white of an egg beaten to a froth, and pour into the whole a gill of boiling water, stirring it very fast. Flavor with lemon, rose, or nutmeg. ■raoKot'i A Hi.ii'i'KNt Pi. At to I'M*TH*QI:M riuM. — SIIK ram* (tipping from the church door, her face fin-hed by *mo> tloiiA awakened ly tbr> |u*t uttered dl*- ' t'ourto, NIHI eye* bright with loving ex- j l*i*i tut inn* H shivered on tin* curbstone, where for nil hour l* had waited Iti l>ill**ntly. with a burning heart fairly palpitating in hi* throat, mill frozen linger* In bl* (locket*. Tln*y lln arm*, MIKI started fin tin* residence of her ptrrtiu. Afuir few moment* of bediming III*III*I*, In* nibl, "Jane, i' have know n each other long. You must know ju*i bow I fi**l; you mutt have seen Hint t'b'.ir ilow ll at llli' bottom oh, lie had nlip|>ed down Oil tin* ice with MI much force that hi* *plne wa* driven up into hi* hat, and III* hat wa* tipped over hi* none, hut *hc was a tender hearted girl. She did imt laugh, hut •he carefully hcl|M**i litni to hi* feet, and said ; "Von were say lug, John, w lien you *llp|M*l that the Inundation—tlh, go**!- nr..!" f*he s|lp|M*< I lo'is.'ll that time, and saw lltlh* stars come down to datn*e la-fore her eyes, hut he pulled her up In haste and xreut on. ''Yes; Just as 1 satd, clean down at the bottom of my heart 1* a fervent love, oil whleli 1 build uiy loqies. Tliat loxe lias bel|*ed me stand la*e—Thunder!" He was dow 11 again, hut scrambled Up lietote she could stoop to help him, and she aahi breathlessly : "Yea, ye*. John. Y.MI icuemt**r you Just said a love w hlrh he||*e*l you stand and fa*v thunder. And that you founded your oatti oo tids |ie*ky ice!" There slie sat. John gr.s|e<| the loone part of Iter aacqlte, lietwrs-ll the shoulders, with our hand, ami raised het to her feet, tw one would lilt a kitten from a pail of water by the lock of the neck, i'hcu he said, w till Increased earnestness; "Ot course .darling, ami lhaxe longed for au opportunity to tell my love and to hear those sweet lip* whis|er — Whoop!" Somehow Jollll'* feet hail slipped from under him and lie had come down like a capital V, with hi- head and feet pointing skyward, .-die twined her (a|M*r finger- in his curling lock* ami raised htm to the stature of a man; set his hat thinly oxer hi* eye* with both hands, ami cried in breathless haste: "1 mole island, ami let me assure you, John, that if it is in my |s*wer to lighten your cares ami make brighter your journey through life to—Jerusalem t" John stood alone, and said with breathless Veheincuce: "(Mi, my preciousf ami thus shall it le my lifeioug pleasure to lift you from the riide#--*ijlis of earth, and surround you with the loving atmosphere of— 'l exas!" And then they both sat dow u together. They had nearly reached the gate, and, ham! in hand, and xt 1111 heart*overflow ing with the tills* of young love's first confession, they crept along on their knees up tiie front *U*ps, and xxere stain forgetful ol their l>tiru(>* on the softest cusiil.ii. of the parlor *ofa. /lf.# Tim**. 'l'm I. A w x 1 it'- TBAUK. —A < i'nr**, the practitioner -at down Is-sitle him ami -aid: "Now , nee here, 1 have no time to fal away, and it you don't jtu out well I w. n't keep you here thirty day*. Ih> you .t :tn( to make a good law yer f" " Yet, air." "Well, now, listen. Be |*dite to old jKS>p|e, because they have ca-h. Be got*l lo the boy*, beoaltne tltey are grow ing up to a Cwll lia-in. \\ ork in wit It re|torUsm and get pull-. < to church lor the nakc of example, bm't fool any liim away on poetrt, and don't even look at a girl unlit you t-au plead a cat-. If you can follow itiese kn-trucllons yttu wiil Mioceed. If you cannot, go aud learn to Im- a d< tor ami kill your beet friend*." St.r*ii Souaow.—Atans-rnt funeral of a iMubiiry man, one of the netgh l*>m, a female of a very *\mpaihetic uature. was *o deeply atftx-t' vl a* ti*''*rg .Vnri. A komamic young lady fell into a river, ami w likely to be drowned; but a preserver mddcnllf appeared, and *tie w* conveyol lit a state of iti- MMisibilitr to her houie, W lien she came to herwlf she declared she would marry the saver of her life. "Impo**ib|c," said lier father. "If be already married, thenV inquired she. "No." "la he not the fouiifc man who lives In our neighborhood V" "No; it's a New found land dog." TIIK Duke of Wellington, giving order* one day during his campaign for a battalitou to attempt a rather danger ous enterprise—the storming of one of the enemies batteries at St. Sebastian— complimented the officer by saying hi* regiment was the jfr*f in "thi* world. "Yes," replied the officer, leading on his men, "and before your lordship's orders are finally executed it will prob ably be the first In the next world. A NKW LOVllOS connoisseur of liquor, understanding that rum improved by lx'lng sent to sea, intrusted a cask to an old captain who did not return for three year*, w hen the New I-ondonite found that all the rum had h.-en obsorbed. Affectionately *eizlng the sailor'* hand, he naively gave thanks, asking ■ " an I ever forget your goodne** in bringing back my cask? Never, never!" Win 1.1 Mr*. Butler was playing Juliet at Philadelphia, am) just w hen she had exclaimed, "Oh, cruel jtolaon!" a tall, lean, gaunt, sandy haired medical stu dent In the stage box deeply absorbed In the scene, thrust down hi* hat on his hea I with a convulsive effort, crying out in a voice of thunder at the same time: "Keep him up, Juliet—l'll run ami fetch the stomach-pump!" "t't.Ass in the middle of geography, -land, up," said a schoolmaster. "What Is a pyramid?" he asked. "A pile of men in a circu*. one on top of an.it her." "Where's Kgypl "Where it alw ays was." "Where's Wale*?" "All over the sea." "Very well," said the -ehool ni.aster, "stay there till I show you a species of birch that grow* all over thi* country." A BxnturoN I.APY, riding on the cars the other day, w as amused by the ques tion of a little girl, who, hearing the conductor cry the station*, looked up Into her mother's face and innocently asked: "Say, mamma, do we get out at the next ftMer/'* "Is rttAT a friend o r 3iir*?" asked a gentleman, pointing uiward a party who xvas sailing rapidly down the -irect. "Can't tell you till next Satur day." returned the individual addressed, "I've just loaned him ♦■">." —Brooklyn .1 1./IU. Snt.MNs sa\ s that all the perils and horrors of a Maelstrom aren't a circum stance to the horrors of a fe-iuale-strom on tin* piano, next door, from morning (ill night.— .Wtr Yuri C'cmsmkml Af- Tin symptoms of tlr-t love are too dl versc and innumerable to mention, l'er liaps the leading traits arc a dissatisfac tion with your salary, and a contempt for the way vour mother irons your shirts. A JAII. I- generally such a dirty place that no gentleman can he expected to stay in one of them, and it is seldom you tlnd that sort of a person thorn. Tiik New York papers tell about a "draw back on sugar." That's nothing. There has been a fearful pull back on lasses all summer. "I)ti von % enjoy your visit to your cousin, Martha?" Indeed I did, ma'am; it was as good as a funeral all the time ?" Said an Irishman: "It's a mighty tine tiling to i>e alone; es|eeially when your swateheart is wid ye." War is a lady's diahabttle like the milkman?— Because it is a morning wrapper. A Ml I Muring |MM| What become# of the prtbciou* metal*! aak* an En|i>rii journal, ami then pro ceeds to oon*Ulrr the qmatlon, and uc ceed* In throwing ninth doubt upon It, i>r, rather, leaving it In Juai a* much doubt a before. 'J*li i| neat lon, "What (reroute* of all the pinn!" ha* Itecii oft cucr |..-i tip, and hna been an •wrrMl allli about the *amr illumina tion. hVrd Ki>r, many years ago, In till# i ltv, *n tiiifpf*ly amtiwxl at a nuc tloit In the Hut'ram en Mi l'min namely, "Wheredoea all the water go!" To which Interrogation the ouc#tloner |tr