Labor Song. Hurrah for the song of the stalwart and strong, That toil o'er land and o'er sea ; Who sing as they ride on labor's rough tide. So happy, contented, and free ! They're kings of the earth, and heroes of worth. Who breast the huge billows of toil. And sturdily band stout heart and strong hand To conquer the sea and the soil! Each brown, horny hand, beapeaks deed* that are grand, The battles they fight are sublime ' Their works shall yet rise, from the earth to the skies. And span the wholo region of Time 1 Then hurrah for the might, the manhood and right. That makes the whole universe ring ! Let scepters bow down, onr heroes to crown. For heart, hand and brain make the king ! —H. T. Anile*, in f>w IVsss. lining After the l ows. "Jennie! Jenuie! Jennie! Where in the world can Jennie be ? She crossed the meadow an hour ago— What ails the girl that she linger* so V The sun goes down in the crimson west. The tired day prepare* for rest. And tl>e laggard momenta slowly pans. But hrtug no new* of the truant las*. •'What ails the girl ?" The sober cow*. Stopping along the lane to browse. May look in vain from side to side, And wait for the voice of their pretty guide. Vor far behind, by the pasture gate, Jennie and Jamie forget 'tis late forget the cows, and the milking hour. And every thing else save loTe's sweet powet. The lengthening shadows, unheeded fall. The whip-poor-will with his plaintive call. The gatheriug dews, and the darkening sky All warn in vain as the minutes fly. Twice and thrice does mother go To the fami-honee door ere she hears the low Of the cows as they trample up the lane. And the ring of the cow bell* clear and plain. But presently come the laggard fee* Of Jennie and Jamie. Oh ! shyly tweet Are the girl's bine oyee as she stands before The mother who meets her at the door! "Where did you go, my child ." •T V— oh. Only after the cows, yon know." Then whispered Jamie: "Whatever yon do, Doul tell he' that—l went after yen !" —Harper's Weekly. The Point of Honor. Shortly alter Waterloo had been fought, an English regiment which hail taken a distinguished part in that great victoryl, statioued in a Mediterranean garrison, gained an unenviable notoriety there by a sudden mania for dueling that broke out amongst the officers, #nd which threatened to become so chronic in its character as seriously to interfere with the discipline of the corps. (Quar rels were literally "made to order" at mess-time for the most trifling affairs, and scarcely a day passed without a hos tile meeting taking place, which the colonel—a weak-minded man —expressed himself powerless to prevent. Indeed, be hail already been sent to " Coventry" by his subordinates, which, as our read ers doubt lews know, is a kind of social excommunication that, when acted upon in an English regiment, generally ends in the retirement from the corps of the individual on whom it falls. It was so in this instance, for the colonel saw that the vendetta-like conduct of his officers towards him was gradually divesting him of all authority in the eyes of his men; and as he had none but his social inferiors to whom he eould turn for counsel and advice, he was compelled to retmqni&h his command and return to England. On arrival in that country he lost no time in proceeding to the Horse' Guards, w here he sought ami gained an interview with the Duke of Wellington, to v'jom he gave a graphic account of the state of affairs which existed in the r*jgimtnt he had just left. "the Iron Duke listened attentively to Use narration, and knitted his brow in anger as the colonel related the story of j the dueling; and, when the latter had finished speaking, he exclaimed, in an unmistakably stern and uncompromising tone: "It is your fault, sir! You should have brought some of the ringleadeere to a court-martial, and cashiered them 011 the spot. You have sadly neglected year duty, and that is a tiling which I ■ever pardon." The oolonel left the Horse Gnards in a very crestfallen state, anil he was scarcely surprised when he saw in the next Oazctt !c the announcement that " His Majesty had no further need of his services." In the meantime the duke had obtain ed a special audience of the Prince Re gent, to whom he explained the con dition of affairs in connection with the regiment in qnestion. The result of the interview was that Colonel A a well known martinet, then on half-pay, was sent for, and the circumstances explained to him; the prhioe offering him the com mand of the regimeut on condition that he would undertake to cure the dueling propen*,tie of its officers. Colonel A -—■ Vas delighted at the orespect of ac tive service,and he willingly accepted the b-sk assigned to him, it being understood that he was to be granted a royal indem nity for anything serious which might happen to any body else in his endeavors to pat a stop to the dueling. He was a man of high reputation, and bad previ ously held other difficult commands, be ing known throughout the army as a good soldier but s stern disciplinarian. Such was the old soldier's feelings at the speciai honor oonferred on bim that, on leaving St. James's palace, he actu ally forgot to return the salute of the sentinels posted at the gates,to the great astonishment of the latter, who knew his punctilious habits. On his arrival at the garrison he lost no time in making himself acquainted with his brother-officers. He had already laid ont his plan of action in his own mind, and was fully determined to allow nothing to swerve him a hair's breath from the path of duty. At the mess table he behaved with studied politeness and amiability of manner; and his sub ordinates indicated that they were great ly pleased with their new commander. He chatted pleasantly with all, from the senior major down to the youngest en sign, and when the cloth was removed reeled them with the latest gossip and doings of London society. Before they separated for the night, however, he took the opportunity of informing them, in a very quiet manner, that he had heard of the frequent duels which had already taken place in the corps, and that it seemed a matter of regret to him that they could not manage to live in peace and amity. "However," he said, "if it be yoni wish, gentlemen, to fight ont your quar rels in this way, I shall interpose no ob stacle to your doing so. But this can only be by your pledging your word of honor now, to the effect that in future no duel Bhall take place without my per mission having been first obtained. As I am yonr oolonel, it is necessary that my authority should be acknowledged in all that relates to the honor of the regi ment." The officers looked at each other and then at the colonel, and a somewhat em barrassing silence ensued; but it was broken by Colonel A , who said; "Don't be afraid that I shall refuse your request; on the contrary, I shall only be too pleased to grant my permis sion if, on examining the facts of the case' I find sufficient reason to think that the applicant's amour propre has been wounded, and that a hostile meet ing is indispensable." At these reassuring words the yonDg fire-eaters were satisfied, and at once gave the promise demanded; and Col. A then retired to his chamber, where, overcome with the fatigne of a rough voyage, he soon found himself snugly ensconced in the arms of Mor pheus. On the following morning he was rather rudely awakened from a refresh ing slumber by a loud rapping at his chamber-door; and, on cliallenging his early visitors, he was informed that it was' Captain Lord Vellum and Ensign Warb jttle who wished to speak to him on a matter of the gravest importance. FRED. KURTZ, Kditor and Proprietor, VOLUME XI. "Yon might have chosen a more con venient hour for your v.sit, gentlemen," s*nl the colonel, who was naturally loath to rise from his bed st five o'clock on the first morning after his voyage. "It is an 'affair of honor,' colonel," was the significant reply, "ami cannot be delayed. We beg you will admit us iuatantlv. The colouel rose and opened the door to the <arly comers. They were two handsome young men, who had on the previous evening already attracted Col onel A 'a attention by the extreme frieudhuess which they exhibit.*! for each other. They respectfully saluted their comuiaitdiUgofficer as they entered the rvvus, and the latter broke au awk ward all em*, by demanding of them the object of their visit. Ensign Warbotlle again raised his hand in salute as he replied: " We liave come to ask your pormis aion to fight, colouel." " ludee.l!" exclaimed Colouel A . " I thought you were great frieuds." "Yes, ixiluuel, we have been most in timate friends from our youth upward," said Lord Vellum, " and we respect each other very sincerely; but we have had a dispute, and our wounded houor must le satisfied." "Then I presume that something very serious must have occurred, geutlemeu, to make the ouly remedy for it a recourse to the pistol ?" "It is indeeil a very serious matter, colonel," replied Knsigu Warbottle; "and it is thisi After you had left the table last night we chatted over what you told us about the doings iu London lately; and in the enthusiasm of the mo ment, 1 remarked that I should like to lie there, riding at the head of a troop of Life Guards, and escorting the Prince Regent, with my silver helmet glittering in the sun, and my drawn sword in my hand. Whereupon Lord Yellnm said, with a sneer, that I was a feather-bed soldier, and that a leathern bonnet would be quite good enough for such as I. I took no uotiee of this remark, bat I was annoyed and excited; and when he further asserted that the officers of the Life Guards wore brass helmets, human nature could stand it no longer, anil I gave him the lie. He retaliated by strikiug me on the face; an insult. Col onel A , which justifies me, I think, in demanding a hostile meeting." The last words were said in a manner which admitted of only one meaning, and the two yonng offi<vrs exchanged glances of mutual hatred aud defiance. "It is indeed grave, geutlemen," sententiously remarked the colonel; "the hemlets worn by officers of His Majesty's Life Guards are neither silver nor brass, but white metal lacquered with silver gilt; but this information will not, I presume, alter the position of affairs. Do you still wish to fight the question out?" "Certainly, sir!" exclaimed the two officers. "Very well," replied the colonel, gravelv; " far be it form me to interpose any obstacle to your meeting, gentle men; bnt this dnel mast be a serious one, as befits so important a question as the Life Guards' helmets, and not an affair resulting in a mere scratch, as I am given to understand is generally the case in these mesa quarrels. Remember that you are British officers and not Spanish bravoes, and that the honor of a British officer can only be vindicated by the death of liis opponent. Go, gentlemen, and fight your duel; and I will meet the survivor on his return." The two yc ling men Rain ted the colonel and retired. A few seconds afterwards they and their seoonds were seen harry ing off to the place of meeting—a spot which is known in the garrison to this day as " Dnel Avenne." • ♦ m ♦ Three hours later, Colonel A went down iuto the parade gronud to inspect the regiment, and he was surprised to see both Lord Tellnm and Eusign War bottle amongst the officers who ap proached him to give the morning salute. The latter had his arm in a sling; and to the stern inquiry of Colonel A as to whether the dnel hat! yet taken place, he replied, with a forced smile lighting up his face: " Yes, oolonel; his lordship has given me a nasty scratch in the arm." "A scratch in the arm 1" exclaimed the oolonel, contemptuously. " And do yon call that fighting, gentlemen—do yon call that fighting f And for so im portant a question as the helmets of His Majesty's Life Guards 1 Bah! it is nothing! This matter mast bo fought over again, under pain of instant dismis sal from the service if my order be dis obeyed !" "But " began Lord Vellnm, at tempting to express his satisfaction at the reparation his wounded honor had received. '•But me no btits, gentlemen," ex claimed the colonel, angrily. "I have the Prince's instruction on this point, and it is for yon to vindicate your own honor in a proper manner, or retire dis graced from His Majesty's service." This alternative was one not to be thought of; and it need scarcely be said that the young fire-eaters chose rather to fight again than be cashiered. The dnel was fonght again, and this time Lord Vellnm was shot through the body—a wound which laid him on a sick bed for two months. During this long period many quar sels had taken place at the mess-table, rome of which had been settled by the colonel acting as "arbitrator;" and oth ers stood over for his permission to fight —a permission which he refused to grant until the result of Lord Vellum's illness should become known. In the meantime Colonel A had communi cated with the Dnke of Wellington, from whom he received explicit instruc tions to carry the matter to the bitter end, as the only means of patting a stop to a matter which was fast becoming a world-wide scandal. Lord Vellum was carefully attended to daring his illness by bis "friend and enftmy," Ensign Warbottle, to whose efforts Lord Vellum not only owed his life, bat was enabled at the end of two months to take a short walk every morn ing. HiH recovery then proceeded rap idly, and he soon became enabled to walk without any support whatever. The two friends were walking together one morning, when they suddenly found themselves face to face with Colonel A . "Ah, gentlemen, good-morning !" ex claimed the latter. "I am delighted to see his lordship out again, especially as it will now enable you to finish your affaire d'hunneur in a more satisfactory manner." The young officers, scarcely believing their own ears, were for a time struck dumb with astonishment, and they gazed at each other and at the colonel with looks of bewilderment aud despair. "Yon see, gentlemen," said the colonel, gravely, " that this question of the Life Guards' helmets is of such im portance that I deemed it advisable, since his lordship's illness, to write to the Duke of Wellington on the subject; and I have here his grace's orders that the dnel should be renewed again and again nntil the life of one of the com batants has been forfeited." As he spoke, Colonel A drew from his breast-pocket of his coatee a large letter, bearing on its envelope the words " On His Majesty's Service " in largo black letters, aaa in one corner the notice in red ink, " Very Urgent" "But,"said the young ensign, "hiß THE CENTRE REPORTER lorvlahip has not recovered yet; tie aides- -" "When one can walk," interrupted the colonel, " one can also fire oil' a pistol; and it is not conducive to the in terest* and dignity of the service that so important a question as the equipment of his majesty's tasty-guard should any longer la left nudecidea." The two young officers, who hint cemented their friendship anew during the period of illness, here t*n>k each other's bauds aud gased long ami sileut ly into each other's face. Colonel A turned away to hide his emotion; for be ing really possessed of a kindly diapoai tiou, he began t.i regret the stern ami tiubeudiug part he had l>eou called upon to perform. Brushing the signs of his weakness away from his eyes, he turned on.** more towards the yonng officers and said; "Gentlemen, I have orders from Kug land to suj>ersede you iu the regiment to which we all have the honor to be long; ami I am only to wave the execu tion of these orders on condition that the duel is renewed, as already stated. Your honor is absolutely in your own hands. I leave you to decide, gentle men, what that course shall be, and bid you for the present adieu." So saving, the colonel left the two frieuds to decide upon their own fate. They ultimately decided to cousult with their brother officers on the subject, and to be guided by the general opinion. This opinion turned out to be iu favor of auotlier fight; ami they once more pro ceeded to the place of meeting, each mentally resolving not to injure the other, but each exchanging | Kir traits and letters for their friends. The fatal wea pons were discharged, and Ensign War bottle fell to the earth with a shot buried in his heait. The grief of Lord Vellum knew no Inlands, for he bsul been let! to believe that the ludls had been withdrawn from the pistols. He threw himself ou the inanimate body of hi-* friend, and could with great difficulty be removed there from. At length he aas conducted to the house of a married officer; and from there he indicted a letter to Colonel A—, tendering his resignation, and reproach ing the latter with the denth of his frieud. The same afternoon, Colonel A assembled the other officers, and address ing himself especially to those whose applications to fight were iu BUSJICUMOU, declared himself ready to grant oue more permission on the same conditions as tlie other, namely, that " for honor's sake" the combatants should fight to the death, lu the pause which ensued, one officer after another sainted the col onel respectfully, and then retired as silently as they came, leaving him alone in the mesa room, and master of the situation. It was a rude lesson which these offi cers hail received, but it fully accom plished its purpose; and from that day to this dueling has been almost unknown in the British arm v. Pure Milk by the "French Method." In the "Home and Society" depart ment of Si'rihnrr's .Vuffaunt for July, Joel Benton describes a new experiment of a dairyman as follows: These" glass bottles, which arc sent from " Sweet-clover Farm," in Sharon, Conn., ami from nowhere else in the world, are made of beautiful clear gias.->, and, though of daintier proportions, re semble somewfiat in shape the larger chamnagne bottles. They are supplied with a wired rubber cork, similar to that which is used for sar*H{arillfl aiul lieer bottles, and on the side of the flange of the wire, which is to be raised before the cork can be opeued, a paper label is pasted overlapping the wire on the glass neck, whereon is printed the day and date on which the bottle was filled. On the base of the bottle is a general label giving the advertisement of the farm on which the method originated, and a little piece of information of which we shall presently speak. When twenty of these bottles are filled they are put into a box just large enough to hold them, separated from each other by a rack par tition. It is easy to see that milk pnt up in this way says to the purchaser at once, and unmistakably: "I am ' the genuine article.'" For, it wonld be utterly im practicable to try to tamper with it. The label, which cannot be broken without detection, gives to the buyer the correct history of the contents of every bottle; and when he draws the cork, he knows that the grass his milk was secreted from was cropped the day before on the slopes of lovelv pastures in Litchfield county, Conn. 'There is no fear of chalk, of chemicals, or of water. It is the same fluid you find in the pail as it comes from the country barn. A sentence printed <>n the liottlos tells ns that the bottling of "Milk from one Cow" is a specialty; and to yonng chil dren and invalids this news becomes a pleasant proclamation. For ordinary use the combination of the milk of twen ty to a hundred cows suflicce, if the dairy be well kept;but, under special circumstances it is desirable, and 111 the case of delicate infants may save life, to have the milk which is used drawn reg ularly from one cow. When the bottles discriminate in this wnv an extra label isnsed to designate "Cow 25," or " Cow 34," and so on. Sea Sickness. Of the many annoyances to which the traveling public is subject at this par ticular season sea-sickness is,perhaps,the most distressing. A perfect cure for this malady would rob ocean travel of half its terrors. No drug, however, has been discovered which acts as a specific. The cause of the sickness ia largely, if not wholly, dan to the invol untary and unexpected motions to which the passengers are subjected on board ship. These cause undue pressure npon the stomach and liver, anil derange the action of those organs. To prevent this, attention has recently been called to an old plan, which is said to be very suc cessful. It consists in regulating the act of breathing according to the pitch ing or rolling of the vessel, drawing in breath as she rises, and breathing ont as she falls into the trough of the waves. After a little experience the practice, it is said, becomes involuntary. When sea-sickness has fairly set in, the only thing to be done is to get rid of the ex tra bile thrown into the circulation, and to allay the irritation of the stomach. A Tulare and No Bread. Late letters from Constantinople to the English jonrnals say: The Palace is in the greatest straits for money, and ; cannot even puy its bakers' bills. Hadyk telegraphed to the Vali of Smvrua, beg ging for 300,000 piasters for the house hold expenses of the Hultan. The Vali answered that he had not as many pnras. The grocers to whom the palace is in debt refuse to furnish provisions for even small amounts. The money raised by loan is instantly swallowed by debts. Things are now as bad as ever. Besides this the Saltan, it is said, has fits of madness, in which he amuses himself by smashing everything in the apart ments of some of his women whom he suspects of having had a band in the conspiracy. He ordered Murad and family to be sent into exile. With diffi culty Sadyk persuaded him to revoke the decision, and then the Snltau turned on him in fury, and ordered him ont of his presence.' Ho refuses to speak to or to see Osman Ghazi, and sees plotters and enemies on every side. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1878. FARM. MA RIIE* A*U UOl HKIIOLD. NaaMrr ('Mr •! The principal diet of hogs in summe should be grass, rich slop, fruits and vegetables, aud some corn; those, with the worms and insects obtained on range, are amply sufficient to sustain a steady growth "until the cool autumn weather sets in, when a diet of sound corn with some slop should be con tinued until they are fat enough for kill ing or for market. This process of taking hogs through the summer applies eoual ly to hogs that have been wintered, or to spring pigs, except the pigs should !>e fed strouger on nccouut of their more rapid growth. Summer is the time to make pork; making it iu winter is much like run ning a noat against a wind and tide; it requires too much food to keep up the supply of annual heat. It hogs have plenty of grass iu summer, ami about half tlie gnuu they will eat, tlioy will fatten rapidly, and about three imuuds of fstrk can be made iu cold weather With a hog in a close pen. The grass is cooling and loosening, and counteracts the feverish properties of the grain. Another important consideration 111 favor of such a diet is oust, which is merely nominal as ixmquircd with grain alone. Free access to pure water and good shade is esseutial to comfort and Consequent growth aud thrift of the pig. The hog delights in a cool, dump locali ty, and is very sensitive to heat and told, and suffers extremely from expos ure to either. Any unusual exercise will l>e fatal to a hog that is fat, ou a hot day, if it has not free acre** to water. Hogs are not apt to root when there is plenty ol grass on the ground, but rings in their noses have many great ad vantages and by all means should be used. Tliey should be allowed to have all the grass they will eat as early in the spring as jmsaible, and clover and timothy is good for them in wiuter. Hogs tliat have run to grass and slop all summer can be shut up in a pen and fed to advantage six weeks or two months, but no longer. A pig should uever Is* allowed to stop growing; in fact, the rule holds good during its entire life. A JHSW. mangy pig is of no value; close coutinemeut iu tilth aud dirt will check the growth, however generous the feed; but if starved at the same time, it will be a mercy to both pigs aud owner to send them to the manure pile. Milk is a very exiling drink, and al most indispensable in raisiug young pigs. But very little corn and no ourn meal should lie fed to voting pigs liefore they are four mouths old. The effects of corn and raw corn meal ou the voting pigs are these: These pigs will first be costive, then they will scour. They will rub against everything they come in contact with, and rub their hair off. Their skin will have a red and dry ap pearance. A dry, black scurf will begin to form on them, and the more of the corn meal that they eat the poorer they will get. The best thiug that can lie done for a pig in this condition is to give him a thorough washing in warm rain water or sonf milk. Sour milk is best. Coarse flour or middlings from rye or wheat, when male into a thin drinkable slop with milk, is the liest feed for young pigs except bread and milk. Bread is good for young pigs be cause it has been leavened. Foixl has to fermeut before it will digest, aud if fed to young pigs lefore fermented, it will overtask his stomach aud spoil him. Lettuce is good for young pigs. It will stop the scour* on lum. The middlings should Is- put with the milk at night, after the feeding has l*en done, and allowed to lie in the milk throu h the night, never allowing the swill tub to get quite empty, always leaving a little in the bottom for yeast. The swill should never be allowed to get stale. Ilogs aud pigs treated as here deserilied will grow to satisfaction and prove pro fitable.—(V., in Ohio Fitmur. K SELVES. POTATO PlE.—Boil or wash common or sweet potatoes and atr&iu through a fiuc sieve; to each pint add one and half pints of milk, a little melted butter, two eggs, salt, nutmeg to the taste; bake in one crust, like custard pie. BRRRKUMILK MITFINH. One quart buttermilk, two eggs, butter the size of an egg, two flat N]K>onfuls soda mixed in a little water; or on* spoonful saleratna, two toasfioonfuls salt, flour to make- a thick batter. Bake in rings in a quick oven. To BOTTLE REU CrnßAvrs. Pick them unbroken from the stalks into dry wide-monthed txittlo*, adding, as you fill, some finely-sifted loaf sugar, so that it may fall ou each layer of currants; fill the txittles, rosin m it*- corks, and keep them in a rack, with the neck downwards. GVHTAHO IN Crps.—Beat three eggs with three tablespooufuls of sugar and a little nutmeg and salt, add a quart of milk (new is heat); pour into your cups and set them into a dish that you can fill with boilmg water, and put them in to the oven to bake, lu tfiis way they are mneh nicer thau wht-n cooked out of the water. GREEN PEA SOUP. —Four pounds of beef, cut iu small pieces, one-half peck of green jies*, one gallon of water. Boil the empty pods of the peaa in the water one hour before putting in the beef. Strain them out, add the beef ami boil slowlv an hour ami a half longer. Half an hour before serving add the shelled peas, and twenty minutes later half a eup of rice Hour, with salt and pepper. A little chopped parsley is an improvement. After adding tub rice flour stir frequently, to prevent scorch ing. Strain into a hot tureen. KAKORS ltitrnAnn PIE.— For one large pie, or three deep ones. Take the stalks; cut of! the leaves, and rinse iu cold water (do not strip off the skin, as it contaius much of the flavor), cut in half inch lengths, and mhl from one to three teacups of sugar, according to the acidity of the rhubarb; stir in n large bowl, an that the materials may be well mixed; mid one lemou cut up very flue, peeled, and all the juice well squeezed in, one nutmeg grated, one tablespoon fill of essence of lemon, one good pinch of salt, one tnblespoonful of sifted flour, two tnhlespoonfuls of butter; make a nice crust, and imkc from half to three quarters of an hour; make a slit in the top of your pie, and bake in a deep pan, so that its chief excellence shall not waste by boiling over. Farm andUnrSrn Nairn. Decomposing turf is one of the best fertilizers for grape vinea; when it ean lie obtained, no other will be required. The plowing, or non-plowing of or chards must he determined by experi menting. No arbitrary rule can be laid down for all cases. Farm well, garden well and breed well your live stock, and von will find your business successful, profitable, and, therefore, very pleasant The first book printed in England on horticulture is said to contain the advice that persons who wish their roses to lie " flue and extra sweet," should " grow them in the old onion bed." In order to obtain good plants, especi ally those for the vegetable garden, it is absolutely essential to raise them from seed, for those offered for Bale in the markets are grown for sale, and are neither healthy nor robust. The farmer who neglects to supply his family with a variety of fruits, in their seaaou, is wanting in needful prudence, as by such a precaution many a doctor's bill might be saved, and til® general health of the family materially increased. The object of transplanting is to check the growth of the foliage and promote that of the root, and this is liest done while the plants are young, ao that, when they are finally planted out, there will lie Htifiicient nait to supjiort a vig orous upper growtli. Iu the use of tame manure it is well to heur in mind that the more finely it is pulverised the more quickly it acta. The effect of finely ground lione may not lie noticeable for more than two or three years, hut a quick return for the capital invested is made. A Western gardener says he has saved every oue of his encumber, melon nd cabbage plants, during the past five years, and also repelled the jiotato beetle, by sprinkling with water im pregnated with gas tar, repeating the application if washed off by ram. Mr. O. H. Bliss, of Georgia, Yt, as serts in 77e Country (ft ntUnmn thut horses " become, after a little, almost paasionately fond " of skimmed milk; he ha* known a few eases in which it ha* been thus utilized "with great econo my," and " a pail of it three times a day will keep a work horse iu tietter condition than the average ration of four quarts of oats." lloHtMrfceld Ittnls. PATUUMU a WIMTKW ASHKII WALL. — First scrape off any of the lime which way lie loose or inclined to fall; then with a whitewash brush give the wall a coat of glnc water —atmut one-half pouud of glue to three gallons of water—tins the pa|ier-hangers call sizing. After this dries put on the i>a|>er; the glue stick* to the lime, and the pajier sticks to the glue. IMPBOVKO BTOVE POLISH. —The house wife who fiuds it uecessary to keep a stove up in the sittiug-room during the summer—and if there 1* no grate or fire-place there should be a stove kept up for 000 l nights ami moruiugs and damp day*—will find that a tablespoou ful of inolasse* added to the blacking will cause it to adhere better ana retain the polish longer.—/>oiowu(. How TO A COT GLASS Itorri.K.— Matu rate a pnxie of common twine in spirit* of turpentine, aud irnas it once or twice around the Ixittle where you wish to cut it; theu light the twiue, and hold the Ivurt of the bottle where you wish to toep iu your hand. Turn "the bottle so the fire will burn on all parts of the twine at once, and when it cools, if it does Dot drop off, give it a gentle tap. To CLEAR DECAKTEWS.—To clean de (4h.ters, roll up in small pieces some soft brown or blotting paper; wet them, and soap them well. Put them into the decanter* about one-quarter full of warm water; shake them well for a few min ute*. then rinse with clear cold water; wipe the uut*ul* with a nice dry cloth, put the decanter* to drain, and when dry they will be almost as bright a* new one*. To CtJUB DCST Fiioii CARPETS. 1 have found ilampeiied bran l wet just enough to hold together) to tie the cleanest and mtist satisfactory thiug to put on carpet* before sweeping. It rolls most all the dust right up in the dirt, scarcely any an* ng to settle on furniture. It leave# the carpet bright and clean, and is, in my estimation, far better than salt, tea leaves, or, dirtiest of all, water sprinkled over the carjiet Thr t are •( Kfrwf !.*•. Few illuminating substances produce a light a* steady and brilliant a* kero sene oil, but owing to inattention to cer tain requisite point* its full brilliancy is rarelv attained. The wick, oil and all the appurtenances of the lamp must be kept scrupulously chuu, the burner pol ished, the chimney not uulj clean hut bright and clear/the wick cut square SENMI with sharp scissor*. Those l%m|>* which are made with immovable cupola* require e*pteial care iu cleaning and trimming. The ujqier part of a lamp frequently gets oily after standing for a time. This may, in a measure, lie pre vented tiv cutting a hole in a piece of felt ao a*' to fit exactly around the socket into which the burner is screwed. Trim the felt so that it will lie abont one-half inch iu width and place the ring on the aicket. Housekeepers disregarding tlie HIHIVC have ss a result a flame dull, yel low. smoky and half-lighted apartments at tlio same cost as those well lighted. I'eruiiun Temples of the Sun, Of the earlv history of the Peruvians we have but little knowledge, owing to that barbarian policy exercised by the followers of Cortez and Pizarro, in de stroying everything belonging to the tribes which they oooquered. Like the Mexicans, the Peruvians hail advanced in art, science aud learning, under the administration of successive wise rulem, and their Stats archives contained writ ten histories of their country, from the dawu of civilization among them, till the period of the conquest. But the snjierstitions Spaniards committed these works to the flames, because of their heathen origin, and we are obliged to depend almost exclusivolv <>n the trnth of tradition, for the knowledge we pos sess of the history of this people during the Inca dynasty. The most magnifi cent of all" the Peruvian temples, was that of the sun of Cuzco. The mode of worship in this temple was similar to that of Heliopoliß in Egpvt, where this great luminary was adored. His golden image occupied a largo portion of one side of the interior of the temple, nml liefore this the worshipjiers prostrated themselves with rich offerings in their hands, which were received by the at tendant priests. Two or three virgius, selected from the first families in the kingdom, were in constant attendance, WIIOHC duty it was to make oblations of wine to the burning deity, and chant hymns of praise to the great Fattier of Light. )Like other aborigines of this coutinent, the Peruviana were nomadic tribes, aud gamed a subsistence by hunting aud fishing. Superstitious in the extreme, their objects of worship woro OH numerous as those of the Egypt ians. Spanish Train Robhrn, Tbo express which leaves Barcelona at 10:'26 P. M. for the French frontier byway of (Jerona and 1' ignores, waa stopped the other night a short distance north of the Han Andrea station, not far from Barcelona, and all the passen gers were stripped of what they hod about them. The brigands who achieved this exploit surprised one of the signnl men, and linving gagged him, tamed on the danger signal. The engine driver stopped the tram, and while the passengers were looking out of the windows to see what was the cause iof the stoppage, somo fifty men, all armed with daggers and revolvers, clus tered p on the carriage steps and forced their way into the compartments. Money, watches, jewelry, and all other objects of any value liad to lie de livered up; and in one or two instances, where passengers were inoliued to be recalcitrant, the robbers placed the muzzles of their revolvers in unpleasant proximity with the persons of the vic tims. After the carriages hat! been care fully examined they sacked the contents of the lnggsge van and then disappeared. The train put back to Barcelona, and arrived there at about ono in the morn ing. ( O-OPKKATIVK STORKS. KUr and I'rocrrH •! ihrar I n.Olai la Hasina*. A txindon correspondent of the New York IVibun* has an interesting letter I ou the system of furnishing supplies by the (Vimperative stores, and he gives S history of the rise and progress made tiy these stores, as follows: The happy ulna of 00-operatiou for mutual defence and protection occurred to some clever persons engage.l in the civil service, and a small club was formed. Indeed, it is sai.l that its lieginiiiug was both humble and accidental. It ongiuated thus: Only a dozen years ago some clerks 111 the General Post-office combined and bought a chest of tea, aud they found the t-aviug so great that they pursued their joint stock operations iu the pur clitute of other articles of thuly necessity. Thgir fellows in the office, finding the advantage, desired to join the company. It grew. They took a little room, and fitUxl it up with shelves and rustic counter*; a competent and trustworthy man was placed m charge, and articles of daily household consumption were t.ought at wholesale price* and sold to the members of the company at the small advance which would cover the , expuiise* mi the shop. The advantages of the system became more and more patent; the numtier of those desiring to cuter the association rapidly increased, as the knowledge of its advantages widened. Then some of the original mem tier* seceded from the " (ioUeraJ l*oat.office Supply " and started a com pany on a larger scale, establishing themselves 111 tlio liaymarket, under the name of the "Civil Supply Association." Thus the extempore shop grew into a warehouse; the one mau who conducted the business was multiplied by scores, and then bv huudreds of shopmen, porters, warehousemen, sujierinteudeuta of dejiartmeute, buyers, and managers; there were a board of directors, a secre tary, and chairman. One gnat ware house expanded into several, within whose spacious limits there were stored goals of every imaginable sort, clothing, groceries, stationery, books, furniture, toliacco, pipes, toys, jewelry, iu short, almost everything fi in a button to s helmet, that any man. wouiau, child, family, might umxl, and all to be pur chased at from fifteen to twenty-five, sometime# even fifty, per cent, lower than thev could be got from the trades men. The rush for memtx-nmip, of course, became prodigious. Barristers, solicitor*, medical men, aU rgymen, minister*, actors, people of all profea siona, as well as those connected with the civil service in all its branches, sought admission, which could be gained by the payment of five shillings (gl.'Jfi) s v.-nr for membership—in token of which yoq received a card having your : name iuu.l number upon it. This card has to be shown to every shopman from whom you make a pur chase, and to the caahicr, with whom TOU settle your account on the spot— for all purchases are for cash. This (wrvl must tie renewed every year bv the payment of the name num. The business cxpauded to such great proportions that it was found necessary to set a limit to the number of members, and admission into the old or first "Civil Service Stores," as they were called, is now im jmsailiie. The* business has become so gnwi, hns l>een ao admirably, aud hon ' estly administered, that notwithstand ing that tue margin of profit upon the wholesale prices for defraying current expenses, isao small, I believes hand some dividend accrue* to the members. A ticket of membership in this old or ganization in the Haymark.t cannot be got for love or money, and they are con sidered of such importance that thev arc frequently bequeathed in the wills of member*. The success of this first en terprise and the restriction of its inera borsbip, of course, caused the starting of others, and there are now three immense organizations, with several branches in different part* of Lsmdon. ; The largest, ami now the Iwwt one of all, 'is the "Armv and Navy Cooperative Society," in Victoria street, Westmins ter. this association was < rgautzod six years ago, and has a place ail of it* own at the head of cooperative associations. . The meratiera consist of two classes, | shareholder* and ticketliolder*. the lat | tar including life members and anuual ' subscriber*. The shares are of the I value of $3 each, and holders of one or more share are entitled to participate in the profits, to deal at the stores and with the tradesmen connected with the soci ety without anv further payment what ever, and to have their purchases from the store delivered free of charge within a certain radius. Life members' tickets (one guinea) confer all the privileges of shareholders, except participation in the profit* and management of the society. They will not bo transferable. Annual subscriber* who pay SI S5 the first year, and sixty cent* each subse quent year, enjoy all the privileges I jviKsoKHed by shareholders, except participation in the profit* and manage i tnent of the society, and to the special 1 advantages a* to carriage of parrels. ! The director. Major MeCroa, who first induced a few officer* to join him in this 1 enterprise, tieginning with a capital of 1 $300,000 in 8.1 shares, is, in his way, as ! much astounded at the vast pro|xirtions attained in this brief time a the origin ator of the first *<x-ity, with hi* chest of tea, is astonished to find that the associ ation of small amounts should have grown into such strength, and that he should have developed a tmthtliat had escaped the acute perception of governments, and the skill of the economist and phil anthropist. • I am told tliat the balance, sheet of tliia compauy is like triumphant march. Last year the directora w?re able to tioaat of sales at the rate ol $500,000 a month, lint that rate has now twen much exceeded. During the last half yar the sales alone amounted to $3,248,365, aud the miscellaneous revenne received from annual tickets and other aonroes to $5,940, so that the total was $1,'257.305, which shows an increase of $743,045 over the corresponding period of last year, which, the directors aay, is the largest amount of business which has ever tieen compassed by a " 00-opora tivo." Its cash in hand and with its bankers is $157,340; it* Victoria street premises, which are large and hand some, represent $466,635, and its other tenements $150,000; it* stock is worth $690,870; it holds on deposit order sud 011 interest $"276,130; it hns s balance to profit aud loss account of $"230,395, and a net profit of $39,270. I notice in the report for the last half year, a special paragraph that out of tlio profit, the directors recommend the paymcut of a dividend nt the rate of five per cent per annum, free of income tax, and that the remainder lie carried forward toward the accumulation of a reserve fnn t to be in vested in the society's business. Lam told tli at what they want are low prices. They do not care for dividends. To give Home idea of the magnitude of the business, I may mention, that excluding orders executed through agents such as for beer, coals, mineral waters, etc., aud excluding also parcels taken away by the pnrehnsers themselves, they sent ont from the " Stores" during six months, by their own carriers and by railway vans, 246,118 packing cases and packages, weighing in the aggregate - 8,000 tons. An unsuccessful lover was asked by what means he lost his divinity. "Alas!" cried he, "I flattered her until she got too proud to speak to me," TERMH: 02.00 a Year, in Advance. (seasip About Knakps. Poisonous tuiake* way lie rnadilv dis tinguished from the harmless kinds by their broadly flattened heads ui<l pro jecting jaws, which impart to them a triangular The majority of tl non-poisonous reptiles liiffl heads With a norrow cliptioal contour, winch indi cate at the first glance their character. The bites of the former are not near a* fatal aa they are generally supposed to be, au<l quickly-adtninisterad <luaee of ammonia injected into the fleah wound by meaua of a syringe, or gnat quanti ties of wbiskv ami other alooholic drtnka taken instantly after the accident prove geucrallr sure* preventatives against fa tal nwoilte. These remedies, though efficacious against the bite of the moc casin, rattlesnake and copperhead, of North America, sr.- unavailing in some tropical countries like India, where the violent action of the poison M intensified by great h*t, thua cauaing annually the death of a great number of people. It uinat be borne in unnd. however, that the natives of theae oonntriea are in a more or leas node state, and that their bodies are thus exposed in full to the attack of any snake which they may chance to encounter. It is instructive to notice that no tropical travelers, who frequently visit districts infested with susaes have fallen victims to them, al though they have made in many in stances the collection of jioisonoua spe cies a specialty of their avocation. It is erroneous to nuppuH that snakes will attack man without provocation, and that they are capable'if making a spring of several feet or even yards. The ar rangement of their iiitereoateal mus clea does ■ not admit of an extended for ward movement of their body beyond that of rapidly uncoiling themselves to their foil length, as anybody may satis fy himself by irritating any of oar harm less species when encountered in bol ows of trees, under bark or similar hid ng places where a retreat is not feasi ble. Cnder these particular circum atauces they evince a ready disposition to attack tile intruder who ventures to disturb their re pons. There is in Boath Florida s very large sueciea of the rat tlesnake known to naturalists as the crutnlu* wltiinanUu*, which has suffi cient capacity to fetal upon animals up to the sme of the wild rabbit. It would naturally lie supposed tbat this snake, in order to capture such a wild creature, woul 1 possess compensating qualities by being nupable of making a quick spring of at least several feet. This doc* not, however, seem to lie the case, as exper ienced by an accidental encounter with one of these formitlable reptiles, which we found some years ago during an ex pedition to Florida, quietly coiled up in a cluster of dense palmetto underbruah, not far fmm the settlement, near the site of old Fori Cspron. We dispensed on this occasion, contrary to advice, with the gun, which would nave offered temptations to forego the experiment of s close encounter, and advanced armed with only a short, stout stick within a few paces of our intended prey to ob serve its behavior* The reptile proved wid awake to the danger of ber situa tion bv raising slightly her head above the htigeooil of her body, which covered a pine- nearly two feet in diameter. Another forward step decided the criti cal turning-point of the ad venture, which ended, not in a quick uncoiling of her six-foot-long body, but a ouietand igno minious gliding sway without any sign of offering resistance. A timely and well-aimed blow then arrested her fur ther progress by breaking the backbone, after which she was dragged helplessly to the open, uesr the brwch, where a .cut of an tx severed her Levi, which, well preserved in alcohol, still testifies by its great size the corresponding volume of her frame. A Shetland Bainty. Tlie luxuries of Shetland, wnte* a traveler in the Shetland Isles, are what most people would never dream of. One morning—l had been in Lerwick about teu davs—our landlady brought up for breakfast a well-grilled bind. "She thought we might hke acorie by Uie way of a change.'' In my ignorance, I knew not then the meaning of a soorie. Upon asking mv friend opposite, be replied, with much clearness: "What ia a acorie?—why—just a acorie." I concluded that if was some kind of 1 game peculiar to Shetland —and 1 hail al roadv discovered that daiuties were rare, and that nothing must be too rashly de spised. It was very good; tender and delicate; aud in the end I learned that it was nothing but a young sea-gull; a gull of the first year; when its feather* are yet gray, and it ha* not long used its wings. Most people would dislike tlie idea of eating a sea-gull; perhaps I should have done so in any other place thau Hhetland; I can only say that I re turned to the change another day, and without re lu tan ce. It is a very eatable bird, without suspicion of fishtnesa, un less cooked when a Utile too old. The Shetland*-!* will not, as a rule, eat these acorie*. Tbey go further anil fare worse —much worse. While despising scories, which are easily obtained, tbey will take a go at deal of trouble to secure a young cormorant They cook and eat these cormorants, which are coarse, impossi ble food to any one but a Shetlander. They also make them into soup, which they thiuk delicious; strong, unctuous liquid that from its appearance, must poHsess some of the mure wholesome, though not agreeable qualities of cod liver oil. Cuttlefish Casting its Ink. Mr. Frank Bnckland, the well-known English naturalist, describes in Laml ami WaXrr bis good fortune in seeing, under favorable conditiona, a cuttlefiah easting it* ink. Three or four specimens of cuttles live in the Westminster Aqua rium. One of then in passing the win dow of his tank evidently mistook the naturalist for s foe. "So," writes Mr. Bnckland, " as tie swam along he eject ed from his ink-bag a jet of what looked like a clond of the most intensely black smoke that ever came forth from a fac tory chimney. Instantly the water lost all transparency. Mr. Cuttlefish then went into the middle of the water he hail so artfully made opaque. When there be ejected nioro ink, and in less tiirn half a minute the water around him tieeame blacker than the blackest thunder cloud ever beheld. The ink gradually dispersed itself through the water, forming clouds of the most deli cate shadings, fading off from the very black place under which the tieaat was concealed. Not even Turner, the groat artist, ever imagined such a cloud. This ink is used in the arte, sepia beiug the very substance taken from the cuttlefiah and dried. Without doubt this power of shooting ink is a most wonderfn means of protection to preserve the ani mal from being eaten by its enemies, aud it may not lie impossible that Uie idea of gods and goddesses appearing from the clouds and disappearing into clouds, so often described by Virgil, might have taken it origin from the power of the cutUefish to surround itself with a cloud of ink. May we not also compare Uiis cuttlefish to a voluminous author, who conceals his identity in clouds of ink. " Doctor, doctor," panted a messenger; " come down the Btreet, quick ; there's a man dropped in a flit." "In an apoplectic?" questioned the doetor. "No, sir; he's in a duster," answered the messenger. NUMBER 30. The Inhabitant* ef Mars 4 Beama, TroHahly the moat convenient asenmp tion we can make ia that there may be creatures in a g*Jra respeot Ukeour selves on those moons of Mwa, bnt that, owing to the extffJiw nrity df mosptiere. their vital energy to so far reduced that they are not more active than we are. despite the feeble actum of gravity in tnc world. The air must be exceedingly rare, moat cwrUinW even f the quantity ia proportional to the volume* of these moons. On *bisi as sumption the quantity of "it is liw tnlß the quantity of terrestrial aajme to loss than iOO times 400 times 400—that is, it amounts only to 1-64,000,000 paft of terrestrial air. ... . Being rpvaa.l over a anrfaoe whrnh is but 1-160,0 M of tba earth's, R follows that the quantity of air abovs saob square mile of surface ia 1-400 part only of the ouantity over each square mile of the earth's rorface. This would be little enough in all cvjusemnoej but this is not all. For the actum ef gravity being, according to oar aasamptn n, only 1-600 of terreetria! gravity, it follows that the atmospheric pressure, and therefore density, is further reduced in this degree, giving Anally a density of equal only to 1-240,000 of the density of our own air. Sow, at a height of seven miles,where the atmospheric pressure is reduced to one-forth that at the aea level, men of ordinary constitutions would perish in a few minutes, if not instantly. In Oox well's saoent to nearly that height, (ihushqr fainted, and On well only just had strength left to drew the valve string with bis teeth, (his hands being already powerless). Yet at the height of seven miles the density of the air is 60,000 times greater than that which, according to our very reaaonabie assumption, prevails at the surface pf the Martian moons. We can very well believe, then, that in whatever way the inhabitants of tbeae moons may be adapted, corporeally and constitutionally, for existence in their small homes, the rarity of the air there must tend to reduce tueir vital energy. Bo that we rna? well imagine that, instead of being able to leap to a height of half a mile or over a distance of two or three miles, they are not more active than we are on earth with 600 times greater weight, bat far more effective respiration. We might, perhaps, go even further than this, and assume that, in older to give the inhabitants of these moons locomotive powers proportioned in the same way to their own dimensions as ours are, they must be snpposed very much smaller than we are. We might imagine them in an atmos phere so exceedingly attenuated that creature* which could have vitality enough to move freely about most be no larger than flies or ants, and must have also some such provision as insects have for more effective inspiration. In this way we might find in the Martian moons a miniature of our own earth, not only in the proportions erf these worlds them selves, but also in those of the creator** living ujKn them. But it would not be very interesting to consider mere minia tures of oar earth, suoh as the moons of Mars would thus come to be regarded. Indeed, in that case, little more could be said than that all the relations pre sented by this earth were or might be represented in Ibe Martian moons, bat on a greatly reduced scale. — Prof. Proc tor, in llclgrax'ia. An Elephant's Reiesge. Elephant* have ao much sympathy with depraved human nature aa to think with Byron, "Sweet i revenge." An anecdote of an elephant a rvvenge, translated from the French, aa fol low*: Upon one of the plantation* waa an Engliah overseer named Bennett, an exceedingly crew* and disagreeable man, who waa employed be the maater be canae of his great capability in directing affairs. Upon the plantation waa an elephant named Dourga, that Bennett greatly disliked, and upon whom he often played mean trick*. Hi* employ er, after reproving him several times for his unkindneas to the snimsl, warned him that if he carried his tricka too far, Dourga would pay him back with inter eat, Finally the time came when Dour ga'a patience waa tried beyond endur anoe. He waa in the habit of receiving every morning from hi* driver a hnge corn-cake covered with molanaaa, of which he waa very fond. One morning, aa this cake waa being earned to him on s bamboo hurdle, Bennett, who waa IMtssing with a pot full of red pimento, threw it upon the cake, and then stopped to watch and mimic the grimaces made by the elephant when he swallowed it. The result was easy to eee. The poor ani mal, his mouth on fire, paaead the lay in s marsh trying to calm the thirst that wan devouring him, and to appeaee the inflammation produced by the fiery dose lie had swallowed. When evening came, the bonr when Bennett brought the coolies from work, the elephant pounced upon him, picked him up with his trunk and pitched him headlong in a large reservoir or pood of water, which waa thirty or forty feet deep. Bennett, who knew how to swim, quickly swam to the edge. Dourga allowed him to | climb up the bank, when he picked him up again as if he had been a wisp of Htraw, and threw bim back in the water. This was repeated a* mauy times ae Ben net* attempted to escape, until he waa compelled to remain in the water, keep ing nis head up as well aa he could. The affair would have ended with sure drown ing for Rennet* if one of the coolies had not come to his rescue and forced Dour ga away. The elephant never forgot the injury done him, and rarely allowed an oppor tunity to escape to still further revenge himself upon the overseer. Sometimes ne would throw a paw fall of sand alap in Bennett's face; again it would be a spout of water thrown over him; at another time he would be pitched into a cactus bush,from which he would get out eearoe ly alive, so horribly scratched would he tie. It was impossible to correct Dour ga and make him behave. The upshot of the whole affair waa that Bennett waa obliged to leave the plantation, which was not large enough for him and Dour ga together, and his employer valued the elephaut more than he dia his overseer. A Crow's Attachment. Last spring Mr. W. Cambray.of Cana da, caught a young crow before it eould fly, and brought it home, where it soon tiecame tame. It struck up a warm friendship with a young hound belong ing to Mr. Cambray. The crow was al ways around with the hound, shared his meals, and slept in his box at night on the bottom, not seeking a perch unless they were disturbed during the night, when he would come out and fly up into oue of the trees near by, and remain there till morning. When given food, it invariably took a portion to the honnd. It did not give it to him at onoe, bat would fly around above his head with a piece of meat or crust of broad in his bill,and keep tearing him with it, and then would Anally let him have his share. Bat instinct began to be too powerful, and he concluded that he must go to other quarters in the winter, and it was amusing to see how he tried to ooax the hound away with him. He would fly away a little pieoe, and then alight and caw to the dog; then he wonld fly back, and seemed in great distress be cause he could not induce his four-footed friend to go to warmer quarters for the winter; finding he would not leave, he I at length flewjjff. ItMM *f Uknrt. A 0womb) suggestion-" Pass tbft oU in r*tod with ptofll in Amol county, Tem. When i> • litorny work lik* noke When it toon in volumsa. An Hftqbed eour.l. (M • ">!• separated—A pfthr of shears. Ifevur givu way to despair, for dee pftir will never give wmy to yon. ftixly wolves have been killed in Wa seca county, Minn., tbif seaaoa. An old woman of Durham, EnglaiHl, in 17 first made table mnetard and for jreera would not reveal the peooeea. Tha mysteries of the fotare—The r)rrt faalilo—He dreaa and bonnets. Baahi-Basonk meana light-beaded, and the name waa given them for raek leea riding. There are five surviving journalists of the BUte of Kew York who were actively in aerriee fitly or more yearn ftga 1 Rode young men of the present day, let nature teach yon politeness. Bee how load young treea are of making 1 boughs. Bleep may or ma/ not be a great reatorer. It depends g*** l d®* l ° n whether the big toe ia tnaeaatble to the bite ? the horse-fly. Birda are entitled to justice. When a man ia indulging in a frol*, to eav be ia "out on a tanrni a libel on that bird. He is really out on a swallow. What Oongreaa wants to investigate 1 ia the fact wbyaa intruding oow will in varublv tnunn on the loose soil of a , two-foot flower garden in preference to the graaa-oovered huxlred square feet of j the mat of the yard. "Can that horse rtsn faatf asked a boy of a milkman, the other morning. ! •• So, aonnv," replied the purveyor of aqueous lacteal fluid, "be cent run very fast, bat ha can aland the faatest of any horse yon ever aaw.' . The following excruciating conundrum ) k, calculated to throw a pall of glow over the most hilarious gathering:—What to the difiarenoe between a "sell and a riddle t Beeauae one ia the hoax (oaks) and the other a conundrum (aearn under em.) j m m firnt introduced into Europe in 1880 by the Dutch East India Company, and tnen only aa • cariosity, allowing the nature of the herb so nm veraallv ned by the Chinese in the pre pssutkio of their so-much loved bevai ag. . An eagle in the Alp* Mountains, a abort time ago, earned away a ewe lamb to it* neat. The lamb waa not killed by the monarch of bird*, and lived in ap parent harmony with the yoang eag let* fof fonr dsyu, when it waa teacned by the sbepbsri who owned it. A man waa scared to death in Berry vflle. Ma He waa pawing a graveyard at midnight, when two men apmng ftyan hohowt a monument *aJ shouted at hint. He ran 'home and went to bed, bat waa ao nerrooa that be could not sleep, and before morning be died in ©ODVUIM IM*. Last *ear a Miaaoori editor offered his paper one year lor the largest watermel on. The offer has not been repeated thi* aaaeoc. Instead of doubling up bis subscription liat by the grand the melon* did nothing bat doable np the editor. Cherry ram Pafaee thrown into the yard by a Bangor woman waa tnrkeys that apparently died from the effect*. Alter bemg plucked theyj awe thrown intee beep on the graaa. On the next morning they were found walking around the yard in naAreaa. •• Are you trying to raise a mustache, mr son f" kindly inquired a heavily wbiakered father, the other morning, observing the young man acraping his face " in the place where the hair ought to grow." " fee, air." replied the boy, i " ainoe jou failed, it'a about all I can raise.'' An elite in Michigan thus bida fare well to his readers, his paper having ex pired: "Good-bv! ToO the bell gent ly ! This is our Vast kick. Handle ns with care! Lower as gently to rest f We die a natural death. The wolf la at our dm*! Bury us under a rote buah. Lssten to the mocking bird.'' A Permian dealer in eurioaities has bean eaodetnned to two months' impris onment by the Liverpool bench of magis t rates for an aaaault upon hia wife Ma tilda. This follower of the prophet tied the hands of Matilda behind her, and tnen, having tied her feet, struck her twelve heavy blows on the soles with a piece of horn. When the voice is lost, as is some times the case from the effect# of a cold, a simple pleeaant remedy is furnished by beating up the white of one egg. adding the jcifc* of cue lemon, and sweetening with white sugar to the taste. Take a tablespoonful from time to time. It has been known to effectu ally cure the ail men L "Go* any eow oeuaf" "Tea, atop this wav." "Those see too small. Haven't ron any largerf "No, sir; the large "ones are all sold." Customer started off, ani got aa tar aa the door, when the clerk called after htm. " Look here, stranger, take one of these small bells for voor cow, and yon won t have half the trouble in finding her; for when you bear her bell you will always know she can't be far off." The customer bought the belL Jfany of the old naturalists entertained the notion that gease wera produced from trees. It waa supposed that on the of a river in the Orcadea, a tree grew that produced live geeee like fruit. In an old volume printed at Baale, 1560, entitled "Munstori Oownog rmphta," is a curious engraving repre- the barnacle goose dropping from bursting pods on the tree into the stream beneath, and swimming away. A similar cut is to be found fh "Aldro vandus" and at the eedof "Oerranla Herbal." The early navigator* and travelers related the moet extraordinary stories of this character. " Miss Green is a regular Woe, Miss Soariat took* pale a* a Uly. Miss TuM ne'er shrink* from ww. And Miss Wiseman thinks *ll the men silly; Miss Wright she is oonetaoUy wrung, Mi— TiokeU, slas'. is not funny, Miss Singer ne'er warbled s song. And in iroth poor Miss Cash has no money. Miss Knight i* now changed into Day. And Miss I lay will soon marry * knight. Miss Prudsnce has lost run away, And Mis* Steadv assisted her flight. Bat success to the' fair, ooe and afi, No mise-apptobeosion be making— Though wrong the dear sex to mies-call, There's no harm let us hopa,in miss-taking. The late ex-King of Hanover bad ths grievous affliction of blindness. But he bad a gr*st consolation in the person of his eldest daughter, Prinoees Frsderica. This lady was his constant companion, leading him, and sketching for him with her kind voioe all interacting persons and things sumrauding them. The kinp wonld enter a musentn or other publift place like a man with good eyes, and, when on his daughter's arm, never failed to return the salutes addressed to him from whatever direction they might come. It was evident that there was some system of telegraphy known to the two, and from long habit the king had become so expert that lie rarely made a mistake. At a soiree he was led up to the host or hostess, bowed at the right moment, and went through the cere mony with all the ease of a man who could see. Wreat Pyramid of Egypt. An English architect, Mr. Tito, has been "figuring up" the cost of the J rest pyramid near Gizet. Its original intensions at the base were 764 square feet, and it has a perpendicular height of 480 feet, covering four acres, one rood, twenty-two perches of ground. It consumed 79.028,000 cubic feet of atone; and Mr. Tito adds that it could not now be built for less than£3o,ooo,ooo, sterling. The joints of the large casing blocks of granite were so fine as to be scarcely per ceptible, not thicker than paper; and the mortar was so adhesive that the stones in some esses broke through their substance rather than give way at their jointing. The cost, therefore, of thia structure, reduced to federal cur rency, was $146,200,000, a sum large enough to build and put in running order six good, substantial railroads be tween New York and the Atlantic and Ban Francisco on the Pacific.
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