BURIED LOVE. ———— By A. Asamux KeLLY. — You need not fear, sweet bird, Free range these hills } I would not do you harm, { love your wills. Tho’ summer's here, cold days will come, The snow will wrap the fen; And then I'll miss your song, sweet bird, I’ miss. then? Your song sounds sad, sweet bird, Since she is gone! You sang so gaily once Yet sing, sing on! The mem ries that your song awake, Tho' full of bitter pain, 1 would not miss for aught besides— Then sing again! Beneath yon grassy mound My love doth he; The breeze blows softly And seen s to sigh, As if it mo. raed the ene beneath, The dear: st earth &'er knew! For scarce bath earth seen one so pure, So kind, so true! il As i ere, rhe Distance of the Stars. As we behold the heavens on a clear, moonlight night, glowing with stars, it is natural to infer that the brightest of the shining orbs are nearer to us than their fainter companions. Until re- cently, however, the distance of the stars was a matter of conjecture, No change could be detected in the direc- tion of a star when viewed from oppo- site points of the earth's orbit, a dis- tance of one hundred and eighty-six mil- lion miles ; no shadow of a parallax, as the chiinge in direction is called, csuld be found. Astronomers did not cease to work upon the problem, though during the last century and the first part of the present they reached no reliable re- sult. At length a discovery was made that proved to be an entering wedge. Several stars were found to moving forward in a straight line at a rapid rate; to have a large proper mo- tion, as it is called. Tt was inferred that these stars must be pearest to the earth, A star of the sixth magnitude in the Swan, sixty-one Cygni, was found to have a proper motion of six seconds in a year. Bessel, therefore, selected it as a subject for investigation and in 1838 succeeded in measuring its parallex, which is about a half-second of an arc This, translated into figures, means that sixty-one Cygni is four hundred thousand times as far away as the earth is from the sun, Figures fail to give an idea of u distance so immense, and therefore, years are used. It takes light about seven years to reach us from sixty-one Cygni, our nearest neighbor, and we say it is seven years distant, Alpha Centauri, a bright star in a Southern constellation, is nearly at the same distance. There are about a dozen stars whose distance have been measured in the same way, but the farther off they are the more uncertain is the measurement. The brilliant Vega, or Alpha Lyre, is seventeen years distant, the bright Capella is ten years, the glowing Sirius is variously estimated from fourteen to twenty-three years; Arcturus is forty years, All othér visible stars are farther away than those whose distances have been approximately measured, while the stars revealed in great telescopes are seperat- ed from us by vast intervals of space, which light requires thousands of years to traverse, If they were blotted from the sky they would continue to shine for thousands of years, If Sirrue, the brightest star of the firmament, were this day annihilate ed, he would beam just as brightly for twenty years to come, If we were transported to his beam- ing dise, and endowed with visual pow- ers to pierce the intervening depths of space, we should behold scenes and events en the earth that were passing twenty years ago, ‘for the light that reached us would be twenty years old, — Youth’s Companion, be The English Sparrow, In all the long list of papers we pick up, scarceone hasa word to say for this little feathered immigrant. The Reading Tinies is quite alone in befriend- ing the little stranger, We have given considerable attention to it and féel strongly inclined to range ourselves on the Times list. The weight of the evidence against the sparrow may be summarized thus: 1st. It drives out the home birds, 2d. It destroys vast quantities of fruit and grain, _ 3d. It does not destroy the worm. 4th, It is A ithy and genarally objec. tionable: r So far - our dhssrvation goes, the + first is dot true this locality, whatever it be may elsewhere. We have now as mass of the native birds as we haveever had, andsparrows are thick us. On cross questioning we should have to admit that when the sparrows come the wrens go. The blue bird, the robin, the bird, Sutbitly , whilst not comming- ling with are nevertheless on diy tern The pewee, and the a ord the usually are © © 7/1 i ———— w— The second point here is daily dis- proved. We have had a good deal of fruit, cherries, currants, strawberiies, raspberries and a pateh of wheat all within eighty feet of plenty of sparrows, and we can affirm very positively they have not touched either, The third point is with us the other way. The sparrows devour a great many worms on our Linden and other trees. On cross examination here we should have to admit they spend a great deal of the time inthe public roads, say cne hundred feet off, apparently gathering food from road droppings. On the fourth point our testimony is for the other side ; they are flithy, and when they can harborat or on the house are a nuisance, At some expense, however, we have now expelled them from our house it- self, and henceforth take our place, a disciple of the Reading Times — the friend and apologist of the sparrow, -— Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Home News, a — Topping Tobacco. The good judgment of the grower must be carefully exercised as to time and manner of toppily, as he alone can decide when his crop is ready, and mis- takes will be found expensive. One portion of a field may be ready to top and the remainer may come in a week later ; this is what is planned for in planting, so that all will not ripen at The plant itself will show you when to top. Top when it is in the bud, not waiting for the blossom to appear, for strength and nourishment that should aid in maturing the upper leaves of the plant will be spent in the blossom. By judicious topping the grower holds for the top leaves all nour- ishing power of the roots, thus driving to maturity the more backward por- tion of the plant, giving even quality to upper and lower leaves, How to top is to be determined by the probability for maturing, which depends upon the condition of the plant, fertility of the soil and the sea- son. The temptation to top high comes from the hope of gaining weight, but this is where the greater number of mistakes are made. If the season has been such that topping could be done early, then more leaves will mature than if the season were backward. Again, from the equality of soil, one field may properiv mature sixteen or eighteen leaves to the stalk, while in another field eight or ten leaves may exhaust the soil. Low topping pro- duces larger leaves, more body and firmness, more weight, with less labor and ripening earily escapes the frost. A grower urges that to give the plaut proper ‘‘spread” close attention be given to topping ; that it be done when the seed buds show, and that as many leaves should be left on the stalk as the grower thinks from the quality of soil and con- dition of the plant will mature. Proper topping throws the strength of the plant to the leaves, develgping the top leaves to ripen with the lower ones, giving even quality and merit to the crop. After topping, says, look out for suckers, pluck them off at first sight, to give all benefit to the top leaves, Af- tention of this kind will show great results immediately after the crop is hung in the shed. He thinks the qual- jty of all leaf is improved after topping in proportion to nourishment given, Therefore, no strength must be wasted in buds or suckérs. The life of the upper leaves is cut off by the stalk maturing below, but if the plant has been topped in time all will ripen alike, ~— Edgerton Tobacco Reporter, -——— Doing the Thing Handsomely, Pennsylvania State Fair--$40,000 to be Distributed by the State Agricultural Soclety. Arrangements have been completed for holding the annual State Agricul- tural Fair in Philadelphia in October next, and annually thereaftyr for ten years, For the erection of permanent buildings the society now has $50,000 at its disposal. Work on these structures will be commenced in a few days, Al- ready plans have been prepared provid- ing for a main building 350 feet long by 150 wide, and two adjuncts each 200 by 50 feet. These buildings will probably be finished within two months, In ad- dition there will be 200 stalls for cattle 200 stalls for horses and 300 stalls for sheep and swine, The grounds which have been leas. ed compride about thirty acres, Within the inclosure a half-mile rac- ing track will be constructed, and trials of speed will hereafter be a part of the attractions at the State Fair, Although the schedule has not been arranged the society proposes to offer $40,000 in premiums, One of the most important buildings te be erected is a puplic re- ception-house large enough to accom- modate a great pumber of persons, It will be arranged so that cafe's and various other places of refreshments once, he society has no doubt of the complete success of its new departure, and pro- poses to give the largest and most complete agricultural exhibition ever held in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania i n——— Some Uses to Which the Arizona indians Put the Plant. All of the varieties of cacti bear fruit, which is valued by the Indians for food, They also cook the fleshy leaves of the said to resemble string beans in flavor. The Indians also use the head of the maguey, or century plant, for food. It lt is found everywhere in the territory and is cultivated for revenue in Mexico. It contains a large amount of saccharine matter. The century hypothesis in re- gard to its blooming is a myth, howevery long since exploded, Instead of re- quiring a hundred years to attain ma- turity and blossom, the plant blossoms in seven years from making its first \ppearance, It then dies, its mission ended. leaves, which are fleshy and stiff, thin edges covered with thorns, branch from the root in long lances, growing to the height of three or four feet. The centre of the head, something like a cabbage. From Lhis springs a pole, eight to twelve feet high, which branches near the top, bear- ing a yellow flower, The with oven made of stones sunk in the ground. of the maguey so prepared, and found it delicious, sweet and nutritious, very much like old-fashioned made molasses candy, If that specimen morsel, the Indians deserve no sympathy on the score of their diet, us it was really a luxury, The juice of the plant is also con- verted into syrup and a fermented drink, called tizwin by the Indians, and the Mexicans distill it, making an intoxi- cating liquor called We tested this liquor bumt, on anomelette, ail found it purpose. In burnt, mescal, also as good as brandy for that natural state, un- it hasa strong sinoky taste, resem. bling Scotch whisky. Many useful articles are made from the fibre of the maguey, ropes and even paper having been manufactured from it. its A di — Useful, A Wri hat | *hes wile Straw Har, wet, a straw has been and stiffness mixed with cold water over it; on with a flannel cloth, i put it for a lotion freckles into into it The following is a recipe for removing sunburn and Put two spoonfuls of sweet cream half a pint of new milk ; squeeze the juice of a lemon ; add half a glass of good brandy, a little alum and Boil the whole and skim well ; Apply to the good SUZAT, when cool bottle, twice a day. face Various methods for fastening the handles on knives and forks Twe quite simple ones are here given, Mix powdered rosin with a small quan- tity of powdered chalk or whiting ; the handle with this mixture ; heat the tang of the knife or fork, thrust ia, when cold it will be firmly fastened. Or, use powoered rosin and brick-dust, which may be either melted and poured into the hole in the handle, or powdered and put in and the warm tang inserted. CEMENTING BELTS. —An ordinary cement for leather is wheat flour boiled in oil of turpentine ; but the ends must be secured by rivets or it is not reliable, The Milling World is our authority for saying that a better cement is made by soaking six ounces best glue in one pint of ale, then boil, add one and a half ounces linseed oil and stir well, An- other prescription is to take dissolved glue in the form that cabinet-makers use it, and add tannic acid till creamy and ropy. Make the leather surfaces to be united rough, apply the cement hot, let it coel and dry under pressure, and it will not need riveting. For rub- ber belting take pure rubber in thin slices, two ounces, dissolve in one pound bisulphide of carbon ; this is a good ce- ment, but if kept thickens very soon, In order to prevent this, add a solution of pure rubber, resin and oil of turpen- tine, made thus: Melt one ounce of rubber, add half an ounce of powdered resin ; when melted, add gradually three or four ounces of turpentine and stir well. When the two solutions are united, the hardening of the compound is prevented, and a cement obtained especially adapted for glueing rubber surfaces together, Rallway Building. The Chicago Railway Age publishes statisticts of railway building during the first half of the present year, show- ing that 2509 miles of main track were constructed, not including switches or sidings, on 114 lines, in 35 States and Territories. During the corresponding period of last year 4990 miles were built, Why be saw him : “Didn't I tell you I didn’t want to see you in this court room again ?'’ asked a police judge of an Irishman, “Yes, sor.” “And didn’t you promise that 1 would never see you again 7’ “I did, yer honor,” “Then “Because ye are are in use, £11 aiid and not blind yer honor," For the Fair Sex. Summer Wraps. the effect of a suit, but the only object in improving it in this way is to make it | take the place of a suit, which it cannot do, for in that case it ceases to be itself and becomes something else, The ob jection to it les in this: That massing more folds above the draperies of tle dress increases *he weight without adding anything to the use or the be beautiful, and, in summer particu- ' larly, requires to be as light as possible, The dust cloak in which the cape forms the sleeves, and which is held in to the back, 18 perhaps the most desirable summer wrap, It does not crush the sleeves of the dress like the tight-fitting ulster ; it is easy to put on or take off, and may be made in cloth of light weight, in dark linen, or in summer gn small check hair stripe, Where little warmth and very light weight is required, cost not being so much of an | object, the gathered cloaks in fine camel's hair, with lining of twilled silk and facing down the front of striped moire, are very good and useful, either in black or ecru. or Shade Hats, Large garden hats and that class of suin- { mer headgear designed specially for pro- tection from an unrelenting summer sun likely to acquire and retain a character of their own. For one thing, | the requirements are always the | seem same, { and they are of an informe! and uncon- ventional character, So long as a hat does shade the and make a pict ‘shade’ face uresque object in the land- scape it does not make much difference whether the braid is fine or goarse, the crown high er ‘here is a sense of fitness, however, in making it as light. and the trimmings lace and India muslin, low, looking as pussible, of white there fore, which have been in vogue for several { years past, aided by hemums or yeliow fleld flowers, such as mustard, cowslips chrysant at least and sug- any great hats Leghorns and dropped or buttercups, have seemed highly appropriate, gested refinement without i cost. But the fashionable shade | of this season, the large basket straws, the sim- plicity of muslin and ignore the butter- | cups ; restored the white plumes, the black velvet ribbon and the pink roses, and make the shade hat as and elegant as if it were a dress bonnet. Of course, they can be worn for finer and more formal purposes than the simple muslin trimmed hats: but they caunot be used so conveniently, and are a source of anxiety in case of a sudden shower, while in the first in- stance a ' would make the most satur as good again as new, Still, nothing can dislodge the coarse straw hat, with its muslin and flower trimming, It is pretty and cheap, remodeled and universally be- coming, and while it will do for some ladies, to whom money is no object, to indulge in country reminiscences of Versailles and the court of the Grand Monarch, yet to the majority summer is a season of release from a too burden- some environment, and the less difficult summer requirements are made the better, have they have costly tig tie’ rated hat easily Street Carments., The street garments of the present season are small, but rich and exceed- ingly graceful. The solid styles are usually of thick, sa tin-finished Ottoman silk short upon the back, but with leaf- shaped ends in front, and magnificent finish of twisted chenille fringe. Other styles have a basque finish, and trim- ming of handsome thread lace and passementerie. The lace is all-lace, that is, body part and trimming. The latter is sometimes arranged in & full double fall upon the shoulder, and a double fiounce below the strip that constitutes the garment proper. In the small summer garments there is an in- finite variety in lace, netted chenille, netted silk with jet, lace embroidered with beads ; and the richer real lace, which is seldom ornamented in this way. The sinmplest of all the small out-door garments is the cape, and this is so con- venient that it will not be easily relen guished. At present it is almost uni- versal ; few ladies but possess one or more in black chenille, or lace, and others made to be worn with dresses en suite ; the latter are particularly adapted to gingham, and woolen dresses for oung girls, Sg —— How To Avoid Sunstroke, —- The New York Board of Health has again issued circulars giving the follow- ing directions as to precautions against sunstroke and the treatment of sufferers from that cause : Sunstroke is caused by excessive heat, and especially if the weather is “muggy.’!’ It is more apt to occur on | ee the second, third or fourth day of a heated term than on the first. Loss of sleep, worry, excitement, close sleeping rooms, debility, abuse of stimulants predispose 10 it. It is more apt to ate tack those working in the sun, and especially between the hours of 11 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, ~AV0i low of sleep and I working in- ete, see that the room is If working in the sun wenr a light hat (not black ; as it ab- sorbs the heat), straw, ete, and put in- side of it on the head a wet cloth or a large green leaf ; frequently lift the hat from the head, and see that the cloth is wet. 10 not check perspiration, but drink what water you need to keep it up, as perspiration prevents the body from being overheated, Have, when- ever possible, an additional shade, as a thin umbrella, when walking ; a canvas er board cover when working in the sur, When much fatigued do not go to work, but be excused from work, especially after 11 o'clock in the morning sun, If a feeling of fatigue, dizziness, work immediately, and cool place; apply cold neck. If any one is overcome by good physician. While waiting fer the if able to swallow. If the skin is over the body and apply to the hezd cloth. If there is no ice at hand keep water on it, as well as on the body, If! the person is pale, seconds, or give him a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in tablespoonfuls of water with a sugar, LWo | litte | Col. Snowden on the Trade Dollar, Colonel A. Louden Superintendent of the Mint, at Phila delphia, is of the opinion that the Government should retire the trade dol The principal causes for the dis- Snowden lar, holds, is due to its want of legal tender power and the enormous fall in the price of silver. Its bullion value at the date of its authorization, February 12, between 861 and B87 cents. While the here, in other cities it has been from time to time rejected, and as a conse- quepce Philadelphia is burdened with a very large proportion of the depre- ciated coin, largely in the possession of the laboring people, who can ill afford the loss of a 13 or 15 per cent discount. Unless relief was granted Colonel Snow. den said the loss would fall upon those persons least able to bear it, If not ex- changed in standard dollars they would coulinue a vexatious element in daily business (ransactions., They should be changed by the Government and retired from circulation, if for no other reason thay that it was discreditable for a na- tior to be forcing into circulation at par a dollar of 4124 grains when dollars of 420 grains of the same standard fine- ness, issued by authority of the same Government, are refused al more than 87 cents, The only loss to the Govern- ment in exchanging standards for trades wus that it would not make a profit upon the silver used, Mispronounced Words. Exception may be taken that we give French words, but it will be observed that only those thoroughly domiciled in English are given. Eider—i'<der, net down.) Elm--{in one syllable), not &1’-lum. Elysian—é-lizh-e-an, not e-lis’-sian. Webster has it é-liz’-i-an, but Worces- ter is the most followed by polite speakers, Embryo—&m'-bry-0, not ém-bry -6. Employe—ém -ploy-i, not em-ploy’-&. Though thoroughly Anglicized this is a French word, and pronounced Ong- plwaw-yi in the original, Encore—Ong-kor’, not dng'-kir, nor &n'kor, Eneid—é-né’-id, not é~ ter inclines to sanction both, gives the former, Snnui — Sng-nwé’, not Gngl-we, Worcester favors a more Anglicized dn we’, Enquiry-~tn<qui’-re, not én'-qui-re. Epsom salt-—not epsom salts, Equable-&'-kwi-ble, not fk -kwi-ble. Espionage— {is -pi-on-ije, or és -pé-on- Hizb, not és-pi'-O-ndje, nor és-pé <Om-iizh. *Esquaiman — &a-ké«and, not #'«qui- maw, Plural, Esquimaux—is-ké-moz, not fs -ké-mawz, nor #s'-ké-mo. Etagere—it-d-zhiir’, not étizh'-er-y, nor At-tizh 1-4. Worcester favors i- til-zhir’, * Note. — Anearly-related TL RENEE Navy Yard, on Vancouver's 3 land), is cod as If sp , the e ¢'der. (Eider- ne-id. Worces- Webster Jottings. Tne abundance of the crops promises cheap living, $700,000,000 in pensions have been paid 10 soldiers in the United States, Tur Bethlehem (Pa.) iron mills have started up,—not employing any of the Tue trees in Independence Square, Philadelphia, have had the scientific and also the popular name affixed to each. THE new two-cent postage stamp will be issued to postmasters by 15th Sep- tember, but cannot be used till October 1st, THe telegraphers’ strike and atiend- ing incidents have wonopoli 70 a very large proportion of the metr pol tals Tue iron trade, while not specially flattering, is not discourzging in out look, and prices are fairly well mai tained, I1 ¥ fv lately Ord. grandson of Fitzherbert, his is said that Genl. E. O, C. deceased, was the 1V . Mis, morganatic wife, George by storm, last week Pa., is said to stroyed $200,000 worth of the lus Tae hail Lancaster co. have de- growing ured for half the amount of stamps has materially Large buyers get only The revenues of the P. O. department are greatly reduced, Tine Locomotive Works ., employ 2800 men and turn out ten locomotives per wesk, dis- tributing them throughout this country, Cuba, Brazil, Australia sale off, Tue 3aldwin and THE increase in the net earnings of for six months to $328, - 705,—a good showing, taking into ac- wount the unavoidable heavy expenses of the period. Tue 1 National Millers’ Associat crop at 108,000 000 bushels short ; but this does not take into account the stock held last year. The actual present are, if aasything, above that of WoL with a not very large foreign demand in pros- pect. PRETTY nearly every man in the New Hampshire Legislature looks upon himself as a possible United States Sen- ator in the immediate future. To this bopeful number add every public man. large and small, throughout the State ical posi tion at this time in that ancient com- monwealth, Statesmen in these latter days are frequently made of Saal tim- ber, and often of soft wood. -— Catching Flies—and Suckers. A very small boy, with a tattered straw hat an 1 barefooted, was engaged in a species of occupation whose nature was not manifest. In his left hand he held a tin box, and with his right hard he was making downward sweeps with the earnestness and regularity of the piston rod of a steamboat engine. A man said : “hk Say, there ¥’ The boy did not look up to see who his interrogator was. His arm merely went faster in its curving sweeps, as he answered laconically : “ Ketchin’® flies.”’ ** What do you do with those flies ¥ The boy ceased his gyrations and turned round. “Look a here,” he said, ** yous peo-- ples bothers me too much. Ef I tell you what I does with these flies, what'l} you gi’ me **A nickel,” said one. ‘A dime, said the man who asked the question, and a quarter,” said another. * All right,” said the boy, screwing the top on his box and shifting himself about, while the flies returned to the top of the sign-board again: “hit's a . £0, but yous peoples got to put the sugar up first,” They “put up *” the “sugar * in the boy's hand. There was a quarter, & dime and a nickel, and when the boy was confident that the forty cents was all there he picked up his box and moved about a foot away s0 as to get & good start on the crowd, The crowd boy, what are you doing watched Lis motions, and the man who asked him what he was doing, when he saw the suspicious action, said : “ Hold on, boy, you haven't told me yet why you catch those flies.’ ; “All right,” suid the boy, stealthily putting another foot of pavement be. tween himself and the crowd, ** I'll tell. you ef you really wants to know why I ketches them flies,” “ Yes, yea," answered the crowd ina “ Well," answered the boy, as he pared to run. “ ketehin' flies is only one part of my business. Ketohin® suc- kers at forty cents is the other pout. 1 think I does best on the suckers,” und he disappeared around the corner. woman in. a store that don't dirling.
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