FOR THE FAIR SEX. Parisian Marrte. The Parisian, an American paper published in Paris, says: Our lady readers will perhaps be interested to know how a grand marriage is arranged at Paris. Tlie preliminaries are gener ally arranged between tlie two families with the help of tlie notaries; less often the marriage is more romantic and springs purely from love, in which case tiie traditional steps of courtship and marriage arc much modified. Suppos ing, however, that a marriage has been recognized ns advisable between tlie two families tlie first thing to do is to ar range an interview between tlie young oiks. For this purpose some neutral ground is generally chosen—a reception at a friend's house, a concert, a ball and the theaters. Tlie opera is preferred by the world of fashion; the opera comique is popular witli the bourgeoisc and tlie * provincials. The young man sits in tho orchestra and the young girl dressed in her best, is placed in front of a box. Between the acts tlie young man pays a visit to the box and is presented. Tlie next day he pays a visit to the father 1 and makes a formal demand of the young lady's hand. If it is accepted, lie begins to pay court to the young girl. Everyday, at this stage of proceedings, 1 the young man is admitted to the house of his future wife as if he were one of the family. He is called by his Christian name. The day after tlie " accord ailtes," or his acceptation by tlie family, fir presents his future wife witli a ring, Always the 1 same one pearl or two pearls mounted i with twe diamonds. You may see these rings by tlie score in the jewelers' shops. Every day, too, he sends abou- i quet of flowers. Nowadays these i bouquets are splendid and cost a small fortune, for it is the custom to envelop i them with lace,which is sometimes re placed by watered ribbon, on which the 1 name of the young girl is embroidered. In aristocratic families the first person to whom tiie marriage is announced is the pope, who sends his benediction by telegraph, on the day of tlie ceremony at the church. The mother, accom- 1 panied by her daughter, visits her i friends in order to inform them of the happy news. In Madam de Sevigne's days a young girl's wedding trousseau i contained only three dresses. In the i year of grace, 1880, a wedding trousseau in high life is a very grand affair, ami comprises twelve dresses, all made ui> with stockings, shoes, sun shades and hats to match. The trousseau, together with the linen, is worth from 20,000 to 60,000 francs In the trousseau of the Princess Isabella de Groy, tlie wife of the Archduke Frederick of Austria, all the linen is counted by the gross. There ire twelve dozens of everything. he Head Dreee That Kan hi on I'reeerlbeß, Hats for the seaside and country gen rally, snys a New York paper, have vide drooping brims which may be arranged to suit the taste of the wearer, either drooping all around, turned up at one side or the other, or at the back only. Ribbon, flowers, silk, puize and foliage are the principal garnitures, for feathers do not retain ttieir graceful from and flexibility long if exposed to the sea air. A beautiful Dunstable white straw hat for a young lady lias a wide rolled brim in front, but drooping at the back; the crown is encircled with a silk gauze scarf, dotted with gold, and three handsome white ostrich feathers are arranged in a graceful grotip be tweifc the crown and the brim in front. The'nside of the brim is faced with a white silk filet, and the hat is to be worn off the brow. A riding hat for a young lady just in her teens is an im ported black Derby, witli a dark green cocque plume at tlie left side. Tlie rid ing liahit is of black cloth, with black buttons closing tlie basque to the throat, white linen collar just peeping above the straight cloth hand and dark green gauntlets matching the plume. Ladies' riding hats are of the glossy dark silk seen in gentlemen's, ami oniv vary from these latter in being a shade lower in the crown and having a quilted silk lining with a pad over the brow. Rid ing habits are made w itli a very short basque, the fronts coming only three inches below the waist, the coat back clearing tiie saddle; skirts fall about three or four inches below tlie stirrup foot and are very narrow, owing to the fact that trousers, matching the mate rial of the habit and strapped under tlie boot, are now considered an essential of ail ladies' equestrian outfits. Rammer Dreaifi. Ix-aders of fashion, witli their craving for variety, are already protesting against the use of figured fabrics to such an extent that Paris dressmakers send to the modistes here dresses of plain surface jind solid color. This is espe cially noted in the use of sewing-silk grenadines in preference to brocaded ones, and of plnin Surah silk instead ol figured silk, also in the attempt to re vive taffeta, which is always plain and lustrous. The most elegant black dresses this season are of tlie plain sew ing-silk grenadines, trimmed elaborately with black lace in which gilt threads are thickly interwoven, or else witli open trimmings entirely of jet, or per haps with tine embroidery do ne on grenadine for flounces- and panels. Spanish laces over colors, especially red or yellow, are also.used for trimming black grenadines. The square-meshed canvas grenadines is liked for parts of dresses that are completed hy Surah, or, if figures are not objected to, by very rich brocaded grenadines that have smooth ground of satin luster, witli large, open-worked figures. Tiie plain canvas grenadine in such combinations is used for three or four narrow plaited frills at the foot, and these are sewed directly on the black silk skirt used lor the foundation. There are then pyra mids ot such plaitings up each side, or only up the Iront. kolded plaitings*ot the plain grenadine are then laid like a diagonal scarf across the front and sides: above this is the apron of brocade, ana the hooped drapery of the hack is alao brocade. Rows of jetted fringe laid on knifc-plaitings tiiat pass up tlie sides or front add to tlie rich effect. Another caprice is that of lining the waist ot black grenndine dresses witli red or yellow silk, and omitting it in the skirt. This gives a touch of color, and makes the difference between waists and skirts that are now so popular. A very narrow plaiting of red Surah should he net under tlie lowest row of black plait ing around the skirt of such dresses, the sash belt may also be lined witli red, and there may be one or two large ro settes ot biack with gay lining set on the sides.— Harper'* Tlaunr. The compositor who set up "$1,000" nstead of $19,000 might have prevented his mistake by a little fourth ought. DEVASTATING STORMS. How the Mighty Ftwtr of the Wind* Has ■lean Alt rated by Many Terrible IMa aatera. Calamity, when it does not immedia tely touch ourselves, is apt to slip easily from tlie mind, and hence events often appear unique, precedent for which have in fact often been established. The recent destruction of Western towns by violent gales of wind has thus probably been regarded by many persons its a novel display of tho malefic forces of nature; but there are iu trutli a great number of accounts of similar experi ences of authentic character preserved in the records. Nor are these instances confined to tropical regions or to settle ments of new or fragile construction; they have occurred in latitudes IVH tem perate as our own, and tlie most Bolid structures erected hy the hand of ma n have sometimes been prostrated by the overwlie,ruing fury ot the elements. The gigantic power of the wind lias been illustrated by the repeated demo lition of lighthouses built on the famous Eddy:stone rock; and the same thing, it will be recalled, happened on our own coast to the lighthouse on Minot's Ledge, near Boston, on the 19th of April, 1851. These events, however, like those of tlie terrible East Indian storm of October 25, 1737—which destroyed hundreds ol ships and 30,000 human ives and perhaps the earlier or "great" storhi on the coast of England in November, 1703, may be imputed in a considerable degree to tho accumu lated stress of the wind gathered in crossing vast bodies of water. But the gale that ravaged England in February,. 1801, when the spire of Chichester cathedral and part ol the Crystal palace at Sydenham were blown down, was of a manifestly different character. Ixmdon itself has many times been dis astrously visited in tlie same manner. In 914 it is recorded that a storm burst upon that capital which overthrew 1,500 houses. In 1091 500 houses were blown down there; and, not to mention intervening and lesser catastrophes of this natur*, tremendous hurricanes felled whole streets of buildings in Ixmdon in the years 1800 and 183 H. In 1814, 1822 and 1828, there were like outbreaks throughout tlie United Kingdom. In 1839—January 5-7. 1839—the west coast of England and many parts of Ireland suffer* d terribly from the same cause. Twenty persons were killed in Liver pool by tlie falling of buildings, and gnat numbers were drowned in and about the Mersey. Dublin, Limerick, G'Uway and other towns were similarly afflicted, and with them the prostration ot houses and the concurrent loss of life were followed, as in examples lately chronicled, by conflagration, the winds spreading the fires. As regards the details of mischie wrought by past great storms, and the comparison of those details with the damage done by late tempests in our Western States, it will be found that parallels have been recorded to tlie worst of what has lately been suffered, and perhaps to exceed it. In one of the ex amples we have cited, that of the Eng lish hurricane ot November 20-27, 1703, 8,000 persons are said to have perished in the floods of the Severn and the Thames alone. Ships were blown from their anchorage and never heard ot more. Twelve men-of-war went down in full sight of the English coast. Seven teen thousand trees were torn up hy the roots in Kent alone. The Eeldystone lighthouse was dashed into the sea, its engineer, Winstanley, being within it. Cattle were drowned in tens ot thou sands. The bishop of Batli and Wellr j and his wife were killed in bed at tlieis i palace in Somersetshire. Such an accumulation ot horrors is * not outstripped, it must bo owned, by | any evils witli which unhappily the last few days has made us familiar. Such dire catastrophes are uncommon, it is true, in immediately modern days, but ttiey have been sadly plentiful lor all tba;; and what is more, and Mr. Buckle and Mr. Vennor to the contrary not withstanding, there is neither measure able periodicity nor other trustworthy data about these dismal inflictions whereby mankind can provide for or evade them. That which gives most plausibility to the theory of direct providential inter ventions by means of these phenomena is probably tlie fact that violent temp ests have often changed tlie course of history. A prodigious fall of hail near Chartres, in France, inflicted such loss on the nrmy of the invading English king, Edward 111., that lie was for* e ( | by it to conclude a treaty with the French in 133!). Seven thousand Swedes died in a snow-storm when they were on tlie niaich to attack Drontheim in 1719. To the wreck of the Spanish armada in 1558, following tlie repulses inflicted by Howard and Drake, the fact is doubtless to be ascribed that Ethe and I instead of Spnin became • dominant naval power of tlie world tiie centuries that have succccd e <' When we consider how the history of nations has thus been deflected by mighty tempests, the injury of special localities from such a cause becomes relatively trifling. It is not the fasnioa ol the time to impute these stupendous events to the overruling hand ot Prov idence, but to whatever cause they may he imputed their potent influence at in tervals on the course of humnn affairs cannot reasonably be disphlcd — New York Evening Post. Barbers and Sharing. The idea that shaving is a duty,"says tlie Ixindon News— ceremonial, as among the Egyptian priests, or social, merely as among ourselves—is olr.cr tlinn the invention of steel or even ot bronze razors. Nothing is more re markable in savige lite than the resolu tion of the braves who shave with a shell or with a brokeu piece ot glass left hy European mariners. A warrior will throw himself on th\ ground, and while one friend holds his arms and pre vents him from struggling, another will scrape his chin with the shell or the broken bottle glass till he rises, bleeding but beardless. Macau lay, It sccms- NlU. it. have shaved almost as badly with the razor of modern life. When lie went to a barber, and, after an easy shave, asked what he owed, tlie fellow , replied: " Just what you generally give the man who shaves you, elr." " I gen . erally give him two cuts on each cheek," ■aid tiie historian of England. Bliav ; ing requires a combination of qualities ( which rarely mdetii: an amateur. Englishmen, as a rule, shave them selves when they do not wear beards. Razors are like Scotch sheep dogs; no \ one would keep a bad one or sell or give away a good one. No razor should be condemned till it has been " stropped " well and carefully. Borne say that • soldiers'old buff bells make the best strops. Tlie Scotch piasantry use a peculiar hard fungus which grows in de caying elm trees. The Noefours of New Guinea. Among the islanders marriages are not made according to the inclination or hy the iree choice of tho young peo ple, hut at the wish of their families, who consult their convenience alone when they alliance ttieir children— most frequently at a very tender age. When tho arrangement is completed, the betrothed are Ibroidden to associate witli each other. The etiquette which regulates the affair is very rigorous, and presses heavily upon the little fiances. They are forbidden to look at each other, and it is enjoined upon the young girl to so arrange matters that her future husband cannot see her. When they meet each other on the road - an accident which cannot fail to oc cur occasionally—the girl, who rarely goes out alone, being warned by her companions, is bound to keep herself hidden behind a tree or bushes, from the time that her future lord and master comes in sight till he has passed by. It huppens often that the two are of the same company—for Instance, when they cross from one island to another in the same boat. Then the childlike and simple courtesy which gives the law in these regions demands that they turn their backs, and look steadfastly "in op posite directions. The betrothed must also avoid all contact with the members, both masculine and feminine, of the family into which they are about to en ter. "From the future father-in-law and the future mother-in-law thyy must guard themselves as irom the plague. One day when Mr. Van Hasselt was in his school, one of the boys suddenly threw himself under the table, where he remained motionless. Not knowing what to think the frightened teacher was rushing to the child, when his com rades called him back. " II is nothing," they said, " only his brother's future mother-in-law is going by!" and they explained to the astonished foreigner that if the boy should so much as look at this expected relative, his brother's fiancee would have a child before the marriage. . But let ul return to the betrothals. Marriages in Nocfourian high life are not celebrated with splendor and parade, although their wedding ceremonies are characterized by a reserve and a modesty very remarkable in a savage people of the tropics. Adorned with t he most beautiful ornaments, the bride is conducted through the village. One woman, having seized her by the legs, carries her on her back ; while another binds her arms as though she were a captive, and leads her by a rope to the home ot her betrothed. It is a symbol of slavery—a souvenir of the ancient servitude which the aristocratic class, every where conservative of the tradi tions ot the past, lias preserved. Mar riages among the lower classes are dif ferently conducted. In this case, the procession starts from the houseol the bridegroom, who leads a crowd of rela tives and friends, each one bearing a present. The prooonston begins to march at nightfall—for it must be made witli torches, classical emblem of hymeneal tires. On reaching their des tination the bridegroom is presented to the bride's relatives, who lead him into her chamber. She awaits him witli her back turned, indicating that she does not dare to meet his conquering gaze. Tho young man approaches till within two feet of her, turns on his heel, and they arc back to bock in the iuid-1 of a numerous assembly, the men on one side, the woman on the other. After the cnt.rtainment tiie bride is led into iter own room, etill not daring to meet the teriible glance of fier husband, and keep ing her back turned to the door: seeing which, the husband also turns his back upon her. The whole night is spent in this manner. They sit there motion less, having some one to brush away tlie flies, and without spe-aking a word. It is a veritable Watch on their arms. If they grow sliepy some one of the assistants, who take turns in doing this service, nudges them with his elbow; if they keep wideawake the bridal palrarc assured of long lite and a green old age. In the morning they sepnrate, still without looking nt eneh oilier, to refresh them selves after the fatigues of the previous night, in order to repeat the performance the second night, and the third, and oven the fourth, without being per mitted to relinquish the siege. On the filth morning, with the first rays of the sun, tiie young people at last look each other full in the fare. That suffices; tlie marriage is considered accomplished, and the nowly-wrdded pair receive the customary congratulations. Not till the following night do the watchers leave them; and then the husband is bound in honor to slip away before dawn, since his bride cannot be expected vet to en dure a second time in broad daylight tiis terrible look. She will not dare to meet his gaze until after an interval ol four more days and nights. So much modesty would not be suitable for slaves. They throw themselves into each other's arms, and all is done.— International Review. Trying to bp a Bird. A friend of the San Francisco Call sends the following literal translation from a recent number ot the V\s/ie de Cherbourg (France) which vouches for the truth of the story : Cherbourg pos sesses now a marvelous phenomenon, unique without doubt, since the world exists. A child six months old, Augus tine Laver, who bears upon her head n feather, which drops oft nnd is replaced every six davs. The Phoenix fabulous rising from its nshes an.i becoming a reality. We haveMcnthctwcnty-thirO feather which tins bloomed in succes sion upon the head of this infant. We moisted last Saturday at its father's house (a clever joiner), No. 101 Haute Honore street, at the falling out of the last. We will probably assist to-day toward four o'clock at the birtli of the twenty-fourth. Behold how this strange phenomenon occurs; nothing is more curious. A bud forms upon the nape of the infant. At the moment when the bud ought to open Augustine experl euc.es a flight trembling, accompanied with some pain. The bud opens and the feather shows itself pushing out, but )>ent, in oraer to obtain its full length, some ten to twelve centimeters. It is golden upon its borders, and pre sents tire most variegated and charming shndes. When it falls out some drops of white liquid ooge out of the hole, which closes immediately without leav ing a sign of its existence until the ap pearance of a new bud. The infant bears this feather on its head, sometimes six and sometimes four days, and what is still more mysterious, the new feather takes as much time to bloom as the old does to die or fall oft. Were absolute perfection enthroned, courtiers would certainly discover some way to flatter it. FIB*, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Cor# Fodder, The practice ol showing a crop of corn fodder to supplement the failing midsummer pasture is growing more and more in favor every season. During July the feed becomes dry and brown, nno cows fall off in both milk and flesh if there is not some provision made for tiding over the time until fall rains iiave revived the pastures, or the cattle are turned into the newly seeded fields, freatly to the detriment of the latter, 'his habit, with the equally pernicious one of allowing stock to roam over mowing lands from tiic time the hay is cut until coid weather, is grudually giving away to the sensible one of pro viding fodder crops. The stalk crop is of great importance in this connection. Covn for feeding both in a green state during summer and dry one durjng winter can hardly be overestimated* in value. There is, indeed, but little if any dif- P ference of opinion as to the merits of fodder tliouuh there exists a variety of r practices concerning the manner of rais- J ing and curing the crop. Sweet corn has conic to be preferred over other va- 1 rieties for this purpose as there is not 1 near the waste to th is fodder there is to " the gourd-seed sorts. The majority of ' farmers now drill the seed in, though occasionally it is sown broadcast. A plan which brings good resylts is plant ing in drills three feet apart (and about six inohes between the stalks). Thicker ! planting will make more fodder, but it loses in quality what is gained in quan- J tity. Many of our best farmers are us ing only one to one and a half bushels J of seed per acre. This amount gives a yield suflh iently thin to allow the *1 stalks to stand up in ordinary summer V weather to gain the? full effect of sun- ' light and air For early use the first 1 planting of fodder corn should he early, 1 of course, but the seed can be put in any r time during July with good results, as r it makes r. heavy growth on land com- 1 paratively dry and in dry weather. i During the season the crop ought to J be cultivated several times. It is best ( to begin as soon aa the plants are out of r the ground by running a cultivator close I to the rows. Corn fodder may be fed J green when two feet high. All forage crops give best results J which are cut before they are out of ' bloom. Corn is no exception to this 1 rule, but owing to the difficulty some ' experience in curing it in an immature ' state it is often allowed to become too J ripe before cutting. Chemical analysis 1 has demonstrated that fodder deteri- 8 orat's in two ways by standing, namely, 8 the lessened proportion of albumin- H oidr and by decreased digestibility. 1 Another objection to permitting the 1 stalks to stand until the cars arc per- J fee ted is that they grow so tall that they are troublesome to handle, and are more liable to fall and lodge under a hard stone. Furthermore, early-cut fodder is in itself a complete ration, , rich enough in albuminoids to make , food feed without mixing with other , materials. Last, hut by no means least, . the greener the crop when taken off the J land the less exhaustion to the soil— . Man York World. Analysis or Hoot Crops. 1 From a paper on the nutritive value of t root crops in the last report of the Milks it- I chusetts board of agriculture, by 11. E. i Stockbridge, we take the fo.,owing: The most reliable chemical analysis of < the important root crop? gives the fol- 1 lowing results: i Total amount of Nitrogenous or Flash-forming Material. Pound#. i In 1,000 pound# of potatoes 20. 3 ' In 1,000 pound# ot mangold# 11.25 ' In 1,000 pound# of augar beet# .10.00 < In 1,000 poundaot turnip#. 11.25 t In 1,000 pounds ol carrot# 13.12 | Total amount of Carbonaceous < or Fat-producing Material. found#. I In 1,000 pound# ot potatnea 237 4 i In 1,000 pounds mangold# 107.2 I In 1.000 pound# of sugar boot# .... .17-4 4 In 1.000 pound# of turnips. H1.7 < In 1,000 pound# of carrots ... 139.1 | By a comparison of these figures it 1 will be seen that, as a flesh producer, i the polato stands first; while the sugar i beet comes last, containing rather less than half the amount of nitrogenous matt) r found in the former. As pro- dueersof fat, potatoes stand first, closely followed by carrots and beets, while < turnip# and mangolds arc far in the rear. It therefore appears that were the nutritive qualities of roots the only basis'or ur decision, potatoes would he pre-eminently the best root food for all classes of animals, and that next to tin in stands the frequently despised carrot. Hut there is an item in guiding to tli" selection of the licit root crop, if pes-ibje, of far more importance than the amount of beef and fnt forming elements it contains, namely, the cost of production, and hence the market value per pound to the nu triment they furnish. Experience has fully demonstrated, that, in regard to its yield, the ease with which it is cul tivated, and its freedom from disease and insert pests, the sugar lieet far sur passes all other roots, and when it is taken into consideration that in nutri tive qualities it is only surpassed by the potato and carrot, both of which are greatly, inferior to it as producers, and far exceed it in the cost of cultivation, it must he conceded that the sugnr beet is, all in all, mucti the most profitable root we can grow, and is suitable alike for young Rowing animals, fat cattle, horses, milch cows; and even sheep and swinx might advantageously be treated to an occasional meal of these palatable and nutritious vegetables. RAGOUT or BEEP.— One and a hall pounds of beef, either round or neck; cut the meat in pieces two inches square, brown k in out for or drippings enough to keep it froui-burning; add a tablespoonful of flour, and when the flour is brown the meat must be cov tred with boiling water; then season with pepprr and salt. Let it cook slowly until tender. The water is to be replenished as it boils away. NEW ENGLAND ELECTION CAKE.—A very ohj recti pi: Three pounds of flour, one and three-fourths pound of butter, one-half pound of lard, and a half pound of rai#ins, four nutmegs, a j teaspoonful of cinnamon, three egga. six teaspoonfuls of soda, two quarts of milk, one pound orcurrants; beat sugar, ' flour, and butter together and the fruit , with the milk and spices; beat the soda * and nrcnm tartar together in the milk ! until It foams. \ WHORTLEBERRY PUDDING.— Make a r stiff batDr of one pint of inilk and a I pound and two ounces of flour, and add twoqiarts of berries stirred in: boil three hours in a bag. If blueberries are used, make stiffcr 8 Man talks to convince—woman to persuade and please. Almost Eaten by a Hear. On Saturday, the Bth inst., Hannibal Roe, the best-known hunter in Montana, met with an adventure which maimed him for life. He had gone up the Little Prickly Pear to Wolf Creek station, and, with his gun in good condition, he passed into the mountains. While be was walking in a small gulch, and just as he had turned a point of rocks which protruded abruptly from the mountain side, he received upon the left side of his head and face a stunning blow from the paws of an immense she bear, which it appears was lying in wait for him on the other side of the rocks. The blow knocked Roe down and caused him to lose possession of his gun, which was the only weapon he had with him, and at the Hume instant the infuriated beast throwing herself upon the prostrate form of her astonished, disarmed and wounded victim, the man and hear were precipitated to gether about fifteen feet down the steep bank to the bed of the gulch. Having nothing to defend himself with, Roe quickly determined to "play the dead man," and turning upon his face feigned unconsciousness through one of the most trying ordeals ever experienced by a human being. The bear evidently concluded if her prey was dead he had" been killed by her own strong paws and began her feast. Beginning upon i his head she literally tore the man's ! scalp to shreds, leaving it. in a condition j horrible to look at. He says he could j both hear and fed her teeth grating'! upon his skull. She then bra. One man in j I/iuisianaduring the period in which ! ordinary managers were struggling for j existence, and earning scarcely sufficient j to make the improvements on their j places demanded by the new conditions , of the sugar trade, went on enlarging his possessions and consolidating an j nrea of sugar lands under one head that j must be regarded.'a# entirely phenomenal. | Mr. John Burnside now owns and \ operates eight plantations, lecaied in the I parishes of Ascension and St. James, i On these fine estates, over an are aof six j square iiile*. the sugar-: anc now waves | in the bfWSS. In their fittings UwM places represent equally the old and the new methods of manufacture. On four of them the alcam-lrain and vacuum pan turn out the white and the yellow clarified sugars that arc equal in quality to the product of the largest refineries, and are so highly prised throughout the West and Souiti for their agreeable flavor and high saccharine strength. Below we present a list of the planta tions owned by Mr. Burnside, with their production for the crop year 1879-80, as given in the fYtoe Current's annual re port of the sugar and rice crops of Louisiana, recently published: Nairn* ol Aero# cane l'ounil# sugar Ithla. plantation*. ground. produced. Mot'#. Awension .... 275 400,000 550 Hi vert on 400 800,000 900 I>onald#on . 25) 450,000 500 Clark 500 1,000 000 1,200 Conway 300 480,000 . 600 Orange Grova. 450 950,000 1,200 St. JammKet. 412 804,000 940 Annan! 700 1,200 000 1,400 Total 3.287 6,084,000 7,290 At the rates current during the pres ent season, Mr. Burnside must have real ized from his crops the enormous a of $5 05,0(81. The Talne of Lemons. Somebody who appears to know all about it writes positively that it will draw the sting of Jhe hot weather, not only for this lime, but for months to come, to understand the right use of lemons. Most people know the benefit of a lemonade before breakfast, but few know bow it is more than doubled by taking another at night also. The way to get the better of all bilious systems without blue pill or quinine, is to tike juice of one, two or three lemons, as the appetite craves, in as much ire water as makes it pleasant to drink, without sugar, lust before going to bed. In the morning on rising, or at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear the system of humor* and r bile with mild efficacy, without any of ' the weakening effects of calomel or . Congress water. People should not i Irritate their stomachs by eating lemons , clear; the powerful acid of the iuioe, r which is almost corrosive, infallibly , produces inflammation after awhile, but l properly diluted, so it does not barn oi i draw the throat, it does its full medicinal : work without harm, and taken when the stomach is clear of food has oppeflr k tunity to work on the system thor i oughly. . in. 9 Certain Russian ladies oocupy uno 91 cl.tl diplomatic positions, some of thru receiving from the government as mud as $65,000 annually for entertaining 3 brihery, and other secret service The mind has a certain vegetative > rower, which cannot be wholly idle. 1 If it is not "aid out and cultivated > I into a beautiful garden it will of itself J! shoot up weeds or flowers. Traveling Hand. It is a curious fact not generally known that at a certain point on the ' Upper Columbia, close fo the water's ! edge, the fine sand is continually travel ! ing up stream in one eternal procession. 1 ' Talk of the great army of Xerxes on the 1 march—what was that to the myriad t battalions that pace the marge of tba < mighty riverf In comparison with f these tiny travelers what art the leaves L of tliw forest when summer is green ? r This sand is being continually washed I ashore, and as the water fall* away with l the deartli of the season it dries, is taken - i up by the winds, carried back no stream. ? 1 is blown into the water ana makes p ! another voyage; and so the work of r transportation back r.nd forth, by land t and by sea. goes on forever and ever. 9 f A prominent F.nglish magazine (7Vnt „ ley's) believes that America is the lit -1 erary land of th 3 future. I*. asserts that } America started will) the civilisation r of a highly civilised sge. She did not t rear her own civilisation on her own , soil. She started with prosperity, and f the first use she makes of her pros y perlty is not to cultivate the fine arts t in tier own people, but to laugh at them r in others. Up to now only one class ot il transatlantic writers have challenged n tt.e attention ol Kurope. and that was p. humorous and prolanc. Emerson, Bry ant. Cooper. Poe. I,owell, Holmes and Irving are merrly Europeans born in America. Bret Harte, Twain and Hreitmann arc original and American, j. America ia undoubtedly the literary u , promise land of the future. It has done h °t> to this. Its condition has • forbidden ft to achieve anvthing, hot [. triumphs may be anticipated