farmers' gcjmvtmcnt.
Chickory for Coffee.
This plant grows wild almost
where, and ha-s for many years been an
article of commerce, being largely used, !
in Europe, in the making of ,
coffee. We believe the seed can be had
at oar agricultural stores. Just now, when
coffee is enormously dear, debarring many J
families from using it exclusively, it is an \
object of some importance to raise a crop of j
arid to know how to prepare it
4hen raised. The following hi«ts on the
]aiter proposition is furnished by the Ohio
JFarm<?r, and is no doubt correct:
" Whert the roots become of a fair size,
any time during the season, they may be
token out a' needed for n«; but the bulk
of the crop should be allowed to attain to j
full maturity, when flic roots : liould be ;
lifted during fair weather, dried upon the j
ground until the dirt will fill "off. AN ken .
desired to bo worked up for coffee,the root s. I
Icing clear of Jut, cither by brushing or '
washing them,-f.ro sliced in quarters from |
end to end, and then cut across in pi. ei : ;
about an inch in length. In this shape
they are to be dried much the same a.-: ap
ples are dried, each piece of chic-lory be
iiisMJ«Mittho sine of an apple qrriTtor.—
They may be 'trdng*pon<strings, and huio.
up to dry in the .sun or by the l.iiehcn fire,
the same as farmer- dry apples; or tlicy
May lie Ciponed to the sun on racks orwiek
'ers toTje taken in at ni 'its. Or, though
not so good a way except in case of nocc-si
tv, tiiey may.be cured in ovens or dry I. ill:
as apples arc sometimes cured.
" When this first process of curing is ac
complished, and the root i-: wanted for final
use, i; i- carefully roaste 1, the same a 3 cof
fee, till it will break up in a morteror grind
in a .mill, after, which pounding or grind
jog, ikis steeped or drawn in the usual
way. and poured out for a table beverage.
" In this way all the work is done in the
family, and the cost of the roots ready for
the coffee pot is not more than three or four
corns t> peoud. while you have a healthier
beverage than if you went to the expense j
of purchasing imported coffee, with the ad
ditional satisfaction of feeling that you arc j
partaking-of the fruits of your own home j
labor."
A correspondent in the Gcrmantoicn .
Telegraph, suggests the following hints : j
POND MUD.—This i.-r a valuable fertil
iser. When you have leisure, cart out a !
quantity of k and mix it with your com- j
]>ost, or put it iu your cattle yards and hog I
pens to be the solid cxcre- I
incut, and absorb the urine. A few cords
of this will be of great value to your fields. I
with lime and ashes, it makes an !
excellent top-dressing for lands iu grass. I
Potatoes manured with it in the hill, also
do well; and BO also do most garden veg- :
etables, particularly the artichoke, tomu- i
to beet, carrot, etc. lor this purposc.how
ever, it requires to be thoroughly decom
posed, and its efficiency as a stimulant is
increased by a slight admixture of gyp
sum.
SPROUTS AROUND TREES.—AIIow no
suckers or sprouts to issue from the roots
of your fruit trees; cut them all even
with the surface, and arrest every now de
velopment/as soon as it appears. Every
particle of new wood from this poiut di
minishes the vital force of the system,'
without yielding anything valuable in re
turn. Pear trees are more soriously in
jured by a neglect of this duty than other
trees, as they are more delicate and less
hardy.
OLD TREES.—OId apple troes that have
ceased to bear, should have the tjoil re
moved from the roots, the limbs taken off,
and the tops thinned out. The soil about
the roots should then bo replacod by an
equal Irulk of compost formed of the fol
lowing materials, and in the following
iour ti >., cor( j finely pulverized clay, two
cas *s uusltw lime, two ditto gypsuui,
two ditto unlets i;] imJ Qnc
ditto salt. After llu. cover the com
post up to the collar oft. treu v ith straw
and confine it by a few flat sw, ~
with an old lioe, scrape off the ran,. j
from the truuks and larger limbs, ami ..
ply, after washing them thoroughly with
a solution of polish water, or ashes, soft
soap aud water.
BLACK-WARTS IN CHERRY AND PLUM
TREES.—Cut out the excrescences with a
sharp knife and burn them. Wash the
trunks thoroughly, aud apply salt above
the roots. If the bafk is rough, scour it
thoroughly with a mixture of ashes and
Sift soap, and apply the mixture recom
mended above.
To HOUSEWIVES.—One of the best
bleaching and emollient agents that can be
employed in washing either the person or
clothing, is common refined borax. It
should be dissolved in hot water at the rate
of half-a pound to ten gallons; a great
saving in soap is effected by its use. The
borax should first be pulverized. It may
be procured iu the form of crystals at
any druggists, aud can be powdered with
a rolling pin or hammer; it will not injure
the most delicate fabric, aud laces or oth
fine tissues, may be washed in a solution of
borax, with mauifest advantage to their
color and consistency.
Bw* Among Hone's works there is this
eapital rhymed advice to the agriculturists
ofthedaie 1722:
Mao, to the plow;
.vt. J > "N jfr, to lUe cow;
Uit i, to lh» *>vr;
Boy. to the mow:
youx renta be fitted.
J\ i 4
I LEAD AND WATER.—By taking a strip
of clean lead, and placing it in a tumbler
of pure water (say rain or soft water), in
; less than an hour, by dropping in thetum
' bier a little sulphide of ammonium, a
i black precipitate will be thrown down, con
sisting of the sulphide of lead— e.g., lead
1 must have been dissolved and held in so
-1 lution in the water, and as the salt of lead
| happens to be classed amongst some of the
] most dangerous poisons, we are necessarily
! led to the conclusion that lead pij>es con
veying water, if the latter is pure, mast
be somewhat dangerous. Water standing
in a lead pipe for some hours decomposes
the metal, and when it is run off the pois
on is carried with it. AVater drawn in the
morning through a h ad pipe should never
b» used for domestic poi poses, such as cook- j
| ing or drinking,and.servants in cities should j
I be instructed respecting this particular
I subject, because they are usually ignorant
| uf the nature of lead, and the effects of
water upon it. Seveml metals taken in
! food or drink accumulate slowly in thehu
{ mati svstemand ultimately produce disea-e;
but it approaches so stealthily that the
danger is not usually apprehended. Some |
of the salt; of lead ate poisonous, and the
sulpiride is of this (-lass. The interior of
load pi] i • m ly be c uwited into an in- )- I
1 üblt; ; ulphiile of l :ot by subjecting them
for some time to the action of a hot sul
phate of soda in solution, according to the
recent discovery of Dr. Sehwarz, of llres
! lau. Tho-e who prepare lead ]>i j»e for con
veying water lor domestic purposes, should
test the alleged discovery. as it is of the
ii.iji- i■ that all the safegnarJ.-J
to health should be enforced andjptfMflTl
cd, _ ■ ..
iVEW Sl'M IE- OF POTATO.—It is rela
ted in a Belfast paper that a new species
of potato has been raised in Ireland from {
American seed brought by one of the i
blockade-runners, and named "Confcder- j
ate?." Jii shape they greatly resemble the i
almost unknown but once favorite 'ash
j leaf kidneys." being a Jong oval with flat j
- ides. The'size is immense, many weigli
: ing a )iound each, and the quality, when j
cooked is excellent.' < |
• A jrovi NO | LORED lilVEß.—The;
| Tenby (Wales) Observer mentions a cu
' rious phenomenon which was observed in j
j Oarmathen Hay on the 6th inst., the day i
on which the earthquake was felt in that
' country : —From a base extending some
; iliree or four miles in the direction of;
j Amroth Clastic, an immense piece of wa- 1
j tor, of a dark brown color, as if holding j
| earth in solution, seemed to be pushed !
i forward in the form of a cone, of course j
j surrounded by water of a natural color.—
j As they came in contact tho water was |
i thrown up a height of several feet, the J
| agitation extending round the whole edge I
jof the phenomenon. It steadily advanc
i cd in the same form towards Monkstoue,
and thence some miles to sea. when we
ceased to observe it. Some friends, in
amusing themselves with fishing, were not
a little startled by the strange sight.—
When the colored water the boat
they found that the point of division be
tween the coloring was maintained thro'-
out the depth of the water; tho boat was
violently pitched about, and the water
thrown completely over it. Either side
of the line of contact was perfectly calm, j
and the water kept up a slashing noise j
something like what would be made by an j
immense shoal of mackerel. It was ob
served first at about eleven a. m..
TnE " SEWINO GIRLS" OF NEW YORK.
—About four hundred sewing girls iu
Xew York are on a strike for higher wa
ges. Referring to a meeting of these fe
male " strikers," the /W says:—State-
ment of the amounts received for their la
bor in various trades were made, by which
it appeared that the prices ranged from
one to three dollars per week. The ave
rago price paid, taking all trades repre
sented together, was about two dollars
per week. There were cases mentioned
■ where the employers favored particular
girls, giving them better wages, but re
quiring them not to tell. The price paid
for board was stated to be from 82 25 to
iS&3, not including washing, in most cases
every ecut that a girl could earn,
and evor j cav i n g iny more than
twcnty-fivC ffty cent*. a week for all
extra expenses. There were cases meu
; i ioned of girls who s\-j,, 10Y ted mothers or
: lii-others. The hours of ran jr C from
j eleven to fifteen hours each ita_, ( i lO
eral hours at the shops being fn>m ,o Ven
in the morning to six or seven at niglK,
wilh half an hour orthtee quarters of an
hour for dinner." It appeared to he ihe
ease generally thafpriees were much low
er than a year ago.
UtrtjT In animals there it. more variety of
motion, but, in plants there is more real
powor. A horse is certainly far stronger
than a man, yet a small vine cannot only
support, but can raise a column of fluid
five times higher than a horse can. In
deed, the powor which a plant exercises of
holding a leaf ereet during an entire day
without pause and without fatigue, is an ef
fort of astonishing vigor, and i» one of
many proofs that a principle of compensa
tion is at work, so that the same energy
which in the animal world is weakened Hy
being directed to many objects, in tl)»yeg
etftble world strengthened by being con
centrated on a few.—[ Bu&le.
Bo?"To him who nas tears in his eyes,
the earth and the heavens tremble.
f6T"One of our peculiar, slabsided,
gaunt Yankees lately emigrated and set
tled down in the West. He was the very
picture of a mean man, but as he put him
self to work in good earnest to get his
house to rights, the neighbors willingly
lent him a hand. After ho had gotcvcry
thing fixed to his notion, a thought struck
him that lie had no chickens, and he was
piwerful ftnd of sucking raw eggs. lie
was too houest to steal them, and too mean
to buy them. At last a thought struck
him—he could borrow. He went to a
neighbor and thus accosted bin:
"Wal, I reckon jou hain't got an old
ben nor notliin' you'd lend me a few
weeks, have you, neighbor?"
"I will lend you one with pleasure,"re
| plied the gentleman, picking out the very
j finest in the coop, one that happened to
desire to set.
Tho Yankee took the hen home, and
then went to another neighbor and bor
rowed a dozen eggs, lie then set the hen,
and in the course of time -lie hatched out a
dozen chickens.
The Yankee was again puzzled; lie
i could return the hen, but how was he to
; return the eggs? Another idea—and who
I OTcrsaw a live Yankee without one?—he
I would keep tho hen until she had laid a
dozen.
This be did, and then returned the hen
| and i _'js to their respective owners, re
marking, as he did so;
"Well, I reckon I've got as fine a dozen
I ofchi.-k. i.-» y»u laid eve n, an !
'1 J ;.xi ,: . I/, nut
THE Tncomk TAX.— I The question of
j the income tax comes up in a now phase.
CommissioncrJiEWts decides that section
I ninety-two of the tax law provides that
! no means for tho collection of tho tax in
eases whore income is derived "from pro
j fessional j-ervices, from speculations, or
j in any other manner than from fixed in
| vestments." Section nineteen, however,
I contains a general provision, which is held
| applicable to the income tax, with the ex
j ception that but five per cent, penalty
shall be imposed for non-payment, instead
of the ten ]ier cent, demanded by some of
the collectors under tho terms of section
ninety-two. Persons who have deferred
the payment on their income tax beyond
! the ten day's grace allowed due noti-
I fication arc therefore liable to an addition
! al payment of five per cent., and under
! this ruling of tho commissioner may rc
| fuse to pay any larger sum.
j EXTRAVAGANCE OF FRENCH LADIES.
—A Paris letter gives the following news
of French extravagance: " The Cue la
dies here spend endless sums of money mi
I their wardrolies during tho Carnival; but
i at the seaside they are still more extrava
gant. Some disdain to wear a gown twice
iu public. One fair dame of my acquain
tance, not many days ago. left Paris with
nine large trunks iu her luggage, all filled
with finery. The rage for novelty among
this class is very absurd. They hardly
ever give a thought to what is beautiful;
provided it be new and eecentrio they are
satisfied. Some ware leathern cross belta
j studded with little silver nobs in iinita-
I tion of nails. Others vie with the flamin
! go in the flaming color of their petticoats,
| A lady who bears the title of princess and.
I embassadress, has, at Trouville, made it
j the fashion to dress n la brigand. I)ag
; gers arc therefore, making for ladies' gir
j dies, and it is expected that next winter
all the belles will consider a poignard a
I necessary ornament for a ball. But there
was never sfcen such a joke in brass and
leather as these affairs. They arc all
sheath, having no blade attached to the
handles."
THE* EMPRESS EDGESIE ON A TROOP
SHIP.—The Empress Eugenic has been
signalizing licrselfby interfering in behalf
of a body of soldiers wdiowere on board a
i transport destined for Mexico. There
; were eleven hundred'onboard, and their
• accommodations were so iuudequate that
they had ahardtimeof it. Meeting with
foul weather they had to putin at Cadiz,
; and llie Empress arriving there at the
time determined togo on board. Her
i majesty was perfectly horror struck at
; what she saw there. The men on the gun
deck especially were packed so close, ap
] peared so thoroughly demoralized by the
voyage —in fact, ihewliolo secile brought
all the traditional horrors of the "middle
passage" so vividly before herniajosty that
she immediately gave orders to the cap
j tain to have half the men landed. The
j objected that he was unfortunate
ly u>vor theorders-of the Ministry of Jla.
ring, ilojS' ; hmg. The Empress
thereupon u telegram to tho Empe
ror, relating whaixhe had seen; the tele
gram beginning, " Sir*, ( ,n traitc vos sol
dattjnrc que des negret,'* (Sire, you treat
your soldiers worse than negroes,) and
asking another vessel to be sent to take
one half of the men on board, as the Sa
one was a great deal too small to cany so
large a number. In pursuance of this
kindly intervention, the Bryade was sent
,'o Cadiz, in order to take on board the men
the Saone is unable to accommodate prop
erly. In addition, tho Empress gave the
officers in command of the troops K,000f.,
with orders that it should be expended in
giving them at least. one good dinner be
fore they sailed. « imagine with
what cheers hey on
leaving the ~Md her
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AUTUMN.
BY «. B. HBACBCBT (QUALION).
Old Antii tun, 1 ik«> a ft orgeetw bride.
Walks o'er the earth with ininglcd hues;
The dead leaves cb the broe*w» ride,
Th«- evening*swtK-n o'er radiant dews.
A old blue tint ia in the sky.
The evening air 1* cool n nd «w«»ct;
'Mong trembling trees the robbiw fly.
The clouds like euu-fringed mountains meet.
Low whinpers ia the wood* Rre beard—
They fWint along the rircr't»«ide;
The •cadet-tinted leave# ar«- stirred,
Wh<jne emerald glow with summer died.
The fields, uo longer stored with corn,
Look barren when the sun is low;
The leare%uf» withering on the thorn.
Like aiglifl the wind through hedgea blow.
With ruddy sides the fruit* are «een,
'lTie pi aj»«-n lu purple clusters ewing;
Where vernal beauty long hit* been
No more the speckled thrufrhes sing.
Bed beiriaa in the hedgerow* luwig
Like rubioe 'tween pen* flutb i inir leave?;
Tlx- lanes are bare where bin kbinU sang,
When eurth wa* flushed m ith golden eves.
The tklefl, in m >rnini£*- early hours,
Blush like a bj*Mt>: th»* wivwla m»etn lone;
QVr baiilft anil v Vm ,>nce grnreri .with flowers
The m nvh* 112 ommer h *e;?u are bl »w*.
A HtiUn<-«- br l« «»r plain and hill,
No l«ng«* H.»ve - U>*- rlpmiefl pnt.n;
K-. whit* rloud- ri'imber uYr the till.
And earth lie* nit!eh with the fiu'n.
Tlie shriij n. te of fbe r -bin darts.
And break-i tin - : -i ■■ -f tho m*>n;
ALi-! like h..pe*,f hutnnn liesuta,
Tho w . -llsn iWutiesdie'tiW. soon.
11,.- b v I - K 1 i a-- .-V.-'xili- .It--,
The winds a it- infilling on the moor;
Tit. mlct ii|. .nlhe \ He««,
Like shr.'Uil, ww summers life is o'er.
The Marriage Altar.
Judge Carlton, in an excellent a<l<lrcss
before the Young Men's Library Assosia
tion. Nt Augusta, Me., thus .sketches the
marriage scone:
I have dram yon many pictures of death;
let me sketch for yon a brief hut bright
scene of beautiful life. It is the marriage
altar. A lovely female, clothed in all the
freshness of youth and surpassing beauty,
leans upon the arm of liim to whom she lias
just given herself up forever. Look in
her eyes, ye gloomy philosophers, and tell
m?, if you dare, that there is no happiness
' on earth. See the trusting, the heroic de
votion which compels lier to luave country
and parents, for a comparative stranger. —
She Iris launched her frail bark upon a
wide and stormy sea; she handed over her
happiness and doom for.this world to an
other's keeping; but 'he has done it fear
lessly, for love whispers to her that her
chosen guardian and protector bears a
manly and noble heart. Oh, woo to him
that forgets his oath and his manhood !
Hor ilnrk wlnjr. shnll'tlic raven
O'er tlx* lii-ui-tcci,
llis >■ .'!.lth. wuir•halllift
Rre life be t»i le.l.
Blmnie ami (li-h'timr Hit
On hit mure ever,
Blw-iiiK -lir.ll It-ill. w It,
-Neve. : Oh never.
We have nil read the history of the hus
band who, in a moment of hasty wrath,
said to her who had but a few moments be
fore united her fate with his—
" if you are not satisfied with my con
duct. go, return to your friends and to your
happiness."
•• And will you give me back that which
I brought to you'!" asked the despairing
wife.
"Yes," he replied, "all your wealth
shall go with jou; I covet it not."
" Alas !" she answered, " 1 thought not
of my -wealth —I spoke of my loves; can
you give these back to me ?"
" No !" said the man, as lie flung him
self at her feet; "No, I cannot restore
these, but I will do more—l will keep shorn
unsullied and untainted ; I will cherish
them through my life and in my death; and
' never again will I forget that I have sworn
to protect and cherish her who gave up to
' me all she held most dear."
Did I not toll you there was poetn- in a
woman's look—a woman's w< L^U/Sk c it
there! the mild, the gentle
winning back from its
1 ness the stern and unyielding temper of an
' ugly man. Ah, if creation's fairer sex on
ly knew their strongest weapons, how ma
r ny of wedlock's fiercest battles would be
' unfought; how much unhappincss and
: coldness would he avoided.
1«. , .»
l The Dream of A Quaker,
: There is a beautiful story of a pious old
(Quaker lady who was addicted to the use
of tobacco. She indulged m this habit
until it increased so much upon lier that
1 she not only smoked a large portion of the
' day, but frequently sat up in bed for this
1 purpose in the night. After one of those
nocturnal entertainments she fell asleep,
r and dreained'that she died and approach- I
cd heaven. Meeting an angel, she a-ked
him if her name was written in the Book
of Life. Ho disappeared, but replied,
upon returning, that lie could not find it
"Oh,", she said, in agony, "it must be
there. I have tlie asiuraiiec that it is
there 1 Do look n.-.-ain."
The angel was moved to tears by liei
entreaties, and again left, lier to renew hie
search. After a long absence bo came
back, with his face radient with joy and
exclaimed:
"AVe have found it. but it.was so cloud
ed with t#baceo smoke that we could hard
ly see it."
The woman, upon walyi ; Immediately
threw lier. pipe away, abd Dover iudul— i
in smoakiojr attain. . -
j&af Mr. James (Jolden, of Chili, Mon
roe county, N. Y», according to the Gain
ac<? Farmer, raised this year, on three-quar
ters of an acre of land, nine hundred bush
els of onions. The story is enough to
bring tears into the eyes p{ less successful
cultivators.
Btaf" The editors of tlie ix irntijic Amer
ican have received from California a pieet
of the wood of a tree thirtj feet in diame
ter, the annual rings upon which indicate
tho age of the tree to lie six thousand and
three hundred years. Ada ji, had he gone
to California when a little boy, might have
played marbles under that tree.
4. »--»«.
UaT Artemus Ward says there is nc
daily paper published in his town,but thcr<
is a ladies' sewing circle, y lticli answers
the same purpose.
A North Devonshire Legend.
A work entitled "The North-Devon
Scenery Book," recently published ill
England, furnishes a number of North
Devonshire legends, one of which deserves
a place in Howitt's History of the Super
natural. We quote:
I'Not many years ago an old man was
living in the village who possessed a fid
dle and was able to discourse merry music
upon it. There was a large upstair-room
in his house which was called the dan
cing chamber, and here the boys and mai
dens of Combmartin used to assemble once
a month, and dance, and talk, and flirt in
their honest country fashion, and other
wise enjoy themselves after their day's
work.
"When the fiddler was dead, his daugli- i
.or married, and her husband continued
to live in the oleftnan's house. But as
the husband could not play the fiddle the
dancing-chamber was of no use, and it
was consequently converted to ordinary
domestic purposes.
'•The alteration had scarcely been com
pleted when the house became suddenly
uninhabitable. Every night the most
fearful noises rang from thj floor to the
roof-—noises as though a score of horses
were galloping up and down the old dan
cing chamber, to the accompaniment of
tho loud cracking of whips and other simi
lar unnatural sounds.
"So that, as you may suppose, the fami
ly got but scanty rest at night; and were
nearly driven to their wits' end by flight
and perplexity.
"At last the husband 1 ctook himself to
tho parson of tho parish, and asked for
advice and assistance in so disagreeable a
state of affairs.
"The parson suggested that such kinds
of alarming noises were frequently caused
by rats, and counseled him to procure the
services of an expert in the killingof such
unpleasant vermin.
"In about a week (ho man again paid a
visit to tho rectory, evedently wrought up
t o a pitch of desperation by his broken
sleep and troubled dreams.
" 'lt was rats,' he said; they had limi
ted in vain for such things; it was'a spir
it'—whoso, he couldn't tell, but there was
no doul;t that it was a real spirit; and the
only tiling to be done was to have it laid
by the parson. If. he added, it should be
too strong for one parson, ho hoped the
rector would bo good enough to get two
other clergymen to join him, for he had
been assured there was no spirit so power
ful as to be able to stand out against the
united powers of three parsons.
"The rector, however, declined to re
vive the old custom of exorcism; and
consequently his parishoner went home
with a troubled and an angry heart.
"A few days afterwards ho .came back
onco more, with a gleeful countenance,
and said that the spirit was laid, and that
he himself had been ablo to affect the de
sired result.
Partly swayed by tlio absolute necessi
ty of doing something to penetrate the
mystery, partly persuaded by the sensible
cxhonorations of the rector, he and his
wife had instituted another thorough search
in the haunted rooms, and, after much
ripping up of roof and floor and waistcoat
thay discovered an old silk waistcoat be
longing to tho deceased fiddler, snugly
concealed in the thatch inimediatclyabovo
tho dancing chamber. In one of the
pockets of this garment were two half
crowns.
"It became, therefore, immediately plain
to them that the old mon had been troub
led at the loss which his family had sus
tained through the concealment of his
board; and that the above mentioned
noises were the unnecessarily strong
means which he had taken to draw his
daughter's attention to the hidden trea
sure.
"In proof of this opinion it happened
that henceforward the disturbance totally
ceased; and to this day, happily for the
inhabitants of the cottage, the spirit has
remained at rest."
Penitent Ga Min,iNG.w-For several
years, a Countess K carried on very
high play at, Hamburg. She remained at
the roulette-table the whole day through,
covered nearly all the numbers with louis
d'or, and e nstantly lost. It is said that
, she annually sacrificed to the bank the
i sum of $40,000. (hi one occasion she was
left so high and dry that she was compell
ed to sell her carriage anil horses. After
losing three years, her religious feelings
were enkindled, and she hastened to Home
to obtain forgiveness of her sins. She re
ceived absolution, but on condition that
she would give np play. To promise is
easy but the difficulty Iks in the keeping
' the promise. The gambling mania gatue.l
(lu; vietorjr qvn' the piety of the countess.
SI. returned to Hamburg, and seated her
self once more at the roulette-table. "I
will no longer play for myself," washer
mental apology, '• but for the poor."
JG@r" A Bin ok. —The Rockingham Ya.
pi/Utcr, publishes the marriage of Miss
l<ucy I'. liLller, the daughter of a wealthy
farmer in (hat county, and adds :
She was what we would call "an inde
pendent girl," sure enough. Her bridal
. outfit was all madf. with lier own hands,
; from her beautiful and elegant straw hat
. down to the handsome gaiters u)ion her feeti
: Her own delicate hands spun and wove
the material of which her weding-drcss and
: traveling cloak were made, so that she had
i nothing upon her person when she was
married which was-not made by herself!
Nor was she compelled by necessity of pov
i crty to make this exhibition of her inde
i peudence. . Slio did it for the purpose of
i showing to the world how indap*—
Southern girls are,
How a Bachelor Lived and Died.
From an inquiry which recently took :
place iu London, jespceting the death of (
Mr. George Beamite, who died under very ,
extraordinary circumstances, we glean the ,
following interesting facts:
This gentleman was seventy five years
of age, possessed considerable property,
and was formerly a barrister-at-law, and .
was a man of considerable ability, and al
though eccentric, of perfectly sound mind
and capable of managing his property. —
For the past twenty years he has liv?d in
almost total seclusion, no person, under
any pretence whatever, being allowed to
enter the three rooms in his occupation.
ITis meals were prepared by his house
-1 keeper, and were left on a tray at the door
| of the anti-room and then taken in by the
deceased; and although many titnes in a
state of ill-health he refused to have medi
cal aid. but used to have sent iu from a
chemist a quantity fff different medicines.
All communications to him were received
in the same way ;LS his meals, and 112 r nunc
j than twelve months he never left the house
1 It is believed that his time was chiefly
|"spent iu reading and writing, the society
of his fellow mAn being entirely dispen-
I scd with.
On Wednesday, before the examination
the housekeeper wont up as usual, with
his dinner, but received 110 reply at the
I door, although she frequently called him
| she did not again see him alive. On Sat
urday morning, becoming alarmed, she
! made a communication to the police, and
I the door broken open, when a scene was
presented which almost baffles description.
! On entering the anti-room, the floor was
found to bestrewn with hundreds of news
papers, writing <fco., chairs, tables, and
other articles of furniture. In another
room, the furniture, of very handsome
description, was covered with dust nearly
an inch thick, and tin- floor was strewn
with trunks, papers, and books of science
, and law of much value. There were also
three largo bags filled with new boots; and
several now spoons lay upon the side
boards. and packages of candles, clothing.
&c., were heaped up in all parts, iu the
, utmost confusion. In this fooiu. thickly
. covered with dust, was a large and costly
[ painting of the crucifixion.
When the shutters were opened in the
. room a dreadful sight was presented. The
, deceased was found lying back in an nnn-
I chair, quite dead, and in a rapid state of
decomposition, having no doubt been dead
, for several days, lie was dres-cd. but iu
a very bad state, and by his side lay the
remains of some food. There was not the
[ slightest vestige of bed or bedding, and
, the deceased must, for twenty years, have
slept in tho sauio chair. Iu uflu>r parts of
the room were scraps of bread, bottles of
wine and medicine; this, as well as the
1 other rooms, beihg almost impassable,
while the light of day had evidently been
shut out for years. Lqlon 0 further ecrrch
made by the police, £8 175., in a bag, a
gold and silver watch, twenty-six silver
articles, and other valuables, were found;
while ujion the floor were scattered thirty
i keys. A post mortem examination was
| held, from which it was shown that death
t had resulted by exhaustion from low fever
accelerated by neglect.
CIVILIZATION OF THE NINETEENTH
CBNTCKY. —TaIk about the Salem witch
craft! It id not u month since a poor old
man in Essex, Engliypd. upwards of eighty
years of age—a Frenchman, deaf and
dumb, and who lived by Jliinselfin a smu!!
wretched hut, was killed by his neighbors
in the village, because they believed he
was possessed of some supernatural pow
er, anil could make thuni ill or festwre
them to health by his incantations! The
poor creature was beaten with a stick,
thrown into a poril, and whtfu lie got out
covered with slime and dirt, and thorough
ly saturated with water, was seined again,
and again 'brown into the pond, so that
after li» escaped from his tormentors he
was taken with a fever and died. One of
his chief persecutors was a female, one
Kmnia Smith, a married woman, aged
thirty-six, who believed that, she had been
bewitched by the aged necromancer.
CiOljiU IT WHILE YOU NO. —The mar
riage of a Hindoo widow was celebrated
on the 30th of July in the village of Cliund
-1 rukona, in the district of llnoghly, India,
j The bride, whose name is Nilamani Dasi
' I the daughter of Baboo (iopi Nath i Mitt.—
' j Iter first marriage took place when she
| was only seven years of age; at eight she
' j became a widow, and now she is only
|tw elve years old. The fortunate man who
i has obtained the hand of the young willow,
: I is I'arvati divan Sarkar. The nuptials
j wore witnessed by n large nuirtber uf llin
j duo getttlujueu.
LA HATAILJ.E DES DAMES. —Two .Par
isian actresses had a quarrel the other day.
They fought, and one was wounded. The
I guardians of the Hois de Vinccuncs found
these dames satisfying their honor in the
approved style with cold steel, and did not
secure the weapons before blood was actu
ally drawn. The surprising part of the
affair is that the quarrel did not arise from
love, jealously, or even professional eti
quette ; the two " princesses 8f the foot
lights" had got to words, atjd from words
to sharper weapons even, on the subject uf
Russia and Poland. Tho only harm that
came of this sanguinary affair, was that
Mile. II had tojilay tho same evening
. at the theatre with/hit of black sticking
ptofcty, too large for a pat<b : on her pretty
right cheek.
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JOHN STtf ATtT MILL. ~
Since the death Do Tocqnevillo there
is no author, who 4*i\ combat Mr. Mill's
claim to fb§ fitst p4ce among living wri
ters on political an k soeial philosophy. In
the "cience of political economy,with which
his two volnme**(just issued by tho Ap
plctons) arc occupied, is without a peer iu
the whole range cnextant authorship,
or present, with die single exception of
Adam Smith, the f, .under q£ Me science;
and as an author ti}bosti<fiedbythe present
generation Mr. M altogeth
er superior eveuito man who
made tho fir-: sy*i ...tic this de
partment of huxnj affairs. Hee*fwuuds
the science in its present advancedsttlc,
with tho aid of a| the lights thrown upon
it bv writers sul uc „t to Smith, and by
tho enlarged commercial and monetary ex
perience and u iful industrial develop
ment of the Jas onty-fivo years—a peri
od infinitely 11 , fruitful in great events
and econotni' lopuient than any that
preceded it. (• he subjects of currency
and finance, in [, t.ieular, tho period since
the American | Frcmh revolutions iu
instruction it is a remarkable fact that
almost ever, br* k-dnwn of the. finances of
a nation hi immediately followed by
apolitical r. 11)11. In our own coun
try tho C<>llaj -! of the contiuental money
and of the crujfct of the Confederation led
to the format™. of our present Constitu
tion ; in Fra|lo the first revolution was
directly brim;* t about by the failure of tho
finances which caused the convocation of
the States (funeral; the explosion of the
assignats led to the constitution of the year
111. and the establishment of tho-directo
ry. The snlpenaion of the Hank of Eng
land during/and for some time after, tho
groat Nepofeonic struggle, and the collos
sal debt tlifn accumulated, led to a State
of things which threatened the overthrow
of the UrilJsh government in the year of
distress which followed (he pacification of
Europe. Hut the Hritish"fln mice* r
entirely Woke down, and the government
weathered the storm. Had it not been,
frTiowever/fur th partial revolution involv
ed iu rifonns of Parliament the govern
ment wmld undoubtedly have gone under.
Thetreat financial discussions in.and
out of Parliament, during those turbulent
a»d djjtrustful years,threw important light
011 enjreucy and kindred topics, and, in
conjunction with a most fruitful experi-
some questions which had
neverlicfore been so deeply probed.
()ur country is suddenly plunged into an
experiment having strong points of re-
Hemblancc to that through which Great
Hritain ]iassed in the early part of the cen
tury. A gigantic debt suddenly accumu
lated ; burdensome taxation whose pres
sure will be more and more felt; a violent
change in the monetary system of the v-oun
try threatening general convulsion and ru
in at somqifutureand not distant period;
the great branch of production which has
heretofore furnished the main body of ow
ex ibrts brought to a dead stand; the to
ciat system of tho South falling into ruins,
to ie either set up anew or replaced by a
nev organization of industry; when we
an confronted by facts and prospects like
tlnse, it is obvious that our people and our
piiHic men lieod to proceed on the sound
cstprinciplea of economical science. Tho
slcider instruction and crude notions
wlioh have hitherto sufficed will no longer
amwer tho purpose. 111 a period of gon
erj health, when only slight ailments oc
cir in his practice, a. physician may rub
011 after a fashion, without much scicnco.
Hut when tho air is full of pestilence, and
fomis of new disease new to his neighbor
howl are breaking out, he can no longer
excuse himself from mastering the most
recent knowledge which JiMrtu ifp(V»rlr!?r
nev duties. A similar obligation now lies
on American statesmen and publicists;
and assuredly there is no way in which
they can so well qualify themselves for tho
ccommieal part of the problem as by a
thoriugh study of Mill.
'•YII AT SII K i 1 ANII'T ' I)AU<IIITKR."
The .'mirier Sieiliano, of Palermo relates
the fallowing anecdote, which may-con
tains 1 useful hint for our own provost
mar-lids: "An officer in command of a
dctatciment having received information •
tluit a young conscript had concealed
hiuiscl'in a villa, proceeded thither, and
sttted he object of his visit to the lady
ol tho house, who immediately affirmed
; I hit he was inistakeu, and produced her
Ivx> d(lighters as the only inmates of tho
I IMUSCI The officer, after a minute search
, finding ijo one else, told the lady that ono
1 of her daughters must bo the delinquent,
The. lily protested against this insinua
tion, I>jt tho 1 fficer, recollecting tho judg t
mcnt oil Solomon, intimated to the young
ladies list must both tfo with hint
to the Itarraeks. At this •unou&gK.ount,
one of "Jie young ladies blushed and tho
ether g*>\v palo, and thereby" discovered
the trick. The officer at /ace requested
tho pale liidy otj clothes of the oth
er sex, and to followftim to his regiment."'
-
tire tree was lately discovered in the' Bal
timore DiinOj at VViUtsbarrc, by the
miners while blasting for coal. The piece
of the trunk taken wit, weighs five thou
sand po'.ads, and still there remain tho 1
roots and top of the tree embedded in tho /
coal. There aro also to bo found in the!
same mine petrifactions of the cactus, audi
! oih<r plants peculiar to ft tropical climate. 1
t if" A fifteen hmuted'foliar silver vase V
has iust beannmde in .New York for the '
Hong Kong racing club
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