TEE STORT OF 1 CHECK. I gars my wife a little check, A Utile check to change for gold: iiecaaee she lored to dress herself In oostume nch and manifold. And im retain what did my wife,. . Of all the neuHt trlcka that be? - She spent the gold quite otherwise. And gTe her bill unpaid to me. I gov m j wife a word of wrath . A word of wrath to do her xod . Because she had not (pent my gold The way I told her that she should. And in retain what did my wife. Of all the dreadful things that be ? No gold or word of wrath gave back, Bat she divorced herself from me! V Oxford, tajnhrld;e, suad Haslc As regards music, the story of her connection with either university can only be described as one of i-hame and of nam. In the old Catholic days roun ders left funds to hrovide for a musical staff in their collcee chattels. Hence as the art progressed a eet of resident musicians was congregated ; and, music seeming to rtouri.-h on academic sou, King James I. granted Faculties in that art, constituting the universities, in effect, public examining boards. Alas, however, for poor JSt. Cecilia! The governing bodies of the colleges filched away in large lumps the stipends as signed by pious founders for the sup port or musicians. I he artists them' selves were not only robbed, but tram- pied upon consigned to social ostracism insulted. At Oxford and thi, too, in the reien of Queen Victoria the Ioo- tors of M usic were iguomiuinusly turned out of their seats in the theatre at Com inemoration, while the very degrees were tampered with bv ignorant, un sympathetic, and reckleos Jacks 1 otlictt. These are assertions. Out of the multiplicity of proofs ready to hand it will not be diflicult to justify them, Nme two centuries back, in the bonnie days of the Jlerry Monarch, when beauty was leginning to emerge from the black veil of I'tiritaiiisin which for the nonce hail stifled her, one Ir. Ben jamin JCogers was organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. This man was not merely an executant, but also a com poser of rare merit for the age in which lie lived. Jle may rank fairly between Orlando Gibbous and IT. Aldrich. Ills strains still resound in our cathedral: from Exeter to Carlisle, from Norwich to Uangor. His history may he, easily summarized as concisely, in. effect, as that of manv another injured soul. Jle - was illegally ejected from his small 'preferment, because and the cause it- sell is significant of the email esteem i which music was then held his pretty daughter hail the hardihood to flirt with a gentleman commoner of the college. Having been thus deprived of subsist ence, the poor artist left Oxford, and shortly afterward died in extreme in digenee. Than a history so sad as thi nothing can read simpler, and it would wem but righteous to condemn the high-handed oppression ami cold heart- lessness which could thus hurry an artist of eminence to starvation. The miiversities, however, remain nn changed. A similar spirit to that which animated the fellows of 3iagi)a- len in the days of Charles II. prevail generally up to the present hour, Knough to suite that Stemdale Bennett, the friend of Mendelssohn, the one English coiniioser who has succeeded i enrapturing, liy the force of a splendid genius, nations more a-sthetically ap preciative than ourselves, ret-eived from the great and niggardly University of aniliriilge, lor shedding lustre ou her net very brilliant professoriate, the piti ful stiieiid of A'lUU jer annum a sum which would not have been offered without a blu.-h to a college under- hntler or an assistant cook. Xor does Cambridge lack a rival in supreme parsimony. The same stipend was the price at which the professorial services of Sir lieury Bishop were assessed by Oxford. The same stipend is all, out ol an endowment ori.-um,uu) per annum she can spare to bir Ileury s successor Sir V. A. G. Ousely, whose zeal and self-sacrifice for art are only paralleled by liis profound knowledge and unques tionable talent. lieliirarm. Kea Serpeata. Si leaking of these strange, and br some considered fabulous creatures of the sea, the Hartford Time savs obsti nate incredulity of the newspaiiers and the public in regard to the existence of creatures called sea serpeuts, begins to weaken before the steadily accumulating proofs of the faCt. luring the last twenty years the testimony to this fact has come from a hundred disinterested witnesses, who have had' no possible motive to lieaiout it; sea captains, men of integrity, whose word on any other siiigcct would be accepted without question. Their descriptions generally tally. J here are proofs that in ast tunes, and In various parts of the world, the appearance of the marine monsters liore sioken of lias been about as fre quent and as well attested, too, as in the present day: but such things then rarely got into looks or newspaiiers, One singularly favorite region which these creatures love to haunt seems to le that part of the Atlantic on the Xew England coast lictween Cape Ann and aj ElizalK-th. It was in that quarter, at a point close br the Isles of Shoals, ten miles off Portsmouth, Xew Hamp shire, that the first recorded appearance 01 one ol these creatures occurred on our shores. That was more than fifty years ago; then men who saw it (two of the rude residents of the island) were out fishing in a small boat, when the- monster lilted his lnghtful head and neck to a height of apparently a dozen feet, so close to the boat that the men eould have struck him with an oar but they were so paralyzed by fright as to ne unalile to Hit a hand or move a muscle. Of late years more than twenty different ap-tcarances of these creatures have l-n noted between that point and 'ape ElizalK-th. Two years ago such a creature was reported as having been seen and attacked with missiles hurled by a crowd on a bridge, at some point in the bay or harbor of l'ortland. Some times they are seen in winter. During uie present summer two or three ac counts have been published of the an- K-.-irauce of so-called 'sea-serpents' off the cuast of Maine." Karweajlaa Hay Marvestlaa; Judge Caton, in his new book, "A summer in Norway," thus describes the Norwegian hay harvest as seen bv him in the vicinity of Trondhiem (about lati tude Kl degrees or (U degrees north) : Already in the Arctic Circle I have liecn struck with the manner of curing their Its v. This is no doultt rendered necessary by reason of the frequent showers to which the grass is exiiosed. and the little heat received from the sun's rays by reason of their striking the earth no obliquely, which is not compensated by their iierpetual action. The hay is not cured upon the ground where it is cut, but instead is hung up to dry. Strong stakes are set into the ground aNmt six feet high and perhaps iifteen feet apart; these are supjtorted by braces set in the ground and leaning against their tops. Into these posts pins are inserted about a foot or fifteen in ches apart, on which long slender jxiles are laid. On these poles the newly mown grass is spread, hanging down on either side, the lowest pole being first covered and then the other, and so on up, till the whole is completed ; that on a lower pole being always overlapped by that on the one next aliove it. In this position it really sheds the rain and is exposed to the utmost action of the sun and wind, so that no matter how succulent the grass may be, it is rapidly dried to the condition of hay. These hayracks, w hich at a little distance look like green hed ges stuck about the meadows, were to me an interesting feature. With a single exception (in which an American mowing machine was seen at worklall the hay I .saw was cut with l he scythe. This implement is -shorter than with us, but similarly sha-ied, and is attached to a straight handle instead of a crooked snath as in this country, With us both handles are placed on the upper aide of the crooked snath, inclin ing well forward. There, with the straight snath, the lower handle is placed on the lower slue, ana mcunea Dace- wards. This constrains the workmen to keen bis left arm always bent.- In some places I saw them mowing grass which did not seem to be more than three in ches high, but the tool seemed to be very sharp, and they" shaved it to the Tery ground. Evervwnere. I saw more women at work in the hay-fields than men ; in few instances only were they mowing, when thev seemed to keen UD their swa thes with the men without trouble. j(I wonder if they got the aame wages.) They were generally engaged in raking up the hay and placing it on racts to dry, or hauling it away ; generally with a single pony on a sort oi can. Carloaa Facta. Fishes swallow their food whole, They have no dental machinery fu nished for them. Frogs, toads and serpent never take any food but that which they are satis fied is alive. If a bee. wasp, or hornet stings, it is nearlv always at the expense of its life, Servients are so tenacious of their life that they will live tor six months witn out food. Turtles dig holes in the sand by the seashore, and bury their eggs, leaving them to be batched by the sun. Lobsters are very pugnacious, and fight severe battles. If uiey lose a claw, another crows out. Naturalists sav that a single swallow will devour G,Kio flies in a da v. The tarantula of Texas is nothing but an enormous spider. A single codfish produces more than a million eggs in one season. A whale suckles its young, and there fore is not a fish. The mother's affec tion is remarkable. Toads become torpid in winter and hide themselves, taking no Iool for nv or six mouths. Serpents of all species shed their skins annuallv, like sea-crabs and lobsters. Turtles and tortoises have their skele tons partly out Jdc of, instead of within the body. It is believed that crocodiles live to be hundreds of years old. The ancient Ezvptians embalmed them. in South America there is a prolifr honey bee that has not been furnished with a sting. In the darkest nights Allies pursue their usual movements, the same as by Uavliirht. Serpents never feed mi anything but animal food, which they themselves put to death or swallow alive. Seals are as intelligent as dogs, an may be made to jierform many tricks like them. The head of the rattlesnake lias leen known to inflict a fatal wound after licing separated from the body. If the ere of a newt is put out,aintli perfect eye is soon supplied by rapid growth. r ihes have no eyelids, aud necessarily sleep with their eves open. Alligators fall into a lethargic sleeii during the winter, like a toad. There are agricultural ants in Texas, that actually plant grain, and reap lie- fore the harvest. The (imt Aak, aai Exflaet EacltaB Bird. The great auk, (Alca iMi-ennis,) thougli possessing in past years a fair right to be included among British birds, has long been extinct in our islands. It existence elsewhere mar even be nues tioned. If still inhabiting our planet it is rigorously confined to regions lug up in the Arctic Circle. There is no cer tain English specimen of the bird now existing, although some seventy exam pies of it may be found in English col lections, and of two or three of these there Ls little doubt that they were blow ashore on our coasts. It may be inter esting to gather up the most recent no tices uf this very rare Diru in our islands. 1'robably the last that has been seen English waters was picked up dead near I.uudy Island in 120. TIioiuiou states that one was obtained on the long strand of Castle rreke (in the west of the County of Cork) in February, 1SI4, hav ing been water-soaked in a storm. It is not stated w hether this bird was dead Again, the same author states he had little doubt that two great atiics were seen in Belfast Bay on Sept. 23, 1315, by II. Bell, a wild lowl shooter. Jle saw two large birds the size of great north ern divers,but with much smaller wings. Jle imagined they might he voting birdi of that sjiecies until he remarked that their heads and bills were much more clumsy, than those of the CVvimiim i rinli. They kept almost constantly div ing, and went to an extraordinary dis tance each time with great rapidity. All this exactly answers to what i known of the great auk with its curious rudimentary wings. Probably one of the last eggs taken is in the collection of Canon Tristram. It was found in 1HM at Gier-fugleshier, on the south coast of Iceland. 1 lie last notice ol it which reached civilization from the Arctic re- gious is that Mr. Hayes was told bv the Governor of the Ihtuish settlement of Uodhavn, in Greenland, that "one had recently been seen ou one of the n hale- fish Islands. Two years before one had been actually captured by a native, win tieing very hungry, and wholly Ignorant of the value of the prize he had secured. proceeded at once to cat it, much to the disgust of Jlr.'Ilansey (the Governor,) who did not learn ol it until too late to come to the rescue." This happened in ltaJ. The great auksceius but too surely following the wingless Uodo and lnoa. The tyjie is as untitled for the present age as would lie the plesiosaurus in the valley of the Thames. Cnrnhill Mnyi- A KkskMBearaaa Jsjaaery. Grace Greenwood writes from Eng- mil t the New York Timet a descrip tion of a visit she laid recently to Stratford-on-Avon, in the course of which occurs the following iiaragrapb relating to some mysterious manuscripts which arc to be seen at the Shakesjieare bouse : "Among the odd curiosities is a whole Niokcase tilled with handsomely-bound manuscripts on Shakesiiearc and mo lars all the work of an English gen tleman, a profound Shakespearean scholar, who lias given them to th. committee having charge of the Shakes-)M-are house, on the awsotne condition that they shall not lie examined till after the writer's death. This smacks of stratagem iicrliai "treason. What if these gentlemen are housing in those mysterious document Uie supplement to Miss Ba -oil's insane aud blasphemous ork, aimed at the overthrow of the demigod of Stratford and the idol of the orld ? If so, there will probably come off, some misty night, a private little bonfire in Shakespeare's back yard, sur rounded, perhaiis, by a ring of dancing Governors and managers, w hue a sacrl- cial smell of burnt paper shall pervade the sacred air." Dea j lac she Delate. Persians and the great mass of the Magians deny the deluge altogether; they believe that the rulership (of the orld) has remained with them without any interruption ever since Gayomarks (Uilsliey), who was, according to them. the first man. In denying the deluge the Indians, Chinese and the various nations of the east concur with them. Some of the Persians, however, admit the fact of the deluge, but account for it in another way, as it is described in the hooks of the probets. They say a par tial deluge occurred in Syria, and the west in the time of Tahmurash, but that did not extend over the whole of the civilized world, and only a few nations were submerged in it. It did not extend beyond the peak of Hot wan, and did not reach the countries of the east. : sTaeL0ii, Mich., boasts a home fifty one rears old. I ACKICTLTtnUL. Th Chtet Industry. According to the America (rroctr, our cheese industry is In danger of ruin, and the only sal vation, it is said, is to abandon the man ufacture of every quality except full cream eheese, which .is the only kind entitled to the designation cheese. ; . 6 called cheese is made of every gradation of quality, from the poorest skimmed to the richest full cream cheese, and sells in the market from 3 cents to 13 cents a pound. If the milk is all skimmed the poorest product is the re sult, and this quality proves an exceed ingly unprofitable manufacture, as it costs to make and sell it at least three cents a pound, and nets a loss of 1 cent a pound. . The next quality aliove, with five per cent, of cream, and made of good texture and properly colored, brings a relatively higher price, and so on for all gradations of quality until when the cheese is made with a mixture of morning milk skimmed and evening milk nmkiiumed in equal quantities, an article may be produced by proper care that will pass very well with those who are not experts for a full cream cneese. j lieu wiucp in iuc uici'iiia g.o iiic , , the cream ail taken off and the oil called oleomargarine, from the fresh fat of the caul of an ox, substituted in equal weight for the cream. This produces an article which in many respects so closely resembles the full cream as to be readily sold for it. Last year skimmed-milk cheese sold very well uo to the best grades. This year they can hardly be sold at all, from which it appears that, alter ail, cheat ing don't tiay. All who are interested in the export trade, and nearly every receiver is, tell us that the presence of adulterated cheese in the Euglish mar ket is licing felt here, aud that it is ab solutely certain, if their manufacture or shipment is persisted in, will react ui axtrously upon our cheese trade, aud ultimately drive us out of the market that has cost us so many years and so much labor to establish. Of the 1,!K): 978 cheese received here during the year ending May 31, last, 1,7"1,32S were exiorted, leaving 2in,i.'J ror home con sumption, about V per cent, of the total receipts. Figures like these show the importance of sending good cheese abroad. . Horn Timber vmu be Jltiltii'lifl. O. of our exchanges has the following to say In reference to this imiiortaiit sub ject : Much has been written about raisin timber, but all the light that can be shed tiixm the subject bv all the arlioricultu rists in the land, will not be amiss, There is ntf want in the not distant fu ture which has so forbidding a look as the increasing scarcity of timber. Ou fbrests are not producing one-twentieth of the supply we are annually coiisum ing or are destroying. More attention should lie given at once to its propaga tion aud preservation. Jt was said I some philosopher that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a benefactor to his race If this be true, and none will dispute it. how much more credit Is due Imu w ho makes a landmark bv the cultiva tion of trees? IJeference to this subjcct brings back to our recollection a sugge tion we saw some time ago In regard to a .imple mode by which timber may be increased on those tracts ol land upon which it is being cut away. It is as tol lows: Plant the ground in the fall with acorns, black and white walnuts, putter nuU, the seeds of the ash, etc. I he nuts should be covered lightly with the sou and decaying lenve. so that Imivi and squirrels cannot find them Thev win come up in the spring, and u cattiu are kept out of the woods as they should be by all who would preserv the young trees they will make a apid growth under the Immediate suiter in tendence of Dame Nature herself, who has been pretty successfully engaged i the business of tree culture, more or less, ever since the Silurian age. I the same way cutting may tie put out in the timber in the spring, lite mulch ing of the ground by the lulling of th autumn leaves is the best dressing that can lie put around such young trees. which, in a year or so, w ill surprise you with their rapid growth, We would discourage no one w ho can do so from planting out groves on the prulrleg, which is one of the liest works a larmi can do; but these hints carried out w ill enable many to utilize places now gom to wab, and get a good return for fhei efforts. . In Start Mi Iimks A i-orresiton dent of the Maine runner says he raises inelou as easily as he does pumpkins and squashes, by the following method "1 start the seed in a hot bed, ami soon as the danger from frot u past transplant the voung plants to the hill where they are to grow. The ground to receive the plauu is well enriched and pulverized, and a half dozen shovel nils of old manure placet! In each hill the hills being four feet apart. Before transplanting, the earth is hoed into mounds over the dressing, some four or five inches higher than the ground around the hills, aud two or three plants set on the apex of each hill. If there should be danger from late . frosU or bugs, four bricks set edgeways around the plants, aud covered w ith glass, will afford them a thrifty growth. The glass should lie removed as soon as the lants are of sufficient height to touch it, otherw ise the tender leaves might scorch. By planting on small mounds, more of the surface of the earth around the plants is exiiosed to the warm rav of the sun, aud a more rapid growth i made. Pmrtirtil SHiiiirrtiimt. A cord of stone three bushels ot lime, and a cubic van of sand w ill lay Km cubic feet of wall One-fifth more siding and flooring is needed than the number of square feet of surface to be covered, because of the ap iu the siding aud matching ol the noor. To test the quality of wool, take ock from the sheep's back, and place it ou a measured inch. If the spirals count Iroin " to M in the ei;ace of an inch, it equals the finest Electoral or Saxony wool grown. The diminution of the numler of fold to the inch show s the inferiority. The following is a good cure for scur y legs among fowl: Take sulphur. wo ounces; charcoal, pulverized, oue- lourtii ounce; train oil, enough to form a paste. Apply w ith the hand, by ru bo ng well in. Allow it to remain for three days; then wash off in mild weather, with good soaiisuds, aud repeat the ressing as often as it is necessary. Tu (iron lAnie Mrbitu. When a mel on gets as large u a cucumber, t-ike i darning-needle and a. yarn thread (perhaps several threads twisisd togeth er w ill be best) through the steu of U, melon, so that the end of the ii.read will come near the topof the stem. Now place the Lwer portion of the thread in a bottle and fiil with water, The melon will soon drink up the wa ter, when more should be added. It is said that they will thus soon consume a imart or more per day, and will eventu ally grow to an enormous size. They wiii not, how ever, possess the sw eetness of those grown In the natural way. J have never tested the foregoing, but my source or information U such that I place full reliance in the plan. Perhaps Dy sweetening the water and adding some spices, any desired flavor could lie imparted. Who will test the matter by experiment. Dee. It is not safe to remove hives of bees from April to December any distance short tf mile, as many are liable to return to their old location and are lost. A good hive of bees should be filled altout three-fourths full of bees, as they are packed between the combs, and should have, in April not less than ten pounds of honey to render their prosperity sure. The combs and bee-bread in a Hive often weigii ten or fifteen -pounds. so that mnt be taken into account in the gross weight of the our trie Diamond GUut-CuUiug. In a recent patent trial concerning the revolving wheel glass cotter. Judge Shiptnan de scribed the form and action of the dia mond in catting glass as follows: While almost any diamond will scratch or tear the surface of glass, it is a fact that the aloe and efticeney of a diamond to be used for the catting or severing of glass dcpend8notmerelronthehardness.bat npon the form, of the catting surface. Other gems than the diamond will suc cessfully cat glass, provided they can be shaped into forma similar to those of the diamonds used for this purpose. Dr. Wollaston, in the "Philosophical Transactions" for 1H16, tbns explains the peculiarities required for the gla zier's diamond : "In the natural dia mond there is this peculiarity, in those modifications of tiie crystals that are chosen for this purpose, that the sur faces aie, in general, all curved, and, consequently, the meeting of any two of them presents a curvilinear edtre. If the diamond is so placed that the line of the intended cut is a tangent to this edire, near its extremity, and if the two surfaces of the diamond laterally adjacent be equally inclined to the sur face of the glass, then the conditions necessary for effecting a cat are com plied with. The curvature is not con siderable, and consequently, the limits of inclination are very confined. If the handle be too much or too little eleva ted the one extremity of the caire will be made to bear irregularly npon the glass,aud will plow a razged groove by ptessure of the point. But, on the con trary, when the contact iajduly formed a simple figure is effected as if by lat eral pressure of the adjacent surfaces of the diamond, diverted equally to each side. The effects of inequality in the lateral inclination of the faces of the diamond to the surface of the glass are different according to the degree of inequality. If the difference be very small, the cat may still be clean, bat as the fissure is then not at right angles to the surface, the subsequent fracture is found inclined acccordmely. When an attempt is made to cut with an inclina tion that deviates still more fiom the perpendicular, the glass is found su perficially flawed but on that side to which the greater pressure was diver led, aud the cut completely fails." , The Bird oh,1 the Insert Pest. Tie Western journalsare beginning to wake up to the fact that the idea which we broached some time ago, relative to the wholesale slaughter of the prairie chickens and other feathered game having its result iu an increase of the grasshopper infection, is founded on substantial truth. It is admitted that the destruction of the birds has been enormous, and that they have been trapped by thousands and fed to the hoes, on the theory that pork can be salted and sold while birds cannot. Now, let the journals suggest to their readers, the necessity of game laws, rig orous ones, which will impose heavy penalties not merely for killing the chickens, but for exposing them for sale, and let local authorities see that such enactments are enforced to the letter. If this be done, and if the wes tern inventors will give more attention to devising exterminating machinery, by next year the hoppers, between the scorching from the machines and the hungry crops of the birds, will find life utterly devoid of p loan nre, and perhaps may be induced to migrate out of the United States territory, say to Canada or Mexico. There is another reason why the birds should be spared, and that is the pota to bug. Prairie chickens aud quail, it is said, will eat the insects, and other birds are said to feed npon them greed- iiy. ,, A rrectHtiee fur Shttf liny Accident, There are no accidents more common in large manufactories, and few more fatal, than those caused by the engage ment of some portion of a workman's garments with a swiftly rotating shaft, The loose dresses of female operatives are especially liablo to liecome entan eeled in countershafts placed Dear the floor, or in the revolving shafting of the machines which they may lie at tending. There is a very simple way of rendering these casualties impossi ble. and this without necessitating the usual plan of constructing a railing or fender about the moving piece. It is sjinply to cover the shaft with a loose sleeve along its whole length. The sleeve may be of tin or zinc and made so as to be removable if desired. I he friction between it and the shaft would be sutlicent to cause its rotation with the latter, but of course, in event of a fabric bocuuiiuer wrapped around it, it would quickly slop, and allow of the easy extrication of the came. I lie sleeve should lie lined wifh leather both within and at the ends in order to pre vent noise. 1 he same idea in the sham- of loose covers uiight leadily be applied to cog Wheels or pulleys, and thus prove a valuable safeguard against loss of life or limb. A Ferfert F-rh-k. An extensive man ufactnre of lock and mortised bricks is can ied ou at Waterbury England. These bricks, while producing workmanship greatly superior to walls built with pressed bricks lieingtongued, grooved aud locked at intervals and each angle are also found to be stronger than com mon hand-maue bricks, besides pos sessing the additional recommendation of effecting a saving of two-thirds in the material used, l hese lock and mortised bricks, it also appears, are adapted to extensive and varied uses, and are specially serviceable where space and light, with solidty, are an object. Then usefulness is likewise very manifest, it is stated, when em ployed for the building of or sustain ing and retaining embankments, sea. and other waifs, quays, and river front ages, as also in the erection of shafts, and, in fact, the formation of all works to Inch bricks can be applied. Chloral Jliidraie in .Xenrtdiiut. The intimate mixture of equal parts of chlo ral hydrate and camphor will, it is said produce a clear fluid which is of the greatest value as a local application in neuralgia. Dr. Lenox Browne states, in one of the English medical journals, that he has employed it in his practice. and induced others to do so, and that in every case it has afforded great and in some instances instantaneous relief, Its success, he says, does not appear to be at all dependent on the nerve af fected, it lieiug efficacious in neuralgia of the sciatica as of the trigeminus ; it isoftlua greatest scivicem neuralgia of the Larynx, aod in relieving spasmo dic cougn ot a nervous or uysiencui character. It is only necessary to paint the mixture lightly over tbepamru pan and allow it to dry. It never blisters, though it may occasion a tingling sen sation of the skin. For headache it is also found an excellent application. The Cost of Modem (Inn and "i-nwr. The Engineer places the cost ot a ves sel, protected by the latest modern ar mor and aroied with an eighty -one tan gun, at &HMt. isliips carrying this tremendous weanon haa vet to come in conflict; but when such coiuoii ;loes occur, it will probablv be the question of but one well aimed shot to send either antagonist to the bottom. The same end may Us more easily aud cer- tain'y accomplished by a ptoppr.'J man aged torpedo. The war of the future. on the water at least, bids fair to prove expensive to the losing side. Chemical Filter. Place inudeofthe glass funnel used a small niter of parchment paper pierced at the bottem with a fine needle ; afterwards place the ordinary filter in the funnel, and fitter as asaaL Such cones of parch ment paper can be used in any reu aired size, are easily obtained, and may be applied to almost all purposes where the more expensive platinum cones have hitherto been nsed. To detect solph uric acid in vinegar, pnt in a little starch. I hen add a minnte nortion of iodine. ' If sulphuric acid be present, the starch will not take uiue uuu Chloride of Barium, as a remedy for boiler incrustation, gives general dis satisfaction. KMBTIC. . Vegetable for Family Ute. The long uh ui varieties ol vegeutuie eocus pro sen ted in seedmen's catalogues is be wildering to most people ; bat after the i. 11 -z M -J .1... list u wrii emeu, it is iuii ii o uia icw, comparatively, are of general use. Some varieties are almost exclusively grown by market gardeners, and truck farm ers, who require very ptolific, large and showy vegetables, to eatch the public, eye, and to yield quick and large pro tits. For these results they sacrifice flavor and all other qualities. The private grower, desirous of affording the greatest amount of gustatory pleas ore to the household, ought, on the contrary, to grow only the best quality. To obtain these he can afford to sacri fice somewhat of size and quantity. As it costs no more time and labor to grow choice, delicious vegetables than more common and coarser sorts, we propose to give a selection of the most approved varieties for the guidance of those who, as the season approaches, make up their supplies of seeds for the coming year-. ... . . . And nrst, in purchasing seeas, appiy to the most reliable seedsmen and avoid those generally sold at country stores, which, too, frequently, are put-tip for sale only, without any reference either to the quality of the seed or the choice ness of the varieties. By quality we do not mean freshness or vitality. Few seedsmen in this country, be it said to their honor, sell old seeds as new. But no one engaged in the seed business can afford to sell cabbage seed grown from pure selected heads at the same price as he can that grown upon cabbage stalks from which the heads have been cut and marketed. Hence, market gardeners will pay the seedsman from fonr to eight dollars per ponnd for cabbag6-seed of the best and purest quality, while the common quality can be had for one dollar a pound. It makes a material difference whether we -get ninety-nine good solid heads from a hundred plants, or only get twenty from the same number of ulauts the yield we have often seen in country gardens. A quarter of a dollar addi tional per ounce can be no ubjeot if we thereby secure a full crop the labor and cost of cultivation being the same. Fine rmddiivj Sinee.Ta)ie a large half pint cur of the best fresh butter. and the same quantity of powdered loaf sugar, put them together in an earthen pan, and beat them to a light, thick cream. Then mix a wine glass of boiling water, and a large wine-glass of the best brandy, with the grated yellow rind and juice of a large lemon or orange ; aud a small nutmeg, grated. Mix these ingredients, gradually, with the beaten butter and sug-ir; and transfer the sauce to a small tureen, putting a spoon or ladle into it. If de signed for a sauce to a plum padding or any other large one, you will require a piut of butter, a pint of sugar, half a pint of boiling water with half a pint of brandy, two lemons or oranges, and a large nutmeg or two small ones. Divide the sauce in two tureens. A boiled pudding for company requires no liner sauce than this. To IHntingiikh Mushroom from Foi titnun FuH'ji. Sprinkle a little salt on the sjiongy part, or gills of the samples to be tried. If they titru yellow, they are poisonous if black, they are whole some. Allow the salt to act befoie vou decide on the question, False mush rooms have a warty cap, or else frag ments of membrane, adhering to the upper surface, are heavy, and emerge from a vulva or bag; they grow in tufts or clusters in woods, on the stumps of trees, etc., whereas the true mushrooms grow.iu pastures. False mushrooms have an astringent, styptic, and dis agreeable taste. When cut they turn blue. They are moist on the surface, and Kenurully of a rose or orange color. The gills of a true mushroom are of a pinky red, changing to a liver color. The flesh is white. The stem is white. solid aud cylindrical. Keridnt) MmU M'luttn j i Little things often interfere with our comfort very much, and one smnll annoyance is for men to delay coming to dinner when called. Sometimes they have an hour or more of work which they will do be fore quitting, and then they go to the house to find the dinner cold, and the cook discouraged. .Nothing is more dis heartening to a tired woman than a table full of dirty dishes ornamenting the table an hour and a half later in the day than usual. Punctuality is a virtue that men should learn, if they are in the habit of being uncertain alxiut coming to meals. Any woman worthy the name of housekeeper w ill be regular with her meals if it lies within her to have them so. Ctddonthe Lnna. If a cold settles on the outer covering of the lungs, it becomes pneumonia, inflammation of the lungs, or what is commonly known as lung fever, w hich iu many cases carries the strongest man to his grave within a week. If a cold falls ou the inner covering of the lungs it is pleurisy, with its knife-like pains, aud its verv slow recoveries. Jf a cold settles iu the joints.there ja rheumatism in its various forms; inflammatory rheumatism. with its agonies of pain, and rheumatism of the heart, which in an instant snaps i tie corus ot nte with no friendly warn ing. It is of the ntmost practical im portance, then, to know not so much how to cure a cold as bow to avoid it. Bromine in Croup. It is reported that Dr. Schultze, of Prague, has been verv successful in treating croup w ith bro mine, ins prescription is half a grain of purilied bromine and half a grain of bromide of potassium, in ninety parts of water. This is inhaled as well as applied by means of a brash. Dr. SchultzeV) experience in the nse of this remedy has been rejieated witn success ful remits bv Dr. Gottwell. It is the opinion of the latter physician, that the diphtheretic membrane is disintegrated by the bromine aud thus readily re moved. Pit-lie for Hun. I find that a good pickle is made of weak brine, from coarse salt, if in cold weather stronger it in warm : sufficient molasses to per ceptibly sweeten it, and soda or salera- tus to keep it from souring : boil all together, skimming off the refuse, and when cold pour on the bams, which are to be previously well packed. If a red color is desired, add a small quantity of saltpetre. I never use it, however, except for beef, for which the above pickle answers well. llemtdufor Uhtumatism. Procure one pint of good alcohol ; add one piut of water; make it sharp by adding red pepper pods or any kind, broken in small pieces. In twenty-four hours it W't'l Debt for nse. Bathe the affected parts well and frequently, warming it in by the stove the action of the heat being of great benefit. Iet those com plaining of lame shoulders, wrists, hips, ic, try this simple and iuexnesjsive remedy, and they will find relief. Kerosene lamps will never explode, if properly trimmed. There is an air vent in every lamp, close beside the wick tabe, which, if opened by inserting aud withdraw ing a slip of tin or other thin I. : .1.- i.ii iuu-i;ai cueu time uie lamp is uneu, all danger from confi ned gas the cause of explosions is eCacJujlly removed. To Fmerre Cutler from liust. Case knives, scissors, snnftets, watch chains aud other small steel articles may lie preserved fruu; rust by being carefully wiped after use, ant then wrapped in coarse brown paper. Flavor for Froatino. In frosting for cakes or puddings a little lemon juice, tartaric acid or cream of tartar is a very pleasant addition to the taste, besides making the frosting much lighter. An Ink tUiml was turned over npon a white tablecloth t a aervaut threw over it a mixture of salt and pepper plenti fully, and all trace of it disappeared. To clean a brown porcelain kettle. boil peeled potatoes in it. The porce lain will be rendered nearly as white as when new. To remote fruit stains from napkins. etc., wet the spots with chlorine water. mocors. TU Slareoyo uIrm".He Was lf utiatied look in ir man. except oc casion ally when he won Id rob bis hip u if in nain. and as be stood there on Dearborn street, yesterday, leaning aidfiwava on hia cane, yon con Id tell that he was a man of advanced ideas a philosopher, a free thinker a person who could not be caught napping, and who makes do mistakes. 1 am a man.' said be to a Daffy jolly- appearing individual with whom he had been speaking, "I am a man who is the slave to no 'ism,' Doctrines ciecos, sn nert.tit ions all are as nothinsr to me." "So T responded the jolly man, with apparent interest. "Yes, sir," continued the philosophi cal individual, as be shifted his posi tion; "what I say to you, I say to every man I am the slave of no 'ism.' " "I don t believe that a possible thing for a Derson brought no in the atmos phere of Chicago," said the chunky man with a twinkle in his eyes. "Well. 1 want too to understand. sir, Vm such a man," ax lastly declared the man with the can e, as ne readjus ted it against his hiplf which evidently had a sharp pain in "ion are I "Yes." "Not the slave of Spiritualism, eh f" inquired the tolly one, while his face grew ruby with tun. .o. sir." answered the other. 4Nor Catholicism 1" continued he of the adiposo tissue-. "Not any." "Xor Adventisra T" "Not if I know myself." "Nor Episcopalianism V "Xoue of that." "Xor PresbyterianLsiu T" "Xo sir-ee." "Xor Methodism P "Not mach." "Xor rAennuitsia V The infidel had to "subside " and while he limped down the street on his cane, the jolly man went chuckling in anoiuer direction. " i7 Standish Adams." veiled Boston mother, poking her head out of tne window and addressing her eldest Imrn, who was adjusting his fishing tac kle in the backyard, "Come right op stairs this instant and get ready for Sunday School." Her voice probably failed to reach him as a few minutes later she looked out again and yelled luiuter man ootore : "Miles Standish Adams, don't yon hear me t" Yon onght le ashamed of yonrself to lie plaving with those hooks aud lines on Sunday." Can't help it," said Miles, goiug right on with bispreperatious. "Our boys is going to celebrate centennial this week; they've put me down as speaker, and i ve got to have fish three times a day it l never to go heaven for iL A Frenchman on the coast of Louisi ana was out bunting; got lost bat found himself on the river bank far below his residence. Seeing a boat coming he hailed her, expecting to liiiisb his trip at his ease and at a tri fling cost, as packets were numerous and fare reasonable. On being hailed. the captain wanting to know if the num ber of passengers would be equal to time lost, he asked. "How many V Frenchman : "Three of us." When on board, the captain asked. "Where is the three ?" Frenchman ; "Here ; here is myself, and my dog ami my gun. That is three." "Yes." said the cantain "aud I will charge yon five dollars for yourself, nve dollars for your dog and live miliars lor your gun. That is three." A st,iry is told of an accident on the New Loudon railroad : An intoxicated Irishman was sitting on the track when the engine tossed him down an embank ment. The conductor backed bis train to pick np his dead body. The victim was found alive, however, only some what bruised, and taken to Norwich, Here the conductor kindly offered to send the man to his home, a few miles away, iu a hack ; but he insisted on his ability to walk, and refused to be sent home. I he conductor pressed the mat ter, when the Milesian, who hatlatood the batting of the row-catcher so well. bristled ud with "Go away with your Kirridge, i ll go home Dy myself ; and if I've done any damage to your old engine, bedad, 1 11 pay it on the spot. 'A young man of good education and business taleot, bad occasion to apply to a justice to take acknowledgement of a deed one of those "knowing" jus tices who can decide knotty points ot law for attorneys, and give instruction to juries after the style of the Circuit Judge. Always ready to impart knowl edge, he took up the deed, after tilling up (he writing, to explain to bis young friend the difficult aud technical words. "Viz," said the learned justice, "means phiz or face, aud signifies that what follows is as plain as a man's face: and this big word, subsequently." casting up his eyes lrom the paper, with a dig nified and knowing look, "means lefore.n An Old I held. A party of wits once stopped at a tavern. When the feast was over one of the members called in the hostess. "Angeliqne," he said, "I am going to give yon a lesyon in as tronomy. Have you heard of the great Platonic year, when everything must return to its former condition I Know, then, that in lti.out) years we shall be here again on the same day at the same hour. Will you give ns credit till theuf The hostess, however, had her reply : "I am perfectly willing," she retorted, "but it is just lii.UUO years since you were here before, and you left wit'jout paying ; settle the old score, and I will trust you on the new." A Miliraulee belle, attending a the atre in that city recently, complained in one of the scenes that the light was too dim to show the acting properly. Won't you try this glass f ' asked her escort, handing her his lorgnette. Has tily covering the suspicious looking ob ject with her handkerchief, she placed it to her lips, took a long pull, and then handed it back in great disgust, saying: "Why there ain't a drop iu it." Unftjih lleatton. Edwin (laiiguish ly) 1 feel as is I could sit here forever so long as you were with me. Angeli na And so could 1. love, if those nasty odious people wouldn't get in the way and prevent ns seeing the race. Their sellish ways quite annoy me ! Besides if I don't bet gloves. I shall have to buy some, asl in right out ot them so come along. " When I married." said Ex-Ch ncel- lor of the Exchequer Lowe at a L ndon fiarty, "1 declared, V ith all my world y goods I thee endow,' altlio gh I hadn't a shilling in the world." "But," chimed in the wife, "you bad your splendid taleuts. "Yes. my dea ; but you know I didn't endow yo w h them,'7 was the right honorable gentle man's reply. At a negro w as painting bis house on Watson street, aud was nearly at the top of a long ladder, his wife came out and called him to come down. Just at that moment a rung broke and the man came down like a bag of sand, rolled over two or three limes, jumped up and said : "Well, honey, go on with your re marks." The noble ru mai: pan not understand the civilized female dress. You see, out on the praties the Indian follow the trail, while hereabouts the trail fol lows the pale face. This is a little lame, tint the idea is here, and readers can fix it op at their leisure. 4 Bottom antiquarian says hi eighteen-year old wife is very affectionate, but it puzzles him to understand why she should insist daily on bis gettiqg his life insured. Whit is a woman living nn two nair of stairs a perfect goddess t Because she's a second Flora. When in a soldier not half a sol- dier f When he' in quarters. JRmgular To see a garden walk. A crystal ghost a glass shade. fcaat M Probably the first sepulchre, as earliest dwelilng-piace' or nun, was a cave; certainly the most ancient relics of-humanity have Deen rouuu in wt caverns of fte- limestone formatien; rwl ihli nm hnrisl. after cominsT to its culminating point In the ancient fcgypt ian polity, avhdse ' pyramids- and rock tombs are but an artificial form of the cave, has survived to our own times even among the most civilized races. The vault and the catacomb are bat varieties of the cave, and supplemented as they are by varlons devices ror preserving the body from final dissolution, form an unbroken link in human custom, con necting ns alike with the empire of the Pharaohs and the primitive cave-oweu- ers, tne companions oi me near, me rhinoceros, the reindeer, and the hye na. It is evident, however, that as the human race spread itself over other . . . t . formations of the earth's surfrce, these underground dwellings and tombs, which the waves had fashioned count less ages before, would not be available. Other modes of disposing of the dead would suggest themselves. In the nrst Dlaee. simple exposure, leaving the body to be devoured by beasts and birds, its elements to be scattered to the fonr winds. The Magians, worshipers of the sun, one of the primitive human relig ions, adopted this method, w hien is still followed br the. disciples of Zoroaster; but they have refined upon the practice, constructing towers and platforms wherein the dead are exposed, ami their bleached bones collected. One of these Guebre cemeteries in the neigh borhood of Teheran, made use of by the remnant of the old people and faith of Persia, is thus described by Mr. jioun- sey iu bis excellent book oi x'ersiau travel: "A low round tower pcreiieti np among some desolate crags, a ciren lar building about forty feet high and sixty in diameter, having ueither doors nor windows. Looking down iroiu a neighboring elevation, we saw that on the top there was a platform of oen iron grating, w hereon lay the body of a recently-deceased disciple of Zoroaster, and late gardener to the Persian mis sion," Sundry tribes of North Ameri can Indlnns follow the same practice. exposing their dead upon stages, ami the custom may lie traced among eer tain primitive races of India. Jtie nun dhist creed has originated a similar usage. Some of their priests bold it to be a meritorious act to give their bodies to be eaten by vultures after death, their 'ones to be reduced to a-nes and used for manure for the garden of the poor as a tvpe or that annihilation w nicft is the iuiii of the cultus of Kuddhism to secure for iu disciples. The alterna tive, however, of burial, whether by making an excavation or grave, or by the more primitive method of heaping up stones and earth over the body lan uiioii the surface of the ground, has ever been the most universally prac ticed. Over the w hole European conti nent tlie mounds ami tumuli of earlier races rise iu silent witness of vanquished forgotten people. But we have not yet passed out uf the age of the tumulus buildi-rsi. The nomad Tartar still pil up cairns over their dead chieftains, I hey also raise votive cairns they call ohous, generally at the summits of dim cult passes, and a similar custom is traceable to this day among Semitic races. J litis IJr, I ristram tells us, (Lit ml of .V'Kift,) "Ever" traveler when he first catches sight of the holy moini tin. Mount I lor. must, according to custom, place there hi stone of wit ness, " Even so near at home as Vt ales, it is the custom among the quarrymeu, w lieu a coiuraue is ameu oy acciueui. to pile up a small cairn on the spot, each passer-hy contributing a stone. The lods that are cast ntsm the colli u at funeral are no doubt a survival of this ancient practice. Helijnieitt. Twe l laral aUtrvela, The Horticulturist gives an account of two novelties among nowers, which it is almost tempted to treat a fables until their verity is established by ersonal inspection. I he following is the de scription of them : "One is a Muck lily in Santa tiara, California, with three large blossoms, each nine inches long. nd perfectly black outside of the green petals. 1 he other is to be seen at I on stantinople, and is described by an eye witness as belonging to the narcissus genus of bulbs. The flower represents lierfect hiiuiming-turd. I he brea-t, of a lierfect emerald green, is a com lete copy of this bird, and the throat. head, leak, and eyes are a perfect imi tation. I he hinder part of the body and the two outstreched wings are of a bright rose color, one might almost say h colored. 1 hee w onflroii. nulhs should have been sent to the Vienna Exhibition. They will be in abundance y the time of our t'entennial celebra tion in ltMI. Aud yet they cau hardly lie greater curiosities than the strange nd mysterious ',sis-m .Ny.rifa flower rom South America, with its lite-like representation of doves." H aiders. In a late number of the Unfile refer ence is made to what is called the viiUr tnjn, and the fact that recently, in the mornings, the grass and hedges were often largely covered with spiders' webs, with the remark that the action of the spider is regarded as a sure sign of dry weather. Spiders are trappers, ml spread their trappings to catch game, each spider watching his own traps to secure his game, and "ont uf his srlf-lrincn v," to repair and enlarge is nets. This Increase of webs may lie the result of an increase of spiders. But piuers' wens are oftentimes not visible ntil covered with heavy dews. This suggests that this apparent increase of spiders webs was the result of copious dews, which brought these webs into iew. The vapor which has thus falleu the form of dew. will not be con densed into rains, hence we may infer that we will have less ruin. Fine sensibilities are like woodbines delightful luxuries of beauty to twine around a solid, upright stem of under standing; but very poor tilings if, un sustained by strength, they are left to creep along the ground. . r. Kaakera Bitter Wlae ! Mwm haa aerer bsea knows m fail hi th ears sf eakoess, attended with symptoms indis- poeit oa to saertioa ; less af memory ; diffi culty of breathing; general weakness; k er ror of disease ; weak, aervoua trembling ; dreadful horror of death ; sight sweats ; cold feet ; weakness ; dimness of vision ; languor ; nniversal laseitade of the musow lar system ; enormous appetite, with d ja pe ptis symptoms; hot sands; lushing of the body; dryness of th skia ; pallid coun tenance and eruptions oa the faee, purifying lao blood ; pain ia the back ; aeavuieaa of the eyelids; frequent black spots Dying be fore th eyes with temporary suffusion and loss of sight; want of attention, eta. These symptoms ail aria from a weakness, and t; remedy that, as E. t. Koaiai'i Bitter Win r Iron, it aerer fails. Thousands are wow niorlne health who aav weed hV Get the genuine. Sold only in $1 bottles. Take only K. r. Kunkel's. Depot and office. No. 25! North Ninth St., Philadel phia, Pa. Ask for Konkei's Bitter Win of Iron. Thi truly valuable tonic has been so thor oughly K?ted by all classes of th commo dity that it i bos' deemed nd;panstl as a Tonie medicine. It costs bat little, pari fie the blood and gives ton to th slomach, renovate th system and prolongs life. I bow only ask a trial of this valuable tonie. Prie $1 per bottle. E. P. KUN KEL, Sol Proprietor, No. 259 North Ninth St., below Tine, Philadelphia, Pa, Ask for Kunkel's Bitter Win of Iron, and take no other. It is sold only ia f 1 bottles, with a photo graph of too Proprietor oa each wrapper, all other ia counterfeit. Sold by all Druggists. Tinwou BraovBS Aura. Head wad all complete, ia two hoar. No fee till head passe. Seat, Pin and SUmaeh Worms re moved by Dr. Ktracu, 259 Noara Nisra Srsirr. Advice free. Com, ee over 1,000 specimens sad t eonviaeed. Bs i tBe - mR WrLV-FOLTTKUIVH! ROWr SfHftft, '. CLEM EST BAIX, EUioott CStv iJj i TsnslMif. owing to tuatrsrawml.. appljijjj " - ' ' $5 h $20Lrs5?a,SJiKiriI3M, SHOW CASES! SHOW CASES! AH trtss.BllTar Mounted sad WsIbolbm Moand-hsnd. Socniely jptckKl for silparj BoOHIJtaS. 'KI-VlNO, 8ro& m BOC8 AND OmOS rCHMTTRt UI Tbs lanr? " assorted stuck, WwS mad-hind la La CltT. Meoad-oand la ths City. LEWIS A BRO, ,ivr km. IMS a4 l(7 NS ,'i FREDERICK SPIECKER, Sis; violiii.i pxoica Leaf Tobaccs, Ciciarv Pipes. Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. o ri itrftr !iRANis zra 152 jauZhzvztz avzsus, PHILADELPHIA. Only Agent for 0. 8. delia Top ClfWI Meald. Cigar Store ass no aepli. Jeyer's Poultry Powder. Wsrrwrted.lf assa In tnae, to care chicken ctaolcrm soil (tv gap. Wilbasupplyoftbl Fowiler.and a bestowslof - ; orainirj uirouus linen aoe proper lecuof. with a needful bdddIV of S(wt.rTltmnleirK"h'ell-Srrnliig material, any onriur serp Poultry (exenln eononemeeuror sny letietb o( time, with both profltand pleasure. ParkagsSSeta.. ve for st.A. A. yuur dealer, beat free apoa r 0lt-(rTk:, Aitfreee, ' A. C. MITES a CO, BaltlDw BROOMS! BROOMS! joiii j. bi:iw:b a to., 253 Washington Bt New York. Prinrii! IV p. 't in Xrw Trk fur the t-aat Brouaa MnutaL-tores la th Ua.t4 States. Brooms from $2.00 ptr dozen and npward. The fciwent brices ant! srestet variety tu In, K.uaJ anywhere. alar, as entire Bow atork of WOOD and WILLOW WARS, nch as Pal la. Tuha. Baaketa. Mata. Twne. Cordage, W'icka. e, toartber with a tall Una of Appla, Bras- wood and Clay Pipes, Fant-y guar. Yankaa tkms. Cutlery, Me. Setrara frua $U to frill per Mill. A fun line . the beat quality of TIM W ARK. P. S. Wa Bell oar asuda at prices that 4u mot reuaire l.y drumming oa the road. Orders by ami will re s-ire prompt attsntioa. hstablairied lMu. 3--U-1 HORSEMEN ! OWNERS OF STOCK! Sara Tour Horses and Cattle I CURB THEM OP DISEA9X AND KEEP THXM LN A HXALTHT CONDITION IT GITLNO THEM M. 8. ROBERTS' CELEBRATED ASIC HORSE POWDERS. IN USB OVER FORTY YEARS! Til OSLT roWDSB COITAISII TC2TKJ, LAXATIVE AUD PUSHY- C7Ct P2QPZ3XX2S obbiiid, tbibiit aAXiaa rasa tmm BEST CONDITION MEDICINS IN THE WOULD. Tnev are mad f Pure Material only, oa tablespooafbj foing as far a ea pound I ordinary cattle powder. Bay oi package and after wsing U yen will never get on praising taaav ser aai ay ail aterekteper. TJSK M. B. ROBERTS' Vegetable Embrocation FOR All, EXTERNAL DISEASES MAN Oil II ISA ST. JaalV BLANKS SBg-v.S&B og a,r2Hi5riiI4 rv SSh O 2 li h O S sTa H 3 JUL.' n.s3 - : a." Z DSrV KtSJ Jw (SO raATXT r Run u ax thm oiruak
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