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Wlmtook mtrm my rhn.lfaoedtfcta* r* InTf me for mmli atnno, iU for mr aacrinoe atone T My I Who grumbled at thi poor beef*te*)^ Aad budf me hettrr eitffiw make, AMltoid ma greater cara to takaT My WM wm beeauM tb« baby cried, AM to ike WM»WW» qulckl* hied. Veil* (lo quiet, vainly tried? My Wlio tore the bottom off hit nMrt, And RiM I on Id those ill* avert. If I VM more on the alert? *y»« ^ Who bade me trlw, the Are to nuke, *. ; , Whllf he am.ther n*p should take, Although I'd been all night MralMjfjjjij^iY Who, when T aak for half a crown, tlilavphl* brows into a frown. And aaka me where the other'* gonet My huiboaC v Add when I see my mother, dear, whu trie* my lonely lot to cheer. : Who aaya ike'i dreadfully, drmdf ully qoeert My husband. 4TM> gUyi ont till late at night. And then comes himie so very tight That I nearly die of lright? My husband. Who breaks the china, slams the dooik '* leaves all his clothes ui>on the floor, , And swears it'sail a dMidful »K>re? - My husMBl, And who do I. for his dear sake, fit erery saeriflce purtttfce, .'Ut JL biaoonfiJence should sfcttkeT vfW' ' Mr husband. , --Anne Ellis, i% the Toledo Blad*. JEAN GLENDOWBft. it mwBAOTfc. nereened from view by the heavy crimson eurtftins. Now, Cnpt. Dalton sat by Jean'8 side; and, though the bine eyes liad lost much of their luminous light, ftiul the mobile mouth was a trifle i»ronder, still no one who loved her leas ban I did would notice any change; tiride spoke in every quiet glance, and tier sovereignty was exercised not only over other hearts, but over her own emo­ tions. Only onoe I feared she would be­ tray herself to the careless admiren around her--as Miss Durst finished the Idst stanza of her song: ' "In l ire, If love be lore, if love be nnra, Faith anil unfalth can ne'er IKTequal power*.' " Jean and I, in answer to a snmtnorii from old Lady de Clifton, crossed nea* tlie piano t» see a new book of engraving^ Lalla Darst's eyes shone like stars as sue finished and glanced up at Lord de Clif­ ton, whose blonde head almost touched hers. " 'Does it remind you of the Alham> bra?' she whispered in her broken, musi­ cal English. 'Jean heard the words, and I saw a look ot anguiafi on her face such as few. women ever know. It was gone in a mo­ ment, though, and no one noticed. Not once during that--to mo--long evening did Norman de Clifton approach this affianced bride; though Capt. Dalton, whom we all belioved to be engaged to Lalla Darst, hovered around her most of the evening--his dark, intelligent eyes wearing a look of trouble almost as great } Jean's. "It was over at last; the good-nights were spoken, and all had gone off to the$r | rooms save Jean and myself; we lingered | in the drawing-room, beside the bed erf j glowing coals, for our usual talk--prom- "Dear Lady Elizabeth, will you not !»»"{?. »» «*e domestics had all retired to redeem your promise now, and tell me extmguish tlie centre wax-lights before why that grand old castle we visited ye left, and not to trust them to the yesterday is left to be the abode of owls drowsy old porter who slumbered in hia and bats, while its master wanders in ! ohair by the hall door. ' - - - " My darling knelt on the warm velvet rug as soon as we were alone, and threw her arms around me in her unhappi- nesa. wanders in foreign lands? Look--from your east window here the setting sun is just kiss­ ing the old tower and tall chimneys •good-night' It is just the hour for a story; please, Lady Morton, tell me about it." A shadow crossed the face of my beauti­ ful old friend, and her dark eyes looked sadly across the beautiful English landscape, the fertile valleys and grand offi trees, to far in the distance, where the silver river marked the bounds of De Clifton Manor. •1 will tell you the story, Leda, but it will bring a flush to your Spanish cheek, , for one of your countrywomen, dear, waa the cause of that beautiful home's be- J A tooi coming desolate, and its master a broken­ hearted wanderer. Come, sit here by me, little one, and do not interrupt me, while I turn bacfc the leaves of my life and read to you from the brighest and •addest amoug them. "Thirty years ago, Clifton Grange waa the finest place in Somersetshire, and though not, strictly speakiug, the hand­ somest, preserved its preminence on the score of antiquity; plebeian feet had seldom trod its wide halls and grand old rooms. You saw yesterday what the house is--a massive pile of Byzantine architecture, with deep, pointed porches, where pillars, once crowned with statues, stand close around the outside, and where fragments of a stately figure are here and there remaining. The high old mouldering walls of rugged sculpture are gray and grisly now, with exposure to wind and rain, but the old tower so high above them was then, as now, • covered with the deep or ange-russet • lichen which gleams so lovely in the sunset. Behind the castle were the garden and fruit walls, where the bloomy . peach and purple g*ape ripened in rich profusion, and where may be seen here and there among the nectarine the ves­ tiges of an old cloister arch or wall re­ maining. A wide terrace runs around the west front of the house, which was a favorite walk of the inmates at all sea­ sons, for of all the views around the old home this commanded the finest. Ah! my dear," continued Lady Elizabeth, laying her little, soft, withered hand, with the frill of rich old lace around it, on my head, "we were a merry party at the old Orange that month! It was early winter, and Lord de Clifton, just returned from his travels, was the pleosantest host in England There were two beautiful women with us--women whose delicate feature portrayed the fairest types of their nationality. Lalla Darst, with her wonderful dower of Moorish beauty--the full, voluptuous form and rich, red color­ ing of her Spanish face--and Jean Glen- dower, with eyes like the blue-l»ell3 of her own bonnie Scotland, and hair tinged the sunlight that gilded its moun­ tains. There were various guests beside; guests assembled in honor of the young Scotch beauty who was soon to wear the diadem of a viscountess; for Jean and Norman de Clifton had been bethrothed some months, and were to be married in a few short weeks. "Never did I see two people more 'Oh, Elizabeth, she knew him in Castile--and he never told me! They loved each other before I ever saw him --she told me this evening of the happy hours spent in the Alhambra, and how they learned to love each other. Her father .took her away, and they never met until Norman and I were betrothed.' She shivered as she spoke, 'Shall I keep them apart? Oh, Bess, help me in my trouble!' wringing her little white hands took her in my arms and held her close. " 'Hush, Jean!' I said, in harsher tones than I ever before heard addressed to her. 4I dn not believe one word of it; Lord de Clifton is a man of honor, and loves you--you only. The story this woman has told you is the coinage of her own brain. It is the diadem she covets --not Norman de Clifton's heart.' " 'Elizabeth," haven't you seen Jbow he has treated me? He has not been near me this evening.' " 'I know it, lore; I have seen it all. She had poisoned his mind, too. It will all be right to-morrow, little one.' " 'Bess,' looking at me with startled, eager eves, *if I thought he .loved her, I would <Ue! Do you understand? I would die!' " 'Come, Jean, let us go to our rooms. I will not talk to you any more to-night You are net reasonable. To-morrow you will be happy again.' " I threw my arms around her and we walked slowly through the wide, dimly- lighted hall, past the sleeping porter-- not yet retired--and on to the second hall; as we approached the library door we heard the subdued sound of a voice, and as we passed it heard Lalla Darst distinctly say, in low} gentle tones-- " 'No, Senor de Clifton, no! I cannot give you the love you ask! The fair- haired Scotch senora loves you well, and you must lie true to your vows to her.' "With a smothered, gasping cry Jean started from my side and ran Bwiftly and noislesslv up the stairs and down the long corridor to her room. Before I reached it she had locked the door, and a low moan was my only answer when I pleaded for admittance. At last I left her to herself--but no sleep came to my eyes that night ,"Leda, my child, I never saw my sweet friend afterward ! When morning came her door was open, and she had disappeared as entirely and as noiselessly as though wafted away to the heaven she was pure enough to enter. Lord de Cliften was almost frenzied. The castle was searched, the park, and even the silent river; but if it knew the secret, it has kept it well. o " 'Oh, Lady Elizabeth, what could have made her leave me?' said the un­ happy man. 'I loved her better than life itself!' " 'You shonid know that, Norman de Clifton, l>etter than any other.,' I an­ swered tartly. 'Jean heard your words --at least the aaswer you received to nS'Mt SrJf ss! !»>»* k* msu.» «u her presence, while she--my beautiful, gentle Jean!--returned it with a passion as pure as the Dower dale blood in her veins; her blue eyes grew almost black when he addressed her, and the lovely face was touching in its sensitiveness when he entered her presence. "We had been at the castle three weeks; and our visit was drawing ! to a dose;, three weeks spent in every ' species of pleasure and amusement that 1 the grand old place afforded. How ! happy we were then--how happy we j were!" repeated the old lady. "All full of hope: I first saw Sir Howard that month." She always called the now white- haired husband of her youth "Sir How­ ard"--uever anything more familiar or affectionate--and yet I never saw warm­ er, or more devoted, wifely love t.bn,n ins showered on Sir Howard Morton. "But I am telling of Jean--Jean, whom I loved as a sister, and whose hap­ piness was as dear to me as my own. One evening--it was the 14tli day of December--I shall never forget it--I entered the drawing-room somewhat later than usual, and found them all assembled; every one seemed gay and careless as usual, but when I looked at Jean--so fair and lovely in her blue vel­ vet dress and Scottish agates--how she loved everything belonging to her coun- felt that something was tyrong. Ioonld not tell what it was, out soon foond there was a cloud between her ana Norman piano, and the beautiful as I.' " 'In the library--I do not understand; I was not in the library at all, yester­ day.' " I told him what we had heard--and with a stony, mystified look in his eyes, Lord de Clifton sank at my feet in a swoon. "'The next day he left his home, and began his fruitless search for his lost love. " 'I will find her if she is on the earth!' were his parting words. 'Great heavens! To think a woman can be such a fiend, and wear a shape so fair! She was in that room alone last night; and she told me my darling loved Capt Dalton--had confessed the truth to her, and for a few hours I ltelieved her. Farewell, Lady Elizal>eth! I will bring Jean back, if she is on the earth!' and he was gone. " He first went to her highland home, but she had not been there, and he has never heard of her since. His mother died soon after, and the domestics de­ serting the old home, it has become al­ most a ruin." " And Lalla Darst?" I asked. " What of her?" ! _ " She married a wealthy man and lives in London. I met her ouce after I wan married. Capt. Dultoa sho' I when she deserted him." GOSSIP FOB TTO LIP1M, - . SyMflionln 1M FVHT. UOT lIAUini, „ A flalmy young damsel i» Pwarl, , r Beo.lanl in the of reai«kia( I'm told her papa ts an Karl; J«»t h lior moat grao'fully toM) A lovely and .iwsoiue young gtrl, Whose jersey in tight a* an eoMUal A dalnt.v young danianl la Pearl, Beelad In the eofteat of titlalila msaoTTCB. .'f'- • Ton never, tin certain, aaw audf f': A Whe little learner in otter! ' l : • • i -She's ready to fall at a touch; , , > ' ; .Behold how eboV anxioua to claMST"' ' Her ebony stick wtth a crntch, ™/'*• - ! By which sho B enabled to totMfe, v ¥ou never, 1 IU oerUiu saw auch A tithe litt.e learner in otter. nnoiw rxMiNB, Pray, who la the pretty Princeaa Who in rolled In the royaliat ermiao, In exquisite velveteen dress. With bottinee that KIIOW more or laaa? I'm aure you're unab.o to giteea, And 'tis hardly for nie to determine I Pray, who in this pretty Princ-eea Who ia robed ill the royalist ermtast MISS KTI.VEK GRAY RABBIT. Here conies that big baby called Bee, Who is clad in the coat of a bunny I A romplnx youug rel ol •« she; H<*r *kn t* only roach to her knee, Her fril s you may easily see, And a spill" she thinks screamingly faaajr. Here conies that big baby railed Bee, Who ia clad in the coat of a bunny 1 THE HON. MABKT. SABI.8* Oh, had I ten thou-and a year, I'd marry Miss Mal>el in sable I A dainty, divine litt'.e dear, Bhe's out < f my reach, though shell Hear; I'd woo her t >-d»y without fear, And wed her at once were I ablet Oh, had I ten thousand a year, I d marry Mias Mabel in sable! MIS8 BFARBKIN. And thle is our sweet little Kio, A bonny young beauty in bearokint How glibly she'il glide to and fro. And sweet, sunny glances bestoMl, While a lovely carnational glow Juft flushes her exquisite fair akin; And this ia ourjsweet little Flo, •* A bonny young beauty in beainkin I' --London Judy. RraJuuln Lad(e« iB I|a4mit A Brahmin lady in Madras is not jealously shut within doors, as is her sister in Bengal, Northwest provinces and the Punjaub. She can take her walks abroad, and the consorts of the poorer Brahmms can busy themselves the live-long day in carrying water, buy­ ing the necessaries from the yayear and walking forth to enjov the freshness, of the morning and evening breeze. Bright and early the women begin their heuse- hold duties, and, though the condition of their souls and thoughts of a hereafter do not appear to trouble them much, they often pray in secret, especially if they are childless. When a woman is blessed with numerous offspring ana has plenty to eat, she thinks it would be in­ gratitude on her part to tronble the gods with requests and prayers, but when in trouble she pours out her sup­ plications before the altars of her deity. A Ward of Advice. Why are girls so injudicious in their toleration of dissipated young men? It is very often the case that a thorough­ ly good girl will deliberately marry a man who makes no secret of his bad habits. What can she expect but misery to ensue ? A life partnership should not be entered into without at least as much caution as men display in making busi­ ness combinations for limited periods. No man selects his business partner from among men who drink much liquor or have other bad habits. As for mere manners and the ability to make one's self agreeable, they have not of them­ selves influence enough among men to secure a dollar's worth of credit or to justify any one in believing their posses­ sor on oath. A girl who is not old enough or shrewd enough to have learned what are the standards by which men are tested would be far surer of a happy life if she were to let her parents select a husband in the prosiest manner imaginable, than if she were to make her own selection in the manner pecul­ iar to girls. A life partnership is not easily dissolved. Fancy Work* " The woman who does fancy work very often don't fancy work at other times," says a humorist. Perhaps so; but, for all that, a great deal may be said in favor of this charming occupation. What can be said against the crochet needle ? It not only trains hand and eye and even intellect--and what male mind could ever grapple with the mystery of its stitches, found so simple by every woman--but it is first an employment and then a freemasonry. In some great hotel, where the newly arrived groups of ladies look askance at each other, each a little afraid of making an undesirable acquaintance, how are all hearts opened ' and all distinctions broken down by the appearance of a shawl of new pattern aoftly umoiled from its white swathing by the lady who is working on it! We hear of the "brotherhood of toil," but this is a sisterhood of toil monNUsljci ' y We do not suppose that there is any con­ ceivable barrier of social pride in a ladies' drawing room that would not be annihilated before a new crochet stitch. The Home Life of German Ctrl*. Their life is far different from that of American girls, and we could hardly fancy anything more prosy than the home life of the high and well-boNi Ger­ man girl. They are educated precisely alike, the range of study being limited. The common branches, French, some­ times English, and a few small orna­ mental accomplishments, complete the list. The statement that American girls study the sciences and sometimes Greek and Latin causes from them man­ ifestations of surprise. The traditions and prejudices of their class are careful­ ly inculcated. Any woman who does think or act in opposition to the conven­ tional standard is looked upon with dis­ trust. But their domestic education is carefully attended to; whatever their rank, they master all branches and steps of housekeeping. Their wedding trous­ seau and outfit in bed and table linen is generous in quantity and beautiful in texture, and usually made up by their owe willing hands. An engagement with them is as solemn and binding as a mnrria^e contract, and unfaithfulness in either sex is an exception that meets Their simpleness for other needs. One need not, in order to be thrift/ and economical, always be her own dressmaker or her good man's tailor ; for there is often real economy in getting these heavy jobs off one s hands, thus leaving the wife readier and stronger fbr the many duties constantly arising, which no one else can do so well. But the plain sewing can be most neatly and savingly done at home, under the careful, instructive eye of the " house mother," even though she can afford to hire assistance. Wenea in Spectacle*. We have known charming women who wore spectacles, but, as a rule, we do not consider glasses becoming to ladies. They are apt to give a semi-masculine, semi-scholastic, semi-clerical appearance to female wearers which is not particu­ larly prepossessing. A stern look is un­ pleasant in a woman, and glasses gener­ ally give this look more or less to the wearer. We are not fond of extremes, and, although we are far from agreeing with the prudish old adage that a wom­ an should never look straight into the face of a man, we are not fond of being deliberately stored at by a spectacled lady. Most ladies' noses are not very well fitted by nature for carrying spectacles, con­ sequently when, they use glasses they are obliged to throw their heads slightly back in a manner which appears at first sight a little supercilious. In most cases, of course, this appearance is un­ avoidable, but we fancy we have known instances in which women have gladly availed themselves of the excuse of spectacles for looking impudent When women dislike each other they have a method of staring at one another through their spectacles which conveys more meaning than it would b'i possible for language to express. Glasses rare­ ly increase the benignity of the countenance, but women can look through spectacles with a disagree­ able expression which is beyond the power of the male sex. We have ob­ served that many short-sighted ladies, who never use glasses before men, make unblushing use of the most uncomprom­ ising spectacles when they are, or imag­ ine themselves to be, exclusively in the company of they: own sex. At any rate they will often merely use an eye-glass or pince-nez in general society, but wear regular spectacles among women. The pince-nez has beoome wonderfully fash­ ionable of late years. If you place one alongside of a pair of spectacles on a table, both appear equally harmless, but upon the nose the difference of effect is extraordinary. It is amusing to meet a person whom one has been accustomed to see in regular spectacles wearing a pince-nez for the first time. You hardly recognize your friend. The face looks but half clothed, and it wears a rollick­ ing expression, which is in strong con­ trast with the sobriety of its old specta­ cled day. In years gone by there were times when instruments existed some­ what similar in their construction to the pinte-nez. They were even more hide­ ous than the old spectacles, and were called by the euphonic name of '• gog­ gles. " They stood much in the same re­ lation to spectacles that the ancient blunderbuss did to the gun of the peri­ od.--The Saturday Review. PACTS FOB THE CURIOUS. AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. THB skin contains more than 2,000,000 minute openinga, the outlets ol sweat glands. * THB ancients believed that emeralds worn in a ring protected the wearer from dysentery, epilepsy and, malignant fe­ vers. Tne occult power of the gem was supposed to be increased by engraving some astrological device upon it. WHEW " Pickwick" was first published in numbers it was for a time a failure. Of 1,500 copies of each of the first five parts sent to various parts of Great Brit­ ain, there was an average sale of fifty copies a part. It was not until after the introduction of Sam Weller that the work became popular. THB size attained by icebergs is some­ times prodigious. From measurements made on one Dr. Hayes estimated it to contain about 27,000*000,000 feet, while its weight must have been not less than 1,000,000,000 tons. It was grounded in water nearly half a mile in depth. What, then, must have been the thickness and the size of the glacier from which thin mass had been detached ! A YOUNO man in Bussia of decided ability was attacked by an acute disease brought on by excessive dissipation. After his recovery he was found to have lost all his mental faculties except calcu­ lation and memory. 'Hhese were in­ creased to such a degree that he could surpass all mathematicians in power of mental calculation, and could repeat poetry which occupied several minutes in reading after hearing it only once. In all other respects he is a helpless idiot. THB following are Prof. Bertillon's statistics respecting the increase in the number of suicides in different coun­ tries. Why, however, a Bane should be so far more anxious to make an end of himself than any other human being, it would be diificuit to explain. In every mill .on of persous: Suiritlf* hat* increased From Annuallp. I i Italy 1864 to 1878 from 30 to Hi U Uiuiu 1*31 to 187« from a# to m n't Britain and Ireland. 18MI to 1&78 from 6*1 to 70 Sweden and Norway.... 1830Jto 1877 irom auto t)i Anatria 180<fto 1B78 f rom 70 to Vifi France 1027 to 1877 from 52 to 14'J Pruas.a M£i0 to 1878 from 71 to 133 Denmark Uuited Statu) . MinorUDIIUIUI State*. .. hearty condemnation. himself | aud quietness of life is a reproach to the a , , , , mi , . , . Uvea of moat of the idle, ease-loving, See, dear lady. The loat beam ol frivolous girls of many other countries. the setting sun is lighting up the western facade of the old building; now lovely it strains of her a woman's treachery music floated through the room. She P"?10 ,bec^we a*in the full glow of the fire-light, her I ... „ . . 4U 4 rkh olive dress, strewn over with colden We were unu8ually <l«iet, that leaves, falling in heavy folds around her- ?Yeuin8- and during my stay at Morton her purplish black hair waa wound like a Manor 1 never saw the castle across earonel around the shapely head while tIie fie^5 au<* woods, and gently flowing the blood-red rubies on her throat and river> thinking of beautiful Jean ai'MsB; and the smouldering fire in her i Olendower. dark eyes, reminded me of Tintoret's j a beautiful picture, 'the Temptation,' this I "1 BELIEVE," observed a Western hidden fire and the reflected light of the Judge, as he adjourned court to attend a liby armlet being the only hint given of convention before which his name was the character of the real temptre&s, who to be presented for nomination, "that ia otherwise represented as an angel of o®66 should seek the man, not the man light j the office. But when the office is seek- "Lord de Clifton, bis handsome Saxon in« the there " 1,0 1,arm V1 a?iaa faee aglow with pleasure, was bending being around where the office is likely II H«A«I. T\.» «.<!• »I- _ -- --1 1 * I J 1. * - A » *• ^ ovftt Mias Darst, apparently absorbed iu JMT music; it was his passion, and here- he and Jean, night after night. hm listened to it standing in the deep embrasure of the Doric window, almost to find him without any trouble. In.France and Italy 700,000 women are employed in the manufacture of raw silk from the cocoon. A Hone mistress* Moat young wives desire to have a home of their own ; and, though the mother is loth to lose her darling, she cannot deny her the privilege of follow­ ing her mate, as the mother did before her. Indeed, it is considered an unde­ sirable* tiling by most mothers to have a house full of "old maids." But it is a lact, in spite of this feeling, that many mothers do not prepare their daughters for happy marriages. They neglect to teach them the commonest duties of a housekeeper, under a mistaken idea, which they hold, of love and tenderness, that they do not want their daughters to ; have so hard a life as they have. But if they are not properly educated their life will be even harder. Beside having a knowledge of cookery, the young woman needs to know how to fashion and make garments for ordinary wear, for we rare­ ly find an average family in our country communities that is able to hire all the necessary cutting, fitting and sewing, without seriously clipping its resources 18(Mrto 1878 from 1827 to 1877 from lS'JO to 1878 from 1836 to 187f> from 213 to 2'i8 1845 to 1878 lrom 107 to 163 1835 to 1878 form 117 to 28*J TBB marvelous accomplishments of electric telegraphy at the present day are seen in the following schedule of times and places, as given in a French paper. A telegraphic dispatch sent from Paris will reach Alexandria, Egypt, in 5 hours, Berlin in one hour 30 minutes, Basle iu 1 hour and 15 minutes, Buchar­ est in 5 hours, Constantinople in 5 hours, Copenhagen in 4 hours, Cuba in 10 hours, Edinburgh in 2 hours 30 minutes, Dublin in 3 hours, Frankfort-ou-the- Main in 1 hour 20 minutes, Geneva in 1 hour 15 minutes, Hong Kong in 12 hours, Hamburg in 1 hour 30 minutes, Jerusalem in 6 hours, Liverpool in 2 hours, London in 1 hour 15 minutes, Madtid in 2 hours 30 minutes. Man­ chester iu 2 hours 30 minutes, New York in 4 hours, New Orleans in 8 hours, Bio Janeiro in 8 hours, Rome in 1 hour 30 minutes, San Francisco in 11 hours, St. Petersburg in 3 hours, Saigon in 11 hours, Southampton in 6 hours, Sidney, Australia, in 15 hours, Valparaiso in 12 hours, Vienna in 1 hour 45 minutes, Washington in 6 hours, Yokohama in 14 hours, and Zanzibar in 7 hours. " A lot of copper ore in pigs f" said Mrs. Partington, as her eye caught an account of some smelting operations. " I don't wonder they have the scrofula and everything else that is bad. I dare say their lard is nothing but verdi- grease, for copper is very dilatorious, and pigs is human." "Pigs aren't hu­ man, neither," said Ike, putting his ear in ; " and it means pigs of copper." Mrs. Partington looked at him seriously a moment. " WeH," said she, "if pigs isn't human, some humans are more like pigs, and so there ia but little differ­ ence." WASH FOB FRUIT TAKES.--A fruit­ grower gives the following remedy foi the coddling moth: One quart of lime, such as is used by the plasterers in "white coating," one peck of leaohed wood ashes, two pecks of cow manure, one quart of soft soap, and one large tablespoonful of Paris green. I wet the mixture thoroughly to make it like paste, beating it thoroughly until it became tough. I added twelve quarts of water, or enough to give the trees a thorough coating. I find on the trees so washed, that the old bark is dropping off and leaving the new bark perfectly smooth. On all the trees I have washed I see a perfect improvement. AORICULTTTRAX. EDUCATION.--Professor Scott, who has recently been appoiuted to the chair of Agriculture at Cirences­ ter College, England, remarked at the opening of the session "that it was a sad blot on the intelligence of the age that probably ninety-nine per cent, of our farmers came into their profession in life without having ever received the slight­ est training, either scientific or technical, with special reference to their needs and requirement." The old Roman agricul­ turist, Columella, said something of the same sort more than eight hundred years ago, and still we have to complain of the neglect of the proper training of young men to enable them to become successful farmers. It is not quite so bad now as in the days of ancient Home, but we have still far too many agricul­ turists who think more of watching the' different phases of the moon than of studying the chemistry of the soil. HOG CHOI«EBA REMEDIES.--Everybody knows that it is the easiest thing in the world to get certificates to the virtues of a patent medicine. When the hog chol­ era attacks a herd or a neighborhood, there always comes a time when the dis­ ease has run its course and subsides. If, just at this point any remedy has been used, it gets the credit of doing the busi­ ness, when, in fact, it was nature's own work. In another case a man escapes the disease on his farm, while his neigh­ bors have all suffered from its attacks. If he has been using anything as a pre­ ventive during this period, ho is quite willing to give that thing the credit for his immunity, while, as a matter of fact, Kimilur eases are reported every day where no remedy whatever is used. Very much depends upon proper atten­ tion to sanitary regulations; and when these are promptly resorted to the rav­ ages of the disease may usually be checked without the aid of medicine. CAKBON IN WHEAT.--The carbon in wheat and other plants is derived not from the soil, but, from carbonic acid in the atmosphere, the supply of which is kept up by combustion, decay, the respiration of men and animals, etc. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere is only one part in ten thousand of air, and yet this supply is ample for the pur­ poses of vegetation. In an English field, which has now grown wheat for thirty-seven years in succession, there are some plots to which not an ounce of carbon has been returned during the whole of that period. Yet with purely mineral manure, an average of about 1,000 pounds of carbon are annually re­ moved from the land; and, where a given amount of nitrogenous manure is em­ ployed with the mineral manure, an av­ erage of about W)00 pounds per acre per annum more is obtained, in all, an aver­ age of about 2,500 pounds of carlton an­ nually assimilated over an acre of land without any return of carbonaceous manure to it. INFLAMED BAG.--Warm poultices should be applied to the cow's bag by means of a broad linen bandage tied over the loins. It should have holes in it through which the teats should be al­ lowed to protrude. Apply the bandage first, and then fill in an ample poultice of equid parts of ground flaxseed and bran. The udder should be kept free from milk, both by allowing the calf to suck and by frequent stripping by the hand. Stimulants should next be ap­ plied, with smart friction, by the palm of the hand, such as soap liniment or tur­ pentine liniment. At the same time the bag must be constantly supported by means of a sheet tied over the loins, and having holes in it, through which the teats can protrude. Feed moderately on sloppy food, and administer a pound of Glauber Baits dissolved in a quart of warm water, and to which add an ounce of ground ginger. If, in spite of these efforts for relief, abscesses should form, they should be freely opened with a lan­ cet and the matter evacuated. The re­ sulting wounds may be dressed with an ointment of one part of Venice turpen­ tine and two parts of hog's lard. NEW AND STALE BBEAD.--The nature of the difference between new and stale bread is far from being known. It is only lately that the celebrated French chemist, Boussingault, instituted an in­ quiry into it, from which it results that the difference is n6t the consequence of dessication, but solely of the cooling of the bread. If we take fresh bread into the cellar, or in any place where it can­ not dry, the inner part of the loaf, it is true, is found to be crumbly but the crust is no longer brittle. If stale bred is takeu into the oven again, it again as­ sumes all the qualities of fresh baked bread, although in the hot oven it must undoubtedly have lost part of its mois­ ture. M. Boussingault has made a fresh loaf of bread the subject of minute in­ vestigation, and the results are anything but uninteresting. New bread, in its smallest parts, is so soft, clammy, flexible and glutionous (iu consequence of the starch during the process of fermenting and baking being changed into mucilagi­ nous dextrine), that by mastication it is with greater difficulty separated and re­ duced to smaller parts, and in less under the influence of the saliva and digestive juices. It consequently forms itself into hard balls by careless and hasty masti­ cation and deglutition, becomes coated over by saliva and slime, and iu this state enters the stomach. The gastric juice l>eing unable to penetrate such hard masses, and being scarcely able even to act u]x>n the surface of them, they fre­ quently remain in the stomach un­ changed, and, like foreign bodies, irritate and incommode it, inducing every spe­ cies of suffering--oppression of the stomach, pain in the chest, disturl)ed circulation of the blood, congestion and pain in the head, irritation of the brain, and inflammation, apoplectic attacks, cramp and delirium. SALTINO WHEAT.--Mr. Thomas Eckles, of Eyota, Olmsted County, in this State, writes the Rochester Pout that he sowed last season two tons of salt on thirty acres of land, with excellent success. He says: "Some of my good neighbors told me I was crazy, wild and the like, but I sowed my salt on my thirty acres of land l>efore I sowed my wheat. Now for the result. My wheat grew right along, never rusted, and stood up stiff, and when harvested was like reeds. When I threshe^ the wheat it was bright and plump, weighing fifty-six pounds per bushel. My wheat not salted was most all screenings, and only yielded seven bushels of poor stuff to the acre while that which was salted went ten bushels to the acre. There was a large amount of chinch-bugs in my wheat, 'but they did no harm to the salted wheat, while that not salted was fuMy one- half screenings. I would say to my neigh­ bor farmers, try salting wheat land and raise good wheat. It is a good invest­ ment. It is money put on 20 per cent, interest." It looks now, from testimony received from Hon. A. H. Reed, of GHen- coe, and others, that salting the wheat lands is a paying investment. It ap­ peal's that every farmer heard from, who has experimented in this particular in this State, last season, added much to his wheat crop.--Minneapolis, Tribune. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. ̂ ̂ [F, rim (he Household.] To CLEAN SEA SHELLS.--Fresh water shells can be cleaned by soaking them in a solution of chloride of lime and polish­ ing them with pumice stone. STAINED MARBLE.--A small quantity of diluted vitriol will take stains out of marble. Wet the spots with the acid, and in a few minutes rub briskly with ». soft linen cloth until they disappear. To CLEAN SILVERWABE. -- Frosted silverware or frosted ornamentatibn on plain silver should be cleaned with a soft brush and strong lye, accompanied by frequent rinsings in soft water. After the frosted parts are dry, the polished parts may be rubbed carefully with powder. To CLEAN BBASS.--Brass is cleaned with pumice stone and water, applied with a brush--an old tooth-brush will answer--polishing with dry pumice and woolen cloths. This will clean lamp burners, candlesticks, knobs and faucet s, also the pedals of pianos, and gr--! burners. CLEANING MARBLE.--STo take grease out of marble or stone, cover all night with soft soap and and wash with boiling lye' W CLEANING FLOORS.--To take oil out of floors, wash with a mop dipped in strong hot lye of potash or wood ashes, and let it dry without wiping, then wash in suds. This will take the oil out of floors which have b&en finished in linseed oil, but it will need several applications. OILING DULL WOODS.--This is made by melting two ounces of yellow wax in a clean earthen vessel, and when hot adding four ounces of best spirits of turpentine, stirring till the mixture cools. The polish is rubbed on the wood with a flannel cloth and penet ates the pores of the wood, leaving a little coat of wax, which brightens with a slight daily rul>- bing. This care in old times gave the fine luster which made plain, substantial oak and cherry furnishing so handsome. A good polish to keep wood in order is made of equal parts of sharp vinegar, spirits of turpentine and sweet oil or boiled linseed oil. Half a pint of each is enough. Rub the furniture or wood with this, and go over it with a clean, soft cloth. JET BLACK VABNISH.--To make a jet black varnish that can be used for furni­ ture or for small wood haudles, that will make them smooth and shining and hard and solid, so that they will not get dim by handling or lose their gloss, take of asphaltiun, three ounces; boiled oil, four quarts; burnt umber, eight ounces, and enough oil of turpentine to thin. The three first mu$t be mixed by the aid of heat, and the turpentine gradually added --out of doors aud away from fire--be­ fore the mixture has cooled. The work --dry--is givan several coats, each being haidened in a japanner's oven. The last coat may be rubbed down, first with tripoli applied on a soft cloth, then with a few drops of oil. CHARCOAL AND ITS USES.--Charcoal laid flat while on a burn, will cause the pain to abate. Tainted meat, surrounded with it, is sweetened; strewn over heaps of decomposed pelts, or over dead animals, it prevents any unpleasant c lor. Foul water is purified by it. It sweetens of­ fensive air if placed in shallow trays around apartments. It is so porous that it absorbs and condenses gases most rapidly. One cubic inch of fresh char­ coal will absorb nearly one hundred cubic inches of gaseous ammonia. Charcoal forms an unrivaled poultice for maliguant wounds and sores. In oases of what is called "proud flesh" it is in­ valuable. It hurts no texture, injures no color, and is a simple and safe sweetener aud disinfectant. To RESTORE FROZE* PLANTS. --As soon as discovered pour cold water over the plants, wetting every leaf thoroughly In a few moments it will be crystalized with a thick ccating of ice. In this state place it iu fia dark, carefully covered with a newspaper. The ice will slowly melt, leaving the plant in its original state of health, but it must be left in a moderately cool place for several days. To TAKE OI:T IRON RUST.--One ounce of cream iai-t»r aud one ounce of saltrof sorrel; spread this on the garment tul the rust disappears. STARCH,POLISH.--Take <~ae ounce of spermaceti and one ounce of white wax, melt and run into a tnin cake oq a plate. A piece the size of a quarter dollar a lded to a quart c* j leparo t starch gives a beautif ii lustf • t-> the clothes and pre­ vents the ir . n f< m sticking. STOVE POMSH.--Stove luster, wheu mixed with tu pentvue nnd applied in the usu'tl mavner, j* b'acker, and more glossy t lau «*hen mixed with any other liquid, aii<I the turpentine a'so prevents rust. If stoves a*-e rubbtd With kerosene when put away ia the sprang they will not rust. To EITRACP INK.--To exi act i. k from cotton silk and woolen goods, satu­ rate the spot with spirits of turpentine and let it remain several hours; then rub it between the hands. It will err ml-ie without l.iju.iug the color texture of the fabric. For linen, dip the spotted pa I in pure tallow, malted; then wash out the tallow and the ink will disapjHJ'ir. meat mtaum REMEDY | BHEBIHB**; NEURALGIA, SCIAT1M, ' LUMBAM, 1^; BACKACM, ^ GK>trrf - SORBNRMB or vn " • CHEST, , SORE THROAT, QUINSY, •" I - " I Aim i spRAnri, " FROSTED RAER EARS, simsra AXB , «IO^X,X>flPp Genera). Mill Pill TOOTH, EAR HEADACHE, LLLDTOPIDJ 17a Fnpantioa •* Mrth M«&)K ST. JAOOM On. M »IAML FTMS, linns UD OBBAP External ROMEDY. A trial nldt fcpt th« oomp*r«tlT«ly tritlnf auttay of 50 CCHTO. ul ITM* on* mfltrisf with pain oaa have ahaap ui poiltir* jivlm E» «iiii&I. BIUCTTOHI III MM UMUOI. ML! IT Ml MNMISTS AM KALEISIRI JL VOOELER * CO. jBmlHmor* Md., V. B.A* tfOSIflTEBV Perils of Han sage. Young girls should not be allowed to meddle with sausage, whiah has lately been the cause of trouble both at the East and the West. A Boston girl put an extra " a" into her sausage, and was so harshly reproved that she tried to commit suicide. In Chicago a girl spelt it "sossige," and was severely repri­ manded by her teacher. The misspell- . r took the reprimand s-> much to heart that after recess she failed to appear. An immediate search was instituted, and it was discovered that the sensitive young creature was a^ a matinee. We are indebted lor these fearful warnings to the Chicago Tribune, which never tells anything which is not exactly true. " SAL says you can't come to aee her any more,' remarked a boy to the ad­ mirer of the youth's bister. /'Why not ?" " Because you come seven nights in a week now, and how could you come any more without spreading the week like blazes?" A stillness as big as a St. Louis g rl's foot then spread itself all around the room. &lTTEflS ISfAIilDS • • Who have lo»t but are recovering vital •tamina, daolar* n grateful terms their appieclttion of the merits as A tonic of Hostettei's Stomach Bitter*. Not only does H impart strength to the weak, it oorrects an irregular acid state of the stomach, makes the bowela act at proper intervals, gives ense to th'Me who suffer from rheumatic and kidney trouble*, and conquers as well a* pwrants foyer and a<rue. " For sale bj all Druggist* and Dealers generaUr. FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat In the World. i>«t the geailae. Kv», ery package lnut oar Trade-mark nnd ia marked Fruiter's. rWLU Mi(U¥WHUlu£ A WESTERN correspondent says a herd of a hundred Texas cows and forty short­ horn bulls, which can be l>ought for $16,000, would increase to 5;000 in num­ ber and to $70,000 in value in Ave years, on the grazing grounds of Wyoming. SOP BITTEES: (A BMUciae, net a Drtak.) CONTAIN! 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Sold els* fur EAST rATUENTB, from per . quarter up. The BABY OKGAJf | is especially adapted to ciiiMren, tat will he found equally useful for PRICE. $22. adults, having fine quality of ton* and power, anil sufficient eomp:is» (three and a quarter Octavex> for (he full parts of hymn-tunes, anthems, song* aud popular sacr<-<t ami Recislar music generally. . MASON A HAMLIN OROANS are certainly BEST IS THE WORLD, having won HIGHEST AWARDS for TIKMOSSTEATISD MTiiiuoniTT at EVERY sOSE of the GREAT WORl.D'S EXHIBITIONS to* TlirnTEEK TEAKS; lieloc the only American organs vfkich Aav c t»:m found wort/til of such at any. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES and risu-E « free. .MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO.. IMTremonl St.. BOSTON : 4<i East Hth St. i Union Square), NJBw YORK; 149 Wabash Ave, CUIOAUO. ___ The Best Field EMIGRANTS, AN IMNKNHK AKEA «F BAILBOAj AND GOVKltNftlKNT LANUH. OF OKBA* FERTILITY. WITHIN EAUY RBACH Of PEII.IIANBNT MARKET. AT EXTREMIS. 1,Y LOW PRICE*, la MW •«cr»-d for sale LA EAMTERN OREGON and EASTERN W AHfa> 1NOTON TERRITORY. The** lands form part ©f th® mremt €MCJUi|t UK| m 0«* t|ae Pacific and are wiihls « .LrM»dhtMM*f «SO to 3tfl> ...!*«• JMrt"of TSB ORA1N AT PORTLAND. COM. HANDS A PRICE EQUAL TO THAT OB. TAINED IN rlUCAWO. The mtr#^ eomspleUon of the Iforthem ft. It. H. now manured, nttti f/maraMeei f eettter* ehemp mud quick transjwrtaMtm and. good, markrt* both and WesU The Stritlng of tfiis nnr oivrland line to the i"to-flc, toyether with the construction of th0 netu-om of 700 miles of railroad btf the O. i-- M JV. Co. in the vaWyn of t,h*> great Columbia gMsci it® p>jrit€lp<t? crrrffl<< • rapid inerea»« in the value of the /and* notr open to pu rchtt*e and pr*-etnpti»tK Tlt'-re is evert/ indication of aw enormtmg morement of papulation to the Columbia MUrer reyion in the immediate future. LAND* SHOW an 4TKKAIJE YIELD 4© Bl'SllKLx OK WHEAT PER, AOKJb No Failarr of Craps ever kirnwi, RA1LKOAII LAND8 •flered at the niiirw me of *g.OO aa Acre. CLIMATE MILD UNO HEALTHY. For pamphlet anil map*. dearriptSvw «f eountry. ita reMarcea. cliwli*. route of travel* rata* aad fall iiiforniiutoit. uddreaa A. L STOKES, 6*i'l Kaatera Paas'r IjuMH U Clark HC., Chleoftt flb