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ticnrn •r if sw IcHESItV, j. VA.nslts?'!; rc^LWKMi. agricultubil and domestic. To a Grasshopper. Ttay. pea-green harlequin! |r*>, ** What of wftnder can describe */&•' | All your odd, gymnastic tribe. " fC..jr^r<rthftktoaaroo akin? v Tjnlees Darwin Roes amiss, " With his queer hypothesis. Chirpiitr chiraer, clover climber, Insect athlete! never stumbling, In your ground and lofty tumbling. SU'aiige it is a tuiug so fragile, j . H s ®^ou'd b® ao extremely agile. ® it, then, spasmodic leaper ! SSlze your pleasure while you may; Blow your horn and have your day; When the primrose days are over. And all dead are vines and clover, That austere, remorseless reaper, Time, will turn as all to hay! ^ When October, ' .. Like a varlet, > Sobs the WGOUI&UCVB summer drea* And the staple, bluskiog aeartsti * As the ruffian winds disrobe her, Shrinks in timorous distress; When no longer leans the lily By the mill-pond's mosBv edge, And an influence damp and. chOly . Blasts tha rose and daffodilly, And the vines along the ledge-- .... When the cricket Leaves the thicket To creep under kitchen rugs j . 'Then, O mountebank of bugs, Unique acrobatic vaulter, Your frail powers will faiJ and falter And some chill, autumnal morning. Lying, dying, W ithout warning, . You will find it useless trying { Leapine, creeping, singing, flying; With some early robin waiting. Cool and calm, and aggravating, Like some grim and hungry wizard, . Obviously deliberating When to pop you in liis gizzard. Farewell butterflies and clover, Death is fate the wide world over. --Golden Rule. Around the Farm. WOOL-RAISING lias become an im portant industrial feature of Oregon. • THE orchards of this country are esti­ mated to occupy 500,000 acres and con­ tain 20,000,000 trees. THE only effectual cure for a sheep- killing dog is a large dose of leaden bul­ let from the barrel of a rifle, with plenty of powder to give it force. * THE cultivation of the -castor-oil bean •could be made profitable in South Flo­ rida beyond doubt. It grows here for an indefinite period after being once planted, and produces abundantly and continuously.*-- Tampa Guardian. PASTURES are usually short during the morrth of August, and if cows, are not fed extra, the flow of milk will be corre- ' -epondingly lessened. it is much easier to keep it up by feeding than to restore it after it has decreased to any consider­ able extent. A CONNECTICUT farmer spread some refuse from a brewery as a fertilizer, this spring, and then planted potatoes on the field. The potatoe bugs, though ^devouring everything else in the neigh­ borhood, have never touched the plants where the brewery stuff was put. THE difference in the amortnt of labor performed by a well-fed man or animal and an ill-fed one is considerable. There is no real economy in placing the laborer upon a starvation diet. Abundant and good food give bocPJy strength and con­ tentment of mind, which is an important item. I WOULD urge upon the youth the im­ portance of studying the history of the world down to uie present period, and let him carefully note the large number off great men who were agriculturists, who owed their success to the judicious training and good discipline of country glffe.-- Western Rur al. I AM glad to know you are calling at­ tention to the Holsteins. The cow I purchased last season has made a re­ markable milk record. Her butter, too, is excellent, particularly in keeping quality. This cow, and others in this 'Mcinity, satisfy me they are the cows for the Northwest.-- Western Rural. MANY despise poplar as a timber, but it has one golden property--it will not burn. Some years ago a factory at Not­ tingham took fire on the second floor, mid burnt to the top furiously, but not downward; although the floors lay a yard thick with hot clinkers and melted machinery, yet it did not get downward, Wfecan.se th£ floors were of poplar.--The Warden. IA? mvch fisl detest being in debt, I would not hesitate to recommend a young man to run ,in debt moderately "for a farm, if he loves the occupation, and who has a wife who does not mind living on a farm; for I think with these requi sites, if he be cautious and frugal for a lew years, he will be better off and take more comfort on a farm than in a city. JBoston Cultivator. THE State of New York alone has now nearly 1,000 cheese manufactories, which use the milk of more than 250,000 cows making therefrom 80,000,000 pounds of oheese, which is 1,000 pounds for every three cows. The cheese production of the whole United States is over 250,000 - 000 pounds, of which 96,600,000 are ex­ ported. England scarcely exports 25,- 000,000, while little Holland, which used to be the principal cheese producing country of the world, exports at present 60,000,000 pounds. THREE noted bulls died in Kentucky goring the very hot weather in July, as follows: The seventeenth Duke of Air­ drie, 6629, owned by Simms & McClin- toch, Williamsburg, died on the 19th of July. He was bred by R. A. Alexander, of Kentucky. His sire was Royal Ox­ ford, darn fourth Duchess of Airdrie. This fine bull was for several years at the head of the herd of George Murray, Esq., of Racine. In December last he was sold at J. B. Taylor's sale, at Toron­ to, for 84,500. Louan's tenth Duke, owned by Gen. L. Desha, of Cynthiana, died also on the 19th. He was 4 years old; was sired by the fourteenth Duke of Airdrie, dam Louan tenth. The last of the three was the Duke of Bloomfield, 11689, owned by C. M. Clay, Jr. --a fine bipdlsired by Duke of Geneva, dam Lady About the House. JET,IA MOULDS should be washed with the white of eggs to insure a clear im­ pression. A FPXLE PUDDING. --Eight apples grated; the same quantity of stale bread; three e88si one and a half pints of milk; sugar and flavoring to taste. Bake one hour in a alow ovpo. To be eaten with cream. SPICED CURRANTS.--Three pounds of sugar to seven pounds of currants, one teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, all- ILLTNOIS. spice and cloves, a pinch of red pepper if liked. Boil a half hour. Very nice to eat with meat. POTATO SOUP.--Boil eight potatoes and one good-sized onion until tender ; strain through a seive ; add one quart of milk, salt and pepper to taste, and nearly one teacup of butter ; put all in a sauce­ pan and let it come to a boil. Serve hot. MUSTY COFFEE AND TEA-POTS.--The J>esfcway to clean the inside of tea-pots, •coffee-pots, or old iron pots and pans, is to fill them with water in which a few ounces of washing soda are dissolved, and set them on the fire. Let the water boil till the inside of the vessel looks clean. To HATE a good light the wicks of kerosene lamps should be changed fre­ quently. They may be washed, if not too short, or replaced by new ones. The unsatisfactory light sometimes af­ forded by kerosene lamps is often caused by the pores of the wick being filled re'uBe matter, which obstructs the free passage of the oil. CAUXJOTIOWER PICKXJE.--Select the clos­ est and whitest flowers ; put them in Punches, spread them on earthen dishes, Sprinkle salt on them ; in three days put them in earthen jars, pour scalding salt water upon them ; let them stand six or eight hours, drain them carefully, then put them in glass cans, cover with vine­ gar, and seal up tightly. Elder flowers and buds add a very high flavor to pickles and horseradish. Either the leaves or the root will keep pickles from molding PRESERVING TOMATOES.--In order to preserve tomatoes through the year, it is not necessary to resort to the expense of canning them. If stewed in the ordinary manner, but without butter or crackers, only a little salt and sugar, they can be put into jugs--two-quart or gallon, ac­ cording to the size of the family--and if corked up tightly, will keep for a year. To make assurance doubly sure, sofho melted wa* may be poured around the corks. Tomatoes may also be dried easily. Skinned and prepared with a little sugar they make a good substitute for figs, and are sold under the name of tomato figs. Capturing Ostriches. The greatest feat of an Arab hunter is to capture an ostrich. Being shy and cautious, and living on the sandy plains, where there is little chance to take it by surprise, it can only bo captured by a well-planned and long-continued pur­ suit on the swiftest horse. The ostrich has two curious habits in running when alarmed. It ajways starts with out­ spread wings against the wind, so that it can scent the approach of an enemy. Its sense of smell is so keen that it can de­ tect a person at a great distance long be­ fore he can be seen. The other curious habit is that of running in a circle. Usually five or six ostriches are found in company. When discovered, part of the hunters, mounted on fleet horses, will pursue the birds, while the other hunters will gallop away at right angles to the course the ostriches have taken. When these hunters think they have gone far enough to cross the path the birds will be likely to take, they watch upon some rise of ground for their approach. If the hunters hit the right place and see the ostriches, they at once start in pur­ suit with fresh horses, and sometimes they overtake one or two of the birds, but often two or three of the fleet horses fall, completely tired out with so sharp a chase. American Silk Manufacture. The manufacture of silk is becoming an important industry in this country, and contrary to the general experience in manufactures, it increased in amount and value during the year 1875. Last year, the value of this manufacture rose to over $27,000,000, beiug above that of 1874 by over $7,000,000. New Jersey produces nearly $11,000,000 worth of silks and silk goods of various descriptions, leading the business in the United States. New York follows with a product of nearly $6,000,000, and Coimeciicut with a pro­ duct of over $5,000,000. There are estab­ lishments in fifteen of the States, Kansas, even, having made a commence­ ment in this enterprise. It is observa­ ble that broad goods and ribbons figure only at a valuation of $6,000,000, the remaining product being spun wilW, twists, laces, braids and trimmings. In dress silks the increase in 1875 over the previous year was over $12,000. In 1870 our manufactures of silk were less than one-quarter of the amount of for­ eign productions imported into country, while in 1875 we produced silks amounting in value to over $2,775,- 000 more than the aggregate value of importations.--Providence Journal. VAHDERBILT. , Tories of the Dying Millionaire. „ ? [From the New York Times.] $ It is conceded by all his physicians that the ability to withstand the shocks of disease evinced by Commodore Van- derbilt is due to his strong constitution and magnificent physique, aided by his abstemious habits and love of exercise in the open air. As an instance of how active he was in his 58th year, it is re lated that in 1852 he was on board the steamer Prometheus, of the Nicaragua Line, as she was being moored to her ' berth at pier No. 4, North river. A single hawser had been run from the ship to the pier, but owing to the strong current the vessel could not be moored. The Commodore became impatient at the delay, and throwing his cane on the dock, swung himself, hand over hand, on the hawser from the ship to the pier. Then picking up his cane he said: " I was not going to stay there all day," and walked slowly up the dock. Many stories showing his strong pre­ judices and peculiarities in those days, in regard to his business, are tolu of him. On one occasion, in 1852, a Mr. Loper, of Philadelphia, who had built a number of propellers, and who was strongly in favor of that class of vessels, called op the Commodore to try to in­ duce him to use propellers instead of side-wheel steamers on the Nicaragua Line. He exhibited a model to the Com­ modore, and predicted that in ten years from that time not a single side-wheel steamer would be built, as the propellers were superior to them, both in speed and economy. After hearing all that Mr. Loper had to say, the Commodore said : " All you Say, Loper. may be true, but I'll tell you wbat I'll do. You build a propeller, and I'll build one of my walking-beam ships, and I'll run you a race from New York to Liverpool,' ship for ship." Mr. Loper did not accept the wager, and the Commodore never built a propeller. One of his peculiarities is that he signs his name thus, "Van Derbiit," pronouncing it 41 Wanderbilt," as if written _ with a W, the old Dutoh pro­ nunciation of the name. Many years ago, when Wm. H. Yanderbilt was a boy, the old gentleman made arrange­ ments to send him to a boarding school in Bedford, Worcester county. It being necessary to procure a trunk for the boy, the father and son, who then lived in Madison street, went to the Bowery to purchase one. After they had selected a trunk William suggested that it would be well to have it marked with his in­ itials. The Commodore acquiesced, and turned to the storekeeper and said, " Pnt • W. We' on the ends," meaning W. Y. " W. We?" said the storekeeper, inquiringly. "Yes," said the Commo­ dore, "W. We." The man still not seeming to understand, the old gentle­ man said, " it, Bill, you tell him." William then explained what his father meant, and "W. V." was put on the ends of the trunk in bright brass-headed tacks, as was the custom in those days. The title of Commodore was given him in the year 1834 by David Hey- wood, who was at that time Captain of the steamboat Champion, running be­ tween New York and Albany. The Commodore owned her as well as the steamboat Nimrod, with wU\ch he was running a day line to Albany in opposi­ tion to other lines. Changes in the Earth's Sarface. It has been proved that the whole Pa­ cific coast, especially California, with all its mountains, is perpetually rising, and that at a comparatively rapid rate. The land containing in its bosbm our great American lakes is slowly sinking; while Southern Indiana, Kentucky and the surrounding States are rising. Geo­ logical investigations prove that our great lakes, except Ontario, had former­ ly a southern outlet; until, by gradual northern depressions and southern 'up­ heavals, a northern outlet was formed from Lake Erie into Ontario, about 40,- 000 years ago. This outlet, the Niagra river, is still wearing its channel. The division line of the water-shed, south of the lakes and the Mississippi valley, has since that time been steadily traveling southward; and when Chicago recently turned the water of Lake Michigan through the Chicago river, into the Mississippi val­ ley, the old state of affair? was artificially re-estaolished. New Jersey is sinking, with New York city and Long Island, at the estimated rate of about sixteen inches per century. The coast of Texas is ascending at a comparatively very rapid rate, some ob­ servers stating that it is as much as thirty or forty inches in the last half •entury. Combining thes^observations with the results of the recent deep soundings of the United TYI OV TUANOVAM How Much is a Horse Power? The New York Herald thus describes ahorse power: "This question is fre­ quently asked: What is understood by a horse power, and why came that way of reckoning to be adopted and brought into general use ? Before the power of steam was generally known and applied to mechanical purposes, horses were used to raise coal and other heavy bodies. Mr. Moots, in-his experiments, carefully compared the relative power of the dif­ ferent breeds of horses, and found its average equal to raising 33,000 pounds one foot per minute, or what is equiva­ lent, to raise 330 pounds 100 feet, or 100 pounds 330 feet during that space of time, when attaclud to si level or sweep of'a given length. This afterward be­ came the standard of measuring power or fojee applied to mechanical purposes, and which is still retained in common use. Curious Burial. The recent cremation in South Caro­ lina causes a correspondent to write to the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer: " Many years ago, Wm, Mitchell, a bachelor, and planter on the Cooper river, near Charleston, and who, by the way, was a kinsman of mine, had a cast-iron coffin made, and when he ciied his will be­ queathed his overseer $500, provided he had his remains put into this iron case and reduced to ashes on a pyre of twen­ ty cerds of wood. The key was then to be dropped inside through a hole made for the purpose, and the case and its contents thrown into the Cooper river. The entire programme was faithfully carried out by the overseer." the United States steamer Tuscarora in the Pacific ocean, we find that the bed is evidently a sunken continent, abound­ ing in volcanic mountains some 12,000 feet high, many of them not reaching the surface of the ocean, and others which do so, forming the numberless islands of the Pacific. The study of coral rocks proves that the sinking has continually been taking place during several centuries, and observations of the coast will undoubtedly reveal the fact that it has not ceased. * * The most eminent German geologists and ethnologists now maintain that the locality of man's primitive origin, the so-called Paradise, was in the Pacific ocean south of Asia, westward to Africa, and eastward to Australia. When the great Pacific continent slowly sank, so that the ocean commenced filling up the valleys, man retreated to the mountains, which by continued sinking were trans­ formed into islands, and now form the many groups of Polynesia. The insu­ larity of the thus-preserved races was not productive of civilization, which re­ quires conflict, in which the superiors in the end gain the victory over inferiors. In those islands the inferior races were preserved for want of this conflict, hence their savage condition even at the present day; while, primitively, the greatest advance took place at the spot of tne most intense conflict, the conti­ nent of Southern A nig. Turkey in Enrope. Dr. Yakshicii, of Belgrade--said to be an authority on. the subject--estimates the population of Turkey in Europe, ex­ clusive of the Principalities, at 8,000,- 000, of whom 3,000,000 are Slavs. In addition to these, there are 1,500,000 Servians and Montenegrins, ranking 4,- *** a toted population of 9,500,000. The number of Mohamme- oZl68^ by Dr- Yakshich at 3.380,000. They are fewer than the Christians, yet have the advantage of holding the reins of power. Great «uns and Iron Armor. The London Standard says: "The trial of the Armstrong gun of 100 tons, when it gets out to Italy, will be awaited with much interest. The test applied to the hydraulic machinery of the gun will also be practically valuable. Lst us con- aider what is involved in the working of four 100-ton guns on board ship. In actual combat these guns may have to be fired simultaneously over the Rid*.. Aithougn placed in turrets, and there­ fore occupying a central line, there will be a great shifting of weight when these guns recoil. Supposing the vessel to be rolling from the action of the waves in the direction of the recoil, it is possible S* /An'l ^ eous shifting of more than 400 tons from one side of the keei to the other may have an awkward effect r "f a fate for a big shin to knock herself over by the recoil of her own guns. The Italians seek to get nd of this risk by making the recoil ex­ ceedingly shoit. The hydraulic ma- chmery invented^ for this purpose by *' , ideI cannot fail to be well worthy of his fame, but the mechanical arrangements must be exceedingly strong and well contrived to bear the enormous strain they will have to en­ dure. The gun recoils with the same force that the shot advances, and when we remember that the nighty-one-ton gun has put forth an enersrv of moro than _ 26,000 foot tons, we may guess at the immense force which will have to be controlled in the case of the larcror gun. ° Maj. Andre. A recent writer has furnished some particulars with regard to the parentage of the ill-fated Maj. John Andre, which Me^ not generally known. His father, Anthony Andre, a merchant in London, was a native of Geneva, and the grand­ son of John Andre, of Nismes. He was naturalized by an act of Parliament in ^ at Hackney, April 14, , ™en John was a youth of 18. The _ wife of Anthony Andre was Mary Louise, daughter of Paul Girardat, of The two sons and three daugh­ ters born of the marriage all died single. The remains of Maj. John Andre, who was hung Oct. 2, 1780, were conveyed to England, by command of the Duke of York, in 1821, and a monument to his memory was erected in Westminster Abbey. His younger Brother, William, was created a baronet In 1781, in recog­ nition of Maj. Andre's services; but the title became extinct with the death of the Baronet in 1802. The mother of Maj. Andre survived both her sons, and died at Bath in 1813, at the age of 91. Bread. Bread contains 80 nutritious parts in 100 ; meal, 34 in 100 ; French beans, 92 in 100 ; common beans, 89 in 100 ; peas, 93 in 100 ; lentils, 94 in 100 ; cabbages and turnips, the most aqueous of all the vegetables compared, produces only 8 lbs. of ^ solid matter in 100 lbs.; carrots axkl: spinach produce 14 lbs. in the same qmfeiity; whilst 100 lbs. of potatoes con­ tain 25 lbs. of dry substance. From a general estimate it results that 1 lb. of good bread is equal to 2* to 3 lbs. of potatoes ; that 75 lbs. of bread and 30 lbs. of meat may be substituted for 300 *bs. of potatoes. The other substances bear the following proportions : 4 parts of cabbage to 1 of potatoes ; 3 parts of turnips to 1 of potatoes ; 2 parts of car­ rots and spinach to 1 of potatoes ; and about 31 parts of potatoes to 1 of rice, lentils, beans, French beans, and dty peas. Heroine. It was a simple thing for a woman to woman to run up three flights of stairs for the purpose of warning a company of workers there that the building in which they were was in flames; but the woman who did this in the Globe mill, in Philadelphia, did it with the full knowledge of the fact that she thereby risked her own life, and the humble act of hr.r^an kindness was as truly heroic as any deed recorded in the history of valor ever was. She was a poor work­ ing woman, without social recognition, without education probably, without re­ finement or beauty, or any of the things that are commonly supposed to consti­ tute loveliness in woman; but in volun­ teering to die for the sake of other per­ sons she has proved hei; nobility of soul and vindicated her right to recognition as an heroic spirit. Sitting Bull the Greatest. Gen. Jas. S. Brisbin, now with Terry as Major of the Second cavalry, has been interviewed on the Indian question. In answer to the question, " Are there any noble Indians, such as we read about in the books ?" the General an­ swered; "Yes, plenty of them, and greater chiefs now living on the plains than ever were Powhattan, Logan, Bed Jacket, or Tecumseh. Sitting Ball, as a warrior, is a greater Indian than has ever appeared in America. The late campaigns on the Yellowstone show that he is equal to the best generals in man­ aging battles. A few years ago he was a blanket Indian, without influence or Utile! by j>j« he hps raised himself to the head of the most powerful Indian tribe on the plains, and is the acknowledged leader of all the hostilities. Red Cloud will com­ pare favorably with any chief that has ever lived, and Spotted Tail is not far behind him in -ability. I remember Washakie, Chief of the Shoshones, who, if he had been born white instead of red, would have been a leader of the people in any State--a Governor or a Senator. In personal appearance this Ohief strongly resembles the Father of his Country, as painted by Peale--tall, straight, white-haired and dignified--he is the personification of a noble red man. I have had him to dine at my house, and never entertained a more agreeable old man. He will not eat till he has washed, dressed his hair, and pared his nails. He is polite to ladies, and children are his delight, going to him instinctively as to a friend. It is almost impossible to disturb his repose, while his placid replies in council would do credit to the most ^ dignified Senator. He has great abilities, and treats every question pre­ sented to him with such comprehensive knowledge as to astonish white men. He is brave as Julius Caesar, and in every sense a savage statesman, orator, warrior." American vs. Russian Wheat. A Liverpool newspaper says : " It is ratiicr startling, and* to Russia must be not a little alarming, to see how rapidly American wheat is superseding Russian in Englaud. Ten years ago Russia exported nearh half the bread imported into En gland, and America only an eighth ; now America furnishes half,"and Russia only one-fifth. The difference is likely to be greater as years go on, for a vigorous at­ tempt is to be made to improve the navi­ gation of the Mississippi. This, if ac­ complished, will transfer to that river a large part of the transport now done by rail, and we shall then see wheat im­ ported here at considerable less cost." Imitatios; Bergb. A few days ago a man drove his horse to the Winslow House, half way up Kearsarge mountain, and tying him un­ der the stable went to the top of the mountain. The horse stood there all day with nothing to eat. The man eame down at uight and was about starting off when the landlord put in an appearance and demanded 50 cents. •• What for ?" said the man. "For cruelty to ani­ mals," replied the landlord, "in leav­ ing your horse all day under mv stable with nothing to eat. If you had* done it in Massachusetts they would have fined you $30." The man paid his half dollar and drove down the mountain. ¥ THE Richmond Dispatch, speaking of the proposed change in English spelling, remarks that in Virginia the word " horse" would have no " r," and toma­ toes would be spelled "tomay- toz." In Maryland horse would be spelled "kritur," " tomaytoz" "toma- tozes." In a hundred years there would be no two States of the Union which could understand each other's written language. The Bashi Bazouks. The Turkish army is divided, like that of Russia, into regular and irregu­ lar troops. The former, called Nizams and Radifs, correspond with the stand­ ing armies and reserves of most coun­ tries in Europe. The latter are a wild herd of barbarians, fortunately unknown to the civilized countries, except Russia ancf^Turkey. What the Cossacks are, and what the Bashkips used to be, in Russia, the Bashi Bazouks are in Tur­ key--irregular volunteers, said to num­ ber about 80,000, hailing mostly from the warlike tribes of the Ottoman Em­ pire in tlie interior of Asia. The name of these Bashi Bazouks is quite signifi­ cant, meaning giddy-heads or mad-caps. During the Eastern war, twenty years ago, they proved perfectly worthless. Neither the Turks, nor the French Gen­ eral Yussuf, specially called from Africa, nor the British General Beatson suc­ ceeded in teaching them anything like order or discipline. Repeatedly it be­ came necessary to disarm them, and finally to send them back to their native haunts. In the present conflict the Ottoman Government uses these sav­ ages as a scourge upon the Christians, especially in Bulgaria, and with such efficiency that many thousands of the latter have been slaughtered, their vil­ lages burnt and their churches dese­ crated. Nothing has more justly pro­ voked the indignation of Europe ftmn the use to which these Asiatic hordes have been put by their masters. Lost in the Tyrol. 0 William Whittaker Barry, a London lawyer who was an enthusiastic pedes­ trian, and had written several books about his remarkable tours afoot, was last fall lost in the mountains of the Ty­ rol. He registered at a hotel at Krimme, and said that he was going to walk over the apex of the mountain, 9,000 feet high, to Kasern, on the other side. The path which he took is only used in sum­ mer, and at that time the weather was cold -and snow was falling. He wore thin clothing, and, under all the circum­ stances, the exploit was foolhardy in tho extreme. On the way up the mountain he met a sLepherd who was going down, and who tried to dissuade him from going any further; but, although dark­ ness was gathering, a snow storm was commencing, and at least live, hours of fast walking would bo required t© take him to his destination, he persisted in his attempt. He was never seen after that nor has his body been found, al­ though extensively searched for. Strange Case of Hydrophobia. An extraordinary case of hydrophobia occurred in Augusta, Me., last week. A gentleman from Portand, while smoking with a friend in the front yard of his boarding house, remarked that a fit was coming on, as he felt the symptoms. He was soon rolling on the ground, frothing at the mouth and barking like a dog. Five persons attempted to hold him, but were unable to do so during his most severe convulsions. The poor fellow was in this condition twenty-foui hours, and did not appear to be greatly exhausted when he came to himself. He remarked that the reaction alwavs came two or three days after the attacK. He said that twelve years ago he was bitten by a dog, and ever since has had an attack like this once a year. Last year he was attacked in June. Getting Down. Mr. Dorkins hurried into the house, and exclaimed, "I have got another, my dear--a good one. If you were on the top of a church spire on the back of a goose, how would you get down ?" Mrs. Dorkins thought she'd jump down, slide down the lightning-rod, fly down on the goose, fall down, and then gave it up. "Why, if you wanted to get down, yon could pick it off the goose," said Mr. Dorkins, exultingly. A MAINE paper says : " They ought to have a new degree at Celby university, conferring the title of Independent Pro­ fessor of Gluttony, which might proper­ ly be abbreviated into P. I. G. Last week a student went into Murray's sa­ loon at the Waterville depot, and offered to eat ten ice creams in succession, on a wager. His offer was accepted by tiis fellow-students, and the creams fur­ nished, which he made way with in a few minutes. It is consoling to read that a short time afterward he was taken in great distress*, and a doctor sent for, who brought him all right after a while. The same student offered to eat ten minnn pies in twenty minutes, but the offer was not accepted. All Sorts. A BABY in Trov sucked the colorii, from a green veil, and Was poisoned t death. THE Buffalo Common Councfl hi* prohibited. cannon firing at political meetings. JUST before dying in Arkansas, Join Newman confessed the commission of'.flk murder, and said: " I am bound fat hell. ' A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of Wate£ town, Wis., has been arrested for grant* mg decrees of divoroe and pocketing tab fees therefor. ^ v MKfLP^TKR??u?*' of Waterford, If* was Oixccted the other day on , a charge of bigamy. She acknowlege d having three husbands living. . • CHINAMEN, oonvicted of robbery m Sacramento, offered to provide substf* tutes to endure the imprisonment, aa la the custom in their own country. A CAMBRIDGE, Mass., girl kept tha company waiting for the wedding till she made tho giroom sign a written agreement to take her to the Centennial. THIS White House at Washington, D. C., was commenced in October, 1792. James Hoban was the architect. The building is modeled after the palace of the Drke of Leinster. THERE is so much drowning and So on, this year, that the Boston pftpei* contain advertisements of professional divers, ready to reoover and return tfcie bodies of drowned persons. ho! NOW a soft, white curtain comM apart, And down a path of violet and roae, A path that with a sweet istenseaaes growl Swiftly most fair and meet For her snu-sandalled feet, The DA^^COIUES, gladdening the world'* waiting MR. WIIITITAIF BEACH LAWRENCE T»-- written an article twenty-nine colums long in the Albany Law Journal to show that the American view of the extra* dition question is erroneous. A PITTSBURGH editor solemnly avera that " the hind legs of rats are as tender as those of frogs and chickens." Never haying tasted either the hind legs of chickens or rats, we have to his word for it. IT was a tourist on Lake Ghfttnplata who, on overhearing a Britisher ridicul­ ing the exploits of Ethan Allen, instan% protested against any remarks Ticon- derogatory to the character of that patriot chieftain. PRESIDENT PORTER, of Yale college says that billiard tables should be pro- ^ vided for the students, whereupon the Presbyterian exclaims: " Shades of the Puritan founders! Billiard tables fear Yale college! Men of God, think of it I" MORTIMER BENEDICT has been steadily employed as driver on the road from Troy to Lansingburg, N.Y., for twenty, six years--eleven years on the stages fifteen on the horse cars. His trips in that time will aggregate 651,525 miles. AT one of the great, hotels of Clucaolo the' waiters politely hand each guest a- morning paper after he has given his order for breakfast. This keeps abottk sixty papers moving around for three hours or so, and pays in popularity mora than it costs. THE attempts to create anything lilyo a religious war in Turkey seem to have failed completely, Sir H. Elliot, the British Ambassador, reporting that im­ mense numbers of Christians have volun­ teered into the Turkish army, both at Constantinople and in the provinces. "THE Empress Eugenie," says a oof- respondent, " has broken sadly in the last year or two, and retains scarcely a trace of her former beauty. She nsa grown very stout, dyes her hair, and covers her face with powder, while the slight lameness which she used to coa- real so skillfully has become very app%- cent in her gait." .. IMPORTANT erratum in an Eastern pa­ per: " For ' We are in favor of poison­ ing off President Grant on the expira­ tion of his term,' which appeared in an editorial article in our yesterday's edi­ tion, read 'We are in favor of pension­ ing off," " etc. REASONING from the idiosyncrasies of of tho average white TORH, perhaps if we were to lend Mr. Ball $2 and pr-sout each erf his followers with 50 cents in pa­ per currency, we should never gasa upon any of their ugly countenances again.--Inter-Ocean. f A PET dog of good use, belonging to a wealthy gentleman in New York, was buried in his master's lot in Greenwood cemetery last week by an undertaker. A burial permit had to be obtained at headquarters, and the usual price for opening a grave was paid. A RESIDENT of Auburn, N. Y., has a hedge of deadly nightshade about bis garden. The potato bugs, on their travels toward his potato patch, a few nights since, slopped on the hedge to lunch. They ate freely of the poisonous nightshade, and immediately turned up their toes. ; A CHICOFEE man had a oat which he cared no longer to possess. He took the animal into the garden, struck it nnm times on the head with a hammer, and as it still moved, he boxed its ears with a spade, and then buried it. Next morn­ ing that cat walked serenely in to break­ fast, willing to forget the past. AROHBISHOB LANCT, who for more than a score of years has labored spirit­ ually among the New Mexicans, has. in a beautiful valley at Banta Fe, a six-acre orchard inclosed with high walls and containing a trout brook flowing at the base of a Swiss chatelet. There are 115 varieties of fruit in Ms orchard. Striking a Clock. George III. was extremely punctual and expected punctuality from every one. Lord was the most punctual man who attended on His Majesty. He had an appointment one day with the King at Windsor at 12 o'clock. On passing through the hall the clock struck 12, on which His Lordship, in his rage at being half a minute too late, raised his cane and broke the glass of the clock. The King reminded him that he was a little beyond his time, which he excused as well as he could. At the next au­ dience, the King, as he entered the room, exclaimed, " H , how came you to strike the clock f" " The clock struck first, Your Majesty." The King laughed heartily at the grave manner in which Lord H justified himself, the mock solemnity of the answer adding zest to the bon mot.