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Dr. M. an comes to the corn clnsiuri that a mixed cliine, with relative. ly mild Winter and warm, sunny' Sum- mers, is the best suited for the vegetation, l the it mpeiate zone. Since the inauguration of chap leis" .‘ graphy in France, the number of tele- grams sent in that country has incmaed l enormously. Lest telegrams for every 100 of the popular? tiori. ) The tonnage of the effective armored; “ ’ fleets of the leading naval powers of Eu- 5 rope is as follows 2 England, 320,520l tons ; France, 201,780 ; Germany. 74,007; Austria, 615.1") ; Russia, 83,621, and Italy, 50,0:55. The International Geological Congress, it is announced by Prof. John Mclxenny Hughes, of Cambridge, England, is postâ€" poned in September. 1885, in consequ? en:e - f the outbreak of cholera in the South of Europe. : .‘ilr. T-ynam, of \Virichester, England, asserts that a single grain of wheat has pr. IlULcU 3'.) ~ ms containing in all 2,800 grams. snl that three of the largest of tin: can had rupectchly UH, 103, and 101 grains M. Lawroif says, in the Bulletin of the; Paris Chemical Society, that in the ac- tion of metallic giucinum upon mercury: dimcthyl, We obtain a white, crystalline, l volatile substance, which ignites on com: ram with water. Consul E. L. Layard. writing from! Noumea, does not con-ider a circular rainbow seen from a hilltop an ususualI phenomenon. It depends, of course, on the prisituinn of the observer as regards the sun and his “Co‘in of vantage," namely, having a space below him. In such a situation he has seen one several times in his life. An international exhibition of inven- tions and of musical iiistruuiriifs is to be «ponedin May, 1885, in the bui'diiigs now standing In the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kenning- ton, London. It isnot proposed to al- low space for manufactured goods unac- companied by any illustrations of the process of manufacture. Ulwwshi has employed air as a means for cooling purposes. He has obtained 6 c. c. in a liquid state and submitted it to evaporation at the pressure of one at- mosphere, or even in a vacuum. In the latter case he has obtained a tempera- turesolow as ~205" centigrade. The temperature of nitrogen evaporating in a vacuum he supposes to hesâ€"213°. Wood may acquire an oak, walnut, or cherry tree color by staining it with ordi- nary tincture of iodine diluted with spirit until the exact shade is obtained. White shellac must be added to the iodine solu- tion if the stain is to be made permanent, or the wood after the stain isapplied may be laid on with a rag or a brush. Honigmann's locomotive is to be in- troduced iii the St. Gothard Tunnel. It can be charged from a stationary boiler with steam and,hot water sutlicient to make the twenty minutes’ j=iumsy through'tho tunnel without requiiing any fire. It therefore does not vitiate the atmosphere with smoke. The exhaust steam is taken up by an alkaline solution in a special chamber. Manganese steel is very dense, tough, and hard. it does not rtquire to be forced or rolled to impart strength to it like most steel. It does not tarnish readily. A magnet does not attract it. \Vhen brought to a white heat and plung- ed in water it turns soft and not hard. Its castings have very few flaws. It is made by pouring from 10 to 12 per cent. of rich ferro-iiiangancse into molten steel and mixing the two together before the alloy is run off into ingots. A scientific journal reports that a corn- position of sand, cork, and lime molded into blocks is now on trial in Germany for building light partitions. It is said to have the advantage of excluding sounds better than ordinary brick work, while being light and a good non~conduczor. llut a composition of hard-wood sawdust applied on larh like cmiiiiion plaster is cheaper than the German method of con- structing partitions, is lilllcli lighter, and has other desirable qualities. At one of the August incotirgs (if the Acndi my of Sciiiicts, Paris, M. E. de Jonxuioics made some remark on the volcanic debris collected on the i-ast coast of the island of Miiyotie, at tho north- west uni of Madagascar. 'llnsu frug- mcnss, which woiu cast ashoiu in mi.- sidcrablc quantities on May 16, 1851, consisted of pumice, probably from Kru- kntoa. They appear to have traversal a distant-uni 13,840 nautical "Iii!!! in 250 days, at it mean velocity of 1-1 8 iiilius a. day. A report submitted by Mr. Milne lioinu to the. Royal Society, Edinburgh, states that at. a period geologically iicent iii the earth's history an arctic climate prevailed in and satin effect of this [lit-lo occurred local gl.it.icl’s in Scotland, leaving some of thcir traces still visible. Siilsequcntly Scotland was entirely submerged beneath tlin sea, and most of tho Valleys were filled vwh sand, gravel, and mud. A northwesturly current prevailed, carrying masses of floating icu With boulduis which wuro tlvlmslio‘l on tho hills. -.»«‘--« -~ â€" v â€"- â€"-â€"â€"~ '1' he Cork Duck. A plvamiiit trick to look at was the one which followed. lic took a cocoanut shell with nun cin‘l cut off, and filled it with water. In the water he placed a little piece of cork, having a bent pin on one side, aul two straigut pins on the other side, so that the cork as it floated roughly resembled a lilliputian duck. 'l‘ho cork lay dead in the water, and it was difficult to think what magic could possibly be got out. of it. Presently the jug;'icr, siiting about two yards off, took out a llillslc.“ instrumth and began to play a lively tunc. instantly the imitation duck Cour uieiiccd to drum \‘1Il0lllly in :hu wa'or, . suiting its iiiotinis to tho inunc. 'l‘lin dancing continued Ltd the tune was end ed: thou the jugglcr ordered the duck to saluin, and to was at once obeyed. lic even rt-qutsit-ti the buoyant ci-ri to dive to the b rlh‘ili of the water. and his rc» quest was immediately ctuiiplicd with. While tho performance was g ‘lt-g on the cousmut nllt‘il was standing slniost at our feet, and the ,mriirnior was not only sit~ ting beyondresch, hutbuth hlalisliilnflvlci SCIESTIPIC GOSSIP. } year there were VOL. XII. AGRICULTURAL. Garden Notes. The mouth of Octob. r is the time for barn-sting roots, the fine dry days make, pleasant. work of it. if done in seasm. butj i if put (if fill the colder and wetter! weather of November, the men can not! accomplish nearly as much Work as they; can in the pleasant days of this month. , Beets are harvested first as they are more tunbtaininfomfion “to the likely to be damaged by frost than carrots, the rock may have been mined. it is evi- dent that it would pay pretty well to over haul that waste dump. By careful assortâ€" ing, no doubts. large amount of good ore might easily be obtainedâ€"[Virginia City (New) Enterprise. liaising of Stock. From the report of the select commit- tee appointed by the House of Commons agricultural interests of the country, we cull the fol- or turnips. which are taken me of later. l lowing remarks which appeal- in a com. Parsnips also if wanted for sale in winter. i munimtion made b Professor Wm. or very early in spring, must be harvests , Brown. The Professor 3335; 'ed in autumn, though if wanted for use] after the ground thaws, they usually keep 1 fruit, and if flesh be second to go,“- in} better in tho field undisturbed; the same is trUe of horseradish. The best way to keep all kinds of roots is in pits, but if put into a. cellar they should be piled not. ovor tWoor three feet, deep, and covered oVer with a little hay or straw to keep th .- air: from wilting them. The cellar for :oots is best kept quite cold, almost freezing, and in case the ro its begin to best, they must be overhauled at once to cool them off; tur- nips are more likely to heat than other roots, and should not be piled more than two feet deep, and even then will need. care to keep the!“ from heating. Beets and "languid: are pulled by hand and thiown in heaps and topped in the field; carrots aim part-nips are pulled quite easily after pl. ughing a deep furrow quite close to the off side of the row; horserad- ish needs to be ploughed on both sides of the row, throwmg the earth from the roots,aud then with a good team and a good ploughmsn the plough can be run directly under the roots, turning them completely out; it is severe Work for both horses and man. The horseradish tops should bJ cleaned oil' with hoes and rakes before plmiz‘iing out; this is best done quite late, about Nov. 10, for the roots keep growing later than others. All celery should now be banked up without delay, for there is no danger of rotting in the cool weather. That which is intended for lntu keeping should be banked last and only banked once, just enough to crowd the leaves together, so that it Will pack Well in the pit. Parsley and dandelion roots may be transplanted still for forcing in cold frames, though the work is better done in September. Lettuce plants should have a little best if transplanted this month, and those in cold beds will need cire to keep the frost out in cold, windy nights. Lettuce in greenhouses will usually need a little fire on cold nights before Novem- ber, but. in fine weather the glass will need abundant airing. October is a good time to gather in a good stock of forest leaves; they are tap- ital covering for keeping frost out of cab- bage beds, celery pits, and all sorts of pins in fact, and when plenty may be used for litterwith advantage. During all my experience I never re- member seeing so loiag continqu a glut of tomatoes; it is not uncommon to have them sell for a single day or two for less than the cost of picking and selling them, but this year the glut has held out. for nearly a month, at prices considerably less than the cost of gathering and cart- ing to market. Tliu pickling establish- ments have had everything their own way this year, and if they have not laid in a large stock they canonly blame themselves. These extremely low prices might perhaps be avoided in the future, if the gardeners had the good sense and spirit to combine in a trade union, as other trades do, and limit their production to the wants of the market. If the coal minors, for in- stance. were to Work all their machinery to its full capacity, they would produce nearly twice as much coal as is needed, and tho prics would be ruinously low; they combine and agree to limit produc- tion. The result isa healthy demand and a reasonable price. The glut is a natural result of the high prices of two and three years ago, when extensive droughts at the south limited the crop, making prices very profitable here, where the crop was fairly good. Farmers began to think that tho pickiu factories would always pay 75.- or $1 per bushel for good tomatoes, and this year the suiounti f land planted was pro- bably double the average. Late fiosts in W‘" M xmmcr“ Eurvlm' June and a wet season damaged thoplants and made the crop ripen later, but in September the yield was encrmous, and thousands of bushels have rotted in the fields forwant of market. The loss falls heavin on many farmers who have de- pended on this cm for a pretty sure source tf iiicomc.-â€" N. E. Farmer. A Gold and silver Street Our princile streets are receiving a top- dressiug of rock from the waste dumps to ut them in order for rho coming winter. 'ury frequently during the ' summer pieces of good ore have been picked out from amorg that dumped in. the roadway by the carts, but recently it was cvrdcnt that a new waste dump had been attack- ed, as there was an unusual preponder- ance of \vl'O in the material. It seemed, in fact, to be nearly all ore. Close exam- incitinl', llUWl vcr, showed thata Consider- ablu amount of what at the first glance scorned g sd nm was very bsso, yet with iliés base was mingled much rich black sulphurei uru. brain a lot of this dumped on C street, in lzwlit ui (Lid-Finlows' mall, we took two samples, which wi-re i rushed up together an-l assayed by .1. It. Ryan, at the Con- solidated Virginia assay office, with tho fnlmwiug results: Gold, $161.75; silver, 3168; total, $33.75. This is pretty good “waste rock" with which to bill In the streets! We induce a mid man if Siivcr city to examine the rm k that was being dumped from Lin “As a people, we live on flour, flesh and importance, it is now, at any rate in the older provinces, the back bone of flour. What can we do to make our farmers re- alize the difference between breedsâ€"be- tween pure bred: and gradesâ€"and that Canada all over is a splendid field for their most perfect and economical devel- opment? The subject has two aspects: The production of thoroughbreds for our- selves and the American market, and of grades partly for themselves and largely for the British market. I may be too warm on these to give what may be deem- ed an impartial opinion, for I have always contended that as Canadians we have not yet realized how much we can do as a country in these particulars. N 0 part of the American continent can compete with us in the healthy mainten- ance of cattle and sheep, and were our farmers alive at the present moment to what is going on in the United States as preparatory to an almost universal bonanza. in beef and mutton. they would surely wake upâ€"for I do not think we Want for enterpriseâ€"mace realized. I see no reason why Canada should not place and hold herself as the sole breeding ground for theUnitsd States. The Amer- icans themselves think so. They not up- on this belief and yet we do not seem to see it " A rtlflcial Maniires. The tendency of every countryas it in- creases inpopulstion should be toward closer and more economical tillage. In it very short time Ontario and Quebec far- mers will have to compete with those of the Northwr st, whose farms cost them next to nothing, and who till a soul of well nigh inexhaustible richness. If they would wish to hold their owniii this age if keen and vigorous competition, the Ontario farmers must make the most of their resources. Their land is, much of it, partially worn out, but on_ the other hand labor is cheaper in Ontario than in the North-west, and though her soil may not be particularly fertile in its present state, the country abounds in fertilizers that can be readily made available. It. is a well known facttliat mineral phosphates abound in various portions of Ontario and Quebec, notably inthn counties of Fron- tenac and Lanark and iii the Ottawa Val- ley. This phOsphate has in times past been shipped in large quantities out of the country, but it is to be hoped that the time for this sort of thim;r will soon be at an end. Canada. cannot afford to ship her phosphates to England, and the sooner she finds this out the better. The im- uiense accumulations of offal and refuse about the great cities ought to be utilized in the production of fertilizers, and these with the mineral phosphates should be sufficient to enrich, for generations to come, all the Worn out land in the older provinces. At present the phosphate is exported and the offal is wasted, but sooner or later all this must be changed. â€"â€"[Cansdian Breeder. A Startling l'ofufoe Yield The editor of the Rural New Yorker re- ports s yield of potatoes upon its experi- ment grounds of 1391§ bushels per acre. They were dug Aug. 27, weighed, and the yield per acre figured out by disinterested parties. We are not informed as to the size of the field, nor much about the method of culture. This is at the rate of 8 bushels and 41 pounds per square rod. With rows two and three-fourths feet apart (33 inches), there would be six rows to the rod. The above yield would give five peeks and nearly seven pounds to each row one rod long. With the hills sixteen and a half inches apart, there would be twelve hills to the row, and al- most soven pounds per hill, or a small fraction less than a half peck. There is plenty of room on an acre of land to bury 1300 bushels of potatoes, but not many farmers have yet learned how to coax that quantity to grow upon so small an area. It is worth somethingbo know that it can be done. Four hundred and eighty-eight bushels was our largest yield of this crop, estimated from the product of one square rod. “'8 are anxious to try again and intend to do so.-â€"-[N. E. Farmer. “ud->u The Adillslments of Life Some humor' us philosopher avers that there is a way to have all one wants by simply wanting all one has. One thinks of ir now and then in this world where “so easily things go wrong," and where circumstances are so transitory as a kal- eidscope. It is possibly one of the secrets of happy living to attain that cquipose that will not be deflected by the changes of events or the change of mind and mood of other people. Yet this carried out to its fullest results would imply an indif- ference that is merely insensibilify, and what one gained in not feeling pain he would lose in not feeling pleasure. Rather than indifi'ereuoo one might praise the gods fora power of facile judgment to the inevitab o ; the power of making I followed by a Worse sequel. Queenly Beauties Queen Victoria was very pretty in her youth. She had alovely bloom, s. brow white and smooth as polished iv. iy, a ' very preth mouth, the short upper lip re- , vealing a set of very fine teeth, and a pro- 3 r fusion of light brown hair. Her arms and 3 shoulders might have served as models l for a sculptor. Every body knows that l the royal beauty at present of the English icourt is the Princess of Wales, and photo. 3 I graphs and portraits l. ave been multiplied i to give some idea to ti“ out side world of lher flower like and gracious loveliness. i iQueen Victoria, when she was first mar- V ried, used to call her affectionately “My lily." But those who have never seen 7 her can have but a faint idea of her pccu- l liar and winning charms. which reside no 3 less in the exquisite and simple grace of her manner and the sweetness of her ex- pression than in the delicate outline of her features and shoulders, or in the lus- tre of her soft blue eyes. Probably the most famous royal beauty of our epoch was the Empress Eugenie. Like the Princess of \Vales, her great charm in her youth lay in the melancholy sweetness of her expression, and in the refined grace of her manners. Her com- plexion was lovely, her eyes of a. true and transparent azure, and her hair was of a golden chestnut hue that was simply in- describably beautiful. The delicate out- lines of her features, and the exquisite poise of her head on her long slender neck and shapely shoulders, have been immortalized on canvas and in marble. When she was first married she used to dress with great elegance and simplicity, her favorite color being delicate lilac. She was so beautiful in those early days that she called forth the chivalrous devo tion of every American gentleman in Paris. But she received very little pub- lic homage, even in those days. The Empsess of Austria twenty years agol Ah! how lovely she was, the young and quesnly Elizabeth, then in the full pride of her beauty that had won her a piace upon the imperial throne of Austria! She was elegantly attired in white mus- lin, trimmed with valenciennes lace and set 00‘ with a sash of violet silk, embroid- ered with steel. From beneath her small turban hat showed coil upon coil of dark silken braids. The empress is even yet one of the most beautiful princesses of Europe, and certainly she is the queenli- est. She looks the empress, every inch of her. The Empress of Russia, like her sister, the Princezs of \Vsles, is a very lovely woman, pcti e in form, with large, soft brown eyes, and a singularly sweet expres- sion. The third sister, the Piincess Thyra, now the Duchess of Cumberland, is on the contrary, very plain. The daughters of the Princess of Wales are very shy and simple-mannered little girls, quite children yet, though the old- ' "oungest of est is nearly sixteer' "" ives pro- the three, the Pri‘ mise of consi'u. ,_ , beauty. the eldest girl, thc _. Viise, has a heavy feature}; :, htenance and is undeiiiablyp.“ « A- __...-.. - 1S3) Loss BY ’i‘fton ERA. Figures Arrived at: from Banker's Re- turns. It is said that the loss which the conti- nent has sustained this year from the cholera scare excecds four millions and it half of money. The figures are arrived at from the bankers‘ returns as their ac- counts appeared at the commencement of the current month. The amount seems increadibly large, especially as the ex- penses of quarantine forms no part of the total. Switzerland has of course suffered most, as her special industry seems to consist in the housing and nurture and transport of travellers, but in actual, though not in relative importance, the loss to France has been greater. The Swiss harvest of tourists is reaped by her hotel-keepers, and railway companies only in the summer months, and it may be said that almost all the crop of 1884 has been lost. The calamity to France has been spread over a wider area, but on the other hand, the severity of the trial has bran mitigated by circumstances. The Fren .ii scasidcresorts havobeen fuller this year than in any season since 1878, ful- aud the influx has consisted almost en- tirely of French, and very largely of Parisisns. The same dread of disease or its probably consequent annoyances, which has kept the English from crossing the channel, has kept the French in their own country, and here again Switzerland has been the chief sufferer. But even with these allowances the French losses have been considerable. The line from Marseilles north has for some weeks been congested with traffic, and yet the de- ficit, as compared with the averages of previous years, has exceeded 3,000,000 francs. The four principal lines of France show since the year commenced a loss of 11,000,000 francs, and in the case of the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean company, the bad commencement will be The loss to these countries has indeed been a gain to our own. We have seen more Americans, and the Americans have seen more of England than in any year since the Franco-Prussian wanâ€"London Neil‘s. The first Medicine. Speaking generally, it is not to the laboratory of tilt) chemist that we should go for our potash suits, but to the laboratory of nature, and more especially to that of the vegetable kingdom. They exist in the green parts of all vegetables. This is illustrated by the manufacture of com- mercial potash from the ashes of tho twigs and leaves of timber-trees. The more, succulent the vegetable the greater the' the best rather than the worst of the daily , quantity of potash it contains, though I |of watchfulness than the fabled Argus :brigsnd capture the more diilicult in 'tnnny localities, is that the business of Cmopemuw storesâ€"The Czar In Warlbrigandism is followed by persons who 'sm not always at it, but at times pursue sawâ€"Difgfiisgmefinglgi‘A New rural occupations, and are apparently the ‘ ‘Q 4 most harmless of beings. The authorities Only one-seventh of the inhabitants of 2 continue to fail in their attempts to cap- ‘ the 10,000,000 square miles over whichlture tho brigand chief Tibuzi, who Britain's flag floats in triumph are Chris- l operates in the neighborhood of \‘iterbo. . tiaus. iFor a long time the farmers and land- The co-operative store system has been in operation in England for nearly a quarter of a century. The “army and navy" stores alone now do a business rf blackmail to secure a quiet life. 2310.000y000 Immuni- published in a Liverpool journal : Prof. Moseley, an English scientist, “ A parliamentary statistician has has lately discovered a mollusk with made a curious calculation, which has some bearing on the question, who wastes the time of parliament l Of courso the Liberals say it is the Tories. But the real offender is Mr. Gladstone himself. Since he became Premier in 1880 he has spoken for 250 hours in the House of Commons. If every other member of the house exercised the privilege of free speech with the some volubility as the (l. O. 111., each session would extend to eighty-four thousand hours. In this case the session, which usually runs to six months, would be drawn out to eleven years, sitting twenty-four hours a day. Sunday included.” The twentieth detailed annual report of the registrar general of tho marriages. births, and deaths in Ireland for 1883 shows that tho marriages registered during the year numbered 21,368, births 118,163, and deaths 06,228. Both abso- lutely and in proportion to the estimated population the marriages and births are under the annual average for the preced- ing ten years ; the mortality is somewhat in excess of the average. The recorded natural increase of population, or the ex- cess of births over deaths, was 21,035, the loss by emigration amounting to 108,724. There would thus appear to have been a decrease of 86,7 80 in the population dur- ing the year. The estimated population in the middle of the year was 5,015,282. a thousand eyes. This shell fish omht to become a much better symbol whose hundred eyes are reputed to have been set in the peacock's tail. The Russian Government is said to have determined upon constructing the remaining 127 miles of the Transcaspian railway to Askabad. The rails have been ordered to be shipped at once from a southern manufactory down the Volga and across the Caspian. Three hundred camels have recently been imported into Australia, and more are to follow soon. Should they thrive, multiply, and prove useful, it is predicted by enthusiasts tlmt the time may come when they will be introduced into south- ern Europe, and even into England. The czar’s Warsaw tour was about as dismal a merrymaking as can well be con- ceived. At the state ball not a word of Polish was permitted, and when one was dropped by accident people looked timid- ly over their shoulders to see whether it had been overheard. The rooms were only half filled, and cheerless, notwith» standing the decorations. Prof. Forster, who died recently at Aix- la-Chapelle, was one of the first of Euro- pean entomologists. His collection of insects stands almost without a rival. It was prepared in the most careful manner and classified in strict accordance with scientific rules. Germans stand in fear lest the collection find its way into the South Kensington museum in London. The Manchester ship canal bill has now been passed and thrown out twice by both lords and commons committees. Last year it occupied thirty nine days in committee, and was passed, and ten days in the lords, and was thrown out ; and this session the lords committee sat forty ono days and passed the bill, and the commons have taken twenty days and thrown it out. Field Marshal Gen. Herwart von Bittenfield, who died a few weeks ago at the age of 88, was the oldest oflicer in the German army, and one of the few surviving German veterans who earned their first laurels at \Vaterloo or Leipsic. He took a leading part in the three great wars of the present emperor, and was present at Alscn, Koniggratz, and Sedan. Elis age exceeded the emperor’s by only one year. In the 58 provinch of European Russia there are 10,674,723 horses, of which number nearly 6,000,000 are in the mili' tary circle of Kazan. Complaint is made that too many horses are exported from the country.. The number exported in 1870 was 10,000, in 1880 it was 24,000, in 1882 it was 35,260, and last year the number is believed to have reached 45,- 000. It. is proposed that an export tax of 50 gold rubles on every horse valued at under 300 rubles be imposed. if; is said that Mr. Gamel, of Copen- hagen, has offered to send his steamship the Dijmphana on a second expedition to the Arctic regions. via Franz Josef’s land, subject to the condition that the Danish government will, as a moral acknowledge- ment of their interest in the expedition, grant a certain sum of money, however small, toward the expedition, under the same chief, Lieut. Hovgaard, of the royal Danish navy, to whom the crew of the Warns owed their rescue. Moro ascents were made of Mont Blanc last August than in any corresponding August, no less than twenty-two persons having climbed the “monarch of moun- tains," which is nearly at the rate of one for every week day. Among them was a young English lady, who is an excellent mountaineer. The reported decline of Chamouui as a mountaineering centre led to. threatening de'm’imtmtimm by the I stood by the entrance where the our guides and cocliers against tho author of muted down, “.mching the couple“ got “1 adverse paper on th‘.’ All)!“ Club’ “Ibo into the vohiclo and then go thundering Pmdcnuy 19“? the Vfllage' on bemg down the slope. I saw sedate men who warned by 8 frmnd' to “Old troublo' might have been bank presidents got in, The family house-boats, which are one and children, and ardent youths and of the most curious phases of domestic maidens, two by two. They held each life in China, are as practically proving other in; they almoat lost their lists; the old truism that “man wants but little they bowed, and fell back upon the huge here below,” for the “little” which “thsiik-you-ma'nm's ” they lookcdfright- forms the clean and happy home of three cried, and they looked bold ; they smiled generations isa boat about the size of and they almost cried; but I heard no two four-post beds set end to end, and one scream. At length, when i had covered in at night byascries of teles- politely given way to those more eager scopic sliding roof, of bamboo matting. I was driven by shame and an incxiin- Heremanandwifo,grand-psrentsandlittle guishablo curiosity to try this reckless children cook, slee , and worship ; for, “coast.” I paid the farc~about two and no matter how smalthoplacc, the family a half centsâ€"41nd took my seat. 1 altar occupies the place of honor. jammed my hatkdown over my brow, . . . . ' grasped the him of the car With one A pamfu‘ nuance Of the due duke” hand, and no doubt turned pain as the experienced by some families in Sunder-v uah WM ._ I l b _ - - given .iiit cgan that awful InfidAanfilankd’ :1“ '11:!" began discovered} iicsccnt. i felt that thrilling sensation A a 'l w gasp 311%!" t- Sun“ was of vibration in the pit of my stomach {:10 wwn'h Hugh“ “filmy”: amuse ’ which one has in a swing when descend- eptsutcd "Eon er "’8' an am“ am" ing, and then we shot up the slope, saw pnae 3;; ma m we at"??? in “woman a new abyss, and plunged into it. A upgrgagdag “001; 0-u f 8 mm ’. (its? delicious repricvo was followed by another 22:, The mypauggedortheoufiga t: fparfpl descent; four times we dashed in .' - its {[08 of fate, and then, with one the" home' ‘nd‘ “it” anomng a few triumphant rush; flew up the last incline. minutes to elapse, fodowed them into the 1 gm out at me a" with my Wm “and. h-ouw‘ a-nd w“ -w-rpm°d w ducovct file ing on end, and tumbled down the stair- littlo children sitting around a table and I we in a bewildered, groggy "by. mum“ . u i readin devouring the food taken from the i m Re: my log. upon the immwablo earth A new form of paving has been in use in Berlin since last year, which seems to ofl'er some advantages over wood. Layers of brick are put down and impregnated with asphalt. After a short period they lose any air and water they may contain, and absorb from 15 to 20 per cent. of tho bituminous matter, becoming remarkably elastic, and capable of resisting pressure and dump. The trailio in the Berlin main thoroughfares is of a heavy character, and it has been found that the new paving lasts much longer than any of the other systems, added to which it offers a sure foothold to horses. Occasionally it is found that after three inoiitlis‘ wear some of the bricks crumble into dust, but this is believed to arise from a faulty impreg- nation with asphalt, and not froui any real defect in the system. _.____..0v <-.-> p. A QUEER DANISH AMLFSIlfill‘lX’l‘. Ridinlz‘ Up an! Down Inclihtd' Finns It is called in Danish rufschbiiii, and may as Well be dubbed in English rush railway. A tower stands at either end of a railway, which is pciliaps 180 feet. in length, 40 feet high at one extremity, and half as high at the other. I climbed the rude staircase of the higher tower, and found myself in a room crowded with people waiting their opportunity for it ride. At the entrance stood a plicatoii- like our on four small iron wheels, the car being very stout and holding two peo- ple with comfort. The wheels were in grooves, and the course extended over the descending and ascending slopes. The people would get into a car and he strapped in by a loatlicrii boot; the car would be started down the inclined plant; by an attendant, and away it Would go down the first slope, and by its impetus rise to the next height, go over and down again, at each rise pitching a little lower, at each pitch rising to a lesser height, until the last slope, when it rushed up the hill, bumped against a buffer, and tho two travellers got out. The car Would then be seized, dragged aside, put upon alift, hauled up to a height above, and sent back, with other passengers or empty, down a corresponding road parallel to the first and terminating in a similar low tower by the side of the one I was in, where it would be hoisted again into place, and be ready to make the round of the rush railway again. owners triEd to resist his incursions, but ‘ lnow they submit to his terms and pay. The following curious calculation is‘ \ AMONG 015R EXCHANGES When :\ man starts out in “1131: lthetnwii “\l he docs not do it in water- .i minis. Adam was a brick because he was made iof clay. Suii-diird. too. we believe. A crank is a person who dccs not al~ 1 ways agree Will) you, but has opinions of I this own. “I'm not in politics this year, but 1'“ take the stump all the sanic,"saidairsmp goingdown into the gutter for a half- sniokcd cigar. . ‘ _ "Did they food you well at your board- ll {-hoiisc. .li himyi‘" asktd his fond l a fiber. “haw. theydidn‘t,"rcswndcd . c )i‘illli. "Win: kind if incals did they giie you, deari’" “Us: meals." “Father, did the boy really stand on the 3sz asked Green's hopeful progeny llit‘ ulliL-i' day. “No, Guliglt‘, lit‘ “00d vii three kings and he put the deck up his sleeve to use as occasion klt‘lllalldt‘d."w A paragraph in an article on “Tho cam ( f clothes ‘ says: “An umbrella should al- ways be carried away from you " lt gou- .irslly is, innocent author;it generally is carried about. two miles away. , Little Buyâ€"“Please, 1 want the doc~ g for to come and see mother.” Servantâ€"â€" "Doctor's out; where do you come froml" 3 Little linyâ€"-“\\'hntl don’t you know mo? , Why we deal with you. We had a baby 3 from here last week." : “No,” wrote a Mills Seminary pupil, g‘Hvodon't see it man over here once a i month, but there's a French girl just I come who has a dear littlo mustache, and l we are training her to smoke cigarettes 1and swear." i l “Ms, what are soldiersl" “They are luicn with arms, dear." “And what is an encmiipmciitl" “it is a place where the soldiers go to practice using their arms, my child." “Oh, yes, now 1 see why they always have an encampment at a place where there are plenty of pretty girls." Mrs. Blankâ€"“Is your harbor ii musi~ ciniil” Mr. Blankâ€"“lint that 1 know of.” Mrs. Blankâ€"“Thou why does he call himself a ‘profcssor' if hois not avin. linist (r something?" Mr. Blankâ€"“Uh, that is because he iiddlcs around a cus- tomer's face in a violent manner with a viol razor." Husbandâ€" It looks like rain, my dear. Don’t you think we had better take as umbrella! Wife~â€"Oh, no; we don't want to be bothered with it. Husbandâ€"You take great chiinrcs, my love. Wifeâ€"1 know I do. If l wore it man I would ho a bold speculator. 1 Would never be con- tent, liko you, to do an ordinary hum- druiii business that wouldjust bring mo ii living. [An hour later, tho couplostaud- ing in a narrow doorway with the rain beating fiercely iii.l Wifeâ€"flow do I look? Husbandâ€"Very much like a speculator, sliiiicr of my joys and sor- rows. ..â€"._____. -.- h... .. Death in the Alps. Respecting the fate of Prof. Dreikorii, of Mannheim, who fuivni'd tho cudof Au- gust set out on a tour in Switzerland, and who soon afterward suddenly disappeared, nothing further could for some time be ascertained, in spite of am uiiinforiiiitfeiit search in the district where he was last seen. At length, however, the alibi-ts made to trace liiiiilmvclcd fothodiscovery of his body in a deep rind loiioly valley on the western side of the “'iddL-rstcin. Thu deceased liiid started from liniiicnsfndt for a pedestrian tour through ilni Westâ€" crthiil, and tlieiico by any of Scliroci'cu, to the lircgciiz forest and Lindon. it is believed that wliilo going ovcr tho pass of Gciitsclicl ho was ovrriakcii liyii heavy fog which mused him to miss tho way, branching off from the pass so lluliuu' krumbscli. lio nppcars to have wander- cd in the direction of the llcrggrund Alp to the western sido of the Widdcrsfuin. The mountain lion: mnko n precipitous descent, covered here and thcro with patches of grass and loose rock, and full- iiig between sixaiid seven hundred feet to the bottom of ii narrow gorge over which flows the llurggund foi'rciit. On the edge of this abyss tho lnitniid umbrella of tho dccnscd professor \vcro discovered. it is evident that while oiidcnvoriiig in tho thick iiiistfxinsccrtaiiiwhether thch wuss pathway down the valley at this spot. the unfortunate traveler miisud his footing, and after slipping down ii short grassy slope fell over the precipice from ii. height. of over six hundred feet into tho chasm below, where his mutilated mid dccnyiiig corpso was finally discovered. 'l‘lll?! is tho second fatal accident \\ liicli has occurred to pedestrian tourists in tho sanio dis- trict. during the summer of the present yeahâ€"[London Standard. A Difference. “What’s a good rt incdy for cholera, doctor? " ho flSlft"l of. the family physi- cmn. - "Cleanliness ind :i proper regard for sanitary laws. “How much is your charge '1" “About 81.“ ." lic paid the money with the remark: “You doctors will swindle a man out of house and homo.” A little later he met another physician. “i say, doctor,” ho remarked, “1 wish you would Iliggcst a preventive of cholera, l’ni getting ii little nervous." The physician, who know his man, rc- plied: “l‘loiity of good whisky.” “Thank you, doctor, how much is it.” “'l'cn dollars." “Cheap enough." -._- .__‘-._. -. ___. Not flu-dim; Advice. 1 “I say, young man,’ said a physician, stopping him on tho street, “ you'ru not well. Your face is flushed, and you arc in a high fever. lict me feel your pulse." “ l--â€"I'ui all right, " protested the youth. “No, you'ro not,” said the physician positively, “ Your pulse is over it hun- tired, and in lt-ss than two minutes you will be in n cold sweat. You take my ad- vice nndgo home.” “ 1â€"] can‘t go home. i am resolved to ask old Jones for his daughter‘s hand to-night or perish miserably in the at- tempt." " Wrong diagnosis," doctor to hiinsolf. muttered the -â€"-â€"â€"-< -0 -_.._...._._~__ l’ullcd If Herself. H Will you pull the hell 3" sho asked of a man scrors the aisle as the car rcschcd steakâ€"weâ€" ¢¥1p1.i)u4'ui phylllg lliu iiutruiuuut.--i.treot carts. At firs: he thought it allldisappointmenis of life, and of gathering there are some minor exceptions to this. . pig-3 Rough. _ [U‘w‘m' ‘ J “‘"“l‘ I tune. but mi L's-king more carefully he bo- ' up the fragments. collecting the broken 5 As 1 have already stated. we extract andl . S. - - A i 1. 1 bet lag‘m- . . m” ufnwr' .. . C " ‘wflflflfiuvâ€" is”! ‘0 mm l‘lml‘M-l Emmi“ bluk IUl-lthreads.rcadjusting the mismatchcdplansiwsstoaconsideiable proportion of these Anhkml".em;f‘c “flmnfco p00, ' owl The” w” "'3 mumkmg m" th'fr‘m‘ii' "5,1," mum?“ h" amwcmd mm “ fir-will»: In“! (Fling. Hihiirut ore, and tinally said: "This is bet-land getting what good one may out of isalfs when we boil vegetables and throw m “1.5 “’1‘ \° “um 0‘ :“3 “ugfiflnjoyment which everyhotllyumk in “115’ how, but l'will'ho most happy to pull A Fri-nth .urgmu has pllbitslual a lniigE ter material than moot of that now beinz ; them. Doing this, one finds that the law away the potsge, which our wiser and gztglggngfihgfiz‘lérgf Siam ch“ ' amusing .place. and the ccgruui and tlip‘sirlap phich rings tho b'el'l: I dificl’laliuii mil tnu learnt-ail illlluvlicu of i, taken out niithcodupperluvcls. it would 1 of compensatiin prevails. The world is ' more thrifty neighbors lsave. When we , this mu” no, be in 3 lefuhgfamn g "a i fifmd feeling “clued w. 9“!“9', J’ W‘Ww- ‘ f ' 1 rm" "immd v “10 Itrlp 1n Smiths; s2“: cram: on the UttVuus sis-l my well for working." lso full of resources. of interest. of people. l eat raw vegetables, as in salads, we ob- gmived this re 1 _ ,‘, Honored Czionel ,, ha applause WM aniuaiudc and (ill-iallllll‘;-U“ ml - W}: plln, ninlvyou mum “m, ' The assay given above was made after of plans. You fail of one thing on which tsin all their potash. : Th r p {'mch Du comem 1.“; . EVEN-10v “id “"0 {flnmfd {WV-’91 IKWC‘lIlU . W'l' ’- 1” “WK-5 “W '1 If“) far i ' lic manual. that grinning and crying this, and the opinion obtained from tha’your desire was centered, and. behold, a; Fruits generally Contain important: .tiinnl‘zgznsiinlmugm of huh? m.""l”°"l°" Oath" “‘1‘?”le 0‘ "‘9 l'W' ’1‘“: ll“? 1"“); 'l’“ “.mm’l "53"" hm! VIII no (lie w.- ',;.’\'ii1 opt-muons by which ', iuillman was founded wholly on what he;doun things cmwd into its place. Life. lqusntitiea of potash salts, and it is upon l me "m Jen dufin ,Dur‘ua hang mphâ€"Harrie” JIUIMJM'. ful o triumpi veneered mg}, mycnm, nature aliii inuuoli. and unit he is... um. 3 up below him. It is said lhstlbo rock like nature, abhors a vacuum. .A belief ; these especially that the possible victims : I“ i, Obvhwd b damn”; Th‘mi ("44'0" {0mm . x. .1... d that. l:.ra¢ patients who of which we are speaking is obtained at a? in the divinity of circumstances is a creed ' of lithic acid should rely. Lemons and z”,ng "0 Jami fun-die. in ,2; 79,", ‘ Th. ,3 t y . t will r l - Vii-influ‘én.» giro day in Zlit‘ll' iuturil inching. mom i waste dump up But tho Ourlml’ 0‘ A find i_ of comfort. To do what 008.011,.10 do ‘ grapes contain them most abundantly. ‘ The Aibduke “be” i. .u in :itil on? " “UP 9" ."l’umw t has; 8:“: fol ("u"- l‘ be “h” “‘W'J' lHICflflhlfll'flm Ipm’klh; rw. wr than tin-a» who suppose ’ Carson streets. The ruck VII probably ‘ sll that is reasonable and right in the , Those who can not afford to buy these as l of mem me Archduke w“ '43,] the . m0” wmfg‘f"; 1d“ ‘i‘ “ml: Y’ ‘f’ u it weru plate. and notices great is tho that l'. .1: unluan a man to being such brought out of the old Burning Mount , furtherance of acheruhed plan, and then 7 articles of daily food may use cream of other “web i. m on I h" 'em .. ,m‘zt wife I “1"” ‘8?" ’“l' f‘liqui ” man in whom all his plate» in more t‘iin lymptuuu ti .- Is'rcice as either to gmfiul the early days. Miners were not thenjleare results to ccnie as they will, and tartar, which, when genuine, is the‘ ' y ‘ ’ '- ‘ Hum“ “ '1 e’l‘m ‘9 "J Y n ‘ earthenware. ur- [Al cry. Post some patients often turn Y good judges (fore. Some portions of tho accept innovations if we must, is always j natural salt of the grape..tl‘irown down in ' Brigandsge sroundltome ha: of Lie k ‘wum' I think it must somewhere be written. nt< ‘ the manner I shall describe when on the ' assumed such proportion: that all trampsi The", i, in mg" n, m impediment 1., “1,1 Inch”. um, um Vinuu “I . 8,“, “mum”, m gnaw; and our .’ run having been assayed and found to be1 wise. ‘ No loss, or or diup . _ i . _ hystcru‘al pnisnu exiencnco grunt rsluf‘ base, it was probably concluded that all ‘ merit is worth sacrificing she's so tyof subject of the cookery of winesâ€"[W2 l who fad to give a satisfactory account of" perfect h‘ppjnw; mmely, vicarious of ; mothch shall, (mssirinally‘ be yidwd on fmm crying. an: for: which no person i was ham. 0 only 3 Put-M 97° '00“ ' 1P1?"- {‘3' 0' 0”" 5°“ merma- IOY “051W Mime“ Wuhm‘v “1 Poplin” wen“ ' thfim‘dffl "'9 110' “filed "id 104804 the things which we posmsl and a desire their children, as well as the sins of the 'm a“, facts the difference of grain. Whereveriachiovmcnt. Monthly. iin Iloinefpending inquiry. What rendesr {or the (hing, whjch we have not, “we”. o n