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_ *wicai UUBP. _ ' wr mown* i. kaxm*-, AMUnmiiet^lBgiiiCAlmnptm, *mi itwtwd t>li •• » dew/ raaa. felittle will* hand* are UM at efallr OTW her hearing breast | • While Minny »mfles on her ltd tip* l^- linger a moment aad paw away. , , ftees Mid funrir* of earth and air j.; VHt through her miod while ahe ttmmUn pM ! Amid the misty and mellow skies, Their white wings da**l« her dreaming •y*, Until ahe wake* In mute diamaf To see her fairy-land fade away. With folded hands, In her laat repoal» Skeslwpj again. Like a withered i Her life has tided, and, come what will. Bet loving heart i» forever still. Bar volee ia dnt, her cheeks are nlf# . St smile will gladden htr Hps of clay ; And over her forehead, cold and fair, Blpple her tresses of golden hair. Her griefs are ended, her dreams am through, •Mr sweet to hope th*t they all came true I A CLEVER COUNTESS. On the 4th day of October, 1829--I love to be particular in dates--a coach- and-six drew up before the shop of the well known jeweler, M. Rue St. Honor©. The equipage was covered with a pro­ fusion of gilding and heraldic devices, and the liveries of the footmen indicated high rank in the possessor. The steps being adjusted, a lady, splendidly dressed, descended and entered the shop, where all the attendants, and even M. nimseif, were profuse in their atten­ tions, anticipating every look and step, and displaying before her the most oostly ' diamonds and "pierreries." The lady, with the most lofty nonchal­ ance, select**! jewels to the amount of about £5,000, which were immediately placed in a casket by the obsequious at­ tendants, when, handing her purse to the jeweler, he found it contained a sum somewhat exceeding £3,000, and short of the requisite amount. The lady, with many graceful apologies and a momen­ tary flush of vexation, begged pardon for the mistake, desired M. to lay the parcel by uutil she should call again with the money, and giving her name as the Countess de L., departed with all the oeremony and Bplendor that marked her first appearance. The coach passed np the Rue St Honore in the direction of the Barriero Neuilly, turned by the Place de Louis Quinze, and finally stopped at the house of a celebrated physician in the splendid Rue de Rivoli. The lady alighted here, and was shown into the presence of the •well known Dr. N., who, arising from his seat at a table covered with anatomi­ cal preparations, saluted her with his nsual courtesy, and begged to know why he was honored with this unexpected visit The lady assuming an air of settled melancholy, replied: '1 can hardly command my feelings to tell you the cause of my unhappiness. My dear husband, the Comte de !>., during the early years of our marriage, was all that a fond wife could desire; my slightest word, hint, or sign was sufficient inducement for him to obtain any object of my wishes;, but latterly the scene is changed [here her voice became nearly inarticulate through grief].; he has be­ come moody, sullen, and reserved--at times breaking forth into violent fits of tage without any apparent cause, thus making my life a perpetual scene of mis­ ery; in short, dear Doctor, I more than suspect he is touched with insanity, and it is on his account that I now visit you to obtain your advice which I consider of more weight than that of any other member of the profession [here the doctor, much flattered, made a low, dis­ claiming bow], especially as the dreadful •ecret has been concealed from all his family, not even his brothers and sisters having the slightest intimation of it "The following circumstance, Doctor, has especially influenced my present visit: My dear husband, the Comte, wishing to support the honor of the house, sent me last spring to the noted jeweler M., Rue St. Honore, with a carte blanche to select ornaments to wear at the approaching festival. I at fiiBt hesitated, but finally, urged by his earnest protestations, went to-day and chose a few, to a trifling amount, more to please him than myself, as he delights, the dear Comte [here the lady sobbed], in seeing me splendidly dressed and sup- fjortiug my rank. But, from the many similar instances I have observed, I have not the least doubt that, on being re­ minded of the fact, he will pretend utter incredulity, and, on being assured of its truth, burst into those terrible paroxysms which but too clearly indicate the cause of his disorder. Therefore, dear Doctor, favor me with your best, kindest advice, •nd--and--excuse the feelings of a wife." [Here the lady applied her handkerchief to her face and w"5s silent. ] The Doctor, crossing his legs and sup­ porting his chin upon his gcld-headed cane, began to cogitate, with his eyes half-closed and his body inclining for­ ward at an angle of forty-five degrees. "Hum--madame, confine him--indeed we must--a clear case, madame--the humors, which had they been pituital or salivary, wonld have been expector­ ated, having become sanguineous and melancholic, having retrograded upon the cerel>ellnm--hem--but excuse me, madame. while I make the necessary preparations." So saying, the Doctor arose, rung a bell, and directed his valet to See his chariot at the door, and to order Jean le porte ur and Francois le cocher to attend him immediately, "and, hark ye," said he in an undertone, "tell them to bring all my apparatus des lunatics, depechez. Ma let them follow in my chariot. I will avail myself of the carriage of the Comtesse [the lady made a bow of grate­ ful acknowledgement]; and be careful to rgmain in the ante-rooro till Jcall aloud." The servant retired, and in a few min­ utes announced everything ready. The Doctor entered the carriage of the Com- tesse; his own chariot followed at a short distance behind. During the ride he used every argument to assuage the grief of the lady, which would burst forth at times with increased vehemence, until the honest "mediein" himself, hardened «s he was to the details of his profession, became affected by sympathy. It seemed •s if every tranquil moment only add- fd to the violence of the succeeding , paroxysm. • 'Passing down the Rue St. Honore, . •hey reached the jeweler M., before men-' I boned, when the lady pulled the string ' of-tlie coach and alighted. Upon enter­ ing the shop she desired M. to take the packet of jewels, and accompany her in . her coach, assuring him of his pay as •*'.-*K>n as reached the hotel of the sp ; Comte, adding, with a fascinating smile, f, Jlhat he could have no apprehensions % -ifi,nce the iewelt> were still h\ his keeping ^".The jeweier a smile of flattered Vanity, took the parcel into his hands r •Insisted upon handing Madame la Com- Jesse into the coach, sprang in himself .^nd the coachman snapping his whip, the -"inipaga rolled magnificently down the «<• St, Honore. After a drive of a mile and a half, and a splendid hotel in the Place du Throne, celebrated in history as the site of the Bastfle. The jeweler with his packet, alighted first, then the Doctor, and lastly the Comtesse. The Doctor making a sign to Jus myrmidoms, they remained in thd hall, while the lady ushered the jeweler into an ante-room until the Comte should be apprised of the arrival of his visitors. After a short interval she re­ turned and directed them to follow her. Ascending a splendid flight of stairs, she pointed to them the apartment of the Comte, at the same time receiving from the ijeweler the package of diamonds, hinting to him to present his bill to the Comte, who was ready to satisfy him. Upon entering the room, an elegant chambre carree, they found a fashionably- dressed gentleman engaged in writing at an escritoir. He arose at their approach, and deemed to regard them with aloolt of astonishment "Symptoms to a hair," ejaculated the Doctor, in an undertone. •^To what am I indebted," said the Comte. "for the honor of this visit?" "I believe I am addressing the Comte de L.," said the Doctor. "The same," replied he, with a slight bow. "My name isN.," rejoined the Doctor, after a pause. "I have not the pleasure of knowing you," said the Comte. To be so coolly and sensibly received by a madman was a circumstance beyond the Doctor's comprehension. The Comte sbrank not from his fixed gaze, winch, from the custom immemorial, had been known to enthrall the insane, nor did any "gaucheries" betray the "compression of the cerebellum." However, the Doctor determined to persevere until some symp­ tom should manifest itself to justify call­ ing in his posse commitatus. "Were you ever--that is to say have you ever been--hem--Monsieur Le Comte--afflicted with a violent virtigo, or headache, proceeding from--ahem --pressure of the cerebral particles ? In­ deed, sir, you look pale--let? me feel your pulse--there it is--unsteady--tre­ mendous acceleration--ah!" "Sir,"; said the Comte, who had yielded his hand in passive astonishment, "your language is entirely incomprehen­ sible. Explain yourself, sir, or I shall order my servants to show you the door." " Now, don't be getting warm," re­ plied the Doctor, cooly delighted at what he thought equivocal symptoms; "don't fly in a passion--a little touched [point­ ing to his head], just as your wife, the Comtesse, said--very sensible at times" (aside to the jeweler). " My wife!" almost gasped the Comte; "this is beyond all endurance. I have no wife; and, sir, let me tell you--" "Poor man--poor man! Just as she said, forgets his mother's friends and relations. I suppose, then, M. le Comte, you do not remember the jewels you ordered for the Comtesse against the ooming fete of M. M. ? nor your repeated solicitations against her wifi ? nor--" "Mon Dieu! que deviendrai-je /" almost yelled the Comte, leaping up and throwing down his chair in his fury, as the jeweler advanced obsequiously, with his bill a foot long in his left hand, mak­ ing a sweeping courtesy with his right "Now, now," said the Doctor, first in deprecating, then in a violent tone, as the incensed Comte approached him, "you had better be quiet--all ready to seize you in the ante-chamber"; then, as he rushed to the bell and rang it furiously --"no use, no use--servants know your situation--won't come." And the Comte, faiily exhausted by passion, sank into a chair. " By what authoritydo you invade my house? and "who are you?" he ex­ claimed. "You'll know soon enough--got 'em outside--strait-jacket all--here!" cried the Doctor stamping his foot The man stationed without burst in with cords, canvas, and all the ap­ paratus for confining lunatics, and made a rush upon the astonished Comte, who, at the moment of their entrance drew a concealed pistol and fired at the Doctor. The ball grazed the left side of his head, carried off a curl of his perriwig, and so jarred his "cerebral developments" that he fell, completely stHnned. The rest rushed upon the defenseless Comte and overpowered him. They then slipped a strait-jacket upon him and bound his legs with ropes, preparatory to carrying him to the Doctor's maison de sante. The Doctor himself recovered immedi­ ately from the stunning effects of the shock, and superintended the operations with all professional precision, "bear­ ing," he said, "no ill-will to the pauvre Comte for what he did, mente non com­ pote, and laboring under a mental "ple­ thora of sensibility." But the cries of the Comte were, long and loud; he roared, foamed, afia grin­ ned at the benevolent Doctor, and was in a fair way to occupy a cell of maison de sante with due lunatic propriety, when the neighbors and passers-by, alarmed at the outrageous cries, poured into the chamber from all quarters, and, among them, his intimate friends, the Duke de C. and the Vicomte de S. When, itw Bat my fond heart questioned softlj Though loving him Will iovn outlast all changes? GOSSIP FOE THE LADIES. #"«®w Csri a Wanan TeHt H# told dm his loTt in the nonriiigf With, hi* httd olintni mine, ; , k And he said, "God aneadWdawiXi#; et, I shall oali thee mine,* leationed softly, true and welL J1 ehanget Ah 1 how can a woman loUr ,JWhen the years shall bring their trial V/ - v: And the cares and the paiua outwoiink. • Utajoys In the littie household, '•*/' AM clouds might olwoure the my, Will the hand felmt hold mint* ao fondly. When maidenly JIIB Ispfell, Aa earnestly uhie.'d from eorrowt Ah t how cau a woman tell? Whan the silvery threads are WMfing Through my trMMH one by qq$i Whan I lose my youth and beauty, Aa many a wife has done; Will his heart he mine aa truly Aa when in the flowery dell H^gave me his trusted pronitaaf Ah I how can a woman tell 7 I glance at .tiy sweetheart waltfoff, Hi* oyee they are clear and true; d ** I will love him," my heart says gladly, **1 will trust him the wide world through," I will be to him joy and comfort, Z will all other wives excel,' I wiU keep him with love's sweet magio-- This tuuen may a woman tell I Women in Jnpan. The Japanese are advancing so rapidly in the-principles of Western civilization that it is hard to keep up with the changes introduced in the Mikado's em­ pire. Hitherto prejudice has forbidden to women almost every kind of work, but several of the principal manufactur­ ers are now experimenting with female employes. Thus far the result is con­ sidered favorable. The work done by women compares so well in quality with that done by men that several new cloth factories are about to be built exclusively for the employment of women. The worst feature of the case is that the women are kept at work twelve hours in the day without intermission ; butrin- telligent capitalists may be expected to detect soon the disadvantages of over­ work. The Difference* The male and female clerks in Wash­ ington are thus contrasted : It is com­ mon enough to see a male clerk saunter­ ing through the corridors during office- hours, alone and unattended, but a fe­ male clerk never. They always are found in pairs. When a female olerk wants to leave her desk and go out into the corridors, a similar desire is sure to seize another female clerk, and they go out together. There has never been a case recorded where a female clerk has 1-jft her work during office-hours and ap­ peared in the corridors alone. There ara always two of them, generally with arms twined affectionately, and, at the same time, gracefully, about each other, slowly pacing the corridors. This faot is sin­ gular, and may be important. There may be a scientific, perhaps a psycho­ logical, reason for this phenomenon. It can't be because of their social natures, for when they leave the departments for their homes this dual condition of affairs no longer exists. They go along the streets alone, but in the corridors of the department they are found in pairs. This phenomenon is an interesting one, and should be investigated, and no doubt rich results would be obtained and much light thrown on the vexed problem of the female nature. Woman, Wife, mother. Great, indeed, is the task assigned to woman. Who can elevate its dignity ? Not to make lawB, not to lead armies, not to govern enterprises, bnt to form those by whom laws are made, armies are led, empires are governed. To guard against the slightest taint of bodily in­ firmity the frail yet spotless creature whose moral no less than physical being must be derived from her; to inspire those principles, to inclucate those doctrines, to animate those sentiments which generations vet unborn and na­ tions yet uncivilized shall learn to bless; to soften firmness into mercy, and chasten honor into refinement; to exalt generosity into virtue, and by soothing care to allay the anguish of the mind; by her tenderness to disarm passion ; by her purity to triumph over sense ; to cheer the scholar sinking under his toil; to be compensation for friends that are perfidious; for happiness that has passed away; such is her vocation. The couch of the tortured sufferer, the prison of the deserted friend, the cross of the rejected Savior--these are the theaters in which her greatest triumphs have been achieved. Such is her destiny; to visit the forsaken; to attend the neg­ lected ; when monarclis abandon, when counselors betray; when justice prose­ cutes, when brethren and disciples flee, to remain unshaken and unchanged, and to exhibit in this lower world a type of that love pure, constant and ineffable, which in another world we are taught to l>elieve is a test of virtue.--Blackwood'a Magazine. 8tna|«IHladetf Women--The nether •f the (>racchl. After months of earnest and somewhat- thorough research we have amassed a surprising amount of facts, which prove beyond all possiblo doubt: First, that philanthropic endeavor on the part of woman renders her more On seeing them the Comte suddenly and helpful in her own home, and, a a~ a ,1 a a _ i i.i tliof olniA(it avow wnman ivhn burst into tears, and entreated them to free him from his confinement, assuring them of bis sanity of mind in such con­ vincing terms that the Vicomte could hardlv be restained from drawing his sword and making an example of the Doctor on the spot. " Ecoutez moi., done ! ecoutez inoi /" was all the terrefied man of physio could utter. His Btory was told--the jewelers' coin­ cided ; but where were the lady and the casket? * * * * * * * About two weeks afterwards I made an official visit to the conciergerie to attest the dying confession of a female who had been arrested by the police as an agent of the Cai-lists, and had taken poison at the moment oi her apprehension. She was evidently sinking fast, yet her eyes seemed to grow more lustrous, and ner spoecli more articulate and pathetic, as the livid ness of death overspread her beautiful countenance. There was a wild and fearful energy in her manner, as if she dreaded that life would fail ere she could unburden her conscience of its secret load. She began: "My name is Madamo Alamo, otherwise Jeanne Patigon. other­ wise the Comtesse de L !" ting care of her family, her high educa* tion of her sons, and the great influence •he held over them. 8. She must have cultivated literature and the graces of conversation, for how else could she have attracted to her -home the men of letters, and won the compli­ ments of distant princes. It is the same--like causes produce like results everywhere. Earnest study and loving philanthropy enrich the hear! erf the mother, and bless first and enrich most the home shrine, and thence over­ flow until they brighten and bless the weary, homesick world. Give us more mothers prepared to in­ struct the world in the true philosophy of life, and we will have more sons to be numbered with philosophers. It was a grand inscription, worthy the aspiration of every mother, "Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi I" But one can scarcely imagine one of those 44 Gracchi" boys commanding his mother to 44 keep silence" on any question of church or state.--Elizabeth Hoynton HarberL HOUSEHOLD HELPS. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Kind Words Sever Die. An elderly stranger bought a copy of the News from a newsboy and handed him a quarter, but upon the boy's hunt­ ing for change the old gentleman said : 44 N^ver mind the change, sonny; just keep it for yourself." This was probably the first kiud word that had ever been spoken to the home­ less, friendless, orphan boy since his mother died, and it completely overcame him. Crushing hastily away a tear, he seized his benefactor's hand and ex­ claimed in a husky voice: 44 Bully for you, Old Stick-in-thc- Mud ! I wonder how much reward there is offered for yon by the stwings bank . . .you used to be President of?"--GaJL- the Boulevards, they stopped at 1 veeton News. second, that almost. every woman who has achieved national or world-wide fame as a true mother has not lived a secluded, domestic life. I make this assertion now without the slightest reservation, because I have a wealth of evidence, in well-authenticated facts. Passing by hundreds of illustrious ex­ amples, let me call your attention to the model mother, the pet of masculine ora­ tors, the typical woman, the great model ever set before the imagination of girl- graduates -- Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi. Now, tell me, my good gentleman friend--honest - confession, now--didn't you suppose that Cornelia was a sweet household divinity, somewhat majestic to be sure, but, nevertheless, a woman with no thought of a mission other than to her own children ? Well, thenK remember t that Cornelia, the motlier of the Gracchi, was a thor­ oughly-educated, philanthropic, strong- minded, eloquent woman, who gave pub­ lic lectures on philosophy in Rome, and w[uneven more fortunate in her disciples than in her sons. Cicero says : 44 Cor­ nelia, had she not been a woman, would have deserved the first place among philosophers."' We say nad she not been a wise philosopher she oould not have been so royal a mother. It re­ quires a rare combination of intellect and heart to be a wise mother. Mrs. Hale, in her carefully-prepared biographical sketch of Cornelia, says : " The whole life of Cornelia presents a beautififl character." And from the facts which are in our possession we draw these inferences : 1. Cornelia must have been educated in a very superior manner by her father, for in no other manner can we account for her knowledge and "love of literature ; nor for the fact that while yet young she was regarded as worthy the most virtuous and noble men of Borne, 2. She must have been from the be­ ginning a woman of fixed principles and undauuted coura e, for in no other man­ ner can we give a solution to her rejec­ tion^ the King of Egypt, her unremit- [^rom the Household.] PIO's FOOT CHEESE.--Boil the hocks and feet of equal quantity loose in a pot till the meat will fall freely from the bones; season well with pepper and salt; put into a pan while hot and press it. Cut in slices and serve with vinegar or Worcester sauce. MOCK DUCK.--Take a round of beef­ steak; salt and pepper; prepare a dress­ ing aa for turkey; lay in the steak ; sew up; lay two or three slices of fat pork upon it and roast; baste often and you cannot tell it from duck. SPICED BEEF.-- For ten or twelve pounds of beef take one tablespoonful of allspice, six cloves, a piece of mace; pound in a mortar; add a large spoonful brown sugar; rub well into the beef; then with saltpetre and salt; turn and rub daily for ten days; then boil six hours. . . . VENISON HAM.--Trim the ham nicely and lard with thin slices of bacon, then soak five or six hours in the following pickle: One-half cup of olive oil, salt, spices, thyme, one onion cut in slices and one or two glasses of wine (red), turning it occasionally, then take out and roast before a bright fire, basting it with its pickle. It will take from one to two hours to cook. ROAST GOOSE.--Make a stuffing of bread crumbs, onions and potatoes cut fine; season with pepper and salt, sage, and butter the size of an egg; fill.the goose and tie down the wings; roast two hours and a half. Boil the liver and heart and add to the gravy which must be thickened with flour. Send to table with apple sauce and maslied potatoes. MUTTON KEBBOBED.--Take a loin of mutton; joint well; take the following dressing and put between each joint: Two tablespoonfnls chopped parsley, a little thyme, a nutmeg grated, a teaenp- ful of bread crumbs; mix well with two eggs; roast one hour. If there is a large flap to the loin, some of the dressing may be put in and then skewered se­ curely. ROAST TURKEY.--Wash dry and swff with a dressing of dry bread soaked in water, pressed out and mixed with salt, pepper, thyme, butter and an egg; sew up the turkey snugly, and put in the pan with a little water; roast slowly, allow­ ing three hours for a ten-pound turkey; when commencing to brown, rub over with a little butter to keep the skin from blistering; boil giblet in water, chop fine and put in gravy. BorLED PIG'S FEET.--Take the fore feet, cut off the hock, clean and scrape them wedl; plaoe two feet together and roll them up tightly in common muslin; tie or sew them sd they will keep in per­ fect shape, and boil them seven hours on a moderate fire--they will then be very soft; lift them out carefully and let them cool off; then remove the muslin and you will find them like jelly. Serve with vinegar or split them and roll in bread crumbs or cracker dust, and fry or broil them. Serve with a little tart sauce. QUAHJ.--Pick and clean, cut in the middle of back, fry in butter to a nice brown, salt and pepper; now put in an earthen or porcelain lined dish, one tablespoonful of nice butter and the same of flour; stir on a slow fire until butte As dissolved, then pour in slowly two-thirds glass of water and the same quantity of wine, salt and pepper; put in your birds that are nicely fired, simmer slowly one-quarter of an hour; toast some thin slices of bread (one*toast to each bird); put in the dish you wish to serve, laying the birds on top; pour the gravy over all; serve very hot. .MINCE MEAT. --Chop fije two pounds of lean, tender beef, cold, boded or baked; remove all skin and gristle. Mince fine lialf a pMmd of suet, one pound of raisins, seeded, one pound of dried currants, washed and picked, half a pound of citron, sliced thin, one pound of clean, moist brown sugar, the juice of six lemons, the rinds grated (throw away the pulp), two grated nutmegs, one ounce of Bait, one ounce of ground gin­ ger, half an ounce of allspice, cloves and cinuamon, each; mix the meat, fruit and spices well; pour upon the sugar a pint of wine, and half a pint of brandy; add the fruit to the meat: pour over the wine and brandy; when it is well mixed pack it in small jars in a cool place. When ready to make the pies lino the pie-plates with a good crust; add to a pint of the mixture a pint of tart apples, chopped, and a wine-glass of£*rose-water; fill the crust half full; lay over bits of butter; put in enough meat to nearly fill the plate; cover with puff paste; cut a slit in the middle and bake. They keep well, Warm them before using. The Towers of Silence. These towers, which are built in a c ^irpiund on the tap of Malabar Mil, in the Island of Bombay, are six in number, and overlook the sea, the oldest one be­ ing 300 years. The internal arrange­ ments of the towers are follows: The bodies are placed in three separate circles --the outer and larger one for men, the middle one for women, and the smallest for children. There is a pit in the canter, into which the bones are thrown after the flesh is stripped off, and paths to allow the priest to move about. The flooring gradually sinks to the eentre to let the rain into the pits, from which it runs through filters into the earth. The towers vary in size from about thirty to fifty feet in diameter, andeight to four- tot n in height. This Parsee mode of disposing of the dead seems to European minds very re­ volting. The body, after the religious ceremony is performed in the temple where the friends are assembled, is car­ ried out and placed in one of the towers, where it remains exposed to the ele­ ments uutil the flesh is entirely eaten off by the crowds of vultures which frequent the place, in a-bout an hour. When the skeleton becomes dry, it is thrown into the pit in the center; thus the rioh and poor meet together on one level of equal­ ity after death. When the pit bec omes full of bones, they are taken out and thrown into the sea, thus fulfilling one of the principal tenets of the Zoroaster religiop, 44 That the mother-earth shall not be 'defiled." FBOST will not penetrate so deep when the ground is dry as when it is very wet. ITHEBE is no crop raised which yields so ' large an amount of food and with so little labor as Indian corn. FAKMEBS in New Jersey and Pennsyl­ vania are giving considrable attention to the culture of jute plants. DECAYED grain of any kind is highly injurious to stock. It has a paralyzing effect upon the animals fed with it, often­ times causing death. SPENT tan-bark has been plowed into a compact clay soil with the best results, as it rendered the soil mellow and in­ creased its warmth. EWES in lamb are very liable to take cold, and when exposed to wet and cold weather, or allowed to lie on the ground, are likely to suffer abortion. PASTURES that have been fed a few seasons will generally produce more milk, or make more fat, than those which have been newly seeded down. ASHES are, for many soils, a standard fertilizer. Places where a tree or brush- heap has been burned off show the effects of the manuring for years. It is an old saying, 44 The land never forgets ashes." A WISCONSIN farmer, twenty-three years ago, planted a piece of land unfit for cultivation with black walnut trees. The trees are now from sixteen to twenty inches through, and have been Bold for $27,000. SNOW melts away from drained lands sooner than on those undrained, hence the drained soils are ready for plowing much sooner. In Scotland it is claimed that the harvest is from ten to fifteen days earlier on drained than on un­ drained lands. THE moisture in which one kind of seed would flourish would be destructive to another class, causing them to rot in­ stead of forcing growth. The heat neces­ sary to start one class of seeds would dry up and utterly destroy the gum of an­ other class. The application of rules requires a mixture of common sense and observation. WE have noted, from time to time, the constantly decreasing area in Great Britain devoted to cereal crops. The agriculture of the country is gradually changing from grain growing to stock feeding and dairying. From the inval­ uable agricultural returns of Great Brit- ian, published by Mr. Giffen, it ap­ pears that since 1870 there has been an increase of 2,500,000 of acres in perma­ nent grass. No BRANCH of husbandry fnrnishos more agreeable occupation than forest culture. It affords pleasant diversion from the protracted labors of the field, and employment for long winters that without it might prove monotonous. In­ telligently and systematically managed, our forests will yield profitable returns, not only to our own, but to all succeed­ ing generations. FARMEBS should be careful not to be in too close competition with each other, and above all things not to compete with themselves. We once knew a farmer who, not wishing to trust too much to one man, consigned three lots of a par­ ticular product to each of three different commission houses in the same city. It happened to be the only consignment of the kind offered. Unfortunately for him he proved to be his own competitor in the market. PROPORTION OF CREAM IN MILK.--The first fifth portion of milk from the cow contains about one-twentieth part of cream; the second fifth, one-twelfth; the last fifth, one-sixth. How important then to get the last and richest drop, eve^i if it were not true that cows are quickly dried up by a slovenly'practice of leaving a small portion in the udder. Cows will continue to give a flow of milk at a much longer period when milked dry. Farmers, it will be seen, receive a double benefit by such a course. First, there is more cream in the milk, and second, the flow will continue longer, two requisites in all dairy countries. EWES in lamb should, as far as practi­ cable, be fed and sheltered separately from the non-breeding animals, as the crowding and more rapid movements of the latter are apt to result injuriously, while such separation makes more con­ venient certain little attentions to which breeding ewes are entitled as the yearn­ ing season approaches, and which may be profitably accorded to them. Ad­ vantage will be found in subdivision of the several ages and sexes into as many smaller lots as circumstances will admit of, as such course lessens the liability to crowding and over-feeding of the stronger animals at the expense of the weaker ones. It also brings each animal more directly under the eye of the at­ tendant, who will the more readily de­ tect the first symptoms of deviating from the desired thrift SELECTING SEED CORN.--Professor A E. Blount, of the Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins, gives these views on selecting seed corn: "If the stock be a healthy one and free from injury by insects or weather, the topmost ear is al­ ways the largest, and best formed, and has the best filled grain, provided the parents from which it came were perfect. Every variety of standard corn produces its best ear nearest the tassel for reasons that are quite evident. * Being nearest it receives the pollen first, and in greater quantity than those below it; another reason is that it is the natural distance from the soil, etc., etc. A careful exam­ ination of the stalks in every stage of their growth always shows that the lowest ear lias the longest shank, the next has a shorter one, and so on to the topmost one, whioh sets close upon the stalk. It shows also that the lowest ear is the smallest and the top ear the larg­ est, as above stated." BUDDING FOR CATTLE.--There is no farm work, considering the outlay, that pays so large dividends as the procuring of some sort of bedding for the cattle, for it not only keeps them clean--a great point in itself--but also promotes their growth and thriftness, and the additional accumulation for the manure pile wil4 more than pay for the labor. There is usually a large amount of litter' that goes to waste that if thus utilized woidd be of great servioe. Straw, oats, cut corn butts, etc., are valuable, anil fine sand is not objectionable, for in itself it is one of the most cleanly of beds, and as it is a large absorber of liquids, and is of real benefit to clay land, there is no solid reason why a few loads of it may not be judiciously used. A farmer of our acquaintance late in the faH takes his trucks, puts in long stakes, and makes a four-foot-deep box and gathers forest leaves. One man gathers them with rake and basket. These leaves are stored awny in an unused stable, and what can be crowded into a bushel basket make a fine bed for a stable of cows for a couple of liiplits, and are flue ab sorbants. There is no farmer bnt that eau provide l>edding of some kind, and also have dry, wholesomo stables for his cattle, and if he consults his interests, and once fully tests the voKie of plenty bedding, he will always in the future practice bedding his Q&U1& and A National Blessing. (Philadelphia Record.] > The nineteenth contury, above^ilT other ages, has been noted for its many inven­ tions; it has given us the steam power hi its thousand-fold applications, the Tele­ graph, the Telephone, the Electric Light and innumerable other discoveries, all blessings to humanity--each day bring­ ing us new surprises until we have be­ come so accustomed to the exhibitions of the genius of our century that any new development is at once received as a mat­ ter of natural consequence, and most peo­ ple will simply remark, "I told you so." As an instance of this fact, we would only call attention to that wonderful discov­ ery, St. Jacobs Oil. A few years ago this great German remedy had never been heard of in this country; to-day you can hardly find a man, woman or child in the United States who has not used the rem­ edy for some pain or ache, or, at least, has witnessed its use and seen its won­ derful effects on a fellow-being. St. Jacobs Oil has , become a national remedy, for it is known in every city, town, village and hamlet in the country. It is a cosmopolitan preparation; for it is praised by the Americans, Germans, Ital­ ians, Bohemians, Danes, Swedes, Portu­ guese, Spaniards, French, yes, even by the "Heathen Chinee." It may be termed the universal blessing; for it is indorsed by the rich and poor, the clergyman and the physician, the merchant and the la­ borer, in fact by all classes of the com­ munity. St. Jacobs Oil, by its almost marvelous properties, can be employed for a simple cut or sprain,or the worst case of inflammatory rheumatism. Persons who have been confined to their bed for years with that terrible disease, rheuma­ tism, have been completely cured by the use of a single bottle. Such cases have been quoted by the leading journals of our country; for instance: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says: Under the title of Old Probabilities, one of the most useful and valuable officers of the U. S. Government i& most widely known. But quite as well known is Prof. J. H. Tice, the meteorologist of the Mis­ sissippi Valley, whoso contributions to his favorite study have given him an al­ most national reputation. On a recent tour through the Northwest, the Pro­ fessor had a narrow escape from the se­ rious consequences of a sudden and very dangerous illness, tho particulars of which he thus refers to: The day after concli^d- ing my course of lectures at Burlington, Iowa, on the 21st December last, I was seized with a sudden attack of neuralgia in the, chest, giving me the most excru­ ciating pain and almost preventing breath­ ing. My pulse, usually 80, fell to 35; in­ tense nausea of the stomach succeeded, and a cold, clammy sweat covered my entire body. The attending physician could do nothing to relieve me; after suf­ fering for three hours, I thought--as I had been using St. Jacobs Oil with good effect for rheumatic pains--I would try it. [ saturated a piece of flannel large enough to cover my chest, with the Oil, and applied it. The relief was almost In­ stantaneous. In one hour I was entirely free from pain, and would have taken the train to fill an appointment that night in a neighboring town, had my friends not dissuaded me. As it was, I took the night train for my homo, St. Louis, and have not been troubled since. The BostonOlobe says: Chas. S. Strick­ land, Esq., Builder, No. 9 Boylston street and 10G Harrison avenue, Boston, thus speaks: The pleasure which I hereby attempt to express can only be half con­ veyed by words. Physicians of very high character and notoriety have here­ tofore declared my rheumatism incura­ ble. Specifics, almost numberless, have failed to cure or even alleviate the in­ tensity of the pain, which has frequently confined me to my room for threo months at a time. One week ago I was seized with an attack of acute rheumatism of the knee. In a few hours the entire knee joint became swollon to enormous pro­ portions and walking rendered, impossi­ ble. Nothing remained for me, and I in­ tended to resign myself, as best I might, to another month's agonies. By chance I learned of the wonderful curative prop­ erties of St. Jacobs Oil. I clutched it as a straw, and in a few hours was free from pain in tho knee, arm and shoulder. As before stated, I cannot find words to con­ vey my praise and gratitude to the dis­ coverer of this king of rheumatism. The Chicago Times says: Everybody on the South Side knows J. D. L. Harvey, Esq., who has been a resident of Chicago for over twenty years. Mr. Harvey ex­ pressed himself on the "oil subjoct" as follows: "I have spent over $2,000 to cure my wife of rheumatism. Two bottles of St. Jacobs Oil accomplished what all the medical treatment failed to bring about. I regard it as a greater discovery than electricity. It is a boon to tho human race, and I am very glad to have this op­ portunity of testifying to its remarkable efficacy. I cannot speak too highly of it, and I would be recreant to my duty to those afflicted did I not lift my voice In its praise." The Philadelphia Ledger says: Mr. Geo. Graham, 820 Nineteenth street, Phila­ delphia, is a journalist of many years' experience, and is actively connected with the Philadelphia Sunday Mirror, a leading theatrical and musical journal, During the "late on pleasantness" Mr. Graham was Captain of Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-third Pennsylvania Regiment, and through exposure in the field he contracted a variety of ills, and he says a very troublesome case of rheu­ matism in the right leg and foot was a war inheritance that he had in vain tried to get rid of, until he was recommended to try "St. Jacobs Oil." He states that he felt a slight relief even on the first ap­ plication of the Oil. Before tho first bot­ tle he purchased had been used up he had but few traces of his rheumatism, and at this time he says the disease has entirely left him, which he attributes en tirely to the use of St. Jacobs Oil. He remarks: "No person need suffer with rheumatism if St. Jacobs Oil can be ob tained; to those who are afflicted with that complaint it is worth its weight in gold." The Chicago Inter Ocean says: Captain Paul Boyton, the world-renowned swim­ mer, thus speaks of the Old German Remedy: "From constant exposure I am somewhat subject to rhoumatic pains, and nothing would evor benefit me until I prot hold of this Old German Remedy, Why, on my travels I have met people who had been suffering with rheumatism for years; by my advice they tried the Oil, and it cured them. I would sooner do without food for days than be without this remedy for one hour. In fact would not attempt a trip without St. Ja­ cobs Oil, as I do not see how I oould get along without it." St. Jacobs Oil has been Indorsed by persons of national reputation,who would not lend their names if they were not convinced that it was a duty they owed to suffering humanity; they have experi enced the wonderful effect of the great German remody, and they want their fellow-creatures to know the result. We would only mention in this connection the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour, Cleveland, Ohio: Excellent for rheumatism and kind­ red diseases It has benefited mo great­ ly. lime. Marie Solvotti, Prima Donna Wilhelmj Concert Troupe: "Nothing can compare with it as a prompt, reliable cure for tho ailments named." Wm. H. Ware- ing, Esq., Asst. General Superintendent New York Post Offlco: "Proved all that is claimed for the Oil, and found efficacious. Ready relief for rheumatic complainte." Hon. Thos. L. James, Postmaster, New York: Referring to Superintendent Warn­ ing's report concerning St. Jacobs Oil, I concur." Prof. C O. Duplesis, Mana­ ger Chicago Gymnasium, Chicago, 111.: "Our professionals and amateurs use it in preference to everything they have ever \ried." Maj. T. A. Hillier. No. 223G Mter stfeet, Philadelphia, suffered so v^ith rheumatism that ho was confined to tils bed for weeks at a time, absolutely helpless; happenod to hear of St. Jacobs Oil, tried it and was cured. George jff. Walling, Esq., Sup't Police New YollE City: "Member of this Department re­ lieved of rheumatism by its uso." Stacojr Hill, Esq., Mt. Auburn Inclined Plane Railroad, Cincinnati, O.: "Undoubtedlyifr is a remarkable medicino." D. B. Cookt, Esq., American Express Co., Chicago 111.: "Gladly bear testimony to its effica­ cy." Capt. Henry M. Hoizworth, Chief Detective Force, Cleveland, Ohio; *"Sur­ prising relief. A world of good." Prat. Edward Hoist, Pianist and Composes, Chicago, 111.: "Its effects are in hanuonlr with its claims." In conclusion we would say that it Ig the imperative duty of every family to have a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil on hand for all emergencies; for the remedy is a true friend in neod, and the occasion for its immediate use may come when it is least expected. Follow this advice and it wffl not be long before you will join us in calling St. Jacobs Oil "A National Bless- Intr THE FAMILY DOCTOR. A Gnjj of strong tea, taken at bed­ time, will relieve night sweat. FOR rheumatism: A large piece of flannel well sprinkled with saltpeter. FOR hacking cough, sore throat or mouth, take a teaspoonful of salt in a half-cup of water, and gargle three a day before each meal. IN these days of neuralgia and sudden colds, says an exchange, it is sensible to have some means of relief close at hand. Make two or three little bags of cotton cloth and fill them with hops.v Then when you need them heat just as hot as possible even to the extent of browning the cloth, and apply to the aching mem­ ber. People who' cannot endure the odor of the old-time remedy of hops and vinegar do not object to the hops alone. The dry hop-bag is a great improvement .upon wet cloths of any kind. ALCOHOL AS STIMULANT.--Dr. John Wilson, in his " Health and. Health Re­ sorts," remarks of alcoholic drinks as stimulants: "They ore, as a rule, the most palatable; they impart gentle stim­ ulation, arouse the aesthetic nature as no other carbonaceous matter does. I con­ fess they are open to the objection of endangering the formation of habits of intemperance, but in advanced cases o( phthisis i have rarely known this to be the case, and I am convinced that I have seen pt least many days added to the lives of such invalids by the use of these beverages\witliout this evil consequence. By a wise law of nature, that which sub­ serves a needful purpose rarely demor­ alizes if indulged in under the stress of necessity, and in cas$s of rapid disinte­ gration it would seem that the toxic effect of the alcohol is more or less lost in the process of combustion, in which its carbonaceous principle plays so im­ portant a part." SICK HEADACHE.--This complaint is the result of eating too much and exer­ cising too little. Nine times in ten the cause is in the fact that, the stomach was not able to digest the food last intro­ duced into it, either from having been unsuitable or excessive in quantity. A diet of bread and butter, with ripe fruit or berries, with moderate and continu­ ous exercise in the open air sufficient to keep up a gentle perspiration, would cure almost every case of tick headache in a short time. Two teaspoonfuis ql powdered ckar^joal in a half glass of wa­ ter, and drank, often gives instant re­ lief. Sick headache with some persons comes on at regular intervals, and is the signal of distress which the stomach puts out to inform us that there is aa over-alkaline condition of the fluids ; that it needs a natural acid to restore tho battery to its former normal work­ ing condition. When tho first symptoms of headache appear take a table-spoonful of lemon juice clear, fifteen minutes be­ fore each meal, and the same dose at bedtime. Follow this up until all symp­ toms are passed, taking no other reme­ dies, and you soon will be able to go free from this unwelcome nui ance. Many people will object to this because the remedy is too simple, but many cures have been effected in this way. To CURE SNEEZING.--A correspondent of the British Medioal Journal says: "Duringtherecentrapid changes oi tem­ perature, I caught a cold in my head, accompanied by almost incessant, sneez­ ing. My unfortunate nose gave me no rest. The slightest impact of cold air, or passing from the outside air into a warm room, equally brought on a tit of sneezing. In vain I snuffed camphdr and Pulsatilla; the light catarrh still tri­ umphed over me. At length I resolved to see what the maintenance of a uni­ form temperature would do toward di­ minishing the irritability of my Schnei- derian membrane, and accordingly I plugged my nose with cotton wool. The effect was instantaneous ; I sneezed no more. Again and again I tested the ef­ ficacy of this simple remedy, always with the same result. However near I was to a sneeze, the introduction of the pledgets stopped it at once. Nor was there any inconvenience from their pres­ ence, making them sufficiently firm not to tickle, and yet leaving them suffi­ ciently loose to easily breathe through." This is really worth knowing, for inces­ sant sneezing is among the greatest of smaller ills, and it seems only a rational conclusion to hope that this simple plan may furnish the most efficient remody against one of the most distressing symp­ toms of hay fever. Vitiated Air and Intemperance. A working man writes to the Christian Register concerning the connection of bad air and intemperance. He says that working in a large room in a shoe factory, with from fifty to a hundred others, the fumes of tobacco, mingling with the sioh- ening smell of leather, he found it use­ less to try to ventilate the room by the windows. Every morning he lowered them an inch, but in half an lionr all would be closed. The door had a spring, which prevented its being left open a minute, and there was no way of secur­ ing fresh air. When he left his work at night he felt so faint and lifeless that Be longed for a stimula it. Many of the men went at once to the nearest saloon, when tho day's work was ended. The men think it is hard work that makes them feel so tired, but in reality it is the breathing and rebreathing, hour after hour air which has been deprived of its oxygen, and is loaded with poison. Of course, ill-health is general among the workmen, and it is not strange that the fifty drink shops in the town are well supported. It is much to be wished that employers understood the importance of securing an abundant supply of pure air in their shops and factories. To do so would serve their iuterests, as the work­ men would perform their tasks with more vigor and speed. There would also be less time lost from drunkenness. Smok­ ing in the work-room should be prohib­ ited. No intelligent ]K^OU will deny that tobacco smoke in an nuv^ntilatecl worn is not oulv sickening to many pw- sons, but dangerous t<» «U. WHEN rain is coming ravens cam swallows chatter, cats "wash thea* faces," small birds prune tliemseJvus and make a show of working, crows make d great noise in tl»e evening, geese cackib more than usual, The reason is because these creatures love wet weather and ro- ĵ oe at approach. "v*- >