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And chose a coin by touch, and not aigflpjj*' llt> an odd thing now that gnineaa ehotilct|* * Bo like unto peonies, in shape and «i*e. ^ V J r '** rn Kive ft penny." the stingy man said; _^ ?; }*' 44 The poor must not gifts of pennies deqptflfe ' ;• The penny fefl down with a clatter and ring; And back in his seat leaned the stingy man. - •"The wor d is K> full of the poor," he thought, « W " I Mtn't help tham all--I give what I can." V .Ma, ha! how tlie ecxton smi'ed, to be sure, " a , To see the go.d guinea fall in his plate; IHs, ha! how the utingy man's heart was wfj Ppreeiviug his bunder, but Ju»t too late I Jom-,1-' *> No matter," he said, " in the Lord's aooouft Th t guinea of gold is set down to me. They leud to Him who give to the poor; It will not so bad an investment Mw" a," ihe chuckling sextan cries art; 1 it Ma cheated--He kens thM well; life £ v.vtA He knew it was only by accident i. That out of thy fingers the guinea fell. " He keeps an account na doubt for the ptttr{ vJ.:, But in that account Hell set down to tha» , r * -fNa mair o' that go-d»n guinea, my man, , * > Than the one bare penny ye meant to g»!" '•ft' vV* .rf ; "There's » comfort, teo, in the Uttle tale-- A serious side as weU as a Jote; A comfort for all the generous poor In tho ci>piical words the sexton I comfort to tliink thet tbe good Lord knomii I H>w generous we really desire to be, » ?¥ 4..idxid will give ns credit in his account •' f • V lot ail the pennies »olong to "• gi'e • --H. &, in St. Mekoim*. THE ADVENTURES OF A POET S?y-": WM c-iW- & N arc is ana Brown was a most es tuna- file young man of studious habits. His father, a tradesman, bad taken pride in giving him a liberal education. At tbe age at 19 years, therefore, Narcissus had finished bis education, and had become a philosopher. Bat youth is fickle. An ardent imag­ ination and restless instincts worked their way, aud, at the age of 19 yean and 3 months, Narcissus beoame ft poet. '• Father,'*said he, one day, "I fed within me the poctio instinct. I am a poet!" ' "Very well, my son," said the pa­ ternal Brown, " be a poet, if you will.* JSo much the better, too," he added, with protid fondness, "because it will rex Green, the grocer. His son is a writer, l>nt he only writes prose." *-i 8o Narcissus became a poet. Every idty he wandered off to the village near ,^-Jhis native city, and there communed, with nature. The dusty trees which lined the roadside moved him to poetry, and- even the wind-mills stirred his sonL "Ah," he would sentimentally Bay, "how toman tic they look! 8ee the , white sails glinting like those of a fair galleon gliding over the waves to some *iiat-off shore." The sea! He had never thought of the sea before. The idea suddenly flashed across his brain. " Ah !" he mused, " tbe sea ! The bright, blue, boundless ocean! That is pii*Cv £Oa £ Whi^t 52 poetic in this hum-drum life ashore? r v' On the ocean man struggles with nature; he combats the elements; he defies the - storm, i shall go to sea." •fy He returned to the paternal shop, and * declared his intention. Bat his father only yielded after much persuasion. At last he consented, and made up a pack- 0 age of fancy dry goods which he thought -w.'.vj in«mlAcuJi iw A^lAtiiac Ta fhia >: he mlaed a purse, some tears and his blessing, and Narciasua started for the nearest sea port. There he repaired to the house of ft cousin, a resident of the place; he stated his intention, and asked for ad­ vice. The cousin was well acquainted with the Captain of a brig which was about to sail for Martinique, and secured him a passage aboard of her. Narcissus experienced a slight shock when he heard the name of the vessel.' " If it were only a little more poeti­ cal!" he thought. "The Undine, at the Mermaid, or something like that. But the Sarah Ann 1" And he asked the Captain's name. When told it was Smith, he almost fainted. He was to sail aboard the brig Sarah Ann--Smith, Miister. He would have willingly given a larger sum if the Captain had a nautic cal name. ^ However, there waa no help for it-- his passage money was paid. So the next day, accompanied by his cousin, he took a boat and went on board tlie Sarah Ann, to see what she looked like. On the way out the water was very rough, the boat was small, and Narcia­ sua at once hoped and feared some ac­ cident--something romantic. But he only got sea-sick. When he reached ihe deck he east an eager glance around upon the hardy sons of the sea. Most of them were swabbing the deck after getting in car­ go, and there were several engaged in washing .and hanging out shirts upon the rigging to dry. With an exclama­ tion ot disgust, Narcissus turned away. •fThey only need flat-irons to be washerwomen," said he. However he descended to the Captain's cabin. That individual was talking to a stout, thick-set man, and signed to Narcissus and his cousin to seat them­ selves. They did so, and Niircissus im­ mediately began to inspect the cabin. T^ his disgust he found it was a prosaio little room, with a carpet, chairs, table and pictures on the walls--exactly like a room on shore. Narcissus sighed, end turned his eyes upon the Captain. His ideal of the man who was to brave the elements and command a turbulent crew was as follows : A mariner of giant frame --ftt least six feet; a ma8sivelieads tieree eyes, a voice of awe-inspiring qualities. He looked at Oapt. Smith, and saw he was a short, thin man, about forty yearn of age; he was extremely polite in his manners ; he woie a wig and took snuff. It is impossible to describe the revulsion of feeling that kwept over Nar­ cissus when he beheld this innignift^^ personage. The individual who was talking to the Captain was, as we have said, stoutly built; he was a jolly-looking fellow, and was deeply interested in trying to beat down the rate of pa&sage. "Come, now, Captain," said he, "can't you put it a little lower ?" " I have only one price," replied tho Captain. Naroissus thought of shop, and shuddered. " * said the stout man, after much debate, " what must be must be. One condition, however ; my boxes must have air, and dampness will injure them. You know what they contain. So I want you to promise me that they shall not be put in the hold." " All right," said the Captain; "they shall oe placed on the orlop deck." " And I can examine them whenever " Whenever yon like." " Well, here's your money," said the stout man, and he placed the sum upon the table, sainted, and left, "Who's that fellow?" asked the cttnsin. "Oh, it's ft poor devil of ft showman. He's going to the colonies with ft let a! wax fixtures to exhibit them." " Wax figures I • Why, thev'll melt if you leave them on the orlop deck, won't they?" " Well, that's his business," said the worthy Captain, good>-natnrealy. Then, turning to Narcissus, he said: " Well, sir, I am pleased to meet you. I shall make your voyage as agreeable as pos­ sible. You will be very comfortable-- iur<t exactly Uie muua as ii you were on land." Narcissus was in despair. "But, Captain," said he, "yon nev** have a voyage without ft storm, do you ? " " l^torm ! storm ! Why, my dear sir, I've followed the sea, man and boy, for twenty-one years, and, with the excep­ tion of a capftil of wind now and then, Tve always had splendid weather." " May the devil strangle yon and your splendid weather 1" thought Nar- eidsus. " If you were in winter, now," eon tinned the Captain, "I don't say but that it might be a little rough ; but in July! Why, my dear sir, you'll scarce­ ly know that you're at sea," "Captain," said Narcissus suddenly, taking the bull by the horns, "can I get back my passage - money t I want to go on some other ship." " Some other ship ?" said the aston­ ished Captain. "Why, you could not be better satisfied. The brig is a splen­ did one. Tlie sailors are all religious; you never hear an oath or ft vulgar word from their lips." At the thought of these nun-like mariners, Naroissus mftde ftn involun­ tary grimace. "Let me assure, sir, that yon couldn't be better off. Besides, accord­ ing to maritime law, after you've paid your passage, the money cannot be re­ turned to you." So the "unhappy Narcissus left the Sarah Ann, and did not reappear until the hour of sailing, such was his disgust at the unromantic character of vessel, master aud crew. When he went to the pier to engage a boat to take him out to the brig he met the stout m m whom he had 6een in the Captain's cabin. This (individual pro- ix»sed that they should hire a boat joint­ ly to transport themselves and baggage to the brig, and Narcissus consented. He bade farewell to* his cousin, and tumbled into the boat. The stout man followed him. " Have you ever been to sea, sir ?" he asked. "No,", replied Naroissus; "and yon ?" " Never, sir ; this is the first' time. I am going to the colonies to exhibit my wax figures." "What do they represent?" asked Narcissus, mechanically. " That," said he, pointing to one-- they were long, narrow boxes, about six by three--"that contains a magnificent figure of the Emperor Napoleon ; that, a figure of his Holiness the Pope; that, an Albino," and he went through1 the list. " Well, what do you bother me with it for ?" demanded Narcissus, gl&d to find iOutc Oil ii Vu > cut Uus lii UUIUUI upuil. " I only told you because you asked me, sir," replied the man. submissively. " Well, shut up, will yon ?" replied the gentle Narciastu. " Yon talk too much!" The stout man's eyes snapped angrily, bnt he said nothing. They reached the Teasel's side, and, with unheard-of precautions, the show- hi" ™t nhnnfr! ffi made the sailors almost expire witl laughter at the gingerly way in which he climbed the ladder, and his calling the masts "the poles" furnished them fresh food for merriment At 5 o'clock in the evening the Sarah Ann weighed anchor and set out on her voyage. Narcissus remained on deck, watching the sun set, and thus, as he expressed it, "relighting the torch of poesy in his soul." But he hadn't been there long before he became extremely sea-sick, and two grinning tars took him below. As for the showman, he remained on deck amusing the crew by his ignorance of nautical matters, which was dense. However, as he was about to go below, he noticed that one-of the sheets was working loose from its cleat. Glancing carefully around him, and seeing no one near, he hauled ifc taut and belayed it with the expertness of an old sailor. Having done this he went off to examine his cases. Narcissus did not sleep. As he tossed restlessly upon his pillow he invoked the muses. "O muses nine," quoth he, "pity me, and send us something romantic--a tempest, a shipwreck--anything. I have quitted realms of pins, needles and tape, and abandoned myself to the ca­ price of the wave?, only that my life may become exciting. Pity me, then, ye gods ! Blow, old Boreas, blow ! Lash thy waves, 0 Neptune !" It is doubtful whether either the muses or the gods heard him, but it is certain that something very singular took place almost upon the heels of his prayer. The brig was not provided with state­ rooms for passengers, so the apartment occupied by Narcissus consisted only of an old sail draped around the place 'tween decks where his hammock was swung. This canvas he could see over, and this is what took place. The feeble glimmer of a ship's lantern served to illumine the place without, and its rays fell npon the showman's boxes, which 'were lashed up against the vessel's side. Emerging from the darkness Narcissus saw the figure of the burly showman. "The base hind!" thought he, "al­ ways anxious for his business. Here lie is examining his figures when he might be watching the stars in yon azure vault " f Narcissus would have called ont; his tongue clove to the roof of his month. He would have risen ; his head seemed glued to his pillow. A cold perspira­ tion broke out upon him. He had real­ ized the faot that the showman and his comrades were pirates. The minutes passed on. They seemed hours to him. Then he heard an out­ cry ; the trampling of feet on the deck over his head; the ediort bark of pistols; muttered curses; groans; then there was a wild yell of triumph; the sound of con­ versation ; then he heard at intervals the noise of heavy bodies dropping into the water--" Splash ! Splash ! Splash !" It was altogether too romantic. Nar­ oissus faintod away. ^ ^ When he came to his senses he had experienced a complete revulsion of feel­ ing. The ocean to him was distasteful. He was enamored of green-fields aud bab­ bling brooks. He would have exchanged the Atlantic ocean for the smallest brook that ever ran. His fevered fancy car­ ried him to the meadows around his native city; he thought of the xlowers there; of the smiling grain and--- " Boom I" . - What was thatf It sounded like ft Oftnnon shot Tnere was a crackling sound. The side of the vessel seemed to be bursting in. The plankp and splinters flew, and from the midst there emerged a round- shot--a jolly, pudgy round-shot, which came wildly skipping along the deck toward him. As it neared him it made ft final bound, and imbedded itself in the wood right over his head. Again Narcissus lost his senses. He liked romance, but he was getting too much of it at one time. * * * * When Narcissus recovered conscious­ ness he found himself lying upon the deck of the brig. There were irons upon his hands, irons upon his feet. On either side of him squatted a swarthy sailor, each with a cutlass, and each watching him with the most flattering attention. Narcissus turned his head. Behind him lay his friend, the showman, in the same predicament as himself. Banged in symmetrical rows lay the comrades of the showman, all ironed and guarded. Lying near the brig was a large man-of- war with the Spanish flag flying. " Sir," said Narcissus, addressing the showman, " can you tell me what all this means?" " Hallo I" was the reply. " Why, there's the little land lubber. I'd forgot you completely. Certainly-- I'll take great pleasure in telling you all about it. Do you see the yards of that ship ?" " What are the, yards?" said Narcis­ sus, gravlif ̂ " Ha! hft I Well, you see those poles that run across the masts ?" "Yes." " Do you see a man astride of one of them at the end Y* " Yes." J' Do you know what he is doing?" "No/' 1 " He's fixing a rope," * "A rope! What for?" MTn honor na " TO na- kftag mi To hang the paternal Narcissus paused in his poetical flight. His eres opened widely; he almost ceased to breathe. For the showman, after carefully glancing around him, had opened one of the boxes, and a man stepped out. The new-comer exchanged a whispered word with the showman, and began to shake his numb and rurid limbs. " This is indeed romantic," muttered Narcissus. But he felt a cold causation creeping up his back. Tlie showman continued his task oi opening the boxes. One by one the wax figures 8te»|>ed forth, shook them­ selves and felt their joints. When the last box was opened, there were six of (hem, b' side the showman. Each man drew out pistols and knives, looked to the lockB, and replaced the weapons in convenient positions. "Well," thoughtsNarcfesus, "that is the most wicked-looking gang of cut­ throats I ever set eyes on. This is altogether too romantic. I wish I was home." Bnt his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the showman's voice ; "All ready?" said he, in a hoarse whisper. " r®»dy," was the whispered reply. " Then$here we go 1" With cat-like tread they stole ftwfty in the darkness. you, you mean. " No--us. " *' Why--why--what do you mean ? You are a pirate ! I am a poet. My name is Brown--Narcissus Brown; and 1 live--" " Oh, well, tell them so, then. There's an officer." Assuming an air of dignity tempered <ni£V> onhmiiuinn, Xnrri-"an<«'l<lreflHfd the cer, detailing the story of how he came to be aboard the brig. The officer inter­ rupted him curtly, in Spanish, by giving an order to o^e of the sailors. - " Well," said the showman, "do you know what he said ? " " No." " He said, ' Gag that cur.'" "Then he didn't understand what I said ? " " Not a word. Neither he nor*any of theotliers speak anything but Spanish." " But yon can speak their language ?'" "Fluently." " Well, then, tell him, you, that--" "My dear boy, do }ou remember when we came out in the boat together ? Yon told me I talked too much. Now 1 will be silent. Really, yon should have been more civil. But then you are go­ ing to be hanged in ten minutes, and it will teach you manners." Narcissus was about to reply, but at that moment the sailor had prepared the gag, and his mouth was stopped. " It's no more than right," continued the showman, "that you should know why you're going to be hanged, so I'll tell you. I've been a pirate for twenty years, and never been unluckv. This is my first mishap--I'm afraid, though, it'll be my last. Well, about six months ago I boarded a Spanish merchantman from Peru, and, of course, I had to make all the crew walk the plank? Unfort­ unately a ring that the Captain had took my fancy, and I've worn it ever since. Well, this meddlesome fellow boarded me yesterday, and I would have got off unsuspected had it not been for the cursed ring. The Captain of the mer chantman had been a friend of this offi­ cer, wiio bad given it to him. lln sus­ picions being excited, he examined the ship's papers, and thus found out my ladt little game. That, though, you know all about. So he's going to hang us all. I would have been sorrier for you, my boy, if you had been a little more civil." It was morally and physically impos­ sible for Narcissus to reply; he was, therefore, silent. I His eyes wandered over the scene. The sea was smooth as glass, the sky blue and cloudless. The white clothing of the swarthy Spaniards contrasted viv­ idly with their browni3»k ins. The state­ ly sliip-of-war, with the gorgeouB folds of the Spanish standard floating over her, was a pleasing sight to gaze-upon. But Narcissus heeded not all this. Po­ etry had fled from him. He could see but one thing--the seaman on the yard; he coul-i think of but one thing--the rope which was so scon to encircle his neck. The doomed men were taken aboard of the man-of-war. One by one the pi­ rates were slowly strangled at the yard arm. There remained only Narcissus and the showman. " After you," said the latter with a fiendish grin. " You are younger than I am." The noose was placed around Narcis­ sus' neck. Stalwtirt arms swung him up to the yard. As he drew up his writhing limbs' in his death agony, the showman turned away his face. " Well, it was his own fault," he mut­ tered ; " but I am half sorry for him." A few moments passed, and the two men were again together--but not in this world. EASE is the last thing in the world for a Christian to long for. But it is quite right for him to wish and pray that he may be easy in his sphere and do its du­ ties easily. Not rest from toil, but peace in toil, Bhould be our craving; not less Work to- do, but more strength for its doing. Ease is the paradise of a shirk, not a soldier, in the Christian warfare. -w |V FABI HOTES. ' ' \ 3n that the outlets tofta&M Jtmt drains are open and are not in any way clogged. TKN years ago it cost nearly as much to get a bushel of grain from Buffalo to New York as it now does to carry it from Chicago to Liverpool. A WRITRB of experience and reputa­ tion litis stated that the fence tax on the farmers in the State of New York is three and a half times greater per acre than the State, county, and township taxes on the land. Dh. J. M. BatijKY says: " From my experience in feeding, so far as I con­ sider ensilage to be worth one-half as much as the best timothy hay. I wtould not, however, exchange ensilage for hay, and give two tons for one." THK best of forage may not always furnish in suitable proportions all the elements necessary to produce the best milk ; therefore, give a large variety of j food, but guard against anything that will taint tbe milk or butter. A TRiAit was made in Scotland to test the feeding value of an acre of cabbage, compared with the value of an acre of Swedish turnips for fattening sheep, and it wfts found that the cabbages were worth very nearly $20 the most. IT IS commonly stated that superphos­ phates, potash, salts, and other similar materials are more effective when used together than when applied separately. Certainly complete fertilizers^are more efficient Than partial fertilizers. THE SOW should be fed but little corn during the last two months of her preg­ nancy. Her diet should avoid that which is too heating and fattening. Oats, bran, middlings, aLd beets are a great deal better than the everlasting corn diet of Ihe West THE food of animals has duties to per­ form 'vhich are not demanded of the food of plants. In plants the f- >od merely provides the matter for building up the vegetable tissues. In the animal, be­ sides constructing tissues, the food has to furnish the means of producing heat and n echanical force. Cows purchased from rich lands and carried to poor soils seldom do well. It is far better to buy a good cow from a poor farm, in which case improvement is almost certain. There is no good reason, however, why a poor animal should be kept on a poor farm. K->ep better stock if you have to keep less of it. WHEBE plants are abundant the old stools of strawberries may be lifted, the grass picked from around them, aud they may be reset in trenches with a well-rotted manure put ai>out them on the surface. In some localities strong plants of last season's growth may be transplanted with good results. EXPERIENCE and observation will con­ vince anyone that better results will fol­ low the application of manure at the sur­ face, or at least within three inches of it, than if plowed under to tltie^ times that depth. For immediate results all well- rotted manure should be intimately mixed with tbe surface soil by repeated cultivations or harrowings. THE character of the winter has often considerable inflnence on that of the fol­ lowing season. In a wet winter the soil may lose nitrates by drainage to a con­ siderable extent. Boot development will also be prevented by excessive wet. Af­ ter such a winter the wheat crop gener­ ally is in a backward couditionand finds itself in an impoverished soil. A. J. Dc fwxiNG, who was perhaps the hwt nurm*ultui*t Auitn i™ baa kuorwn, said: "If I were to preach a sermon on horticulture, I should take as my text 'Stir the Soil'" Frequent and deep stirring will enable one to grow fine veg­ etables on comparatively poor and slightly manured soil; while without it one fails to gain the proj>er advantage, even from the richest and finest soil. WHERE nitrogen is required as a fer­ tilizer it is better to use Peruvian guano than nitrate of soda, and sulphate of ammonia or dried blood is preferable to nitrate of soda, the latter as a general thing being too soluble and too energetic for plant food. The 10 per cent, ammo­ nia standard guanos are not always the most profitable, because with their ex­ cess of nitrogen they have a deficiency in phosphoric acid and potash. Next to Peruvian guano, fish guano, fish scraps or sulphate of ammonia would be the cheapest source of nitrogen. THE character of the food will affect the quality of the manure even more than the character of the animal. A diet of corn fodder and straw, for instance, can yield only a poor manure, because these foods contain very little nitrogen or phosphates. A diet including a lib­ eral amount of oil-cake or beans will, on the other hand, yield a valuable manure, these foods being rich in nitrogen and ash constituents. A common mode in England and Franoe of increasing the supply of manure on a farm is by the consumption of purchased food by the animals of the farm. IN HIS pamphlet on " Fertility," Dr. J. B. Lawes asserts that practically the source of the whole of the nitrogen in our crops is the store within the soil itself and in the nitrogenous manures brought upon it. At Rothumsted there are about twelve acres of land, distribu­ ted in six different fields, and under more than as many different crops, which have either been kept entirely without manure, or have only received purely mineral manures, for periods of from twenty-five to forty years. As these areas are exposed to the same atmos­ pheric influences as other fields, and as crops growing on them are, with the ex­ ception that they receive no nitrogen by manure, subject to the same influences as similar crops in neighboring fields, we may look with confidence to the re­ sults which they will yield in the course of time. A WRITER in tbe Scientific, American cava: "We clean our premises of the detestable vermin, rats, by making whitewash yellow with coperas and cov­ ering the stones and rafters with it. In every crevice in which a rat may go we put the crystals of the coperas, and scatter in the corners of the flr.or. The result was a perfect stampede of rats and mice. Since that time not a footfnil of either rats or mice has been heard around the house. Every spring a coat of yellow wash is given the cellar as a purifier, as a rat exterminator, and no typhoid, dysentery, or. fever attacks tlie family. Many persons deliberately at­ tract all the rats in tlie neighborhood by leaving the fruits and vegetables uncov­ ered in the cellar, and some times even the soap is left open for their regalement. Cover up everything eatable in the cellar and pantry and you will soon starve them out. These precautions, joined to the service of a good cat, will prove as good a rat exterminator as the chemist can provide. We never allow rats to be poisoned in our dwelling. They are so apt to die between the walla and produce much annoyance. AN EXCHANGE says of the amber cane in Minnesota, one acre of land planted to amber cane and fairly cultivated will yield twelve to fifteen tons of cane, ac­ cording to soil and season. One ton of cane will yield twelve to fourteen gallons of string-proof syrup. One gallon of string-syrup will yield five to seven pounds of sugar. The remainder, after the sugar is extracted, being a first-class syrup. The cane can be raised, laid down at the mill, with not more than two miles of hauling, and worked into string-proof syrup at an average cost not exceeding twenty cents per gallon. At twelve tons of cane per acre and fourteen gallons of syrup i>er ton we may average the prorluct at 168 gallons of syrup per acre. At five pounds of sugar to the gallon the sugar product would be 840 pounds, leaving a residue of eighty- five g:ill >n8 of syrup. The sng^r at eight cents per pound amounts to $67.20, and the syrup at sixty cents per gallon would amount to 651. The 158 gallons of syrup at twenty cents per gallon will cost* $33.60. but add 50 p<r cent, to cover possible contingencies, the extreme cost is $50. Deducting this from the value of the sugar and svrup, $118.20, and we have left $67,80 for transporta­ tion to refinery, refinery expenses and profits* A KXNTUCXT fanner gives the follow- advice about sheep: The common sheep of the country pay only a very small profit, while good Cotswoids yield a good revenue--a large interest on the investment. Let me illustrate the dif­ ference, so that it will impress itself on the minds of those who are not using high grade or thoroughbred stock. An Hveruge farm in this section should keep 100 sheep yearly, for our average farmer is not progressive, and believes in going slow. He buys the common stock of the country--100 head at $3 each, and a grade ram for $6. With ordinary good luck he clips 400 pounds of wool and sells the 400 pounds at 25 cents, amounting to $100, raises 75 lambs, worth 33 each, making $225, to which add the value of old yews, $275, and we have a total of $600. Deduct the cost of keeping the sheep one year, $250, to which add the cost of ewes, $300, and deduct five per cent, for loss. $15, mak­ ing a total of $565, which leaves a profit of $35, not estimating the va'ue of the manure. If the same farmer buys 10J high grade ewes at $650, estimating the keep of the same for one year at $280, allowing five per cent, loss, $50, total, $960. Per oontra the ews are worth $600, wool ten pounds average, or 1,000 pounds, at $250: seventy-five lambs at $5 each, $375, or a total of $1,225, phow-. ing a net profit of $265 and the manure besides. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. (From the Detroit Frw Press " UotMehold.^*) TOOTH POWDEB.--Prepared chalk, four ounces; orris root (powdered), two ounces; green myrrh (powdered), one- fourth of an ounce; oil of cinnamon, twenty drops. REMEDY FOB BALDNESS --Olyoerine, four ounces; tannin, one drachm ; tinc­ ture of cantharides, two drachms ; oil of capsicum, ten drops. Apply to the bald spot night and morning. FOR A COUGH.--For a tight, hoarse cough, where phlegm is not raised, or with difficulty, take hot water often, as hot as can be sipped. This will be found to give immediate aud permanent relief. BAD BREATH. -- Bad breath, from catarrah, foul stomach, or bad teeth, may be temporarily relieved by diluting a little bromo cliloralum with eight or ten parts of water, and using it as a gargle, and swallowing a few drOps just before going out. DANDRUFF. -- The annoyance from dandruff can be prevented by dampen­ ing tlie scalp three oi* four times a weok with sulphur water, made by putting a half ounce of flour of su^bur into a pint of water, shaking occasionally for a few days; then pour off into a clean bottle. FIIESH WORMS.--Black specks on the skin disfigure the face. Remove by thoroughly wasliiug in tepid water, rub- biug with a towel and applying with a soft fiannal a lotion made of three ounces of cologne and half an ounce of liquor of potash. Or press out by put­ ting the ho.lo w end of a watch key overit. How TO TREAT DIPHTHERIA. -- For young children give two grain quinine pills,, adult, four grains every night; this will keep down fever. Take chlor­ ate of potash one part, sulphur one part, and sugar (white) two parts, mix thoroughly ; take this mixture a pinch at a time, letting it dissolve slowly in the mouth. Apply a warm pmUtice of flax seed to the throat, wrapping a piece of dry flannel on the outside. Mild aperients should be given. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.--These are best let alone. Shaving only increases the growth and depilatories are dangerous and sometimes disfigure the face. The only sure plan is to spread on a piece of leather equal parts of golWarinm and pitch faster, lay it on the hair as smoothly as possible; let it remain there three or four minutes, then remove it with the hairs, root aud brauch. This is severe but effective. Kero.-ene will also remove them. If sore after using rub on sweot oil. BROOMS.--It is not economy to have too few brooms; one for the sleeping- room up-stairs, one for parlor and sitting- room, aud one for tho liitchen are not too many. As they are worn they may be passed down a grade at a time, the new one always going to the parlor. If the new broom is allowed to stand in cold water for twelve hours, afterward thor­ oughly drying it, it will lust much longer. A broom should never be al­ lowed to stand on its brush, as it makes it permanently one-sided and ill-shapen. Hang it up by a loop in the handle. VELVET.--How to brush velvet is a thing, easy as it seems, not known to everybody. The whole secret lies in the management of the brush. Take a hat- brush that is not too soft, but has the bristles elastic, and that will return at once to their original state after being presse d aside. Hold this firmly under the palm of the hand, in the (im ction oi the arm, and with the bristles down­ ward; and pressing them, first, gently into the substance of the velvet, then twist around the arm, hand and brush, all together, as on an axis, without mov­ ing them, forward or backward. The j foreign matters will thus be drawn up, j and flirted <mt of the flock, without'in-" ; jury to the substance of the velvet; and j the brush must be lifted up and placed j in a similar manner over every part, re- ' quired to be brushed. By this means 1 velvet will be improved, instead of de­ teriorated, and will lost for years. THE gold ax of King Koffee of Ash- ant^e, sent to Queen Victoria, has been deposited in the South Kensington Museum. It is a triangular blade of iron apparently cut from a piece of boiler plate, clumsily stuck into a handle of African oak. Leopard skin covers the handle, part of which, just above the blade, is soiled apparently with blood. Bands of thin gold, enriched with un­ couth chevrons and lunettes en repousse are placed around the handle. The sheath is of tiger skin. Attached to it ia a curious object of beaten gold, in shape like a cockle shell with horns extended from the hinge, and decorated with re­ pousse lines and punctures and open­ work of quaM-aeraUa. PACTS FOB THE CURIOUS. Tin pitch of note produced by the wings of the gnat in the act ot flying is two octaves higher than the highest note of a seven-octave piano. THE most ancient manuscripts are written without accents, stops or "separa­ tion between the words, nor was it until alter tbe ninth century that copyists began to leave spaces between ftords. c ARCHITECTS and manufacturers of^ stained-glass windows are said to get the*" prettiest of their designs from kaleido­ scopes, whioh they turn until they find a design that suits their purpose. > MORE than half of the ships of the globe are ooaled with English coal, and, though the output last year reached the extraordinary dimensions of 147,000,000 t^s, the whole of it obtained a market. A FACT interesting to mineralogists and geologists has been brought to light at the gold fields in Australia, namely, that the quantity of gold in quartz does not diminish with the depth in all cases, for in some mines the gold is still abun­ dant at a dtpth of 650 feet, and shows no sign of diminution. BEES have an intuitive guidance in the selection of food, which has the* power of producing organic changes in the bodies of the young, even to the de­ termination and development of sex, so that, by the administration of it under what may be called artificial conditions, certain selected individuals can be made the mothers and queens of future hives. THB brilliant light of the electric arc is found to be much lens dangerous to the eyes than was for some time be­ lieved. So high a medical authority as the London Lancet reports that but one case of serious injury from exposure to the dazzling light has come under its notice, and in that instance the exposure was unusually severe and prolonged. How OFTEN do we hear the query, " What becomes of all the dead birds? The secret of their mysterious disap- "penrauce was but just now half told by the buzz of those brown wings, and the other half is welcome *o any.one who will take the trouble to follow their lead. This beetle is one of man's incalculable benefactors. It is his mission to keep fresh and pure the air we breathe. He is the sexton that takes beneath the mold not only the fallen sparrow, but tlie mice, the squ rreli«, and even much larger creatures that die in our woods and fields. Beneath that clump of yar­ row I found just what I expected--a small dead bird--and the grave diggers were in the midst of their work. Al­ ready the rampart of fresh earth was raised around the body, and the cavity was growing deeper with every moment, as the busy diggers evacuated the turf beneath. Now and then one would emerge on a tour of inspection, even rummaging among the feathers of that silent throat, and climbing upon the plumy breast to press down th,p little body into the deepening grave. These nature-burials are by no means rare, and where the listless eye fails to discover them the nostrils will often indicate the way, and to any one desirous of wirness- inur thn operation, without the ironbie oi search, it is only necessary to place in some convenient spot of- loose earth the carcass of some small animal. The most casual observer could not fail soon to be attracted by. the orange spotted beetles. HE DID MOT MINCE MATTERS. A representative of the Lynn (Mass.) Item, in a late ramble throughout that city, gathered, among other scraps of interest and information, the following: The lint place visited by the reporter was the fruit store of Mr. J. Levett, No. 67 Market street, in response to a rumor that the proprietor had been cured of the rheumatism by the great remedy. Mr. Levett not being in, the reporter had a talk with his son. Mr. Levett stated that his father had been cured of an exceedingly bad attack of rheumatism by the St. Jacobs Oil. He had the disease in his right arm and shoulder, which be­ came perfectly helpless after being affected a few hours. His pain was so great that he could not rest in comfort or attend to busi­ ness with any degree of satisfaction. Aftei enduring this soil of thing for some time, he purchased a bottle of the great German Remedy and began to apply it. He did not mince matters at all, but just used the Oil for all it was worth. After pursuing this mode of treatment for three days the pain was banished and his father was in a per­ fectly healthy condition.* He has never since felt any rheumatic pain. Trailing. One of the most remarkable features of uncivilized life is the power savages BIIOW of tracking men and beasts over immense distances. Many travelers have spoken of this as something almost miraculous, yet it is only the result of careful observation of certain well-known signs ; and we have here before us a col­ lection of very-cornmon-sense hints on the subject. In countries like ours overy trace or foot-print or wheel-track on roads or paths is soon obliterated or hopelessly confused ; but; it is otherwise in the wilderness, where neither man nor beast can conceal his track. In Caffreland, when cattle are stolen, if their foot prints are traced to a village, the head man is responsible for them, unless lie can show the taine track going out. A wagon track in a new country is practically indelible. " Moreespeeiaily," say the authors of "Shifts and Expedi­ ents of Camp Life," " is this the case if a fire sweeps over the plain immediately after, or if a wagon pasBeB during or after a prairie fire. We have known a fellow- travel* r in this manner recognize the tracks his wagon had made seven years before, the lines of charred stumps crushed short down remaining to indi­ cate the passage of the wheels, though all other impressions had been obliter­ ated by the rank annual growth fully twelve feet high. Sometimes, the origi­ nal soil being disturbed, a new vegeta­ tion will spring up along the wagon track, and thus mark out the road for mil?B. Even on hard rock a man's bare foot will leave the dust caked together by perspiration, so that a practiced eye will see it: aud even if there is no track, a stone will be disturbed here and there, the side of the pebble which has long lain next to the ground being turned up. If it is still damp, tlie man or beast that turned it has passed very recently. If a shower of rain has fallen, the track will tell whether it was made before, during or after flie shower ; similar indications can be obtained from the dew ; and other indications of the time that has elapsed since a man parsed by is furnished bv tho state of the crushed grass, which will be more or less withered as tbe _ time is longer or shorter. Other indications are drawn from the direction in which the grass lies ; this tells how the wind was blowing at the time the grass was crushed ; and by noting previous of the wind, one learns tlie time at which each part of the track was made. HORACE B. DICK, ESQ., associate editor of the Delaware Co. Republican, Chester, Pa., was cured by St. Jacobs Oil of very severe injuries resulting from a fall. His i arm appeared to be paralyzed, but the Oil cured him.--Philadelphia Ledger. Moi/ra was 64 when he worn his flntv battle, yet there are Mime who urge Gen. Sbenafta'ft retirement At @2. 1.. dLp lit OaptML (4) A few yean ego H WM the fMhlon among a oertein clique of politicians, whose utter- anoes were echoed by a portion of the press, to clamor for the removal erf the Capitol from Washington to aome representative' Western city near to the geographical center of the eonntry. The topie seemed to prove a seven days* wonder, however, and was'A; Soon forgotten in the rash and requirement of the nation's urgent business. Now whether the Capitol will ever be removed or not is not near so interesting a question to some people as to whether lheumatism can or will be removed from their bodies. The subject of the removal of this disease from the sys­ tem has veiy successfully interested myri­ ads of people, and, from the extended ex­ pressions conveyed by the almost-innumer-: able statements received from representa­ tives of every class of the community, we, append the following brief selection--pre­ mising, for the benefit of the reader, that the disease referred to is rheumatism or •'* neuralgia, and the remedy is that grand old panacea--St. Jacobs Oil.--The lit. Rev. Bishop Gilmonr, Cleveland, Ohio ; "Excel- lent for Rheumatism and kimlrod diseases - It has benefited me greatly."--Hon. Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago: "Have used it in my family and neighborhood with re­ markable results, and I think it an excellent remedy."--John Carr Mootlv, Esq., Conn- " selor-at-Law, Vallejo, Cal.: aThe relief af­ forded in a short time was such as to make me disregard the evidence of mv own ' senses."--Capt. Panl Boyton, the World- Renowned Swimmer: "I do not see how I could get along without St. Jacobs Oil."-- Mr. D. W. McDonald, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, Ottawa. Can.: "A splendid remedy; cured rheumatism of my wrist and hand. "--Commander J. B. Cogh- lan, U. 8. N., Mare Island, Cal.: "Com- : plete and wonderful cure of the most pain­ ful attacks of rheumatism." -- Wm. H. Wareing, Esq., Asst. General Supt. New York Postoffice: "Proved all that is claimed, for the Oil and found efficacious. Ready relief for rheumatic pains."--Ex-Postmas­ ter Gen. James, while Postmaster of New . York, tersely and characteristically indorsed Snpt. Wareing's report by writing: "I con­ cur." Diary etc. hen? Addratft •a rnrajptof two Thi--».«<••»( Ntiimps. AddioM CJHAftlaKS K. HUtKS. ^ N. Delawas'® A LetidSac I<«ndo« Phjr* •ICIMI riiliibliohri MI Offlfe In SPW York ftip Ihe Cure of FITS! EPIIEPTIG FITS. Ftnm Am. Jnurnal nf Medicine. Dr. Ab. £fe«erote (lute of lyn d<»n>, >»h<> make* «pao<al>. tjrof Kt>Ue;.a>'.h:i- without (1 ubt treated and c*S'i« than any othor linns ptiyn ct Hw hiiooeM tuS • mply bison lutUtn sli nif; we have li«nnl of o isoi of over SO years* standing s.icuem.'uily curod by hw. H» hut pnWished a work on til » d h •«»«, wh oil lie sends, with » larije bottle ot" his womlwrtul our** fin^ to any Hufforer who may m;nd thoir express and jjos otft e a.Klress. Wa. •idVisH !>:ay una wnbin • . cuie t > a<td esg DR. AB. MESEHOL1S, No. 66 John St, New York, HOPKINS' BOWERS Are m-tterialljr different In pr:nolple and oper»tioa from •II otheiM D.iver'a aeit nn<! polo five from jar aatr tremMf. t lMnt appar tnsper'oct unci track-clearer ad». ja«tabl<*. Y'-u car.not be thrown from the seat l>y fingOT. bar obstructions, the seat >n>1 po!» l>eta« m'i(»ii«ndent o# the frame and curt n« npp-trjitus. H is the only cloabl*, acting hind lev T--thftt, K one lifting k 'th irai/t--knows In mechanics. D mblc ,1 n 1 np'.f tighten pitman, al> wa®» In line with tho knifo, J'V.imo so b il kneed on tha axle as (is entry t w weight of thu finfrer-' nr. whloh raised when back ng by the te m it elf. with the aid of % convenient foot-iesver. The rear end of the frurae la thai ri Bed over obstructions w en b ckinst. The rocking movements of the frame nte oo trol'ed by tHr cutting amMmtus. which is thn« left tree to follow the un<ta'»> tions of the ground. H;is t-wodr vinff-whoels, and bu| two p >irs or guiira, with pinions nnd cratik-liead Bcewerl- on. Be» m.wr.«i, ^1, Sr aped steel crank-sh ft in a reversible brass thimble* ax ever used in any implement. Always victorious* . stands nil tests, nnd coiuli.nee simplicity, convenient** duriihllir y nnd • fficionry as never before. Warranted t* ope-atn and be as represented. Ji^Good sct ve Agents wanted in <«vory county in tJs^ West to swll on com u»si.in and full Inform tion «d Jress CO., 1WI Filth Avenue, Ch.o.igu, IML For iUostmted p imohlet I THK HOPKINS M'JTO IRS. LYU E. rUKIM, OF LIU, UtS., LYDIA E. PINKHAM'8 gnrtBTATiT.T! COMPOUND. I^^OSJUVECNRJ Avail <l«* Palatal OrasplalBta mm* Wirif |«W» lliwn» tsrarkMtfcBale |i|ilillHi It will cur# entirely tk* wont form of Vntll OOBK plalnta, all ovarian troubles. Inflammation and Vlcer* Hon. Falling and Dtaplacementa, and th* conaequent Spinal Weakness, and la particularly adapted to th* Change of Life. It will dlwoWa and «*pelt«m»o*» from the uterus 1* •a early stage of development. The tendency io can» Oemos humon thereto checked TeryspeedflybjItiWfc It lemorea telntness, flatulency, destroys sill e»Th| fbr stimulants, and relieves wes&nem of She stomach. H gmta Bloating, Headaches, Karros* Frustration, #oag?8ii MliUty, Blseplesgwus, Depression and Indf* 0®gfi©Gb That resting of beartof; down, causing patn.wrigM |>»ei£*chekls always permanently cured by Its use. It wlUatallttnetaiu'.s under all clrcumstancss act to iMrmony with the law® goverm the female qrrtsn. For the cure of Kidney Comptatote ot esi&her sea thla LTBU E. pnntBAirs VEOWMJH* COM- PVUWDis prspared at fa and 335 Western Ambm> Lynn,Masa Price *1. lb bottles for «5. Snatbymall totheform of pills, also Inthe form of loseag ̂oa laoelpt of price, 91 per boz for cither. Mrs. Plnkham freely answers all letters ot Inquiry. Beast for pamph' tUk, <4drfnit' as sStor«. Mention this iSteuld be without LYDIA E. rusnllTI UVIH PILLS, They cure constipation, mti isspidtty Of tbe live*. »eaaisper bom, gar kraii The Best Field EMIGRANTS. AM IMMBNHE AREA OR IfAlT.ROA* AND GOTBItNJMKNT I.AM)*, OF GREAT FERTILITY. WITHIN EA§¥ JtKACII Of PERMANENT MARKET, AT EXTREME. XjV IiOW PIUCEH, la aow •flfcrrd for sale la EASTERN OKEtiOIf mad EASTERN WASH. 1HGTON TKURITOKY. Three land* form p*rt #r the pwat GRAIN BEI/T si the I'uc.flc Hlspe, and arc w'thla aa arerase dletnnce of to 300 asIlM from Portland, where ateamehipa and aalU »RV^ RHV»'A4ED XLL GRAIN AT PORTLAND. OREGON. (TOM* HANDS A PRICE EQUAL. TO TU>T OB­ TAINED IN CHICAGO. The emrlff compU'itt nf Ifc# Worttmm J^a- Hftm It. M. is nou> m*ntrvt$, 0M«j guarantee* to ehmap and quick trnnaportmtim* mnd moot mmrket* both jcant #«*(. The WmiHf of thit new ovrlnnd line fo th* fooifle, Utgnfhrr trith the construction «f th* network o/ TOO milns railroad by the O. A 4 If. Co. in the. vallry* of the great Columbia and it» principal tributaries, r<rndera certain a rapid TAEMM I* the value of the land* •to open to purchase and prv-i-mpiion. There io every indication of am etutrmouo •MwniHt of papulation to the Columbia JNwr region im th* intmedtair future. LANDM SHOW as ATERACK YIELD ot 40 BUSHELS OF WHEAT f»K& AClUk Mo Failaro of Crops ever knowa. ^HAIY ̂ OATFLAJ«D8offerod at tho nUm C'LIMATIMSILO AND HEALTHY. For paamMot aad aan doecrtptivo of A. L STOKES, Bw'l Eaatara Paao'r Aftst, . Vtagfe CMNMpP* 4Fv ,4 'kxi