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ip^iippipsii^wp^s wwi MR •L fgrgtirg flaraienta I. VMSLYKC, MwiMMMir. McHENBY, ILLINOIS THE Kentucky conference of the Methodist Episcapal Churcli South, lately in session at Cyntliiana, adopted a resolution /^opposing Sunday trains to -camp-meetings and all traffic on camp­ grounds on Sunday not absolutely nec­ essary. The conference appointed a •committee to attend each camp-meeting to warn the people that if Sabbath dese­ cration does not cease the church will prohibit the holding of camp-meetings. was a competence left. Of course the little beggar girl's face reminded him of his lost love. That was why he gave her the pennies. He saw her again, followed her to her home, and, of course, there was his lost love, the little girl's mother, who had married a drunkard and soon been left a wrptched and poverty-stricken widow. The usual result followed. • ' : : AtHHCULTUKAU Ome of the best farmers in Maine is Miss Sarah L. Martin, of South Au­ burn. She carries en a farm success­ fully, and pays much, attention to the raising of fine stock. A PRACTICAL farmer recommends the growing of two crops of buckwheat in Ton as a means of exterminating •k.'ii • NEARLY all the Prime Ministers of England reached a mature age before they attained to the honor. Mr. Glad­ stone was 59 when he first held the po­ sition. Lord Beaconsfield was 63, Lord *< Palmerston 70, Lord Derby 52, Sir Robert Peel 53, the Duke of Welling- ( ton 56, and Earl Russel 53. In striking ' contrast with these yeterans appears [ ^ the youthful Pitt, who became Prime f < Minister before he had cqmpleted his 25th year. THERE will be 325 members in the next House of Representatives, instead •of the 203 of the last House. The East­ ern States have the ninety-five they had in the last House, the Western States have 100 instead of ninety-two; the Southern States have 121 instead of 106. The Democrats •will have a majority of sixty-four, or twice the number of new members. There will be 104 Democrats in all. The East send forty-two, the West fifty-one, and the South 101. IT is told in Boston that an exhibit in a divorce case before a referee con­ sisted of a foolscap on which printed slips were pasted. These, on examina­ tion, were found to be excerpts from public prayers by preachers commonly reported. They were so dovetailed as to form a connected and eloquent pe­ tition about five minutes long. It was introduced as evidence to show that the defendant, a country clergyman, was •dishonest even in performing the most -sacred functions of his religions office. B, , To SIB MOSES MOXTEFIORE the He­ brews of England owe more than they owe to Beaconsfield. He will, if he lives, be 100 years old next year, Oc­ tober 4. His face has a look of great benevolence. He was knighted when he was Sheriff of London in 1837, and was raised to the Baronetcy in 1846. It was he who was selected to secure the rights and lives of the Jews in Damas­ cus in 1840, and he has undertaken sev­ eral missions to otber countries for the same purpose. NEAR William PurSy ranch, on Scott creek, near Santa Cruz, Cal., the forest fires had been raging for three or four -days. Mrs. Purdy was at home with her five children when the fire reached her place. She hurried to the creek with her children, and ran into the water under the bridge. Here they stood for .six hours, and with buckets threw water upon the bridge, which was in danger of taking fire. They were obliged frequently to get entirely under water to escape the terrible heat. After the fire had .been subdued they came out, but were utterly destitute and homeless. " A SANTA ROSA (Cal.) paper enter­ tains its readers with a story about a petrified pumpkin brought from Men­ docino county. The report is that a farmer some years ago had a lot of pumpkins washed away by a freshed •down a ravine, and for a number of years the pumpkins were observed where the water had lodged them, but no one had ever thought they had turned to stone, until the other day a man attempted to pick one of them up, when he discovered that it was very heavy, and had turned to stone. About fifty more were in the same condition. No doubt this is a true story. A UNITED PRESBYTERIAN elder in New Castle, Pa., after an unremitting court­ ship of fifteen years, has broken his marriage engagement, because, he says, he has heard rumors derogatory to the lady's character. The elder had pre­ viously shown a tendency to frivolity and worldliness by favoring the intro­ duction of an organ into the Sunday school, and, in consideration of these facts, it has been deemed best to ar­ raign him for unchristian conduct. A man who could not find out all about a woman's character after an acquaint­ ance of fifteen years is juBt the sort of man to have incorrect ideas about mu sic, and he is undoubtedly guilty on both counts. Ax able writer of fiction on the Denver Neivs says that a poor, ill-olad man gave his last pennies to a little beggar girl in the streets of that city and then went to the station^Souse and surrendered himself as a vagrant. Ac- coding to his own story he was the son •of a rich Chicago merchant, who gave him all the money he wanted, never •compelled him to do anything, but when he died left the son a bankrupted estate. He thereupon kissed the girl to whom he was engaged, got and gave a pledge of faithfulness, went out west mining, succeeded fairly, was thinking of going back for the girl, when he received a letter informing him that she had married a wealthy neighbor. This blighted him. HI luck came; he lost all and became a vagrant. Just after his station-house experience in Denver, he received a letter saying that his father's estate did not turn out so bad]/ M was expected, and that there A CHICAGO lawyer waa employed to seize an escaping tenant's furniture for unpaid rent. The tenant had the "gall" to step into the lawyer's office and ask him if he had got his property yet, and laughed as if it were a good joke. The saiqe moment tile telephone rang and the Sheriff's deputy at the other end informed the lawyer that they could not find the furniture. "Take the furni­ ture off the boat and put it in a store­ house," shouted the lawyer. "I say," said the tenant in alarm, "I don't want my fnrniture taken off the boat." "What'will you do about it," said the lawyer. "You heard my orders." The telephone again rang and the Deputy Sheriff again repeated' that he hadn't got the furniture and couldn't find it. "I don't care if the Sheriff's fees are $50; the defendant pays; store the furniture," cried the lawyer. "What's the best I can do?" asked the tenant nervously; but before the lawyer .could tell him the telephone was calling the lawyer the worst kind of hard names for his stupidity, to which the lawyer only replied: "Don't damage it more than you can help." Then the tenant began to pleadv and finally paying the full de­ mand, went out. The telephone once more rang up the lawyer and called him a "thick-headed aes," to which he an­ swered only: "While you were bellow­ ing that you hadn't found the furniture, I was making the man settle. Anything thick-headed about that?" ; THE correspondent of the Stew York Tribune, who accompanied the Rufus Hatch party to the Yellowstone, tells the following on a German savant, one of the tourists: "It is strange what fac­ ulty some people have for making themselves unpopular. There is Dr. B., one of our German fellow-travelers, whose exterior, I confess, is far from engaging, but whose conduct nobody can find fault with. Yet he seems to be unable to make friends. I remarked once before that he seems, to find some difficulty in adapting himself to strange surroundings and circumstances. A scene which some of us witnessed in a Chicago theatre seems to prove it be­ yond doubt. The curtain had just drop­ ped upon the first act and the orchestra was preparing to strike up some lively air when the Doctor stood up, and, leaning against the back of the chair in front of him, proceeded to examine the audience with his opera-glass. Now there is nothing in this action which would astonish, very greatly at least, a New York audience, and certainly not a European, but in Chicago it seems to be otherwise. The Doctor had not been engaged in his interesting investigation half a minute when hisses intermingled with cries of "Sit down," were heard in all parts of the house. He probably did not understand,what was said, for he continued quite unconcernedly to ogle the audience through his glass, never paying the least attention to the noise, which seemed to grow louder every sec­ ond. Before long the house was act­ ually"divided in its sympathy for the originator of all this uproar. Cries of "Make yourself scarce," "Go it,old curly head," "Sqiiat," "Don't get frightened," and other like expressions could be heard on all sides. The Doctor never moved. There he stood with the great­ est self-composure in the world, not a smile in his expressionless face, survey­ ing the shouting and laughing multi­ tude. And to this day, I believe, he has n£ver taken in the situation of that night. Powers alive, what will the bode he is to write on America contain!" Survivals. The two little splints in the horse's foot coma never be accounted for on the principle that every part of an animal is now as it was from the begin­ ning and had its uses. They are per­ fectly useless, but they are the last re­ mains of toes that were very useful to the ancestors of the horse. The world is full of such useless organs, each re­ plete with historic interest. The muscle that moves the ear in a quadru­ ped is present in man; but, as a rule, he cannot use it. and it would be useless to him if he could. Of what use are the two buttons upon the back of a coat ? None; but in the days when it was the mark of a gentleman to curry a sword they served to secure the sword-belt. The articles man makes * present on every hand these survivals from pre­ vious fashions. Shqm laces on boots, buttons down fronts that do not open, buttons on bands that are fixed, neck­ wear in the form of ties but secured by other methods, are cases in point. Nature works in the same way that man does; or, rather, since man is part of nature, he works by nature's methods. Changes are gradnal; one of a series of bones, nmsoles, teeth, ate., that is used more than the others, in­ creases in bulk, while its neighbors diminish and perhaps finally disappear. If aa animal acquires added powers in one direction, because of circumstances that press it in that direction, it loses it in another. It is so with mind also. Do we not know that after long appli­ cation to one class of subjects--pro­ bably the most useful to us--we lose much of what we previously knew ? THE Worcester, (Mass.,) townrecords show that, in 1779, a 6-year-old boy had his ear bitten off by a horse, and the Selectmen drew up a certificate show­ ing the manner of the injury and re­ corded it on the town books, so that the loss should not be prejudicial .to the boy when he grew up. No MATTER how wretched a man may be, he is still a member of our common species, and if he possesses any of the common specie his apguauitance is worth having. wire-worms. They will not eat buck­ wheat, and are starred to death. Tint experiments of Wolfe and others at German experiment stations ahow -hat a horse weighing 1,100 to 1,200 pounds would eat from 22 to 27i pounds of hay if no other food were given. With grain 20 to 25 pounds was usually eaten by working horses of that weight. Lighter horses would not need quite so much, but we can find no data of ex­ periments with horses weighing less than 1,000 pounds.--Country Gentle­ man. SHEEP are one of the best kinds of stock to keep in an orchard. After a little practice they will pick up fallen fruit quicker than hogs, and this is often very important, as the codling moth worm generally leaves the apple soon after it drops. But, with either sheep or hogs, sufficient food must be supplied or the trees will be barked. The food thus given goes, however, where it will do the most good, in the production of the largest and fairest fruit. A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Farmer gives the following about the peach tree borer: '"The beautiful blue fly, resemb­ ling a wasp* which lays its eggs just at the surface of the ground in the stem of the trees, may be seen occasionally at this time pursuing its alloted task. The simplest remedy, or rather preventive of its attacks, is a piece of stout wrap ping paper a foot wide wound around the stem of the tree just above ground. A little dirt should be drawn up around the bottom of the paper, while the top can be tied with a cotton string." IF the farmers of the country who own worthless dogs--curs without any breeding--could be induced to destroy them, and substitute one well-bred shepherd pup, not more, to each farm, the wealth of every farming community would be vastly increased in many ways. Farmers soon find the collies saving them many a step. Eager and anxious to learn, willing to do anything within his power, the young dog needs only a wise and patient restraint and in­ telligent direction to become the most useful hand on the place.--Cotton Plant. BY carefully weighing a small sample of wheat, counting the number of ker­ nels in such sample, and multiplying by the number of times the weight of such sample is contained in the weight of bushel, we have found that of good plump kernels there are from 650,000 to 750,000 in a bushel. Accordingly one bushel of seed to the acre will allow from fourteen to seventeen kernels to the square foot, or one plant to every third inch in either direction. If all the seed grew this wodld be quite thick enough, as one plant often sends up dozen or more stalks.--Tribune and Farmer, TRAINING HORSES.--Except for breed­ ing purposes, cattle, sheep and hogs are sora by weight for a value- determined by the human food they represent. But with the horse the case in different, for his worth is dependent upon his style, action and general purposes. Viewed in this light it would seem that farmers do not realize as much as they might from the sale of their young horses were a different course pursued The young horse, but half broke, is sold to the city buyers, and after a few weeks' fitting it is again sold, often for double the original price. Why should not the first owner fit the horse for market, and thus secure at least a "dividend" with the city dealer? With the other stock they are soon killed and sold out pound by pound; but the horse is made a ser vant of and is among men for years, hence his greater value. There is no reason why the farmer should not teach the colt and young horse some of the habits of trained horses, rather than to pronounce him "broke" when it is not possible to drive him along a straight road, and find soon after, that in a colt­ ish freak, the wagon and harness was "strung," and the driver had a broken leg or arm.--Cleveland Herald. DIGESTIBILITY OF STOCK FooD,_rG. Kuhn has compared the digestibility of three samples of hay and three samples of wlieat-bran, when fed drv, to that of the same foddera variously treated. Moistening of the hay or bran immedi­ ately before feeding with a quantity of cold water insufficient to satisfy thirst of the animals (steers) had no recogniz­ able effect on the digestibility. Mois­ tening the bran with cold water twenty- four hours before feeding had no effect on its digestibility, providing the quan­ tity of water was so limited that the amount drank by the animals did not fall below 50 per cent, of that drank when the ration was given dry. When the amount of water used to moisten the bran largely exceeds the limit just mentioned, indications of a decreased digestibility of the crude proteine of the total ration were observed. Treating the bran with boiling water twenty four hours before feeding caused an un doubted decrease in the digestibility of its crude proteine, which was greater the higher the initial temperature, and the longer the action of the heat con­ tinued. The other constituents of the bran were unaffected. Giving the bran stirred into water as drink, along with dry hay, had no noticeable effect on the digestibility of the total ration, com­ pared with that observed when simi­ larly prepared bran was mixed with the hay. The experiments gave also the interesting and important result, that the extent to which the san^e fodder is digested by the same animal may vary at different times. A new source of er­ ror in digestion experiments is thus brought to light, and one which must receive serious consideration in all future experiments and lead to new caution in accepting the results of old ones, especially in the case of concen­ trated fodder?, since the calculation of the digestibility of the latter is based on the assumption of unaltered digesti­ bility of a coarse fodder for two con­ secutive periods. These experiments are worthy of notice also for the care and conscientiousness with which the limits of possible error are taken ac­ count of in the discussion of the results. They afford, in this respect, an excellent example of really scientific investigation, and contrast favorably in this particular with many agricultural experiments. The Wedge ef Republicanism. Bishop Warren, of the Methodist church, is enthusiastic over American progress. He proudly declares that our country is one that in a hundred years has taken a respectable rank in literature; that has made fourteen in- iMtkm which have gone wherever civilization has gone, while all the of the world has not made half that number of equal importance; that has revolutionized land warfare once and naval waxfaie twice; that has solved social problems which the world has blundered over for ages; that has abolished a feudalism and serfdom; that, taking the Bible declaration that God has made of one blood all the nations, has made one family out of representatives of every kindred and tongue and people and nation; that has founded its institutions on the rights of man and the laws of God, and that has already driven a wedge of Republican­ ism nearly to the heart of Europe. Stained Floors. The popularity of stained floors goes on increasing. Nowhere are they more appreciated than in sleeping rooms, where sweetness and freshness are the main considerations. Just what is the best stain is a difficult question to de­ cide. A writer in a cotemporary is of opinion that permanganate of potash is the best. It is much used in the navj, and is very satisfactory in sitting-rooms. As most people know, permanganate of potash not only stains, but purifies and disinfects the rooms which are stained. The mode of procedure is this: Pro­ cure a good quality of permanganate of potash, dissolve about an ounce and a half of the crystals in a gallon of boil­ ing water--this will make quite a dark stain--use a stick to stir up the mix­ ture; then with a painter's fiat brush lay on the stain, working the way of the wood quickly and boldly. A small brush is useful for corners and crevices, and a pair of heavy gioves should be worn while at work, as the permanga­ nate stains very considerably. Salts of lemon, or the lemon juice, will, how­ ever, quickly remove the stains from the hands. When dry, the staining can be repeated if the color is not dark enough, and then, when perfectly dry, the floor should be rubbed dry with an old duster, and linseed sil should be rubbed on freely with a yiece of flannel, always applying it -with the grain of the wood. Two or three layers of the oil are an improvement and firmly set the stain. The floor is then ready to be polished with beeswax and turpentine. To pre­ pare this, spread or cut up the wax into small pieces; put it into a gallipot, and pour sufficient spirits of turpentine over it just to cover it. Set the pot in the oven or on the stove until the wax is thoroughly melted, then set it aside to get cold, when it should be of the con­ sistency of pomatum. Put on the wax, not too much of it, with a piece of flan­ nel, and polish with a polishing brush or a big silk duster. This mode of treating floors is quite the brat and most welcome for b rooms, which should be stained all over, under the beds and everywhere. They can be kept very clean and bright by a daily rubbing with the duster and weekly application of beeswax and tur­ pentine. Turpentine is cleansing, and floors so treated do not require the weekly scrubbing, which is so much labor; but after they are once well pol­ ished the labor is not more than scrub­ bing floors and washing oil-cloths, and they take away two-thirds of the ter­ rors of house-cleaning. Those who like the more common varnished floors should stain the floors as above; but instead of linseed oil a coat of size should be laid on. This can be obtained at the paint-shops, and should be dissolved in boiling water to the consistency ef thin gum, and then laid on with the brush Wtenly, and with the grain.When the size isjperfectiy dry and hard, it ca%be varnished with one or two coats of copal or egg-shell flat var­ nish. These floorB require to be dusted daily, and to have a little linseed oil rubbed in occasionally. These require less care than a waxed floor, but when they get shabby they are not so readily renovated. A flannel bag, in which the broom can be incased, in the best floor duster, and one most easily managed.-- Oil and Colorman's Journal English Railways. The first experiences of an American with English railways are likey to pro­ voke in his mind a comparison between them and the railways of the United States. The latter, it is needless to say, seem very much the better to him than the former, and he affirms this without waiting to discover whether the differ­ ences between the two systems may not be necessary, owing to differences in the needs of the peoples. In England there are throe classes of carriages (or cars) and three rates of fare. On some lines carriages of each class are attached to every train, while on other lines third-class car' riagesare only found on the slowest and least convenients trains. The latter are called "parliamentary," and this name leads to some amusing mistakes by foreigners. It give an idea of great speed and legislative exclusive* ness. To go by a parliamentary train would seem to imply a special convey­ ance having the right of way over all others. The name is derived, however, from a law which requires every railway co pany to run at least one train daily from end to end of its line, stopping at all stations and charging not more than one penny, or two cents, a mile. An A merican once explained to an En- lishman that ho had traveled from Liverpool to London by a "fast train," and yet it had taken ten hours to make the journey of 201 miles. "I know the train was what you call a fast one," he added, "for it was a par­ liamentary." Where there is no competition, third- class passengers are croweded into close, uncushioned pens; but where there are parallel roads, the third-class carriages are comfortable enough for anybody, and are attached to all trains. There are trains which run between Liverpool and London (201 miles) in four hours and forty minutes, and the third-class fare by these is only $4.1$, or 1 penny a mile. On some lines there is scarcely any difference as far as the carriage is con­ cerned, between third-class and second- class ; and the only advantage in taking the latter is in the greater respectability of the passengers. The. first-class car­ riages are superbly upholstered and, except in winter, when they are cold, are more comfortable in the opinion of many than drawing-room cars of the American pattern. But the fare by these is very high, being from 1 to 3 cents per mile higher than first-class American fares with the cost of a Pull­ man added. Taken all in all, American railways are superior to the English, but there are many features of the latter which are desirable and which escape the newly-landed passenger, whose eyes are blinded by prejudice.--Youth's Com­ panion. THERE are people so cross-grained that they wouldn't, like things even if they raited thee* exactly. TTLN-SHOTWOUHWS. Pit-- CUM OR vmttjr Mortal Worads. At the battle of Shiloh, a soldier of the 64th Ohio regiment, if my memory serves me, though I do not recall his name, received a minnie ball a la posterior that penetrated upward to the region of the right hip joint, a dangerous and painful wound. He was not, as is common in referring to wounds received in that portion of the body, running away, but, while bravely fight­ ing for existence, as it were, his com­ mand was flanked by the enemy. It was my misfortune to be in hospital with this. poor fellow nearly three months and witnessing sufferings no mortal hand could alleviate, yet he re­ covered, although he will carry the bullet doubtless to his dying day, if he has not already been mustered out. At the battle of Stone River a sol­ dier with whom I was acquainted re­ ceived a mere "flea bite" in the shoulder, and subsequently died from its effects, while a comrade had nearly one-half of one leg torn away by a pieoe of a shell, and lived many a year to tell the story of his escape. At the battle of Chickamftuga, where gallant "Pap" Thomas, the immortal "Rock of Chickamauga," stemmed the rolling and almost resistless tide of re­ bellion and saved Rosecrans' army from utter annihilation, a young lieu­ tenant received a shot through the hand that sent him, in a few months, to an untimely grave, while another, shot through the body, afterward did good service under the old flag. At the battle of Lost Mountain, while doing duty 6n the skirmish line, Christopher Palmer, a private in a Michigan regiment, stepped from be­ hind a large tree which afforded him friendly shelter, sent a shot at an owposing picket with the remark, "Take that with my compliments," and before he could regain cover received an answering compliment through the arm, from the effects of which he soon afterward filled a soldier's grave. At Peach Tree Creek, in front of At­ lanta, on the night preceding the day rendered ^ memorable by the death of the heroic McPlierson, Lieut. Clinton Welling, of a Michigan regiment, re­ ceived a bullet in the foot which finally caused his death. On the same after­ noon I was lying by the side of Private William Gove, of the same regiment,, when a rebel bullet weighing sixteen ounces to the pound, ruthlessly passed through his hand and plunged into his side. It is only a few days since that I saw him on the streets of Saginaw, apparently none the worse for the inci dent. Sergeant Andrews was struck by a volley the following day, shatter ing both the knees, and he not only re covered, but was alive and in the enjpy ment of health when I last heard from him a few months since. On the memorable night of Sept. 1, 1864, the Fourteenth corps crushed the columns of Hardee at Jonesboro, twen­ ty-two miles south of the Gate City, and decreed the fate of proud Atlanta. In that action Capt. John Algoe was shot in the mouth, carrying away a por­ tion of his under jaw and tongue, and yet he is alive and well to-day, while another officer received what was con­ sidered a slight injury in the sid«s and shortly after passed to his reward. In the same action a soldie^belonging to a New York regiment flbeived a shot through the lungs and recovered. His commander, Col. Grover, a dauntless officer only 22 years old, who had been shot all to pieces, as it were, on the Potomac, and rode his horse into ac­ tion, having a cork leg, and thus being unable to walk, was killed, being liter­ ally riddled with bullets. In the same action a soldier received a ball in the face, coming out behind the right ear, destroying the right eye, and from which he recovered. At Washington 1 saw a young sol­ dier who had lost both arms and both legs, and though life under such cir- cnmstances must have been a good deal of a farce, yet he lived and was able to eat his rations regularly. At Fredericksburg, John M. Isaacs, a gallant soldier of the fighting Fifth Michigan, was struck by a bullet by the side of the nose under the right eye, the missile being afterward taken out of the neck under the ear, and is not only alive, but a member of the police force of this city, and a ^hearyt one at that. Albert Thayer, a young man well known in this city, a barber by occu­ pation, and a member of a New York regiment, was shot through the lungs in one of the battles on the Potomac, and still lives to verify the statement. One of the most remarkable instances of recovery from desperate wounds that the recollections of the great strife affords was that of Gen. John Pulford, of the 5th Michigan, who was wound­ ed a number of times during the war, At Malvern Hill he was struck on the side of the head by a six-pound cannon ball, was left on the field for dead and fell into the enemy's hands. Some signs of life was detected and he was carried into Richmond, and it was twenty-six days before he realized that he was a prisoner and in Richmond. He was so near gone at one time that the rings were taken from his fingers. The General recovered and is still liv­ ing, though physically shattered in health before his time, by reason of the shock to his system and untold suffer­ ings. At Kenesaw mountain, in a desperate charge made on the 27th of June, 1864, to force Joe Johnston from strong earthworks, a corporal in an Indiana regiment was shot through the body and supposed to have been instantly killed. When the detail to bury the dead came to him, they detected the slighest animation in the region of the heart, his clothing having been torn away leaving his breast exposed. The burial was postponed for many a year, as he recovered after a long siege, and was alive at last accounts. In the same action a soldier was wounded in the big toe of the left foot and a short time thereafter died from the effects of the injury.--Cor. Saginaw Courie)'. Chinese Opinion of European*. An American traveler found a placard posted in a village in the province of Yuuirain, China, which, being trans­ lated, reads: "The Europeans do not belong to the human race. They are descended from monkeys and geese; besides, they much resemble monkeys. Their hearts are like the heart of the devil; therefore they are called Koui- Tse, which signifies European devils. These savages believe neither in heaven nor earth, do not honor their fathers or mothers, do not venerate their an­ cestors; the sanctity of family ties is unknown among them. They are a veritable herd of pigs, a pack of dogs; they are ever talking about equality; they have no notion of social. rank, and make no distinction between father and •on, king and subject. You will aak could how it is that such |MTI be skillful enough fa# railroads," and Know, then, those who OOM --itHlg us under pretext of preaching religion, tear out the eyes and the brains of dying Chinese, and collect the blood of our children to manufacture ft into pills, which they sell to their oountry- men in order to make them skillful. Only those among them who have thus eaten of our substate become intelligent enough to make those discoveries of which they are so vainglorious." Lather's Last Days. When Luther reached hit birthday he was tired and sick at heart, and sick in body. In the summer of 1545 he had wished to retire to his farm, but Wittenberg could not spare him, and he continued regularly to preach, His sight began to fail.* In January, 1546, he began a letter to a friend, calling himself "old, spent,worn, weary, cold, and with but one eye to see with." On the 28th of that month he undertook a journey to Eisleben, where he had been born, to compose a difference between the Counts Mans- feldt. He caught a chill on the road, but he seemed to shake it off, and was able to attend to business. He had fallen into the hands oi lawyers, and the affair went on but slowly. On the 14th of February he preached and as it turned out, for the last time, in Eisleben' church. An issue in tho leg, artificially kept open to relieve his system, had been allowed to heal for want of proper attendance. He waa weak and exhausted after the sermon. He felt the end near, and wished to be with his family again. "I could get home." he said, "and get into my coffin, and give the worms a fat doctor." But wife and home he was never to see again, and he was to pass from off the earth at the same spot where his eyes were first opened to the light. On the 17th he had a sharp pain in his chest. It went off, however. He was at supper in the public room, and talk­ ed -with bis usual energy. He retired, went to bed, slept, woke, prayed, slept again; then at midnight called his ser­ vant. "I feel strangely," he said, "I shall stay here; I shall never leave Eis­ leben." He grew restless, rose, moved into an adjoining room, and lay upon the sofa. His two sons were with him, with his friend Jonas. "It is death,n he said; "I am going. 'Father, unto Thy hands I commend my spirit.'" He slept once more, breathing quiet­ ly, but his feet grew cold. Between two and three in the morning he died. The body lay in state for a day. A likeness was taken of him before the features changed. A cast from the face was taken afterwards. On tho 20th he was sent on a oar to be carried back to Wittenberg, with an armed escort of cavalry. The people of Eisleben at­ tended him to the gates. The church bells tolled in villages along the road. Two days later he reached his last rest­ ing place at Wittenberg. His will, which is extremely charac­ teristic, had been drawn by himself four years before. He left his wife well provided for, and because legal proceedings might be raised upon his marriage he committed her to the special protection of the Elector. Children, friends, ser­ vants were all remembered. "Finally," he said, "seeing I do not use legal forms, I desire all men to take these words as mine. I am' known openly in Heaven, on Earth, and in Hell also; and I may be believed and trusted better than any notary. To me, a poor, unworthy, miserable sinner, God, the Father of mercy, has entrust­ ed the Gospel of his dear Son, and has made me therein true and faithful. Through my means many in this world have received the Gospel, and hold me as a true teacher, despite of popes, em­ perors, kings, princes, priests, and all the devil's wrath. Let them believe me also in the small matter of my last will and testimony, this being written in my own band, which otherwise is not unknown. Let it be understood that here is the earnest, deliberate meaning of Doctor Martin Luther, God's notary and witness in his Gospel, confirmed by his own hand and seal--January 6, 1542." Histrionic Graves. Loqking backQpon the record of his­ trionic genius, one is sadly reminded that if all the world be a stage the actor has one of the hardest parts to play, and may as readily welcome his exit as any other of the performers. The graves of the distinguished his* trionists are widely scattered. John P. Kemble was buried in Louisiana, whither he had gone for his health, but found death awaiting him. Edmund Kean was buried in Riohmond, on the Thames. Garrick was a native of Litchfield, whither his remains were conveyed for interment. McCready was buried in Kensal Green, by the side of his wife and children. Forrest, on the other hand, lies alone in a Phila­ delphia cemetery. Charlotte Cusli- man is one of the honored names of Mount Auburn. The only representa­ tives of the drama that have a place in Westminister Abbey are Sheridan, Bar­ ton, Booth, and Sir William Davenan. The latter was the first man that added scenery and other appointments to that meager performance which marked Shakespeare's day, and hence is often called the founder of the British drama. From that time to this (a period of two centuries) the drama has been improv­ ing in its facilities, and could Shake speare now return to life and behold the performance of one of his dramas, he would be the most astonished of the whole audience.--3Tgw York Letter. He Haised Htm. "Say, Blinks, how long have you known your prospective father-in-law?" I think I qught to know him pretty welj; he raised me." The deuce! I didn't know you ever lived with him when yon was a boy." MI didn't; he raised me, though." "Ah, yes, I see--he raised you oiff the front steps, eh?" Blinks, sadly rubbing himself^] "I should blush to gurgle."--The Hoosier. THE number of years tliat a student has to spend at a medical institution before obtaining a degree is: In Swe­ den, 10; Norway, 8; Denmark, 1; Bel­ gium, Holland, Italy, and Switzerland, 6; Russia, Portugal, Austria, and Hun­ gary, 5; France, England, and Canada, 4; United States, 3 or 2; Spain, 2. THERE is a justice of the peace in Banks county, Georgia, who has held his office for eight years and has never tried a case, always getting the litigants to compromise. THERE is both warning and encour­ agement in the saw, "A man, as he manages himself, may die old at 30 or young at 80." NASHVILLE forbids Ibrtune-telling within the oitj " SMMOBRIOM OF TAUJft. 1st will TOFNQCC* 1 frfld leaf the metal is alloy ed withril- v r̂ and copper. JKBOS of sand or sawdust der work-benches or anvils will , both sound and shock. ONE remedy recommended for dys­ pepsia is to drink oof sion ally a haa -i cup of hot salted water. SULPHATE of copper and nia mixed in equal parts will become yellow if exposed to fire. CLEAR boiling water will remove tea stains from linen. Poor the water through the discolored part. GCM tragacanth pulverized and dis- ^ 'iw solved in the white of an egg well * - beaten makes a good glass varnish. • Apply carefully. ? / j ;f WHEN flour is exposed t£ the heat of > ff* the sun, a change takes place in the gluten similar tothat produced by the y heating of the stones. ARTIFICIAL turquois is being made . out of phosphate of alumina and phos- phate of rapper mixed together, and submitted to high pressure. ^ To REMOVE 8pots from furniture, take ?*V'y'} four ounces of vinegar, two ounces of sweet oil, one ounce of turpentine. Mix, and apply with a flannel cloth. * * ROUGH flat-irons may be smoothed by ; '> first rubbing them, while warm, with a 5 y~ > 1 rag containing beeswax, and then scour- - ing them with salt laid upon a paper. SPIRITS of ammonia, diluted with water, if applied with a sponge or flan­ nel to discolored spots of the carpets or garments, will often restore the color. SOOT falling on the carpet from open chimneys or carelessly handled stove­ pipes, if thickly covered with salt, can be brushed without injury to .the car­ pet. , To CLEAN tortoise shell, lot fall a ,/s couplo of drops of sweet oil upon the s#1* ornaments, and rub it well with the thumb or finger until all greaainess dis- * ; jP'.^ appears. * ONE way to clean the inside of pots v i and pans is to fill them with water in'" which a few ounces of washing soda is S dissolved, and set them on the fire. Let the water boil until the inside of the pot looks clean. AN English periodical states that manufacturers brush the surface of ^ cheese with a solution of arsenic to keep the flies away, hence they should ^ be washed before using, and the rind carefully removed. ^ PEOPLE who live in new hard-finished - houses know what a nuisance it is to be ' unable to drive a nail into the walls. | • Landlords now make a proviso that no ||| pictures or ornaments shall be placed on the walls unless by suspension tram ? the rim provided for the purpose. All i'. the same, it is often necessary to drive both nails and screws into the wall, and by a little management it can be done without any detriment1 to the || plaster surface. The way is to make # a hole twice as large as the screw to be driven, with a gimlet, aad then fill up with plaster of paris, such as is used for fastening for the tops of lamps, and imbed the screw in the soft plaster. When the plaster sets the screw will Uj hold like iron, and there will be ao4iz- . . figurement of the wall. #?f| The Small Bejr. f The walnut crop has been good this ; ^ year, and if one desires to see feats oi superhuman prowess visit the timber about the city any day. ? H'-: rain or shine. The small boy, too sick­ ly to carry half enough kindling tc start one fire, will be found there in a pelting rain storm. He will climb "V* twenty or thirty feet without a limb," ; ' knock walnuts off twelve hours At a:"- - *'4': stretch, and just at the hour when 5? crows seek their gossipy beds, two V miles from town the small boy will be/' found staggering under a bag of- wal- nuts that makes every leg tremble like a cornet solo. But he gets home with; ^ the load. No bags of walnuts, nor small boys dead have been found by the wayside. But do not be hard on the small boy. He is human and he loves the woods and all that there is in them, ^nd when '%*• - C he loves a thing he will work for it. Our %; >V" , \ teachers and parents might make a note ^ of this. Ho loves the pure air and the;* refreshing mudholes. At school, with>v'V every door and window closed, he feels | stupid and sick. He cannot tell how ' . . many two times two are without count- '; "sK ing on his fingers, and sometimes is notf " bright enough for that. But place him I on a raft, in a pond in some lonely dell, or let him chase tfie chipmunk through the thorn bush, he may neglect to miuce \ exact calculations as to dinner time, but he will tell you exactly how many jumps the chipmunk* made and. bring home more observations . on the phenomena of na-'! ture than the best naturalists can * properly note in a week. The moral is that the small boy needs air and not so much wind pudding. This is a sugges­ tion made for the parents and teadierai also.--Joliet News. Big Diamonds. A jeweler in Maiden Lane held up between his thumb and forefinger a rough yellow stone rfs large as a hickory-nut. "That is the biggest diamond ever brought to this country," he said. "It weighs 125 carats. In cutting it will lose 30 or 40 carats, according to the 'design. It is an African stone. Our house bought it in the London market. The weight of the famous Koh-i-noor is 102| carats. Before cutting it weighed 186." Tb* stone in the jeweler's hand was almost an inch square and three quarters of an inch through. It ran up to a sharp point on one side and on the other was dome-shaped. The jeweler said the shape was perfect for cutting. There was a blue streak in the center. This was said to be 110 imperfectiou. When the stone was cut, the jeweler added, it would be much lighter in color. The diamond is better calculated for a crown than for a personal ornament. It might be worn by a lady in the hair, as a medallion at the throat, or in a bracelet. It will be sent to Boston to be cut. The art of diamond-cutting is mid to have been brought to as great perfection in this country as in Amster­ dam. The stone after cutting will be worth about $HJ0,000. A large house in Maiden Lane a short time af o sold a remarkably bril­ liant diamond in the London market for $!>0,000. It weighed carats. Its value was in its fineness. Its his­ tory was known for one hundred years. It is said to have belonged to the Khedive of Egypt. It was brought from London, but the price asked could uot be obtained here, and it was sent back to a purohasex there.--New York Times. THE secret of suooesa is to know tddeny youiealfsi. ' he should now -«* . • - • . f t» 4 » . :• *'4' * ** k\.J, .. •