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. .?. .'? i'\<. s'oue i tii . *i"y afaek
i .?' .in?! a copj?e ??f unthjti" w?'.i|
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.:? bn?ll?* uudr*" Iii? Ii*??*?'
i.-a-.i> I.:. ??? bid (heir purple pi unit-,
i the .< ;i ? Ii:iI J* a < ent ury And
tli re wiiii ? f^re ?' cheerful kitchen auih
out ul wefcj ?p? *?i'n ij'jtii- trrov
>.iiini_: wIuiI'i-vj' unl ? t . j I !'nshi<?u
?> i Me!! ''h.i.'l\" t fVi door stone. a:nl
bunch ? i ? mi v.'.i ii< itdini" like cf!nt*nn
snow j :. ?. i ? ; nod, t-okf tt'l
.: lilgotllO) H ?? ?.Uun, Mirill l."$ i!
was about <.-? zy m old p|ii?;< a.-* un ?
v ulii wish i t-i ni.-aor-s^ of a iru rnin^
nuiiiipur i .
'i he Ucacoii ?h.' i'erj seldon vautur
edou ah) imi uoiiduutouiui')u*ioi Ilia own.
out Iii- two brown put a.* ou hut hvj
huttoinu'i-ti )l ?red knees, auJ ?tid :
? V..\ it is thoughtless nl'hint I"
" A.- il w. wauled ;t j:r?;?t hli?chierou>
buy ipUiii, m l tumbling round, sighed
Mrs IMw'-.huty Mf diw-t 1? ijfs
%,l whs a boj n^tieii 6t.ee, "juggo-sted
fin- Deacon.
"l-i it i; Vut uotbiu; t\? ? i *a nit it,"
sa^pped 111* w.ie. 'V U ic i-.'t a buy
lu?w ! And Iii?* ?in-? - i. i?. Hi il ?vfo ? e
l? t?o ?Iii* i Im?. U*?. kmmi* ih the muiu
uier^' * ? -* ^Ibui
!?- iuuj ii.'.i^f i<<i itj;u eil,'
?nud.y ti^rdco the fc*^'
-?tfu 4"tj{ Mil '3*^?T*^*^??P*M^d??
w.:Sl o.H.iixii. if urn tarn Vu. into a
forty eciv toi ami via aluooi'
? oiin tud .(Vi> vioo . g?i .nun-,
break in* ??ti t.'te ynuiig trie-. ..id imuVia!
all ttie epaud raiftiu' M? w-eoeraUy,"
ifiitMUMiutcd bit! win* uir iy.
- Ob, weil. nii?;ber,' a-tH tiio U.^cdh
u.iioiy, ? do Im- e*-?y. V?>u're -tu? o' the
ktud W'tiildn't Dover i .ko u. coMtnrt; il
a nu t .Iii*: ihiU|^t u a nu.fther. tl brutli.
ol '.lilij' t iling - his ht<y d i?* toe
????-.l?.-i r~; - Inflit ''u-iutry ..r ?.id ?%?
?r -i> h.t s-.o<i.ia s im |?t'? ac# . ? ??..n ?
hlai i iji m.ro .or * io?v
??iietro'f the h irua* j *??; ...t-?-'c
?o .?!?_? ii. 1 i-e< *> to, -.oi rhi*ra u i oJ
??.ek ?? fni:.;;n ta e?t aid Jr uw ;
??It -nt .bat. Daf.n? j>?'<v?.nu:y,'
f id. Imh Si'ittr hilti *V ti k.ioir ????
?? *i .??> ? o> !'?f. <--'n- ? t'l.i.'.- '? .i ?
"*? ?' ? * Ivitty to c.i.u" 'i(-"ie iVo n
I. i'uin IJ'iol nnd i?liy witlw Lini,"
- ?? * ? I'l^bomi
? * ? i(.i?'th i at t'iiit." sitio
'mi ? ? ur Ii )|>efu! \ -ii'-r i/aea
t a i tor ?>?? >?! I s jiOv<<! the -iill.i
reti ?.???<] loiUM- oue. u not her, Kitty
al'ay.s wai Wild ai'n-r pla\.niitea "
'?And nateral QOOUgh.*" said the Dea
con. ''I'll write t.? n\\i\il : a w.-ek iiiore
or U'W: i the end ?f tin- 'tnn d ? I
make in? (hllioeneo, utid I'M hot 'he
child'Ii be printer j^hy? to get b.w.
(no old Ian:, agio/'
Wo >Jrs. DeWbbUry wout in to light
the laiiip. .somewhat eniiifortod to her
inner w man by thil new uttpeet ot
a ?Mir'-.
"I rotlte'i Philip'? ho_ iro' i the oity
lUUSt f hard tnd<:?:?l to piea^o. if lie
emiid hot bo Haiiafievi u -. h ipplo ohcek
ed little Kitty, Wh? could ridu the wild
mt colt ih thu. ji:...ure. .?nd knew eveiy
hint's nest njid *t|uinel haaui in tue
i 'cw-bury wotfid^.
"'l ivy Ii h?. utviiht' into .Oo eodoi
in,m..iit-., (bought Mrd. i>ewdi?ury, who
wui a, i Ui take the ^iooiuiciii viuW oi
I'UOian nature j ? but I t'poso they' l
k?*t-j. oe .;.i'. hi!. a-..!l ? d.
Be 'in- uay> crept by, aioitbe cretecitt
oio'iu oi Jon*- . to.' i?.l* i.o. gvodeu -rb
id uiioHiiuimer. and the r> d eloper t,? toe
(?ewahury bteadow?. uoddad ripo ; ? . oe
'Aiotitor! ' UbMied iMi.Mu -mi!
(Jf its' < ' , . . tK*)!' ' ? ' ** - v
ii .! i. oh ..is. l> w?; .ir\ #i ikl.ajfl
;o ,:.ii*.-..^ |>a*>. ft*tr n.??..'., ? * d
t .e ixt en .?*..<? ? -.i
f^t t. riug array ou ?tu -?* ?'.> 1 ?
? .Wother, rv?ftj ? eonie V'
^>*l)o tall I" ajaculatod Mrs. Oewsbury,
as tbt gam the pail a fiaal ahaka and
l?rV*?! it npeido down on the sink room
!>1 tc. ' ef ?re siio unpinned tbo skirts of
' her dres ? and rushed nut on the front.
p!a?g*, Kitty! And we ncvorexpected
; her. till to nOr*row, for?"
The r.-sb ol Mrs DewsbUry'e senteuce
I w..s smothered in a p^ir of plump, arms
hat imttant thrown around her neok,
und i( v. iioy nf kisses lV>m a dimpled
hi r, x in uith
?But v.u'rc juat as glad to see me,
?.'t uiti Mtiioinia ?*'
? i? Dewsbu ?? started back in sur
?r*'s?: and open-mouthed amnzoment
** Whyt Call? -a-rino Dews bit ry !
Why, father!" to the Doacau, whu
ind chuckling by, "she an't a ohili at
nil ? she's groWod to he a woman !"
Mrs Dewslmry was rijrlit. During
lie si* in tubs' ??? I'er absence tbc
mysterious, developing process one sees
whou a rosebud becomes a rose, or n
lovely child changes into a maiden, h id
bueii at w.uk. Tlic romping little crea
ture who had (gone away, cr. ing Lor
i ?;, o>- out at parting with Towsot and the
chickens, was now a tall, slendor maid
en. graceful as a young willow, and full
o! \ coy cbuscioueueae of her own beauty.
"Hut, mama7, I'm Kitty all the same,"
she laughed, an Mrs. Dowebury st-od
?In.ob and silent before her.*
??Laud's Hake, I s'posc you be," said
Mrs. Dowstury doubtfully ; "but you
dou't look a bit like her. Co.no in,
child, and set down, and I'll have a cup
u' tea d rectly."
"I don't want any tea, mamma ; just
give nie a bowl of strawherriea and milk,
and lei. papa sit where L c ?u lo ik at his
dear old browu face, while 1 am e .ting
it. Ob, it is ao iiice tu be at bo;?c
m i? !"
4Hut you won't be uo kind o' use to
diiuuae i'hii.'s boy *" groaned Mrs.Dows
oury. fitting down a shallow eaithen
I dudi, b uptd to the l< p with ^reat coral
?a? yet Hurni into a spotted bowl.
"Oh, yew, f shall, mammu ! ' declared
K.:tiyt i 've got a box of dominoes in
uiy trunk, and I kuow lota of games.
Deeidca, 1 haven't forgotten how to pick
j..ck ?truwe out of the barn, aud 1 think
1 could climb u tree yet, if there was
auy Vital necessity tor it."
Mrs. Dewsbury stood looking at her
daughter b ttweeo delight aud disappoint
ment. Kitty was grown into the love
ti?'-r bub' picture a mother's heart could
wish i ? look Upon, with luxuriant flossy
CUns mi b ? w Ii iah g,-li ?od deep haxel
e;.">, ?????( h Iresh tdtin. ?here the rosy
bi ??d glowed thr Ugh; out she was a
")it*ti girl' no longer, aud Mrs Dews
t'Urj'e mind reverted with dismay to the
i mg dornjrint quest am as to ' what w a
t . o ? d 'lie with t'hil '* buy F"
.. deari" groaned .Hrs. Dewsbury
ii i n. ro wu'u t uo such things at
4DoII rfaj that, maiuuia;" said Kitty
uemur ly, '.'because if there wore oo u iys,
there would be no young men, and just
think how awful that would be !"
?:1 b'HuVC you d joke if you was o.i
your dyiu* bei, Cutburiue," said her
mot bei* soberly, "Hit 1 gue*s you'll Snd
it an't uo laueliiu' matter, aft'tr all. lie -
Coiniu' day niter to morrow, uml he's to
be neve diroo mouths."
''Well, mamma, let him cuuie; he's
ooiv u boy 1 Von npuak us if he were a
lieugui ti^cr let looac upon us."
And K'ny run oil to renew amicable
understandings with the cuwsnud horses
before it wan dark.
Kitty l)cwabury wus nt the depot, the
nox, day but ono, ua the New York
train rolled slowly up to the platform,
on the outlook for a tall boy, or a stocky
little one.?she dtdu't much care Which
--n 'n..in .-ho was prepared to welcome as
"cousin," and escort safely homo to the
farm. Hut uo boy appeared. Then*
W'-re only three pussengers who alighted
at lui.t unt-ot tb'.vway station ; a middle
agfal geuihtui.tii in green speotaoles; a
i 11 old lady, leading an apoplectio poodle
behind Uor't and a tall, haodsomu young
mau, in u i'auuma hat, and vary loug
black uyedashe* shadowing a pair of
uiisohieiou' deep blue aye*.
A.- Kitty stood wondering within her
sou what on earth this non-appearance
could portend, und marvelling whether
r out "the child had iutleu out of one
.? the car wiuduwa, on route for his
uncle's home, th>s met arrival approach
ttu U< r, auttnug bis bat oourteoualy.
? .?n y u teb um where De .con
A\?.neoii?h Doa?" .ry re?.uea 1' neaakoi.
"Yes," said Kaiy, t?iuamg mow
haodsomt the dark blue jyea were."
"It's jfjaw beyond the hills thara?pfr.
???? 'i i . ??^???????11 HU I Iff)I I
hap* two wiles from her?. X am going
that way. and I will show you."
"I shall be much obliged. I erpaoted
sonie of them to meet me at the depot,
but they are probably detained."
Kitty opened wide her ayea. Bad
they all been mistaken ? Wae this tba
"b<>y V Now tint Mho coma ?? think of
it, that Philip had never made any
definite allusion lb tlie u .e of his 400,
how wai it thai thoj had all taken it for
granted that he * ?* a ' boy ?" And
thou ' 1 mischievous sp.rkle oame into
the atoros ud hate! orbs, as Kitty asked
demurely :
"Wlio^Jtd you xpect to meet, you ?"
"I don't know ; either my uuele or aunt,
r a little girl with long braided tails of
hair, who has been s ot for from board
tug-school to pray maib.es with tue, and
otherwise keep me out orj mischief."
??How do you koow?'*^
"My uncle wrote a- much to me."
"Did he say any thing about braided
tails of hair'/
"No; but my imagination supplied
these details Perhaps, however," and
his color deepened a little, "you know
my relatives V
"Ye*;, I know Kitty . Dewsbury very
well"
"And wh ?t sort of a person is she V
"Oh, a very uice little girl I"
"Don't she play marbles f"
"YoS ; and jack-stones aud tag, and
plenty oi other games; but she don't
wear her hair ii: braided tails. Ther.?
cross ponder bridge, and follow the foot
j ath op the hill, and you will bo at the
farm-house iu live minutes."
Mr Uawkhurst touched his hat.
"J am very much obliged to you."
* Oh, you're quite Irolcouiefr' said"
Kitty, disappearing op a lido !ane, likea
w.-<>d nymph.
"A regular little b*auty 1" thought
Mr. Liawkhu st. 1 I hlpe I ahall meet
-4>e??anuiO',*i>uf:7nru gtJJtr-ah-tfod"
And he kept on his way, musing on
the adventure which 'bad befallen him;
while Kitty, fluttering across lots ns
light and swift as a robin, ran into her
own room, and war brushing out her
tangled curls, as Mr. Iinwkhurst walked
into the keeping room be.'ow stairs.
''Good morning, Aunt,"he said to Mrs.
Dewsbury, who was ff?riug early apples
fur a pie.
"The Deacon's wifo dropped her
knife.
"Why, you an't never Phil.'a boy !"
"Yes 1 um, Aunty "
?? I, .nd o'Goshen ! I thought you were
a boy."
Phillip Hawk burst took his little aunt
up iu his arms, and gave her a kiss.
"Nothing of the sort," he said.
:??Where's my uncle?"
"Down in the pastur' lots?but Kit
ty's up Htairs. Kitty! Kitty, child,
when-are y.-u ?" shrieked Mrs. Dews
bury
The dorn 1 pvued, and in walked Miss
Kitty, demure sud smiling.
"Did you call me, mamma f"
"Call you?oi course 1 did I Here's
your coiisiu Phil; .ml he ain't a boy at
all!"
"Mis* Dewsbury!" exclaimed Phil
lip.
"Yes, Mt [lawkhurat!"
"Are y<m my cousin ?"
"Exactly >o. sir.'"
a*'J hen,*'said the young roan, recov
ering his audieity an be became more ac
customed to the exigencies ot the case,
"you must give me a kiss!"
"Id better got the marbles and the
jack-stoned first," sa d Kitty, retrcatiug
dem 11 rely.
"Why, Cutharine!" interrupted her
mother ; "don t you tev be,s a man
growed !"
"Yes, I 6cc it," said Kitty, trying to
keep down the dimples.
"Why didn't you tell me who you
were?" derouud.d llawkburst.
-Why didu't >ou ask me F" retorted
Kitty.
i Phillip 11 swk burst was delighted with
: the old farm-house, tba mammoth but
I tarnut-trees, the well, and everything
about it, ineluding the Deacon aud bis
wife, aud?not excluding tb? little dam
aal with the gold-brown curia aod the
hate I eyes. Whi la the Deacon rubbed
lib bauds, and said :
'?Well; wife, 1 don't see, nrtcr all, bat
what the child run amuse each other
pretty tol ably wall J"
All the long summer daye Phillip
Uawkhurst lingered ou, and until it was
uuctesary 10 r? turn to iNeW \ <-rk, thera
to resume his legal studies, Aod when
ha lett his heart behind. U was child's
play 00 longer.
a
"It's sll brother Phil.'s fault, eendin'
his boj here/' Mid Mrs Dewsbury, as
she wrote down a list of the things that
would be necessary for Kitty*s simple
little trousseau.
"Fault! Taut nobody's fault!" said
the Doscon. "Brother Phil 's plsassd,
and so be we 1"
' She's as old aa yen was when tee
were married, mother."
Mrs. Dewsbury had nothing to say.
but she rubbed her spectacle glasses,
muttering:
"Well, 1 s'posc children can't b? chil
dren al'ays I"
A Mother-in-law?s) Fast Ride.
Joe S. is the fortunate possessor of a
mother iu-law, and, what be probably
thought more of, among his horses was
one known as Quaker. Now Quaker
Was a good roader, and could and would
jerk a wagon with two iu it in 2:51 on
the road, and the harder he was pulled
in and the more he was yelled at, the
faster he meant to ^o. In fact, when a
competing horse ranged alongside and a
strong pull was taken, accompanied by
yells, be thought be must do his level
best on trotting, and you bet be did it.
Not many years ago, when the county
fair was held where Master Joe then
lived, he had old Quaker hitched up to
a 130 pounds three quarter seated wag*
on, and, as he Was getting in, mother in
law wished to go with him. He iu*
form d her that he was goiug to the
town clerk's office at the 1 >w r eud of
the village (about a mile), and if she
was in a hurry to return ahe would have
to drive back alone, and then cramped
the wagon for her admittance; and with
~hftud tlwiQping snd slouching gait old
Quaker walked aloog, taking the ill
assorted pair to the town clerk's office
Now, be it known, Joe dearly loves fun,
and will have it aa oitep as possible,
wbtte snothet-.n-l** is rigH, old
faehij^yd. sky-blue Baptist, undoubted
ly very good, but unfortunately possessed
with the ides that to laugh is to sin. It
so happened that every team at that
time was going to tho fair grounds, or
else was walking; an Qnkcr had no
chance to "score up," but just as they
arrived at the office of the town clerk,
S. saw Jack Barnes coming on his way
to the fair. Now Jack's mare has the
reputation of being 4 or 5 seconds faster
than old Quaker. To turn Quaker
around, jump out, and advise mother-in
law to drive slow going home, was but a
tniuute's work ; aud then holding up hut
band to attract Jack's attention, he told
him he would pay chicken fixings and
etceteras if ho would range alongside
Quaker at speed, yell, and spirt the old
horse up tho street to the Fair Ground's
entrance. A nod, and Jack touch-is
Lady Culler with his whip, sings out
git! and lays for Quaker, who, hearing
the stepper coming, grabs at his bit.
Mother-in-law takes bold of reins iu
front of the buttons; puts feet against
brace iron iu front, and as the lady
ranges alongside, Jack yelling lively,
mother in law takes her strongest pull,
screaming whoa ! to stop her "auimilo "
But he didn't stop?-not much?he
didn't. Tho pull was just enough to
steady him good ; whoa he evidently
considered to be meant for a sell to the
other horse, and squatted to go his
level best, und just did it. Now you
bet 1 Barnes was actually getting left
bcui?d, ?uu warming up to his w?>rk he
commenced in right good earnest to Bing
out, ??Hi Yarr ! Go er long 1 What ara
you about! Git, won't yer?" and they
d'd git?nice?"both on 'em." The
people they passed seeing their spaed
and the old lady's bat on the hack of her
neck, her shawl streaming out bohind,
and the courage with which sho hung
on to the lines, dapped their hands and
en** ragiugly auug out, ''Good, old
gall"?"Gay old bird'."?"2:40 !"??
"Bully for old Quaker!" And as they
passed the t wo hotels the fast boys on
the piazzas gave the.a three cheers with
a vim?in fact, with several extra vims.
Jce'e mother in-law took the first
evening train for her Green Mountain
home. Uta parting words were, "he
should not dare allow her to drive Qua
ker sgsin, as he had cautioned her to
drive slow, and she had gous sod best
ods of the fastest horses iu town."
Joe said next day, with s quiet twin
kle iu his eye, thai hie wife did not give
him s "curtain lecture" that night, and
when parties put up their little bets on
it. he provsd by Jaek Barnes that they
went out to Pittsburgh for their chicken
fixings snd etceteras, und didn't get
buck ubt? 6 o'clock ?ext morotDg,
A Western Incident
A targetshoot was a grand thing among
the rough pioneers; there ware tome visi
tors from beyond the mountains, and
each rifleman wta particularly anxious to
display his own accomplishment before
the strangers. Mike Fink was among
them?the priooe of marksmen. But on
this occasion he was unusually quiet and
reticent.
After exhibiting their skill by "cut
tiug the center," to the satisfaction of
the visitor!, it csm* Fink's turn to per
form the grand final feat of the oocu*
sion.
This consisted in setting s tin cup m
the head ofoucof the party, and placing
him at the distaoee of fifty paces, shoot
ing the cup off the bead of the person
supporting it. Mike as usual seledtsd
Joe Stevens aa cup bearer. All knew
his skill and no ono would hesitata to
have performed the service, They did
not know, however, that bit a short time
before this Mike had fallen out with Joe,
and had patiently waited the time for
hi* revenge. Joe accspted the honor
with alacrity, especially gratidod st
Mike's commendatory remarks, as he re
quested him to perform the service. Fink
expressed himself confident that he could
' plug the foremost side of the cup, pro
vided Joe would hold it up, for he allus
held it kind o' stidy like."
The distance was measured?tho cup
bearer took his station; tho shining hel
met was placed upon his head. Mike
took his "peg," prioked his flint, primed
hisgrelock, poised his rifle, took aim and
fired, The ball crushed through the
brain of his former friend and comrade,
and Joe Stevens fell prone to the earth
and expired without a gros I. Mike's
vengeance was satiate*?.. But Joe had a
He, aa well as the other pirsoaf-f Cfl^.
sent, knew that "Mike Fink had playnd
foul." Scarcely has the light smoke
wreath from Mike's fatal rifle vanished
into thin air, when Dick Stevens, the
brother of the murdered Joe, brought
hit unerring rifle to bear upon tho mur
derer, and in au instant a ball was crash
ing through the skull of Mike Fink and
he full dead in his piece at the peg from
whence be &ad sent the messenger of
death to a fellow being only a few seoou J
before.
A deep and wide pit was dag and in
to it the rude baokswoodsmen lowered
the lifeless forms of murdered and mur
derer and there?through long ages for
gotten?the two silently moulder to
dust.
IIrvoick Obf.me.ncs to Di:tt.?
Many can still rcoollcct when tidings
came of the siler.t heroism with whiaii
more than five hundred soldiers, in the
wreck of the Birkcnhcad, met death in
the spirit of obedience to duty ; and that,
too, when there was none of the excite
ment of battle and of victory to cheer
them on. The soldiers stood in their
ranks on the deck of the sinking ship
while the women and ehildrcn were
quietly put into ouo of the boats. "Every
one did as ho was directed," says
Captain Wright, one of tho few
who escaped to tell <ho tale; "and thore
was not a murmur or a cry among them
till the vessel mado her fin d plungo.
All the officers received their orders, an!
bad them carried out, as if the msa
were embarking instead of going to thj
bottom. There was only thh difference,
I never saw any embarkaticrn con
j duetcd with so little noise and confusion.
When the vessel was just going down,
j the commander"?not of the soldiers,
but of the ship?"called out, 'All those
who can swim jump, overboard, snd
make for the boats.' The officer begged
the men not to do as the commander
said, as the boat with the women must
be swamped. Not more thau thrco mado
the attempt. And so thty sank among
the waves, carrying the habits of duty,
which they had learut as roldicra, into
that last act of self-sacrifice."?Sir Ed
ward btracktjf in Gcod Hordt.
To Ciaan Lamp Chinney.?When
you wish to olaao a lamp chimney, hold
a linaa cloth against one end of the
chimney, and plaoe the other end in
your mouth; bteathe in it until It w cov
ered inside with moisture, pmh tho cloth
into ?ho chimney with a smooth ^leader
stick, and rub it arouad until Iba aerie
tors Se absorbed; repeat the process, aud
breath over the outer surface also; lub
this witha oloth uutildry, and you hare
i oleao bright chimney. Soft ne*?p%
per will take the place of ft Kmc ciftiav
Do not on cotton on aoy gases waie.*?>
Horton Journal of Chtmvttry.
The English Kama*
A London krter fttye: OtM woo doth
treed open enother'a Ms ftftd new, ist
addition to the almost complete ruin ftf
the potatoe crop, and ft fresh outbreak
of tba cattle plague, we hear that Im
Scotland, and the North of England, the
wheat, rye, barley, and oat harvest aft
spoiled, "Thn weather for tha bat feet,
night has bean unprecedented is the
history of our harr eats." sajatha leading
Scotch journal; "tba rainfall baa bafts
again excessive: tha atmosphere eioggeft
with moisture; thunderstorms hare baam ?
commso, and tha electrical action of tha
air of a most disturbing ehsraeter./ Xft
consequence of all this. "Tha crops ana
not only bad in avary aease of tha term,
but the expense of securing thorn it
everywhere excessive.', In those quar
ters where the wheat baa not yet baam
cut it is deteriorated by a second growth
and whan it has been put up iu sheaves
the wet weather has made whole field
quite unsuitable for human food. Bar.
ley and oats have also suffered in tha
same way, and in a word, the destruction
of the cereal orops in Scotland and tko
North of England is nearly complete.
As in the potato rot it is stated that tha
former estimates of loss hare all been
groat ly understated, with the exception
of Ireland. In thst island the disease
j a few weeks ago was vary prevalent, but
for some undiscovered cause its ravages
I have been arrested, sod tha crop these
j will be at least tolerably good- Through
out England and Scotland in those
localities where potatoes have for many
years been extensively grown tha short
coming is now said to range bail
I thirty and eighAy per cent. U
j discouraging ctrcnrnetancestS
comfoxt in the fact that on the Goftfti
naot, as a rule tho harvest baa been
excellent and that the price of bread
stuffs, up to tho present time aft leant,
has advanced only a slight degree. Tfcn
averago price of English wheat to-day &
57s. 5d. a quarter , against 60s, 94. ft
quarter in the comsjnndiug' period ajf
last year.
A Beautiful Experiment.--Tha
following beautiful experiment may be
easily performed by a lady, to the
astonishmeut of a circle at her tan
Tako two or three leaves of red cabbage,
cut them into small bits, put tbea into
a basin, and pour a pint of boiling
on thorn; let it stand an hour, them
if off into a decanter II will bar of A
fine bluo co'or. Then take four wie.?
glasses: into oue put sis drops of drang
vinegar; into anether six drops of solution
of soda, into a third a strong solution of
alum; and let the fourth remain empty.
The glasses mny be prepared some time
before, and the few drops ot oolerleaa
liquid that have been placed in them
will not bo noticed. Fill up the glasses
from the decanter, and the liquid poured
into the glass containing tho acid will be
a beautiful red; the glass.containing the
soda will be a fine green; that poured in?
to the empty one will remain unchanged
By adding a little vinegar to tha graon
it a ill immediately change to the red,
and on adding a little solution of soda
to tho red it will aasnme a fine) green,
thus showing the action of ftcils and
alkali'-s on vegetable blues.
The Village Crveoh.?It should
not look like a barn or a storehouse, -It
should be a building, tha very eight of
which would cause devout feeling in tat)
breast. A well craved cross should point
to heaven; massive paneled doors ifcftftll
imprers the visitor with tha solemoiry
of the p'ace into which ha is enteric;
stained glass should throw a mystic light
athwart the aisle?; pulp*.!, alter ceiling
and galleries should be ornamented
with figurative mouldings, and fhe eel.
umus that support the gal'eriee, earl the
balusters ^that rail them 1ft should be
ofclaaaio psttcroa. Any coagragaiiou
Wishing such a chunhabewM tend their
ordere fcr finishing malarial to He. V.
P. To ax, importer or, *Venob Stained
glaas, wad maauiftcttivftr of ?ad dealer
ia Doom, Santo*, Blies? fco.. No. 2u
Hayn? street, Char let tee, 41.0.
Fiippies and erowu spota on the ftW,
Eruption, ?liifftbaa, liafftswlna twite.,
ao4 sil iioiaa arising from impure bl mk ,
nse cured by Dr. ftetce a Golden Med;,
eal Discovery.