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I Tail grew*"' Iwdde a gladlole hi aplendor grow. 'Why do jvu with IM sntnmn bkwsocM wsttT la trulfl, I wiow do* woy you IIyo m wl?? Only a few, ptle, yellow bloom. you boco ? And worthless are xoar mil. Pray, droop ; ?v.-.' *'?ind N'. XAould not grists it ?ring TO* no more I graoe tbe world, for ereoi?g'? brightest ?Meo v Ars not more rioh in gold and ssdthan I, AxA ?T?y day tbs Hng'rlng botterfbss ??', ;"t Beg bm to ?t*y till they must My 'good-bye.' ? 'Yes, yon ms beantifnl,' the weed replied, In ytllmt Toioe, 'and I in phlo, indeed, Bat Ood knows why.' Just then ? bird, bright ,An<J aosrtot-besked, e?w the olosfring sesd, fc&nd l^htiug on * slender branch be^%$V >,| K With many a little ohirp of Uunkfol glee, ! j Then ?pread hie wings sod perohed opon the ?And'Mssstd hi* wsysids friend in melody. <Ahl' ?aid the weod, when bo hod flown, "proud h$*w:"J A huogry, south-bound bird you could not feed Though you rejoloe in beauty'? gracious dow'r? That boon was gran tod to sn h amble weod!' FAB*, FDBLD JUfl> FttMlOS, DmwmIoBIbm. To Ktuci Bkdbuos.? Dissolve ten grains of eorrodfe sublimate in * half pint of aloohol. Cork the bottle, make a hole in the oork and insert a quill through whioh to poor the mixture,? Pour into every crack and crenoe; it Will not only kill, but prevent the bugs from I returning. The mixture being poison, should be labeled by a druggist. Godd&bd A muss. ?Tnkq green pies, pnt them to boil nearly covered with water) when thoy are perfectly tender pour away part of the water; mash through a eolander, or siove, if you wish them very smooth; melt a lump of butter in them; add a liberal supply of rfngar and flavor with nutmeg; put them on the fee to get very oold, then eat with rleh cream. Db* Bmud anp Cold Mka* Ummo. Chop your beef tyry fine, and soak the bread in oold water until soft, having two-thirds as m^eh bread as meat, and after pressing out the water through a oolander, mix with the mass three eggs well beaten, and salt to the taste; into balls the sise of a biscuit, and fiy 'slowly in butter or lard until brown on both sides,* A moat exoellent dish for breakfast. Bonsn Potatoes. ?Steam, peel and slioe the potatoes. Lay the slioes on a A wad plaoe it over a rather alow fire. Have melted butter, and spread some over the slioss with a olean camels' hair brush. As soon as the under part is broiled, turn eaoh slioe over snd spread butter over the other side. When done, dish, salt and serve them hot. A little butter may be added when dished* acoording to the taste. ' ? Note* About tli? Vnrin. An old standing ringbone is inonrabls because the bony deposit has bettpe hard and permanent. In its early stage, _; uSrfcj ishJA Wm X". w ?4 >???*?, ? JRI plenty of sunflowers. ThssSeds *? -T?-is?* | i,im sre exoellent for ohiokens and a valuable M I tlniisnweok, pniig, aoes muon to keep them v ..?*-;i Founder, or fever of the feet, is caused . by high feeding and hard work on hard roads; but many horses are predisposed to it by constitution. The usual treat ment is to give" salts in twelve-ounoe doses, once or twloe, followed by half oun6e dosos of saltpeter, to cool tue sys tem; then take off the shoes* put the . feet in hot .water baths, and give, the: ' ?a Hogs require a moderate quantity of salt; bnt they eannot use as much as -^eep withont injury, because of the uifferent eharaeter of their intestines; the swino's slomsOh is small, snd is easily affeoted by sold substanoes, while "-e sheep's paunch is large, and a large _ antity of sail may bo eaten with impu nity, as it is largely diluted by the half . liquid contents. Half an ounoe of salt Tren oooasionally to'eaoh hog, ?not when in a bunch?other ** * e too muolfr'^' / H m mi?. $?;. , ;v ? to be eultirated, or to be me are preferable to the , soils. 1 By their porousness is given to the powerful ef J they are naturally in that , to whioh draining and subsoil k are redtteing th* stiffer lands of ? Manure may as well be - . .jHK# Oft l*ad tmderlaid by water, Drain this; and no matter if this upper soil be timost qniol M j. wxrn wi MmoBf quioKsana, rn??w. ?m ?n?rt tt Into fmMU, mM? land. The thin oovering of mold searoe> ly an inoh in thloknees, the prodnot of a ''? " nttated and produced studying the laws of a well recognised jpsrature, the water important factor in Poor sous give KatonfOf plentiful an tains, or when fltnifulL., insufficient moisture in a that no supplies of plsnt ralize. are rioh in miasral oOa-1 I fail to gite good orops In " only on account of their " moisture. This easi application of peat, sowing of olover?all of to retain moisture in I Inr the soil gives off solvent of the two per oontt of quantity as barn its nitro oomblna I in this oondi t coarse grasses; to neotral AM it ttwo * 6 f or as near (be time of sowing M possible. It U felt that the sooner manor? fa-put with ? in mob of die roots of piante, the bet ter for the crops aud their owners. Ma nure i* to muoh capital invested, and bean interest only as it is eonsumed in the ioQ. The barn oellar may bo so managed as to manufaotare and torn out fertilisers every month in the yeaJr, bo th*t the fanner may suit his convenience in ap plying them to the soil. When manure is not wanted for cultivated crops it is always safe to apply it to the grass crop, either in pastures or upon meadows after mooring. Top-dressing is growing in fetor with our intelligent farmers.? Grass pays better than almost any lam crop in the older States, and the spread ing of ooppoet saves the necessity of frequent plowing and seeding. By top dressing at any convenient season of the year, fields may be kept profitably in grass for an indefinite time. RaMa* Calve*. After the calf la a couple of weeks old It ifl well to let it havo a bundle of sweet Eogliah hay within reach, where it can nibble at leisure. A healthy calf will early learn to eat hay and chew the oudL A box with a little oat meal or wheel bran may also be nailed on the aide of the pen, where the oalf will aoon learn to go and lap wheu hungry. Old hay is bet tor than grass or rowen, if Ihe mflk given is hew and jiob. If it ia ell skim mod the otiior feed may be a little m6re loosening. But to suooeed in the high* eat degree, one who is raising oeWee muat feed them himself, morning and night, and notioo the very first indica tions of indigestion. There are plenty of signs by whieh an observing person will know at a glanoe whether his ani mals are in perfeot health or not Borne farmers give their oalves porridge and hay tee, and where milk is loaroe this is a good praotice, the same oaution be ing used to see that the bowels are kept in a healthy state. Yet, when milk is plenty, we ask nothing better, even though most of the eream is removed. It is quite important that oalves be tied installs or otherwise while drinking, end for a while afterward, to prevent them from getting into the praotloe of suoking each other, whioh is very bad. ;A Sketch from Life. The editor was sitting in his sanotum, when a man laboring under oonsidsfcable apparent exoilement walked in, with the paper in his hand, and, pointing to a ?mall paragraph, read : " 'The genial Colonel Mumbleohook thinks of an Eastern journey aoon. May he enjoy a pleasant trip, is the wish of his many friends.' 'Now, sir/ said the exotted man, *i sin Colonel Mumbleohook, end I have eslled to inquire by what authority you make nse of my name in your paper.' ?First time I over saw it,'xetffed the editor, glsnolng at the itym, 'but ? sup pose it's all right. My looal reporter is qnite? ^ " * Jl5 ?But I hover gave him permission to use my natffa in this manner,' persisted tho oolonol, ?Very likely,' said the editor; 'but you're going East, ain't yon?' ?Certainly.' 'And you haven't any objeotion to your friends wishing you a pleasant trip ?* ?That's sll right, but I don'l want my name in the paper, aud in futuro you will obligo me by leaving it out.' : 'Of oourse,' said the editor, 'if you desire it}' and tho oolonel bowed himself stiMy out. ? 'John,' said the editor to his offioo-boy, ?follow that man and see where he goes, end come back and report.' . John did as he was requested, and shortly after he oame beek and reported that Colonel Mumbleohook went to the counting-room and bought twenty-five papers, whioh, after marking something in them, he ordered to be put tip in wrappers, and was busy in' direetlnjr ;'->A '? '' ?' \ l ?t . .*> v._ ; s.V" Origin of a Popular Poem. Mr. Whittier's own statement of the erlgin of his poem of 'Mend Muller,' is quoted by a correspondent of the Springfield lhpubttoan, He was driv ing with his sister through York, Me., end stopped at a harvest field to inquire the way. A young girl raking hay near the stone wall stopped to answer the in quiries. Wbittter notioed as she talked that she bashfully raked the hay eround and over her bare feet, end she was fresh and fair. The litUe incident left its impression, and he wrote out the poem that very evening. 'But if I had *ny idee,' he said, ?that the plaguey little thing would have been so liked, I should have taken more pains with it' Jo the inquiry ae to the title, Maud Muller, he said it was suggested to him, end not a selection. It oame ae the poem came. But he gives it the short German prononnoiation, as Healer, not the broad Yankee Mi?ller. An lessee Women's Ingenious Work. A rare specimen of work wee recently exhibited by a German women, an in mate of the iniape asylum et Stookfcm, Cat. The woman is impressed with the idee that she Is not mesne, but Is oon fined by a personal enemy. She also Imsgtnee that the superintendent would not furnish her with pen end paper to oommunioato her grievanees to her friend Dr. Titus, of Sen Franoisoo, so she ont a quarter of e yard from her oalioo drees, end with her needle wrote a letter The letter is In Gormen, end the letters very accurately formed by thread darker than the oalloO. She tells who shs worked for la Sen Franoisoo, end that she Is Imprisoned by heir enemier. Sheelso beseeohefc eld, because if she stays much longer el the esylum she feers she willbcoome insane. Foote, Che great wit, shot many an ertow that remain*! qttiveriog in tho wound fore Joeg time. When some with bed teste, raised a laugh ' on the sabjeet of his lame on his Intruder and said aoyeo.ttMkmj mk my thin* about m as folk) wa: Mr. G. a Howard the Troy theater it the Him, and had been for a yw or ao. The play of the' evening wm 'Oliver TwW,' in the adoption of whieh wm a ohild's oharaotor, not retained of late, that of little Dick, the aiok pauper boy, who takes a tearful farewell of OUrer aa he nana away from the' poorhouae. Without any idea that abe would be mace than a ?dummy,' it was suggested that little Cordelia, the manager's four year-old daughter, be dressed aa Little Diok and plaoed behind the paling for Oliver to talk to; but when, at rehear* eel, the mother, Mm. Q. O. Howard, who waa playing Oliver, caught the baby np and went throughihe scone, the little thing responded just in the proper plaoe, 'Dood by?turn again.' 'Well, now,' eaid Mrs. Howard, 'If abe is going to do anything like that, better teaoh her the linea.'. And accordingly, during the day, in her mother's lap, little Cordelia waa taught the apeeehee of Little Diok. Night oame; the fat haby faoe wae akillfully painted to replant oonsump tion, and duly dad in her brother's suit, and with'a little spade In her hand, Cor delia Howard made her first appevano* on any stage. Oa oame the fugitive Oliver, while Cordelia, aooording to dl reotlon, dug vigorously at the pile of dirt dumpod in tho corner. 'I'm run ning away, Diok,' said Oliver. I 'Lunning away, la you t' replied iho little obit. Then with a full perception of the obaraoter, but with the moat self possessed oblivion of tho .written words, the ohild gave in her own language, the se&so of the soene. 'I'll come back and see you some day, Dick,' said Mrs. Howard as Oliver. 'It yont be no use, Oily, dear,' sob bed the little actress. 'When oo turn baok I yont be digging 'ittle gravee. Ill be all dead and in a 'ittle grave by myself.' This in a voice trembling with feigned emotion yot clear as a bell and distinctly heard by every person in the building. Buoh a shower of tears aa swept over that theater I Actors and auditor? were alike affeoted. The Oil' ver (naturally enough) broke down, but Cordelia's hit and her parents' fortunes were made from that very night. It waa at once decided that snob in fantile emotional talent aa this must not be wasted, and Mr. Howard.began look ing about for some appropriate channel through which to present it to the public. The whole oountry was talking about ?Unole Tom's Cabin,' and,thousands of eyes were moistened at Eva's saint-like sayings. 'The very part for Cordelia 1 George L, Aiken, a oousin of tho How' arda, undertook the work of dramati sation, and with ? Mr. Howard's advioe and atalstan oe, in less than a week it was a thing aocompliahed. It wae pro duoed in Troy in September, 1852, and had the amealng run of more than 100 nights,'equal,* as Mr. Howard aaid to the writer the other day, 'to about ?even year's tun in Now York, when population in the two cities is oon aiderod.' a:v - ^ *| I I ...J *?V&??. r.\iygr .. $ The Toothsomo Crib, fcif SftPf m*n who hM >?<? leofc. Inflnto the business of oatohing and 3&KlSK WW hM grown np "t u * ^pwrt'ow years, tt,8 the sexes [ be readilydis-l ungniahed by the flap or apron whion is npo^ tho bxcwk of both, the female thf JS i? If ?Va1' whlle ?*e flap of the malo is wudge ahaped. Distinguish tipfl of'if mSf RhK> b? 8een npou tho i s of the ?laws, thoao of the male tho'^fom^r^"/ blU?' and the olawe of The?*? "PP** with rod. of Th? r "? th0 bnBin6M w^omltiei of the animal and are to bo ntwa-m. avoided while endowed with life. The 2EJ?i3r* u.8 Wfomt**** it jjemed to bite even harder it possibli thw? Mow, until mashed to a iSlt ? uZhTl? ibi* Merti011 he is at I liberty to experiment for himself. Infection by JPMt. ^g^ii ?a tuts s-ff-srr" ol' ?a*ke up the v** *** or?rlook*l or disre particular tog iUs nnaffcoted members of a family or feyeThi obtained a footing, if they are daily an. prised of the state of affairs in the sink STtZsr*? W^S& on^i ^f \ blotting under thin the /Xr/ J" n?fneodMMy? ^marks n0Wn' withont any suoh accessor*. To Make Flower* Bloom. No plant can continue in bloom if na P*Ttmlit?(i *<> <1? her work hanafaT? fi Jh? gaing ^ Med ex* bsorta the energies of any aubjeot. and :rr.rrh,n?,tw- * ?3*e ?F&J?&*!* lowers before . mJ pod oan swell, the growth of the plant ffiZftSf. d<nre,0P1?-nk of new "K* ?ower* from the new growth ?*e matters of oottrse. Try ihlS^I. ment npon the rose. T#o oottajres of two different per. in^I^S!!!? J *XhlbU th* *<** ?Wk. SltoTESl?~*!V **" ol fl<>wers, ^ Ur*? ??* thoee who Sate? rfZl ? ?L2J!# Wro? neter JSSPJSJ *th? '"*? " SSSS^sssi gjaaasafea jg^rars a P "" 7^ "*??**?<>??*M<*a wUl b. has been to , _ of making i I bad a dim idea that lead *, below; that this molten ?tot! vm ! to the top of the tower, then down into the water below, end made shot. The realproeest is i pure lead will not make perfeot g? itla neoeaaarlly 'tempered.' This pet* ia prepared by the addition < gradients, of which areenio la the property, below; ran into ben a nient for use, end, with the pig-i hoiated to the* very top of the tower, where both ere melted in proper propor tion together. Mr. Gatee and myself, book to bfek, and very much humped, entered 3be small, though powerful elevator, jfriot over three and one-half feet by tw<?tty inches in sfee, and went np, up, up, with a horrible din roaring all about us. At the very toparetVo little oircular rooms, not over eight or ten feet in diameter, one about twelve feet below the ottur, and eeoh oontaining two hage kettles in which the pig lead and the 'temper^ { melted. In the busy season thcs#*1 run at night, and the flame, ai there in the darkness, reminds i signal-torches upon towers in theft d*y?. From one or the other of the two ket tles in both rooms?as each room has?a separate shaft?streams of ehot are stantly flowing. At the bottom of $abh kettle tho molten staff ponrs into squire pans perforated at ouo sii^o. These per. j forations are large or small, aooordiigto | the else of shot desired, and separate the mass into distinot, delicate* gfeajaing streams which, in turn, as they eoihein | oontaoi with the atmosphere, separate into perfeot globules, or shot, which arc, oooled in theif^OO-feet journey end the water into whioh they fall below. But now oome what to me, were; still more intereeting prooesses. . Out of (fee shot-pit, up through the water, an^mt less belt, with cups attached, carries the wet shot, depositing it in ahuge revolv ing heated cylinder, where the globules,, are thoroughly dried. From thisjthty pass out upon a descending sbHtaof slightly inolined tables, the lowor iedge of each one being a few inches i and distant from, the suooeeding The perfeot globules, from their I gravity, go bounding over these but the imperfeot shot are forced along until they reeohtl they fall into receptacles, and molten, go oyer the same ]oui?$rjfj From these sorting-tables the carried to ,a series of siaing perforated sheet-brass botto back and forth by machinery, of a smaller siae pass through i forations, larger shot of differed \ _ from the motion of the sieves, in d their weight, gradually sorting " selves with absolute perfection, the sortIng?sieves the shot p*ae-i ?| ishing barrels, oontainiUg a prej a tho main constituent of whioh ii bsgo, and emering from these; like diver, find their w^y into ries in the f cac shot into the biga'beneatb. Each however, is tested* and* after being ? up, these shot, whioh have arrived at thelrabsolute perfection of form and fln- j ish, seemingly, through much of their own aot and volition, are ready to be sent | forth to the huntd} and sportsman on their death'dealing mission. Little. (>y little. If yon are gaining little by little every day be oontent, Are yonr expensos lees then yonr inoome, so that, though it bo little, yon are yet constantly sooumulet ing and growing rioher and rioher every day? Be content; so far as oonoernu money, you are doing well, Aro yon gaining knowledge every da;} Though it be little by little,- tho aggre gate accumulation, where no day ie per mitted to paw without adding something to the etook, will be surprising to your self. Solomon did not become the Wi<Mt man in the world in a .minute. Little by little?never omitting to learn some thing erven for a eingle da/??Jwajs reeding, always studying a little betwee* the time of lietag in the morning and laying down at night; thin la the way to aeonmnlate a fall storehouse of knowl edge. Finally, are yon daily improving in oharaoter? Be not discouraged be cause it is little by little. The beet men all far short of what, they thamseltas would wish to be. It is something, it is much, if yon keep good resolutions ter to-day than yon did yesterday, tor this week than yon did last, b this year than you did last year. Btflre to be perfect, bti' do not become down hearted so long ae you are approaohing nearer and nearer to the high standard at whioh you aim. little by little, fortunes are aoommri l a tod; little by little, knqwledge ie gain ed {little by little^ character and repute tion are aohierred. _ ? ?' A Centenarian III Penniyltanla, Mr?. Muria Relss, of XjOWtir BstlOOh township, Northampton, who will be 107 years old, 11 I* asserted, In December next, visited the reoont annual oormty fair held M KastOn, Peno. ' Having nej? e* ridden In * railroad car, Mm. IteisS fM taken to Easton in a oarriige. 8he attracted much attention Whil* at the fair, and eonvSraed freely and intelli gently with a number of persona. Bhe ?tated that her Aral visit to KiaUm was 102 years ago. Although only five year* old, the reool looted the visit aa well aa though it had been the day previous, Bhe said she was married when ahe wan not qnite seventeen years old, Bha is th* mother of ten ohlldren?five boys and five girls?nine of whom are still living, the eldest being 88 years of Iter husband died 42 years ago. said people dressed much better now than they did in her young days. Then almost everybody went barefooted in summer time, and when she went to the mlniater to reoeiye oatoohetieat instrno tlon, she went bareheaded and without ?hoes; sh? \n yet hale and hearty, and ean read the finest print without the aid of glsssea. i ?" ii ? r -' I LI. ,1^ aidee de-eamp ttMftN vi* ia Blsypt. One of them, Oroisier, appearing to Na poleoo to leek the proper degree of bold neaa at the proper moment, ho bant out against him In on* of his violent and h? nHliating attaoka of abase and oontrapt. The word coward eeoaped him ; Oroider determined not to sorrive II; he aooght death on several occasions, bat did not suoeeed till the siege of Aem Ho was in attandanoe on Napoleon in the trenohee thert, when such a aharp lookout *ai kept bj the garrison that if an elbow or feather showed itaelf above or beeide them, it waa immediately graa<?d by ? ballet. Orolsier watched his op* port unity and Jamped upon the plat* form. 'Come down I command yoal' cried Napoleon, in a voice of thunder ; bat it waa too late; the victim of his severity fell at his feet, liurat, the ohivalroun braver of all danger, had alao his moment of fear, which lost him the oountenanoe of hie general nntil dis pleasure oouid no longer reeist the bril lianov of his achievements. It was at theaiage of Mantua, in the first Italian campaign, that Marat waa ordered to oharge a body of troops that were mak ing a sortie /rom the garrison. He hesi tated, and in his oonfusion declared him self wounded ; be waa removed from the presence of the general and in every way disoonntenanoed. In Egypt he was oat on the most distant and dangerous aexvioea; in short, he more than reoon quered his eharaeter before'the battle of Aboukir, on whioh oooasion Napoleon himself was obliged to declare he was superior. The brave Marshal Lannes one day severely roprimauded a oolonel who bad .punished a young officer for a moment of fear. *That man/ said he. *is worse than a poltroon who pretends he never knows fear.' Woman's Never-Falling Lore. The Ban Antonio Herald relates this; On a bed in the peat-house a young man was lying stricken with the exjmtUematio. plague that has lingered bo long in thieoity. Then was no Buffer ing in 6onoert to m?ke his pangs endur able; he alcme of all the oity lay in the hateful honfe wity the yellow flag, the hateful symbol oi taboo, fluttering out its moBBBge of warning, dying to the winds ?Uncleanl' taking up the song of the lepers In Judea; but Helon'a phjei oian no longer walked the earth. Never theless an attributed Christ remains on earth ; there was one that dared the monster in hia den and Wrestled with him for the prise. Day and night she stood at her poet by the lothsome oouoh, nurotng her loyer trop whom the woiid had turned shuddering away, Btill see ing the beautiful through the'rail of horror, luvheered by roioe, musio or flower,. alone with her lovor and the monster that olaimed him ; oouuting time by the creeping shadows, adminis taring the medieine with a tender handL disputing with death for a life;4 the bosom of a virgin opposed to an arm of hdlL The oriais passed and the siek man left the oottfth; the two wont their way, the Mexican with the girl who held him baok fiom death's jawf; no trumpet 'ded nor drum beat* but aa bravo a Llamo, and her noble aet dsaeryes the world's applause. But she tfill nev^fget it because she is spoor HekU oan girl; besides she dees not want it. A Comedian's Practical Joke. A correspondent of the Cincinnati In quirer gives enrronoy to the . follow ing practical toko played by Bothern upon bis favorite viotim, BUly Florence: U flee ma that on one evening, when the latter had been to call on the Crashed Tragedian, he left behind him his hand kerchief, which Bothern found end recognised from the monogram. The op portnnity ?m too good to be loet, end folding it neatly up. the ao tor put it in* side en envelope with the following note, oopiod in a lady'a hand. The note no thus: .A 'JDmrest Will?you dropped your handkerohief when you left me last night, and t inclose it herewith for fear of eooldente. Ton should be more oere fnl; think what trouble a similar artiole misplaoed coat poor Dssdemona. When may X look for yoa again t Always and )<mngly yours,' ; ? f / _ 'Gbbtbudb.' The envelope was then seated se curely, snd the next time when Bothern knew ?Billy' was out, and Mrs. Billy was in he sent a measenger with the pack et, It is needisss to add that, being a wo man, Mrs. Florence could not help won-' dering what the soft article in the psok et was, and, wandering, opened it* '<; Wha*.happened when Mr. Florenoe returned home hiatory saith not, but tlia domestio thermometer must have risen, for that afternoon Mr. Bothern received the note below: 'Sir .'-?The infamous triok you stoop ed to nlav upon me this 'morning is worthy of a loafer. I+ave no patlenoe with men wh6 know no higher Ambition. It only mildly meets the exigencies of the ease when 1 say that hereafkr we I will meet as if we never had met, audi I would it wtre so. 'Fziontftoa/ The next day Bothern and Bouoioault were walking up Broadway, when they met Florence coming down; the former begged the latter to ignore poor Flor ence as he passed.'which he did, though thelatter touched his hat without glanc ing at Bothern. After they had pass ed, Bothern turned round and ran after Florenoe, oalling, 'I say, Billy, a note oeme to the oftloe to-day from you in closed to me. I knew it was intended for Bottoioault, So I gave it to him. That was tight wasnrt lit* The un blushing imnudaioe of the whole thing was too mnon for Florenoe, and ho ?ur rendered. ' ? Whftt'n peaohss V aaked ?lady of a farmer at * Raleigh market, Tftrnlt ' ho promptly Minwofod. Bnt it Wasn't SO funny whet* nlmiwi promptly IfttttttSd hinhat down oter hi? ears with her and walked oter to his rival in bnslnese and made hsr pnrohsM?. And yet, he Maid, he told nothing bnt tjte troth. Report of dlstretsing mnrder oomei from Herbana, V*., where a little ool? I ored girl out the throat of an Infant toother, the parent* on leering home for ohuroh Informed the ehild that (he was to ?tay behind and eere for the baby, wfaloh eo angered her that she took the infant into the wood* and hack ed lit little neekopen with a table knife. V' i ? f -1 '' 1 I Two twin brothers are said to be eo mneh alike that they frequently borrow &y,of eaeh other wilhcntt knowing it. A oroWded street oar affords a min an Ity to stand up for his right*, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb have a sumptuous home ?t Middleboroagh, MMMofaoMtti, to whieh their personal friends only are admitted. The *publio' remain in the regions exterior. Tuo mansion is of three stories, ,tastefully painted, with piaasw and bay windows. The general grvae a hearty welcome to his gueate, and uahers them into an elegant drawing-room adorned with paintings. Chain and sofas are all adapted to peraons of ordinary sise, and nothing in this story suggests its owners' wee-ness, save In the library, replete with brioabrac from all the world, where a ohild's rooking ohair of black walnut receives the little madam, while her guests oooupy ordinary seats. The madam says that she and the general have always' got along well together. He is forty, she thirty?six. He now weighs seventy-five pounds, having weighed fifty-pounds at flftoen; bat ho began life a good big boy of six pounds. Going up stairs, one is inolined to tako two steps at a time, for the steps of both flights soem but four or five inohes each in height. At the head of the first flight, in the sewing-room, stands the diminu tive Wheeler & Wilson sewing maohine, a wedding present, fifteen years ago, from that firm, who at their own ezponse caused this exquisite poarl-inlaid play thing to preoedo tho little travolers in every land they visited around the globe. It is a plaything in size alone, Mrs. Stratton making it do good service to the present day. Iu tho front entry over tho entranoe ?'a tho geueral's grand piano, about two foot high. It woe made in England, aud oont $500, being inlaid with pearl, and riohly gilded and enameled. But the great featuro of tho establishment is their own apartment, where everything is adapted to them selves alone. Bureau, oabinet, dressing tablo, sofa, obairs and bed are all di* miuuitive, tho last elaboratoly oarved from ebony, and riohly oanopiedin damask laoe, a gift from his fathor. In Defense of Yiviseetion. The Booloty for the Prevention of Oruelty to Animals having denounced viviaeotion, the medical men have taken tip the cudgels in its behalf, and point to the great boneflts whioh we hare.de rited from the praotioe in the past For instance: About the year 160 of the Christian era, Galen proved by experi ments on dogs that the arteries dis tributed blood instead of air through the system; in 1628 Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood by means of experiments on living animals; in 1665 Richard Lower demonstrated, the pos sibility of the transfusion of blood from one animal to another; in 1670, by simi lar experiments, Robert Boyle showed that pure atmospherio air was absolutely necessary to the maintenance of life- in 1777' Lavofiior, by experiments made with sparrows, made it dear that the sustaining elemont oould be removed rom air by the caloination of mercury, and he alfeo- proved that while the oxy gen of tho air warf absorbed, oarbonio acid was exhaled in theprooessof respi ration, All onr knowledge of the nerves, too, has been derived from experiments * tbfl *<"yQUtt Of ^r' oiaimodtbat.the oommon praotioa jB to render the animal insensible' by means, of ether or ohloroform* and. to Mfllit in stantly, without pain, when the.ex peri ment is oVer, An Interesting Treasury Decision. A recent derision of tho treasury in regard to tUe exportation of goods in tin cans will bo of interest to tho frnii and oystor packers, and to the oan makers, whose trado with foreign oonntries has < already assumed large proportions, with tho promise of a steady increase. It haa boert tho onstom of the government to allow ft drawbaok on tin of whioh the I cans were mado, the samo having paid duty npon boing brought to this o>nn try, and npon- being sent out again tho shipper Is, under tho law, ontitlod to a drawback nearly equil to tho dnty paid. A question recently arose as to whether all the artiolcs entering Into the manu facture of oans wero imported and had paid dnty, and it has beon derided that if suoh is not the oase, that no drawbaok oan be allowed. Previous to this deoision nothing has evor been said about the solder witlt whioh oans have boen fas tend together, and with which the heads hate been secured. No'drawbaok has ever been asked on aooount of the solder, nor has it ever appeared whether it was of American or English manufaoturo. In future, however*, shippers will bavo to show that the solder use] Is Import-, ed, or they oannot obtain any drawback on tho cans. Of oourso, if it Is of for eign make their drawbaok under this deelsiou will include tho solder and be Increased; but as many manufacturers are using American solder, they will either hate to procure the imported material or no drawbaok will be allowed. A prominent oanned goods dealer told a reporter that this deoision would be ft serious blow to the manufacturers of American solder, as tin oan makers will now be compelled to assure the paokers of oanned goods that they are using im ported materials exclusively, or they would refuse!*) purchase their oans. What ft Single Bean oan Produce. m . The history of a single b<?ftn,Aooldont ally planted In a garden at Bouthbridge, Mann., is traced by a newspaper oorren pendent, who flgnred its prodnoe for three yearn, The bean was planted in ft rlob, loamy ?oil; and when gathered in the autumn its yield, as eonnted, was 1,51ft perfectly developed beans from ft fiingle atalb, Now, if ft single bean pro dnoea 1,516 beans, and eaeh bean pro dnoe* 1,615 more, the anm total of the second year's prodnet would be 2,29(1, 225, equal to 1,195 pounds, 597 quarts, or 2,890 ftrmy rations, eqnal to 18| bnshels. This would be the product of the second year. , Now, if we pl*nt this prod not and the yield is the name, we have ft product of 6,268/58,800,625 beans, equal to 1,871,890, tens, or 42 871,672 buthels, or 648,756,068 soldier's rations. The third planting wonld give the stearanhip Graft! Eastern 92 full freights. . At the last meeting of the Amerioen Humane Association, a reward of $5,COO Was offered to the Inventor w*ho shall design a ear to subserve the purposes of the soeiety.in carrying "took, , 111 . ?' v -~ 7} 8ke Carried her Point, The other day, m Oondnotor Minot, of the Pan-Htndle. tm leaving Indian ft polls OB his trip East, {he found ? to who hftd e ticket to Dayton, via the C ncinnaU, Hamilton end Dayton. He explained that ehe was on the wrong traiu, the! her ticket wa not good, end the! the oonld leave the train et Irrington end welt for the trein on the other road, or he would' send her beck to the Union depot, where ehe oonld welt the trein on the other lineetter whioh ehe wee ticketed. The women eeemed to nndezetend the expla nation, bnl an soon ee Minot hed left her, en old lady oooupying tho eeet in front of her said : t 'These railroads are oolleagued to gether, and their tioktts are good on any road. ? That is jnet a triok of the oondnotor to get raOnoy ont of yon and steal it from the company. This road goes to Dayton, and if I were you, I wonld sit right here.' When Minot returned, the woman oonld not be made to understand why her tioket was not good on any road running to Dayton, and, in spite of the patient and polite explau?tion of the oouduotor, she persisted in not under standing it. Finally a kind-heartod Hebrew, who was seated opposite, thinking to rolieve the embarrassing position of the woman, offered to take her tioket and pay her faro to Richmond, over half the dis tauoe to Dayton. She aocepted, passed her tioket over to him, and paid hor faro to Riohmond. Then ehe quieted down until Minot oamo through tho oar, when she asked : ?Isn't thifl ticket worth more th?n faro to Riohmond ?' ?Certainly; worth a third moro,' was | the reply. 'Well, I ain't going to bo swindled in that w?y, and 1 want my money baok.' '1 have nothing to do with that ,' ro pliedMiuot, 'you coldvour tioket ; your (aro has boon paid to Riohmond, and I oannot aid you.' Then ehe went for . tho Hebrew, ac oueod him of being a swindler, and he Anally told her that all he wanted was bis money, and she oould have her tioket. Minot came baok and sho called him again and said : ?Give that man his money book so I can get my ticket, and I will leave this road, whioh ieruu by swludlers.' ?Upon your agreomont to leave the train I will doit, Bald;he, 'andrond you book to Indianapolis.' 1 He then gave tho money back, and the tioket was returned. Prosently tho train stopped at Cumberland and the oondnotor aaked her to got off. ?I changed my mind,' was her answer. ?Then you must pay your fare.' ?Pay my fare, you swindler I Why I can prove by every one in tho oar that you said my fare was paid.' ?Of course I did, but I gave the money baok.' "?Yes, you gave, it to the Jew. You don't pretend that you gavo it to mc. You wan$ to rob me, but t won't all6w it, I am on this train to Riohmond, and I intend to do it,' and she did, Minot is consulting a lawyer on the oase. Forty Hours lender Ground. A well at the fair grounds, Nashville, Miss., oaved ia tho bottom after it had reached a depth of 110 foot, barring William Selves, a workman, under about thirteen feet of sand. This Well had1 reached the depth of "lOO feet, when a stratum of loose white sand was reached, which made curbing neoessary^ $ An up right" curbing in seotions four feet long was used. While putting in the fourth Motion, the caving took jplaoo, first crushing in the lower section not'yet finished and pinning Selves in the solid sand and nfeaii| to his armpit^., It Hap instantly followed by thtr'turWo eecrtions above, whioh were brushed in to the oon tor, leaving a Vacuum there. On seeing it start Selves had instinctively raised'a sootion of the curbing over his head, bending backward, face up, with his arm supporting the pieoe of ourbing stretched over his head. In this position the'eanri settled about him, completely binding him, exoept his head and one arm, whioh ho oould move at that time. The seotion of curbing whioh ho had raised above his bead oreated au open spaoe, whioh for a short time ooramu nlcated with the open spaoe through the center of the well mado by the coming together of tho barroi like ourbing. As soon as possiblo a gas pipe, for the nnrpose of pumping air to him; was inserted through the opening?Solven, who then bad ono arm at liberty, pluood it as near his mouth ae the boards over him would permit. Boon after this was aoeomplishod the sand settled solidly above nim. leaving only space under the board, whioh spon tilled so close as to imprison the arm that had been at lib erty, and.to render his head immovable. In this situation, plainlv depioied by himsolf in sepnlohral tones through the air tubes. and perfectly audible at the top of the well, Solves, then six hours without food, and oramped and chilled by tho oold sand, said ho would hold on to life if thero were brave hearts enough above him to undertake his re lease, knowing full well the danger of thofio who might attempt it hastily. The task wss to remove from thirteen to eighteon feet of sand from the bottom of a well 110 feet deep, Ily putting ia new ourbing while taking out the sand debris of the old curbing, and do it so oarefully as not to fill the little space above hirfaoe. Oonpled with thts task was the appalling danger to the workmen of a fresh oaving of the well, now more imminent than the first, for above the ominous spaoe made by the oaving of the sand hung the hundred feet of olay wall, with no support but its own adhe sion, its natural foundation of sand be- I ing gone. In the face of those diroonrsgements there were brave hearts enough found to work night and day, nevor slaoking exoept for a short time the next morn ing, when for a time further attempts soomed suicide by reason of thtf oaving i of a sftftll part of the olay wall. But soon new precautions were devised, and the almost hopeless work went oh to its praotioal oonoluston atone o'clock the second morning, when a friendly hand raised tho plank and brushed the sand from the face of the now liearly uncon scious man. He had rotained his mind porfeotlyup to within a few moments before, when the tenderly caution* hands abovo him, in spite of their care, had so disturbed the sand as to otfver his faoe and to Interrupt tho supply of air from tne tube. Ho returned to eonsoiousness In a few moments, and, his hands re leased. the work went rapidly on, he himself helping materially. At 0.80 o'clock, nearly forty hours after his incarceration, Selves steppod n intiy from tho mouth of the living grave, and was reooive l in the arms of his yonug wife amid the glad shouts of the throng who had so long shared his euspense. OI the Into William H. Hnnt, n ohar Kotnrifltio Httle story la (old by a oorrwt pondent of The Arf Amateur. A yonng oritio one Any rashly vflntnred to tnggeat that M. MtUot, Mr. Host's voneratod friend, 'ittlXed it,' in not ohooaing now an<l than more derated anbjseta for hia piotnrea than the ooarne Frenoh clodhopper* he lored to paint, 'My God 1 man, what ia nobler than a manwreatlng and wtingitig hia bread from the atnbbom aoll by the aweet of brow and the break of hia baek for hia wlfa and ehildren 1' or led Hnnt, with dilated eyes and qtfltering flat, WriU of attaohment?love latter*. ?v Nature is opto tricks when the waters " the milk in ooooaputs, M Every man has his prejudices and every woman her bias. A potato should be judged by its weight and not by its eyes. An enterprising Hindoo baker in Oal outta stuok up the sign : 'European Loafer/ The ladiM sing Hn tie sweet 'buy' 'y and 'boy,' we will meet in that beauU ful stove/? A paper advertises for sale a pew whioh 'commands a viow of nearly the whole oongregstion.' That wss a good prayer of the old dee* oon: 'Lord, mako ns willing to run on . Utile errands for Thee.' He eaid he wanted her to be his help* * mate, and she replied that she oonld nover be more thaa assister to him. ( It is now behoved that liquor oasks are marked 'XX' beoan.ee their oontents mako mexi walk that way?oroeswiae, 'Have you a mother-in-law f' askod a man of a disoonsolste-lookiag persofi\ ?No,' he replied, 'but I've a father in jail.' -f?/, Floating with the tide is oomfortable enough; but one can get over more apaoe if he floats with thoee who aro not tied. ' ?What are the beet stories?' 'That depend*. When you are telling thorn the loug ones are ; when you aro listen* ing, the ahort on#s/ An exohnugo tells of an absent-minded mai\ who got iu a barber's ohair, pinued the newspaper round his nook, and be* ({an to read the towel. 'I have a love-letter/ said the servant* girl to her mistreee. 'Will ye rado it to* me? And here iB some cotton wud yo / stuff in yer ears whoiie ye rade it ?' Martin F. Tapper says : 'Wh^ro aro tho pure, tho noble and moek and the Now Orleans l'ioayune says thoy are all running l'or offlw down that way. ' A lad in a Richmond soliool being asked, 'What is Rhode Island celebrated for ?' replied: 4It is the only one of the New Eogland States whioh is the small-*' est.' ? . ? v;." ?/* $ As the western olouds are tinged with gold even after the ?un is lost to viow,. - so does the memory of a kind not bririg a smile to the faoo when its author is $ forgotten. ?Tie trne,' 'tis pitty?pitty 'tie, 'tie,v true,'wss written in tho peaoh season when some fellow purchased fifteen oenta* ? worth of freoatones that turned out to be be dings. Lady?'And put just atinVof oarmine on tho ohooks, but not too muoh, you ;i? know/ Photogropher?'Exactly, mad am; I perfeotly understand; about as .;/ muoh m you have on now.' A bald-houded professor, reproves a youth for'the exercise of his. d*ts, said: *We fight with ourUo*l? at this oollege/ ThA?nnno - ?- L'' The young waff reflected a moment, and then replied: 'Ah, I see; and. you butted oil your bait off/' .. . ? - " Aqexohangeprints an artlol ?How to spoil children/ The ^bout, half a column ia length) nmwrm a great waste of spaoe. You can spoil children by letting them play with a 'didn't-know-it*was loaded' shotgun. Tho are some people *ho think they make the most of life when they make it as wretohed as possible. Lutrell was once asked if an acquaintance of his was not very disagreeable. 'Well'/ was the reply, 'he is always as dteugroeable as the oiroumstanoes will^permit/ Tho total batter pro Juot of our oonntry amounts to 803,090,000 pounds, The milk for this is mostly ai^e up by the families into a low grade of butter, Prof. Arnold Bays not more than Ave per oent. of this is really fine in quality, The re mainder hardly pays the oMt of produc tion. ?I con warrant bis . oyos,' said tho horae dealer*. and Mr. Bartholomew boggbt tho horse and fonnd him as blind as a bat. Then when he raised a row about it, the dealer lifted his hand in amazement and solemnly swore that he said he 'oonld warrant his bIbo.1 And Mr. Bartholomew Hits up at night t> malign the English language. ?Window gardening' te not allowed in Paris. A doorco issued many years ago by the prefeot of polite, and whioh bas never been abrogated, direote that the proprietors of honaee shall at stated In tervals Mean the faoadee and remove all creeping planta. Efforts have lately been made to evade the obnoxious regulation, but without effect. An old Sootoh lady, who had n* relish for modern ohuroh music, was express ing her dislike lor the singing of an an them in her own ohuroh one day, whm a neighbor said, 'Why, that is a very old anthom; David sang that anthem to Saul,' To this the old lady replied i 'Wool, wool, I tioo for tho first time un derstan' why 8aul threw his javelin at David when tho lad sang lor him.* It was'a pretty ineldent that oeourrod the other Sunday in a Ohuroh in London, Ontario. A robin flew In tho ohorob, took up ite position on the railing oppo site the minister, tang loudly and well when the people sang, waa perfectly si lent dtiring ptayer, ohlrped when tho minister said anything good during the sermon, seemed to re-echo the doxology, and did better than many ohuroh-goere by remaining until ohuroh waa formally dismissed. The wit?that is, the bom wtt? strongly resembles a chemist, in that he always ban a retort handy, An Irish gen tleman happened to say in company that ha never saw suoh a wind as th*t of the night previous. Thinking to fodger him some one said: 'Yousew A wind t X oonfess 1 never heard of seeing fc wind before. Won't you kindly tell uh what it waa like V 'IAket' waa the qttiak reply, ? why, it waa like to have blown my house down about my eore.' \ A Berlin genlu* hM invented ui inntrnment for turning ot?r the leetee of mtirio. The Berlin m?n is e pre Numptioun meddler. It hie tteohien Rhonld oome into generel tttfe whet die position oonld be mede of the kverego young men in high ?hirt ooller end heir perted in the middle who it vtenlng ?o del gatherings etende op *t the end of the plAno end turn* over the mnete for the ledy performer f He eppeert fit for no other purpoee under the #?n or moon either.