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TI{I1-1V1~EKLY ElD)IT1ION. WINN8I),SB VIRU1x n 18.VL 1V-O 8 ALONE AMID TUE RYE. hd the goldon stooks~of Iyo. lroamy poace, contont I lie, Boaped in till) Jif wari Staiier sll, e(qual heir of oar'h andI shy. languid breeze that stirm timo graili,. w gold, now bronze, now go0'< aa n), ip)ples tie cuirent of my blood. I stird (icok faucica in ny braiii. oat Summer econted wind caress! is tender touch, tins ;oniloo stregs t I ro deeply move thail haitds that cina I passion fevered lips that pross! soul, doubt strung,with questionings tet n1, shadowy donl ots wounded(, worn, eaves dreary clueet. and longs to shatre o goldii sense of Life new born. seed within t' o furrow trowi, blado to car, from (ar to corn, Lfo onvolvos, dastinct and e car, hIt po foot sequencO perfect grown. itan hoarts that burn. aspiro. itago mies of strong dor. .th we try, yet wandor wild, clhmbing, ncver higher! .1 be still at Naturc's 'aot, ed wings that ceaseless bot, lie no moro with tender pAln, eso me to ber intlueno sweet. Touched with thy fire, colestial 8un'a. My t.gling pulsep1 swifter run; I bask and glow, wth ardor filled, And dream once more the contest won t Gertrude's Stratagem. ly sister Patricia was inl heiress. v Strange enough for we had always been 11 terrilbly )00poor downt at LJowbiridge, my, wi dowed muother bringinm, upl) her 1four dilught- f era with the greatest dilliculty ; but, when x brought up, were worth looking at, I he lieve. IHealthy habits an1(d fru'gal living lre upt to ma111ke good conditions, 11 141 Bess and Anny and Patricia and I were as bright and111 handsome girls as al're often seenl. Bess and Anny were twins, with eyes as 1blu- a4 the sea Hear which they were horn, ,a rosy chteks, and long, light-brown curls; 'atricia was a isparkling briunette ; While I wasi a perfect blonde, with erinkled hair like nolten gold. Grent land beenl our excitemeient whenl Aunt 31etty wrote from 11 Fairhaven: DiR u SI'r:-nI-LA w: I amll going to (10 miyselft* tle pleasure of visiting you this sumnier. I hear that brother A bel left four e irls, and I want. to see thema. I am1 get tinir on ill year's,and will ma11ike on1e of thei s 1113' heiress. Aitnt Betty froix l'aihaveI i'as Worth $100,000 if she was worilt at ent. Well, ill due time she came. Sit put up at the hotel, for our cottage at Low bridge wasn't big enough to hol her, wit ' her maid, Co110aca a11nd carriage, but for tuanately that was close by. anld she spent the larger half of the three days with as. We all thought Hess w ould be her ehoice,' for father had named her Ilizabeth for y Aunt Betty, though she had always been "iless" witih u1s. But it was neither of , n the twins and it wias not 1. It was Pa1 tr icia. I "4 Where did that girl get her black hair?" Aunt Betty asked, as soon as she sa1w her. h "I think she looks like my brother Luik!, don't you?" askel my m1other, with a wistful look. "'he very image of him, a inswered 11 Aunt Betty, turning piale. I divined then, as I learned alterward, hat, Uncle Lluke had been a lover of Aunt h Betty's. When both were yoIng, bfaore their tiarriage, and t lie fact seeied to have a pOwer over hen. y She looked at Patricia unt11il thle girl' llushedl rosy red, and( wvould have slipped out of the r'oomi when she called to her', and(s drtawing her' down upon her knees upon a i footstool before her', she puat up a withbered c hnd each side of the young cheeks, and1( said warmly: ''My (dear, you shall be m1y heiress ?" i * So it was Patricia she chose to leave haer l . monley to, but we were not out in the col,d for she sent the twins, wh'o wer'e only i 6, p' to school for two years, andl inivitedl me', a with Patriga, to the Hecrmititge. y It was -her 'home-a stately old1 mansion dI of gray stone, gloomy-looking on the oust- i s ide, but luxuriously comfort able withi n, wvithout being in the least modern. We v had11( eh ai maltid, and1( the fr'ee Iue of the si horse andc carriage. After making this s p~rovisioni for' ouri comifor't, Aunt Betty ex- f ctused herself from makling company of us, b h and were as free as air to enjoy ourselves n ats we ch~se, pr'ovided~ we d1( id nt interftere -h wvith her nap1. We chose to make a great a manly acqualintances guided caultiously by Aunt Betty's wisdom, and the reamit was a that I returned to Lowbr~idlge In the summner v engaged to Mr. Clyde Sherrington. .lie was wealthy, handsome, -agreeable, well hi connected.' Everybody said, "'Gertruide ui has done wvell for' herself." . h That autumn Aunt Betty died. Patricia was to come in possession of her fortune in 'I1 a year', wvhen she was 21--falli and undis- ai p)utedt possessor of $1l00,000. It was arranged that we were all to come e to her Hermitage to lIve. We di so, and e lIved there quietly as was becoming for hi nearly a year', when Patrlcia maide the ac qjuaintanco of Mr. Gage Rodmond. si She met hIm first at a funeral-of till p~laces I-the occasion caused~by the delk 3 of our next.-door neighbor', G4eneral Da ~ Lacy, Gage Rledmond being a neighbor of n lisa. Hie was wvell conmnected, but tas pdor h a a church mouse, people said ; "so, of c course heo was after Patricia's fortune," e inammailh declared. "PatricIa is rich and beautiful. Pray h; don't let her marry a fortuneo-htinter, maim 11ma, saId I, lookIng up if'om a letter I was fl writing to Mr. Shot rington. , "'I would not If 1 coulid help it ;but p what authority have I, Gertrude ?" said v my mother. . ' C "In at few mionthse PatricIa will bein n-t diyided popscssion of her fortune. We are only hero by coute'tsy. Theli H ermitage'1 is her home. -I have no right to control heor Il Wvhatoeei." n' "But YOUi' ifl~uence, mammila ?" "WlidJiave very little effect If shoesets t< her heart on this Gage Redmond.. Pray v Atop staring vacantly out of tliat 'window, Gertrude, and attend trnyhat cay. I want 11 asistane in this tieatet." "Pease ,Mouo nie ; Ilani' ihibki% of ni a wn' affaird jnl n6* 'iatndfteffhtV I31 o of no oonse dei o oh but'my letter * o'f son'i Iihoy 4c to 2o. ' d 4( ine n1~l sav45~ only' pd4J~ J ott iiuanmla, having." hi lonl-g experielcle Vitl hIher follir1head-t rong gilsinre with mie 1tint iv. "Well, fiish your hviter. Geurtiatie, anld hell atvise file." fitmy tain of thouights was broken, Ind aftter a1 few mwnentvils 1 pu11 m1Y sheel inl he writin l desk. " WIinit canI 't I. k a-ccomplished openly% inlist he done1 liy s1ir'lltagem), numana~io. It I'S 'olhaly thaft Ilis (h.I e ledloid is ofter 4a1llicia's uIlin'y. Sie is at great prize nitfritnionially. Well, youl say I aml piet iTl' I n)In1 Paitie. SlIppose I play leoy." "Wilnt !" cried mlailnna. "Mr. ledmOlnd is dar(IIk ano leserved. I Iml i:iir and voltikli- )on't yn lhink lie Vill apprf ciate lly style itIl beaui ly, if I 111m a1 lile painls to make11 him do4 so ( ''lint .\r. Sherrinlgtoil ? " "1 will it'll him. Ill. will-lnol ohjee:.'' "I think lhe . will." "0, nlo; he will be inter-Iested inl the 10nd ofit thi fmily . I Iv comnes next week. "ortlumitlely Patly is sick with a (old, nld Itcahilond (.mi see buit little of her fill hien. (litv pleased with m11y scelim-Ie, I rant up lairs to give Patricia ler coigil drops, Sit in- down at the wildow of her rooin), and 4owig oi)l'(ltly to Nir. Iteditiond, whom couhl .ee wrilinut inl his imele's stidly, n1 tie g -< II Iallsioni Icross I lie wIy. Tie larches l'id aill thle houlse but) thati onle winl ow. lie was there a good deal, and I ellectk i that Patly's blue silk citrtalm1s were tore becom)ing to niy style of leauty thnit vers." "I'll bring lily eibroidery it ade Sit ritl yol, Palty,'' I 14ai1. "Do," sh1e said ; "t am11 tired of wvatchling lhe everlgr'eents swaying aboit ill the gay priigt%. So I filled lty ]tap wihll rose colored vorsted and framed myself Iin the blute rilidow di'apery for 11M'. iedliond's benle it. Just the colors to set off tlhe piink id now of ily com1plexiol. I had th( le atis actioll of till'ing his eye,; ilore thalil once rheni I glanced over Lie way. I S("S'elis to me y-oui re I wonli)terfu' good pirils. 1erl," rirke atien Manguidly. The Li 1) dinner hel! rang1sh , itd Mi. Ieldlond disappear-nd. " , Imust ake them inl another di eliO now," I Said riin. "I can't give nIy mllore tilme to you, Sis, for I wai to li Iy blue silk Iit, before Mr. S11 hert ingtron comes. You'd better take at nap." 'atricia settled hersel f oedliently am oung er NISIionls, Suldely le lifted her vmitliful htead "'Ilas Nilr. erilidold Clled to inquire fit lIvt o-dayl, Ger1t ie I." "No, i believe not, I replied indiffer InItly. 'he showed at m4omlient's murprise, them ettled herself (in her couch again, and Iin V(! mlintes was sleeping~ sw%%ejtly. 'h bilue silk Was fii nis-ind auing fidl asidle my half-mourning for Aunt lessie and domied it, the family pro o'inced lihe effect charming. "1J )Ifr. She-lrrington coming to night, ertrude i thked nmamma. "i want. tt.0 sain to you, my dlear, that on I. hIlerringtoi's account I don't thik ouf hiad heltero-" she whispered, but I ilerlrplited her by my13' exit. from tihe apart went. The next day1, broughty Mr. Clyde Sher "lI It deligh tful thaltt h pll(rlinlg IS ait am," said -lie, "the sunsine'l growing rarm, nd the grass sprimgfing. I passed a it of wvood Comning up1 from the stationthlat I full of lrhitus. We will have some de ghtill walks, 'tety. ( a11m v 1ery tilel of c(1ity lif.11 "Yes, tlydtear; bit. you see I have eenI obligred to nmike at little plan Which till it1rf'erc somewhat with that arrange '11nti," I replied quietly, "11 Want to lend "Yt wile '(ttlIi lre aay a mt'4 il.gib114 titr sheirasi thaninghan I concludied t Ilat.it is 1the1 onlylwy, It hadded. t obatre OWtin ha fotneo $151(1,0ltu0,g thu wno." ll, ethnahairrtg.lemn I aftilt heri moy. intWe an'taffurd to let, 'Wtej make siuch a masc is Ithagtr, and on' thi ank g'm t.oayanuitrse ersn-d 'iiyou)11 lyde ?--I aml goingps to tr n lir litic ~~~~ wt Mr.gl Itedmond Nowl I~ ou wtd ond aohar tle't sa no, wi y itat? in deyou'nll yan heilp' tstby Itdevot ''A' y olfto Paiia. wc on t't o" fo At' ht'itg cmnon I 'tild'. notIliehve ne)rity i auinishernBti wiexrs ilynt ock bts twuld no listen,. anid efore( haetrn atht onigti whispered) to tocly I' I~loil I woud angeth whe 8I et aticia foff inthe~1 mlzlorigito findi rhlot with1( Mr.h Isherrmtnwil 'atd 11 to 11receieMriedorcne. ckol lien reo cm e1 withe ardfein and ad oreredis 1 haunch tohea n huearlir-a sual Myt tahe-bsyhi itlkBi lieud beutir 111 the bon rsmos. rgrcftl lies11( isedn, I caed a lon aled u the Vevlte.a e ks efcl oey kle camer ouese enug, dashe was ln, peiall ~o nd of fluwers, Iu had( noti fil 110 deainin blind mre ihn toalf an -Teneing hml t looant phis wth, lIa.b l'. Srington~ ig with her Thy aver one of roaing aft e sprg flwer, n alrand haved ait of ahd, wi a upo hooaoM.' dod., ad h hooaoyef au a recmmnd t. So1kp"im o nthf af-or n hair that fell inl shiadowy Cirls over ia beautiful forehead, and a softly m1odilliattei tolnes. tie co llrasted niely Y wit h tier 11drk. spirited b'nittty. "Clyde has an elder brother, Rtaymond, ju2st tie ole for latricia. I wI ' if it eln not he brolugihl about?" But. I soon 111ilmy 1ha11 (ts full, or it ill hours of tie day an light, M1r. eldecnod (atle to tie iermnitage. And it was not lng bleore mliy sIuccss 1 deoy was patenlt to tile most eareless observer. le asked .Only for "Miss G'ert rude." in three weeks tihie crisis hurst uipon mlie. lie proposed. "I isel to tllnuk .1r. Sierringt(ion was yonr lover," Ie s(aid standing before ile, tie light onl his frait, handsomi e face, "'bit late observations have shown Ime that. his visits here ire for your sister. Since ol are free, will you not marrynme ? I (l' s8Ipporlt you well, Gertrnlde. or I woiit not ask to joiln your fort tite wit Ih mine. 'Tne deatII of myl gran(Ifaipther tIwo years ago left mue 5I0,0(10 besides some real estate. I have at pleasant, home onl theit dsn-e tired, bit eleganit-where I woul to taike youl. WhaII dto. yout thinlk, ("tide ? Could you be con' 0 ted to leave yo-ll friends and livo iat Hose Coillage with me: ' My-amazement allowed m11e to stammer nothing intelligible. In 8o1m1e distant Wly I temporized the titer, andt begged Mr. l'edli to give me soie time for reflee tion.. Ile Went away, making an aippoinitmenit for the next evening. So tihuterstruck wiis I by the revelations of Mr. Itedinon(I's wNealti that I wandered about, the house lit ai dazed way, not lieeding I how mamlima was fretting about Patricia, who had goiie to ride with lr. Shilerrington. "What's the matter, lallla-is it going to storm ?" said I it last. "To storm I Nolsece ! Where are your eyes, Gertrude ? It is nlearly nine1 I o'clock. l'atricia lias beein gonie sevel hours with Mr. Sherrington, anl1d I know soliethilg is wiolig." "What I" I dellaInlded. (routsing mysel f. "I1 don't knlow." Nine, ten, eleven and 12 o'clock passed. No earriage-no news. At noon the next (ay the buggy drove I1Into the yard. Pa1tricia cooy13 presenited her husband. They had beenl married thle eveling before by Our pastor lit Lowbridge. "So nice au1 quiet," said latricia. "No fuiss, no notoriety.'' She (took her place cooly at, tihe- tabl'. "Youi ieedn't hesitate to take Gage now, Gertrude. He's dead in love with you; and, a1s I like Cytle best, I thought Pau decide thle iatter without illy colicaiei I.ions. " I think I was (1i111folinded. But1. I found my longue when Mr. R1edmond ecune that evelilng, and said "Yes." I give my experience for the benefit of others. It is dangerous - loaning one's lover. Amateur11 Eculoomy. "My dear fellow," said Lavender, "'ts ill very nice to talk about eonomizing and keeping a rigi account of e,.penses amd aill that sort of thing, but I've tried it. Two weeks ago I stopped ill on ix, v-av home Sattfrday night. and I bought just lite gay est little lussia leather crearn 'iid paper account book you ever saw, and a silver pe1icil to match it. I said to lly wile lft ?r supper : "My dear, It seems to lit it costs 11s a lot of money to keep house." - She sighed and sai.l: "I know it does. Lavvy, but, I'm sure I can't. help it. I'n just as econloilical a1s I Canl be. I doll't. spend half as much moley for Cndy as you do for cigars." I never take no notice of personalitiis, so I sailed right alead. "I believe, myl; dear, that if we were to keep a strict ap c01111 of everything we spent we could tell jusft wvhere to out dowyn. l've bought you a little accoilunt book, and1( eery Moniday mor'ning ill give y'ou somei money03 and( y'ou can2 set it dlowni onl one side, and1( then1 durinig the week y'ou 0can set downi Oin the othier side every3thing yo0u sp~end, and then onl Silturday nlighit weJ Cani go over' it amilt see just. wheret the money03 goes and1 how no can111 boil things dtownl a little."' WVell, sir' 1 she was just delighted thoughlt it was a first rate pilani, anid the p~ocket account, book wasi lovehlv-regular David Copperfild and1( Dora' business. Well1, sllr, the next Saturday night, we got thr'ougwh supper and she briohught 0out that accounit b~ook as prIoudly as possible, and1( handed it over' or inispect ion. On 0one side wais "'Heceived from Levvy3 i$50." Th'lat's all r'ight ! 'Thenl 1 looked Onl the o1ther' page, and1 what11 (10 you think was2l there I "'Spent it all I" Then I laughied, and1( of coulrse she cried1, aind wo gave up the account boo0k raciktt 1 on th. spo01 by imiutal conisent. Yes, sir, I've l'cen there and I know what domestic economyli meains I tell you1. Let's halve a c'igarl. A SecomI 'Tell. '1The 1111e hlecorder linckett0, of Nowv York, wals all enthusIastic 81porfsmlan, 0One of is diversIons bleinig the shooting of grasshlop pers with a revolver A mnoro critIcal an~d dalnger'ous practice was tho shooting .(of c0o1ns held in thle fingers of a per'sonu at ai proper distuance, and1( shooting anl apple)1 placed( uipon the head of another personl In which flhe deceased Jutdge wais 211 expeOrt who niever failed. The foltowing is vouchecd for bly an eye-wItness of the afifair': 'At the Mission Dolorcs, chose to) San Franlclsco, a westernl 1lad of twventy years of ago 1imd( ofteni suplported apples and hehd coitns for' Mr. Ihackctt to practice upon01 ha this peril. 0o15 fashion, an~d one day, onl the occasion of a little dinne11r paty3, a special exhibution was to bo hadl(. ' 'The tmarksman was to cleave an apple)1 on tthe y'outhi's 1head( at ten*' paces5. Before the time1 came1, however, an IngenIous gentleman, coh:obrated In theo East lie well as theo West for his practicat jokes, bribed the lad to go through a carle fully-rehearsed scene. Hie was p~rovlie with a clot of blood-colored paint,'aind ini structed to secrete thIs In Ils hand just be fore the~ show. 'At the report of the pistot lie wais to sp~in arouind, c1lap the tiaint, to hIs forehead as lie turned his back St Mr., Hackett, give a yell, vault hilghr in aIr and' faif to the groulnd. All this~ was actually and1( carefully dlone in the lpresenlce of the five or six persons who had dined togethier. Thlecxpectation, of coulrso, was that Mr. .Hackett would be stricken with remnors'e and horror, and rush idrwvard instantly to hits welterlng victim; but when,. tnstead, the mtarksgian quietly'at down where h~e stood, and, with lis own pecutltar smnle, proceeded to light a cigar, a tale was told that the at'sed witnesseslhave never tob' gotte1 "For d1st inl ie eyes avoid rubhl ., (ash water inl them.'' This is especially uisefuil when you are-( onl the clirs anid there isn1't ia drop of w1ater in the country neatrer than thle eigine or, th ne( ixt tank forty-three miles behind you i. "iemove ciilers, etc., Wilhi tihe poinit c 1 t pencil." Ve never saw hat operation ri l but oI'e, and then iit Wa4 ucessfu. The man got out the eilute2'er. Ie al13So pu1t ouit his .10lemove insects from ti. ('1ar .Ay tepid wNater ; never put 21 hard ins2tminit ino tIlle ear." "'lRiiove insects from the ear by tepid Watter; never put at hard instrument int~o Ihe (aIr'. "Yes, tha22t is pre'tty advice low, i1n'1 it. Suptilose anl Inldianl Pealc Conunlissionerl gels an insect in his ear when he is out in (oloralo? Is that man to suffer iltil be can1 reach the Mississippi Rtiver inl dl 24) get enough Water to till Iis ear ? "For light hurns, dip the part in cold water ; if tile skin is destroyed cover Witi IVarnish. " A beLlitiful spectall(e 2 121an12 wohl pre sent who had golne 11) onl at boiler excursion 12 21 stelamboat race, and had come downi ehied' 4 ju(St elough to2make t wo ots of( 1urniture varnish at necessity, according to this admirable rulle. "1lefor. passimr thiligl siinolk.- Inke a full breath and sloop low. Jiust imlaigine now, wha':t a1 circu2 a42 iok.. ilg Car would present it every 2am2 who ('' 'red it kept that rude pasted inl his 111. Smot her af tire Withli.!carpets, Of ; walter will oflen spread b1rn 3ing oil an(d inrellse tIle <langer." That' s all well enough; 1;)1t, wenli a ma n'si house is onl fire anld burn-Iing im-1er. thin11 thre'Ce st111 en1ginesil C1n1 throw water, he hasn't thle lime, anid frequently liehs' thet! m2oney to bly 2a whole carpet s4vt to 11hrOW over' the C0111r21aton loll. And V don't suppe llythiig less timn2 21 tpest IV lBrussels would do any good. "F'or2 fainting 113' lie body 1lat.' NoW, this is 21 good rile ; Ilere is some18 4enlse ill 1tha21t! Becaul2se, it you1 lire carl1'11 t4 by y-.r body' 1 a1 11b efr.e YOU i, It may avv you n terriit thuimp when21 youi fall Let uis aI2 d to this rle -, I l vice, never. faint oil at 1mder1, o1 ill at bailI;p22n, or on1 top of a church steeple, or1 it I ront of aI runiaway teaml. It isn't saife. , "Suck poisonouis wouids, uless voor Illoilt 1 is sore ; enh12rge th(- wonid. or lhel - ler, cu. thle wounclt ouit without deb11y." if 12hat i-sn't. a Iiv'ely p1iee of ativi(e f(,or - sae m1an t4) give to hiealthy peoplc ,isilen here, donl'i youl do anlythinig of thie kimd. Amd if you get i scratch oni thie throat 1on1't (en1lIr1ge it or2 cit it out. And if you get a wounld on) lihe back of your neck, don't you try to reatch1 it With your m11outh11. Som-body will try that some da1y 1nd Ihere'll be at broken neck inl the faii.n . "If in lthe water; float onl the( back,' wViti the mou012th and1(1 no4)se projeetinl." Now, this is tile best rue of the lot. That is tle Cop Ilheai1f. You ct t1h1t out andl(1 1)paste it on1 your cuff, where yOu1 ('112 always see it. .list follow that rutile aw21.l YOU will never drown. No m2ater if ypu stay in the Watter twenty years, if yout- wvill just. ay flat on your back, with the nlose and)41 illouth projecting above I1hie water, .(Iou won't drown. We don't know what wise( manl wrote these rules, bull til,, 1111. one is Worth all Ih 1lrest. Ta1111t(1 lant. The Tapioca plant 'is af native of, Celnta Iil and Souli America, and muchv'1 cultivate.1 there. It is nlow also largely grown in2 Western Africa, where it. is called Cassava. The plant grows inl at bushy form, wit Ih st u1111a1111L3y fI'eml six t14 eight leet high. The roots are' very-* large, from1 three to) e.ighit, growin~g in1 a1 cluster, uually from21 a foot 10 two 104.t lon22g. The11 star2ch in the r'oots is separa'lted fr'om the4. fibre, anud fr'om this3 at ar1ch thle tap1iOCal of' commer1ce' is made414 by3 hea2ting it on hot p)ates an ~ld st irrin2g with an2 iron rod1 ; tihe stairch grains12 burst8, and1( the whole form~s 20int small, irre'guilar masses80, such 11s we find in 12 ithtores. Thel2 species3 Maih /ot ut diuna, thle hilleer cassa2va1, fr'omu which is made(4. cassava1'2 meal, whlich is lar2gely employed34 in2 makll4ing the)4 cassa82va bread1(, ori calkes, m1 conunon10i use4 amI1ong 11he inhallbitants11 of trppicai .Amricia, is obtained by3 gra'ting3 the( washed1i. r'(101, and)4 then1 sub1jecCIing the pulp to) pressure1'4 and4. lhea.. Th'Ie roots and1( expr't3ese julice are4 v'irlet'1 po0isons, owing~ 12) the( presen01ce of hy3drocyanic acid1 ; but1 I he4ir' po2isonoi)rs qualities are' rem21ove'd by3 the washIinlg and1( heat1 inig. Cassava'2 starch0, 12api)ca1 meal,11 or2 wise prepared'04 fromi Ithe roo4.ts4. Th'le s1tarchI is dep1osIi froml) thle expresse8d julice, and1( is pur21ified by walshinlg w..ith1 wa'lter'. Tapljioen is prepare11'd by heating this sliarch while misti5, on2 hlOt 1)1ates ; itl 2i agely employe3'd a2s a delicate subs)tance0. The2( 82ame) enied0( euarUCep ill tile Wes2t Ind(ies3, Is the julice concent11ralted by 1heat and1( lavored34 withl aroma1i2tics. The11 spcies5 4. alpi, the( swe.'et cassa51va, 1222 none1 of theo pI)sonous1 prop01ertIies of the formeor species. Its r'oot 28i a conunon 1' aricle of food ini the Wes5t Indies0 and1( 8011e parts of South Amerll~i. it is a18 mlealy as the potato4 whien boiled1. Calssa1va meal21, broad 1Jnd starchi, 08 wevll os lapioen, are preparedo( from the root0I iln sma21hll uan~tities. A stranuge story. Paishas 1128 other110 stran1ge tagle love story. 0220 of the best sur1geons1 in 1110 c113' was'i1 stopp1ed( in the atteeot 1la1e at nIght, by men01 w..ithi dIra~wn revvoes, and1( withl band24 alged eyes taken43 14)'th ro0om)224.1 of. a) 1 batful woman112, who a Win bed1)3(, and1( compe1)lled to 22mp1)11ate her left hand1(. She herself begged 1h1im not to hiesitate, 218 It, wouh14. save her life. Ills eyes8 were then1 1mnda)1ged1 again, he wavos 10ed away'.1 and( lie found himlself in a street nar12 hIs 0own; hlomo, TIh lady was the dbaughter of a promlinlent Qcnclrall, wh.'o had1( givenl he4r ill mlarrige to a wealthy Count., though shl oved ano1the0r manl~, 1and( after her w.eddi ng. continued0( against the3 wish of her hutsbanid, to) wear ai ring whlich hiei fornier loveit'hitd given 12er just1 as lhe was5 Bettin~g 0out to join an embassy to which lho 11ad4 been appuite anRfd wich she had swornI mae3vf to take of tile hand 11211 '.shouldl lwfy9 be ils." Thue Count's jealousy~ ws increaised by a letter ft'om 1110 loe, whi el. Into11 hi auX1s, . and in, which his late flan'gwas remhiide3 of her promIse, and, wrought1 up to a pitch of ng~dtges bye the persisten' rofusal of Is wife to give up the ring, lhe swore that lhe would have her hand cut off atid pent t e lever. , .tle Ahlot it mi lost critioal period of li( bra1inlg of at yotInlg retriever Is when h1 first see glile. You umIllst hle cIIeneful howV you1 Ilke the bird fron his mouth (let im on1e else (tIo it for Yot), So as. not to let (lu (log drop it before you have hol of it, foi if it hutters n wity your (log iay bie templed to bile it, aid so injure his temperi sonme wInIt. Ifi he lets l )go (oo 4.0on, step back it paice or two, atd enouage himl to carry it upj1 14) you; i. I t hIe oII aIndI m II(, he 101(1 onl too liht, take hold of his 1ord with One 11:1111 IIA j(k it s yo'01 1rciv til bird wih the' 1ioiir, siyinlg "Sof(tly to him all tlie ti hlie relealses his hiol. "'oftly" is at very importait word, 1() be conshmilly uISed. 11nd4 perfectly uler-stootl y! Ilic141d1." 111,11,.h 1(11:P''1 ' 41 (0'I((4I b1 h 1edg, t punished, if' ie ever. rpIc(lires it, filr being inl anly waty 01g1 lil a cIipI)le it 11113' y 1(fItur IM iII his Ii fe. Always keep a(s (I(liel ats possill wilnyou (log b lsearches for det141 or woiuinde41 gam)4e. You mauly pretend to look too, but not keep cailliig 14u1t t(o hun, '1 "liiv, h'st !" I I lie is %% ild youri doing 4o will ma111ke him overuIln the pace or snt'd-I( . an1 if he is shick lie will e.pect you to find for hini and show hiim 1(o 11h101 wi-re Ie is 1 seekl f1r ii. If iossible, d(o not let him he 1iisai4p414i4v1 ill his seal4rlch, for if you hatve a hicIu hird ill yourl. pocket yo 3'e44Inn (4asily drop it, and let him com4 u4pou it ble fore Il- ' initi gsiv- up st-t-king. Then enress and praist- hin; iI well for his exertions. Ise148 lor good Work 1 a4 great rewar. 'Should yo414. i4 running bird lutter an try 1o rise a11ove tiurnI'ips some wv4t before yoin do.g whilst he is following ly sent, do noipt haisten to lift him ( i. c. 1take him o41 thec phice w1re he is following it to piut him1 ni-1r 14o th bin), t111 giVe 1imi11 lime Ito 1ra4 it a4s 11111ch a4s possible by himself ; he':e if y4ou( lilt him ouit 1111ke h4m1 wild, 44l h then wIlI rai his head and t11 to see the bird, not keepinig lis nose dowi ats he ought4 Ito (1o. I)4 not senld 1 dog after at won4444(led llire unt il the hre ha14s gotl out of sight. Yoir log 114mst then * follow by s-Ient ; tin- 111re will not rni so f6r or s4 ft if not purstted at oce, an1d will oflten Stop a111d becon - stifll, 114d So be easd y secured for you)i. Mamy harIIes will hleat at 1tikg t hat follow.s at once, anid nieverbhetaiken, ats wPL(- wain4 1he3' ("Anl rutin, even when mehl hur, lo at considenble distiaice. NuImlhrs of d(gs ar' ruined by being brokenI loo (Ilnely ; gill thevir couraige leakves them. They will not hun11t1 inl 11hick liedges, or1 Se(l 1lon4 or1'.11 li out4. ()f sigil. for wound e. and1 ll this would not . h)atve been tIIhe1 un40se had they been broken by (dgrees. T'lhir ni1111sters cal1 Ihemii perfect ' reriever's beiause they never' run iml, an4(d will follow ii14-ilh )oose 1hrough Coverts fill of gamt', Imt for turly pralctieni purpose als retIrievers lhey a1r almo1'41st ('nirely u4se1ess. Not 44iny weeks aol, it a sm1111rt lile towin inl Jefferson count4y, Pig., a pool' old ilay died. The few relatlives She NOd wvere inllble to >do le fir1 thilig towar4'd Ilaying 'er atwaty Iin fi4e tob), o the citizens chip perl in to ieir the (xi4nise of' burial. 0One I101ered cariage, another at Collil, al4other something ese, 4and(1 Hevera vo.lunteered ats ourner, while 'ncle S elev volucered t) (ig 14'lte grave. 11he (aly or I lie furl40411 1rrived, land tle rain poured ili t.orrens, bul a go1dly number followed t(e remain1s o)f he line old hidy to the enetery. A r rivii4.. 1t lthe grave th4e Crowd Wags aston isled. (ncle S4-ley 1ha(d 0n13' got it halfl' IdIug, 1anct had gon e off and left It, withi thiet, 11ugh box slituing i) on3 end. Here was body else, het ween th4e rin drops. Fini 13' a1ll eyes I tnged uponl .lim Fliit, 4t good l1lt[ 11red in as ever' lived. ile wats dressed Ill) ill his best, bt11, there was nothing m4ean4 about him. Ile pullet oil' his best Coa4t, Inndd it to. 2 l3ard, the editor, tucked 1hi in144I1 itn his boots, grabbedL'( a4 shove'l and juinpeti0( into the( grave and1( he4Ian to wor(4k. .1id got. wet, and1( he ntever lookeatip. There1' was 44o4 4a dry' ra4g onI 1h1im. When!I it wasl1 .lio he0 looked( around44t a1t. the (crowdl. Some were underk! trees (144 of the wet(4, otheors wer'e lIderI 44inbr1lIs4, am)4 the volunte mourn-1)4)41 !4ra, all fr'iends( of1 Int41.'8, werel'L sittin~g on4 (djacen4t gra4ves, withI umt1bre4llas over' them), 48s comfortabl44e 4as possible'. J ilm 1Flint, loo4ked1 at1 the cr'4owd', leane0d uplon 1his shov1el w~iped' thle pe0rspiratI104 ionfom his forleead Iln his shIirt-sleeve, and1( said: ''1 haveonl one13 remar'01)44k to) make.( 'The next fu4ner'aI I attend, hanged if I don4l't Thlen 14e g.t 4)1ut (of the gra~ve, tile funeral wenit on,1 and1('Ilhe followers wen!lt back to towni lokin~g for4 Uncle Seeley. C'olor 1has 41 very3 decided0( el1ected1 in 1e8 lsening 0or increasinl 4g thle beaiuty of hous~e hold deocoraltions. Il're a4ga4In, harbmony )1hould pre'vail1, 110t onily IJn color, but41 the style of the furniture should( a4cord1 wIth 1the pr1evailin~g 1h44 used( inl d(cortions.418 A very'3 bIght carpe)t, (4r )ppering 1has anI in jurIious5 efetct. on furn'iitur'e. if the furI'~ 1ur0 is light., the same11 tone) should( 1)e (41 oer'ved wlith) regard'( to the carpe)t and1 plaper In~g. D~rawving-rooms8 should( be fur'nishecd in bright, and( cheerfuli colors; dlIning-roomos in) warmi) and1( riebi, buit. rather04 more4' subdued1C( inl tone1; Iibuirres are-mos40t m4 ha1rmony13 witht~ thecir character01 whenC4 gra4ve colors re'pon1 dera'1te; whle bedrooms shouild be0 lghlt, hcherfutl, and4( gayer1 14n their deocorations. in palintinlg wallts, white, of which there are8 eight, dlilerenlt tInts, is tibe 1most comI mlonly used0(. Should( at yellowl color he em) p~loyefl, 01' pin1k, ibhte, 01' violet, the tints1 shou1ld bo of' the palest8 khitd. Ulack Is the natura con41(:1tras8t of whIte 4)41 repj4'resentig light, the 0114er dalrknless. Black and14 whItc Ii excess in at carpet Is an error. Black ia use0d to ai very 133)ited( e4xtent Inl decora tions; place0d beside colors It weakens them44 InI tonie, while gray3 im4par'ts added0( br~illa u'y. lied ia the 4m)s8t positIve of alcolors, its contrastiing color being greetn, 4and( Is gr4eat~Iy cnhan44ced1 by attillial light. It is I, favorite of the floral kingdom, and1( fla~shes ~ttt from many a beautiful flower'. 'I here 14re eighteen shades10 of redI, 1and( from this color proceds pin1k 41nd( rose color. In1 art thme pure4'st med that (can1 be0 pr'oduced Is car mine. When gildIng 18 used( for dlecorative purpFIoses red goes with it with good1 ciect. [10ed and4 scarlet, while thley serv'e .1.o lIght LIp) a carpet, shou11l never bo used lavishly, or a4 gaudy effect will 'follow. Of all the semi1-neultrals, mal1roonlI le best adapted for carpets. Green, whIch Ia a compound of yellow simd blue, Is the contraetmng color .of red. [Is a the clothing of th1e vegetal~o world, rid 1a refreshing and pleasant to , the eye. 1 tos greenti o8 cX1h$V,ly .sd Sanld Cll lice ilalde to blend agreabtahlyv witi lit her colors. III calrpetats greeni soliuld pre polnderalte, as at reatlly good green filaes Il< more readi ly hain miianyia other colors andal i: alwaays refreshing to lhe eye. 01' tle pri m111y coloIs, yelow-of which I .ere ain foIrtteen slldes--p-alltatkes liost of the tia tire of' white. Il arli4ital light it loses iti intenlsity aId (allot aways l listinguishe( frtomaa white. IIadeoa'ion, while it light: up, i shotild he tsedf. sparingly. ( )ran tige, I compound oft yelo w am1. red, lie aoit nst ing color ofIt which is hi e, v 5sysses at richi less wlicht rentlers it effective when em Ilayed with at spari ing han1d. \Yhen got geousile5s iaa desired it is considered inl goo( Itaste to colinilt it with green for decoat tive illIoses. As it aalvclles to yellow i contrastitlss with purple, aid wheii to red lil )est CotrIttaist inag coltor is grL-en.l Purple i not tiucl usl as a eat liding Color in Ilecora tion. It otilr'laists wit h all tihie priiataI colors, anid does not improve untderl arit itie light. lilue, tle contrai'ing colorof wliel "s rag, is Nature -'s color, antd at ifenera fatvol ite. I1 is at suiilble color for. stilmmse drawing roomis, or for bd-chambers. 11 silfers when libroglit ilto jtuXtaipolasitior m itit warina, bright colors, an1d becomlica green Inl aartilicial light. Inl tiel Color of sitilfs for ltniii tile tle law of in-iaoiy slit Iid ail watys be observed. Li git Vjolet or blle atre atdapted to yellow wool: gre" to ted wa ood, such aIs mah itlogatiy, aidt sa-l' let, yellow, or green go Weil ' tih ebonv. Ina iahoany aaad red velvet there shotid le a dividing Hln of blatek between thll Wood an1d tle covering. \ithli regartd ta lthe colars best suiteat 1 ta the l igings of rooi, they shant never he very datrk, aut I he y would iabsorb lt) muitich light. 11a<1 aitid violt aire iln fvoable to the com plexiont, ind for this rea'sont are not desita ble. Yellow, light greel, alute wial light graily aire ie iaost. siited. Aaiarlat'IC 413rti'it(gPa. Itsil.aiaa Wits tamong tle first to make Is( of tle A iie'-ilant I netal'e Ic cal rridges, alit she lttellipted inl vainl to itiit ate them. After wiast'ntg ten millionis of eartrl ge, miaitle of in feraior maat'eritll, she wisely !onl ciud)ad to buty here, tas oth foreign niatioim have since done. Some of the Ateriemi (air:raid g-s sent 1o liussia were subajctedt ta the un1)pairal'lealed Iest of a livt week'tso soak. ing in Ilie' watters of New York hlibor, the vessel cata'rrying theia halving sunk off Stattel hind on her way out. They were fished uip as good tas neiw, andial, triimpluilty paiss ing tle oralttl of at iew test of their firing quality, weta on their way agatin, and ltutIv it) doubt long since taled heir <ituota to the (ret lan i of eatill ies. For good eatridgeF Americant copper is needed, a faet which the itur reans are leginnintg to lai'n. Evei so long atgo as t le days of tile iiouild 1Ilaiblers, it wats diseovered th1,at our haake Suaperior regioni produced i Copper ore of uncieoniiunaont puiliy. Ore Of eaual purity IS no01, it wouald seem, to be outt elsewlere, ad perhiaps the process of aneatlinig is not so welI understood abroal. At till evelts the blraass adule of tle fortigi 'opper, albounding inl tie sulpluiirets, lacks the iee essairy strengili anid duoliliy, ida for somt reatsonta, ithe nietallie cartridges maide abrod arbe Iila, to deteriorate inl rapility. I )nringp her wiir with Tirlkey, IItuassia purchlaise large <inan liities of brtas.s here, one Conlie. twit firm ailonte supplying t wo millions d)al lairs wAathl I of sliet brlass. Other govert I maenats ha1tv"4 no doubt, beean purchalsers. Rteady nasae tartriiIgas hIaive talso beena setit albroaldaal ini such a<llanttities hat it aillion as become the iait of cllelat ion. There atre Ihrce forms of eait ridges: Ile United Stat es goverinlienit. cart riadge, alother, the Peabody. Miartini cartridge, tail tihie laIrgesti, lIae Mlhai rps or Itemilgton special long..nulage ealatridge. Tlel goverimnent 'arltridge coi. ta 'it grinits of powder ilad haritdened bullet, comnposed aif one pialit tila aind sixteen plarts leiad, weighintg '105 grainus. 'The Pena bodly-Mharlinit has 85 grains of poawder't ad a bullet oaf the sttame comlposit iotn, weighingi~ '180 graiis. T1hea long-ranigte butllet low onea part of tini andi fonarteeti parts letad, aid wveighs t550 griins, theo charge oaf powder bleling 1001 grainis. Th'le advanltages of thie haeavitr catrtridlges are well shiowna ini the experienaces of thle 'ITurkishi war talready re ferred t). What ever else they may lucek, thle Tlur'ks have certaiinly shiowna superior intell igenuce in thie armaaiment of t heIr Iroops. TIhec Entglish, wh'lo use the camse giuu, hadtt, 0n1a1smaller scale, an exper'ienace saomaethling stiilari tto that of the T1urks. Th'le riflet ustaed by thle ri lie barigatde in the caamipaigan againast the Afghants were sighted for 2000) yarids andit at 21(00 yardls were fouand effec tive. Th'le rifle with which our oawn armiay is pr'ovided are sighted to I 200I yards. Tlht sights used lay riflement in lonig-range shoot inag, thle Vertnier sight, aind a sight combili ing a spiri-le'vel and tiniWtd-gutage. T1hae ordiaray Verailer wll aegister to the thou. sandth of ana itnch, ande VTerniersa hatve bieen msade so ais to r'egister' the twenity-thouasandth of tall lunh, theste fuerca sights baeen used to reguilate tha oartdiary sighats. TIhese~ very liac sighats are' not1 laaptedl 1o mIlitary service, to whIch the rlle is sulhjectetd to a very dif (crent uasage fiom thiat prevalintg at Creed miOOra where (lie lonag-ranage ril emana is ahbl to give his weapon01 tall the ire that a mu siciani would take of lis prectous Stradvia rlius viohin or hils T1ourte bow. Thew (nr. Itn the leasanft flatvor of (lie putre llavaa (lie haibituaal simoker chlaims a soothIng lux uray thiat quiets the anerves anid Invites re 1p0se. Science ignaoring suach a p~retence, malittly exiaines thie elemests whlich compaose thIs dIreatmy founttaint of comafot't. TIhils exaintation discloses a comnbination of suabstanices, wvhich, when takena alonae, ar'c extremely repu~tlsive to the refIned tasto of the cuaslomer. TIhecse ate (lie generalh sutbstanuces founad itn the smioke: Soot, cat' bonic atcki iand oxidle, ad vaporous matter, which formns an oily nicotinc. Theo feathery white as~h, w~hichi in its cohesin andl white nesas lndhcates theo good chgatr,.ylds potaseh sodta, magngtesia, limec, phiosphorhc acid, sual phurnic atcid, ilhica, and chlorine. 'lThe In gredienats extractedi from a cheap cigar are fearful to contemplate. The following is a list from a parlhiamientar'y report on1 adu11 teratIons it tobacco: -Sugar, alum, lImo, Ilouar or meal, rhiubarb~ heavcs, saltpeter, fuller's carthi starch, malt conafiigs, claro mate of lead, peat mioss, mnolasses, burdock heaVes, COmmuton salt, enadive leaves, lamup, black, gums, red dye, a b!aek (lye composed of vegetable red and licorice, scraps of news paper, cinnamtoni stIck, cabbage leaves and~ straw paper. D)ON'T toll your ivito that sealeklig sacquies are goIng out or fashion. Her mnuad is-defitaittely settIl on thaet qies. tlot), enckshe wIll i'pythat she Mglad for t~h' wil bo so cheap. BRIEFS. -Tl M otIn dIetiednes of tihe State f 01' SorI b Car-01olna i s $7,173,454.91. -Meigs counnt.y, Teonni., will sipl1) this year nearly 30,000 bishels of' peas. -Cork soles have bUcone till 1111 por I tanit industry ill Willitmiisport, Pa. -The Bordentown, N. J., blast ful nutees will sooli e in I ninii g or'der. -Texas Ib larger than either tihe) (-Grman Emrire or1 tlie Austrian J'm pire. -Aliss .losepieno Meekerf now ores pies at positiOl li the Interior Depart -The tobaceo erop of ltie Connectlcut Valley is greater than i any other Yea r Si nce 186 .. -The South I'aised 12,000,000 pounds il-oIe ol toba(Wco thie 'eseit season than ever before. -Th'l contractors of tine West .Jersey atnd AtlanicI) Utilread ol'er' tell cents anll houir Ior laborens. -A Millions of dollars are investedi . -to1 Inose li' itock arins along the liindson river, In Ole breedinng ol' horses. -Sentt-or Jones, of Nevada, is repor Ied to have inerased his fortuine seve ral iillions last year. -The ininies ant Satlineville, Ohio, aire llt rulIi nig nol fill I ie. bu1t, coipla tit. is made of' tie lack of ears. --Sixty rails were rolled in forty-six niin Ites in :he Superior Rolliing Mill in A llegieny, I'la., recontly. -A machino Ior inakihg paper boxes ju1t itrodued ait Cleveland, produces 15,000 complete boxes in a (iay. --Another large cot.on mill Is int colirse of' erection at Lancaster, Pa., whichn will em ploy about 200 hands. -31r's. 'T'll tins, wvife of' thesu rgeoi general of Ger'nany, is a leading ten ist, of' Berlii a d attends tile royal f'am Ily. -Within the past five years tihe aiereage of cerelis in the Ulnuted Sitaies has Increased from 7-1,000,000 to 9, n000, 000. -The rain annually pours into the soil a (intily of nttrate of' illlnonniat full13 ef'livalleant to three pounds per --ie iegents at the University of' Californli hailve-(,- entred upon at crusade agaluist the nndergralnate seret so1e t ins. -The Sisters of' Charity in the U nil te Stattes an nie red ant a recent entinuinn erationn 1,179, Ill elharge of' 100 estab lsientls. --Tine lead muines neatr Pihenix : ille, Chester conaty, Pa., are aiga in to be put, in operation atel living been idle lor' twelve years. --Mr. Jewpil Jel'erson, tie netor, fnow ow.ns lhe best orange orcihard il LouithmIna. There are live tholusald orange trees onl it, -There are now at Ya6 1,003 stu denits. 581 ol' wiom ire in the Acidem lenal epartment, and 175 in tile Sief field Selenltilile Seool. There lIre to-day more than 242, 000 Qovenitent ipensioners. The alklolint of' the yial's pensions to alil penlsionders Is $25,11193,71-2. -h'le Union Pacifie Railroad Com pan Il to ereet, a inrne . to tie nine Inor) of the late Oakes Allies nit the ihigIlest point on tihe line of the road. -THie 1411nd Departim ent. it ltnainng ton ireports there are over 1,000,080 acres of pubile lanids open to lntry soluh of tho issourl River ill Missouri. -1h1e aVerage butter yield of tine A yrire cow 1 one pound 1'rom 20 to 1 25 pounid of' milk; f'rom tile .1ersey it is one poutd4 of' bntter Irom IS poulnndS of' mnilk. -Afnr. W. W. CJon'or'an says thant tile fullI-len'aotih portlrait of' WVashqington in the Wfnfte ilouse la Only at poor1 (!opy of tihe oiriginal by S1tart, whnieh is ant New. inort., -A'eordln g to ollieinai stattistles, thnenre were, Iiom 1833 to 1855, no few~er than 94 puersonis Ihurnled aiVe), eiithuenri through iindnt 0or nglnranien, ini varIious par'ts of' Fl'ance. -One-ll'thu m1oreC iding andt flooring is needeitd thian tine fhnmber of squar'e feet of' Surtfnee to lie covered, because of' the ip in tine siding and muatcing of tine flnoor, -Whien tihe tinnee funrniaes of thne Ed~garn Thiomipsonl Steel Compa~lny arte tinihed,'Pittsburng, P'a. Wmill hnave if' teen biasat fiurnnaces withn a lianil ben palty of'1480,000 tonns of iron a yenar. -ii. ii. Russell, of' So 'a Spr'iins, San D 1iego connuty, Uail., catches dien' whio r'aid 0111his garn'n at inighnt, by mneanis of' a steel tr'ap and( a.' belil attached, whlehi bell calls hlun to tine field of ac tion withn his gunl. -Last yearII theo Eingiishi railwanys add~ed $125,000,000 to their capital ac couint, but the gaoss cnarnings wereo lesb thlan Inn thne pri'ouse year. Neverthec less. theore Vi as a saving of' $3,:350,000 in working expenses. -Oz iairge Britilsh estates, thlat of the Duike of Jinceleuch 1 i'1450,200 acres; Lafdy WVillottabby d'Eiresby, 132,820: Eal' lPItzAwiliam, 113,908. T'nose of 44 othler genlemeni and noblemen vary from 10,000 up to 87,425 acres -Th'le largest grain elevator in thne world has just been completed in Chl eago, its Capaceity being 1,800,000 bush cis. Th'lere are twenty-one elevators in Chicago, having a total capacity of 16, 055,000-say 17,000,005-of bushels. -Over 20,000 car-loads of live and~ dressed poultry are carried into New York City yearly, aind 25,000,000 dozens' of eggs-go to tine same market. Ac cordIng to tine best estimates, tihe UnI ted States pr'odnucs 0,000,000,000 eggs animally. -Atnough it is generally known that tine staple crops of the past year have beon unusuially 'large, tine actual'' flgurecs are of a magitude thnat Is as tonishiing. Thein value of the mrodct am'ounts to $1,904,480,6P8, or nearly $410,000,000 monre than last year.' -Thne average yleld':of wheat ini Great Britain was 84 bu'8hnels In 1868, 32 bushels In 1870, 23 -bushels in 1875, 22 bushels In 1877, 80 in:1878, and only 18 bushels in 1870. England must in-- '~ port 144~ 000,000 bushels this year, 28,000,000 more tian the average of theL --Tne apnyf-aIsers of the estate of the < late WIn. 8. O'Brien,e of an B'ra'io1elso havo) inadQ anl in y~l, showfit v ,a $0e t b e 0 0 ~ J 9 7 ne J oi i ' ~ fal~ued a~1$4'p* o e owned $2 O0O 1 i- Uif4I t,'' \ "8'? i