PORTIiT.
A OOl'B J
If-1 could And a rose without a tliorn,
A fragrant blossom with no bitter taste,
A day of sunshine with no spot of cloud,
A world without a dr«»ry deeert waste,
Or one bright hope jfiiShadowed and serene.
One perfect trnst With every fear cast out.
My heart could rest upon the promise Bweet,
Laying aside the evcr-presont doubt
The shadow dim that falls upon the ring
When wedded palms are clasped in fond
. embrace;
The spectre at the banquet, and the guest
That silently usurps the highest place ;
The presence all unseen, yet ever nsar ;
■ The minor note to every Joyous strain j
The echoing thrill that answers rapture sweet
With something very near akin to pain.
It dims the lustre of the conqueror's sword,
And falls upoa. the radiance of the oross ;
No alchemy can purify the gold
Beyond the dinging of its ashen dross ;
It falleth like a mildew on "the page
Where weary fingers toil for erngty fame,
And on the shining escutcheon #{'»he great,
Beside the greatest there, it writes its name.
Th» Al'linn for November.
HLSCELLANT.,
I'lulu Niteakmg.
You may have heard the anecdote of
the old in Newark, N. J., who
went to hear the celebrated Dr. Thorn
ton preach. Upon returning home his
master asked—
"Well* Sambo, how did you like the
master?" —— ?
"I like him fuss rate, mas'r; but I
"don't t'ink he is so berry smart after
all."
"Why not ?"
"Why, bekase 1 could understand
ofcery word he said ; and I an't smart
in larnin', any way.
This was told to the doctor, who de
clared that he considered it one of the
finest compliments he had ever received.
And he then told his friends how he
had come to adopt a simple method of
speech in his preaching.
One day he overheard two laboring
men, in a store, conversing upon the
subject of a sermon which he had de
livered on the previous Sabbath. They"
had no doubt that it was good.
"But"' said one of them, "you and I,
Tom, have not got learning enough to
see through the doctor's preaching.
Them biff words always knock me."
The doctor went home deeply im
pressed with what he had heard.
Was he doing his duty as a minister
to tlie people, when the very class who
most needed instruction from his lips
gained only the hnsks of ambiguity in
place of the bread of life ?
Upon the table in his study, lay a
half-written sermon, in which he in
tended to give a brief history of the
progress of Christianity. H# had writ
ten of the sweeping djwn upon Rome
of the Pagan hordes of the North, and
of the gradual adoption by the savage
conquerors of Roman habits and Roman
ideas.
The last cause he had written as
follows:
"And through this concatenation of
events the introgression of Christianity
in Northern Europe was brought about.
It seemed very plain and simple to
him ; but how might it seem to others ?
He called his gardener—an industri
ous, honest and reaily intelligent man
—to his study.
"Thomas,' said he, "can you tell me
•what a concatenation of events is ?
"Really, sir," stammered the poor
man, scratching his head, I don't ex
actly know ; but I should think it must 1
be something pretty bad !" 1
The doctor next summoned his house
servant. i
"Mary, can you tell me what intro■ i
yretttion means ?"
"Mercy I sir," cried the pert and 1
ready-tongued domestic, "how should 1
I know ? You never told me to fix any
thing that way."
The doctor dismissed Mary, and then
retuffled to his manuscript, from whieh
he erased all ambiguous words and
phrases, substituting language simple
and effective, and easily comprehended
by the common understanding.
And from that time he carefully pur
sued this sensible course, the result of
which was that he finally came to
ftreach so that even poor Sambo could
iaten and understand.
True Frlendahlp.
As regards private social life, I kuow
no happier phase of it than that whioh
allows you to have only a few intimate
friends, and whioh does not compel you
to fritter away your hoara among a host
of acquaintances who have no hearty
regard for you—paying a cold visit
hero, a oold yisit there, glad when ihej
are over—receiving these conventional
visits in return, and uttering common
places the while whioh are devoid of
meaning and have no suspicion of
earnestness.
Where you have within hail a few
friends between whom and yourself a
sincere esteem existed, room is given
for earnest feeling tk flower; the true
heart glow is felt, and you give and
repeive smiles whioh are not artificial,
and speak and hear words which are
good and glad utterances. In time the
. ties whioh bind you and your friends
grow as strong as ties of blood and
kindred, and when a face is missed
from the circle you mourn for it with
genuine grief and affection.
Ener»l«te mail Pearls.
A Paris letter says: For evening wear
pearls and precious stones are alone in
vogue. Coral, Roman gold, and other
leas costly ornaments are no longer worn.
The emeralds of the Duchess d!Arco,
which she wore at the ball of the Elysee
lately (she is the individual who waa
pointed out to me as a Russian Princess
and whose jewelry was recently men
tioned) are valued at $500,000. The
Duchess of Medini-Cceli posseses a pearl
_ necklace which isafamily heirloom. It
is composed of twelve or fourteen strings
of large and beautiful pearls, and valued
«L $400,000. When she wears it the
pper string fius around her throat,
while the lowest falls below her waist."
A tonohing obituary : " He knew the
value of an editor's time, and never
trespassed long upon it." Peaoe to his
ash IT.
ACBIOTLTrRAIi.
RUBBEK OVEBSHOES FOB HORSES. —
Rubber overshoes for horses are a re
cent invention, which promises to be a
boon to the equine inhabitants of pavod
cities. The shoe is made and lined in
precisely similar manner to the articles
of apparel worn by the human race,
and, in fact, presents no points of dif
ference save in its shape, and its man
ufacture of the best quality of india
rubber. It is designed as s substitute
for the iron shoe, and as a means _of
Ereventing the many maladies tp which
orses' feet are subject. Horses suf
fering with cracked or contracted hoof,
and similar painful hprts, it is said, are
quickly cured by the substitution of
the rubber covering for the unyielding
metal shoe. The elasticity of the
former allows the hoof to remain in its
natural shape, while protected from
abrasion against pavements by the
heavy rubber sole beneath. The de-
Ince is easily removed from or put on
the hoof, and hence, while standing in
the stall or turned out to pasture,
the horse may be left barefooted. In
winter time this covering serves as a
protection against illness due to the
common practice of mingling salt with
the ice and snow in while
the roughened surface of/ the gum be
neath serves to give the animal a foot
hold in slippery weather. As compared
with iron shofes, the 6ost of the rubber
one is about one-third more, and their
weight is some 40 per cent, less, while
they are very durable; Sixteen sizes
are manufactim|d, so that accurate fits
may be obtained.
TAKE CABE OF THE TOOLS— The tools
employed upon the farm are costly, and
should receive the same care whioh is
bestowed upon other valuable property.
There is manifested by many farmers a
kind of chronic neglect in respect to
the care of the implements of hus
bandry. Complicated machines like
those used for mowing, raking, thresh
ing, ete., with their iron wheels, levers
and cams, are allowed to rust and decay,
so that in a couple of seasons they are
worthless. This neglect is inexcusable
unpardonable. Some farmers become
torpid, frozen up, in winter, and ap
pear to have no active blood in their
veins. They will not take up a rake or
a neglected noe in winter and put it un
der cover. We have seen ladders,
forks, harrows, shovels, etc., peeping
out from under the enow in winter, in
time of thaw, and have asked why they
were not cared for. Sometimes the
reply has been, "We will attend to it
to-morrow," but that to-morrow never
came. There must bo a society organ
ized for "protecting farmers tools,"
and the officers must have full power
to forcibly seize and put away all
neglected implements, no matter upon
whose premises thoy are found.
WOODHUCK OlL. —Perhaps some far
mers who are troubled by that little
pest, the woodhuck, are not aware that
the oil of this animal iB excellent for oil
ing harness, boots, shoes, and all kinds
of leather requiring a simple oil.
Several observing, practical farmers
with whom I am well acquainted, say it
is equal to or better than neat's foot oil
for this purpose ; and I know of my
own experience that it makes leather
very soft and pliable. It is also useful
for many other purposes instead of lard
oil, which it very much resembles.
There is no doubt but that it would
sell for a very fair price if its good
qualities were generally known. The
woodchuck is very fat late in the fall,
and a good sized one will yield a full
quart of oil. Sometimes the oil is ob
tained by baking the whole animal, but
a still better way is to take off the fat,
as free from bloody and fleshy parts as
possible, out it into small pieces and
try it over a hot Are ; then strain, bottle
up and keep in a cool place.
GUUBR AND TICKS.—A correspondent
writes: Wood ashes, sprinkled upon
the backs of beet cattle that are to be
kept late, will kill the grubs, so that
they will not injure the meat at all.
Put it on two or three times in the first
half of January, two good handfuls at
a time ; when the hair is a little damp,
is the best time. When one skins the
animal, he may see "where the grubs
were, but the meat will be of the natu
ral color, and all right. I also know
that snlphnr fed to sheep will drive
away the ticks, and keep them away.
A tablespoonfnl of sulphur to two
quarts of salt, well mixed, iB about the
right proportion: and it should be
given about twioe a month, while the
sheep run to grass. ■ I have tried it for
more than twenty years, on flocks of
from 100 to 500 in number, and the
sheep have been almost entirely free
from ticks during the whole time."
EGOS IN WINTER.—TO have plenty of
eggs in winter, the fowls must have
warm roosting and nesting plaoes,
warm food, if possible, with some kind
of animal food at least onoe a day, and
water to drink at will; gravel and lime
moat be always at hand, and the poul
try house must be kept scrupulously
clean, and the fowls oul of the way of
•vermin and free from lice.
Lice may be destroyed by the applica
tion of lard or sweet oil in which car
bolic acid has been mixed at the aate
of ope part of acid to one hundred of
oil or lard. Por poultry, the mixture
should be rubbed beneath the wings
and on th 6 top of the head, exoept In
the case of sitting hens, which should
never have grease of any kind applied
to them, if the eggs are to be hatched.
» i
To SATB B WARMS.— When they show
the first symptoms of swarming, stop
up some of the outlets to the hive, so
as to force them to a considerable time
in coming eat. The swarm being made
up in part ef the young bees, many of
them unable to fly well, and as the
swarm can do nothing until all are out
flying in the air, by prolongiim their
exit, the feeble ones beoome tired, and,
finding their plans frustrated, they
alight to arrange their journey.
Air OLD Dutch proverb says: The
plowman must go up and down, and
whatever else may be done there is no
other but this long way to do the work
well. "
SCIETTIFIC.
THE TULIP TREE. —This noble tree
I deserves a place on every lawn, as it
seldom fails to develop itself into a
stately specimen in- any good, deep,
I well drained soil. In habit of growth,
I it closely resembles the common maple,
j but its conspicuous orahge-tinted blos
soms and scaly fruits at once suggest
its near affinity to magnolias, to which
it belongs. The flowers are not unlike
those of a tulip, and hence the name by
which it is most generally known. The
broadly expanded leaves, instead of
being palmate as in the plane, are ir
regularly four-lobed, and somewhat
resemble a saddle in conformation ; and
it is sometimes called in the vernacular
the saddle tree, from this peculiarity.
The flowers are profusely borne during
the summer months ; and although not
strikingly ornamental on the tree on
account of their being somewhat hidden
amid the ample foliage, when cut and
arranged in a vase with the fdliage that
naturally belong to them, they have a
distinct and striking appearance. This
tree is from 100 to 150 feet in higbt, but
in Europe it rarely exceeds 70 or 80
feet. In the old arboretum at Chis
wick, Engohd, there used to be two
specimens of this fine tree, one having
much larger and brighter colored flow
ers than the other; and, doubtless,
other varieties of it exist where plants
are raised from seeds. All through the
'summer the foliage is of a fresh, pale
green ; and in the autumn, it dies off a
bright golden yellow. Striking effect
might, therefore, be obtained by group
ing it with querent coccinea or the
purple-lea Ted beech. In addition to its
ornamental properties, its distinot and
noble port commending it at once to
the notice of intending planters, it is
valuable as a timber tree, the wood
being firm in texture and capable of
taking a fine polish.
THB FRENCH METER. —Sir Edmund
Beckett is a true Englishman, and does
not love the French measure. He says :
"The polar axis is estimated at 7,899$
miles, or 500 millions of inches a thou
sandth part longer than our present
standard inch, which probably only
came by accident to be what it Was
when the standard was taken, and
might just as well be a thousandth
more. True the other European na
tions have inches too, and some of
them are rather longer than ours. The
French meter, 39 371 inches, is the
worst measure in the world, because it
is inconsistent with any natural one :
whereas our yard is the long stride of a
man of good hight, and the natural
length of his walking stick, and half
his hight or half the stretch of his
arms ; and the meter is not even what
it pretends to be, the 40 millionth of a
meridian of the earth, for the measure
taken was erroneous; and if it were,
such a standard is of no more real value
than the distance of the moon. Tet
there are people who have engaged in
the orusade of trying to force on us
this bad, erroneous, arbitrary, and
revolutionary measure of a nation
which tried also to abolish the week
and make a new one of ten days, and
whose language is declining over the
world, while ours already prevails over
more regions of the world than any
other, and is evidently destined to ad
vance more and more."
Sir Edward, we think, is about right.
The good old yard stick is a better
measure than the meter.
THK CHAMELEON'S CHANGES OF COLOR
—THEIR CAUSE. —A paper was recently
read before the Society of Biology, of
Paris, by Mr. Paul Bert, upon the
causes whioh produce the* ohanges of
color in the chameleon. These changes
do not run through quite so wide a
range of tints as is assumed by the
disputatious travelers in Arabia in the
well-known fable. They vary from a
deep bottle-green, through a bright
pea green, up to a very lively yellow.
The cause producing them is purely
nervous. This has been fully proved
by various experiments in viviseotion.
The mechanism is thus described :
Beneath the skin of the animal taere
are found all over its surface vesicles
charged with a coloring fluid, which,
when withdrawn into them, leaves the
epidermis and the tissue immediately
beneath to exhibit their natural color,
whioh is bright yellow. These vesicles,
however, communicate with a net-work
of minute ducts intersecting and inter
lacing by a myriad of ramifications
immediately beneath the transparent
epidermis, and when the ooloring liquid
is injected into these the effect is to
produce a ohange of oolor in the animal,
the intensity of whioh depends on the
degree to whioh they are distended.
The nerves aot directly on the vesicles.
When these oontract the fluid is ex
pelled ; when they expand it is re
absorbed.
A NEW VARNISH FOR METAL WORK
A late Italian patent aontains the fol
lowing reoipe for a varnish for protect
ing metal work : A paste is made of
finely pulverised quartz, carbonate of
potash, or oxide of lead and water ac
cording to the oolor required. A thin
ooat of this is applied with a brush" to
the object, whioh is then placed in a
muffle, and heated to 1,495® Fah. The
artioles emerge covered with a sort of
polished glass, which resists blows and
whioh does not split or scale off, while
it serves perfectly to protect the metal
against oxidation.
COR* FOB CATABBH.— A medical au
thority asserts that the severest catarrh
cold can be removed in about ten hoars
by a mixture of carbolic acid, 10 drops,
tincture of iodine and chloroform, each
7.5 drops. A few drops of the mixture
should be heated over a spirit hunp in
a teat tube, the mouth of which should
be applied to the nostrils iv volatiliza
tion is effected. The operation should
be repeated in about two minutes,
when, after the patient sneezes a num
berof times, the troublesome symptoms
rapidly disappear.
Oil* horse power is required for
each bushel of winter wheat ground
dep hour. _ _
A W*LL tempered bar spring will lose
much of its elastic strength by filing
off a very thin scale from the surface.
DOMESTIC.
DEATH IN THE SIBUP JUO. —Probably
there ara very few articles of daily con
sumption which are not adulterated in
a more or less vile manner. One of the
most scoundrel like impositions that
unscrupulous rascals practice upon a
long suffering public is the soanaalous
compound sold as sugar sirup. It is as-
Betted that nearly fifty per-oent. of the
artiole sold under the seduotive names
of golden sirup, silver drops, eto., is a
rank poison, formed by the action of
sulphuric acid upon some of the sub
stances containing the essential of wood
fibre. The quantity of sulphuric acid
used to form sugar by this process is so
great that it cannot be thoroughly extrao
ted enough from the product, it leaves
to be dangerous even to the stomachs
of robust men—excessively so to the
more delicate organizations of children,
who use far more of the article than
grown persons.
Sino6 public attention has been called
to this rascality, many instances have
come to light of mysterious sickness
which disappeared on the use of this
breakfact dainty being discontinued.
Severe burning pains at the stomach,
and racking headaches are among the
lighter symptoms of sirup poisoning.
A case is mentioned where the cork in
a keg of sirup sent for the use of a
lumberman's camp was found to be
nearly eaten away. Fancy a vile drug
which will corrode cork, gnawing away
at the coat of one's stomach. We will
in future worry down our buckwheat
cakes without the adventitious aid of
sweetening, unless sufficient guarantees
of the character of the article be fur
nished with it.
the detection of the
pernicious stuff is easy. A small quan
tity of muriate or nitrate of baryta,
mixed with water, make a clear solu
tion. If to this be added a small
quantity of sulphuric acid a white
precipitate is formed, which is insolu
ble in water. Tannin also gives a black
precipitate, unless the acid has been
neutralized by albumen.
If any of our readers have reason for
looking upon their matutinal sirup with
suspicion, let them at once take a
sample to a chemist and have it ana
lyzed. If found to be dangerons, let the
makers and retailers be prosecuted with
the same vigor that wholesale murderers
would meet with.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE. —On our per
sonal appearance and habits muoh of
our success in life depends. There
have been many instances where the
soul, shining through a maimed or de
formed body, has conquered the ad
verse circumstances. This is far easier
to do than to overcome' an offensive or
disagreeable trick of behavior; for
sooiety will accord its pity and sym
pathy to natural defects, but for ac
quired ones it only reserves its disgUßt.
Every reader will recall to mind some
person toward whom he or she has felt
a repugnanoe almost unendurable,
merely from an offensive habit such an
one has formed—sometimes a mere turn
of the lip, a cast of the eye, or a pecu
liar inflection of the voioe. Often a
practice has been formed of clearing the
throat, or spitting profusely about, or
picking the ears, or some other vulgar
habit, These things will create a dis
taste for such persons in a fastidious
mind, and deny iWs we may, or call it
"squeamish," or "silly," we are all of
us more or less fastidious.
It is the duty of every person to make
himself agreeable to others. Most of
those peculiarities of manner which
create aversion are spontaneous in their
origin, but become so habitual that we
are unconscious of them. Many of
them were formed in childhood, when
habits are easily acquired, whioh are
not easily removed in after years.
While we cannot like everybody or be
lived by everybody in return, still we
can take especial care that we do not
make ourselves personally offensive by
habits and ways that shock the delicate
fastidiousness of those around us.
A SMALL Pox BEMEDY. —The follow
ing is said to be a certain cure for small
pox. One man speaking of it says ; It
is as unfailing as fate, and oonquers in
every instance. It is harmless when
taken by a well person. It will also
cure scarlet fever. Here is the Receipt
as 1 have used it, and cured my ohildren
of the scarlet fever. here it is as I have
used it to curesmall pox; when learned
physicians said the patient must die, it
cured : Sulphate of zinc, one grain ;
fox glove (digitalis), one grain ; half a
teaspoonful of sugar; mix with two ta
bleepoonfuls of water. When thor
oughly mixed, add four ounces of water.
Take a spoonful every hour. Either
disease will disappear in twelve hours.
For a child, smaller doses, according
to age. If counties would compel their
physicians to use this, there would be
no need of pest houses. If you value
advice and experience, use this for that
terrible disease.
"WHAT do you eall that?" indig
nantly asked a customer at a oheap
restaurant, dointing at an objeot that
he had discovered in his plate of hash.
"Wristband, with sleeve-button at
tached, sir," said the waiter, briskly.
"Well, do you oonsider that a proper
thing for a man to find in his hash ?"
asked the oustomer, in wrath. -"Oood
gracious 1" cried the waiter, "would
jou expect to find a ten-dollar umbrella
in a fifteen cent plate of hash ?"
TALKING AT TABLE. —Is it proper to
talk at table ? Bv all means. We are
aware that some few oonsider it proper
to observe perfect silenoe while at table.
The table is the very place to talk, and
the meal hours should be among the
pleasanteat of the day. Don't talk
buaihess and discuss what work shall
be done, chat. This should not pro
long the mealinoonveniently, but there
ahould be enough of it to prevent the
oommon custom of rapid eating.
A Lima girl braids the hair of one
who sat in front of her, instead of
studying, when the teacher remarks :
*'Home is the plaoe for arranging the
hair, not here. What would you think
to see me braiding my hair in school ?"
Presently Susan's hand is raised, and
the teacher, supposing she wishes to
ask some question about the lesson,
nods, when she hears the following:
"Marv says your hair is false, and you
wouldn't dare to do it here 1"
Huaosous.
How TO CABBY AW OX TO MARKHT.—
This from a correspondent at Riviere
da Loup, Canada:
When the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada was completed, in 1860, many
of the farmers had never heard of, much
less seen, a rail way, but it soon got re
ported around that passengers could
travel by it, and even cattle. A back
woodsman who was indebted to a coun
try merchant was pushed by the latter
for payment of the amount due, and
the only means of liquidating the debt
was by taking a fat ox to the Quebeo
market. For this purpose he tied his
ox to the back of his cart, and drove to
the railway station, a distance of nine
miles. On surveying the train and see
ing an iron railing around the platform
of the hind car, he concluded that was
the place to tie his ox, which he accord
ingly did, taking a place in a second
class oar himself himself forward.
Presently the train began to move off
elowly. The speed increased ; quicker
and quicker it went. The poor man
got very fidgety, the speed still increas
ing, until large drops of sweat became
visible on his brow. By ,this time the
conductor had reached his car to collect
the tickets. Nearly out of breath, the
man ran to him, exclaiming.
"My dear conductor, my ox will
never be able to keep up to this pace ;
it is not possible."
"Your i ox! Keep up to this pace !
What do you mean ? I don't under
stand you. Have you oxen on board ?"
' Not on board, of course. I tied him
to the railing of the hind car.'*
"You tisd your ox to the railing of
the hind car ? Who told you to do so?"
"No one ; but that is the way we
always do in the country."
Of course the conduotor could not
stop his train before reaching the next
station, when, neediest! to say, on look
ing for the ox, they found attached to
the rope a pair of horns, with a small
portion of the neck.
Mr. Bergh could scarcely call this
cruelty to animals, as it was not in
tended.
The humane conductor made a col
lection among the passengers on the
spot, realizing a larger amount than
the ox would have brought at market,
which he presented to the crestfallen
farmer, who immediately returned
home, vowing he would never have
oxen taken to market by railway again.
He has kept his word, and to this day
he leads his.ox to market behind his
own cart;— Harper's Magazine for
March.
A CLERGYMAN IN A QUANDARY.— The
Saratogian has tha following : "Come
in here, you black rascal I' That is
what the young lady said. The young
lady, you see, was closing the window
blinds at the twilight hour, and seeing
her little black dog sitting out on the
stoop wagging his tail, and wistfully
looking up at her, her heart was mftved
with an impulse of affection toward her
pet canine, shivering in the cold and
wagging out his mute appeal. So she
hastened to the door, and, throwing it
open, gave vent to the loving expres
sion we*have quoted—'Coqje in here,
you black rasoal ?' So far as the dog
was concerned he seemed to understand
the terms of endearment addressed
him, but when the young lady's pastor,
dressed all in black from top to toe,
stepped forward from the shady side of
the doorway he wore a curious expres
sion on his countenance. The young
lady looked at the reverend gentleman
and blushed. The dog wagged his tail
as if willing to divide the honors. We
don't know exaotly how it came out.
Bnt report has it that the good man
regarded doubtfully the ebony beast,
glanced at his own broadcloth, con
cluded it was all right, and accepted,
the embarrassed young lady's declara
tion that 'l—l—meant' the other—the
other—come in and see ma 1* "
GEN. MAOQUABIE, by a distribution of
seeds and implements, attempted to
induce the natives of New South Wales
to cultivate the ground. Among the
packets of seeds were some which ob
tained fish-hooks; these, togeiE& wiSr
the seeds, were given by the 'Governor
to the sable monarch, King Bungaree.
Some time after, the Governor inquired
of him whether the seed had yet come
up. "Oh, berry well," exclaimed Bun
garee ; "they all come up berry well,
except dem fishhooks, dem no come up
yet"
BUSINESS is dull in New Jersey. Re
cently a man went into a paint store,
and remarked in a low-spirited way,
"Putty," and darted out. The pro
prietor rushed after him. "What's
that you said?" he demanded. "I
thought you kept putty for sale," said
the man. "So we do," replied the pro
prietor ; "come back here." "I wasn't
going to lose that ten cents," he re
marked, as the man went away with
two pounds.
A GENTLEMAN friend has two canaries
and has named them "Wheeler" and
•'Wilson." His reason for these appli
cations is that neither of them is a
"Singer."
"SEKBKTS," says Josh Billings, "is#
bad investment. I! you pass it, you
lose the principal; and if you keep it
you lose the interest." ~
WILL the young man of the period be
good ? Will he out off several yards of
his new overcoat and give them to the
poor? '
WHY is a docter better taken care of
than his patients ?—Because when.he
goes to bed, somebody is sure to rap him
IP- _ .
WHY does a butcher stick splinders
of wood into his meat ?—To s.kewer it
for his customers.
THE proper salutation when you meet
a writing master is, "How do you
flourish?"
AH ! glorious weather this," say the
doctor ; "splendid run broken leas
lately."
"FAITH apd reason are close allies :
And so An infidelity and "
A GENTLEMAN caught oold by H«N'NG
a lady's snowy brow.
N . ' - ;
YOUTHS' COLUHT.
What is the Use ?
What is the use of trimming a lamp
If you don't intend to light itT
What is the use of grappling a wrong
... lf you never intend to right it f
What is the use of removing your hat,
If you don't intend to tarry f
'What is the use of wooing a maid.
If you never intend to marry t
What isihe use of buying a coat,
If you do not Intend to wear it ?
What is the use of a house for two,
If you never intend to share it t
What is the use of gathering gold,
If you do not intend to keep it r
What is the use of planting a field.
If you never intend to reap it t
What is the ase of buying a book.
If you do not intend to read it?
What 1b the use of a cradle to you,
If you never expect to use it f -*
SEEING MOTHEB.— A. lady was riding
one day in her carriage, among the
mountains, when they came upon an
old wom%n, with a funny little hood on
her head and a staff in her hand, walk
ing all alone. She was neat and olean,
and her skin was soft and delioate, but
her back was bent and she was barefoot.
The lady saw she was shoeless, and
stopped the carriage. "Here is some
money," said the lady in a tender tone.
"What for ?" said the woman, look
ing up pleasantly.
-"To buy shoes for your feet. Do
you not want a pair of shoes
The woman laughed a little low laugh
which seemed to come from a heart
filled with simple, happy thoughts.
. s'pose I do," said the womail,
but I never didn't think of anybody's
giving them to me."
"Take this bill, please, and buy you
a pair," said the lady.
"God bless and reward yon I" an
swered the woman, heartily.
The carriage drove on, and the lady
sank bank.on the seat with tears in her
eyes. "Oh," said she, "I thought I
saw my own mother in that dear old
lady. She had just such a sweet face
and pleasant voice. Xou don't know
how I felt when I thought of my mother,
old and feetye, walking with bare feet
over this tough, rooky road."
If we all saw fathers and mothers,
brothers and sisters, in the poor, the
cold, and the hungry, what a world this
would soon be.
THE DORMOUSE. —The squirrel has a
distant relation, a kind of a third con
sin once removed, well known nnder
the title Dormouse, and often seen in
cages, but not very frequently in a wild
state. This little creature is also one
of the hibernators, and has its warm
nest in a thick bush, much as a squirrel
has its domicile in a tree, where it
sleeps its time away throughout the
Winter.
Like the squirrel, too, it has its store
of food, not gathered into the earth,
but tucked away into sundry nooks and
orannies in the neighborhood. The
amount of food whioh the dormouse
takes during the Winter, and the fre
quency of its awakening, depends al
most entirely on the severity or mild
ness of the season.
In a very sharp Winter the drowsy
creature wakes but seldom, and very
little of its store is consumed, and in
deed, even if the season should be mild
the inroads on the larder are but few.
The provisions are not gathered so
much for the Winter as for the first few
weeks of Spring, when the animal has
at last shaken off its long Wintry sleep,
and returns to its own lively habits,
nature not yet having supplied it with
a sufficiency of food whereon po live.
OUB BOT'B OWL. —Some time since, a
little boy, while at play is an orchard,
found a small owl whiqh was disabled
so that it ooold not fly. He brought it
oarefully home, placed it in a large
cage, gave it plenty of water, and fed it
on various kinds of food, but princi
pally meat, of which it was very fond.
The owl was not muoh larger than a
pigeon, and of a yellowish-white oolor,
with rings of brown feathers round the
eyes. ' The beak seemed hardly large
enougk to admit a small oherxy, yet
when a dead mouse was given him, he
swallowed it whole without apparent
- often heard the saying,
"He looks as wise as an owl," but never
realized its truth before. He would flz
his large, round eyes on me with a
steady, searching glanoe, which seemed
to rrfad my inmost thoughts, and would
wink now and then, in a most knowing
manner. He liked very much to have
his head scratched with the baok of a
it was a comical sight
to see him enjoying the luxury. He
would sit on the perch in his cage, with
his big, round head bent forward to get
the full benefit of the scratching, and
would slowly open and close his eyes,
as a oat does when yoo gently stroke .
her head. I paid him several visits
and became muoh interested in him
FIGHTING PISH.— In the East Indies a
species of fish is found known as the
"fighting fish," and used by the natives
for sport muoh after the manner of
game cooks. It is said that when two
are plaoed in separate glass vessels and
brought near together, they will at first
watoh each other olosely from a dis
tance, "then, changing oolor and be
coming almost black, the gill oovers are
opened ont and form a sort of collarette
round the head, giving the fish a most
curious appearance. The tail and fins
beoome phosphorescent in oelor, as well
as the eyes, and are tinted with
most beautiful hues." The fish then'
try to get at each other, but are pre
vented by the glass. When they be
oome sufficiently angry they are put
utoone vessel, and fight furiously,
Wnking one another rapidlv with their
tails and %u until one or the other is
conquered, when he turns a sort of
grayish while oolor and uses every effort
to get out of the way of his conqueror, »
often jumping out ox the water in his
endeavors to esoape.
I WOULD rather be the author of one
original thought than oonqueror of a
hundred battles. Yet moral excellenoe
is so much superior to intellectual, that
I ought to esteem one virtue more valu
able than a hundred original thoughts.
—W. B. Clulow.
-A* apparatus has been invented by
whioh tunes can be played by telegraph.
It is called the telephone, and when
put in operation all the operators along
the line can hear the tones distinctly.