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Mrtlty MorirT,
Pink of pro)Mrty.' ""' " ' "
M JlIyJMoriarty. MoUt my own s
core us yonr Tim is sad.
Hcw. oonld bi heart he ((ltd,
Siuoe Ilk ta tciole McJly hu grown!
Ooh Hwasrotir eyes so btae '
Cot toy poor heart in two,
Each took . half of it, cirriod it off j r'r '
Then when I spcsjt 0f lore, . ' "? ',"'
Swore by (ho star above,
Bare 'twas unklh4 of you, Molly, to soon.
6ftlny1feo1ttdoor, ') !:''
' When the dun flay is o'er, ' ". :
Sauty Lett and Mnd tight on the gale ;
Ein from my weeping eye
Fully a stream Mrnplies. .
Where drink the cows that are grazed hi the
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b-. i ,-,:t -
Pigs hi a pratie patch, .
Ituninnj a rootiD' match,
Sow. in the buttermilk drinking her fill ;
. Cow in the cabbages, .
. Making Bad ravages
Eveiytljing gone to doatruotion at will "
Soeminthe waters deep, -
Tim weary head shall ileep,
Snokerg an shiners shall nibble my nose ;
Waves rolling over me, , .. -
Singing a lullaby, ' .? 1 . '.-.
8Th V".rSquluinwhen the wiud blows. .
Wliart thW you're savin', Joy ?
' 'MS1, eome and Siss mi, boy !" te ' '-
Here, hould my hat, while I skip on the fluro
, Coflnrtmny arms, my love,
.ly7V iMMeHtovtv t .t
Whoop! what a Jewel you are to be snre.
A SHOPPER BY PROXY.
A Practical Lave Niar.. '
ThfeirV'jr&rtiiorly lived in Madison
fiilIW3V.ad.; rooved in the bent New
Xork Bodety. The father, a Wall street
manf loht his money, and the wife, two
fiSiis and two daughters lived on the
eorfvl ind the best society knew them
n6 Wore. ' Iaoleua, the youngest of the
family, had accepted the situation with
becoming fortitude. She hiA
"'.'. trunkH laden with the spoils of Saratoga
iv.' eiia NowpoM?Miey wouiu awu in u
clothes for two years, nnd so long as the
' f";11 kqnse fare she could return. After
. , l-;JniB craflh rtli father did nothing in par-
; J. iili'Tno' mother took to her bed.
v, '4aiie sons, nelf'ef having done anything
. inuring jtucir prosperous days, now kept
. . - sfemly'iu'tlat' noble path. The elder
. daughter, in a fit of desperation, threw
jherstlf awayn a bookkeeper with eight
lifindre'd a yeiir, and was buried in Jer
jateti"Jli!iJ ytta. Ilensselaer, being a
, person, of sense, sold the silver and jew
elry a bitfat aime, paid the family
fcf . board bills, and so kept the wolf away.
Weeks pnn!l, and the store of spoons
-'Q'feit slowty away. How much longer
could they live on silverware i The wolf
f v. ' ,'" had already bayed, the' gas lamps in
iL . Third avenui, just around the corner,
--fc'. "... and the sound kept her awake in the
mK-. ....;; .
. W . . Uno dav Lhero came a lutiar iiwlnHino'
- ' vJjju!' ouo hundred dollars. Her
mnu hiiook as sno uuioiueu tne crisp
. paper, and sudden tears filled her eyes.
Were the famify jniseries and poverty so
weufTiJ VrTDn lier that the sight of a
chclrtthfMrk-i'vfiry jierref And how had
h yju fa,f J tuiuli f lieu Js in tlieir hour
of nood?
It was only s letter from Connin Mary
rolhnin. J Consiu Kitty was to bo mar
riedV Aud Mury wihed to furnish one
roun-iu.tbi, new home.. .Would Isolena
.be so kind as to do some shopping in
tK cijj g9t t(iii(!e cliamlier'iiariwt, and
have it scut up by taprs f Glad to
find something to divert her miud, Iso-
, lona went bhopping among the carjK't
.moleceJM she thongut would
, pl'iyejiui4 lUfthtjiirescribed measure,
lulf, and returned home tired
k ijirt mul tmawAiteeD ceuU paid for car
:iuys alter name a juiter Hay-
otet was lovely, and we
' ' 'rltimtM vuich dbligeX"
iVlaVkl2iJure
C i'- V Hio . nijl day , Isolena "cu
jii'ilocPTlie
position
iay the
, is. - -i alrere'was mSf upugh plate to
' '' board biUs foreMCtty six weeks. She
' apialiul TV Jiof futlifr. He, jnx)r man,
bad (rouble enough on- hand. Top wife
and mother was dying. For a time the
loHMor griefs were lot in -the greater ;
' I'auiHtii'U, the Motlitirnit away to peace
mm! Uor grave, weary with the miserable
' diMatttnni of tlie family.
The day after t1efunral Isolena ask-
. plhT futbur for her jH)rtion, and he di
Maot bis ut'DR aaiong thorn all. Io.
leua's share was the Mpixni and some
diamimdinga Tlie family was broken
up and ruined, and each anlnaldy hooked
out for himself. The ruou went to the
bad graerally. The elder danghler far-
ninhedluir parlor with her share of the
wret k, nnd Isoluua sold a diamond ring,
and put an advartuwuueut in the parwra.
Then she fonud another and ohuapor
Iwarding plaoe, and antfdown to await
oeults, or starve. .
5 Within a wixk a tuilUon people read
this advertiavraent i . '
i
Miklemoiselle Isolena, purchaser ' of
.are goods, gloves, hosiery, and mil
linery. PeWoTiiraranlistaoe desiring
to farohase dry goods, etc., in New
York may address Mademoiselle Isolena.
Every klndoT underwear, and. small
wares bought, goods and colors matched,
ana tne nest selections made at the low
fest prices. Terms five per cent. All
orders must have the money inclosed,
Goods sent by express or mail at pur
chasers tonense. Address 492 West
Twenty-foufHtreet, New York, .y Ref
ereno-s : Amotlk Taylor & Co. ; Stew
art, Lord k KiuseyV'
Three days Mademoiselle Isolena
waited in heart-sick impatience, and
then there eame three letters. One eon-
tained a dollar, another six, another ten,
and each had a small order. "Total
profits, eighty -five cents the first money
she ever earned in.her life. She put on a
pretty hood and a bright smile, and
wem out to do tne shomnmr. ' At th
.
.lAnma I. B 11 .
ixwi uvi eyes leu on tne walk, and n
blush, half sfkme, half something else,
mounted to her face. He actually said
gooa morning, ana offered his hand
one put out ner left Hand. That was
tne least worn glove.; She felt grateful
that he should recognize her. So manv
once friends had passed indifferent on
ine street that the thought that a ran
Stupen should speak to her arave her un
expected happiness. - - -
"Awful -clover idea. Madfimmilla
Isolena." -. s
" Oh, Mr. Van Stupen !. how did tou
kuow i i never can lorgive myself ior
it." . -
"Gad ! we all thontrht itahriirVit, Mm
Why, you're a broker in trade, you
know : same as I am, and Pell and Den-
nison, and all the old set. Oh, by-tho-way,
Sister Patty is to bo mnrrinH. nn
I want to do the presontinflr business in
good style. You please step into Tif
fany's and buy sompthinjr nrettv and
suitable." ,
'Mr. Van Stupen. what do
you
mean ?"
T?17 cA Ainpflfl XTneaw ,.V J
ea. i ugwT M&mm:
You know I would not. I thought I
could help you" , ,' '
"Van!" '
" That's right, Iso Miss Rensselaer.
call me Van if you like. I am your
friend."
" Let us spoak of this no more, t I am
poor now. Uur paths divide. I must
earn my living, and Patty would nfever
forgive ma. ' I am truly glad to; hear of
her marriage. . I "
" Look you. Miss Van Rensselaer, I
want some work done. ' I'll pay yorf ten
per cent."
" My terms are five sir." '
" Well, five it is. Here's tho mohcy.
Spend it all, and take out your commis
sion." . , .
With that he thrus t a roll of bills into
her hands, and disappeared into a Uni
versity plaoe car just as theyteached
Broadway. That night she slept peace
fully for the first time for weeks. She
had earned enough in one day to sup
port hor three. The following day she
laid aside one dollar from her earnings,
aud received seven more letters, inclos
ing forty dollars in all. These orders
eruployecr her nearly all day, and at
night she sent a letter with each, de
tailing the buHiues& transaction. The
tiext day there came but one letter, and
she was a trifle disuouraged. Then came
the Sabbath, and on the Monday there
were twenty letters, including one that
iiad evidently wandered about Madittou
square in search of her for some time.
ft WAJI frvim Puttw -Ti1injin ' V.h
Stupen. She was charmoV Wrnyher
brother's beafltif ul present, and so glad
to hear that Isolena had made the selec
tion; '"Would 'it be too much trouble
to do just a little shopping ouly a
dozen glovea or so ?" ,,
There was no money inclosed. Per
haps Mrs. Johnson was not aware that
Miss Van Rensselaer was In business.
Without the slightest hesitation she in
clotod her advertisement to Mrs. Johui
sou, and explained her iositiqn. Mrs.
Johnson might cut her dead ; aha prob
ably would. Hue might even talk to
her brother, and perhaj say bitter and
disagreeable things. Tlu n she most.
The following day brought more let
ters and a loud , ootnpbuut from hot
landlady concerning the troublo of
bringing Hp so. large a mail. Isolena at
onoe turned all her available assets Into
mouny'and made one more bold push
for ber life. . After mneu search she
found a small Wk room on the third
story of a (ton on Broadway, just (be
low Uniortqnare, and baying supplied
it with second hand furuUuxe, act np for
herself, alone ia the city. . The room
was at oube chamber, iiarlqr, kitchen,
and buainesa offioa. A dollars day gave
her all this, and placed her within, easy
reach of the best stores both on Broad
way and Sixth evenne. The removal
gave' hor -a chanoe to advertise again,
and ahe went Into U with teemingl
reckless energy. She believed in ad
vertising, and ahe meant tp play a bold
nana in tne game.
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Slowly, day by day. her business in
creased. It kept her upon her feet and
til the stores: and slreete nearly all day.
but in all her wsHflringa about the city
sne never mysyBn&f an Stupen ncr any
one else wiit reoegnised her. Patty
Johnson never answered her letter, and
her family seemed to have utterly fallen
out of her life. Weeks passed, and the
warm season came. ' Then her business
declined, and she at pnoe spent every
uouar sue coma spare in new advertise
ments, and within ten days her corres
pondence doubled in volume.
' Late-one warm afternoon she climbed
the dismal stairs to her room, and found
Mr. Van Stupen waiting at her -door.
She could : AO too less"' than aak nim in
He onmo into her little room, and then
said, slowly:
"Is this your home, Isolena?"
"Yes, Mr. Van Stupen; it is my
home, counting-room, jind.ajl do up
my packages here, and write my lettartL
and live generally.,, J)mt yo think it a
pleasant room V
" Well-ca. 'feat.'harVByaJa.!
" Oh, indeed it is. ( The janitor and
his wife live up 'ttmrs. afia trie
door is looked at seven. I om never out
after that. BeSfdeV th6rea5a
hoe. .
"For all thai, peonremifirht come rln
and annoy you') Yqnrlather and broth
ers nave Doen looking for you. They
told mo yestorjflaj, ,.when I returned
liuiu uiuuwj(ju, una evsKea where you
but I would not fill them
"That was'klnd,4ln sure."
" You are bitter. Miss Van RenssnW
Had you seen them, youe would have
thanked me for keeping them away." .
" iney are my mends, sir. "
"J know it. Pardon me if I
unkind. I am- not. Isolena. I wnnhl
glaxlly Berve you. cladly take von
from such a life, gladly offer"
A knock at the door interrupted him.
It was. the postman. TTo nnnu,i nn .
'""" bundle nf Wt- J -1
pleasantly: - .
'Biz is a looking; un. mam'selle
Sixty-two letters is a big haul."
She bowed the man out, aud then,
with the bunch of letters -still in her
hand, she said, slowly:
' Thank yowi Mr. Vatt-Stupen. You
are very kind. I need no help, I have
created a good business, and I have
more than a hundred dollars iu the
savings bank, and as soon as the fall
trade-opeiwIiiallTnlfl5R Jmforta-
Die quarters. ; x am doing well, and I
want for nothing-, savo"
She paused. The door slowly ppenod
without warning, and a shambling figure
crept in unbidden. It startled them
both with a drunken laugh.
Say 'Solena, gimme a ten won't
you ? I've had hard lines I have."
What do you mean, sir, by tliis
insolence ?" cried Mr." Van Stnpen.
"Take yourself off 1" r
Mr. Van Stupen, cried tho sister.
interposing between the men, " he is mv
brother. . .huwaru, there is the money y
now please go away, Come again an
other day."
" Yes, demme fy don't I Ten dollars!
here's wealth for you 1"
Stumblinir down the stairs, he creot
away, aud the two were left alone. . A
" That was not wise, Miss Van liens-1
selaer. He will troublo you again."
He is my brother, sir," she said.
with dignity. " We will not speak of
him more."
Mr. Van Stnpen WW In a' 'meaSHre de
feated. He had not "accomplished his
mission, aud after a few Commonplaces
he withdrew, aud without au invitation
to rqyw his call. .
Kei-iiP Llr -lift dJr before her.;
She must give her whole heart to her
buinu.. There was naught else to
feed on, aud it must take that' or starve.
The one-'friend shs had retained had
proved unfriendly. How had hs dared
to come to her eiuoe his engagement to
Amy Ilamsey I She had seen the en
Kaffcment in some ffossin's letter in a
nowspnper many weeks before. ' ,
By ton the next morning ahe bad two
advertisements written, one for a better
room, and one for a female bookkeeper,
At night she glanced over the paper to
U her aUvoruaomenU bad received
attention. Her eyo fell on the mani-
goet- - j
IlAUUBTV I 'jiff a-rt A Hit Aim 1ta-asr'
dftnjr.hur of TbHir !Unu, of this city, Id
eto. ,
The paper slid from her hand, and for
an hour or more ahe dreamed of the
happy might have been. How ahe bad
misjudged blra I And be was gone I
Three hundred and thirty one girls
BJ "
and wotnrn presented themselves at her
room during the next four. days. Ten
wr iV'iit. of them knew their business
fairly well Miawty pet eat, ere total
ly ignorant of the whol subject. , After
much disouaeioa a glil who luul a fust'
dase talent for doina- exactly as ahe
told was selected, and in a new room on
west fourteenth street the two set tip
a larger and more convenient establish
menV The girls kept the books, and
the xuiuCress shopped for a "profession.
The weeks grew to months, and the
winter ' came.1 , Mademoiselle Isolena
oonstantly spread her advertisement be
fore the rural public and the fame ' of
her. bargains "filled the feminine, mind
with admiration. She slowly and sure
ly prospered, and tried to tlliuk herself
happy but failed.
u In all this- neither - father - nor sister
nor brothers ever visited her. She worked
for a living." They never could foigive'
that. Madison square concluded alio
must haye died, and nobody ever con
tradicted 'the rumor. Mademoiselle
Isolena 1 was often useful, to Madison
square, but none knew her, none recog
nized her. he had changed somewhat,
grown more placid, and, quiet, and, her
face had put on a wbmanly bennty the
Isolena of Madison square had never
known. '
- Suddenly the clerk gave notice that
she must leave. Ah, yes I going to be
married. That was it, ' Her work was
only a tatakeahift till a man could be
found tn.sunnort Viaiv . A fw
Llena found her, father, and he called
to see her. Would he keep her books
lor her I 'j Nearer 1 She waa an nn.
grateful girl thus to blast the famil
name. Julia" never did. nor TW-ri
non Thomas."-). Could he snnnnrt hnr t
iJVell, no, not very conveniently. , He
woe quay on tne street, and it took all
he could pick nn In nnv V.f Kno
- A fr I uum v wiu
the boys' board. ' By the: way, he was
Just a little short; Could she lendhim'
twenty dollars for a day or two t . In
silence she gave him ten dollars, and he
went awy without even thanking her.
She sat down indignant and heart
sore, ana would have cried for shame
and misery had .not a .visitor knocked.
Patty Van'Stftpan. . j i
" Isoldnk I'Cah 1 beliovelnvself t"
R.'JXtJ'u?' Can; I be of
i I T m r .,, TimXmmm 1U UOUHOIIWI
One would think you were mademoi
selle.""" 1 '"' i:v.'.;i.
"Solam." j ,:
" Great Heavens I has it come to
this I"
""I do' not know what you mean, Miss
Van Stupen. Shopping is my profes
sion. This is my office, ami I am neither
ashamed nor afraid. ' I "Mnined it to
you once, by letter. . Onardon ne I
You are married, Mrs. Mrs."
a "iJ)rmf,Jm "'"i r J yover Received
your letter, and I am truly grioved and
shocked.".,,; ,,; ti ;
" I do not know why you need be. I
have a good name in my business, and
I own 0, man any thing." t i , ,
" Does my brother know of this this
great misfortune " -
" He onoe knew that I worked for a liv
ing, but that was a long time ago. I
have not seen him for a year or more,"
.. "He is in Germany. Did yon not
(tear how spiteful Amy Ramsey served
,tuf Poor boyl , He lost biB money
on the street, and then ahe left him and
married ' Conrtland. Then poor Van
broke down, and father sent him abroad;
ana its cheaper Uving there, you know.
Father allows " . ..
There was a sudden knock, loud and
jolly. The mistress said : " Come in,"
aiid a big follow entered, breathless and
rosy with excitement and something
more. ' The two women were for a mo
ment silent with astonishment. Isolena
found her tongue first.
-," eWanJ":
" Isolena I Patty I Dear girls, Row
are you both.?"
' Ha offered a hand In oanli. '
L MVpr ""Plv Lynf,M
l Tf l,l' K . 4-J- I; ., i
" One hohr since. I bought a JfotUtl
and mtkd the cWr uilVm ad., and Lore I
Oh, Van I" aaid the two, and with
a different tone to the " Van" fiid the
"oh." . .
(' J'rs jsumi isolip j I have cot the
parental apron ttring, " and defied
Madison square. I haven't cent in
the world, but I'm ' going to work like a
like a man. f Know anybody who has
a spare Job fT
" Frederick, Lorberry Van Stupen, I
am amaaedj I cannot listen to such
language. Oiandmother Van Stupen
will never forgive yon."
"Bother grandmother U' cried Fred
erick. Say, elster, ooulln't you jnst
run home and tell 'em I'm returned f
Yoq can take the carriage at the
door.H
" I will at onoe, for I am grieved and
surprised beyond expression, and I must
ooflnult with my pareats.
"Do-do. It wiU be kind In yoa.w
" Allow me to wish yon a very good
morning, Mademoiselle Isolena."
This Mrs. Patty Johnson said in
tolerable Freseh, and the shopper re -
plied with equal grace and better
French. . ' - - : .
- Onoe mow they were alone. For a
moment neither spoke, and then with a
smile she drew near, and said, ouietlv :
" Are you familiar with bookkeeping,
sirf" ' . .. " v -: ' ..
" Yes, marm, and I write a very good
nana." ,( ; . :.
' " I, am in want of a bookkeeper, and
snail be pleased to employ yon."
' : I am deeply grateful, mademoiselle.
for. yonr kind offer. ; Yon will pardon
me if l ask concerning the prospect of
an interest in the business if I tried to
be good." '
She drew near, and a diviner light
tuioa her eyes, and her lips parted in ah
ill-suppressed smile,
"If you please me, sir, and yon" are
very, very good, we will go into partner-
snip in just six weeks from this day."
. "Under the style of
" Jsolena, Van Stupen, and Co."
" No more honorable and annnnanfni
firm can be found in New York than the
dry goods and millinery purchasing
house of Isolena, Van Stnpen, and Co.,
in West Fourteenth street. More than
this, it is a growing house. The
company : has increased materially.
f uere are two aiready-twins. , , , , u
' The Power of Water. '
It has been observed by the ablest
writers in the service of geology that
the power of water as an ao-nnt of i? Ann
dation and subsequent transportation of
matter is, witiiout any doubt, the great
est now in operation. The smallest
streams carry with them a proportion of
the soil through which thoy flow, and
when a union of their waters increases
the volume and velocity and consequent
powers of erosion and transportation of
a river the effects on matter through
which the channol is formed will be
very marked. , , LveU estimate th
quantity of solid earthy matter brought
down annually by the waters of the
Mississippi to be 8.702.768.400 nnW
feet,1 and this is exclusive of the vast
being borne .off the uplandsHbytne
tributary streams. A vast nuantitvnf
this alluvium finds its way to the gulf
and is deposited on the submerged
plateau of mud at the outer edge of the
delta, there forming the foundation of
the extension of that - ureat alluvial
plain seaward. But a vast quantity also
is deposited in the bed of the great river
itself, and this process of filling up has
for ages assisted in$he formation of
the great alluvial plains or bottom lands
that stretch southward front Si. Tttiia
for one thousand miles along tne tiver,
and are in width from thirty to eighty
miles, and represent those inexhaustibly
fertile lands of which the London Timet
correspondent wrote in 1800 r There is
no system. The farmer scratches the
ground and throws in the seed, and his
bountiful ' harvests oome np year after
year without further thought or trouble
Thousands of centuries have made the
soil for him, aud it defies him to make
too heavy domands upon it. It gives
him all he asks, and is never known to
disappoint or fail. ,
( ' The Sin of the Age.
Archbishop Lynch, of Torouto, made
I'jyiy1'.1"' u sermon,
apropos to a reoeut horrible crime per
petrated in that. city: The dreadful
crime of murder of innocents before
birth is a foul blot on the character of
the Christian people of this country. At
tlie moment of conception an immortal
eonl ia infused Into the creature, and it
reflects the image aud ' likeness of God.
To destroy this is mnrder, and the blood
of that being ories to' Heaven for ven
geanee against the as-nsaiu. In many of
the American States au nngodly people
are exterminating themselves from tlie
face of the earth, and a chaste and God
fearing people are succeeding to their
inheritance, ns the statistics of births
show. This Crime of ruurdor in the first
degree, or in the first stage of life, is
also spreading -into Canada as a conta
gion. The answer of the unfortunate
fallen woman to the suggestion of hiding
her slietxa by abortion is not often heard
no Vj The crime of bringing child into
thelorld outildoof matrimony is bad
ouofgb. without adding to it that of
mivJer. Your drugs or your instru
ments will not destroy an innocent one.
The pagan Chinese expose, sell, and too
often drown their offspring when they
become too numerous and too burden
some for their poverty to rear, but to
the shame of those calling themselves
Christians we have to say that they mur
der in cold blood their own children,
and in too many cases destroy the
mother pins two lives are forfeited.
The Chinese do not believe in the saving
troths of Christianity, or in adequate
rewards and punishments, or iu a
Savior or in a doctrine that a soul la
msde in the image and likeness of Uud,
or the Immortality of the aval, eto.
' , Uiefulsets f Insects, t
' If iMecta speak to ns neither by tho
voioe, nor by their physiognomy, by
what do they appeal to us I By their
energies- by tbprodigioutHostruction
which they effect in the over-produe-tiveuesji
of nature ; by their colors, fires;
and poisons, and by their arts. In all
these manifestations, if properly under
stood, there ia nothing but wisdom nd
beneficence. Even the persecution of
domeetio animals by flies constitutes
their , safety. Without the stimulus
given by these tiny pef seoutors, cattle
would remain at times stupidly resigned
till, no longer capable of movement,
they would perish on the spot. ; Flies
drive them to running waters, or' to
more salubrious places. ' ,
, In Central Africa, the man regulates
the migration of whole herds. The
ttette, it is to be supposed, is sent, by
some such similar provisions of nature.
Even the terrible ant, when it invades a
house, and expels the inhabitants, does
o for wise purposes. They destroy
every living thing ; mice, toads, snakes
are all devoured ; not an insect, not even
an insect's egg, is left, Thtb1ise;Ts
thoroughly cleansed, knd then the'visV
tors leave it to iU master, tglbtg AH tb
another. The spiders 6.the-AntiUeearo
such good servants, and so-nseful is the
destruction of flies, that they are sold in
the markets as birds are with us.' '
Among the other auxiliaries' f nm.n
we the dragon-fly that kills iU hotf
sands of insects in a dav hn
which, with its two sabers for laws, is
oarabi, a tribe of warriors armfiil in b
toeth, real ffardea ehatnpetm,1' Hi is
ornel to destroy these useful 'little trea
sures; tney should, on the contrary, be
much, respected. , j ...,. , f.
,'Of auxiliaries of another description,
we have worms, which dimwi nhtanu.
and renew the soil. Tn ' imi( '
ner, the teorophori are ever busy in re
moving putridity. Oardeners are often
exasperated at the nreaenoti nl Inan n
tuberoulesaa of the dahlia,- when they
more advantogeoiu1a "aUT5f C31.1bu3eSil
eeted in gardens than to know. how to
distinguish useful from hurtful bisects.
People would not then be daily commit
ting violenoe to: the haraordes of na
ture.. ' ;r i.. ' - '
Some insects axe edible : si learned
entomologist tella us tha onterpillars
have a taste of almonds, and spidurs of
nuts, Tf Roman ladies used to eat
tho oossi, as the Eastern ladies still do
the blaps, and the Portuguese of Brazil,
ants, " at the moment when their wings
raise them in the air like an aspiration
of love." i i- ; i. -t ;' ; I.
- . A Fishing Town.. . f.
The total number of vessels lost from
the single kittle port of Gloucester,
Mass., for the forty-three years ending
August, 1873, was '200, and the total
number of lives lost during the same
period amounted to 1,437 jjn average
of thirty-four lives and seven vessels an
nually. . Twenty-eight vessels were, lost
during nine months of the year 1873, .
with a loss of 112 lives, leaving nearly
two hundred widows and orphans. " The
loss of life and property has boen over
one-half on tlie Georges, rightly called
the graveyard of Cape Ann.. It should
be remembered also, in order to fully
realise tlie terrible nature of this fearful
I record, tliat for many years, Gloucester
was but a small place. In 1840 it had
only 0,850 inhabitants, and has but re-,
oently reached its present populatidu of
17,000, and its dignity as a eity with a
valuation of over $8,000,000, . "
Liters.! j (-peakiug.
A preacher of Cape Ann was holding
forth on a certain Sabbath to a congre
gation of old salts on the necessity of
securing to themselves a haven of rt-fnge
against the day of wrath. "Suppos
ing,'' he laid, "you should get "caught
out in the , bay, the clouds gnwing
blacker and blacker, the sea rising, aud
the wiud threatening a gale, 'woiifJu't
yon feel the bead of some safe "harbor,
and how would you do in sdrh- a ease' Y
" Put your helm up and bear awajr tor
Bquam I" out spuke . an. old flnheru.au
from a mmnU onrpt Pf "ineetin'
house." . .... . .
As a Posts. An amunhiff' itorv is
rolatod of Renreattntative-ekct Walkeir.
of New York, who is Some what noted
for his esnleeanese iu the matter of
apparel. A few days ago he was seated
on a porter's truck ia front of a hotel in
Corning, when a ladv travh-r. minUkinir
him for the porter, requested hm'V
cany her aaU hcl to the depot MIe
readily complied, and on rracblng the
kdy'a destination blandly d lined to
receive compensation, ai4 withn graoe-
rul bow left hi eoropaoi41 anat4 at
the ulsbtartf4 lUUikm of kr
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