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TIM HI., k.m.lh OaaM. clam:. OUDI . Is tbe blaeksuiitb > >oog. And the iparks fall far an.! wide. A*Ui hammer deo*uds, with hi* arm so strong On the anvil at his tide. . the .lu.iy bellow* whMM and blo, when tbe flre bum* bright nud clear Asd the insult snuat m toe red hot tilow. When again the wag we bear Of snyahlldbood dtys I remember well The rullaii old at the fool of tn* bill. wnfa iu Ktblvd roof aud eaves BO browu. Alway* so lonely and mil. I renumber well u owner, too, Witb h tllvery btir an.l wrinkled face, , .f" "* w " 1>UI " " D " "I 1 " 8 l'l" Uia ipclaclei> hardly could keep their place. Tbe Kii.nby Mood jurt acroi the road, AodoVr it tbe liad* of a larch-tree -wuug. Where, thru' thi- lung. bright t-uuuni-r tmif Tfce robini buil.led their iiMiaiid iung. While a brooklet ne.r miiK 41* nnkliog tune To (he buttercup* uo.ldiui{ o er itn brllu, And Die anvil rang out HH im-rry chime Nealh tbe blows of tbe blai-umllb old aud grim. As plainly an rvr I . him now By l.i. heap of old irou eloee by the door : There art' uleoly of tbi'c* on the I<VK* iu a row, And the rifu-i - with cobwi-bi are fealooued o'er. He eoulil clinch an irgunieul ui well aj a nail . Uru rune i u iiuosiiou, uo craven wa* be . wbelbrr blown < r words, twn all tbe name He cuulu haumier them in .guile hau.hl) IiaU>er a U-arm-d chap, you M e . Taught inauy a M-boul in bu youthful dn> . * rote bhort |ioeui ouoe on a time, And want through Drt in tbr put of a day. A nort of uiumcal character, too, Tbo not r-1'.-c-iaily Rood on a tu-r/l Be o I to wuiitle (|int frei|ui-utlv, Bat what tbe tune u <u we never could tell. rio be wtiiHtled and ng. till one <iuit day. A uamuleMi shadow crept tnro" t e door- Then bright truw the face wiui itecrowuof gray. And the spirit we- Irre for evermore. Tbe anvil it wrapt m oblivion gloom, And paeied away u the tree and bird . Whore tbe nunthy -tood it, the iwet clover bloom, And uuly the tool of the brooklet is beard. WARM AND GARDEN. The Car* of Trtet, Bedding out Plant* and Chickens. AN ECONOMICAL PAINT. (Complied by a Practical Agriculturist Tessale t Mliiirr mm* Mnaftewrr*. 1 dug oat in the early npriogtime as many flat turnips as were Deeded, and hav- ing rilled tbe cavity with eartb,<f>lauted two er three tomato seeds in it. selecting tbe best planu, when they were two or three mohei high, to remain, and pulling up the nthern ; and when it was lime to net 10 the garden, placed the turnip, with its contents undisturbed, m a hole deep enough to OOVM it two or three icchea. Settirg out in tbu way, there is no cutting away of root*, and need of little water, as I he plant has uot been in the least disturbed, espe- cially if aocuHtomed U> the air out-of- doors for a week or two before being set in tbe garden. I have Htarted tomatoes ao early that tbe plautn were in blossom teveral days before being set oot not being at all retarded or checked in growth thereby. Cucumber*, melon*. etc., ilarted iu tbe lame way, I have had in bloom when set oat, witb the tame result. After being put in the ground the turnip soon deoayi, luroiabing a little food for the plant. If the turnips are to be kept long before setting out. " "ill be well to pat them in box**, filling the interstices with mosp. sand or sartb, kept moist. As too long expoHure to tbe hot air of a warm room w i U oaune them to wilt . the earth mast be kept moitt. whether the turnip is in or out of a box. luttead of (joitg to the trouble of procuring ibarpeuing and set- ting stakes, aud pullu ^ aud taking care of them at tb end of the season I started tun- dower teedi in the same way as described. To prevent too much shade I out off tbe leaves of tbe auot'.owen as far above, tbe tomato plant as is necessary to give it all tbe air and sunlight deairable. Tbe Kim man lunnower, because of its vsry tall growth, is the best for tbu purpose. Tb* sunflower makes tbe bent and most profit- able of ataken, because it in no easily ob- tainedno loosening io the ground or breaking of ntakee wbeu loaded with fruit . and the needs of tbe flower, wmoh are bettor than corn for poultry, abundantly pay for all the time and labor in oaiing for them. The leavt not the luodowert will be greedily eaten by cows or pigs, and are said to be much better than green oern fodder The Russian tut flowers also make an exoellleot bean pole, though it ii not neoeessry to mart them so early as for tomatoes, aa a growth of a foot and a half a the first of June (beau planting time) u that is ne*aed. i . i . !- II ,..-.- Hi, H- Hornea that are to do heavy work at tbe plough in npring should not be permitted to Htand idle in tbe stable for wseki, or per- haps months, before the soil is ready for cultivation, but ahould have a shorter or lunger period of exercise every day. There u eonuderable danger, especially at tbe breaking op of the ileigoing, of leaving the horses idle in tbe itabis without the uiual oare and attention which they ordinarily receive when at work. This ought not to be done, as tbe borne u thus rendered less able to endure heavy work when the warm days come. Wai. Last spring, after oooHiderable trouble. Ibis reoipe wsa obtained for grafting wax. and as it has proved natmfaotory, it in given for tbe benefit of others : Take 1 Ib. of rosin, i Ib. of beeswax, and a little lee* tnan j Ib. ol tallow. Melt together in a mall iron kettle, and itir thoroughly that tbe ingredieuti may be well mixed. Poor into a dish of cold water, aod when cool. break into three or four pieces, and pull like molasses candy until white and fine- grained. When the whoto ia properly worked, divide into eight pieces, form into rolls m i inches, long, and wrap in oiled paper. To clean tbe kettle, rob it while yet hot witb a teaspoootal ot lard or tallow, and wath out with soap aod warm water ; ' repeat tbin. and rinse, aod it will be as clean at ever. O. * 0. fcr.Do.lrnl I'alBI A paint lor doom, which economizes the use of oil oolom and varnish, U described at much length in the HuilJ.r, a* a recent German invention. For flooring, two and one-eighth ounce* of good, clear, joinern glue is soaked over night in cold water, and, when dissolved, ii added, while being stirred, to thickish milk of lime, heated to the boiling point, and prepared from one pound of quick lime. Into boiling lime is poured -the ttirring being continued M much Uoseed oil as becomes united by msani ol sapointioation. with the Uoae, and when the oil no longer rpue* there is uo more poural ID. If there happens to be loo much oil added, ii must bt combined by the addition of some fresh lime paste- about half a pound of oil for the quantity ot lime junt named. After tbin white, thicniili foundation paint hai cooled, a color u added which ia not affected by lime, aod, ia case of need, the paint ii diluted witb water, or by the addition of a mixture of lime water with some linseed oil. The Hubxtaooe p^cetratee into the wood aud renders it water remting. II.- N.. I .., . ! t ,,,,,,, The behavior of cream by tbe addition of water is a intjeot that ihould be well understood by tue owners of oreamerien. It is known that the addition of old water to tbe milk oaunea tbe cream to rise with greater rapidn> than it would otherwise do. But the etlect of adding water to the cream Itoelf u nut so well understood. Cream ia lighter tbau milk, and water u also lighter than milk. There u very little difference between the ipecine gravities of cream and water. Indeed very poor eream may be of precisely the name npeoitic gravity an water, while very rich cream will be lighter. Cream variei very rnLcb io it* character. Of atz samples the proportion of water con- tained bave been found to vary from 41 to 7J.'J.~> per cent., while tbe proportions of actual fat have varied from I'.i to 43 '.I per cent. It is a fact that cream is only exceed- ingly neb milk, and tbs milk if tbs oream ban precinelv the ipecitiogravity of ikiinrned milk that is free from fat, which is 1 .035. The fat of milk bass specific gravity of .'> so that it is quite sasy to calculate bow much 1st there is required to make the oream weigh precisely tbe same as water. Then water aud oream thoroughly mixed would oot separate, and a certain propor- tion ot water may be mixed with cream, aud if tbe water in properly thickened and colored. IK it U sometime!, with htarch and yellow matter, nothing but a chemical analyiii would detect the adulteration. Ai a practical llluotra tioo ot in 3 possibility of dishonest treat- meot of oream we might refir to an experiment made by Prof. Munoy at the Iowa College, m which eight partM of water were added to two parti of oream, and two and a quarter hours after the oream which separated was doubled in 'jusntity. wbils in IU hours the cream atill ahowed an increased bulk of oue part in M. or per cent. Tbeae fact* abow that tbe cream gauge and tbs milk can are neither to be depended U(OD ass test of oream, bile tbe natural variation in quality, which in no large, mus> necessarily operate to the disadvantage if tnose whone cream u richeit in fat, in favor of those whose .ream u poor. OIL. , I ... m >l. . Brittany cattle are mall, silky-skinned, dooil* and gentle animals, giving as rich milk as ooe can well desire, llrittauy butter, delicate aod uperior, of which thousand* of tons are annually imported into England, it produced from tbi in ilk of these oowe. Tbsy are also natnrally hardy, thriving on coarse food, and another Impor- tant characteristic in their freedom from disease incident to cattle generally. CuickeuM wbeo tint hatched should not be hurried out of the setting nest. For twenty-four hoar*, at least, from the time tbe earliest commence to show themnelven it i better to leave them under or with the ben mother. They Deed DO food for from a day to a day and a half usually. \Vben they get strong euougb to \iature from beneath their mother's wing* u u time to move the brood. An agricultural writer has found salt ipnukled on a manure heap an excellent application both for rammer aud winter lie sayi In warm weather it attract* moisture and keeps tbs manure from lire- fangingor burning from excessive ferment- ation. In winter it keeps the beap from freezing solid, and at any season it makes the manure more noluble. Bedding-plants may be started io boxes kept iu ;he kitchen to better advantage than iu a bot-oed. Boxel that have con- tained raisins arc well adapted to the purpose. They should be nearly ailed with old manure and toil that ii free from fool seeds, and fastened to a window-sill where the light will reach them. After tbe plant* bave mule a good growth the boxes may be taken out of doors during warm days. By that means tbe plants become gradually fitted for exposure. Prat. Bhelton, of the Kansas Agricultural Colleg*. tay* a fortune awaits the man who invent* a good, oheap farm mill. Bat be add* that it muat do more than " merely oraok tbe grain, and break oobs Into inch square chunks." He has taken pains to gel the opimoDH of a large uomber of stock raiser* who use much ground and crushed feed, and " all agree that the machine* now ID vogue ar* awkward, unreliable and easily broken." Care in ths setting ot tree* iiproutably employed. l>c not hustle in tbe tree as quickly as possible, thinking that the sooner its roots are covered ths better. Dig a good -sized bole, and before patting in the tree spade up the bottom of tbi hole t- deeply at possible. < >n this well-polverized bottom the tree takes root quickly. Sift in fine earth about the root*, aod when tbe hole u filled pack tbe earth tightly about the tree. II in a dry place pot a muloh of Htraw or old bone manure, well lupplied with litter, about tb* tree. In dry weather the muloh may be railed, a pail of water applied, the muloh replaced, and its effect will last nearly a month. ii.. i. ...i i . I i According to an Italian scientist tbe ily. which we have been taught to regard aa scavenger of tbe air. instead of performing tbatoseful operation u not only an viumiti i^ated annoyance, wbioh be hat always been, but in oneot the moat aotiveof winged agents in tbe diffusion of infectious mala dies, epidemic*, and even parasitic diaeasei. Dr. Qrami has nhown by microscopical ex animation of " tly-apota " tbe presence of eggs of a human parasite, which the tlies had transferred from a place tome di* tanoe away, where the experimentalist had placed them IP Salt Lak* City tb* sidewalk* are 30 feet wide. It u not itated whether they are buill so a* to allow a Mormon to take ai bin wives out walking at once, or to relieve a Halt Lake citizen from the necessity ol taking tbe middle of tbe road whin be goes home without tbe aid of a policeman. WOMEN'S WORM AND WA6EI. Tb r.-iim .( |,t , air |ti u it it, ill' s HOW TO SET ABOUT BRNIN6 A LIVING. The quMtioo of wrmeu'n work and wages it uot to be settleUiu oar neuerttiuu. I'. very day's newspaper ootaiun aomeooua- [dalut of ioadr>|Uie pa; or unfair trekt i. ant OD the (.art of etiploiern. with an mplied appeal to the tornaue public to right ine wrong. N j doibt lbre is a oer- :iu foundation tor the protein. Woman are the weaker tide ia (be ountroverny, aud tbe weaken taunt goto tbe wall. 1. .: DO close observer of the fiioiuiur habu o( mud can fail u> have ben itruck witb a certain air of Bonder c oton winch moat women maintain toward their work, aud which tiplaiuH, iu a degrie at leant, their dmoouteul. Meu take U(< bur bunuen-, be t bard or easy, pleasant o' hateful. rh > matter of course determiiatiou to sooom- .ilin. it wbioh n>uore* itsqiality altogether. rVouien >ib o\er their*, ameut the bard ueoeiwity which briDKH then f> it, (lairooi/ 1 t M not ijoite worthy tbe r attutiou, aod are alway* looking over tbe edge of it toward a free beyond. Of oouree tb mental tttitude in moeit ooticeable m tbone women who bave not been trained to work, and wboew work le tberefore let valuable. UI eoume, tine, it Daunt ani*. doee make them thoroughly auoomfortable, becue it keepe thru, ouu tinually aelf oonncioun. If there be an LI fallible reoipe lor bumaD muiery of mean and pitiable tort, it it probably to be 'ouud in tbe habitual coolrantiDR of our worldly fortunee with our merit*, and with .be better luok of otber people not more deserving. Kvery year more and more rouog women from intelligent aod rtuoed circles muni ewrn their iivinit That n tbe oondition of tbe time, which cannot be gaioaaid. Two oouoeemioon on their |<art are equally Decenary to their material nuo OMB and peace of mmd. One is that they nball be willing to ntep outMide tb ivererowded rank* of teachen, ol whatever eort, ol looumpeteul authors aod decorative artiate, of oopyints, tmeMWomea, or clerk*, aod courageously ao ipt some voeation where there itil room, or find a uew place for tbemMlves Tbe other is tost they shall abaodon tbe foolish notion thai they can be happy ooly D one way or under one eel of oouditioos, when there are fifty other ways in wbioh they may be happy, or at Uaat BteaJlaxt aod cheerful. I ndoubtedly, women who net oat to earn their owo living do uuderito more annoyaross and mortifioatioQi tbau meo. Thie is partly beoauee the world is Dot yet adjusted to the Dew oeoeatities blob compel them to be wage-earners partly because bad inanoen are ruore die MCreeable to them tbau to men chiefly, we think, because their abnormal eensi iveueei makst them tea afTrouts where noue are loleoded. 1 eeliu .bove tbeir work, they are not willing to be identified with it. a* meu expect to be deDtined with them. It u no*, in human nature, of ooune, In love a voeatloa wbiob o its ualure is tireaouie or Jia<treeable. Hut it ii perfectly possible to i^oore toe dii>arrrtble. to do the work with one's whole bear!, beoaUM oue'i perMual duinity rr<|uire that faithfoloeee, and to dignify the labor itself by tbe manner of ite dis charit*. It is always tbe 'bow" that is nu|>ortaot, seldom the "what.' A great man thought that "work u the great cure of all tbe miierien and maladtes which beset mankind honest woik wbiob vou intend getting done." If. tbwo. women would congratulate instead of pity them- selves that they have to work, half < ' their laooied dinabilitiet would vanmh ID thin air. Tbe question of waxes makes uo appeal to seotimeot. It ii ncnply one of demand and supply. The ilop-ibop worker gets 5 oeoti a day. because tbounandsof womem can do her work as well as alie. Tbe aoooiupliihed ueedle- woman, going out by the day to fit and sew, getn t l and bar meals, because the demand for ber kiud uf work u greater tbau the amount oblaiu- able. Intelligent household eervioe ii even rarer, and commands proportiocately bet- ter wages. Neither tears nor rhetoric nor pangs of ufteriug can change thin date of things. Uuly the resolve of women to do tbe work that pays best, however barl aod hateful, and to do it as men do tbeirn without complaint aui with out ooodsaeeniiOD, will avail. For tbe rest, even the world of idUnes* aod fashion display! instances of very bad manner*, to which its demxens bave to close eyes and ean. I U snobs aud intuit* are oot more graci >ns than those of sordid trade, \nd the neophyte who would And a high place munt lurter with a smile, aod keep her eod steadily iu view. 5Iot men are not gentlemen and most women are not Isdies in this bu*y country where civilisa- tion is yet young. The wist recapuM this fact, and maintain their own superiority, not by complaint* of what they suffer, not by oondeeoeoBion toward the tack they must perform, but by an aodiaturbsble propriety of manner and conduct, and a retpccl for their work eo genuine as to prove contagious. -llarprri lt*utr. H***e etitaara* Bal*j*j ..- , ,...4. If there be any one matter in England ui.-h need* alteuog. it is the breakfatl able. A* a rule, the first meal of the iuilibhujsn i* about the wont meal in the world. It cousistn generally of eggs ur >aoou. aod though eggs and baooo art eally good in their way, too much e*gn and jaoou is calculated to drive away a man appetite. More than tbu, too, our break 'ant table* are seldom made to look pretty. Well-to do people, we bear, ornament tbi* ritual meal witb flowers nud plate aod rare china, and beoauae wealth can do this, aud Joe* it, people not to well i tl think that .bey are abut out from anytbicgof the sort. Thin i* a very nilly view of things. Two pennyworth of (lower* will make a break ant table look beautiful lor a week, and tend " tbe master " iff to his work Witb a gleam of color and beauty of which ie very often think* during tbe day lireakfaxt di>-bea. in pite of the British predilection lor the uaintie* mentioned lowever, are neither few nor far between Tbe very beat breakfast in tbe world is that which couiuueuoe* with a plate of por ridge. Busk over night a ir.tle ooan* Scotch oatmeal m water. Next morning Doll ibis into porridge, aud eat with sugai or ali - both are good aod a trine ot milk. In go and alaymg power tbu gives a man it u equal to half a pound of steak. A boiled imokcd haddock, aud an egg, too mike another floe breakfast. Take tbe bones out of the haddock i cost i'J i, aud tbe egg out of the shell (cost Id.), mix together aud eat with a fork and ipoou. No amount ol flesh food, ID moderation can give quite to much bodily tupi ort to a hard worker a a meal like tbi*. A boiled tomato, too, is a capital relub for breakfast at a cost, say of two simple penoie*. Another tpleudic dish for breakfast I* made as follow* Take two ;..<? of toast and steam them. This make* them toft, and ready tor buttering Then place no the toast three or four nar dines (oont .'! ), pot the other slice uf toant on the top aud bring to table People who can't fancy eggs or UacoD will be charmed with this dub. Cut into slice* with a knife, aod Dibbled through it not ooly makes a man internal province* f**l comfortable, but may even give him bit better appetite for anything which ma] follow. A tuau's breakfast, too, it ahouk be remembered, is bu start for the day , u enables him to do good work aod do i well. l>iouer may be left to take care o itself, bnt wives who do their duty should take |>eoial pains with breakfant. If uone of these receipts are suitable, and if break- fail, from prein ot work or lack of time, must be swallowed hurriedly, an e'g beaten up in a cap of coffee makes a good meal, and may be taken Handing. Thin u an especially good thing for men to take who have to leave home very early in the morn ing, and before tbe kitchen flre is lighted. A little spirit-lamp will make the coffee in a tn. a. aud the egg can be beaten up with a fork as quickly. Tbe one poured into the other complete* tbe di*b. aod makes a ohasp aod nourishing meal, and ooe calcu laud to keep ths raw morning air from man ! I i. In I I. I. i i . Iran . Coflios were very plain and banal caskets were unknown. Tombstones bad larger epitaphs and more verbosity engraved upon them. Kggs were s shilling a dojun and butter considered high at eighteen cents per pound. Tbe country retail trade was much better, an people could uot ao easily run to the oily by rail llUHiaeee letters were more voluiumou* and formal, and wore written m a precise, round hand. Tbe diet was more abcbarKed with greats, tbe winter breakfast uiually being made jf aaltol baru and hot cakes. Dmner was simply a hasty lunch at noon, aud little importance was attached to tli neoeonity for good digestion or a period of rest after eatiug. New OrltaDH and muocovada rnola*e, I very black and ibin.wae tbe common nweel- euiug for buckwheat cakes. IU-hued mulaenen was almost uukuowo. Bread was home cuadn. ColTee was frenbly ground every morning, and tbe grinding of the family coffee-mill was a familiar souod bourn before the children oee. Negro minitrelay was jutt cropping out iu the travelling cirout. There were gener- ally but two performers, who assumed male and female characters. The popular tnelody was " .lump, Jim Crow." People did not live as long an they now do, nor wan the average health as good as at present. They ate more meat, more greaxe, more hot bread, aod more heavy dinbee, and drank more at meall. At funeral* the undertaker cried witb tbe mouruen, tbe flow of tears being pro porliouate to the expense of the funeral. Young oouplen considered it a privilege to ut op all uight witb tbe corpse before burial. The following observations of ar. e annum gardener aud able wntsi are veil worth) place in our ooluoins . Are plants ID roou.i promotive of health aud oneerful F In the case of all living rooms I answer in the aftiraiaiivr. Delicate people complain of beadncbee aud sickness from heir presetiOH, and will, tberefore, have them excluded, aud ribtly too. I'lants with powerful odorn willeoojetimes produce that i tied. 1 have knowa ladle* that could oot go uear a jetwau.! e ; other* that bated munk ; auuie Ulal wi.uld faji.l at tLe pro- pinquity of a 1 .lio rope . aod others that ouly approved of mignounette when not nearer than a furlong All of as have something peculiar in our ukr and du likes. It in rather ill i.atured to oooiider snob peculiarities a* n>ere fid-fad imagi Dariti. Common prudence would tay, Ketp at a dimauoe Iroui whatever harms you.' In bed roc'tti that are tbut cljeat jigbt 1 woi'ld advie dlipeci>iug with tl >werH having powerful odorv, tv<u though agreeable to the olfactory nerve* of the owner. If be prefern retaining them it would be adviaable to place them nearer floor than tbe ooucti uu which be renoses. but why not have air m the deeping room at night, instead ot BhuttiBK it op oluae, whsn me wraiber is at all ta>urab!, aud thua nerve tbe lutoreeU ot tbe occupants and those of the plants at oue aod tbe aame lime ! Tbe idea of toe uobealtbiuess ol plautn in liticg aud nleep log room* ban been nuggesttd by our chemi- cal frieucU dsmounlraliLg the iLtlueooe of vrgetaliou ou the a:u.oj Lerr and the re- ui|rtcal action ever goioit on between the auimal and the vegetable world. They tell u trul) that animal* are oouetaully taking oxygeo gas from the atmosphere, aod throwing, by exbalirg, carbonic gas into it, aud that, from tois aud other pause*, but for living vegetation the air would become impure aod until for orsath ing. The solid parts of plants being ohittly carbon of which charcoal may itaud as a familiar type and e.ery green part of a plant having tbe power to absorb this carbonic aud in tbe atinoehere during life, iu quality in thus lessened, while iho action of the tun beam enable* tbe plant to d toon. |>OM the carbonic acid thut received to retain, add, or snaimilats solid matter ( tbe oar bou I to itself, ana to set the otber oooatuuent (oxygeu) free for the benefit of tbe animal world. Thus it would net in that the nearer we get to healthy vegetation the more ikely we xha.1 be to gel tbe benefit of Ib.n !reah forming oxygeo , but, M if to damp our eolhuaiasm. we are presented with a esser aod a greater drawback to our aatis- faotion. The leaser u that all unhealthy parts of a plant yellow leave*, etc., and what in n. >ro ja.i.ful nlul, all flowen in proportion aa their >lor recedss from tbe (reeu, vitiate the almorpbsre rather than improve it, evtn during the day. Tbe neooud drawback i< that at night, or in darkueae ur uuuch hade . even healthy plants exhale carbonic acil gaaaod mbale oxygeo. aud juat ID propur'.ijs to their SIM aod powers deteriorate the altuonpbere like , ur-. Ke. and therefore become. ec|ti-ially after twilight, very undesirable ueigbbors in our dwelling aud lieepmg rooms. To this heavy accusation I reply that in gen era! the eute of flowers 10 proportion to green leaves grown in rooms u no nuiail that during the day tbe advantage greatly out weigbn the dmadvaouge : and though un- doubtedly plant* do gite off oarbuuic acid gas st tntbt \-t at that time tbe rnoniiare generally at tbtir ooolenl. aud a* this gas is something like tbrte to two heavier than common air, it will, iu uoh circumstance*. Fall to the floor, aud uuly be mingled with the general n cmospben by the beat aod the suunbine of tbe followai; day. 1'uleee tbe plants were extra numerous the absorption uf oiygeo would ool tuucb lutlueoee tbe air of the apartment All. "r almost all, injury tuii;bt be svoided by seeing thst tbe plant* were lower than the seat or couch of the owner. 1 believe tbu the more because dew, the oondenned uiomture in tbe sir rear the (found, holdi ojucb more at tbu gas in solution in general than I- II I. in ni. I. >.! 1. 1 III ....' The I'runsian people believe tbst Bis mar ok u nupwrstitiuun. They say that be is awed by apparitions in uninhabited oas- tles, shrinks from dining where thirteen ait down st table, believes ID unlucky days, aod adheres to tbe aooient belief of tbe influence of the mooo on every living thing. But, according to Dr. Busob. thin ii all Douneute, with tbe exoeptioo of a tingle ttory which happened at Bohonhausen (where the Chancellor heard niyntrioun footstept in the ante chamber ot bi bed- room). "Tbe jettn about my tupersti- tiH, be laid a few inoothn ago. are nothing but jests, or consideration of he feelings of others. I will eat at table with twelve other* as often aa you like, and will nodertake the most important and ierioun buaiuesi on a Friday." How easy in the thought, in certain moods, of the lovelieot. most unteltinh devotion. How bard is the doing ot the thought in tbe face of a thousand unlovely ditlioultiei. Mr. Judge, of Leintball, according to the) London Truth, has sold three Hereford cow* to an American breeder fur 13.400, which ii the highest pnee ever yet paid or anoh itook. I I. fc I. .1 .....I lloM., .1 An Kogliib judge, having received air intimation that a man be bad sentenced to death wished particularly to see him, went to bu cell, when the man said : " I atole your watch years ago. You were looking into a print ahop 10 the street." " Yes," laid the judge, but I always wondered bow tbe thing was done, because I partieu larly valued the seals which were banging from the fob, aod kept my hand on them." " Vou did, save for an inttant, wheo I tickled you with a straw behind the ear." He went oo to explain that the watch was tucb a peculiar oos, tbe name being embossed on it, that they had been afraid to tell it, aod laid, " If you get me ink and paper I can give you a letter wbioh will enable yon to recover it. And the judge did recover it. The numerical increase of population during the period of nine and a quarter yean has been twice an great ID New South Wale*, and nearly twice an great in New /.ealand, as in Victoria. With the exception sf Tasmania, N ictoria in tbe colony in wbioh the increase of population g tloweet. Meo of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because tbev are apt to go out of tbe com moo road by tbe quickness of their imagi nation. ourmnou wat> r u- *. Ou tue whole, then, unless in the caoe of delicate invalid*, or of plauts witn very large dowers having a powerful odor, I beueve that healthy plants in rooms are decidedly beneficial, and pr no'ive alike ot cheerfulness and health, and that this it especially the oase in large cities aod towns." LanJiimi H'otrr II.. lr..i,i, . Tenn\un iu tbe Dream of Kair Women." editioo of IHH:(, mad* Ipbigsuia say The tall inatu <iuiver d M they lay >rle**. Tbe u-tnplve ud tbe )>no|de. a- I tue nnore . Ou* dnw a iharp knifi- thru' my tender throat blowly auJ lU'Uimic uu>r*. Whereat the critic of tbe " (Quarterly Heview " for April, !<<.<. exclaims : What touching simplicity ' Whst pathetic re- igoatioo ' He cat my throat nothing morel One might, indeed ask 'What more ' ahe would have ? " For many year* the poet left tbe linen an they were first priuted , uow. an every one known they staod thus : The hlgb niii*u Ricker'd u they lay ail. >t . Tb* crowda, tb,- t-iupl* waver .1. and tus bore; Tb* bright .isath .iulre.lal Ibc nctiui'ntbront Touobxl and I ku*w uu uiur*. Aa .1 -..... u, . A correspondent write* to a London evening uewnpaper ' A ease which is at present attracting much interest remind* me that I recently saw at Nice, iu a ibop wiodow a small roent bottle of glaas, witb silver-gilt mounts, m anbabby condition. It was exposed witb tbe following announce- ment in Knglisb ' This rta n formerly belonged to Mrs. Gras, the first woman who has thrown sulphuric acid upon ber bun band. Only t.'t. Proofs aod voucher- within.' There was no notioe in French, German or Uurnian. to that evidently a buyer for tbm pleasing souvenir was looked for only among the liuglmh or American tourists." A gentleman in Boston, whose lister lived in another ity. ban been engaged in a rivalry with her an to wbioh ihould succeed in writing the longeet mileage oo a postal card. The mnter flrnl tent him a Bard with a communication of 711 words upon it. He replied witb a message containing 1,003 wordn. Thereupon ihe returned a card containing a letter ot l.SJrt wordi, all bsauti fully written aod possible to be read with- out the ai j of a magnifying glair- although the effort m somewhat trying.