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Apple and Potato Crates. On* of th* mo*t *ucc**f ul potato grower* in th* United State* harvest* all hi* pots- toe* intobushsl crate*, piling them up upon atwo-hor** wagon until fully loaded, when they are drawn directly from the field to market or to the railroad to be loaded upon the can. or to th* cellar to be stored for a later market. The advantage in th* u*e of u r. crate* i* obvious. They afford a re- ceptacle into which the potatoes can b* picked frum the ground and carried to the cart, and a* the crate i eet into the cart and an empty crate taken, there i* no bruiiing of the tubers, a* when poured *ev eral time* into and out of baskets in getting them Irom th* field to their destination. The eame advantage ha* even more force in the caw of gathering apple*, which should be handled a* little a* poeeible to preserve ' the keeping qualities of th* fruit. Of ooune a large number of crates i* required where one s potato held or orchard iteiten- ive, but well made crates one* provided will la*t almo*t a lifetime, and be- come better and bitur appreciated the longer they are used. The particular crat figured ha* *olid end* and *lat aid** and hot* torn. Th* end* have two upright cleat* aad a horizontal cleat at the top, which form* a handle on each end, by which the crat* U readily carried. Out nail* an I spruce board* would best be u*ed in th* .construct- ion of th**e crate*, for cut nail* and spruce lumber do not readily part company. The crat** oau b* mad* in bushel or two-bu*hel uz**, a* preferred, being made of inch it* in length, breadth and height a* will make them fit moat economically into on*'* cart or farm wagon box, taking care always to keep the cubic content* th* *am* a* that callod for in a bu*h*l or two-buihel mee- sure. Where one i* hauling hi* crop* directly to market, such crate* will help very materially in selling th* crop*, for U the dealer oan receive them in the crate*, pile them up in hi* cellar without empty- ing, and bring them up and sell them from the orate a* wantedwhen the empty crat* can be stored away for itsowner, hewillbe mu ;h belter pleased, and will often accept produce thus crated in preference to the of- fering of another which must ho handled over at least twio*. increasing labor and injuring the fruit. The making of a supply of >uch crat** will (fford occupation for ... e rainy day*, whan other work cannot be done. Natural vs. Artificial Conditions. I is very general opinion among thoee who have to do with dairy cow* that they should b* given natural conditions, a* near ly a* possible ; that nature never make* mistake*, and that in the faoe of crooked, deformed, and aborlivs things without Dumber. But when we inve*Mgate we find thai th* cow mrrounded by the mo*t art! ticisl condition* i* molt profitable to her owner. Thoce who have looked into this matter thoroughly declare that feeding, care and comfort rank next to, if not quit* equal to, breeding itself. Breed a* we may, if there is not feed and car* to correspond, the beet remit* will not b* secured and th* beet i* the only thing that now at cure* a dividend. The old saying that "breed go** in at th* mouth" ii not correct altogether, Feed never produced a breed, but it has main- tamed and eetabliihed the breeders' art. Food must also be supplemented with com- fort, aad this implies stables, vsntilation, sanitation, and other things all artificial, and in their way, Quite at much so a* the finely brad cow. who** appearance in the dairy i* not the result of "the survival of th* fittest," but of select ion that developed and established special traits, m.tead of ability to rustle for a living, strength to right enemies, and vigor to nut last a Mil- xard. In all thia thir* ar* artificial condi- tion! -economy in feedinr.food to stimulate milk secretion, etc. No on* will deny th* olox relation be- tween th* bodily comfort of th* cow and her performance* at the pail. Now tut the. winter dairy 11 at th* front and cold i* antagonist!. to milk secretion th* near- er we can surround the cow with Jun* con- dition*, th* greater will be her return*. The man who, with food, oar* and protec- tion, make* .'MA dayi of summer for hi* oow, giving them in winter the artificial oonditToni to divorc* th*m from a cold weather life, I* th* man who makes a sue .ess of hi* business. Compare th* perform- ance of itch a herd with one back in the fif Me*, who** wmt*r be 1 was th* leave* of th* forwt and 'he bar* branch** overhead th* io.il of their itabl*! Th* cow that pay* us th* bait is th* on* that gather* her *ub*i*Uno* th* soon- ant, eiert* herself th* least, to obtain it, si.-. -iis th* longest, chew* her cud the most thoroughly, is in no *en** a forager, and scouts Ui* tradition that ih* n**d* hard!- nr-s secured by bodily discomfort and need! ess suffering, battling with cold, hua ger, ind drenching ic* water baths. Top Dressing Winter Wheat and Rye. Instead of hauling th* barnyard manure to me field mad*, many farmer, pll* it up in th* yard, and after th* wheat or iy* i* .own top-drew the fisld with the thor noghly 4*oompowd material, which I* usually spread directly from th* wagon entailing loss labor aad a more even distri hiitiou than by any otb*r plan. There is, however, a queition about making Into application after sowing. Thos* who have tried both plan* in lh* same Held and upon Ui* *am* crop, prefer to apply th* manure iut pieviou* to the last harrowing, or a Ua.tb.foi* drilling.** this insures not onlj a mere evao distribution bat a fining of al lump* Md the covering with soil of a large ' . ., . _l~_l.. I* m*M* absorb the fertility, instead of al'owing it to escape, as much of it doe* whsn simply scattered over the surra -e. The more thorough the harrowing tbe better the affect of the manure. Winter Feeding of Pigs. Feed pig. one pound of com or corn meal to 20 pound* of skim milk. Thii will give a nutritive ratio of 1 to Ij, which is a very suitable one for winter feeding in warm and dry pen*. They should have some exeroiM. A* the porker* approach th* lime when it i* proposed to ssll them, inoreaa* th* propoition of corn meal to kim milk. During th* last f*w day* of feeding the porkers, no exerci** should b* allowed. Bran or oau are neither so well adapted to the feeding of pigi a* corn meal. Pig*, like calve*, enjoy a lictle oil meal, an ounce or so a day per pig. If they in cinie to get too fat, reduce the corn; if too lean, increase it There i. no certain rule nor certain ration, the feeder should be the judge of what is most economical and b*t for the animal. AN ACT OF HEROISM. rats Baclne Brtver Jametlool. Ike Ber* of Markler. staves M Live*. Government* and king* have orders and distinction* for those who display heroism in war, but none of them that we kaow of ha* any lecoration to hang upon th* breait of him who shows heroism in th* peaceful walk* of life. The Humane Society nod the Life Saving Association, both Briliah m.ti tutions, be*tow modal* upon those who dis- tinguish themselve* in caving life, but th* Victoria Cross, that ipecial favor of the overeign, can b* won only in th* Held of war. Vet th* Victoria Crew, or any other decoration of merit, would not be too great a distinction for Engine Driver Jame* Root, th* hero of Hinckley, who drove bis train through a furnace of SIX Mll.tS Of BfkMNi: BOH and aaved th* livw of 300 persons who had boarded his train. He cam* through the tiery ordeal warred and almost unrecognizable, after an eipenence *uch a* few men could have, yet refuses to believe that he did anything extraordinary.. " I merely did my duty," he said when praiasd for hi* act. Root had charge of the engine on a Duluth special running through th* burnt district ot Ka*l*rn Minnesota. On th* day on which th* town of Hiurkley wa* swept away by a bush fire with great low of life, he ran for mil** through *mok* *o d*o*e that he had to light th* heaJlighU He had no idea the fire was so near, and not till b* ran into llinokley did he know the great peril hi* train wa* in. There he found wv- eral hundred panic-itrioken people gather- ed at the station, who immediately '.ook possession of hi* train. Th* fir* wa* all around him and he rwolved to puih back toanunhb* hail pawed. Wrapping las overcoat around t-is head and- (tattooing his fireman in the manhole of the tank so as to throw watsr on him to Kllr HIM ntUM BOASTIN.I. h* backed hi* train si* and a half mile* to the marsh, the lira upon all *idw of him. Here h* and other, cleared the train and made for the water, where they lay flat while the name* paawd over them. The rain caught fir* and the haat from th* urning can increased their suffering. Here ley lay for many hour, until a rescuing arty cam* up on hand car*. Such i. th* inef" story of a mo*t courageous act which laved the livw of 900 person*. St. Paul A to makepuhlicrecognttion of the heroism [ Root and hi* fireman, John MoOowan, and they are deserving of all th* credit which oan be given them. Faithfuloew in uty i* among the moat admirable of v.r uw, and when it i* at tended by heroiim uoh a* this it fill* all who hear of it with id* in the rs.-e which produce* such Electricity In Water. The great rhemist, Faraday, claimed to vs demonstrated that each drop of water n a thunder cloud i* th* sheath of electric oroe sufficient to charge 800,000 Leyden The explanation of the phenomena f atmoipheric electricity i* that, when- v*r water u evaporated, and especially when it contain* salt in solution, th* ru- ng vapor i* alwayi to b* found electrified. 'hi* ha* been demonstrated by expert tent, of a very interacting and successful nature. Platw of porous earthenware were per osnU of th. manure, placing It near, lie grewing |i'loi , where the *oil wit THE WEEK'S NEWS CANADA. Bishop'* College, Montreal, has decide! to confer th* degrwof D. D. S. Dictor of Dental Surgery. Tne Cirand Trunk railway has decided upon issuing a pay ticket, which, by ar- rangement, will be payable at almost any bank in Canada. The msmb*n of th* Montreal bar are complaining of the Dominion l.overnroeot's delay in appointing successor to the late Chief Janice Johnson. Tancred |Lab*ll* and Joan Swift, em- ploye* of th* Buahnell Manufacturing Com- pany, of Montreal, have been arrested for defrauding the company of more than fif- teen hundred dollars. Mr. H. L Lawuon. at. P.. for Wwt Gloucester, son of the proprietor ot the Loudoa Daily Telegraph, arrived at Ottawa on Friday. H* is visiting the Dominion to inform himself at first hand about Canadian affairs. It i* reported that the Maawy-Harfts Manufacturing Company, of Toronto, in- tend to build a factory at Niagara Kails, N.Y., to aupply their largo foreign trad* and to locate in th* t'uited Mates, a* th* raw mstarial can b* purcuawd now cheaper in the States than in Canada. Major Sherwood, of ths Dominion Polios has gons to London and Sarni t to inv wti gat* some all-ge.i fund* in coonection'with " farming apprentices." Several gullible young Englishmen, unuundul of past reve- lations, hav* it i* said, paid premiums to certain people, who now prove swindlers. OBIAT BaTTAIM. It is stated in London that the chance are in favor of making Southampton the terminal port of the first A.lantio mai wrvice. A proposal i* mad* in London to bay th* noose In Chelsea in which Carlyl* lived and preserve it as a memorial. Twenty thoumnd dollars are needed. The little schooner Nina, forty-wvea feet over all, with board, arrived at She left New York on August 5th. In connection with the Chigneeto ship canal, it i* itatod in London that th* money to complete tbe work II ready when Can- ada de. ides to *xt*ad th* limit lor two years from la*t July. Sir Albert Kay* RoMit, addressing th* Associated Chambers of Commerce at Huddm-sfield, congratulated th* member. upon the improved outlook of ths world's trade, snd adiad that the bitter eipenence of the effect* of ths sxclusivs tariff is opening the way to free or freer trad*. In an interview in London Sir Adolph* Caron aaid that Canada wa* favorable to an Imperial penny pottage system, and th* Daily Chronicle, commenting on the state i, tent, remark* that here i* an opportunity for taking ths first step in 'he direction of the Imperial penny postig*, for which all are waning. I-MTID MT4TKM. The first snow of ths season fell at Oma- ha. Neb., on Fridsy. Heavy rainfalls in Wisconsin hsve ended the drought, and effectually quenched the forest fins. Fivs Chinamen were arr**t*d recently at Ogdeustmrg. W.Y., who had crows d tbe St. Lawreno* river from Prwcott, Out. Timber pirates, who hide th* trace* of their deprecations in th* Minnesota pin* b*lt, are said to have started ths fire* which hav* caused suh an enormous low of lifs. Two men were killed and a score of peo- ple injured, half of them fatally, in a cyclon* at Charleston, Mo., on Wednesday night, which blsw a train from tbs track.. Harry U. Johnson, sup*rmt*ad*nt of the Anglo American Saving* and Loan Associ- ation, fall dead in ( olumbia, IV . on Thurs- day night, haviag .uocumbod to heart failure induced by cigarette smoking. Notwithstanding ths impression that Canadian fisr was to b* admitted tree into th* United States, th* Secretary of tbe Ireuury at Washington ingeneroiuly reads the new tarid so w to impose a duty of ten per esnU found displayed ID various part* of the town. i .en. Franossco de Bourbon, who last week iwued s manifesto claiming heritage to the hoaw of Franc*, will be kept under military arreit for two month* a* a punish- ment for iwuiog ths manifesto. SOCIAL UNREST EVERYWHERE. Aa eallal B*dr r M*a aael Wesaea Wk* WUI Seek fisr a Selallea ** <ke Proklem* Tksl < mfral Vs. It can not be denied that social quwliocs are fast pushing all other t uman interests into th* background, and presenting ire- mndou* problems that are rapidly absorb- ing the interest and attention of all claw** of people. W* certainly seem to be upon the verge of a gnat social nvolntion. Th* spirit of social unrest is felt everywhere Question, ones confidently supposed to b* settled are being torn up by th* root*. Th* fundamental principle, of our social lifs ara in dispute. Th* right* of prop- erty and labor, which wan once supposed to be the synonym for social stability and permanence, ara again flung into the arena of human debate. There i* no disguising ths fact that thoughtful msn are rilled with tb* profoundwt anxiety and apprehension. They have been comparing the time with certain other historic periods and finding in th* striking resemblances new causes for anxiety if not for dwpair. But th* careful observer will find, I think, a ground of hop* for th* future which was generally abwnt from all those pwt periods that ushsred in gnat social uphwvela followed by retrogressions In th* past, all great social revolutions which wsn disastrous to ths orderly growth of social progression cam* because society was divided by hard cist* lines. On on* side there were th* suffering and opprawsd c. asses and on th* other tLe oppressor. Between the** two oooe , - -- - Captain Frietsch* alone | Hre was no mediating claw, both w.lling at Quwnstown on Thursday. , ""{com peUmt to see the dimculuw that ^ - einbarrhsst-d both classes and amicable settlement of mooted question*. In th* first French revolution there wa* unreasoning hatrod,bitt*roont*mpt,g*neral misunderstanding aad horrible anarchy, because then was no influential body of men who, seeing th* wrong the people suf- fered, strove in a wise way to reconcile claw antagonisms. There were practically bet two classes, thaw who upheld and thow who destroyed the ancient order of thing*. Th* few moderate* were without influence and without power. To-day society i* blessed with ths prsssa** of an increasingly largs and influential body of men aad wo- men who have intelligence and knowledge, aad who hav* also the nnwlftsh aad njble dwrre to look all th* conditions in th* faos and seek for s just solution of every pro- blem that confronts us. These people are the natural mediator* of society. There u a larg* claw of ignorant and wlBah rich ; arrogant because they are ignorant, aad ridden by th* delusion that tho ability to make money carrie* with it th* ability to govern society. L*ft to themselves, these men would work their own destruction. There is an equally ignorant aad selfish body of poor men, who s*k in luok a sub- stitute for thrift, energy, economy, knowl- edge aad self denial. They are more dan gerous than ths ignorant neb, hooanw this latter claw have th* timii instinct of con- servatism. Both clause will lake all they can get and give no fair equivalent. Be- teen the two stand ths natural modiaton of society. They were never so numerous, nsver so slsrt, nsver so fearless in th* psr- formsncs of duty. They an drawn from both social class**. Then an poor men who know th* responsibilities and tempta- ion* of th* rich. There an rich men who .now the hardship* and struggles aad sor- m s of th* poor. Thow men and women, the grace of (lod , will be the savion of he State, th* conservator, of society. ..IWIKAL. been declared placed in water and in th* ground, delicate*! Mrv ice. nitrument* were then swooiate)d with hsm in such a way as to b* able to trac* an electrical disturbance set up at ths sur- ol contact where ths solids and liq- uids met. By further exoeriment* it wa* iroved that whenever water Is cauwd to ivaporat* rapidly by being thrown upon earthenware crucibles hsated to rednsw ry energetic extremes of po*itiv* sl*o- tri'-ity were generated. The positive *l*o- tricity thus wt free by inch agencies is, a. a matter of oonree, carried up by the vapore which riw Into the air, each little particle, bearing with it in it* anoint it* >wn proper portion of the charge. The vait accumulation of water which rests in tne wide basin* of the ocean* and seas thu* tieoome* a perfectly insxhsustibls source of of free electricity. Hong Kong has officially free from th* plague Msny European* employed in th* Chinee* Custom* are resigning their positions in order to enter the Chinese navy. A dwpatch from Pari* say* it is not the Koglish, but th* Americans, who oppose the subjugation of Madagascar by tho French. Chinsw agents in Hong Kong an offering bribe* to the soldiers of th* Britiah garrison to indue* them to desert acd enter ths Chi mpply i Hint to Photographers A photographsr at Barr I Alsace, who seems to have b*ea troubled with unproflt able sitters, ha. invented a new sort of pillory. In which he places all the defaulter* who hav* failed to pay for their portrait*. H* ex hihits a large tram* outtid* his hou** containing th* photographic effigies of hi* debtors Kvery defaulter'* Ilkenew ii put into this frame with his or hsr bead hung downward., and each bssrs the inwription, 'Net yet paid for." Not until they have paid sfsry farthing due will the creditor consent to rsleass the prisoners front this pillory in fflgy, A dwpatch from Calcutta say* that th* highest flood ever recorded in that district is now aauiing much trouble at Luoknow, where a portion of th* city i* inundated. It ii reported that when the Japanw fleet wsr* creeping in the dark upon Wti Hai Wei a British man-of-war saluted th* fleet, thereby warning th* Chinese forts. L'Autorit, published in Paris, say* that th* Kmperor of ( .ermany is trying to or gani/ a conference of the powers, with I view of bringing about a general disarms man I. Ths Japanw* (Government has invited tt United States to detail an officer, or officers, to trav. 1 wi'h Japsn'* army, and witne*. th* various military operation* which will*n*u*. M. Max Lobaudy, th* eccentric French millionaire, gave bull rvht iu an arena on hii property on Saturday, to which two hundred members of th* aristocracy invited. In an interview. V Dowitt, the Rusian Minister of Fins.no*. laid that th* Cur, oy his absolute will, ha* more than once and he pre still served the peaw of Europe, dwins p*aox An official dwpatch from Pretoria, cap ital of th* Transvaal, says that th* ohio leaders of th* insurgent Kaffirs, after Ooa tinued fighting, hav* surrendered to th* Boer commander*. During r'.mperor William visit toMari* burg red poaters, bearing ths word* "Down with th* Rmp*ror aad th* Monarchy. " wer* Plates Hade Out of Stamps. Ths writer had hoard of stamp platee.but lad i.e ver seen any of them. There were six whit* porcelain plates, with scalloped, laos- k**dgw. Sump* had been dissected and pplied to tnese in all sorts of ingenious I* view. Sometime* th* head* of two- cent tamp* were placed in a circle around th* tre, with little flourishes between mad* of th* numbers, whit* th* bordering of th* stamps nude spray like decoration*. Stamp* of all denomination* were nwd and of all color*, but w cl*v*rly were they managed hat considerable examination wa* necev wry to reoognii* the eomponen* pai * of th* familiar stamps. These plate* mutt b* great deal of work to do and they look as if water would ruin them, hut they are ugemous aad pretty. Where Doctors Agree "In your consultation, doctor, with Dr. llolu* on Bibbs' oa*e did yon agree T" "Only on on* point." "Ah I What wa* that T" "Our f***." A Great Boon. "Habit," said Willie Wishington, "is on* of nature's graatwt gift* to mankind." "It isn't generally so considered." "The populah mind is nwons to miaap- pwehenainu, you know. The fact isn't gen- ewally appweciatni that habit i* what makei people ilu things they enjoy without having to go to th* twoubl* of wemem- hewing to do them." And Willis paused in silence aad reited hi* mind. Enougrh to Support Sbo " I am afraid there i* no bop*." He " Kh I What did your father lay whoa yon told him that I wanted to marry you She " Me wid h* couldn't afford iu" A Safe Knife. Customer " This penknife you sold me is so soft thst th* blade ii dull before I get through (harpsniug s pencil. Street Viuder " \ ah. Dat is xo ven yon gome* to sharpening d* point acsiast your thumb you von' I out your/elf*." A STRANGE PEOPLE, THEY WEAR STEEL ARMOUR CON- TIN DALLY. AT WORK OR ASLEEP. f Ike < rl.- <<.. .f Ike < kev.nrlaB*. Barksrsxu res>le. Wfc. lave a Medieval ts>s>ar aarr %Wr lh.l C.M* The Caucasian mountain* Analoris-gvle, Archoti.-tavi au.i Tschsuchi, ruing to an elevation of from ten thousand to twelv* tbonwnd fact, endow a baiin, the horn* of the Cheviunaui, who uamber about uz thouand souls. The Chevtunan* are pagani, and on* may get a general idea of their civilization when it i* related that their miwrabl* hut* arc lighted only by mean* of pine torohee. They ara a people U arm*. The men never Uy aside their heavy iron armor nor their weapon* ; even while plowing in the fold* they carry them. The mail givee them a medieval appearance, yet the poor covering of too leg ihowe barbarism. In a trap on the back every man carrie* a whip, heavy and etrong enough to break an arm. On the thumb he wean an iron ring SaMrnli with a rough snrfaoa, that be may leave an everlssting mark in hi* enemy's face wlieo he etrike* him with it. How BIBTHS ARC REXifLATED. The ( hevsunans, like the old Iberian*. the modern Basques, and other people* who prenerve trace* of a matriarchal order of society, have perpetuated the custom of the father "lying in" on the birth of a jhild. a* evidence of paternal parentage, the women are isolated at pregnancy in epeoial quarter* known a* the "SateonechL" and oanaot re- torn to their own residence* until after a ceremonial purification. A Cheviunan father ha* hi* trial* too. He mutt live abstemiously for *ev*n week*, while friend* aad relative* aro treated with liquor am.' o **r in abundance . It i* believed, or the belief i* pretended, that the father'* diet react* on tne child'* health. The children'! name* an directly from nature. The boy* are named at ter animal* and the girl* after Sun, Mooo, Man, or Cower*. Public opinion among the Cb*v*uriaaa demand*, that no child be boru till four year* after the marriage, and after that there mutt be three yean, at least, between birth* : aad no family ought to have more than three children. Thus the Halthusiaa law* rule theee poor people a* severely a* the Code Itapoieon rule* the French paasaata, who fear too great a subdivision of their farm*. The main work of the girl* i* to collect the cow'* excrement* and to dry them for fuel. The boy* are trained in eloquanc* and uae of arms. A boy eight or ten yean old endeavor* to imitate the grown man. LAWS or ni VXKDITTA. Thevendetta take* a peculiar form among the Chexurians. A* soon ai a murder i* reported, all the relatives of the deosawd go to the village of the murderer and burn his house. The murderer'* relative* dare not show themeelvee for a year leet they be killed. At the end of one year, the mur- derer in company of a brother arrive* se- cretly at the altar of hi* victim to make an offering of atonement and ask protection. Word M cent to the family of the dead one that tne sssaiiin wuhe* to pay lha penalty for hi* deed. They all com* rushing ana crying "Blood for blood," but enter upon peace-negotiation*. It i* agreed that the layer shall make % memorial feast and pay four hundred and *iiMen sheep, the regular price for homicide. Kvery year thereafter he muet eacHfico a sheep to the memory of the slain on*. Only one exception i* made to the paying of that great penalty. If one of the family of the deceased is dangerous ly ill, the peacemaker announce* that the sick on* will die nnlee* th* murderer i* forgiven. Thi* i* done; the (layer pay* a mailer penalty ; and, in this case, to the maternal side of the family. This custom of paying to th* maternal si, I* i* undoubt- edly a survival from the Ariarohioal time*. HOW THEY SITTLI BILL*. Th* Chevsur lans have no money. Th* standards of value are th* ox, th* cow, the sheep, and iba hone. A s allion i* *qual to four cows, a mar* to *ix, a cow to four Keep. A wound in the head which ex- po*** th* brain U worth *ixt**n cow* ; th* am* price is assessed for an injury to a leg or an arm. If on* destroys the uae of a thumb he must pay th* sufferer five cow*, four for the next finger, three for the next, two for that after, and one for the last. An eye cost* thirty cow*. If A owe* B one *h**p and doe* not pay, B may (elect C, who pay* him th* shwp and require* two froa A. If A does not pay, C may go to I) to get hi* two sheep, while D demand* four from A, and thus ad mnni- turn. Very prominent among th* Ch*v*nrian* are the Kadagune or soothsayers. Next in importance ar* the Dastunen* or sacrificial prie*t*. Their religion i* mainly pagan with a few Christian and Mohammedan oerenionies. They ar* not moaothatets. Sacred grov** and altar* everywhere to th* god* of tr*e*. etc., prove that. The " god of the east and wwt and th* " cuckoo'' and "wallow" ar* prominent denies. The oat i* an aocur**<l animal among them. Musical Dishes. An American lady living in London ha* lately received a mo*t original wedding present, consisting of a musical dinner Mr- vice. Rach plat* commences to play a tun* when placed on th* table, *o that th* great difficulty i* to plao* every plat* exactly at the lame moment on th* board, or el*e the discords are something indiscnb able. The *oup plate* play marches, a* nt the beginning of th* dinner th* guetU are supposed to bo MCIOU*. th* other plat*s,for different melodies. t each succeeding ooure* becoming merrier until th* dewerl plate* arrive, which only p'ay th* maddeet of dance miuio, th* guests being supposed now to have lot their solemnity and to be of uheerful countenance.