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 AGRICULTURAL ••/tifio! Fall FaUdwinff. It pr.fitabl« Te"SUfaIlowinjt buc^^^tb cat||i|{' of ti^8'»„ ,.„„„.„„ T TT,o5n^lbwiDg m July a'"*? the Uhl^ »proBiu8 wtt iT* thejokeoniffi^ rge against iff tS: e humoar of S, j^| *n7ing one da* .* e sammer of j^* ^}y hia Lord ff 3lortheladie,ofS! is s^ngnUr a faratiiig proecn diODll little anderatood and practued, feha^ •^.^thoronghly tffiaient id ridd ng land of â- ^loeinicious weeds, a^ wfaeh-to p e ii a e My gjj'it for the production of a pr.fitabbt LiD ciop. and meadovlkaq«f "ByVallfallowiDg, I m°r â- Anenst, and from that time ftrsh keepinn 1 mface 80 well cultivated aa to kilflS veeds that vegetate, and to keep brirgjoK Lgh seedB within vegetation distanoe of ^surface. Thia, irtth |it«,i|Hi$B. wither !ndthe "latter rams," causes nearly aU JJeed seeds within four or fiye inches rf the jnrface to grow, and destroys the prodhot. pew weeds ripen their eieeds before the proper haying time, and after they are bnt offandrpinoved in the hay, very few will make sufficient growth to blossom and man- nre seeds before the middle Or last of ^nguBt at or before which time the eronnd ehould be plowed, care being taken to see that every green thing is turned nnder and covfred with soil. Even though a seed be vu; tb^ wflf not taka t^g^ SjZi^S^*^'*^ ' k«S5 how to «J»JWA the in««tp,i«,o«tlie farm. tii?«iJS2^'2fi. **â- *««• to feed fro. •vv IpppiuMt m order to mmim^im^^ __^ of tl»ebaAbi»rTw-?^T*r* •"^» Sa^S?^' â- " «»â- Â«Â»Â» for W •wS't^S?*^-^^' doe. not pay to k5^ ^*.'*°*»wWM»goodfertUi^ Cultivate between the raaoberriM •»«-. ?uc*5rJ?"iit'„'?t?*" ^^^^ -S sacKen. Tie ap the new oanM to stikea to udnce a stooky growth. 'r.i^fr I'll' i'j-i laterals so as „ Do the same for blackbeniea. Uncle Waldo is of the opinion that wire the fanner to ose crooked poets, and alw t o set tjem at a larger dlrtanS^ th^can airaia to tse or recommend barb gufficitntlymalDred sQthatiftteplant bellS^J ^f*®!!!;.?!!. '"!.." 8^* ^»»«« to espeoully horees, ftt)m its fior ine ladies of «^ â-  cnt and leit to ary on cne snnace^it would i Within th- ;..-*'4.u--r^ '"â„¢ " " ImoreattenSntfi! I gf^i-^ate by being covered toother with 1 12 Slmb?r.^t J^ "^P**^ ?*« «' «« gtheprecedhiJJZ I the mass of succulent growth and the roots, ie hlTn«h^L»fJr"" 'â- *?""**' '»'«'» irer," exclaWdT I the fermentation that takes placa will des^ "'«*"" ^^ "^oâ„¢* "J-irai f n it. say I value tlZ ^l^^^, it tboCZ mtertainment. fo, t of State." ' ..^ Caaacellor. 'ij^ omical King, poj^" coafectioner's' Lhanoello: resi^^ led bsfore the walk 13 engineer reported ;nible. Allattemrth walls would be *° assault would blood Alexander hile a battering-ram I probably answer butter we had lait butter," he muau». lacf Tyre, whoww) ' immediately got ler side. his Wife. i toknovrsomethine eat men, and wisli had any part in the always said that a helpmeet indeed, this opinion from lerly expression of Gladstone does not ican lady does at 50. and her face is all. wrinkles. Ei^Uah ation dresses hide- )f the presientgen ladstone, in respect a3t andthe present Oae can not get ngher that she iairf i did not know her, she belonged to op keeping claw," cbapel on Sunday Her face is aft, ritual. Her smfle and gentle heart ,ny the ther rusty velvet immiags and un- suitable to the when Mrs. Glad* ihe put on a Qght bawl, and then to I ad ends seemed was pained to the chapel and nervous, iU-ie- d strength of will ss of limb. He than he did four 11 of crows' feet, every direction years oldhisee and worn. The th its great, pen- almost weird, le prime minister, and I must say- presence pamed i chapel. Heii on his mind, or .ver told the story bis eyes in pray- to see â€" there liis ooantenanoe. less when stand- books and hii fnl to see him. lady dress w at hair, and bif^ cldfaihioned 313 e Jiritisii. klessness in tiM pe}ple, and its i^^ges, in tra^ in the mine and he oft-recurring ound of a reck* dence and wiS" iccidents on tlw 9 [at sea bnt the of danger t I* mine that o*' but the miair andle or pipe â-  snot the ship- mworthy, ovei^ lips to see, bw will encountsf the pasaaflS^ boldness D« • if bravely 1* rime. In MR dent oMues » jhinery, fro« urns, from «^ es, from droW^ â- om poiion *â-  the rimpl* •* r conntey •r deaths. » tity of MPg*! ^y J «»!3B' It the FSffl ^an »ny**g* ;h by gamWiJi "and orinur*" tacquiredj* Jsrtunats f^ Ises, botfaf^* ragalityi these I and b»*!? â- alljr bwg!^ 3 the fermentation that takes plac 3 will des- troy its vitality and cause it to decay with {lie rest. In case of the summer-fallow, we have to plow early and plow several times, besides jhe very many harrowings and caltivatinga, takirg the whole Sammer and involving a loss of one crop and great labor but with the fall-fallow, we firtt get onr hay crop and then plow only once, and have no more labor with harrow and cultivator than in the same length of time with the snmmer- falloir. No process can be so perfectly de- structive to perennial weeds by cutting the hay early, the wieeds are cnt before maturity, and most growth of top up to that time only serves to exhaust the vitality of the roots if thtn taken off, but feeble growth is afterwards made, and the subse- quent plowing and continuous cultivation are sure destruction to all. Fall fallowing not only cleans the land, but it enriches it by allowing the clover to attain full size, the largest root growth is secured, and in a short time after haying, if not pastured (and it should not be), in favorable! seasons a lari;e seccnd growth is secured to be turned under and this is in the best possible con- dition for decaying and enriching the soil, and when plowed up in the Spring, it forms the best of all preparations for a paying crop of barley, oats or early potatoes. It is surprising how prone men are to persist in the old-fogey, expensive, soil-ex- baasting systtm of summer-fallowing when a way so much quicker and better exists for cleaniDg the land. I Ants as Insect Destroyers. Farmers or gardeners, in their contest with insects, have not as yet called to their aid, as they should, other insects and birds, the natural enemies of insect hcrdes, says the Sm. Too generally all insects are looked npcn as enemies, although it is well known that many kinds of insects are very benifi- cial in protecting fruits and grains fiom the ravages of other insects. The ants, al- though generally regarded as an ni mitigat- ed nuisance, have been found, by carelul obseivation, to be nseful in several ways. TLecarker-woims, which are a most de- structive pest to orchards in seme sections, are sometimes destroyed in large numbers by them. The editor of the Boston JawrnaX of Chemutry says that ants are gteat de- stroyers of caiikerworms, and probably other wrrms or insects of the smaller vari- eties. He watched with great interest the wcrk of a large colony of black ants which attacked the canker-worms on an elm tree in his grounds a few weeks ago, and was delighted with the nature and results of their labors. Two processions of the antb were moving en the trunk of the tree, one going up empty, the other coming down, each bringing with him a canker-worm, which he held fast in his mandibles, grasp- ing the worm firmly in the centre of the lioily. Although the prey was nearly the size of the destroyer, the plucky little ant ran down the tree in a lively way, deposited its bcoty in its nest in the ground, and in- stantly returned foT another slaughter. There were at ona time as many as 40 com- ing don n the tree, each bringing along his victim, and doing the woik with apparent ease. Extending bis observations, he notic- ed that the ants ran up the trunk and out (n the limb! thence onto the leaves of the tree where the filthy worm was at work and, seizing him with a strong grip at about the centre of the body, turned about with the squiiming worm and retraced his steps. The worm was dead by the time the ant reached the ground. If this move of the ^ts is common they must prove valuable friends to farmers and fruit raisers, and should be protected in every way possible. 'e do net believe that the birds that prey npcn worms will do the work in onr orch- ards,. « hich these ants were doing in an uour. Sowing Orchard Grass. Those farmers who desire to seed to Orchard Grass should prepare the land for the reception of the seed, which should be sown early in August. The land should be thoroughly well prepared, because this crop not on)y requires it, but well deserves it. remainmg ui the grormd, as it does, for 20 cr 30 years, or even more, when well treat- ed by occasional top-dressings. The soil should be made fii^e by repeatml harrowings. The seed is then sown and cross-sown, half ^ch way, to get an even sowing, and the i^nnd is then lightly brash-hurowed, and then rolled. The rolling is especially need- ed if the weather is dry. From two to three bushels of seedâ€" about 33 ppnnds â€" ^i^esown per acre. As the seed is rather '*8t]y, it is will to sow an acre or two first, iit this the next year when it is ripe, and '^^e the seed. One acre will produce '^ODgh to sow 10 acres. Timely Hints. I'low for winter wheat at onoe. ^es, it is bad policy this season to let the 8*"en go to grass I We must not let cacnmbsrs ripen if we *omd not ruin the crop from the vinos *nich feed them. It pays to pineh off the tips of lama bean ^es when they reach nearly to the tope of poles. Pmch off the ends of mdfio ongs have had horses injdred on it. TT^*^r Pf'"' '" cheaper fences, s^ys I^cle Waldo, in the N. Y. Tribun^ h' atfarms tnat at least one-half of the be t plow and rn every farm could be profiUbly 5I?i!^ "» one field and never pastured â€" â€"There are thousands of fatmers, he thinks, who have planted largely of ledge, who would be wilhng to losa the whole of it if they could bum it up but the digging out of an old hedge involves nearly a« much expense as making a new fence. He has bad 32 eais experience with Oasge Oranee hedgj, and finds it so troublesome to c»e lor, that he would not allow a man to plant another on his farm if he would do it for nothing and care for it tiU it would turn stock. One Horse-Shoe Explaaatlon of the Superstition. The principal gateway at Allahabad is thickly studded with horseshoes of every size and make. There are hundreds of them nailed all over the great gates, donbt- lees the, offerings of many a wayfarer who has long since finished his earthly pilgrim- age. We could not find out what was the exact idea connected with this uustom- probably much the same notion of luck as we attach to finding a horseshoe, especially one with the old nails still in their places. It has been suggested, and apparently with some reason, that in ancient pagan times it may have been a recognized symbol in ser- pent worship, and hence may have arisen its common use against all manner of evil. The resemblance is obvious, more e -pecially to that species of harmless snake which is rounded at both ends, so that head and tail are apparently just alike. The creature moves backward or forward at pleasure, hence the old belief that it actually had two heads, and was indestmct ible, as even when cut into two parts it was supposed that the divided heads would seek one sli- other and reunite. It stands to reascn that in a snake-worshiping community such a creature would be held in high reverence. Even in Scotland various snake like brace- lets and ornaments have been fonnd, which seems to favor this theory, and at a very early period both snakes and horseshoes seem to have been engraved as symbols on sacred stones. We bear of the latter having been rculptured, not only on the threshold of old London houses, but even rn that of ancient chni ches in various parts of Great Britain. And in the present day we all know the idea of luck connected with find- ing one, and how constantly they are nailed up en houses, stables and ships as a charm against witchcraft â€" in ScotLnd, England, and Wales, and especially in Cornwall where (not only on vans and ominibnses, but sometimes even on the grim gates of the old j:ii]s) we may find this curious trace of ancient superstitions. 81 A Sqnirrel Ponished by SparrowSi Parties coming up Main stieet at an early hour of a iceat mornine we e somewhat snrprif ei to eee a large and apparently tame gray (quinel hasten across the street and en- ter the doon* a^ to the store of Rice Rich. It was also notice 1 tbat his sqairrelsbip was clof ely followed by a flock oi sparrows, the majority of whom took a position opposite the door, so as to cut (ff his retreat. Half a dozen birds renained on the wing, flutter- ing, some three feet frhm tie sidewalk, and rear to the entrance. The Eqnirrel made frantic efforts to force an entrance, and as he did so tee birds, who during the fight kept up an incessant, chattering, charge 1 upon him and brought him to bay. They eventually drove him from his position to the store of J. B. Spe"cer, and from tnere to the Boston store. Finding himself hard prt ssed, he beat a retreat, bnt the sparrows forced him from the sidewalk, and he sought sn entrance to the store of J. B. Shaw, Here, also, he was foiled, and he broke for the other side of the street, closely followed by the entire flock of sparrows, who lost no opportunity to give him a clip t nd h tsten his speed. He finally entered tne Fierce block, and thus escaped further punishment. â€"Norwich (Conn. BvlltHn, The lomh of Bachel« k correspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune from Palestine says of Rachel's tomb Sin- gularly enough this is«one of the places in Palestine where the traditions of Jews, Moslems snd CbJistians agree, and where the veneration of all is bestowed. Un* donbtedly it is the spot where Rachel was overtaken by her last illness when she and Jacob was joomeying southward from Bethel, and where Benjamin first opened hts^es to Icok upon this great world. The bnilding ia a modem, white, aqoare structure, with a domed loof of cearae plaster, and the pillar which Jacob eonow- fnlly set up to mark the rite has long rinoe pasted away Imt the spot ii faiuifaUy cherished in the hearts oi aU. The tomb lies at the poiat where the Beth- lehem and Hebron rOadi nnite. Bsthlehem is in aq^ht .tottaaleft. and only one mile distant. How near Rachel was to a good halting place when her life went out, and that of Israel's favorite son, after Joseph, kindled I A ooaohmaa is the saddest of all hia life ii fall of "whoa." for Wear CUo Ite. » ChfiMae' ditisler aniT- 2j«l«.tha» city MjhoBw, and miairteritig â- ^^.5*» PWJnhw iMhioa totboai^ meBti of his coaatirfmcii. e wae"dwi»- ponrted to find tiieCaineatf ponolatioa ao ^*J»«" !»-»»* ftoodainffl go S Woag CHiQp Fan is i»th«r » dininative y««««f tt»Mcngoll«i «o„™g hS fivefoet fli hrighs and rather dlioataly nro- POrtSoned. Thedoetoror "devadedtravw." a»hei8kh9*ii in the FkM»e»y Ktegi«^ ^«ks vsqr ezeeUent Satgliri^ Lid eoLnt- ed, whm goetticned. to «xphin a few of hie nuiiy odd methods for oonqaerinii diesMo^ "Eveiy richness" he said. -«is caiaed hy » Nong rsao-a • disease devil'-Md it ia the work of the doctor to find ont wtiare the devU M and drive him oat. What ^on call fevwâ€" hot skin, dry lips, high pulseâ€" is the "^v®!* M***®.*â„¢? ^th sight months, each month having a hot, aoorchm^ breath. The nno gets into the patient* a atoaoach by flying down his throat and is nsnally in tiie air on a damp day like thia. The little devtt is as large as a grain of suid, bnt when he gets into the human body his grows to be aboat as iurge as a bean, fle Mows his hot bresth mto every vein of the victim and eaases bien greit distress and thirst by drinking all the water in his stomach. T»e way to cnra the patient is to poison the imp with a powder â- CTaped from the inside of a tree which grows in the Province of Foo Chow." 'The doctor exhibited some of the powder, which proved to be either quinine or cin- ohonidia! "Spasms or fits," continued the Mongolia disciple of ^iculapios, 'come Errm the 'earth devil,' a creatnre that lives nnder the ground and sends a shock into the victim through his feet. You will find that nearly all pensons when first taken with fits fall while walking, but after awhile, when the devil gets the victim weakened, the shock can be sommnnicated from the earth, through the house and into the bed It is very hard to cured them I cured a man in Canton who had been subject to fits for fifteen years by robbing the soles of bia feet with fat stewed out of a frog's ' heart. Opium is a very valuable help in snob cases when taken interaaUy, because it makes the patient's feet itch and prevents the devils from gaining an entrance. A very small proportion of Chinamen die of consumption, because three hundred years ago it was dis- covered by rsang Loo, a learned doctor, that people became afflcted with the disease by brsathing through the mouth instead of the nose. There are millions and millions of imps flying in the air all the timeâ€" more, in cold weather than in warm â€" and to your eyes they appear like specks of dust They cannot get through the nose because the hairs cat3h them and they die, but they go into the mouth where there are no hairs, and find a resting place in the lungs. In a short time the lungs are dug out and coughed up. The only cure is to lay the patient on his back and beat him on the chest with a switch nntil the imps are frightened and fly out inta the air agam. Then th6 patient is starved for thirty-six hours and has his mouth sealed up. Yeary often he dies, but that is because all the imps' were not driven out." jxmmammsBSKM- *GTr mm Iba â-  Gram OiMta Cmmmf Jacrfomie^ "Xhelfaaoottar'srt the Peak^^l^tiatre^ Ne#i a*, Teeeiilily»,«ga at tia^«nd.of tkrpiir " IJlisaJMiKe Pifrje ^asri smotherad orics.r eoasbg hom one of the- hkMtf- dreuing- raMM.' 8hn ca'lei asaiBtaaoe,«itd, npon.)n* vaatigatiaB» the aeuaije'irare fooi^ to'pro-' oEeifitana laqgetrei^ wtaMiitcoi npoa the floor aeoarely Ipcksd. It^waa prkd opan, and in it was fonnd .In mk tStiaSn nnoon she Food Fishes of Lake Erie. In a paper read before the Buffalo Natural- ists' Field Club it is stated that Like Erie and the Niagara River famish thirty-seven marketable varieties of fish. Bat their numbers are becoming rapidly reduced in those waters, owing in great measure to so many fish being taken when they are so full of ro. Some fish spawn late in the fall the eastern salmon, salmon-trout, whitefish, brook-trout and lake-herring belong to this class, but the majority spawn in April, May or early Jime. Black bass choose a place for their spawn-beds where the water is shallow and the bottom is a sandy gravel. They leave their winter quarters in deep water a month or six weeks previous to spswning. The eggs hatch in trom one to two weeks, according to the temperature. Bus are very prolific, yielding fully one- fourth their weight of spawn. The bass and the mwkalonge are the recognized game- fish of the lakes. Whitefiib do not take the bait readily, but are caught in gill nets, and can be taken in great numbers just„at the time they are re»dy to spawn. Thej^ aver age three and a half pounds id- Ireigbt, though some are taken weighing ten fip eight- een pounds Sturgeon average fifty pounds, but occasionally one is caught that weighs a hnndrel pounds or over. Fish differ greatly in rapidi7 of growth. Some grow in one, two or thiree years to a definite size, and then growth seemi to be arrested. Such fish are short-lived. Other k'nds, which (lowly and steadily increase in size, attain a great age. Pike have been known to be oveir a hundred years old. Baby is Klnf?. It was just a young couple who were mov- ing. They bad been boarding with mother bat were going to housekeeping for them- selves now. In front of the hodse stood a great load of furniture red and blue and other bright colors. It consisted of a baby's rocking chair with the rockers off, a baby's crib and a perambulator, (me small high chair and one large high chair, one hobby horse, one express wagon Tith the forward wheels gone, one doll's buggy. There might have bean a oooaing stove and a dining-table there, bnt if so, it was lost to sight to memory dear nnder the more nnmeroas belongings of the baby housekeep- ers. And triien the yonns father and mother came ont they had the little emi- srants with them and all the indesoribable dolls, hnmming-tops and otiwr paraphernalia that there wasn't room for on the load. Two happy babies gdng to honaekeeping widi their child-parents- 1 And if a love^ love that makes the world jjo nmnd. »aid she had fallen, into fit #h^ pr-pinag to pnt away her ciataae. ' ' Miss Figmaa did aot take a leadiiag «a t in 'The Uacootte" attlie P^ark theatre next, eveirfiig, ow^ to aerTOWBUeeii, hat~ she went on at timee aad-sacg. inMie ohnAii. At the end of the peivfonasnoe slip jreoeiyad a reporter in the theatre offioOi andafier wanl accompanied htlhyad ottieltitQ toe wardiobe-rooaa. She is f misdiiiflb heig it, with latgs bine eyee^ i a: nmad anA protty faoe, and aplnmp form. Hsr 4reBa uf thin white staff fitted her to perfection. D.a- monds gfitwred in her ears, and her Gjtins- torough hat was as white as snow. The wardrobe trunk which die bad locked was. she said, being repaisad in a trunk mikw's sbop^ as tne lock wai ruined and the front was perfwatsd iHth anger holes. The trunk is 3 feet 6 inches in height aid neaily 5 feet lor^g. It is watertight, in order to protect ttie delicate dresses it coi- t aios when the singer is on the road. It was 'astened by a new Ecoelaor apriog 1 x k • and the lock was so strong that P. H. Coyte. the gai en^eer of the thmtre, wai ten minutes prymg the lid off with a strong irjn bar. Mies Figman was nnconacioos when she was lifted out of the trank. Sie wai so nearly smothered tbst it was feared for a few minntis tba*: she would not resover. Manager J. L. Gray hastily called a physi- cian, who administered restoratives. "I was putcing some articles of my ward- robe mto a camer of the tronk," Miss Fig- m n eipla n -d, "aid I suddenly tipped ovcr and fell in be%'f. rem.s'h I was terribly frightened by tne bump my head got on the bottom, but I squirmed sroind snd raised my head. Just then f s»w the heavy lid falling, aid I gave a loud scream that waa forfinra»ly heard by Miss Pierre. The next instant the lid stmck me on the head. I fell back unconscious, and the spring lock closed with a snap, so M ss Pierce eaid. "They uonld nos find the ksy of the trunk, and knowing tbat I must have air, Mr. Goyle bored auger hoi as in the trunk. I know nothing of what was done of my own knowledge, for I did not recover conscious- ness until they had carried me into the green room. Oh how my finjers did tingle with pain when I came to. I felt as if ttaousands of needles were shooting through every pore. I must have been nearly asphyxiated, and I am sure that if Miss Pierce nad nit come to the room by god fortune just as I screamed, I woidd bave bsen takan out of the trunk dead. "I have been weak and nervous all day, startled at the least sound, but I feel better now, and I will go on the stage and sing tomorrow evening." ^1^ii^yh«»4^ m3»ynH«MiaUy the ^wdttiaetr^iaioad of vaifaoMMath is too aart«rwiar jy hi tfci .;,'â- :( W " 'to- he^-tha mif :nan who •k»t "tiie way hia motiKr ued.ta^ook.*' j^P«noD-r^JU^r dreft^sMlher, thi«, »rmar Jaaaa." **Ay, puaoa, io it bs; 'miBda ontof iit^Mn time, doeaat it " Strive to^e-fieh in knowledge. A siAm#ooBditMm MissMMhToIWiiton, irfioi '**? f^^'%?,*?iT!^**r5*/^^ *» ... -.._ L „,., .r:9~T-^ 1 givin w onMBlpi foyiaanoi^ ' There are f ratiks wtdcb 'Uom Usen despise hM49«e th«faveaoi^b3aHpiJi|ed.'aad which tae^jHU i|ot ocamihe Deouse iimg despise. Iltan UBtrnth is only a day Old. it is called a iTe if it isa ytercld; ft fa dalfed a Mse- ^ood-; bat if is a csBtory old, jt is ciUed a legmd.' ^e preaiAer was ratlier cyhioal than .cb^rltabls who tookfor the text of a wedding â- erm^ "In^t there be abundanoe of peace- while the moon endoreth." He who has reined in and corbel hb pleasures by temperance has proaured for himself mach greater honor and a greater victory ^uka when he oonqaers an enemy. "I like hot weather the best." said a Philadelphia girl, " because it makes pa and ma so slee{ y that they don't come bothering aroand the parior tiie nights I have com- pany." Gat but the irath once uttdrsd, and 'tis like a star new born, that drops into ito plaoci and which, onoe circlng lo its placid rbtmd, nit all the tumult of the earth can .shake. ' Oiie of the Two Million. Parish Parson (to Dobbe) â€" "They are gointr to give you the franchise." Djbbs â€" •• What cbeeie f ' Parish Parjcnâ€" "The frinohise." Dobbe â€" " I hope they'll gie us some bread wi' it. What's the good o' cheese without bread?" Smith met Jones oa the deok of an ocean steamer one calm morning, after several days of very rough weather. " Why, I declare, Joxei " said S.-nith, "you b. k years older than when I lastsaw yoa 1" "No wonder," answered Jones, "I've had several berth* days lately." A gentleman bought a newspaper, and tende ed in payment a piece of forty sous. The newspaper woman "I haven't the change yon can jp%j me as you pass along to-morrow." 'The gentleman "But suppose I should be killed t)-day?" The newspaper woman " Oh, it won't be a very great loss." Irish Republicanism. ^Irish Landlord â€" " How daie you speak in that manner I Do you know who lam?" Patâ€" "And who may your honor be?' Lmdlord â€" "I am Knight, Biron Knight, and Knight of the G*rter." Patâ€" "Then I'll have you tD know tt at I am Pa's Murphy, to night, to-morrow night, and the night after." ABrate. A married oonpla wete ont promenading in the saborlM of Anstin one dsgr. Presently the wife said "Think, Albe^ if the bri- gands ehcmld ooaie now and take me from your •'InqpoariUeb my dear." "Bat, snppoae thagr did oome and carry me away what woold yoa aaj T" â€" ' "I Aimid aay," npiiad tiie hnaband, xthattfaa bt%aiidaw«rB amrattha â€" --a n St. Winifred's WeU at Holywell, That many of onr countrymen look on prayers offered at special sbrmes as special- ly efficacious is evident from the number of devout Welsh Roman Catholics of the upper class, who, on the 27th of July, 1882, went on a pilgrimage to St. Winifred's well at Holywell to offer prayers for the rettoration to health of the infant son of the Duke of Norfolk. The pilgrimage was conducted by Very Rev. Ginon Monaghan. and prayers were siid attthe chapel at Holywell, and also at St.!^inifrel's well itsdf. Of the many wells' neld in reverencs by our anccs tors, none probably has mere fully sustained its old reputation than this, which has given its name to the town of Holywell. Accjrd- ing to the legend its waters gushed up with- in the GhfUrch of St. Bueno, at the spot where the\ head of the holy St. Winifred iries$ed, when, having been cut off by vj'rinoe Carados, itroUed on nbtil it entered the consecrated build- ing. Tins miraculous fouatain, of condie, became a noted place of pilgrimage. WilBam the Conqnerar, Henry II., Elward I., and James II, were among the sovereigns who cams h4re to seek parden for divers sins, and doughty .warriors were ofttimes to be seen standing for hours in the well, with only their heads above water, absorbed ia fervant prayer and craving the ioterehssion of St. Winifred, Of one brave ku'ght it is recorded that in the earnestoess ot his de- votion he forgot all prudence and stay^ in the chilling water till be was paralyled. His last audible words were "Sancta Wini- freda ora pro me," after which he never more. Cold as the water is, it never freez is. and the flow is always the same. It is said to be the mo it copious spring in Britiin, yielding twenty-one tons of water per m â-  ute Tnis well is the {Hropsrty of the Diil of Westminster, who, in 1876, granted o the corporation of Holywell a loise ot the well for one thousand years.at arental of one sovereign per annnm^ A recent visitor to tha weU. took note of tome of the votive of- ferings which had been deposited by grate- ful patients, and which incladed thirty-nine crotohes, six hand sticks, a pair of boots, and a hand-hearse. Early Fish Cnltare. It shall be good for all Gentlemen and others baamg the gouemment of any riners, brookes, or standing poolee, to replenish them with all snch kmds of fish as may they be presemed or bred, as well of stray- ing as others, lliere is a kinde of fish in Holland, in the fennee beside Paterborrow, which they call a ponlt, they be like in makingaad greatneese to the Whiting, bnt of the ^ihlloar of the Looh; they oome roorth d the fenne brookes int} the riaers nigh there abont, as in Waoswocth riaer there are many, of them. 13iey stirre not all the sommer, bnt in the winter when it is most.ooldest weather. There they are taken at Milles in Welles, and at wayera likewise. "Hieyard aplsaaant meats, and some do thinke t^ey wonld be i^ well in^- other rice's ana rnohing waters, as Hnntingdon, Ware, and sooh Bke, if ^oee wat e rs were replenisl^ with them, as they may 'with small ohaige.â€" fiooie of tiMig vnth HookeandJUne. L.M.ISOO. Thelaatletterbntonsinthealphabetmast be tlM least luwd, ainee "», word to the Y* A village doctor, on going to -see one of his patiento in the country, took his gun along in the hope of having a little sport. A wag meeting him on the way, akad him where he was going. "To see one of my pitients," answered the doctor. "Are you not sfraid you will miss him if you use tbat?" exclaimed the wag, pointing ta the gun. Depositorâ€"" Where is the cashier?" Bank Boyâ€"" Gone to Canada." " And the President?" "Gone t South America" " Mercy save us I Bit the directors, where â€" " "Nobody knows." " Is any one left " "Yes, me and the watehman." " Wdl, why didn't you go also, and make a clean sweep of it " "There wasn't nothing left whc n our turn cam?. " Not long ago a practical jokist concsived the idea of frightsning passers through a country churchyard by dressing himself up as a ghot. One night about half-past eleven, a bnriy old farmer was coming along, when out jumped the apparition. "Well, who are you " asked the agriculturist The ghost waUed forth some some sentence ending with "ghosj." "Now, look here," said the farmer as he began tp drop across him with a stick, "you clear off; its time all yon canfounded ghosts were in bed." The ghost went. The Bet StUl Undecided, Two well-mianing men, one from St. Louis and the other from St Paul, had an argument in the Sherman House on the pro- nunciation of the word depot. "I say its 'deepoS'" said the Si. Paul num. "And I say its 'day-po I' " answered the St. Louisian. In the course of time they put up $5 apiese snd sgreed to leive it to a tall, fine- looking min on the other side of the rotun- da. Going np to him, the St. Paul dispatint said "My friend and I have a small bet on the prononnciation of the word 'dee-po.' I cay it is 'dee-po,' and he says it is 'day- po.' Now, who is right?" "Pardon me," said the stranger, "but I never heard the word before. How do you spell it, and what do2s it mean " The bettinflf men looked at each other dnbiously, and one said "D-e-p-o-t, a rail- way station " "Oh, yes, yes; excuse me. Yon mean 'deppo,' of course. Yes, yes, depp. it is proooni3ed 'deppo.'" "Look here r yelled the St. Paul man, "where do yon come from 7" "Boston, sir." "Well, there can't no Biston man settle a bet for me on the English lansuage. Gome an, let's interview Carter Harrison." TheEye^ It is siUd that very quiet eyea, which im- press and embarrass me with their qniet re- pose, signify not only self-oomBaaad, bnt al- so mnoh complaoenoy and spme conceit. Rsatleas eyes that oaonot look one steadily in tiie taoo denote a deceitful designing mind. Eyss in whieh the wldte has a yel* lowisb tinge and ia a fa ea k ed with reddish veini^ prove mnoh of strong paesion and hasty temper. Very bine eyea bespeak a mind'iiMffined to ooqnetry.' Gray eyes sig- nify Up p Mty, intelligwoe, and eaoUlant rea- soiung faoolties. Gkeenish eyas fahwhood and a fondneas for sca nd al. A malidona mind is often indicated by greenish eyss. Blaik oftH show a passionate, lively tem- peramsntb and oftentimes a moat deoatfnl dispositioa. Brown nm are i derandtriMk indtaating a hind and disporition. .^i^'Jti^ â- .:.. mttm