Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 January 1871 — Page 3

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\V aw*.—Weeds rose when Adam fell At least, thee logical agriculturists \.jid agricultural theologiana tell us. "Whether this bo or not, certain It is that ever siuee the fall they hare formad the greatest and most burnishing obstMclo to the success of tho tlllor of tho "•••oil and where they are permitted to get tho upper hand, are pretty sure to render all his laltor nugatory, and der^atroy his crops.

Actual experiments prove that, in

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where the weeds are not kept un--der, there is a positive loss of at least one-fourth of thecrop.

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they are growing:

AccoitniNd to M. Camaille, ducks are three times as profitable as hens, as egg producers three ducks presented him. In a given time, with six hundred and seventeen eggs, while three hens, batch^3jg^lin*^Jf^nl«pfl||«nht6vod.only two ninuirecHmu mtJ'PWtl. 'I Iib ^s of hons and ducks be It&tes to bo of nearly equal valuo. Wo think it depends much on tho cost of procuring food for hens and ducks as to tho profit of keeping them, ducks eat much more than hens. If tho food costs nothing or nearly so, ducks may bo more profitable our experience is that hens are much more profitable to any ono that buys feed a duck will eat more corn in one dav than fivo hons, and show less flesh for it. Hens lay nearly the year round, while ducks lay only a small portion of the year.

TN 'teaching a young hoist well, do not hurry to see

Rural. Sunday Reading.

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for Instance,

an unweeded acre of wheat produced eighteen bushels, while an adjoining aero, kept free from weeds, yielded twenty-two and a half. An un weeded acre of barley produced only thirteen bushels, while un acre immediately adJoining produced twenty-eiKht. An acre of oats, plowed once, yielded *cv~ teen bushels, while 0110 plowed three 'times yielded twonty-seven.

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part of the food which the ground holds for the use of plants they clog the ground they keep air and light from £10 young seed tfiey injure the youne crop* seriously when there is high wind or beavv rain they delay the process of harvesting, and, by

crease the fanners risk and tho K"in that has ripened under all these diadvantages is, in quality, interior to that of the growth of which was unincumbered with weeds.

Hut it is not only the weeds which row among tho crop which make work or the farmer. The chick-weed, the dock, the dandelion, the chamomile, poke-weed, mustard, and thistle, which till his fence corners, occupy his roadsides encroach on tho grass in his pasture, and from all these "points of departure" scatter their myriad seeds over the adjacent fields, will do as much injury to future crops as tho field weeds 'of the present year did to the grain or roots over whose heads they flourished. \nd many a farmer who persistently plows under and pulls up the weeds he finds among his corn, potatoes, turnips, or carrots, as persistently leaves the growing weed-crop in his fence-corners, or along his roadside unmolested thus providing for himself and liis "help" much hard work and vexation of spirit jn ensuing seasons.

There are, doubtless, many to whom has never occurred the possibility of greatly lessening, if not totally exterminating this evil. They have taken the farm-world as tliev found it, and eoi.tentcdlv work ahead, bearing up as well as may be under the many disadvantages which "the fall of Adam" (Mitailed upon iiis soil-tilling descendants In particular. Yet is such a relief to the minds of order-loving farmers, to the backs and fingers of weed-picking urchins, and the growtli of the field crops, quite possible. Possible—that is to say, with a united and continued effort on the part of the entire district such crusade as. beginning in one county, may spread to all contiguous counties and States, and in course of time arouse tho entire agricultural community to act in concert for the destruction of these farm-pests.

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how fast he

wm trot. Keep each pace cicar and distinct from the other, that is, in walking make him walk, and do n-l allow him to trot. While trotting, bo efually careful that he keeps steady at his pace, and do not allow him to slacken into a walk tho reins, while driving, should be kept snug, and when pushed to the top of his speed, help him well in hand, that he may learn to bear well 'upon tho bit, so that when going at a high rate of speed, ho can bo ncld at his pace, but do not allow him to pull too hard, for it is not onlv unpleasant, but makes it often difficult to manage him.

('AimoTS, which have been found so 'valuable as food for horses and cows, seem equally useful, when boiled and mixed with corn-meal, as food for swine. Feeders who have tried, state that when mixed In the proportion of a bushel of carrots to half a peck of meal, hogs will eat them greedily, and fatten upon the mixture as quickly, if not Wiore so, than on pure meal.

TAR 1S an excellent application for •hard, dry and cracked boo fa. It softens and penetrates the hoof, and gives it a bright and clear appearance. It also closes the cracks. Once used, tho hostler will never be without it. Apply onco or twice a week.

Fni'TT trees, planted in timber land, It is said, bear sooner than those planted on prairie land, but the latter will continue fruitful much longer than the former.

XKCKIRS roR TIIK SEASON.—JANUARY. FRIKP CABRAOK.—Share as fine as possible put in vour kettle, in which nave a iittlo boiling water cover, and when It begins to be tender, salt it when done vory tender, leavo the cover off add some "butter and pepner, and vinegar or not, just as you like. fxt the cabbage cook down as dry as possible, without burning, stirring it frequently.

BAULKY BROTW.—Boll gently, (br half an hour, pint of near! barley, In a gallon of water: tako 3 lbe. of lambchops, with tho flat cut off. or a rib of beef, and put in a stew pan with water to cover add any kind of vegetables— carrots, turnips, onions and celerycut fine when tender, addtothe barley water, and boil slowly two hours. Salt and pepper to taste.

STKWKD POTATOES.—Slice thin, and boil in water till tender pour off the water, and put in some butter, salt, pepper and rich cream, and a dust of flour. Before taking up, stir in the beaten jolk ot an egg, with tone chopped parsley ,Sr

BKA* Sovr.—Soak a plnt of ilrtall white beans over night boil slowly three-hoars, adding a small piece of bam when done. Season well, and strain.

Til AT TTTLWt CHURCH. [The refusal or Rev. Mr. Bablna ef New York to bury George Holland, the actor, with the rites of Itie Episcopal Church, and his rtrfert-nee to minister of the "little church arourfd the corner" aa a pereon who might I* prevailed apon to read the funeral Hervice over the dead body of the poor actor, 1* fresh In the mlnda of our reader*. The following lines from the New York ttandard explain themiwlve*:J

Bring him not here, where our sainted feet Are treading the path to glory Bring him not here, where our Saviour •iweet

Repeat*, for •«, His story. «o take Wtn where 'such things' are done For he «at in tho seat of the aoorner) To where they have room, !*r we have

To that little church around the corner."

80 snake the holy man of God Of another man, his brother. Whose cold remains, ere they sought tho

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Had only asked that a Christian rltn Might be read above them by one whose light

Was, "Brethren, love one another Had onlv asked that a prayer be read Ere his flesh went down to Join th© dead, Whilst his spirit looked, with suppliant eyes, ftearehinu for «od throughout the skies. But the priest frowned "N«," and his brow was bare

Of love in the sight of the mourner, And they looked for Christ and Him— where?

In that little eliurch round theeorner:

All! well, God grant, when, with aching feet, We tread life's last few paces, That we mav hear some accents sweet,

And kiss, to the end, fond faces. God grant that this tired flesh may rest, CMid many a musing mourner) While the sermon is preached, and the rites are rend, In no church where the heart of love is dead, And tho pastor a pious prig at beat, But in some small nook where Gods confessed —Some little church round the corner.

Eetter

A. E. LANCASTER.

[For the Saturday Evening Mail.]

THE UNDERCURRENT. The majestic flow ot tho turbid river winding its way among tlic green hills and fruitful valleys, seems at times to reverse its motion and sweep backward bearing tho floating wrecks upon its bosom but beneath the surface lies an unseen power that is slowly and surely pressing onward to the fathomless ocean. Tiie current of our lives 1111perceived accept at intervals lies hidden beneath the bubbles that toss so lightly on the dancing waves. Deep in the secret chambers of the heart, when the cup of pleasure has been drained and left tho soul unsatisfied, the whispering's of abetter life will come M'hen meditation stimulates the brain to action, thoughts intrude that wake the slumbering energies to grander purposes, and life appear too short to waste in gaining that which brings no lasting happiness. While the whirl of excitement drowns the voice of wisdom, the deep moving current is obscured by tho dancing bubbles and feathery foam that charm the brain with their never changing variety, only to lure it to destruction but let sorrow invade the heart, and tho nobler part of man's nafrqreris ultke iipdigK%|lfc, hisftruo character made manifest. Then it is that the deep seated purpose which pleasure concealed even from his own eyes, casts off tho treacherous vestments and appears in its true light. The hope of better things makes strong the chord that binds him to a higher destiny. The world knew not tho inherent power that lay so long dormant waiting only tho hand of adversity to waken into life. Tho pulso beats with a grander aim, and tho heart throbs responsivo to the call of tho newly awakoned spirit. 10very man's naturo partakes of the godliko, and tho more he seeks to cultivate his principle, im-

lanted tliero by infinite mercy, tho he accomplishes tho object of his creation and secures that which shall bring the greatest happiness. There is a timo in tho life of everyone when the nobler Impulses are stirred to action when reflection hitherto drowned in tho whirlpool of disipation is revived. Hope stimulates to seek another path that shall grow brighter as tho weary feet near the jqurney's end and whispers of a life that lies beyond of which this must be tho counter part. The giddy devotee of fashion seems callous to all pure and holy influences, but beneath the gaudy dress lies a heart truo to all that makes life worth tho living, and whoro that form Is called to "paws under tho rod" it enters into a covenant that shall bind it closer as tho years roll on and gathering strength and volume, as it leaves its Impress on the lives of others, shall enter at last the great ocean of eternity and lose itself in its purer waters of "an endless life.

FOKRKSTKR.

SATURDAY NIOHT.—HOW many a kiss has been given—how many acure—how many a caress—how many a look of hate—how many a kind word—how many a promise has boen broken—how many a soul lost—how many a loved one lowered into the narrow chamber —how many a babe has gone from earth to heaven—how many a little crib or cradle stands silent now. which last Saturday night held the rarest treasures of tho heart!

A week is a life. A week is a history. A week marks events of sorrow and gladness, which people never heard. Oo home to your fkmily, man in business Go home to your hesrth, erring wanderer! Oo home to the chair that awaits yon, wronged waif on life's breakers! (}o home to those you love, man of toil, and give one night to the joys and comforts fnst filving by!

Leave your book with complex figures—your dingy office—your busy shop I Rest with those you love, for heaven only knows what tho next Saturday night will bring von! Forget the world of csre and the Wtles of life which have furrowed the week! Draw close around the family hearth! Saturday night has awaited your coming in sadness, in tears, snd in silence. Go home to those you love, and ss you bask in the loved presence, and meet to return the lovwl embrace of vour heart's pets, strive to be abetter man, and bless heaven for giving his weary children so dear a stepping stone in the river to the eternal, as Saturday night.

OOVMUCTOK WITH CHRIST.—When you bave been sittintflh a well-lighted room and are suddenly called into the outer darkness, how black it seems and thus when a man has dwelt in communion with God. sin becomes exceeding stnfal, and the dark new in which the world lleitb appears like tenfold night.—

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PROBLEM No,

to'pb K-H ATJTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL. JANUARY 28.1871.

wreteh, who spurned tho virtuous path below To heaven above by other ifieans would

He, ^y mechanic arts, a ladder raised, Whose hight the vulgar and the learned amaced.

Thus Jacob did," he said, "and why not I Reach heaven as well as ho, at least I'll try." He inounta the ladder, rapidly ascends, And bids adieu to all terrestrial friends Now wrapped in clouds, unseen by human eye, And now environed in the asyre sky But now a ball, red hot, he lets fell down, Which fires a cannon at his base, whose sound Ascends his ear in thrioe tho length of time The ball was felling from tho hight sublime. Yo sages toll, if ho to heaven has got? Or, how far soaring from this earthly spot? PHILO.

SQUARE-WORD ENIGMA. My first is a mountain nymph. My second is a kind of poetry. My third moans to settle on as a permanent provision.

My fourth is used in some regions for building. My fifth is to fasten two boards together by pins inserted in the edges.

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.i'' *'f RIDDLE. Ho, MAIL boys and girls, come and guess mjT new riddle— A kov-hole at each end and a fin in tho

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Nor fat nor loan, But wet, I ween, It abides, thro' fato, In a Southern State,

WORD PUZZLE.

My first is in light, but not in dark. My second is in swallow, but sot in stork. My third is in lake, but not in pond. My fourth is in stick, but not in wand. My fifth is in new, but not in old. My sixth is in iron, and also in gold. My seventh is in rain, but not in snow. My eighth is in Orson, but not in Joe. My whole is the name of my native

State. IIARRY BARLKR.

PROBLEM No. 2.

Four men, A. B, C, and D, buy a mill for $10,000. Of this A pays one-third, Bcne-fifth, one-seventh,.and the remainder. puts in $-100, to buy grain with then A, B, and D, put in $700, of which A pays one-sixtli, two-fifths, and tho remainder. Afterward I) sells his share of the whole to the rest for 7 3-10 per cent, more than he paid. IIow much ought each one to pay him in order to have equal shares in the mill and stock? W. H. WILCOX.

ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, CHARADES «fcC. IN LAST WEEK'S PAPER.

Enigma No. 1.—Promise little and d« much. Charade.—Dueknieat (lemna.)

Word Puzzle.—Muskegoif. Logoriph.—Spare. Riddle.—The o«-gu6. I Enigma No. 2.—Anagranr :J9,

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magazine: In the field back of my house and the hill are two nice springs from one I draw water through pipes, while the water from the other goes to my barn, and my neighbor's house. Tho water runs very swiftly, because it is running down liiM. It is far easier to run down hill than it is to run up.

The pipe enters the spring, not at the top of tho water, nor at the bottom either. If it were at the top, tho seam would get into the pipe, ana a floating bug now and then. It were at the bottom, dregs and sediment would get in. So the pipe goes in about six inches below the top of tho water.

When wo are drawing water at the barn tor the horses, and my neighbor draws water at the same time for her washing day, the pipe sucks at a great rate. But it draws in nothing but pure water, if^all floating things keep at the top, and all heavy things lie still at the bottom. Now for my story.

Ono morning there was a gay young frog about as big as half my thumb— too big for a tadpole, too small for a wise frog. He could go just whore he pleased. He did not have to float with the bugs, for ho knew how to dive. He did not have to stay at the bottom with the dregs, for he knew how to swim. So ho kicked out his littlehind legs and swam all round the spring, doing very much as ho pleased.

Oue day he saw the little round black hole of tiie pipe, whore the water was runniug in quite freely. He wondered where it lead to. He put his nose in and felt the water pull, and was a little scared and backed out. But it was such a funny teeling to be sucked that way it felt kind of good round his nose, and he swam up and looked in again. He went in as mach as half an inch, and then the water got behind him and he was drawn all in. ''Here goes!" said he. "I shall seo what I shall seo!" And along he went with tho water, till he came to where the pipe makes a bend for my barn—a sharp bend, straight'up. As the water was quiet there he gave a little kick and got up into a still, dark place, close by the barrel where the horse drinks. "Well." said he, "it's a snug place here, but rather lonely and dark."

Now and then he thought of the spring, and the light and splendid room be used to have to swim in, and he tried to swim back against the stream but the water was on him or running by him swiftly, and he had no room to kick in the pipe. So every time he started to go back to the spring he would work hard for a few minutes, and then get tired and slip back Into the dark place by the barrel.

By and bv he grew contented there. The water brought him enough to eat. He shut his eyes and grew stupid stopped exercising and grew fat. and as he had no room to grow very big in the pipe, he grew all long, and no broad but he grew as big as he could, till at last he stopped up the pipe.

Then I had to go oat and see what was the matter, for the horse had nothing to drink. I jerked away the barrel, palled out the little plug, and put a ramrod down felt a springy, leathery something—and poshing, down it went, and out pushed the water. "What was thatr* I thought. 801 polled out the big plug pot down an iron ramrod, turned it twe or three tinea, then let the water ran, sod out came great, long, red snd white, snd bleeding frog. couldn't put Hun together again. Anything that gets eked into that pipe snd grows up in those dsrk places, has to come out dead, and all in pieces.

I wondered how such big frog could over have got l«to so small a pipe. Then a wise old lady in my housf told me "Why lie went ill there WM§I he was tittle snd foolish, snd grow in there." W I

I esn not get tbsfptiftor frog out of iny mind. IIo was so like some young people that I have seen. They Irollicked up to the door of a theatre, or they stood and looked into a bar-rooui, or they just wanted to goto one ball, or got out behind tho barn to smoke a pipe, or went off sleigh-riding with some gay young man without asking leave— or in some way put their foolish noses into a dark hole that felt fanny, and led they didn't know where. Pretty soon in they go. When they want to get back they can't and they grow bigger and wickeder, and all out of shape in that place. If they get out at last they aro all jammed up, knocked to pieces, sick, or dying, dead. When I see them in their coffins I hoar folks say "How came he to throw himself away so "What made him drink himself to death?" "How happened she to go off to infamy "How came be to be a gambler

Then I shall answer as tho wise old lady told me about tho frog. "They went in when thoy were Iittlo and foolish, and grjw up there." A bad habit hugs a man tighter, and jams him out of shapo worse than my pipes did that poor trog.

AN AMERICAN PEACE-MAKER.

A (California Adventurer Tranquilizing the J'miviatM by Building a 960,000,000 Railroad over the Andes.

After an American has been canonized in Cliinu for leading the imperial armies to victory against the rebels, and after other Americans have entered tho service of Egypt and made the armies effective, it is not strange that still another of our fellow.citizens is preserving the peace of Peru. Harry Miegs, this last adventurer, uses the arts of peace, however, and by his extensive railroad undertakings, docs more to keep the country quiet than any man in it, by giving employment to the lower classes. That, with good wages and prompt pay, makes tnem little inclined for fighting for no pay and find themselves. A private letter from Callao says that he has a great number of noted revolutionists under pay, without any employment except drawing their salaries, by which means he keeps the country quiet any other condition would be the death-blow to his undertakings. At this time he is building a road from this place to cross tho Andes, at a cost of sixty millions. For two years lie has maintained peace, and although that is the average duration of that blessing in Peru, so that murmurings of a revolution begin to be heard, it is to be hoped that he will succeed in completing his projects, which will accomplish much in perpetuating tho tranquility in which alone the country can prosper.

Of tho man undci'taking .theso great things, a correspondent writes: This Harry Miegs, you will remember, was one of the most enterprising residents of California. lie built blocks of houses, ships, and railroads, until embarrassed by some unexpected losses, he suddenly took his departure. Tho places that knew him once knew him no more to their sorrow. As suddenly he loomed up in South America, the mighty proprietor of stupendous enterprises, and what was best of all he sent heavy remittances to California, discharging everv obligation, with interest ana often an advance. This proved him an honorable as well as a great man, and the adroitnes&*v£li which he haq secured the interruption of hostilities in and about Callao, gives him much credit for generalship.—San Francisco Bulletin.

ANOTHER DESIGN ON NORTH POLE.

Every direction will then be South. There will be no North, no East, no West. The North Star will be directly over head, or nearly so and on the first day of March, the sun will just appear above the horizon, and go round and round, day by day, never rising nor setting, but gradually attaining a greater altitude, until finally it will get to a height of 23%°, and then gradually get lower and lower, until on the 23rd of September it will disappear, to be seen no more for six months. What object can I sight to regulate my chronometer? I have asked the question of the best talent in the country, and no man can answer me."

How TO SPELL.—Often in writing, a simple word is required, of the orthog* rapny of whicb the writer is not sow. The aictionsry may be referred to—Wot is not always convenient. An emy mode is to write the word on a bit of waste paper, in the two or three ways of which you in doubt. Nine times in ten the ir.ode which looks right is right. Spelling, particularly English spelling, is so completely a work of the eye, that the eye alone should be trusted. There is no reason why "receive" snd "believe" should be spelled differently, yet sounded slike, in their second syllsble. Yet write them "recieve"and "beleiva snd the eye shows you the mistake st once. The best way tor young people, and indeed people of any sge, to town to spell, is to practice writing. Cobbett, the femous English radical, taught his children grammar by requiring that they should copy their lessons two or three times. These lessons he himself gave them in the form of letters and his French and English grammars are two of the most amusing books in the English language. Of oourao, "l®arning to spell" came in incidentally.

"YOUJCO AUTHOR."—Yes

VISIBLE CAPITAL, aiid hoases, awl stocks and rid 1 road* sre not the only the world, lltfere is a kind cal economists make no men

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tion o£-thoKgh the most materialminded men recognize and admit its •alue. It is within the reach of men who sre destitute of all other kinds of capital—within the reach of the very poorest. Indeed, there is many a man who has started in life with nothing else, but, by tho judicious use of it has been enabled to grow rich and powerful. It is a good character. This is the first thing a young man needs in life. It is the first demand in business. Thoro are many business men who do not possess it themselves, and who do not attempt to cultivate it but even these discern and esteem it in others. There is no dishonest man who does not exact honesty of those whom he employs. He may deal unfairly with others', but ho wants to be dealt fairly with himself. Inflexible integrity anu good moral habits aro the elements of good character and though they may not command their real value at first, they will sooner or later, detect them, or 10 homage to them. The complications and subdivisions of business require that the heads of houses should place large trust in somebody and here is where the arithmetical value of a a good character is exhibited. In whom, of all the clerks and assistants in a large business, shall this trust bo placed? Who shall be selected to share the employers' confidence? Not necessarily the smartest of his assistants, but that one whose proved integrity and known good habits mark him as the most reliable and faithful. All may possess these attributes but, unfortunately, all do not possess them and those who really do possess them arc so tew in number as to make the attributes themselves the more valuable for their scarcity tho young man who is strictly upright in all his dealings, who tells nothing but tho truth, who faithfully fulfills his pledges and keeps his engagements even to his own detriment, and whose moral habits are correct—this is the person to whom employers love to confide important trusts, and whom they select for rare rewards and good salaries. No young man who possess these qualities can be esteemed

oor and no young man is likely to steadily prosperous.—Exchange.

ENERGY OF WILL.

It is energy of will that is the soul of tho intellect wherever it is, there is life where it is not, all is dulness and despondency and desolation. People who have experience of it imagine that it is destructive to tho nerves, exhaustive to the animal spirits that it aggravates tho wear and tear of life excessively. But this is an idle notion, as idle as the habits an humours of those who entertain it. I leave it to any man who knows its real effect to strike the balance—to compare the exhaustion of an indolent day with that of an active one to say in which of tho two cases the subject is in better heart for work and titter to undergo it. Whatever we may be about, one thing, I believe, is certain, that if the spirits are spent by energy, they aro utterly wasted by idleness at worst, energy can only "end in relaxation—it is superior to it for a while, and possibly at last may fall into it whereas, idleness is actual relaxation from first to last, and can be nothing else. But even this view, favourable as it is, is yet not favourable enough to be just. The fact is, that violence is not necessary to energy any moro than tyranny is to kingship! on*the contrary, it is Uie gentlest ejBflr-

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Captain C. F. Hall, the Arctic explorer, is now fitting out his vessels in New York for his new expedition, on which he expects to start in May next. Tho United States Government backs him in this attempt to discover tho North Pole, and ho will be abundantly provided with everything needed. Captain Hall has already spent five years in the Arctic regions, become used to the mode ot living adopted by the Esqui maux, and expects his companions to live on raw seal, walrus meat, and train oil, and is furthermore master of the Esquimaux language. Captain Hall's ambition this time is to discover the North Pole. And he avows a willingness to consume five years more, if necessary, in doing it, although he hopes to make the discovery during 1872. In a lecture in Brooklyn, recent ly, he spoke of the difficulty he expects to meet, when standing on the North Pole, in regulating the chronometer. He said:

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does recommend authors to eat fisn, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. So lar you are correct, but I cannot help yon to a decision about the amount you need to eat—at lestf, not with certainty. If the specimen composition yon send is about your Mr usual average. I should judge that per1 will 1

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would want for the present. Not the kind, but simply good middling sixed whales.—Mark Twain.

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workihgness tho bloottilhg of er is energy, the increase of fruit is energy, the growth of the body is energy yet in all these there is no violence the efficacv is not destructive, but vital: withoirt it* the whole frame must fall at once into corruption with it, instead of corruption, we nave life. But this, it may be said, is a refinement. It may be so, but it is true in fact, nevertheless The gainsayer will find it difficult to produce anything from the subject of surer or more essential truth.

HOW TO SERVE A GHOST. Joseph I, Emperor of Germany, was a merry gentlcmau, and as brave at heart as no was sturdy in biceps. He was a bosom friend of the elector of Saxony, a royal scamp whose bump of reverence hardly equaled his love for the flesh. Joseph was a good Catholic, and his friends of the Church were in considerable foar lest the rakish elector should lead him from tho truo faith. They tried almost every device to break the companionship between them, but all to no purpose.

Finally, a sealous Jesuit father, disguised himself in a Satanic attire, and silently entered the Emperor's chamber late one dark night, clanking heavy links of chains, and, placing himself near the bed, whera the dim light from the solitary taper could fall upon his figure, the mysterious visitor began haranguing, in a sepulchral voice, the startled Emperor:

Renounce, O Emperor, thy intimacy with the elector qf Saxony, or prepare for eternal damnation.

The musculp^ilMignate, not caring to be bored wit#uneM^hly callers at such an unseasonsble hotv, lesped from his couch, andjMtflhlng Hp In bis arms his phantom Jtfimor. launched him out of the window, saying. "Rltum to purgatory, from whence yon Came."

A broken (high was' his ghotship's reward. Tbnltoiy Is ^ell corroborated, although one narrator, the Baron Poellnltx, clsims ffiat it was not the Emperor, bat his friend tho elector, a man of herculean strength, who achieved the ftak :#s

Vision OF.THK YOUNG MOLB.—It is a fact well known to naturalists that in many cases where a full-grown animal is marked by the absence of certain organs or appendages found in the majority of its class, they exist in a normal condition In the fetal stage. This is shown in the occurrence of teeth in the jsws of the young whale (which are totally wanting after birth), the incisor teeth of the fetal rodent, tne existence of eyes on both sides of the hea*! in the young flounder, Ac. Anew instsnoe of this general Principle has been recently announced In regard to the European mole, the adult of which is usually considered blind. The fetal mole, bowever, according to Mr. Lee, in a late paper. is endowed with organs ef vision, which at the time of birth are of considerable perfection, but in advancing age certain changes take place in the base of the skulL whicb terminate in the destruction of the most important structures Jsn which tbe enjoyment of the sense of Sight depends.

Wr have received a copy of the

terprising paMisher, and is more deserving the patronage of tbe public than many fiwtem publications that make greater pretensions. We wish the MAIL success.—Cumberland (IU..,) Democrat.

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A short timejigc were night they fotf^d np at a aftallSibut accommodations ed—so nitich aft as to bunk in one moderate-slsea room next to the roof. This being tho best they could do, they accepted the conditions without mucn murmuring, being pretty effectually tired out -with their days1 tramp, and after supper retired early.

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as the}' were retiring for the they were having a high frolio. Now tho hunters wero all young men, and it was very tantaliaing to have so much "gal" ftin going on with only a doer intervening. At length one of thet hunters whispered totheothens,— "See there boys, there's a knot-hole in the door, and we can seo sll that Is going on. Heap of fun there, you bet."

They all looked, and there, sure enough, was what appoared to be a goodsized knot-hole, showing the light within the room adjoining to be very bright indoed. A bold hunter crept cautiously out of bed and applied his eye at tho knote-hole, but was astonished to find he could see nothing. As ho put his head down to look theknot-hole seemed to disapear. Stepping back a pace or two, there was the knot-hole again. "What did you soe inquired one or the hunters, who was trembling with curiosity in the bed. "Didn't seo anything," was the reply. "They either took the knot-hole away or plugged it up."

Then anotner hunter tried it with a like result. As ho stopped to steal a glance at unconscious maidenhood on ay frolic the knot-hole vamosed. They were greatly puzzled until ono of them cried out-,—

See there, boys look at the roof?" They looked and the mystery was solved. Thero was a knot-liolo in the board-roofing, through which the moon was shining, the light tailing upon the door so as to produco the illusion described. The hunters slept better after this discovery.

MR ETIIARTE AT HOME. The sudden popularity achieved by the poetry sketches of Francis Bret Harte, in"tho eastern States, gives great satisfaction to his many friendse and admirers in California, who have long wished for a larger recognition of his genius and merits than could be niado by his State alone. Hero at least he has always been appreciated, for from the moinent he entered tho republic of letters, as editor of tha \tlifomitn, public opinion welcomed him as a new star in the literary firmament, and bis series of "Condensed Novels" in that

mblieation at once confirmed the popuverdict. Since then It can hardly bo said that his local reputation has increased, for his first efforts wero sui generis, so inimitable that he was at once laurelled with all the limited fame which our small world had to bestow, and his wider appreciation is merely an endorsement of California's correct views. I begin to think that California has a sharp eyo for tho discovery of lor and time bo-

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genius. Mark "Twain's humor pathos wero recognized along tini fore tho mention of his nameliad reached Eas em ears. Ralph Keeler was known to our literary world as a clover writer years ago. Starr King had to come to California before he achieved his national reputation for olo^ionce. Lotto H£9, recogni zed as a jo we I in tho only*u inelodoon lib several vothers imes 8iM5F at present foccur. Charles Warren Stoddartf is tho only Californian of any literary pretensions whose local fame has not been confirmed by Eastern popularity, through his poetry has drawn from Tonpj^son a letter of friendly couiniendawon. It may bo that in any other part of tho Union the merits of those I liavo mentioned would have been discovered, but still I think that Callfornians have a a quicker perception for anything abovo mediocrity than tho rest of Americans. Mr Harte'has resolved to sever bis connection with the Overland Monthly lor tho purpose ot taking up his residence in tho Eastern States. When this happens (it may not bo for somo month# yet) the Overland can scarcely survive for even with the lustre lent it by ilt editor's name it barely pays expenses. —San Francisco Correspondence Mobilo Register.

MR. GUAY, an ingenious gentlemm in Sussex Co., Del., invented anew 11011 explosive burning fluid, and invitod few friends to como ami witness a test of its qualities. Ho gathered a select circle around a barrel of the fluid up i» the garret, and, to prove how non-ex-

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losTve it was, bestirred it with a redpoker. In six seconds tho inventor and his friends wore seen to emerge from tho roof, with trap-doors, chimneys and things on their heads, and scud away to the North-West, toward the river. While enjoying a fine bird's eye view of the Stato of Delaware at an elevation of 30,000 feot or more, Mr. Gray observed to the friend nearest bin that he thought perhaps ho had mado mistske in mixing too much ben/.ir in the fluid. He aid not wait to hea I his friend's reply, because he apparent ly had an engagement bigAor up, and seemed in a hurry to go. Hin widow will sell the patent for the non-explo-sive fluid very oheap and sho need.*

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the money badly, because. Mr. Graj scattered so much around Sussex cotinty when be came down, that she bad |. bury him gradually during the next threo weeks.

In a play called "The Carpenter Rouen," the dignity and importance tho mechanic is thus aptly illustrated

The mechanic is God's nobleman. What have mechanics not done Have they not opened the secret ehambors I: the mighty deep and extracted its tre« 1 sures, and made the raging billow their highway, on which they ride a on a tame steed Are not tho element of fire and water chained to tho crank and. at the mechanic's bidding, eon: pelled to turn it? Havo not mechanic open the bowels of the earth, and in»« the products contribute to their

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The forked lightning is their nlsythirt* snd they ride triumphantly on t'i wings of the mighty winds. To tin wise they aro floodgates of knowleuK and kings and queens are decorate* with their handy-works. JIo made the Universo was a groat mechaii ic.'

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didn't spell very well, according to th following, reoently contributed to th Missouri Historical society, by Horac Fox:

I certify that I gave permission Benjamin Gardener to aatle on a pice 01 vacant land cold Little Purrary, tbe Missury, some time in Deoombo 1802. Given under my hand this Day of Febury, 1806.

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