The Flower-Girl.
BY 1CCT 1AKOOM.
O my liule tea-ide girl.
What is in yrmr gar-Ion growing ?
" Hock-wootln and tarigle-fjraB.
MH iuo flow tide coining goin ;
Saaiplun- ami u.arh-rinemary.
Ail aluu'the wet shore creeping :
Sandwort, beaoh-jieas, pimpernel,
Out of nooks and corners peeping."
O my little prairie girl,
What's in bloom among your grasses?
" 8prini-beauties. painted-enpa,
Flu.-.". ;ing when the eolith wind passes:
Beds of rote-piuk oentuary ;
Conipaas-flowers to northwent turning ;
Lark-spur, orange-gold puccoon ;
Leairuos of lilies Hame-rod burning."
O my httle mountain girl.
Have you anything to gather ?
White everlasting-bloom.
Not afraid of wind or weather :
Sweet-brier, leaning on the crag
That the lady-fern lies under ;
Harebells, violets white and blue ;
Who has sweeter flowers, I wonder ?"
O my little maidens three.
I will lay your pretty posies
Sea-tteeuteJ. cloud bedewed,
Prairie grasses, mountain roses
On a bed of shells and moss.
v Come an 1 bend yo:ir bright heads nearer !
Dear though all your blossoms are,
Yon three human flowers are dearer.
, --St. JVicholaa for lhwnitr.
FARM AM) HOUSEHOLD.
ProBn
of Crnpe Crowius.
F. R. Elliott savs that th
Of
pounds of Concords Were Soil! fhia Tour
in New York city at two and two and a
half cents per pound, and Delawares at
four to seven cents. Now when the
cost of culture is taken into account,
and picking, selecting, boxing cost tf
boxes, cartage and railwav freights' the
picture is not flattering. " Mr. Elliott
adds that there is no demand for native
wines, and " the trade is a dead lett r."
Shall we stop raisins? grapes? Is there
no light in the horizon ?
Let us compare this crop with ap
ples, which can he grown much cheap
er than any other fruit. Apple orchards
do well when they yield a hundred bar
rels per acre; the average in .all years
is not half this amount. " They require
little care, and taking good sorts the
country through will average not far
from 550 per acre, and orchards are
regardeiLas remunerative at that sura.
Good, well-managed vineyards, on the
other hand, should never be allowed to
bear more than four tons yearly per
acre; the average is greatly 'influenced
by climate and locality, but we may call
it two tons, or 4,000 pounds. At two
cents per pound the product would be
eighty dollars, or thirty dollars more
per acre than apple orchards, which
would repay the additional labor and
culture required. Good managers, in
favorable places, will do much better
than this.
If, therefore, the owners of vineyards
could obtain an average of two cents
per pound, they would receive a fair re
tun or sixteen hundred dollars on a
twenty -acre vineyard. The trouble now
is, they incur too much expense in pack
ing and shipping to distant city mar
kets. If good grapes were regularl
offered to all farmers, mechanics and
shopmen at two cents per pound,
would not a trade and a new consump
tion be opened up, and every large
isolated viueyardist be able to sell all he
raifies to residents within live miles I It
might require years, and some labor, to
establish his trad?; but would
not many heads of families who
now pay - a hundred dollars a
year for . butcher's meat, prefer
to spend one-fourth, or twenty-five dol
lars, for twelve hundred pounds of
grapes, to keep their table supplied
with rive or six pounds daily of this
wholesome luxury during autumn and
all through winter ? Would it not be a
cheap and satisfactory way to assist in
feeding a family ? Or, if this would be
too large a supply, they might buy five
hundred pounds for ten dollars, and
still h ive over three pounds to consume
daily from the first of October to the
first of March. There is no question
that the wholesome food would save
more than the cost to the majority; of
families in doctors and nurses' billsj '
For the present we can hardly expect
farmers generally to raise their own
crapes to the extent here pointed out.
The vines require more frequent plant
ing than apple trees, and more care in
pruning and expense in cultivating.
Farmers, while they give assiduous at
tention to corn and potatoes, axe reluc
tant to give nail as much care to or
charcls or raising fruit of any kind. A
great improvement, it is true, has been
made in this respect within the last
twenty years, but still we cannot yet
xpect ihr. great majority to give the
needed and prop er attention to vine
yards.
The large viueyardist, therefore, who
well understands his business, mav for a
time raise and keep into winter an abun
dant crop, if he can only content him
self with a low-practiced home market,
which suaii pay him reasonably welL
There is no donbt that if he could be
provided with a good, spacious, dry.
cool fruit apartment to keep them in, he
could sell freely good Irtish srrapes bv
Christmas and New Years.'and later, for
a much higher price than Mr. Elliott
has mentioned. It may le well, there
fore, for vineyardists to look towards
the proposed market, or inquire a to
its probable chance. Tlte Cultivator
and Country Gentleman.
jllannrinv Fralt Tree.
While orchard trees are youne. and
crops .cultivated between them, they get
Along tolerably well. Garden or farm
crops cannot be grown without manure,
rveryooay Knows mis. j.ney are
manured, and the trees steal some of it
But the time comes when the trees meet
their branches, and crops cannot be
grown to advantage any more, and then
all manure for the fruit trees stops for
ever. They generally go back after
this. The leaves get yellow, the fruit
poor and knotty, and much falls off in a
dry time.
Just here comes in another idea.
Everybody wants or ought to want good
roads. One of the best ways to keep
to keep roads good is to keep ditches
open and clean. This lets off the water
easily; it is water on roads that spoils
them. Then the ditch stuff is capital
food for trees. If it will pay to keep
the road dry, it will doubly pay when
drying the road to spread the stuff
under the fruit trees. j-
, Many think fruit trees require good
nch manure, and when one talks of
'manuring fruit trees he has an idea that
valuable material at ''so many dollars a
ton must be procured- Nothing of the
kind A ride around our good old Ger
man town will show many an old pear,
atmlo or chcrrv tree bo situated that
simply earth every year washes down
'Around the stem over the roots,
and it is wonderful how they
grow and bear. Some of these old
pear trees are Seckels, and the fruit
are of a size-genetally to excite astonish
ment. This dirt, or dirt similar to it.
, hauled and scattered under the large
trees has a wonderful effect an the
growth aud productiveness. About one
load to three or four trees does not take
long to haul and spread, as a general
thing, and the good effects will be visi
ble for several- years. We have also
seeu excellent ivsiilts from the use of
Kitchen ashes spread under the trees in
the same way. Germantoivn Tele
graph. fane-Seated Chairs.
When these chairs begin to wear out
the canes split apart, aud their appear
ance is anything but ornamental, while
the comfort of the chair is also destroy
ed. Now, if we live where they can be
reseated at the cabinet maker's, and
have the moifey to pay for the work, we
can soon have the chairs again as
"good as now." But ali do not live in
such localities, and all have not the
money to replace these seats; vet a little
time and ingenuity will set the matter
right, and make the chairs, in my opin
ion, better than new, for I do not take
muchi fancy to cane-seated chairs in
general.
Take any pieces of bagging or bur
laps no matter how coarse and fit
them to the chairs, cutting them large
enough to wrap about the rounds that
hold the splints or canes. Now sew it
on with a darning needle and twine
twice doubled, and turn up a hem. as
you sew, on the burlaps. When half
fitted, stuff it with "excelsior" shavings
of poplar wood; or if you have them,
cut off layers from old quilts, and
spread them smoothly over the, chairs,
under the burlaps. The1 layers of cot
ton can be tacked together before they
are put in, and then they can be laid
more smoothly upon the old canes.
Fine hay will also answer for stuffing
when nothing better can be procured.
Now sew down the other two sides,
and take pieces of carpeting, or of
enameled cloth, or colored rep, or all
wool dress goods, and tack them closed
down with large silvered or brass-head
ed nails, which come for the purpose,
aud behold ! your chairs are far hand
somer and more comfortable than be
fore. The materials have, possibly, cost
you but little, for many an attic would
furnish them, all but the nails, which
must be procured at the upholsterer's.
Gimp to match the ground color of the
cushion, or even worsted braid, is desir
able to place along the edges of the
covering, and drive the nails directly
through it. This makes a handsomer
finish to the cushion.
Many a woman possesses as much in
genuity as a carpenter or cabinet-maker,
and a little practice will teach her the
upholsterer's trade, so that with nails,
hammer, and the needful material, she
will not only make as good a chair
cushion as he, but will be able to cover
a lounge respectably, and also an arm
chair. Rocking chairs have often been
made far more comfortable than when
first purchased, by the exercise of this
art. In manv families there are disa
bled chairs which have been thrown
aside as useless, and yet with but little
expenditure thev could be made not
only useful but ornamental, and their
presence would be a great addition to
the sitting rootn, I)ais tfyebright in
Country (Jentleman.
Prevention Better Than l ure.
A herd of deer, from want ofiabitual
intimacy with man, avoid him, but a
tame deer is as tame any other pet:
and so will the young colt be if proper
ly treated. Even supposing there was
an inherent vicious propensity born
with a colt, by beginning familiarly
early with him it would in most cases
be eradicated; if not, it would to a cer
tainty be most materially softened. As
general thing, however, we let him
contract bad habits, and then trust to
the breaker to get lfid of them. We
hate the term " breaking" as applied to
horses. Treat them properly from the
first, they will then only want practice
to teach them what we w ant of them,
and 'will need no "breaking."
We never begin teaching colts
half soon enough. The yearling should
be an old horse in point of docility and
confidence in man. We iear most of us
who tread the thorny path of life get
weary of the way long before we have
completed our allotted journey; but it
would be cruel to damp the youthful
traveler's hope by telling him, what he
will after find, that the . soft and baimy
morning of his setting out is but too
often the prelude of the coming storm.
Thus horses -toe fear, have generally
reason enough to dread man in their pro
gress through life; but there can be no
reason to teach or allow them to dread
us from their birth, this dread to be
further increased by the general usage
of them. It may be said that, however
wild the colt may be, work will tame him,
and if he gets vicious or troublesome pro
pensities, punishment and consequent
fear may prevent nis practicing them.
To a certain degree this would proba
bly be the case; but if the inclination
remains, some unguarded moment on
our part will afford the opportunity of
showing the ruling passion, and fatal
will probably be its effect. But sup
posing we do make an animal submis
sive through fear, brutal must be the
mind of the savage who would not feel
more pleasure in the services ol the
confiding and willing servant than in
that of the detesting and crouching
slave. It is not an uncommon practice,
when colts have come of age, to break
them into submission by brute force, or
by means that will afterwards save
them from habits we have permitted
them to learn. How far this is to be
reconciled with, any idea of justice or
common humanity, we do not say; but
this we know, we have "often shud
dered at such a sight, and we trust we
shall ever do so while we hold tne
name of man. If we see a few fine fel
lown knocked over in the field of battle
-which we have often seen all run
the same risk, and it is ina " glorious
cause;" we exclaim "there goes poor
nb--one:"4he mind has no time to
dwell on the subiect. ana aiser-renec
. . 1 i J
tion tells us we must all go, and it mat
ters little what may be the messenger
it. nluw,n Providence to sent for us; but
torturing to all out aeaui ui anumu tor
following a natural propensity that we
have permitted him to indulge in, until
nijMjnar&a we determine to
. . 1 1 ' l ..
break him of it, produces a leeiing oi
mntampt towards its perpe
trator. Begin their education early
enough.
" IHraeatie Recipe.
Crisped Potatoes. Boil potatoes till
about half cooked, then peel and bake
or criso them in a hot oven.
C (raw Mrat, "Pte Crust. For squash
or onstint -nies. Butter the plates.
Snrinlrla Tnoftl over. Fill aS USUal
mum Mi tlinmh around the edge to push
th mpal tr the liouid. This makes a
perfect crust.
Smaia Sponge Cake. Beat well to
gether two eggs, and then stir in a tea
cupful of powdered white sugar and
beat five minutes: add slowly a teacup-
f ul of flour, beating all the while; grate
hail a lemon into it. ana oase in scai
loped tins. i
Indian Pudding. Extra good. Two
tea cups of corn meal, half a cup, of
superfine flour, one cup of syrup, half
a teaspoonful of salt. Scald three
quarts of milk, and stir into the above.
Let it stand half an hour stir it again.
Bake quickly until it boils, then slowly
about two liours.
A Goon Salad. A correspondent of
the Gardener's OhroYiicle says: Here is
a salad that will delight those who eat
encumbers with bread and cheese: Take
a tomato, not over ripe, and cut it into
slices, as you would a cucumber; take
a small onion, and cut it up as fine as
you can, sprinkle it over the tomato
slices, add salt, pepper and vinegar at
discretion, and you will have a salad
which, as a relish, puts the cucumber
to shame.
Hop Yeast. A lady who took the
first premium offered by .the Middlesex,
Mass., Agricultural Society for the best
unbolted wheat-nonr bread, made the
following statement concerning the
yeast used: ' For yeast I take four
mashed potatoes, one cup white sugar,
one cup "flour, and pour on this mixture
one quart scalding water, in which a
handful of hops has been boiled; then
add one pint lukewarm water, stir,
strain and let it rise over night. "
FRtrrr Cobn Cakes. Put a pint of
whortleberries in a bowl, add a tea -cupful
of sugar, one pint of corn meal and
a large tabiespoonful of hne nour, wet
with boiling water. Bake in . cakes
about one-half an inch thick on' a grid
dle or an oven 20 minutes. For nice
apple cakes use sweet and tart apples
chopped, instead of berries.
Rusty stoves and pipe may lie cleaned
by the ue of spirits of turpentine. If
not too badly rusted they may be
blacked before the iron is dry, and then
brushed with a stiff brush before being
blacked. If the stoves are treated to a
coat of kerosene oil in the spring after
being put away they will not become
rusty through the summer. 2. Plaster
of Paris images may be cleaned by tak
ing a stiff brush (a tooth brush will an
swer), dip it in fine whiting or pre
pared chalk, and brush the pieces with
it. Then with a light feather duster
remove the chalk or whiting, and they
look as nicely as when new.
Grease-Spots on Books ou Paper.
Gently warm the soiled part of the book
or paper, and then press upon it pieees
of blotting paper, one after another, so
as to absorb as much of the grease as
possible. Have ready some fine,, clean,
essential oil or turpentine, heated almost
to a boiling state; warm the greased
leaf a little, and then, -"ith a soft, clean
brush, wet with the heated turpentine
both sides of the spotted part. By re
peating this application the grease will
be extracted. Lastly, with another
brush, dipped in rectified spirits of
wine, go over the place, and the grease
will no longer appear, neither will the
paper be discolored.
Line of Steamers Between Baltimore
and Marseilles, France.
It is probable that the Baltimore and
Ohio Ji iilroad will soon establish a line
of steamers between Baltimore and
France. Marseilles has been chosen as
tbo European terminus. The choice of
this port has been determined mamlv
by the prospect of obtaining freight
and emigrants. Immigration from
Italy to thi3 country is increasing, it is
said, more rapidly than from any other
of the European countries, and that the
greater portion of the Italians of the
Mediterranean, in the neighborhood of
Leghorn and Genoa, would naturally
embark at Marseilles. That city is also
the port where the produce from the
east centres, and, owing to its close
proximity to Spain and Italy, has many
commercial advantages. President
Garrett -has very carefully examined
Havre, Brest, and other European sea
ports, and has decided that Marseilles
shall be the terminus of the new line
from Baltimore. He is fully assured of
the practicability of establishing a pay
ing line between these ports. This will
give Chicago another European outlet,
The competition of the Baltimore and
Ohio i&ulroad to Uhicago has given a
new impetus to the commeroe of Balti
more. 1 his is especially noticeable m
the exportation of grain to Europe,
which for the remainder of the season
is expected to give employment to all
the vessels which will arrive and are
adopted to the trade. The arrival from
foreign ports at Baltimore in a month
were fifty-eight, an increase of twelve
over the same month of last year. The
number of vessels which cleared for
foreign ports was sixty-three. The in
crease of the receipts of wheat during
the month of November, during a por
tion of which time the Chicago exten
sion of the Baltimore Boad was in oper
ation, was 273,297 bushels,
How Janauschek Dresses.
A correspondent writes: " The
dress and jewelry in the possession of
Janauschek, the German tragedienne,
make a bit of interesting readuig. She
has one cross which has only twenty
eight diamonds in it and all of them of
large size. Then she has chains, strung
with precious stones, bracelets innu
merable and one pair of soiltaire ear
rings that cost $22,000. She has a ruby
pin worth 87,000, and a pearl pendant
worth $5,000, and another diamond
cross worth $1U,UUU. lhen the great
actress carries with her sixty
six dresses, which is about one
third of her ' wardrobe. And that the
style may be understood let it be known
that there are manjVof them for which
she has paid S12 per yard gold for the
velvet on them. The dresses cost her
from 600 to $1,500 each. What do you
think " of that, poor plodders at $2 per
day ? This woman who decorates her
person with $1,000 dresses and $20,000
earrings, plays perhaps three hours
each day. People pay $1.50 to $3 for
seats to see her, and she lives the life of
a princess. Things are not equally
distributed in this world. - She rolls in
velvet. I got my boots half -soled three
times, and live in a boarding-house.
A Remarkable Suicide.
M. Ernst, an old French dancing
master in Cincinnati, committed sui
cide recently by shooting himself
through the heart. A few months ago
ne deserted his wile, leaving her pen
niless, to die in a hospital, while he made
a pleasure trip to Paris. Returning to
Cincinnati on Saturday morning, he
found that his former friends refused
to recognize him; whereupon, after
breakfasting a restaurant, he proceeded
to the hospital in which his wife had died
1 secured a room under pretense of be
ing ill, and, the next morning,, was
found dead by his own hand. The
Commercial, in its account of the af
fair, ' states that his .breakfast was a
" remarkable" one : " First, he ate a
dozen oysters; next, a big chunk of
broiled salmon, taking a pint of claret
with it; next, a mutton, chop or two,
with coffee; next, a porterhouse rsteak,
which, the Stewart states, he ate to the
bone all around; last of all, some ice
cream." The question arises, did he
commit suicide because his old ac
qnnintances turned the cold shoulder
to him; or because he was apprehensive
that his digestive faculties would prove
inadequate to the proper disposition, of
that remarkable breakfast ?
I r is a little strange that the most stu
pid help comes from an intelligence
omce.
THE STORY OF NANA SAHIB'S LIFE
Nana Snliib Not Kex
nnrn .Iaiirr- K
ixmsiiile lor llie Cawn.
iiKtileci iiy &((- Vic-
- inri.-v . I.fliujnteil ami I'lurky ;en(lu
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'-!iriBtiaii at Work.
I have just noticed a letter from "our
own correspondent" of the World, dat
ed Toronto, Canada, .November 2,
which gives, from the pen of the "Rev.
John Greenfield, Rector of Oxford, of
that province" the following additions
to the history of the Nana Sahib:
Ever since the massacre at Cawnpore
in 1857, the Nana has been captured,
slain, cut, drawn, quartered, burned
and otherwise disposed of by numerous
newspaper correspondents, all of whom
probably knew as much about him and
his antecedents, and the circumstances
of the Cawnpore massacre, as does the
correspondent of the World.
The fact isthat the massacre at Cawn
pore was controlled and ordered by a
party who had more power and
influence over the chiefs of the Sepoy
insurrection than any one else in all
India. That party was the Ranee of
Jansi, a woman, and one of the ruling
spirits of the rebellion, who led into it
not only the. Nana Sahib, but besides
him one of the most powerful and tal
ented natives in all India, Tantia To
pee, who at the time of the Cawn
pore massacre was, with the Ranee, in
charge of the native forces, and who
compelled Nana to issue the order he
did for the indisc; iminate slaughter of
the English on that occasion, after their
surrender, in order to fix beyond a
question his fealty to their cause, and
nailing the. whole responsibility of it
upon him, which was afterwards done.
It should lie borne in mind that at this
time the Nana was almost a boy, being
but about twenty-two years of age. He
was as fully conversant with the Eng
lish language and literature as with the
Hindu tongue. Only a few weeks
before the rebellion broke out
he was an honored guest at
the Government House in Cal
cutta, and was personally known to the
writer as a young man of rare talent,
and remarkable tor his manly beauty
and native dignity and courtesy of man
ner. The idea of most persons who
rend of the Cawnpore massacre is that
the Nana was a sort of demi-brute, a
deformity both mentally and physically.
The fact is that this young man was a
boy, and was led, as has been stated,
through the influence of the Ranee of
Jansi, a most beautiful but dangerous
and fiend-like woman as well as
through the influence of others of his
own caste among whom may be count
ed the two sons of the Great Mogul at
Delhi, and over and above all the King
of Oude to cast his lot with the parties
to the rebellion. The , whole onus of
the Cawnpore massacre, horrible as it
is, has been thrown upon him, and he
has been held reponsible for it. The
truth is that the Cawnpore massacre,
with all its shocking brutalities, was in
stigated by a woman, a female fiend,
who was afterwards, during Sir Hugh
Rose's campaign, cut down at the head
of her army by a British dragoon,
though clad in a suit of chain mail.
This most unscrupulous woman, the
Ranee of, Jansi, was the mistress of
Tantia Topee.
As to the taking of Nana Sahib, if he
had as many lives as a cat he would
have expiated them all some seventy
times seven, if rumor coming from
supposed British sources had had its
way. But, to use an English expres
sion, this is idl "rot." The Nana, hav
ing an English education, and being
constantly in receipt of advices from
Calcutta, was as well aware of the im
putation laid at his door as any officer
of the British army, and he took imme
diate measures to secure himself. He
did not go to Sciude, but he did go to
Napaul, where he has been ever since.
Two years after he had been caught,
" drawn and quartered" in the North
west provinces, the writer saw him in
Nepau that is to say in 1800 where
he was then living under the protection
of Sir Jung Buhadoor. As to what is
said about tlif ooservance of the
" Shroddh " and that it must be per
formed upon the right bank of the
Ganges, that is all another piece of
"rot." A Hindu may be burned as
well at the foot of Kunchinjinga,
or Dwahlagiri. as on the Bom
bay Ghats. In order to sat
isly any reflective mind as to this fact,
it is only necessary to call their atten
tion to the map of Bengal. As to the
disposition of the ashes of the Nana,
or any other B rah ram after death, it is
only necessary to cast them into some
stream which is a tributary of the sacred
"Gunga Pawnee." Jung Bahadoor is
a well educated and somewhat plucky
native gentleman, having been educated
first in the Madrissa, Calcutta, then in
England, where he was knighted by the
Queen. He obtained the supreme
power in Neraul bv meetincr his uncle
(then the reigning Maharajah) with all
his councillors in full durbar, and im
mediately after his entrance into coun
cil, shooting the aforesaid uncle "on
call," and with a revolver in each hand
turning around and asking the 6ther
members of the council whether Jthey
preferred to be phot on the
spot or te tender their allegiance
to him. Against such a man as
this there was lijtle use in making much
resistance. He was determined to have
his own way, and they concluded that
the less opposition they made the better
it would be for them. ir o ung .Baha
door held his allecriance to the British
Government during the severe trial of
the rebellion, and sent several regi
ments of hisNepaulese troops, who were
called Ltookhas, and were well trained,
hardy men to different points in India,
to assist the Government in suppressing
the rebellion. He is a man of immense
wealth, and lives in a style of sumptous
magnificence. The daring and fearless
style of doing business which character
ized his entrance into power has been
prominent feature in his life ever since.
Gobind Chcndbb Bannerjee.
The U. S. Revised Statutes.
The printing of the .Revised Statutes
has been completed at the government
office. The statutes number 1,000
pages, and the index 600 pagris. The
analytical index is said to be a very
masterly work. The alphabetical index
is not yet begun, and it is not probable
that the statutes will be ready for sale
before January. It is evident that
there will bo considerable debate in
Congress over this revision. There is
a great disagreement as to the effect
which the statutes will have upon
existing legislation. The Treasury au
thorities insist that the revenue law!
have not been modified by the revision
in uiv imnort&nt particulars, and
dnavnr to lmw .that all the cases which
have been cited as changes made in the
law by the revision are, in point of
fact, not chancres, but a re-affirmation
of pxistino- legislation. One case, how
ever, was discovered at the Treasury
Dcnnrment. in an appeal case from
New York, in which it would seem that
there is a very evident change made by
the revision. The case is that of
brandies of the higher grades. The
change which the revision seems to
have made in the duty is from $2 per
proof gallon to 50 per centum ad valo
rem.
Love and Labor.
We die not all; for our deeds remain
To crown with honor or mar with stain;
Through endless sequence of years to come
Our lives R'uall speak, when our lips are dumb.
yhat though we perish, unknown to fame,
Our tomb forgotten, aud laat our pame,
Since naught is wasted in heaven or earth.
And nothing dies to which God gives birth.
Though life be joyless, and death be cold.
And pleasures pall as the world grows old.
Yet God has granted onr heart relief.
For Love and Labor can conquer grief.
Love eheds a liglit on the glooiuj- way.
And Labor hurried the weary day;
Though death be fearful and life be bard,
Yit Love and Labor t-ball win reward.
If Love can dry up a tsiiigle tear, '
If lifelong Labor avail too dear
A single web from before the true,
Then Love and Labor have won their due.
What though we mourn, we can comfort pain;
What if we dip, so the truth be plain ;
A little spark from a high desire
Shall kindle others, and grow a fire.
We are not worthy to work the whole ;
We have no etrengtk which may save a soul ;
Enough for us if our life begin
Successful Btruggle with grief and ein.
Labor is mortal, and fades away,
But love shall triumph imperfect day ;
Labor may wither beneath the sod,
But LoTe lives ever, for Love God.
Chambers Journal.
RATS.
What the UoiU-nts are ood Fur.
From All th- Year Round.
Of what use is the rat to man ? Well,
not very much that we know of; yet a
few items may be mentioned. Proba
bly we must not attach too much impor
tance to the alleged prophetic powers of
the rat that if he gnaws a person's
clothes, that person will speedily die;
that if he suddenly quits a house, the
house will very shortly be burned down :
that if he deserts a ship, the ship is in a
sinkingjeondition. A mill at Peebles was
suddenly deserted by a whole colony of
rats about twenty years ago; two hours
afterward the mill was burned down.
But it must be confessed the logic is
very weak that proves, from these facts,
the possession of any prophetic power
by j Mr. Rat. We have evidence that
he has sometimes been made useful, as
an R. E. or an R. A. James, in his mili
tary dictionary, scys: " Rats are some
times used in military operations, par
ticularly for the purpose of setting fire
to gunpowder. On these occasions a
lighted match is tied to the tail of
the animal. Marshal Vauban recom
mends, therefore, that the walls of pow
der magazines shall be made very thick,
and the passages for . light and air so
narrow as not to admit rats. " We do
not know whether a cruel sport can be
called useful employment of rats; but
an account is given of a strange preced
ing at Rome. A large number of rats
were dipped in spirits of turpentine
set on fire and made to rush down an
open flight of stairs near . the "Vatican;!
they reached the bottom as masses of
charred flesh, amid the shouts of the
populace. Rats are worth three shil
lings a dozen, to furnish a supply for
these brutal exhibitions, in which rat-
killing terriers show their power. Rats
are also caught for the value of their
kins. The fur is dressed into a very
good substitute for beaver, while the
pelt is dressed ; into leather so fine,
elastic and close as to be used for the
thumbs for the best gloves. There is a
firm in Paris which buys the skin for
this purpose. If one be ieves that rats
are not used for food he must change
his opinion. In Paris the chiffoniers or
bone-grabbers eat them. Gypsies eat
such rats a-s are caught in stacks and
barns and are less strong in flavor and
odor than those that feed onmiverously.
In Ulnna split rats are bought as a
daintv. An English surgeon of some
note had some cooked for his own eat
ing. In a man-of-war, where the rats
made havoc with the biscuit, the sailors
had a regular battle and brought down
numbers of them. Jack made rat pie,
baked it, and liked it. At the siege of
Malta, the l reuch garrison when fam
ished, ottered as much as a dollar a
head for rats, or two dollars if barn fed.
During the seige of Paris, in the late
Franco-German war, many tasted rat
who had never tasted it beiore.
Eggs as Food.
Would it not be wise to substitute more
eggs for meat in our daily diet? About
one-third the weight of an egg is solid
nutriment. This is more than can be
said of meat. There are no bones and
tough pieces to be laid aside. A good
egg is made of ten parts shell, 60 parts
white, and 30 parts yolk. The white of
an egg contains eighty-six per cent
water; the yolk fifty-two per cent. The
average weight of an egg is about two
ounces. Practically, an egg is animal
food, and yet there is none of the disa
greeable work of the butcher necessary
to obtain it.
The vegetarians ol England use eggs
freely, aud many of these men are
eighty and ninty years old, and have
been remarkably free from illness. A
good egg is alive; the shell is pourous,
and,Uie oxogen ol the air gets through
the shell and keeps up a kind of respir
ation. An egg soon becomes stale in
bad air. or in bad air charged with car
bonic acid. Eggs may be dried and
made to retain their goodness for a long
time; or the shell may be varnished
thus excluding the air, when if kept in
a moderate temperature, they may be
kept good for years.
The Drench people produce more
e Brers than any other, and ship millions
to England annually. Fresh eggs are
more transparent at the centre, old
ones on the top. Very old ones are not
transparent in either place. . In water
in which one-tenth ox salt has been
dissolved, good eggs sink and indiffer
ent ones swim. Bad eggs float in pure
water. The best eggs are laid by young
healthy hens. If they are properly fed
the eggs are better than if they are al
lowed to eat all sorts of food. Eggs
are best when cooked four minutes.
This takes away the animal taste that is
offensive to some, but does not hard
the yolk or white as to make them hard
to digest. An egg if cooked very hard
is difficult of digestion, except by those
who have stout stomachs; such eggs
should be eaten with bread and masti
cated very finely. . An excellent sand
wich cai. be made with eggs and brown
bread. An egg spread on toast is food
fit for a king if kings deserve any better
food than any body else, which is doubt
ful. Fried eggs are less wholesome
than boiled ones. An egg dropped m
hot water is not only a clean and hand
some but a delicious morsal. Most
poople spoil the taste of their eggs by
adding pepper and salt. A little sweet
buttt r is the best dressing. Ecrgs con
tain much phosphorous, which is sup
posed to be useful to those who use
their brain much. Poultry Review.
Ah, would that we could at once
paint with the eyes ! In the long way,
from the eye through the arm to the
pencil, how much is loat I
A HAPPY FAMILY.
The New Reptile Honnc in tlieParlH Jardin
ties I'lnntcK.
Lucy H. Hooper frites to the Phila
delphia Press: The new reptile house
in the Jardin des Plantes has recently
been opened, and the boas and croco
dile" ere having a good time in their
new and sumptuous quarters. The
building is spacious and well aired, and
comprises a tank for the crocodiles and
allig:it- rs, and well-wired cages for the
serpent-, together with a neat glass box
for t!w convenience of the last novelty
at the garden, namely, a huge and
iia::v spider, a specimen of the
bu.a-ciifching mygale of Brazil, big
as u drab, and hideous as a demon,
tlie largest and' most deadly of all
spiders. Some ot the amiable guests of
this retreat objected very much to their
change of quarters, and the rattlesnakes
in particular refused to be pacified and
went on a high rampage for several
days, hissing and rattling and striking
at everything that came near them.
Recently one of the keepers of the reptile-house
brought to the largest boa a
whole rabbit for his dinner, but the
creature was either torpid or not at all
hungry,' for he refused to notice the
trembling little animal. To rouse him
up the keeper struck the front of the
cage with his stick, when, to his aston
ishment, ' the rabbit rose on his hind
legs and began walking round the cage.
Evidently it was a trained rabbit,
either educated for exhibition or as
somebody's pet. His accomplishments
saved his life, for the keeper immediate
ly withdrew him irom his perilous posi
tion, and sent him as a present to the
children of the chief director. The
other day Mile. Monquito, a female
snake charmer, who is exhibiting her
powers at one of the minor theatres,
came to the Jardin and preferred a
modest request for a loan of one of the
finest of the boas, to be used at the per
formance of the evening. " Madame,"
cried the irate director, indignant at
this insultto the dignity of his charges,
"do you think that serpents are to be
lent out like umbrellas ?"
Milk as a Diet and Its Effects on the
System.
There is considerable difference of
opinion on the subject of a milk diet.
It is surrounded with a mass of preju
dices, and of mistaken ideas, which are
based more on individual fancies than
upon certain fact. To one a glass of
milk imbibed is believed to be a sure
provocation of a bilious attack, to
another a disordered stomach, to a third,
drowsiness, and so on, through such a
category of simple though disagreeable
ailments that we look aghast at the
farmer who drains cup after cup of the
fresh pure liquid, time and again dur
ing the day, and wonder at the resisting
powers which his organization must
possess. The truth is, however, that
milk is not unwholesome. On the con
trary it contains good substantial bone,
muscle and flesh, and brain producing
substances, which, assimilating, quickly
act rapidly in building up' the body.
Naturally, we assert, it is nourishing;
that it does bring on certain troubles is
nevertheless true, but the cause is in
the individual stomach, not in the milk,
provided, of course, the latter be fresh
and sweet.
The New York Commercial Adver
tiser of recent date has some excellent
remarks on this subject which are well
worthy of repetition.
Milk diluted with one-third lime
water," it is said, "will not cause any
one biliousness or headache.
' It may be taken with acid of some
kind whea it does not easily digest.
The idea that milk must not be eaten
with pickles is not ' an intelligent one,
as milk curdles in the stomach nearly
as soon as it is swallowed. When milk
is constipating, as it is frequently found
to be by persons who drink freely of it
in the country in summer time, a little
salt sprinkled in each glassful will pre
vent the difficulty. VV hen it has an op
posite effect, a few drops of brandy in
each goblet of milk will obviate its pur
gative effect."
As milk is so essential to tne neaitn
of our bodies, it is well to consider when
to take it, and how. It is a mistake to
drink milk between meals, or with food
at the table. In the former case it will
destroy the appetite, and in the latter it
is never proper to drink anything. After
finishing each meal a goblet of pure
milk should be drank; and n any one
wishes to grow fleshy, a pint taken be
fore retiring at night will soon cover the
scrawniest bones. In cases of fever
and summer complaint, milk is now
given with excellent results. The idea
that in ilk is "feverish" has exploded.
and now the physician's great reliance
in bringing through typhoid patients or
those in too low a state to be nourished
bv solid food.
Our cotempary, we notice, says tnat
the persons with' whom milk does not
aerree are the very ones who require it,
and whom it would probably regene
rate, did they so prepare it as to make
it palatable and suitable to their par
ticular constitutions. It should be re
membered that "what is one mans
meat is another man's poison" is a very
frequent case;' and while, as we have
above pointed out, milk may in perhaps
majority of instances, be rendered
agreeable to the stomach, still there are
certain organizations which persistently
refuse it in spite of any assisting admix
ture. A similar illustration may be
found in the case of wine; and we know
of instances where persons of otherwise
strong digestion, are utterly unable to
drink half a gill of even the purest
crrape juice without experiencing the
same bilious and other derangements
which man ascribe to milk. It is a
fact, however, that for individuals trou
bled with dyspepsia, weak stomach,
and kindred ills, milk has wrought re
markable and unexpected benefit, and
the diet has in many cases among our
own acquaintances resulted in great re
lief,
Milk drinking, particularly in this
city, has during late years received an
unusual impetus through the establish
ment of dairies, or restaurants, where
the bill of fare is confined to a few sim
ple articles of farinacious food, and to
generous bowls of milk and cream, re
tailed at very moderate prices. The
idea,we believe, originated some five
years ago, in a small baker s shop, in
one of the little down town streets,
which had a monopoly of the business
for some time, making large receipts.
Others, being attracted by the gains.
embarked in the business, and now the
dairy is as much a fixture in New York
city as the more pretentious rastaurant.
As a matter of curiosity, we recently
inquired ol tne manager ol the largest
of these establishments ai to the people
who patronized the diet, and tbe enect
of the increased deiaa. vl imon the sup
ply. His customers, ho t h. us, com
prise every class; the rich banker
perches on the high stool beside his er-
raud boy. Clergymen, .lawyers, mer
chants, editors, men whose reputation
is world-wide, throDg into the doors,
proving that, even is this sudden in
crease in milk drinking be merely7 a
popular mania, it is nevertheless one
which has effected all alike. jScientifto
American.
The Byingr Soldier.
BV MATILDA C. EDWABDB.
I am dying is she coming? throw the win
dow open wide.
Is she coming ? Oh ! I love her more than all
the world beside.
In her young and tender beauty, must, oh,
must she feel this loss ?
Savior, hear my poor petition, teach her now
to bear the cross.
Help her to be calm and patient when I molder
in the dust.
Let her say and feeL my Father, that thy ways ,
are true and just
Is she coming? Got and listen I would see
her face once more ;
I would hear her speaking to me ere lifes
fevered dream is o'er ;
I would fold her to my bosom, look into her
soft, bright eye.
I would tell her how I love her, kiss her once
before I die.'
Is she coming ? Oh ! 'tia evening, and my dar
ling comes not still.
Lift the curtain it grows darker it ia sunset
on the bill.
All the evening dews are falling I am cold
the light is gone.
Is she coming ? Softly, softly comes death 8
silent foot-steps en ; ,
I am going come and kiss me kiss me for my
darling wife ;
Take for her my parting blessing, take the last
warm kiss of life.
Tell her I will wait to meet her where the good .
and lovely are,
In that home untouched by sorrow, tell her
she must meet me there.
Is she coming ? Lift the curtain let me see
the falling night ;
Oh! I want to live to nee her, surely she will
come to-night.
Surely ere the daylight dieth, I will fold her to
my breat ; .
With her head npon my bottom, calmly I could
sink to rest.
It iB hard to die without her; look. I think
slut's comiutr now :
I can almost feel her kiases fcu my faded cheek
and brow :
I can almost hear her whisper, feel her breath
upon my cheek,
Hark ! I hear the front door open; is she
, coming ? Did she speak ?
No. WelL drop the curtain softly; I will see
her face no more,
Till I see it smiling on me on the bright and
better shore.
Tell her Bhe must come and meet me in that
Eden land of light ; "
Tell her I'll be waiting for her whore there is
no death, no night;
Tell her that I called her darling, blessed her
with my dying breath
Come and kise me for my Lizzie ; tell her love
outliveth death.
Intelligent Animals.
The Providence Journal gives
these
two anecdotes:
"Minnie," the famous black cat on
the steamer Galatea, of the Neptune
line of steamers, came to a sudden and
untimely end just as the Galatea reach
ed her dock in this city recently.
Twelve - years ago "Minnie" was
brought on board in early kittenhood,
and during all that time has been one
of the attaches of the steamer, never
missing but one trip. Pussy, failing
to be in time on one occasion, laid over
one trip in New York, but though al
ways going ashore never again missed
getting on board in time. " Minnie"
was a very knowing feline, and a great
favorite with officers, crew, passengers
and all hands on tha steamer.
and was always the first one ashore
every trip and attended to thfswharf rats
instantly on arrival at eacn port and had
made a great reputation as a rat catcher,
in one instance catching and bringing
seven rats on board within an hour
after the steamer arrived. Last Wed
nesday morning, when the Galatea ar
rived here " Minnie" attempted to rush
ashore as usual, but got caught be
tween the end of the heavy gang plank
and the deck, and poor pussy's nine
lives were all cruelly crushed out at
one fell blow. The mangled remains of
poor "Minnie." after the sad catstro
phe, were encoffined in a box by the
engineer and bunded in his garden in
East Providence, and the untimely fate
of their four-footed shipmate was sin
cerely lamented by the whole ship's
company. Jequies-cat in peace.
Michael Gonley, the sewer contractor,
is the possessor oi lour greyhounds.
which were the means of saving a man's
life, in which they displayed a remark
able degree of sagacity. Felix Prior
and James Carroll were at work in an
excavation about seven feet deep, in the
rear of No. 35 Fenner street; but about
9:30 o'clock Carroll went away for
something leaving Prior in the excava
tion alone, and while he was at work
the banks caved in, completely covering
him up. The dogs happened to be in
the vicinity, and all four of them,
taking in the unfortunate man's situa
tion, at once commenced to scratch
away the dirt from over his head
vigorously, at the - same ; time
yelping loudly to attract the
attention of the . neighbors. Mr.
Conley, who was the fiirst to arrive up
on the scene, drove the dogs away, but
they returned and commenced to yelp
and dig again. He commenced to d'g
also, as did some of the neighbors who
had been attracted to tne spot by the
cries of the hounds, and it was not long
before the head of the buried man, who
was standing was reached, and he was
permitted once more to breath the air
of Heaven, of which, had he been de
prived a few moments longer, he never
would have breathed again. He was
taken from the sewer unharmed, rescu
ed from a horrible fate, through the
sagacity of four dogs, there was cer
tainly something akin to human intelli
gence displayed by those greyhounds
in their efforts to save that man's life
and to call people to his assistance. -
A Fish Fight.
Fish fights may become fashionable,
as the French authorities, in importimr
for culture many varieties of Chinese
and Japan hah, have secured some of
the fighting sort from Aunam. In that
country fish matches are arranged as
follows: " They select two combatants
of a dark color and put them into sep
arate glass bottles, which they then
place close together. The fish immedi
ately begin to watch each other; their
hues change; they become black, the
tail and .fins become phosphorescent,
and the eyes sparkle with peculiar
lustre. They soon rush toward each
other, but are stopped by the bottles.
When their rage is at its highest they
are liberated and placed in the same
resorvoir, and a furious combat takes
place, until one being defeated seeks
aafety in flight, again changing its tint
k wiuusn gray." j
M. D. Conway writes from London
that Joaquin Miller has had his abund -ant
hair cropped, and in various re
spects looks so anglicised that I fear
he may lose some of his admirers.! It
is the supposed Mohawk clement in
Joaquin that the English admire pas
sionately, and, if he ever gets tamed
down, his publishers on this sido of .the
water will, I fear, send fewer checks."
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