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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1875)
Only a Woman. Bl HESTER A. BENEDICT. Only a worn an, eliriveled a nd Ttse'flay fta winds and the prey of the ... cold?..,,, v.r Checks that ire shrunken, :Eyes that are sunken? ' ; ;-; Lips that were never o'er bold. Only a wornau forsaken and poor, T Asking an alma at the bronze choroh door. Hark to the organ roll upon roll if wnci 01 na musie go ores her soul : - - - Silks rusUe past her . , '. -J' Thicket and fastei; ? ' . . , The great beu ceases its toU. ain wouia sue enter, tnt not for the poor Sw lngeth wide open the bronze chnrcu door. Only a woman waiting alone, ' " Icily cold, on an foe cold throne. what do they care for her ? ': 1 "Mumbliug a prave for her, . Giving not bread bat a stone. . , trader old laces their haughty bearte beat, Mocking the woes of their kin In the street. '. Only woman t In the old days Hope caroled to her her happiest lays) .'' - Somebody missed her, . --r ; Somebody kissed her, ' - - Somebody crowned her with praise j Somebody faced iip the tattles of life Strong for her sake whi was mother, or wife: Somebody Itee-with a tress ol her hiirT . light on hie heart whrat titie death-shadows are ; , " Somebody waiUner, Opening the gates for her, Giving delight for despair, Culy a woman nevermore poor I?1 in the snow at the bronze church door I when cooked by itself, has a tendency to fatten hens, instead of producing mo more profitable egg-laying. A spoonful of sulphur stirred into their feed occa sionally will rid them of vermin and tone up .their systems has is especially pixxi xor young cucsens anu nuicjo. Oat of a nock of ten chickens, hatched the last of r November;. rw have lost but one." They have been fed cooked feed mostly, and .ara growing finely.? Cor. Qii& farmer. ,--;-. -j. ITswte (iroir Reiies in Opa t.raand. . FA KM, A5D HOUSEHOLD. ' ' I OBOS- weigned a hog after giving him all he would eat and drink; he weighed about 260 pounds. I weighed a bushel f new corn and fed, it tohrmr, with- wa ter only for drink. " "He ate the corn in four days, and gained twelve pounds. I then changed his feed, and fed Mm four uays on, snorts . ana ampstuxs : on this feed he did not gain one pound.' This was in October. - At the same time 1 weighed 8 bushels of shorts and one of corn, which he ate in six days, and gain ed twelve pounds: water only or drink. The ' c-rrn t was J in' ears s eighty pounds, for a bushel. .1 think there w no; doubt that; any good breed of nogs, will gain twelve pounds for ercrtfteaahel of corn, prop erly fed, in the month of October. To ma.e nogs latten quickly my theory is to teed them often, six or eight times a day. Don't wait for them to eat up the shattered grains and frost-bitten ears. Every time fresh feed is thrown in, if it is twenty times a day, they will get hp and eat. J By feeding in this way, hogs will get sat as least one month sooner, ttnii Vm ontef tfc wavwhen vill weather conies. I have tried " both ways, and know how it is. The shattered corn. etc. , should be shoveled up and fed to uorts. . Try at once brother farmers, and you will never feed any other way. -Ljr.lrairic farmer. ... s, lf t : t - PeaTtrv ferTrefiu Aii'Ohio poultry dealerreceuHy took ten pullets of each of the breeds men tioned below, about six months old, jjave them a yard forty feet square, with a comfortable house, -and kept ex act account of eggs and feed as follows The Dark Brahmas ate 369 J quarts of corn, oats.' and wheat" screenings, laid 05 esrKS and weighed 70 pounds. The BtiSf Cochins ate 406 quarts, laid 691 eggs, and weighed 73 pounds. The Gray . Workings ate WJJ quarts, xaia oa eggs; ' and weighed 59 pounds. The lion dans ate 514 i quarts, laid 763 eggs, and " weighed 45i pounds., ..The Ieghorns . ate 821 1-5-auarts, laid 807 ecrsrs, and weiarhed 86 pounds. To make this cal culation fikore complete let us suppose that those dressed and sold at the end - OI H1X IUUDU1IL UI WUBU im WWIO uc one vear old," bronsrht 12le per lb; tbat the erc:s sold at 20cperdoz., and the feed was estimated at Jje pet quart, or S8c ner bus., at wnich price corn is a A . i mi n u , proniaDie orop. lae uguiei nuiuu we as follows: Copt of Val'e of Val'e Total . . .VVn Ut. !Viln PrnRL Hrninnaj.-tb.54 410.10 8.75 18.b3 $13.31 Ooeliins. . .C9 10.00 9.123 10.13 13.03" ' nnrkimn. 4.M 8.60 7.40 16.00 11.86 Hondars. 7.71 12.40 6.75 18.15 10.83 , Igborns - . 4,L 14.40 , 4.56 f , 17.96 13.14 Many, well-informed persons appear to think that roses are difficult to man age and will not bloom without some special 1 or mysterious' treatment not generally understood. Now, nothing could be further from the truth. We believe therr is really no flower of pro portionate value that can be had - so easily and with so little trouble. . The rose is a good feeder and will do well in any ordinary' fertile soil, u but is, of course, improved by thorough cultiva tion. It is always best to plant in beds and masses, and will not do well singly. The ground should be well spaded and pulverized to the depth of a foot or more, and enriched by digging in any fertilizing material, that may I conve nient. Make the bed of any size or shape that suits your fancy; only re member that roses appear to best ad vantage by themselves. . Therefore, make the bed only large enough for the roses you intend to plant. If yon wish other flowers, make other beds; not put them with the roses. Set the plants about one foot from the edge of the bed and eighteen inches from each other, Make a hole large enough to allow the roots to spread out nicely; oover with fine soil rather deeper than they were grown, and pack down tightly with the hand. Ir will generally be best, though not always necessary to protect the plants fur a few days from the sun and chilling winds, until they become some what accustomed to their new position. One of the best ways we know of doing this is suggested by Mrs. Hull, of Court land, K. , 'Sh0 weT, paper grocery bags, turning the bag completely over the plants which should be supported by one or more small sticks heaping on a little earth to keep it in place. If the CToand is dry, water thorough ly, so as to soak the earth to the roots of the plants. Do not water too often, as, like persons, they want water only wnen inirsiy. Jjet mem get imrsiy De-fore- giving them a drink. After the plants are established they need but lit tle attention, except that the ground should be frequently cultivated with hoe and rake, or other implements, so as to keep it light and friable, as well as clear from weeds and grass. Hoses of the ever-blooming elass will begin to bloom almost ' as ; soon as they y commence to grow, and as the plant gains strength and size, the Sowers will increase in number and beauty until the whole bed is a mass of bloom. ; Faded flowers should be removed daily; besides ad ding to the neat appearance of the beds, this encourages fresh bloom, as the effort to produce, seeds weakens the vitality of the plant and hinders its growth. -This is particularly applicable to the hybrid perpetual class, some of .which are shy autumn bloomers, unless care is taken to keep them BToWinff ' vieorouslv durine the summer. At the approach of winter it is a good plan to give the bed a cover ing of coarse manure, forest leaves, par tially decomposed -sods, road scrapings, or any marcrnu uiu is cuuveiu- ent: this serves as a sliirht protection. besides inducing a strong, early growtn the following season. When dressing up beds in tha spring,4 all the dead shoots should be cut off down to the Eve wood: beside this not much pruning required. exc pt what may be necessary to keep the plants in reasonable time and limit. v,w,. . - The BMt Depth of Milk far Cream. Experiments made to ascertain the best depth for setting milk few cream, gave the following results; A lactometor of the i usual width inches! high gave 12 degrees pt cream. . A class ves sel 2 1 inches wide with Si inches; depth of milk gave 3 degrees of creamj. An other vessel of grass with 2 inches' depth of milk, and 10 J inches wide yielded not quite 2 degrees , of cream The milk was not a mixture," but all from the same cow, and stood 36 hours: j This would warrant the opinion that cream is not east np- in greater quantity when not placed m very shallow vessels. y The cream was carefully taken off the two latter vessels, and the skimmed milk put into a lactometer; that from the widest vessel gave two decrreesof ceam. and that from the second in width about hau a degree. A thermometer,! placed near the vessels, i ranged from a little above 47 degrees to nearly 50 degrees me wuuie ume. - ... Practical Bascestloas. B. AGBfc, Geary Caty, Kansas, writes the American Poultry Journal:) I will here give what I found to be an, infalli ble remedy for the co-called ' chicken cholera: Mako a mixture of two ounces each of red pepper, alum, rosin, and flowers of sulphur, and put it in their food in proportions of one teaspoonfnl to three pints of sealded meal.i In se vere cases, give about one-third of a teaspoonfnl in a meal pellet onee a day to each fowl, putting a smell lump of tuum in fcueir ormaing' water. rf x nave tried the above ingredients with-marked success; nave cured fowls in the last stage of disease. I make it a pr ictice now to give my fowls some of once or twice a week, and have no symptoms of any disease among tnem. A wbixbb in the Journal of the Farm calls attention to the losses many farm ers suffer from not attending . properly to their implements and tools, and says that a mowing machine, the journals of which are cleaned of their accumula tions of grimed grease, and carefully oiled, will run twenty five per cent, longer than one that does noli receive this attention. ; The hardest task with hired men is to make them take care of the tools of the farm. Practical SBSsestions. The London Omnibus Company have lately made' la report which discloses some inf "aeestiff information not only tr fa to- rn.' b- ,t to every owner of a liom.Ji. 'jLhev have-In tise no less than 6.000 horses; of. this number, 3,000 had tn thMr feed bruised - oats. 16 pounds; cuf hayTTI "t!nndsrtraw, 2J ixunds; jind tlie mothers, nnbrnised oats, 19 n?' nncut'.hiTi IStrnds,' The . i.r.fiM -c-hich werQL fed Ojx fcho , former. and consumed 3 pounds per day, could do "the same work as well and were kept in as good condition' as those X&- irin tr nounds. thereby- eausmg- a aeiTir of -6 pounds oa: each 'horse, amounting to 60 per. day, or 22,300 per annum on the company's 6,000 rw. mftl is generally "fed fn- connec- ," tion T"th othr ground toed, moistened and i t 1 " cntHhayr or it may be . r r scalded. Tho question ' to be coiutiideied is as to the relative cost of the oil cake and other meal. Indian rn contains 77.7- per cent, as against 70 8 per0Sit for American linseed cake. uvwubs- . - a The chief value of oil meal or on caxe is vear we conclude thatr the t in feeding, with other food, say about ' rilJU ! ,",V V?. h!4tS354 - J . M -.1 M: tit - ft pint eac ie.i'r rvw-i vy : i fiead of oat6l9"t!!r .a6 f 5 ni & " Maht farmers hang their harness on : ;mmiiabelv : behind the horses. his m fc 1 plan? the pases of the stable . " f Vj r- -' r t rro the leath- oS. , inently geto w -ii ' A.m.t s.ua 1a the man- Sweet a.sd Haar fembined la One Apple. From Uia Eoatou Journal of ChemiBtry. Doubts are entertained by some pc molcgists as regards the truth of the statement oade that apples have been crown in which two .or more varieties were blended into one; tnat is, apples having one section sweet and the other sour. We have, seen. such fruit, and therefore, know thatr u ihas been pro duced. A tree., beannar apples of tin a nature formerly stood ia a gentleman's garden in ' Georgetown, Mass. It was of large size, and . in some years pro duced severnl bushels of fruit. Ine owner sold the apples as curiosities, and frequently individual specimens brousn larse , prices. . It was exceedingly inter esting to examine the crop," as" One ap ple . differed ' widely from another. and there was difficulty in nnding two precisely alike. A few were found in which ' almost exactly one-htdf was sweet, and the opposite sour,, but a majority were made up dif ferently, i sections, one-quarter or one-sixteenth, more or less, n onld be sweet or sour, and the remainder would be of the opposite kind. The line of demarcation on the skbr was -distinctly deonyd, he sour, portion having a red dish color, while ttte sweet was a pale green.' ..There .jwas no mistaking the flavor; the sour portion was very sour, and the sweet very sweet. . On the same tree apples grew which were uniform in kind, some beinsr entirely sweet and others entirely sour. This pomological freak was brought about by a careful process of budding, two buds of differ ent varieties being divided, and one half of ' each joined together, so as to adhere asd stow in that condition.- As none of tnis fruit nas been seen 01 late -tree has it i-14 ) Bajrias Butter aad araw The flavor of butter can be recognized even when it is adulterated on a largi scale. . Pure butter, put . on the tongue melts rapidly, without producing any sensation of granulation; when grease has been added it melts more slowly, and causes, at tho moment of the fusion of the last parts, a sensation of granula tion. The smell of ki chen grease is easily identified, but it is not the same with nog's lard. Good butter is always of a beautiful "uniform yellow, while adulterated butter is paler, and shows streaks resulting from the imperfect mixture with the grease. . Butter on which ; one can see layers and streaks may nearly always be considered as adulterated, is & knife is. passed rap idly oyer pure butter a smooth surface is the result, which' takes a rough appearance when' there is any adulteration. ' .. j The shell of an egg is portts, and the oxygen of the air goes through the shell and xeeps up axina 01 respiration. An egg soon becomes stale in bad air, or in dry air charged with carbonic acid. Eggs may be dried, and made to retain their goodness for a long time; or the shell may be varnished, which excludes the air, and then,. if . kept in a moderate temperature, they may be kept good for years. French poultry raisers are very successful, and ship millions of eggs to fibeland annually. Fresh! eggs are more transparent tt the center, oldones at the top. Very old ones are not trans parent in either -place.' In water in which one-tenth of salt has been dissol ved, good eggs sink,, and j indifferent ones swim. Bad eggs float in pure water.-"" - : - ' j- ; - Borax-Sane of Its Remedial PrapeiUea. ' It may be interesting to . some to know that . .a .weak solution of borax water snuffed up the nostrils, causing it to pass through to the nasal passage to . - xa - . A ' ' ' 11 1 the throat, xnen ejecting jit xrom tne mouth, will greatly relieve catarrh, and in oases not too obstinate or long stand ing wilk if preserved in, effect perman ent cure.1 It is also of great value in case of inflamed or weak eyes. V Make solution not too. strong), and bathe the eye by opening and shutting it two or three .tunes in the water. This can be done by means of an eye cup, or equal ly -'well by holding a handful of the water to -the eye.' Another difficulty. with which many persons are afflict- of the carpet firmly in place, stretching them to the desired point, of course previous to nailing; then work np the edges as desired. JJXhe progress may be slov,""but it " wiff"'prove satisfactory in the end. , We long ago discarded carpet stretchers, on account of the wear 'and tear of the. carpet consequent tipbn their use; preferring the agency of the hands only when putting -xlcwn a carpet, A carpet that is, firmly stretched u; place is much easier swept "and looks infinite ly better than one loosely thrown down, or one with curved lines set off with pleats to accommodate any looseness result otoveretretching at one point and too little atothers. :S . ,. , -Old newspapers make excellent pad ding to put between a carpet and the floor it covers. They should be eight or ten thicknesses deep, and more rather than less. We have used them with the best results for the past' ten years. . The same papers can bensed year after year; all they need to make them good as new is an oocasionairing and dusting-. It is said the ink used in printing , will effectually prevent the ravages of moths. I know thai very fw of these plagues ever infest the borders ex our carpeting, bat 1 am inclined to think the thorough :use of the broom under all articles of standing.-, fuinitnre has as much to do , in ridding carpets i of these depredators as any preventive ever used for tht&r destruction. - Moths prefer to work in dark places, and these same dark places should be put in quarantine, and receive the strictest at tention when sweeping time comes around. ' All movable articles of furni ture should be displaced as often as once a week daring the months the miller (mother of the moth) is deposit ing its eggs. If the eggs are destroyed no moths will hatch; thus the carpet will ie preserved. ." A small brush broom can be used under articles too heavy for moving, such as pianos, ward robes, eto. ' ' - f C'heiee Kecipea. Doughnttts. One pint milk, one cup shortening, two of sugar, one of yeast, three eggs, two teaspoonf uls cinnamon. When risen fry in hot lard. " Sopa Cake. One-half cup of batter, one and a half cups of sugar, two cups of flour, one-half cup of milk, three ejg3, one-half teaspoon soda,? one tea spoon cream 01 tartar. . . ., , . . Giugeb Snaps. Take one tablespoon f ol of ginger, one of lard, one even of saleratus, half pint of molasses, half tea cup water; knead soft, roll thin, r and bake in a quick oven. ? " J SinvKB Caks. One cup- of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour. one oup of . mik,. the whites of three eggs, one-half teaspoonfnl of soda, one teaspoonfnl of cream tartar. Cookie One teacup half lard and half butter; one of thick, cream; two of sugar: : one coffee-cup of milk; one heaping teaspoonfnl of saleratus; two cream tartar; knead soft; bake in quick oven. - Cocoaktjt Cass. Two cups of sugar; one-half cup of butter; one cup of sweet ; milk, three and a half cups of Hour; two eggs; two teaspoons of cream tartar; one teaspoon of soda, put in the milk. Stir the cream tartar in the flour. Then stir altogether without , beating .the eggs. For frosting use the whites of two eggs. Make the cake in sixthin layers, putting frosting and cocoanut between. " HdnsE-BAPisH Sattce. Four table spoonfuls of grated horse-radish, one teaspoonfnl of sugar, one teaspoonf ul of salt, one-half teaspoonfnl of pepper, two teaspoonf uls of made mustard vin egar, three or four tablespoonfuls of cream,' a little vinegar. v : Mix the horse radish well with 'the sngar, salt, pepper and mustard. Then moisten with suf ficient vinegar to give it the consistency of cream. Mix thoroughly Add the' cream. Serve this cold with cold meat, and heat (riot boil) it forhet roast beef. THE OCEAN BOTTOM. Household Hint. ed. is . an . irritationl flammation of - the lining the cavities of the be comas aggravated by cold, often causing great can be greatly relieved, if cured, by snumng borax or pa-membrane nose, which the slightest pain. This not entirely water, np the Ceml Ashes are crenerally coasidered dear at any price, and nave yenerauy peen -pot to no better purpose than packing material fpr wals d drives. , Z1"" iti t BTiota to Moore s JKmral re" Ji we viuue, m which he saSeiant to make it wezta iwmew"nfco save'.tbem. Tniii Mi wit eotuaust. iy mmi wua wwn suds from the kitchen, they are, he deolaTeei found excellent as absorbents of fertilizing nr&tcriaL and may then be dug in around trees, or spread on grasB jbjund, oi"'nsed as m anure '"; for garden Vegetables Wiui appreviauxe auvuuuirgo. a. --. ik VUfmr Oe. - A -writer in the American Farmer says he has hrvd,' (sinoe-feii UrsV ot JDecember, Tiro when tae mixu- n'is"" considers pre, irrecusable. I e separate room vhile f ., Uie Jtt mi-' : K-&f Ilia ' COL'il I TT . tk i f ?? e ch bridie and, collar. 6-iS.GS BiftUkH wmtsue JOX ,1111.-3, - st, t& wt "with fcr.'f s t -1 ci xd lime and a y.lit h:-Jrfuc-t, Biakesfn excel- iflTttriortaT. whici? ; diilodjcd by ctorcaa,- .ia jiot liable to be , tn4i-i.f . meal made , into good t . water uuu m , , .j.w- i ' nWMakHeW -. - ' ; , wrTA " -.arts of wate in a vLlonTiarge seed pepper, 'or two small ov.cb, a . n ., T:kfVbAn "r ' ,fi Indian meal,, nntd you xaakVa thick mush. cook an xaaae a '"' feed hot. Horseradish 'SSS -to the mush Sl ltn tod to i e eood results. Fotir wcksa-o we commenced feeding 0K lJtL:i m Feared m the above .dkectlon,, from five fei t-a f ""J "7l rreioua to f jc a lots? tira e nostrils two or three times a day. The most difficult cases of sore throat' may be eared by using it simply as a gargle. As awath.for the head jit not only leaves the scalp very white . and dean, bat renders the hair soft and glossy. ; It has also been found- by many to be of invaluable service in case - of nervous headaclM If applied in the same man ner as in washing the hair, the result ia wonderful. It may be used quite strong, after which rinse the hair care fully with wciear "wacer; u let tne person thus sunenng remain in - a quiet, well-ventilated room until the hair is nearly or quite dry, '"- and if possible indulge in a short sleep, and there will hardly remain ja trace of the bead acne. . It clergymen, teachers, and others.! who have an undue amount of brain work for the kind and quality of physical -exeroise usually taken, would shampoo the bead in tha manner about once a week, and. tnen nnoerpaKe .no more ' brain work antu the following morning, they would - be szprised to find how clear and ssrong tne lacn. had become, and there is reason to hope there would be much less premature de cay of the mental faculties. " As a toilet requisite it is qnita indispensable. 11 stsed to zsase the mouth, eacu tune after clean inr the , teeth it, . will prevent the gams from, becoming diseased or un cleanly. , ltt short, in all cases of allay ing - lunammation there ia probably nothing better in materia medical, t The average strength of tha solution should Dr. HAOAB,of Berlin, believes? tljat analine colors' are;' as- a rule, poisonous in their action upon the human, skin. He recommends, therefore, that woolen garments ;' colored with analine dyes should ' not bC worh.next the skin, and suggests as a t?st that part of the wool be heated to the boiling? point in a test tube, with 90 per cent, of alcohol, and if the latter aequire a 'red, violet, or violet-blue- tint, the" coloring matter suspicious. m - '! --. ,: .; Llemon ' : Bias Pupping. Boil i four tablespoonfuls of rice till softened; one quart of milk sweetened to taste; a small pieoe'of butter. ( When nearly cool add the beaten yolks of four eggs, and one teaspoonfnl cf lemon extract; put in wie oven; when nearly done beat the whites to a froth; add four spoonsfaal of white sugar; pour oyer the top and, brown it; tp,be eaten cold, i very nice. ( The Berlin 'Industrie Blatter states that eggs may be preserved in a condi tion equal to fresh by dipping them in a solution of water glass or pilicate of soda. There is a chemical compound formed upon the shell which is impervi ous to air, and which closes the pores of the thelL The solution of war er glass must be concenerated inntil it is of a sinvpy consistence. The fresh eggs (newly-laid) and cleansed and put, into a. shallow pan with the solution, and turned so that every part of the shell is exposed to the water glass.- After half an hour tho eggs are taken out, dried. and packed in chaff in a ory oooi piaoe. r Always fill iamps in the " morning, when there isdavlight to work by, and lamps and' oil are cold. " Do not pour oil from a can that baa recently been agitated.'. Do not allow a lamp to rtand van in-na n a. stove, or in ' any other warm place. Always keep the "tube of the lamp clean, and trim the wiok every morning. Do not extinguish lamp hf blowing down the chimney; blow up from the bottom, or else turn the wick down. - Hav none but the best of oiL If your grocer does not or will not keep it, make ' a:clab with your neighbors, and send to a city for- a barrel. . Avoid all, lamps that bold over a pint ox on, as the danger is greater as the size of the The Challenger Expedition and Deep Sea The las t ftnd ost Ihipor butiou to marine . hydrography are the deep-sea soundings of . the Challenger expedition, which has recently returned to England after anabsence of 'three years spent ? in circumnaviganag tne globe.; Marina hydrography ; may be said to be a comparatively new science, the nrst deep-sea soundings on a large scale having been instituted by the gov ernment of the United States, when it sent Professor Agassdz and his party in the Hassler td sail around this con- tinent.dnring the spring and Summer of 1873, The valuable physical, geograph ical, and zoological results of the jour ney are well known and appreciated. Shortly after' the Hassler expedition had left New York, the English Chal lenger, expedition, perhaps the most thoroughly equipped, and most compre hensive of any ever organised, started on its tour round the world. Th&' geo logical results accomplished by it have been snmined up in an intHreateig -lecture recently delivered be&re the Roy al Institution, IjondOn, by Pro fessor Huxley. Alluding to that portion of the work of the expedi tion which relates to (he distributien of life in and at the bottom of the sea, and of the work which ia being carried oa by living organism in building "op- the" solid erost of the globe, - the Professor showed that there was extending around the poles a wide area of ailioeousor thnt deposit, formed from enormous aceum mulations of the dead 'skeletons and shells of diatomaceous plants invisible organisms, which lived on the top of the sea, and existed in such numbers as to cover it and the ice for miles with a scum. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, too, showed that the whole of that sea-bottom was covered for many thousand square miles with a deposit of unknown thickness, also built np in the same way. It is stupendous, he says, to think of thousands of feet , of rock being . formed from the accumulation of the shells and skeletons of invisible animalcules, but when one thinks of the wide area mentioned, covered to an un known depth with what might be called the ash s of these organisms, the idea becomes almost overwhelm ing in its vastness. ' Having established the fact that certain . things . were, they could be made the basis of deductive reasoning, without know ing the how and why. Supposing-, then, a globe everywhere covered with water, and no dry land at all to be affected by the motion of the waves, and from which sedimentary rocks could be formed. The sea surrounding the ' two poles would be covered with a thick layer of these invisible animalcules, con stantly raining down their skeletons, on the sponge spicules on the bottom .and forming a siliceous deposit, while in the intermediate zone a calacareons or lime stone deposis. would be forming in - the same way. ' Thus, . it r seems by the merest operation of the lowest forms of life, in a globe altogether . covered by sea. there might be five or six different kinds of rock formed on the sea-bottom. Summing up the bearing of these dis coveries on geologic problems, iroies sor Huxley contends that in all 'ages there is no indication of any other agen cy at work than natural causes? no. evi dence ia tbat brief period of time regis tered by the succession of stratified rock? of natural forces having a greater intensity than now '- Whatever "may bethought of the con clusions at which ; Professor, Huxley arrives from the Challenger's examina tion of the sea-bottom, there can be no doubt as to the scientific yalue of deep soundings." A few decades of it have sufficed to sweep away a host of absurd traditions and . unwarranted assump tions. The mountains and valleys which fancy had duplicated atr the bottom of the ocean nave disappeared. , uor views about the animal life, . even at the greatest depths, have undergone a com plete revolution. 'The specific weight of the water is uo longer believed to be so, enormous that a cannon ball could not sink below a certain depth a view once deemed . capable f inathenr apical demonstration. One of the earlier deep- sea sounders Edward Forbes-still as sumed all animal life tocease at a depth of from ltSOO to 2,lHH) feet, , it was submarine telegraphy that gave the first practical direction'to the investi gations and studies iwliioh, are inow comprised under marine hydrography. It became necessary to examine the bottom where cables were' to be laid, and thus specimens were obtained from the bottom et greater 'depths than be fore. Ia 1861. when the French cable between Africa and Sardinia was raised from a depth of 8,000 feet, it was found covered with living snails, muscles, etc among which are many new : species. From that date dajp-eea- soundings have been turned to excellent and vari ous usee by science." They were 'first systematically conducted in 1868, 1 when the English ' steamer Lightning was sent, with the naturalists, Carpenter and Wwille Thompson, to the seas west of the Orkney and Faroe groups, where soundings ui uie The English Arctic Expedition. ' The Iiondon T imes of the 18th inst. says: "The Arctic ships, the Alert and piscovery, are expected to be nndocked in a lew days ia tne meanibuue uieix complement of boats, which, are'.con- strncting by Mr. 3ohn White of Cowes,- are rapidly proceeded with. 'xneir con struction - is "somewhat peculiar. : - The boats are 18 in.number. and include two yawls 25 feet long, and. two cutters of the length of 20 feet They are' built of one diagonal thickness of mahogany planking, which is paved over with a coating .of marine glue and a second coating of strong linen, .cloth. The whole is then ironed "over till the glue comes through the linen, and the boats arethen said to. become impervious to water. ' The boats are then planked over longitudinally with the best wych lm.id,andi, Chnstian ,' a pine. A large senrwxircTilar cork belting; is placed under the waste strake, and .over this strong canvass is stretched, thereby forming- a- oapitai .fender xor tne uttie craft. : Six of the boats, each having a length of twenty-five feet, are modelled like whalers, having bows at both ends and are constructed in other respects like the four already mentioned, with the exception, that they have no cork lenders, but raxU with, band-holes all around. ; There are also six ice-boats. three being built as gigs, and then hav ing a sheathing' of cork over the - diago nal .planking, which" is again covered with, a layerol pise and elm. The latter are built on dead wood, with keelson above, so that should their stems, keels or even Bternposts be destroyed by grat ing on the ice, the -boats would not be seriously injured,- but would retail) their buoyancy. The . whole of . the small craft have been inspected by the dock yard authorities.. 'The chief article of food is penmikin, a kind of edible which is said to hTe been ' first - compounded oy tae, Hottentots. , The , pest parts of tne finest - Scotch beef are selected, all the fat is e arcfully removed, - and the meat is then thoroughly dried. It . is afterwards pounded to power, salt and sugar" are added, and then it is mixed with an equal quantity of cianned suet in a liquid state. Being poured into tins made to contain 56 pounds each, it will be sufficiently portable, and it is under stood that one of these tins will be ample for the support of a boat's crew of eight men for a week while traveling over tne ice. -Femmikm biscuits are also being made, in which the pem mikin is mixed with, floor; and all the provisions are of the best -quality. None of the salt junk with t which sail ors afloat are so well acquainted will bo tuxen in tms expedition, but the best rounds of beef and bellies of pork. only slightly salted, as meat may be ex pected to keep for a lengthened time in ah Arctic climate. .Bum, which is the chief stimulant and luxury on board shipr usually cost? the royal - navy Is. 6cL per gallon free of duty, but that provided, for this expedition is pure Jamaica, at a prime cost of 2s. 3d, per gallon." " . Toilet Articles as Tiewed by a Chemist. Professor William P. Tonry deliver ed, on Wednesday night, the , second lecture of his present course, and the Chemical Hall at the Maryland Insti tute was crowded to its utmost capaci ty. Tho --subject of the lecture was loiiet Articles . as viewed oy tne Chemist." 'and the lecturer first 're minded his audience that the manufac turer would view such articles ; through their profits, the : public through the persuasive representations of dealers, but the chemist,' through attest tube ana crucible. A lady ot fashion, of tne present day; considers, her toilet table incomplete without hair . tonics, hair washers, and restoratives, aepiua tones, enamels, salves, and ' powders, and continuing. Professor Tonry subjected to examination a specimen of eaohxlass. By means of a peculiar arrangement ot the ordinary microscope, the root of the hair and a' section of the human skin, showing' the roots - of the human hair, aweatglands, ducts, t &c was thrown upon a screen, and construction and functions explained. ... a numoer oi the so-called "hair tonics." washes. and ""restorers," were taken and their composition shewn to the audience by chemical tests, several bottles of . metal lic lead. being taken from one so called "hair restorers " and .."Ayera nair Vigor" was found'-to contain1' nearly three grains of lead to the fluid. onnce ; "Phalim'a Vitalia. " over iour-ena-ue- h-lf grains; "Hall's vegitable Sicilian Hair Benewer," over six' grains; and a "hair restorer" fifteen grains to1 the otince. "Magnolia Balm," - JMoom e Youth,": and- "EnaBLell ffld."Uneritai Cream -were found to contain irom xxv to 190 grains of lead or zinc to the ouhce. The methods of bleaching ; the hair, and of changing dark hair to tne fashionable! golden yellow were men tioned as well as the poisonous nature of the chemicals used. DepiHatories, rkricht eves, and embonpoint were com mented upon by the lecturer ' Profess or Torney-'Spoke j for about: one and a-half hours, and his remarks , were- heard with marked attention, the ladies Odds and Ends. The man who kan think kan never get lonesum. -. ., , bridge acrof s Lake bt.-Croix. - , AiiTHotroH (tbe law, is a fine thing it can always Ibe had at'-cdstC, j . H. J. Btboh has written a new comedy entitled Ou Boys." V ' ; Aro now thej say Baltimore ia to be the Iiverpool of America. Mersey on Teuth, crushed to the earth.'shall rise again. ; Sojourners as ; welL Detroit -Tribune. - - : COBBBOTZ.T ".don't, "seem like a hard word; yet they all go down because they cant spell correctly. ,; ,-f ,; ' J Turn fellow who asked for a lock of his girl's hair was informed that "it ooeta money, hair does." A Bostow : pawnbroker recently charg ed 87.50 as interest of $5, borrowed for seven months .on a silk dress, worth $50. ".Mat, heaven bless and keep yoa from your own true love, Benjamin Herrick," was the way the letter ended. ' Oou has bees discovered In paying fuantities at the Notch in the VvThite loun tains, in what , ia , known as the Frankenstein cliff." ? - The furniture recently sold at "the Astor House, in New York, was rich with historical zeminsoenoee and in Sects ':". ' V ' :"T'A. Tttr nnaertaintv of the known makes ns more anxious concerning the certain ty of the unknown. I Trnt infant sovereign of China ascend ed the throne under the honorary title of Kwang' Sn. the best translation of which is f Continuation of Glory." . . A Gebmax geographical square mil contains 9,567 Anstrian catastral jochv Of these jochs 100 equal 112 EngUala. acres. T," '--v "e'":: '" :"', - Thebb are' many who talk on from r Ig norance rather than irom Knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaust ible fund of conversation It is pleasant to reflect that 1876 will be leap-pear and that consequently win ter will have more time in which to do ta chilling work. --..-.,:-:y-s- ToBPSooES are now sent into whales at the end of a newly-invented harpoon in use at Norway. They kill the fish without delay. s A Russian six feet and five inches high has just died at the age of 115, and another, born in the same year, ia still hale and hearty, i. , ; . Pbincx Napousok. who was made s general of division by Napoleon III., is to be struck out of the French army list. " ' ." - -'-. Edward Kino will commence a series of papers on American cities in the April Scribner. The first paper will . be on Baltimore, which city he calls the Liverpool of America. BBSAXS OT THIS PAST. 1 cannot Bleep 1 my ferer'd brain -Calls np the vaziisbed Past again. ' And throws its misty splendors deep Into the pallid realms of sleep 1 Bbotbeb Jnc For mercy's . sake. Clara, 'what are yon wearing those earrings for ? They weigh half a pound. Clara--Mortiflcation of the flesh, Jim; submarine Arctic cur-1 especially being eager,,listeners.-r-vBai- rent discovered, j at a delsth - 650 more ttozeize.- . fathoms, two diiferent sea tempejratareS I and f two distinct faunie. , Since then I discovery has - ranidlv . . f oHowedV dis covery; and with the invention of drag-1 nets our knowledge in the physical, geographical, and zoological doiaains oi j science has been immensely enlarge a. A Bird's Charity.. ,,.f r. rUlaaelphlaStae.,. Last summer a pair of robin redbrests built their - nests ,in . the. vicinity , of a fashionable country boarding-house, tn dae time the heads of four yocng robins were observed by some-of the boarders peering above the aides of. the nest, when -some thoughtless boys, passing that way shot both the parent birds; and left tha vonno oneS'td perish. ; - ; The ladies ana gentlemen movea w i ox.nermotner. be a small teaspoonfnl of Water. ' " " -R-e tad no e.c'Ss tor hot. ... A . - wash lc;;x taa masooial a. vora. to a toilet glass hundred weight eachhave bjeu eating seven pounds each of raw corn' per tvrontv.fonr hours: and two others of nearly the-eamsTBizef, have had exactly seven pounds ofinal made into good ,ish ftatween them. This seven pounds of meal cooked into a state of good stiff mush, weighs tweniy-eign w funnnili!-- I weighed "SIT "Pigs accurately at beginning, and -weighed again two days, Bir.ce, to mark the pro press. - The twe easing fourteen pounds rwrr r?i)v. had increased twenty- rvrr3i.f?a ia tha fame tuns."- lere is .".anner tit OliS-i ill tha CCl'Il. I - f i Geoeeralae Canet The stretching and puttinat down in place of a carpet is not, . says the' Ohio Farmer, , one ef the most pleasant jobs of work, -yet if the feat be accomplished satief actorily, the pleasure derived from the knowledge that the work has been well done, will nearly, if not quite, com oensatejone for the - braised- knuckles. torn finger nails, and bleeding cuticle the usual aojoncts ox carpet-stretching. vrueu UKUig urovn w t rwm, it shonld' measure one ineh- shorter . in leneth and one inch less in breadth if it be of a firm fabria and more than an ikah iTasenee made in the saeasuTe mest if the tBsssion of tha material . be TjtoJc eaca cf t&s i&gs oomexs lamp incre ases. f To Clhanss GnasB. As a rule, warm water' and a soft cloth are all that is re quired to keep glass in good condition; bat water bottles and wine decanters, in oraer .to keep tnem origui, w rinsed out with a little toUTiatic acid, which is the best substance for remov the fur " w hich oollecte in them. The acid is far better then-ashes, sand or shot; for the ashes and sand scratch the glass, and if any shot is left in it by ac i.ijr. -. lejiil is poisonons. V Bichly cut glass mnst be cleansed and polished with a soft brush, upon. wluch a very little fine chalk or whiting is put; by j this means the luster and brilliancy are preserved. '-.'" i PaocTon and other astronomers dis covered the snow andice at the two poles of the planet Mara, and of course if that 'a visible from the earth, from j.srs tLey can easily sea if these ia an open sea within oar ArctioCircla. .Obvuu-vT thsxawt sensibla Polsx.expediTaif real information ia wantea. wc-i-i fce tj way of tie plaaefc H&rj.-rA rwitv rrv the helpless eonditicn of th their relief when a little brown wren flew to the nest, snrveyecl -line- nmor- tnnstA state of thin eff for moment. then disappeared. In a few lsnnates it returned, peat lag food, oi some. Kina to ti starving robins. . j - ' Much surprised Tt this, the human symphathiJters resolved to await further dsvelopmenhi before proceeding tor put their plans of relief , in operation, and were delighted to find the wren had in real good earnest assumed the care of that orphan family. With untiring en ergy it hunted worms and food of such kinds as suited to the wants - and tastes of its protege, and continued its kindly offices until the robins were f nll- nedged ana a Die to tase care oi tnem selves. ' N " .- . - Strange as this story may appear, we have it from the most undoubted au thority, and submit the question whether reason or instinct t was the governing power with that, kind-heart ed motherly little wren t - A Chinese Idyl. . Fashionable circles of Shanghai have recently found abundant food for gossip in an "exciting incident of which f a nhtfiAaa . General is the hero. -This waxriozy after having reaped mm iaureis byr defending uie Juanommeaans. an Yonan. happened to be struck with one of the Uelesuai Deauwes wuom no aaw while passing throogh Shanghai on his wa'b Pftkini!'. - -Onfortuaiately v this - J . . . , young laayi was tae oaugaww j w ed to a wealthy Chinese. .This 'pnly inflamed r the jpassion of ' the 'aged warrior, who, by a- liberal distribution oi presents, gained the confidence of several persona Deionging to hw juuuq ladv's household, and.' what still better. it only remained tor him, in order to ensure the success of the elopement, to-secure the passive cooperation of the police, , and this he was enabled t& 'do. by jadioious arrange menta with'a tapao,Dnee a- member' of the. municipal . poiioe, who, undertook to "make it ia-htwiJi his former col leagues: So, at the appointed time the uenerai was eaaoiea to carry the young lady on irom ner nouse, ana.'tne nappy couple',' .embarked in a richly decorated sampan which was lying in the river, got of safely to Boochow. T.a ; mar riage does not appear however, to have been a happy one, for the . Uenerai has written to tbeluaneed. offering to return him hia wife and pay a good round sum to get rid of her. The Uenerals intra- ence will be sntlictently strong to. pro tect him . from, punishment, but the tapao who '.'made it right" with the police will probably suffer for hia share T . i. bp , , . ms--,,. ui tua uueuoe oi Bpurasintr two wuiuiw ed persona which is visited with severe penalties ? in China and most .Eastern oountries.r-J'W Mall Gazette. , . Ws xsusfc respecUvely decline the pa 1 thetic poem entilled. " I Cannot tell a be." It is too lata asd ii wo'd btan too te.U if il L:.3 Lay it's Lent, and besides Jane Gray s are 'half an inch longer." ' " A Detboit paper has an article head ed. "A Young Girl Made the Victim of a Bogus Marriage." This is shocking. In these days of dissolute young men, ,it is quite , bad enough for a young girl to be made the victim of a genuine marriage. (jowrter oumoc w-A v Kingston clergyman, tne oths Sunday, used in his sermon the expres sion, "it isn't worth a oimer; and as he hung fire on the d, half of the con gregation looked round in a startled sort oi a way, imagining ne was going to say something else. . . ,-jTi'.;.' .-; Hkbb is a simple rule- to detect counterfeit fifty-cent notes: On the counterfeit the lock of hair in tha corner of Dexter's forehead touches the hajy at each end, while in the genuine it is a "O" shaped leek, and touches only at the lower end. . . " . iVisrroB: ftWelLMiss Polly, won't yoa. give me a kiss ?" : Polly: No; mamma says kissing's only for children." " Visit or: "And arn't yon a child?" Polly: " Perhaps, but I don't call you one (Visitor , counts ,hia gray . hairs , next morning.) ., "' -- ., 1 Ow Ashjeaesday, ' when no stage Slays are allowed to be played xnJUon on, Moore and Burgess' 'Minstrels moved,., to ,the Theatre Jttoyai, xrnry Lane, and played to ah immense house On the same night Sothera migrated to Nottingham and had a packed house at - double prices.-, ...wj (i; i ..;,.,. Weceh the song s gone out of your life, you can't start another one while) it s a-rmging in your ears, put it s" oeat to have a bit of silenda. and out o UuA maybe a psalm 11 come by. and by. t ,- About six, weeks ,agot a literary cou ple boarding together at. a Chicago ho tel, concluded o marry, and, last week, the following scrap of mateimordai talk- between them. was .overheardi.' ne- You lacerate my soul with your yulgae sneers. 11 , ne " xou nave a superhu man power for. eru oyer my sensitive nature."'""' " v - - NormNO is inore common: than fox great thieves to ride in; triumph when small ones are puniahed. But let wick edness escape as it. may, as tne last is never uuia ui uuuijj uws bcu-juwus! for Avery guilty person is his own hang- Msniiy ijvawsoavi a Bbwabb of liquor. : Julius Caar con quered Gaol, and - denned the imperial purple, to fall at last by the Boman pnnch--givenhiia by Brutus. t v - Tbm greatest, feat investing ever ra corded, is told of man who oommeno ed by holting a door, after which ha threw up the window and swallowed tha whole Btory. ' ; ' Tjc Boston they' never mention tha demimonde; Miss Basbleu'rolhi up bee eyes and bewails' the existence of tha "ieraiflpherie&l lasaes." , t. Fzcxshtxs ia a narrow strip oy very produMive land, llelug between tha aommjrat T " iraut ana : iusenoous owing allegiance to neither: IT is, TOethxnks, an honest and lauda ble fortitnda "to dare to be ugly; at least to . keep rotsrsetves from being abashed with a consciousness of imper fections we cannot help, and in whioa there is no gnus. v - " JaJts, what letter in the alphabet uo you like bestl" j' vveii, x aon v say, Mr. Bnoons. ,, " x-oou i ""- tell right out, Jan . Which do you ju best V" " WeU" (Diaaning u ping her eyes), I like U the best, ' A kak who was sentenced to be hung ZZZA k via wife, who said, "My Thb cavaliers, duris-'j the j-rteejkr-ate. were aeeritiJ'Jed t " t-f br XII .vion to put a crumb cf tread wissft, and bef aro Wf HiUi ii J dear would you like the cauuieu dear, woiiiu . repiioa he. you executed? ' ' e TOU pwS drentaaave any e"ScAawent into the 84. J alien yestff lvZT"Lt tn himssli ia t . a r d-" Here'a to tha next Al : men r "..:ht f m Thank yon, taa&& you. -ror, "aa aty-