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PHYSICIAN ASD SU&GEG3,
Offl'1 up stairs In Mel! wain's Brick.
Residence ou tbe street leading to tbe de
pot, at tue crossing of the canal, ep3U
Parllameutarr Bear Gardr n.
The Oiiraun Parliament annear to have
become a veritable bear garden, Bismarck
perpetually out of temper, glaring and
seeming to threaten any one who ventures
to disagree with him; the presiding
officer resigning because he cannot allow
hia dignity to be constantly insulted;
the Liberals exasperated and plain
spoken to the last degree ; and thnnde
always la the air. Such ia the picture
daily presented to the tranquil wives and
sisters, who bring their knitting into tne
galleries of the Reichstag, and who look
on in vague wonder. Bismarck himself
must rub his eyes and stare from time to
time. Can these be the representative
of the slow and easy-going German
people whom he described in lMtl as in
capable of revolution because they had
loo much good aeneeT "if our Ouiyhera
should attempt to build barricades," he
said, "their wives would come out and
take them home by the ears ! " Not so.
U man of blood and iron ! For they even
growl so that your imperious voice is
drowned, and worry you by bodily dis
senting in a hundred ways from your
doctrines. Lasker beards you with Im
punity, and so do the Social tuts, in a man
ner quite heart-rending.
It is said that the only man in the
Reichstag who has been able to preserve
his equanimity throughout the recent de
bates ia Herr von Ladwigtnd the reason
is tbat he is deaf as a post. He ia a
course of perpetual merriment to trie
House, for he is fond of launching out in
to the most condemnatory speeches.
When the members attempt to blackgoard
him in their turn he smites sweetly, for
he bears nothing, lie is an extremely
unparliamentery old party, and only the
other day called Herr Kicbter "that thing
of a Kicbter." Of coarse it took ten
minute to make hirn onderstand that he
was censured by the President and that
be must sit down.
Bismarck's attitude is exceptionally
curious, n e have all heard now one day
be even so far lost his temper as to allude
sneeringly to the clothes worn by the
Liberal Ueputy, Leaker, lmswasme
signal for a general reproof from all classes
of newspapers. Leaker pocketed all tbe
insult for a short time.but be has recently
made a furious speech, in which be con
demns Bismarck's presumption, his
license in language, and adds that tbe
country condemns it.
If the German Parliament ia noisy and
undignified, what shall the French As
sembly be called, after the remarkable
scene which occurred in the Chamber of
Deputies recently T Let me give you an
instance of the manner in winch tbe re
actionists behaved. After Paul de C'as
sagnac had made bis speech, and the Un
der Secretary of Bute for tbe Department
of Justice was in the tribune, vainly en
deavoring to make himself beard above
the boots and yells of the members of the
Right, be was finishing bis sentence with
these words, which M. de Baudry d'Aaaon
happened to catch :
'1 sav. how it happened that a Republi
can Government, of which I happened to
be a member"
Here M. de Baudry d'Asson interrupt
ed saying:
"Republican, yes ; out liberal, no : anti
liberal!" The President (Gasobetta) Gentleman
a little liberalism for those wbo are in Jie
tribune addressing the House, I beg of
you !
M. de Bandry d'Asson Show us the ex
ample! (Murmurs on the rigbtand left.)
i say, Mr. rresidem, we uemanu tnai you
set us the example.
President Uambetu Monsieur ae
Baudnr d'Asson. I must beg you to volnn-
teer me any lessons on liberalism ; I do
not receive tnem irotn any one.
M. de Baudry d'Asson v e aro tn tne
right!
President GambetU Monsieur de
Baudry d'Asson, I call you to order !
M. de Baudry d'Asson Many thanks:
President GambetU I call you to order
and in ite you to remain silent.
M. de Baudry d Anson t am proud oi a
a call to order from you !
President tiam belts I invite M. de
Baudry d'Asson to be good enough to
recognize the authority of tbe President,
and to take back the words which he just
uttered. ...
JL Baudry d'Asson I do not withdrsw
them, Mr. President, I maintain them !
(Exclamation Tbe censure.)
President GambetU The vote on the
censure will be taken.
At this a Deoutv inouired if M. de Bau
dry d Asson was not entitled to tne noor,
and tnai nveiy gentleman at once ue-
manded it.
President Gambetta I shall not give
the floor to M. de Baudry d'Asson, in ac
cordance with the rale ; not even on the
vote of the censare. until be has at nrst
recognized tbe authority of the Presi
dent.
M. de Baud ry d'Asson I recognize your
authority. Mr. President, but not your
liberalism nor that of the Left, which
daily gives proof of your despotism.
President Gambetta M. de Baudry
d'Asson. I do not wish this occasion to
emplov against you all tbe ruors of
rulinz.
M.de Baudry d'Asson You may if you
like! (Great disturbance.)
President GambetU M. de Baudry
d'Asson, I must remind you tbat yonr un
parliamentary attitude is absolutely un
acceptable whatever may be the position
of the minority of which you form a part.
In tbe first place it ia not possible to de
spise the right of the ru'.ing, or, secondly,
the authority of the President, and in the
third place it is forbidden to show dis
respect for a decision of the majority of
this Assembly . Consequently I submit the
censure to a vote.
A vote was taken, and M. de Baudry
d'Asson found himself censured. This
vote takes away one-quarter of bis
month's salary as deputy. When the
censure was over there was a burst of
ironclad laughter from the right.
President Gambetta Who is the col
league on the right who permits himself
Manv members rising everybody !
Paul de Cassagnac We , have .the
riebt, I suppose?
President Gambetta You have not
the right to laugh at a decision of the
Chamber.
Paul de Cassagnac Utr, no ! thai was
never heard of before.
. President GambetU Gentlemen, I in
vite vou to be silent.
M. Haenliens Now we can't laugh any
more. '
And so on ad infinitum, while the pnblic
business waits, and tbe public, reading its
newspaper' evenings at the cafe or at
borne, or between the acts of the theater,
savs. "Mon Dieu ! Mon Dieu ! Mon
Dieu ! " Edward King't Paris Letter to the
Boston Journal.
The Brooklyn Presbytery is rather
more disgraceful this week than it was
last. It sorely needs some of David
Davis' never-failing soothing syrup.
England's Distress.
Till AORICCLTtrRAt. DEPRESSION AND TUB
APPBKHKNHIOK WHICS FT CAH8KH.
The agricultural depression in Great
Britain bas been felt fur a long time very
severely by the tenant farmers. Re
ports from all part of the United King
dom speak of hundreds of farms remain
ing unlet In spite of the reductions that
have oeen maue on numerous esutes by
jthe landlords. The depression In the
agricultural distrlcU bas made Itself se
verely felt, of course, on tha landlords,
and consequently the land-owner sitting
in Parliament have a considerable interest
in the discussion of the question. The
ItiU ifnU Gautte said very recently : "The
prevalent belief as to the severity of the
depression existing in English agriculture
win be con nr mod by the ngure recently
produced before the Devises Union
Assessment Committee. The room in
which the committee sat is suted to have
been crowded with farmers, anxious to
obtain a reduction of their asseNsmenU,
on the ground tbat their rents had been
lowered. On this tbey produced incon
testable written evidence evidence w hich
showed a most remarkable sUte of tilings.
Thus one landlady owned two farms oc
cupied by the same tenant. The rent was
folio ( it had now been reduced to X40U)
and the other which had been re
duced to 250. This lady's income, there
fore, from her landed property has sud
denly decreased from M) to 8.'jO. In
nine other cases rents had been reduced
from XtiKO U 443, XiUUi to 750, :toM to
2.V), 31 W to JW40, 450 to 41, .VW to
.-kJO, r.'5 to 180, 110 to S0,30 to
lti.". Roughly, tbe reduction seem to
have averaged about a third, huch a
sudden losa of income cannot 'but seri
ously interfere with the usual expendi
ture of the owners of tbe land ; and that
will again react upon trade,atready suffer-
ng by the decrease ol fanners custom. It
would be extremely interesting if some
member of Parliament would call for a
return of tbe assesmenU that lowereo
throughout the country. A deterioration
in the value of land to this extent, if it is
at all general, is a question of national
concern.'
The subject was also discussed at tbe
recent gathering of the (Jo lxl en Club, and
although all the speakers naturally spoke
enthusiastically of "free trade, peace and
good will among nations," there were
many admissions that the depression in
tbe manufacturing and agricultural dis
tricts needed to be Uken into considera
tion. The Karl of North brook said that
bnt fr the free trade the present depres
sion in Kngland would have been much
more serious. As regarded agriculture,
be said, "he did not think that iu present
condition was in any way to be attributed
by any one wbo bas reaily considered the
subject, to the passing of the repeal of the
corn laws, 'lbeie was no one wbo did
not remember the condition of tha agri
cultural Interest about the year 18 15.
when Richard Cobden in the House of
Commons moved for the very committee
which those who were advocating tbe in
teresuoflhe farmers wbo were moving
for viz.. a committee to inquire into the
condition of the agricultural interest
and when , he said upon the highest
authority tbat from all parts of the country
came the cry that the farmers were ruin
ed. This was before tbe repeal or corn
laws,when protection to British agriculture
existed ; and James Caird, who was
probably tbe highest authority tbey had
upon agricultural subjects in this country,
in 1851 wrote a book, in which he ven
tured to say, in the teeth of all
the prophecies that were made
at that time, tbat tbe British
farmer and the landed interests would be
perfectly able to meet the competition of
tue lureiguer aiver we aoumiou o prelec
tion. Mr. uurd tbe other day wiote
another book, in which be showed most
clearly tbat what be had said in 1840 bad
turned out to be tbe tact. Tbe averam
rent per year in 1&50 was 2ttt, and in 1870
it wis 30s. Prices in 1850 were : Of bread,
IJd per pound, and in 1878, 1d per
pound; o' meat in laoO, ad, and In IHiH,
Od per pound; of butter in 1H50. Is. and in
1 875,1 stkl per pound; and, or an things tbe
most important, the wages of labor were,
in 1850, Os 7d per week and in 1878, 14.
It was said that free trade had injured
the agricultural interest. What was the
agricultural interests of this country ? Tbe
real agricultural interest in this country
meant the osrners of land, and tbe gross
annual value of income from land in 1857
was not quite 56,000,000, whereas in
1877 it wss nearly 07.000,000. 8o that in
that time there was an absolute increase
in the actual income derived from land
in this country of no less than 11,000,000,
or a capiUl sum at thirty years' purchase
or something like 3ao,000JOO. bo terror
owners of laud. As regarded the other
agricultural interests the interest of the
farmers of land that was a question be
tween tbe landlord and farmer." He
then went on to discuss tbe relstions be
tween the tenant farmers and the land
lords, and made out the present condi
tion of the English farmer to be far better
than before the repeal of tbe corn law,
the tone of all the speeches was naturally
a condemnation of protection, and Prince
Bismarck's tariffa came in foratrood share
of abuse. Tbe arguments used were the
familiar ones, but they have no real
interest in the present question, which is
one connected with tho absurd and op
pressive land laws.
Tkb Ibibh Lanouaoe. In a paper re
cently read before the Statistical Hociety,
Mr. Bavenstein states that the Celtic por
tion of the population of the British Isles
makes a total of nearly 2,'ou,uuu souls,
of whom nearly one-half are Welsh,
Further, we are told that in 1851 there
were few Irish counties in which the old
language bad altogether died out; the
localities in which Irish was then spoken
makes a total area of nearly 10,000 square
miles, with a population not far under
1.500.000, of whom 69.8 per cent, spoke
Irish.while in 1871 the Irish area had sunk
Vifilow 6000 Hmiftrn miles, with a rtonula-
tion under oOO.OOO. of whom about 63
per cent., or considerably less than
400,000 spoke Irish only. Lastly, it ap
nftars that nrobablv not 5000 nersons
throughout Ireland were then able to
read an Irish book, and not a single Irish
newspaper -was beipg jpublished. This
contrasts strongly with the stato of
things among the Welsh, who print over
thirty newsDaoers and periodicals of va
rious kinds, while the Welsh in America
have several nourishing newspapers and
hold eisteddfods without number in the
country of their adoption. "We have no
statistics of the Celtic element in North
America, though it is well known to be
considerable, but so far as concerns the
Irish portion of it, there would be no
great error in supposing that the Irish
language loses ground among the emi
grants much faster than among those left
behind in Ireland.
The Price of an Italian Count.
Is It strange that the titled poor
should make tho acquisition of money
the object and aim of lifu? With Italian
pride, a Count holds his title worth so
much per year. A thousand dollars per
year is certainly a small income, or would
Le in America. Hut titles are more plen
tiful than fortunes in Italy, so a Count
will gladly marry if his wife can give him
that Income. An Italian army officer is
not peJtnittnd to marry unless be baa an
Income of 3000 francs ($000) a year. His
pay ia so small that he can barely live
upon it himself, hut be is not allowed to
incur expenses that he cannot meet,
therefore he must not inurry without the
assured means of maintaining bis family.
is It strsngo that American fortunes are
so eagerly sought by Italian titles ?
"Who Jo you think is the belle of Flor
ence now?" was asked a few days ago.
I said 1 did not know.
"Miss of Philadelphia, who will
have a fortun a of 30,oon aear. Hhe I
with her mother, a wealthy widow, and
all the poor Princes in Europe are at their
feet. The husband and father made this
money, so covetod by the Princoa, as a
canal contractor. The mother and drtgh
ter have come to Europe to spend it,"
The Venetiau Princes are even poorer
than the rlorentine, and, unfortunately
for them, the American colony here is
very limited and not very wealthy. In
deed, with but one exception, the Ameri
can fortnnps are too small to go out of the
family. This one will, without doubt, bay
a title, as it ia quite understood that
neither mother nor daughter la averse to
su h an alliance.
One could entertain soma respect for a
poor Italian Count if he were " man for i
'a that," Hut he is not. Ilia poverty
stricken priile looks down upon the hon
est labor of hand or brain as beneath bis
titled notice. His impecunious In-loTntiee
scorns any exertion that tend toward tbe
independence of self-support. How can
one respect the poverty of a young man
wbo rises at 11 in tbe morning, take his
coffee before rising, makes his toilet,
saunters out to the piazza, spends an hour
over a cup of couVe at a little table in the
arcade, where begossips with two or tbree
other young nobles, and comment on
every lady who passes with a freedom
of language not known to ears polite.
As be spend the last hour of the morn
ing, so be generally spends the afternoon,
and the evening is only varied by the
promenade. Elevated nobility. Is it not?
But such is tbe daily occupation of tha
poor Italian noble Prince or Count as
be calls himself. What a bigh-minded
creature for a woman to look to, to re
spect, love, and to support with ber for
tune! It strikes me that all the titles in
Italy would not compensate for the loss of
self-respect on the part of the American
girl who deliberately sinks her own no
bility tha rank of an intelligent, high
minded woman to the level of such
effete aristocracy.
ab Electric fJIrU
We have been favored with the details
of one of the strangest cases of which wa
ever beard, and one which is sure to ex
cite a good deal of inteiei among medical
men. The particulars of the case are given
below: It seems tbat about two years
since a daughter of kichard Clare, Caro
line by name, and then 17 years of age,
living on lot No. 25, on the second con
cession of Rodney, was taken ill. Her
disease could not be Correctly diagnosed,
and had many peculiar feature. Her
appetite fell off, and she lost flesh
till, from a strapping girl of 130
pounds weight, she barely weighed 87
pounds. There did not seem to be any
organic complaint. The bodily function
were not Impaired, and although she ate
less than formerly, the fulling-ofT in this
respect was not such as In itself would
alarm her friends. After the lapse of a
few months she took to her tied. Then it
was tbat a change occurred in ber men
tal condition. Formerly she was noted
for lack of conversational powers, but
now fits or spasms would come over her.
on the passing away of which her eyes
would become set and glazed, her body
umost rigid, and while in tbat state she
ould discourse eloquently and give vivid
dscriptions of far-off scenes far ex
ceeding in their bcautv anvUiinir which
slit bad ever seen or presumably
ever read of. On tbe passing away of
this vtate she exhibited a great degree of
lassiwue ana inuiHosiiion to move, ana
was rtciturn and surly in reply to any
questions. This continued till about a
month si nee. when an extraordinary
change Occurred. The girl, although still
not gaining Henri, appeared to rally, bhe
became light-hearted and say. and her
friends anticipated an early release for
her from the room to which she had been
confined' to long. Their expectations
were not in vain, for she is now about tbe
house, apparently as well bodily as ever.
But a remarkable development has
Uken placo. 8he is constantly siv
ing off ehectrical discharges, and
seems to be a perfect battery. A person
unless possestitd or tbe very strongest
nerves, cannot Uiuke hands with her, nor
can any one ple his hands in a pail of
water witti ners. By joining bands she
can send a sharpvhock through fifteen or
twenty persons hi a room, and she pos
sesses all the attractions of a magnet. If
she attempts to pik up a knife tbe blade
win tump into tier band, and a paper or
needles will hang suspended from one of
her fingers, so strontly developed is this
electrical power. iMMon Unt.) Advertiser.
A Mak in Distkebh .-The Hecretarv of
iiiv liiuiMiiu viuu nuM a letter iroin a
colored man in Kaim:, who emigrated
there from Mississippi. nnUinor an anneal
to the club for aid. lie aid ilia greatest
needs included stand-ui paper collars,
honey in the comb, silver-plated butter
knife and French coffee-fots, but if he
could not get these he wooJd like a cut
away coat, a silver ice-pitcher, a few
illustrated magazines and a gold collar
button. Deep silence followed the read
ing of the letter. Trustee Pulllinck looked
straight at Samuel Shin's heels, and
Esquire Blackberry counted up to four
on bis fingers and fell into a deep study,
"Desekretary will write in reply," said
Brother Uardner, as ue slowly ro8e up.
"dat de club hez only etna 1 pile of d,
artikles he meimhuns.biit if he kin' man
age to struggle along wid a few bronzed
door-knobs, a dozen photergrafs, a pr of
white gloves an' a bottle of harness iU.de
eama will bejient to once." Detroit e
irttl,
.1
Dean Stanley says: "The extraordik
ary eloquence of one of the greatest ori.
tors in England at this time, Mr. John
Bright, was entirely formed by his read
ing good books. Theeo have made that
style by which he captivates the hearts
and wins the attention at once of the
most cultivated."
Very long
London.
gloves are fashionable in
Bur malt's Drunken Xing.
Instead of getting crowned in tha
beginning of the Burmese year, a
had boon expected, Thoobnu, being
primed for something, resolved to
have Bome fun out of the Burmese
Water Festival. It Is customary at
this feast for young men and maid
ens to douBO one another with water, a
performance accomplished with much
good humor and laughter, and not a
little immorality. Thocbau dressed
up hia Lotthoudau, his pages of honor,
in fancy costumes and tigers and
"bellows," or monsters of all sorts.
and having furnished them with plan-
At. i . i .. . . r a . . -
tuui cnaiues oi water, sent tnem orr
to souso the princesses in tbe palace
prison. What mitrht have been a
joko bad the ladies been free, proved
most dismal business. At nrst tbey
thought tho end had come, but, when
It was discovered to be only a piece of
coarse plottsautry, there was a scene.
Half tbe younger wotnenfaintedaway
and cowered shrieking in the corner.
while tbe older stormed and scolded
as only Burmese women can scold.
The king's little pastime therefore
proved a failure, and he was thrown
nto a corresponding bad temper.
The murder of a few children since
then is said to be tbe result. Cer
tain it is that two innocents not mora
than ten years old have been done
to death, and possibly more have
shared their fate. Thocbau has
obliterated tbe ono sign of human
feeling be displayed in the February
butchery. A little fellow, the son of
the Tsobin Prince, tho mad Prince.
as be was called, was brought beforo
tbe king of nkako to bim beforo be
ing banded over to tbe executioners.
The poor boy was half dead with
fear, but when bo raised bis eyes to
the throne and saw who waa there
be clapped his bands with delight
and cried: "Oh, that's Tboebau;
Tbeebau won't let them do roe any
harm!" A murmur of pity went
round the ring of courtics, and Tbee
bau said, after a little pause: "What
has become of the pony I gave you
once?" "Oh," aaid tho child, sadly
enough, "we are very poor cow; we
had to aell that" So tbe king
motioned with his band, and tbe
poor boy was taken back to gaol.
"So, urutr vi aucvubu,
blow Irom a club on tbe throat
ended the poor thing's misery.
Eomoso Aaonr o Exouxd A Gchij-
xsio LrrTKB. M. Edraond About lias
been so charmed by his recent cordial
reception in London that he exhaust
himself in thanks and praises in a letter
in French to the London Timet, He
says: "Thorn Englishmen who have
shown courtcsioa to my eomiKttriot and
myself are far too many in number to be
thanked separately; and, besides, it
won hi, be necessary to thank also your
museums, which have shown us so many
masterpieces; your promenades, where
we have admired the handsomest people
in the world; your Mirk, which have
bloomed as if for us: and your sun. which
has favored us with three lieautiful days
in one week. The London Literary Con
gress, besides tbe results which we had a
right to expect, lias produced effects
I'hich were not looked for It
baa not only brought together
the men who compose the Fourth
Estate those in the two nations best
fitted to understand each other; it haa
brought the two countries together; it
has narrowed the, channel, and I do not
doubt that my crossing this morning
will be shorter than the last. A few
more visits of English writers to France,
or of French authors in England, and
we shall have no need of a tunnel. The
reception which you have given to us,
and the marked sympathy which you
have shown to our artists at tho Oaiety
Theater, will warm many hearts in
1 ranee. I promise that my fellow-citi-
sens will not hear without emotion that
at the banqnet of the Havage Club the
noble and witty lord who presided at the
jrle was seated between Mr. Gladstone,
the greatest orator of England, and my
friend Got. our greatest dramatic artist.
The Comedie Francaise has done more
in two weeks from the union of minds
and hearts than diplomacy could have
done in six months. Nothing like the
breath of great geniuses like Moliere or
Victor Hugo to dissipate little clouds.
Babon RothuchhiD'b Wili,. The will
of the late Baron Lionel de Rothschild
is understood to be sworn under 2,700,
000. The will is in the handwriting of
the deceased, and is dated July 24, 1865,
Newcourt, St. Bwithin 'slane. The docu
ment occupies two ordinary sheets of
letter paper, which were sewn together
with silk and sealed. His sons, Sir
Nathaniel de Itothschild and Alfred da
Rothschild, are the executors of tbe will.
The testator leaves to his wife 100,000,
and a life interest of 50,000, arising
from the houses at Frankfort and in
London, together with the residence
in Piocadily and the estate of Gunners-
bury. A request is made that " my good
wire shall give iu,uuu to the Jewish
charities and 5000 to others. Annui
ties (in connection with which the
mother is to exercise discretionary
power) are made in favor of sons and
daughters; and the testator expresses a
hope that they will be kind to their
mother, who had been kind to them and
him also. To his two brothers (since
dead) he bequeathed a sum of 1000 each
to purchase something in remembranoe
of him "a picture or anything else. " The
testator thanked God for the success and
prosperity that attended him, and hoped
the same guiding hand would direct his
sons. Excepting the immediate mem
bers of his own family, above referred
to, no other name or legacy is mentioned
in the will, we understand that there
are some imperfect attestation clauses in
the will, and marginal notes intended
for insertion, but not signed. The testa'
tor advises his sons of the happy unity
that existed between him and his two
brothers, to which he attributes the suc
cess of the firm, and hopes that the same
kiud feelinar will continue to maintain
ti, position of the house. London
June Hth.
aGKICULTUBAL MaTTEBS.
x OTATOKn. potatoes sutler more
from weeds than any other crop. One
weed will take np and evaporate a
goou aeai or moisture from the soil
and rob the crop of what it greatly
needs. This loss of moisture ia not
often thought of in considering the
eneet or weeds, but it is very import
ant. v nen too late to be killed by
cultivation the weeds should be hand
pulled.
Nkoxkcted Orchards. The abund
ant fruit crops of last year have had
tbe disastrous result of causing own-
era or orchards to neglect tbeir trees
on account of tbe low prices for
which apples and other fruit bas been
soia. 'ibis is, however, tbe worst
course to pursue as, for lack of a lit
tle care, fruit trees will soon produce
only worm eaten and knotty apples,
auu win oecome utterly worthless.
On tbe contrary, manure your trees,
destroy insects, and by careful thin
ning and selection you will be ena
bled to furnish such fine specimens
for tbe market as wilt readily com
mand good prices.
Carbolic Aero roa Trees. Tbe
New York Herald gives tbe following
result of its experiment witb carbolic
acid as a destroyer of potato bugs
and other insects unfriendly to gar
deners: We have found upon trial
tbat erode carbolic in proportion of
two tables poonfuls to a half pail of
water win Kin tbe weeds in garden
walks. Apply with a watering pot.
It must not come in contact with
grass or flower borders. Weeds in
lawns, such as dandelions, daisies
and plantains, may be killed by hav
ing a drop or two ot undiluted car
bolic or strong sulpbcric acid poured
into tho crown of tbe plant.
Ccrrant Worm. Tbe season is
now at band when the current worm
makes his annual visit. To one pail
ful of wood ashes add one quart each
of white hellebore and flour of sul
phur; mix thoroughly; apply by sift
ing on tbe bushes. 1 used nothing
else on my plantation of over two
acres last season, and want nothing
better. When tbe Wilson Albany
strawberry is in full bloom, then
apply tbe codling moth bands to
your orchards. Uar most careful
fruit growers think tbe practice
pays. Examine the bands fort
nightly to destroy tbe larva? of tbe
motb. Many growers use two bands
one near tbe branches, the other
near the root. Tbey find tbat two
bands are a better protect:oa than
one.
Protxcti.no Grapes from Insects.
Tbe Secretary of the Ohio State
Horticultural Society recommends
covering tho clusters of grapes to
protect tbem from rot and insects.
Covering tbe fruit by supping a
Caper bag over each cluster after tbe
erries are formed and letting re
main till ripe is found a complete
protection from rot and also from
insects , and birds. The bags are
those in common use by grocets, the
sixe 6x9 inches, and costing about $2
per 1000. They are fastened around
tbe stem of tbe clusters with two
pins, of courso allowing space for the
fruit to grow. Ono gentleman-near
Cincinnati saves from 5000 to 7000
clusters per year in this way, largely
of Ca taw bas, and finds tho quality
very superior The cost, including
labor, he estimates at only one-third
of a cent per cluster."
Gapes in Chickens. The pian
given dciow naa been iuccessiuiiy
used by us. we give it anew irom
the pen of an English farmer: "I
have frequently lost large numbers
of chickens from gapes, and have
never until this spring been success
ful in curing them. About six or
seven weeks ago the old complaint
made its appearance in about thirty
chickens, some the size of pigeons
and others less. As an experiment 1
tried sulphur, commonly called flour
of brimstone, and salt namely, two
parts sulphur and one part salt,
mixed with water to tne consistency
of thick cream (it is best to use the
finger in mixing, .as sulphur will not
readily mix with water). I then ap
plied it with a feather from a fowl's
wing, dipping it in tne mixture ana
Lputting it down the chicken's throat
t . .1 I . I 1 . I ..... u
aooub lurto iiicues, wui auu tue leutu-
er up and down a few times, then ap
plied some more in the same way
I soon found they were much belter,
and repeated the operation threo or
four times.two or tbree days between
each application. They are now
all cured and doing well. I have
not lost one, although some of them
were very bad indeed when the rem
edy was first applied. I may add
tbat the leather requires to nave
about half of the broad side clipped
off, or it would bo too large lor tho
purpose required.
Ths potato beetle. J. here is
danger that the slow progress of the
potato beetle this season will make
farmers careless, and if hot weather
and busy times in baying and bar
vesting come together the crop will
be lost, sometimes in a single day.
This is one reason why 1 rely on
hand picking. It has proved with me
less trouble than using farm green
and I am sure that while 1 can keep
-tho bugs down I am safe from utter
destruction of the crop. We cannot
kill the old beetles with poison, as
they seldom eat anything. While
the plants are young, and there are
only old beetles, it is very easy to
keep tne vines ciear Dy nana picsing,
though ' repeated operations are
needed. - In the garden patch and
for all early planted potatoes it is
best to fro over f lift vine turarxr tt,av
day until tho middle of June, After
il . i .1 . a .
mat tney win neea little or no car.
Late planted potatoes can be entirely
freed from beetles by two or tbreo
thorough pickings while the plants
are Vdnnir. Ths ontirA mar-rat. r.C
success in fighting the potato beetle
is thorough work from the very first.
The above from tbe Country Gentle
man. We wonld auirrreat that vKsro
hand Tilfliinir is rtmttrtAti itti.n.
sonal supervision of the owner will
oo required, in our own experience
wo have, found that ntnr.ni Am.
ployed to clear a field of potato bugs
r apt w ue very careless. An Old
Irish irarrlpn
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acre lot, with suspicious celerity, was
jodou, upon inquiry, to nave gone
between the rows with a leafy
brans-h and Xcnnt-lraA llmm nff If K
eggs are carefully searched for but
few of thfl wiring knn will m.l.
their appearance.
Perplexities or English Titles.
A writer in Temple liar thus illus-
tratts some of the perplexities of English
titles: " Suppose the Lady Mary Smith,
an earl's daughter, marries the Lord
John Jones, a duke's younger son. The
bridegroom is of higher rank than the
bride, who. therefore, becomes the Ladr
John Jones, taking his rank; but if she
rejects Lord John and married Lord
George Brown instead, whose father ia
only a marquis, then she will be of the
higher rank, and will retain her maiden
designation. Lady Mary becoming
Lady Mary Brown, rust as if her bus-,
band were an honorable or a baronet, or
commoner of any kind. If, however,
our supposed Lady Mary Smith, instead
of giving her hand to either of the
younger sons mentioned above, aspires
to a coronet ana marnee a baron, she
will actually lose rank in one sense,
for she will rank a a baroness, who ia
lower than an earl's daughter. The loss
of conventional rank is supposed to be
fully compensated by the superior digni
ty 'which doth hedge an actual peeress.
A similar anomaly exists in the case of
an English bishopric being accepted by
a clergyman wno is by birth of higher
rank than a bishop. For. unless he ia a
count, or a temporal peer of some higher
grade still, he takes rank, on entering
the House of Lords, as a bishop, that is.
as a senior baron. Henoe, Lord Arthur
Hervey, the son of a marquis, lost rank,
technically speaking, upon taking his
seat as bishop of Bath and Wells, since a
marquis younger son is higher than a
bishop. And anomalous as it may seem,
his wife is now of higher rank than him
self, though deriving her rank from him;
for his lordship ranks as a bishop, or
senior baron, while her ladyship ranks
as the wife of a marquis' younger son, a
bishop's rank not being communicable
to his wife.
Another anomaly mar be noticed
here, vis., the case of a 'lady' who mar
ries a 'lord' of lower rank than herself,
wkn he is an 'eldest son hearing, by
crtesv. his father's 'second title.? Tn
thiit case the lady would gain no compen
sation as a peeress by sharing her hus
band's rank, and. therefore, in accord
ance with the usual principle that ladies
are allowed to retain after marriage any
higher rank which they have previously
enjoyed, she is known by her husband's
courtesy title, exactly as if it were a sur
name, ber own Christian name being
placed before it. Thus Viscount Sandon,
an Earl's eldest son, married a Marquis
who is not styled 'Viscountess Sandon,
but 'the lady Mary Sandon.' If the
married pair are of equal rank it is usual
for the lady to share ber husband s rank,
instead of insisting upon displaying her
own."
Loncj axo Shobt Sueefebs. Seamen
and sailors, from habit, can sleep when
they will and wake up when they will.
Captain Barclay when performing bis
wonderful feat of walking 1000 miles in
as many consecutive hours, obtained
such a mastery over himself that he fell
asleep the minute he lay down. The fac
ulty of remaining asleep for a length of
time is possessed by some individuals.
Such waa the case with Quinn, the cele
brated player, wbo would slumber for
twenty-four hours successively; with
Elizabeth Orvin, who slept three-fourths
of her life; with Elizabeth Perkins, who
slept for a week or a fortnight at a fame;
with Mary Lyell, who did the same for
three successive weeks; and with many
others, more or less remarkable. A phe
nomenon of an opposite character is
sometimes observed, for there are othKr
individuals who can subsist on a sur-
prisingly small portion of sleep. The
celebrated General Elliott was an in
stance of this kind; he never slept more "
than four hours out of twenty-four. In
all other respects he was strikingly ab
stinent, his food consisting wholly of ;
bread, water and vegetables. In a letter
communicated to Sir John Sinclair by J ,
John Gordon of Swine, mention is made -
of a person named John Mac key of Sker - .
ot, who died in Strathnave in the year
1797, aged 91, he only slept on an aver
age four hours in tne twenty-tour, anu
was a remarkably rebust and healthy
man. Frederick the Great of Prussia,
and the illustrious surgeon, John Hun-
ter, only five hours during the same pe
riod. The celebrated French General,
Piohego, informed Sir Gilbert Blano that
during a whole year's campaign he had "
not allowed himself over eae hour's sleep
in the twenty-four. :
Tbicked at His Food. A Boston boy,
recently returned from the West, tells
Causeur of a restaurant experience that
befell him out beyond the Mississippi.
The waiter had brought him something
which didnot come up to his expecta
tions. He called the waiter and com-
plained. ; The waiter said he would
speak to the proprietor, who soon ap
peared upon the scene. "I can't eat
this," said the guest. The landlord
looked at the plate, and then, turning to
the young man in a patronizing and
sympathizing sort of way, said, Well,'
I wouldn't," and with that he strode
away. But the meal, though left un
eaten, had to be paid for just the same.
Boston Tratuseript. "
- Bron son's comet is coining, and, aa no
advance agent has bothered around this
office to get a notice, we beliero that it
must be a pretty good showt .-. ; :