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IHC 1TIEED YUIBlNU LIGHT. -e bad almost completed the circuit i Hawa ii three uuuureu j of .;. .i T Ami our noble nacs. .llv lay Uowd in the road, unablo to ffonVboof alter Mother, ft' called a halt at a sugar ranche, rh occupied a position of eminence . I.ich bluff overlooking the ocoan, jfnnnda hospitable host and host j lbo bad gently entered the holy hll of "hemlock, and who shared cottage by the sea with a young rnclUb planter, MrDariel,,who was au The fearful journey Bpon Bnd 1own .vireat gulches bad used us up com- il.lv Stoop-walled, narrow, green fiKith ferns, "lowhallas," millions " tropical plants, and with a romantic ? ' t in almost every one, that tossed, u mbled, fumed and fretted over the woks to the all devouring sea theso Magnificent gorges (and there are nine rtbree of them in the first thirty miles from U'lo t0 Lapahoohoe) had fas ciliated our sense and endangered our ''m?.', (rmnil missionaries who first brought the Gospel to Hawaii were low ered iuV these gulches by means of L,.nul fiber rope to preach to the benighted natives who dwelt in their depths. most colebrated Kulcbes however, Waipio, Waimanu and Pululu, me bad not yen seeu; uui w uu uut visit the first, which can boa.st clifl's two thousahd feet high and i waterfall seventeen iiuuurou leei. ffhen we had reouperatod sufficiently, we starwu on un wondrous valley. A wonuoriui uay we L.i offi.i- elfmbincr down the preoipi- tou path cut into the east walls, wading along the beds of taro streams, forcing our sy through fern thickets, feasting ooreyeson the masses of color that lowed unon . Ulo perireiiuicuiur won, admiring the greon carpet iu the middle m.i.h (hroiib which a tinv river ran, the brown grass and lowhalla huts on its banks, and charmed by the num berless beauties, only possible in 1 Topi cal climates, that lay thick on every ride. We succeeded in reaching the waterfall that poured over the top and center of a huge semi circular mass of itone into a pool seventeen hundred feet below, and sprinkled the upright surface of the moss-covered lava rock for hun dreds of feet on either side, producing prismatic hues of marvellous beauty.and combinations of light and shade inde icribable. Towari the sea, we noticed the walls of the gulch were bare, and a zigzag path which looked like a strip of brown braid was the only means of approach to Waimanu, which is doeper and wider than Waipio,and said to be full of lepers, who hide from the government officers, who would send them to Molokai, the island where four or five hundred lepers are confined. Atnnnel a few hundrod feet long would connect these two wonderful gorges, Waipio and Waimanu. Pululu Gulch is beyond Waimanu not so inaccessible and is the eastern bound ary of Kohala District, which has been called the 'Taradise of the Pacific" There is no beach from Waipio to Kohala the massive cliffs stand in majesty and grandeur thousands of feet high, and perpendicular. There are great rocks at the base, and though a canoe would ruu into the valleys, it could not approach the cliffs. ' Wo had returned well paid, but ex hausted, from our expedition, and, after supper, we were glad to rest in easy chairs on the veranda of the white-washed cottage, looking out upon the vast expanse of waters, and listening to the stories of our host, who was somewhat given to superstition. He told us of the appearance of a blue light npon the sea the evening before, whiob, according to the Kanakas, never was seen except as a warning of coming disaster or misfor tune. "This strange light appeared off Wai matin Bluff just before King Lunalilo died," sai our host, "and just previous to the sc jurge of smallpox, which de cimated the population many years ago. This mysterious light precedes every epidemio that visit- Hamakus, Waimea, or any district on Hawaii." "Hut is it not seen at other times?" "No, only at intervals; it is certainly most wonderful thing. I saw it last night just about this time yon called my attention to it, Eliza ' turning to wife. "Wasn't it about half-past eight ?" "Yes, about this time," Mrs. Mao re plied. Henry was dozing in his chair. The expedition of the day, added to our hard tour of Hawaii on horseback, had been almost too much for our powers of en durance, Somnolently listening to our iraperstitious host, whose voice sounded muffled and indistinct in our present drowsy Btate, like the droning of bees on , sultry summer day, we were startled by the overturning of a chair, as the speaker suddenly changed his tone, jumped to his feet, and exclaimed ex citedly, and with an admixture of alarm in his manner "There 1 there 1 See, there it is ? Don't you see it? A blue light the samel aw last night ! Now it has gone ! Didn't My cf you see it?" Our host mode this last inquiry in an awe-struck voice; and though "each par ticular hair did not stand on end,' he as greatly disturbed. He was a brave man, but the malamalma upset his men tal equilibrium. "That may mean a pilaken (trouble) for us." Mao remarked; "but I guess it's only a notion of the natives. Look! look! just off the bluff there! See it now?" There was no mistake about it this time; we all saw the light a ball of blue flame as large as a pineapple. It s intensely blue, and its visitation ap parently mado Mac feel blue. "Now you see it burns on the water close up under the bluff, where no boat could hide," he remarked. "The thing fascinates me. It's the strangest affair I ever heard of. You see it can't bo a ves sel's signal light, or a fisherman's boat, for the smallest craft that ever was built couldn't get so near to the cliff; and it can't be on land, for there's no shore along that bluff; and there is no rope a Kanaka ever saw that would be long enouph to lower a light from the top of old Waimanu pali. And if there was one, made of oocoanut fibre or anything else, no man that ever swung a pair of arms could reach far enough, or Ret a polo to staud off far enough from the top of that perpendicular mass of rook; it'a botween two and throe thousand feet straight down, to swing a lantern Clear of everything, so that it would touch the water where that lump of blue fire is. It's not phosphorescent, for you observe the ocean is black; you can see . the mo tion of the waves. The light is too brilliant to be attributed to the illu minating powers of the Pacific" While Mao had been thus discoursing the mysterious light vanished; but it was absent for a brief time only, and presently it tubbed into sight agufn.and our tired brains were racked anew for au explication of the mystery. "If it were a boat," our host resumod, ''the light would not disappear so, and then it whisks about in such a lively manner; no boat could alter its position os that luminous thing does. It is fully six miles from either Pululu Gulch or Waimuna Valley, midway between. The light you notice, changes its place every time it goes out of sight. It traveled a long w ay that last time toward those big rocks that stand out in the sea there. Now it Is in sight again, at least half a mile from where- it was lust." "Douso the glim!" said Henry, lacon ically, as the blue visitor of unknown or igin disappeared again. "Pop up!" he said a little later, as it camo within the range of vision, a great deal nearer than it was before. Then, when the performance was re peated, the flame seemed smaller on its reappearance, aud quite a long distance away in the direction of Pululu. "It runs out to sea and back again, don't it?" observod our host, who had re- nnvpritil from bin flrafc tit nf ilronjl. A boat, couldn't got through the waters as fast us that; and n it could, tue momen tum would slam it against Waimanu Pall aud burst it to smithereens. Well, it's a marvel, anyhow. No floating buoy could carry a lamp like that; and if it is tin! : niwliinpil liv linnmn nt'onnv fin una or land, how did it come where we see it?" Presently tue bright but puzzling ob ject went out of sight, and we watched iu vain for its reappearance. It came not again, and after an hour's watching we repaired to our respective couches, mys tified and weary. Mao or his wife may have dreamed of the malamalama, but Henry and his cousin, myself, were far too tired to dream, and in the morning, when we mounted our nags in company with our kind host, who was going with us a few miles, the uncanny influence of the in digo luminosity bad passed off. It was a rainy day. The roads were so muddy that our thoughts tonued down wardj they were "of the earth, earthly." We passed the postman on the road a Kanaka, well mountod, who gave us the Hawaiian hail, "Aloha!" as we brushed against bis mail saddle bags; and arriv ing at the village of Waimea, ate a capi tal dinner, cooked and served by China men, after which we pushed on over the mountains to Kohala, where enthusias tic greetings awaited us at Union Mill; and in the days thut followed, when the interest in our narrative of experiences in the mighty volcano of Kilanoa (on the other end of the island, which we had mode the circuit of Hawaii to see) had subsided, we found new material for conversation in the Waimanu light, which was deemed as wonderful" as the electrio light; and many dishes of man goes, oranges, bananas and aligator pears were consumed on the porch over looking the "sunlit sea" while disouss ing its features. Was it duo to the blue flame that measles afflicted Honolulu abort this time, and Kohala, one hundred and twenty miles distant, did not escape the scourge? Henry was taken down imme diately on his return, but he would have been ill irrespective of the lamp on'the bosom on the waters. I was announced to lecture in the lyceum at Honolulu, and if tho plagife was brought by the Waimanu light, I suffered in pocket on its acoonnt, for several persons who intended to attend were confined to their houses; I remem ber one man in particular, who had spoken for six reserved seats at one dol lar each, who was taken down and all his family with him. Another man, who did not like the lecture much, died wjthin the, year. Soveral Kanakas stumbled in, thinking that it waa a show and after vainly looking for something which would interest Jand amuse them they stumbled out again, exclaiming emphatically, "No maike!" which means in English no good. A hage mastiff oconpied s prominent position in the reserved seats, and dur ing a noisy part of the lecture he barked and leaped savagely toward the platform and tried to get over the fence or railing that surrounded it to rend the lecturer withal. Father Damon requested his removal, and a brave chap hauled him out of doors by the collar, It was hot. Two lamps were placed on the desk, and continuous streams of perspiration poured down the sneaker's breast-bone. There were many other evils. The audi ence suffered as well as the lecturer. Had the light of Waimanu anything to do with it?" , , It was a rainy day when the barken tine Ella was towed out beyond the bar by the whole Hawaiian navy, that is, the tug-boat Pete, and the genial Capt. Augustus Brown was "hopping mad' for two days while his vessel tossed idly among the islands yclept Sandwich, waiting for a "breath of air," or some thing like a breeze. If the blue light was a prognostication of worry and vex ation, it bad good reason for its appear ance. However, the breeze came along at last, and in twenty three days we sighted the Faraleones and glided through the "Golden Gate into the har bor of 'Frisco with all on board safe. Of course there is a simple and natural explanation for the blue lumin osity ,bnt what it is I know not. Natural s it may have been it had a queer effect upon the nerves tnat gloomy evening at the lonely ranch, as it frisked upon the ocean, and at the base of these massive Hawaiian bluffs. Natural or supernatu ral Mac lost his situation (he did not own the plantation), and if it ever ap pears again, he will not be disturbed by a sight of the weird Waimanu light. Blue daisies have recently been intro duced into the market by florists. These exquisite little blossoms are not general favorites, as tbey makes little show; bnt violets lovers and those partial to forget me not and modest unprtent.ow flowers find mnch beauty in the blue "gowus. J SCIENTIFIC MlSCELiAM i The Pussian Government has mado a grant of 14.000 roubles for locating two I'cilar nliiMrvinff taiinns nrxt vear one at the mouth of the Lena and the other on one of the islands of New Siberia. . A new theory of the so-called fascina tion of birds by anukes is that the bird mistakes the suakes tongue, which the reptile keeps in constant motion, for a lively worm, and watches it with the ex pectation of devouring it. Celluloid is being used in Pans for making storeotviHi plates. The mould is taken in a special oemont, which quick ly hardens after receiving tho impression. Tho sheet of celluloid is then used to obtain the iinprossion employed in print ing. This aubstuueo has also boon nsod for giving typographical representations of lace, tue impressions being taken from tho lace itself. The brilliant light of tho eloctrio arch is found to be much less dangerous to the eyes than was for some time believed. So high a medical authority as tho Lon don Lancet reports that but one easo of serious injury from exposure to the daz zling light has como under Its .notice, and in that instance the exposure was unusually severe and prolonged. Experiments of M. Gautier appear to prove that human salvia possesses the same poisonous property as that of ser pents, although in a milder form. Tho human salvia injected uudor the skin of a bird caused death, with symptoms very jlosoly resembling those resulting from serpent bites. One of Proctor's most interesting lec tures treats of astronomical time and the ages of the planets, commencing with the earth. From the different geological features of the earth's surface, it has been computed that the formation ' of its crust must have alone occupied 100,000,000 years. Snob is the estimate formed by Crowe and ac cepted by Sir Charles Lyell. From the investigations of various physicists and experiments by Bischuff, it is found that 350,000,000 years must liuve elapsed while the eartli was cooling from 2000 degrees to 200 degrees of temperature. Prior to this again, the earth existed for a long time in a nebulous condition. The earth, may, therefore, be fairly assumed to be 500,tHH),000 years old and this is considered as erring to the side of de ficiency rather than to excess. Compar ing this planet with Jupiter, on the prin ciple that the larger a body is the longer must be its time of cooling, it i calcu lated that i will be 3,5000,000,000 years before Jupiter reaches the stago our planet has now attained. Ten times as long a period must pass before the sun arrives at a similar condition. The moon was in this relative' period of her existence 430,000,000 years ago. If any planet is about the same age as the earth it is Venus. Mars is older. Mercury ih older still; the moon, the oldest of all. The features of Venus must nearly resemble those of tho earth.' Mars is about equally dividod into land and water, and must have an atmosphere. The moon piotures the earth's future oondition. It is a dead world. It has neither water, clouds nor atmosphere. But as the earth is 81 times larger than its satellite, while it has thirteon times as much surfaoe, about 2,500,000,000 years will be required for it to arrive at the moon's present condition. Following out this theory, we greatly reduce the number of planets on which life is pos sible. In our solar system we have only the earth, possibly Venus, and, it may be, some of the satellites. Feeding ronltry Raising ChlcXs One "of the seoretsof successful poul try raising is the art of foeding properly, not meroly at regular intervals, but on the most suitable food, and keeping the chicks growing as rapidly as possiblo from the very start. It is very poor economy to stint the poultry, especially young growing stock, for when once stunted, it takes a long while to reoover, if it. does occur at all. For the first twenty-four hours after the chicks emerge from the sholl, they should re main under the hen unmolested, both to dry and gain strength and hardiness. They do not require any food, as the store nature provides will last over this time. As tho chicks hutch sometimes irregularly, the older ones can be carod for in the house until the others are ready to be taken away, when the hen and her brood can be re moved to a roomy coop, with a tight board bottom and a rain-proof roof. They should be fed five times daily, but only just what they will eat up clean. The first food should consist of stale bread moistened in water or in fresh milk the milk is decidedly preferable. Do net wet the food, as very moist or sloppy food will cause sickness and a high rate of mortality among young, tender birds. Keep the water (for drink ing) away from them until they are six to eight weeks old, but if milk can be spared, give them occasional drinks of it. The too lavish use of corn meal has eaused more death among young chicks than cholera has. Until the young chicks are half grown, corn meal should be bnt sparingly fed, but after that time, when judiciously used, is one of the very best and cheapest foods for fowls and chicks. Nine-tenths of the young turkev and guinea fowls, which die when in the "downy" state, get their death blow from corn meal, as it is a very com mon practice (because it is so "handy," and suits lazy people so well) to merely moisten, with cold water, some raw corn meal and then feed it in that way. Young chicks relish occasional feeds of cracked wheat and wheat screenings, while rice, well boiled, Is not only greed ity eaten by the chicks, but is one of the very best things that can be given. It frequently happens that damaged lotiof rice, or low grades o' it, can be bought, at low figures, in the cities. As it in creases so mnch in bulk in cooking, it is not an expensive food for young chicks, even en at tue regular reuui price, luuugu would not, ordinarily, pay to feed it to it full- grown fowls very literary or very frequ uently. in tlie ausence oi worms, bugs, etc., during eariy spring, cueap of fresh beef can be well boiled and parts i shreded up for the little chicks, but care m lust be taken not to feed more fre uently than once iu two days, and only then in moderation, xuis leeuiug ua vprv hene&cial to VOUU2 meat i tur "si 'i mn. rniinm chicks when they are shooting" their first quill feathers, as then! tbey require extra nonrisnraeni w repair I the dram on immature uouies. The l.tuiof VlTlnwtlon. In tho old times of the anti-slavery agitation we nsed to seo pictures of the negro kncoling iu chains before the white tyrant holding a whip, aud urging on him the claim, "Am I not man aud a.brother?" Would tho most ardent zo ophilist urge such a claim in behalf oven of a dog or a cut; wuiild not tho claim be still more absurd for a rabbit or a guineau-pig; more agaiu for a frog or a tortoise? Nothing but a low sensibility to physical paiu can bo affirmed iu behalf of tho reptile; nothing higher than "cup board love" shows itself in the rodent; and if the domestient ul do,' or cat shows a capacity for utucluuout to man which sometimes Kwtm hiuiiau il must not be forgotten that this is merely superin duced bv association with him, and that the fnniiniueiit.il character of ttio animal remains untouched. The eat which purrs with pleasure under tho caressing hand of its loiHtrcRs.noei not give up its feline habit of keeping a hapless uiouso in an agony of prolonged pain and terror Iwfore giving its victim tho coup do grace. Aud nothing but tho dcterionniou cf its physical vourage keeps the amiablo Newfoundland from showiug ou o;casiou the savage nature of the bull dog.or the sociable Skye from worrying "vermin" when duly trained to the contest. . That doc nature under goes no permanent or essential elevation by association with mau i further evi denced by tho well-kuown fact thut whon domesticated dogs run wild (as in tho case of the descendants of the dogs first introduced into Sonth Amorica by the Spaniards) thoy sewn return to tho al most wolf-like condition of their ances tors. Thus, thon. the narrow limitation and unprogressivo range of tho moral nature of animals justify a corresponditg limitation of thoir moral rights as compared with those of beings of unlimited capacity for progressive elevation; and I hold this to be tho ethical justification of thoso deal ings with them which are sanctioned by usages that have never, I believe, been seriensly called iu question. True it is that there are a few amiable vegetarians who refuse to eat fish, flesh, or fowl on the ground that man has no right to take tho lite of any animal, but I never beard that such persons carried out the principle to the extent of cheerfully giving their own bodies to be bitten by bloodthirsty insectH, or letting rats and mice multiply unchee.ktd in their dwellings. Everywhere atU iu all ages man has claimed and exercised the power of life and death over the animal creation, deeming himself perfectly jus tified in putting out of existence such as are noxious to him, and in limiting the natural term of life of such as he breeds and rears for his uses. I never heard any moral objection raised either to the killing of innooent lambs, calves, or sucking pigs, or to the slaughter of the worn-out horso; all that humanity is thought to demand of us beings that their death shall be attendod with as little suffering as possible, forbidding, for example, that calves should be re peatedly bled for the sake of whitening their meat, and that turkeys should be subjected to the barbarous treatment re quired for the production of "pale de foie gras." Dr. Carpenter in Nine teenth Century. Protecting Uame. Some citizens of Chicago have char tered a society similar to one which now exists in New York for "the protection of game and fish." We are glad to find this sentiment extending to the West- Our people have dealt with the fish and game supplies of these rich and wide oonntries in a reckless manner, rue uunaio.wnicu twenty years ago was a valuable supply of food, existing in countless millions, has been extinguished. A few strag nrlinff herds have escaped into the north ern wilds. The hunters report that game which a few years ago was plen tiful iu the prairies and the moun tains of Colorado is beooming soaroe There has boen no effort to observe the laws of growth, the customs and habits of the animals, to respect their seasons of reproduction. They have beon shot for the mere pleasure of slaying. So with fish. The history of civilized countries shows that where Providonce has en dowed nations with rich, nutritions sup plies of food fish, the tarrapin, oyster and lobster people have wantonly sacri ficed what would have been, with due care, an enduring supply of food. In France and England the oyster supplies which fifty years ago were as plontiful as in America, has been so trespassed upon that the ovster is now a luxury. The same mav be said of tho Urrapin in Ches peake Bay. In a few years it will be true of the canvashaok duck if it is not partially true now. An effort has been made to preserve terrapin, and terrapin cnlture is in many places an interesting and growing industry. Unless we watch the oyster beds around New York, but a few years must pass before they will be extinct. A great deal has boen done by our people in the way of preserving game and fish by due process of law, and publio opinion tencis sirongiy in ma ui rection. In the West a reform was needed, and we are glad to see our Chi cago friends take the matter in hand. The Professl nal Jobber. The professional jobber and speculator on the otocK .xcuange is mere cum-mon-place character, though, perhaps, the quolities he should possess are even rarer. He is the last man to lose bis head, and he ought to be exceptionally ffifted mentally and physically. He must have a strong constitution to stand the constant wear and tear of excitoment and a strong brain to stand the perpet nal Rtrain on it. In forecasting the im modiste future of a stock, he mnst be able to combine and analyze tho circum otunr.p that influence it. And it is urni-e.plv necessary to add that he should have perfect self control, and invariably assume an lmpenuroaoie couniuimncr. Men know that he is in the habit of deal inir lareclv. and gonerally to good pur noun, so tbey keen a watch on him und Lis operations accordingly. Either on private infermation or from the exer . r j l i. .!,.;. l.. J it, . CISe OI U1B JUUgUll-'UV ua ucun iun certain stock should go up. If he went to the Exchange and gave his orders openly, the dealers would immediately raise the prices on tim. The more eager he is, the less he shows it; he strolls into the house with hit hands in bis pockets, drops careless words of depre ciation here and there, and probably ! makes a feint of calling. When ho ! lieves ho hus thrown the curious off his trail, he goes in en moot about the busi ness he has iu hmu. It is evident that such an operator must have few scru ples, aud though ho may deal fairly ac cording to his own ideas, he has his pe culiar code of morality. Though possi bly less lax than that of our friend tho promoter, it is easy euough, iu all con scieuco. Ho sees no harm' iu circu lating false intelligence, nor does it give him a tni'.igo to think thut tho profits of his day represent losses he may havo rratuitoui.lv inflicted on his neighbors. In fact, the anxieties of his own lifo mnst naturally tend to mako him in different to the sorrows aud misfortunes of other people; nor can wo imagine a more miserable existence, from whutever poiut of view wo regard it. He might tuko for his Bashi-llazouk motto tho line of Byron: "I think not of pity; I think not of fear;" his lifo of care never knows a holiday, and should ho be fortuuate enough to retire ou a competency, ho is as miserable without his stimulants as tho reformed laudauura-drinkcr. But what chance in tho long run, we may ask, with such cold-blooded pro fessionals as thathas the outsidor who lightly ventures into the city, to win his loose hundred or two in one lucky deal of the cards? Blackwood's Magazine lamb Cholera. An Ohio sheep-raiser, writing to the Practical Farmer of the disease among lambs wrongly called cholera, says: Hundreds of lambs die annually here with this disease; very few flocks escape without a loss of three or four and many lose from twenty-live to fifty of their number. I think the name lumb cholera is a very improper one for this malady, as the fleshy lambs ait) known to dio with it. A thin lamb, or ono poorly suckled or hand fed, I never havo known to die with tho so-called lamb cholera. My name for this disease is apoplexy.' A vory fuir description of this disease will be found iu ltaudall's "Practical Shep herd," under his article on apoplexy, as applied to the mutton breeds of England. Mr. Cattoll's diugonosis of tho subject is about as complete as any I have ever seen, except he micht havo added the starinir condition of the eyes, the dilated pupils and sight apparently gone ; the membranes of nose a deep red or violot color, as engorged with blood. It Is sel dom a remedy can be administered, ai the lamb is usually found dead without If T 1 a premonition oi aisease. uuo x luuua unwell and administered two ounces of Epsom salts, and effected a cure. I have observed the following treatment with my breeding ewes, and find a very successful preventive of this lamb dis ease. Stir as mnoh salt into a hall gal Ion of pine tar as it will take. Smear bottoms of foed troughs with it liberally, Keep them in this condition and give salt in no other way. The lambs will soon learn to lick the tar. Many will be noticed at this before thoir age for dying with this disease. Foed sulphur, wood ashes and Epsom salts mixed in the feed daily, small quantities. If lambs are already dying get pine tar, catch each lamb and put the tar well back into the mouth with a small paddle prepared for the purpose: the bulk of a hiokory-nnt is enough. It may purge some or all of them, but they will got all right in a day I or two, and no more will die lor a wane, V :l -l il:. t - i. i even li you quit uw turn, x uui m'jiun one lot of ewes and lambB on a bare pas ture, where they are compelled to take hay each day, with a grain feed morning and evening. No sick lambs, but the ewes and lambs are not doing so well as if on good grass. Advice 10 Mother's Daughters. rasa The plain talk which "Aunt Olivia" indulges in.in a lotter to the Country Gen tlomon, should receive the careful con sideration of thoughtless girls who do not "Care for Mother Now." Listen to what sho says: None of you may have the position she held in which to show your love for your mother; so I advise you to do so now. I wonder if you rise in the morning before she calls you, or offer to make the bread or clean the floor without asking; or if you lay aside your crochet work to do the mending to save your poor mother's failing eyea, or allow her to pare the po tatoes, beoiuse it roughens your hands, or to bring the water, because the sun hurts your complexion. Do you think it impossible to prepare a simple tea while she rests aud chats with a neighbor? And do you accept, without even thanks, her offer to wear the old shawl, that you may have a new cloak ? And yet I know every one of you loves her patient mother; but how is she to know it unloss you do something to prove it ? You are so used to be petted and favored, that you do not notice how slow her step is gettiug, and how pale her wrinkled face is ; or that the severe headaohes come oftoner than they used to; or that the hair is growing thinner and whiter every day. You will notice it one of these days, and for your peace of mind, and for tha sake of the pationt mothers who are wearing themsolves put for you, I hope it may be before a grave opens and you are motherless. Begin now and insist on bearing a part of hor burden of labor and care. Take the work in the chambers, or the baking, the mending or the dish-washing, as your especial care, and show your mother that you can be depended on to do it. When she learns this, eoax another por tion of the work away from her, and prove that you love her, for without works love, like faith, is dead; and be sides this, the discipline is just what you will need in your own home, when you got one. Sick Headache. The editor of the Rural World says: An almost cortain cure for sick headache is a teaspoonful of salt dissolved in two or three table spoonfuls of water. After taking it lie down for awhile, and in hour or two one fpels of good as new. We have proved the efficacy of this remedy by repeated trials, and have known others to do so and give it for tho benefit of those who are suffering from this affliction. According to tin best information, (here are about 4,000,000 sheep in Texas. This will probably bs increased 20 per cent, during the coming lambing sea son; bringing the number up to 5,500, 000. Valaing them at (2 50 each would raaka the total valuation of sheep in Texas $13,800,000. Talleyrand and C'agllostro. I'ictnrcsquo descriptions have been s' left on reoord by Talleyrand of visits which he paid to Cugliostro, td Voltaire, and to the Countess de la Motte, of dia mond necklace notorioty. With regard ' to the first named, the diolopmatist's de scription is accompanied by a very re- msrkablo instance of his powers of mes merism, asvxemplifled in respect to one of Talleyrand's friends. The great ma gician himself, whom they found in his stndy, is thus depicted: "Cagliostro was then a mun iu tho very flower of his age, of excoodiugly prepossessing appear ance. His person, though small, was so well and firmly knit thut its pro portions seemed those of a much larger man. His countenance was remarkably keen and penetrating, being formed of a succession of sharp angular lines, which gavo him a look of running that ho would willingly have disguised, and with which the solemn tone and mysterious aspect wcro altogether at variance. His shurp, piercing eyes I shall never forget, they absolutely seemed to light up the obacurity of tho chamber, and as they llasliod from tho ono to the other of his visitors, they seemed to belong to some wild bird of prey, hesitating botween two victims which to devour first. His beard aud eye-brows were black, with hero and there a streak or gruy amid thoirjotty blackness, telling moro of tho hand of sorrow than of tho prssugo of timo.When we entered he had upon his head a vel vet cap, which, with gcntlemaulike cour tesy ,he doffed wheu ho addressed ns; and theu I perceived that the summit of his crown was already bald, although his hair curled down upon his nock and shoulders in a thick and silky mass. The hand w hich rested upon the table, and npon which ho seemed to Iks learning his whole weight as he stood in graceful and thoatrioal attitude, awaiting our commu nication, was small and delicate as that of a lady of the court, and shone out upon the dark green velvet as white as snow; anditnoeded not any very pro found knowledge of anatomy to enable the beholder to disoorn at onco that it was the hand of a man possessed of most horoulauean strength and power, so vigo rous were the firm knit muscles, so well strung the tightened oord-like nerves." London Times. Wool Dlsnlsra at Fairs. Very few of the fairs make any effort to get out a show of fleece wool. Good reasons for this are not apparent as vory many less important articles find a place in the list of prizos. These latter neod not be exoludod unloss their pres- .- i i i nice is unuu us u niguuicuu agmuafc iu eluding wool, on the score of economy. Sut if all cannot be included, the argu ment seems irresistible that a fibre of which not loss than five pounds per capita of the entire population of the United States is annually consumed, should stand second to no feature of the textile display ia every exhibition lay ing claim to publio patronage and sup port. For two years past, at the Illinois State fairs, nominal prices have been offered for single flooces of wool of the three grades fine, middle, long; bnt no display worthy the name has beon se cured. Just why this feature has fallen so doad ia not plain. Wool growers claim that, for showing fleeces, thoy should receive prizes at Toast equal to those offored for a bushol of potatoes or a peck of beans. Inadequate arrange- uieilt ivi u ifjjmj I u iiccwq una uuuvr less operated to discourage exhibitions. Whon there is added to these facts the further one that the scarcity of first-clas judges of wool renders it more than probable that awards will not always lay with merit, there may be fonnd suffi cient explanation of the lack of interest among growers in such wool displays as have boon attempted. The value of the wool erop is sufficient to warrant the managers of industrial fairs in putting forth more vigorous ef forts than heretofore in furtherance of a display of really first-class wools. The expeuse necessary for proper preparation and prizes commensurate with the value of the displays, and the labor necessary to get them into proper shape, is merely nominal whon the importance of the wool-growing industry is taken into the account. Breeders' Gazette. 6b) lug Horses. Most horses will shy when passing doad, decomposing bodies. Thus other senses besides the sense of sight is at times a cause of shying. The condition of the animal is also a modifying circum stance. Thus high oondition favors shy ing; while lowness of oondition, from de pressing the powers of life generally, or lessoning the nervous energy, renders a horse less likoly to shy. Again, there is mnch in association. A horse accus tomed to be nsed together with another, will often shy when led alone. Fear, therefore, is very likely to beooma a cause of shying. It is also well known that horses will not readily pass a place where an injury has been inflicted on them, and some express a dread at cer tain objects. White eolored objects often prove a cause of shying, and this more especially in the night time, when surrounding objects, being indistinctly soon, do not contribute to give confidence to tho animal. Parity of reasoning may be considered a cause. But we prefer shying to fear, or the association of ideas arising from past occurrences as the remembrance ot Injuries, etc. Bat we have sufficiently shown that there are many canses for this vice or habit, and that it is not dependent on merely de fective vision. ' The general ' experience of obscrvera has been that the removal of forests re sults in diminishing the size of river and smaller streams traversing the territory. This effect is often very marked small streams disappearing entirely and large rivers dwindle intomere brooks. Quite a different experience is reported from New South Wales. A tract of land em bracing the water-shed of these creeks was partially cleared in 1870. Soon after these creeks which have been dry wa ter courses for twenty years become permanent streams. The explanation offered to account for this phenomenon is, that a large portion of the rainfalls formerly taken up by the gum trees and evaporated now finds itavay to the streams. No accusation should be mado except npon proof sufficient to sustain it.